…Continued from last week. Listen; there isn’t anything or anyone as sly or deceptive as an adulterous married man whose end goal is just sex. Korede promised me a nice time, and that’s what I got. But, don’t worry, I didn’t offer myself up to be devoured in bed, “not until I know the truth,” I solemnly decided to myself. It was the day before he was meant to return back to his work-laden life. I had forgotten my detective assignment and gotten carried away with the fun of hopping in and out of Ubers, joints and cinemas when I…
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Our new column, Traditional and Contemporary, focuses on the Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary designs. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See week one, week two, week three,week four,week five,week six and week seven. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fashion | Styles |Ankaralooks (@ankaralooks) on Oct 19, 2018 at 1:00am PDT View…
Runway shows at the Heineken Lagos Fashion Week 2018 kicked off on Thursday the 25th of October. If you’ve been following us on our social media platforms on Instagram and Twitter, you’ll know we’ve been posting some of our favourite street-style looks. This weekend, our Fashion Friday column is all about the buzz-worthy moments at fashion week and the eye-catching show happening on the street of Lagos slightly stealing the runway fizz. Day one of Fashion Week was teeming with entitled fashionistas, style gurus and fashion bloggers who came to make a unanimous stylish statement and establish their throne within…
Relationships by their very nature aren’t always smooth sailing – you can experience topsy-turvy times; you and your partner may be inseparable for a while, but things can change in an instant which may leave you confused with many prodding questions. What did you do wrong? Why did she cut you off when you thought you were both destined for a life together? These questions are valid and the answers aren’t far-fetched You may be too intense You are trying to attain in days, what should take years to achieve by rushing things within the relationship. If she’s not ready…
Laugh Quote “My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: ‘What are you looking at?’” – Margaret Smith Wise Guys Answer To Stupid Question Question: Are you pregnant? Wise Guy: Piece of advice – if you can’t see the baby’s head, don’t assume the woman is pregnant. Teacher And Student Two Weeks Suspension Student: “Sir, can I ask a question?” Teacher: “Yes!” Student: “How do you put an elephant inside a fridge?” Teacher: “I don’t know.” Student: “It’s easy, you just open the fridge and put it in. I have another question!” Teacher: “Ok, ask.”…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) announced that Ms Rita Dominic, acclaimed Nigerian actress and producer, is an official ambassador of the Intra Africa Trade Fair (IATF). The IATF 2018 is a 7-day trade show that will provide a platform for sharing trade, investment and market information and enabling buyers and sellers, investors and countries to meet, discuss and conclude business deals across multiple sectors and industries. The inaugural IATF is set to take place in Cairo, Egypt from the 11 to 17 December 2018. It will provide an opportunity for the over 1000 anticipated exhibitors to showcase their goods and services…
This time last year, the big players and behind the scene experts within the Nigerian and African fashion industry gathered at fashion’s Mecca. The runway was copious and burgeoning with creative cuts formed into unconventional silhouettes and avant-garde styling as a demonstration of the inner workings of the designers’ mind. We are back at it again as Lagos Fashion Week 2018 officially kicked off yesterday, but, let’s take you down memory lane to the moments that made us gasp while being doe-eyed and in awe of the technicalities, pristine architecture and craftsmanship involved in designing and creating the masterpieces the…
Coscharis Motors, the exclusive distributor for Ford in Nigeria, unveiled the new EcoSport compact sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the Abuja International Motor Fair. “We are thrilled to introduce the new Ford EcoSport to the Nigerian market,” says Abiona Babarinde, General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications at Coscharis Motors. “The vehicle comes with more advanced features, more refined styling, and more sophisticated technologies.” “The EcoSport is a popular model in Nigeria,” says Babarinde. “And the new EcoSport offers customers even more style, comfort, capability, and choice – blending rugged SUV functionality with city car practicality – making it more appealing…
We are in an age where we basically live on the internet. Truthfully, most millennials are unaware of an existence before the digital age and what it was like not to have an email, a mobile phone, Instagram or Twitter. These days, the picture of a couple at a restaurant peeking into their phones rather than being engrossed in the company of one another isn’t an unusual sight to see. This development is quite disturbing. Although a number of people may be married or in committed relationships, they spend less time paying attention to their partners and building intimacy offline…
The widely anticipated fashion event, Lagos Fashion Week 2018, officially kicks off today, 24th October 2018 with a fashion business series dinner which is strictly by invitation. The four days event which has expanded to one of the formidable and extensively talked about fashion shows within Africa – thereby putting Lagos on the fashion map of the world – has an intelligent and foresighted woman, Omoyemi Akerele, as its founder. And today, she’s our Woman Crush Wednesday. As the creative and managing director of Stylehouse Files, a creative development agency for Nigerian and African designers, Akerele has expanded the vision and…