Spoken word poetry has been gaining plenty attention all over the world and in Nigeria, with indigenous poets making great efforts to promote the art. . And one of these notable spoken word influencers in Nigeria is Saint Rhymes. Saint Rhymes is an anointed, highly creative & passionate Spoken-Word Poet,...
In this moving and personal speech, Academy Award-winner, Denzel Washington reminds us that sometimes you need to fall down a thousand times before you can soar. As he addresses the graduating students in this commencement speech, Denzel affirms that “You will fail. Accept it. You will lose. You will embarrass yourself....
Glowreeyah Braimah – Covenant Keeper (Lyrics) As You did it then for Moses Waters part for me right now You will never let me down You’re my Covenant Lord As You did it then for David Giants fall for me right now You will never let me down...
70 ways a husband can show love, because loving your wife can be a piece of cake – sweet and simple. Pay her a compliment daily, it could be about her looks one day and about her character the next. Let her know what God is teaching you once in...
“Grown Woman” Beyonce Knowles . Lyrics I remember being young, tough, brave I knew what I needed I was spending all my nights and days Laid back day dreaming Look at me – I’m a big girl now, Said I’m gon’ do something Told the world I would paint this town...
It’s Almost D-Day – Eversion. We started off counting months, then weeks, days and now we can count hours to the most amazing concert of the year. Yes!!! EVERSION is almost here and yes you guessed right, we are super excited!! Just in case you were at last year’s event...
More challenges of the girl child Last week on More Than Rubies, I had written about the challenges of a girl child. This week, still on the challenges faced by little girls, here’s a story about an incident a little girl had at school. This is a true story which...
55 Empowering Startup Quotes 1. “Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.” – Anthony Volodkin, Hype Machine founder . 2. “If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” – Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO . 3....
Be the best. Unless your best is Jollof, then be Jollof. . “Hall of Fame” The Script ft. will.i.am Lyrics Yeah, You could be the greatest You can be the best You can be the King Kong banging on your chest You could beat the world You could beat...
Less than 10 days till Eversion. It’s less than ten days to the most amazing concert of the year. Yes!!! We said it, and if you think we are bluffing, then just make sure you are at the event and let’s prove to you that we ain’t playing. Rhyme...
Shrinking Women by Lily Myers . Across from me at the kitchen table, my mother smiles over red wine that she drinks out of a measuring glass. She says she doesn’t deprive herself, but I’ve learned to find nuance in every movement of her fork. In every crinkle in her...
Training the girl child vs. the boy child. Growing up, one constant thing my mum kept repeating to me was the mantra: “You know you are a girl” Especially during my teenage years when she entered into the whole wanting to ‘train me for womanhood’ phase. Back then, as the...
BusinessOnTop is a business that’s all about your business. BusinessOnTop is a Business Growth Consulting and Management firm that offer business enhancement services to small, medium and large-scale enterprises all over Nigeria. They focus on rendering business development services that would take your business/organization from where you are currently, to where you want...
Hey! Don’t Give Up. I like when a song does all the talking for me, just like Sia‘s The Greatest. This song and the video are super inspiring and perfect for those blue days. We all have those moments when everything that can go wrong goes crazily wrong. Those moments...
25 Love Jokes For International Jokes Day. International Joke Day is the perfect day to let out all of the guffaw-producing, or groan-inducing jokes you’ve collected over the years, sharing them with friends or any passerby you can get to listen to you. Unto this matter of International Jokes Day,...
The first and most important way to get promoted is by adding value to your career and to yourself. We will like to recall that we were employed because we possessed a particular set of skills/ knowledge that was needed by the Organization. It is based on this knowledge...
I believe in One Nigeria. I know, you’re going to start asking me why – with herdsman running rampage, and Oba saying ‘jump in lagoon’, and Arewa Youth giving until October 1, and Evans and co waiting for me at home; with corruption, dysfunction and discriminatory cut-off marks, bombings in...
Olowogbogboro is doing great and mighty things. Nathaniel Bassey’s Hallelujah Challenge has created a move of the spirit online and offline like never before. When I first When we spoke about the Hallelujah Challenge last week, the viewership was just about thirty thousand plus, and only on Instagram. As of...
About boyfriends/girlfriends wanting to enjoy husband/wife privileges Is it right to give a boyfriend or girlfriend spousal privileges? Are there even things in a relationship that you should save exclusively for your spouse? If you think they are, what difference does it make if you hold back or you don’t?...
BYD by Saint Rhymes is a spoken word video with a mix of Pun, rhymes, punchlines, afrobeat and more. Aimed at inspiring, motivating and educating young people on the immense possibilities of following their dreams, on dangers that may be lurking and on how to sail through because dreams do...
Happy World Music Day What better way to celebrate World Music Day than with our very own Nigerian songs. Loved by Nigerians and beefed by Ghanaians, here are the top 10 Nigerian songs from January till June 2017. These songs have been the most downloaded, received the most airplay and...
Omoalata – A Nigerian Packaged Food Business Meet Kasope Ladipo-Ajai, a computer engineering graduate, and former IT expert. Kasope, ventured into entrepreneurship because she had the urge to do something more meaningful than the traditional 9-to-5 job. She eventually founded OmoAlata (McPeppers), a Nigerian food service. A brand focused on the...
20 most touching, funny, and on-point tweets by Nigerians for Father’s Day – #GreatLikeDad 1. Fathers sacrifice so much. A big shout out to all the fathers out there!! 🙌🙌#GreatLikeDAD pic.twitter.com/Hc6JNs6pSn — LOVSY 🇳🇬 (@Chika_Lovsy) June 17, 2017 . 2. RIP to all the late dads. To all the awesome...
Happy Father’s Day! This Father’s Day, as with all other Father’s Day, reminds me of my late dad and how close we were. There’s something really unique about the bond between fathers and daughters. So in honor of all the daughters who were “daddy’s pet”, let’s celebrate the ever special Father-Daughter...
Life In A Face Me I Face You: House No.27 by Martina Omorodion When I was a child growing up, back then in Surulere, house no 27 was the most popular on the street. It was a brown colored passage house with diverse tenants. The kind of residential apartment popularly...
This poem by Jesse Parent is a universal message of a father’s love for his daughter. He passionately expresses his protective love for his daughter, using humorous threats for anyone who hurts her. It’s a moving, funny, and very interesting poem. Watch it and drop your comments about it below. ....
This iconic song was the result of Reddy’s search for a song that would express her growing passion for female empowerment. I couldn’t find any songs that said what I thought being woman was about. I thought about all these strong women in my family who had gotten through the...
A friend shared this write-up and it captures some of my sentiments about the Biafra discussions. Read and share your thoughts in the comments section below. On Biafra vs. Nigeria: Whose Fight Is It Really? The Ibos want Biafra The North wants Ibo’s exit The Yorubas want Ibo’s exit The...
There are few people better suited to talk about the benefits of failure than J.K Rowling. One of my all-time favorite authors, I am still in awe of her work. How she managed to think up the Harry Porter concept, and then write-up the entire series, is just like magic....
Before I heard about Nathaniel Bassey’s #HallelujahChallenge, I had first heard about his #TonguesChallenge in the previous month. My first reaction was to disregard it as just another social media stunt by a celebrity. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Though I didn’t take part in the #TonguesChallenge (sadly), I...
Love Rain By Jill Scott . Love rain down on me, on me, down on me (4x) Met him on a Thursday, sunny afternoon Cumulus clouds, eighty-four degrees He was brown, deep Said he wanted to talk about my mission Listen to my past lives (Word?) Took me on long...
12 Powerful Motivational Quotes For Women In Business 1. Keep pushing till amazing things happen. . 2. Excuses are for sissies . 3. Tests help you grow. . 4. Be a performer, not a complainer. . 5. Get off your fanny. . 6. Stop dreaming and start working. . 7....
There are pills in the market today that claim to erase belly fat effortlessly. However, changes in a person’s lifestyle are a more direct and more effective approach to eliminating the problem. Having a pot-belly has become very rampant among men in the Nigerian society. Apart from affecting smart dressing in...
“How to Live Before You Die” – Steve Jobs In this 2005 Stanford commencement speech from the late Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder shares stories from his life. It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me...
Lauryn Hill is one of the most iconic women in music and hip-hop, a real queen of the pack. She came into the limelight with multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning group the Fugees. However, with her 1998 solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the singer, songwriter, rapper, and producer established herself as...
Meet Jeph… He was born on June 28, 2001, weighing 2.8 kg, and by the time he was six months old, he was diagnosed with the sickle cell anemia. From then, the struggle for survival began. And though for 15 years and eight months, he was permanently going in and...
God Over Porn By Davon Johnson. . Click. Click. Click. Click. Click.It’s the sound that your mouse makesWhen you press play on that pornographic video clipYou’ve been browsing the web from the time you got homeTil about 3 or 4 o clock in the morningDesperately searching for the next hit...
What is Body Image? Body image is the mental representation we create of what we think we look like; it may or may not bear a close relation to how others actually see us. It is the way that someone perceives their body and assumes that others perceive them. Body image...
Ratatouille – the movie. Eons of years ago, I saw the movie Ratatouille, the acclaimed animated film about a rat chef with big culinary dreams. As a certified foodie and pet lover, of course I enjoyed the movie. The cute talking rat. The food, food, food! The movie was fantastic. But that was...
Happy Democracy Day. I am normally not a big fan of politics or Nigeria’s history. But this video got me glued to my system for the entire 2 hours plus. Yea I know, you’re probably thinking “Who has the time or data to watch a 2hours plus video?” I thought...
Hey Kiddo, Because Children’s Day was just yesterday, and because we are all children in the eyes Almighty, here’s this beautiful song by Bethel Music. If we constantly remember our identity in Christ as legit children of God, we will be free from the shackles of fear. . Bethel Music...
The fight to hold on. by Judy Rousseau . After 22 years of marriage, my husband turned to me one day and said, “Judy, I need to tell you something. I just don’t love you anymore.” After 22 years of marriage, my husband turned to me one day and...
Lagos Food Bank Initiative is a non-governmental, non-profit, private-driven charity organization established in March 2015 with the main aim of providing foodstuffs and other relief items to the less privileged, the elderly and other vulnerable people in Lagos, Nigeria. They operate as a full serviced food bank/storehouse where sourced foodstuffs...
Why I Hate School But Love Education By Suli Breaks. . So you want… to get a degree Why? Let me tell you what society will tell you: Increases your chances of getting a job, Provides you an opportunity to be successful, Be a lot less stressful, Education is the...
I would like to go on about how the world is nothing without a woman and all that stuff, but James Brown has already done a great job of that. Instead, let’s take a moment to revel in the steamy commercial Channel did with the full song, featuring the sexy Keira Knightley...
Everyone knows the importance of marketing their business. And so they try to come up with a “Marketing Strategy” to do so. But the big question is, what is marketing strategy? Marketing consultant, Kimberly Palmer, gives a detailed breakdown of what a marketing strategy is, and what it isn’t. ...
There is a popular adage which says the race is not to the swift. Lately, that proverb has been turning over in my mind. Especially, as I seek self-fulfillment. One wonders what the parameters for judging success are. Is it based on your own worldview or on the worldview of...
Thank God It’s another Sunday! A lot of times, we struggle to comprehend how unconditional God’s love for us is. And so we find ourselves constantly trying unsuccessfully to earn it with our actions. Emma Puloka, a young Christian lady who went through this experience, shared her story at CRU. Here’s her...
Sedi is the 9th track off MI Abaga’s Illegal Music 3 – The Finale mixtape. This beautiful piece of music samples Nina Simone‘s ‘Seems I’m Never Tired of Loving You’. There’s something about the words, the chords, the soft delivery of the lyrics, that just gets me. I never...
I had just parked my car when I saw a familiar looking face cross the street. He looked very much like a guy who used to live in my estate. My eyes followed him as he went to the other side of a car parked in front of mine. I...
Jon Jorgenson is increasingly becoming one of my favorite spoken word artists. I love the way he packs powerful punches with seemingly simple words. While making it look so effortless. Like he is just opening his mouth and the words are just pouring out by themselves. We had featured the other part...
Nigeria’s Mother Theresa – Mama Ekundayo. In 1969, Mama Ekundayo decided to dedicate the rest of her life to taking care of orphans and abandoned children. Through thick and thin she set about her goal and before her death, she had taken care of well over 500 children without any...
Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore...
Quotes about family for International Family Day! To celebrate all types of families, here are some deep, funny, and inspirational quotes about family. . The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.– Theodore Hesburgh . “When I was a...
1 ) For being the world’s best chef. Mommy you are sweet Mommy you are nice Don’t ever leave me Cause you make the best rice!!!! . 2 ) For the Mom Who Does Everything Mom, I know you do the dishes And I know you cook...
In the bible, Jesus says you are allowed to divorce your partner if he or she is guilty of adultery. 3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied,...
Hey guys! Here’s a new segment we’ll be adding to the blog. Every Friday, we will be giving you 7 of the most interesting events for the next 7 days. These events will range from fun stuff like shows, to more serious stuff like entrepreneurial symposiums. Hahahaaa! There’s definitely something...
This is a poem on how our society has distorted marriage, sex, and relationships. God’s vision is so much better. According to Jefferson Bethke; “Marriage, today is struggling. Divorces, adultery, misconceptions, etc are plaguing not only the marriage itself but products of those marriages (my generation and the next). My...
Growing up, I used to hate the word submission. And when used in certain context, I still do. I’ve seen it used to fulfill selfish agendas and aid in manipulation, and at times, even abuse. That is not what submission is about. But why does there seem to be...
This song is just what you need to add the fire to your workout. It gave me goose pimples the first time I heard it. And every other time since then. Perfect for gingering your swagger while working out, or just pepping you up on those days when the world...
Emmanuel Macron is the 39-year-old former banker who became the youngest president France has ever had, upending tradition that has usually seen voters favor experience in their powerful presidents. We could learn some lessons from Emmanuel Macron on how to change the norm in our favor. 16 LIFE LESSONS FROM...
Christian hip hop exists in Nigeria and its come a long way although it’s still in its first generation. Daboomsha probably did SMH with a deliberate intention of starting a conversation within the Christian hip hop community. SMH is unapologetically confrontational, as DaBoomsha bares his mind on a number of issues...
Waiting for love is very rewarding Marriage is a life-long journey, and waiting for love may be tough, but it’s the wise thing to do. Just ask Banky. After years of searching, he finaly struck gold with sweet Adesua Etomi. Waiting for true love is like waiting at the bus-stop...
Lately the search for Mr Right has increased. Yes na! with the sheer number of funky pre-wedding photos online and in our faces. Everyone wants to get married. I wonder who started the pre-wedding picture craze and its purpose. Will the pics be shared I wonder who started the...
Korean Store Poem by Dave Chappelle. One night at 3am I went to the corner store I forgot why Oh, that’s right! I wanted a bite I had the munchies because I was high . The store is owned by Mr. Fong And every day he sees...
. DAYA “Sit Still, Look Pretty” . DAYA “Sit Still, Look Pretty” LYRICS Could dress up To get love But guess what? I’m never gonna be that girl Who’s living in a Barbie worldCould wake up In make up, And play dumb Pretending that I need a boy Who’s...
Ingredients: 1 avocado – halved and pitted 1 can tuna drained 1/4 cup diced red bell peppers 1 tablespoon minced jalapeno 1/4 cup cilantro leaves chopped 1 tablespoon lime or lemon juice salt and pepper to taste There are several different ways to enjoy this: 1. Inside the...
HAPPY WORKERS DAY Kini Big deal with Coworking space everywhere? Wondered Ola Johnson, a 3D animator who decided to quit his job and stand on his own. His plan was to work from home after quitting his job. But this plan only lasted for one month, as his two-year-old son...
Is not for you to judge. These days a lot of people have made it their calling and ministry to criticize pastors. It’s very common to hear people say stuff like: “That’s how all these pastors used to do” “Your pastor is just eating your money” “Is that one...
Tomorrow is International Jazz Day, and I just can’t wait. To me, jazz is like the boss when it comes to music genres. While hip-hop is hip and R&B is cool, jazz is everything. Just give me some cool jazz music any day and I’m okay. And today, I am giving...