The Future Awards (TFA) 2011 that held last Sunday was a resounding success going by the quality of guests, winners, performances, speeches and even choice of venue. Organised by RedSTRAT with Chude Jideonwo, Debola Williams and Debbie Magnut as Directors, the event was hosted by the pair of Yvonne Ekwerre and Ebuka Obi Uchendu and then Dolapo Oni and Dr…

Fifi EjinduIf there has been any question about whether the stylish, drop-dead gorgeous fashionista, Fifi Ejindu is losing her touch that question had better be dispense with as this Cross River state beauty and brawn seems to be getting better and better with age. Contrary to the gist making rounds that she had lost her touch, the disarming damsel hit…

The beautiful, indefatigable and alluring Deputy Governor of Lagos state is one woman who is having a raw deal being dealt her way right now. Guess what she is paying for? SosanHer loyalty to the governor has become the Achilles heel that looks good on the bill to put paid to her career as a politician. The word running riot…

President Goodluck Jonathan and his vice, Namadi Sambo, yesterday, shunned the presentation of books written about them by Coalition Front for Goodluck (CFG), an affiliate of Goodluck-Sambo Campaign Organisation. The two books,‘The Voice of the Earth’ and ‘Goodluck/Sambo, the Hidden Treasure,’ were billed for presentation at the occasion. The event,which was slated for 10am took place at Yar’Adua Centre in…

Bauchi State Grand Khadi, Abdullahi Yakubu Marafa, has appealed to the federal government to place an embargo on the importation of pornographic publications and materials into the country which, he argued, pollute the minds of Nigerian youth. He explained that if the government is really serious with its programme of re-branding Nigeria and its desire for a disciplined society, it…

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Thursday, discharged all the patients on admission, following a strike by nurses and laboratory technologists in the hospital. By noon, the workers, operating under the aegis of Joint Action Committee, had deserted their duty posts in protest over cuts on their monthly allowance, tagged ‘Teaching Allowance’. In a statement…

Vivacious Ijeoma Richards, is one lady blessed with beauty and brain, her book ‘The successful girls Rule’ which contains 115 etiquettes for today’s female of ages 5 to 85 years is presently enjoying an unprecedented patronage . Ijeoma RichardsAccording to the stylish lady “you know nature is awesome, butterflies are entrancing, but only the woman could be described with all…

For the simple fact that Funke Osibodu’s life revolves around nothing but banking does not mean she cannot tell a thing or two about style. Funke OsiboduThough not a glamour obsessed person who is easily disposed to flaunting her gifts of nature but more often than not, she has shown she could really get in the act when occasion demands.…

“So I took Okada yesterday after a veryyy long time. Brought back memories. But that shit is still dangerous sha. Guys pls be careful”, that’s how @DONJAZZYMOHITS began his story on Tuesday. The President of Mo Hits Records, Nigeria’s richest label turned on many followers when he dropped this line. Many were quick to comment saying it was impossible. Anyway,…

The Kano State government has declared Friday a work-free day to enable public servants in the state to register, the Commissioner for Information Haruna Dederi, has said. The commissioner, who announced this on Wednesday shortly after the state executive council meeting, said the decision was taken to build on the success recorded during the exercise. Mr. Dederi said the holiday…

An Osogbo High Court on Tuesday stopped the efforts of three members of the People’s Democratic Party in the State House of Assembly to stop the ongoing screening exercise of local government council caretaker committees. The court denied an application for an interim injunction to halt the Assembly from further screening members of the caretaker committees. Governor Rauf Aregbesola had…

Protests continued yesterday at the Ibadan General Post office, Dugbe and other units in the state which have been closed since last Thursday over the non-payment of pensioners’ pay. Adeniyi Adeleke, national secretary of the National Union of Pensioners (NUP), NIPOST branch, said the group was angry with NIPOST because of its alleged “conscious efforts” to decimate their ranks. Mr.…

Relatively Speaking The Future is Bright —Raola Tejuosho By the time Princess Moji Tejuosho was the age her daughter is now, she had had her first child and had another on the way. Moji TejuoshoThough her daughter Rao wants to settle down sometime in the future when the right man comes along, it is the prospect of work that seems…

There are many reasons why women do not participate in the different levels of society. They are preoccupied with care: of husbands, children, step children, mothers, in laws, grandmother, and every one else you can think of. Senator EkaetteIt is fair to assume, therefore, that the women who have smashed the glass ceilings, as it were, or merely cracked it…

Comedian Tee A is fun to follow on Twitter. Apart from his Monday morning wisdom nuggets which he calls ‘#Tee A speaks’, he’s relaxed and funny all through the rest of the hours. On Tuesday, the preferred MC got a brainwave and he tweeted: “*Random tho(ugh)t* I want to give myself a traditional title on twitter”. With over 3,900 followers,…