One of the biggest opportunities to lead for me has been in the literary community. After launching cfwriterz.com, the team has grown in leaps and bounds. We have fought through tough times and realized how important our role is as…
Tag: Nigeria
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.
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.
Jenna Bourgeois’ Claim About Nigeria, a Lesson to Investors
Why is Jenna announcing the failure of his venture at this time? It’s a perfect loophole to claim Nigeria was simply too fraudulent to work in. Covering up probable mismanagement, exploitation of labor, and horrible recruitment processes.
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…
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
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
9 Rules to follow when you are underpaid and overworked!
Most people pay for sex what they will never pay for real hard work. It’s not news that a lot of young people are underpaid and overworked. I don’t know if this applies outside Nigeria but you would see a lot…
Haggai Mortgage Bank (RCCG): A revisit on shelter and the Nigerian church’s political strategy.
A lot have said the church has no business in business or politics. They should not be held accountable for how money is channeled and how they contribute to the struggles of ordinary Nigerians. RCCG disagrees. I present to you,…
A Medical Doctor’s Dyslexia Journey and Healthcare Solutions in Nigeria
by Dr. Daniel Afolayan. Daniel, you are weird! I am used to being described this way. Though I protest each time I am called weird, but I knew I struggled with weaknesses not many people had. Even all through Medical…
Has Aisha Buhari Really Turned Against The President’s 2019 Election Ambitions?
This is a bit belated. The whole of Nigerian social media has given Aisha the thumbs up for facing down her King! While some of us are strongly behind new Mandates like the #TeamFD (Fela Durotoye), we are not delusional.…
Fela Durotoye: Accusations, The truth About Fuel Subsidy, President Buhari and 2019 elections.
In 2015 the Baga attacks saw about 2,000 Nigerians dead at the hands of Boko Haram. Hafsat Abiola-Costello Founder/President Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, also the daughter of the Late MKO Abiola wrote an open letter to the GEJ administration. This…
Press Release: Book Launch of “Quills from Africa 30: Long Walk to Home” and the Freedom Magazine Second Edition.
Press Release: Book Launch of “Quills from Africa 30: Long Walk to Home” and the Freedom Magazine Second Edition. They told us that Nigerians are the worst of Africa, so we told them our own stories. Hatfield, Pretoria, 30th of…
Books are exciting but stressful to create, there’s a lot to consider!
#BOOKUPDATES #LongPost #JoinUs In the story I added in the “Quills for Africa 30” the protagonist decides to avenge the suicide of his one-time crush on the husband and his mistress. If he succeeds, how he succeeds, do they make him a…
Why your startup e-commerce site may not sell in Nigeria, and the way forward.
There are some things e-commerce sites need to take into account when selling to Nigerians. Many of us don’t know how to use payment platforms.
Hero Worship: an African Disease?
This time last year, I thought Naij was a sick news blog. “If you marry these women, you may be unhappy in the family!” was the headline that got me wondering how Naij picks their editor and stories. They keep upgrading…
Nigerians Celebrate Freedom; Hope is all we have after 57 Years.
Today Nigeria is arguably free, but freedom is freedom hey! The best we can do is to hug this earth under our feet. Wherever Nigerians are, we must raise a protest to heaven. It’s obviously been 50+ years of floundering…
Journals of a Real Estate Research Student; What’s the worth of information?
Things go wrong and it really shows how frail and pathetic we could be sometimes. My phones got damaged and I started to talk trash. I felt my decision to start a masters research in real estate was a mistake.…
Ablaze Episode 3: The seductress and a desperate friend
The blades of a ceiling fan spin overhead but it’s as hot as an harmattan afternoon, the air in the sitting room is awkwardly stiff. The television hums steadily, a girl in soft silk night wear stands to one side…
ABLAZE Episode 2: Mama makes it harder
“Shut the door behind you,” Onyinye flippantly remarks, Demola had been at the door scratching is scruffy beards for a few minutes. Probably this hostile approach would make her Dad rethink his judgement. Demola holds on to the door and…