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Eugenia Abu
Jammeh as a metaphor – part 1
In 2013, I visited the picturesque city of Banjul, Gambia. It was my first time but I found to my dismay two…
Tips on health & lifestyle
This is the last of the tips for managing yourselves in 2017. I have noticed that as a people we tend to take our…
Parenting teenagers and young persons (part 2)
Two weeks ago we dwelt on tips for managing young persons and teenagers. I decided that it deserves a Part 2…
Tips on lifestyle and related matters in 2017 (2)
Parenting teenagers and young persons (Part 1)
It is often said that every generation has its Achilles heels and…
Tips on lifestyle and related matters for 2017 (1) Helps
I have chosen, as all trustworthy people should, to keep my promise to deliver three batches of lifestyle tips to…
Ahead of the turnaround year 2017
Let’s quickly make a pact with ourselves and with God that the year 2016 which is grinding to a halt was our annus…
Happy holidays
I love being a Nigerian. A lot of us do not go on holidays and am not talking about those who can’t afford it. I am…
It’s the way of the world
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage” Anais Nin
“In terrible moments, in moments of…
Celebrating Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
I am married to his young son and his wife is my mother-in-law. That clearly makes Abubakar Adam Ibrahim award…
Why should a porter’s birthday concern me?
I am at my wits end with the begging disposition of Nigerians which has now being elevated to high art and is…
The Chibok girls and the rest of us
When they were abducted, I had sleepless nights. I thought of my own daughters, I cried with their parents, I…
Again, customer service
We had arrived at a private school in Abuja to see the Principal, my spouse and I and we were offered seats by a…