I love Osogbo, it is my hometown and I spent a good time living there. I’ve had to listen to a lot of jest about Osogbo being underdeveloped. While some of the jests are true I still believed there is no basis for comparison with other state capitals. If the required work is put into […]
Author: Abiodun Lawal
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BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO SELL TO NIGERIANS
BOOK TITLE: HOW TO SELL TO NIGERIANS AUTHOR: AKIN ALABI OF NAIRABET. Like the title already suggested, the book is a salesman manual especially in selling to the unique people of Nigeria. There are no two ways to think about it, what works in other countries may not necessarily work in Nigeria or with Nigerians. […]
Like a lamb being led to the slaughter, so are many migrating overseas. The major differences are, that they are forced to move for whatever reasons, the move was anticipated and when it finally happened it appeared like having fresh air. Now don’t get me wrong, migration is beautiful, I did too. Perhaps we should […]
Cornelius was rich, so was the rich young ruler, the centurion was a man of influence, Zaccheous can be considered as a rich person, Joseph of Arimathea and the lady of the alabaster box are both folks with means. These folk among others were believers and followers of Christ. This means attainment of financial sufficiency […]
Yeah, the just concluded election in osun state is a victory for democracy but it is still a loss to the people. Morality and competence rarely align together in democracy anywhere and ours is not different. The game is about winning by all means necessary, just don’t get caught. If you are caught, explain it […]
One of the things that makes communication effective is promptness. Communication during a crisis is especially very important. It is a frog that must be eaten not minding if our ego would be bruised. When we get a necked dip in difficult situations like debt or disappointment, it easier to keep things ourselves, trying to […]
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Casual Family Time
Recently my brother and I were talking about a prominent gospel artist who was celebrating a prominent secular artist on his page on social media. Note, there was no hate in us for the personalities involved; we were only being objective that night in the discussion of culture. Building a culture requires a bit of […]
Sometime ago Detrick Haddon sang the famous Ephesians 3:20 in songs and the song also became very famous. I remember a particular church I attended back then, the choir did song back to back for several Sundays. Look for the song if you can. However the verse of scripture ended with the principle that stated […]
Burden-bearing men must be raised consistently to go into civil service or raise from those who are there already. What a civil servant is capable of is unimaginable in the development of policies, implementation of the law, and growth of society. Nehemiah was a burden-bearing civil servant, serving in the palace of an oppressive king. […]