Mentorship is one of the most important concepts that if understood has tremendous advantages and benefits to anyone anywhere in the world. Explained in modest terms, mentorship is walking or working with someone who has achieved what one desires to achieve in the near future. Simply put, mentorship is being guided and instructed by a … Read more
Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH on Monday, July 12, 2021) Any day, a cow in a china shop is a recipe for disaster. Anyway, it’s also a metaphor for Nigeria. Anywhere, a cow never frolics in a china shop, except in a great-little country like ours, Nigeria, where it lounges in a china shop; … Read more
By Femi Akintunde-Johnson Insecurity is the greatest bane of the Nigerian state as we stand today; followed closely by its twin sister, food scarcity, or what we vaguely call famine – occasioned by the fear of, and despair about the level of killings, abductions, and all sorts of violence assailing us all over the place. … Read more
In the fight against this social ill, the warriors have to be made to understand that real change can only be achieved by taking up the cudgels and staying the course until the narrative is changed. In recent months, the Yoruba film industry has been in the news following acrimonious relations, recriminations and counter-recriminations involving … Read more
A participant asked the question during a skill development, ‘one idea’ seminar. “I am multi-talented and I want to utilize all my skills, both for personal satisfaction and financial remunerations. However, I am confused on how to combine all of these skills together. How do I build different businesses from them all?” Read also: Persistence … Read more
…the government has focused military and monetary resources on combating the I.P.O.B, despite Nigeria’s mounting challenges. On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, news broke that the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, had been arrested and extradited back to Nigeria following a sting operation conducted by Nigerian security and intelligence agencies, with … Read more
I read this story in that phenomenal book that has transcended different eras and the principles contained in its pages are still as potent and relevant even with the changing times. The book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill written in 1937 told the story in one of the beginning chapters of a man … Read more
Today is Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, celebrated every year on June 27. The day is set aside to recognize and celebrate the contributions of MSMEs in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The day was designated by a United Nations General Assembly resolution in April 2017, recognizing the importance of these … Read more
This feminism, has to teach the easily pliable young women, that one does not eject himself from the quicksand of inequality by implicitly plunging deeper into that sand. On Saturday, June 19, 2021, a tragic culmination of a missing person’s case percolated across various news media, with viral reports indicating that erstwhile CEO of Super … Read more
It started as a minor disagreement before escalating into a heated argument. Read Also: Reflections: An Anthology of thoughts on Nigerian Movie Industry – Pioneers, Creativity & Tenacity by Femi Akintunde-Johnson. The couple could be heard yelling on top of their voices and one of their neighbors, a matured gentleman decided to bang on their … Read more
It was a very beautiful hot afternoon in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. The weather, typical of this famed Centre of Excellence, was humid. But by a lunch table in a restaurant, close to the Atlantic Ocean, the impact of the humidity was significantly being contained. There with yours sincerely, over lunch, was a visiting American … Read more
By Otunba TJ Abass As the 2019 general election draws closer, the Nigeria Air force has disclosed the plans of their involvement in the next general election by providing the independent electoral commission with aircraft to transport election material and other related logistics. This was disclosed at Abuja today by the Chief of Air Staff, … Read more
By Otunba TJ Abass It was the day for the historic 1 million man-march in support of the second term bid of the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, a son of the soil, and the Epe people did make a profound statement of it. Epe, one of Lagos’ sprawling neighbourhoods had never … Read more
In this write-up, our columnist, OTUNBA T.J ABASS, the Aremo of Epeland, takes a look at the upcoming 1 million man march scheduled for Epe on June 16, in support of the second term bid of the Governor of Lagos, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and submits that it would be epochal indeed Epe, one of Lagos’ … Read more
It is always the case that any time a well-meaning administration is out with a progressive policy to advance the course of governance and enhance the well-being of the people, that one or two selfishly motivated individuals and parties, would attempt to scuttle it. Such is not new but the irony is that in that … Read more
Nigeria’s ban on Twitter immediately cut off an estimated 40 million users. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had said that social media companies wishing to operate in the country must register as a local entity and be licensed by the federal government. “We are insisting that for you to operate in Nigeria you … Read more
By Tunde Odesola Chanting a million and one ‘gbosas’ to acknowledge the magic performed last week in Abuja by Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), would be an exercise in ingratitude. For executing the 8th Wonder of the World, President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo deserve to … Read more
That feeling of stepping into a train for the first time was magical! A few minutes later, more passengers boarded, everyone smiling and looking round the train. You could easily read some people’s minds: ‘Is this for real? In Nigeria?’ On the 18th of December 2020, I had to be at Ibadan for a friend’s … Read more
By Tunde Odesola It’s only a 43-year-old novice President like Emmanuel Macron of France that can take a hot slap on the right cheek and go back home to sleep. That can never happen in the Feudal Republic of Nigeria. This oyinbo people sef! Are they weird or wayward, or both? Last Tuesday, a 28-year-old … Read more
“What are you people waiting for? Haven’t you been married for over a year?” A colleague asked a lady who had been married but wasn’t seen with a protruding stomach several months after her wedding. Read Also: The Virtue of Integrity and the First Bank Saga “Don’t you know you biological clock is ticking? When … Read more