Actress, Georgina Onuoha, shares a stunning photo of herself in a cute swimwear and an inspiring post to women, admonishing them to love themselves for who they are.
See photo and post below:
Affiong Williams is the CEO of Reelfruit. ReelFruit is an emerging fruit processing company that is currently introducing a new snack into the Nigerian market; healthy and delicious dried fruit to cater to the growing number of health conscious consumers. It recently launched two new products into the market, and in process to set up processing factory for export of dried fruit.
Affiong has a Post graduate diploma in Business Administration from the University of Witwatersrand, and a BSc in Physiology, Psychology from the same university.
In 2012, she left her job as a manager at Endeavor South Africa, a small business incubator, moved back to Nigeria and founded Reelfruit. She started out from a flat in the Surulere area of Lagos, with $8,000 from savings and loans from friends and family.
ReelFruit produces dried fruit snacks such as Pineapple, Mango, Banana, PaPaya (Paw-Paw), Coconut and Fruit & Nut Mix with Cashews for the health-conscious Nigerian, and in 2016 alone, it sold 500,000 packs of snacks.
The products can be found in more than 80 outlets across Nigeria.
In September 2013, ReelFruit was placed first out of 700 applicants for Women in Business Challenge organised by BidNetowrk, Netherlands. The company won the 5000 Euro prize.
Three months later, it won Creative Focus Africa’s SME competition for businesses in Lagos.
She was named in Forbes Africa 2016 list of “30 under 30 African Entrepreneurs” who are the “billionaires of tomorrow who will create jobs and wealth for the continent.”
During an interview with Africa news.com, she said;
“Well, I was actually attracted to the sector for a number of reasons. Firstly, I believe there is untapped opportunity in processing and value addition of raw materials and I also believe it’s a very budding sector, there is a lot of opportunity as well as the job creation which I think is quite important to me as an entrepreneur”
Domestic violence victim, Ivie Edobor, who lost her right leg after she was brutally attacked by her husband, John Edobor and his thugs in Lagos,took to her Facebook page to share testimony and photos of her a year after the incident. Her bones was badly crushed and she is currently on crutches with iron bars inside the legs to aid support.
She wrote;
”It’s been 1year since the terrible incident that took my right leg. I’m grateful to God for sparing my life that night. Yes, the perpetrator is still at large after jumping bail and fleeing the country to America with his mistress even with court case still on but one thing is sure, I am strong, I am happy, I am free, I have the love of my beautiful angels and most importantly, I AM A SURVIVOR. This is my life after DV. My God is awesome.”
It is no longer news that Big Brother Naija housemates, T-Boss and Kemen, are not on talking terms after Kemen tried to sexually harrass T-Boss and got disqualified from the show. The gist reaching us is that Azuka Ogujiuba of Media Room Hub and Charles Opaleke, a night club owner in Abuja have wade into the matter and decided to reconcile the two housemates. A peace meeting was organized and the good news is that the duo have settled their scores and are now on good terms.
Media Room Hub released some pictures of the two after the peace meeting. Check out pictures below;
Photos Credit: Media Room Hub
American actress, Gabrielle Union, took to her Instagram account on Fathers Day to share a younger photo of her dad and an emotional story about how her father was once harrassed by cops while he was going to work.
Read her post below;
“My Dad is about 19 in this picture & fully believed in the American dream. That if you just work hard & do the right thing, serve your country, marry a nice girl, you will be considered special, different. So he joined the Army, got out & married a nice girl and went to work and started a family. Both my parents went to college at night & cleaned the daycare late at night in exchange for free childcare. They moved to a “good neighborhood” & slowly earned college degrees & got promoted. All the while raising their 3 girls as well as other kids who needed homes and guidance. He also coached our sports teams, mentored kids, officiated games… and none of it mattered.
On his way to work one morning driving out of our perfectly planned suburban community in his Mercedes and rocking a tailored 3 piece suit, my father was stopped, pulled out of his car in front of the entire neighborhood and put spread eagle on the ground with guns pointed at him. They said a convict had just escaped from a nearby jail. The guy they were looking for was 20. My dad was balding in his 40s. When I see this picture of my father I cannot help but think of #PhilandoCastile a good man who did all the right things and was a father figure to so many…and none of it mattered. On this day and every day know that we are not threatening by birth. Do not demonize our breath. We are not to be feared. Our lives, our children, our love… IT MATTERS! We matter. #BlackLivesMatter”
Alexa Canady is a retired American medical doctor specializing in Neurosurgery. She was born in Lansing, Michigan, on November 7, 1950. She and her younger brother were raised outside of Lansing and were the only two African-American students in their school. They faced many obstacles throughout their school years. However, despite these obstacles, Canady stood out among her peers academically, both in the classroom and by earning high scores on her tests in school.
She later received her M.D. with cum laude honors from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1975. She became a surgical intern at the Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1975-1976, rotating under Dr. William F. Collins. Although being an exceptional student, she still faced prejudice and discriminative comments as she was both the first black and female intern in the program. She then became the first African American woman neurosurgery resident in the US at the University of Minnesota. Despite what people said about her, Canady viewed her accomplishments as something both women and African Americans could look up to.
She became Chief of Neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in 1987 and held the position until her retirement in 2001. During her time as Chief, she specialized in congenital spinal abnormalities, hydrocephalus, trauma and brain tumors. Her work and accomplishments have opened the door for many surgeons to be of all races and genders.
Alexa Canady later received her M.D. with cum laude honors from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1975. She then became a surgical intern at the Yale-New Haven Hospital from 1975-1976, rotating under Dr. William F. Collins. Although being an exceptional student, she still faced prejudice and discriminative comments as she was both the first black and female intern in the program. She then became the first African American woman neurosurgery resident in the US at the University of Minnesota. Despite what people said about her, Canady viewed her accomplishments as something both women and African Americans could look up to.
She has also been awarded three honorary degrees – doctor of humane letters honorary degrees from the University of Detroit-Mercy in 1997 and Roosevelt University in 2014, and a doctor of science from the University of Southern Connecticut in 1999.
In celebration of Fathers Day, Ghanian actress, Nadia Buari, shares a cute photo of her baby daddy pushing a trolley of the couple’s twin girls in a double carrier as she strolled beside them, with a Fathers’ day message.
She wrote,
”Happy Father’s Day to the king of our castle. I love u”
She is yet to post a full, clear picture of her twin girls and their dad.
Elite model, Mayowa Nicholas, who made waves two months ago when she became the Face of Calvin Klein’s latest campaign, is making waves again as the new Face of Marc Jacobs Beauty! Beth Model Africa took to its Instagram page to share the news and a video clip of her being prepped by Marc Jacobs brand’s beauty consultant and makeup artist; Diane Kendal.
Mayowa has walked for world famous designers including Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Balmain, Moschino Schiaparelli who she closed for, Azzaro, Ralph & Rosso, La Perla and more. She has fronted campaign for YSL, Calvin Klein to mention a few.
US singer/songwriter, Katy Perry broke world record yesterday, June 17, 2017, by becoming the first Twitter user to have 100 million followers on Twitter.
The website- Twitter, posted a video compilation of her tweets since she joined in 2009 along with a message saying “Today, we #WITNESS history”.
‘Witness’ is the name of Katy Perry’s new album. She is followed closely by Justin Beiber who has 96.7 million followers. Barack Obama in third place with almost 91 million followers.
Actress Mercy Aigbe’s son, Olajuwon Gentry, who was born on June 17, 2010, clocked 7 years of age yesterday June 17, 2016, and the proud mum released cute photos and beautiful birthday messages to mark his birthday. See post and photos below;
”My prince is officially 7!!????
My jewel of inestimable value ❤
The reason I’m called BLESSED
My source of joy and happiness ????
My carbon copy????
My everything ❤
Happy birthday my love????I can’t keep calm ???????? it’s my baby’s birthday
You will continue to be a source of joy IJN……
Happy birthday my princeThe reason I am called BLESSED….
My WORLD…..
My ALL……
Happy Birthday OLAJUWON”
God bless your new age, Olajuwon!
