The Wordsmith Blog™

. . . "You know am sick of this country; You know the only thing that keeps me going now is the understanding #God isn't a wicked god after all; You know the good life we ought to be living is now only available in the "BLACK MARKET" where you have to buy it for triple or even quintuple the rate; You know all we do here is "make believe", we're all actors in this game called life and country called #Nigeria; You know we struggle so hard in this country, you know; You know the rich are actually poor, and the poor are actually doomed; You know we're thinking #2019 is a joke, but it's not; You know we are fond of thinking we'll always survive, but someday we won't; You know we don't take posts like this so serious, it doesn't even have a naked girl in it; You know there's really nothing you can do to fix Nigeria than vote and live wisely, you know; Yo know the weather now is AC resistant, and it'

Finally take control of your destiny by deleting the negative habits that have been dragging you down. Many of you will resolve to start a new positive habit in 2018. Adding good habits can be fun, but unfortunately (most of the time), they don't work. Approximately 38 percent of Nigerians will make resolutions, and only 8 percent will succeed. Instead of adding a new diet or workout regime, let's remove the negative habits that have been holding you back. 1. Kill your habit of checking social media during the workday Social media platforms are masters of making you stay there. Getting lost in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc can be fun, but it's counterproductive during the day–especially while you're trying to build that presentation for your investors. Now that we're on the subject, turn off the notifications on your phone, too. You can check your Snaps on your break. 2. Kill your habit of thinking it's all about you Your frowning

How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names? I had consistently wondered how and why storms and hurricanes were given names, and in most cases, human names.  My curiosity had driven me to ponder about so many possibilities.  Most recurrent of my thought was; perhaps the name of the first metereologist to discover or alert about the impending storm was often adopted. But I was wrong after all.  I never gave up my quest until I found convincing and satisfying answers. Answers I chose to share with you here.  " Storms are given short, distinctive names to  avoid confusion  and  streamline".  In the beginning, storms were named arbitrarily. An Atlantic storm that ripped off the mast of a boat named Antje became known as Antje's hurricane. Then the mid-1900's saw the start of the practice of using feminine names for storms. In the pursuit of a more organized and efficient naming system, meteorologists later decided to identify storms using names from a list

Many a time I try to bring some folks up to speed with recent trends, not losing sight of where we were coming from. This really can be a arduous task in most cases as a majority would rather  remain in the/their pasts.  Call them obstinate and my only dissatisfaction will be your failure to add the prefix "unnecessarily" or "myopically".  Sadly, too many sons & daughters  of my generation are failing to live their lives, in that they have preferred to live life by the views their ancestors held and passed down, over careful observation of life as it stands now.  It was not my intention to confuse you on writing this piece, and it still isn't now. But living the new life by old rules cum views can really complicate a lot of things.  Am not of the opinion that nothing of old was good or still relevant, am only and advocate of the use of life's 'Delete' & 'Add' button.  I really would have  love to write extensively, hi

How well is your alma mata doing? Find current rankings bellow the cut. Here Is the full list of ranking: Rank /  University / Location 111  Samuel Adegboyega University  Ogwa 110  Wesley University of Science and Technology  Ondo City 109  Rhema University  Aba 108  Crescent University, Abeokuta  Abeokuta 107  Tansian University  Umunya … 106  Kebbi State University of Science and Technology  Aliero 105  Bauchi State University  Gadau … 104  Kwararafa University Wukari  Wukari 103  Gombe State University  Gombe 102  Western Delta University  Oghara 101  Novena University  Ogume 100  Al-Qalam University, Katsina  Katsina 99  Wellspring University  Benin City 98  Salem University  Lokoja 97  Renaissance University  Enugu 96  Yobe State University  Damaturu 95  Obong University  Obong Ntak 94  Taraba State University  Jalingo 93  Godfrey Okoye University  Ugwuomu-Nike 92  Oduduwa University  Ile Ife 91  University of Mkar  Mkar

…(A Piece On Mobile Telecommunication Services And Its Irregularities In Nigeria)”. The entry of mobile telecommunication services into the country as announced by the President Olusegun Obasanjo led administration on August 2001 was a grand one. Winning a rousing welcome from the people. Alas! It was the end of bias, the rich and the poor can now play on a level plain ground (Only telecommunication-wise, though). Keeping in touch with family and friends was now a phone call away. The advent of the mobile telecommunication services became a blessing to long distant relationships, business people, amongst many others. It brought communication comfort unequaled, relative peace of mind and mended broken bridges of relationships which have suffered lack of communication earlier. These comfort and gains did not come without a price, in fact, it came with a huge one. The cost of a mobile phone at the time was huge, ranging from #20,000-#50,000 on the average depending on what the

Growing up in the suburbs of Lagos,  'ejika ni shoobu' (shop on the shoulders) used to be a popular sight on the streets moving within houses. These tailors roamed around with their mini sewing machines on their shoulders,  calling out to anyone who needed to mend their clothes for a token. Some days they flood the area,  and some days when you really need them the most, they are nowhere to be found. And if at all you're lucky to find one,  they just might not have the thread colour needed to mend your cloth. .... "Oh God! Why you no go get the thread na" (that line was a common line on our lips those days whenever we were dissapointed by the tailors).  I know some of you can relate to this. "We want to be that 'TAILOR WITH ALL COLOURS OF THREAD',but sometimes, these clothes don't wait till you get home before they're torn." -TW ™ #PardonMeIfYouDontUnderstandThis #DEEP #Parable Many have since my posting of these line bothered me for an