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OMONI OBOLI SETS UP SOUP KITCHEN TO FEED LESS PRIVILEGED CHILDREN

Nollywood actress Omoni Oboli who turned 40 last Sunday, April 22nd, has launched a soup kitchen in honor of her late mother.

Apart from announcing the release of her book, Omoni Obolia lso took time out to remember the less privileged. She spent the better part of her birthday launching her soup kitchen Lizzy’s Kitchen in honor of her late mother.

She shared lovely photos from the first outing of the movement and can’t wait for more outreaches.

She wrote on her Instagram page:

“My 40th birthday was AMAZING!
Yesterday we launched a soup kitchen in honor of my late mom. It’s a feeding outreach program which is an initiative of The Omoni Oboli Foundation. We fed over 1200 children yesterday in Makoko and it was incredibly mind-blowing. This is a weekly outreach program and we’ve only just begun. Thank you, Lord, for the gift of seeing this vision come to life. Thanks to my friend and family that made it and special thanks to @knorrnigeria and @nunumilkpz
I finally did this mom, I know I have made you proud. I wish you were here. I will always miss you.”

 

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CHILD RIGHTS ACTIVIST, BUKOLA OGUNYEYE WINS HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Child Rights Activist and the Executive Director/Founder of Morna International Children’s Foundation (MICF), Bukola Afolabi Ogunyeye, has won an award from Baobab Awards under the category of “Community Building”.

Baobab Awards is a Hungary based Organization with Affiliation in London.

While sharing the exciting news on her facebook page, she said:

It was double celebration for us in my family yesterday as I received an International award from Baobab Awards under the category of “Community Building”.

Baobab Awards is a Hungary based Organization with Affiliation in London.
It feels so good to be a recipient of this award. This is my first award in my Humanitarian work.

You see ehn, It is difficult to run a cause in a Country like Nigeria and be “straightforward” with it cos money doesn’t come in like that, yet you have a burden, and if you choose to do it without compromising in anyway, be sure you can never make money from it. You will sweat seriously.

NGO is not business, I can say that categorically but it is possible to make it a Business venture for those who want to do it that way. Me, I am not like that. This NGO work is like Slavery sef, but it is a good kind of slavery you enter into yourself because there is a burning passion in you to do something for the cause of Humanity.

Getting rewarded in this manner is a huge encouragement for someone like me who don’t make money from what I do yet I carry the work on my head like gala.

I remember sometime in June last year, I got a call from a woman who said she had got my contact from a School owner. It was one of the Schools I have been at to speak and empower the children against Predators somewhere at Ketu. She asked for our website address that she needed to see it first then arrange a meeting with me.

I agreed to meet her, we met at Chicken Republic and we ate “chicken periperi” with chips all on her own expense.
A big woman, highly connected, she told me about some International Organization who fund NGOs with credible activities through some Consultants and how they are about to fund NGOs. She said the money would be coming in quarterly. She mentioned the amount and the “sharing formula”, what percentage would go to the “Consultants” abroad, her, and me.
Sincerely, I didn’t have any issue with the sharing formula ‘cos I don’t know the people in the Abroad, they only wanted to help but I asked to know the name of the “International Donors”. I wanted to know the source where the money was coming from?
Here was dollars about to be wired into our account and our own share would be about one million Naira in Nigeria currency, which would be coming in quarterly, yet I was still asking questions? A poor NGO that has no money?
That first amount was enough to take care of at least 10 seminars which we hold in the Foundation. It meant that about 3.5 million Teenagers would benefit from the money. I had done serious mental calculation, the Foundation really needed the money but I was not desperate.

I wanted to know the source ‘cos every Donor should have a name and should be verifiable online just like our activities are online on our website which led to the meeting at the first place..
They said they didn’t want me to go through the back yard door and agitate with the organization. Lol…… Fine. I let it go.
I am sure the woman would be wondering what kind of person I am, person see free money, she didn’t jump on it?
I didn’t even bother to ask her about it again. I will not soil my name because of money. It is the Foundation’s account the funds will go into, not theirs and I am the one EFCC will come and arrest if the fund was not a clean one.
Haters will now have the mouth to say, Ah! Those NGO people, that is how they do money laundering and they will be saying they are doing NGO.
That was how I made “haters score 0 and I scored 100%”………

I am writing this alongside this award because amidst our very low resources, we have been imparting greatly and our effort is now being recognized.
Faith Ogochukwu Silver , thank you so much for the nomination. We don’t know each other beyond Facebook,(I met you for the first time yesterday) we have never had any form of private conversation, yet you nominated me for this?
May you shed tears of joy for the rest of your life……Tears fell from my eyes that day you in boxed and told me about this award. *Coversface*
So Bukola Afolabi Ogunyeye is now an “Award winning” Child Rights Activist. You can also say an award winning Bitter Nigerian feminist, everything goes. We are alright after all.
And………. this came at the right time. It came at a time it would seriously boost something I am working on. Yipppiiieeeeee!
It is true that God can NEVER forget our labour of love.
So I dedicate this award to the NIGERIAN CHILD……….
Eyin temi, let us celebrate this great feat.
We are going to dance to Yinka Ayefele. We will dance and “ju di” .
B’eru ba mo nu ro ni, a dupe, B’e ru ba mo nu ro ni a dupe
Baba o sheeeeeeeyyyy
Baba o shey!
B’eru ba mo nu ro ni a dupe
d:t:l:m:s:f:r: d:d:d:r:m
(Olorun ayo) Jah Jehovah! Oba ale wi le se, iwo lo fi lokan
bale wipe kin ma beru
Alagba wi, Baba wa gba mi o ee
Iwo lo sore ana, ore esi mare, Lodun ta wa yi
Ida ju to po, wipe wa si se t’ola
Baba wa gba ko so o
(Olorun ayo)
Ohun to ba wu kaiye wi,, ohin toba wu koso
Emi o ma wo, Eni to baka, Sebi ohun loni rora
Kin sa ma te si waju oooooooo

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MEET 25-YEAR-OLD CHIAMAKA MOTILEWA, THE YOUNGEST TO BAG A PHD FROM A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY

25 years old Chiamaka Deborah Motilewa recently bagged her doctorate degree from Covenant University, thus making her the youngest Nigerian to achieve that.

Motilewa was awarded her PhD degree in business administration at Covenant University and she shared her certificate on Twitter. She also stated that she is the youngest to get a PhD at the university.

The 25-year-old who was excited to receive her certificate took to Twitter to share her success story.

She wrote:

“It’s finally official. Hello Dr. Motilewa🙏🏻🙏🏻
This journey tested me mentally, spiritually and physically.
But it was absolutely worth it. At 25, I am the youngest PhD holder produced from @CUHEBRON” and one of the youngest from any Nigerian University 

 

Dr. Debbie|TheVolunteerNG@itsdjDebbz

It’s finally official. Hello Dr. Motilewa🙏🏻🙏🏻
This journey tested me mentally, spiritually and physically.
But it was absolutely worth it. At 25, I am the youngest PhD holder produced from @CUHEBRON and one of the youngest from any Nigerian University

 

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DR EZINNE MERIBE: 4 REASONS WHY YOU ARE NOT LOSING WEIGHT

It was 7 years ago as a house officer (intern) at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), thanks to my consistent bad eating habit; a large doughnut and a bottle of soda for breakfast, a pack of biscuits (HobNobs) and juice during call hours – I gained weight overtime and decided to join a gym. I’m not sure this decision was influenced by the weight gain as much as it was influenced by the fact that the nearby gym I discovered was really clean, had a shower more like a jacuzzi (running water was a nightmare every now and then in LUTH) and good music too. It had a really nice ambience.
So off to the gym I went and I was consistent too. The trainers made me go so hard (I ended up with a swollen knee cap one of those days and a compulsory bed rest to go with it). Some of the routines really stretched me and I got compliments saying I was really flexible after a yoga class, which felt good *wink* but. . . . . I was not losing weight. Though a medical doctor, I did not know much about weight loss and nutrition so after three weeks of going hard at the gym I weighed myself and had gained weight. Say what!!!! All that energy I was putting in, how come? The trainer eloquently explained to me in his ‘Britmerican’ accent that I was building muscle hence the weight gain. According to him, in the first few weeks of intense physical activity (I’m sure he meant hard labour), you don’t lose weight instead you build muscle and then after a while you start losing weight. What did I know? I agreed with him.
Like me 7 years ago, I’m sure you can comfortably name 3 people you know who have pretty gym clothes/ensemble, never miss a day at the gym but have still not lost weight. So if going to the gym or exercising is very crucial for weight loss, how come most of the people in there are not losing weight?
To at least lose one pound a week (which for sustainable weight loss is the most ideal), you need to create a deficit of 500 calories everyday. That brings it up to 3500 calories at the end of the week.
The truth is:
1. You can’t ‘out exercise’ your bad food choices. You see, if it was as easy as go to the gym and eat healthy, nobody will be struggling with their weight. Worse still, we have a limited capacity to control what goes out. Most experts/studies suggest you burn an average of 100 calories after running a mile and you burn more calories while working out if you are in a larger body. It is HARD to keep up with burning 500 calories every week.
2. The concept of ‘calorie in calorie out’ should not be mistaken to mean that you can expend as much calories as you consume. You cannot burn in one day the 2500 calories or more you consume in a day.Also bear in mind that all calories are not equal.
3. Weight loss is science and as such relies on a minimal calorie deficit to compound in weight loss over time. Emphasis on minimal because if you create a huge calorie deficit, your body quickly responds by slowing down metabolism which means you stop losing weight. It is even worse when you are ‘going hard’ in the gym and cruelly restricting calorie intake.
4. After physical activity, most people really feel famished and may just need to drink water or snack on an equivalent of one boiled egg to feel better . However, our brains trick us into rewarding ourselves with food for a job well done so we eat even more consoling ourselves in the fact that we will ‘out exercise’/spend that tomorrow. Sadly, that is a failed formula. What happens is even though you are burning 100–150 calories daily during exercise, you are probably eating an extra 250 calories and not letting that calorie deficit take place.
Now we have established one basic fact — if your nutrition is not properly cared for, going hard at the gym CANNOT aid weight loss. Note: most people will lose weight by focusing on their nutrition without intense physical activity but no one can lose weight by focusing on intense physical activity alone.

Imagine having to take stock of everything you ate with the intent to burn it at the gym the next day. Take this image I found on Google for example, let’s say you’ve had your regular meal and for snack, you opted for tortillas, coke and oreos. What would your life look like at the gym tomorrow?

I so don’t want to be you.
Now think about it — Would you rather spend 3 hours in the gym or choose your foods wisely, eat mindfully and watch your portions? You Choose!
Need help figuring out how to win with portion control? Join my Facebook community — Healthy Yummy Mummies (trust me its not exclusive to mums). I kicked off a portion control training series this week and we would round it off over the weekend with a portion control challenge.
Remember, eating too much of any meal or snack even if you think its super-healthy can mean the difference between feeling great about your progress and being frustrated about all that effort you put in.
PS: I was at LUTH last year and at least 3 people walked up to me and said, ‘did you work here before?’ As soon as I reply ‘YES”. They narrow their eyes, give me a look over and say ‘but you were chubby then’. Lol! I guess that was a mild word for saying you were bigger/in a larger body/fatter then. I did take it as a compliment for a job well done and most importantly without a gym membership.

 

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Dr. Ezinne Meribe is the Lead Wellness Coach and founder at Zinnyslifestyle. Having successfully won the struggle with being overweight and loving her body, she now leverages her professional qualifications and personal experience in empowering women to OWN & LOVE their bodies and live in it fabulously. Her mission is to liberate women from living in bodies they’d rather not wake up in. As a Medical Doctor and Public Health Specialist, she continues to promote preventive medicine as the number one way to combat the severe health system constraints in developing countries.

She runs a refreshing Facebook community of over 14,000 women – Healthy Yummy Mummies; where mums can lean on each other while exploring through what a healthy lifestyle means for them and their families. She understands the influence mums have on the community because when you positively influence one woman’s lifestyle, you influence her children, her husband, her siblings and ultimately her parents.

You can connect with her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/zinnyslifestyle/ or Facebook www.facebook.com/zinnyslifestyle/

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NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS AND PRODUCER, OMONI OBOLI RELEASES FIRST BOOK AS SHE TURNS 40

Nollywood actress, producer, and scriptwriter Omoni Oboli turned 40 yesterday, April 22nd and she released her first book, “The Stars are Ageless”.

The actress announced this good news on her Instagram page as she celebrates her another milestone in her life.

She wrote,

”THE STARS ARE AGELESS
You can now add author to my name!!!Been working on this baby for a while and she’s finally here! Thank you, Lord! 40 sure looks good on me! Thanks to my publishers @narrativelscape we burnt the midnight candle on this one! Thanks to everyone that worked tirelessly to make this happen! Love you all
Copies available for sale from tomorrow. I can’t keep still.”

See her post below.

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MERCY JOHNSON IS THE NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR VIRONY DETERGENT

Months after actress Mercy Johnson was made brand ambassador for Mr Chef salt, she has signed yet another endorsement deal with Virony Detergent.

She wrote:

“Hi my amazing friends, I would like to announce my new role as brand ambassador to Virony. Since 1994, the Virony brand has been at the forefront of quality household products across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. As a wife and mother and an actress by career, this partnership feels like home to me.
I am humbled and excited to be part of the Virony story, and in the following months, I will be introducing you to all the projects and products from Virony. Watch this Space!”

See photos below:

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MEET STACEY NARIS, THE FIRST FEMALE TO BE NOMINATED FOR FIFPRO AFRICA’S BOARD

Stacey Naris has been nominated for a position on the board of the International Federation of Professional Footballers(FIFPro) Africa Division – and she is the first woman to be nominated for that position.

Naris is the captain of Namibia’s national women’s team. In addition to playing in the field, she’s a staff member of the Namibian Football Players Union (NAFPU) where she’s been working to promote the welfare of female footballers since 2015. With this nomination, she’ll also be joining FIFPro’s Women’s Football Task Force.

Responding to her appointment, the 27-year-old is quoted by Namibia Daily News as saying:

“Part of the goals I would like to achieve while at the FIFPro Africa Division Board is to see Namibian women’s football start a professional women’s league which will really help improve our senior national women’s football team.”

Her nomination is yet to be approved by FIFPro Africa’s general assembly which will meet in Zimbabwe on May 30 and 31. According to Stephane Burchkalter, Secretary General of FIFPro Africa, there’s “no doubt the appointment will be approved”.

(Photo: The Namibian)

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CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE TO ADDRESS HARVARD’S 2018 GRADUATING CLASS

Award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie has been chosen by the Harvard College Class of 2018 to address the graduating seniors as part of the annual Class Day celebration on May 23, the day before Harvard’s 367th Commencement.

The announcement was made on the Harvard Gazette. According to the co-chair of the speaker selection committee said:

“We are honored to welcome Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as our Class Day speaker. Her eloquence and perspective as a writer and public speaker have inspired audiences to look beyond stereotypes and social norms to recognize our common humanity. In her captivating TED talks, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie urges us to better understand one another’s stories and to plan for ‘a world of happier men and happier women who are truer to themselves.’ This is a powerful message for our class to hear as we reflect on our time at Harvard and prepare to write the next chapter of our stories,” said Jerry Nelluvelil, co-chair of the speaker selection committee.

The Harvard College Senior Class Committee has invited a guest speaker for Class Day since 1968. Prior to that, the honor was given to University affiliates, such as deans, faculty, or classmates. The first invited guest was Martin Luther King Jr., who accepted the invitation shortly before his assassination. His widow, Coretta Scott King, delivered the speech in his absence and also became the first woman to give a Class Day address at Harvard. Since that time, speakers have spanned fields including politics, social activism, journalism, film, comedy, and more.

 

Source: stargist.com

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“BE PROUD OF YOUR LEGITIMATE HUSTLE” – OMOBOLANLE ADENLE

Omobolanle Adenle is rising from the ashes of adversity and inspiring others to do so through her story. Her dream is to become a fashion mogul and one of the biggest online retail fashion stores. At a point in her life, completing her education became a huge task as she had to hawk and also learn hair-making and bead making at age 10. The beautiful graduate of Linguistics and African Languages from Obafemi Awolowo University in Ife Osun state Nigeria wear several caps as a fashionpreneur, business consultant, writer, author, digital marketer and an on air personality. While talking about online retail fashion business , Bola had this to say “Don’t deceive anybody with what you don’t have, sell exactly what you display.She shares the story of her rise from the ashes to glory in this interview .

Growing up
I grew up in the family of five, the last born of 3 children. I spent my childhood days in my parent’s salon, laundry, and video club, my mum has always been a serial entrepreneur, she forced us all to learn one trade or the other while growing up. I have always loved working with my hands as a kid. I remember stitching clothes together with needle and thread for baby dolls as a kid. I started making hair in my mum’s salon at age 10. I also learnt bead making and how to tie gele. I remember hosting a free fashion parade show as a 7 – 8year old primary school student after school daily, I’ll catwalk for an awaiting crowd in Mama Ede’s shop opposite our school gate after which I’ll be rewarded with lots of “baba dudu” sweet. Fashion has always been my passion.

Inspiration behind Bola Fashion Empire
Bola Fashion Empire emerged from my observation across Africa, I noticed certification in hand work has not been able to match up with certification in Formal Education like law, medicine, accounting etc. Many kids that are gifted in handwork like shoe making, bag making, hair stylist e.t.c seek to find expression with their God given talent but they are restricted to study fancy formal education to be relevant in the society. The funniest part is that most of us end up wasting 4years in University to be certified formally before pursuing our main vision because of the world standard of relevance. Bola Fashion Empire aims to create a fashion school with international certification that is of equal relevance with BSC in Medicine or any formal course. I hope to have a fashion university where secondary school graduates are enrolled in different departments such as Tailoring Department, Shoe Making Department, Beaders Department, Hairstyling Department, e.t.c, the best hands in different field from all nations in the world will be employed to teach them and they will graduate after 4 years and be internationally certified to work anywhere in the world. I hope to create a fashion empire where goods and services will be produced and sold at the cheapest factory rate and new fashionpreneur can emerge with little and big start up capital and make much more from their sales.

How hawking at different point shaped my life
It sharpened me to be fearless in life and be my own motivation.Nothing in life seems to move me much because of the capacity I have built in my entrepreneurial journey so far. My hate for lack and poverty is so strong and I dream big beyond my present circumstances per time with strong confidence to scale through any situation any circumstances that comes my way per time. My dreams become bigger as I scale through different phases and I’m just stepping up my game at the moment, because there’s so much ahead to do but I believe that with God all things are possible for me.

Who inspires me
My mum inspires me a lot, she taught me how to derive my first Inspiration from God’s word then other people can come to play. John Obidi also inspires me a lot to unleash the greatness in me, Strive Masiyiwa is one of the people I derive Inspiration from as an entrepreneur and in the fashion world I’m inspired by the likes of Tara Durotoye, mizwenneka the hair boss, C.E.O lumineeiofficial the award winning fashion designer inspires me with her creative works, Laura Ikeji of The Gang and Toyin Lawani of Tianahs empire inspire me a great deal.

Greatest Reward
The greatest reward so far is the privilege to be live on air on the fifth episode of Olajumoke Sauce vlog with olajumoke the bread seller turned star to share my story and inspire my world with my story so far. It’s a privilege to share my journey thus far and give hope to the little girl and boy with big dreams but are ready to give up based on challenges of life. It’s a privilege to be able to tell my fellow women how to survive through hard work without having to trade our body for cash to men and it’s a privilege to be opportuned to tell the world about what I do without having to pay for it.
I believe greater rewards are coming as I remain diligent with the works of my hands. I’m still looking up to God for the kind of reward I really desire and I believe it will come soonest by his grace.

Challenges
I have challenges with raising funds to run and sustain my business but all the same, I started with what I have and I’m still working really hard to build my dream. I have to keep re-strategizing on increasing my profit base per time which entails incorporating several works all together and juggling all together.
Another challenge I face as an entrepreneur with an online store is having to convince people to buy from my store without considering my store as a fraud based on previous experiences which is why I’m working on having my standard offline store soonest.

Perception of women in your industry
Women in fashion and in the business world generally rarely support each other if cash is not involved. They all want to leverage on celebrity and no one really want to support a startup entrepreneur except theirs a ransom to gain in view. Every woman in fashion business has a dream to increase in influence than her other counterpart which is the sole reason why support in such industry is very rare to find. But if you can manage to raise yourself to stardom, support will come from all angles when you are a star already and you are good at what you do. Few women in the industry are still supportive and empowering upcoming ones in their little way.

Other project and activities
As a fresh graduate of Linguistics and African languages, I’m presently a linguist, a writer and I write articles, stories and create contents for blogs, magazine and I do many copyright works at the moment. With my good communication skill in Yoruba and English language, I’m hoping to collaborate with people as an on air personality soonest. I just created a blog on Instagram @street2stardom, a blog that is set up to enhance our everyday men and women share their legitimate hustle and inspire our world to greatness, successful men and women who have survived in their entrepreneurial journey from the street to stardom will be featured to inspire those on their way to stardom by sharing their success tip with the world.

Giving up
As an entrepreneur with no help from anyone and singlehandedly handling many projects all together, I really feel like giving up many times when I was restricted by cash to pursue many of my projects and the thought of taking the easy route by collecting money from men to sustain crept up in my mind at the early stage of my entrepreneurial journey but God has indeed being faithful all the way which has kept me going to depend exclusively on him all the way and my mum never stop praying and encouraging me. Giving up is totally out of my view now but crushing obstacles and breaking all barrier is all that I have in view at the moment. I have this assurance that with God all things are indeed possible.

Being a Woman of Rubies
I believe my determination, doggedness and focus to be my own motivation and get things done and survive in harsh circumstances through my godly legitimate hustle makes me a woman of rubies. Not taking the easy route to success through dubious ungodly act makes me a woman of rubies
My diligence with the work my hands find doing per time makes me a woman of rubies.
For choosing to be self dependent instead of blaming Nigerian government, family, friends etc for not supporting me and working with my hands instead makes me a woman of rubies. My passion to make a difference and inspire my world to greatness and also empower my fellow human makes me a woman of rubies.

Final word for women who are thinking of going into online fashion business, especially with the high rate of people complaining of being duped by online retailers?
Be versatile and open to information to grow your business per time and leverage more on every opportunity to showcase what you sell. Be proud of your legitimate, your helper might just be behind you. Technology has really advanced, you don’t need a physical shop to start selling anything for a start, of course there will be need for a physical shop on the long run but for a start get your goods readily available first and start selling in your house, room, hostel etc, take good pictures of what you have for sale and post it online, build awareness online and you will be surprised you will go global fast if you engage the power of ecommerce and social media. Most importantly, don’t deceive anybody with what you don’t have, sell exactly what you display. You can only stand the test of time online if you are credible with little dealings then people can entrust you with big deals from home and abroad.
For those that desire to go into online fashion business I’ll strongly advice that you have at least one offline visibility means for your product and services.
It is very true that people have been duped several times online and it takes greater grace to sell a pin online therefore I’ll advice anyone that want to start his/her online fashion store to prepare for that and have at least one visibility medium. With persistence and good service you will build a customer base that will expand as time goes on through referrals and good digital marketing strategy.

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MEET AISHA GOMBI, The FORMER ANIMAL HUNTER WHO NOW WORKS WITH THE MILITARY TO FIGHT BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY

Aisha Bakari Gombi, one of the few women who volunteered to fight the terrorist group, is 38 and six feet tall. She was born and raised near the Sambisa forest, the headquarters of Boko Haram.

Formerly an antelope hunter, her experience and knowledge of the forest have made her the leader of a team of 15-20 male volunteers despite her limited training in military operations. Everyday, with her shotgun slung over her shoulder, she ventures into the scrubs of Borno, the northeastern province of Nigeria long plagued by Boko Haram attacks, hunting down their fighters.

She has been instrumental in the rescue of a high number of Boko Haram captives and she is front and centre in the efforts to neutralise the terrorist group.

(Photo: Rosie Collyer/Aljazeera)

Her bravery and keen hunting abilities have earned her the title of ‘Queen Hunter’. Government troops are quick to call on Aisha for her skills but slow to reward her efforts financially. Ms. Gombi is one of the recruits who helped the Nigerian Army defeat Boko Haram and chase the terrorist group away from the forest.

Watch the short film (by Rosie Collyer) about the legend that is Aisha Gombi below:

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