FASHION BUSINESS ANGOLA

ALVES GONCLAVES

40 designers from 21 countries are set to rock Luanda at the 2nd Annual Fashion Business Angola  from 14 to 16 October.

‘In-Voluntary Addiction’.-KIKI KAMANU'S SHOWCASE AT THE LFW SPRING/SUMMER 2012

Inspired by her globe-trotting childhood and multi-cultural upbringing, Kiki combines a unique blend of styles, textures and fabrics from around the world to capture the essence of her new collection. ‘In-Voluntary Addiction’ sees the use of vibrant prints, chiffons and hand-embellished art motifs that all offer an elegant yet bold style.
6 Styles of note are:

THE DIONNE

HOLLY MADISON'S-1 MILLION DOLLAR BOOBIES

What's so HOT!!! about a pair of supposedly fake boobies, that they are worth a million dollars in insurance. Its one question we all have to ask Holly Madison-the Ex-main flame of Hugh Hefner, the owner  and Publisher of Playboy. Just recently the blondie, took the path of other celebs and some superstars who had gone on to insure some parts of their bodies-J LO was reported to have insured her bum for a whooping!!!!$27Million Dollars, while ex-Super Model and wife of SEAL-Heidi Klum was said to have insured her legs for a Million Dollars, this 2 body parts are supposedly the most valuable parts of the 2 stars body, hence the insurance policy, in the aftermath of any affect on those parts, the stars would go home smiling to the banks.

THEN & NOW- ANY CHANGE OR CHANGES?????KAREN IGHO

THEN

We thought that we should start a new series for your viewing pleasure, we have thought to call it -THEN & NOW, that's like a before and after shots of people that we have or can get their old pictures to compare with how they were before, and how they look now.  The 1st in the series is the recent $200,000 winner at the last Big Brother Amplified-''our in your face,take me as you see me''-Karen Igho. From our 1st encounter with her sometime in 2008, one very obvious thing about Karen is her boldness, and she has not lost that at all, she still has it in abundance.

WHY SO MANY FAKES???????....MY RANTINGS!!!!-PART 1

THE REAL DEAL

Why are there so many fake things all round, the country is gradually becoming the fake capital of the world, we are so astonished by the avalanche of fake things we see daily-fake people, fake breast, fake complexion, Fake Christian Louboutin shoes, Fake GianMarco Lorenzi's, Fake Tom's,Fake Hermes Birkin bags, Fake LV, Fake smile, Fake friendships,fake!fake!!fake!!!!!!!!everything. What is going on. And the culprits are also well known in the society, meaning.......... they too are FAKE!!!!!!!!!!.

PHARELL WITH THE REAL McCOY

TOP DESIGNER DROPS BABY BOY IN THE U.S

We at MM are in a great mood right now, as a friend of the house, the beautiful and very talented Designer-Soraya Adji-Onyekweli who is behind the Younass Couture brand gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in America very recently, September 19,2011 to be precise, mother and baby boy are in great condition. Soraya and her husband not too long ago had,had a very quiet registry wedding and now after a few months have been blessed by God, we hear that a proper owanbe nuptial is still in the offing, and as the plans unfold you 'll be sure to hear it from here 1st.

HOT FREAKING DELICIOUS CANDY-3-SARAH OFILI

A lot of people only try to connect Sarah Ofili to Nigeria's Hip-Hop star Ikechukwu, yes we all know that they are like peas in a pod, they have been an item now for a few years. But that's not all she's about, her beauty blog even recently won an award-BEST BEAUTY BLOG at the Nigerian Blog awards 2011.

EX-BBN HOUSEMATE-FRANCISCA OWUNI SETS TO BLOW UP!!!!!!!!!

ishhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please don't be scared, the deliciously gorgeous ex-bbn housemate has not become a suicide bomber!!!!, never, not in a million years, but she is set to explode in all our faces, and we mean that literally, she's been cooking something scrumciously sweet and delightsome for quite a while now, and she seems to have gotten the concoction absolutely right, and she's finally ready to dish it out. What is it?, we are sure your appetite is whet already!!!!!!.

GOVERNOR THEODORE ORJI'S ONLY DAUGHTER SET FOR NUPTIAL IN DECEMBER

Baring any unforeseen circumstances, all roads would most probably be leading to Umuahia,in Abia State come this December 2011,then to Abuja the FCT for the main event, on a particular date in December that we want to ascertain for a fact, the only daughter out of the 5 kids of the Executive Governor of Abia State would be getting married to her beau-Obi Araraume-said to be the son of Senator Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume, who was the Action Congress Of Nigeria's Gubernatorial candidiate in Imo state at the last election.

Nneoma Orji is the Law graduate daughter of Governor Theodore Orji, she graduated from the Metropolitan University In London, said to be very humble and soft-spoken, she and the husband to be are said to have met sometime back at a dinner, and the rest like they say is now history.

We hear that plans are already on to make sure that its a superlative wedding, and already in talks with the first family of Abia State is an award winning event organiser and we also hear that make-up is set to be done by one of the best make-up artist in the country.

15 YEAR OLD- BENSON PART 2

This is the 2nd part of the hilarious story of the 15 year old Master Benson, who was stopped by the Uk border officials as he was trying to enter the UK with fake documents. His story was so pathetic, its so sad.

DELTA STATE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER GETS SET FOR WEDDING

The very brilliant daughter of the governor of the very oil rich state of Delta, who is enjoying a 2nd term in office, is getting prepared to walk down the aisle with her beau. The very lucky dude we hear is the son of a top Economist-Raymond Okpu and from the little snippets,though unconfirmed we are hearing the couple might have had a quiet court wedding already, the November 2011 white wedding Nuptial ceremony is only an additional. Orode Jade Uduaghan- Okpu, is the founder of the Pink Pearl Cancer Foundation and at 22, born on July 31,1989 has really done well for herself, she is a graduate of Psychology from the University of Windsor, Ontario,Canada.

Pink Pearl Foundation Unveil Plans to Mark World International Month for Cancer - 'Pink October'

This October, to mark the breast cancer month, Pink Pearl Foundation with her vision of reducing breast cancer in Nigeria will be flagging off four events to continue its awareness creation. The events which are PINK KITCHEN, BALL OUT, PINK RIDE & CAMP DIVA will take place on 5^th-7^th, 15^th, 18^TH-22^nd and 27^th-29^th of October respectively. With this events, the Foundation will be creating a relaxed atmosphere where individuals as well as groups can come and have fun and at the same time be provided with basic information on breast cancer, its effects, treatments and healthy tips on how to avoid having this disease that claim the lives of women every day.

VERY HILARIOUS 15 YEAR OLD BENSON

We came across this very hilarious video on youtube, and we thought to share with you all, how a grown man could claim to be fifteen and stayed true to his story no matter what was very funny. This was at the immigrations in the uk.

GENERAL I B B GIVES OUT BASHIR TOFA'S DAUGHTER IN WEDDING FATIHA

FORMER MILITARY PRESIDENT-I.B.B. GIVES OUT BASHIR TOFA'S DAUGHTER IN WEDDING.

The town of Tofa in Kano, was visited by many of the Northern Elite and their friends, when one of the gorgeous Daughters of Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the former Presidential candidate of the National Republican Party, who contested against the now late Aare M.K.O Abiola of the Social Democratic Party during the botched 2003 election as conducted by the regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.

ISI ATAGAMEN ADDS A YEAR

A few friends of the now retired former top model-Isi Atagamen gathered together at the very beautiful The Avenue for her birthday dinner, at the weekend, the birthday girl wore a very beautiful form fitting Little Black Dress, that looked exquisitely gorgeous on her, others in attendance at the dinner were- Ekwi Asindi-the editor of Complete Fashion Magazine, another top model Opeyemi Awoyemi, Amenze Bello, top make up artist Bayo Haastrup,  Joan Emehara,yours truly and a few more friends. It was a fantastic evening.

WELCOME TO THE NEW AUTOLOUNGE-REOPENS THIS WEEKEND

Its still located at the same old venue, just at the Corner of Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island ,Lagos, so its still same building, same location, and before it shut down temporarily it used to be the meeting point of the very well-heeled, if you don't have it in excess you cannot be found here, and while the interior was mind-blowing, the bar was a beauty to behold and the music outstanding, and if you were looking down from the upper part of the,Bar/Lounge/Club you would be met by some of the most beautiful, engineering marvels  called cars in the form of Rolls Royce Phantoms & Ghosts, The Unbelievably beautiful Maybachs, and the Gorgeous Bentleys, just for your viewing pleasure, so while mingling and networking, you also connect with the wonders on wheels, like we already pointed out, it was where the high & mighty mingle-we remember seeing the one time governor of Delta state-James Onanefe Ibori cooling down at the joint many times in times past, and many other ex-this or that.

LARRY ONUEGBU

TOP MODEL-ISI ATAGAMEN RETIRES SET FOR SOMETHING NEW

She was one of those who brought major attention to modeling in Nigeria, she was rated at a point by Encomium Magazine as one of the top 10 most exciting and best models in the country, At a point she left the shores of the country to ply her trade in South Africa, known as the modeling headquarters of Africa, signed on to Isis Model agency, she really did well in the country, before she later relocated from S.A to the U.S where she also excelled, becoming one of the very few home grown talent, that made her country proud, as she was signed on by Major Modeling Management in the States, now after all of 5 years, strutting her stuffs in Nigeria,Cape Town and Johannesburg in S.A, then America for some of the best designers around, she has finally decided to quit while the ovation is still very loud. Isi Atagamen the model, has now retired from the catwalk.

IT'S A JONZINGGGGG!!!!! WORLD-28-09-2011

“This is just the tip of the iceberg for innovative entertainment”

D'PRINCE

FASHION LOUNGE FASHION NETWORKING PARTY

Fashion Lounge is BACK with a New Venue and a New Date!

Fashion Lounge, Fashion Industry Networking party is back with a Bang!

The event takes place on Thursday 6^th October at the newly refurbished Ember Creek 32 Awolowo Road, Ikoyi.

FIRE OUTBREAK AT IKOYI CLUB 1938

Ikoyi Club is one of the most prestigious social and recreational club in Lagos and Nigeria, and it boasts of some of the cream and the very well to do of the society, with membership fees running into millions from what we hear, a part of the club, precisely around the tennis courts and near the squash courts was engulfed by fire last night, the fire outbreak was said to have started at about some minutes after 9PM, but for the prompt response of the fire service from Awolowo road, Ikoyi and from other spots one does not know, how far the fire could have gone, as at lastnite we could not ascertain for a fact the extent of the damage caused by the inferno, but we would bring the full scale reports to you as it is unveiled. The fear at first, was the need to quickly curb the fire as fast as possible as not too far from the place, is the NNPC Mega Petrol Station and it would have been a major disaster if the fire was not stopped on time.

This would be the 2nd time a fire disaster would be occurring not too far from the petrol station, several years ago, fire had engulfed the Multi-storey NNPC building just a stone throw from the station, it was only until recently that, that particular building was refurbished.

D'PRINCE DEBUTS CLUB JONZING..

Its the same very famous D'Prince aka Omoba of the Mo'Hits Records fame, we are very sure you all remember very well who that is, his older brother-Don Jazzy holds sway at Mo'Hits as the President/head Honcho, while hit maker-D Banj is the Vice-President of the same record label that has Wande Coal,Dr. Sid and others as label mate, and just like D Banj who capitalised on his popularity and general acceptance by fans and all to diversify into other business like partnering at owning a Niteclub/Lounge/Bar-Koko Lounge in Yaba,Lagos,having his own mobile phone-Koko Mobile etc, the most handsome of the group-D'Prince in a few days would be opening the doors to his own joint/Club, somewhere on the Island at a location we would be revealing in a few hours, and the name of the new Club is ......CLUB JONZING, if you all can remember very well, one of D'Prince's smash hit single JONZING WORLD, then you all might understand why the club might have been so named.

I WILL FRY YOU ALIVE FOR SNATCHING MY MAN!!!!!!!!

TERMINATOR

That seems to be the war slogan by a friend to another so called friend, over a boyfriend(MAN-FRIEND) snatching drama.  

IT'S BEAUTIFUL, ITS GORGEOUS AND..... ITS MIDE'S MANE

Mide’s Mane is a new brand in Nigeria that is passionate about hair and hair care products. They are introducing new textures of luxurious, authentic, virgin hair to the Nigerian market and they are definitely stirring up a huge buzz with their products.

They are sourcing exquisite, rare hair from new countries unlike the regular Brazil and India which has flooded the market over the last few years. Quite a number of celebrities have been rocking this mane and have given great reviews so far. The hair is totally tangle free with lovely natural colours and textures; they have even coined a name for their range – Midesian Hair!

Mide’s Mane is for the upwardly mobile woman of class that loves beautiful hair.  As a Nigerian brand, they have labelled each hair with befitting local names like Asabe, Anino, Pero, Uwana. In addition, they are also giving a guarantee on all their hair textures to gain the confidence of their clientele which is something that is quite rare as most of their contemporaries do not give guaranties. Even though the brand is yet to launch officially, they have already partnered with m-net to supply the female cast of Tinsel with their hair extentions.

The lady behind the brand is Bukola Oleah whose middle name is Aramide, hence the brand name. She is an economist who recently retired from banking after 10 years to start her own business. She decided to go for something she loved to do and also had a passion for- hair. Although the Nigerian human hair industry seemed clogged, she realised that there was a void as only a handful of people were going about the business professionally.

The brand is gearing up for its main launch in a few weeks time and they are ready to take Africa by storm.

OBODEN & OBARO EASED OUT OF OCEANIC BANK

When the going was good and fabulous, this 2 brothers from the Ibru clan-Oboden & Obaro were top honchos at the bank where their mom was the numero uno, whose authority no one could controvert, but with the sweeping changes that came upon the banking sector like a whirlwind, though some people would prefer to liken it to an hurricane, things began to take a negative turn for the Ibru's, first Mrs. Cecilia Ibru the former CEO & MD of Oceanic Bank then, was convicted for bank fraud and sent to jail for 6 months, while she was to forfeit a whooping #150 Billion Naira in assets and money.

TRACE TV LAUNCHES IN NIGERIA

It’s official! International music brand TRACE Urban TV comes to Anglophone Africa,  founder Oliver Laouchez and Head, Sam Onyemelukwe to launch in Lagos

Nigeria makes another leap in global entertainment reckoning with the official launch of the global TRACE brand in the country this month. TRACE Urban, the company’s #1 international urban music channel has officially set up its offices in Nigeria to reach Nigeria and Anglophone Africa, with a mission to drive the industry with hit music videos, unique content, platforms, and reach.

StyleMANIA Magazine Presents ‘An Evening with Funmi Iyanda’

StyleMania Magazine hosts Funmi Iyanda to an exclusive party on Sunday, 25^th of September, 2011.

This event receives proud sponsorship from Baileys, Spice TV, Kelechi Amadi- Obi Studios and Radisson Blu.

For Further enquires write to editor@maniamag.org or call 07058109821, 08060022099.

SIZZLING!!! HOT DELICIOUS CANDY OF THE DAY-2

She is the Ultimate...goddess and the....Hustler, that's the title of her debut album, set to come out with a very LOUD BANG!!! soon, she is also the new brand ambassador for Lux, by that she is the face of Lux for the next one year, and it is a renewable contract, which we hear is a very lucrative one, she followed in the line of top actress Genevieve Nnaji who was a former face of Lux and the likes of former Miss World and now actress Aishwarya Rai,World renowned actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and the late Iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor, so she is the midst of Icons.

SOUTH EAST CHIEF EXECUTIVE IMPREGNATES SISTER-IN-LAW

If what we hear is totally true, then this story would be one of those that would be classified in the annals of the tales from the absurd, and it is truly unpalatable everywhich way one wants to look at it. It involves the the boss of a state in the South-East, beleaguered by many problems, who many have accused of not adding in anyway to the fortune of the state and who many have also accused of having  fantastic relationships with many daughter's of eve.

The story goes thus, the man in the eye of the storm sometime in 2008, had a very lavish nuptial ceremony in his state, many were of the opinion then, that state government funds was lavishly used for the ceremony, after the initial euphoria of marital bliss, the new wife was said to have brought in her younger sister, apparently from when the boss set eyes on her, he liked what he saw, so he decided to eat is cake and have it, a relationship or an affair started between the boss and madam's younger sibling, though madam at first was oblivious of what was going on, but she later got an inkling and tried to forestall the bad situation, but that didn't work out, madam's younger sister eventually got pregnant and she informed her sister who at first was lost for words, but later did her best to cajole the sister not to embarrass her and the family by having the baby, when the harassment was getting to a head, she fled to United States where she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy, big madam is very distraught about the whole situation, some are even speculating that it might have affected her well-being, the boss is said to be going on as if nothing has happened.

So what that means is that, he has been blessed on 2 sides by 2 siblings-his wife and her sister.

HOUSE OF DEREON ROCKS LONDON

Finally after much planning and loads of anticipation, the fashion label known by all as the House Of Dereon-owned by Mom & Daughter duo of Tina Knowles and her superstar daughter-Beyonce Knowles aka Mrs Carter opened at top Lifestyle store-Selfridges over the weekend, and it was a resounding success, the unveiling at Selfridges was accompanied by a classy mini fashion show, showcasing the latest offering from the fashion house, where Beyonce's mom is the creative genius behind the label.

Mother and daughter were looking absolutely smashing in black ensembles. Many are even speculating that Tina had even gone under the knife to look so young.

KORTO MOMOLU At THE NYFW 2011

KORTO MOMOLU'S COLLECTION.
                                                                                                  

TSEMAYE BINITIE AT THE ARISE MADE IN AFRICA COLLECTIVE-MERCEDES BENZ NYFW 2011

ANOWA ADJAH-THE NIGERIAN POWERHOUSE-1ST FULL FIGURED FITNESS PHENOMENON

ANOWA ADJAH

KELLY ROWLAND IS THE FACE OF EMPRESS PERFUME

Top R & B Crooner  and former Destiny's Child member-Kelly Rowland, was lastnite with Sean ''Diddy'' Combs at Macy's where they had gone to push his new perfume-Empress.  Diddy is the head honcho and creative head behind the fashion label-Sean John, while Kelly Rowland- whose new album is enjoying loads of airplay- is the face of the new fragrance.

ARISE MADE IN AFRICA COLLECTIVE AT THE MERCEDES BENZ NEW YORK FASHION WEEK 2011-ASIBELUA'S SHOWCASE

ASIBELUA'S SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION

ARISE MADE IN AFRICA COLLECTIVE AT THE MERCEDES BENZ NEW YORK FASHION WEEK 2011-JBL COLLECTION

LISA FOLAWIYO'S-JEWEL BY LISA-THE SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION 2012

AFRICA,NIGERIA ROCKED NEW YORK. AT THE ARISE MADE IN AFRICA COLLECTIVE-part 1 LDA

OUT & ABOUT AT THE MERCEDES BENZ NEW YORK FASHION WEEK 2011

The stars/celebrities have made sure to pack out most of the shows at the ongoing New York Fashion Week 2011, known to be one of the major Fashion weeks in the world, the others being-Paris,Milan,London. We at MM have gone star spotting at the various show, and we have thought to bring to your delight a pictorial documentary of the happenstances at the various shows, and most especially those at the highly sort after front row seats.

LEONA LEWIS HEADLINED THE ARISE-MADE IN AFRICA COLLECTIVE

R KELLY AT THE ARISE-MADE IN AFRICA COLLECTIVE

D BANJ-CHECK OUT THOSE SAME SHOES ON OMARION DOWN THE POST

MISS UNIVERSE 2011 UPDATE-MISS FRANCE CRIES SOUR GRAPES

Africans all over the world and those who appreciate beauty in its most untainted form, from all over the world are still commending the judges at the just concluded Miss Universe Pageant for making the best choice possible-making Leila Lopes the gazelle from Angola the 2nd ever African to wear the crown-as MISS UNIVERSE, but already some of those who contested with her are already acting like very sour losers---

MISS UNIVERSE & FAMILY

STILL SIZZLING HOT!!!!!!!! AT SIXTY

MC LOPH IS DEAD,RIP!!!!!!!!!!!

MC LOPH

So sad to hear and to talk about this, but we can confirm to you all that MC Loph, the Igbo guy that did the remix of the Osita Osadebe's classic Osondi Owendi has passed on, the crooner who only just hit the limelight not too long ago after dropping the remix, was on his way to Benin for the traditional leg of his wedding when he met his untimely death lastnite, in a ghastly motor accident along the terrible Benin/Ore road, he was with his wife to be and another family member, though the others are alive but terribly traumatised. He unfortunately has passed on. He would be sorely missed by many family members, friends and colleagues.  The number of lives that have been lost to the very deplorable road conditions in Nigeria is alarming, one only hopes that MC Loph's death would bring the right kind of action towards that particular road, so that the hip-hop star wouldn't have died in vain. Its just so sad.

We do have a picture of the mangled accidented car, but we think, it is in bad taste to post such a picture for anyone's viewing pleasure, we at MM would love to remember the hip-hop star at his best.

TOP 10 BIKINI SHOTS AT THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT

MISS CHINA-TOP 5 FINALIST

MM'S DELICIOUS CANDY OF THE DAY-1

Its still so obvious why she swept the whole nation of their sits when she emerged as the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, a few years ago, that she is delightfully beautiful, is only stating the obvious, at just 21 and the mother of 1 year old son-Joey and married to the Captain of the Nigerian National team, there are not many that come this gorgeous and for all that know her, they continually echo the statement-'' she has a fantastic heart''. That's one of the reasons, she is our ''DELICIOUS CANDY'' of the day. Her wardrobe is another reason, but that's a story for another day. Enjoy ADAEZE YOBO.