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As we grow old, we encounter different experiences and knowledge. However, there are certain issues about life which we get to know or learn at the end of our lives. Keep reading to see what these issues are so you get informed about it. Your Degrees and Where You Got It Having a good degree is great. One gets educated by getting degrees, but degrees doesn't mean you are educated. In fact degrees and level of education does not affect who You are as a person. How Old You Are Age is just a number. Getting old brings physical limitations, as such we don't have to making aging a limitation. Let's stay engaged in life by achieving our dreams, start new relationships, learn new things. We should try to make the most of life as long as we have it. Career When people get into an argument or fight the phrase ''Do you know who I am is used''. As long, you are doing something you enjoy, your title doesn't matter to the next person. Li...

War, terrorism and crime instill fear and pain in our minds. In the news, these events are usually the headlines. Besides all these violence reports, there are countries which are considered safe and very peaceful. The Global Peace Index  (GPI) calculates the relative position of nations and regions peacefulness. The index measures global peace based on three categories: Level of safety and security in society.  Extent of domestic and international conflicts. Degree of militarization.  According to the Global Piece Index  the countries in the top 10 ranking in 2017 are: Iceland New Zealand Portugal Austria Denmark Czech Republic Slovenia Canada Switzerland Ireland and Japan In Africa, Mauritius is the safest and very peaceful country, occupying 22nd position in world ranking. Nigeria seats in 149th position in world ranking and 43rd safest in the continent. At this moment, we should all be asking ourselves if we are m...

Some weeks ago, there was this story which was posted on WhatsApp which in brief was about how the Nigerian Army where going to primary schools in the south-east and southern part of the country, using their guns to forcefully get the kids vaccinated against the monkey pox virus. Later on the kids who got the vaccine died. On Tuesday 17th October, this story found its way to the streets of Rivers state. A number of schools in different parts of the state, where been used as reference to have experienced such vaccination by the Nigerian army. This resulted in panic by a number of parents with kids. In response some parents had to go to the school of their wards and demand for them. Some of the schools actually released the children and closed learning activities for the day. Many people started to deliberate on why the army would carry out such vaccination and also lament on the state of the country.  In reality check, this speculation that caused this who...

Embed from Getty Images Nigeria a country with over 170 million people, is currently engaged in the fight against corruption. The Nigerian Police is a key area which bribery and corruption is embedded in. Bribery is very common with police officers in road blocks. However, this malaise can be handled through several measures. Recruit new officers Everyone in the police force should be fired, yes all 371,800 of them. Harsh as that maybe, these three hundred and seventy-one thousand, eight hundred individuals are linked with bribery and corruption. Then a new police force should be built based on merits and not nepotism, with significantly better salary than their predecessor. This will remove the need to augment low salary earnings with bribery money. Establish a powerful deterrent body This deterrent body will serve as watch dog, always on the lookout on the activities of police officers. This body should be empowered to the extent of punishing and even imprison ...

Been informed about the time is important so that we can plan the rest of our activities. A wristwatch is one of the devices with which we can know the exact time of the day. Although there are different other devices which can carry out this same function, there are different circumstances which shows that the wristwatch is an invaluable asset. Dead phone batteries With mobile phones it is easy to know what time of the day it is. However, when the battery of our mobile phone dies we cannot know what the time is if we don't have a wristwatch. So the wristwatch could serve as a backup in such situation. During workout While working out is difficult to check the time with our mobile phone because of two reasons. First, since we sweat during workout session our phones and bodies gets covered with sweat when using the phone. Secondly, the weight of the phone in our bodies serves as a burden, this can't be compared to having a lightweight wristwatch. ...

There are a lot of sayings which are been reiterated from time to time. The statements serve to mold our beliefs. In the real world these statements are lies because they hardly have any grounds. Several of these lies exist however we take a look at four of these prominent lies. Bail is free If you have been at the Nigerian Police counter, then that phrase sounds familiar. Facing detention in the police station irrespective of been innocent or guilty necessitate the desire to seek freedom once again. In the process of seeking bail or freedom it gets funny. The police officers while showing pity for you tell you categorically that bail is free. Before you are set free you will have to pay, the officers at the counter most times will settle for anything you can afford to pay. Youths are the leaders of tomorrow In elementary school youths are the leaders of tomorrow makes up the lyrics of the rhymes. Politicians and parents use such remark as well. In reality the old hard...

Every human likes to think that every action taking is the right one. Double standards present in our society, makes such reasoning to be false. This double standards view cuts across various areas of human life. Virginity In women virginity is a treasure. If after scrutiny the woman is certified to be a virgin, then she is regarded as a queen and in some cases worshiped.  Well, if she is not a virgin, then questions are been asked which is likely followed by insults. For a man virginity is no big deal because no one is interested. At work If worker is been owed salary, the management encourages the staff to understand with them. Peradventure the worker goes late to work, the worker is warned or fined by management. Helping the poor Over the years there has been the talk of how the poor should be helped and for the gap between the rich and the poor to be closed. Leading these notions are the politicians, actors and actresses. However, these pioneers of this ideology sp...