After the 2023 elections and the shocks they generated, there are two major categories of Nigerians: those who are happy or satisfied with the outcomes and those who are sad or bitter about the results. There is also the category ...
The 2023 presidential election has come and gone but the ripples it generated will continue to dominate discourse for some time to come. This is because while the outcome of the election was welcome to the millions of Nigerians who ...
The past few weeks have been especially rough and tough for the vast majority of Nigerians. This is as a result of what appears like unimaginable treachery and cold-blooded backstabbing meted out to Nigerians by the same government they overwhelmingly ...
In this life, everyone desires success; no one wants failure. We all dream to live a happy and fulfilled life. However, the dream often becomes a nightmare and the reality is that failure is common, though natural. So, millions of ...
Some weeks ago, a friend of mine in reaction to a comment sent a sticker with the inscription, “Life is a spoon”, to me. Since then, the metaphor has stuck to my mind and it has been welling up different ...
As another year begins and students resume, it is auspicious to stress that one major factor responsible for one’s success or failure in this life is attitude. In fact, attitude is everything and everything is about attitude. Nothing is as ...
For many university students and their lecturers, the year 2022 would be deemed gloomy due to the longest strike ever embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and its implications. Yet, as every cloud has a silver ...
Hardly does a day pass in Nigeria nowadays without chilling reports of gun violence or insecurity somewhere. It has become a menace that must be confronted by all stakeholders for our collective peace, sanity and security. Gun violence by non-state ...
In this life, it is important to appreciate that there is no satisfaction and happiness without action even if action may not always bring happiness. You cannot be anything without some action: saying something, doing something and being something. It ...
Over 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu wrote his seminal book, “The Art of War”, and the insights it contains are as useful in the fields of governance, politics and sociology as they are in philosophy and military science as well ...
In September 1988, the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” was released by the American musician, Bobby McFerrin, to popular acclaim. It was aptly described by a critic as a “formula for facing life’s trials” because that is exactly what it ...
Two visuals seriously disturbed me last week. The first was the video of a man on a motorcycle, most likely a commercial motorcyclist. He refused to let go of his bike on a flooded road until the flood washed him ...