ZIZI CARDOW BAGS CHIEFTAINCY TITLE-ADA EJI AGA MBA 1 OF ISUIKWUATO

AMB. DR. ZIZI CARDOW NOW A CHIEF

All roads led yesterday-November 12, 2011 to Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, as one of Nigeria's best designer Amb. Dr. Zizi Cardow was among some distinguished Nigerians from the Eastern states honored with Chieftaincy Titles. The titles were in recognition of their immense contributions towards the growth of the community and also because of their contributions towards the larger society.

One of the other distinguished personality honored yesterday was Lieutenant General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika,the Chief of Army Staff.

AFRO-HOLLYWOOD AWARD WINNERS HOSTED BY THE NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO THE UK

SUSAN PETERS,DR DALHATU TAFIDA & HALIMA ABUBAKAR

FEMI BRAINARD,MRS. AISHATU ALIYU MUSA,SUSAN PETERS & AHMED UMAR

FEMI BRAINARD & HEAD OF CHANCERY,AHMED UMAR

HALIMA ABUBAKAR

HALIMA,TUNJI BAMISIGBIN & SUSAN PETERS

It was the opportunity needed by the organizers of the Afro-Hollywood Awards, to say a very big thank you for all the help rendered to bring the award winners to the UK. According to the leader of the delegation from Lagos-Barrister Tunde Bamisigbin;it took the intervention of the Nigerian High Commission/Commissioner in the UK to help facilitate some of the award winners visas as many of them were going to the UK for the 1^st time. In all, about 12 of the winners were in the UK, and were flown in by Arik Air one of the supporters of the award show.

BACKSTAGE AT THE 2FACE CONCERT

We would like to thank the management team behind the very successful 2 Face Concert in London for putting together a magnificent show and also for giving us at MaestroMedia access  every where during the concert, most especially a very big thank you to DJ Abass of DJA Media for all his help.

CYNTHIA MARA

TIMI DAKOLO

DJ SHOLY B & SOJI THE DRUMMER BOY

GODWIN MEKWUYE'S VIVID IMAGINATION SET TO ROCK ABUJA

For the first time since it began business over two decades ago, one of Nigeria’s leading fashion labels, Vivid Imagination has opened a flagship store!
Vivid which has been operating from its Headquarters  in Obanikoro, Lagos for years has decided to take its time-tested designs and outfits to yearning clientele in the Nation’s capital, Abuja.

According to Godwin Mekwuye, the brand’s decision to open a flagship store inside the Valley Mall,  Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent in Wuse II, Abuja is to cater for teeming clients who have clamoured for a long time to have the opportunity of wearing Vivid Imagination's first-rate outfits.

RI RI ON RAMPAGE, BACK WITH A BANG!!!!!!!!!!!

THE GRAB MA BOOBIES SERIES.....

IN THE CRACK.....PLS

I OWN IT ALL......

SMACK IT!!!!

HELLO HEAVEN....

She had been knocked down for a little while by ill health, but one of the worlds best performer of 2011 seems to be fully back on the bounce now. And she’s been back at work and doing what she loves most to do; having fun. She’s been dropping the pictures of her fun series on her Facebook page recently and we thought to bring them to your viewing delight.

NOLLYWOOD STARS CELEBRATED IN THE UK AT THE AFRO-HOLLYWOOD AWARD 2011

HALIMA ABUBAKAR-BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS & SUSAN PETERS-BEST ACTRESS

SUSAN,FEMI BRAINARD-BEST ACTOR-ENGLISH & HALIMA

ANTAR LANIYAN-BEST DIRECTOR YORUBA & HALIMA

We had promised to bring to your pleasure, all the details of the happenstances at this year’s Afro-Hollywood awards 2011 and we are keeping our promise.

YIPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!ITS A BABY BOY-KEZ SUNDAY UDOKA

Congratulations to the new mom in town. Yes yes yes it’s a bouncing baby boy and its for none other than Nia Long, the gorgeous 41 years old actress who just popped the new baby during the week for her basketball playing beau Ime Udoka-34. The new bundle of joy is Nia's 2nd son; she also has a 10 year old son-Massai from a previous relationship.

2FACE… TRULY BABA, LIVE IN LONDON!!!!!!!!!!

2FACE IN I WANNA BE FREEEEEEEEEEE

KIM KARDASHIAN'S CONFESSIONS

The recently estranged Kim Kardashian has started talking about  how she got married and broke the relationship after only 72 days. Quoting her  ‘’I want a family, babies and a real life so badly that maybe I rushed into something too soon.’’

Asked if the whole wedding ceremony and attendant hoopla! Were not all just for the dough!  . She said ‘’I MARRIED FOR LOVE. I’D NEVER MARRY FOR TV, money, or anything like that.  I got so caught up with the hoopla and the TV show that when I probably should have ended my relationship I didn’t know how to and didn’t want to disappoint a lot of people’’.  Kim claims to be a ‘’hopeless romantic.’’ The 31 year old reality TV queen had gotten married over 4 months ago to basketball player Kris Humphries-26. The wedding ceremony had cost them  about 6.2 Million Pounds- but it earned them 11Million Pounds from endorsements, television coverage and magazine deals. And just 72 days after the whole shenanigan, the couple parted. Making everyone believe it was all make believe.

So after all this shenanigans would anyone believe KK again?

BETH MALE MODEL SEARCH-SPONSORED BY MARTINI

BETH Model Management Africa in conjunction with MARTINI presents, MALE MODEL SEARCH, the first male model search in Nigeria.

Founded in Lagos, Nigeria in December of 2005, BETH Model Management as a company has become a household name, in the short space of 5 years. Since its birth, and the huge success as the organisers of the world's biggest female model search, (ELITE MODEL LOOK) BETH has climbed exceedingly to the top of its field, deeming it the biggest brand of its kind in the whole of Nigeria. Our aim is to find the next face to take over, within the Male fashion industry, to make sure this is done, the Beth team will be scouting high and low, all around Nigeria for the most amazing male model there is. So if you think you have what it takes to become the next Tyson Beckford, David Agbodigi, Corey Baptiste, Rod Evans or Ty Ogunkoya, then this is the opportunity for you, to make things possible, as the entire process will be filmed and have a wide ranch of media coverage all over Africa.


To participate in the casting, applicants should be:
Male
Above the age of 16
Height measurement between 5'10 and 6'2''.
An average physique, not too muscular.

COUNTDOWN TO THE GRAND FINALE OF THE NNSM 2011

This year's edition of Nigeria's Next SuperModel-2011 competition would be its 5th season. And from all the feelers we are getting it is planned to be the biggest one so far in every sense. The lucky ones to participate at the final which is set for November 20,2011 are already gearing up for an explosive show and are presently camped at the very prestigious 5 Star Hardley Apartments filming the NNSM Reality show, a major part of the model search that distinguishes it from all other model searches in Nigeria.

So come November 20, 2011 the very beautiful and imposing Oriental Hotel would host the grand-final at the hotel’s grand-ball room and expected to converge at the venue are many stakeholders in the Fashion and Style world at home and abroad.


This year's event has gotten unprecedented support from all corners with sponsors coming on ship to show massive support-brands like Dark & Lovely, Iman Cosmetics, Daviva, The First Group, L’Oreal Paris, Swarovski, LG, Proudly Africa Media, Studio 24 Abuja, Centurion Securities, Catia Global Travels & Tours, Arizona Group, RedBull, Virgin Atlantic, Wrangler, Prest Boats, Mobile Screen Electronic Media, Hardley Apartments and many others are the ones making sure this year's show would turn out the best yet.

LIVE IN LONDON!-FAMILY ON FIRE,2FACE LIVE IN CONCERT & MISS WORLD 2011

It was a very busy weekend of activities in London. First of the many events was the UK Celebrity premiere of Tade Ogidan’s new film titled-Family on Fire, the event took place last night November 4,2011 at The Lighthouse 262 Camberwell Road,SE5 0DP. We saw veteran actor-Segun Arinze going to the UK aboard an Arik Air flight for the premiere, Segun, Saheed Balogun, Sola Sobowale,Lanre Hassan, Sola Fosudo and Bukky Amos were the main acts in the film, unfortunately we heard Saheed was unable to make the premiere.

Also on that same flight to the UK was delectable actress Halima Abubakar who seems to be on the role this season, it has been awards galore for her and she’s in the UK to receive yet another award- making it the 6^Th already this year. This time around, she was awarded ‘’ Best Actress in a Supporting Role’’ that was given by African Voice Newspaper UK, Organizers of the Afro-Hollywood Awards 2011-tagged Africa’s Most Prestigious Film Awards. Also in attendance at that awards ceremony was veteran actor-the gentleman called Antar Laniyan- Who won the Best Director award at the Afro-Hollywood awards 2011 and led other award recipients-Susan Peters-Best Actress in English ,Tolulope Adelekan of TV Continental-Best Entertainment reporter-Electronic, Oluwabukola Awoyemi-New Acting Talent Award, she was the delectable beauty who acted the part of Arugba in the Tunde Kelani produced classic, also on the award train was veteran journalist- Ayodele Lawal of PM News- who won the award for Best entertainment reporter-Print, Femi Brainard-Best Actor English, Saheed Balogun who unfortunately couldn't make it was the ''Best Actor-YORUBA. The awards presentation was November 06, 2011 at Stratford town hall, 29 Broadway Stratford, London by 2PM. The show was anchored by the finest Comedian in Nigeria-Omo Baba Nos 1.

HALIMA ABUBAKAR

HALIMA ABUBAKAR

OLUWABUKOLA AWOYE

FULL BLOWN CHRIS BROWN-IN FRONTAL ASSAULT

Thank God Chris Brown didn't finally WEAR this costume out for the Halloween party, with nothing left hidden we can bet it could have caused SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS. This is what some would call full-frontal display of goodies, no wonder the ladies are all over him.

SO BLEACHING HAS NOW GONE INVASIVE?

We had noticed a trend, We saw a lot of people we have known for a while now look very different, it’s as if everyone had gone on rampage and were looking lighter than we have always known them to be, it's like it’s no more cool to be dark skinned. The new cool seems to be to look as white skinned as possible, We know for a fact that to BLEACH IS NOT A NEW THING, it’s the new method of going about it that's alarming. We hear that it’s not just about skin lightening cream no more, now it’s from the inside out-You inject into the blood-stream and then take some pills. So in order, to get to the bottom of it all and to get the proper person to talk about it, we went in search of the right answers.

What you read here is a well researched report from an expert who should know, and that's because she is well versed in the beauty treatment world and treating people with skin problems is part of her 9 to 5.

What we particularly found alarming was that the injection used for skin lightening, is part of the treatment for HIV and Cancer patients.

 

DERMACARE MEDICAL LTD.

Dr. Vivian Oputa

dermacare20@yahoo.com

Invasive Bleaching

I visited Singapore several years ago and noticed that almost all beauty shops promoted skin whitening pills. On further enquiry, I learned that the practice of skin bleaching or whitening as it is popularly referred to was very popular in that part of the world. The tablets promised to give you a much brighter, even toned complexion when taken regularly. The active ingredient, Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that naturally occurs in the body and is capable of protecting the skin as well as the cornea, lens and retina of the eye against radiation damage.

MATTERS ARISING-THE BABA SUWE DILEMMA-SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

It’s took about 18 days if not more, before ace actor and comedian in the Yoruba genre-Mr. Babatunde Omidina-popularly known as Baba Suwe was released after been held incommunicado by officials of the NDLEA on suspicion of acting as a drug mule. From the little that we have come to know, the U.S-donated body scanners had indicated that the much loved comedian concealed some things in his stomach, so he was detained for further observation.

The general expectation was that the NDLEA would  have given full confirmation about the actor’s culpability or not in just a few days, but it took them many days after Baba Suwe was apprehended and despite having visited the toilet according to him more than 15 times, no incriminating substance was found in his excreta contrary to NDLEA’s expectations.

No one seems to know what’s truly went on, and as a result, many have come to believe that there might have been more to the whole situation than meets the eye. Hence certain questions need urgent answers.

What was that compelling evidence that the NDLEA had, that made the body keep the actor in their custody in apparent violation of his fundamental human rights? Though they later got a court injunction to keep him for a certain length of time, but prior to that he had been kept for many days. Why was the body so convinced that the actor ingested hard drugs even as their scanners had been repeatedly proven wrong? What manner of observation could have produced the body the incriminating evidence it so desperately needed?

Is it not the constitutional contention that anyone, even a known criminal, is not guilty until convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction?  Why was he was not allowed to see his lawyers at first for a long period of time? Why keep him incommunicado? Did that in anyway help their case?

Is it a case of an informant giving the NDLEA false information?

Some are even of the opinion that the NDLEA might have compromised, would that be true? Were Baba Suwe’s colleagues afraid to stick out their neck for their own? Can he now sue the NDLEA for its seemingly oppressive and unconstitutional conduct? Couldn’t the body have done its investigation more quietly and intelligibly?



So now that the Comedian has been released according to a court directive, what’s next?