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Friday, September 23, 2016 08078068532
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‘My passion to help young women grow, a calling’
Text by Chidimma C. Okeke
H
ow many publications do you have? I have one published book titled The Journey of a Higher Life, my first book. In the book, I shared 70 nuggets deduced from my victory walk and inspired by the lessons from the experiences of my life that were not necessarily God-sent but they were God-used. The book teaches individuals how they can live victoriously on a daily basis and have a heaven on earth experience which is the higher life. I also have an e-book titled Spring Moments, which is a quote collection from my book, The Journey of a Higher Life. What is the story behind your career and motivation? I have always been interested in the concept of owning a business from a very young age. Whilst in school, in my younger days, after conversations with people, usually they would conclude that I am a businessminded person. Growing up, I read lots of business books authored by Richard Branson and Donald Trump. It inspired my thought process to
Text by Bamas Victoria @BamasVictoria
What influenced your passion for girls and women development? I am young and I am a woman. My heart breaks when I see young women who don’t know who they are and what they have and allow men and the society to validate their worth. What happens is that they pass on colourless ungodly values to their children, which eventually becomes a difficult cycle to break except by God’s intervention. For me, the passion to help women is a burden and a calling that I cannot neglect. What projects are you working on? My team and I are currently working on a project for young leaders,
Cofounder of Strides Adventure Club, Blessing Tangban, has called on Nigerian youth who are physically fit and are unemployed to consider running a hiking guide business. Blessing who spoke during a recent hiking tour at Katampe hills in Abuja said “There are opportunities for tourism business, taking someone on a hike you can get paid for doing that and at the same time stay fit.” Chuks Nwuba, also a cofounder said it started as a hobby before becoming a club. “We started last year me and a friend blessing decided to go climb a mountain in Dutse and from there a friend invited and a friend and then it grew
into what you see today,” he said. He said two Saturdays in a month we go hiking and the other Saturdays we go do the initial survey before going with group. He said aside from the fitness aspect, “one thing we over looked in Nigeria is tourism, so we are trying to get people to see how beautiful the country is and also be fit while doing it.“ Strides AC location administrator, Gideon Ashang, who finds hiking locations and watches out for hikers said, Abuja and many parts of Nigeria is filled with mountains so he gets the best possible mountains with the best possible great view and also scout for easy climbing routes.
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Onyinye Etoniru is the founder of Truekolours Hub, a learning hub for young leaders and women entrepreneurs which uses education and innovation to solve Africa’s leadership challenge. She also owns TJFC, an online social platform with a virtual hang out and book club teaching young girls and women about life and home management from God’s perspective. In this interview, Onyinye spokee about her mission so far in helping young women develop good values.
follow the path of entrepreneurship. Against popular opinion, I went ahead to study International Management at Henley Business School in UK. In the course of my study, I fell in love with organizational design which was one of the courses I did. This endeared my interest to the field of consulting. Coming back to Nigeria, I started a career in organizational design and development.
Youth club calls for more hiking enterprises in Nigeria
Don’t watch the clock; keep doing what it does. Keep going! – Sam Levenson
a project focused dership on leadership development rsity for University ates undergraduates aimed at em equipping them over to discover themselves h in early enough pare order to prepare them to make better careerr and urial entrepreneurial decisions. uld you What would say to otherr young women? To young women, ecial and you are special invaluable to your generation because of u carry and the seed you sponsible for. you are responsible Your duty is to first discover yourself, son and the assignment find the reason of your life; follow that path with all your heart, soul and might. Don’t s, don’t live your life by settle for less, the terms sett by the society but the terms set by God.
Int’l Day of Peace: NGOs sue for peace Text by Victoria Onehi & Maureen Onochie “When there is war, lives and properties are destroyed and that distorts national development,” Chief Executive, Miss Peace Beauty Nigeria, Mrs. Lauretta Achudume has said. Speaking yesterday in Abuja during a cocktail to mark the International Day of Peace in collaboration with the Katherine Parker Initiative, she said that everyone should
make peace a personal business and learn to tolerate one another irrespective of religion, tribe and race. “Peace is all we need. Without peace there will be no investment. A peaceful Nigeria will encourage local and foreign investors to invest in the country thereby promoting development,” Achudume said. She said the Pageant started in 2010 with the aim of promoting peace by embarking on peace awareness projects and
initiatives in the country. On her part, Founder, Katherine Parker Initiative, Mrs Eki Agorom lamented over the increasing number of displaced persons in the country as a result of insurgency hence calling for tolerance amongst people. “We gathered friends and people today whom we see as peace influencers to spread the message of peace. Peace has to reign. The rate of insurgency today is alarming, so the world need peace,” she said.
Empowerment: 24,000 MSMEs register for FG’s scheme Text by Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun About 24,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country have applied for technical and financial support under the Federal Government’s Growth and Employment (GEM) project. The Coordinator of the project, Mr Yunusa Labaran in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja this week said the figure represents those that have applied through the Business Innovation and Growth (BIG) platform.
GEM seeks to provide technical support and grant to participating MSMEs in five identified sectors with high potential for economic growth and employment generation. The sectors are Information and Communication Technology (ICT), entertainment, hospitality, light manufacturing and construction/real estate. GEM is being supported by the World Bank with a loan of $160million, and a grant of $100million from the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
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‘I want to invent cheaper source of electricity in Nigeria’ Text from Mohammed Shosanya,Lagos Master Oluwaseun Emoda, one of the contestants in the on-going Cowbellpedia Mathematics television quiz show has disclosed that his greatest ambition is to invent a cheaper means of generating electricity for Nigerians. Emoda, a 16-year-old senior student of Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State intends to study Electrical Engineering in the University to fulfil his ambition of inventing a cheaper source of electricity. He added that cheaper electricity will give a lot of Nigerians access to abundant power to live a decent life. Emoda, who scored 97 percent in the qualifying written examination to emerge
as one of the Top Twenty candidates, slugged it out in the senior preliminary round with Ademola Fatoke of Ota Total Academy, Ota, Ogun State, and four others. In the junior category, the ‘battle’ was among Oreofe Daniel of The Ambassador College, Ota, Ogun state and five other contestants. All the contestants expressed confidence about their chances to excel in the competition and promised to put in all efforts to realize the dream of winning the ultimate prize. The ultimate prize for this year’s edition is one million naira and an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country. The teacher of the winning students will receive Four hundred thousand naira.
Firm launches video tutorials for students Text from Nurudeen Oyewole, Lagos
after the auditions. Take Over Tour crew members
Text by Bamas Victoria @Bamas Victoria
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rganiser of the Social event, ‘Take Over Tour’, King Akan Eyo has said the tour will be hosted in Abuja this month. Eyo who is the founder of GreenLabel Entertainment disclosing this during the talent audition in Abuja said the three day event will take entertainment to rural communities, support emerging talents and creates opportunities for investments in the northern entertainment industry.
He said, “We want artists from Abuja and Northern Nigeria to get the exposure they deserve, enough to compete with artists from other regions.” King added that, “We want to position Abuja and Northern talents in a way that they can get the attention of the corporate sector.” On the place of entertainment in youth development king explained that “Entertainment is a great medium for the youths in society to express themselves and when youths
are occupied creatively, there is little room for them to engage in terrorism, cultism and social vices.” Artistes like Morell, LK Kuddy, Tony Wenom, 4Reign, Prokassy, Ambassador Wahala, Shortcut, Nick B are expected to perform. The tour will begin in the last week of September, and will feature established and emerging talents in music, comedy, dance, fashion, spoken words poetry and the side attractions include; games, give-aways, rap battles, contests and promotions.
The Educational Advancement Centre (EAD) has launched a digital educational device otherwise known as the Video Tutorials for students in primary and secondary schools across the country. At a briefing in Lagos, Director EAD, Dr Muyiwa Bamigbose said the Video Tutorials comprise of audio visual files that have been painstakingly processed with lessons on various subjects being studied in school by students in primary and secondary schools. According to Bamigbose, the files can be installed on android phones, tablets
and Personal Computers without the rigour of internet connectivity. He said while the new digital tool for learning has not come to replace teachers, it nonetheless serves to complement learning that teachers impacted in classrooms. “It is unfortunate that many young Nigerians keep failing public examinations like WASSCE and NECO in record number. Today, we have Video Tutorials through which primary schools and secondary schools subjects are comprehensively discussed with interactivity. “This, we believe will aid the efforts of the teachers in the classrooms,” Bamigbose said.
Movie: Audience thrilled as Simple fashion tips for you this weekend ‘93 Days’ premieres in Lagos Text from Nurudeen Oyewole, Lagos A cross section of Nigerians who witnessed the premiere of the celebrated movie, 93 Days, in Lagos have commended the ingenuity of the film’s cast and crew. The movie which encapsulated the true life experience of Nigeria’s battle with the dreaded Ebola virus in 2014 was premiered at the House on the Rock Church, Lekki, Lagos with large turnout of prominent Nigerians and foreigners. Bisi Adejumo, a 21year old undergraduate at University of Lagos (UNILAG) described the movie as an overwhelming experience for her. She said for the first time in a long while, the spirit of patriotism was fired in her.
“Watching the sacrifice of late Dr Stella Adadevoh and other doctors of First Consultant Hospital was quite inspiring. At a point I could not hold back my tears. I was overwhelmed and for the first time, I felt I also have a responsibility for a greater Nigeria,” Adejumo said. Another young Nigerian who was in the audience, Seun Ajibade said he was quite impressed. “Nothing thrills me more than the quality of the job done. The actors and actresses were real and evoke passions, making it to look as if we are witnessing what actually transpired during the Ebola crisis for real,” Ajibade said. Cast in ‘93 Days’ include, Bimbo Akintola, Danny Glover, Tim Reid, Gideon Okeke, Bimbo Manuel, Charles Okafor among others.
Text by Eseohe Ebhota @EbhotaEseohe
People of both genders may commit some fashion blunders occasionally. The reason is because we failed to consider some ‘important’ details. So this week, we have some fashion tips you can use as a guide over the weekend. - Wear fitting outfits: The best thing you can do for yourself this weekend is to ensure that everything you wear fits properly. Sometimes, I see some guys wear ‘oversized’ clothes. This turns ladies off and for ladies who do this, it turns the men off too so while dressing, watch what you wear. - Keep it simple: It’s another weekend and you want to look as simple as possible. Even if you are attending a wedding, coronation or any event, you can still dress gorgeously no matter how simple your outfit may look. Ladies, you don’t need to wear the biggest earrings or rub a very bright lipstick or eye-shadow before you would be noticed at that event. - Watch your shoes: As a guy or lady, one thing that will not go unnoticed are your shoes, especially how clean
and sharp they look. Boost your self-esteem this weekend by wearing a great pair of shoes. Make sure they are clean and neat. Forget what’s in ‘vogue’: Because of what may be trending in the fashion world, a lot of people especially ladies want to keep up with it forgetting that as soon as newer styles come on board, the ones already acquired become ‘waste’ because you end up not wearing everything you bought. Fashion doesn’t have to be complicated to be gorgeous or ‘chic’. You can still be simple but classy. All it takes is reorganizing your wardrobe.
I never dreamed about success. I worked for it – Estee Lauder