7 Cover Letter Writing Mistakes Costing You Interviews

By Gloria Kopp

Cover letters, the bane of any individual seeking a new job. Sat in front of a computer? Blank word document in front of you? Unsure where to begin and what to include?  Usually, the majority of people quickly jot down something that they think employers want to hear, attach the letter to their C.V and send it, fingers crossed.

Rita Dominic Says Celebs Should Marry Other Celebs To Avoid Divorce

In this brief interview during the signing of a movie deal last week, Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic spoke on her much respected fashion sense, repeating outfits, celebs who overshare on social media and whether celebs should only date or marry only other celebrities. Her responses will surprise you, enjoy!

When one thinks "Rita Dominic", one thinks fashion, you seem to always get it right all the time that your name has now come to be synonymous with fashion, how do you do it?
In all honesty, I don't know. I don't understand why people keep saying that because I know that I don't do anything different from the next woman. I just wear whatever, you know?

Kanye West Calls Racism A Silly Concept & Has No Problem With White People Using N-Word

Kanye West had a sit down with Clique TV in France during the Paris Fashion Week which he recently attended with wife Kim Kardashian. One of the topics that came up was racism and Kanye gave his own interesting perspective which is that racism is a non-thing and that it's outdated and overtaken by recent happenings. He also has no problem with white people using the N-word at concerts or singing along to rap music.

“It’s true that white people use that word at concerts. It’s like when my words get taken out of context. I can say anything I want on a beat, but when I would say it in an interview, it would be taken out of context, and all, ‘Oh, he’s an ego-maniac.’ But it’s like, ‘Wait a second, this is the way people rap.'”

I Admire Market Women - Chimamanda Adichie On Feminism, Beyonce, Racism & Writing

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is in the April 2015 issue of Vogue, in addition to her daily outfits photo shoot for the magazine. In the April edition of the paper, Chimamanda talked about various things, including being a writer and a feminist, her work being sampled by Beyonce, and about her husband, Dr Ivara Esege. He is a professor of medicine in Baltimore where they have a home in addition to their house in Lagos where she spends more than half of the year.

On the little things he does to show her love though they live separately a lot of the time, she say; "I do all these drawings for my clothes. Really terrible drawings. But I love to do them, and he gave me the crayons so I could add a little bit of colour." Read excerpts from the feature below and check out the full essay by Erica Wagner on Vogue.

Chimamanda Adichie On Elnathan John's 2013 Twitter Rants Against Her

For the month of March, Chimamanda Adichie has been sharing her fashion outfit of the day [OOTD] pictures with Vogue UK and her fashionista fans around the world. But a new interview with Olisa.tv, in which the award winning writer speaks about a misunderstanding with writer Elnathan John, has sparked controversy amongst the Nigerian literati.

Elnathan is also a Nigerian writer, well known online for the satirical pieces on his blog, including How to Show Nigerian Love and others. He is also a famous Twitteratti, and among his viral tweets is an episode where he ranted about Chimamanda's natural hair campaign.

Kemi Lala On Being Groom's Woman For OC Ukeje - He's My Ride or Die Guy

Kemi Lala-Akindoju is an award winning ctress on both stage and film, and has also dabbled in productions for plays and art events. One of her best friends and collaborators in the industry is OC Ukeje and in this new interview with the Tribune newspaper, Kemi opens up on the close relationship between the two of them, her personal life, and her role models in her career. See excerpts below:

Lami Phillips on Being a Woman In Music, Sexual Harrasment, Tiwa Savage, & More on AML Show

Singer and songwriter Lami Phillips made her major debut in the music industry, in 2009, with the release of her freshman album ‘intuition.’ Since then, the Afro-queen of soul has created and maintained a sound and style that keeps R&B/alternative/rock music relevant on Africa’s music map.

In this episode of The Africa Music Law Show, Lami opens up on producing her freshman album, using social media to build her brand, women in music and progress, Tiwa Savage as a trailblazer, sexual harassment, and violence against women in the industry. Lami and Uduak also discuss the business of music, her upcoming EP and album record label agreements, death of larger record labels in Nigeria, copyright society of Nigeria (COSON), and much more. It is an episode not to be missed. Listen below..

Aisha Buhari on Buhari's Private Life & Marriage, Her Career & Being a Potential First Lady

THISDAY Style recently interviewed Aisha Buhari, the only wife of APC presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. During the interview, she revealed information about herself and her husband that a lot of people may not know.

For instance, the fact that she is a professional esthetician and the humorous side of her husband’s personality that the public rarely gets to see. She also speaks on Buhari’s advocacy for women’s education, and potentially becoming the First Lady of Nigeria. Below are some excerpts from the interview:

Tia Mowry's Husband Cory Hardrict Reveals How They Met When He was Broke

Tia and Tamera Mowry were the identical twins in major comedy series, Sister, Sister, and the now ‘all grown up’, married mothers are still working hard as actresses in Hollywood. The sisters are also well-known for their reality show, Tia & Tamera that documented their pregnancies and more. Tia also featured as one of the main roles in TV show The Game for several seasons.

Now, Tia's husband Cory Hardrict, who's also an actor and starred in acclaimed war movie, American Sniper, has opened up on how they met while he was broke and working odd jobs as an upcoming actor. The actor also talked about their journey to marriage, raising their son and combining family with a career in a recent interview on Global Grind,

'Love Is Odi' - Mercy Johnson and Hubby Share Their Amazing Love Story

Mercy Johnson and her husband,Odianosen Okojie have opened up about love story, how they met, how his ex-wife almost destroyed their marriage plans, how they keep the spark of love and would never cheat on each other, and the definition of love to them. To Mercy, love means her husband, and he also believes they perfectly complement each other. Read their new interview with Punch...

How did you meet each other?

Odi: I met Mercy for the first time in 2008 on a flight from France. We both flew Business Class and I asked for her number but she refused. She was very down-to-earth even as a celebrity. I know how a lot of them behave but she is different. Being very focused and a go-getter, I did everything I could just to have her including her number after I set my eyes on her.

Mercy: After the flight episode, he came around to Surulere where I was getting my hair done at a saloon. Somehow, he had gotten my number and we spoke. We talked and later had dinner.

Amber Rose Talks Sex, Divorce and Kim Kardashian In No-Holds-Barred Interview

Amber Rose has opened up about her divorce from Wiz Khalifa and how she mourned the breakup for over four months in a new radio interview with Hot 97fm. She also talks about why she twerked on Chris Brown, why she only dates celebs and her tastes in the bedroom which has no space for Anal sex.

She also took the opportunity to slam Kim Kardashian for stealing Kanye, and Tyga for breaking up with Amber's friend Blak Chyna to go for 17-year-old Kylie Jenner. Watch the video and read some excerpts from the interview below...

MI Abaga Speaks On Getting Married Soon, Beef With Olamide, Kelly Handsome and More

Award winning Nigerian rapper Jude "M.I" Abaga is featured in an interview with Saturday Beats, where he opened up on both his private life and career, finally settling rumors about his relationship status and if he will be getting married soon.

The rapper also responds to claims made by Kelly Hansome recently that he made M.I the success he is today, and whether or not there is beef between him and Olamide. Read excerpts from his interview below.

Covers - Big Sean Talks On Friendship Before Love With Ariana Grande For Complex Magazine

Big Sean is on the cover of the next issue of Complex Magazine, and in the cover story, the 26-year-old rapper talks about how his relationship with girlfriend Ariana Grande started as friendshi before blossoming into love. He also clears out any doubt about rumors that he stole a Rolex watch from former fiancee and Glee actress, Naya Rivera.

After the breakup with Naya, Big Sean and Ariana Grande tried for a while to hide the fact they were dating, but now they couple are really flaunting their love. Big Sean once posted the red hot picture of the two to his Instagram page and the couple have also shared photos from a vacation together. HERE. Read excerpts from his interview below

Yasmin Eleby Explains Why She Married Herself In 40th Birthday Wedding, Says No Regrets!

Yasmin Eleby married herself in a wedding ceremony celebrated on her 40th birthday as a promise to herself should she remain single at that age. RML posted the story here with best wishes to her, but a lot of people who read about the self-wedding bashed her for fooling herself, and wondered why her friends and family didn't stop her.

In a new interview, Yasmin has explained her actions, and says she doesn't regret her decision to marry herself. She said her family and friends didn't stop her because they understand the real message she was passing, she said she even invited a couple of her exes and they came. Her mother actually walked her down the aisle, her older sister performed the ceremony, and her three other sisters were her bridesmaids. Read her interview with The Root, below...

Annie Idibia On Divorce And Pregnancy, Being Married To 2Face, and His Other Baby Mamas

Annie Macaulay-Idibia has spoken out about being married to a man with other baby mamas, her personal experience of divorce, her pregnancies and her children. On the latest issue of Motherhood In-Style magazine, the Nollywood actress, and wife to 2face Idibia, one of Nigeria's biggest musicians, features with her two daughters - Isabel and Olivia - in the magazine spread, see photos.

Annie Idibia talks to the magazine about her parents getting divorced, how it affected her, being married to 2face, his children from other women, her pregnancies and much more. According to BN, Annie Idibia’s feature in the magazine covers 13 pages and is very detailed about her life as a mother and wife. Read excerpts from her interesting interview below:

Tinsel Actress Opens Up On Using Sex Toys To Avoid Promiscuity

Joju Muse, also known as April, is an actress on popular TV series Tinsel and she recently opened up about her sex life in an interview with icampusng.com. She said she tries to avoid having multiple partners by staying away from sex witht he opposite sex. She also admitted that she has various types of sex toys - G-Spot stimulator, the regular vibrator, the Dildo, and one called the ‘Rabbit' to use whenever she's in that sexy mood. Excerpts from the interview below.

Covers - Jennifer Lopez On Love, Divorce & Her Sexy Image As A Mother

Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of the latest issue of Complex Magazine where she talks about her upcoming movie, plastic surgery, love, divorce and her sexy movies and music. When asked how she would "respond to people who criticized your “Booty” video and asked what your kids will say when they see it?" She said;

I’m not allowed to be sexy because I’m a mom? It’s like, How do you think I got my children? [Laughs.] The truth is I don’t want to do anything that they would be embarrassed of in the long run. But at the end of the day, they care more about me being there, taking care of them, than if I’m sexy in a video. And I’m not saying that one day they may not be like, “Mom! Why did you do that?!”

American Queen Ahneva Adegeye Talks Being One of King Sunny Ade’s Many Wives

That King Sunny Ade has many wives is common knowledge, see photos, but what most people don't know is that he has an American wife called Queen Ahneva Adeniyi-Adegeye to whom he has been married for over 30 years. Most people know Mrs Adegeye as the Lagos managing director of Quintessentially, the global luxury concierge service, and a voice on Classic FM's Sunday morning praise show.

Queen Ahneva Adegeye is also a fashion designer with a deep love for Africa and owns an outlet at the Nike Art Gallery, Lekki, where she also runs the Gallery Cafe. In a recent interview with Punch Newspaper, she opened up about what it’s like to be married and have so many co-wives, her love for KSA, fashion, Africa and more. Read excerpts from her interview below:

Kylie Jenner Releases Busty New Photo - Talks About Love For Tyga?

It's hard to remember that Kylie Jenner is just 17 years old, she probably can't wait till she's 18 later this year. The Kardashian baby sister released the photo above to her social media sending her fans and critics into a frenzy, some admiring her, and others slamming her.

In her Cosmopolitan cover interview, Kylie had denied reports that she had plastic surgery to enhance her lips and boobs, but many are saying that this picture disproves her claims. Some are also using some of her comments in the cover story of the magazine to shine the light on her alleged relationship with rapper Tyga.

Asa Says Real Life Love Inspired Song On Her Latest Album

Singer Asa revealed earlier today that she has finally found love while on the midday show with Toolz on Beat Fm 99.9. She said because she previously felt lonely and wanted to feel loved...., she had to drive 18 hours alone from Nashville to New York to  get inspiration for many songs on her latest album, Bed of Stone. She said that now, its a different story.

When Toolz asked if she has now found love, Asa said, "Yes, I have and I am very happy and I guess that’s what inspired the song, ‘How did love find me?" When Toolz inquired further to ask if the guy was a Nigerian, Asa said, "No he’s not a Nigerian, I won’t say more than that".

Love knows no borders so here on RML, we wish her happiness.