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NEWS:President Buhari sympathizes with victims of Kano and Kebbi Fire | Calls for Adherence to Precautionary Building Standards

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DOWNLOAD MUSIC:Tito Brown-No Love feat. Cloud9ne | @titobrown_PBG @cometocloud9ne_

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LIFE STYLE:A Critical Look at Maki Oh's Intrinsic and Nuanced Fall 2016/2017 Collection

By Unknown - Sunday, March 27, 2016

Constantly charged with a search for deeper sense of self and identity in clothes, leading Nigerian womenswear brand Maki Oh is back again with yet another poetic and exploratory master piece. Only this time, it is on a subject far more familiar and closer to home; a black woman that we all wake to every morning. Either as one’s self, mother, sister or wife.

What does a woman mean to you? Is your definition singular or diverse just like the colloquial word ehn? One word with so many variations of meaning depending on the context used. It is with such multitude of dimensions to a three lettered word like ehn that Maki Oh seeks to approach the subject of womanism and being a black woman today despite the perceived coolness of being one today and the barrage of social media savvy slogans such as ‘queen’, ‘magic’ and ‘kinging’ that we have managed to associate with being a woman today. Maki Oh strips it all down to “when a black woman wakes up in the morning and draws breath, what immediately ensues is the daily fight against the external push to limit her dimensions.” That Maki Oh seeks to explore with her Fall 2016/2017 collection, especially in a woman’s barest and loneliest forms, when all the complexities and self imposed affirmations of being a queen or magic are stripped down to a realization of external limitations and boundaries.

Largely characterized by themes of resistance, calm, realisation and acceptance this collection is anchored strongly by frills, ruffles and layering, some of the signature Maki Oh elements, but also smartly complemented with pleats and plisse inserts which ultimately uplifts the entire collection to something extraordinarily thoughtful. Appliques of matte eye-like white and black sequins were put to good use as symbolic of a larger theme of sight and knowingness, just like pearls were the final bow that tied the collection into an assimilative performance of elegance and hyper-femininity that is required of black women.

You ask our fave piece? Without a doubt must be the midi length camo epaulette shoulder passant dress with sequined appliques paired with the form fitting boot cut pleated pant with dotted pearls.

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GOSSIP: Illbliss speaks on Chidinma’s exit from Capital Hill Records

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NEWS:“Nigerian people were right to feel insulted” Bola Tinubu on Ibe Kachikwu’s Fuel Statement

By Unknown - Sunday, March 27, 2016

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has lashed out on the Minister of State for Petroleum, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, over his recent comments on the lingering fuel scarcity in the country which aggravated the fuel crisis.

He did this on Saturday in a statement titled, ‘Kachikwu needs to know that respect and good performance will do what magic cannot’, where he pointed out that the minister’s comments on the fuel scarcity were not only disrespectful but were out of line.

The minister had stated last week while speaking with State House correspondents in Abuja that since he was not a magician, the fuel queues could not be eliminated with a magic wand and that it was by sheer magic that the country had the amount of products it currently had in filling stations.

Tinubu, however, reacted in his statement that the minister “was basically telling Nigerians that they should be lucky that they are getting the inadequate supply they now suffer and that they should just be quiet and endure the shortage for several weeks more.”

The former Lagos State Governor continued, “Perhaps the statement by Kachikwu was made in a moment of unguarded frustration or was an awkward attempt at a joke. Whatever the motive, it was untimely and off-putting. The remark did not sit well with the Nigerian people; they were as right to feel insulted, as the Minister was wrong to have said such a thing. The fuel shortage is severely biting for the average person. They are forced to remain in lines far too long, for too much time, to pay too much money for too little fuel. This is no joking matter. Livelihoods and people’s welfare are at stake. With so much on the line, Kachikwu’s flippancy was out-of-line …”

He added, “Kachikwu’s intervention was unhelpful. It panicked and disappointed the public as to the duration of the crisis. It insulted the people by its tonality. He spoke with the imperious nature of a member of the elitist government the people voted out last year and not the progressive one they voted in. Kachikwu must be reminded that he was not coerced to take this job. He accepted the job and its responsibilities knowingly. He also must remember that he does not own NNPC. This also is not a private company that owes nothing to the public except the duty of fair dealing.

He further said that since Kachikwu is a public servant and the seat he occupies is not owned by him but by Nigerians, he is answerable to them, adding that the minister should “refrain from such interjections in the future.” He emphasized his confidence in President Buhari and his government in resolving pressing issues, including security and the economy and concluded, “Let all of us, in and out, of government never forget this. If we adhere to this remembrance, we shall see that magic will not be needed to bring the progress we seek.”