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What’s in a Color and How Can it Affect You?

According to statistics, the visual sense except where impaired, is the strongest developed sense in humans – more developed than our hearing, smell, taste and touch – and a very high percentage of visual assessment is affected by colour. Psychological

Lagos Art Auction 2014 Set to Take Off

The 7th Edition of the Lagos Art Auction, which is organized by TKMG Auction House, the brainchild of Terra Kulture and Mydrim Gallery will this year, present for sale to the highest bidders 90 exquisite pieces of art from the

Gambia to Drop English as Official Language

Gambia is set to drop English as official language very soon, Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s President said in an address last week. He explained, “We no longer believe that for you to be a government, you should speak a foreign language.

Body Language Mistakes to Avoid

One Standing or sitting too close to unfamiliar people: There is a cultural angle to this as the society you live in generally dictates how closely people who are not well known to each other may sit or stand. In

Investing in the Future: Triple Fun Club founder, Chidi Ononye, Speaks About His Passion for Children Development

Connect Nigeria caught up recently with Chidi Ononye, founder of the Triple Fun Club, which is a club for developing children’s intellectual capacity, building character, and instilling positive values. Enjoy the interivew CN: Give us an insight into who Chidi

Cook Naija: Plantain Salad Imoyo

By Ozoz Sokoh National pride. Patriotism. What you might call it. There was a certain feeling of absolute ownership and total knowledge I had about my country, Nigeria – its people, its culture, its habitat…and especially its food. Surprise, surprise..for

Let Thrift Be Your Ruling Habit

By Elbert Hubbard THRIFT IS A HABIT. A habit is a thing you do unconsciously or automatically, without thought. We are ruled by our habits. When habits are young they are like lion-cubs, soft, fluffy, funny, frolicsome little animals. They

Letter from Africa: The Power of a Name

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Following their recent walloping by Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the African Nations Championship, the South African national football team is once again considering changing its name from Bafana Bafana, which means “the lads”. They reckon that

5 Amazing Places to Visit in Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria, which is located in its center. Building Abuja according to plan started in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria’s capital on 12th December 1991, replacing Lagos, which is regarded as its commercial capital

100 Years and 100 Interesting Facts About Nigeria

By Peregrino Brimah 1. Nigeria, with a 2013 estimated population of 174,507,539 is the most populous Black nation and the 7th most populated nation in the entire world, trailing after—from least to most—Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, USA, India and China (1.3bn).

Cook Naija: Gizzards and Dodo

Nose to tail isn’t a passing fad in Nigeria, or a new culinary trend – it has and always will be a part of our food culture, of our heritage. It isn’t the offspring of one parent – poverty, but

Father Christmas: 12 Interesting Facts About Santa Claus

Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas in Britain and the former British colonies, is usually depicted as a portly, jolly old man with white beards and a red outfit. Since the 20th Century, Santa Claus has been believed to

Is It Wrong to Celebrate Christmas?

For centuries, questions of personal opinion, particularly those regarding special days, have continued to arise among followers of Christ. The question of Christmas is one of them. “Christmas” which means “Christ’s Mass”, is an annual commemoration of the birth of

Preparing for Christmas: Nigerian ‘Stir-Fried’ Jollof Rice

By Ozoz Sokoh Here’s an update on a Nigerian classic: Stir-fried Jollof rice. And this isn’t to buck tradition – this is about how travel shapes who we are, opens up our eyes to new possibilities and redefines our boundaries.

7 Ways to Make This Christmas Count

Christmas can be so full of routine activities that we often neglect or forget to do those little things that will actually have impact and make Christmas more memorable and fun for us, our loved ones and the people around

7 Ways to Make This Christmas Memorable

Christmas can be so full of routine activities that we often neglect or forget to do those little things that will actually have impact and make Christmas more memorable and fun for us, our loved ones and the people around

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