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Category: Stories
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
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
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…
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.
Why SOBCA Sponsored the Freedom Magazine (December 2018 Edition)
Why exactly do businesses sponsor literary Magazines? I honestly do not know for a certainty. SOBCA decided to sponsor a literary Magazine I curate
Exclusive: Micheal Emmanuel wins the Quramo Writer’s Award 2018
Michael Emmanuel has emerged winner of the Quramo Writer’s Prize 2018 for his manuscript, Running Waters. With his win, he will receive a N1M
SHAME: You will never again be ashamed to ask for help.
We think scholarships are better. I call scholarship holders “corporate beggars.” We are the real beggars. Those of us who contact organizations via applications or otherwise and convince them to finance our life goals
Zainab Haruna’s Midas Touch and the Soup N Stew Empire
There’s this myth in Nigeria and parts of Africa that some women have the Midas Touch. The myth propounds that even if a poverty stricken man can only just marry a woman, his fate would be reversed
Damilola Jonathan Oladeji wins the Biopages Essay Contest.
Winning the Biopages Essay Contest comes as a beautiful climax to several months of preparation and campaigns. The support from readers was immense
Trevor Noah: The best 5-minutes elevator conversation I had with the man.
“Donald Trump has made everyone interested in everything, everywhere. He’s a worldwide phenomenon. And with everything that’s going on — the Muslim ban, threats to women’s rights, the environment
Our Undeserved Righteousness: An encounter with S’fico Ncwane
This morning I stumbled on comments under a song I have had on repeat for close to a week. S’fico Ncwane’s “Hallelujah” song has held me spellbound for days. I keep repeating this song. I hardly understand a quarter of…
How love affects successful writing, beautiful expression that works.
Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. – Malagasy Proverb You can’t possibly make anyone love you if you don’t love yourself enough. Like business negotiations, love is a strict bargain. There is a…
Essential Ingredients for a Focused Writing Session; The Self-Expression Dilemma.
An elderly man once asked his protege who wanted to be a world-renowned speaker “Do you want to be a great speaker? Or do you want great people to listen to you Or do you want to be known by…
Immortality: The Year I worked in the House of Death
It was a good morning sometime in 2016, one of my aunties had passed. The angel of death took her. I was living with my brother and working freelance as an Estate Agent. My Dad called to break the sad…
7 Inspiring Thoughts from my Scholarship Story
Some good news readers! I am so excited to share this with you. I just won a scholarship with the African Real Estate Society. The details are a long bore but there are some key lessons I want to share…
To be Naked and God
It’s not like God does not have a home so why he still watches people had always been a mystery to me. I had listened to all the sermons about “the ever watchful eyes of God,” I used to laugh…