2011 National Assembly Election Success in Nigeria: A Glimpse of Hope at Last?

Nigeria, touted as the world’s most populous black nation, for a long time, has been at the precipice of collapse economically and politically because of bad leadership. Right from the locust years of the military, the country had been plunged into the abyss of retrogression. This continued even with the advent of democracy in the… Continue reading 2011 National Assembly Election Success in Nigeria: A Glimpse of Hope at Last?

How to Avoid Mistakes in Life by Learning from the Stories of Others

How to Avoid Life-threatening Mistakes by Learning from the Stories of Others In Africa, stories are used to teach morals, to entertain, and to uphold core values as a people. At this phase of our development when we are faced with a lot of challenging situations, what we need are stories of hope, not stories… Continue reading How to Avoid Mistakes in Life by Learning from the Stories of Others

How to Give Meaning to a Clueless Life

The greatest tragedy of life is for people  to live and die and never come out of themselves, to never realise the possibilities hidden within them. Each time I come across people with huge potentials and who seem to be clueless about what to do with their innate abilities, my heart bleeds.  To give meaning… Continue reading How to Give Meaning to a Clueless Life

How to Start Over With a Positive Attitude

There is no limitation to what you can achieve in life. The only limitation to achieving great feats in life is the one set by you. Therefore, no matter what you are going through; no matter where you are at the moment, be admonished that it is not yet over. There is always a chance… Continue reading How to Start Over With a Positive Attitude

The Power of Taking The First Step

Each passing second, several ideas play out in one’s mind. The human mind conceives numerous ideas that are capable of turning the world around positively within a millisecond. Perhaps this was the reason Napoleon Bonaparte once asserted that “ideas rule the world”. But despite the myriad of ideas that dot our minds daily, several people,… Continue reading The Power of Taking The First Step

Beyond Political Turmoil in Africa: We Are Blessed, Not Cursed

 In the last couple of months, there hav been pockets of crises here and there on the African continent. From Ivory Coast to Sudan, and from Tunisia to Egypt, it has been tales of cacophony and woes. This seems worrisome in a continent blessed with abundant human and material resources. There is a tendency to… Continue reading Beyond Political Turmoil in Africa: We Are Blessed, Not Cursed