Entrepreneurship
Meet the Best Agricultural Radio Program for 2013: Alhaji Luqman Ibidunni's Global A.I.M.S
January 1, 2014









Happy New Year to you! And here's one bit of news that will help you start up the new year perfectly - on radio. Especially if you're a lover of agriculture. Global A.I.M.S is a company specialized in providing agro-industrial information marketing services. And they are making BIG strides in agribusiness communication nationally. Infact, their […]







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My DN Travel News
Must You Quit Paid Employment to Influence Change in Nigeria? (If YES, will you get a FAIR & IMPARTIAL chance to do it?)
December 28, 2013









I tried posting a contribution to a friend’s recent post, in which one person asked him to quit his job to do something about the problems he was complaining about regarding Nigeria. It’s however morphed from a comment into this 5th issue of "My Ideas for Making Nigeria Better" PDF series :-)) Click here to […]







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Career Development
SMART Acronym for People Who Succeed (Incl. Infographic)
December 17, 2013









[NB: Post updated - see bottom - on Wed 18th Dec 2013 @2:04pm - causing reset of views counter.] You probably know the popular SMART acronym - a mnemonic - for setting goals and objectives ("S" for Specific, "M" for Measurable etc). I’m not referring to that. Over the past 10 years, I’ve conceived a […]







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Career Development
When You're Not Working, Create a Bigger Dream (Hint: New Product - My Pineapple Peels Based Cakes...Made Without an Oven!)
December 7, 2013









When I'm not hammering away at my laptop keyboard, writing articles, reports and books...or building custom Excel-VB software, I'm likely to be found sleeping, or working to progress further towards my ultimate dream. That dream is to own what I call a Home-Based Farm-Products-Brew-Pub. And I've nursed it since 1999, when I still worked in […]







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My DN Travel News
Always Wish Others Well. You'll Succeed Better! (Incl. Lesson from an Amazing Russian Video)
November 27, 2013









What are your thoughts towards your colleague in the office? That cocky rich guy who lives next door? Your cash strapped relative’s child living with you? What about your younger brother who happens to be doing better than everyone else – including you? Do you honestly wish them well? What Happens Among Relatives? Maybe you […]







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Career Development
Smart Exercising Will Keep You Fit, Healthy, and Alive
November 23, 2013









Yes, that's the key to good health, looking young, and LIVING LONG. Sweating enables your body expel many "bad things" that can weaken it! I took the photo below, this a.m (Friday 22nd Nov. 2013 at 10.00a.m): Above: Photo taken in 2013 - I was 43 at the time Below: Photo taken in March 2017 […]







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My DN Travel News
Are Those Who Do Bad Things, From Outer Space...Or From Amongst Us?
November 22, 2013









[Update 22nd Nov. 2013 @ 11.28: PDF download link to FULL write-up now added!] Everyday I read comments and posts on social media by smart thinking, well educated Nigerians who live in the country, and elsewhere. 99% of the time they seem to be lamenting another gory news item served to them by their trust […]







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My DN Travel News
Writing Is Serious Business. Not Doing It Can Cost You Money!
November 14, 2013









For the sake of those who may be misled, I feel obligated to write this piece. Especially after reading this status post by Mike, a Facebook friend. In a recent facebook wall post, he noted the comment made by a certain associate of his, about the usefulness (or lack thereof) of "writing". Hmm??? Sigh. People […]







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My DN Travel News
Why I Relocated from Nigeria to Benin Republic (Hint: A "Poor" Country Where Even Poor People Live Well!)
November 13, 2013









If you’ve ever been second-guessed, doubted, and treated with suspicion, you’ll know it can be very unpleasant. As a Nigerian, I’ve had (and HAVE!) to endure the stigma of being from a country renowned for scams - in countries I've visited, and - ironically - even back at home :-))) Like a well traveled Beninese […]







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Entrepreneurship
“Biafra Born” Micro-Refineries Operating in Nigeria? Lessons for Nigeria/Africa!
November 12, 2013









Chinua Achebe wrote: “Let me give one more dimension of what we were hoping to do in Biafra...We were told, for instance, that technologically we would have to rely for a long, long time on the British and the West for everything. " This is Issue No. 3 in my "IDEAS for Making Nigeria Better" […]







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