How To Live With Greater Confidence!

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Smile Michael
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Confidence can be one of, if not the hardest thing to face in Life. Confidence is the root of our very “self”, and can influence every aspect of our life, either for good or for bad. This can be the MOST difficult thing to work on of all, for to do so rely on our own ability to dig deep within ourselves, searching for the very things that are hard to face. Oftentimes, these are the things that you’ve buried deep within, things which cause a great deal of emotional pain when reliving, making it best to ignore them all … Continue reading →

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Let The Witches Be

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Jide Sowemimo
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It is harder to find an African who has no witch waiting for him at the threshold of success, in the dark privacy of his room, or elsewhere at all, than it is to find water in the Sahara. In the opinion of many, there is no point questioning the existence of witches. We have them in plenty and they are responsible for the congenital malformations of our thalidomide-abusing neighbour’s newborn, the lung malignancy of the chain smoker out there, the flaws in our characters, and perhaps, certain witches of immense sophistication, nimble at and are responsible for the holes … Continue reading →

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Six Personal Gifts To Control Your Own Destiny And Stay Great

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Smile Michael
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You must strengthen your commitment to yourself. Without commitment there is no long-term persistence. Persistence creates desire and builds knowledge. Knowledge must build, because of so much opportunity. One must have a heart-felt commitment in any endeavor they undertake. Be committed to yourself. The commitment you have to yourself is the commitment you will have to your family, your profession, your community. Love is a feeling of commitment. Commitment is a joining of forces. – You must nurture your Sprit. It is so important because it brings energy and excitement. Spirit must grow because the opportunities will grow as times … Continue reading →

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Wealthy Prisoners Of Poverty

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Jide Sowemimo
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The first night I set out to write this piece, a friend of mine walked into my room, caught a glimpse of the title, and instantly became so confounded by the title that he exclaimed in stutters, ‘but… this is… I mean this sounds out of place with reality’. That night, a barrel of arguments, for and against the logic of this article raged so much in my skull that I eventually had to abandon the idea of men, as wealthy as the many Croesuses we have in this country, also being in the shackles of the overwhelming poverty that … Continue reading →

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Sanctuary

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Agbaje Oluwaseun Elijah
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War! War!! War!!! All around me sin blazing I run in every direction unseeing Looking for that door High on a moral ground Celebrated from corruption Hermitted from seduction Spirituality all over me wound   Then came the guns Bullets of lustful persuasion Sporadic shots of infatuation Leads of immorality weighing several tons Help! Help!! Help!!! My soul struggles for a place Where I shall see God’s face Away from strangulating help

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Child of necessity

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Agbaje Oluwaseun Elijah
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Born on a blanket of hope To a mother who can barely cope And a father who roams the city With so much tears Mother gathers a few rags together Prays fate will find one better To love him all his years Tempered by harsh realities of life Scavenging on scrapes and bits Grows leathery skin to survive the streets Each sunrise and sunset a renewed strife …to be continued

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Stop the killing In The Name of Witchcraft

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Ebulueme John Chigozie
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In Africa, the belief in witchcraft is prevalent, common and widespread, and is not limited only to peasants and the uneducated. In fact, nearly all of the educated African elite believe in witchcraft too.  Holding contrary believes is deemed taboo! The aim of this article is not to prove or debunk the existence of witchcraft, but rather to highlight man’s inhumanity to man all in the name of witch hunt and exorcism. In Africa we erroneously believe that every disaster (both natural disaster and sheer negligence) and even failure of governance is caused by some unseen forces, and where need … Continue reading →

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Mother Teresa Speaks

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Ebulueme Maryann
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God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.” ― Mother Teresa “People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered: Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you … Continue reading →

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Perils Of Ignorance

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Jide Sowemimo
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I am incapable of making any pretensions about the title of this discourse – it is borrowed (or lifted if you wish) from Wole Soyinka’s thought-provoking essay – Cults, counter-culture, and the perils of ignorance. This is however about anything but cultism. I strongly believe that darkness is perhaps the singular phenomenon which can be aptly used to put ignorance in its right perspective. As a creature who has never beheld the beauty and glory of light is wont to rejoice and make merry in darkness – despite bumping into every hurtful thing and getting injured ever so often – … Continue reading →

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Poorverty

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Agbaje Oluwaseun Elijah
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“Poor”-verty Who has seen the auditions of the Nigerian Idols sponsored by etisalat? Now, be honest, do you really think any Nigerian youth would deliberately go out to make a dum ass out of himself just for some millions and vain fame? I couldn’t help but feel sorry for those people the judges shook heads at, for those they guffawed and laughed (alongside) at and those who didn’t know why or what they where doing in front Davies and co. It just was a show of shame for the Nigerian government who has left the grooming of these ones to … Continue reading →

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