Today, our Woman Crush Wednesday is Reni Folawiyo, the founder of Alara, a concept store in the heart of Victoria Island, Lagos that seeks to redefine luxury fashion for Nigerians. She is a veteran in the Nigeran fashion industry and has done a brilliant job by being part of the force that has helped champion the right narrative about African fashion as well as putting it on the map. Thanks to her store, the international scene has been properly introduced to African luxury. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Folawiyo explained her motivation in fine detail, “I felt…
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My Dear Daughter, Do not go into any relationship with someone who you care about knowing their flaws with the thought that you can get them to change. This is biting off more than you can chew. It can lead to your relationship being ruined or what you end up with are two people who are not happy with each other. You have to bear in mind that you can not change: How people feel How they respond What they think What they believe How they love How they live their life However, you can change: How you feel How…
The Trophy Tour, presented by Etihad Airways, visits vibrant football city Lagos as part of its global Trophy Tour City legend Micah Richards will accompany the trophies for a series of exciting fan events After a record-breaking 2018/19 season, City becomes the first soccer club to take the men’s and women’s trophies on a global tour at the same time City will be hosting a match day screening as City take on Brighton on Saturday 31 August. Lagos, Nigeria: Manchester City is bringing its silverware to Lagos, Nigeria to celebrate with fans as part of their global trophy tour, presented…
Garfield Benjamin, Solent University Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media giant recently announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that reads people’s brainwaves to allow them to type just by thinking. And Elon Musk wants to go even further. One of the Tesla boss’s other companies, Neuralink, is developing a brain implant to connect people’s minds directly to a computer. Musk admits that he takes inspiration from science fiction, and that he wants to make sure humans can “keep up” with artificial…
Willie Chinyamurindi, University of Fort Hare Women in South Africa are in a far better position economically now than they were at the dawn of democracy two decades ago. This is thanks largely to laws and policies designed to diversify the country’s public and private sectors after apartheid. Legislation is one way to improve the lot of women in the workplace. The other involves what Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox call “sisters doing it for themselves” – individual women taking their careers into their own hands and mentoring their peers to do the same. One way in which women can…
Holy Humour Taking a break. God is talking to one of his angels and says, “Do you know what I have just done? I have just created a 24-hour period of alternating light and darkness on Earth. Isn’t that good?” The angel says, “Yes, but what will you do now?” God says, “I think I’ll call it a day.” Sunday Quote “I don’t believe…
Unlike the good days of yore, we roast like oxen on hot coal! A man screams fire! Fire! We swing to action by setting up a tripod, moving our fingers in the rhythmic flick, clicks! We are delightful news pioneers, stacking up contents for our fans and blogs rather than helping a distressing compatriot. Our lives rest on the shoulders of callous licensed men of guns, pronouncing upon us guilt with their bullets ploughed into our lungs. Maybe the sporadic shooting is strategic – to shrink the plebeians. The land groans of the agony of a trapped rat in…
Reading 1 2 Cor 11:18, 21-30 Brothers and sisters: Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. To my shame I say that we were too weak! But what anyone dares to boast of (I am speaking in foolishness) I also dare. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they children of Israel? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I am talking like an insane person). I am still more, with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, far worse beatings, and numerous brushes with death. Five times…
Scott Lear, Simon Fraser University There is a movement afoot (pun intended) to get more people exercising by involving their family doctors. In the United Kingdom, the government recently released Moving Medicine — an online resource to help doctors talk to their patients about the importance of exercise in relation to conditions as diverse as cancer and dementia. This is a welcome initiative given that physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization. The benefits of exercise have been proven over and over again: Exercise reduces risk of depression, type…
Dr. Elena Merenda, University of Guelph-Humber and Nikki Martyn, University of Guelph-Humber In Ontario, Education Minister Lisa Thompson recently announced she will be consulting with education partners on the possibility of removing hard caps on class sizes. Kindergarten classes are capped at 29 and grades 1, 2 and 3 have a cap of 23 students. Regular caps could sometimes be higher due to children moving in and out of a class. There are many particular reasons why both teachers and students won’t do as well with larger class sizes. For example, more children means less time for teachers to attend…