THE NIGERIAN DREAM II When you have a vision, it becomes the basis for your decisions. When you have decided where to go, you do not have problems when you come to a road junction. But for the person who has no vision, any road is the way. As soon as we decide on the [read more …]
NIGERIAN DREAM I
NIGERIAN DREAM I I believe in God for a better Nigeria and there is just one question I wish to ask. We have heard that there is an American dream. And that certain things can happen to an individual in the United States of America which would be referred to as the fulfillment of the [read more …]
NIGERIA: OUR PROSPERITY
NIGERIA: OUR PROSPERITY Last week, I was at my barber’s shop, having a trim. I was watching the television through its reflection on the mirror. The station was OGTV (Ogun State Television). I saw something that made me excited. It began with a computer-generated picture of Olumo Rock and beneath it was written “OGD Olumo [read more …]
NIGERIA: OUR PEOPLE
NIGERIA: OUR PEOPLE Happy Independence Anniversary, my dear reader. I pray that this anniversary of our country’s independence from colonial rule will mark the end of our journey in the wilderness of underdevelopment. That God will show us the way to the Promised Land of a developed Nigeria, where each citizen will be free to [read more …]
NIGERIA: OUR CITIZENS
NIGERIA: OUR CITIZENS Last Sunday, we celebrated Nigeria’s Independence Anniversary in church, and I had the opportunity of speaking on the connection between our faith and our citizenship. The discussion was centered on the advice the Apostle Paul gave to the believers who lived in Rome at that time. The Apostle Paul said; “Be a [read more …]
NIGERIA: OUR CULTURE
NIGERIA: OUR CULTURE A few weeks ago, the whole nation was shocked by the pictures of horror that came from the discovery of Okija shrines by the police. They were pictures of skulls, skeletons, and decomposing bodies. However, the priests who managed the shrines were surprised that some people were pretending to be shocked about [read more …]
NIGERIA: OUR GOALS
NIGERIA: OUR GOALS Dear reader, my heart is burning. It is burning with a dream of a better Nigeria. A Nigeria where Yola, Aba, Ilorin, Onitsha, Damaturu, and Abeokuta will be as beautiful as Paris, Orlando, Sydney, and (note this) Cape Town. I look forward to the day Nigerians will proudly have on T-shirts and [read more …]
NIGERIA: OUR VISION
NIGERIA: OUR VISION My dear reader, I ask that you indulge me for the next few weeks, as I think aloud on our journey to development as a nation, as we celebrate the 44th anniversary of our independence. The reforms being carried out in our economy, the civil service, the police, the military, and other [read more …]
How To Generate Income From Over 100 Million Mobile Phones In Nigeria
Mobile Phones – Did you know that Nigeria’s mobile telephone subscriber base had hit105.2 million as at August, 2012? Well, that is what the subscriber data released by the Nigerian Communications Commission revealed. All of those subscribers would need mobile phones and even if there can be two SIM cards in a phone, the number [read more …]
Would You Like To Join In Sharing Over N428bn Revenue Expected From Nigeria’s Non-oil Export Sector This Year?
…If yes, then try Cashew Nuts Export! Recently, it was reported that the Nigerian non-oil export sector recorded a 19 percent increase in 2011. The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga corroborated this report when he revealed that Nigeria indeed made N428bn from non-oil exports in the last year. And just in case [read more …]