For some years passed, I have been seriously thinking of starting a startup. A small company that will solve a problem in an innovative way […]
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Why Bike Lanes In Abuja May Not Be The Worst Idea
Abba, who lives two streets behind where I live in Abuja cycles to work daily. The distance from his residence to place of work is […]
What Do You Get From Looking at a Portrait of Yourself?
Getting My First Caricature Portrait I sat on a four legged chair with a back rest for over twenty five minutes on the 659 year old […]
World Environment Day 2016: Living with Foxes
The first week of June this year marked the celebration of the World Environment Day (WED) 2016 in Germany. Globally, the WED is celebrated on […]
Why the sun wakes up early in Germany
While growing up as a Muslim in Nigeria, we were told whenever we want to pray, we should face the direction the sun rises from. […]
Pantomiming, Google Translator and the rest; your tools for communicating in a foreign land
“Smiling and kindness are universal languages.” There is the physically disabled or physically challenged or people with disabilities or people with special needs. Yeah yeah. […]
How I paid €14 to look at buildings in Berlin
“Ich bin ein Berliner.” John F. Kennedy, 1963. There is this story of a guy warned not to go the city because of fear he might […]
Echoing the green voices from the movie industry
Climate change education has gone Hollywood. The American movie industry has taken bold steps in addressing the effects of climate change through a subgenre called […]
To start paying less for electricity, do this.
In a true story that happened in Nigeria, a house owner installed a prepaid power meter which informs him the amount of electricity units he consumes instantly […]