All human relationships are solidified with good communication. There cannot be healthy communication without active listening. There is a big difference between listening and hearing. In today’s world, everyone seems to be in a rush to talk or be heard without listening. To make headway especially in one’s career, good listening skills are required. Bad listening skills, on the other hand, tarnish a person’s image, intelligence, and reputation. It is impossible to carry on a conversation without actively listening. Here is how to be a good listener: 1. Make eye contact This builds confidence and trust. People only confide and do business…
Author: Pride Team
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards, which held on Sunday 8 November 2020, was filmed in various locations across the world, including London and Budapest, Hungary. Lady Gaga got seven nominations, followed by South Korean boy band BTS and Justin Bieber with five each. BTS was the most awarded act of the ceremony, claiming awards in four of the five categories they were nominated in. The awards show gave its third edition of the Generation Change Award, honouring five women fighting for racial and social justice across the world. The winners include Kiki Mordi, an…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the enrolment of National Youth Service Corps members into the National Health Insurance Scheme. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, made this known on Monday, November 9. He said the NYSC has intensified liaison with security agencies to ensure the security of corps members wherever they are serving in the country. Ibrahim stated this during a media chat with Bureau Chiefs, Media Executives, and Correspondents in Abuja. According to him, with the annual mobilisation of over 300,000 corps members, the NYSC no doubt, “remains the most critical platform for mentoring Nigerian youths as drivers of…
Fast-rising social media comedy sensation, Elsa Majimbo has won the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards under the African Social Star category. The 19-year-old Kenyan was nominated alongside Dimma Umeh, Lydia Forson, Sho Madjozi, Thuso Mbedu, Wian, Karl Kugelmann, and Zozi Tunzi. Nigeria’s Dimma Umeh and South Africa’s were runner-ups. Majimbo rose to fame during the COVID-19 pandemic with her hilarious random videos many of which have gone viral. The teenage star got recognised by international celebrities and bagged an endorsement with Rihanna’s Fenty. She took to her social media page to announce the news. I WON THE E! PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD!!!!!…
With the pronouncement of Joe Biden as the 46th president-elect of the United States, his running mate, Kamala Harris has got everyone. This is because she makes history as the first female, black Asian vice president of the United States. Here are all the things you should know about her. 1.Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California, United States. 2.Her father, Donald Harris, an economist is from Jamaica while her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher is from India. 3.Her parents divorced when she was 7 and at age 12 she moved with her mother and sister,…
US actor, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson who had publicly endorsed Democratic party candidate, Joe Biden in September, released a nearly eight-minute Instagram video on Sunday reacting to the election result. According to the ‘Fast and furious’ actor, he “got a little emotional” when news broke on Saturday that Biden would become president. He said: “Manly tears, of course. I may have cried a tear or two or 10.” Johnson said his vote represented his daughters and the values of decency and humanity that he and his wife Lauren Hashian instill in them. After posting the video, he captioned it: “What…
The recent #EndSARS protest in Nigeria focused mainly against police brutality organised and executed by Nigerian youths is a sign that our youths are waking up and are no longer interested in being passive with respect to the harsh realities they face daily as a result of years of bad governance in our country by the political class. Trapped in the cycle of a relentless lack of prospects in a greatly endowed nation, the vast majority are being robbed of the opportunities of youth and are forced to mark time with their lives, watching on helplessly as their dreams of…
HOLY HUMOUR Poor Preacher The church council met to discuss the pastor’s compensation package for the coming year. After the meeting the chair of council told the pastor: “We are very sorry, Pastor, but we decided that we cannot give you a raise next year.” “But you must give me a raise,” said the pastor. “I am but a poor preacher!” “l know,” the council chair said. “We hear you every Sunday.” Sunday Quote. Church Notice: “Trust in God, but lock your car”. Actual Announcement from Church Bulletin Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. Please use the…
Best Schools isn’t that big. It’s made up of just secondary schools, that means twelve classrooms in all; two for each class. The class 3 of both senior and junior schools has a block to themselves, while classes 1 and 2 share a block. Every block has a lavatory. It’s pretty clean most times, other times not so much. There is no clear demarcation between junior and senior classes, except the uniform: the seniors wear long sleeves and canvas, but the juniors wear short sleeves and sandals. The students, however, find ways to add more separations between each school group.…
I’ll pour my heart and its boiling content My grief and sorrow to the omnipotent I’ll curse the sun that it never shone And wish that day that I was never born I’ll write him a letter and I’ll tell him everything The punches on my face ever since I became a teen I’ll question why he let me go to live a life like this While I chase illegally for a cool black Mercedes I’ll write him a song and sing with this terrible voice To make him hear the words I’d lower the tempo as slow…