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The Story Of A Woman Who Finds Her Mother After 50years

Author Grace LaJoy Henderson lost her mother when she was 2-years old, and she has finally found her after a much long search.

“50 years ago, my mother left me and my siblings with our father and I was only 2 at that time, and after that I spent some time in foster care. Life moved on and even after I became a mother, I continued my search for my mom. When I knew she would be in her 80’s, I became discouraged and pretty much gave up hope of ever finding her alive. But, I decided to search for my mother one last time.” She was overwhelmed to learn that she is alive and well.

“In 2009, I shared my foster care story in a book entitled A Gifted Child in Foster Care: A Story of Resilience and I wrote this story under the impression that I would never, ever see my mother again.” Her story show the way to never give up.

“At first, I was afraid to share my personal story of finding my mom, with all the ups and downs of life. But later on, I decided to take that risk. I was only planning to share the good, the positive, the stuff that I was comfortable with,” says Grace. “However, when people heard my story of how I found my mother after five decades, many of them told me they felt inspired. They wanted to know how I found her, where I found her, what condition I found her in and the details of what happened after I found her. Realizing others found my story to be intriguing, I am sharing all of it.”

In a recent Facebook post, she announced that she had finally found her mother, who is now 81-years old. She shared that her mother was a nice lady who is quiet and very easygoing.

Many people are congratulating Grace for finding her mother after 50 years. This story has also motivated many other people around the world who are searching for their lost loved ones. Grace says it was faith that kept her motivated to continue which has now turned into tears of joy.

Her story is one of faith, hope and determination. For years, she has ultimately used writing as a therapy to deal with the pain of living without a mother.

Being an author, she has a book series  called Finding Mother book  made up of 4 compelling memoirs, where she reveals all the details of her search, losing hope, and the victory of finally finding and reuniting with her mom.

The engaging 4-book series includes the following titles:

* Finding Mother After Five Decades: A Story of Hope
* Reuniting with Mother: A Story of Tenacity
* After the Reunion: A Story of Acceptance
* Diary of Emotions: Thoughts and Feelings

The Finding Mother book series is available now for purchase at Grace’s official web site at GraceLaJoy.com/shop

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89 Years Old Woman Who Has Survived Bosom, Womb and Skin Cancer, Defeats Coronavirus

A certain grandmother who was diagnosed with Bosom cancer, cancer of the womb and skin cancer has also defeated the coronavirus.

Her 26 year old granddaughter Jade Elrick said;

“We tried to call but the nurses wouldn’t even hand her the phone because of infection control.

“We’re honestly so happy to have her back, it is such a relief.

“After she’d watched the TV when she got back she asked my dad if he’d seen the news about this virus going around and he’d told her that’s what she’d had – she was none the wiser.

“But we aren’t surprised she’s back as she’s really tough – she’s had Bosom  cancer, cancer of the womb and skin cancer and she’s still going.”

Gran-of-seven and great-great-gran-of-one Dorothy was taken to hospital by ambulance on March 27 after she found herself more breathless than usual and with a raging temperature.

Grandmother Dorothy who has also beaten three types of cancer in her life, was kept in a private isolated room for the week she was in hospital.

But the mum-of-two and great-grandma-of-seven was given the all clear and discharged from hospital last week to be reunited with her son.

According to Jade, the NHS staff were over the moon that Dorothy had recovered from coronavirus because of her age and health condition.

Her family suspect Dorothy caught the virus from carers who visit her home, four times per day, and are urging people to stay indoors to protect other elderly people.

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6 Eating habits that can Weaken Your Immune System

Having a strong immune system is one of the most important things this coronavirus pandemic period. It can be about choosing foods that help support immune function as well as stopping habits that can weaken immunity. Here are six habits to be mindful of as you work on boosting your body’s defenses.

Too much alcohol

Excessive alcohol consumption, even short-term, can affect your immune system in ways that are particularly important right now.

According to a researcher note there’s been a long-observed relationship between excessive alcohol intake and a weakened immune response. The effect includes an increased chances to pneumonia and factors that could potentially impact COVID-19 outcomes. Poor wound healing, and a slower and less complete recovery from infections are also effects.

Excess salt

Excess salt goes beyond fluid retention and high blood pressure. But a new study concludes that too much salt may lead to immune deficiencies. The body may not fight bacteria easily. To help, limit highly processed products, like canned soup and frozen pizza. Check the mg of sodium per serving on Nutrition Facts labels.

As for salting your food, one teaspoon of table salt contains 2,300 mg of sodium.

Consuming excess sugar

Cutting back on excess sugar is good for the mental health and also beneficial for immune support. You do not have to avoid sugar completely but you can cut down on excesses.

Overdoing caffeine intake

Coffee and tea are good due to their high levels of antioxidants linked to anti-inflammation. However, too much caffeine can interfere with your sleep which isn’t good.

Therefore you can avoid caffeinated drinks like soda and energy drinks. Cut off your caffeine intake at least six hours before bedtime to prevent sleep interference.

Not taking enough fiber

Fiber aids good digestive health. Research shows that a higher intake of dietary fiber and prebiotics supports healthier immune function, including protection against viruses. Adequate fiber also promotes more and better sleep.

The best way to get a fiber diet is to eat more whole foods, including vegetables, fruit, whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds. Exchange sugary cereal for oatmeal topped with fruit and nuts, exchange white rice for brown or wild.

Not eating enough green veggies

Green veggies are helpful for building immunity as they provide key nutrients known to help immune function, vitamins A, C, plus folate.

Foods like vegetable salads should be your go to meals regularly and leafy greens.

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Women rape risk may be high during lockdown

Lockdown is one of the measures put in place to avoid contracting covid-19. While this is to ensure safety we hope it is not a risky feat.

MS. Ajani Oluwatobi, a family health expert, has said that unless adequate measures are in place, the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic will expose Nigerian women to high risk of rape and unwanted pregnancies.

She told newsmen in Asaba, Delta State, that during the lockdown, women especially young ones are exposed to unscrupulous, idle men.

While this is true, the government needs take active steps to also ensure citizens are safe by ensuring strict security for everyone. Getting lonely streets monitored and having security men in check often.

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‘Why I left Nollywood for firefighting job’ – Grace Agbo

A former Nollywood actress named Grace Agbo, left the movie industry for a fire fighting job. She explains it is because of a desire to always help those in danger.

Agbo, who hails from Idoma in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, explains how she found fulfillment since she started working in the Federal Fire Service, Abuja.

Speaking in a chat with The Nations, Agbo said she featured in several movies like Black Out, Mr Potosky, Lost Pride, Deadly Desire, Palace of Sorrow, Ada-Ide-Ichaka, Haunted Palace, Village Don, The Calabash amongst others.

She took a break from acting to enable her focus on her passion in firefighting.

According to her, “I like this new job. I have always wanted a uniform job but I will miss Nollywood greatly because acting has also been my passion right from childhood.

“My family especially my dad is very happy with my new job. What people are saying that I left Nollywood because of poor pay is not true. I didn’t leave Nollywood totally. I am just taking a break for now to enable me focus on my new job.

“I love my uniform job and I also enjoy saving people in danger. It feels really good; it gives me joy knowing that I can be of service to my country.”

“My colleagues in Nollywood should keep up with making good movies and let the shows go on but the big problem there is funding, lack of government presence and no enough opportunity for upcoming actors.”

 

 

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‘We will meet again’: Queen urges Britons to stay strong amidst covid-19

“I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time. A time of disruption in the life of our country: a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many, and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all,” spoke the Queen from Windsor Castle.

She thanked people for following government rules to stay at home and praised those “coming together to help others”.

She also thanked key workers, saying “every hour” of work “brings us closer to a return to more normal times”.

“While we have faced challenges before, this one is different.”

“This time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. We will succeed – and that success will belong to every one of us.

“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.”

“Now, as then, we know, deep down, that it is the right thing to do,” she said.

Image copyrightPA WIREThe then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret after they broadcast on Children's Hour from Windsor Castle

In her address, the Queen said everyone who was following guidance to stay at home was “helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones”.

“Together we are tackling this disease, and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it,” she added.

She also stressed the value of self-discipline and resolve – and said she hopes that, in the future, everyone would “be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge”.

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Miss England hangs crown to return to work as doctor during coronavirus pandemic

 

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Shares Heartfelt message amidst covid-19 pandemic

While sharing that she lost her closest aunt who died from a brain aneurysm last week, describing it as a “devastating tragedy”, she also disclosed that she is now reminded everyday of how fragile and breakable humans are. Her worries each time her doctor husband leaves for work, when her daughter coughs and her throat itches, stating that “this is a time to cope in the best way we can”.

Read her heartfelt note:

Last week, my family suffered a devastating tragedy, the very sudden death of my closest aunt, from a brain aneurysm. One day she was well and happy and the next day she was gone. Our time is filled with pain whose cause still does not feel fully true. We cry and yet we feel as though she is not really gone.⁣⁣
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And it is more surreal to grieve a sudden death in these strange times when the world has shut down, places once full are empty, heavy with the ghosts of silent gatherings, and across the world people are dying alone. Coronavirus is a menace in the air, a menace inside our heads. Every day I am reminded of how fragile, how breakable we are.⁣⁣
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My husband is a doctor and each morning when he leaves for work, I worry. My daughter coughs and I worry. My throat itches and I worry. On Facetime I watch my elderly parents. I admonish them gently: Don’t let people come to the house. Don’t read the rubbish news on whatsapp.⁣⁣
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This is a time to cope in the best way we can. There are moments when our spirits will sag. Moments when we will feel tired after doing absolutely nothing. But how can we not? The world as it is today is foreign to us. It would be strange not to be shaken to our core.⁣⁣
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I cannot imagine thinking of over-achieving, or of accomplishing more than usual, when all around you the world as you know it has changed, perhaps never to return to what it used to be. And yet we must continue to go on day by day. We must choose to live. And to do so we can set small goals. Like drink more water, if you’ve spent the past ten years wanting to be more hydrated. Like learn something every day, no matter how small. Like call loved ones – not text them, call them. Like help someone – with a small cash transfer, an encouraging message, a shared laugh.⁣⁣
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I believe in allowing myself to feel what I feel. But endless negative feelings are enervating. And so to manage it I give myself time to feel what I am feeling – an hour, or two, or three, or four – and then when the time is up, I try to push my mind into a different territory. It doesn’t always work. But it’s worth trying for when it does work.⁣

In these pandemic-blighted times, living with a medical professional who so far has diagnosed two positive cases, in an American state being told to brace itself for an onslaught of more cases, my goal is to feel anxiety but not allow it fester into paranoia. And what helps me is knowledge. The news can be emotionally exhausting, and can inflame anxiety, but it is important for me to educate myself. I am always careful about my news sources, and I always keep in mind that there is much still unknown about this coronavirus. I will share links to articles in my stories.

And I make an effort not to read only about the coronavirus. I have just started reading ‘Selected Poems’ by Kenneth Fearing and a wonderfully honest memoir, ‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ by Cathy Park Hong.

I am listening to the great Bill Withers, may he rest in peace.
I wish you all strength and as many moments of tranquility as possible.

 

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These Women Are Representing Nigeria in Water Sports at the 2020 Olympics

Rowing is a type of sport done on water. It involves propelling a boat with the use of oars. In preparation for the 2020 Olympics, the secretary-general of the Nigeria rowing, canoe and sailing federation declared the commissioning of 20 rowing boats denoted by Mutual Benefits Assurance PLC to the federation.

Canoeing, also done on water, involves paddling a light, narrow boat with a single-bladed paddle.

Ayomide Bello, who is 17 years of age, has become the first female canoeist from Nigeria to qualify for the Olympics after winning the C1 200 event at Africa’s Tokyo 2020 qualifiers in Morocco. She also won gold in the C2 women’s final with her partner at the event in Rabat. In 2018, Ayomide Bello competed at the Youth Olympics in Argentina in 2018. Nigeria’s only previous Olympic canoeist is Warrington-born Jonathan Akinyemi, 30, who competed at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.

Nigeria’s Esther Tamaraebi Toko is set to make history at the Olympic Games when she becomes the first home-based Athlete to represent Nigeria in rowing. Esther Toko qualified for the games at the 13th African Rowing Championships, the African Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia last year.

Alongside her partner and Team Nigeria captain, Michael Moses, she won individual bronze in the coastal rowing event at the first-ever African Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019. They also won silver in the mixed team event.

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo.

Meet the boss babes who will represent us at the coming Olympic games in Canoeing and Rowing:

Nigerian women are making their mark across all sectors in the country and sports is not left out. For the first time ever, Nigeria will be sending its first female canoeist and first (female) athlete in rowing to the Olympics 2020 in Tokyo.

Rowing is a type of sport done on water. It involves propelling a boat with the use of oars. In preparation for the 2020 Olympics, the secretary-general of the Nigeria rowing, canoe and sailing federation declared the commissioning of 20 rowing boats denoted by Mutual Benefits Assurance PLC to the federation.

Canoeing, also done on water, involves paddling a light, narrow boat with a single-bladed paddle.

Ayomide Bello, who is 17 years of age, has become the first female canoeist from Nigeria to qualify for the Olympics after winning the C1 200 event at Africa’s Tokyo 2020 qualifiers in Morocco. She also won gold in the C2 women’s final with her partner at the event in Rabat. In 2018, Ayomide Bello competed at the Youth Olympics in Argentina in 2018. Nigeria’s only previous Olympic canoeist is Warrington-born Jonathan Akinyemi, 30, who competed at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.

Nigeria’s Esther Tamaraebi Toko is set to make history at the Olympic Games when she becomes the first home-based Athlete to represent Nigeria in rowing. Esther Toko qualified for the games at the 13th African Rowing Championships, the African Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Tunisia last year.

Alongside her partner and Team Nigeria captain, Michael Moses, she won individual bronze in the coastal rowing event at the first-ever African Beach Games in Cape Verde in 2019. They also won silver in the mixed team event.

The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 in Tokyo.

Meet the boss babes who will represent us at the coming Olympic games in Canoeing and Rowing:

Ayomide Emmanuel Bello

She is a home-based Nigerian female paddler in the event of canoe 200m and 500m single race. Born on 4th April 2002, she is from Arogbo town in Ondo state. She attended Adekunle Anglican Primary School Makoko and proceeded to Wesley Girls Secondary School Yaba but had to drop out of school after the death of her father to support her mother with the family fishing business and also work part-time as a hairdresser. She was first discovered at the 2017 National Youth Games in Ilorin first as a swimmer before crossing over to professional canoeing. She has represented Nigeria at various international competitions and was ranked 8th in the world at the 2018 Youth Olympics Games in Argentina. Her achievements include:

  • Africa Games 2019 ( 4 Gold Medals)
  • Africa Canoe Championship Egypt 2019 ( 1 Gold and 1 Silver Medal)
  • Open international canoe sprint Championship India 2019 (1 Gold and 3 Bronze Medals)
  • African Youth Games Algeria 2018 (2 Gold Medals)

She will be representing Nigeria at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan.

Esther Toko

She is a home-based Nigerian athlete in professional Rowing. She was born 28th of March 2000 and hails from Arogbo in Ondo state. She has represented Nigeria in various competitions. Some of her achievements include:

  • Africa Coastal Rowing, Cape Verde 2019 ( 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal)
  • West African Rowing Ragatta Cote D Ivoire 2018 ( 1 Silver Medal)
  • Canoe Sprint African Championship Morocco 2015 (1 Gold and 2 Bronze Medals)

Esther will be representing Nigeria in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan.

Aside from Canoeing and Rowing, Nigeria is also qualified to participate in:

  • Basketball – Men’s Tournament
  • Men’s Track & Road Events: 400m, 200m, 100m
  • Women’s Track & Road Events: 100m, 100m hurdles, 200m
  • Men’s Shot Put
  • Women’s Long Jump
  • Women’s Freestyle Wrestling

We wish these ladies the best in the coming events.

 

Photo Credit: Nigerian Rowing, Canoeing and Sailing Federation. 

Source: Bella Naija

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#RubyGirls | “I grew up in the soil of unconditional love and selflessness” – Ademiluyi Favour Titilope

ADEMILUYI Favour Titilope is currently a 300 level student of the prestigious Faculty of Law, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.

Growing up as a litterateur and debater, she has had modest achievements, awards and scholarship trip outside the country.

Over time, Favour has held several positions and is currently the Assistant P.R.O & Assistant General Secretary, CLASFON, OOU; the Deputy Information-Technologist, Legal Magnates & Company, OOU; the Financial Secretary and Assistant General Secretary, Infinity Foundation, OOU, among others.

1. Let’s meet you. Who is Favour?

Warm greetings. *ADEMILUYI FAVOUR* is God’s Noble Progeny, who is fully awake to and heading forward, in the actualization and manifestation of her true being and essence.

She is phenomenal, resourceful, and “Excellence-driven.”

2. Who and what inspires you?

1. My purpose, visions which are birthed by the Holy Spirit, a product of God’s will.

2. My Dad – He is an exemplary leader; a perfect description of humility, integrity, service and excellence.

3. You have been outside the country on a scholarship trip on two different occasions for being the best French student in your secondary school. Which countries are these? And how was your experience?

Quite funny! Although I was given a scholarship trip precisely to Togo on 2 different occasions for being the best French Student in Secondary School 2 & 3 respectively, I couldn’t embark on the journey.

For the first scholarship trip, my parents didn’t allow me go, for reasons best known to them.

For the second scholarship trip, although I had my valid passport and yellow card, I couldn’t embark on the journey as the trip clashed with a National Debate Competition at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife. ‘Being the debater that I am’, I chose the competition over the trip.

To God be the glory, I and my team emerged winners. I was the Chief Speaker for my school in the Debate competition, and I was awarded the Most Eloquent Speaker. Consequently, we (I and my team) were to be invited to Botswana for another competition, but this sadly didn’t see the light of the day.

However, my Dad surprisingly arranged another trip for me to Porto-Novo, while I was waiting for OOU’s Post UTME result to be out. It was a 1-3 month(s) study trip alongside some 300 level Nigerian Undergraduates (who were French students).

It was a remarkable experience. I was opportune to visit Le Temple du Python in Ouidah; Le Muséum Nationale, the ‘Sea of No Return’ et. al.

More importantly, I won the First Prize in the “BAIN LINGUISTIQUE EN FRANÇAIS” PROGRAMME (2017), and I was accordingly recognized by Le Président (the Vice Chancellor), INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE PANAFRICAIN (IUP), PORTO-NOVO.

4. Your best quote?

“You were born to stand out, stop trying to fit in,”
Roy T. Bennett.

5. How was growing up like for you? Did your upbringing contribute in anyway to who you are today and positions you hold?

I grew up in the soil of unconditional love and selflessness. I was (and is still) surrounded with hugs, motivation and unshakable faith in me from my parents. My Dad has always been my Special Friend, and my mum has always been my Superheroine. They have always been there for me.

Although not without hurdles, my upbringing has been an exclusive mix of grace and bliss. This has had a massive impact on me; I have grown to believe that I can do and achieve anything I set my heart to do and achieve.

Also, my Dad, who happens to be one of my mentors, has groomed and is still grooming me to an enviable stage. I grew up attending meetings with eminent Personalities, dining with Professors & Vice Chancellors, sampling and proof reading Ph.D thesis. I grew up interacting and working with great minds. This has indeed awaken the consciousness of responsibility and invoked the spirit of leadership in me.

6. You have held several positions and have never disappointed in blazing the trail right from childhood. You are currently the Assistant P.R.O & Assistant General Secretary, CLASFON, OOU; the Deputy Information-Technologist, Legal Magnates & Company, OOU; the Financial Secretary and Assistant General Secretary, Infinity Foundation, OOU, among others. How do you juggle all of these offices with the demands of studying Law?

Truthfully, although it has not been so smooth, it has been God all the way.

The key is discipline, as it requires a big sacrifice on my part. I endeavour to prioritize, set and stick to routines.

I have no doubt that there are more responsibilities coming my way. This will definitely require more balance; I’m always trusting God to perfect this delicate balance.

7. Mention 3 Women who inspire you and why

The world is full of inspiring women, and I consider myself so lucky to be inspired by the following women:
1. My invaluable mother – Victoria O. Ademiluyi
2.Mother-in-Israel, RCCG – Pst Mrs Foluke A. Adeboye
3. Former First Lady, United States of America – Michelle Obama

1. I grew up watching a live superheroine, whose unique nature constantly inspires me. My invaluable mother is a beacon of resilience, who has overtime instilled in me and my siblings a hard work ethic, and has motivated us to grow without barriers.

Leading by example, my mother repeatedly emphasizes the need to uphold the values of dignity, integrity and service. Victoria O. Ademiluyi is a blessing to me and the world at large; she is exceptional and phenomenal in every aspect.

2. Being a woman of virtue, Pastor Mrs Foluke Adenike Adeboye has continually inspired me and many others. Her calm and warm personality, alongside her sterling leadership qualities even as a real spiritual mother, who has the love of God, is indeed at the heart of some really inspiring lessons for all.

3. The graceful personality of Michelle Obama often leaves me completely enamoured. She is an iconic fashionista whose intelligence, grace, values, beliefs and leadership qualities infuse lives and set an example of how an ideal lady should be.

Her contagious positivity constantly inspires me and many others to prioritize self-care, use our voices for change, and be ourselves – unapologetically.

8. One thing you will like to change about yourself.

Honestly, I don’t want to change myself. I have grown to embrace who I am and to love myself unconditionally.

I simply want to grow and improve myself, even in my originality. I simply want to change my flawed actions, even in my originality.

Just like Mark Manson said, “Trying to change yourself—that is, who you are—will inevitably lead you to fail and feel hopeless. But if you instead focus on changing your actions without worrying about how it changes you as a person, real change becomes much simpler.”

9. If given the chance to be the President of Nigeria for a day, what will you change?

I most humbly will adopt the recommendation given by my Dad during his Inaugural Lecture on 10th March, 2020.

I will ensure to establish a National Planning agency which will redirect Nigeria’s development agenda from a ‘project basket approach’ to development. This will create something more comprehensive which will focus on correcting the social and spatial imbalances/inequalities that have sunk the majority of Nigerians into poverty.

The idea is to redesign Nigeria to amplify the linkages within the political and economic structures, as well as redesigning the polity to dismantle the colonial heritage of inequalities which have hitherto negatively affected the development of Nigeria (Ademiluyi, 2020).

10. What keeps you up at night?

The zeal to make landmark impacts, reform lives and transform the world positively. The zeal to fully live, express and manifest my true being and essence. The zeal to implement and fulfil my visions, my purpose; all these keep me up at night.

11. You have a great penchant for research, writing, public speaking and linguistics. You also represent OOU’S Literary and Debating Society in competitions and events. How do you prepare and develop yourself for these activities?

I simply toil upward in the night.

Just like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow POET said, “The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.”

12. Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

By God’s grace, if He tarries, in the next 5 years, I see myself as a Ph.D student.

I also see myself fulfilling purpose and making the world a better place.

I see myself maintaining a stronger bond with God.


13. If you were given the opportunity to address a group of girls five years younger than you, what will be your advice to them?

If I was opportune to address a group of girls five years younger than I am, my advice will go thus:
“You are who you are, and there is no one else like you. Each person is a unique magnificent being. Do not be your illusory self. Accept yourself for who you truly are, and truly connect with your individual authentic self. Celebrate your essence. With sheer openness and in genuineness of your authentic expression, work from within – that is, from inside-out. To compromise the integrity of your individual authentic self is to falter in the face of mediocrity and conformity.”

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