Motivational speeches have a short shelf life when it comes to matters than run deeper than words. What is faced by millions of Nigerian youths is far beyond the deft touches of a nice talk. Having left Nigeria some five years ago, I live in the United Kingdom still feeling a part of me lodged…
“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet, I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.” – Og Mandino One of the unsavoury indices of most African economies is the level of youth employment. Nigeria for instance skirts around 30-50 per cent figure of unemployed youths. It’s no…
The National youth service exercise is most graduates dream. It’s a mixed bag-for some it’s a liberating adventure, to others, a sightless journey to the unknown. My university education rather shifted my personal fundamentals, from the happy-go-lucky attitude to one of stern addiction to handwork-because at school I only looked at life through the prism…