On a fateful day last week, someone with retail business near one of the many commercial banks lining our streets, observed a gentleman as he parked his car beside the bank and walked towards the bank’s ATM…
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How Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson’s The Man from Toronto is a primer for becoming the best husband – 3
1:04:32 – “Not being able to follow through. Not having the guts” Being able to follow things through is one of the basic components of integrity! There is a variant of integrity called resilience. This…
How Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson’s The Man from Toronto is a primer for becoming the best husband – 2
1:04:30 – “Being Afraid” Being afraid is not a bad thing but it could be one. Especially when it is responsible for a husband’s failure. Of course, most husbands do not like to fail. Many…
How Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson’s The Man from Toronto is a primer for becoming the best husband – 1
“Never doing what you say you’re gonna do is what got you into this situation” (1:04:24). Lesson: Always do what you say you’re going to do because doing contrary will always lead every husband into…
10 special things about Nigeria’s first acclaimed nationalist, Herbert Macaulay
His full name was Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay He was born in 1861, the year Lagos was ceded to Queen Victoria He was the grandson of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the first Anglican Bishop of…
Remembering Umaru Shinkafi 6 years after: 7 prescriptions for dealing with disappointment, today’s dominant affliction
It is exactly six years ago today that Nigeria’s former security and intelligence czar, lawyer, politician, philanthropist and Marafan Sokoto, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi bid this world goodbye. As his beloved family, friends, associates and other…
Young People’s Mental Health: Why Nigeria must pay attention to the Copenhagen Mall Shooting of 3rd July
Wait a minute! Before you begin, can you show me evidence of how the authorities in Denmark reacted to what has been called the ‘Shiroro Mining Massacre’ that took place last week in Niger State,…
What if Burna Boy refuses his mother/manager’s message to “… tone down the madness?”
Did you see how he packed out Wembley Stadium last week? The guy’s definitely on a roll Is that the answer to my question? Did you see what he had earlier done at Madison Square…
So Alibaba did for the comedy industry in Nigeria what Stephen Keshi did for Nigeria professional football?
“Did you not know that historical fact?” “No.” “Like seriously? Didn’t you know that Stephen Keshi and some of his brother footballers played for New Nigerian Bank (NNB) football club in those days and had…
The story of what happened to my neighbor’s Infinix phone when he went with it to dreamland
My neighbour has been very grateful since the rains have brought a calming coolness to the weather and made it possible for him to enjoy a quick afternoon nap where the same would have been very difficult…