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She is an astute banker with a passion for widows. In this interview, CHINWE-BODE AKINWANDE tells ADEDOYIN JOHNSON how she is giving back through her foundation. A Foundation For Widows The basis for starting the foundation is driven from the need to impact the lives of women whom ordinarily might have lost hope.…
We will need N150millon to fund late Ibidunni Ighodalo’s 40 At 40 infertility project, her husband and chairman of Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, said at a press conference held at her office on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, on Friday. He explained that 30-40 per cent of the money has…
His voice rang through the waiting room at the First Foundation office located on Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos. Defying the torrential downpour that welcomed Lagos to October, he marched into the rain with some members of his staff holding an umbrella above his head. “The rain won’t stop us today,”…
Senior Pastor of KICC, MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO and his wife YEMISI have been touching many widows’ lives through their empowerment project reports ADEDOYIN JOHNSON. The sun rose across the large landscape at Kings University in Ode Omu, Osun State. Teeming numbers of women dotted the expansive land, music booming from large…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN A banner bearing the insignia of the Ibidunni Ighodalo Foundation welcomes attendees to the 2018 edition of the foundation’s 2nd Annual Parents In Waiting Conference tagged, ‘Maa Gbe Temi Jo’, a Yoruba statement meaning I will dance with my own. At the registration desk inside the foyer at…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Seated in the lobby at the Four Point by Sheraton was Zuriel Oduwole. She looked unassuming. Her countenance serious as interacted with some of the film participants of the 2018 film training for 90 teenage girls in Nigeria, Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire, a project fully supported by Sahara…
The mid-day sun shines in its full strength over the open field at the Millennium Housing Estate, better known as, Tinubu Estate in Ibeshe-Ikorodu, Lagos. The tents erected on the field were filled with pregnant women, women with toddlers and babies who were there to share in the show of…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN The hall was thrown into a rousing laughter when I arrived at the Terra Arena located on Tiamuyu Savage Street, Victoria Island, on a rainy Friday morning. I could tell the compere was fully in control as all his jokes held the entire hall spellbound. It was just…
ADETOLA MAKINDE is a caregiver, creative counsellor and founder, Moyinoluwa Rainbow Foundation, one of the few Down syndrome centers in Lagos. In this interview with FUNKE OSAE-BROWN, she shares her experience nursing her daughter, Moyinoluwa, into a cute ballerina against all odds and starting a foundation. Excerpts Mo Rainbow…
The SEE event center will come alive to banters, music and laughter come Sunday April, 30 as Lawretta Ogrih, SEE Center and SEE Magazine CEO goes R.E.D for charity. Tagged ‘The R.E.D Moment: Restoring Everything Damaged’, the event is a charity comedy show put together to empower women in need.…
The creativity, capacity, tenacity and resilience of Nigerian youths can make a difference in enhancing development across the nation if adequately harnessed, Tonye Cole, Executive Director and Co-Founder Sahara Group has said. Cole made the above submission whilst speaking to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Sahara’s new initiative tagged…
BEATRICE ISOLA Chioma Nnadi (not real name) is an undergraduate at the polytechnic studying electrical engineering. She is doing a part time job to support her schooling as an orphan. At times life could be really hard when no part time jobs are coming or the little money she made…
AMAM ONYERINMA, author, ‘Successes Don’t Fail’ is returning home after 40 years abroad to empower women and children through her new book. In this interview she shares her plans with JUSTICE GODFREY OKAMGBA The current situation in Nigeria is bad, why are you returning to the country now that most…
Chelsea FC and Brazilian football wunderkind Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Júnior has collaborated with watchmaker Titan Black on a new iteration of the classic Rolex Milgauss to help raise money for London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). The limited edition Swiss chronometer features a lightning-bolt-shaped second hand and hours marked…
Adedeji Osinloye is the convener of Limitless Expectation to Attaining Purpose (LEAP), UK, who has been helping young people discover their purpose. In this interview, he tells TLR, how he has been making a difference in purposeful leadership. Excerpt: Can you tell us about LEAP? L.E.A.P stands for Limitless…
A total of 2, 600 beneficiaries in Lagos now have access to capacity building opportunities annually through vocational centers supported by leading energy giant, Sahara Group. This is in keeping with Sahara’s quest to enhance economic growth and development in Nigeria. Executive Director and Co-Founder, Sahara Group, Tonye Cole said…
Leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate, Sahara Group, has donated N120 million towards the cause of acquiring Mobile Cancer Centers (MCC) as Nigeria continues to seek sustainable avenues of combating the deadly disease. The MCC is a clinic on wheels with state-of-the-art facilities for screening, follow-up and treatment including surgeries…
BEATRICE ISOLA As part of the International Widow’s Day commemoration, Chinwe Bode-Akinwande Foundation (CBA Foundation) will hold a free health check day for widows, CBA Foundation founder, Chinwe Bode-Akinwande has said in a statement According to her, the foundation will also donate free food items and clothing outreach day. The…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Mama Sessay fell into labour in her native home in Sierra Leone. She was being assisted by fellow village women. Her labour was prolonged. The process painful. At last, one of the twin in her womb busted forth. The other trapped inside. She was later rushed to a…
Foremost French footwear and fashion designer, Christian Louboutin, has opened a new bag line for charity. The Christian Louboutin tote bags have been designed in support of La Maison Rose, a charity that provides homes and vocational training for vulnerable young Senegalese women. Depicting West African arts and crafts, the…
