Last Thursday all activities at the massive Galleria building came to a halt as people thronged the dome to catch a glimpse of artists paying tributes to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

It was a happy moment for Media Practitioners though gender specific at the 2009 Women in Media Award night held at Terra Kulture a fortnight ago.

Princess Adesuwa Obaseki is the CEO of BraveHearts Communication an integrated Marketing Communication outfit that is into Brands consultancy, organizing, revitalizing and repositionning brands. Armed with certificates in several professional courses and also from the institute of branding in Vega South Africa, Ms Obaseki is posed to changing the face of Brands and Branding in Nigeria as she initiates the Magic Workshop to help participants at the workshop to have a clear understanding of what brands are, and also help them to do an update of their company especially at this times of recession.

The search for the stylist of the year by the Nigeria Hair Show has begun with preliminary competition taking place at the various zones. The competition for the South West was recently held at the 9JA TV Studio in Oregun in Lagos.

By Jemi Ekunkunbor She stands at an impressive 5ft 9in, with an almost flawless skin. Mrs Dorothy Atake could have passed for a model or one that has retired. But the mother of four adorable children is nothing of that sort. She is one of the amazons in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. […]

Some five months ago, Earnest, a charted accountant who’d just ventured into going it alone in his private firm, became a father for the first time. He’s still in awe of what he termed “a miracle and God’s priceless gift to us”. According to him, “mV son’s coming has turned me up-side out. All those things that seemed essential to me have, in the past days, taken on a different colour.

Today didn’t go as I had planned. I was set for a photo-shoot. I had scheduled clients and intended to take next steps on an article for Allure. Instead, Maggie, my older daughter, ended up home from school. I cancelled all appointments to take care of her.

I’m sure a lot of you are wondering what a mud bath is. It happens to be one of the most popular treatments in European Spas. Mud baths originated hundreds of years ago in Europe and has also been a popular treatment for centuries among Native Americans. In the 1940’s and 50’s mud baths were mainly sought after by elderly individuals seeking relief form rheumatism and arthritis.

Cancer develops when changes to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the nucleic acids that are the basis of heredity and contain the genetic blueprint, result in the production of malignant cells that replicate but are not controlled or killed by natural defense mechanisms in the body. Cells are most vulnerable to intrusion and damage from cancer-causing agents when cells divide and their DNA uncoil so that the gene information can be copied. Often, cancers are hereditary, meaning there is a predisposition to the disease but, that it needs to be triggered by sources such as chemical toxins and certain fats in the diet.

Thursday the 25th of June 2009 will go down as one date many will not forget in a hurry. It was the day the lights deemed and the curtains dropped as the undisputed king of pop music, Michael Joseph Jackson, passed on in California. He was 50 years old. More than a week after, family and friends are left shocked and speechless while the sound of crying and wailing continue to reverberate across the globe.