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...

Respect Yourself!

People are not looking for a perfect man. Even fools know that there is none who is perfect.  But people hunger for a leader who first respects himself by not disrespecting his followers...

Beyond Religion and Culture: Spiritual Musings 4

Many Christians believe in their pastors, rather than in their bible. Many Muslims believe in their Imams, rather than in their Koran...

Spiritual Musings 2

A friend on Facebook freshly asked that as I profess so much that ‘love’ should be shown to all equally, whether I would give a homosexual the same quantity of reverence, kindheartedness and communal insertion that I would a hetero in Nigeria...

The Chinese Bamboo Tree: A Lesson in Perseverance, Patience and Persistence

In life, there will be challenging times. You can work on your dreams for weeks, months and even years with no visible signs of progress and then, all of a sudden, things take off. People who patiently toil towards their dreams and goals, building strong character while overcoming adversity and challenge, grow the strong internal structure to handle success when it eventually comes...

You Will Laugh Again

What many people do not know or realize is that contentment cannot be bought with money, although money is very necessary in life. Contentment should not be measured by material acquisitions, but by the satisfaction that comes inwardly...

Hamid Karzai in the Taliban's Den: US policy in reverse gear

The recent deadly bombs that exploded In Afghanistan must worry President Hamid Karzai, as the United States has irrevocably decided to draw down its troops in Afghanistan...

What We Don’t Understand About “No”

Self esteem plays a lot into so many things in life. It plays a much larger role than we care to admit. It exacerbates many other emotions that might more readily be kept under control with sound reasoning...

And My Name Shall Be Called…

I need an urgent name change before my profession goes the way of ‘dinosaurian’ extinction all because I refuse to go with the times by adopting a ‘cool’, ‘happening’ tag...

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‘Labalaba’ and the Suya’s fire: Why the short and ugly are married 2

For every relationship or marriage there is always the third man or third party...

Time for a Female President in Nigeria?

Let’s look at what 50 years of uninterrupted rule by men has brought Nigeria: civil war, one million dead bodies in the space of 3 years, systematized corruption, destruction of national morals, ostentatious living, and decadence that would make the ancient Romans blush...

Good News from Ekiti State

By Michael Abiola Governor Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji's selection as 'Governor...

No Amnesty, No Surrender: Only Equity and Good Governance

No one can guarantee the Nigerian people and the Nigerian state peace, security and stability insofar as the Niger Delta crisis is concerned. No one! Not even the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta...

The Nigerian Jobseeker Pays for Every Job Application

Sadly, Nigerian employers have turned their recruitment exercises into income-generating ventures. In all, poor jobseekers pay for every job application, with no assurance that the most qualified or exceptional will secure the job!

Surprise at Consulate of Nigeria New York Passport Office!

You will not believe what happened at the consulate of Nigeria in New York, last month, on Wednesday, August 26, 2009! The day was ruined, as far as assumed public knowledge or familiarity with laxity and lack of work ethic among certain public officials was concerned...

April Elections – Welcome Happy Mornings

Listen to the presidential aspirants; all their speeches are littered with God's name. Since the Almighty Father is a consensus candidate, let Him take over our presidency...

President Obasanjo's Diplomatic Finesse Unheralded In Nigeria!

President Obasanjo has been a bulwark of success and the fulcrum of his drive is Nigeria and all of Africa, but he is most unfortunately under-appreciated in Nigeria, hence he can be said to be the proverbial prophet without respect in his domain...

Forever saved or damned: a choice!

Our subject matter is understandably a very serious one. And it brings to focus certain words that must clearly be understood before we go ahead in a serious exercise of writing and reading about the most important issue in time and all of eternity...

Anatomy of a warped mind

Mr. Oluwole Bakare completely got it wrong in The Guardian publication of Saturday, November 9, 2013 titled: Stella Oduah: Travails of hard working-public servant...