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Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! I’ve always had a habit of helping people find their dream dresses for every occasion. I mean, I did grow up working in a bridal boutique. After the brides, I adored the shoppers who came in looking for wedding guest dresses. These women loved to play around with color and different silhouettes. And funnily enough, when I look at the wedding guest dresses that are popular today, not much has changed. Pleats, florals, rich colors and even halter necklines are…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine to China and Italy, respectively, through a logistics company in Lagos. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said that the drugs were concealed in local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack packaged for shipment. He said that the seizures were made by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations (DOGI) on Thursday. This, he said, included 250grams of cocaine factory fitted into the base of a…
Politics, human interest and entertainment dominated today’s headlines as businessman Farooq Oreagba recounted his journey from becoming a dollar millionaire at 30 to working as a labourer in England five years later. Also, fresh political tensions emerged after the APC backed Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in a development that piles more pressure on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Also making headlines were the death of veteran juju musician St Janet, the emotional reunion of a Nigerian woman with her mother’s three siblings after three decades, and the Presidency’s sharp rebuttal of comments by former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan.…
Jack Osbourne showed just how fast his baby daughter, Ozzy Matilda, is growing up in an adorable new family photo. “Little miss ozz already has a mischievous sparkle,” Jack, 40, wrote via Instagram alongside a darling snapshot of his baby sitting on his lap. Ozzy Matilda is all smiles in a pink romper while her dad cradles her in his arms in the photo. The comment section on Jack’s Instagram post was filled with comparisons between little Ozzy and her late grandfather and namesake, Ozzy Osbourne. “She’s got a twinkle,” one commenter wrote, while another added, “She has your dads…
The Nigerian Army has deployed 86 troops to the ECOWAS Stabilisation Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (ESSMGB), reinforcing Nigeria’s commitment to regional peace and security and its longstanding role in peace support operations across West Africa. In a statement posted across its official social media pages on Saturday, the army explained that the troops, who were deployed as Nigerian Company 5 (NIGCOY 5 ESSMGB), departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, aboard a Nigerian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and arrived safely in Guinea-Bissau to begin their assignment under the ECOWAS mandate. Before they departed from the Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Forward…
The President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), Uyi Akpata, believes the progress recorded by Team Nigeria at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow offers valuable lessons for the future development of sports in the country. Beyond the medals won and the impressive performances delivered by Nigerian athletes, Mr Akpata said the emergence of new talent through structured grassroots programmes represents one of the biggest takeaways from Nigeria’s participation in the Games. Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Mr Akpata praised the atmosphere within Team Nigeria, describing the unity and support system around…
Businessman, Farooq Oreagba, popularly known as “Mr Steeze,” has revealed that he went from being a dollar millionaire at the age of 30 to working as a labourer in England five years later after losing his job as a banker. Oreagba made the disclosure during an appearance on the MENtality show hosted by media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, and co-hosted by singer Banky W, where the discussion centred on wealth, materialism and life’s priorities. The show was posted on Ebuka’s YouTube channel on Friday. Using a hypothetical scenario, Oreagba challenged the BBNaija host on the value people place on money. “How…
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on smartphones and Android, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.Believe it or not, it didn’t all start with Samsung. Royole, a now-bankrupt manufacturer of flexible displays, was the first to release a commercial folding phone, the “charmingly awful” FlexPai. Samsung’s first Galaxy Fold followed a year later, plagued by a variety of faults that saw review units break within days. That launch went so badly that it…
Brooklyn Beckham reconnected with his godfathers, Elton John and David Furnish, amid his family feud with the rest of the Beckhams. On Saturday, August 1, Brooklyn, 27, and his wife, Nicola Peltz, were photographed vacationing on John, 79, and his husband Furnish’s yacht near Nice, France, per People. (John and Furnish, 63, were named as Brooklyn’s godfathers by his parents, Victoria and David Beckham, while his godmother is actress Elizabeth Hurley.) The two couples were snapped while sitting around a table together on the yacht and then stepped off the vessel to do some sight-seeing. Brooklyn wore a white T-shirt,…
A suspected vandal died after he was electrocuted while allegedly attempting to cut a high-tension cable along the Ringim-Sintilimawa Road in Jigawa State. The incident comes weeks after suspected vandals reportedly overpowered security guards and stole 12 metres of armoured cable from a transformer at Government Unity School, Ringim, plunging the school into darkness. PUNCH gathered that Jigawa State has witnessed an increase in attacks by suspected vandals on critical public infrastructure in recent times. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Jigawa State Police Command, SP Shi’isu Adam, said in a statement made available to PUNCH…
