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PROFILE: Kimora Lee Simmons

Kimora Lee Simmons (née Perkins; born May 4, 1975) is an American fashion model, and former president and Creative Director for Phat Fashions. Simmons was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother, Joanne Perkins, is Korean-born Japanese who later worked as a Social Security Administrator. Her mother was adopted by an American serviceman during the Korean War and she now goes by her own mother's Japanese name, Kyoko. Kimora's father, Vernon Whitlock Jr., is African American, has worked as a Federal Marshal, an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigator, a bail bondsman, and is currently a barber in St. Louis. Growing up in the northern St. Louis suburb of Florissant, Missouri, Kimora was the target of schoolyard bullying and teasing, because of her height (she was 5 feet, 10 inches tall by the time she was 10 years old)and mixed ancestry. To help her, Simmons's mother enrolled her in a modeling class when she was eleven years old. Two years later she was discov

Mass retrenchment hits FUTA

The Federal University of Technology, Akure was last Friday thrown into pandemonium as a large number of staff were dismissed, appointments terminated, others demoted and some warned. Don't ask me, but the situation on examination turned out that a gross number of Junior staff were found to have falsified their submitted results and certificates (all for appointments and promotions o). Some others had their appointments terminated for forgery too. Guess what? Another sad one...some Unionist were also sent off while others were issued serious warnings. My sincere comment?...forget it. Don't matter after all. lol

PROFILE - Eva Jacqueline Longoria

Eva Jacqueline Longoria(born March 15, 1975)is an American actress, best known for portraying Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Longoria received a nomination for the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Desperate Housewives. Longoria first rose to fame on television for portraying Isabella Braña on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2001 to 2003. She became nationally recognized in the 2000s after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM "Sexiest Women 2008" poll, and having appeared on the cover of various international women's magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. Longoria has also starred in films such as Harsh Times (2005), The Sentinel (2006) and Over Her Dead Body (2008). Eva Jacqueline Longoria was born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, the youngest of four dau

PROFILE - Melanie Janine Brown (Mel - B)

Melanie Janine Brown (Mel-B) (born 29 May 1975) is an English R&B and pop recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress, author, television presenter and model. Brown rose to fame when she became a member of British girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was famously known as "Scary Spice". Brown has been signed to a number of record labels during her career including Virgin Records, Independent record label, Amber Café and her latest record deal EMI Music, which she signed in judge for X Factor Australia in 2012. The Spice Girls signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe", which hit number-one in more than 30 countries and helped establish the group as a "global phenomenon". Followed by their debut album, Spice, which sold more than 28 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in music history. The band's second album, Spiceworld went on to sell over 20 million records world wide. Th

SHOCK, as FGN recalls Dana Airline...

Barely hundred days after the Dana Airline plane crash in Lagos, which killed 153 persons on board and about 10 persons on ground, the Federal Government, yesterday, cleared the airline to resume operations eliciting outrage among the populace. Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, in a statement by her Special Adviser (Media), Joe Obi, said government decided to restore the operating licence of Dana airline because it was satisfied with the air-worthiness of the airline after a rigorous technical, operational and financial audit was conducted. According to the statement: “The Federal Government has lifted the suspension of the Operating Licence of Dana Airline. This follows government’s satisfaction with the air-worthiness of the airline after a rigorous technical, operational and financial audit of the airline". “By this development, Dana Airline is free to resume its normal commercial flight operations. Government will, however, continue to strengthen its oversigh

CLASSIC WORK ORDEAL WRAPS...

Hmmn...so from whence i was saying, the template for publication, remember? Funmi walks into the office this beautifully bright Monday morning, all ecstatic and in high spirit (she seems to have put behind her the activities of the past week over the weekend). Just when she is trying to settle in, another tasking, time bound assignment is thrown her way with expectation of immediate response. She swings into action and begins to put together yet another article to be published. The office is so tensed with the inflow of clients and voices everywhere(picture a typical media outfit with everyone talking at almost the same time)so Funmi is confused and losses concentration. Her heart races as time is no more. Then she is reminded that the publication to house the article is already being mass produced and the article is yet unwritten. Funmi races to stop the production, only to be told that the article meant for the first page of the eight-page publication could not be accommodated on

Rob Kardashian Cries As Family Therapy Session Unravels...

Don't need to remind you who the Kardashians are, do i? Hell seems to have risen to dwell with them. In a new clip from “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” we see Rob Kardashian’s emotional meltdown during a family therapy session. As at last week, tension among the Kardashians had mounted to the point where an “intervention” was suggested — during which a frustrated Rob, feeling like the “loser” of the family, stormed out. Rob was seen in a footage crying as he tried to explain to sister Khloe and the therapist what triggered his implosion, while sisters Kourtney and Kim and mom, Kris shared their perspective in the other room. Wow! Wonders, they say never cease to occur. The rich also cry after all! What could be threatening the tightly bound Kardahs? The drama is high.

SIDE TALK...

Wonders as Mountain of Fire Ministries (MFM) bans female members from wearing trouser (source: NigeriaNewsdesk). Peeps, sincerely, what's this trouser thingy about again? Not that I mean to start off a controversial discussion, but truth be told, what's with trouser wearing, women and Churches? Sincerely, let's talk about it. Wanna get it too! Are our sins tied to, caused by or aggravated by trouser wearing? Don't quote me anyway o, just asking sincere questions. Keep me informed please...

WHAT A PRICE?

It's her dairy shey? So Funmi shares her experience today. ...So she wakes to a bright but not sunny day. Traffic in the house seemed pretty low as everyone else had taken to his or her duties and activities. Oops! Did I miss the juicy part? Aii, she had been awake since 3:39am savouring a shocking but revealingly sweet dream (you imagine what it could be about now). Suddenly she realises the day has began and jumps out of bed after morning devotion. Weekend chores began - laundry, cleaning and all. She's so occupied she barely has a minute to take his calls. She misses his calls a thousand and one times (and he's mad I guess). The problem now is that he isn't taking her calls, neither is he sending messages as he is fond of. Fum, as I fondly call her, is worried stiff and trust me has no idea what he is thinking. Honestly, ...think I need to lend a shoulder (don't know why she is so down cast joor). For real, am off before I began answering questions I shouldn&

SEPTEMBER SPECIAL...

Its 3.39am and a very tired Funmi is woken by the thought of children crying repeatedly (seriously, continuous cry is killing) but am gonna help tell the story (my business you know). How does a well fed kid cry in the morning? takes a bath, haves a nap, wakes in tears, has another meal, plays a short while, resumes crying, sleeps again for a shorter while than done in the morning, wakes in tears again, refuses food and expects to be carried while standing all night... who does that??? My fascination? they never seem to have headaches as the routine for some of them is stable. For real, do they have to cry so hard to get anything? arrrrrrgh! (Images withheld cause you don't wanna see what I found on research) ...oops! Have I welcomed you to the month of September? Aii, Happy new month. Its gonna be a great month. Ciao...