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The Anti-Social Media Bill and the Senate

The Nigerian society is one with a set of political leaders who by all means speed up legislations on issues that affect them but will ignore the masses and push no bill to help them come out of poverty. The

CNTV Street Files: How to Curb Traffic in Nigeria

Last week Saturday, an unfortunate fire incident in Ojuelegba, Lagos – which razed down several homes and left some injured – caused major traffic jams in surrounding areas. Many road users were left stationary for hours, and little to nothing

Thank God It’s Monday!

Most heart attacks occur on Monday morning. A certain anxiety of going back to work like a rain cloud suddenly hovers over so many people after lunch on Sunday, causing them to succumb to the sickness in their hearts the

Motivational Monday: Your Only Competition is You

  Can you believe it’s December already! I mean, when did 2015 start? It’s really true that time waits for no man. How did you spend 2015? Did you spend it chasing your God-given purpose or were you stuck keeping

Daniel Okezue wins Apple TV, speaks on Connect Nigeria’s #55WeeksofGiveaway

Daniel Okezue, one of the winners of Connect Nigeria’s #55Weeksofgiveaway contest made it to our office some days ago to redeem his gift, the new Apple TV. Expressing his pleasure at winning the new Apple TV, he said, “I think

The Death of Good English

I really miss those days when it was cool to speak and write good English. Remember those days? Those were the pre-mobile phone and social media days. Communication was more straightforward back then. It was easy to understand what the

Arise From That Disappointment and Shine

We’ve always been taught that every negative experience has a lesson attached and it’s true. But no one ever told us we might not “know” this lesson right away. Sometimes, the rhema of this lesson comes months after or even

Letter to Ken Saro-Wiwa

Dear Ken, It’s twenty years now since you left us. I’m partly from Rivers State given that my mum is from Opobo. I was only but a child when they took you away from us. I was just fifteen years

What Lego Pieces Can Teach You About Your Life

Do you know that Lego blocks can teach you a lot about life? Have you ever assembled a jigsaw puzzle before? It was one of the things I loved doing when I was a child. Trying to recreate the picture

Do You Have Your Own?

“Mama may have, papa may have…who can complete this quote?” That was the question my principal threw to the whole school during assembly time more than ten years ago (sigh…I’m getting old). She asked the junior and senior students…none of

CNTV: Would You Allow Your Child to Join the Military?

In appreciation of the brave men and women of the Nigerian armed forces, who risk their lives to protect civilians with very little compensation in exchange, we took to the streets to find out how open Nigerians are to the

CNTV Street Files: What Would You Do if You Were President For a Day?

In need of some amusement today? We’ve got you covered! The CNTV crew asked fellow Nigerians the age-old question, “What would you do if you were President of Nigeria for a day?” Becoming President is a once-in-a-lifetime dream for most

Are You a Multipotentialite?

Here’s a new word: Multipotentialite. The word is not in any dictionary – at least not yet – but it is an interesting word to find out about. Emilie Wapnick takes us through what it means to be a multipotentialite

Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement Under the Nigerian Law

Human rights are rights which are recognized legally as Fundamental Rights as distinguished from mere aspirations or individual ideas of rights. These fundamental rights are now embodied in Chapter IV of the Nigeria constitution 1999 as amended from Section 33

Why You Should Ask “Why?”

There is one thing my father taught me and it has stayed with me all these years. He taught me to ask the question “why?” My father taught me to question things as a child. If my mum or aunty

How Experience Kills

When you think of us Nigerians well enough, you will come to find out our many errors. We have a government that promised change at all levels of governance. These leaders play on one philosophy that has held our psyche

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