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Inside the April 2026 Edition of Alice: A Diamond at Sixty, and the Stories Around Her
Alice Magazine, the Air Peace in-flight magazine, marks a special edition for April 2026, one built around the magazine’s own namesake. The cover and centrepiece feature celebrate Chief (Mrs.) Alice Ojochide Onyema, Vice Chairman of Air Peace, on her sixtieth birthday, and the issue uses that milestone as an anchor for a wider set of stories on legacy, heritage, money, and self-care.
The cover story, “A Diamond at 60: The Grace, Grandeur and Gentle Power of Alice Onyema,” walks through the milestone birthday celebration held on April 11, 2026, at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Victoria Island, though her actual birthday fell on April 7. The piece leans heavily on tributes from her children, Nnenna, Chinonso, Obinna, and Ugochukwu, who spoke about her as a source of quiet, constant presence across their lives, and from her husband, Air Peace Chairman and CEO Dr. Allen Onyema, whose own tribute is described as deeply personal. One line from daughter Nnenna Onyema anchors the whole piece: that love, above all else, is about showing up. It’s a warm, unusually intimate feature for an in-flight magazine, and it doubles as a small piece of context for readers who may not have known the publication is literally named after her.
Elsewhere, the issue turns to something more analytical with “Banking Boldly: Nigeria’s Financial Giants Get the CBN Green Light,” covering a wave of regulatory approvals for the country’s major banks. It’s paired with a practical health feature, “7 Effective Ways to Cope With, and Possibly Overcome, Generalised Anxiety Disorder,” aimed at a readership managing demanding schedules and frequent travel.
Culturally, the standout piece is “The Razamatazz of Egbaliganza 2026,” written by David Edremoda, covering how the historic city of Abeokuta transformed its long-standing Lisabi Day commemoration into a larger global spectacle on March 28, 2026. The piece frames Egbaliganza not as a break from tradition but as its reinvention, drawing Egba sons and daughters home from the diaspora alongside delegations from more than fifty countries, all set against flowing agbadas, sculpted geles, and the steady rhythm of talking drums.
A heavier, more reflective feature follows in “A Reckoning Across the Atlantic: Memory, Justice, and the New Diplomacy of Reparations,” also by David Edremoda, which examines the gathering global momentum behind reparations for slavery, using Ghana’s Elmina Castle and its Door of Return as a visual and emotional entry point into the piece.
The Air Peace News section carries two milestones of its own: a special report marking two years of the airline’s Nigeria–London route, and “Seven-Star Sweep,” covering Air Peace’s dominant showing at the NIGAV 2026 awards, described as a record haul that underscores the airline’s rising global stature. A companion piece, “He Is a Jolly Good Fellow,” offers a lighter look at Dr. Allen Onyema’s own birthday, marked quietly and without fanfare, in keeping with what the piece describes as his custom.
On the lifestyle side, the issue offers “10 Best Locations to Invest in Luxury Apartments in London,” a practical property guide for readers eyeing the UK market, alongside “The Dining Room and the Danger of Extinction,” a design feature questioning whether the formal dining room still has a place in modern homes. Fashion and beauty round out the issue with “Want to Dress Well Without Breaking the Bank?” and “Beauty Myths vs Facts,” which separates commonly repeated beauty claims from what actually holds up.
Taken as a whole, the April 2026 edition reads as one of Alice’s more personal issues, built around a genuine family milestone at its centre, but still carrying the magazine’s usual range: heritage and history in Abeokuta, hard news out of the CBN, harder history out of Elmina Castle, and the practical, everyday features on money, health, and style that round out most issues. Flip through the full April 2026 edition to explore every story in detail, from the Balmoral Hall to the Door of Return.
