THE WAY OUT: A CLARION CALL FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT Special Press Statement By President Olusegun Obasanjo ———————————————————————————————- Since we are still in the month of January, it is appropriate to wish all Nigerians Happy 2018. I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, “What has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a Special Statement?” You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be…
Author: Chukwuemeka
Dear Dorothy, I have a successful career and will be turning twenty-nine in a few weeks’ time. Though my career is going very well, I can’t seem to find a man to call my own. I am single and searching. I’m desperate to find someone to call my own. I want to settle down. I want to be married before my thirtieth birthday. I am making every effort to meet and date. I have dated some single “eligible” men, but none has gone on to be a serious relationship. It looks like all the decent men nowadays are already taken…
Africa is a continent filled with creative talent yet contributes less than 1% according to the UNESCO creative economy report 2013 to the global creative economy. The Skika team have set out on a journey to change this narrative. They are doing so by providing technological infrastructure to enable the development of profitable and sustainable creative enterprises. Skika is loosely translated to mean ‘Be heard’. It is derived from the Swahili word kusikika, and was inspired by the need to stretch African stories beyond stereotypical one-dimensional narratives that are often portrayed in global media. Skika’s technology welcomes a diverse range…
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE 2018 PRIDE WOMEN CONFERENCE’S HEARTS AS ONE AWARDS – A CELEBRATION OF LOVE TRULY BEING LIVED. The 2018 Hearts As One Awards aims to recognise the power of love to move mountains and achieve the impossible. When two hearts unite as one and are driven by a shared purpose, working together in unison and harmony, the impossible is made possible. The 2018 Hearts As One Awards celebrates couples who are an inspiration to others by their selflessness, sacrifice and care for each another – couples who are an embodiment of love truly being…
People around the world have expressed profound outrage over US President Donald Trump’s alleged disparaging remarks about Haitians and Africans. In consultation on an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and some nations in Africa, Trump demanded to know, at a White House meeting, why he should accept immigrants from “shithole countries”, rather than from places like Norway, according to legislators and others who attended the meeting. Reports had it that the remarks from America’s foremost citizen left members of the US Congress from both parties attending the meeting alarmed and mystified. The backlash and reactions…
One Sunday morning, A pastor decided to do something a little different. He said, ‘Today, in church, I am going to say a single word and you are going to help me preach. Whatever single word I say, I want you to sing whatever hymn that comes to your mind — The pastor shouted out ‘CROSS.’ Immediately the congregation started singing in unison, ‘THE OLD RUGGED CROSS.’ The pastor hollered out GRACE.’ The congregation began to sing ‘AMAZING GRACE, how sweet the sound.’ The pastor said ‘POWER.’ The congregation sang ‘THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD.’ The Pastor said ‘SEX’ The congregation fell into total silence. Everyone was in shock.…
In Ephesians 3:19 Paul prays that we would all come to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, “that we may be filled with all the fullness of God.” One beautiful characteristic of life in Christ is its fullness. Jesus Christ is Himself “the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way” (Ephesians 1:23). What does this fullness entail? First of all, He gives fullness of grace. “From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” (John 1:16). Then comes fullness of joy and peace. “I have told you this so that my joy may…
My Technology World Blogspot. From magazine headlines to wise words from our mother, we’re constantly bombarded with “tips” to keep our health in check. But before drowning in diet soda and daily showers, reassess some of these behaviors that may be doing more harm than help. Foods and Eating Habits: Enhanced water. A little faux fruity flavor might seem like a great way to up H2O intake, but flavored water, like Vitamin Water or even Smart Water, can be filled with sugar. Skip the artificially sweetened water and infuse water with actual fruit. Granola and granola bars. Granola is made…
In part two last week, we looked at the (single and double) Monk Strap shoe. In part three this week we examine the Brogue shoe. The Brogue: A brogue is so called because it has perforated holes that punctuates the shoe often in an elaborate manner, therefore, any shoe with such holes is regarded as brogue. It is of note that shoe types like the Balmoral Oxford or Monk Strap have brogue like aesthetic. However, the main feature of a brogue is a heart shaped pattern on the main face of the shoe. The main brogue distinction are the perforated…
LAUGH QUOTE I’m so good at sleeping that I can do it with my eyes closed. Knock! Knock! Knock, knock Who’s there? Merry. Merry who? Merry Christmas! PILE OF DUNG. There were these three guys. They had been walking for 3 days and were very tired. They found a hotel, rented a room and went to sleep. Then, this old guy comes in out of nowhere, and says there is a magic pool just outside their hotel room. He tells them “Ok, you must jump off the diving board, and yell out what you wanna land in.” So the three…