life

December 1, 2023

Wise Life Lessons from Dr. Ken Onyeali-Ikpe, member Troyka Holding Board

Dr. Ken Onyeali-Ikpe shares life’s secrets in a simple way on #WithChude. From balancing life to understanding the power within, his insights are easy to grasp. We’ll unravel his straightforward lessons, making them applicable for navigating the twists and turns of everyday life. Here are some life takeaways from his interview on #WithChude Continuous balancing... Read More

CEO, Leadership, life, Troyka Holdings

fasina

February 27, 2021

Fasina’s sophomore EP ‘Love and Grief’ shows an artiste evolving

Inspired by loss, love and balance, Fasina’s Love and Grief EP out since early February takes sonic cues from his previously released materials, including his 2016 debut EP LifT, which is particularly set against notes of techno, RnB, and Afrobeats. But it’s a more evolved and complex cut. Recorded during the turbulent #ENDSARS nationwide protests... Read More

Fasina, life, Love and grief EP

November 14, 2017

The Thread: “Beach party turned to burial” | What UNILAG taught me about life

This thread is so sad, we’ve no words. See below: In this life, you are alone. Unilag taught me this. Lemme tell you a story. — ☔️ (@ExcelJoab) November 13, 2017 I was so shocked. I couldn't understand what was going on. That's when it dawned on me. You are on your own. After you... Read More

beach parties, life, school hangouts, The Thread

Speech

November 6, 2017

Nigerians will soon get a new lease of life – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government has said the administration is winning the battle to revive the Nigerian economy. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this in Lagos during a press conference titled, ‘The Muhammadu Buhari administration is putting the economy on a winning path.’ According to the minister, Nigerians will soon have a new... Read More

FG, lai mohammed, life, new lease, nigerians, Tax

September 22, 2017

Aniefiok Udoabasi: This man just discovered the unthinkable before their wedding

by Aniefiok Udoabasi I have sat on this for weeks. I know the man (he is my client) but I don’t know the woman in person. The man is confused (I told him he shouldn’t be. I certainly wouldn’t be). He has permitted me to share this here without disclosing his identity. He and his... Read More

Aniefiok Udoabasi, Betrayal’, gist, life, Shocking stories, wedding

September 10, 2017

The Thread: I fell in love with a homeless guy

Love is magical, Michael Jackson sang. But guess what isn’t all chocolates and flowers: heartbreak, that’s what- particularly when there are curveballs along the journey. That’s why one of the popular words around is “closure”, meaning I need to know why you broke up with me. Popular TV host and relationship guru, Steve Harvey, says... Read More

closure, Falling in love, life, Relationships, The Thread

August 22, 2017

Michael Ace: Diary of a Nigerian hustler (Pt 3)

by Micheal Ace If your money or phone goes missing on the street of Ibadan, it’s either you are careless or your purse is damaged. If that happens on the street of Lagos, don’t even think about it. Lasgidi boys have taken their offering. Lagos is a city of hustlers. They say the blessings... Read More

citizenship, hustle, Lagos pickpockets, life

August 19, 2017

Michael Ace: Diary of a Nigerian hustler 2

by Micheal Ace They say in Nigeria, if you want to walk fast, take a bike; if you want to walk far, walk with your earpiece. It was a sunny Monday afternoon. The only thing special about that Monday was the less busy road. I didn’t need to jack someone off or squeeze my body... Read More

citizenship, life, nigeria, the hustle

August 18, 2017

Michael Ace: Diary of a Nigerian hustler

You woke up and realised you had slept off leaving the Bob Marley’s mixtape beating from your phone. It’s 2 am and in few hours time, some fellas from your WhatsApp group would start sending ‘happy Sunday’ wishes and messages. Your bae would call. Your church brothers too. Everything bored you. “What exactly is special... Read More

citizenship, life, nigeria, the hustle

10 more entrepreneurs get Life Lager’s Progress Booster grant

10 more entrepreneurs have received cheques of N300, 000 each to grow their business at the Life Progress Booster Show, an initiative of Life Lager Beer, a brand committed to supporting small and medium scale entrepreneurs in South-East Nigeria. The entrepreneurs were presented with the cheques by managers of the brand on Sunday, August 6,... Read More

Enrepreneurs, grant, life, Progress Booster

Ugonna Ajoku: Before you give up on your job- and yourself, try this

by Ugonna Ajoku If you’ve got a job, and if you can grudgingly say it’s a good one- right, let’s try okay then… If you have got a job and you can say it’s okay… Okay means there’s no one screaming at you daily, you are sure a salary is coming in on a particular... Read More

Employment opportunities, life, Life hacks, opinion, Pitching entrepreneurship, True life stories, Ugonna Ajoku

Opinion: The quality of mercy

by Tony Ogunlowo It’s good to show mercy so that mercy can be shown on to you. “……the quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven. Upon the place beneath it. It is twice blessed. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes………………..” So goes the immortal... Read More

Christianity, giving, life, Mercy, opinion, Shakespare

Ivanka’s life would be much easier if she wasn’t my daughter – Trump

President Donald Trump has said Ivanka’s life will be “so much easier” if she wasn’t his daughter. Trump made the admission after his eldest daughter debuted a new women’s entrepreneurship fund in conjunction with the World Bank. “If she weren’t my daughter it would be so much easier for her,” he said while speaking in... Read More

donald trump, easier, Ivanka Trump, life

How to create time to achieve your goals

We all use this excuse, over-flogged and almost downright cliche. “I don’t have time, I haven’t had time”. Do you ever look at the people you admire and all the amazing things they seem to achieve in the same 24 hours that you have, you can’t help but ask just how did they manage to... Read More

Thinking Through

achievements, goals, how to, life, organisation, Time Management

Opinion: Manchester United, APC Lagos and our regard for human life

by Adesina Tosin Nathaniel On the 21st of April 2017, some football enthusiasts gathered at a viewing centre in Calabar cross Rivers State to watch the Europa League quarter final match between Manchester United and Anderlecht. In the course of the match tragedy struck. A high tension cable dropped on the roof of the building... Read More

APC, lagos state, life, manchester united, nigeria, opinion, Politics

Shocking! The lengths Nigerians will go to avoid paying their debts

by Eketi Edima Ette This world is coming to an end, I kid you not. Have you ever loaned money to someone? Have you ever asked for that debt to be repaid and had the debtor abuse you because of it? I have. More than once. He said, “Eketi, I’m owing other people and you’re so... Read More

debt, debtors, life, nigeria, opinion, wickedness

Aniefiok Udoabasi: How I almost died living with a violent girlfriend

by Aniefiok Udoabasi I once dated a violent woman. A lovely,beautiful woman but very violent when angry. Possessive,extremely jealous and, in my opinion, had low self esteem. She almost killed me one day. Literally. The year was 2007. I still had one full year to go in the university. I was living in a students... Read More

Aniefiok Udoabasi, Domestic violence, Female on Male Violence, life, Love, nigeria, opinion, Relationships

Opinion: Life in Nigeria 10 years ago

by Otolorin Olabode Ten years ago, I remember running errands on the street for my dad. He had sent me to a shop to purchase a few items. He told me, “Bode, buy a pack of St. Louis sugar and a Three Crowns milk tin”. I asked the retailer, “How much is Three Crowns milk?”. He... Read More

Economic hardship, life, Living in Nigeria, nigeria, opinion, Trip down memory lane

Edwin Okolo: Living in fear of the Tiger [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo St Vincent’s Year of The Tiger, best explains the phase of my life right now. ‘Italian Shoes like these rubes know the difference…. I had to be the best of the bourgeoisie, now my kingdom for a cup of coffee… The Chinese Year of the Tiger is a year dedicated to... Read More

Discovering Edwin, Edwin Okolo, life, New Voices

Opinion: How I survived police brutality

by Okwy Anazodo Have you ever been faced by a mob of gun-toting strangers and you felt that in a few minutes you would be dead? Have you ever had reason to sleep in a police cell in Nigeria? Have you ever turned to God in your time of darkest sorrow and he showed... Read More

cultits, life, nigerian police, opinion, Tertiary education

February 22, 2017

The Thread: Mr Ibu’s success story is everything

Hope is a powerful thing, and much needed in our country today because of how tough things have gotten. Wherever you are, whatever you might be going through, we hope Mr Ibu’s story pulls you through one day at a time. Do see below: Wow.

depression, hunger, life, Mr Ivu, nollywood, Suicidal instincts

February 20, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: Pulling the prank of a lifetime [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye During my secondary school years, I was what you could call a “closet rebel”. I considered myself an icon for the anti-establishment, I prided myself on being a misnomer, a non-conformist through and through. However, Nigerian boarding schools being what they were, one had to often tread with caution. Throughout the six... Read More

Bolade, life, New Voices, nigeria, pranks, teens

February 18, 2017

Isoken Aruede: Party poopers extraordinaire [NEXT]

by Isoken Aruede Once upon a time, the young ones used to spend their nights staring at stars under a bonfire or playing games with their neighbor’s turkeys. Now, you’ll see your average teenager turning up in a club or getting high at some night parry. Being an intense arts enthusiast, I’d rather spend... Read More

Isoken, life, NEXT, party poopers, teenagers

February 16, 2017

Afam Ade-Odiachi: What do you do when your shrink is also a herbalist? Go with the flow [NEW VOICES]

by Afam Ade-Odiachi It started with a text from my mum whose feelings about me swing violently from pillar to post. She’s caught between a vague sense of pride in the man I am becoming, and an even greater sense of worry about what would happen if I do not get there. Of course, all... Read More

afam, life, New Voices, Therapists-Herbalist

February 15, 2017

Adeboro Odunlami: If you say you love [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami It’s the day after the day when Cupid went about doing good… or bad. And no matter how many times I brace myself for Valentine’s Day, I am never ready. The atmosphere, the excitement, the sudden mushiness, the way everything suddenly revolves around loving and being loved, and the way it suddenly... Read More

Adeboro Odunlami, Growing in character, life, Love, New Voices, valentines day

February 14, 2017

Ore Fakorede: I Told My Mother About You [NEW VOICES]

by Ore Fakorede I met someone. She has kind eyes and a soft heart, an easy smile and a subtle feistiness about her. She laughs like laughter is air and she cannot get enough of it. She cries shamelessly about things that are worth her tears. In a benumbing world where growing a thick... Read More

life, New Voices, Ore Fakorede, Poetry, Relationships, Young Love

February 7, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Day trip [NEW VOICES]

When we leave home, it is without a clear idea of where we’re supposed to go. We only have one objective in mind, follow the champagne and the free booze. We agreed to meet at Stranger, which is middle ground for the both of more than halfway for me, less than half for you, but... Read More

Edwin Okolo, life, New Voices, nigeria

February 2, 2017

Naofal Ali: Life is a stock market. Are you a top trader?

by Naofal Ali We are all investors. Life is our financial place. We have four resources to invest: time, money, knowledge and energy. The goal is simple: to multiply every of those assets. Here’s how I trade. Step one: Observe. Learn. “Money is made by sitting, not trading.” — Jesse Livermore In a stock... Read More

investing, life, Naofal Ali, opinion, personal development, Stock market

January 31, 2017

Oreoluwa Fakorede: When Fathers fail [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede When your natural example is a disaster, how long before your feet find their way off the cliff? I grew up with a father and then I did not because there is a difference between having a father and being raised by one. My mother tried to fill this ‘father vacuum’ in... Read More

fathers, life, New Voices, Oreoluwa Fakorede, Poetry, women

January 27, 2017

Opinion: The horror of being black and African

by Nimi Princewill To the wider world, being ‘black’ first identifies you as human, but further categorises you as a “special grade” of human, fortified with great physical gallantry, but a reduced level of brain power. Well, as a black man and an African, I do not entirely agree, although the views of the... Read More

africa, experience, life, nigeria, opinion

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