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The Beauty of the year: 2012

If you like numbers (mathematics), figures or the whole arithmetic world then you will defiantly love this. Something caught my attention some days back, it’s something we all know but I guess a lot of us never took note of

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PROF WOLE SOYINKA

Prof Wole Soyinka, a man with many strips, an icon, a leader, an Author, a Nobel laureate, and a Father celebrates his birthday today July the 13th .We as a family and a firm, connectnigeria.com warmly wish you a splendid

Look Good In Your Clothes Again! Blast The Pooch, Get The Abs!

Somehow reality just hit me this week! I don't look so good in tight fitting clothes anymore and that kills me! I used to look good in all my pictures and clothes from all angles but now, I have to

Love Hurts! Take It or Leave It

So, it is like this; I woke up thinking through a couple of my experiences along my life's journey, mostly at those moments I took, or rather, attempted to take a detour through the dark alleyways of love. There seemed

Poem of the Week: My Illusions

She floats like the ether in the wind. A lost and forgotten sound from a charming string. Voice of a violin, breaking all silence. Exquisite, precious like time. Her beauty is of the essence. My words I can’t say. In

Nigerian Accent and Proud!

I remember when I was coming back to Nigeria from school. People kept telling me not to talk with my Nigerian accent, that I should adopt the American accent so that people look at me with respect. I looked at

Poem of the Week: Broken Silence

Hiding my sorrows and covering my smiles But after a while, you will learn the subtle difference between Holding a hand and chaining a soul You learn that Love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t mean security You begin to

The Shopping Formula

I have always bought all the wrong accessories and unflattering clothes on a whim. As a result, I never achieved the looks I was going for and I was stuck with a wardrobe full of fashion pieces that don’t fit

Music and Your Personality

Music is the artful arrangement of sounds across time. Music is part of virtually every culture on Earth but it varies widely among cultures in style and structure. Everyone listens to music, but we don’t all enjoy listening to the

Forgiveness: Is Your Future The Past?

Forgiving and forgetting past hurts is perhaps one of the most challenging things to do emotionally. It involves a lot of conscious effort, strength and will power. Certain people lock up a lot of past hurts, wounds and pains without

Reform, in the Name of the Father

SOME of the best nights at our home in Umuahia were those when Emma Nsofor, my father’s lawyer, came to dinner. Not only did he bring me and my four siblings Smarties, but his presence guaranteed that we could get

Poem of the Week: Beauty from Ashes

What a wonder it is, To see the beauty on their faces, Smiles painted in strange and unlikely places, They roam the corners, alleys and streets, In search for warmth and food to eat, Any place at all to sleep

Are We Really “Travel” Safe?

Throughout her childhood, Uche Anuligo's family travelled back to their ancestral home for Christmas and New Year. Every year, father, mother and six children, including Uche, embarked on the nine-hour road journey from Kano to Anambra.

And so I stopped drinking STOUT…

I recall the words of my mother as she hammered in certain values into my young mind as I took my baby steps and gradually leaped into manhood. Such buzz words like hard work, loyalty, commitment, respect, integrity and firing

How to deal with Depression

It has been dark days for the NATION as a whole, consciously or unconsciously we are all involved in the loss, both far and near. We've all lost a loved one (Friend, father, mother, Brother or sister). I couldn't but

Poem of the Week: Tears of the Sun

From the balcony of my thoughts,Tear drops, wondering asking, Where is God when it hurts?

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