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  • The Misconception of Feminism

    The Misconception of Feminism

    by Utebor Paul

    Feminism earlier identified as a movement has been in existence for a long period in time. It may surprise you to know that most people who claim to be part of this movement, are ignorant of what this movement is all about. The movement of feminism dates back to the 19th century.

    Feminism is defined or understood as a movement aimed towards the equal right and legal protection for women, it is concerned with issues of gender difference and advocation for women’s interest in society.

    The origin of feminism cannot be categorically targeted to a particular date in history, but have been divided into three waves based on advocations by various women years ago in the course of history.

    The first waves of feminism movement focused on the right of women to vote and are dated from the late nineteenth century to 1930s. The second wave of feminism is dated from 1960 to 1980, this wave focused on the issues of discrimination and inequality. It condemned the idea that women can only find fulfilment in training a child and maintaining a home. The third wave of feminism, which began in the 1990s till the present date, seeks to address the failures of the second wave of feminism as well as to address the condemnation of second-wave feminism. The third wave feminism also addresses issues that relate to women’s life on an international basis.

    From the history of feminism, you can deduce a bit what the movement stands for, in our present day, they have been a whole lot of misconception that has risen from the word feminism. When someone identifies his or herself as a feminist, the perception we have of that person is wrong. it even beats my imagination that people who identify themselves with the word feminism have little or no idea what the movement is all about.

    Firstly, a feminist is not a group of women who cannot find a man or husband. This idea of feminist is common with, majority of African men. They see a woman who is single and not in a relationship as a feminist. Most times they use these words on women they fail to win. The word, when used by these set of men, is more or less a way of mocking such women.

    Secondly feminist are not haters of men nor do they promote women to hate men, this is wrong. People tend to see feminist or promoter of feminist ideas as “haters of men”. It is not so, as a matter of fact, they are major promoters of the feminism ideas who are happily married with children. A typical example is the famous writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

    Lastly, it is pertinent to state that feminist are not angry women neither do feminist prefer to train a child alone, as such they don’t need men in their life. this is a wrong notion about feminism. it is important, for people who intend to identify their selves as feminist to understand what feminism is all about, and what it preaches, so as not to mislead others in seeing the concept of feminism in a wrong light.

  • Lockdown excites women, say its a “blessing in disguise”

    Lockdown excites women, say its a “blessing in disguise”

    Some married women in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday said the ‘stay-at-home’ order occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, has turned out to be a blessing for them.
    Speaking to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent, the women noted that the lockdown has forced their husbands to have time for the family.
    Mrs Iyabo Obayemi, a civil servant, said in her 10 years of marriage, she and her husband never stayed together for 24 hours uninterrupted, adding that she was happy with the stay-at-home directive of the governor.
    She said her husband worked in Lagos, and that had been a major challenge for the family since she could not resign her job to live with him, and vice versa.
    She expressed happiness as she had been inseparable from her husband for some days now, while the children were excited over their father’s presence at home without having to go out to see friends or relatives.
    Another woman, Mrs Toyin Bewaji, said she was happy to reunite with her husband as the earliest time he had always arrived home was 11pm when the children would have slept.
    She said her joy knew no bound as her husband had been participating in morning prayers and also helping with chores such as laundry and even helping in the kitchen.
    Mrs Dupe Onipede said she was happy to see her husband spending time with her and the children, saying the lockdown had brought her husband closer to her.
    She lamented the way her husband had always been coming home late and therefore lauded government for shutting all joints of social activities in the state.
    “This has make my husband to have a change of attitude towards us.
    “For the past two days now, my husband had been with us,” she stressed.
  • Run away from men that want to lure you to bed- Olive Utalor

    Run away from men that want to lure you to bed- Olive Utalor

    Budding actress, Olive Utalor has urged women to be careful during this period of self-isolation and social distancing due to coronavirus pandemic.

    The svelte role interpreter noted that this moment should be an opportunity for married couples to mend every crack in their relationships, while single ladies should draw closer to God.

    Speaking in a chat with The Sun, she said:”This stay-at-home period is actually a blessing for married women, because this is what they have always prayed for, to have their husbands all to themselves. No more hanging out late, no night clubs and parties. A lot of women will be happy to have their husbands around. Marriages would wax stronger during this period, while side chicks will be lonely.

    “I want to advise young girls out there to steer clear of any man that wants to lure them to bed with food and constant electricity. You better flee because it is a trap to get pregnant. This (isolation) period is not for sex but to draw closer to God,” she posited.

    On how she plans to cope staying lonely at home throughout the isolation period, the single actress noted that she has devised a means to keep herself warm and busy.

    “I don’t do sex toys. My bed is wide enough and my fridge is well stocked with foodstuff. All I do is eat, read, sleep and watch movies. It is a period of rest, my dear. This is really end time, so we all have to be careful. I don’t feel bad that I don’t have a man. I have been able to focus my energy on bigger things that are more yielding. A man will definitely come at God’s time. I am not rushing it,” she said.

     

  • Video: Why women shouldn’t see partners’ manhood before marriage – Pastor Ibiyeomie

    Video: Why women shouldn’t see partners’ manhood before marriage – Pastor Ibiyeomie

    A Port Harcourt based Pastor and General Overseer of Salvation Ministries, David Ibiyeomie has advised ladies not to be tempted to see their fiance’s manhood before marriage.

    In a post shared by lalasticlala Lala, a member of his church asked him if it was okay for a lady to see the sex organ of her partner before marriage.

    https://youtu.be/nzAbqJone7o

    Pastor David Ibiyeomie said ‘NO!’

    “Marriage is honourable when the bed is undefiled, and you can’t see a man’s organ without you tasting it.”

    “How can you see a man’s organ and your eyes will leave it?”

    “Stop deceiving yourselves, marriage is honourable, you don’t see your man’s organ before marriage.”

    Pastor Ibiyeomie however, advised partners to learn to open up to their intending partners in case of any medical issues. The video was posted today.

  • Fidelity Bank Restates Support for Women-Owned Businesses

    Fidelity Bank Restates Support for Women-Owned Businesses

    Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its readiness to assist women entrepreneurs in the country take their businesses to the next levels of growth by making available to them, low-cost intervention funding and transactional platforms, and tailored business advisory and capacity building services.

    The Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, disclosed this Friday at “Giving her Wings”; a platform to mentor, build and connect young women entrepreneurs with role models held at its Private Banking Office in Lagos. The event was organized as part of activities marking the 2020 International Women’s Day.

    He said the bank’s long-running support for the growth and development of small businesses in Nigeria stems from its recognition of SMEs as critical agents of economic development and transformation in Nigeria and the world at large.

    Whilst reiterating the bank’s passion for women empowerment, Okonkwo stated that the bank has built structures/systems to channel low cost intervention funding to MSMEs including women entrepreneurs to tame the ‘high-cost-of-funds’ challenge currently plaguing the segment.

    Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo; Founder / Chief Executive Officer, House of Tara International, Tara Fela-Durotoye; Chief Executive Officer, Linda Ikeji TV, Linda Ikeji at the forum organized by the bank to mentor young female entrepreneurs in Lagos.

    Okonkwo also revealed that as at February 2020, the bank had disbursed about N1.7 billion to SMEs from the SME on-lending line it obtained from the Bank of Industry (BOI). According to him, the bank also got a N28 billion on-lending line from the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) in 2018 for on-lending to MSMEs playing in critical sectors of the economy.

    He said, “As at February 2020, about N18 billion has been disbursed to SMEs on the on-lending line from DBN and an additional N6.8 billion is already approved, awaiting completion of documentation by concerned customers.”

    Okonkwo also disclosed that the African Development Bank (AfDB) had approved a $50 million line of credit to Fidelity Bank Plc to support small and medium and women-owned enterprises in Nigeria. “Thirty percent of the line is dedicated to financing women-owned enterprises. We have also continued to expand the frontiers of funding for our SMEs through our Fidelity SME Funding event series which is packaged to focus totally and completely, on funding for SMEs through the provision of a platform for various categories of financiers to meet and engage SMEs amongst other things.”

    While speaking on Business Structure and Governance for small businesses, Founder, House of Tara International, Tara Fela-Durotoye, expressed concern about the dearth of thriving small businesses in Nigeria. Durotoye blamed the current development in part, on the lack of the requisite knowledge and experience on the part of several entrepreneurs, to the right business models cum structures and accompanying support systems and policies to adopt, to run their businesses successfully and sustainably.

    She said, “Entrepreneurs today need to decide on businesses that would outlive them, enough to create an impact wherein by so doing, they are pulling people out of poverty. Only then would the international community stop looking at us as a country that cannot provide jobs for its people.”

    On her part, Chief Executive Officer, Linda Ikeji TV, Linda Ikeji, lauded Fidelity Bank Plc for organizing the women empowerment programme, explaining that more Nigerian women need platforms such as this to thrive and scale up their businesses.

    “This is commendable and, as you know, I am passionate about entrepreneurship, especially when it comes to supporting women who want to learn and be motivated and inspired. It is commendable that Fidelity Bank found it necessary to put something like this together for female entrepreneurs with an invitation to myself and Tara to come in as mentors to them.

    “Women need as many platforms like this as we can create and they need to start believing in themselves that they can achieve many things. I am happy that this happened. Another thing I would say is entrepreneurs, especially startups, need to innovate and weave their businesses around what people really need.”

    Fidelity Bank is a full-fledged commercial bank operating in Nigeria with over 5 million customers that are serviced across its 250 business offices and various digital banking channels. The bank focuses on select niche corporate banking sectors as well as micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). It is currently driving its retail banking business through its robust digital banking channels.

  • Why women find it difficult to collaborate with one another- Omawunmi

    Nigerian songstress and vocalist, Omawunmi has opened up on why women hardly collaborate with one another.

    The award winning singer who has spent fifteen years in the Nigerian music industry noted that women are very guarded and finicky with their craft.

    In her words: “I can’t speak for everybody, but I think as women we are very guarded and quite finicky with our craft. Sometimes, it boils down to whether you think the next woman would be able to interpret your sound. Outside of that, it also boils down to timing and that sometimes makes it easier to work with the guys.

    “It’s a male-dominated industry. To catch attention, people would want to work with the guys – in the past. However, I think things are changing and you will see a lot more collaborations – between women – as we go. I might be speaking for myself, but you will definitely see more collaborations”, she told Pulseng.

    Advising young female artistes who desire to break into the industry, she said:” I’ll tell her to keep working and never give up. Most times, it seems like a lot of work to crack it. As women, we have to consider a lot more than the music – we have to consider the looks, our on-stage presence and performance… I would tell her to know what they’re doing and to work on their craft.More importantly, I’d tell her to never leave the studio unless the song is perfect. It’s also important to never put out mediocre music because music are like stamps and they never really go away”.

     

  • Don’t marry women who can’t cook – Adeboye advises eligible bachelors

    General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has warned men not to marry women who cannot cook.

    Adeboye, in series of tweets on Monday said a woman needed to know how to do chores and cook because the husband could not be eating out all the time.

    “My sons, don’t marry a lady who cannot cook. She needs to know how to do chores and cook because you cannot afford to be eating out all the time,” he admonished.

    Adeboye also x-rayed the power of praise as a powerful instrument, saying it attracted God’s presence.

    According to him, “If you have been struggling with a problem, try praise. It can change your life because as you praise God, the earth releases her increase and you will be blessed.”

    He also has a message for troublemakers, saying “Now, if the peacemaker is a child of God, then whose child is the troublemaker? When you always choose to quarrel over peace, who do you resemble?”

    The man of God further charged Christian men not to marry women who are worldly.

    “My sons, don’t marry a girl who is worldly. If you do, you have carried what you’ll worship for the rest of your life,” he said,

  • Only 36 Women got elected to Senate since 1999’ – Report

    A report by an indigenous nongovernmental organisation, Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has said the Nigerian Senate has had only 36 women since 1999 when the current democratic dispensation began.

    The CITAD report, unveiled at a training for journalists in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, states that the Senate has had 654 members since 1999, meaning that men have had 618 slots to leave 36 to women, giving a percentage of 5.5% women to 94.5% men.

    The 654 total number of senators was deduced from Nigeria’s electoral history within the period under review, in which case elections were conducted in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 (six times), each of which time 109 senators were elected.

    The report which dug further into the archive, notes that out of the 109 senators elected in 1999, only three were women; while in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019; only 4, 8, 7, 8 and 6 women were elected respectively as senators.

    A deeper study would however reveal that the number of specific women would be less than 36 because some women did or have done more than one term at the Senate, including Chief Remi Tinubu, who is doing her third term in the Senate, having first been elected in 2011 and re-elected twice: 2015 and then 2019.

    Similarly, the number of men, strictly talking of individuals involved, would be less than 618, as many individuals did or have done more than a term at the Senate, including Sen David Mark, who was first elected into the Senate in 1999 and was reelected repeatedly until he opted out in 2019.

    The CITAD report attributed the poor outing of women at the Senate to, among other things, gender-related hate speech which put women at a disadvantage.

    The report noted that during the period under review, there was a preponderance of Gender Based Hate Speech with derogative words and phrases used to describe women in politics.

    According to the report, terms and refrains like prostitute, ashawo, the weaker vessel, her office is in the kitchen, among others, were freely used, discouraging many women from seeking election or affecting the chances of those who dared to aspire.

    The training for journalists at which the report by CITAD was unveiled was on hate speech and what journalists could do to mitigate it.

    CITAD which has its head office in Kano, held the media training for journalists in Yola with funding from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), according to a Coordinator with CITAD, Hamza Ibrahim.

  • Aisha receives Patience Jonathan in Aso Rock, learns on issues affecting women, children [Photos]

    Aisha receives Patience Jonathan in Aso Rock, learns on issues affecting women, children [Photos]

    Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari received her predecessor, Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House in Abuja.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the meeting happened on Monday, following a closed doors meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Jonathan in January.

    While details of the closed doors meeting between Jonathan and Buhari is yet to be known, Aisha said she discussed with Patience, her efforts with regards to greater involvement of women in politics and participation of women at lower level of governance.

    “We discussed my efforts with regards to greater involvement of women in politics & participation of women at lower level of governance. We also discussed girl child education and her pet project “women for change”

    “I got to hear her experience during her tenure and listened to her perspectives on issues affecting women and children in the society. It was really nice having her around and I look forward to having more of such moments,” Aisha stated.

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  • Why I avoid fornication- Williams Uchemba

    Why I avoid fornication- Williams Uchemba

    Former child actor and comedian, Williams Uchemba has opened up on why he avoids fornication.

    The outspoken entertainer noted that he avoids fornication because it drains his finances.

    Speaking in a chat with Broadway TV, he said: ”Fornication drains my finances. Staying away from women is not because I don’t feel like a man when I wake up, it is because of the consequences, it drains my finances. After 10 minutes of sexual pleasure, are you willing to go broke for months?”

    Speaking of his greatest achievement, Uchemba said: ”Giving my life to Christ is my greatest achievement because it was the day I realized what life is truly about. That was when I realized that life is not about the money and the cars. I was exposed to these things as a child. The happiness wasn’t there until I realized that people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that in 2018, Uchemba was accused of being involved in fraud.

    Debunking the allegation, he said:” “First of all, I have said it tons of times, ‘Be careful with scammers.’ I have posted a lot of pictures of people using my name to defraud people. I have reported a lot of accounts.

    “As a matter of fact, there is a guy on Twitter. I’m not on Twitter; I have never had a Twitter account. He has 15,000 followers posing to be me. His name is Williams Uchemba and a lot of people he has defrauded have called me to say, ‘There is somebody using that (name)’ and I don’t know what to do about that.

    “Secondly, let me also state again that I’m the Deputy Nigerian Youth Representative, Youth Assembly at the United Nations, not ‘UN ambassador in the United Nations.’ These are different bodies. The people that organise the youth assembly are the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation.”