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It seems like everyone in Nigeria is an entrepreneur these days. Could it be some sort of trend that will phase out after a while, the liberating and elevating feeling it gives to be addressed as a business owner and an employer of labour? Maybe it is an attempt to break even in the current economy reality we are experiencing, or perhaps an effort to change the stereotypical impression that only white collar jobs are the best.

If Cos3X + Sin30 (50X – 4)/Tan45 = Bla Bla Bla, Find the value of X. Ok! Growing up, I knew mathematics to be a science that involves expressions that requires you to calculate for the resultant or final answer. However, as I advanced in class, my teachers began to introduce me to mathematical expressions that already have the final answers staring at me in the face – with an unknown factor in the expression. This unknown must be figured out, without which the final answer would make no sense. Shun the mathematical expression above because it is not logical. But assuming that the equation above is mathematically correct, the final answer won’t make sense if you don’t have an idea on how to figure out the value of X. Amazingly, life presents us with a similar situation. You can hardly find someone who does not know where he or she wants to be. The challenge is that most of us do not really know or have what it takes to get to our destination. As a young career person,

Adversity births all things creative and so is using plastic bottles to make houses.  The  Developmental Association for Renewable Energies (DARE) in Yelwa community of Kaduna state, Nigeria has found a creative way to address issues of homelessness and environmental pollution.

"Travelling - It leaves you speechless, then turns to a storyteller." - Idn Battuta Part of my 2016 resolution is travel to a few under-reported countries, at least 3 of them this year and what better time to do that than during the Easter Holidays? Nothing too fancy but good enough to serve its purpose as an excellent hideout away from Lagos and its chaos and heat as well as discover new culture and FOOD of course. So, I cast my dice and it fell on Lome, the capital of Togo. I did some research about the country, checked out for conducive and reasonably affordable hotels as I wasn't expecting extraordinary, and I found Pure Plage. This is a beach resort hotel in Baguida, very close to the city's Grande Market and Port, and I must confess, it is the perfect relaxation spot. The therapeutic effect of the ocean breeze just calms you. The time difference in Togo is just an hour ahead of local time in Nigeria. Togo is a small French speaking country in West A

"Gosh, I finally made it to Makoko floating school. A story I have been longing to do in a while after having done the initial story years ago when the school was being built. After weeks of planning and communicating with the school's director with the help of NLE, here I was walking down narrow paths to get to the jetty.

One rarely sits when your job requires you to rove all and around your world to tell stories about it. I recently visited Ajegunle, a community in the sprawling city of Lagos, Nigeria. In this small community lies an estate of wooden, polythene and zinc roofed shacks built on refuse of about 16 feet deep.