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When we talk about children, the focus is usually on their future in glowing terms. Words like: ‘You can be the president,’ ‘you can shine brighter than a star,’ ‘you can be whatever you want to be,’ are things we often say to them with all indications pointing at the future. But what do you say to an eight-year-old girl who is already a superstar? For June Alaare Wisse, the options are limitless.
As far as lifestyle and hospitality go, Bukky George-Taylor did something very innovative last March. She merged hospitality and technology to provide Nigerians—and tourists alike—a solution that boosts the tourism experience in the country immensely…
There’s no denying that the Nigerian movie industry has improved in leaps and bounds. Gone are the days – we hope- of poor sound, unbearable soundtracks, and effects that leave you wondering what the crew, including the executive producer and director, were thinking. These days, more Nollywood movies are making their mark internationally, and a few producers can take credit for this based on their delivery. Charles Okpaleke, co-founder and CEO of Play Network Africa, is one of them…
Running a business empire is no small feat; it comes with people management, in Okoya’s case, over 3,000 people. And for someone who is ever so graceful, you can’t help but wonder what her pet peeves are when it comes to working. For Okoya, it’s majorly three things in a staff member, “unorganized staff, dirty staff, or staff who lie,” she emphasised. You can’t blame her, can you? After all, being organised is a much-needed skillset that will help you wade through the ocean of challenges in a working environment…
Every time I sang, everybody at that point felt like Akah was the best singer in school except me. I taught Ayoola Ayolola (MTN Project Fame winner and The Men’s Club actor) how to do riffs and runs back then. Nonso Bassey (of The Voice) in school really looked up to me. All of these people had confidence in me except me who was seen as the number one singer. Because every time I sang, I would ask ‘how was it? Did I do well?’ I was heavy on the feedback…
“Let’s all go to OX and have steak!” was the last thing I expected to hear as I and a few members of Daniel Benson’s team entered the studio, which is located in the Lekki axis of Lagos. He nodded to acknowledge our presence as we entered, but not before the Babcock University graduate sang his final ad-libs into the wellplaced microphone in front of him. However, walking in on “BNXN” (pronounced Benson) in the middle of a session at what was, at the time, the last embers of the day wasn’t on the cards.
In other parts of the world, Easter is celebrated as a family holiday with bunnies and eggs serving as props, while people take advantage of the fourday weekend to take a break from some of life’s overwhelming demands. Similar to how Christmas is often made about an old white man with a beer belly in a red and white costume, who goes by the alias ‘Santa Claus,’ Easter has, over the years, been marketed with an animal— bunnies—and an animal byproduct, eggs. But those are not the reasons why we have two days off work.
We asked the record label executive, who has spent more than 25 years discovering and handing out record deals to musical talents, to share his thoughts on some of the colossal record deals attracted to some of the country’s afrobeats champions, and he had this to say “What I feel is this; the record deals they’ve been receiving aren’t actually colossal. I think what has happened is social media has…
Initially, power dressing involved a conservative style recalling the male wardrobe, which included tailored suits, jackets with padded shoulders, roll-neck sweaters, and knee-length skirts. With this uniform, the female body was divided into two parts: The upper part covered by a jacket to de-emphasize breasts, and the bottom covered with a skirt that was a reminder of femininity. These outfits were usually matched with feminine accessories, discrete pieces of jewellery like pearls, diamonds, gold necklaces, earrings, scarves, and ruffs…
I love the theme, breaking the bias, because there are so many biases that exist at home, in the workplace, in society, in relation to how women are seen and the expectations of women. And I feel like I’ve spent my life being a rebel and rebelling against those biases and that status quo and I’ve had to pay for it in many ways, but also I’ve been liberated from it…
