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Choosing the right hairstyle for the right occasion can be a herculean task, and when love is in the air, you are more pressed to make an extra effort to look good. Here are five hairstyles that can give you a breathtaking look come Valentine’s Day: Long curly weave With the perfect colour that complements your skin tone, long curly weave will help you to achieve a chic and classy look. Depending on the shape of your face, you can choose to do a side parting, center parting, invisible closure or fringe, to dazzle your partner with your new look. Kinky crochet weave Remember that timeless afro-hairstyle on those black and white pictures? Well, it is still trendy — and kinky crochet weave helps you recreate them. You can decide to go for a short bobby weave or a longer kinky weave. By virtue of being a crochet weave, you do not have to spend an eternity at the salon making your hair. Spend lesser time to look fabulous for Valentine’s day with this hairdo. Box braids ...

Late Odumegwu Ojukwu Recently, the party endorsed the candidature of President Buhari. Inasmuch as I think the party is well within its rights do so, but I wonder, to what end? Is there a guarantee that there will be support for Igbo presidency in 2023? And is there a pledge to restructuring Nigeria, which the Igbo earnestly demand, by the endorsed candidate? Or is the endorsement a “personal arrangee”? In the time of the pharaohs of Egypt, when African civilisation was at its apogee, dreams were considered an elemental means of communication from the divine. The story of Joseph and an Egyptian king in the Bible accents this. In Igbo cosmology, dreams, “nlo”, are often not weighed with levity. They are studied through priestly oneirology and interpreted. And even in Pentecostalism dreams have a place. Lately, I have been thinking pensively about the political future of the Igbo in Nigeria.  And as it is, there appears to be no forecast of sunshine, but of dark clouds. The...

Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has spoken on his marriage to Gifty Mawunya Nkornu and has also opened up on the reports that his wife gave birth 6 months after they got married. The actor and aspiring politician who was a guest on Yvonne Okoro’s cooking show ‘ Dining with Cooks and Braggarts ’ said his wife’s pregnancy just happened as it was something he didn’t plan. John admitted on the show that, he was dating colleague actor, James Gardiner’s cousin, Frances before meeting his wife. Speaking more on his relationship with Gifty Mawunya now Mrs Dumelo, he revealed that he knew her for a couple of years and they were just friends because Gifty was also dating somebody else by then. The actor didn’t however, state if he broke up with Frances before starting any relationship with Gifty but he stated that “ things just did not go on well ”. Also talking about his marriage which came as a surprise to dozens of his fans and with reports that he never informed his ex of his ...

10 heartbroken men explain what it feels like to be played by a woman. Getting to know a babe has cheated on you could be the most demoralising thing ever. Although men are scum is a rhetoric thats been recited over and over again, it is pretty obvious that scum is genderless and cheating in relationships is a personal decision that has nothing to do with gender. Although you will hardly see men share stories on Facebook or post threads on Twitter, don’t be deceived into thinking men don’t get cheated on. In fact, we published an article here, examining the possibility that maybe women are actually worse cheats than men could ever be. Women could be just as much cheats as what society projects men to be, So we’re curious about how men react to heartbreaks, and how they feel when they find out that their wives or girlfriends have been playing them. 10 guys explain the feeling below: 1. I cried “I cried because I was so hurt. I was younger then so it hurt so ba...

James Ingram , the soulful, smooth voice behind R&B hits like “Just Once” and “I Don’t Have The Heart,” has died at the age of 66.   Ingram’s longtime friend and creative partner,  Debbie Allen,  confirmed the news of his passing Tuesday  when he tweeted,  “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir. He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name.” Ingram, an Ohio native, got his start as a musician with the band Revelation Funk and later played keyboards for Ray Charles. He was nominated for 14 Grammy Awards, winning for best male R&B performance for his song “One Hundred Ways” in 1981 and best R&B performance for a duo or group in 1985 for “Yah Mo B.” His duet with Patti Austin, “How Do You Keep the Music Playing,” earned an Oscar nomination for best original song in 198...

Frank Edward, gospel music artiste, has appealed to the federal government to enact strict laws against piracy to safeguard intellectual property rights in the country. Edward made the appeal in an interview with NAN on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital. He said piracy has become an issue of great concern in the country, noting that laws to stem the menace were being strictly enforced. “I feel sorry for the upcoming artists, for some of us who started a little early, we’ve found ways to market our songs internationally, both online and through other distribution networks,” he said. “But for the upcoming artists who may have only the Alaba International Market in Lagos that is already flooded with pirates as their only distribution point, it is a big problem.” The artiste said music marketers now resort to collaborating with pirates to enable them to market their products for a specific time frame before such works could be pirated. “This time around, genuine ...

President Buhari today moved his campaign train to Owerri, Imo State. Among those that welcomed him are Governor Okorocha’s son in-law and wife. Nwosu who contested for APC’s Imo Governorship ticket, lost out during the primaries and shortly afterwards decamped to another party. The party however supports Buhari for president.

(CNN)”Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was attacked in the early morning hours on Tuesday in what Chicago police are calling a possible hate crime.Smollett was attacked by two people who were “yelling out racial and homophobic slurs” and “poured an unknown chemical substance on the victim,” police said.One of Smollett’s alleged attackers also put a rope around his neck, according to police. Both fled the scene.Smollett took himself to Northwestern Hospital and “is in good condition,” authorities said.As of Tuesday evening, a Chicago police spokesperson told CNN that investigators canvassed the neighborhood where the reported attack occurred and have found no still images or video from security cameras of the incident.  The only image of Smollett police obtained from security cameras was inside a Subway sandwich shop near the location of the reported crime. The actor was seen standing alone. A dozen police detectives, with the assistance of the FBI, are working the case, a...

Diamond Platnumz wants his wedding day declared public holiday in Tanzania, as he plans to get married to his Kenyan model girlfriend, Tanasha Donna Barbieri. In a recent interview Diamond explained that he wants the government to consider his wish so that all his family members can attend the ceremony. “The reason why we had to change the date is because Tanasha’s mother will be working on Valentine’s Day. I do not want a small wedding, if it is possible I would like the government to consider it a public holiday,” he said. In December last year, Diamond officially announced his intentions to marry his sweetheart on valentines day however, he extended the dates because some super star celebrities like Rick Ross could not make it and yet he wanted his party to be big.

Beyonce’s mother, Tina Lawson has condemned Donald Trump and his supporters following the homophobic attack on Empire star, Jussie Smollett, which landed him in the hospital. Ms Tina Lawson said Trump’s administration has given rise to hate and emboldened homophobic people. She condemned the attack on Jussie and said it was time for people to speak up and begin to condemn MAGA hat wearers because it has ulterior motives that has nothing to do with making the country great again. She wrote: I am in shock and despair about this!!! If I hear one more person say that this administration is not Encouraging the boldness Of the racist, sexist, homophobic attitudes in this country I am going to scream! People walking around ignorantly wearing a MAGA hat . And saying that it has nothing to do with anything but making the country great again. This is the kind of crap that happens. Wake up people stop hiding behind this bullshit let’s be real and call it and tell it like it is!!...

The group made the call through a motion moved by Sen. Olabiyi Durojaye on Tuesday at a Yoruba Summit held in Ibadan. Afenifere, a Pan-Yoruba group led by Sen. Ayo Fasanmi, has called on Yorubas to vote massively for President Muhammadu Buhari and APC in the forthcoming elections. The group made the call through a motion moved by Sen. Olabiyi Durojaye on Tuesday at a Yoruba Summit held in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the motion was supported by  Prince Tajudeen Olusi (Lagos), Elder Yemi Alade (Ekiti), Prof. Bayonle Ademola (Ondo), Chief Solomon Akindele (Oyo) and Mr Sooko Adewoyin (Osun). NAN reports that women group led by Mrs Kemi Nelson and some other youth groups at the event supported the motion as moved by Durojaye. Durojaye said that the motion moved to support the re-election was in consideration of the manifesto and achievement recorded by the Buhari-led administration. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was present at the summit, appr...

A theatre actress and singer is recovering in hospital after she was physically assaulted and was threatened with an axe by a man known to her at the weekend. Londiwe Ngcamu (30), the mother of a two-month-old baby girl and a six-year-old boy, was playing the lead role in The 7 Days of War musical that was performed at the Winston Churchill Theatre, South Africa from Friday to Sunday night. Speaking to The Witness from her hospital bed on Monday afternoon, Ngcamu, from Sobantu, said the incident happened on Saturday night just after 10 pm. “We had just come back from the theatre after our performance and I was chilling with my cast members at the club house in Sobantu, where some of our cast members who live far away stay during shows. “At around 10.30 pm I got a call from home informing me that my baby was restless, so I had to rush home,” she said. Ngcamu said a man known to her, had called her and offered to walk her home. She decided to walk alone for some of the dist...

Actor Akan Nnai is engaged to his girlfriend of 5 years, Claire Idera, an artist and designer. Akan who shared the good news online on Tuesday evening, said they have been engaged for a while now. Congrats to them!

A beggar who was caught raping a woman in the middle of the street after she stopped to help him has claimed that he did it because she wanted it. James Campbell, 31, who lived with his mother in Paisley, Renfrewshire, admitted the attack which took place in Glasgow on August 16 last year. He was begging in Glasgow when his victim stopped to check on him and try to help. The 57-year-old woman had noticed he was not wearing a top although it was cold and raining. She asked him if he was alright and chatted to him for about 10 minutes. Campbell then followed her and refused to go away. As the woman walked past a lane, Campbell, who earned between £40 to £100 a day from begging, demanded a kiss before restraining and raping her. The attack happened at about 6:30pm on August 16, 2018 in a lane between West Nile Street, and Nelson Mandela Place. Prosecutor Angela Gray said: “He told the woman. ‘I love you. I want you to be my girlfriend.’ and she replied: ‘Do...