Written by Ekpeme O. Monday Several thoughts were racing through my mind one morning when my thoughts finally rested on my country, NIGERIA. I thought of how immensely endowed we are as a country, both with human and mineral resources, and also blessed with brilliant minds and great talents. I thought as against the negative attitude we display most times, […]
Read more →”It has become a regular practice for me and now I do it automatically. I find myself cut up in the act, some times consciously and most times unconsciously.” Yeah! That’s the voice of Mr. ‘HABIT’ speaking up there. A fixed regular way of doing things or a learned bevahiour pattern, which could be positive or negative. At first, a […]
Read more →The phrase ‘to make it in life’ mostly implies becoming successful or becoming rich and wealthy. In considering formal/western education vis-a-vis making it in life, the question that often pops up is whether one must acquire formal education to make it in life. You would agree with me that their are many folks around us today either drop outs or […]
Read more →Shared by Honorable Vershima, 21 Jan, 2012 So I got this in my email this morning… They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly […]
Read more →It’s a general rule that when your girlfriend decides to leave you, it means there are problems. Chances are, you’ve done a lot of things wrong and, depending on your situation, she is probably leaving you for reasons you didn’t think about. Here are some reasons women leave men. 1. Lack of attention Women love it when their men notice […]
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I can still remember telling my mother in the face some years ago in the middle of a heated argument “women are all the same, whether you are somebody’s mother or not” at the twilight of my tertiary education. That comment jolted her, took her completely off guard, and she cursed, threatened, lamented and put up a dangerous frame, as […]
Read more →Migration is simply the movement of people from one place to another. Migration is not a practice exclusive to Benue people but cuts across all tribes, race and nationality of the world. People migrate in Nigeria for various reasons, like for security reasons which involves a movement away from riots/conflict torn places/states to more peaceful states, other factors revolve around […]
Read more →This is a question I often ask myself especially when in tricky and sticky situations. When I was much younger, I always answered “I am Utume’s daughter” and this was chiefly because my father and mother made it a point of duty to remind me I was their daughter and I was different; not because they sought to make me […]
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