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Darasimi Oshodi – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com Connecting To Advance Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:00:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.talkafrique.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ta_logo22-150x92.jpg Darasimi Oshodi – TalkAfrique http://www.talkafrique.com 32 32 Madison Robinson, the 16-Year-Old Founder of FishFlops http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/madison-robinson-founder-of-fishflops Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:00:17 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11698 Madison Robinson’s story is the type of story I like to spread. Such stories inspire others and can galvanise us to action. She is only fifteen years old but she owns her own flourishing business. She is also a philanthropist. She has created a flip-flop business which she calls FishFlops. Maddies’ FishFlops are beautiful flip-flops, …

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]]> Stealing Is Not Corruption: Why Nigeria Is a Case Study in Absurdity (Part Two) http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/stealing-is-not-corruption-why-nigeria-is-a-case-study-in-absurdity-part-two Tue, 02 Sep 2014 18:54:17 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11691  By Darasimi Oshodi In my last post, I started giving reasons why I think Nigeria is a case study in absurdity. The first reason I gave was the way our politicians change parties without caution. They even seem to get a kick out of their actions. I cited the examples of Nuhu Ribadu, Atiku Abubakar, …

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]]> Like Nuhu Ribadu Like Christiano Ronaldo: Why Nigeria Is a Case Study in Absurdity (Part One) http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/like-nuhu-ribadu-like-christiano-ronaldo-why-nigeria-is-a-case-study-in-absurdity Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:53:46 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11627 By Darasimi Oshodi Could it have ever occurred to Hillary Clinton to defect from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party when she lost her presidential bid to Barack Obama? I am almost certain it couldn’t because theirs is a rational society where decisions are taken based on principles. So, former Chairman of the Economic …

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]]> 21 Reasons Why the Government Must #BringBackOurGirls Now! by Darasimi Oshodi http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/21-reasons-why-the-government-must-bringbackourgirls-now http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/21-reasons-why-the-government-must-bringbackourgirls-now#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:42:26 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11624 Darasimi Oshodi Four over months now, more than a hundred schoolgirls have been abducted from a school in Chibok, Borno State and there are no signs of them returning anytime soon. Some parents of the girls have died, with other apparently going through untold pains but the government seems to be at a loss as …

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]]> http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/21-reasons-why-the-government-must-bringbackourgirls-now/feed 1 Random Musings about Nigeria and Nigerians – Darasimi Oshodi http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/random-musings-about-nigeria-and-nigerians Sat, 23 Aug 2014 14:24:58 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11621 By Darasimi Oshodi This piece is an attempt to write down some of my thoughts on some things I have noticed in my environment. The two sections are from two different trains of thought and that is why I have demarcated them. Enjoy the read. I have come to the categorical conclusion that Nigerians are …

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]]> Deadlier than HIV: Hepatitis B – by Darasimi Oshodi http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/deadlier-than-hiv-hepatitis-b-by-darasimi-oshodi Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:53:05 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11617 by Darasimi Oshodi The World Hepatitis Day was recently observed. So this post is my own way of contributing to the sensitisation on Hepatitis. The First Service in my church on Sunday is tagged ‘Empowerment Service’, where issues like entrepreneurship, academics, health, wealth, purpose, etc., are addressed. At one of our services, a medical doctor, …

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]]> Cliff Young http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/cliff-young Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11615 Darasimi Oshodi I came across the story of Cliff Young and I was wowed. I just couldn’t resist the urge to share it with others. So please enjoy his story. In 1983 when Cliff stepped to the line ready to run the Westfield Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon no one took him seriously. He didn’t …

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]]> Two Things You Can Still Do This Year, by Darasimi Oshodi http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/two-things-you-can-still-do-this-year-by-darasimi-oshodi Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11611 by Darasimi Oshodi Sometime ago, I took my wife to the hospital for treatment of cough and catarrh. It was our first time of visiting that hospital to see a doctor so we had to obtain a new patient’s card. We paid for the card without stress but it was not the same with obtaining …

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]]> Drugged, Raped, Mocked but Undaunted: I #StandwithJada, by Darasimi Oshodi http://www.talkafrique.com/career-tools/motivation-self-help/drugged-raped-mocked-but-undaunted-i-standwithjada-by-darasimi-oshodi Thu, 31 Jul 2014 17:53:42 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11613   Jada, a 16-year-old girl, was invited to a party. When she got there, the host gave her a drink of punch and after taking the drink, she passed out and was not aware of every other thing that happened at the party. A few weeks later, she realised that she had been raped and …

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]]> Superstars and Superflaws http://www.talkafrique.com/issues/superstars-superflaws Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.talkafrique.com/?p=11553 By Darasimi Oshodi Lance Armstrong, Oscar Pistorius, Aaron Hernandez. Why are superstars falling from grace to grass? Pistorius’ and Hernandez’s cases are still in court so it is subjudice, using the legal parlance, meaning one cannot make any conclusive statement on them, at least not in public. The sports world was shaken earlier this year …

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