Cooking, A Cultural Requirement For Women?
And Thou shall therefore know how to cook for thine future husbands—11th Commandment Recently, we had an argument at the office over cooking being the major criterion on marriage checklist. After a very impromptu survey, most men agreed to this standard and proceeded to give other criteria they expect their woman to have. Understanding the […]
Lagos State: Visions of Oshodi Bus Terminal
If you have not visited Oshodi for a long time, then you cannot envisage the gust of surprise that would probably blow your mind off. This is not about the traffic you would no longer experience but the rehabilitation of the roads in progress. The almost completion of the Oshodi Transport Interchange Project is a […]
Celebrating World Food Day– 16 October
Dear Food, I could go on and write a eulogy for you, it’s World Food Day, a day set aside to celebrate food across the flora and fauna of the world. The rumblings in my stomach, the flaring of my nostrils, the sensitization of my taste buds are accelerated by the mere mention of your name. What […]
Learn A Skill Wednesday: How to Make Simple Throw Pillows
Throw Pillows are beautiful works of art that enhance the décor of your home. Having a few around your array of furniture would add an instant lush. You don’t need to contract all them upscale interior decorators for this one. Just look around your home and you can find the raw materials to make these […]
5 Basic Needs of Every Customer
Just as humans can absolutely not live without oxygen, so also can a business not exist without customers. In comparison to basic human needs, there is absolutely nothing more important than meeting your customers’ basic needs. Not to be misunderstood for customers’ wants, as every customer comes with various wants they hope you would fulfill. […]
Celebrating the Pain of our Teachers—World Teachers’ Day
If you can write your name, thank your teacher. Hurray, it’s time to celebrate our unspoken heroes, those who are extremely important in our lives–our teachers. A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart. This entails that the role of a teacher is to inspire hope, ignite imagination and instill love. The […]
How to Develop Your Child’s Soft Skills
Whenever you are invited for an interview or writing your curriculum vitae, the first question that you are required to have a knowledge about is your soft skills. This knowledge is not found in any textbook but is groomed into a child from his first step. Soft skills are used to indicate all the competencies […]
The Lagos City Suya Carnival
If you have not tasted the spicy shish kebab popularly prepared by the Hausa people of northern Nigeria, then what have you been eating? If you have never visited a suya spot in Lagos, here is a time to redeem yourself. This weekend, rather than staying indoors and complaining about electricity supply, why not visit The […]
How To Make Your Happy Client Happier
Many brands are only schooled to deal with dissatisfied clients. Customer Service representatives are taught the ABC of handling or firing bad clients. They are told nothing of what to do with the happy clients. Perhaps because it’s assumed that happy clients are satisfied so they would always stay. Unfortunately, those clients who are ‘good […]
Nigeria Devises Finger-Printing Technique To Detect Crude Oil’s Theft
Stealing is, by all means, a crime and an impolite thing to do. It is worse when you decide to take natural resources that ought to provide for the whole nation. It is therefore remarkable that technology is now at hand to get rid of all criminals suspected of syphoning the nation’s crude oil. The […]
FG Begins Repair of Lagos Roads, Bridges
It is obvious that adult’s relationship with government is similar with that parents’ correlation with their children. Children solicit their parents’ attention when they need their demands to be met. It takes patience to listen and great skills to pretend that you are listening. The Federal government also tries to pay attention to the outcries […]
Learn A Skill Wednesday: How To Decorate Your Clothes With Rhinestones
There are clothes you suddenly lose interest in. These clothes seek your attention while they are hidden beneath many clothes. Imagine their sigh of relief when you finally shower them with the care they need, by wearing them and hitting the streets. Rather than abandoning them you can choose to spice your outfit with rhinestones/crystals. Rhinestones […]
Review of “The Slave Girl” by Buchi Emecheta
Title: The Slave Girl Author: Buchi Emecheta Place: England Publisher: African Writers Series,Heinemann Publishers. Pages:184 pages ISBN: 978 0 435 90997 0 “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean Jacques Rousseau states in The Social Contract. This popped up in my head while re-reading The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta. Freedom […]
Nigeria’s 1st Lifestyle Clinic Opens in Lagos
Lots of diseases or medical conditions are impacted based on the lifestyle we incorporate in Nigeria. Such as Obesity, Diabetes and Pre-diabetes, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Depression. These diseases were uncommon in our earlier years as a nation. Hence, there is a need to advance a specialized set of services for patients […]
Learn a Skill Wednesday: How to Make Simple Ankara Earrings
Do you have extra pieces of fabric remaining from the last outfit you made? Ignore that “Madam nothing remain”, that tailors have learnt to recite every time you ask for your extras, insist. Why? You can use them to make simple accessories to spice up your outfit. Just before you ridicule this skill, be assured, […]
ASUU Calls Off 36-Day-Old Strike
After 36 days of dropping their tools, the Academic Staff Union of Universities announces a “conditional suspension” of the strike. This was stated by the ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi at a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress Secretariat. According to Ogunyemi, he expressed that the Union suspended the strike based on the deadline given to […]