On October 11, 2025, Lagos witnessed a record-breaking beauty marathon. Nigerian media personality and entrepreneur Anita Natacha Akide also known as Tacha spent an entire day surrounded by brushes, powders, and a range of colours, completing 144 full makeovers in just 24 hours.

By the end of the challenge, she had officially earned two Guinness World Record titles: the most cosmetic makeovers in eight hours 82 looks and the most makeovers in 24 hours, totalling 144 faces, exceeding the previous mark by more than 30. Each session included a complete beauty routine: foundation, concealer, blush, two eyeshadows, mascara, lip liner and gloss, finishing powder, and shaped eyebrows.
When confirmation from Guinness World Records came through, Tacha recalled the moment vividly.

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“I screamed, cried, hugged my sister and assistants. We were all overwhelmed. It felt like the whole of Nigeria was celebrating with me. Seeing the comments online, the love, the excitement, it felt like every person who had ever believed in me was standing right there,” she told Guinness World Records.

For Tacha, makeup has always been more than just part of her brand it’s been her space for expression. She first became drawn to beauty as a child, sneaking mascara, eyeliners, and lip gloss even when her mother, a devoted church worker, disapproved.

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“She would throw them away, and I would save up to buy them again,”

Tacha has shared in the past. That dedication stayed with her, shaping a creative journey that led to this record-breaking achievement.

“This record was born from that same spirit, resilience and the courage to stand out. I wanted to show that Nigerian women can achieve anything they put their minds to, that creativity is powerful, and that African women deserve global recognition,” she said.

While the achievement bears her name, Tacha views it as a collective moment for those who have been told their dreams were too big.

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“I want my story to remind the world that greatness has no geography, and that Africa’s creative power deserves to be seen, celebrated, and remembered.”

With two new world titles and a story that connects creativity and determination, Tacha’s record-breaking day will be remembered as one of the year’s most defining beauty highlights.

Simi Drey has built much of her public identity around work; television, radio, presenting, acting, and hosting different cultural conversations. But the images she recently shared on her Instagram page offer something more direct: a look into the part of her life that is not always on display.

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The photographs are simple. She is seated on soft white drapery, dressed in a blush pink halter dress, holding her daughter who wears a matching pastel dress. The setting is clean and minimal, with a few flowers in glass vases. There is no heavy styling. The focus is on closeness. The way her daughter leans into her. The way she looks back at her daughter. It is an everyday form of connection that usually lives outside the shot.

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In another image, her husband sits beside her with their daughter settled comfortably between them. Nothing about their posture looks arranged. They sit close in a way that suggests routine, not presentation. They look like people who know each other’s rhythms. She captioned the post with a brief line about realizing her daughter is now one year old. The tone was straightforward, almost matter of fact. Not a milestone announcement designed to draw attention, but simply an acknowledgment of time passing. It matched the images: steady, present, and without performance.

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Simi has previously mentioned in interviews that her childhood involved distance between her and her father, who remained in Nigeria while she and her siblings grew up in London. That background influences how she approaches parenting today, particularly the value she places on being around in practical, everyday ways. The images she shared reflect that approach. She is there in the small details, engaged and steady, not performing the role but simply living it.

The final image shifts tone slightly. Simi wears a black dress and holds her daughter close. Her expression is calm and focused. It is not shaped for reaction or made to communicate anything beyond what is present in the moment. It feels like something that would exist whether or not the camera was there.

Simi’s professional life often requires visibility and public presence, but these photographs do not function as content in that sense. They read more like documentation. A record of this point in her life. There is no attempt to shape them into a statement or a lesson. They are simply images of a woman with her family, moving through her day.

The photos do not attempt to define her story. They simply show where she is right now.

Burna Boy’s entrance on The Jennifer Hudson Show carried a warmth that needed no translation. The greeting, heartfelt, captured the essence of how Burna connects with people through energy that feels both personal and national.

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As he stepped out behind the curtain through the Spirit Tunnel, studio staff clapped and cheered, greeting the “African Giant” with “Ekabo,” the Yoruba word for welcome. “Ekabo! Ekabo! We got Burna Boy in the J-Hudd Tunnel-oh!” Turning what’s usually a routine celebrity entrance into a proud nod to his roots.

Dressed in a dark, finely tailored long-collared shirt with a silver lapel pin, wide-legged trousers, and his signature sunglasses, he moved steadily through the tunnel, returning smiles and gestures while acknowledging their greeting along the way.

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Across social media, the clip spread fast. Many social-media users likened the reception to a homecoming while abroad, noting how the walk fused global fame with familiar warmth. For an artist who has performed on the world’s biggest stages, this simple genuine reception said something bigger: wherever Burna Boy goes, Nigeria goes with him.