SENIOR citizens of Nigeria, the aged, in Lagos state have cried out in supplication to God for intervention as various levels of government in the country. They alleged that the society has forgotten about their welfare leaving them to wallow in neglet.

Dr. Samsedi John, a consultant optometrist and official of the executive committee of the Optometry Society of Nigeria has seen, through his private and public practices, no less than ten thousand patients. Awarded the 2008 Young Optometrist of the year by his association, his productive chat with Lipstick throws light on common eye issues and the various reasons people shy away from discovering and addressing them, as well as why “people will rather spend 15,000 naira to get an aso ebi than pay 5,000 or 2,000 to get an eye exam.”

Nigeria was heartbroken when the news of the demise of erstwhile Ekiti State deputy governor Eunice Oluwafunmilayo Adunni Olayinka, also fondly referred to as Moremi. It sparked a whole new spate of awareness about breast cancer, the monster that claimed the life of the quiet beauty, and about her successor, who would have to comfort her electorate as well as her teeming fans.

Though better admired for his playwriting, many followers of the Nobel Laureate find his prose rather overbearing, even haughty. Yet, it is this particular part of its nature that confers on it the insignia of importance, importance not being the equivalent here of big words.

Okay. So, one day, Ariana Huffington,decided to put her thoughts to paper or to the screen, as it were. Her blog became the Huffington Post, the multibillion dollar online newspaper which- wait for this-In 2011, AOL acquired The Huffington Post for US$315 million and made Huffington president and editor in chief of The Huffington Post Media Group. In addition, she was in 2009, Huffington named as number 12 in Forbes’ first-ever list of the Most Influential Women In Media while moving up to number 42 in The Guardian’s Top 100 in Media List.

Most of us will spend our entire lives getting in and out of diet and workout plans. We will fluctuate in weight, and the fluctuations will vary with different times of our lives. The balance to be maintained will always be an issue. Your goals, your age, your activity levels, your size, and your health status all impact how much protein you need. And although individual protein requirements ultimately depend on dozens of variables that we can’t really know, there are some baseline intakes that can serve as a foundation for different groups.

Every practitioner, consumer and observer of Nollywood appears to have their own unique ideas about the Nigerian film industry which all nonetheless agree has grown in leaps and bounds and has thrived for twenty years. As the industry celebrates 20 years under the able leadership of Ibinabo Fiberisima, the first female president of the Actors Guild, it is clear that Nollywood is an official Nigerian industry to be reckoned with, adding billions of dollars to the Gross Domestic Product and reeling out more than 100,000 jobs both directly and indirectly.

In the seventies, Margaret Thatcher was quoted as saying it would never happen for a woman to be elected prime minister in her country. Not long after wards she was singing a different tune. In 1982 she was to write in stone the famous words: In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.

The West African Women Association last week celebration the International W omen’s month in Lagos, borrowing the United Nation’s theme: THE GENDER AGENDA AND GAINING MOMENTUM. Speaking through her representative Mrs. Risikat Akiode, the Deputy Governor of Lagos state Hon. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire expressed here pleasure at the theme of the year’s celebration, being one one that challenges us to intensify our efforts towards reaching the international benchmark for gender equality. .

There is a very thin line between looking sexy and appealing and looking cheap and easy. To some extent showing your décolletage is considered inappropriate. Jenifer Lopez first made the trend a red carpet look many years ago to mixed reaction. Did JLo pull it off? No one can say yet.