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Amylamode Couture

My name is Amynah Usman

I was born on the last day of july,31st of july

Am currently 22 years old.Am Currently studying Civil law at Ahmadu bello University zaria Am in my year 4 now 

I have always loved fashion right from time since my high school days while going to the University my brothers had told me "We hope you dont go to school doing nothing but fashion" For this reason when i started the couture work i kept it as a secret from my family i told nobody because they wil be like wow so you still went ahead with the fashion though my friends knew about it a few encouraged me and some thought it was a joke and laughed but its quite pleasing to say those that laughed back then now come fourth for one or two clothes to be made for them sometimes fashion tips and advice 😀 thats still part of life i guess.I later told my mother about the work i knew she wouldn't oppose me so i told her she was happy,she was proud and she was thankful that i was able to bring my ideas to Life over time my brothers found out on their own to my surprise they were happy and proud they were happy that i was working on being productive in life.

  It was challenging juggling the couture and my school work but i couldn't just give up because it was a little love i found for myself its not easy finding love so just when i found this little love of mine i promised i wont let it go,its here to stay.

   The early stage of my work i got complains from customers which i adjusted and i really thank those customers because you can Never attain greatness without cricisim they made me work harder i looked at the area they spoke about and i paid proper attention towards them.The success of my work is very important to me and am always happy when a customer is happy with me.

   

 For me i would like to say there is nothing like entrepreneurship.I encourage y'all out there to be self dependent its important My advice for the young entrepreneurs out there is you should never give up forget the bad comments you get,forget the mockery you get from your peers as well stand firm and never give up :)

    My clothes are for the classic women out there who love fashion yet struggling to bring modesty back home.Currently I only design for women alone but it won't be long I intend bringing in male designs (male fashion) Inshaa Allah I also want them to have a taste of what the women are getting from Amylamode couture Nigeria. 

In few years to come would love to see my line growing into something really big/huge.

Creative Director

      Amylamode couture

Xenophobia in South Africa: A time for self-reflection in Nigeria

Xenophobia in South Africa: A time for self-reflection in Nigeria
By
Umar Amir Abdullahi

08035628971
umaramir75@gmail.com

The recent attacks on foreigners living in South Africa have drawn widespread condemnation around the world. The thoughtless words of a Zulu King set the feelings of a marginalised section of South African society on edge. The price was paid in blood and assets gone up in flames. In Nigeria, the voices seem to have been particularly loud. It is understandable seeing as we have a large number of Nationals living in South Africa. Many of them had property and businesses there worth millions of Naira, some of which have been destroyed in the violence last week.

Nigerians begin an online campaign condemning the attack on fellow Nationals and calling for a boycott on South African businesses in Nigeria. That is a commendable gesture but one that also made me uneasy. How do we go about showing our displeasure to South African companies in Nigeria without affecting the livelihood of Nigerians working for those companies?

Yesterday, messages on Facebook suggested that protesters had managed to shut down the MTN office in Benin City. MTN is a South African based company but MTN in Nigeria is largely staffed by Nigerians. The fact also remains that MTN is currently the largest mobile telecommunications network in Nigeria. If we succeed in shutting it down, what will happen to the Nigerians working in those companies? Should they also join the teeming masses of unemployed and become a burden to the State? What will happen to MTN subscribers who suddenly find themselves without a service provider? Should we also boycott and perhaps shut down the activities of other South African interests like Multichoice and Shoprite.

As much as it is important for South Africans to do a good deal of self-reflection and realise attacking foreigners will not create jobs for them, Nigerians also need to realise shutting down companies will not benefit our economy. The fact that companies like MTN are here today says a lot about Nigerian business and investment culture. MTN is the first telecommunications company to offer GSM services in Nigeria. They saw a potential market for a much needed service and came to provide it. If our own businessmen had been willing to come together and invest in the communication sector, we might have had our own home based GSM company and wouldn’t have had to rely on a foreign company. A similar thing can be said about Multichoice and Shoprite. We have businessmen here and they should have taken advantage of a demand for satellite television and shopping malls in the Country respectively but they did not.

Is our anger towards the business savvy South African companies truly justified? If we try hard enough, it might be possible to shut down these companies but if we do, what happens to the services they provide? Is there a Nigerian investor willing to step in and fill the vacuum that will be left behind in the wake of their departure?

There is a great deal of anger out there today but that anger must be carefully tempered by reasoning. Otherwise, we risk acting no better than the South Africans who started this violence. For the time being, if we truly want to help the Nigerians fearing for their lives in South Africa then we should lobby our Government into putting pressure on the South African Government to control some lawless elements in their society that are wreaking havoc. After that, our Government can bring back any Nigerian who wishes to return home and also partner with the South African Government to ensure the lives and property of our citizens living in South Africa can be assured.

More importantly perhaps, Nigerians should ask themselves why they were not so quick to rise and condemn in a single voice violent actions that plagued one part of a Country or the spate of kidnappings that plagued another. When that happened, we were all quick to say after all, it was ‘a northern or a southern problem that had nothing to do with us.’ South Africa is much farther than the north or south. If the events happening over there made you angry, events happening at home should elicit a more active response from you.

Xenophobia in South Africa: A time for self-reflection in Nigeria By Umar Amir Abdullahi

The recent attacks on foreigners living in South Africa have drawn widespread condemnation around the world. The thoughtless words of a Zulu King set the feelings of a marginalised section of South African society on edge. The price was paid in blood and assets gone up in flames. In Nigeria, the voices seem to have been particularly loud. It is understandable seeing as we have a large number of Nationals living in South Africa. Many of them had property and businesses there worth millions of Naira, some of which have been destroyed in the violence last week.

 

Nigerians begin an online campaign condemning the attack on fellow Nationals and calling for a boycott on South African businesses in Nigeria. That is a commendable gesture but one that also made me uneasy. How do we go about showing our displeasure to South African companies in Nigeria without affecting the livelihood of Nigerians working for those companies?

 

Yesterday, messages on Facebook suggested that protesters had managed to shut down the MTN office in Benin City. MTN is a South African based company but MTN in Nigeria is largely staffed by Nigerians. The fact also remains that MTN is currently the largest mobile telecommunications network in Nigeria. If we succeed in shutting it down, what will happen to the Nigerians working in those companies? Should they also join the teeming masses of unemployed and become a burden to the State? What will happen to MTN subscribers who suddenly find themselves without a service provider? Should we also boycott and perhaps shut down the activities of other South African interests likeMultichoice and Shoprite.

 

As much as it is important for South Africans to do a good deal of self-reflection and realise attacking foreigners will not create jobs for them, Nigerians also need to realise shutting down companies will not benefit our economy. The fact that companies like MTN are here today says a lot about Nigerian business and investment culture. MTN is the first telecommunications company to offer GSM services in Nigeria. They saw a potential market for a much needed service and came to provide it. If our own businessmen had been willing to come together and invest in the communication sector, we might have had our own home based GSM company and wouldn’t have had to rely on a foreign company. A similar thing can be said about Multichoice andShoprite. We have businessmen here and they should have taken advantage of a demand for satellite television and shopping malls in the Country respectively but they did not.

 

Is our anger towards the business savvy South African companies truly justified? If we try hard enough, it might be possible to shut down these companies but if we do, what happens to the services they provide? Is there a Nigerian investor willing to step in and fill the vacuum that will be left behind in the wake of their departure?

 

There is a great deal of anger out there today but that anger must be carefully tempered by reasoning. Otherwise, we risk acting no better than the South Africans who started this violence. For the time being, if we truly want to help the Nigerians fearing for their lives in South Africa then we should lobbyour Government into putting pressure on the South African Government to control some lawless elements in their society that are wreaking havoc. After that, our Government can bring back any Nigerian who wishes to return home and also partner with the South African Government to ensure the lives and property of our citizens living in South Africa can be assured.

 

More importantly perhaps, Nigerians should ask themselves why they were not so quick to rise and condemn in a single voice violent actions that plagued one part of a Country or the spate of kidnappings that plagued another. When that happened, we were all quick to say after all, it was ‘a northern or a southern problem that had nothing to do with us.’ South Africa is much farther than the northor south. If the events happening over there made you angry, events happening at home should elicit a more active response from you.

One Year of Sorrow. #BringBackOurGirls

It now leas than a week to One year anniversary of the abduction of Chibok girls in Borno state. Thought much has happened since April 14th, but the kidnap of over 200 girls in a broad day light is something that people will keep wondering for years to come. Initially, the government refused to accept that the girls were actually abducted. Just recently, Mr President himself confessed to the fact that the federal government has not been serious in the fight against insurgency. Even after the postponement of Elections from February 14th to March 28, the chances of rescuing the girls is narrowing by the day. Now that it is a year since their abduction, the government has not present any convincing report that will tell you the government is serious about liberation of captured areas, and ensuring the release of the abducted people.
    The conflict in Northeastern  Nigeria must have taught the out going President  that security is the most important factor in political maneuver. Since his government has woefully failed in securing Nigerians, so has the government failed in securing its re election. The votes of the conflict region of Northeast  has shown how unhappy the people are with the out going government. Refugee camp polling units speaks louder than all other polling units. More than a dozen of their  polling stations in the refugee camps have all their votes for the APC, with not a single vote for the former ruling party.
    The Jonathan administration still have more than 50 days before leaving power. History may be kind to Mr President if he can rescue Chibok girls alive, massively rehabilitate the affected areas, pay compensation to those that lost their properties and relatives, end the conflict, ensure people return to the homes, and ensure relative peace. That will be before May 29th if he can. If not, history will remember his regime as the most challenging of all times for Nigeria. 
  The incoming government must handle the security situation with prudence and caution. A genuine dialogue should be initiated to end Gorilla fighting. The people abducted should be set free using necessary means. That way, the new administration will not be blamed for the woes of its predecessors.

Comrade Abdulbaqi Aliyu Jari
Katsina state
M.Facebook.com/abdulbaqi.Jari

FREE, FAIR, AND ACCEPTED

By Farouk Sanusi Umar
umarfarouk89@yahoo.com
For once in the history of this great country, an election took place without much violence. We thank Almighty Allah for helping Nigeria at a time when everybody expected otherwise. I will also like to thank the Chairman of INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega and the INEC team for conducting the most credible free and fair election in Nigeria. My thanks to President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Johnathan for giving Nigeria a chance to experience democracy. I will also like to thank the Nigerian citizens for coming out to vote in a tense atmosphere with all security challenges. All your efforts will never be in vain.
The President Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari rtd was born on 17th December, 1942 in Daura Katsina state in the north eastern region of Nigeria. He is a Muslim with one wife and ten children. He joined the military in 1961 where he rose to the rank of a General. He was Head of State of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d'état. The government was known for removing or cutting back the excesses in national expenditure, obliterating or removing completely corruption from the nation's social ethics, shifting from mainly public sector employment to self-employment. Buhari also encouraged import substitution, industrialization based to a great extent on the use of local materials and he tightened importation. His government lasted for 2 years, after which the Babangida government took over. General Buhari was known for a disciplined government which had no room for corruption, lowering inflation, enhancing workforce and improving productivity.
In 2003, Nigeria witnessed more political parties contesting. The ANPP All Nigerian Peoples Party gave General Buhari the chance to run against the biggest political party in West Africa, PDP. General Olusegun Obasanjo and Atiku Abubakar as his running mate were victorious with more than eleven million votes.
After staying in office for 8 years, PDP gave a northerner from Katsina Umaru Musa Yar’adua, an outgoing governor the chance to fly the flag. General Muhammadu Buhari contested on different party, the ANPP, All Nigeria Peoples Party. The 2007 election year was mainly between two northerners from the same region and same state. For every election a winner is expected, and Umaru Musa Yaradua emerged victorious. This result didn’t go well with Buhari. The result was passed to the tribunals, but it didn’t go through. The level of election awareness and knowledge amongst the citizens has risen very high during Yar’adua.
General Buhari was the CPC Presidential candidate in the 16 April 2011 general election, running against incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and Ibrahim Shekarau of ANPP. They were the major contenders among 20 contestants. The PDP won the election with over ten million votes as against CPC being the runner up. The elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, as Buhari’s supporters attacked Christian settlements in the country’s center regions. The three day uprising was blamed in part on Buhari’s inflammatory comments. In spite of assurances from Human Rights Watch, who had judged the elections as “among the fairest in Nigeria’s history”. General Buhari claimed that the poll was flawed and warned that "If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood”.
In 2014, PDP gave their total support to President Goodluck Johnathan to stay in office for more years than any president. This did not go well with some party members, especially the senior northern members. A faction was created, the New PDP which comprised of 7 members. The heat to the 2015 elections was already high even before the year came. The CPC joined forces with ACN, ANPP to become APC, All Progressive Congress. The APC had members from the CPC, ACN, ANPP and the New PDP camp.
INEC being an independent body was about to witness the most competitive election in the history of Nigeria. Some believed the state of affairs of the country is perfect and Dr. Goodluck Ebele Johnathan from the south south should continue, some believed change was necessary with General Muhammadu Buhari from the north east. Prof Attahiru Jega introduced a card reader which was used for accrediting voters before casting their votes. The PDP tried as much as they could to prevent the use of the card readers, while the APC supported the use of card readers for accreditation. On Feb 14th 2015, the day first scheduled for presidential election was moved forward due to security reports from the military chiefs.
On March 28th, 2015 presidential election held across the country. Election took place peacefully in all states, with Gombe and Rivers state experiencing few problems.
On March 31st, incumbent President Goodluck Johnathan called Buhari to offer his concession and congratulations as President-Elect. General Buhari will assume office on 29th May, 2015.
After 16 years, after more votes, General Muhammadu Buhari became the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. General Buhari is a man that will show Nigerians what democracy really means. We will like to say Congratulations to the President-Elect General Muhammadu Buhari and the APC team for this historic victory….Once again Nigeria Sai Buhari!

An interview with Hafsah Lawal Abdullahi the CEO of Frosty Delights Cakes

My name is Hafsah Lawal Abdullahi. I was born In Islamic Republic of Iran during a tour duty of my father been a foreign service officer. The first five years of my life was in Tehran before relocating back to Abuja.i happen to be the second born of the family with an elder brother and five younger brothers.
I attended Fomwan model nursery and primary school from 1998 to 2003, then Fou'ad lababidi Islamic Academy from 2003-2007, i completed my last two years of secondary school in Nigerian Turkish international college, Kano from 2007-2009. i gained admission into Bayero University, Kano in January 2011 to study Applied Biology and graduated March,2015.
Baking has always been my passion since when i was a child, with my mum been a caterer. she was my source of inspiration. I watch a lot of programmes on television like Cake Boss, Amazing wedding cakes e.t.c.
My baking adventure began during the ASUU strike when i was in 300 level. i got bored of doing nothing at home and i told my mum that i wanted to start doing something. Initially, i thought of doing cupcakes but later told my mum i couldn't do it because i learnt its a very competitive business, Alhamdulillah! with words of encouragement and coaching from my mum, everything went on very well. i started with an order for my cakes once in two months to having orders almost every other day.
I must say i faced initial challenges because of so many competing bakers in town, but all i had to do was to think outside the box and make exceptional cakes, trying out new things that were out of the ordinary. Cake business in all is very competitive, so all one has to is to stand out and be unique in your own way,
My advice to young entrepreneurs is that they should always pursue their dreams, don't let anyone stand in your way or make you believe you can't make it, you will never know what's in store for you unless you try and finally never give up.
By the special grace of God, my dream is to be a renowned baker like Buddy Valastro (The Famous cake Boss), Kerry Vincent among others.

An interview with Benaxir Abba Omar

1. What is your full name?
my name is Benaxir Abba Omar
2. Tell us about yourself?
i am a writer,a novelist,a short story writer and a poet.born in a hausa/fulani family in 1994, studying microbiology in atbu bauchi.i think that is all i can say  for now,
3. what really inspired you to become a writer?
For me, there's so many things that inspire me. Different photos, sceneries, quotes, and life-
experiences make me just want to write and write. There's a lot of people that inspire me too though. My friends, family, and English teachers, are always inspiring me to continue my writing on a personal level. Some of my favourite authors inspire me on a fan-based level, whether it's from what they've directly said to me, what they've posted on their websites, or just their own life stories of how they became who they are today.
4. what were the challenges u faced and how do you get you narrations?
well, i faced some challenges like every writer does at the begining of his profession, i keep asking myself, How do I connect intelligently to get this book into the world? How do I
marshal what I know that much more quickly? How do I find and take on supporters? How do I influence the greatest number of people? How do I propel connectional intelligence beyond networking and entertainment and toward a loftier purpose–
improving other people’s lives, building sustainable societies,
creating the futures we want? You know  reading is being more and more old fashion of hobbies.but as time goes i came to realise all this burden is nothing as far as ill archieve what i want.
5. how many novels have u written so far?
i have written 11 but as for the short stories i can't say actually
6. how do you get to sale your novels?
when am done writing the scripts i give it out to my publisher, they will edit,publish and market it for me
7. what are your vision as in where do you see yourself in 5 years from now?
Am blushing. Five years from now insha Allah ill be like zainab alkali,or more than her i guess
8. Of all the books you have written so fat which is the best amongst them?
the best are two actually My unwanted pregnancy and Kalma daya
9. how do you manage to sale your books?
i am schooling so i dont sell them privately,my publisher is incharge of everything he only contact me when i need to,
10. can you tell us how long it takes you to write a book and how do you get the idea of what novel you want to write?
As for hausa novel  it takes me just a month to complete, while the english novel i have to sort out important words,my dictionary etc. So it takes me almost 8-9months And for my islamic and arabic  it takes me more than a year or two to complete because i have to get reference,qur'an ayat,hadiths and some islamic books etc.
11. what book are you working on now. Can you tell us what we should be expecting in this particular novel?
the next book am working on is  MEMOIRS OF BEING A  HAUSA GIRL, and in this book i am presenting  a story how the expectations held by a society defines the role of its members,whether good or bad,its a work which illuminates a path through which others can expand their conciousness and chart the course for a future of enlightment
12. what advice do you have for people that want or dream of becoming a writer just like you?
My advise  is  anyone who wants to be a writer should actually follow his dreams,Writing means sharing. It's part of the
human condition to want to share things thoughts, ideas, opinions., the best feeling you have is when you are writing, so you should all go for your dreams.