Travelogue: The Belgian Monument For The 10 Commandos in Rwanda
One of the monuments I visited in Rwanda was the Belgian Monument for the 10 Belgian United Nations peacekeepers. In April 1994, 10 commandos of Belgian origin were ambushed during the Rwandan War. It was a day after the Rwandan president’s plane was shot down on April 6, 1994. They surrendered...
Travelogue: Hotel Rwanda, Paul Kagame and A Purpose Driven Nation
Do You Remember Hotel Rwanda? Hotel Rwanda was a film released in 2004 about how Paul Rusesabagina (played by Don Cheadle ), the manager of Hotel Des Milles Collines, saved 1,268 Tutsis during the 1994 Genocide. The hotel was also shown in the 2005 film Sometime In April. I was at the hotel. The...
Travelogue: The Hutu Ten Commandments in Rwanda & We Need To Fix This Hate
I went on a tour of the Kigali Genocide Memorial and one of the striking things I saw was the Hutu Ten Commandments. Immediately, my mind went to my country, Nigeria. Nigeria is becoming more dangerous a place to live by the day. The level of hatred is assuming an alarming dimension and may soon...
Travelogue: The Road to Kigali and Lessons From Rwanda
The roads in Kigali are neat. So neat that you can’t find any dirt anywhere. When I touched down from the aircraft and entered into the small but very smart airport, I knew there was something different about this country. I had heard so much about the transformation of this nation and I wanted to...
The Law of Speed
In exactly 41 minutes, the Uber driver was at Roving Heights Book Store, Surulere. And my bill? N2,120. I was elated. I had moved Uber to the front row now and totally eliminated the courier companies from further consideration.
How Reading Helped My Career
No one joined our discussion because they had neither read the books nor heard of Malcolm Gladwell. Finally, the South African hit my table and said loudly, ‘I will open my account with your Bank!’
The Law of The Stretch
I had become dissatisfied with my career at that point. Having started my career in Ibadan and having lived there all my life, I felt there was more. I remember how I felt there was a void within. Outwardly, things looked okay but inwardly, I was a mess. I knew that if I wasn’t careful, I would...
Lessons I Learnt From Dr Ubong King
If You Do Not Defend Your Market and Take Over, Then Your Market Will Become The Market Others Will Share Dr Ubong King was our Guest Speaker during the month of March at our Directorate Retreat and he spoke on our theme Audacious. The hall was quiet as he dropped the wisdom keys during a very...
Ubong King – For You, The Chariot Has Come
When I got the message this morning, I screamed in disbelief. I tried your two lines and they were unreachable. It was when I reached your wife that the truth of the finality of this tragedy hit me. My boss, you came like a meteor and left on the wings of a chariot. In just a short phase, your...
The Best Christmas Story Ever Told
‘Nazareth to Bethlehem was about ninety-three miles – four days. But it took close to a week because I was heavily pregnant’, Mary started her story, as her grandchildren gathered round.