{"id":259,"date":"2018-04-27T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T21:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridalstoriesnaija.com\/?p=259"},"modified":"2018-04-27T21:55:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T21:55:53","slug":"photos-from-the-white-wedding-of-xerona-duke-and-derin-phillips-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bridalstoriesnaija.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/27\/photos-from-the-white-wedding-of-xerona-duke-and-derin-phillips-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos From The White Wedding of Xerona Duke and Derin Phillips In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wedding between Xerona Lolia Duke and Anthonio Aderinola Phillips held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Olive Tree Parish, Banana Island Lagos, Nigeria amidst pomp and pageantry.<\/p>\n

The church solemnization was thronged by eminent personalities the likes of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo accompanied by his wife, First Lady of Lagos, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, Gov. Udom Emmanuel, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Business Mogul, Femi Otedola, Dr Sam Egwu and his wife, elder statesman Chief Ernest Shonekan and more.<\/p>\n

The reception which was chaired by UBA Chairman,Tony Elumelu took place at Balmoral Convention Centre, located in the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. Handling the event was foremost event planner Mrs. Ibidun Ighodalo of Elizabeth R and on the bandstand was Akin Shuga.<\/p>\n

See some of the pictures shot by Temi Iyiola below;<\/p>\n

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Mother, Son dance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Photo Credit: @temiolukay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The wedding between Xerona Lolia Duke and Anthonio Aderinola Phillips held at the Redeemed Christian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[100,99,49],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding","tag-derin-phillips","tag-xerona-duke-and-derin-phillips","tag-xerona-duke"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bridalstoriesnaija.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/The-White-Wedding-of-Xerona-Duke-and-Derin-Phillips-In-Lagos11.jpeg?fit=750%2C503&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106,"url":"https:\/\/bridalstoriesnaija.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/04\/dj-caise-and-xerona-dukes-pre-wedding-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":0},"title":"DJ Caise and Xerona Duke\u2019s Pre-Wedding Photos","author":"Admin","date":"April 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We love these beautiful pre-wedding photos of DJ Caise (Derin Phillips) and Xerona Duke the daughter of the former Governor of Rivers State Donald Duke. 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