AFRIMA, Africa Union, ONE Mark Day of African Child in Soweto

All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) in partnership with Africa Union Commission, AUC, and ONE commemorated the Day of the African Child (DAC) on August 15 with a special event as part of the programme of events of the 2015 Africa Union (AU) Summit held from June 7 to June 15.

The DAC event which came up at the Soweto Hotel, Soweto, South Africa took place under the theme “Ending Child Marriages”. It was attended by South Africa’s Minister of Social Development, Ms. Bathabile Dlamini; Director of Social Affairs of the AUC, Ambassador Olawale Maiyegun; Representative of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to the AU, Jane Okello; and Commissioner, Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistics Communities, Sheila T. Khama, among other delegates.

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Olori Ladun Sijuade rocks as Ngozi Nkoloenyi's daughter dedicates baby

 By Niyi Tabiti

High society women like Olori Ladun Sijuade and Lolo Ngozi Nkoloenyi have a way of showing us that truly age is nothing but a number. You see them coming out and looking hot any time they step out at events.

  That’s a gist for another day. Ladun, the beautiful of Ooni of Ife and daughter of late Egba high chief, Chief Harold Sodipo washosted by her friend,Lolo Ngozi  Nkoloenyi when her

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The Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria also known as Fadan had their best event ever on Sunday 14 June 2015 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island.The event was graced by notable designers and entrepreneurs’.

     The event was graced by notable socialites,business executives and fashion entrepreneurs such as Alhaji Rasaq Akanni Okoya of Eleganza Group,former first lady of Lagos state,Dame Abimbola Fashola,Ibidun Ajayi,Folashade Okoya,Maureen

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Gistmaster spotted the two women at the FADAN event in Lagos. While

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Tola, the beautiful wife of Senator Babafemi Ojudu celebrated her 50th birthday on June 1 with a follow up thanksgiving and testimony at Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Magodo,Lagos on 14 June 2015. niyitabiti.blogspot.com bring you photos from the event and the small get together that earlier that earlier took place at their

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Born with a silverspoon, Gistmaster gathered that Yemisi attended the highly expensive 

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“I am most honoured and privileged to be elected to serve as President of the Senate. I accept with humility and respect the honour you have conferred upon me today,”

“We have today demonstrated that even though we may belong to different parties, we are ultimately united by our common desire to entrench democracy and allow its principle guide our conducts.

“The change that our people voted for is a change

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"The union has received a report that a Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, was shot in his business premises at 9.00 p.m. yesterday (June 7)"The report said

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CAPE TOWN – Two of Africa’s most prominent foundations – the Nigeria-based Tony Elumelu Foundation and the Oppenheimer family’s Brenthurst Foundation of South Africa – launched an important new book titled “Africans Investing in Africa” on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Africa meeting in Cape Town.

The 338-page book covers a range of important topics critical to Africa’s development. It provides a unique perspective of how Africans are leading the way through intra-African trade and investment, documenting how, where and why Africans invest across the continent.  The book also identifies the economic, political and social experiences that hinder or stimulate