13 Things To Know About Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi, The First Woman To Declare Interest In Becoming President Come 2023

Media Entrepreneur and youth development advocate, Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi has become the first woman to declare interest in contesting for the office of president come 2023. Okunnu-Lamidi declared her interest to contest in the 2023 presidential elections on January 3rd. Speaking at a media conference held in Lagos, she disclosed that her motivation in vying for the Presidency stems from her …

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Video Of Billionaire Businesswoman, Folorunsho Alakija Preaching The Gospel In Lagos Emerges Online

Billionaire businesswoman, Apostle Folorunsho Alakija, on Friday, took to the streets of Lagos, microphone in hand, to preach the gospel. The philanthropist took to Instagram to share photos and a video as she invited people to join her to spread the gospel. In one of the posts, she wrote: In Mark 16:15 Jesus Christ commanded us to “Go into all the …

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Ex Minister Oby Ezekwesili Accepts To Head Transition Team Of Anambra State Gov Elect Professor Soludo

Oby Ezekwesili has accepted to head the transition team of the Governor-elect of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Ezekwesili is part of an 80-man committee saddled with the responsibility of ensuring a smooth transition of power from the administration of Governor Willie Obiano to Soludo on  March 17. The ex-Minister of Education confirmed her acceptance via her official Twitter page …

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Nimi Akinkugbe Celebrates Highlights Of Her First ‘Six Months In Office’ As Nigeria’s Ambassador To Greece

Nimi Akinkugbe is celebrating her first six months in office as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Greece. The personal finance expert who is also the CEO of Bestman Games was appointed in June 2021 making her the country’s first female ambassador to Greece. 14 Things To Know About Nigeria’s First Female Ambassador To Greece, Nimi Akinkugbe In a video she shared via …

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British Vogue Features Adut Akech, Eight Other Black Models In Debut February Issue

British Vogue has revealed its February 2022 cover featuring nine black women who are ‘redefining what it means to be a model’. It is the first time Vogue has featured a group of black women this size on the cover as the issue celebrates the rise of the African model and talks to some of those ‘redrawing the map’ and …

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‘How I Was BodyShamed And Dragged On Twitter Over My Looks’ – Naeto C’s Wife Reveals

Nicole Chikwe, wife of Nigerian singer Naeto C has opened up on how she was body-shamed by Nigerians online. In a series of posts, she revealed that people took to Twitter at different times between 2010 to 2012 just to criticize her looks. She admitted that it affected her especially because she was young but she soon developed thick skin. …

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WHO Appoints Toyin Saraki As Inaugural Ambassador For Global Health

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Foundation, an independent entity complementing WHO has appointed Mrs. Toyin Saraki as the inaugural WHO Foundation Ambassador for Global Health. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by the WHO Foundation and Wellbeing Foundation on Wednesday in Lagos. The Chief Executive Officer, WHO Foundation, Mr. Anil Soni, described Saraki as a highly esteemed global advocate, with decades …

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Kylie Jenner Makes History As She Becomes First Woman To Reach 300 Million Instagram Followers

Reality TV star and entrepreneur, Kylie Jenner has made history after becoming the first woman to cross 300 million followers on Instagram. This also makes her the third most-followed account on the photo-sharing platform. The first is Instagram’s official account (460 million) and in second place is footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (who has 388 million). Singers Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez …

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Aishah Ahmad Confirmed CBN Deputy Governor

CBN’s Deputy Governor, Aisha Ahmad Gets New Appointment

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad, has been appointed the chairman of the re-constituted board of the Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) Plc. In addition, three new directors were appointed for the exchange, out of which Ahmad was one of them. Others included CBN Director, Development Finance Department, Mr. Yusuf Yila and Dr. Angela Sere-Ejembi. A …

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‘Money Will Fail In 2023, Mark My Words – Ezekwesili Says

Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has warned that Money will fail Nigerian political leaders declaring to run for presidency in 2023. This comes hours after the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu informed the President of his ambition to contest in the 2023 presidential election. Ezekwesili on her Twitter page, while kicking against …

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