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The Celestial Church of Christ has released a statement reacting to the report of one of their pastors, Francis Taiwo, who chained his nine year old son, Korede Taiwo, for weeks without food at the Key of Joy Parish, Ajiwo at Ajibawo in Ado Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State. In the statement released today July 25th, the leadership of the church condemned the act, stating it will never support any act of child abuse. Read the statement after the cut...

Sanusi Lamido and Tolu Oniru-Demuren We can’t get over  Access Bank ‘s fun and stylish polo game held on Saturday 16th July 2016 in Windsor, UK. The event in collaboration with  Fifth Chukker  marked the  Access Bank Day 2016 . The event was aimed at raising money to help support  UNICEF ‘s projects in Kaduna. Some of the guests spotted at the event include HRH  Sanusi Lamido, Toolz, Lisa Folawiyo, Ono Bello, Colette Otusheso  and  Elohor Aisien . Jamie Simmons , Access Bank’s UK CEO as well as Access Bank’s Group Managing Director  Herbert Wigwe , and Head of Corporate Communications  Amaechi Okobi , were also present at the event. More photos after the cut..

Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, in a lecture he delivered yesterday at the investiture of Mr. Dele Ojogbede as President of Rotary Club, Ikoyi in Lagos, said, it is illegal for former governors, who have been placed on life pension in their states, to also earn salaries in the National Assembly. He also said that lawmakers should not be paid their full salaries and allowances if they don't sit for the mandatory 181 days before going on a seven-month recess. Falana counselled the Federal Government on what to do with those undermining the anti-corruption war.  In regards to former governors in the Senate, Falana said: “It is high time the Federal Government stopped the payment of salaries and allowances to former governors who are in the senate. Since they are on pension for life, it is illegal to continue to pay them salaries and allowances at the same time.” He added that none of the 469 lawmakers in the National Assembly had justification for the entitl...

Controversial Enugu-based Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka says the inability of former President Jonathan's administration to save when there was oil boom is what is responsible for the present recession of the Nigerian economy. According to him, Jonathan ran a wasteful government. Mbaka in a statement released ‎by his spokesperson, Maximus Ugwuoke, accused the past government of failing to heed to his prophecies that indicated Nigeria was going to experience economic hardship.

Nicholas 'Nick' Vujicic is an Australian Christian evangelist and motivational speaker born with  two small deformed feet, one of which Vujicic calls his "chicken drumstick" because of its shape.  Originally, he was born with the toes of that foot fused. An operation was performed to separate the toes so that he could use them as fingers to grab, turn a page, or perform other functions. Vujicic has been able to use his foot to operate an electric wheelchair, a computer and a mobile phone. Vujicic notes that he had an "amazingly normal childhood"  He's pictured with his wife Kanae Miyahara and two sons.

Papa Omisore ‘s clothing brand  P.O.C  releases their latest Spring Summer 17 collection called ‘Essentials’. The brand speaks proudly of this new collection and here’s what they told us; Following the critical acclaim of his immediate past  LFDW 2015  Zebra collection,  Papa Omisore  upped his creative ante by delivering entirely new designs, while maintaining his brand’s fluid and laidback appeal, and what resulted is the vibrant and colorful ‘Essentials’ collection. Everything from the intricate mix of art and functionality to P.O.C deliberately opting for a campaign shoot, instead of a look book, featuring the original P.O.C man, Omisore, instead of professional models, is to show the everyday Nigerian man how he too can wear P.O.C on a daily basis. Also it was important to Omisore to portray his connection and relationship with the pieces, from conception to final execution, in the campaign. P.O.C’s ‘Essentials’ collection is not just stylish...

For Summer 2016,  LeVictoria by Zephans & Co  is all about colour. The Nigerian design label presents  BN Style  with its lookbook for the “ Color Pop ” collection. The collection features vibrant colours, interesting hues, graphic patterns, rich textures, and a variety of silhouettes. More after the cut..