More women are taking the lead in their industries, doing what only they can do best. Benedicta Oyiana, our Woman Crush Wednesday, is a perfect example. She is a seasoned HR leader with extensive experience spanning the FMCG, banking, and management consulting industries. She has also cut her teeth in business process review and development to provide business advisory services to SMEs. Benedicta is currently the Country HR Manager Nigeria and Ghana at Baker Hughes, a GE company. She brings her human resources experience that infuses change management and organisational transformation including new system implementation, cultural transformation, organisational transformation, new…
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Ultimate Love reality show winners, Rosemary Afuwape aka Rosie and Kachi, both known as Roksie have called off their relationship. Rosie broke the news on her Instagram live disclosing why they decided to call it off, stating that they would remain friends. She also insisted that fans did not vote for them to get married, but for them to win the show. https://twitter.com/Adaifeatu/status/1323243408526348290 After so much concern from fans, Rosie has now put out an apology for her approach towards the live video. She wrote: When the pressure gets hard, we say things out of frustration. I really wish I could…
Veteran Nigerian singer, Muma Gee has opened up on her failed marriage to Nollywood actor, Prince Eke. In an interview with Sun News online, she spoke about her 2016 split from Prince Eke, who she had married in 2011. Contrary to the allegations of infidelity which Eke was said to have cited as the reason for the split, the singer claimed her ex-husband decided one day that he was walking out of the marriage to her surprise. The mom of three said: “I believe that one of the duties I have to fulfill here on earth is motherhood, and that…
The Northern filmmakers under the aegis of Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN) has suspended Kannywood actress, Rahama Sadau for wearing a backless dress in recent photos posted online. Vanguard reports that the body in a statement said the actress’ post has resulted to blasphemous comments against the Holy Prophet of Islam on social media. This comes after the actress posted a video on Instagram where she apologized and begged Muslim community for forgiveness over the controversial dress. You recall that the apex body of Northern filmmakers had earlier suspended the actress in October of 2016 for similar misconduct. But the…
Canadian singer, Justin Bieber spoke about his mental health struggles revealing that there was a time he was suicidal as a teenage superstar. In a new YouTube documentary, “Justin Bieber: Next Chapter” which gives viewers an exclusive look into the singer’s life during the coronavirus pandemic, he spoke about his life, fame and depression. Bieber said: “I think there were times where I was really, really suicidal. Like, man, is this pain ever going to go away?” “It was so consistent, the pain was so consistent. I was just suffering. So, I’m just like, man, I would rather not feel…
For the first time, two women in Taiwan became the first military officers to marry their same-sex civilian partners on Friday. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry called it an “open and progressive” move and gave its blessings to all 188 couples married during the annual mass wedding in Taiwan, marking another landmark for LGBTQ+ rights in Asia. Taiwan government became the first to legalize same-sex marriage in Asia last year, but gay couples are only allowed to marry foreigners from countries where same-sex marriage is also legal. “I am hoping to boost the visibility of homosexuals so that people understand we are…
Media personality, Toke Makinwa is celebrating her 36th birthday today. She took to Instagram to share her many struggles this year and her many expectations before her 36th birthday that never came to fruition. In her lengthy post, Toke said she had expected to be posting “baby on the way photos” but it is not so. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHH93BEl4xf/ “The month of October was not the best I’ve felt, I don’t just want to post glam pictures cos I do love the glam life but that’s not all there is to me. I have been given this platform to share, to…
Big Brother Naija star, Khafi Kareem wrote a tribute to her late brother seeking for justice for his murder five months ago. The reality star, who is celebrating her birthday today, said her wish is for her late brother’s killers to be brought to book. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHHpNy6p2tn/ She wrote; “Today is my birthday woop woop!! I am truly grateful to see another year in my life and can only thank God! I celebrate being alive and I celebrate that God has kept me. Thank God with me oooo!! But I would be lying if I said there wasn’t hurt and a…
“Baby Shark“, the popular children’s sing-along-song about a family of sharks, has become the most-watched YouTube video on Monday, with more than seven billion plays. The South Korea-produced song has gone from the realm of children’s YouTube to a global viral sensation, with an infectious melody depicted by a colourful video. “Baby Shark Dance”, the English-language version of the song, garnered over seven billion views on YouTube at around 0400 GMT on Monday, dethroning Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” as the most-watched video on the platform. The widely-circulated children’s song and earworm, first uploaded to YouTube in June 2016,…
Dear Dorothy, I am pregnant and my boyfriend keeps asking me if the child is his. Truth be told Dorothy since we began dating over two years ago, I have never looked at another man let alone cheated on him. I know he has roving eyes and may have been with other women in the time we have been together. I have not caught him cheating on me, just suspicious. My reason tells me that as the “one who is cheating on me” he may feel that women cheat in relationships. I have assured him that the child is his…