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With more than 88 hours done, Hilda Baci has officially surpassed the current Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual. She'll keep cooking till 4 pm today to reach 96 hours.
You have done it, Hilda and we are proud of you!🎉🔥❤️
Tobi Amusan has done it again 🔥⚡️🇳🇬
She recorded a time of 7.83s, clinching victory in the women's 60mH event at the Meeting Lievin in France! Congratulations
@Evaglobal01
🎉👏🏾❤️
Tems has been nominated for an Oscar award with “Lift Me Up” in Best Original Song category.
She becomes the first Nigerian artiste to receive an Oscar nomination. Congratulations
@temsbaby
🎉
Award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will receive Harvard University’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on October 6.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal is the highest honour given by Harvard University in the field of African and African American studies.
Nigerian TV producer, actress, and cook, Hilda Baci is on a journey to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon. The record to beat is held by Lata Tandon (87 hours 45 minutes).
We’re rooting for you, Hilda 🔥 👩🏾🍳
Omowunmi Dada has been named this year’s Global Artist in Residence by the African Studies Center and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies of the University of Michigan.
Congratulations 🎉
@dadaomowunmi
It is with a heavy heart that we remember yet another woman murdered in the name of religion.
We join our voices with Nigerians in demanding justice for Deborah Samuel. No woman deserves to be killed for speaking out.
#JusticeForDeborah
Who is Cyril Ndifon?
He is the current Dean of the University of Calabar (
@Unical1976
) Faculty of Law, accused repeatedly by several female students of sexually abusing them.
This
#thread
chronicles a timeline that spans EIGHT years.
In our latest editorial piece, Document Women dissects emotional abuse, using a couple in the Big Brother Naija show as a case study. We also captured some of their interactions to show as examples. It’s a 🧵.
We mourn the passing of Nigerian designer, model, influencer and queer rights activist Fola Francis.
Through her courage, she became a beacon of hope for more women to live free.
Adejoke Bakare has become the first Black woman chef in the UK with a Michelin star restaurant.
Her West African restaurant Chishuru has won a Michelin star less than six months after moving to the West End.
🎉❤️👏🏿
Zenith Bank has appointed Adaora Umeoji as its new group managing director and chief executive officer (GMD/CEO).
She is the first female GMD/CEO in the history of the bank. Congratulations 🎊🎉
21-year-old Augusta Osedion, an undergraduate of Lead University, Ibadan, Oyo State, was reportedly killed by her lover of three years, Benjamin Best—known as Killaboi.
Till today, he’s still at large.
#JusticeForAusta
When individuals think about NAFDAC, it's undoubtedly the image of Professor Dora Akunyili or the countless counterfeit drugs she consistently seized that immediately comes to mind.
TW: Femicide, Murder, Intimate Partner Violence
In July, Document Women launched its monthly internet crawl to collate reported femicide cases that made their way online.
One case was the case of the murder of 21-year-old Augusta Osedion. Here’s a
Meet Hajia Gambo Sawaba. She is the most jailed female activist in Nigeria’s history. She was incarcerated 16 times for vocally opposing child marriage, forced labour, discriminatory taxes, and forced labour without pay.
TW: Rape
A study has found that 27.6 per cent of South African men aged 18-49 have raped a woman.
In "Why, When and How Men Rape: Understanding Rape Perpetration In South Africa", men listed boredom, a sense of sexual entitlement and punishment as motivation for rape.
🧵⬇️
Iranian Women are cutting their hair and burning their Hijabs to protest the death of 22-Year-Old Mahsa Amini in custody.
Here's what you need to know 🧵
Video source :
@AlinejadMasih
TW: Rape
Law students at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) protested against Faculty Dean Prof. Cyril Ndifon in front of the Vice Chancellor's office on Monday morning.
Nigerian singer Adams Olabode Michael, professionally known as Smada, signed to NATIVE Records, has been called out for posting an explicit video of a female X (formerly Twitter) user, after she posted that she had stopped listening to his music.
ICYMI
Shanteari Weems, speaking exclusively from prison, said she shot her husband in the neck and thigh at a plush Washington, DC hotel when she found out he was being accused of sexually abusing children at the daycare she ran in Baltimore.
Ama Governor, a Ghanaian socialite and law graduate, has reportedly been denied admission to the bar because she supports and identifies with the LGBTQ community.
Funke Akindele’s “A Tribe Called Judah” grosses ONE BILLION NAIRA at the box office.
This is the first Nollywood movie to achieve this feat.
Congratulations 🎉
@funkeakindele
Keke Palmer has won the Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Game Show.
Palmer becomes the first woman to win the award since 2009. She is also the first Black woman to be nominated or win the category. Congratulations 🎉
@KekePalmer
Ayra Starr earned the biggest streaming day of her career on Spotify yesterday with 6,085,382 streams. She keeps on breaking records 🔥
Congratulations 🎉
@ayrastarr
Happy birthday to our dear CEO
@kikimordi
, from all of us at Document Women. We hope you have a day to remember, filled with love and prosperity, and your heart’s desires.🎉❤️
Perpetual Ogbiyoyo, the top female chess player in Nigeria, is currently competing at the 29th Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, challenging some of the world's best players.
We are rooting for you and wishing you the best 🎉
@guitargirrl
Priyanjali Gupta, a student in engineering, has developed an AI model that provides instantaneous translations from American Sign Language (ASL) to English.
The University of Calabar probe panel, investigating allegations of sexual harassment by the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has determined him guilty of gross misconduct.
We condemn the decision of the Headies to award “Female Artist of The Year” off-stage. We will continue to speak against the systemic erasure many hardworking women face in the music industry.
Despite women’s immense contribution, there’s still a staggering ratio of 3.5 male
I will never be grateful for winning a category that wasn’t even deemed fit to be announced on stage ! Best female artist na beans ? We work hard, every single one of us ! I’ve seen Tiwa record 4 hit songs in the same night , Tems breaths and lives for music , we didn’t deserve
I got asked in one of my first interviews: ‘Is Arya a feminist?’ I didn’t even know what a feminist was,” she said. “And then someone explained it to me. And I remember thinking, ‘Isn’t that just like everyone?’
“And then I realized everyone is not a feminist, unfortunately.”
Renowned Ghanaian writer, Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, has passed away today.
Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, known for her exceptional contributions to African literature, bid farewell after a brief illness. She was 81 years old.
Did you know that, in the history of politics in Nigeria, the most imprisoned politician is Hajiya Gambo Sawaba?
What was she doing right? What was she fighting for? It’s a thread 🧵
Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women’s rights activist.
She was at the forefront of Nigerian women’s assault against colonialism and anti-colonial movements across West Africa.
3 years ago, Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19 year old trans activist, was brutally murdered.
Salau, who had been active in Black Lives Matter protests, went missing on June 6, 2020, after she tweeted about being sexually assaulted.
Rest in Power, Oluwatoyin 🕊️
Happy birthday to the coolest boss in the world
@kikimordi
🎉❤️
We’re wishing you all the happiness in the world. Have a great year❤️
From all of us at DocumentWomen 🤭
Chioma Nnadi will take over as the editor of British Vogue.
Nnadi will make history as the first black woman to serve as editor of the New York-based fashion publication since its inception in 1892.
Yes, she was the first woman to drive a car but Funmilayo Ransom-Kuti was so much more.
She was a Nigerian educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women’s rights activist.
She founded the Abeokuta Women’s Union, one of the most significant women’s organisations of the
After reviewing all the footage,
@GWR
has announced
@hildabacicooks
as the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual) 💫
Congratulations Hilda 🎉
Girls of St. John Vianney Science College, Igbariam, Anambra State, have emerged as champions of the National Girls in ICT Competition 2024 by showcasing their VR project. 👏🏾🎉
For 31 years, a woman fought relentlessly for her right to be counted amongst her father's children. Her name is Gladys Ukeje.
Image credit:
@Nnestainless
World record holder, Tobi Amusan has bagged a Master’s of Arts in Leadership Studies and Sports Management at the University of Texas El Paso.
Congratulations, here’s to more 👏🏾 🧑🏽🎓 🎉🎊
@Evaglobal01
Credit:
@taiwoalabiho2
Author and resident feminist icon, Chimamanda Adichie makes her first step into the world of juvenile fiction with her upcoming debut children’s book titled “Mama’s Sleeping Scarf.”
The Management of the University of Calabar( Unical) has suspended the Dean, Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon for alleged violation of the provisions of the extant laws and policies of the institution.
Tobi Amusan 🇳🇬 has won the Women's 100m Hurdles at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland.
She has set a new meet record in the Women's 100m Hurdles with a time of 12.34 seconds.
Congratulations 🎉👏🏾
@Evaglobal01
A solidarity walk for Dr Vwaere Diaso.
Dr Vwaere Diaso died while using an elevator that reportedly crashed from the 10th floor of the General Hospital.
Okafor’s Law is problematic in many ways. It encourages stereotypes that women have no agency, moral principles or values. It perpetuates a narrative that sex or a man’s ability to pleasure a woman sexually clouds all sense of reason.
Nigerian singer Adams Olabode Michael, professionally known as Smada, signed to NATIVE Records, has been called out for posting an explicit video of a female X (formerly Twitter) user, after she posted that she had stopped listening to his music.
Ifeoma Igwe is a technology enthusiast and the creator of a text-to-speech app with a Nigerian accent which she uses to listen to her manuscript as an author.
Women exist first as human beings who are deserving of all human dignity including the right to a relationship and access to wealth.
All of these should not be dependent on her relationships either as a wife to a man or a mother to male children.