LONDON, 30th May 2013, PRNewswire – The hotly anticipated ‘The Talent Store’ at Fidenza Village is back for the second year! Supermodel, actress and style icon Milla Jovovich hosted the launch of the innovative concept boutique on Monday 27 May together with Vogue Italia’s Editor-in-Chief, Franca Sozzani, and Value Retail’s Chief Executive, Desireé Bollier. Now in its second year, ‘The Talent Store’ is an exclusive collaboration between Fidenza Village, one of the nine Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages in Europe by Value Retail, and Vogue Italia. It creates a platform for promising young international fashion designers to retail their collections from a dedicated pop-up boutique in the Village, less than an hour from Milan. ‘The Talent Store’ presents limited-edition pieces from 18 of Italy’s most coveted emerging designers selected by the ‘Vogue Talents’ programme, a Vogue Italia initiative by Editor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani. A large group of international press, personalitie...

Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku’s death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Ghana Must Go is their story. Electric, exhilarating, beautifully crafted, Ghana Must Go is a testament to the transformative power of unconditional love, from a debut novelist of extraordinary talent. Moving with great elegance through time and place, Ghana Must Go charts the Sais’ circuitous journey to one another. In the wake of Kweku’s death, his children gather in Ghana at their enigmatic mother’s new home. The eldest son and his wife; the mysterious, beautiful twins; the baby sister, now a young woman: each carries secrets of his own. What is revealed in their coming together is the story of how they came apart: the hearts broken, the lies told, the crimes committed in the name of love. Splintered, alone, each navigates his pain, believing...

31 May 2013 13:30 Africa/Lagos Step Afrika! Symphony in Step Premieres in D.C. June 5-9 Performance is a groundbreaking merger of stepping and classical music WASHINGTON, May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Symphony in Step will have its East Coast premiere at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C., from June 5-9, 2013. The dramatic merger of stepping, a percussive dance form developed by African American college students, and classical music features Step Afrika!, a 15-piece symphony orchestra and the largely unknown history of George Bridgetower. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130531/PH23315-a) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130531/PH23315LOGO-b) Tickets are available by calling the Atlas Performing Arts Center box office (202-399-7993, press 2) or at www.stepafrika.com. Ticket prices range from $20-$48.50. The two-act percussive dance performance has its origins in a 2011 cross-country collaboration with the Anchorage Symphony Orchestr...

  Eva Complexion Care Soap was launched on November 21st, 2012 at the prestigious Sheraton Lagos Hotels and Towers in Ikeja, Lagos and has become the first choice of most consumers as noted in the following report by Mr. Ingram Osigwe, the MD/CEO of Fullpage International Communications Ltd .   EVA SOAP GAINS TRACTION IN SOAP MARKET   ~ By Ingram Osigwe Eva Soap has continued to grow in popularity and command of mindshare of soap consumers since its recent re-launch, market survey has revealed.  A market survey of major provision market in Lagos, revealed an increase in patronage of the brand by bathing soap consumers whose confidence in the product were re-enforced with a recent campaign by the brand owners, Evans Industries Limited. The company embarked on a vigorous campaign running on TV, radio, outdoor (including BRT buses) and social media aims at refreshing the brand image and further build consumer awareness around the brand while ...

Are You Happy? It May Depend on Age, Race/Ethnicity and Other Factors more info... 30 May 2013 10:00 Africa/Lagos Are You Happy? It May Depend on Age, Race/Ethnicity and Other Factors "Happiness" on the Decline for Several American Population Subsets - Minorities, Recent Grads and Disabled NEW YORK, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Has the pursuit of happiness left Americans unhappy? Maybe, according to the Harris Poll® Happiness index, which uses a series of questions to calculate Americans' overall happiness. According to findings of a Harris Poll survey of 2,345 U.S. adults surveyed online between April 10 and 15, 2013 by Harris Interactive, only a third of Americans (33%) are very happy. (Full findings and data tables available here) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100517/NY06256LOGO ) "Our happiness index offers insight into what's on the minds of Americans today and is a reflection of the state of affairs in our country," said Re...

Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Stepping Stones to Success "Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples … [and] as he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'"1 Many achievements in life have come from a setback, an accident, or some kind of crisis or even suffering. For instance, the first cars had to be started by cranking the motor by hand. At times the engine would "kick" back the crank handle. This happened to Charles Kettering and it broke his arm. "There must be a safer way to start cars than this," Kettering reasoned and he went on to invent self-starters for cars. Jacob Schick was prospecting for gold where the temperature fell to 40 degrees below zero. He had a hard time trying to shave with a blade without sufficient hot water—so he invented the first electri...

Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema with the cooperation and support of the Bank of Industry, Projection Foundation, Goethe Institut, DVWORX Studios, Nigerians Report, Eko International Film Festival and other partners is launching the Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project at the popular Freedom Park Lagos on Saturday June 22, 2013. The event is open to the public from 4 pm - 9 pm and it is free. Expected at the event are over 500 people; including the new brand ambassador of the Bank of Industry Afro hip hop super star Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D'banj, Nollywood stars, movie buffs, entertainment celebrities and major stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry. Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema duly registered to operate outdoor cinema business in Nigeria will launch the Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project in every conducive and receptive safe community of all the local government areas (LGAs) in Nigeria starting from Lagos State to boost the Nigerian...

LIKE A BLAZE OF STARS, ZAKAA & QUINTESSENTIALLY LIFESTYLE PARADES THE WORLD’S TOP LUXURY BRANDS Like a constellation of galactic stars, coming together under one roof, Nigerians will be treated to a scintillating blaze of the world’s highest valued brands in an epoch making glitterati exhibition of high end luxury products, the first of its kind ever to be held in the country. Taking place in the Lagos Room, Transcorp Hilton Abuja, the exhibition will take place for two days spanning May 29th till May 30th 2013. The first day ultra exclusive extravaganza will feature a V.I.P cocktail at the Lagos Room of the Transcorp Hilton. The event has an A-list of Nigeria’s Crème De La Crème scheduled for attendance and the red carpet kicks off at precisely 6.00pm, while the exhibition proper will take place on May 30th 2013 from 2pm till 10pm with the peak of the evening at 7.00pm when the cocktail party begins once again. Hosted by Zakaa and quintessentially, the event is tagged t...

E.E Sule. Dr. Sule E. Egya writing under the pen name of "E.E. Sule" is among the regional winners of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for his first novel Sterile Sky . The coming of age story of the gifted young Murtala who had to confront the horrors of the violent riots and the woes of his family in Kano. Stalked by monsters real and imagined, desperate to preserve a sense of self and the future, Murtala hunts for answers in the wreckage of the city – and gives us a unique insight into modern life in northern Nigeria . Sule is an Associate Professor in Department of English at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Nigeria. Besides published academic work and essays, Dr.Egya is the author of the short story collections Impotent Heavens and Dream and Shame, and the poetry volumes Naked Sun, Knifing Tongues and What the Sea Told Me. His poems, short stories, and critical work have appeared in numerous journals, anthologies and literary magazines. Sterile ...

The lovely couple, Mr. Obinna Onwughalu and Miss Chinonye Obianigwe. Nollywood stars Segun Arize and Shan George with one of the special guests. Nollywood Stars Segun Arinze, Shan George, Chinedu Ikedaeze "Aki" and Kanayo O Kanayo were among the dignitaries at the high society wedding of Mr. Obinna Onwughalu and Miss Chinonye Obianigwe on Saturday May 18th 2013 at the Catholic Church of Assumption, Falomo in Ikoyi on the Lagos Island. Chinedu Ikedaeze "Aki" with Prof. Pat Utomi of the Pan African University. Father of the bride Chief Sir Damian Obianigwe with Nollywood stars Kanayo O. Kanayo and Chinedu Ikedaeze "Aki". The Couple taking their sacred oath of wedlock. Sir Tony Ezenna, Chairman of Orange Group West Africa with his lovely wife. They joined Prof. Pat Utomi, Sir Tony Ezeanna, Chairman of Orange Drugs West Africa, Sir Bishop Emma Okonkwo, Chairman of the Ekulo Group, Chief Mike Inegbese, Chairman of Ineh Mic Autos, Eze Hyacint...