The dream for an urban oasis in the concrete jungle that is Lagos
Urban spaces can be exciting. There are several activities happening, They can be a melting pot for a diverse range of people from all walks of life and backgrounds to[…]
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Sailing Ships
Experience after experience We become hardened Yet we do not protest We become quite adept at biting our tongues We keep quiet “It is maturity” they tell us[…]
TranceDance
The music came on, she took to the dance floor and as each song was played,and she stripped herself one by one, one stanza after the other, of the[…]
Leadership Lessons from Barack Obama
Lessons “One of the things that I’ve learned to appreciate more as President is you are essentially a relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is[…]
The Researcher
It started as a curious thought. Wondering, what made a person insane, at what point was a person declared to be mad? Was it a gradual descent or perhaps an[…]
Leadership…from thought to action (3)
This is the final part of the leadership write-up. The history of Nigeria is painted, in most parts by our political leadership. From the time of our independence, the[…]
Water Baby
Anita walked slowly back home from the train station. It had been a very long and hard Tuesday. “Why was the Tuesday after Monday a working day?” She wondered. Well,[…]
Leadership…from thought to action (2)
Definitions aside, you might be wondering how easy it must be to sit down and write about the complexities in the country and suggest ways to chart them down, but how[…]
Feline Nature
This came from a conversation I was having with a friend. I joked that I wanted to finish my Phd early and start working, or the alternative was to[…]