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• The Saddest Request On The Internet

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on September 16, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  I spent last weekend with a blogger friend of mine… one of my oldest friends actually. She has been blogging for a while now and recently decided it was time for a blog makeover. Yes, my friend is a brand… Read More ›

• 5 Books That Will Change Your Life

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on August 22, 2016 • ( 3 )

  

   When I was younger, I read books for 2 reasons only – either because they were part of my school work or to feed my youthful exuberance. From my early twenties, I realised I particularly enjoyed reading books that dwell on… Read More ›

• Life Is Not A Lottery: How To Avoid The Freebie Trap

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on August 7, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  We live in a fast paced world where everyone wants to be successful. We want to live the dream, post beautiful pictures of our lives – family, home, designer shoes, bags, clothes wristwatches, vacation in resorts, first class travels e.t.c…. Read More ›

• Human Scanners: Defiers Of A Single Passion?

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on July 30, 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  I recently stumbled on a Ted talk given by Barbara Sher, a career/lifestyle coach and bestselling author. While her speech is totally unrelated to the title of this post, the optimism in her delivery got more of my attention than… Read More ›

• Friends Will Make Or Break You!

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on July 27, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  I didn’t have many friends growing up! No thanks to my parents who barely lived in a city for more than 2 years. Having attended 4 primary schools and 4 secondary schools, you can see how socially excluded I was… Read More ›

• The Magic Of Beginnings

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on July 23, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  It has been a very loooooong time since I was last here! Earlier this week, I was reminded of the person I used to be. The aspiring blogger/writer who loves to pour out her heart on this platform. The reminder… Read More ›

• Make Freedom Count for Victims of Modern Slavery

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on December 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is Human Rights Day! With the theme for this year being “Our Freedom, Our Rights, Always”, the world has been advised to reflect on the meaning of Freedom. This year’s Human Rights Day also marks the launch of a year-long… Read More ›

• Getting to point zero, Nigeria’s 2030 HIV/AIDS target

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on December 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World AIDS Day on December 1 with the theme: ‘Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination, Zero AIDS-Related Deaths’ by the year 2030. There is also a 2020 target to eliminate… Read More ›

• Why we wear the Red Ribbon

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on December 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  I first saw the movie Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks (as Andrew Becket) and Denzel Washington (as Joe Miller, his solicitor) in secondary school. Tom Hanks played a very successful lawyer whose employment was wrongfully terminated when his employers discovered that… Read More ›

• Colour me orange

  By Lola Gani-Yusuf on November 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Today, November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Woman and the beginning of the 16-Day Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign which runs till Human Rights Day on 10 December. This year, the United Nations Secretary… Read More ›

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