Power Meets Beauty
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Last published Wed, Jul 30, 2025
She built a name in London.
A face known worldwide, her brand Hali Cosmetics glowing on lips and cheeks across the globe.
Halima Lawal - a young woman who turned ambition into power, style into strength, and silence into success.
But her real story didn't start in London.
It started in Nigeria.
After three years studying Fashion Business at the London College of Fashion, Halima returned - not for the bright lights of the runway,
but because a family tragedy dragged her back to her mother's village in Daura.
A place filled with whispers.
Sisters she left behind, full of quiet envy.
And a cousin whose name carries weight far beyond the walls of their family -
Muhammad Imran Taifarma.
He is power in silence.
Born into a family known across Northern Nigeria, tied by blood to the President of the country.
Heir to Taifarma Holdings, a vast business empire that stretches across industries and influences politics.
Respected. Untouchable. Elusive.
Halima didn't want to come home -
not with the tension waiting for her.
But some stories don't begin with permission.
They begin with destiny.
And once they do...
there's no turning back.
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