The Rich Are Raising Their Kids Differently
The Rich Are Raising Their Kids Differently In Nigeria A friend that worked with Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) got a new job with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It was everything a young lady could think of. The pay was…
Why Most Businesses In S.E Nigeria Did Not Survive After The War
Business In South East Nigeria Though the poor economic management at the national level took its toll on many Nigerian companies of the 70s, one can point to some privately-owned companies in the North and West from the 70s…
Sir Joe Nwankwu: The Man That Built Nigerian Coca-Cola
I have searched through the internet to read up about a colossal. But there is no article or a post that captured the life of one of the greatest beings that shared this space called the earth. His times were not captured in…
Book Review: Silent Songs of a Zygote
SYNOPSIS: SILENT SONGS OF A ZYGOTE is a collection of poems. The themes cut across seasons and the coming of age, love and romance, home and eternity, coronavirus and the pandemic, hope and faith as well as life and…
The Sinking Education System In Nigeria
During our days the education system in Nigeria was superior, WAEC was a near test of knowledge. We wore pocketless shorts and perforated singlets to exam halls in St Charles Special Science School. We knew those that would…
THE BUSINESS OF USED PAINT BUCKETS
THE BUSINESS OF USED PAINT BUCKETS When you see a new empty 20-liter bucket of paint, what do you think is the worth? Let me save you the stress. In Onitsha, an empty plastic bucket of paint costs from N1,000.00 to…
The Girl Behind ‘Save The Girl Africa’
Deborah Benjamin: Save The Girl Africa I moved around in Onitsha on Sunday. Everywhere was neat, roads were free, and the air was so refreshing. Somehow, people on the street looked more relaxed, and the motorists were…
Growing Up As A Young Nigerian Innovator Was Hard
Stanley had his own history of hard knocks. As a boy, he worked twice as hard to get to where he is today: “I sold my provision in school, picked and sold scrap metals, and loaded trucks on the streets, to get funds to work…
Extroversion rules over expertise.
The old times Before the 2000s, public schools in the East majored in teaching pupils/students how to proffer solutions to analytical and critical problems, for example, Quadratic equations, and Trigonometry - things…
I Am Not A Nigerian
Most times when I defend Nigeria in the online international battle – against the Kenyans and the Ghanaians - I sincerely did so because I always want to believe that Nigeria is better than those countries… we are the giant…