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In Entertainment January 21, 2020 By Editor

THE BRAVE KIKI MORDI WINS THE PJPA AWARD

Kiki Mordi an Investigative journalist, has won the People Journalism Prize for Africa 2019 (PJPA). The prize is backed by a $3000 (N1,000,000) endowment from Gatefield, a Sub-Saharan Africa public strategy firm.

She is a brave one with a high level of empathy who subjects herself to torture while seeking to expose her stories.
The prize would be received in Abuja during a World Day of Social Justice event to be hosted by Gatefield on Feb. 20, 2020.

She was selected investigating the sexual harassment on university campuses in West Africa. This resulted in a wide disciplinary action and policy reforms across the institutions that were exposed by her during this event. This is a recent work with BBC Africa eye, investigative film titled “Sex For Grades”.

She won this award alongside Fisayo Soyombo, another investigative journalism who exposed the nature of corruption within Nigeria’s criminal justice system.

Kiki is also a writer, filmaker, writer, voice over artiste, presenter, reporter and an advocate for gender equality. She is the founder of the #DocumentWomen movement that aims at tackling the erasure of women and women’s stories and produced a documentary entitled “Life At The Bay” that documented the lives of women living in the remote island, Tarkwa Bay.

She bagged a double nomination for Future Awards prize for journalism and Young Person of the Year.

In fashion&style January 21, 2020 By Editor

MERCY JOHNSONS HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ARE HER GREATEST FANS

The Nollywood actress premiered her new movie titled the Legends of Inikpi few days ago.

She had a whole squad with as her husband and three kids came all out to support her at the movie premier. They took out time for a some cute family photo.

Pregnant Mercy looked really glowy and beautiful. She wore a flowing gold dress with her packed in kinky looking multiple bun.

In lifestyle January 20, 2020 By Editor

MERCY AIGBE SPEAKS THIS ON REMEMBERING HER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPERIENCE

Mercy Aigbe throws some light on the domestic violence she had in her marriage with Politician Lanre Gentry.

She took to her Instagram page to talk about the abuse by sharing some emotional photos . She has some advice for anyone who has also suffered the shame, and wants them to let go, and grow stronger from it.

She said:

Stumbled on this pix in my photo gallery and it brought back memories ………….
I want to reach out to someone out there! You think your life has been decimated by scars. You find it hard to forgive yourself and others that have been part of the messes in your life! I have good news for you! Your messes will soon become a message! Your errors are gradually turning you into a hero! Your trials will soon become triumph! Your adversity is turning to your advancement! Your frustration will soon become your fuel and your scars will one day turn you into a star….. at some point in our lives we experience trials, tribulations, we become broken ( which is inevitable)…. but whether we will become stronger is not inevitable, It’s OUR CHOICE……..”Never be ashamed of your scars, it simply means you were stronger than whatever tried to hurt you “ …… In Retrospect 🙏

About three years ago, Mercy Aigbe and Lanre Gentry made headlines after news and photos of her domestic violence went public, this led to the arrest of Lanre Gentry at that time.

In Inspiration January 20, 2020 By Editor

HOWARD LAW SCHOOL ALUMNA LAUNCHES BLACK-OWNED YACHT CHARTER BUSINESS

Every season is yacht season!

Sheila Ruffin is the owner of a new boutique travel agency, Soca Caribbean Yacht Charters (SCYC), Black Enterprise reports.

The Hampton University and Howard Law School graduate first thought of the idea to open a yacht charter company after landing a job on the island of St. Thomas. While practicing law, she decided she wanted to get into the travel business. “I googled yacht agencies that were one-stop-shops, but I couldn’t find any. This gave me an idea of what I could do. Plus, I couldn’t find any people of color within the industry. Therefore, I set out to start my own company,” Ruffin said.

The yacht charter company partners with other yacht companies in the Bahamas, Grenada, St. Lucia, the British Virgin Islands, St. Vincent and St. Martin to provide immersive yacht experiences complete with private chefs and captains. “We offer a door to dock-to-door service. The minute you step out of your home, there is a luxury car waiting to take you to the airport. Once you arrive in your Caribbean destination, we provide transfers to the dock where you board your yacht. After your trip, we also provide all services in reverse,” said Ruffin.

Ruffin grew up on the eastern shore of Virginia, gaining her love for boats from her grandfather. While not originally apart of her plans, this new venture seems almost like fate. She hopes that her place in the yachting industry can encourage other young people of color to experience luxury yachting.

“To be the anchor between the yacht industry and millenials and people of color is amazing. It’s not easy. I’m entering into space where Black women aren’t normally present. It’s an amazing feeling,” said Ruffin.

According to Black Enterprise, in 2018, African Americans contributed $63 billion to the U.S. travel and tourism industry. Now it’s time to put some of those dollars back into the pockets of one of our own.

Source : Black Enterprise

In Inspiration January 20, 2020 By Editor

HERE ARE 6 QUALITIES OF A CONFIDENT WOMAN

Being a confident woman begins from the inside. This has little to do with her physical looks,material gains or status. Yes! Most ladies still have bags of insecurities.

If you already see yourself as confident or not, or want to work on becoming a confident woman, the listed qualities below would help you identify where you are defaulting:

1.She is Optimistic

Been negative is not her thing. It reflects on how she desires good things and believe they will succeed. Her words are filled with positive words, ‘I can’ , ‘it will’ ‘yes’. This makes her unstoppable, because she believe in what she is about. No fears!

2. She Know What She Wants And Goes For Its.

She doesn’t spend her time dreaming all day. When she is sure about something, without a waste of time, she gets an action plan, then go all out to get it, knowing she will succeed and if she doesn’t,she moves on.

3. She Can Go Without Makeup

We all need to put on some nice mascaras and lip glosses most days. Your looks matter yes! But knowing you are good and still attractive without this is confidence. She breaks the trend, If she finds herself in public without this it wouldn’t it spoil her day. That’s where self care comes in.

4. She Has A Self Care Routine

This is what will make you feel really attractive and popping to move in the right energy. She takes some time off to help herself to something like a massage, vacation, or even a simple DIY or afternoon nap as soon as she is worked out.

5. She Is A Good Communicator

She will speak clearly about her opinion and will stare right into any eyes without looking away. She will only take a good advice because she has a mind of her own. Her body language will display itself freely. She would even speak publicly when there is an opportunity.

6. She Respects Herself A lot

You can not give what you do not have. A confident woman has a graceful way she carries herself, she doesn’t have to get intimidated by another woman, with this she commands respect for herself. And her respect teaches her that she deserves the best, and the best always comes to her.

A confident woman is a Queen, this is to help you know where you are going wrong on this💛.

In Inspiration January 18, 2020 By Editor

DIMMA UMEH LIVING AND BREAKING BOUNDARIES ON THE COVER OF ACCELERATE TV’S THE COVER

Dimma Umeh is on the cover of Accelerate Tv’s The Cover. She shares her experiences as a vlogger, influencer and talks about and how she deals with critics.

On when she started, “ First of all, I thought this whole thing was a joke, like I just started putting out videos for the sake of it, I thought it was fun, I loved the way others looked doing it. But I think that two years in, I started figuring out at that point that this could be so much more. Now I live off of Youtube, I pay my rent off Youtube. I never thought when I first started that I could live off of it.” she said.

On when her ideas are stuck and she’s having a creative block, “the easiest thing for me is that I go and watch other creators and I just start out from there. You start out just wanting to watch, but then ideas start popping and before you know it, you want to do something. “

She continues “It is so funny because a lot of people think that I am this organized person; my creative process is actually not the most organized, however, I do have a process now. So it mostly just always involves coming up with an idea, making notes of points that I’d want to highlight in that video from that idea, filming, then after filming, editing. Editing takes a lot of time, so sometimes it’s either me, cause I do the bulk of the editing, but sometimes if I have a lot to do at a particular point in time, I hire an editor who works with me. Then I upload, and after that, I figure out a good thumbnail to use, because I feel like the videos can be great but if your thumbnails don’t have a call to action then you’ve done all of that in vain ”

She shares how she deals lightly with haters “when it comes to negative comments, the best thing I’d say is to know that all the things they’ve said have nothing whatsoever to do with you. It’s them, and they’re just saying it because they feel like they can say it to you, the moment you begin to look at it like that you know that they’re not really worth your time, you can pray for them as I pray for them”.

Read the full interview on www.acceleratetv.com

In fashion&style January 18, 2020 By Editor

YEMI ALADE SHARES HER MAKEUP PERFORMANCE ROUTINE WITH VOGUE MAGAZINE

Yemi Alade shares her performance “on stage” makeup look, explaining how she gets performance ready with Maybelline and Vogue Magazine.

Viewers get to see her favorite make up product on the channel which has about 6.94 million subscribers.

Yemi Alade is the latest celebrity to grace Vogue‘s Youtube channel.

“I’m sharing some secrets, guys—get your notepads,” she laughs as she gets into her skin-care and makeup routine.

Acknowledging the fact that she has not always had a go-to beauty regimen, she says, “You should see my makeup from [the early] days. I’m not sure what I was thinking. It was like my own personal hurricane was hitting my face.”

Alade’s starts with cleansing her face with a special made charcoal soap. Then she moisturises with coconut oil before filling her eyebrows with a dark brown Maybelline pencil.

Watch the video below:

In Career Gems January 17, 2020 By Editor

3 SOCIAL MEDIA BUSINESS/INFLUENCING WOMEN ACCORDING TO CNN

While there there is a constant growing number of bloggers and youtubers , CNN has taken recognition of these spectacular women for their hardwork which is paying off.

Linda Ikeji, Yemisi Odusanya (sisi Yemmie) and Chiamaka Obuekwe were listed as the highest paying personalities with large media engagement on their sites in an article by CNN.

Linda

“But Ikeji wants to do much than gossips, blogging, or owning a media empire. She wants to inspire other young girls to believe in themselves” CNN wrote.

There’s still so much I want to do that I haven’t done but am hoping, my life can inspire other young girls to go out their and fight for their dreams” said Linda.

Sisi Yemmie

“She offers her audience glimpse into her home life,sharing her various recipes and her family likes and dislike”, CNN disclosed.

Sisi Yemmie is also loved for her genuine contents with its touch of realness.

Chiamaka Obuekwe

CNN termed her ‘the travel blogger who goes off the beaten track. Her presence on social media has made it easier for people who want to go to interesting places to connect easily.

In Health January 16, 2020 By Editor

4 HEALTH TIPS FOR WOMEN IN THEIR 30’S

By age 30, lot of women will more likely have a home and a thriving career. This period calls for a more super busy schedule than ever.

So, getting a healthy lifestyle becomes more challenging. Here are some tips to help:

1. Start Medical Screening

Regardless of your age, you should see a doctor for your overall health. Your cholesterol levels, blood pressure and even pelvic status should be known. You do not have to wait till you hit the 60s.

2. Don’t Joke With The Greens And Fruits

Eat healthy. Vegetables should consist of about 50% of your meal plan. Include multivitamin in your nutrition plan and take folate if you’re considering getting pregnant. Getting enough fruits and eating right generally would help you fight those age causing free radical caused by stress.

3.Exercise & Strength Training

Get advice from your doctor before you begin. At age 30 women begin to loose bone mass. Engaging in activities that stretch your muscle capacity can help you build and maintain strong bones even as you get older. And consume some calcium rich foods.

4. Get Gentle With your Skin

Your skin is not the same with a teenager anymore. Avoid using harsh chemical product. Use products that wouldn’t strip healthy oils from your skin. When we get older our skin get drier, so you should consider things that are hydrating and that help your retain moisture for a healthy looking skin.

Avoid harsh sunlight, and get a sunscreen as much as you can.

These list comprises the MAJOR steps to getting a long time healthy life as you age further. They are often overlooked as most women often depend on procedures like anti-aging cosmetics and surgeries, which of course do little to help the body internal metabolism age slower unlike the listed options above.

In Entertainment January 16, 2020 By Editor

LUPITA NYONG’O HAIR GETTING SO MUCH ATTENTION

Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o showed up at the 25th annual Critic’s Choice Awards with a hair that’s getting so much attention.

The actress hair was tousled up in a bun, adorned with gold wire. She is known for her natural hair inspiration.

Her stylist, named Vernon François, shared an Instagram post with details of the hair.

He partnered with Matrix to get this unique look,making her stand out with her tresses looking modern yet natural and beautiful.

Natural hair is the new normal!

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