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In Interviews&profile February 7, 2018 By Women of Rubies

READ HOW AJAK DENG ROSE FROM BEING A REFUGEE TO BECOME A TOP MODEL

Born in Sudan, raised in Australia and now living in New York, top model Ajak Deng broke into the modelling world about a decade ago, when she was scouted while still in secondary school.

She made her runway debut at Melbourne Fashion Week, and has since stormed the runway for the likes of Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Jean Paul Gaultier.

Growing up was no walk in the park for her, as her family fell victim to the civil war in South Sudan which led them to flee to a refugee camp in Kenya where they spent three years. After losing her mother to malaria, the Australian government moved her family out to Melbourne when she was 11 years old, and that was the beginning of her runway fate.

Although given her sculpted physique, stunning skin tone and striking features, you’d think a career in modelling was predestined for her, however her initial dream was to fight in the army.

Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald about becoming a model, Ajak said:

“I wanted to join the army but my teachers at Kurunjang Secondary College told me no, that it wouldn’t be for me.

They knew I loved to travel and had a thing for fashion and suggested modelling, and since then I haven’t looked back.”

Ajak is very hard to miss, and you’ve probably noticed her in a magazine editorial or storming the runway during fashion week. Despite this, as per usual in any industry, her race poses a problem as she doesn’t get booked as much as other white models do. To protest this, in February 2016, the model announced in a now deleted Instagram post saying:

“I am happy to announce that I am officially done with the fashion industry, I will be moving back to Australia in order to live the life that I fully deserved, which is real life. I can no longer deal with the fakes and the lies… My life is too short for this dramatic life.”

We need more models like this shaking the table so that black models get their coins for their good and hard work!!

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In Interviews&profile February 7, 2018 By Women of Rubies

MEET GLORIA OLORUNTOBI, POPULARLY KNOWN AS MARAJI ON INSTAGRAM

Gloria Oloruntobi, popularly known as Maraji on Instagram gained fame after series of her funny videos went viral on social media. . She has earned more than 650,000 followers creating skits about everything from friendship to gossip to film and television.

Here are some things to know about her:

1. She was born on the 6th of February 1997

2. She studied international relations at Covenant University.

3. Born in Edo State, Nigeria, she has one sister and two brothers.

4. In addition to her Instagram account, she has also been known to create lip sync videos for her maraji_ musical.ly account.

5. Maraji’s consistency in delivering highly entertaining content via instagram saw her reach hundreds of thousands of followers and engage with millions in little over 12 months.

6. It was at university she started making lip sync videos out of boredom.

7. Her greatest fear would be to lose her mum and to lose her spirituality.

8. Her biggest achievement is the ability to make herself a public figure because she never used to be one.

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In self development February 6, 2018 By Women of Rubies

FAITH OYEDEPO@60: FEW AMAZING FACTS ABOUT PASTOR MRS FAITH OYEDEPO

Pastor Faith Abiola Oyedepo is the wife of Dr. David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, and Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle, Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria.

In her own way, she has managed to help her husband move his ministry woman in ways that most would imagine a woman cannot.

She is 60 years old and definitely a woman who is worth celebrating. So, we join the world as they celebrate this great icon.

1. She got married to her husband in 1982

2. She was still in school (University of Ife) while her husband was still a student in Kwara polytechnic when they met at a motor park.

3. Before marrying her, he took her to church and made her sign an agreement to marry him in whatever condition.

4. She propagates the Good News of Jesus Christ along with her husband, in numerous nations of the world, with a mission to liberate the oppressed.

5. Pastor Faith Oyedepo, is the Vice President, Education, of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (the Proprietor of Covenant University) .

6. Pastor Faith is endeared to many in Nigeria, and across the globe, especially for her endless work in strengthening the family unit.

7. She has written several books, and maximized various avenues of communication, such as media outlets, to become an authority in the area of family, youth, and women empowerment, as well as marital success.

8. She has been happily married for over three decades now, with four wonderful grown up children, and grandchildren.

Culled from fabwoman.ng

In Career Gems February 6, 2018 By Women of Rubies

OAP DAALA ORUWARI’S TESTIMONY IS A PROOF THAT SOMETIMES DISAPPOINTMENTS ARE BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE

You know how they say disappointments are blessings in disguise? Well, Daala Oruwari is living proof of this.

The OAP just took to Instagram to share the story of a chain of disappointments that ended up saving her life.

According to her, she had gone out with her family to apply for their permanent voter’s card (PVC) but were met with one delay of the other.

From the registration itself to car battery issues, everything that could go wrong went wrong. That is until she started feeling dizzy and passed out.

Waking up in the hospital, Daala was told that her blood pressure had been very low and if they had left the premises of the Ikoyi club where they had gone to register for their PVC, she may have died.

Read the full story below:

Presently, Daala who is a graduate of Mass Communication from the University of Lagos, works with Ovation TV. She used to be a VJ for Hip TV and prior to that, she worked with Dynamix TV.

Once again, an age-old proverb is proven right and another life saved.

Source: Pulse

In self development February 5, 2018 By Women of Rubies

READ HOW A WIDOW AND MOTHER OF FOUR STARTED HER AKARA BUSINESS WITH #3,000 AND MAKES UP TO #150,000 IN A MONTH!

Instead of begging for alms after she lost her husband, Fatima Abdullahi, a mother of four decided to go into the business of selling bean cake popularly known as “akara.”

Surprisingly, she makes an average of N5000 daily from selling akara and pap, known as “koko”.

Fatima said she started her business about 10 years ago after the death of her husband because there was no one to help her and her kids, and she hated the idea of begging.

“I started with as little as N3000, and gradually expanded the business by adding sweet potato and now I make an average of N5000 daily, about N150,000 monthly. Although the business is stressful and dangerous because you have to seat by the fire every day, it is helping me to pay the bills, take care of my children. At least I can afford to pay school fees for my children and medical bills when the need arises. Whether a widow or housewife, you can start a business, no matter how small, so as to have financial freedom,” she said.

LAGOS STATE OPENS FOUR NEW COURTS FOR SPECIAL AND SEXUAL OFFENCES

In 2015, UNICEF reported that one in four girls and one in ten boys in Nigeria experience sexual violence before the age of 18. And according to a survey by Positive Action for Treatment Access, over 31.4 percent of girls surveyed said their first sexual encounter had been rape or forced sex of some kind. Narrowing it down a little, in Lagos, the number of reported sexual assault victims increased by 100% between 2006 and 2015; and between 2015 and 2017, it went up by 200%.

(Photo: Premium Times)

But the Lagos State government, thankfully, looks like it is taking a definite stand against sexual assault and related offences. Yesterday, four Special Offences and Sexual Offences courts were commissioned in Lagos by the wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, the state’s Deputy Governor Idiat Adebule, and the Lagos State First Lady, Mrs Bolanle Ambode. Two of the courts will adjudicate on economic and financial crimes, while the other two will try sexual offences. The state is also working on expanding the operations of the DNA and Forensic Centre and Chemistry section.

If you’re wondering why this is huge news, it’s because this is the first of its kind in Nigeria. That’s right, after 58 years of existence, Nigeria (the government) has yet to take sexual offences seriously. Between 2015 and now, the DSVRT and Mirabel Centre (both in Lagos) have handled over 400 cases of sexual offences while 376 cases are being prosecuted in the various courts. And, there are currently about 600 pending sexual offense cases in the high court of Lagos, not including the ones in the Magistrate courts.

Dedicated courts for sexual crimes are now more mandatory than ever. The hope that we all have is that one, the establishment of these courts will facilitate faster hearing and trial of sexual crimes and get survivors justice and closure; two, that this will jumpstart a nationwide establishment of special courts like these; and three (this the most important), that the judges who hear these sexual cases will really not be the kinds who will blame the victim.

But more than anything, thank you, Lagos. Other states need to absolutely follow.

Culled from konbini.com

In Career Gems February 2, 2018 By Women of Rubies

DJ CUPPY IS SENDING 10 STUDENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR!

Femi Otedola’s daughter Dj Cuppy, is setting her 2018 plan in motion with supporting 10 students to school.

The billionaire heiress will be paying for the school tuition of 10 students this year. The welfare plan is already in motion as the first student is set to go to school.

Gospel artiste, Nikki Laoye has commended Cuppy for her support. Nikki Laoye is the founder of the Angel4Life Foundation, that helped the first student Akeem Owolabi get his tuition for his studies.

Keep up the good work Cuppy.

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In Career Gems February 2, 2018 By Women of Rubies

MICHELLE OBAMA TALKS ABOUT LIFE AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE IN NEW INTERVIEW WITH ELLEN DEGENERES

In her first TV interview since leaving the White House, Michelle Obama, former U.S. First Lady had a chat with Ellen Degeneres about her family’s life in Washington, D.C. and the awkward gift she received from the Trumps at the Inauguration.

Michelle opened up about life after leaving the white house and the projects the family are working on.

Here are a few of the things she said in the interview:

1. On what she does after leaving the white house

“Nothing, i have all the time in the world. We are good, the girls are fine. Barrack is working and we take holidays. I wake up anytime i want and there really is no bid deal.”

2. On living in a regular house

We live in a neighborhood down the street from the white house. We have door bells now and i receive visitors. It is such a nice thing.

3. On if she feels weird living not far from the white house.

“We live in this neighborhood because we want our youngest daughter to finish high school in the school she has been since second grade. So it does not feel weird that we are so near the white house. I feel we transferred the love and warmth we had in the white house to pour current house.”

4. On putting the house together

“I put the house together, together with my team. Sasha got a two room suite and she decorated it all by herself. Her sister got a small room up in the attic. {You know, you don’t waste rooms on college girls} Barrack got the worst part of this decoration house deal. His office space is small and so, he is always hating on Sasha.”

5. On what she feels about the situation in the country.

People are afraid and then, there are people who feel good about the situation in the country. I learnt in the white house that we should care for each other- live for hope because that is all we have. I encourage you to love each other and show empathy. Forget what they are saying in Washington.

We have the videos below

Culled from fabwoman.ng

In self development February 1, 2018 By Women of Rubies

#TBT: THROWBACK PHOTOS OF TY BELLO!

Hello WORriors! Today is #ThrowBackThursday and we are throwing back these old pictures of celebrity photographer and singer, Ty Bello!

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In Career Gems February 1, 2018 By Women of Rubies

OLAJUMOKE ORISAGUNNA SHOWS SUPPORT TO TOBI FALANA, THE LITTLE BOY WHO PHOTOBOMBED A WEDDING SHOOT

On December 19 2017, photos of a young boy, Tobi Falana who had photobombed a wedding shoot went viral and lots of Nigerians were awed at the scenario.

Days after, inquires were made and it was discovered that the little boy lives with his father and his mother had been long gone. With a little help, the boy was registered in school and began his life changing journey.

In a show of love however, Jumoke Orisagunna, the bread seller who also took a chance at fame after she photobombed a Ty Bello photo shoot with Tinie Timpah, has announced that she will be helping the young Oluwatobiloba Falana in his modelling career and just as she was helped, she will help him to a considerable level too.

She also called on well meaning Nigerians to raise help for the young model to succeed.

In her words; “Just like me, the magic of the camera has opened a new chapter for a little less privilege boy in Lagos (the city of possibilities). Tobi innocently photobombed a wedding shoot & Tobi has now got a chance at “Primary Education ” by @iamterryg but he needs your help to earn money for 1) His welfare 2) His secondary education & to help his family.
Tobi has launched a modelling career & has been signed to @qtabyevents as a kid model. Please follow @oluwatobilobafalana & support him for the sake of good nature.”

We have her Instagram post below