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Personal brand ≠ business brand. When a company is all about one person, one scandal or bad headline can bring the whole thing down. That's one reason I was sceptical about buying Dangote shares.
One of my number 1 lessons from business school: separate the brands. Not sure why more people don't.
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Chika N. retweeted
All of the problems modern people deal with can be traced to their inability to stay quietly in a room by themselves. The constant need for crowds is why there’s no peace in your heart
According to the Bible, only valid reason for divorce is sexual immortality/ adultery. But according to the law, it's deception, so yes.
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Sometimes people aren't the problem, YOU are. Everything can't be on social media. The internet is full of bored, bitter, unwell people looking for someone to react to. Stop handing them your life to feed on.
Keep some things private.
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Chika N. retweeted
GOOD DAY, MR PRESIDENT: NIGERIANS DESERVE ACCOUNTABILITY
Good day, Mr President.
I congratulate you on spending a night in one of Nigeria’s states outside Lagos and Abuja. I hope you enjoyed the warmth, hospitality, and delicious cuisine of Akwa Ibom, which I am sure is even better than those of the destinations where you have spent over 260 days outside Nigeria since coming into office.
I sincerely hope this visit will inspire you to travel to the remaining 33 states of the federation, spend time with the people and, more importantly, explain what your administration has done with the ₦15.8 trillion saved from the removal of fuel subsidy, the over $100 billion you have borrowed, the increased revenues accruing to the government from taxing Nigerians, and the additional government revenues which your administration celebrated last year as having surpassed its target.
Nigerians deserve to know how many that were pulled out of poverty within this period, how many out-of-school children were returned to school, and how many functional primary healthcare centres you have built. They also deserve to know how much electricity supply has improved, especially given your promise that if you do not fix power, Nigerians should not vote for you. They deserve an explanation of how you have secured the country, which still ranks among the most terrorised countries in the world.
Mr President, Nigerians deserve answers. They deserve to know what has been done with the resources entrusted to your government.
The New Nigeria we want to build will be based on accountability, transparency, and the physical, measurable impact of our public resources on the lives of citizens.
A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO
Chika N. retweeted
You are more productive when you are in a happy place. You make more money when you’re happy. Optimism is an asset.
At the end of the day, celebrities are products of the society they come from. Unfortunately, most Nigerians aren't groomed to be solution-oriented, from university onward. That's why we have very few research labs and still rely heavily on innovation from abroad, except for a few outliers.
So yes, we need more problem-solving founders, but we also need to build a culture that encourages problem-solving.
Would be nice to see celeb founders in the Nigerian fashion industry actually solve problems we have.
In the west, you hear of celeb founders launching lipstick that doesn't stain, inclusive makeup, bras for cancer survivors, etc
Our celebs should please solve Nigerian fashion problems. Our markets are filled with the same clothes. Everyone is selling the same thing
Let's start from there. We need stylish tops, jeans for women who bloat because of endometriosis or PCOS, etc
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Rotten Tomatoes giving Lupin 98% confirms what I've long suspected. They're all mad over there.
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Not sure how this ended up on my TL, but this is a silly argument for cohabitation. It sounds more like a case for honest conversations before marriage. Living together can reveal habits and incompatibilities, but it won’t show you how someone will behave once they feel secure.
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And if they were dating intentionally, they should have picked up on most of this over three years.
For the umpteenth time, let me tell you about the benefits of cohabitation.
My friend dated his girl for three solid years. They were already preparing for marriage. Both sets of parents knew each other. Wedding plans were underway when they decided to move in together. They never planned to cohabit. It just happened. They lived together for two months and cancelled the wedding. Here is what surfaced.
1. She does not eat rice, garri or fufu. It is always noodles, spaghetti, yam and egg sauce. That was not even the main issue. She said she cannot cook what she does not eat. So she only cooked for herself. He could eat from it if he wanted.
2. She never wakes up before 9am. At first he thought she was tired. Then he saw it was her normal pattern. She does not see it as a problem. She would wake up and nag that he had not made food. She kept complaining he is not romantic and that he should serve her breakfast in bed.
3. She cannot sleep with the lights off. He prefers total darkness. He thought he could adjust. It turned into a serious argument.
4. She is extremely noisy with music. The speaker is almost never off. She plays it loudly while doing chores, bathing and even sleeping. He complained several times. She said that is how she likes it.
5. She is extremely particular. Move a spoon from point A to point B by mistake and she loses it. She is a perfectionist about the smallest things most people ignore. Everything must be done exactly her way.
6. She bathes only once every two days if she is not going out. She claims she falls sick easily so she avoids frequent baths. Even on her period she only washes up.
7. If she cooks, serves him food and he leaves anything on the plate, she refuses to cook for him for the next three or four days. According to her, leaving food is an insult to her cooking.
8. She does not like sex. Most times he does not even cum (ejaculate) before she gets tired. Two minutes in and she is already pushing him away. Even when he begs her to let him cum first, she refuses. He never saw this side clearly before because they usually drank alcohol in hotels. Tipsy, she performs. Sober, she is boring.
The final straw came when she repeatedly forgot to flush the toilet because she was always on her phone. One day they were about to have sex and he saw faeces still on her anus. She had not wiped at all. He was so disgusted he sent her packing immediately. He nearly threw up.
If you know what is good for you, cohabit before marriage. It will not reveal everything about a person, but if you are not blind you will see more than enough.
Above all, love God.
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Other designers may catch my eye from time to time, but Gucci knows I'll always come back. Whatever they did to me definitely worked. 😭
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I agree, but sadly, this isn’t exclusive to poor Nigerians. The average Nigerian can be just as casually cruel. So what's the solution? Rethink our education curriculum and what children are taught at home? I’ve always said leadership isn’t our only problem.
I tried to tell you people a very large number of poor Nigerians are really wicked people because within their social demographic, wickedness, lack of empathy, and casual cruelty to others are their core social values, but you people thought I was trying to brag that I’m rich 🤷🏾
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Chika N. retweeted
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