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- Funke Akindele in 2009 👏🏿
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GOD DID!!! Thank you Jenifans for supporting Everybody Loves Jenifa! We couldn’t have gotten here without you. We’re excited for what’s to come with this massive win. Keep watching in all cinemas nationwide! Here’s to more! #ELJthemovie #funkeakindele #FunkeakindeleNetwork 
Today is my last day as a software engineer at Moniepoint. It’s been 10 years since I started my career at this great company. 10 years of blood, sweat, tears, and triumph. What a journey it has been!!- "My first husband burnt my first yet-to-be-published novel because he did not want me to become famous. Luckily for me, it was a white judge while we were in England who presided over the case. He dissolved the marriage." - P.M. News, 1998 Mabel Ṣẹ́gun (1930 - 2025).
Mabel Segun (1930 - 2025) it is with gratitude to God for a life well spent in the pursuit of excellence in Literature, Broadcasting and Sports that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Mabel Dorothy Okanima Segun (nee Aig-Imoukhuede) - "My greatest worry is that I have no competitor. I went to America with 1,006 jokes and came back with 987 untouched despite the fact I was there for 11 months with a very busy schedule." - Gbenga Adeboye, July 1996. Source: P.M. News, Archivi.ng
- Update: Since we started scanning last week, we've now scanned 359 days of newspapers. That's 1.9% progress, a long way from scanning 18,627 Days, but progress. We'll keep updating the count in our bio. Some covers we've found in the past week. #StartArchiving
00:35The Journey Begins! #StartArchiving - What’s in a name? In 1988, Prime People magazine asked young Nigerians who inherited popular last names from their parents. Here’s how they answered.
- In 1970, two women in Kwara were already married under native custom. They had a settled home and two beautiful children recognised by tradition. But then a man took them to court, claiming it wasn't a real marriage. This story was done in collaboration with @NativeMag.
- When Eno Udoh's husband died in 1974, she refused advice to sell off his electronics business and took over the company with little experience at 21. She inherited an empty bank account but in four years, she grew the business from a starting capital of ₦30,000 to ₦300,000.
What’s the most unhinged thing you’ve done to get ahead? - "Aliko Dangote: How I made my millions" — Citizen, 1991 "First, he had a head start. After working in an uncle's transport business for one year, his maternal grandfather, Alhaji Sanusi Dantata, bought him three lorries, and, at 19 years of age, he struck out on his own. His big
- Happy “Dream Count” Day to Chimamanda Adichie’s fans and well-wishers. She’s come a long way since “Purple Hibiscus.”
- In 1994, Sarah Oluwabunmi spent 28 days trapped between rock embankments at Tarkwa Bay, Lagos, until a private citizen saw her story on NTA and brought his engineers to drill through the rocks and free her. "No government agency made any attempt to rescue her." - P.M. News
- Happy 48th birthday to Chimamanda Adichie. The writer that she has always been 🤌🏿
