Former president Obasanjo, commented on the debt Nigeria faces: “All that we had borrowed up to 1985 or 1986 was around $5 billion and we have paid about $16 billion. Yet we are still being told that we owe about $28 billion. That $28 billion came about because of the injustice in the foreign creditors’ (lenders) interest
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Filling In Slack Times
Have you ever looked around at people whilst using public transport? It doesn’t matter where you turn, but you will either see someone reading a newspaper, listening to his mp3 player, filling out a crossword, or playing a game, such as tridewi, on his phone – almost everyone is doing something! We’ve all complained and
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Forgiving Others, Enhancing Personal Productivity
Imagine the feeling of looking at the man who murdered your uncle, who cut out his organs and gave it to someone to eat- and forgiving him. Imagine being abused and taunted, and when given the chance to retaliate, instead you forgive. This was the Messenger of Allah Ta’ala (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam), a
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Increasing Productivity: Lesson 6 – Know Your Mother
When we travel through time, we find many great men, and what we will always find when doing so, that person typically had a great woman, his mother, at the heart of his greatness. We often find that the people that shook the world and changed the course of history, by the Permisson of Allah,
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Increasing Productivity: Lesson 7 – Know Your Neighbour
It is narrated in a hadith that Abu Shuraih Al-Adawi said: ”My ears heard and my eyes saw the Prophet (Peace and blessing be upon him) when he spoke say: ‘Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his neighbor generously.” [Bukhari] This statement sets the foundation through which cohesive societies can be
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Increasing Productivity: Lesson 5 – Know Yourself
“Times change so quickly that if you and I don’t keep up with the times, we’ll find ourselves with an umbrella in our hand, over our head, when the sun is out. Or we’ll find ourselves standing in the rain, with the umbrella inside the door.” Malcolm X These wise words are shared by a
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