Ibrahim Timothy Onogu

Prof. Brouhaha is a renowned academic don but a poor man - how about we complicate things by declaring Adamu, a Tea vendor earning less than N20,000 a very rich man? For us to go down this short journey, we must review our understanding of being Poor and being an Illiterate. The context of "Poor" here is not limited to poverty, but having insufficient resources to meet a need; meanwhile "Illiterate" transcends academia, but extends to the inability to advance and stay on a bleeding edge. There are two questions I always throw at people when I deal with the issues of creativity. The questions will be answered with respect to this article, but before then, here are the questions: If you suddenly wake up today and find yourself in one of the poorest villages in the World, what do you have to offer?  If you suddenly wake up today and find yourself in one of the most technologically advanced (or literate) city in the World, what do you have to offer? Before procee...

What do you know about currencies? We all know that you must pay the price for the tomorrow you seek. If you are just realizing that, please kneel down let me pray for you. Brakabados! ...You are delivered. :-) Oya. keep reading. You'll pay such price in many many currency denominations of life. Such denominations includes the currency of time , currency of risks , currency of books , currency of relationship , currency of frustration , and the currency of money . It would interest you to know each of the currency denominations mentioned, have their varying purchasing power in the various catchments of life, and that not every market consumes these currencies directly, for some, they must be converted to other denomination. Talking about conversion, its quite unfortunate that, the exchange rates at the bureau-de-change of life are very volatile. I'll leave a lot to your imaginations. You must understand that the only currency you own by default, is that of time ; to ...