Esther Ijewere, the Founder of Rubies Ink Initiative for Women and Children, an organization that organizes projects to include, the Walk Against Rape, Women of Rubies, Project Capable, Rubies Ink Media and the College Acquaintance Rape Education Workshops, has been listed on The 2017 AWP Network Power List, alongside Aisha Ahmad the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lola Omolola, Founder of FIN, Peace Hyde, Forbes West Africa Correspondent and Head of Digital Media and Partnerships for Forbes Africa, among others.

AWP Network aim to encourage more African women with powerful voices who will continue to create programs and policies that support the development and growth of African women and girls. The Power List recognizes 40 African women with powerful, inspiring, and influential voices.

A Nigerian woman simply identified as Mrs Leticia who got married for the first time in her life in 2014 at the age of 53 and safely put to bed this year at age 56, is inspiring many with her amazing story.

Her make-up artist, Kemi King shared the awe-inspiring story on her Instagram page and it has left many surprised.

Now at the age of 56, Mrs Leticia welcomed a baby boy to the amazement of many.

This only goes to show that it is never too late for you to get your own miracle.

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Meghan Markle, according to reports will spend Christmas with the royal family this year at the Queen’s Norfolk estate, Kensington Palace and  she’ll be breaking royal tradition by doing so.

This is certainly a first as Fiancées aren’t usually invited to spend the holiday with the royals. Kate Middleton, for example, spent Christmas with her family in Berkshire even though she and Prince William had announced their engagement a month before.

Prince Harry, who announced his engagement to Markle on the November 27th, is believed to have asked his grandmother for a special exception for his bride-to-be.

It has been said that Prince Harry is a favourite of the queen and she obliges him whatever he requests from her.

The former Suits star and Prince Harry will be attending Christmas Day church service on the Queen’s private estate, Sandringham House, with other senior members of the royal family.

Afterwards, they’ll likely participate in other royal holiday customs, like having a big lunch,  watching Her Majesty’s Christmas speech, drinking afternoon tea, and indulging in a buffet dinner

It has been observed that this isn’t the first time the couple has strayed from royal tradition. They frequently hold hand, right from their engagement photo call, to their first interview, to their first royal engagement

After the holiday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (and their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte) are expected to host the newly-engaged couple at their nearby country home, Anmer Hall.

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Mo Abudu, the producer of the movie, The wedding party, is over the moon as the movie has emerged the biggest Nollywood movie ever with its latest achievement.

Its much anticipated opening at the cinemas was on Friday,  December 15, and it has started living up to expectatons as it made N20 Million on day 1.

Mo Abudu, has taken to social media to share the good news.

She wrote:

Thank you Nigeria! Incredible, we have broken another record.The biggest opening day in the history of Nollywood! N20m day 1 of the box office. Last year we did N9.6m on opening day! It’s double this year 💃🏽💃🏽Lord we thank you, we are grateful 🙏🏾🙏🏾 #TWP2 #WeddingParty2pic.twitter.com/x6s8EROUNF

— Mo Abudu (@MoAbudu) December 16, 2017

Today is Nancy Isime’s birthday. Pretty OAP and actress, Nancy Isime is plus one today, December 17 and she is celebrating with beautiful photos and a retelling of her success story.

Nancy who hosts the Hip TV show, ‘Trending’ took to her Instagranm page to reminisce about her journey to stardom in a three-part post detailing how she went from doing ushering jobs at 17 to modeling then auditioning for presenting roles and then acting.

Read her posts below.

Media Mogul and talk show host, Oprah Winfrey has been pronounced as the winner of the Cecil B. de Mille Golden Globe Award. This is the very first time a black woman will be winning the award

The Cecil B. de Mille Award is given annually to a talented individual who has made an incredible impact in the world of entertainment. Previous recipients include Audrey Hepburn, Barbra Streisand and Denzel Washington.

Oprah whose success story has inspired many truly deserves such a monumental award as she represents the strength of black women and how much we can achieve through hard work.

2012 recipient of the award, Morgan Freeman made the announcement during the Golden Globe 75th Anniversary Special that aired on Wednesday night.

A big congratulations to Oprah. See the announcement below

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Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving.

In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive from next June as part of an ambitious reform push in the conservative kingdom.

The Saudi General Directorate of Traffic gave details of the new regulations that will follow the lifting of the ban on the official Saudi Press Agency late on Friday.

“Yes, we will authorise women to drive motorcycles” as well as trucks, it said, adding that the royal decree stipulates that the law on driving will be “equal” for both men and women.

There will be no special licence plate numbers for female-driven cars, it said.

But women involved in road accidents or who commit traffic violations will be dealt with at special centres that will be established and run by women.

Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world to impose a ban on women driving and its maintenance was seen around the world as a symbol of repression in the Gulf kingdom.

Its historic decision to allow women to drive from next June has been cheered inside the kingdom and abroad — and comes after decades of resistance from female activists, many of whom were jailed for flouting the ban.

Saudi Arabia has some of the world’s tightest restrictions on women.

Under the country’s guardianship system, a male family member — normally the father, husband or brother — must grant permission for a woman’s study, travel and other activities.

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Comedian, Lepacious Bose, took to her Instagram page on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, where she wrote about her past struggles with weight loss and how she now admires herself.

Her weight struggle

“So I notice I have never gotten into the WCW thing lol…. I finally decided to crush on ME today.  Don’t get me wrong I am absolutely in love with myself, I love to take pictures and talk about my weight loss experience but that took over 25 years of my life. The devil stole 25 years of my life due to weight and hypothyroidism. I suffered in silence because no one understood my issues, I didn’t even understand myself.

She was constantly suicidal

“I hated myself and was constantly suicidal yet I made people laugh (what an irony). I cracked jokes about my weight because it was the only way I knew to look like I didn’t care. Yet I cared!!! Countless times I would have a great performance but drive home in tears, it was a crazy, roller coaster feeling. It was not just the weight it was much more but I could not explain it. I was scared. I would be on stage and have a brain fog and forget a joke right in the middle of delivery, just go blank, and have to come up with stuff on the spur of the moment to cover for the lapse, I started to dread performing.

“Trust me I have gotten into my car before and took me about 10mins to remember exactly where I was going, I just sat there, tears of frustration rolling down. (One day I will write it all in a book). It’s hard enough to loose weight but to loose weight while having hypothyroidism is almost like fighting demons, I just wanted to sleep and not wake up, why won’t God be kind and do that for me? I could not sleep unless I was heavily sedated with sleeping pills and could not boot in the morning without a strong cup of coffee….

Losing more weight

“Am still trying to lose about 20kg, it’s getting harder lol… It’s getting more difficult to say no to things I used to love lol…. It’s been almost 5 years on this crazy but amazing journey, 5 years of pain, tears, frustration, laughter, joy and triumph…. 5years of wanting so badly to Bing on a bowl of ice cream or a bag of malteasers but not giving in. 5 years of dreaming of chease cake lol…. I might dream for a long time. 5 years and a lifetime to go, because I AM WORTH FIGHTING FOR. MY NAME IS LEPACIOUS BOSE AND I AM A THYROID WARRIOR, A SURVIVOR. #stilltoolegittoquit,” she wrote.

Lepacious Bose pulled a surprise on everyone when she drastically lost a lot of weight after years of weight struggle.

Since then she has become a voice for those who are on the journey to losing weight. She once called out some fans who criticised the weight of fellow comedian, Seyi Law‘s daughter.

Source: pulse.ng