Toyin Saraki
While the men in power play their politics, all appears to
be well between their women. Wife of Senate president and a woman with a heart
for charity, Toyin Saraki, has been circulating via social media her acivities
in the recent 70th UN General Assembly, particularly in instances where she
represented the First Lady.
I’m
humbly honored to have represented the wife of the President of Nigeria, Her
Excellency Mrs Aisha Buhari at the Organisation of African First Ladies against
HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) United Nations General Assembly Side-Event Meeting.
According to Mrs. Buhari,This year’s theme – Building on MDGs to
invest in the post-2015 development agenda – is one that is close to my beloved
country, Nigeria’s heart.
The progress made on the MDGs across the world, including in
Nigeria – and indeed in a number of sub-Saharan African nations – has been
truly outstanding. Just fifteen years after, MDG 4 to reduce child mortality
came into effect in some countries; the global child mortality rate has fallen
by an outstanding 53%; whilst child mortality has fallen by 48% in the African
region.
She also
quotes Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, who while giving his address at the
meeting stated,
I have three grand-daughters, so the matters of women and girls are close to my heart.
I have three grand-daughters, so the matters of women and girls are close to my heart.
Diezani Alison-Madueke
FORMER
Nigerian minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has
trended for ten straight weeks before and after her arrest in London.
At one time, she denied seeking asylum in any part of the world,
stating that the Jonathan administration had done a lot in the Oil and Gas
industry that cannot be rubbished by malicious claims. But her arrest has
changed that music considerably, so much so that the United Kingdom-based
Chevening Scholarship, has removed her name from its list of female achievers.
Chevening, an international scholarship scheme which enables
students with leadership qualities from 144 countries and territories to
undertake postgraduate study or courses in universities in the UK, had given
Madueke its scholarship in 2002, which enabled her to attend the Cambridge
University for her MBA and on her return to Nigeria, became the first female
Executive Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company.
Her emergence as the first female to hold the position of the
Minister of Petroleum Resources and the first female President of the
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), prompted Chevening to
list her as one of its best female alumni in commemoration of the March 8
International Women’s Day.
But following her recent troubles and the invitation by UK’s
National Crime Agency on allegations of money laundering and corruption
offences, Chevening has delisted her name from its website.
Commentators are generally of the opinion that it says a
lot about “all these international honours”.
Seyi Shay
Another
female musical bright light making waves is Seyi Shay, who rocked the
blogosphere earlier in the year when she was pictured sitting next to former
president Goodluck Jonathan at an election campaign event in the hottest dress
of the year.
This month Seyi Shay signed a contract renewal deal with
Etisalat’s music platform “Cloud 9” keeping her as a brand ambassador of this
music platform alongside Olamide and Ice Prince. The deal was announced on
Cloud 9’s instagram page this week. Details still under wraps, apparently.
Linda-Ikeji
The
undisputed queen of the Nigerian blogosphere and latest neighbour of Mike
Adenuga had stunned the space by sharing photos of her newly-acquired palace in
Banana Island, releasing a statement generally prompting girls to work hard.
While her fans are cooing on her behalf, there are also a
million and one skeptics that question the source of this “sudden” wealth and
linking it to the 2015 presidential elections campaigns.
The photos are stunning, all agree.
