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I’m interested in grooming the younger generation —Mariam Adebayo, founder of WAM Initiative
Mariam Adebayo is a lawyer in the making, a media enthusiast, a Millennium Campus fellow, and the founder of What About Me (WAM) Initiative. An innovative and creative person, she believes that young people and women have vital roles to…
I’m an advocate of women empowerment through fashion design —Kehinde Oladeji, women’s advocate and…
Kehinde Oladeji is a spoken-word poet, a women advocate, a professional dressmaker and the founder of Slitz Fashion Academy. A 2016 YALI RLC fellow and a 2018 Mandela Washington fellow, community outreach and woman empowerment are a major…
How I missed becoming a General in the Army —Col. Akerele, Rtd
Colonel Adenike Adisa Akerele is the first woman from Oyo State, to rise to the post of a Colonel in the Nigerian Army before her retirement. In this interview by TAYO GESINDE, she speaks about her sojourn in the military, the most defining…
How I became Sisí Elédé, the royal hustler!
Valentina Ibirogba-Unaji, a United States of America based Project Manager/Health Informatics professional, who also runs an international NGO - CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES Inc, arrived in Nigeria in February 2020, for what was supposed to be…
If I were the minister of power, I would be technology agnostic —Chisom Okoye, engineer and power…
Chisom Okoye is a petroleum engineer with know-how in engineering management. A graduate of Aberdeen and Coventry universities, she is the technical advisor on energy access at Clean Technology Hub, with specialty in grid and renewable…
My art is my channel for self-expression —Hannah Bassey, art therapist and founder of NanaArts
Hannah Bassey is an art activist, a painter, a photographer, a poet, a Mandela Washington Fellow, and the founder of NanaArts Initiative. Her paintings/works are about women empowerment, child abuse, environmental hazards, corruption and…
Parents’ pressure often lead into making wrong decisions about marriage —Olarinde
Princess H. A. Olarinde is a certified marriage mentor from American Institute for Relationship, Marriage and Family Affairs. She and her husband, Most Superior Evangelist Olusegun Olarinde coordinates the Before you say I DO and After…
I hear about sexual abuse through my project with young girls —Ronke Giwa-Onafuwa, broadcaster,…
Ronke Giwa-Onafuwa is a broadcaster at Splash FM, TalkMummy show convener and organiser of Who’s That Girl project, which she uses to connect with young girls. She is also an events compere/MC. In this interview by KINGSLEY ALUMONA, she…
Government should build care homes for our aged —Afuwape
Mrs Olubanke Afuwape is the Chief Executive Officer of Assisted Living Home Care Limited and FTG Collections, a home targeted towards caring for the aged. In this interview by ADEOLA OTEMADE, she says government should build nursing homes…
The fear of contracting coronavirus through hospital visit is understandable —Adetoun Faloye,…
Adetoun Faloye is a medical doctor with speciality in psychiatry; a senior registrar at the Department of Psychiatry of the University College Hospital, Ibadan and a mental health advocate. In this interview by Kingsley Alumona, she speaks…