Jide Okonjo
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This account is dedicated to TWO things:
🇳🇬 Nigerian news stories for my dedicated Nigerian readers.
💡 The Six Figure Series (A Vocal Exclusive) for writers, readers, and fans of Vocal.
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12 Nigerian Celebrities With Their Look Alike Daughters.
Like mother like daughter these ones. One of the major reason any Nigerian will tell you as a convincing argument for why you should have children is: "Don't you want a mini you? Someone you can look at and be reminded of yourself at that age."
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Families
12 Nollywood Actors Who Met Their Partner on Movie Set
When film love becomes real love. I admire actors. I really do. When I was younger, and up until not even too long ago, I didn't think there was anything too difficult about the work they do. I used to say to myself: isn't it just to read a couple of lines? To not look at the camera? What is there?
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Humans
What Actually Happened to Karen and Where She Is Now.
$200,000 doesn't last forever. In 2011, an unemployed 27 year old girl from Nigeria named Karen Igho entered into the Big Brother Africa house to contest against 25 other housemates in the hopes of winning $400,000.
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Geeks
5 Life-Changing Lessons From a Plane Crash Survivor.
Your life's about to be transformed. Are you ready? My life changed forever on December 10, 2005. I boarded a plane in Abuja, Nigeria, with 60 of my classmates, to fly home from boarding school for Christmas. With 15 minutes left in the flight, the pilot announced that we would be landing at the airport shortly. There was some seemingly normal turbulence—and then it progressed dramatically. Passengers were confused and nervous, and a woman in the back of the plane screamed, triggering panic. It was clear that the plane was malfunctioning. I felt a kind of awe, as it was impossible to reconcile what was happening to reality. I reached across the aisle to hold my friend’s hand, and we prayed. I remember hearing a loud, scraping metal sound, and after that I don't remember anything else.
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Motivation
7 Celebrities Who Drastically Bleached Their Skin (Photos).
When does it go too far? This is the question I've been asking myself as I compile this list. When does it go too far? So many people start out trying to make little treatments for hyper pigmentation, but the before you know it, this person has undergone a full out body tone transformation.
By Jide Okonjo6 years ago in Blush
