Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named among the 15 women Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex considers as ‘Forces for Change’. The women will feature in a special September issue of Vogue, which Meghan co-edited. The 15 women, who include activist and actor Jane Fonda, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, body positivity campaigner Jameela Jamil and New Zealand’s Prime...
Seven women made the 2019 ministerial nominees list sent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the Senate for confirmation. The figure represents 16.3% of the total of 43 nominees. There were six women in his first list of 36 in 2015, which is also 16 percent. The seven women on the list are Sharon Ikeazor, Zainab Ahmed, Gbemisola Saraki, Ramatu Tijjani-Aliyu,...
In 2006, Access Bank began a journey into the world of women and Banking on Women. After working through the Gender Empowerment Movement to invest in women for 8 years, the program evolved into a robust plan to provide women with banking solutions that meet their diverse career and lifestyle requirements named The ‘W’ Initiative. The “W” is not a...
Nigerian award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie is a Nigerian writer of novels, short stories, and nonfiction. She was described in the Times Literary Supplement as “the most prominent” of a procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature”. Adichie who is a well-known feminist has a lot of powerful quotes...
Instagram model, Fatima Timbo has graduated from Middlesex University with a first class in Accounting. The 21-year-old 4-feet Nigerian model with dwarfism started a career in modelling in 2017 in an attempt to promote body positivity for people with dwarfism and other physical conditions. She wrote on Instagram; Over the last 4 years I’ve been studying for an accounting and...
A 46-year-old woman who constantly faced criticisms and was mocked for having unusual names is now a source of inspiration to others after bagging a doctoral degree. Dr. Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck became a recent graduate of Ph.D. in higher education leadership from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after years of trying to prove herself despite her name. “People make such...
Nollywood star, Mercy Johnson Okojie is set to launch her new ‘kitchen talk show’ called Mercy’s Menu from July 2019 where she talks to fellow celebrities on their lifestyle, their opinion on life issues and their intimate secrets while cooking. The 13 episode show features veteran Nollywood actress, Liz Benson and other popular celebrities like AY, Chigul, Omawumi, Niniola, Ufuoma...
A Nigerian journalist, Toyosi Ogunseye, has become the vice president of World Editors Forum (WEF). Ogunseye who heads the BBC West Africa, was elected on Saturday at the annual meeting of WEF held in Scotland. She is to deputise Warren Fernandez, editor of the Straits Times and editor-in-chief of Singapore Press Holdings’ English, Malay and Tamil Media Group, for the...
19-year-old Nigerian medical student, Emediong Uduak Uko’s painting of music legend, ‘Lagbaja’ has become the first African work to be displayed at the Cyprus Modern Art Museum. Emediong is also the youngest artist and only African to have her work exhibited at the museum, which is the largest in the Mediterranean region. The excited artist shared the news on her...
We don’t get to read or hear about wedding stories like this often but when we find such, we believe it is every bit worth celebrating. That was the case of Gladys Lasila, Nigerian image consultant and luxury personal shopper who got married for the first time at age 50 to her partner, Ian Brown. The event took place on April...