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DONALD TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND DANGEROUS RED LINES
The late Nobel Prize winner and political economist Thomas Schelling is said to have noted 2 critical things in international politics and diplomacy- “Threats when they fail and promises when they succeed.” In his recent State of the Union address I was particularly interested in what President Donald Trump had to say about U.S foreign…
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COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE: 3 OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
We began this series talking about Communication. In an earlier episode we defined the term and spoke about the various carriers of communication. Having identified them, and having resolved that Communication is the lifeblood of a successful relationship we will in this Instalment speak about the hindrances to effective communication. There are 3 Obstacles to…
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UNDERSTANDING THE 7 LEVELS OF FRIENDSHIP
7 LEVELS OF FRIENDSHIP Have you ever heard where two people who did not know each other got hooked to get married by a third party/mutual friend? I know I have. In my line of work I have seen quite a number of these sort of relationships. Some of them are long-distance relationships and they…
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WHAT HATE SPEECH IS NOT
WHAT HATE SPEECH IS NOT This will be a very simple and straight to the point kind of article. Considering that this Blog is essentially a life class module we will delve into something that is a bit discordant even though it affects all who are Nigerians reading this. The most important resource on earth…
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THE CONCEPT OF DEJA VU (Part 2)
THE CONCEPT OF DEJA VU (Part II): OTHER “EXPLANATIONS” We began this series on understanding the phenomenon of Deja Vu by pointing out the various potential explanations I heard a group of people giving over this phenomenon. We first defined Deja Vu, and one of the definitions we gave of it was- “…a feeling of…