Over the course of human history, oil has always symbolized progress. From the story of Elisha and the widow of Zarephath in Biblical times down to modern usage, oil has somewhat always been used to characterize abundance and forward movement. Thus, you have expressions such as “oil of progress” and “good oil”. Generally, when we...
Back when I was an undergraduate law student, and even though I was the son of a Judge who had worked for the government all his life, I decided that I wouldn’t work for my government, a decision I have stood by to date. There were two major reasons for this stance; the first was...
As I have gotten more and more conscious of my health and what I eat, one of my biggest challenges has been how best to deal with my sugar intake. I like to taste sweet stuff (and no, I refuse to be called sweet-toothed). However, with the ever-increasing rates of diabetes and other sugar-related ailments,...
Groundbreaking innovations throughout the last decade has continually nudged us all to bear witness to the very many amazing feats of green technology. As an aside, green tech here loosely refers to technology that is considered environmentally-friendly based on its production process or supply chain. It also may refer to a means of energy production that is...
In November 2018, the second volume of the National Climate Assessment Report mandated by the US government and prepared by the American scientific community was released and was met with an equal dose of cheer and concern. The report was made very popular by the decision of the current US administration to “bury” the report...
Abuja, Nigeria: The first time I learnt of suicide, I was about five. A man had committed suicide within my father’s jurisdiction and as the then presiding Magistrate; he had to sanction an official inquiry into the cause of death. He reviewed the pictures in his library at home and later that night, I overheard...
On the morning of December 3rd 1929, Nnayereuwa, a woman from the Aba region of Southeastern Nigeria, alongside roughly ten thousand other women created a landmark in the country’s history as it relates to the rights of women in the nation and by extension, throughout the African continent. That morning, after a scuffle with a...
In a recent conversation a friend drew my attention to a crucial aspect of modern day marketing. She asked if I had noticed that almost all advertisements on the internet are fixated on what a majority of the populace already feel they lack. Her views were that if I paused to really think it through,...
“Mental health is a state of well-being in which every individual is able to realize his/her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and make a contribution to his/her family and community.” – World Health Organisation In June 2018, the World Health Organisation (WHO) formally added Gaming Disorder to its...
Whoever you are, you’re dependent on your environment; for example, weather fluctuations affects us all. From the icy chills of Alaska down to the heat and scorching sands of the Sahara, in every corner or region of the world, the state of the air, atmosphere, temperature and other outside conditions (such as rain or cloudiness)...
I have loved fashion for as long as I can remember because fashion is synonymous with creativity at its peak. Through every generation, the fashion industry remains the finest meld of the best creative minds and my younger self came to this conclusion poring over glossy pages of Ebony and GQ Magazines in the 90s....
When I discovered the sustainability movement, I found a few things that came as a surprise to me. Chief among these surprises was how much of a correlation there was between my life as an average Nigerian and the lifestyle as advocated by the sustainability movement. In one of my earliest articles about vegan choices,...