D’banj’s profile is steadily on the rise at the international scene.President of World Bank, Mr Jim Kim earlier in the week commended the music star for dedicating his latest song, “Extraordinary” to Women empowerment and raising awareness about poverty and other related issues. The song was dropped a week ago.
Jim Kim wrote about D’banj on his Linkedin page: ‘I recently met one of Nigeria’s most dynamic performers, the singer-songwriter, D’Banj. Last year, D’Banj spearheaded a campaign urging African governments to increase their investments in agriculture. This year, he devoting his attention to the African Union’s Year of Women Empowerment. I am honoured, D’banj is the first artiste to participate in our new series, “Music4Dev”, encouraging global artistes to raise awareness about poverty and related issues.”
It would be recalled that D’banj was one of the world stars who performed at the World Bank’s Earth Day event in Washington a few weeks back. He premiered the new song shortly after the event as the first artist to participate in the World Bank’s new series, ‘#Music4Dev.’
Uche Ogbodo on her birthday‘I have no regrets’
Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo was a year older last weekend. And to celebrate her birthday,the controversial actress took to her facebook page to share her joy with fans.
Recounting her story, she wrote, “The year 2015 has brought me hope and lots of happiness. For the lessons I learnt along the way, I have no regrets. Rather, I have learnt to stand taller no matter what may come to me. It’s a new year for me. A new hope, a new opportunity to soar. I am thankful to God for the gift of life, my precious daughter, my supportive family,my very wonderful friends and ever supportive fans. This day is so special to me and I shall live to remember all the love I got in one day. Chai! { dancing Shoki} ????.”
Recounting her story, she wrote, “The year 2015 has brought me hope and lots of happiness. For the lessons I learnt along the way, I have no regrets. Rather, I have learnt to stand taller no matter what may come to me. It’s a new year for me. A new hope, a new opportunity to soar. I am thankful to God for the gift of life, my precious daughter, my supportive family,my very wonderful friends and ever supportive fans. This day is so special to me and I shall live to remember all the love I got in one day. Chai! { dancing Shoki} ????.”
Though, Uche has moved on, her fans are still wondering loudly whether she will ever reconcile with her ex-hubby, Ato Ubby. Sorry! The actress once vowed never to have anything to do with her past.
L’Espace closes shop, relocates
After three years of ground breaking success at its flagship location along Olosa Street, Victoria Island, the concept store L’Espace will be moving to a new location within Victoria Island and will now be run solely by co-founder, Isoken Ogiemwonyi.
The first multi-brand concept store which launched in 2011, was co-founded by Wonuola Okoye and Isoken Ogiemwonyi and is purely dedicated to Nigerian fashion design, beauty and lifestyle, creating a solid platform for both emerging and established brands. It was created after a successful three years of Le Petit Marche – the foremost Nigerian designers market in 2009 driving discovery and bridging the fashion retail distribution gap in Nigeria.
“It’s been an incredible six year journey in deepening our visions to impact the Nigerian Fashion Industry,” the co-founders said in a statement. “We look forward to the advancement of the Nigerian Fashion industry which we are both passionate about.”
The current flagship store L’Espace will be closed for business in preparation for the new chapter which kicks off in July.
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