Lupita Nyong’o’s Stolen $150,000 Oscar Gown Has Been Found

Hurray! Crisis averted! Lupita Nyong’o’s infamous Oscars gown has been found. Now back to regular programming! See photos, below; Via TMZ: 

Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar gown was returned to The London West Hollywood Friday afternoon where it was taken 2 days earlier … and the thief called TMZ to tell us where it could be found and added it was a worthless fake. 

Voice Of The African Child Supports Impoverished Children

In compliance with the millenium development goals to end poverty, achieve universal education and promote gender equality, Voice of the African Child see to it that impoverished children from the slums in Kenya will be given an education, technical training, school materials, food and medical care. With dire poverty in the Mukuru kwa njenga slums, few people/families can educate and provide the basic needs of their children leading to more children with no future .

Parliament Unanimously Ratifies Mambilima Appointment As Chief Justice

Parliament has unanimously ratified the appointment of Irene Mambilima as Chief Justice following her nomination for the position by President Edgar Lungu. Justice Mambilima becomes the first female Chief Justice. 

The motion to ratify Justice Mambilima was moved by Choma Central member of Parliament Cornelius Mweetwa, who was the chairperson of the Parliamentary select committee. 

“The country has had no substantive chief justice for the past three years and my committee selected witnesses to make oral and written submissions after the President nominated Ms Mambilima as Chief Justice,” he said. 

He said Justice Mambilima is qualified for the position as she has been in the legal fraternity for over 39 years.

Lupita Nyong'o's $150,000 Pearl Oscars Dress Stolen

Actress Lupita Nyong'o wore the dress, whose value is estimated at $150,000.

The $150,000 pearl-studded gown worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o to Sunday's Academy Awards was stolen Wednesday from her hotel room in West Hollywood, California. 

Detectives on Thursday were investigating the theft at the London, a luxury hotel just off Sunset Boulevard, said Lt. William Nash of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. The theft was first reported by TMZ. 

Nyong'o made an immediate fashion splash when she hit the Oscars red carpet in the plunging custom Calvin Klein gown encrusted with 6,000 white Akoya pearls. Fortune estimated the value of the pearls alone at $150,000. 

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KAMBEU Selected To Speak At Harvard Business School, The Program Aims To Showcase Africa’s Most Promising Entrepreneurs

Against all odds, Mawano Kambeu a Young Zambian entrepreneur has been selected to speak at Harvard Business School. Kambeu, who is the Managing Director of Dot Com Zambia, will be a speaker at the 17th Annual Africa Business Conference, to be held at the Harvard Business School Campus in Boston, USA from Friday 27th February to Sunday 1st March 2015. The theme for this year’s conference, which is hosted by the University’s Africa Business Club, is “A more inclusive Africa: The pursuit of progress for all”. 

Titandizane Scheme: Invest In A Meallie Meal Business | WestMac Media

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