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Lateef Sanni A cue from recent displays on runways, shows a lot of hard work put in by Nigerian Designers. Fashion keeps evolving, each time with so much creativity. Nigeria has lots of designers with international presence as well as upcoming creative designers.  A quick look at the industry's upcoming designers, where we had a thrilling interview with Iriemi Williams Ehimiyen, the CEO of BID fashion. He is a student and designer who has carved a niche for himself and his brand. To #GOFupandcoming, the laudable designer talked about his Challenges, Aspirations and what inspires him . Read the interview below.  What Inspired you to go into Fashion Designing? My inspiration to becoming a fashion designer i could say started since I was seven or eight. It was easier for me because my mum was a designer, a very good one at that. Myself as a creative person added to my love for art, led me to becoming a fashion designer. I know that fashion is d...

Over ten drug-dealing suspects including a Nigerian national have been arrested in recent raids in Thailand. Deputy National Police Commissioner Pol General Chalermkiat Srivorakan told a press conference on Monday, in Bangkok that officers had so far this fiscal year confiscated 100 million yaba pills and more than 4,000 kilograms of “ice” worth Bt7.6 billion.  Chalermkiat said police arrested Charles Ndubuisi Umemma, a 34-year-old Nigerian national, who was wanted on a court-ordered arrest warrant. Umemma, who was apprehended in Bangkok’s Bang Kapi district on Saturday, September 16, faces charges of obtaining and possessing “ice” with intent to sell and send to Australia. Police had found that he tried to send 120 grams of “ice” to Sydney.  Chalermkiat also said Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) officers had arrested five Hmong suspects in Chiang Rai on Saturday while they were allegedly transporting 6,392,000 yaba pills from Chiang Rai to Ayutthaya in a 10-wheel truc...

Press Statement From EFCC, The public is hereby notified that Jennifer Timinipre Turnah whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a case of criminal conspiracy, money laundering and stealing to the tune of over one billion naira. The suspect, who is the wife of Barrister George Alabh Turnah, a former special assistant to the then Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC Dan Abia, is a signatory to some of the companies her husband allegedly used to launder monies meant for youth development. Bank accounts of the shell companies – Celtic Pride Global Services Limited, West Oak Multi Concepts Limited, Eliben Educational Centre Limited, Cinco Ranch Hotels & Apartments Nigeria Limited and Dubai Stores & Supermarket Nigeria Limited – were used to launder the stolen funds. The suspect has refused to honour repeated invitations from the Commission and is currently on the run. A native of ...

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, in a ruling, struck out the eighth count after hearing an application by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, who had alleged that she was indicted in the particular count, yet was not given the opportunity to defend herself. The six, named as defendants in the case included, Omokore, his two companies, Atlantic Energy Brass Development Limited and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Limited. The other defendants are a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, Victor Briggs; a former Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abiye Membere; and a former Manager, Planning and Commercial of the NNPC, David Mbanefo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had preferred nine counts of criminal diversion of about $1.6bn alleged to be part of proceeds of sales of petroleum products belonging to the Federal Government, against the six defendants....