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HIJAB WEARING MODEL, AMENA KHAN, FEATURES IN L’OREAL’S NEW CAMPAIGN FOR HAIR

The latest achievement by Amena Khan, a  mother, model, blogger, Youtuber and co-founder of Ardere Cosmetics highlights major steps being taken in the representation of Muslim women within the beauty industry. The muslim lady has been included in L’Oreal’s new campaign for hair.

Collaborating with a team of British ambassadors and influencers, the new campaign for L’Oréal showcases a diverse cast of men and women in a bid to explore the unique relationship each of us have with our hair.

However,  it is L’Oréal’s including Amena Khan who wears a hijab that has amazingly hiked the importance of the campaign and placed it in history.

In an interview which she granted Vogue, she said:

“How many brands are doing things like this? Not many,” Khan said in a powerful interview with Vogue.

“They’re literally putting a girl in a headscarf – whose hair you can’t see – in a hair campaign. Because what they’re really valuing through the campaign is the voices that we have.”

The campaign was shot by Rankin, award wining photographer. Khan dresses her hair in a pink headscarf and uses the same shade on her lips.

Amena also hopes that by starring in the history-making project, there will be a correction about common misconception about Muslim women’s relationship with their hair.

We have her Instagram post below.

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NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER SETS TO BECOME THE COUNTRY’S FIRST LEADER TO GIVE BIRTH WHILE IN OFFICE

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday she is expecting her first baby in June, making her the country’s first leader to give birth while in office.

The 37-year-old, who took office in October, said the pregnancy was “unexpected but exciting”for her and partner Clarke Gayford.

“We’re both really happy. We wanted a family but weren’t sure it would happen for us,” she said in a statement.

The charismatic leader enjoyed a meteoric rise last year, winning office just months after taking the helm of the centre-left Labour Party.

“We thought 2017 was a big year!” she tweeted.

“This year we’ll join the many parents who wear two hats. I’ll be PM and a mum while Clarke will be ‘first man of fishing’ and stay at home dad.”

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Ardern said she would take six weeks off after the birth of her child, with maverick Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters taking the reins of office.

She said she would be “contactable and available” during the period and would resume all leadership duties when it was over.

Ardern, who did not reveal whether she was expecting a boy or a girl, said she and Gayford previously had doubts they could conceive.

“Clarke and I have always been clear we wanted to be parents but had been told we would need help for that to happen,” she said.

“That’s made this news a fantastic surprise.”

Ardern’s plans for a family sparked a sexism row during the election when a television host quizzed her on the issue, saying voters had a right to know before they cast their ballots.

She rejected the line of questioning as “unacceptable”, saying pregnancy and child rearing should not hinder women’s opportunities in the workplace.

“It is a woman’s decision about when they choose to have children and it should not predetermine whether or not they are given a job or have job opportunities,” she said.

Late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is believed to have been the first head of government to have given birth while in office, when she had a baby in 1990.

‘More excited than election’

Ardern said “there’s no doubt times have changed” making it possible for her to juggle motherhood and a high-profile political career.

But she played down suggestions she was a trailblazer.

“There are plenty of women who have multi-tasked… in terms of being a woman in politics,” she told reporters.

“There are plenty of women who carved a path incrementally to make it possible for people to look upon my time in leadership and think ‘yes I can do the job and be a mother’.”

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull offered his congratulations on the “wonderful news”.

“When we spoke this morning you sounded more excited than you did when you won the election!” he tweeted.

“Lots of love and best wishes from me and Lucy and all of us across the ditch.”

Ex-New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark, Ardern’s mentor early in her career, said her former charge was in for “a super busy year”.

“Every woman should have the choice of combining family & career,” she tweeted.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw said Ardern’s announcement was significant for many women.

“That a woman can be the prime minister of New Zealand and choose to have a family while in office says a lot about the kind of country we are and that we can be -– modern, progressive, inclusive, and equal,” he said.

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LUPITA NYONG’O TO PUBLISH A BOOK TO INSPIRE YOUNG ONES

Oscar winning actor Lupita Nyong’o has announced that she will be publishing a children’s book titled “Sulwe.”

Lupita shared the news on her Instagram, writing that Sulwe is dark skinned girl who goes on a starry-eyed adventure.

Sulwe will be published in January 2019. She wrote:

I am pleased to reveal that I have written a children’s book! It’s called “Sulwe”! Sulwe is a dark skinned girl who goes on a starry-eyed adventure, and awakens with a reimagined sense of beauty. She encounters lessons that we learn as children and spend our lives unlearning. This is a story for little ones, but no matter the age I hope it serves as an inspiration for everyone to walk with joy in their own skin. Coming January 2019!!

Sulwe, according to New York Times, means star in Lupita’s language Luo.

Sulwe is a story of a 5-year-old girl growing up in Kenya, New York Times wrote, who has the darkest skin color in her family and is looking for a way to lighten her skin.

Sulwe’s search leads her to an adventure, which changes her perception of what beauty is.

Lupita says she hopes the story will inspire young ones to walk with joy in their own skin.

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SHADE OKOYA REVEALS KEYS TO HER SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE

40 year old Shade Okoya was only 21 when she got married to 59 year old  business guru, Rasaq Okoya. The couple have  been married for 19 years and making a success of it.

Shade, who is the Deputy Managing Director of the Eleganza Industrial City, has revealed some amazing keys to the success of her marriage to the billionaire businessman.

You have been married for 19 years, how does it make you feel that you are in it and still counting?

I give God the glory. Just as children, marriage is not about having a special power. The success of any marriage lies in the fact that I am married to a good man. My marriage success is about God. I am thankful to Him. As you said, it going to be 19 years soon.

What has sustained Dr. Shade Okoya?

My family has sustained me. Most especially my husband. I want him to be happy and the fact that what he has going on in Eleganza is what he lives for. The passion and drive that my husband has for the manufacturing industries in Nigeria. I just love to make my husband happy in all ways.

I love my job. I think God did a total package for me. Loving your job and marriage. I thank my God for that. It is not by my doing. Loving my husband and my job has kept me going.

What is that thing that people don’t know about Dr. Sade Okoya?

Perhaps, many don’t know that despite being fashionable, I am a Laywoman when I get to the factory. When I go out, people see me as a celebrity. They need to see me when I am at the factory. You know, sometimes in life, we don’t get to choose what we want to be.

Though, I am not complaining. I love what I am doing and that alone is fulfilling for me. Some people will ask me, why do you manufacture? Why don’t you do other things that are less stressful? But I tell them, I love what I am doing and it makes my husband happy. This is me and it’s my priority.

What is the secret of a successful woman?

I think for anybody to be successful, one needs to be focused. You have to be determined. Being focused and being an achiever do not mean that you have any special thing you are doing that makes you different from others.

Some people work hard but have nothing to show for it. Why this?

That is why you must appreciate God for his mercy on you. I give God the glory and adoration. I have a good home and my family is a closely knitted one. I have a successful business and a good home. It is not because I was born in a special way. So, we should also learn to appreciate God.

Then humility has also worked for me. If you want to be successful, you must be humble. You must also be very prayerful. Prayer is the key to anything we do in life.

Why do you always kneel down for people despite that you are a wife of a rich man?

You can’t say because your husband is rich and you will now wear it as a badge. My upbringing helps me much. I don’t see any big deal in it. Though, kneeling down is a Yoruba thing, but I am used to it. I also notice that people like me, and I must reciprocate the good gesture that many big wigs see in me. I am not special.

They only like me because they like my husband because he is a good man. It’s not a self appraisal, If I send text in a day, people will fly in here. I am just honoured to be surrounded by wonderful people and they just take me for who I am. I thank God for that.

What has sustained you?

It is God that has brought me this far. It is God, who has sustained me.

We were here one day for an event and we learned you were fasting, do you do that to keep in shape?

No, fasting works for me. I don’t believe in any other thing than fasting and prayer. God is my pillar. Some people think you need to have a Special person to pray for you, but the question is, if that person is capable, he should have done it for himself.

This is what sustained me. I am 19 years in my marriage already, but people think I am just married for 5 years. I will be here Insha Allah till my old age Insha Allah.

Fasting for me is what I use to communicate with God. It may amaze you that I fast Monday to Friday except when I am not forbidden to fast as a lady. It is a normal thing for me. It is the only way I communicate with my God.

 

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UK APPOINTS TRACEY CROUCH AS MINISTER FOR LONELINESS

Britain appointed a “minister for loneliness” on Wednesday to tackle what Prime Minister Theresa May described as “the sad reality of modern life” affecting millions of people.

Tracey Crouch, a junior minister for sport and civil society, will take on the role as part of a broader strategy to combat loneliness in Britain.

“For far too many people, loneliness is the sad reality of modern life,” May said.

“I want to confront this challenge for our society and for all of us to take action to address the loneliness endured by the elderly, by carers, by those who have lost loved ones — people who have no one to talk to or share their thoughts and experiences with,” the prime minister added.

More than nine million people say they are always or often lonely, out of a population of 65.6 million, according to the British Red Cross.

The charity describes loneliness and isolation as a “hidden epidemic” affecting people across all ages at various moments in their life, such as retirement, bereavement or separation.

The ministerial appointment follows a recommendation from a committee in memory of Jo Cox, a lawmaker for the opposition Labour party who was murdered by a far-right extremist.

“Jo experienced and witnessed loneliness throughout her life especially as a new student at Cambridge University and separated from her sister Kim for (the) first time,” the Jo Cox Foundation wrote on Twitter.

“She would be delighted by Tracey Crouch’s new job as minister for loneliness and would be saying ‘let’s get to work!'” the Foundation added.

The prime minister was to host a reception on Wednesday to celebrate the legacy left by Cox, whose killing just days ahead of the 2016 Brexit referendum shocked the nation.

Britain’s loneliness initiative will see a strategy published later this year, with input from national and local government, public services, the voluntary sector and businesses.

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SHE WAS GANG RAPED AT 17, WAS ON A WHEEL CHAIR FOR A YEAR, WENT BLIND, AND YET SHE SURVIVED IT ALL!

Instagram user, Faith Amadi has shared an inspiring post online and it is definitely worth reading.

The young lady explained how she had survived a whole lot of medical conditions despite the doctor’s negative beliefs.

She shared how she had been gang raped at age 17 and constantly molested by family members. She also talked about being on a wheel chair for a year, having liver issues and being blind due to a hike in her blood sugar.

Despite all these experiences though, she still acknowledges that God is alive and it is because of his love for her that she can call herself a survivor.

We have her Instagram post below

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MEET THE NIGERIAN LADY WHO IS THE ONLY AFRICAN ON THE LIST OF 2017 1ST CLASS GRADUANDS AT UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

Oluwatoni Sanni who is the only African on the list of 1st Class Graduands in Accounting and Finance at the prestigious University of Bristol, 2017 set.

The young lady also received MSc offers from all four of London School of Economics, Imperial college London. This does not come as a surprising news to those who know her as she proved that she truly is her mother’s daughter.

Her mother is  Toyin F. Sanni who recently won the AABLA Business Woman of the year.

 

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KANO STATE GOVERNOR LIFTS BAN ON KANNYWOOD ACTRESS, RAHAMA SADAU

 

Kano Actors’ Guild has commended the state Governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, for lifting the ban on Rahama Sadau, popular female actress suspended from Kannywood for featuring in a romantic musical video.

Rahama, one of the leading actresses in Hausa film industry was expelled by the regulators of the Kannywood film industry, the Motion Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN).

Her appearance in the music album by a musician “Classique,” was said to have been immoral and against the ethics of the Hausa film industry.

Chairman of the Guild Alhaji Alhassan Kwalli, said “the development was timely as stakeholders and practitioners in the Hausa movie industry are using films as a tool for national development.”

A statement issued by Rabiu Rikadawa, Assistant Secretary of the association on Monday, said Kwalli expressed gratitude to the governor for lifting the ban.

He also lauded Ganduje’s support to the Hausa Movie Industry and its practitioners over the years.

He said that Nigerian and the North in particular has good stories and cultures to exhibit to the world adding that this can be achieve with good movies and film making.

Rahama had written an apology letter to the state government and the Kano Emirate Council as well as (MOPPAN), expressing regrets for her action.

Rahama made her Nollywood debut in a new TV drama series titled, “Sons of the Caliphate.”

The 13-part drama series is produced by Mo Abudu’s EbonyLife TV.

 

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NIGERIAN WOMAN WELCOMES SET OF QUADRUPLETS AFTER MANY YEARS OF BEING CHILDLESS

Abimbola Oluwatoyin Ashabi, politician and business woman is perhaps the happiest woman in the world at the moment and of course, she should be.

According to her, after many years of being without a child, she had begged God to have mercy  and give her just a child. Surprisingly however, he had chosen to bless her with three more children, making it four.

The excited woman is now a mother to three boys and a girl and this news just goes to show that it is never too late for God to bless one.

She posted series of videos and photos on Instagram to testify to God’s goodness.

See them below.

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MINISTER OF FINANCE, KEMI ADEOSUN, BAGS NEW UNITED NATION APPOINTMENT

In a statement signed by the Adeosun’s  Special Adviser, Media and Communication, Mr Oluyinka Akintunde, on Sunday in Abuja, the minister would serve a one-year term effective from January 1, 2018.

According to the statement, UN Under-Secretary-General, Jan Beagle, in a letter said that the appointment was ratified at the 55 meeting of the 77th session of the General Assembly.

“The General Assembly decided to appoint you as an ad-hoc member of the Investment Committee for a one-year term of office, beginning from 1 January, 2018.

“I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your appointment and wish you success in your work,” he said.

Also, the representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Investments Committee, Ms Carolyn Boykin, congratulated the minister on her appointment and welcomed her to the committee.

Boykin said that the purpose of the investments was to secure the pension entitlements of the international civil servants participating in the Fund.

“The fiduciary responsibility is to all parties concerned and it is the responsibility of the Secretary-General to ensure that those investments are managed to preserve the capital of the Fund.

“And to also obtain a long-term real rate of investment return that is in line with the actuarial assumptions, without jeopardising the capital of the Fund by taking excessive risks,” she said.

The UNJSPF provides pension, death, disability and the other related benefits for staff of the United Nations and other organizations admitted to membership in the Fund.

It is a multiple employer defined benefit plan governed by the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, the Staff Pension Committee for each member organization, and a secretariat.

The Fund was established through UN General Assembly resolution 248 (III), passed in December 1948 and came into effect on January 23, 1949 as a permanent retirement scheme.

It currently serves 23 member organizations, with 128, 262 active participants and approximately 75,000 retirees in nearly 200 countries.

According to the statement, Adeosun has accepted her appointment into the UN committee.

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