SINCE her entrance into the Nigerian fashion industry, Bridget has evolved and has not disappointed those who believe in her and identify with her brand. The brand in the last three years has come to be a favourite among fashion lovers within and outside Nigeria. Her aesthetics and approach to fashion has earned her good reviews. Star actress, Genevieve Nnaji, and former Miss World, Agbani Darego, are among the patrons of Bridget’s designs which have been sending tongues wagging.
Category: Glamour
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The beauty in a scarf
A scarf is an accessory with a purpose that has become multi-faceted over the past 50 years. Once upon a time, a scarf would be used simply to shield one from the cold or to protect one’s hairstyle. Some religions require their women to wear scarves as a matter of correctness. Scarves also gained popularity among women diagnosed with cancer and undergoing radiotherapy treatments, which often cause hair loss. Today, scarves are used more as a fashion accessory versus being used as a shield.
When it comes to adding accessories to your outfit, a scarf is the one item that should be apart of your daily wardrobe. A scarf is the perfect accessory to add style to any outfit from your little black dress to your favorite T-shirt and jeans. In addition to the boundless outfit partnerships you can form using a scarf, there are also numerous ways to wear and tie a scarf. Scarves can be used as accessories including belts, headwear, and apparel. A scarf is a great way to add an interesting touch to an outfit. There are so many ways you can use a scarf and here are 4 of those. The one around the hair on the bottom is great also when it´s cold with a thicker scarf to keep the ears warm. The one with the scarf around the neck is just one way to wear it out of so many. The The picture with the scarf around the bag is inspired by the little box with cards of different ways to wear a scarf that came with the scarf when I bought it.Note: The scarf around the handle of the bag you do like this: tie it on one side and on one handle then twist it around the handle and tie it on the other side. The scarf around the hair with the hair loose you do like this: the neck should be in the middle of the scarf then you twist the scarf in the front 360 degrees and tie it in the back.
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Dean Priddy changes gear
DEAN, first son of late socialite Olu Kerekou Priddy, has found a new business line outside the family business. The gist is that the father of one now markets hi-end timepieces.
The wristwatches, we gathered, are for those who have taste for good and quality. Dean is also leveraging on the family name, clout and influence to make and boost sales.
the no doubt, has put the tales of his marriage to Linda Edozien behind him, as he is charting a new course. The duo got married at a fairytale wedding that attracted many celebrities. The union, which produced a child, began to exhibit cracks until the couple called it quits and went their separate ways.
Since the couple split, they have continually kept sealed lips on what led to their separation.
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Emeka Okeke dumps Carat MP
HARDWORKING Emeka Okeke, the chief executive officer of Carat Media Perspectives, has resigned his appointment with the media agency after pioneering and leading the agency for over a decade. We gathered that Okeke dropped his letter of resignation which will take effect on 31 December 2013 but it was a struggle before the board approved it.
Sources say that the media strategist is up to something that would shake the industry. It is believed he is moving to set up his own independent media outfit. Okeke joined Insight Communications in 1995 from Advertising Techniques, rising through the ranks to become the agency’s media director. In 1998, he was seconded by the group to Mediacom Ghana as the pioneering General Manager, doubling as the supervising director for Mediacom’s operations in Togo, Benin and Cote d’Ivoire. Emeka returned to Nigeria in 2002 and was appointed Media Director at Insight, occupying the position until the group appointed him again to pioneer Carat Media Perspectives as managing director.
Emeka led the new agency on a winning streak, clinching several blue chip businesses including Heineken Nigerian Breweries, Friesland WAMCO, Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Vitafoam and MTN.
Sources said the chairman of the group, Biodun Shobanjo, called a meeting to announce Emeka’s resignation and address the agency community on the future of the agency.
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My affair with Emenike
Nollywood stunning beauty, Victoria Egbecheru, may have had grandeur ideas of an intimate affair with Super Eagles goal king, Emmanuel Emenike, that would blossom to the altar but The Nation Sport and Style can authoritatively tell you that the relationship was destined to fail from the beginning, writes TAIWO ALIMI.
AT least both parties have declared themselves ‘free agents’ in the marital department.
Though Emenike would not want to be drawn into any controversy concerning his relationship with the Nollywood up and coming actress, he simply disclosed his ‘not in any serious relationship’ status while sharing his idea of an ideal wife-to-be.
Egbecheru on the other hand declared that the affair with Emenike was great while it lasted. So, how long did the affair actually last? The enchanting Micro Biology graduate offered the answer: “I met Emenike through a mutual friend who introduced us and we started as good friends. He was real fun and because of my love for football it was easy for us to get along. Along the way we discovered we had some differences and decided to end it. It was mutual and l have since moved on.”
The gorgeous Nollywood act also refuted allegation of infidelity, explaining that it was a figment of some people’s imagination. “l don’t know what they are talking about and from the quarters that allegation is coming from. If it is from Emenike l would take it serious. It is just the usual talk in showbiz and l don’t take them too serious. Emenike and l are still good friend and that is all that matters to me.”
A credible source, that is very close to the Super Eagles lynch pin, also volunteered information about the relationship between Emenike and Victoria which he described as a figment of someone’s imagination.
He said: “l cannot recall when Emenike met and asked Victoria to go out with him. True, he may have met her like many fans of the Super Eagles at a social engagement and may have taken pictures together because he has done that with many fans but that does not translate to asking her out or asking her to be his wife. That never happened, and if she is all over the social media posting pictures of her and Emenike, it does not point to any serious affair.”
Below are excerpts of separate interviews with the duo. It is interesting and revealing.
EMENIKE
‘I am a free agent now’
Free agent
Before you think about going into marriage, I think there must be a cordial relationship with a girl, abi? I am not thinking about that for now because I am just not ready. Maybe when the likes of Mikel Obi, Chinedu Obasi, Obinna Nsofor and more players in the Super Eagles get married and I attend their weddings, then I can start planning my own, but for now, it is not in my plan.
In the area of relationship, which l also think should come first before marriage, I need to make myself clear: I am still single and searching. I can say l am searching for the lucky girl who would be ready to tolerate me. Marriage is an everlasting match and I don’t want to rush into it. My mother and father are still together despite their old ages; and they have been living for years and that tells you the kind of woman I want. My mother is the only wife my father has and they are like friends and are living like a sister and brother till now. I want a woman like my mother and would be happier if she is even more tolerant than my mother. So when I am ready, I will search for the right person.
I am a kind person that always like to see people around me; I am very friendly. That you see girls around me does not mean I’m in any relationship. As a matter of fact, I don’t have any relationship. I only have cordial friendships but marriage is not yet on the card because I’m still on the fast lane (laughter). I am still a bachelor, so I am free but once I’m married, all gates are closed.
Dream wife
I have said it before that I want a woman like my mother. My mother is very contented with my father; she’s very loyal and accommodating. She loves making people happy. For a marriage to be successful in this life, I think 90 percent of the efforts must come from the woman. If I see a woman like that for now, I will go straight to the altar but most girls today are after what you have. Money is vanity; though it makes marriage blossom, it does not build a happy home. The truth is that out of 100, it is only 10 that know the definition of a happy marriage and I don’t want a situation whereby I will regret what I have done. I am really taking my time to think about it well. As for those linking me with some actresses in Nigeria, l want to say that they are only rumours. I am not in any relationship with any of them.
Foreign girl
I will marry a Nigerian that would relate with my parents and family in the easiest way. There are beautiful girls in Nigeria but marriage is not about beauty. You may decide to take fine girls to club but the biggest mistake is to be looking for a beautiful woman to marry
. It is her beauty that will cut your life short. Look at the likes of Nwankwo Kanu and Austin Jay Jay Okocha, they made money in Europe and returned home to marry; I think that makes sense, but I am not against marrying foreigners because at times, they are even better than our girls in some aspects. I like Nigerian girls and I will eventually marry one.
VICTORIA
‘It was fun while it lasted’
Affair with Emenike
I met Emenike through a mutual friend who introduced us and we started as good friends. He was real fun and because of my love for football it was easy for us to get along. Along the way we discovered we had some differences and decided to end it. It was mutual and l have since moved on.
Allegation of infidelity
l don’t know what they are talking about and from the quarters that allegation is coming from. If it is from Emenike l would take it serious. It is just the usual talk in showbiz and l don’t take them too serious. Emenike and l are still good friends, and that is all that matters to me.
Dumping Microbiology for Nollywood
I found out later in life that microbiology was not what I wanted out of life. I found out late that it was not what I thought it was initially. So, I guess I lost interest. Besides that, I have always loved entertainment. Acting is something I have always loved to do and most of my friends were always encouraging me to go into acting because I have what it takes.
Movies featured in
Some of the movies I have acted in are out in the market while some are not. I acted in Heroes and Zeros, I was also in Perfect Love although that is a soap opera and it is not yet out in the market. Currently, I am on location and we are shooting a movie called Eight and I also recently concluded work on another movie called May. So, you see I have been really very busy working.
Style
When it comes to fashion I like to be myself. I do not like to follow a particular trend, I like to wear what fits me, I like to wear a makeup that fits me and you will not find me wearing something because some other person is wearing it or because it is good on somebody else. I like to combine what I wear. I like combining what is in vogue and what is not in vogue, so that at the end of the day I can get a balance. I love fashion.
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Shan’s top 10
Artiste and popular Nollywood actress, Shan George, reveals her favourite things to Kehinde Oluleye
Favourite
bag
designer
Chanel
Favourite
drink
Water
Favourite
wrist watch
designer
Prada
Favourite
jewellery
Swarovski
Favourite
musician
Shaggy
Favourite
perfume
Hugo Boss
Favourite
underwear
Victoria’s
Secret
Favourite
sunglasses
Bvlgari and Gucci
Favourite
food
Amala with ewedu
Favourite
fashion
designerChanel
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Obi Asika lands new deal
AFTER the fall-out of the Glo Naija Sings, the chief executive officer of Storm 360, Obi Asika, has sealed another deal to bring a new reality show to the country.
The new show, The Voice, is an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. The concept of the series is to find a new singing talent.
Since the break-up between Obi Asika, CEO, Storm 360 and On-Air Personality, Olisa Adibua, who were friends, business partners and cousins, tongues have been wagging over the future of Storm 360.
Suave Olisa is a cousin to bulky Obi and also a non-executive director of the organisation before the parties decided to go their separate ways
Glo Naija
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I don’t have a bicycle to my name
The name Baba Otu Mohammed would ring a bell to any soccer follower in Nigeria, is it the old generation or the new? Baba Otu, as he is fondly called by numerous fans, was an integral part of the Green Eagles team that reigned supreme on the continent between the late 70s and 80s.
An outside right player with flair and speed, Baba Otu formed a strong bond with the late midfield maestro, Alhaji Mudasiru Lawal, on the field to punish opponents they confronted. Their days saw the rise of Nigerian football, which culminated in the first Africa Nations Cup victory and ECOWAS Cup.
The aged former international was cornered in the northern state of Kaduna by The Nation’s Sport and Style reporter recently, and the over one-hour interview was interesting and revealing. Baba Otu went down memory lane, revealing, like no other, his connection with the late Muda Lawal, what made the then Eagles tick, the role of Chairman Christian Chukwu, then captain of the team, and the intimate financial status of players.
Sadly, and though the soccer living legend is living in penury, he says in another world he would like to come back as a footballer.
Hear him: “Let’s forget what has happened in the past. In football you don’t look back. We always look forward. What has happened before, whether good or bad, is now history. Right now you won’t believe it, I don’t have a club and I am not fighting to get a club or to get the monetary aspect of it. I just want them to put everything in the right direction so that whenever we leave the stage people will remember us that these are the heroes that fought for the game and lifted it to higher pedestal. Good name, they say, is better than riches. Let me tell you another secret: you won’t believe that I don’t have a bicycle to call my own. It is not my priority but wherever there is football you will see me there.” Below are excerpts of the interview. It is refreshingly revealing.
Nigerian football
Well, it has been up and down as regards football. All the administrations of football we have had in the past have witnessed ups and downs and we just need to continue to work very hard to be able to lift football in the country at all times. Sometimes it would go up and sometimes it would come down. It is at the moment on the rise and so we need to continue to do that thing that we are doing right now.
Super Eagles
Let me tell you one fact, it is not a matter of foreign professional players or local players making the Super Eagles team, it is a matter of a dedicated, devoted and talented bunch that is ready to do the work. During our playing days we didn’t have any professional players playing for the Eagles and we achieved good results then. So if it is the professional players that are in super form, doing well in their various leagues in Europe and elsewhere in the world, the coach in charge of the senior national team should go for them. Also, if it is from the home front that we have players with football talents and are doing impressively in the Nigerian Premier League and other leagues in the land, let the coach go for them. The best players should be paraded in the Eagles and the best players should be allowed to be in the national team. When you say home-based players, are they not professionals too?
Green Eagles
We should not talk about the monetary incentives as regards our playing days because we received only N2 (two naira) a day as our daily allowance. But we were even happier that we made the team and wore the national team jerseys then. Everybody at time struggled to put on that green and white jersey of the Eagles and to represent the nation. We were not talking about money at that time because at the end of a continental match we only received a hundred naira (N100) as match bonus. But we were committed and happy that out of 120 million Nigerians then we were counted among the best players to represent the country. We need that commitment in the new generation of the players in the Super Eagles because that is the only way we can take our football to a greater height. It must be spelt out to the players both local and foreign-based what it means to wear that national team jersey. It is everybody’s duty; be you a coach, football administrator, player and even journalist to make it a point of duty to make the players realise this fact.
Christian Chukwu
Our captain then was Christian Chukwu and he played the role of an assistant coach in the team then. He was a good leader on and off the field of play during our time. Before any match he would call us and discuss how we should play according to the instructions of our coach. He often discussed with us why we should win our match because the over 120 million Nigerians were expecting nothing but victory in our matches. Also, after the match we would sit down together to discuss the mistakes we made in the match and the positive aspects of the match. If the result was not good you won’t see anybody happy or not showing remorse. Everybody would stay indoors in our hotel to reflect the mood unlike nowadays when the Eagles will not play well or get the desired results and you will still see them loitering about in their hotel and not showing any sober mood or reflection. This has to stop and I believe the NFF and the coach are capable of handling this issue well.
Memory lane
My main guy then that I loved playing with on and off the field of play was the late Mudasiru Lawal. I was playing from the outside right while Muda played from the right side of the midfield then and we enjoyed our partnership in all the matches we played together. Our coaches then could attest to this fact. I miss him a lot.
Children and football
Yes, my last born, Abdulraheem, is highly gifted and can do anything with football. He is a better player than me if I should compare him with me when I was playing at his age. I think he is going to make it in the game and I am really encouraging him in all ramifications.
Car freak
Where was the money to buy cars then? The first club to give motorcycles to their players was my team, Mighty Jets of Jos. The first player to own or drive a Mercedes Benz was the late Layiwola Olagbemiro. Olagbemiro got his Mercedes from his family then. It’s not playing football that afforded him the Mercedes then. He was playing with us at Mighty Jets along with Sam Garuba Okoye, Ismaila Mabo and Sule Kekere and the Atuegbu brothers and the rest. That time, Ismaila Mabo as the captain of Mighty Jets received N120 per game while the rest of us were paid N90 per game. So, there is no way we could afford the luxury of buying flashy cars like our new generation of players are doing. But we were very happy playing weekly for our club then because we were not playing for money but for fun and happiness.
Regret
Let’s forget what has happened in the past. In football you don’t look back. We always look forward. What has happened before, whether good or bad, is now history. Right now you won’t believe it, I don’t have a club and I am not fighting to get a club or to get the monetary aspect of it. I just want them to put everything in the right direction so that whenever we leave the stage people will remember us that these are the heroes that fought for the game and lifted it to higher pedestal. Good name, they say, is better than riches. Let me tell you another secret: you won’t believe that I don’t have a bicycle to call my own. It is not my priority, but wherever there is football you will see me there.
If not football, what?
I would have been an Islamic religion scholar. Being a Muslim, I love reading my Quran.
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Segun Awolowo not slowing down
SEGUN Awolowo Jnr, first grandchild of late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is not slowing down on socials despite clocking the golden age.
The son of fashion matriarch, Abbah Folawiyo, who clocked 50 unannounced last month, was spotted among guests who graced the glamorous launch of the premium wellness centre, Bodyline Fitness & Gym at Ikoyi, Lagos last weekend. Segun, the former presidential special assistant, with the way he rocks, may be telling those who care to listen that age is just a number.
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Food, fashion and music at Lagos Food Festival
NIGERIA’S premier outdoor food festival, Taste off, was held last week Sunday, 27th October, 2013. It was the first of its kind in Nigeria to showcase, promote and create awareness on how rich African delicacies are. The arrays of foods on display were mouth-watering and there were wine-tasting for individuals and families at the occasion. The event was organised by Aldo Global Services. Olusegun Rapheal was there.