‘My husband smokes indian hemp in our children’s presence’

• When he poured acid on me, I became scared and I have been having sleepless nights. There was also a day he almost stabbed me with a bottle. I have always been responsible for our children’s upkeep and necessary things in the house. Still, he doesn’t give me peace of mind —Wife
• I still love her —Husband
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos has dissolved the 22-year-old union between Mr and Mrs Godfrey Obioma.
The court’s president, Mr Hakeem Oyekan said that all efforts to reconcile the parties failed, and the court had no choice than to end the marriage.
“Both parties are ceased to be husband and wife. They are free to go their separate ways without hindrance,’’ Oyekan ruled.
The petitioner, Mrs Joy Obioma, had sought the dissolution of her 22-year-old marriage over her husband’s nonchalant attitude.
“My husband has never been responsive. He smokes Indian hemp every morning in our children’s presence. I can’t remember the last time he gave me some money to cater for our needs.
“I have always been responsible for our children’s upkeep and necessary things in the house still he don’t give me peace of mind.” She said.
The 42-year-old trader described her husband as “violent” adding that he always threatened to kill her with a dangerous weapon.
“I usually thought he never meant all he said because of the things he sniffs and smoke but when he poured acid on me, I became scared and I have been having sleepless nights. There was also a day he almost stabbed with a bottle,” Mrs Obioma said.
She also said her husband once burnt the house they live in and ran away.
The mother of four said: “He was in Ghana for years and even when he returned, he still shirks his responsibilities. My husband never referred me as his wife but an “international prostitute” in everyone’s presence which is very embarrassing. He disturbs the neighborhood whenever he is around.”
She pleaded with the court to dissolve the union adding that there was no love anymore and she could not continue to live with him.
In his response, Mr. Obioma admitted smoking Indian hemp but denied never touching his wife violently.
“I still love her,” he said.

The marriage produced four children between the ages of 10 and 20.

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‘My husband doesn’t last a minute’

• My husband cannot perform well, he is not doing his ‘job’ at all and it makes me sad. He does not satisfy me, he does not last a minute —Wife
• I am trying my best to satisfy my wife and I am also trusting God for a miracle. But my wife has been committing adultery, There was a day I saw a text message she sent to her lover. I showed her the text, but instead of her to apologise, she warned me not to touch her phone again –Husband
Observers at Igando customary court in Lagos were stunned when a woman, Mrs Ifeanyi Samuel, made a shocking revelation about her husband.
Mrs Samuel, 33, called on the court to dissolve her nine-year-old marriage over her husband’s poor sexual performance.
According to the businesswoman, her husband was always on the road for months, leaving her lonely at home.
The president of the court, Mr Hakeem Oyekan, after hearing the petitioner, said he was convinced that the couple could no longer live together as the wife had insisted on divorce after several interventions, hence came to the conclusion to dissolve the marriage.
Oyekan said: “The court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the husband still claims he loves his wife.
“The couples can no longer stay together because the marriage has broken down totally.
“The parties are no longer husband and wife; they are free to go their separate ways.”
Ifeanyi told the court that her husband had demonstrated lack of capacity to satisfy her sexually in the last nine years.
“My husband cannot perform well, he is not doing his `job’ at all and it makes me sad.
“My husband does not satisfy me, he does not last a minute on bed,” she said.
She said that she forced her husband to go to the hospital to confirm what was wrong with him and it was discovered that he had low sperm count.
“My husband has low sperm count. I bought the drugs prescribed by the doctor for him, but he refused to use them.
“His refusal to take the drugs had resulted in fighting because I need a child. We have been married for nine years without any issue,’’ she said.
According to Ifeanyi, she could no longer cope as her love for him had faded.
However, the respondent, Moses Samuel, 40, a businessman, accepted that he had low sperm count and that he believed God for a miracle.
“I am trying my best to satisfy my wife and I am also trusting God for a miracle.”
He accused his estranged wife of having extra-marital affairs, saying that men always called her at odd hours.
“My wife has been committing adultery, there was a day I saw a text message she sent to her lover.
“I showed her the text, but instead of her to apologize, she warned me not to touch her phone again.

“My wife goes out without telling me and comes back at 11.00 p.m. and whenever I query her, she would tell me she owns her life,” Samuel said.

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Wal-Mart’s planned foray into Nigeria’s retail market

Every conglomerate and multinational corporation desires to establish presence and compete in large markets. The rebasing of Nigerian economy in 2013 placed her as the largest economy in Africa, over South Africa, and far ahead of many other African counties.

According to the World Bank, with a population of nearly 180 million and a purchasing power parity, PPP, equivalent of 32 per cent of world average, a GDP per capita PPP averaging $3742.63 from 1990 until 2014, reaching an all time high of $5606.56 in 2014, Nigeria by all estimation an attractive market to global retail stores.

Today, there are quite a few global retail stores in the country including, Shoprite, Park N Shop, PEP Store, Adide, Game and Mr. Price, among others.

When the South African owned Shoprite entered Nigeria in 2005, the country’s retail industry was adjudged to be grossly under serviced with enough room for many to operate. Since then Shoprite has established over 12 stores with plans to open many more. Shoprite is percieved as the biggest retail store to berth in Nigeria today, and with its aggressive expansion drive it is certainly a formidable force in Nigeria retail business.

But that may soon change as it will be challenged by the American retail behemoth, Wal-Mart, which is making inroad into Nigeria.

If recent reports are anything to go by, Lagos may be the first city to host Wal-Mart. This was made clear as Wal-Mart’s top executives for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada, led by Shelley Broader, met with the Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode recently.

It was reported that after a ‘fruitful talk, it appears Ambode was excitet at the prospect of Walmart opening up stores across the mega-city he governs’.

He said: “We have a population of over 21 million people and four million of that population is in the middle class, therefore Wal-Mart would create job opportunities for Lagos’ bulging youth demographic.

“We want to make sure that we attract as much investment in Lagos that can help us to take our youths off the streets and give them employment,” he said.

No doubt, these are words of expectations from a leader who expects that jobs are provided for his citizens. Ordinarilly, thinking of Wal-Mart coming to Nigeria will elicite some forms of joy, but not for the series of concerns raised about the company’s track records in terms of how it deals with employees and other arm twisting business dealing, particularly, the less financially endowed ones.

An article by a Nigerian Professor living in Ottawa, Canada, Chidi Oguamanam, did raise some serious issues about Wal-Mart’ operations in America and globally.

“On the face of it, the Wal-Mart brand has incredible, value-chain development potential. But Wal-Mart does not have an enviable profile in regard to its dealings with the desk-end employees it habitually confines to minimum wage.

“Though there is also the unwritten argument that such jobs are not for life. This is the reason Wal-Mart remains the contemporary global face of historic tension between capital and labour”.

Similarly, in an investigative report by New York Times, a former executive also provided detail on how Walmart “had paid bribes to obtain permits in virtually every corner of the country.”

Investigations revealed questionable payments and how the company was also forced to close operations in Germany and Korea in 2006 and has faced major challenges in Brazil and China.

It is this negative burden of a global retail player that is flagging off a lot of concerns in the minds of local retailers in Nigerian.

In an open letter to President Mohammadu Buhari and Governor Ambode, signed by its General Secretary, Gbenga Komolafe, a group, the Federation of Informal Workers Organisation of Nigeria, FIWON, denounced the planned presence of Walmart, saying they “are convinced the corporation portends serious threats and dangers that, on the whole will negate the optimistic expectations of Governor Ambode in providing jobs for Nigeria.

“We are concerned because millions of retail businesses including street and market vendors, some of who happen to be our members face the threat of being displaced from business by this global behemoth. As it is, millions of jobs have been lost in Nigeria in the last two decades as a result of Nigeria’s extreme open market policy which has turned the country to a dumping ground of, very often, fake, sub-substandard goods from all over the world especially, in recent years, China.

They argued that given Nigeria’s well known infrastructural deficiencies, “Nigerian manufactured goods stood no chance as hundreds of factories closed down, rendering millions of Nigerians jobless or with low paying work in the informal sectors of the economy”, the letter stated.

The petition reminded Nigerian authorities of Walmart antecedent, noting that the company is “renowned for its record of systematically easing out small time retailers in the communities because of its low wage, undercutting low pricing policy which is made possible by its slave camp manufacturing plants in South East Asia, and will easily uproot local retailers and neighbourhood markets in Lagos.

“We are sure of this outcome because of Walmart’s antecedence from its home country, the United States of America and also across so many other countries it operates.”

The group noted that studies after studies have shown that while Walmart offers some low paying jobs, it actually uproots several more people from their retail business, than it offers its poverty wage jobs’.

The group therefore called on Presiden Buhari and Ambode to do what they say the Public Advocate of New York did two years ago when faced with the pressure to allow Walmart enters New York, “that is, conduct a comprehensive impact assessment of what will be the effect on local retail business if Walmart enters Lagos.

Oguamanam however argued in favour of constructive engagement between Nigeria and particularly Lagos in this case. If not for anything, for the very obvious, Nigeria has a distinctive factor endowment as Africa’s largest economy and arguably the continent’s largest skilled middle class.

He therefore advised that Nigerian government and other regulators to ensure they do not allow Wal-Mart and its ilk to play into the long-held but skewed philosophy of American monopolists that give strength to the strong in the market the right to destroy its neighbour, those that are weaker.

“Wal-Mart in Africa must be prepared to operate with a commitment to balance wealth with the commonwealth, a lesson long lost to corporate America, but which must form a foundation for the new corporate- driven, commercial, and economic transformation happening across Africa and in Nigeria in particular”, Oguamanam added.

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Woman gets married and gives birth on same day

A mum-to-be planning her wedding and for the arrival of her baby never expected the two events to happen on the same day. Stephanie Tallent moved her nuptials to a hospital ward after her baby daughter arrived three weeks early.

The 41-year-old attended a routine ultrasound appointment with partner Jason Nece on Friday last week when a nurse found the expectant mum was in active labour.

 Stephanie had been due to have a caesarean in September because the baby was breech, so medics were forced to act fast.

But the Texas couple told doctors there was one thing they had to do before the baby arrived.

“It was really important to us that we were married when our baby was born,” Stephanie told the magazine.

 Staff at the Texas Children’s Pavillion for Women in Houston sprang into action to make the couple’s dream come true.

Dr Karla Wagner told PEOPLE: “All of a sudden, we had a wedding.”

The hospital chaplain was drafted in to perform the ceremony while Jason retrieved the marriage licence the couple had obtained a day earlier along with a white maternity sundress.

Stephanie was even provided with a bouquet, ‘something borrowed’ in the shape of a pearl necklace from a nurse and a ribbon as her ‘something blue’.
A nurse played Mendelssohn’s Wedding March on her mobile phone before the couple exchanged vows in front of around 25 people.

Newlywed Stephanie was then whisked away in a wheelchair with a ‘Just Married’ sign on the back to have her baby.

 Less than two hours later, baby Sophia was born weighing 6lbs 3oz.

Stephanie told PEOPLE: “I didn’t think I’d be married and having a baby at the same time. This was the happiest day of our lives.”

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MUSIC: Man of the Year

It appears Skales is more man of the moment than of the year. Here is why

Few debut albums have been as long in the works as Skales’. Since signing with Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) in 2009, the artiste, born Raoul John Njeng-Njeng has struggled to achieve the kind of success that came almost naturally to his former comrade in arms Wizkid.

The lowlights of his unfruitful spell at EME are common knowledge for pop culture enthusiasts but none more conspicuous than his inability to record a solo album in all that time. After he was put out of his EME misery, Skales scored his first hit single, Shake body in 2014. Like Iyanya before him, the need to recapture the commercial appeal of the breakout single has overwhelmed both he and his Baseline record label. The disc, Man of the year is the unfortunate evil fruit of this obsession.

Really it is hard to fault an artiste who chooses to rely on what worked the last time to stay atop the food chain, especially for someone like Skales who has had his stock as an artiste plummet so terribly in the past. For whatever you say about Iyanya and his seeming refusal to do any form of decent singing these days, it is the explosion of the incoherent but lovable Kukere that catapulted him onto the A-list and into this particular conversation. Skales quickly abandons any promise he on

ce showed of heading for a Grammy and goes the predictable formulaic route on Man of the year.

For a while, he achieves some success and it seems as if audiences are in for a harmless, pleasurable ride. After a forgettable and barely decipherable intro by Cool FM’s Do2DTun, the action swings instantly into the Burna Boy assisted I’m a winner, a joyous delight that manages to survive Skales’ opening lines, I don popular pass Jaja of Opobo/Them go regret cos dem one do me ojoro.

He rallies soon enough with his rap verse in the final act. This quickly segues into Lo Le. It is produced by South Africa’s Uhuru so you have heard it before, more times than you care to recall but that doesn’t make it any easier to resist. This is obviously the club banger of the 22 track disc. The first half of the album is the most pleasurable with other radio friendly treats like Always, Wonder and Ijo ayo (featuring guests Davido, Reekado Banks and Olamide respectively.)

After this promising start, the disc quietly disintegrates as Skales and his team abandon rhyme and reason in their search for whatever has worked for every wannabe pop star in the past 2 years. The blatant lack of personality is off putting and further alienates listeners looking for a clue as to what Skales is about as an artiste or even as a person. What he offers in place of distinguishing himself is a Kcee/Harry Song rip off, Whats up, a Sean Tizzle-lite Koleyewon and half-hearted dance hall jams like I’m for real and Naughty.

Man of the year reaches its nadir with unforgivable fluff like Swagger man (with Phyno and Ice Prince who have both never sounded worse on any record this year) and No condition (sporting a dismal use of auto tune). The torture continues almost non stop with the insipid Happy, the migraine inducing Your body hot and the regurgitative Another round.

Actually, only the bravest will still be hanging around by this time. Things are so dire, even Chocolate City’s Victoria Kimani scores a touch down for the first time in a long while on OMG! At this stage of his career, Skales is more occupied with singing than rapping and as such, it is a welcome surprise to discover the young Skales of old going at it so freely and eloquently on Fa ra we, as well as on the album outro, I Forget.

Production is handled by names like Spellz and DJ Coublon and Skales unsurprisingly does not make time for any of his former EME colleagues to appear as guest artistes. For the record, none of his Baseline records colleagues make the cut either. While the best middle finger wave would have been a show of undeniable good music, nothing on this record is indicative of an artiste looking beyond his five minutes of fame.

And maybe it is just as he planned it. Man of the Year should be enough to send Skales to the A-list and keep the endorsement and concert dreams alive. But the boastful title is quite misleading. Skales hasn’t done man of the year quality work on the record. Neither is he in the running for man of the season. At best, he can only hope for a more modest and fleeting title.

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Legalising sex with ‘babies’

Of course, worried Nigerians who were disturbed by the rising cases of rape were overjoyed that, at last, sexually abused Nigerians would get justice and that the Bill would go a long way in curbing rape and sexual offences. So amazed were Nigerians when more than 40 bills were hurriedly passed by the just-concluded 7th assembly. Thank goodness, the Sexual Offences Bill sailed through.

But unfortunately, Nigerians who were hoping to get a respite from the Bill got the biggest shock of their lives when it allowed sex with girls from the age of eleven. The Sexual Offences Bill, 2015, also stipulates life imprisonment for any individual found guilty of rape or sexual intercourse with children under 11 years; 10 years for incest; 10 years for child pornography or a fine of N2 million; and 14 years for sexual abuse, among others.

By a strange twist of fate, the same Senator Anyanwu, who won the hearts of Nigerians, has been slammed for being one of the minds in the just-concluded 7th assembly that passed the Bill that allows sex with girls from 11 years. Since the passage of this Bill, reactions have continued to trail the Bill from all quarters Among the most vociferous critics of the Bill has been Nobel laureate, Whole Soyinka, who has urged President Muhammad Bukhara to withhold his assent to the Sexual Offences Bill passed by the last National Assembly.

Last week, the Noble laureate said: “President Bukhara and here I make my first imposition on his presidency should never place his assent on such a nefarious distraction,” he said in a letter to the organizing committee of the June 12 Movement of Nigeria.

“Its implications doom the victim to afflictions that churn the stomach even to think of the human toll. Perhaps, those legislators think that vaginal fistula is something thought up by arm-chair critics with nothing better to occupy their minds. No matter, let those who profess a genuine concern declare their stand on this.

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Striking photo of newborn lying next to mother's caesarean wound goes viral

The new mother, who does not wish to be identified, was terrified of having a C-section but wanted the picture to be taken as the operation had saved her and her baby.

The image touched a nerve around the world after Helen shared it online, and it has been seen 11.5 million times and liked by nearly 200,000 people.

More than 11 million people have viewed this picture on social media, but it has certainly divided opinion.

This striking photograph of a mother and baby taken just three days after being born by caesarean section has taken social media by storm.

Helen Aller, 29, took the black and white image of the woman and her newborn lying next to her wound.

Photographer Helen, from Guernsey, often takes photos of newborns and their mums, but said she wasn't prepared for the reaction her latest shot received.

She said: "I photographed this mama's pregnancy a while back and she was telling me how terrified she was of having a c-section.

"Last week she went into labour but had to have an emergency c-section after complications.

"She asked me to come over and shoot this particular image as her worst nightmare proved to be what saved her and her child's lives.

"My images usually get seen seen by 100 people at most so I never thought it would reach anywhere near what it has done.

"So far it has been seen by over 7.5 million people. I didn't expect this image to reach so far."

In the photo, the newborn - only three days old - is lying directly underneath his mother's scar from her emergency caesarean.

Source: UK Mirror

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Wrote my first song when i was 10 –BMG

Her parents named her Olure­mi Bunmi, but the music in­dustry knows her as Boomer­ang. Here is the story of the ‘Sweet, Sexy, Sassy’ crooner.

Every artiste will be excited about her album. Oluremi Bunmi a.k.a. Boomerang’s first album, ‘Sweet. Sexy. Sassy’, makes her feel the same way. “It has been so exciting and I am so happy because it has been a long time in coming. It is out there and I know that the next thing is to con­tinue going from here,” she told our correspondent at the launch. It was not just that a former La­gos State commissioner as well as a former police boss were at the launch. Or even that it was by all standards, a very successful launch. It was all that and the fact that this long-standing desire of hers was being ful­filled.

“I have songs in the album that are up to three years old but we worked on the album project for a whole year in the studio and I thank God it is done,” she said.

Boomerang has been a part of the Walkerman Movement led by the come­dian Koffi Idowu Nuel for some time, in fact, she said, she has been doing music professionally since 2005.

“I have been in the industry for quite a while now I have been doing this profes­sionally since 2005. People have been in the industry for less time than that and have gotten their break. I pray from here on, my break will come,” she explained.

Of course, she is not in the music for the sake of it and her songs, which she said are ethnic-centric, are pack full with messages.

“When I do songs, I try to put a mes­sage out there. So, if you listen to all the songs in the album you will see that there is something behind it,” she stated.

But she has not left the Walkerman Movement, with which she has done two albums, for a solo career in music.

“But this is my own album. We are a family that decided to come together and do an album, we did that album but we are all individual artistes who can also do solo albums,” she explained.

The artiste, who also does other things on the side including jewellery and T-shirts, said there is ethnic culture in her music, there is pop, a fusion of reggae, soul and rap, “everything is just togeth­er”.

Boomerang said she would pick many of the songs as her favourite in the album that also has an intro and whose videos have been enjoying airplay.

Boomerang said some of the songs to watch out for in the album include: ‘Cred­it’, ‘FlirtyFlirty’, ‘Take Me’, ‘Olowo Ori mi’ and ‘Yepa!’

“Music has always been a part of my life, when I wrote my first song I was barely 10. So when the time came for me to go fully into music I got the support of everyone at home including my parents,” she said.

The Ondo State native had her early childhood in the United States of Amer­ica, U.S.A. and is known by other appel­lations like: Bmg, Akanchawa Duchess, Rap Mayoress and Queen of tha clan, is the only female member of the musical ensemble, Workerman Movement. She has been at it for all of 10 years and has already released two albums with her la­bel mates as well as collaborations with other entertainers.

The sonorous vocalist sings in Eng­lish, Yoruba, raps and does a bit of Ja­maican patoi.

The album features family, soul-lifting and inspiring tunes, groovy ballads fe­male emancipative themes and content driven ideas and features artists like: W4, Sossick, Yemi Alade, Oritsefemi, Kiss, Butafly, Godwon, Q.A, Lowkeyz, Olujazz, Likkle Tee, Omalicha of Rhythm FM, and Westsyde. Among the producers of the songs are: Sossick, Lowkeyz, Ex.O, Joelex, Heartbeat, EL. Magnifique and Lord A.

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Expanding Nigeria’s fashion industry

Leading Africa’s contemporary music scene is a new generation of Nigerian artists redefining the continent’s creative landscape and craft­ing songs with international appeal. Ni­geria’s film industry, colloquially known as Nollywood, is the second largest film industry after India, in terms of films produced annually.

Equally, Nigeria’s burgeoning fashion sector is enjoying an unprecedented level of exposure that translates into a unique opportunity for designers. Nigerian de­signers are becoming regular features on some of the world’s runways and gaining footholds with celebrities including Mi­chelle Obama and Beyoncé to name a few. Today the question “Who are you wear­ing?” might just bring up names such as Duro Olowu, Maki Oh, or Jewel by Lisa.

Driven by fashion weeks and an explo­sion of print and online media, a grow­ing number of platforms are emerging in Nigeria for designers to promote their brands to a mass market. New trends in fashion retail are developing, with in­creasing numbers of local multi-brand boutiques and online shops looking to carry Nigerian designers. Additionally, the country’s fashion weeks are attract­ing the attention of international re­tailers. Selfridges, MyTheresa.com and Browns UK are among the international buyers that have attended Lagos Fashion and Design Week.

The growth of online retailing is also on the rise and offering new sales av­enues for fashion and other consumer goods. With 56 million internet subscrib­ers and 120 million active cell phone lines in September 2013, e-commerce has wit­nessed an impressive growth in Nigeria over the past few years, and will continue to grow as infrastructure and confidence in online retail both grow. Local e-tailers Jumia and Konga are aggressively roll­ing out, and British online fashion store ASOS now delivers to Nigeria.

But beyond the glitz and glamour, de­signers within Nigeria struggle to find a sustainable market locally and to keep up with the international fashion industry. The Nigerian fashion industry remains largely fragmented, suffering from a lack of internal and external patronage and a myriad of structural issues.

A lack of formal fashion training fa­cilities creates weaknesses in all aspects of the industry, from pattern cutting and styling, to marketing and PR. No nation­wide official body exists to encourage funding for designers, while poor infra­structure slows down production and raises costs. Nigeria’s textiles market, once the third largest in Africa, is virtu­ally defunct and dependent on cheap im­ports from China.

Rarely viewed as an integrated sector of the economy, the potential of creativ­ity as an economic force has been slow to find recognition in Nigeria. As a con­sequence, while rich in talent, Nigeria lacks the infrastructure and capacity to commercialise its creative talent and reap its vast rewards. In comparison, the South African fashion industry, in­cluding all its different sectors (manu­facturing, retail, media and recruitment sectors), is the fifth largest employment sector in the country, generating an an­nual income of several billion South Af­rican Rand.

Despite the challenges facing the in­dustry, fashion is arguably the next big thing in Nigeria. With a population of 160 million, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation, and its powerful demo­graphics position it firmly in the centre of Africa’s fashion scene. The growth in particular of the urban population, posi­tive macro-economic growth, an increase in disposable income from an emerging middle class, and a strong appetite for consumer goods offer a potent recipe for a lively fashion scene with real economic traction.

Leading the way in this endeavour is Lagos Fashion and Design Week. The showcase is focused on creating an event that highlights the commercial value of fashion. With partnerships with the British Council for the most outstand­ing ‘young creative entrepreneur’ award, and a Fashion Business Series to help designers learn about matters such as raising funding and running businesses, LFDW is working to position fashion as an industry in its own right.

Fashion provides an important oppor­tunity to diversify the Nigerian economy, and promote employment, particularly among youth. New entrants into the Nigerian fashion market, from interna­tional luxury brand Ermenegildo Zegna to high-street brands Zara and Mango, point to rising confidence in fashion re­tail in Nigeria, and a bid to capitalise on the benefits presented by an emerging middle class with an increasing dispos­able income and a strong appetite for consumer goods. With sound policies, targeted investment and global partner­ships, the fashion industry can have a significant impact on Nigeria’s economy.

Veteran fashion promoter Lexy Mojo-Eyes, founder of Nigeria Fashion Week, believes that, “The fashion industry can become a big business in Africa. It could contribute to the development of indus­trial fabric, infrastructures and even more with the support of governments. Fashion can create jobs.”

As Nigeria enters a new era in nation­hood, there is a sense of vigour and re­newal that makes the country’s prospects very appealing. The successes of its film and music sectors present a strong case for taking its fashion sector seriously and developing a strategy for doing so. If the institutional weaknesses in the industry are corrected then fashion can contribute to economic growth and posi­tion Nigeria as a major player in the in­ternational fashion market, in the way it has the potential to.

    Bukie Aje Lloyd is founder, Design­ers Foundry, based in London.

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Loved Up 2Face And Annie Idibia Stun For Hello Nigeria Magazine.

 

Powerful celebrity couple, 2Face and Annie Idibia, whose marital relationship has being going strong for the past few years now and has been blessed with beautiful children, grace the latest edition of the Hello Nigeria Magazine.

The couple share a very steamy chemistry in photos while they share stories of their love life. 2Face says “He is lucky because he married someone he loves”… how romantic.

See another lovely photo below:

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