Jumoke The ‘Agege Bread Seller’ Lands Her First Magazine Cover, Modelling Contract & Top Internship…

Her name is OLAJUMOKE ORISAGUNA, and today she covers the This Day Style magazine. TY Bello also shared Jumoke’s story on her Instagram.

Read her story as shared by TY Bello on instagram and see pictures below:

“Olajumoke a bread hawker from the Sabo market bakery, walked entirely by coincidence unto our set of our Thisday style shoot for @tiniegram The moment didn’t look special at all. If anything she stood there a little confused .. Some people asking her to leave the set and others asking her to stay . I signaled if it was OK to take her photograph and she agreed and I pressed on my shutter so she could move ahead . My main subject of interest was the Okada driver that had slowed down just before she arrived.  Okada riders have that cool Lagos vibe and always happen to add a bit of swag to street portraits.

I was wrong to have paid her such little attention. Every frame with her in it was perfect .. I had found a second subject in the Tinnie’s story .. A young beautiful hawker who could have served as a love interest of some sort. Digitally I made the red in her dress match @tiniegram sleeves to create a connection between them .

When the magazine came out last week and the images hit social media , I was proven right this girl split the limelight with the main subject effortlessly… questions and comments started to fly: Was she a model? How did we convince the model to balance all that bread on her head . The buzz about her multiplied when I clarified that she indeed wasn’t a model at all but simply stumbled on our set. I immediately begone my search for her. If so many felt she was beautiful enough to be a model.. Then maybe she was mean to be one. I was going to find a way to make it happen. I had assistants leave word with people in the area we shot her and to my delight the very next day, she showed up at my studio.

“Aso kan na ni mo wo kiri Lana…” Jumoke the ‘model’ the Internet had been searching for speaks almost no English. She explained how she had worn the exact outfit in our photograph the day before and someone showed her her own photograph on his phone from face book. A mallam led her to my studio that morning.

She narrated her journey to Lagos… A hair stylist from Ire in Osun state but not making enough profit between she and her husband, a sliding door installer in from same village, to care for their two young children.

At the invitation of a distant relative who knew someone operating a bakery, she relocated Lagos with her 14 month old daughter to give bread hawking a try, leaving her husband and older 5 year old behind .

As I listened to her, I wandered if the beauty I had seen on my screen as I edited my image was a fluke… well, until she smiled… I realized that I was wrong… I had in fact underestimated the beauty of this 27 year old woman. As always, it was her eyes and of course her perfectly chiseled features that jumped out at you when she chuckled. This lady belonged in front of my camera. After a conversation with her husband telling him the story of our meeting, I decided I was going to photograph her that very afternoon… Within an hour, Bimpe Onakoya, one of Nigeria’s leading makeup artist and Zubby one of my favourite hairstylist were at my studio to work magic. They had both followed the story online and were more than happy to put in their very best for her.
Olajumoke, with curly extensions out ,revealed a short natural Afro that beautifully hugged her face @Bimpeonakoya also had decided to keep the make up minimal… She stepped in front of my camera and I almost couldn’t recognize her. She moved different too. Jumoke looked straight into my lens emoting like she had done this all her life…. I knew we had found a star.”

During the course of the day, @emaedosio who was making a short documentary about the process had asked her what she really wanted to do .
‘Ka ma kiri Buredi ko suwon ‘ she explained that bread hawking wasn’t the most profitable business but put enough food on her table . It also put a roof over a head .. Howbeit a roof she shared with scores of other hawkers .

She was a trained hairdresser back in Osun state but her family could not afford the necessarily ‘freedom ‘ ceremony ; a passing out ritual that gives a trainee a sometimes unwritten permission to start a full fledged salon .
We all decided that the make over would be incomplete if it ended at the studio . Every one started to reach out to their contacts and through Bimpe we were able to get her a meeting with Ugo the pioneer of Make-me salon .

As a result of the buzz she generated from the Thisday cover Our model is now close to starting an internship at @makemesalon and has been offered a additional internship with @sarisignature a famous Lebanese owned salon on the island island .

To pay Jumoke her model fee from her first job in front of the camera we called @_ujumarshall one of Nigeria’s And matched her fees .She’s been offered a modelling contract with the help of @godsonukaegbu from a @fewmodels .She’s also had @payporte reach out to her to be model on their next billboard campaign .

This is clearly only the beginning of another chapter in Jumoke’s story . Though it seems accidental it s clearly Devine .

Just this morning ,mentor of mine offered to foot the bill for her accommodation ,education as well as her child’s .. This finally makes it possible to be finally reunited with her husband and older child .

I’ve asked my self over and again why all of this is happening . One thing is clear .. This woman here is no charity case .. We met her in the middle of her hustle … The woman works hard.. Seven days a week .. With a family to support .. But with dignity ..who pays that much attention to how she looks as she’s about to hawk bread … ?Arranging the bread so delicately like it was worth much more .. Making sure she left the bakery while it was steamy and hot … Every body likes their bread hot . .. All of this even when it’s clear that her profit in a day is between N300-500 .
This is the story of so many Nigerians .. The young house selling gala in traffic… The woman braiding hair under the bridge .. Nigerians work hard and we go it with style …

This has taught us and I hope everyone reading to pay a little attention ., to those clearly working hard around us .. You may have your own wahala to deal with .. But nothing gives you a bigger break from your troubles than just making life easier for someone else .. Give an orange seller a N1000 note and she may be able to take the next day off to attend to herself and her children .

Jumoke is sorted … I personally believe so with all the doors opening up for her but This story is more about the ‘jumokes’around you . Who put in all the work but just need a little push .You may not be able to help every one but as I learnt from someone I really respect … In your own unique way …. Do for the ONE what you would have liked to do for ALL.

Jumoke ooo.. Wants to be a hairstylists but secretly nurses a fantasy to act in a Yoruba film one day .. I know she’ll be a nollywood hit .. She did great in front of my camera and understood how to work the tiniest emotional nuances .She may not speak much English but can read and write in Yoruba.

Source: womanng

HOW FEMALE LAWYER STABBED HUSBAND TO DEATH

Who ever had told Oyelowo Oyediran Ajanaku that few hours after he thought the misunderstanding between him and his wife has been settled and that he will soon be another number at the mortuary, he wouldn’t believe it.

But that was exactly what happened as his heartthrob Yewande Fatoki,a lawyer working at the Ministry of Justice Oyo State played the Jezeebal and stabbed him to death.

Contrary to earlier reports being pushed by the family of Yewande to exonerate their daughter ,CKN News exclusive investigation has revealed how the young man was killed by a blood thirsty woman.

According to friends and family members of the deceased who spoke to CKN news today,France based Oyelowo was introduced to the deceased about three years ago through common family friends.Oyelowo who has a French passport did not get to know his wife well before jumping into marriage with her.After their wedding which was perfected within weeks the young man returned to his base in France while the wife worked in Nigeria.

He has been shuttling between Nigeria and france since then.As it is the usual practise,they had their ups and down but at every given time ,that was resolved by friends and family members.But those who spoke to us said Yewande is a very temperamental woman who brags around.Few days ago after Oyelowo returned to the country,he started having issue with Yewande .Though the main thrust of the matter was not revealed to us,but our investigation revealed that it has to do with allegation of infidelity.

Yewande accused her husband of having a child out of wedlock,Yewande on her part,three years after marriage has been having miscarriages. The arguement degenerated into a fistcuff,YewandeT who was battle ready picked up a scissor which she had kept in hiding and stabbed her husband .His cry attracted the attention of neighbours who quickly separated them and they were taken to the hospital where Oyelowo was treated of his wound with his wife.

This they said started with the role played by the family is selling a dummy to the press that Yewande was molested and with a dislocated arm and that she only stabbed the decease in self defence.

They asked if it was in self defence,how come Yewande stabbed him while he was sleeping from the effect of the pain killer drugs he took to lessen the effect of the initial stabbing.

They confined to CKN News that from day one,they never supported Oyelowo’s marriage to Yewande whom they accused of being too violent.Several times according to them,she has threatened to kill the young man but he never took her serious until the inevitable happened few hours ago.

 On their next move,they vowed to petition the Inspector General of Police,Oyo Stae Commissioner of Police,Ministry of Justice ,the French Embassy as well as human right groups.

All they want according to them is justice for their son,friend and brother.

SOURCE: CKN News

 

Nigeria Hits 5,000MW Power Generation Mark

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday disclosed that Nigeria has, for the first time in the history of her electricity generation, generated about 5,074 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

The TCN through its System Operator department, announced this new milestone Wednesday in Abuja.

It stated that it was pleased to announce the attainment of the new record peak generation of 5074.7MW as well as the highest maximum daily energy of 109,372 megawatts hour (MWH) which it wheeled across the country.

The new marks were attained on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, the TCN explained.

SOURCE:thisdaylive

Power generation to increase by 2000mw – Fashola

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has expressed optimism that given the various plans under taken by the present administration in the sector, power generation would increase with additional 2000MW by the last quarter of 2016.

He stated this at the Ministry’s budget defence before the Senate Committee on Power and Mines adding that a lot have changed in the management of power in the country, in recent times. Distribution of Power is no longer government business, but has been taken over by private Companies. Also government has privatized power generation which has steered towards the full privatization of the sector with transmission aspect being managed by Manitoba International of Canada.

According to the Minister, the 2016 budget focuses more on the transmission, completion of on-going projects, refurbishing power plants and tackling gas supply issues. If all these, are well addressed, the expected projection would boost electricity generation in the country.

The Minister further stated that the Ministry plans to take its role as a Policy maker more seriously while the agencies will be tasked more on implementation and execution of government’s agenda for the sector.

Speaking earlier, Chairman of the Committee, Senator James Manager, charged the Ministry to think out of the box, if it is to achieve its goals of taking Nigeria’s Power Sector to the next level. Further, he stated that Nigerians should reap from the sacrifices incurred in increase in tariff by enjoying uninterrupted power supply.

SOURCE: pmnewsnigeria

Varsities engage cats to prevent Lassa fever

The fight against Lassa fever on campuses takes a newer dimension, CHARLES ABAH reports

Authorities of the various universities in the country have deployed various strategies, including the use of cats, in order to prevent an outbreak of Lassa fever on campuses, findings by our correspondents reveal.

From the University of Benin, Edo State; Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State; University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State; Enugu State University of Science and Technology to the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the race for hunting of rats has taken a new dimension.

Before now, many, particularly animal scientists, did not bother about the danger of co-habiting with rodents, which they considered as part of the ecosystem. For the majority of the students also, provided these rodents did not eat their books and personal belongings, they could afford to allow them to exist on campuses.

But this situation has changed. Both the students and the workers no longer see these common rodents as co-partners. In fact, while some of the institutions employ the conventional approach such as preaching the “gospel” of cleanliness, sensitising students and members of staff to the danger of co-habiting with rats, and fumigation, others use the unorthodox mechanism like purchasing of cats to “de-rat” their campuses.

Even in some schools, students have thrown aboard the idea of indulging in their regular “drinking” of garri pastime.

That the authorities and the students now employ these strategies is not out of place. Rats, especially theNatal multimammate mice (Mastomys natalensis), found in many sub-Saharan Africa, are believed to be the major carrier of Lassa fever or Lassa hemorrhagic fever. And statistics so far show that no fewer than 60 persons have lost their lives to the virus in Nigeria.

From Benin, the authorities of UNIBEN are not giving anything to chance, especially with the reported death of a final-year engineering student. The student was said to be an occupant in Hall Three, one of the hostels on Ugbowo campus of the university.

But the UNIBEN management, through its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, dismissed the speculation about the death of a student of the university.

According to him, there is no truth in the story that a final-year student died of the virus.

Osasuyi, who, however, said the university was carrying out proactive measures to forestall any outbreak in the institution, added that a committee had been set up to sensitise members of staff and students to the dangers of the virus.

He also hinted of plans to “de-rat the university” as part of efforts to check the prevalence of rodents in the community.

Osasuyi added, “The vice-chancellor has mandated the student union to organise sensitisation programmes. Before any outbreak, the university is even proactive. The population of student is much; so, we cannot take chances. It is no news that we have rats everywhere.”

However, it was also learnt that the various hostels had been fortified with cats allegedly provided by the university management to control the number of rats within the community.

But to escape contracting the virus, a 400-level medical student, Eddy Uwughiren, said many students on campus had increased their commitment to personal hygiene.

Uwughiren said, “I know that the school has organised a seminar to enlighten students on Lassa fever. There are school cats that kill the rats. Rats are very common in our hostels but the cats do kill them. For me, I ensure that I cover all my edibles well. It is the same with my roommates; we try to maintain a high level of hygiene.”

The use of cats to prevent an outbreak of the virus is also fashionable in ABU. It was gathered that the authorities, in declaring war on rats, provided cats on hostels, especially on Samaru and Kongo campuses.

The Director, Health Services of the ABU, Dr. Hauwa Nana-Madugu, who confirmed this, however, said the university was free of Lassa fever.

According to her, all the hostels – Amina, Suleiman, Akenzua, Danfo-dio, ICSA/Rammat – have been provided with cats to eliminate all rats.

Besides fumigating and clearing the surroundings, students and members of staff, she said, had been sensitised to the danger of the disease.

She added, “Apart from fumigating the environment, clearing of the bushes and rats’ (reservoir), the various hostels have been provided with cats to attack the rats. The university has no option but to safeguard the lives of the residents of the community.”

But students of UNICAL and the Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, have reduced the consumption of garri with cold water (‘soaking’) due to the fear of the virus.

Though there has not been any reported case of Lassa fever in the state, the authorities of UNICAL have embarked on fumigation of hostels to reduce the number of rats in the institution.

A 400-level Human Anatomy student, Soso Jumbo, said students had been discouraged from consuming garri “soaked” in cold water.

He said, “We constantly get advice from the garri sellers on campus not to soak it the usual way in cold water to avoid contracting the virus. They have advised us to use to the hot water version for now and that is what I do if the need arises.”

Another student, Rosemary Johnson, said the fumigation by the management had reduced the presence of rodents on campus.

A 200-levels student in the Department Visual Arts, CRUTECH, Eme Archibong, said students had jettisoned the idea of “soaking” to avoid contracting Lassa fever.

The UNN management has also embarked on a campaign to sensitise the students to the virus.

Its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Okwun Omaku, said the management embarked on the campaign in order to prevent the outbreak of the disease in the institution.

He said, “We have been sensitising the students, creating awareness on the causes of Lassa fever and ways of preventing it. We did a memo on that and placed it on notice boards.

“Also, the campus radio station, Lion FM, is being used to create the necessary awareness among the students. The message is that they should ensure a clean environment, maintain hygiene and keep food and foodstuffs properly covered.”

But the Director for Public Affairs, ESUTECH, Mr. Ossy Ugwuoti, noted that Lassa fever was not in the state.

However, some of OAU students on Monday described rats at “co-tenants” in their halls of residence.

A student, who lives at Awo Hall, Timothy Okewale, said many students did not consider the presence of rats as a danger to their lives any longer because they had been living with these rodents since they were admitted to the university.

He said, “Rats are still around. They cannot go to anywhere because they get food easily and I think the environment makes them thrive.”

A resident at Mozambique Hall, who identified herself as Tope, agreed with Okewale on the presence of rats in the university.

She said although there had not been any recent fumigation in her hostel, the management placed a notice at the entrance of the hostels, advising students on the preventive measures.

She said, “The hall has not been fumigated since the outbreak of Lassa fever but we have plenty of rats around. Everybody is making efforts to prevent infection.

Students of the university last November embarked on a series of protests against the poor condition of their hostels.

However, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, said there were no rats in the university. He said the neatness of the campus made it unattractive to rats.

He said, “There are no rats in OAU. The environment is not conducive to them. Rats prefer to live in dirty places where they can hide. That is not the case on our campus. The neatness and cleanliness of the OAU does not make the campus attractive to rats.”

A UNIPORT student, John Nnadum, said that the institution had begun the campaign against Lassa fever since last week, adding that lectures were organised in the institution on how to avoid the disease.

The spokesperson for the university, Dr. William Wodi, confirmed the contribution the authorities were making to prevent the virus on campus.

He added that the university had trained its health workers.

However, a student of the Kenule Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic Bori, Favour Udonkwa, said the institution had not begun any campaign on Lassa fever.

Udonkwa, a Mass Communication student, explained that though it was not long that the polytechnic resumed after a long break, no campaign against Lassa fever was going on in the institution.

The Deputy Registrar/ Head of the Information Unit, UNILAG, Mr. Toyin Adebule, said the authorities were not giving anything to chance. Beyond fumigation and sharing of pamphlets to sensitise members of the community, Adebule added, the authorities had posted all the needed information about the virus on the university’s website.

He said, “Following the bedbug saga, we had fumigated the hostels and other parts of the institution. Since then, we have continued to carry out the exercise to ensure that the environment is habitable. With the strategies put in place by the directorate of works and health services, I do not think the university will be caught napping with regard to Lassa fever.”

Even UI, whose students are on vacation, is putting in place some preventive measures. The UI Director of Health Services, Dr. Femi Akingbola, said the school had taken measures to ensure that no student came to the school with the Lassa fever.

He said the school would also screen the students when they arrived on February 13, adding that the institution needed the support of the Oyo State Government to guide against dumping of refuse by residents of the community outside the campus at the school gate.

SOURCE: Punchng

Barbie Becomes More Reflective of Society With 3 New Body Types

After 57 years, it’s about time Barbie got a makeover! And no, it’s not that she got the latest looks off the runway (although she did get those too) or a new eye shadow, rather the doll has transformed in a way that consumers have been urging — Mattel finally listened. The Barbie of 2016 doesn’t have an unfeasible (literally, not replicable in nature) figure. Instead the plastic toy has morphed to resemble the women and girls who love it: tall, curvy, petite.

On Thursday, Mattel announced Barbie will come in three new body types. While the Barbie that those around the world have loved for decades will still be available, these additional designs will only add to the company’s increasingly diverse offerings, with seven different skin tones, 22 eye colors, and 24 various hairstyles and hair colors to choose from. The El Segundo, Calif., toy company’s latest dolls went on sale onBarbie.com the same morning, and they’ll begin hitting shelves on March 1. But that’s not all! By the end of the year, a total of 33 new dolls will have been rolled out.

These changes come in response to customer demand for dolls that look like them. While strides were made in 2015 — Barbie’s foot was flattened so she wasn’t perpetually prepared to slip into a pair of high heels (it’s hard to run around in stilettos on all her high-powered and important jobs) and a doll version of director Ava Duvernay flew off shelves — sales were still tanking. “We believe we have a responsibility to girls and parents to reflect a broader view of beauty,” Evelyn Mazzocco, senior vice president and global general manager of Barbie, said in a statement.

Initial response to the news was overwhelmingly positive. 

Spokeswoman Michelle Chidoni added that the brand wanted “the product line to be a better reflection of what girls see in the world around them.” It’s about time Barbie provided this, considering there were others in the marketplace filling in the gap. Most notably, artist Nickolay Lamm funded a successful Kickstarter campaign to bring a “normal Barbie” to market with the body of an average 19-year-old woman (add-ons include stickers with birth marks, scars, zits, cellulite, and stretch marks). Additionally, Disney’s Frozen dolls replaced Barbie as the feminist doll of choice. 

According to Time, the company knows the changes are a risk and a design team spent two years reinventing Barbie. It took Mattel months just to select the three words for each figure type. And it then had to translate those into appropriate, inoffensive terms — internationally as well.

Now, all curvy Barbie needs is Dadbod Ken. 

SOURCE: Yahoonews

Health Minister warns pregnant Nigerian women against traveling to Latin America over outbreak of Zika Virus

The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has warned pregnant Nigerian women against traveling to Latin America over the recent outbreak of a strange viral disease known as Zika which is transmitted by a certain class of Mosquito. The strange disease causes babies to have abnormally small heads and growth difficulties.

The spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Health, Boade Akinola, in a statement released today, said that there is no recorded case of the disease in Nigeria.

“The Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole is intimating Nigerians on the recent outbreak of. Zika virus infection, which was first discovered in Brazil in 2014. The virus is transmitted by a bite of mosquito vector. The manifestation of Zika virus infection include: mild fever, rash (mostly maculo-papular), headaches, joint pain (arthralgia), muscle pain (myalgia), loss of weight (asthenia), and non-purulent conjunctivitis. The virus is also associated with higher risk of congenital malformations in newborn when pregnant women are affected. The disease usually occurs about three (3) to twelve (12) days after the mosquito vector bite. The World Health Organisation has raised a global alert because the disease has affected about 23 countries in Americas especially in Latin America. At the moment, there is no cure or vaccine for Zika virus infection. The federal ministry of health hereby advises a travel restriction especially by pregnant women to Latin America for now until situation improves. In addition, the honourable minister of health has directed Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) to include Zika virus diagnosis as part of ongoing effort to manage Lassa Fever outbreak in the country. Prof Adewole, therefore urges Nigerians to be vigilant and report promptly any case of unexplained fever that is more than 48 hours, especially in those with recent travels to Latin America, to health care professionals. He also enjoined those working at various port of entry into the country to interview anyone coming from any of the Latin American countries for evidence Zika virus symptoms. In conclusion, the minister assures Nigerian that there is no single case of Zika virus infection in the country and there is no need to panic. The federal ministry of health will continue to monitor the situation and update Nigerians of any other developments. Women in Brazil have already been advised not to get pregnant in the next two years"the statement read