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*Headlines Today*[Thu-30-Nov-2017


Dividend of Democracy at Work as Agege LG Asphalts Alagbigba Road
.. To complete Taiwo Dada Street Soon

Exclusive: How I Fed My Family Through Shoe Cobbling, – Female Shoemaker, Idowu Reveals

Agege APC loses Key Member Alhaja Alomoko

Hon. Majiyagbe, Agege LGEA celebrate 2017 LGEA Education Week in Style

FG declares Friday Public Holiday

Entertainment: Brief Chat with Galdemsugar, Junior Boy - AgegePulse

Paso @50: Paso Fans Club holds Novelty Match inside Agege Stadium, featuring top Nigeria's Fuji Stars

Nigerian Government successfully evacuated Nigerians stranded and caught up in the ‘Libyan slave trade’ back to the country.


*Punch Newspaper*
North Korea claims its ballistic missile can strike US

FG raises $3bn at international capital market

Bayelsa community shuts down Shells oil wells

2018 budget: Technocrats want to embarrass Buharis govt, Senate says

Slavery scandal overshadows EU-Africa summit

Two judicial officers, corps member nabbed for alleged corruption

Gunmen kill pastor, kidnap son, policeman in Ondo

Yari, Marafa clash over Buharis REC nominee

Nine people missing Tanzania boat accident

FG targets $1bn from tax amnesty, gets $110m from two firms

BREAKING: SEC DG, two others suspended over alleged financial impropriety

OPEC committee recommends oil deal extension

Senate investigates worsening security situation in the country

Britain criticises Trump over anti-Muslim videos retweets

Sale of Nigerians in Libya, slap on our face Senate

Obaseki presents N146bn budget proposal to Edo assembly

Fire guts CTL studio in Umuahia

Woman held in dungeon, raped, tortured for 10 years


*Vanguard Newspaper*
Photos: Militants surrender arms in Ondo

Senate worried over worsening security situation

Militants behind Igbonla kidnap, Arepo pipeline vandalisation surrender arms in Ondo

Osinbajo to inaugurate MSME Clinic, GEEP in Osun Thursday

10,000 Edo indigenes trafficked in one year ' Obaseki

Osun partners Chinese firm to establish N216b industrial parks

PDP: Dokpesi sues for unity

Apostle Suleman hits Lagos with 'Tornado' Conference

Suspended Bielsa ignores summons from Lille

UEFA president joins players in salary pledge charity

Alleged Slave Trade Activities in Libya: Senate Condemns Act, Seeks Urgent End to it, urges the FG to Summon Libya Ambassador

Accolade galore for a woman of the pen

Nigeria: South East,South South roads

Diabetes, obesity behind 800,000 cancers worldwide: study

Reps kicks against new language policy by Nigerian Army

Pope Francis not going to lose moral authority over silence on Myanmar ' Vatican

Breaking: FG suspends SEC DG, Gwarzo; two others

4 killed as arsonists wreak havoc in Delta community


*The Nation Newspaper*
Court affirms NAFDAC's power to regulate chemicals

Carzola suffers another injury setback

FG to fly home stranded Nigerians in Libya

Libya deportees vow to hunt for 'Charles', others

Reps urge FG to investigate allegations of modern day slavery in Libya

Gold and Silver Label runners to sign autograph at Marathon Expo

Mayweather denies return to boxing story

Two arrested for kidnapping, murder in Zamfara

Photos: Dolapo Osinbajo visits NYSC camp Abuja

FEC approves N1.5bn for advertising

Senate seeks protection of Nigerians from Libyan slavery auctions

Court remands three persons over possession of cannabis sativa

Anambra records 5.4 per cent decline in exam malpractice ' Commissioner

Reps hold public hearing on Bill to empower NSCDC manage CCTV

Poor funding hampering healthcare delivery, says UCTH CMD

Tambuwal hails role of Benin Kingdom in fostering national unity

Smuggling: NCS intercepts 506 bags of foreign rice

Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting


*Thisday Newspaper*
Adeniran: S'West May Produce Consensus Candidate for PDP National Chairmanship

UNICEF Admonishes Lawmakers to Appropriate Adequate Funds for Health, Nutrition

Governor Obaseki presents N146bn 2018 Budget Estimate to Edo Assembly

Governor Obaseki presents N146bn 2018 Budget Estimate to Edo Assembly

Adeniran: S'West May Produce Consensus Candidate for PDP National Chairmanship

UNICEF Admonishes Lawmakers to Appropriate Adequate Funds for Health, Nutrition

Customs Intercepts N12m Foreign Rice in Sokoto

Council Poll: PDP Leaders Deny Abduction of APC Gov Candidate In Enugu

Stakeholders Decry Neglect of Polytechnic Education

Customs Intercepts N12m Foreign Rice in Sokoto

Council Poll: PDP Leaders Deny Abduction of APC Gov Candidate In Enugu

Stakeholders Decry Neglect of Polytechnic Education

How To Prepare Your Car For A Christmas Trip

CBN Intervenes in Forex Market with Fresh $210m

Saraki Accuses Anti-graft Agencies of Looting Recovered Funds, Property

I Will Remain in APC, Says Adamawa Gov Jubrilla

In New Rapprochement, Buhari, Tinubu Leave for EU-AU Summit

Senators Say 2018 Budget Projections Are Unrealistic

Exclusive: How I Fed My Family Through Shoe Cobbling, – Female Shoemaker, Idowu Reveals

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Idowu London Shoemaker

It is hightime the popular cliché in Nigeria that “No Food For Lazy Man” was rewritten to suit the female folks as women are no longer taking the back seat role in the quest to provide family needs. Meet a female professional cobbler (Shoe maker), Idowu popularly known as Idowu the London Shoemaker. Idowu met one of AgegePulse Magazine's Correspondents at Majaro Street, Ajegunle, Agege where she revealed how she developed joy in a predominantly men's job.



Idowu the London Shoemaker is a household name to many residents of Agege most especially Orile Agege area. She is married with kids. But her marital status and gender are not enough to discourage from doing opposite gender's profession better than them.

Idowu the London Shoemaker's style of handling customer's shoes is unrivalled in her base. Reports say she wins customers heart easily through her perfect handling of customers' footwear, especially in the area of shoe polishing.

She said she had tried her hands in so many trades to make ends meet but wouldn't achieve breakthrough in them. “I have learnt so many vocations ranging from fashion designing, hairdressing, trading and many more without success in any of them. Some people around had tried to lure me into illicit trades like prostitution because of my predicament but I always made them realised that my travail is just a phase that I will definitely overcome”, Idowu revealed.

Fortune smiled on Idowu when according to her, she received a divine call from God that she should venture into shoe shinning trade. “Since then, it has been a success story”.

On how her newly found endeavour has been putting food on her table, Idowu narrated that she makes an average of N1000 daily. Interestingly, she made over N2000 at the spot where AgegePulse had the brief chat with her through voluntary donations by people who were touched by her story.