Yesterday marked a memorable day for the online industry in Nigeria. Notable online writers or bloggers as they are popularly called from all parts of Nigeria came together at Elomaz Hotel, Maryland, Lagos to spark off a new movement in the online industry while the World Bloggers Conference was going on in Las Vegas, USA. I can hear someone ask “What exactly is blogging?” and to that I answer,
“If you are reading this now, you are reading my blog. If you still don’t understand, please indicate as a comment and I’ll get back to you”.
“Who were the bloggers represented at the conference?”
A few days ago, I sat watching a movie with my family late at night. The title of the movie is Kung Fu Panda. The movie was an animation by dreamworks. I had looked forward to seeing the movie not only because it was a cartoon (I love cartoons), but also because it was martial arts (I love martial arts as well).
Po (Jack Black) is a panda who works in a noodle restaurant owned by his goose father Mr. Ping (James Hong), who hopes that Po will one day take over the restaurant. Po is a kung fu fanatic with secret dreams of becoming a great master in the discipline. However, his weight and clumsiness make his goal difficult to attain. Read the rest of this entry »
“The only way to say it is “Thank you for the impact you have made in the lives of the people. The testimonies of yesterday, I’m sure, will be said in the next 20 years and you guys will be at the receiving end. Thanks for being a blessing to this generation. I quite appreciate.
And also for the huge cheque dropped, thank you. I know it will get better for AGESS with people like you and people like me ready to bless them with what we have.
I gat to go.”
- Toyin Ewuola (AGESS President)
Tuesday this week, I was back in my alma mater - Obafemi Awolowo University to speak to the students of Agricultural Engineering department. November, this year will make it 3 years since I left that department. I spent 7 years in that school studying for a 5-yr course. I’ll leave the gist of those 7 yrs for now…but i remember very vividly that just before I left, I opened my mouth and passionately declared
I’m sure you’ve all heard about Sarah Palin, the Republican’s Vice Presidential nominee for the November, 2008 elections. She’s supposed to run side by side with John McCain. I watched some part of the Republican National Convention on CNN yesterday especially the aspect that highlighted her speech. No doubt, she stole the show last night and raised a few questions in a lot of minds. She couldn’t help but throw punch after punch at Barack Obama - Presidential Nominee for the Democrats. Anyway, this morning while looking through the internet on their respective experiences which is the crux of the matter, I came across this simple chronology of achievements. Please enjoy and determine who is better experienced.
I came across this article today and couldn’t help but make up my mind to post it. I’m surprised though not shocked to discover that girls or women as the case may be are becoming as sex-hungry as boys or men are (Bussee, wake up and smell the coffee). Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying i thought the female folk were anti-sex. It’s just that so much emphasis has been placed on the man’s sexual drive for so long that it became common place to discover that in relationships, the sex-longing party was the guy. Or if the reason for the break-up of a relationship was sex, then it must have been the guy asking for it?
So, you understand how reading this article made me feel. I’m scared about the kind of place our world is turning into and can’t help but say at times “Come, Lord Jesus to take your own”. LOL. Read the rest of this entry »
Hi guys, i’ve been away for a while not for lack of things to post. I just felt very much like reading others and not writing for a while. I came across this article in the papers and since it touches a core part of my passions - The Church and the Nation; I thought to share it with you. Please enjoy reading and note: I didn’t write it. However, I don’t disagree with some part of it…….some part of it i said
It is perhaps pertinent at this stage of our history, at this turn of our political and socio-economic life, while searching for lasting solutions to our myriad national problems, to take a look at the contributory factors induced by religion. My focus is on our modern day version of Christianity, Pentecostalism, which seems to be the in-thing nowadays. It is no gainsaying that it is perfectly normal nowadays, that for one to be socially acceptable, one must be a Christian. A Christian not just in terms of accepting the doctrines of the Christian church as it was said to have been postulated by Jesus Christ, but to be born again.
A sobbing little girl stood near a small church from which she had been turned away because it was “too crowded.”
“I can’t go to Sunday School,” she sobbed to the pastor as he walked by.
Seeing her shabby, unkempt appearance, the pastor guessed the reason and, taking her by the hand, took her inside and found a place for her in the Sunday school class. The child was so happy that they found room for her, and she went to bed that night thinking of the children who have no place to worship Jesus.
Hi guys…..take a look at some interesting quotes below.
Business
“I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.” - Dudley Field Malone
“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute is begins to rain.” - Mark Twain
“The difference between a boss and a leader: a boss says, ‘Go!’ -a leader says, ‘Let’s go!’” - E.M. Kelly
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
- Anonymous
“If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.” - Anonymous
“First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.” - Leo Rosten
“There are two rules to success in life: 1. Don’t tell people everything you know.” - Unknown
Dating
“You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.” Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been raining very seriously everyday for 4 straight days in Lagos. ‘Cats and dogs’ don’t adequately describe the intensity of these rains i’m talking about. ‘Lions and wolves’ seems more like it. I was “fortunate” enough to get caught up in the rains one way or another everyday. Two days ago, I went for a meeting at Victoria Island, Lagos and was drenched in the rain. I laughably took the BRT which was fine until I got down at CMS. It was as if the rain had been waiting for my feet to touch the ground from the bus. It came pouring down with a fury. It didn’t help matters either that I was on an okada. Read the rest of this entry »
In our opinion, The CBN postponement by one year for banks to converge their year end may offer a respite both for the banking sector directly and also the capital market as the sector constitutes above 60% of the market capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
While the banks may heave a sigh of relief, stakeholders, especially Nigeria’s foreign partners and investors may worry about the credibility of CBN or question the decision-making process of the industry regulator, as policy somersaults have been the bane of the country both in the past and in the present times.
It can be hoped that Nigerian banks will put on their thinking caps to utilize this window of time extension to ensure an orderly convergence without doing damage to the banking sector and the economy as a whole. We also hope that regulatory authorities and managers of the Nigerian project will be more consultative and engaging with industry operators and stakeholders in making major policy decisions that impact on the economy. Read the rest of this entry »
