It’s 29 Years done! Thanks to everyone who has been part of this journey. Thanks for sharing your love and for being a part of my life. I was meant to release my memoir “Wild Card”. On second thoughts, I…
Category: Editor’s Muse
I’ll Be 29 In a Bit and I am sure I want this Birthday Gift
Every year when it’s close to my birthday, I had always felt this hollow feeling. I sometimes associated it to many of the birthdays I spent in the Principal’s office or at a “senior’s” bunk, serving a punishment. I got…
Aunty Sade: What’s a Woman Without Marriage?
The Nigeria I grew up in is one where a woman is sent off to live with whoever they can when they have failed to enter some marriage. It’s abominable not to have a man under whose roof she learns…
How to Write Personal Business Brand Stories for an Executive Target Market
It’s late afternoon, and a small business owner has sent a brief. There’s an email notification that provides a preview of work.
How Your Social Network Takes Your Writing to a Global Level.
Today, I just want to do a journal entry on how I get noticed. Writing for me has gone beyond a hobby. It’s a career, a business and a legacy.
Delta State, Nigeria: Don’t doubt your gift.
You might wonder why I am so confident about my work. Every new day as a freelance writer comes with its own sets of doubts. Talking to prospects, meeting deadlines, missing some, taking new jobs. It’s like running a company…
Governance: Once Upon an Undergraduate at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
In achieving good governance for a community or people, it’s important to understand the role of the person in nation-building.
Idea Management & Growth: Dealing with The Devil’s Advocate
Every time I get a request to ghostwrite a book, rewrite or correct. One fear I nurse is that my client will meet the devil’s advocate.
The Tora Brand Story, Ized & Nurturing Networks.
It was Ized Uanikhehi’s birthday yesterday and I noticed Orifunke writing on WhatsApp about some Challenge she posted, a Scavenger hunt.
Retelling Nigerian Startup Stories for Investor Baiting.
I made a podcast recording yesterday about how Nollywood has not evolved from Ojuju and dark magic to realities like piggyvest, farmcrowdy and other innovations going on. Last year I wrote about Jumoke Olowookere and her startup that’s turning waste…
Would you risk your life for a drowning friend?
I watched my best friend drown. I could have called the lifeguards or tried at least to enter the shallow water. But I have seen how drowning could reveal
John Maxwell: The Scam Artist Phenomenon
Have you ever had anyone call you a scam artist for selling knowledge products? Maybe it’s discouraging to see your efforts diminished by ignorant trolls.
Cyril Ramaphosa versus Malema; The Politics of Xenophobia
Cyril Ramaphosa would have led a bloody revolution to save South Africa from a terror that never existed. He would have made a print in the sands of time,
The Wine – Episode 1 (Grey Wine)
The Wine – Episode 1 (Grey Wine). This is me sharing a story I wrote a few years back. It’s been bought a few times but I have decided to
The Story of Neil and Adam, Identical Twins that look Different.
I saw this amazing story on the Daily Mail about Neil and Adam. They are identical twins but don’t look alike anymore. It immediately triggered
Believing is Seeing; My Moving House Story
You won’t believe what just happened to me in this photo. Remember my last post title “Open Your Eyes“? I wanted to change my apartment because the cost of living on South Street Hatfield was killing my Mojo. Plus a…
Open your eyes.
In 2015, the kind of Sun that beat me while I worked is one that cannot be equaled. I don’t pray to experience that kind of struggle again. You see, I was not getting any jobs. I had applied to…
Why Nobody likes Nigeria, The Entrepreneurial and Youth Drive!
What a lot of the students did not notice is that since as far back as 2015, Nigerian foreign missions have experienced a steady decline in funding.
Nigerian Lives Matter: To be Politics or Not to be?
There’s a moment of decision in every man’s life. Like the man in the trunk of that Bakkie truck, being shipped back home to Nigeria from South Africa.
Life and Transitions I have Made in Five Years
Let me tell you about my life 5 years ago. The picture below shows a brown faded shirt I bought as an undergraduate.