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Photos: Sanwo-Olu walks runway alongside models at Lagos Fashion Week
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Photos: Sanwo-Olu walks runway alongside models at Lagos Fashion Week

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has made a surprise appearance on the runway at the 2026 Lagos Fashion Week, joining models to showcase a fashion ensemble. pic.twitter.com/B1tnMiiSoh— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) October 31, 2026 The 2026 Lagos Fashion Week, themed “CRAFTED: Heritage”, began last Wednesday at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos and is scheduled to end on Sunday.

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It’s snow time: the best winter activity holidays in Europe for non-skiers
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It’s snow time: the best winter activity holidays in Europe for non-skiers

From husky sledding and chasing the northern lights in Lapland to bear-spotting in Transylvania, here’s our pick of wild and magical snowy breaks in Europe At Ruka, the first skiers of the year slalomed down the slopes on 2 October. Just inside the Arctic Circle, Ruka’s long snow-sure season and cosy village atmosphere make it a popular ski resort with Finnish families.

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Moods, Leeds LS2: ‘Puzzling, if not quite a car crash’ – restaurant review
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Moods, Leeds LS2: ‘Puzzling, if not quite a car crash’ – restaurant review

It took the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Leeds Civic Trust and Rushbond, a Leeds-based developer with a penchant for rescuing buildings, to drag it out of danger. Then Will and Hayley Moody arrived, slotting in their Buzz Club Tattoo Studio and a hair and beauty salon called Self, and now, on the ground floor, there’s Moods, a kitchen reportedly run by Craig Rogan.

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Immigration requirements hit African travellers hardest — IATA
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Immigration requirements hit African travellers hardest — IATA

By Dickson Omobola International Air Transport Association, IATA, has released the results of its 2026 Global Passenger Survey, GPS, revealing, among other findings, that immigration requirements have discouraged passengers from visiting certain destinations. Speaking on the survey, IATA’s Senior Vice President, Operations, Safety and Security, Nick Careen, said: “Passengers are embracing technology to make travel easier.

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With God, it isn’t too late, by Funmi Komolafe
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With God, it isn’t too late, by Funmi Komolafe

Ephesians 3 vs. 20, the God that is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we think and ask, according to the power that worketh in us, that message touched me though I have faith in God that there is nothing God cannot do but after that particular programme, I went to Open Heavens House in the camp and I prayed . I cried to God, I wept , Ah Jesus!

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Mixed reactions trail Zlatan’s wedding
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Mixed reactions trail Zlatan’s wedding

By Sarah Ammah Nigerian street-pop star Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, popularly known as Zlatan Ibile, has sparked conversations online following his traditional wedding to his longtime partner, Davita Lamai, in Lagos on October 24, 2026. The wedding also attracted attention following Nollywood actress Joke Jigan’s comments about the absence of popular “Lagos baddies” at the event, which generated mixed reactions online.

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Yaga review – this erotic witchy thriller starring Hudson Williams is a total head-messer
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Yaga review – this erotic witchy thriller starring Hudson Williams is a total head-messer

And Carrie-Anne Moss is fantastic as a horny author – who might have supernatural powers Well, here’s an unexpected answer to the question of what Hudson Williams did next: the overnight megastar created by the smash-hit success of Heated Rivalry (hot young men bang each other for seven episodes, emotional connection also glossed, intermittent hockey scenes) appears as two characters in the spooky thriller Yaga. Williams plays Henry Park, the missing scion of a powerfully rich family in the spooky Canadian coastal town of Whittock, and Henry’s spookily looky-likey roommate Logan, who lives in…

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A-listers and AI stylists: how high-street brands are staging a fashion comeback
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A-listers and AI stylists: how high-street brands are staging a fashion comeback

Gap, M&S, Topshop and more are taking a leaf from luxury label playbooks to satisfy savvier generation of shoppers High street brands that boomed in the noughties before the squeeze of both sustainably minded consumers and the rise of ultra-cheap online labels are staging a comeback. This time, rather than focusing solely on trend-led affordable designs, the names familiar to any shopper are courting luxury fashion, A-list collaborations and enhanced services in an attempt to engage consumers.

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‘Was I not enough?’: care worker barred from meeting home secretary
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‘Was I not enough?’: care worker barred from meeting home secretary

Nigerian care worker Kolade says he was left in tears after being excluded from talks with Shabana Mahmood over proposed changes to immigration system Kolade had carefully prepared what he would tell the home secretary about the elderly people he cares for, the life his family had built in Britain and how her immigration proposals could threaten both. The meeting with Shabana Mahmood had already been rescheduled twice.

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