Introspective

Call Me Tony: A Parable of Corporate Nigeria

By Temitope Lakisokun The argument over the young trainee who addressed UBA chairman Tony Elumelu by his first name has become a surprisingly revealing debate...

The Myth of New Year Resolutions: Why 2025 Won’t Magically Save You

As we inch closer to the dawn of 2025, the air is thick with the buzz of "New Year, New Me" proclamations. Across the...

The Ageless Myth: Is Age Really Just a State of Mind?

The concept of aging has long been considered a biological certainty, as though an unavoidable countdown is inscribed within our very DNA. Yet, mounting...

Major Minority

The Hispanics are suddenly commanding more attention from businesses and politicians because they are about to eclipse the reign of the Blacks in America as the most populous minority in the US...

Bat Out of Hell

The enemies America has created over the years do not think about immigrants when they plot their dark acts. We're all Americans to them, and likely to be targets, especially now that America has decided to fight back.

A Time To Resolve

It is natural for one to continually strive for a better state of being whether it is in one's job, relationship, or livelihood. In fact, it is born out of the divine instinct...

Motivating Yourself To Superlative Performance (2)

What separates the super achievers from the underachievers, the successes from the failures, the happy from the unhappy, the fulfilled from the unfulfilled, the peak performers from the nonpeak performers?

Motivating Yourself To Superlative Performance (1)

What will it cost you if you fail to achieve your goals? How painful will it be? What will be the consequences to your family, your career, and your life purpose?

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A 'Child Witch' in London

Perhaps the valiant efforts of Sam Itauma of Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network coupled with the honourable actions of Gary Foxcroft of Stepping Stones Nigeria brought home the stark reality of the wicked phenomenon called child witches in Nigeria...

Imo State And The Amnesty Package

When Imo and Abia States were mischievously left out of the benefits that naturally should come to them as a result of their oil-producing status, it took me quite some time to convince some prominent Igbo groups and individuals, as well as commentators on national issues, that the omission was worth fighting against...

Educating Amaechi On Education Policies

On the construction of Model Primary Schools and Health Centres, how are we sure that Amaechi awarded contracts for the remaining ones, as he promised it would be done before the end of September 2010?

Let’s Have Part Time Legislators

I recall a testy exchange in 2009 at the...

Insecurity and the Plight of Kidnap Victims (2)

Part 1 here Perceived callousness in society comes, chiefly, from...

Unstoppable Ngozi Wahala

It’s not for nothing that she is fondly referred...

The Random Thoughts of a Tiny Man

Excuse me, the plane will not take off unless you fasten your seat belt and switch off that phone…Why do Nigerians ring up friends to inform them the plane is about to take off?

Why the North is playing pranks with the presidency…

This is a product of my friendly Facebook spat with my oga. Recently, somebody posted on facebook that our president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had stormed out of a meeting with his political papa, Otunba OBJ...

Nigerian ‘Japa’ Trend And The Issue Of Brain Drain

If you are to ask the average Nigerian today...

A New Day in Nigeria and End of Election Malpractices

Nigeria is the economic powerhouse of West Africa and the giant of Africa. Nigeria as a nation and as a people can no longer afford to shy away from their collective destiny of greatness...