Monday 10 October, being World Mental Health Day, we will be joining others around the world to observe this year’s World Mental Health Day, through campaign and calling for severe mental illness to be a global priority. We know that more people are experiencing poor mental health because of the rising cost of living. […]
As a father of two school-going children, it breaks my heart to read about children being sexually abused in schools by supposedly trusted authorities! The idea of someone molesting your child is terrifying for any parent (unless the parent is the child molester, which is 37% of the time). The pain, fear, and […]
While schools are pulling out all the stops to welcome new and old students to another academic session, some parents are already losing sleep on how to balance their children’s last term’s school fees and also take blood, sweat and tears to pay fees for the coming session. From all indications, many parents have been […]
I breaks my heart and sometimes brings tears to my eyes when I see people speak ill of their benefactors and/or mentors because of MIS-UNDERSTANDINGS (take note of the prefix – MIS. What that simply means is this, understanding that is ‘missing.’). If you have outgrown the usefulness of your benefactors and/or mentors, don’t burn […]
A UK-based Nigerian Disc Jockey, identified as Olaniyi Oladigbo, popularly known simply as DJ Ola has died. According to reports from his friends, DJ Ola committed suicide on Tuesday, September 13 after battling with depression. DJ Ola reportedly took his own life, shortly after dropping off his children at school on Tuesday.It was reported that […]
Around the world, it’s sad to note that an estimated 703,000 people commit suicide each year. There are perhaps 20 people who attempted suicide for every suicide, and many more have significant suicidal thoughts. Suicidal behaviour has a huge influence on millions of people and causes them to experience severe grief. Recent incidence of […]
Recently, I was with a group of Nigerian youths discussing the state of our educational system. During my enlightening conversation with those group of youths, one of them said, “Egbon Kay, e gbagbe; e ma waasu fun waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (meaning, brother Kay, don’t bother yourself to preach to usssssssssssssss), school is a scam!” I asked […]
It was about 10am on a weekday and little Johnson (real name withheld) six, was still playing round his Ayobo neighbourhood in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. Some passersby, who knew his family, asked him why he was not at school. His short answer was the same: “My mummy did not give me […]
Some years ago, I was invited to speak at a conference with the largest audience I had ever faced. It was a big step up for me, anyway. Legendary speakers were giving talks, and I feared I would not measure up. I was nervous. I mean, really really really nervous. I sat in the […]
The last two weeks that just passed made me come to the more understanding that many people in the voice of Afrobeat Maestro, Fela Anikulapo Kuti are “suffering and smiling.” I’ve listened to news updates on radio and TV, read online and on national dailies how some persons attempted and others committed suicide because things […]