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It amuses me when women (working women, most importantly) who talk of empowerment and feminism, say “You have to talk to my husband/father about it.” Or “I don’t normally manage my finances.” when it comes to managing their money. Empowerment comes from being curious. It comes from educating yourself, and people around you. Take some time out and do what it takes to know where your money goes. Or what you can do with it. And once you are conversant with the process and the terms, take your mom, aunt, neighbor, friend or relative with you. Help them find out the various accounts they are eligible to open. Help them file their own tax returns. Educate them on how they can manage their finances themselves. Help them take the first step towards doing that. Enlighten them on the various privileges they are entitled to. It might all seem a little too far fetched in the beginning, but a little bit of practice is all it will take, to bring in the transformation. Travel that extra mile and do i...

The weekend i tagged the most beautiful this year so far, a new month begins and the aroma of all the different delicacies been prepared for the Sallah celebration won't just allow me to have a rest of mind ooo.... Home alone throughout the day, listening and feeling the pleasure of music, i have picked out this five lovely songs for my fans to let you know you are loved and you can't just give up on love. So, lets check out what my five top picks are this weekend. 5. NO BETTER by TATIANA MANAOIS - I just have to include this loving guitarist, so she comes as my fifth pick for this beautiful weekend, "No Better" comes from her 2015 studio album "Lovely". The song speaks about ones expectations from someone you love but that are never gotten but still yet we just stick to that person because one doesn't feel complete without the person. My favorite line in the song "You never share the blanket,You always take it from me-And baby I'm cold to...

A successful day begins with a purposeful morning. A lot has been written about the power of your morning routine to set your day on a positive course, and science backs those assertions. A common thread among many books and articles on this topic is the importance of a solid morning routine. Success in the morning begins with the plan you made the night before. Whether you’re a morning person or a night owl, we all start our day at some point. Your success today depends on how you begin and end your day. Tapping into the power of mornings, a time of day when you are most active, might be the key to your long-term success. While most of us are still wrestling with our snooze buttons, many of the world’s highest achievers are getting a head-start with their work. A morning routine sets you up for the whole day, and if it is done right, everything else in your life will follow. “Morning and evening routines prime you for success. They help you achieve more, th...

I just had to seriously put this together after i heard a Bsc holder disgraced himself, his certificate and virtually the school who gave that certificate to him during an interview today at Eko Hotel & Suites earlier on today by prostrating to each and everyone of the interviewer one after the other. Common its isnt a traditional wedding now, as a female friend of mine said, its an interview and your culture isnt needed or required there. So, i just had to pull this few tips together for us all so that such scenario wouldn't be repeated by any one of us again.... 1. Walk confidently toward the interviewer or into the interviewer's office . Hold your head erect while looking forward. Keep your back and shoulders straight. Avoid timid behaviors such as shuffling hesitantly or peeking into the interviewer's office. 2. Make eye contact with the interviewer to demonstrate your sincerity. Smile warmly and extend your right hand. 3. Grasp the interviewer's hand ...

Its morning and its so cold here at Ikorodu, Lagos State Nigeria. The night was not as i have expected it to be, it was short but i hope for the best on a beautiful cold morning like today. I have decided to share with you these beautiful, lovely songs from my music library just to inspire you on this beautiful day. Get them and let these lovely songs pass the message i have for you today. "you really don't know the value you have got until you push your self", You are just so beautiful and let no one tell you aren't, just be build and build yourself, be free. My number one pick from my music library for you is " STONE " by Alessia Cara , a beautiful young Canadian singer and song writer, you can't just miss listening to "Stone" today. Stone is from her 2015 Album " Know It All ". 'Time comes to rest whenever you are by my side, it burs' - my favorite line in the song. 'Follow wherever it takes you, in this uncertai...

Good evening my own lovely, beautiful and most awesome fans. Its evening here in Nigeria and actually so cool. This evening i have got a message for you, to inspire you and motivate you never to settle for the least, for you have got over seven billion people you can get to be a joy to.  Have you ever thought why our own parents weren't better, greater and more successful than their own parents? have you ever wondered why some youths are there wasting life and living like a dead soul ... Your father was a drunkard isn't a reason for you to be like him, your mother lived her time as a prostitute isn't a reason for you to prostitute, you can be better than whatever your parents were, you could be the one who writes a page of your family name on Wikipedia, believe me you can do it, you can be whatever you want to be, make great men and women your mentors, read about their life issues, believe in your self that you can and you will. LETS THINK OF DOING THE FOLLOWING A...

Today we celebrate and honour every single African child, home and abroad, dead or alive, rich or poor, living in the woods, on the streets, in mansions, in refugee camps, in war Zones etc. With a broken heart, and a shivering mind, I send out my utmost wishes to every African Child who have to walk miles to school and back home daily, African child who have to hawk over 16hrs daily just to have a sip of water and a tiny loaf of bread to survive,  those who are casualties of meaningless Wars and violence, Victims of child trafficking, those who were made to watch their homes burn to Ashes, and their family destroyed. Remember we are the king of the Jungle, fear nothing and keep being strong, we were born strong, our roar will one day give us freedom. I have a dream that one day we won't have to walk miles to school daily, for education will be at our doors, a dream that one day we won't have to hawk to survive, for our parents will be employed legally, a dream that one no A...

Ones a child is born, as early as age three, the child begins the adventure called Education, three years in the kindergarten/nursery school, immediately moves to the primary school where he/she spends six good years of his/her life with a lot of different subjects (as much as 16 different ones). then straight up the child moves to the secondary school (high school) where he/she spends another six years with so much subjects been enforced into the child's brain. Its of recent i just started asking myself , how did i pass through this stressful stages of my education life? when ever i see a 7 - 8 year old child going to school with a big filled bag that appears to be heavier than the child itself. 16 subjects for a seven year old child? waoooooo, please how do the teachers expect this young ones to know the sixteen subjects? well, adaptation i think it is. After spending the six years in secondary school, now he/she must face some examination bodies which wil...

Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson, CBE (born 30 July 1958), is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. With four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles, and wins in the World and European Championships, Thompson is considered by many to be one of the greatest decathletes of all time. Robert Chalmers described him as "the greatest all-round athlete this country [United Kingdom] has ever produced. Thompson was born in Notting Hill, London, the second son of a Nigerian father and Scottish mother. His father was a taxi driver who was shot dead in Streatham when Thompson was about twelve. At seven years old Thompson was sent to Farney Close Boarding School, Bolney, Sussex, which he described as "a place for troubled children". Thompson's name is a contraction of Ayodele, a Yoruba word meaning "joy co...

CNN's Robyn Curnow celebrates His Africa Hero Desmond Tutu. It was the late 1980s and townships were burning in South Africa. Apartheid's death throes were in full swing, violent and bloody, yet here was Archbishop Tutu, Nobel peace laureate and activist, in the chapel of Curnow's school. "He still took the time to come out and speak to a bunch of teenage girls in the suburbs," she marvels. The voice of a liberation movement, who unlike many of his peers was not in jail, nor in exile, Tutu was out to spread the word of an inclusive, equal society that at the time still lived beyond the horizon for South Africa.

Foluke Atinuke Akinradewo (born October 5, 1987) is a Canadian-American indoor volleyball player, a member of the United States women's national volleyball team and Switzerland club Volero Zurich, a participant of the Olympic Games (2012, 2016), bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games, 2015 World Cup, silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games, and a gold medalist of the 2014 World Championship and 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. She played college women's volleyball at Stanford University. She was named Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008.

His excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode graces the Lagos State Polytechnic 25th Convocation, and made it a day worth it. One could tell it from the look on the faces of the parents, grandaunts and the entire people of First Gate, Ikorodu . Nature itself felt a chain has been broken, waoooooooooooo!!! for good 24 convocation ceremonies, no Lagos State Governor ever made it a priority to grace the day with their presence, but this day on the 25th Convocation Ceremony of The Lagos State Polytechnic. the Governor made it His priority to Grace the day and embrace us with His warmth presence.

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