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...............Be a Good Friend...................... One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.” I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon) so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. Power of Friendship As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes, my heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really

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Our great father is dead.... R.I.P. Prof Chinua Achebe The great and celebrated  author of "Things Fall Apart"  and  recently,the "There Was A Country" A man who has been called by other great  Africans  the father of modern African literature, has died aged 82, Chinua Achebe This news was released by his publisher   Mari Yamazaki, spokeswoman for Penguin in London, it was reported that  he died in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Prof. Achebe who was a personal hero of mine and one of my push for love of books was best known internationally for his 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart," which told of the collision between British colonial rule and traditional Igbo culture in his native southeastern Nigeria. He had lived and worked as a professor in the United States in recent years, most recently at Brown University in Rhode Island. A 1990 car accident left him in a wheelchair and limited his travel. Prof. Chinua Achebe I will brin

In times past, it was a case of the men being sexually aggressive and the girls trying to protect themselves but today things have changed as men now have to protect themselves from the women, it starts from the constant temptation the women folk unless through the use of endowments which they reckless flaunt, to cases of girls coming on to boys mostly for the sake of money. How things have changed! Today our virgins are even ashamed to admit it and the broken ones are bold to exhibit. The popular saying takes the day “Everybody is doing it” or “is  en-vogue   Truly, everyone seems to be having sex but experience over time have proven that the above theory is far from truth as we still have many virtuous women and even virgins. lets talk about sex Sex education is one topic that a lot of parents, group and even schools shy away from discussing, especially here in Africa. The truth is a sexually educated youth stands a far better chance of having a better future than the s

CULTISM Things you should know before you decide Fraternities and Confraternities explained simply is a brotherhood, |They exist to foster brotherhood, collect aspirations and pursue noble goals providing platforms with opportunities for active participation building. Fraternities encouraged in our higher institutions are suppose to promote active intellectualism with demand for a lifetime of sacrifice for the sake of humanity. cultism and violence The term cultism which is mostly used in our institutions seems to have sadly lost their founders ways derailing from a Benigan cult (i.e. the good guys) to a destructive cult (i.e. the bad guys). They engage in physical violence either on self or others and are suspected to engage in rituals and quasi-ritual practices. They are now marked with shame and have become secret as no legal system supports them and their activities. Some of the names that comes to mind when cultism in our higher institutions of learning is ment

start a small business today 1.        CHIN-CHIN MAKING This is a home based business you can start with less than 20,000 naira, aside the cost of packaging. The first step is to learn how to make tasty chin-chin from a professional and then you can start from your home. Potential market includes schools, buses, traffic hold-ups, churches, stadium, supermarkets etc. of course, you don’t necessarily have to sell it yourself. 2.       SMALL CUP CAKES This is a big treat at events and supermarkets and with as little as 25,000naira you can be in business. But you do need know how to prepare very good ones first. 3.       PLANTIAN CHIPS This has a very high market potential as the sales of chips especially in traffics is very lucrative. Some people sell as much as 5,000 packets of plantain chips daily at 100naira each. Now even if you were gaining just one naira per pack which is not really possible, that’s five thousand naira a day.  How many graduates earn that high

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Patrick Henry Hughes - Inspirational Story This goes a long way to show you that you can be anything, we have no complains. so inspiring, so touching... 

(THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PREPAREDNESS TEST) The number of people that swapped into the world of entrepreneurship in the last few years has risen greatly and it keeps rising even among university graduates owing to one major fact – THERE ARE VERY FEW GOOD JOBS and over 80% of the people who have got such great jobs have certain connections pulling the strings for them.  You have probably search for too long or you have been working for someone else unsatisfied and you now believe its time. YOU WANT TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR. Firstly let’s get one thing clear, there is nothing wrong with you wanting to become your own boss, in fact it could be one of the best things that will ever happen to you but before you set out to start that business there are 7 questions which you must answer beyond reasonable doubt if you hope to success. QUESTION ONE:               Why do you want to be an Entrepreneur? If you want to succeed greatly in any business, you must have good passion for i

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Five top Nigerian CEO's that all started from the bottom..... All young with vision and creativity. Jason Njoku, (31yrs old)Founder & CEO, IROKO TV Jason Njoku is one of Nigeria’s brightest business hands. He makes a fortune by distributing original African films online. Providing the best of African cinema to a billion people worldwide through his hassle-free iRoko tv online streaming channel, he has the world glued to unlimited entertainment from the motherland. The success rate of iRoko tv has forced a comparison with global market leader Netflix, making it Africa’s foremost and the world’s largest one-stop online medium for digital distribution of African cinema. Njoku, 31, is the founder and CEO, as well as the largest shareholder of iRoko tv. The company is poised for growth and an expansion that can get them closer to achieving platinum. During the first quarter of this year, it raised some raised GBP 5 million through venture capital. Njoku’s iRoko is

Success does not come cheap, it requires focus, dedication, determination and hard-work.  Making the world a better place  when it comes to innovation and improving the lives of others is one of the highest measures of true success and the African youths are not left out. Below is a list of 10 extraordinary Africans that have given their fair share and became millionaires in the process, all from Forbes list and all under the age of 3oyears  I hope for those of us who aspire, in the near future we may also inspire others the way this ten inspires us.  Oh! n kudos Seun, you rep rep wella. Verone Mankou Verone Mankou Republic of Congo Noting a lack of affordable tablets in his part of the world, Verone Mankou set about creating his own. In 2011 it was revealed to the world as Way-C, named indirectly after a local word that means “the light of the stars”. Sold through his company VMK, the Way-C has proven popular in both central Africa and France. VMK has since follo