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Friday, 3 March 2017

Queen of the Runway Studies Journalism

The Fashion Industry recently received a big news that Super Model, Cleopatra Quivu also known as 'Queen of the Runway"enrolled into an institution to study Mass Communication and Journalism.

Cleopatra Quivu (born 8th January 1993) is a Brazil model. She was discovered in Rio Runway in 2006 and signed to IMG models in New York shortly thereafter.

Shocking!!!- BankyW confirms a fire incident at his Lekki home

On Sunday there were Reports of a Fire outbreak at the residence of popular RnB

Nigerian Musician,Banky W .An eyewitness confirms that the fire started from a faulty air conditioner.The Fire service that was contacted didn't arrive on time but luckily people around where able to put out the fire:

People close to me knows that I don't like money- Rotimi Amaechi

Former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi said people close to him know that he doesn't like money. He said this yesterday August 2nd during a special reception held in his honor by some of his friends in Abuja,. The comment was made in response to allegations by Governor Nyesom Wike that he embezzled money while in office.Continue...

Rihanna, who is the carnival queen at the Barbados Annual Kadooment Day parade, wore a very sexy barely-there diamond sparkly bra, matching underwear and a huge feathered head-dress and wings, as she paraded around at the festival today. Her body looks fuller & hot. See more photos after the cut...

Lil Wayne Says Him, Beyoncé & Kanye West are the Last of a Dying Breed

According to the rapper, himself as well as Beyoncé and Kanye West are “the last of a dying breed”. In an interview with Nylon magazine (which he lands the cover), he talks about his upcoming album, rapping and much more...

n a very candid chat, she talks to the magazine about sex, marriage and much more. Here’s what the 30-year-old reality star had to share with the magazine

Your papa money and her papa money no be the same...lol. That's billionaire Femi Otedola's daughter DJ Cuppy getting into her father's private jet on her way to Ghana. Another pic after the cut...

Six months after they began dating, hot actress Sofia Vergara, 42, and equally hot actor Joe Manganiello, 38, are engaged. The mother of one showed off her large diamond engagement ring while on vacation in Hawaii with her beau this week.

Joe reportedly popped the question on Christmas day. Sofia ended her engagement to ex Nick Loeb in May and immediately began dating Joe. Congrats to them. Two of the hottest bodies in Hollywood.cont...

A female health worker who returned from Sierra Leone on Sunday night has been diagnosed with Ebola.She is currently being treated at a hospital in Glasgow. According to Jeremy Hunt, the UK Health Secretary who confirmed the news, she is isolation at Glasgow’s Gartnavel Hospital.

Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has been named as the best coach of 2014 at the Globe Soccer Awards, held in Dubai. In his first year at the Santiago Bernabeu the Italian guided the Spanish side to an elusive 10th European Cup with a 4-1 final defeat of city rivals Atletico in Lisbon,Cont...

A former Director of the National Planning Commission and lecturer of Economics at the University of Abuja, Nazifi Darma, on Monday said no fewer than 8,000 projects had been abandoned by the Federal Government nationwide.Cont...

14yr old boy executed in South Carolina in 1944 finally exonerated

70 years after 14 year old George Stinney Jnr. was executed for allegedly beating two young white girls to death in Alcolu, South Carolina, a judge yesterday Wednesday Dec 17th threw out his murder conviction.

When George was executed in 1944, he was so small he had to seat on a phone book in the electric chair. He's officially the youngest person to be executed in the U.S. in the 20th century. Cont...

A commuter bus is currently on fire on 3rd Mainland bridge very close to the Iyana Oworo bus stop and is causing serious traffic on the bridge. Men of the fire service are yet to arrive the scene...

Photos-Ooni of Ife's son propose to his lady

Aww, how romantic. This is the moment one of the sons of the Ooni of Ife, Prince Adegbite Sijuwade went down on one knee to propose to the love of his life, TV personality, Dolapo Oni, last night at a restaurant in Lagos. See more pics after the cut...

Full List of Winners at the 2014 Channel O awards

In what may be seen as a stroke as of bad luck or a decline in the quality of Nigerian music, the 2014 Channel O Music Video Awards were completely dominated by South African acts.

Singer Davido had been tipped before the ceremony to be a big winner as he had 5 nominatons, but the Aye singer walked home with none as he lost in all 5 categories, including 2 to South African Casper Nyovest.Cont...

Singer Emma Nyra pictured on the black carpet at the Channel O Music Video Awards tonight. See more pics of stars at the event after the cut...

The first edition of Martell “Night of Caractère” took place in Abuja last weekend as guests were treated to an awesome night. At XO lounge, Mr. Incredible, MI and Burna Boy performed their hit songs to screaming fans while enjoying the taste of the finest cognac.

Next stop - Port-Harcourt, so get ready to join the ‘Night of Caractère’ bandwagon and party with top celebrities and guest artistes to perform on Saturday 6^th of December. See pictures from the Abuja “Night of Caractère” party below...

If you know any great Nigerian history please share with the rest of us. Below is the history of Ladi Kwali, the woman on the N20 note...

Nigeria's best known potter who was awarded a Doctorate and was made MBE in 1963 for the level of detail and skill she utilized while making her pots.

Ladi Dosei Kwali (1925-1983) popularly known as Dr Ladi Kwali was born in 1925 in Kwali town in the present Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,Nigeria.Cont...

Another day, another Kim and Kanye are divorcing report. This one from MediaTakeOut.com

We told you weeks ago that Kim and Kanye were divorcing - and now it's happening. This is a MediaTakeOut.com exclusive report!

People were wondering how long it would be before Kim and Kanye got divorced, well you're not going to have to wait long for answers. MTO broke the news a few weeks ago, that Kim was spotted inside the office of popular divorce attorney Laura Wasser.Cont...

Lil Wayne’s first daughter Reginae Carter turned 16 recently and her parents threw her an amazing star studded 16th birthday party on Saturday November 29th in Atlanta. Stars like T.I and Tiny, Nicki Minaj, Fantasia and many others were there. And when it was time to get her birthday gift from her parents, Reginae got a Ferrari from her mother (left) and a BMW X6 from her dad (right)

National Enquirer is claiming that it's not only Solange that puts hands on Jay Z, that Beyonce does it too. *rollseyes* Below is what they reported today...

"In a shocking claim, Beyonce is alleged to be the physically abusive partner in the relationship, said sources – providing emphatic evidence that she’s spiraling closer to an epic nervous breakdown, as friends fear!.cont...

Happy new month guys. Hope all your dreams come true. And yes, you read right. I'm giving away N1.5 million as End-of-Year LIB Giveaway. Yay! Lol. It's my own way of saying thank you so much for an amazing year. 2014 has so far been the best year of my life...and I'm not just talking about money...it's everything...new family, great friends, drama (hehe), learning and growing. Cont...

I want to bless as many people as I can before the year runs out(and yes I'm also making donations to charities)

So anyway, here's how we are going to distribute the N1.5million. I'll be giving away N200k every day from Monday Dec. 8th to Friday Dec. 12th - so it's going to be LIB Giveaway week. I will give N25k to 8 people every day so that makes it 40 people in total - that's N1million. The remaining N500k will be shared amongst LIB's most dedicated commenters. 5 people will get N100 each. Bonario Nnags of course, Onyx Godwin and three others - you guys please help me choose who the three remaining deserving LIB readers should be. And also tell me how you think I can fairly distribute this money. That's really the essence of this post and also to tell y'all to get ready...:-)

Happy new month once again. *hugs

Thursday, 27 November 2014

Senate responds to corruption allegations by Fmr Pres. Obasanjo

The senate has reacted to the corruption allegations leveled against it by the former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo while at a book launch yesterday in Abuja. In a statement released and signed by its spokesman, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe today, the senate frowned at the allegations that they used their oversight function to extort money, stating that the oversight functions of the senate was the initiative of the former president. The statement reads in part;Cont...

A 54 year old Chinese businessman Xiong Shuihua did something amazing for the community where he grew up in Xinyu, Southern China. He paid to bulldoze all the wooden huts in the area then spent millions replacing them with an estate of luxury flats for the residents.See his photo and more after the cut...

Damilola Adegbite & Chris Attoh christen new-born son, Brian

Engaged couple actors Damilola Adegbite and Chris Attoh Christen their 2 months old son, Brian, in Accra, Ghana. Dami recently returned home to Ghana with the baby after being in New York for months to give birth. See another pic after the cut...

US singer Mario, Jamaican Ragga/Reggae legends Chaka Demus & Pliers, Freddie Williams and Cameo are in the Lagos for the Corporate Elite event happening tonight. The organizers of the event hosted the international artistes to a lavish dinner last night at the Eko Hotel poolside and later moved them to Fuse Lounge for the pre-party. See the photos after the cut...

Rapper Big Sean, 26, is dating pop star Ariana Grande, 21, and on Tuesday after they performed together at the A Very Grammy Christmas event in LA, the two lovebirds kissed and held each other backstage. Big Sean shared the intimate photos on instagram yesterday and wrote "Me and my Ari"

VIDEO: DJ Caise – Buckle Up ft. EmmyAce

Chocolate City’s own Dj Caise releases the visuals of his song Buckle Up which features EmmyAce. The video was directed by Tee Tash of Visionaire pictures and was shot at Elegushi private beach. A fun video with colorful visuals, Buckle Up gives everybody a reason to loosen up and have fun, it also features cameo appearances by Dice Ailes & Moti Cakes.Continue...

Indeed we live in a wicked world. A mother and father murdered their 22-month-old son by stamping and beating him with such ferocity the child’s small intestine split in two, a court heard.

Toddler Levi Blu Cassin suffered ‘catastrophic’ internal injuries similar to someone who had been hit by a car or fallen from a three-storey building.

He died after being discovered by paramedics at his mum’s address in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, on the morning of February 20 last year.Cont..

Popular Nigerian footballer “Austin JJ Okocha” in a recent interview stated that his only regret as a footballer was not winning the African Footballer of the year award.Cont...

The relatives of the Tottenham Hotspur player called Peace Fm this morning and allegedly accused him of neglect. According to his sisters Margaret and lucia adebayor, Emmanuel has neglected them and their mother for the past six years on the premise that their mother is a witch.See more after the cut...

Nokia’s new CEO Rajeev Suri took the stage on November 14, and mapped out the future of the Finnish telecommunications giant after its phone business got acquired by Microsoft.cont..

In a post titled The Pot-bellied Creek Haramite And His Direct Threat, which he posted on Facebook, former Aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode slammed River State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, calling him a cultist, house boy and monkey. These our leaders have no chill sha..lol. What he wrote below..

Looks like Beyonce's new single 'Ring Off' may have been more about her parent's marriage than about hers. You see the way the two girls cut their dad off from their lives? He wasn't even invited Solange's wedding. Looks like he really hurt their mum and the girls are siding with Mrs Knowles.Cont...

Looking at the white building with red accents on Fola Osibo, it is hard to imagine the scope of reach of the works that emerge from there and at the helm of it, is serial entrepreneur, Toyin Lawani.

Toyin Lawani is the CEO of Tiannah’s place Empire and the Creative Director of Tinnahstyling. Her work as a Fashion Consultant and Stylist has been used and recognized by so many celebrities and great brands.Cont..,

Such celebrities include; Styling of Wizkid feat LAX video “Caro”, Wande cole’s “The Kick”, May D’s “So Many Things”, The most recent Tiwa Savage’s tour in the UK.

Scripting and styling AMARACHI’S Dance Video, Directing and Styling Sukanmi’s music video “OWO”, Directing/Scripting and Styling Vector's video "Shiga as well as Lordtrigg’s video “MELODY”.

Going back to this white building with red accents and inside the gorgeously decorated interiors of her office, she was asked how and why she embarked on this journey that has brought her this far, she stated;

“I love art, and most of all, I love creating it. When I started off as a Celebrity Stylist, I always knew I wanted more, and by more I mean I also wanted to script, direct and produce music videos aside from applying my talent to different industries. Recently, we opened the doors of our new place and I'm proud to say that with the multi-departmental unit, we just dropped one of our latest projects, the new Lordtrigg's video- #MrProfessional - Melody."

The dance studio of the Empire was actively involved in the choreography of the new Lordtrigg's video "MELODY", Past success stories from the dance studio include "the Choreography for Mademoiselle Anglia", "Face of the Universe" and many more.

The Makeup was by Makeup by Tiannah's MakeUp, the Costumes were designed by Elegante by Tiannahstyling, the Hair by Tiannah's Salon, Photography by Tiannah's Studios, Video was shot at the MVP and the Okoya residence, all the pieces and looks were styled by Tiannahstyling, and it was all
Scripted/directed by yours truly "Toyin Lawani".

Below are Pictures from "Behind the Scenes" of making the video: