My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better - SD Nuggets™

A People's Ability to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable is Crucial for Societal Advancement [Hint: Why Too Many of Today's Nigerians Are Often Too Angry to be Reasoned With!]

March 23, 2016

It's something that first began to really strike me when I visited Nigeria for the first time about 6 months after relocating to Cotonou. I mean the fact that there are a LOT of (indeed too many!) VERY angry people within the geographical entity called Nigeria. One time I was in the chauffeured 4 wheel […]

Career Development

You Have to Believe In Yourself First, Before Others Can Really Believe in YOU [Maiden Edition of FREE Monthly Workshop for Tayo Solagbade's MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation Club Members Holds Today - Sat 19th March 2016]

March 19, 2016

This afternoon I will meet with members of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Club (and some invited professionals/prospective members), to conduct the MAIDEN edition of the FREE Monthly Workshop for paid club members. When I conceived this idea in May 2015, of launching a club to teach MS Excel to business users (with a kiddies […]

Entrepreneurship

[Advice for Smart Parents] You Need to Give Your Kids Real World Relevant Coaching NOW, If They Are to Succeed...In Their Adult Lives!

March 16, 2016

Here's my key guiding philosophy as a Best Practice Parenting Practitioner & Advocate: "If I fail as a parent to my kids, I've failed in life. A parent is meant to share his/her experience based know-how in a way that gives kids EQUAL or BETTER preparation (than s/he - the parent - had), to succeed […]

Entrepreneurship

Your Certificate DOES NOT Define YOU! [Mind Map for my Presentation at Yaba College of Technology’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture on 3rd May 2012]

March 12, 2016

Below: This is the Mind Map I used to deliver my core presentation as Guest Speaker at Yaba College of Technology’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture - held at Grillo Hall, under the auspices of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, on 3rd May 2012. My core message was this: Your Certificate DOES NOT Define YOU! Polytechnic […]

Career Development

Developing Positive Income Earning Competence In Nigeria Is The Key to Eliminating Corruption Amongst Nigerians [Case Study: Aljazeera "Africa Investigates" video report titled "Nigeria's Baby Farmers"]

March 8, 2016

If you have not yet watched the Aljazeera "Africa Investigates" video report titled "Nigeria's Baby Farmers", starring Ghana's famous under cover journalist - Anas - and Rosemary an investigative journalist from Nigeria, then click here to watch it now. The revelations of the sickening yet vibrant trade in babies, actively engaged in by hospitals and […]

Career Development

PII 004: Get YOUR FREE Copy of Tayo Solagbade's Quick & Dirty Guide to English Language for French Speakers

March 7, 2016

WARNING: This Workbook based guide is NOT a standard language learning resource. I've called it a quick and dirty guide because that's what it is. This workbook assumes you're willing to spend time sitting behind your PC (and also on your mobile) listening to audiios corresponding to clickable words and phrases, (and pictures that appear […]

Entrepreneurship

It Takes Proven Know-How to Achieve Repeatable Web Marketing Success [True Story: How My 9 Year Old Domain Got Poached In May 2014, and I Used My Web Marketing System On a NEW Domain, to Build My Online Brand/Sales to a Higher Level Within 6 Months]

March 2, 2016

Two great quotes by a great man, who achieved great results in his chosen field of expertise: "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" - Muhammad Ali "It ain't bragging if you can back it up" - Muhammad Ali Image Source: http://orig06.deviantart.net To paraphrase Ali with regard to BOTH quotes, […]

Career Development

Temi & Oluoma's No-Oven Charcoal Stove Cookies [Facebook page now LIVE!]

February 28, 2016

'Temi (10) & Oluoma (7) are sisters who (with support from their family) use creative low cost recipes & a charcoal stove pot to bake cookies for sale. This micro business venture began as a “skills acquisition project” Temi asked their Dad to let her do, after seeing videos of home made cookies baking. Click […]

Career Development

Is Olajumoke the Bread seller-Turned-Model Getting a Fair Deal?

February 26, 2016

I've wondered intermittently about this from the very beginning, but felt it was nothing to worry about given the high profile exposure that the entire development has so far enjoyed. Even now, I'm not sure what to think... However @HNNAfrica's tweets asserting that Olajumoke the breadseller-turned-model is being exploited have now made me decide to […]

Entrepreneurship

PII 002: Deliver Promised Quality Consistently, and Buyers Will Feel No Need to Look for Alternatives

February 22, 2016

This week's issue was inspired by Pius Adesanmi's 2006 article titled "Ibo Made" republished on Facebook on Feb. 20, 2016 (click). It was very articulate, and loaded with solid points. Definitely a good read. However I refuse to let my patriotic zeal blind me to the root causes I've identified to contribute in no small […]