Allure May 11 2014

May 11, 2014

EFFORTLESS COOL ALLURE’S -WEEKLY FABLIST

RUKEVWE UGWUMBA

- Beauty,Brains and Brawn

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Dr. Rukevwe Ugwumba is a Special Adviser to the Delta State Governor. She was recruited by the Governor from the University of Saskatchewan, where she is an associate professor of Medicine. Under her watch, healthcare delivery in Delta State has become top notch. She credits the governor for his insight and YLVLRQ WR PDNH WKH VWDWH D PHGLFDO 0HFFD Âś'HOWD %H\RQG 2LO¡ EHLQJ WKH IRFXV RI KLV DGPLQLVWUDWLRQ Dr. Ruky embodies what I have always SUHDFKHG \RX FDQ EH VW\OLVK DQG EH DQ HIĂ&#x20AC;FLHQW honco. She is a classic case of beauty and brawn. Brawn being what propelled the young girls who left homes to sit for WASCE in Chibok.

Three weeks after those 234 girls were abducted at Chibok, the Nigerian First Lady was on television. Three freaking weeks! After an American, moved by anger and pain, started

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Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?

- Jean Giraudoux

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deal with a woman of their own age.

- Michael Caine

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

- Graham Greene

the #Bringbackourgirls campaign â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that has since gone viral. Now, the whole world is in on it. Thanks to that early alert, everyone is calling IRU WKH JLUOV¡ UHOHDVH VDIH DQG KHDOWK\ WR WKHLU parents. But, why did it take so long? This was a question I put to our cover guest, a doctor of immense experience, used to dealing with sick and diseased people. See pp. 8-10.

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These are not the best of times. We are praying along with the world that those girls would be found.

In the meantime, have a meditative week!

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THE WORLD WIDE CAMPAIGN TO â&#x20AC;&#x153;BRING BACK OUR GIRLSâ&#x20AC;?

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n the 14th of April, 2014 over 200 young girls were abducted from their boarding school, in the remote Northern State of Borno by the terrorist sect â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boko Haram,â&#x20AC;? Which means â&#x20AC;&#x153;Western education is forbiddenâ&#x20AC;?.

The group has attacked numerous educational institutions in northern Nigeria since 2009 and has terrorized the area since then taking countless innocent lives. Militant leader Abubakar Shekau sent a video in which he said IRU WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WLPH WKDW KLV JURXS KDG WDNHQ the girls. In a recent video, Abubakar Shekau leader of the sect said â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls should not have been in school in the Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH EXW UDWKHU VKRXOG JHW PDUULHG God instructed me to sell them, they are his properties and I will carry out his instructionsâ&#x20AC;?. He planned to sell the girls for Two Thousand Naira each.

Three weeks after the kidnapping, little effort has been made by the government and so far, about 49 managed to abscond from their captors, two recently died of snake bites and twenty are critically ill, the whereabouts of the remaining girls are still unknown creating agitation among the parents of the victims and immense criticism of the Nigerian government.

The Nigerian people have since then rallied together to protest for the rights to the freedom of the girls tagging their protest â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring our Girls Homeâ&#x20AC;?. A twitter account started by an American woman, pulled the attention of the international community. Some protesters have been arrested unjustly by the police in Nigeria amongst whom, Ms Naomi Mutah Nyadar a representative of the Chibok community was arrested and detained.

According to the police she allegedly claimed to be a mother to one of the kidnapped girls. Lawan Abana, an uncle to two of the girls said â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are claiming it is a hoax and that her daughter was not abducted. But when we say Âś%ULQJ EDFN RXU GDXJKWHUV¡ WKH FDPSDLJQ PHDQV LQ D EURDGHU VHQVH ÂśGDXJKWHUV RI Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are so clueless.â&#x20AC;? He also denied the allegation made by the police about Nyadar.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday pledged to rescue the girls wherever they are and admitted that he is clueless DV WR ZKHUH WKH\ DUH 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW /DG\ DOVR expressed her displeasure at the abVHQFH RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW ODG\ RI %RUQR VWDWH IURP WKH VHFRQG HQODUJHG VWDNHKROGHUV¡ PHHWing on the abducted school girls, She said before the kidnapping and the killing started in Borno, she assured Shettima of her support, but was surprised that after such an incident, Shettima did not come to see her. In tears she kept repeating â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is God in everything we are doing. There is Godâ&#x20AC;?.

There have been protests in Lagos, Kano, Ilorin and Maiduguri in the country and Celebrities such as Banky W, Waje, Omoni Oboli, Yemi Alade, Sasha P, Tiwa Savage and other Lagosians were among those protesting in Lagos. While on social media Tu face and 9ce showed

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On the International scene, Los Angeles and London, demonstrators carried posters reading #BringBackOurGirls, a campaign that began on Twitter following the mass abduction of the girls in April they chanted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring them home!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not for sale!â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;African lives matter!â&#x20AC;?

Protests have also been held in New York City, a protest was held in Union Square on Saturday, where thousands of residents showed up, demanding efforts to be made by the Nigerian government

and greater pressure by the international FRPPXQLW\ IRU WKH JLUOV¡ UHOHDVH Akin Akinsanya a Nigerian-American and founder of NYAW-NYC and African Restaurant Week.said â&#x20AC;&#x153;What country in the world where over 200 kids go PLVVLQJ DQG WKH QH[W GD\ LW¡V EXVLQHVV as usual.â&#x20AC;?

The President of the United States Barrak Obama Obama Calls KidnapSLQJ 2I WKH *LUOV œ+HDUWEUHDNLQJ¡ $QG œ2XWUDJHRXV¡ KH DOVR VDLG ´<RX¡YH JRW one of the worst regional or local terrorist

organizations in Boko Haram in Nigeria, WKH\¡YH EHHQ NLOOLQJ SHRSOH UXWKOHVVO\ IRU PDQ\ \HDUV QRZ DQG ZH¡YH DOUHDG\ been seeking greater cooperation with the Nigerians, this may be the event that helps to mobilize the entire internationDO FRPPXQLW\ WR Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ GR VRPHWKLQJ against this horrendous organization WKDW¡V SHUSHWUDWHG VXFK D WHUULEOH FULPH Âľ The White house deployed a team to Nigeria to aid in recovering the girls.

United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations ChilGUHQ¡V )XQG 81,&() GHVFULEHG WKH kidnapping of the girls, all between the ages of 12 and 17 as shocking. )RUHLJQ 6HFUHWDU\ :LOOLDP +DJXH VDLG â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am appalled by the abduction of up to 200 school girls in Borno State, in northern Nigeria. My thoughts and deepest sympathies are with them and with their familiesâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I condemn this cowardly act and those responsible for it. We stand ready to provide assistance to help the Nigerian government ensure that these children can be returned to their families in safety, and to bring to justice those responsible.â&#x20AC;?

American celebrities also showed their support, Piers Morgan of CNN and Russel Simmons an American business Magnate took to twitter to also share WKHLU FRQFHUQV )XUWKHUPRUH -XVWLQ Timberlake, Bradly Cooper, Sean Penn, -DPLH )R[ DUH DOVR VRPH +RO\ZRRG FHlebrities who are protesting for the girls carrying cardboards saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real men GRQ¡W EX\ *LUOVÂľ Award winning Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, speaking in Paris at the WKHPHV RI KHU ODWHVW Ă&#x20AC;OP Âś0DOHĂ&#x20AC;FHQW VKH condemned the Boko Haram Kidnapping saying,â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sadly of course there is real evil in the world, you watch the news and you see all of the people suffering and so PXFK FUXHOW\ $QG LW¡V XQWKLQNDEOH FUXHOW\ like these girls that were kidnapped in Nigeria. Unthinkable cruelty and evilâ&#x20AC;?

On the fashion scene super models Joan Smalls posted a message on instagram about the abduction and her counterpart Karolina Kurkova took to instagram appealing to women of the world, to lend their voice to the cause.

Globally celebrated education activist Malala Yousafzai lent her voice to the issue as well in her blog. The sixteen year old who was threatened and then shot by the insurgent Taliban militants who have the same goal as the Nigerian sect Boko Haram to prevent girl child education.

Since her attack she has grown stronger DQG HYHQ PRUH GHWHUPLQHG WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW IRU the right of education of the girl child.

Hilary Clinton has also spoke on the issue in support of #BrignBackOurGirls SURWHVW 6KH WZHHWHG Âś$FFHVV WR HGXFDtion is a basic right & an unconscionable reason to target innocent girls. We must stand up to terrorism.â&#x20AC;?

With everything said and done we pray to God that the girls will be brought safely home and unharmed and their abductors brought to justice for their crime.

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RUKEWE UGWUMBA

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By Remmy Diagbare

r. Rukevwe Ugwumba is the Special Adviser, Health Monitoring to the Delta State Governor. Until she joined the Government of Delta State in August 2011, Dr. Ugwumba was an associate professor in Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan in Canada. She graduated from the University of Benin in 1992, where she obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) with honours.

In 1995, she attended the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine where she obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Infection & Health in the Tropics and a Master of Science degree from the University of London in Infectious Diseases.

She then worked on a PhD programme at the same London school with special emphasis on Tuberculosis and River Blindness. She received the Tropical Disease Research (TDR) Award from the World Health Organization for her PhD studies.

She became a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries of London in 2000. In 2005, she became a Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) and in 2006, she became a Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, United Kingdom (MRCGP). Also, in 2006, she achieved Membership of the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

(C.C.F.P.) A passionate woman, Dr. Rukevweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expertise has no doubt impacted on the tremendous medical feat achieved in Delta State. With the catalogue of successes recorded in the state, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Delta Beyond Oilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is becoming a reality as the state is set to become a medical touristsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; destination.

The beautiful mother of four, who credits the Delta first lady, Mrs.Roli Uduaghan as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a pillar of supportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; turns 44, come May 31st.

In this interview with Allure, Dr. Ruky shares her experience as a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Diasporanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; trying to fit in to our ways. Enjoy!

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REPORT AGE need to be liberated from this general idea, indeed many women have gone to their graves as a result of keeping quiet when they should be shouting at the top of their voices. This same Western EDUCATION which is being attacked, is the way forward to learn to organize to SPEAK..have a VOICE for our issues and the time is NOW! $V VSHFLDO DGYLVHU RQ KHDOWK WR WKH GHOWD VWDWH JRYHUQRU ZKDW DUH \RXU GXWLHV" As Special Adviser, I was not given a schedule of duties. Upon resumption, my boss said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are a professional. Do your job!â&#x20AC;? With no predecessor, I set about getting to know how government works, having been in the Diaspora for over two decades. I received great assistance from the Hon. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Otumara, and staff of the ministry.

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Patients who need dialysis need a minimum of 3 treatments in a week and this government subsidy has given real hope to the most vulnerable groups in our society, the chronically sick people. You can see the synergy. We want to provide the best services and at the same time, we want people in Delta State to know that these services exist and the chain of command so WKDW WKH\ FDQ WDNH DGYDQWDJH RI WKHP 1RZ WKDW¡V P\ role and it is always a team effort.

with three elections and two terms. We are in a sense a mini-Nigeria. If you do well here, then your job at the national level has been made easy! $V D GRFWRU RQH DOZD\V SUDFWLFHV RQH¡V SURIHVVLRQ For example, decisions on what type of equipment a KRVSLWDO QHHGV RU TXDOLĂ&#x20AC;FDWLRQV UHTXLUHG ZKHQ KLULQJ doctors and even the right type of service require a GRFWRU¡V H[SHULHQFH DQG LQSXW ,Q VXPPDU\ P\ VSHFLDO adviser role leverages on my profession and my experience, training and work in the Diaspora.

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:H KDYH VHFRQGDU\ KHDOWK IDFLOLWLHV VWDWH ZLGH from which we are currently running many of our health programmes and one state-of-the-art world class tertiary centre, Delta State Teaching Hospital '(/687+ 2JKDUD ZKLFK KDV FXUUHQWO\ JUDGXDWHG sets of medical students. The hospital referral system is from primary to secondary then the tertiary centre. This would maximize our efforts and scarce resources. +RZ '(/687+ KDV LPSDFWHG RQ OLYHOLKRRG ,¡P WDONLQJ DERXW FOHDQHUV GULYHUV FRRNV KRWHOV HWF 7KLV LV PLQXV WKH RWKHU SRVLWLYH LPSDFW ² WKH GHGLFDWHG transformer, because that hospital must have power 7KDW KDV DIIHFWHG OLYHOLKRRG SRVLWLYHO\ LQ 2JKDUD EXW OHW¡V WDON SDWLHQWV DQG WKHLU UHODWLYHV WUDQVSRUW IRRG medicine.

Ours is the only hospital in Nigeria that has people from the Diaspora and locally trained doctors handling almost every specialty, including very skilled orthopaedic spine specialists. So, what are we doing at Oghara? to name some... We do everything... For issues like spine surgery, neuro-surgery including treatment of brain tumours, cement free hip and knee replacement surgeries, specialized neonatal unit with CPAP, there are only 2 functional hospitals in Nigeria DQG QRQH RI WKHP LV D JRYHUQPHQW RZQHG KRVSLWDO

(YHQ D NJ EDE\ FDQ VXUYLYH WKHUH VSHFLDOL]HG UHQDO unit with 7 state-of-the-art haemodialysis machines operating at heavily subsided costs, renal transplantation! Wow! This year, Delta State Teaching Hospital introduced a neonatal helpline where expected premature babies

will be located state-wide prior to or as soon as they are ERUQ WR LPSURYH WKHLU FKDQFHV RI VXUYLYDO acknowledging the fact that the skill set of the doctor or mid-wife who took the delivery and their equipment may be inadequate for such a premature new born or neonate. One hundred such phone lines have been distributed state-wide at zero cost to the providers!

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HEALTHY LIVING101

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by - Teri Mendes

Beauty Tips Every Girl Should Know

e t o u week Q of the Eyes may be the windows to the soul, but eyebrows are the window garments.

- TERI MENDES

CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK...

Hello my dear readers, today we continue from where we stopped last week. In the list below I have broken down all the tips and tricks needed. Remember, beauty should always be fun!

growth. Note: if the mask hurts too much â&#x20AC;&#x201C; rinse immediately. Also, make sure you are not allergic to any of the ingredients prior doing this mask. (For better results, you can make this mask once every two weeks, in total about 5-7 times.)

NIGHT TIME BEAUTY TIPS Beauty tip #12: Say no to tangles Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so pleasant to wake up with tangled hair which can be caused by your pillow case. Try to sleep on silk or satin pillow case instead of cotton one, because those donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tend to tangle your hair; and you will always wake up with silky smooth, tangles-free locks.

HAIR BEAUTY TIPS Beauty tip #8: Everyone loves massages, your hair is no exception!

To enhance the quality of your hair â&#x20AC;&#x201C; give a gentle massage to your scalp using good, natural oil of your choice (coconut oil, castor oil, or even olive oil will do a great job); not only massaging your scalp will improve circulation, but also oil will generously nourish your skin. Do this massage once a week or, at least, once a month for better results. To do this pleasant treatment slightly warm up the oil on a water bath, make sure that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lukewarm, not hot!

We want to treat our scalp, not burn it! Gently PDVVDJH \RXU KHDG ZLWK \RXU ÂżQJHUWLSV GLSSHG LQ RLO FRQFHQWUDWLQJ RQ WKH URRWV ÂżUVW DQG WKHQ VSUHDG WKH oil to the lengths of your hair. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even preferable that someone does it for you, it can be such a relaxing DQG SOHDVDQW H[SHULHQFH $IWHU \RXÂśYH ÂżQLVKHG scalp-massage, you can keep the oil on your hair for about 30 minutes and then, wash and condition your KDLU DV XVXDO 7KLV KDLU EHDXW\ ULWXDO FDQ VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ improve the look and texture of your hair.

Beauty tip #9: To stimulate hair follicles try this: - Twice daily, gently massage your scalp in circular PRWLRQV ZLWK \RXU ÂżQJHUV IRU FRXSOH RI PLQXWHV WR improve blood circulation in your scalp, thus, naturally encouraging hair growth.

7U\ Ă&#x20AC;LSSLQJ \RXU KDLU XSVLGH GRZQ IRU VHFRQGV every day. This will also help stimulate hair follicles.

Beauty tip #10: What to avoid?

Avoid washing your hair every day, because doing so, you stimulate hair follicles to produce more sebum, making your hair look greasy very quickly. Wash your hair once every 4-6 days, thus, giving your hair time to naturally produce hydration and moisture that your hair needs.

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Avoid eating at least 3-4 hours prior to going to sleep, because at night you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really need calories!

2YHUHDWLQJ DW QLJKW FDQ FDXVH SXĚ&#x2021;QHVV RI WKH H\HV and face, as well as deprives your body from peaceful rest, because nighttime eating makes your system work hard to digest those extra calories. Also, avoid drinking 2 hours prior to going to bed.

Beauty tip #14: Quick relief If, after a night out, you woke up with swollen eyes, take a metal spoon, hold it for 20 seconds under cold running water and then, gently place it on the area around your eyes. This should instantly relieve and reduce swelling. /83,7$ 1<21*¡2

Beauty tip #11: How to accelerate the process?

To accelerate hair growth, try this simple homemade mask: mix one table spoon of powdered mustard with a little bit of lukewarm water, till you obtain â&#x20AC;&#x153;yogurt-likeâ&#x20AC;? mass. Add 2 eggs and 2 table spoons of olive oil. Mix thoroughly all the ingredients and apply the mask on the roots of your hair, avoiding the lengths, keep it on for 20-25 minutes, then shampoo and condition as usual. The mask will have a hitting HĚ&#x2020;HFW EHFDXVH RI PXVWDUG WKXV VWLPXODWLQJ KDLU follicles very intensively, resulting in quicker hair

Beauty tip #15: Wrinkles free from now onâ&#x20AC;Ś Sleep on your back to prevent the appearance of wrinkles. If you appropriate this good habit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it will PDNH D ELJ GLĚ&#x2020;HUHQFH LQ WKH ZD\ \RX ORRN WKURXJK the yearsâ&#x20AC;Ś Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s it for today my readers! Hope you enjoyed this piece! Remember you read it KHUH ÂżUVW )RU FRPPHQWV DQG TXHVWLRQV please email terimendes@gmail.com, I would love to hear from you, till next week.

For comments and questions please email terimendes@gmail. com, @terimendes. I would love to hear from you, till next week. - itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ta ta for now! XOXO

TERI Speaks Dear Teri, Thank you for replying! I want my face to match the rest of my body. And also is it advisable to make my own body cream i.e shea butter, coconut oil etc. Might that work? Thank you. Aderonke

Dear Aderonke, Yes it does work. I particularly like to mix shea butter with argan oil, or coconut oil. Try that and letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s know how you get on after 8 weeks. Best wishes, Teri Mendes

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Get Captivated by - Jerome Onipede

Q& A SHOULD I MARRY THIS KIND OF WOMAN? I recently fell in love with a lady and she just told me about her past life two days ago since she believed we were going to get serious together.

The life she has lived is very bad indeed. She confessed to me that she has had sex with 65 men in her life and out of that number, 50 are married men. She is 31years this year and according to her, she was doing this without condom. Worse still she says she even masturbates when chatting with me on phone.

After she has made this confession to me, she is telling me that she is a Born Again Christian despite all she has done and is still doing like masturbating when chatting with me on the phone.

My question is, can one marry that kind of person who has a very wild libido and has broken many marriages?

Thanks for reading, and God bless you as I await your anticipated reply.

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I Jerome Yaovi Onipede is Married to my best friend Lawrenta Omono, and I love her so much, yet sometimes I STRUGGLE with not having sex with another lady apart from my darling wife, and God has been keeping me.

I also STRUGGLE with depression when I have listened, and listened and listened to the problems of people all day, and God has been keeping me.

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My dear Brother, I can imagine your shock when a woman you had just recently fallen in love with told you this much about herself. Can you imagine the mess? Who will dare marry someone like that? Someone with such a past, and who is still

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what they have had, but such is not the case of THIS WONDERFUL LADY that has come into your life.

Sometimes when people struggle, they get tired of struggling alone, and wish they could have someone who can struggle alongside with them. There are Testimonies of those who have found someone to help carry their OVERBURDENS with them, and are better for it, whereas there are others who never found anyone to help, either because they NEVER cried for help, or because when they, did they cried to the wrong persons. And yet there are others who ONLY CRY, and have LOST HOPE that help will come.

Whatever it is my Brother, this Lady of yours is not insane, and all hope is also not lost for her yet. SHE IS ONLY CRYING FOR HELP, but if you have never been there, you will certainly not understand. You will not understand that there are times that ALL YOU WANT TO BE IS FREE, while all you still experience is Bondage.

But THANKS BE TO GOD WHO SETS FREE ALL WHO COME TO HIM, AND WAIT ON HIM. This Lady has seen a LIGHT at the end of the tunnel which is why she dares to look for a Relationship that is going to be permanent for her, despite her unfortunate sexual escapades with 65 men. She also has a CONVICTION in her spirit that SHE IS BORN AGAIN, and not even you doubting that Spiritual Status of her life will take that away from her. She knows that God who saves KHU IURP DOO +(5 (1(0,(6 LVQ¡W RYHUZKHOPHG ZLWK KHU present life experiences, but has loved her with HIS EVERLASTING LOVE and will continue HIS FAITHFULNESS towards her, and through His Faithfulness to her, this Lady will having done all, STAND! I can understand if this is too much for you to bear, EXW LI \RX KDYH WR OHDYH KHU GRQ¡W OHDYH KHU ZRUVH WKDQ \RX PHW KHU Ă&#x20AC;QG RXW IURP *RG KRZ \RX FDQ EH SDUW RI the Testimony that He is building in her life, and who knows you may need the lessons to be learnt in the experience more than the Lady herself. Who knows, It may be all about you after all.

Let me know how I can further be of help to you and her.

God Bless! #JansweringU.

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MAKE-UP IN NIGERIA CONFERENCE A GATHERING OF INDUSTRY SHAPERS By - Yemisi Suleiman | Pics - Oscar Ochiogu

It was one of the biggest gathering of stakeholders in the make-up and beauty industry in Nigeria, as the first ever Make-up in Nigeria Conference held recently in Lagos. The show which held at the Oriental hotels, Victoria Island Lagos, proved a great success, with a large crowd of industry professionals, educators, icons and young aspiring make up artists, coming together under one roof to hear why now is an exciting time to become a permanent make-up artist.

Giving her opening remarks Teniolami Adejuwon Project Manager of the MINC said the objective of the event was to ensure that participants leave the event empowered as Makeup Professionals, “Inspired to achieve greater exploits and stimulated to grow your business to the next level.

MINC is the authority platform in the Nigerian Makeup industry for learning, sharing, inspiration and connection; all with the intent of birthing a stronger and formidable Nigeria Makeup Industry.” She said.

Speakers at the event included; Host for the show; Tara Fela-

Durotoye, Mr. Idy Enang, Mr. Bayo Babalola Haastrup, Bimpe Onakoya, Bolanle Okusanya Feyita,. Others included Khuraira Musa, founder of the Khuraira cosmetics who stole the show with her interesting and utterly motivating presentation, Lola Maja Okojevoh, Eni Balogun, Joy Adenuga, Bunmi Oyeniyi, Mrs. Funmi Olurinola. There was also a guest from the States and fellow industry educator, Mrs. Buntricia Bastian, and the leading voice in Nigeria’s social media space and pioneer of Social Media Week Nigeria, Mr. Obi Asika. They all shared with the audience their wealth of knowledge, experience and the secrets that will take artistry and business venture to the next level. Participants got the chance to learn first hand, trends to be aware of, so as to stay ahead in this industry, skill-set to possess and the best practices they must learn to be prime movers in this industry, as well as how to translate their passion/talents into a successful and profitable business.

From the keynote speeches, the business classes, the panel segment and the different masterclasses,

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The Makeup in Nigeria Conference (MINC) was powered by Nigeria’s premier indigenous Makeup Brand, House of Tara International. With able support from Maybelline NY Nigeria, Beauty By Nature Inc., Sacred Beauty, Makeuppro, Lise Beauty, Khuraira Cosmetics amongst others.

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TAIRA OGBAIGBO WINS MISS EXPRESS YOURSELF BEAUTY PAGEANT By - Pamela Echemunor

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Style, elegance and beauty are the perfect words to describe the evening at the “Miss Express Yourself Beauty Pageant” as Sixteen ladies competed to win the coveted crown for the first ever edition of the pageant which was held at Eko Hotel and Suites on Saturday 26th April, 2014.

The event was organized by Laviv Expression in an effort to empower young ladies in the society and give them a voice both career wise and in their personal endeavors. CEO Laviv expression Vivien Aliam Nwandu had the ladies trained on good diction, carriage and etiquette, but especially on being outstanding beauty queens and also mentor them to achieve success in whatever career they choose.

The ladies were screened on intellect and expressiveness by a panel of judges including CEO Laviv expression Vivien Aliam Nwandu and Joy Amakoba a travel Agent. The winner of the pageant was given a blank cheque from the Delta State House of Assembly and three months modeling training.

Winner Miss Tarire Ogbaigbo, a graduate of English who hails from Edo State was thoroughly excided and felt absolutely privileged to have won the competition, she was happy to have finally been given an opportunity to do all the things she’s always wanted to do. The event was hosted by Shine of Cool Fm and a musical performance by Artist Ibrahim Samani.

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