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13.01.2019
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Luke Ogar: What is in a New Year?

“Eternity — a waste of time” - Natalie Clifford Barney In October 1582, Pope Gregory XIII promulgated the use of a new calendar system which was adapted from the old Julian Calendar (proposed by Julius Caesar in 46 BC). The new calendar system demarcated the year into 365.2425 days with the ...
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13.01.2019
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Nike Folagbade: Are You Searching For the Perfect Partner or Working on Becoming the Right Partner

It’s funny how we grow up having so many wishes and dreams that sometimes feel like they can only happen in movies.I grew up watching a lot of Indian romantic movies and reading romantic novels. This quickly formed a deep opinion in my subconscious of what love should be about. I spent my ...
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13.01.2019
Career

Here’s an Opportunity to Come Sit With Us! We’re Hiring

Online Media Tech is such an exciting industry and BellaNaija is the best place to work if you are interested in building a career in this thriving sector.Before you go any further, note that this is an amazing opportunity ONLY for someone who LOVES creating content and living the ...
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13.01.2019
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Oris Aigbokhaevbolo: “God Calling” is Gospel Kitsch

Minutes into the new BB Sasore film "God Calling," one thing becomes clear: the film’s computer-generated images are its star. Besides the devotion to Christianity, it is what the crew takes the most care about.The trailer showcases a remarkable scene of a suicide on the 3rd Mainland Bridge ...
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12.01.2019
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Bolu Akindele: In Search of Healing

The first chapter of your story has him in it. You, him and her in the sitting room of your 1-bedroom apartment in Shomolu. You'd not had electricity for 2 weeks and your family’s “I pass my neighbour” generator refused to come on.He laid on the three-seater, eyes open. Your mum sat on ...
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12.01.2019
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#PVCitizen: Here’s INEC’s Step-by-Step Guide to Vote on Election Day

We know elections are just over a month away, 35 days, to be precise. It's necessary to begin learning what's required of you, how to cast your vote, and such and such.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently released a step-by-step guide to help, well, guide you on how ...
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12.01.2019
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The Daily Vulnerable with Chude Jideonwo: This is Why You Need to Succeed

If you’re a committed reader of this newsletter, then you probably know what I know: that money doesn’t lead to happiness, that status is a game that leads to a trap, and that what matters is living a life of love, and gratitude, and peace. You are blessed to have money, fame, status, but ...
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11.01.2019
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A BellaNaijarian Reading: We Want You to Share Your Current Reads With Us!

I imagine so many of us have decided in 2019 we are going to be reading. All the books we missed out on. Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater, Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, Michelle Obama’s Becoming.(I have Becoming waiting as I crawl my way through George Saunders'' Lincoln in the ...
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11.01.2019
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Banke Ajaguna: Interior Design Trends that Will Stand Out in 2019

Design is very universal and basically surrounds what your taste is. However, sometimes, there are some outstanding design concepts that just would never go out of style or would for the longest time be a go-to for some of us. We, at Decor Nigeria, would be the first to admit that some of ...
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11.01.2019
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Elizabeth Ajetunmobi: Tips for a Drama-Free 2019 with Recruiting Domestic Staff

Hurray! Welcome to amazing two thousand and nineteen. The beginning of a new year is usually one of my favorite times as it gives us fresh opportunities for growth and improvements in past average areas.Have you looked at those things that worked quite well for you in the previous year and ...
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11.01.2019
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Michael Afenfia: What 2018 Taught Me

On the first day of the year, amidst all the good wishes and prayers from family, friends and colleagues, I received a message from someone I won’t say I know that well.  I ran into him first at a speaking event where we weren’t even introduced; and then we were introduced again at a reading I ...
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11.01.2019
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#PVCitizen: Find Where to Pick Your PVC Up

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is determined to make it easier for the populace to cast their votes in the 2019 elections.To make it easy to pick up your Permanent Voters Card (PVC), INEC has come up with a way to locate exactly what ward your PVC is in.There ...
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10.01.2019
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#PVCitizen: Here’s How to Find where to Pick Up your PVC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is determined to make it easier for the populace to cast their votes in the 2019 elections.To make it easy to pick up your Permanent Voters Card (PVC), INEC has come up with a way to locate exactly what ward your PVC is in.There are ...
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10.01.2019
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Niyi Ademoroti: Ambode & Sanwo-Olu’s Indifference to Human Lives at the APC Rally Typifies Governance in Lagos State

The music video of Michael Jackson's They Don't Care About Us — the Prison Version; the Brazil Version is a lot more sanitized, with its marching band and eager Michael fans — contains scenes of violence that depict the inhumanity of humanity. You see riots and police brutality, humans ...
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09.01.2019
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Kolawole Ajayi: Road Safety Practices to be Observed in the New Year

It has become a natural phenomenon that every New Year comes with its new resolutions, and these are mostly wild and diverse depending on the individual making the resolutions and the space he or she occupies. But one thing tends to be constant, and that is: being a better version of one’s ...
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09.01.2019
Inspired!

#BellaNaijaWCW Ommo Clark of iBez Software House is Building Platforms that solves Local Problems

For our #BellaNaijaWCW feature today, we celebrate Ommo Clark, a techpreneur who cut her teeth in investment banking and IT, working for several companies in Nigeria and the UK.Clark is the founder of iBez Software House which provides software development and training services to ...
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09.01.2019
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Emeka Nwonu: Lagos Traffic – Alleviating Suffering & Minimizing Loss

Thanks to today's rapid urbanization in the quest for a better life, commercial and socio-economic activities tend to centralize only in a few major cities in a country. This has led to an increase in the number of commuters traveling to and within the major cities. As the population in the ...
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09.01.2019
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Otolorin Olabode: Is It Safe to Crown Tiwa Savage “The Queen of the Nigerian Music Industry?”

The way the music industry is structured, it's a space that gives the majority of the listening audience to the male artistes, while, unfortunately, the minority goes to the female artistes.A few years ago, we had only a couple of female artistes matching the male counterparts in terms of ...
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09.01.2019
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#PVCitizen: It’s Time to Pick Up Your PVC

You did right for yourself, for Nigeria, and for the future generation by going out to register for your Permanent Voters Card (PVC). Now it's time to go further.With the Presidential and National Assembly elections only 38 days away, on the 16th of February, we have to start getting ...
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08.01.2019
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Eziaha Bolaji-Olojo: They Will Need Your Permission First

It happened to me again recently, and as I told my husband, he was like, "Are you sure you are not just imagining things?"I smiled and didn’t bother trying to explain further. Ko le ye won. He wouldn’t understand.Okay, so what exactly am I on about?Disrespect. It’s low-key and ...
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