Today is Mother's Day and two Sundays ago was International Women's Day. I took time out to celebrate the mothers and women in my life for their labour over me. I do not take their love for granted at all, especially my biological mum. I am a product of the nurturing I have received from people who have played the role of a mother to me.
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Empathy
In recent months, I have been mulling over the meaning of
empathy and pray to gain deeper insight into the subject.
I had a beautiful experience this evening.
I left my house to quickly get something close by. Walking down the street and taking in the evening breeze, my attention was drawn to a frenzy flapping and agitation of a hen. When I drew ... Read more >>
Few
days ago, I saw a virtual reality exhibition showcasing the story of 37-year-old
Hannatu Yusuf, a mother of nine children and an IDP from Baga in Borno State. The exhibition is about Hannatu's reflection on her most
cherished possession that she is still Holding On to after she was forced to flee her
home in a hurry when her community came under Boko Haram attack years ago.
My
family and I just returned from a week-long trip a few days ago and I was quite taken aback at the dust I found around the
house.
I ensured the house was thoroughly cleaned before we traveled and the amount of cobwebs the spider spun made me wonder if we were away longer than a week. I also noticed moist and about and around ... Read more >>
As
we grow and advance in life, birthdays gradually shift from the groovy euphoria
to a serious moment of retrospect.
A
realization suddenly hits you in the head, Gbagan! 'I am XX years today, what have I done with my life'? And suddenly we begin to wonder how time went
by so quickly.
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I feel sad that we celebrated Inauguration yesterday 29th, we will celebrate Democracy 12th of June & today 30th of May, a section of Nigeria is celebrating Biafra Heroes Remembrance Day. Read more >>
A colleague of mine was very concerned about a WhatsApp status shared by one of his friends that suggested looming suicide. The suspicious status fueled rescue team mobilized by his friends.
Another young guy trying to commit suicide and
according to my colleague, that was not his first attempt!
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My brief stay at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Katsina revealed to me another shade of abuse of the female gender that is still prevalent in some parts of Nigeria deeply hidden in some cultural beliefs and norms.
I spent a few days at the Post Natal Ward of FMC, Katsina. My first night was typified by horror and shock.
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What was 2018 like for you?
Was the last 365 days at sync with the picture you had in mind when the year started? Did you meet your set targets? Were you just around the corner at nailing it or was it a low one for you?
There is something about wine that naturally spurs a toast. A celebration is almost never considered complete without a bottle of wine being popped because sweet wine cheers the heart and gladdens the soul, more so, fresh wine.
Quick review!
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Can you make do with fresh wine in your marriage and courtship?
As the year wound down, so have most wines in homes run down. Some of us need an outright change of wineskin to accommodate the new wines, some just need to topple up the wine bottle to come up to a better gauge while some need to pour in fresh wines because the one currently available hav... Read more >>
I read in the paper a few days ago that the word ‘toxic’ made it as Oxford word for the year. Oxford Dictionaries proprietary data revealed a 45% rise in lookups for the word and a descriptor for the most talked about topics in 2018.
Top two words that ma... Read more >>
Life operates by principles, and baselines are standing values that cut across every aspect of life. For example, the baseline for mastering any language is rooted in the alphabets, and the baseline for numeracy is in numbers.
The baseline always sets the foundation for any structure: physical, mental, spiritual and social.
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At the crossroad of Enaim, Tamar beguiled Judah. Taking laws into her hands, she forced from him what he should have given willingly.
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I recently found myself singing a rhyme that we used to sing in nursery school just before we ate our meals. The song goes this way;
Some have food but cannot eat
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It was an awesome time for participants at the 41st edition of All Nations Women Congress on World Evangelization that held third week of March. The theme of the congress is “The Dynamic Home Builder” and a recurring sub-theme that ran through the 2-day meeting was pegged around “Anointed Matriarch”. Read more >>
On my way to work three Fridays ago on a major expressway just by University of Abuja Staff quarters, I saw an accident that involved six vehicles; two trucks, a commuter bus and three saloon cars.
Tens of passengers from the... Read more >>
