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Over the weekend, Nigeria’s Covid-19 vaccine wahala showed its hands and elicited various reactions from many quarters. I thought my neighbour’s reaction was top notch because it contained some elements of hope. He had been depressed when news first broke that Nigeria was not going to be getting any vaccines from the World Health Organization soon because of lack of the right storage for the vaccines….
Transitions is one subject that clearly mirrors life. It seems we are all at various points of transition, from one level to another; from someplace down to someplace up; from someplace up to someplace down. From babyhood to teenage years through young adulthood to grey days. From being single to being parents with the noise of children about, and from having the noise of children…
Following the publication yesterday of our piece on David Ntekim-Rex and how Nigeria’s software community can keep his memory alive, using Liam Neeson’s The Honest Thief model, my neighbour suggested something interesting. He wants Nigeria’s software community to consider Anthony Mackie’s Outside the Wire as an important case study as part of the overall strategy. He thinks the movie is a good place to start. So,…
On the night of 15th January, several forces combined to take the life of promising David Ntekim-Rex leaving his family, friends, colleagues and admirers to grieve what was clearly, an avoidable and needless death. Of all the suggestions on how those who mourn might cope with the irreplaceable loss and keep the memory of the young departed at heart, I find the one suggesting Liam…
My neighbour was sold after listening to a presentation on having a garden around the house. He got some money, bought some used water tanks and filled them with sand, which he placed at some corners around the house. Later he manured the sand then contracted a gardener to plant some vegetables for him. He wanted to learn from the gardener so that he would…
We are creatures of habit We don’t like change We prefer the status quo We prefer the familiar The prefer the predictable
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In our profiling of ten most powerful people in Lagos recently, we placed the Poor Collective in the first position. Because persons in The Poor Collective constitute the largest power center in Lagos state. They are the proverbial goose that lay the golden eggs of Lagos. With Omo Ghetto’s success as the highest-grossing movie out of Nigeria till date, comes further proof of the potentials…
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