DISTRACTION:
A harbinger of bad omen is what I term distraction as but a determined individual can break it jinx. Distraction is a thing that takes your heart off what you are thinking or what you are doing. […]

I am determined to be successful has been a phrase easier said than done. Determination needs practical step and not ordinary confession like some do today.
In determination, when distraction cuts in, it is cut […]

Motivation-It is the motive for an action.
According to Napoleon Hill,
“Motivation is that which induces action or determines choice, it is the hope or other fire which starts and returns in an attempt to p […]

As it appears to be, managing ones time is not in any way easy and we all know time waits for no one. Tick, tick says the clock, what you have to do, do it quick, quite important!
 In every blessed/bad day, […]

“A judge, when sentencing a man for robbery, asked if he had anything to say. The man replied, “Yes, your honor. Please sentence my parents to jail also.” The judge asked, “Why?” The prisoner answered, “When I w […]

“There was a young boy who used to come for regular practice but always played in the reserves and never made it to the soccer eleven. While he was practicing, his father used to sit at the far end, waiting for h […]

Where there is no vision, the people perish. A man without vision ends up in commotion. In short, have a mission and a goal for your academics and life.
Set a target that at this age I should be through with my […]

The CIAPS Public Interest Essay themed “Nigerian Recession: Diagnosis & Prognosis” which has a total of one million naira (N1million) Prize is opened to Students, Graduates, Professionals, Academics and all Stak […]

Flexibility increases the readers’ potential to vary his speed of reading to meet either his purpose in reading or to fit the difficulty in reading material. The following reading rates are quite relevant to our d […]

Reading comprehension is defined as the level of understanding of writing.
In literature, reading skills is one of the major aspects which is very important as it is among the four language skills {listening, […]

After the normal introduction, which can also involve the author’s purpose for writing the book (some authors include this in their preface), move to the body may include explanations on the author’s style, the […]

As we all know the genres of literatures include drama, poetry and prose.
Drama

comedy
tragedy
farce
melodrama
musical

HOW TO WRITE A REVIEW ABOUT A DRAMA
Introduction:  name the author, […]

Writing is a means of expressing one’s thoughts. Writing is also aimed at giving out information and impacting one’s readers. Writing could be hard especially when you strive for excellence. It’s hard to be rejec […]

I personally dread book reviewing; this is because it involves a description, critical analysis and evaluation on the quality, meaning and significance of a book. It does not mean retelling the book, it is neither […]

The Empowering the Teachers (ETT) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) invites young, brilliant and upcoming African academics, who recently completed their doctoral degree, to spend an […]

        Uncountable numbers of erudite, professionals and philosophers have argued that parental styles of most families nowadays are indifferent, indulgent, neglective and authoritarian; and that these have b […]

On January 8, 2000, I resumed to campus from my long holiday as a sophomore hanging precariously on a 2.5 G.P.A and poised for failure on the slightest un-seriousness. I no longer had passion or zest for my study […]

I can remember vividly as if it was yesterday, my entire activities in the higher institution of learning usually coined “Campus Experience”. This experience is gathered throughout one’s entire stay on campu […]

There are good writers and bad writers. ‘Clean’ writers and ‘dirty’ writers.

Those such as Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammett, George Orwell, Elmore Leonard, Eric Ambler, Mark Timlin […]