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May 14, 2020

The Challenges of Leadership in Crisis Situations. Lessons of COVID-19 [21]

Experience is measured by what you have overcome in your pursuit of set objectives. Leadership is the ability to be ahead of your circumstances, challenges, emotions, and those around you […]
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Published on May 14, 2020 08:09

May 13, 2020

Tribute To The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria. Lessons of COVID-19 [20]

Maturity leads to insight and understanding. Maturity should, ideally lead to intellectual independence and the ability to analyse issues from different perspectives based on understanding. Maturity is the ability to […]
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Published on May 13, 2020 08:18

May 12, 2020

Identify Yourself. Lessons of COVID-19 [19]

I have spent so much time watching and studying how people reacted, and still react to the COVID-19 pandemic. No matter the nation or subnational entity, the response will fall […]
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Published on May 12, 2020 03:25

May 10, 2020

I Married My Wife For The Wrong Reasons. Lessons of COVID-19 [18]

I have been married for 35 years now, but during the recent lockdown, I discovered that I married my wife for the very wrong reasons.  Like most young men, I […]
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Published on May 10, 2020 01:03

May 9, 2020

Irresponsibility and Crisis Management. Lesson 6.1 of COVID-19

One of the lessons we must learn from the COVID-19 crisis is that leadership cannot be on party basis. Leadership cannot be zoned. You can zone political offices, but the […]
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Published on May 09, 2020 11:51

Life and Living: Constantly Pushing The Reset Button [Lesson 17]

Nothing is constant in life except change.  You cannot step into the same river twice, according to an author. The water flowing through the river is constantly changing. The banks […]
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Published on May 09, 2020 08:07

May 6, 2020

The True Nigerian Spirit. Lessons Of COVID-19 [16]

I was pleasantly surprised that the research into the drug, Remdesivir, to treat coronavirus, was coordinated by a Nigerian and an alumnus of my medical school, the College of Medicine, […]
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Published on May 06, 2020 12:35

May 5, 2020

Rule Over This Virus Now or it Will Ruin Many. Lessons Of COVID-19 [15]

I recently wrote about the metamorphosis of the novel coronavirus infection from an imported disease to an endemic disease. As I stated in the write up, it was initially a […]
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Published on May 05, 2020 03:50

May 4, 2020

Minimalism: A New Reality. Lessons Of COVID-19 [14]

During the lockdown period, I found out that I really did not need most of the activities that drain my time and energy to enjoy life and living.  Minimalism involves […]
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Published on May 04, 2020 08:11

May 3, 2020

The Metamorphosis Of COVID-19 To A Catastrophe For The Poor. [Lesson 13]

Andrew Cuomo’s statement that the poorest usually pay the highest price in a crisis situation is likely to play out in Nigeria, Africa, and even the United States of America.  […]
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Published on May 03, 2020 10:33