The Daily Vulnerable: “I am annoyed”

The moment has been stuck in my head ever since. It was 17 years ago. I had just won my first prize outside of high school – the British Council Telling Stories competition. The reward was two weeks at one of Nigeria’s choice beachfronts under the tutelage of Nigeria’s first female writer, Mabel Segun and literature... Read More

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Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

July 27, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Nothing human is alien to me

Him: And you made a statement on how only those who have deep emotions can reach deep or something like that? Me: Yeah… Him: Well…I went through a deeper ocean on Monday. And it left me apart. I wish I could tell you some of these things. I honestly wish I could. Me: Why can’t you? Him: It’s a long... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

May 25, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Feedback Friday: “Who knew I had this all held up in me?”

It was my post about the loss of my father that triggered this email from a reader. The human mind is a most remarkable thing. Memory gave birth to emotion, and emotion gave birth to realization, and realization brought forth clarity. And with clarity, the possibility of healing. The journey from point to point is... Read More

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May 17, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I’d like to spend today crying”

I received the most human message I ever got, yesterday, from a dear friend. I want to share it with you: “Good morning Chude. I didn’t sleep much. Yesterday, I fought the hardest I’ve ever had to fight for my life. I wanted to kill myself and go and rest. “I’m glad I didn’t do... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

May 4, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I am afraid of failing”; a reader’s response

I get a minimum of 50 emails on my The Daily Vulnerable account each month, and we are just in month two! Feedback Fridays are the once-a-fortnight opportunities to share some that really spoke to me. In response to this post about a month ago, I got this beautiful piece of emphasis from a reader:... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

April 13, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: I spend most of my days in pain

I spend most of my days in pain… I deal with high blood pressure. I have had it since I was 19, diagnosed when I began to work too hard, three jobs at the same time while studying Law in Lagos. It led to a mild stroke about six years ago. And every now and... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

March 20, 2018

International Happiness Day: Nigeria is a very unhappy country, but it’s not because of poverty

Satish Kumar is one of my favourite people in the world. He is an Indian monk and editor, more famous as a pacifist. But it is his brave, original thinking that really gets to me, and his disinterest in the games of accolade and accomplishment that humans play, more focused on the things that truly... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, happiness

March 14, 2016

Redefining PR with Chude Jideonwo: Let’s have a conversation about ‘Empowerment PR’

Last year, a bank invited me as Keynote Speaker at a get-ready-for-work conference. I accepted because speaking to young people looking for opportunities is the most fun part of my work. Still I doubted that young people (already a bit fatigued by generalized conferences) would attend. I arrived that morning at 8am, two hours before... Read More

Chude Jidenowo, conversation, empowerment, PR

March 7, 2016

Chude Jideonwo: Many years ago, I made a friend in Adebola Williams

My car had broken down, for the umpteenth time, on the high way. This was a car I bought under ‘tension’, so desperate to have a car in ‘this same Lagos’ where my friends who didn’t work as hard as me were driving SUVs and CRVs. I had saved up all I had to buy... Read More

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February 22, 2016

Chude Jideonwo: The trouble with reality-TV-show kind of PR

I had a spirited conversation two days ago with a journalist friend. His complaint happened to be something I have been passionate about for a while now: journalists are tired of reporting on ineffectual activities for agencies and clients who appear to have nothing new to say. Indeed, colour me disdainful of “ineffectual activities”, the... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, PR, Reality TV

February 2, 2016

‘Who tax don epp?’ | Chude Jideonwo on taxation, governance, democracy and development

I remember being a law student at the University of Lagos. The law of taxation was my worst course. I thanked God that I would never have to deal with this again. If only I had known that as a businessperson, tax law would once again be my worst course. Only this time, the exam... Read More

Chude Jideonwo, Governance, Tax, Who taxation don epp?

December 31, 2015

Chude Jideonwo profiles David Oyedepo: The bishop is not a pastor (Y/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

There is plenty to be said about Bishop David Olaniyan Oyedepo. He rides a private jet, owns plenty of those actually and doesn’t waste his time apologizing for them. He drives luxury cars. His churches wont condone any time of tax paying. He talks a lot about wealth, about the time many decades ago when... Read More

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August 17, 2015

For Peter Bello, who I didn’t know, and never met

Eulogies are good things; they are moments of clarity. They are moments of reflection. Therefore, they are moments of truth. Because our thoughts of death are invariably about life. About us. I was thinking about this this morning, because I was thinking of Peter Bello. He passed on last week. He was first Officer of... Read More

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June 29, 2015

Chude Jideonwo: The extraordinary factors that make the impossible possible

Can we try some honesty? Many of us see Nigeria as a vision killer. We say it to our husbands, our boyfriends and girlfriends. We say it in the salons and we tell it to God in early morning prayers. We believe that this nation kills dreams and kills spirits. We see a country that... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, nigeria

May 29, 2015

Chude Jideonwo: Why today – and President Buhari – made me cry

This morning, my team member, Oluwatobi Soyombo and I sat in the office, and discharged our final responsibility to the Buhari Campaign Organisation – we changed the bio of the Muhammadu Buhari account across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and everywhere else to ‘President of Nigeria’. I asked Tobi for the privilege to do this myself,... Read More

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May 16, 2012

YNaija Editorial: It’s time for Buhari to pass the mic

The real tragedy of course is this: the only three viable options for national leadership are the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). On the side of the PDP, its national leader President Goodluck Jonathan continues to underwhelm, and on the part of the... Read More

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The Daily Vulnerable: “I am annoyed”

The Daily Vulnerable: Nothing human is alien to me

The Daily Vulnerable: Feedback Friday: “Who knew I had this all held up in me?”

The Daily Vulnerable: “I’d like to spend today crying”

The Daily Vulnerable: “I am afraid of failing”; a reader’s response

The Daily Vulnerable: I spend most of my days in pain

International Happiness Day: Nigeria is a very unhappy country, but it’s not because of poverty

Redefining PR with Chude Jideonwo: Let’s have a conversation about ‘Empowerment PR’

Chude Jideonwo: Many years ago, I made a friend in Adebola Williams

Chude Jideonwo: The trouble with reality-TV-show kind of PR

‘Who tax don epp?’ | Chude Jideonwo on taxation, governance, democracy and development

Chude Jideonwo profiles David Oyedepo: The bishop is not a pastor (Y/YNaija Person of the Year 2015 Nominee)

For Peter Bello, who I didn’t know, and never met

Chude Jideonwo: The extraordinary factors that make the impossible possible

Chude Jideonwo: Why today – and President Buhari – made me cry

YNaija Editorial: It’s time for Buhari to pass the mic

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