Oluyemi Titilayo Showunmi is one woman of remarkable and admirable status. She is a Deputy Director in the Lagos State civil service with over 21 years in service. Her journey cuts across so many life lessons, experiences and so much more that has helped her to the height she has attained today. Oluyemi opens up to Tosin Clegg about life at 50, how she met her husband, life lessons, becoming a person of influence and much more
I thank God for the gift of life
I thank God for the challenges of life. I thank God for what I am able to surmount. I thank God that I don’t look like what I have been through and I thank God for everybody who has been around me, particularly. First, I will give glory to the almighty God, as I have said. I will thank my husband who has been very supportive. I thank my parents for the value they instilled in me, and of cause, family-friends who have become family members. I also thank everybody I have come across in life, colleagues, both juniors and senior
Stories by Adejayan Oluwagbenga
2020, a year characterized by the covid-19 pandemic has been a tough year as many prominent Nigerian socialites died during the difficult year, throwing the nation into mourning. As 2020 draws to a close, The Street Journal remembers some of these prominent socialites who died during the year.
Below is a list of 11 prominent socialites who passed on in 2020
Renua Giwa Amu: She is the daughter of popular clergyman, Femi Giwa-Amu and just yesterday, December 26th, the young lady took her own life. Earlier this year, the young lady had called out her famous father on social media accusing him of raping her as a child on numerous occasion. Unable to bear the anguish and the emotional torture the incidence scarred her with, coupled with fact that family members ganged up against her to accuse her, Renua took her life.