Fans, friends and family of one Nigeria’s finest investigative journalists, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo have been showering encomiums on her since she clocked 57 today.
The award winning journalist took to her Instagram page to celebrate in fashionable style as she released some beautiful photos of herself. In the photos, Olunloyo dons a regal dress which was inspired by the beautiful bird, a peacock.
Top Nigerian designer and stylist, Toyin Lawani, designed the stunning dress. Sharing a back view of the dress, Lawani explained how the dress came about.
In her words: “I painted this peacock on the dress just few minutes before the shoot, had to wait to let it dry and had to build the rest of the dress on her body, will share later, I chose the peacock because I have love it dearly and built a collection around it, the peacock is a Beautiful bird that keeps evolving, no matter what condition, come rain, come shine and that’s Me, no matter what they do, or the enemy throws, I keep Rising.”
Kemi Olunloyo is also a blogger and activist against gun violence, and social media personality.
She is the daughter of former Oyo State governor Victor Omololu Olunloyo and the second of ten children. She lived for 14 years in Nigeria, 20 years in the United States, and five years in Canada before being deported back to Nigeria.
The mother of three has appeared as a guest discussing terrorism and health topics on CBC News, Ruptly, CTV News BBC and Nigerian Television Authority.
In 2010, Omololu-Olunloyo served on the Governors Advisory Council at Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ontario. She also worked briefly as a music journalist with the Nigerian Tribune.
While in Canada, Omololu-Olunloyo was active against gun violence. In 2014 she released the names and photographs of men who solicited sex or exposed themselves on social media.
In 2014, she was among the top three nominees of the Social Media Awards Africa’s Social Media Influencer of the Year.
