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For a mass wedding ceremony themed 77 DOGs (77 Days of Glory), 200 brides involved where transported to the venue in an unusual style – on the back of 5 decorated flat-bed Mercedes Benz trucks, where the grooms were waiting.

Waiting grooms

The wedding ceremony held at the Miracle Centre Cathedral in Rubaga, Uganda. According to Ugandan Daily monitor, The pastor of the church, Robert Kayanja, thought that because it was a mass wedding, the 200 brides involved should ride together.

 

Source: Woman.ng

A female student of the University of Benin, who goes by the facebook name Jennifer Belle Aise, took to her facebook account yesterday, February 22, 2016, to brag about adding cannabis to her little nephew’s plate of beans, to teach him a lesson. She posted a video of the poor boy feeling all drowsy and incoherent with a caption ”He didn’t greet me this morning so I added weed on his beans. Am I a wicked aunt??” She was even giggling while recording the video!

She later took down the video and denied ever adding cannabis to the boy’s food, saying ”it was just a joke”

See her post:

Not quite long ago, a Youth Corper serving in Edo State, posted a photo of a young female student who he bragged to have slept with, and also posted a video of himself and his male students, hanging out and him actually promising to get them palmwine to celebrate valentine. All efforts to get information about the guy proved abortive as the NYSC headquarter in the state (Edo State) got burnt that same week, and he has since taken down his Instagram account.

What is really going on with our youths in Edo State? What ever happened to being a role model for the young ones? It is quite unfortunate and saddening that the leaders of tomorrow are now using social media to gain cheap publicity. I fear for the future of Nigeria!

While addressing this incident, the Editor-In-Chief of Women Of Rubies and the Founder/ Executive Director of Rubies Ink Initiative, Esther Ijewere, said,

”This is becoming alarming!!! Second case of Child abuse in two weeks from Edo State.

Just last week the video of the youth Corp member who bragged about sleeping with an underage girl and promised to also give primary school students palm wine went viral and this morning again I woke up to several tags on this video . While we are still trying to investigate the case of the corper as NYSC office in Edo state couldn’t give any info yet because there office got burnt last Friday , this one decided to drop her own stupidity online.

I hope Edo based NGO’S will stand up this time and join us in speaking out. Appears this people think they can get away with anything .

Some people say she is joking but I beg to differ please, you don’t post such jokes especially when a child is involved on a public domain .

I hope Governor Obaseki will do something. These people are putting Edo state in bad light .”

 

Singer, Lami Phillips-Gbadamosi, who has been married for 12 years, welcomed her second child, Olaoluwani Eliane,in September 2016 and dedicated her on February 19, 2016. A reception party followed at her residence and was attended by celebrities including, Sound Sultan, Tiwa Savage and her son, Niyola, Waje, Omawumi, among others.

Check out lovely photos from the party, below;

Producer and actress, Rita Dominic, has been awarded as the Sun Newspaper Nollywood Personality Of The Year at the 14th edition of the event which held on Saturday, February 18, 2017, at Eko Hotel and Suites. She was presented with the award by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

Congratulations, girl!

 

The United We Stand campaign is an effort to raise awareness about the rampant issue of counterfeiting, intellectual property theft and piracy in Nigeria.

Spread across many industries, it brings together all who continue to deal with these issues that not only affects their revenue, but also the purity and integrity of their hard work in creating their products.

Date: Friday, February 24th, 2017.
Time: 11.00 am.
Venue: Filmhouse Cinemas, off Bisola Durosinmi Etti Drive, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.

Alongside renowned beauty entrepreneurs Tara Fela-Durotoye of House of Tara International and Oke Maduewesi of Zaron Cosmetics, members of the campaign collective include Funke Akindele-Bello, representing the entertainment industry and their struggle against intellectual property theft and illegal re-distribution; Temitayo Eyitayo of 24 Apparel standing in the gap for the producers of branded clothing and consumer goods fighting counterfeiting; Uzo Uzeoke sharing Emzor Pharmaceuticals’ battle against counterfeit medication and other products in the healthcare and wellness sector; and media entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo speaking on the widespread issue as it persists and affects us all across all sectors and social classes, both as creators and consumers.

The Hon. Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar will deliver the keynote address to social influencers, entrepreneurs, small business owners and corporate body representatives, who have been invited to a stakeholder meeting towards finding a solution to these problems.

A moving documentary starring members of the campaign collective was directed by Kemi Adetiba and will also be screened at the meeting. In it, they recollect the journey from building their business to discovering their work is being illegally copied.

The campaign is a stand against injustice, imploring the Nigerian public to take the extra steps to preserve hard work and to ensure consumer safety. It is also a call for government and regulators to provide an enabling environment for businesses to thrive, and to encourage a change in consumer behaviour.

After the annual orientation camp in Abia state, Mr. Joseph an ailing National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member was redeployed back to Bauchi state to be closer to home and enable him to get proper medical and family attention.

Mrs. Nancy Genesis, a very courageous fellow corp member single handled took it upon herself to travel with and care for him while he journeyed back home to his family in Bauchi state. Unfortunately, he died in Jos while still in transit.

This single act of service made a senior pastor with ECWA Good News Church Bauchi; Rev. Dauda Galadima recommend her for a post-NYSC award. He praised her selfless efforts and commended her for exhibiting the true essence of what the NYSC vision is all about.

Rev. Galadima who stated this at the burial service of the late Joseph appealed to the management of the NYSC to give her an award at the end of her Service Year for the help she granted late Joseph in his final moments.

Veteran showbiz journalist Azuka Ogujiuba has launched her media brand – Media Room Hub, an online magazine and website.
Azuka is renowned for her no-holds-barred features in ThisDay Newspaper and for the scoop of the decade Tiwa Savage interview. The debut edition of Media Room Hub features Nollywood superstar Mercy Johnson and her husband Price Odi Okojie on the cover.
You can read the full interview and check out the feature for free HERE.

Check out photos from the issue below.

See the loving couple on the set of the photoshoot

The notion that women do not support or empower women is now a thing of the past. On February 4, 2017, Inspired by Glory- a personal development and lifestyle platform for career women and female entrepreneurs and Bubez Centre for Women Empowerment, a platform committed to reducing poverty levels among Nigerian women through enhancing productivity and collaboration, partnered to provide a premier goals setting seminar which aimed to help participants create actionable goals and roadmaps for building fulfilled lives.

The seminar had in attendance female entrepreneurs and professional career women who learnt techniques on how to position their businesses and professional lives. During the workshop participants also learnt how to set Specific, Measurable, Attainable and Time based i.e. SMART Goals and where equipped with the know-how on how to remain focused, audacious and inspired towards success throughout the year.

The Goals Summit is a yearly event put together by Inspired by Glory Founder, Glory Edozien, who says, “more women need to be empowered with the tools to succeed. Setting yearly goals and giving women the tools to create actionable steps is the starting point of our empowerment efforts. This is why it was important for us to collaborate with the Bubez Centre for Women Empowerment which has since had a long standing reputation of empowering women.

The Bubez Centre for Women Empowerment was founded by MD and CEO of Bubez Foods, Ijeoma Ndukwe-Egwuronu. A dynamic and highly-sought- after business strategist who, after just a few years of starting her business in her kitchen, now records a 343 per cent increase in sales of their flagship product Bubez Pap, since the factory opening in June 2015.

Attendees of the workshop also expressed that the aims and objectives of the workshop had been met. One participant noted that the workshop was filled with relevant content and another remarked that she was glad she made the required investment to attend the workshop, as it was a great decision.