A medical certified Pediatrician, known for her admirable role in the fight against cancer, turned 50 on March 27th and took to her official Instagram page to reflect on her life so far. According to her, fifty feels like..
“A calculated adjustment in my bones before I move. A calculated adjustment in my thoughts before I speak. A calculated adjustment in my heart to love more, be kind more and tolerate more” she says.
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Media personality and chieftain of All Progressive Congress (APC) Chief Amb. Ginika Tor Williams is set to contest in the Federal House Of Representative ring of Awgu. Aniri, Oji River Federal Constituency, in the forthcoming 2019 election.
Chief Amb. Ginika Tor-Williams is a TV personality, a media entrepreneur, brand management expert, income strategist, with vast experience in strategy and planning. She is a graduate of law from the University of Jos .
She is also the event consultant and manager for the Enugu State Fiesta by Enugu state Government through the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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She is also expected to visit the picturesque Swat Valley, her childhood home and the site of the Taliban attack against her, where she is to inaugurate a large school being built with aid from the Malala Fund, an advocacy organization for girls’ education worldwide that she founded in 2013.
A military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief the news media, said Yousufzai was expected to be accompanied by the Pakistani army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, on her visit to Swat. No separate confirmation of that was available.
Yousufzai and two other schoolgirls in Swat were pulled off their school bus and shot by Taliban militants in October 2012.
The attackers were specifically targeting her: Though only 15, she was already widely known for her advocacy for girls’ education, placing her in defiance of militant leaders who had banned such schooling in areas they controlled. One of the gunmen shouted “Who is Malala?” as he boarded the bus.
All three girls survived, but Yousufzai was critically injured, with a bullet grazing her brain and lodging in her neck. Doctors in Britain spent months rebuilding her skull, and she soon returned to her advocacy work — this time with a global audience of admirers. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Despite that, she has been harshly criticized by some Pakistanis, particularly those on the far right who accuse her of being a dupe for the West’s agenda.
Security during her visit in Pakistan was heavy from the start, when she and her family arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Airport in the dark of the early morning.
The local news media reported that Yousufzai was brought to Islamabad with a large security contingent.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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Mo Abudu, Ceo of EbonyLife TV has now in partnership with international production company Sony Pictures Television to distribute three television series around the world.
“Beautiful people 💕💕 I am pleased to announce to you all, the good news that I promised to share with you.
EbonyLife Limited and Sony Pictures Television has signed a 3 year deal on 3 exciting scripted TV projects set to be distributed internationally, yes!! To networks around the world👏🏾👏🏾 The 3 year project deal is the first of its kind, between Sony Pictures and a Nigerian/African company.Our 3 projects will include a TV series inspired by The Dahomey Warriors. This action packed series inspired by true events took place in the West African kingdom of Dahomey in 1890’s.
This is an empowering story of the all-female warriors from our continent!!! I could not be more proud as we developed this story👏🏾. I thank Sony for being such visionaries, for committing huge resources to this project. The plans for these projects are massive. To include A-listers as part of our cast. I am talking: Game of Thrones, Outlanders, Marco Polo. This is the level of support being made by Sony Pictures.
But what also gladdens my heart, is that there will also be great opportunities for cast and crew from across the continent to include Nigeria, of course,🇳🇬 This is a true partnership.
Thank you Sony Pictures TV for believing in us.
I have said time and time again, “if you can think it, you can do it”. My vision for EbonyLife has always been to take our stories to the world, and to change our narrative and now we have an opportunity to do this with a world-class organization such as Sony Pictures.
My Lord and God, thank you.🙏🏾🙏🏾 I congratulate the EbonyLife team on all the hard work that has brought us this far.To my mum, my kids, sisters, friends, thank you all so much for your love, support, and prayers.
Hollywood here we come, meet Nollywood💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 In this picture with me are; Mark Young, Senior Vice President, Distribution & Sales UK, Ireland, Africa, Iberia at Sony Pictures and
Kunle Falodun, Vice President Distribution Africa – Sony Pictures.”
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Nigerian sisters and designers,Sylvia Enekwe-Ojei and Olivia Enekwe-Okoji have been featured in Vogue Italia’s The Next Green Talents.
Born in the east, the sisters stared designing with their mother who was a tailor, they learnt the art of design and sewing by watching her and working with her.
They are part of the next generation designers Vogue is working with. In the interview, they spoke on the inspiration of their designs ,the challenges they faced building up their brand, Gozel Green, and plans for the future.
Read the interview here
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Wife of Nigerian Comedian AY , Mabel Makun has won the award for Business Entrepreneur of the year at the Nigeria Women Achievers Awards 2018.
Mabel who is an interior designer, took to her Instagram page to celebrate her latest achievement.
AY also took to his page to celebrate her award , saying ” I’m proud of you”
Two weeks ago, Aisha Addo launched DriveHer, a women-only ride sharing platform. Aisha, a Ghanaian who lives in Toronto, Canada, was motivated to start DriveHer after an experience with a taxi driver left her uncomfortable.
She was in a taxi going from a friend’s house to her home in Mississauga when her cab driver started asking her uncomfortable questions.
Aisha Addo (Photo: CBC)
It’s a story many women can identify with. She says:
“He was asking me if I lived alone, and for me that was a bit triggering, because I happened to. Then he started asking if I had a boyfriend, and then [there] just started to be some really weird sexual innuendos. I became a bit guarded.
It sort of got me thinking later on, ‘What about the people whose phones are off, or they don’t really have anyone to call?'”
She then called a friend who she asked to stay on the phone with her for the rest of the ride. She made it home safe, but that taxi ride, along with nights as a designated driver for her friends and hearing multiple news of women getting assaulted and harassed, inspired her to create DriveHer.
“Funny enough, the moment we sort of brought out the concept or idea of DriveHer, I think within that week there were five or six incidents of women that have been assaulted or women that have experienced some sort of violence.”
DriveHer (Photo: DriveHer)
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Aisha acknowledges that other ride-sharing services allow riders to specifically request female drivers, but she says DriveHer goes above and beyond existing options.
“There’s so many ride-sharing services, let’s not get that wrong, and that’s amazing, but then there was never really any option for women and people that identify as women. What DriveHer is, is providing an option and creating an equitable space where women and people who identify as women have that option.”
Essentially, while the platform functions like every other existing ride-sharing app, it’s unique in that the the app doesn’t allow male passengers or drivers. And, all the (female) drivers go through the police and criminal background checks that are standard for other ride-sharing services and training specific for its service.
On the 11th of March, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie attended an afternoon tea event in honor of American media personality, Oprah Winfrey.
The event was hosted in London by Vogue editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, to celebrate Oprah’s role in the film A Wrinkle In Time.
The huge smile plastered on Chimamanda’s face was proof of her excitement at meeting the highly revered Oprah.
Talking to Oprah, the novelist said: ““What an absolute force for good in the world, Aunty O: authenticity, grace, humor, generosity of spirit, endlessly in touch with her strength and her humanity. I am so grateful that you exist.”
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Nigerian Athlete, Blessing Okagbare-Ighoteghonor has ran an impressive 22.04 seconds in the 200m race at the Wes Kittley Invitational Track and Field Meet at the Abilene Christian University.
Apart from becoming the new African record, Okagbare’s winning time also becomes the new national record in the women’s 200m. Okagbare’s previous personal best in the event was 22.23secs and was set at the 2014 Eugene Diamond League.
Her feat has erased the 200m women African record held by Mary Onyali-Omagbemi since August 1996.
With her latest exploit, it means that Okagbare at the moment holds the Nigerian records in the women’s 100m (10.79secs) and 200m.
The Wes Kittley Invitational was her first competition of the season as Okagbare did not compete in the indoor season, which started in January.
The 26-year-old is one of the 37 athletes listed by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to participate at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, which begins on April 4.
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