WELCOME TO UKWUOMA OBELE'S BLOG

Welcome to September and happy new month to all Ukwuoma Obele blog readers. It's my birth month so I am particularly very happy.

The country would experience an eclipse of the sun tomorrow 1st of September 2016.

It was John Gunther who said that ‘Africa is like an exploding mass of yeast … it is springing in a step from black magic to white civilization’. While I do not completely agree to Gunther’s remark, however my first visit to Owerri ShopRite gave me some thoughts. It made  me remember  the assertion made by a scholar so many years ago, that Africans have been uprooted from their old ways , and have not found their place in the new and changing society in which their destines are now cast, yet all over the continent the Africans are on the move. They are people going somewhere without being quite sure of the direction.

Nigeria's GDP has contracted 2.06% in the 2nd quarter of the year according to news released by the national bureau of statistics.

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is in Nigeria on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, using his time in the country to visit the Yaba technology hub in Lagos, meet with developers and partners and explore Nollywood.

The government of the United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to recovering and returning stolen assets to Nigeria.

The major issue identified by scholars and the general public as regards the progress and development of the South East is the disunity that exists among the Igbo’s. I am an Igbo, born in Igbo land three decades ago and spent over a decade of my life in Northern communities where Igbo’s gather to do their businesses and as a good student of History I will state the facts as they are so as not to distort historical facts.

Former president Bill Clinton celebrates his 70th birthday Friday poised to make history as America's inaugural "first gentleman" should his wife win the election and propel the couple back into the White House, roles reversed.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has been elected as the President of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB).

Entertainment; Movie Review The rain splatters on the zinc. You look up, the clouds giving a promising shade of Grey, give you a chill. You smile. Draped in the classiest business suit, and the assurance of a wealthy pension from the skyscrapers, towering above your glossy hairdo, you have a crease on your face as you stare out into the blaring honks and the hustling travellers.... You need to relax... Then again, is all meant to be forfeited for some, Love?

We have such a situation right now in Nigerian movies where sex is no more implied but acted out. Sex scenes are becoming the order of the day . While we were growing up, we were trained with morals and told the consequences of making mistakes. Now the message is different; we are being told to become "freaks in the sheet " .

Hello dear readers, Good morning and welcome. Today's topic is on tasty, bland, colorful and uncolorful Fruits. Your taste buds has the capacity of determining which is sweet for you and which isn't. All fruits are good,did you know?  And all these fruits each, have a beneficial function to our body system, that would do us more good, to an orthodox medication. Each of these fruits could be blended together to get a juice that helps boost your system. 

Health Edition Dear readers, have you ever been in any situation that caused you anxiousness? Have you bulged a lot or found your palm sweaty  and your speech stammered? It is called Anxiety! Anxiety  is an unpleasant emotional state characterized by physical arousal and feelings of tension, apprehension and worry. It often hits during a personal crisis telling us something is not quite right. When it alerts one to a realistic threat, it is adaptive and normal. For example anxiety about losing a loved one may make you to keep him or her at all costs. It shows one either to devalue or value a person or a subject. 

The Federal Government has inaugurated a roadmap for the agriculture sector, tagged:

It is no longer news that South Africa has bypassed Nigeria as the biggest economy in Africa; this was as a result of the appreciation of the Rand, South Africa’s currency and the concomitant depreciation of naira over US dollar caused by the reduction in oil prices. You may recall that two years ago during Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, Nigeria overtook South Africa as the biggest economy in Africa after the rebasing of the nation’s economy. Nigeria is currently a mono-economy and no country maintains economic stability in such situation, hence the current administration must go beyond the usual government rhetorics and revamp the nation’s economy so that the people can experience economic development. To diversify the economy, government should look into the following areas:

There are many milestones one could argue indicate adulthood: an 18th birthday, a college graduation, a job with proper health insurance, etc.   Research states  the brain is more developed in our late twenties than our early twenties,  better equipping people to make significant decisions closer to 30 than to 20. Meaning that by 30 years old you are indisputably a fully grown, emotionally mature adult. Though 18 is the legal age of an adult, there is so much to learn personally and professionally in your early and mid-twenties; especially who you are and who you want to be. Achieving your goals and becoming a confident, responsible adult with good character is built on a foundation of principles, which morph into habits. Here are 10 habits you should develop by the time you are 30:

After months of being in total denial about the precarious state of the Nigerian economy, the Federal Government has begun to talk up the economy even as offshore portfolio investors continue to shun government fixed income securities. The economy witnessed significant stress in the first year of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, as per capita income dropped, oil prices and output fell and foreign portfolio investors retreated.

SunTrust Bank formally opens for business as it seeks to reshape the Nigerian banking space and the way consumers interface with their banks. At its headquarters on Oladele Olashore street in Victoria Island Lagos, there is minimal security presence, no generator noise, bank customers who come in there will find a banking hall equipp

Just before the start of the Rio olympic games, the internet was agog with news that the sports ministry had asked the athletes to sponsor themselves to the games. The Nigerian sports ministry is a ministry that is always satisfied with too little.

A new video has just emerged showing the Boko Haram militants and the chibok girls.They claim some of the girls have died due to air strikes. We urge the government to make it more difficult for the boko haram insurgents to continue in hiding,

Cheering news coming out at last from the team Nigeria camp. We celebrate both the medal hopefuls and the strong endeavours from the team. From the soccer team to athletics to Aruna Quadri and the basketball team to boxing.The team have

Anyone following the imbroglio at the National Assembly may have no reason than to pity our dear country men and women who are walking along the streets of our cities, hoping for a better country where they can at least see what to eat. Instead of the normal

There is a strong argument by most developmental economist that Nigeria is not structured for economic development, this is traceable to the colonial misrule and military incursion. It is a nation that is moving with no identifiable direction; even though it has the potentials to become the center of economic development both within and outside of Africa, the political leadership has failed in its quest to match words with reality, the result being the condition we find ourselves today where almost everyone seems to be struggling to exist. Nigeria has remained a mono-economy for over six decades with no blue print on the way forward. Every government that comes into power has it as their political manifesto to move the nation away from oil dominated economy to a more diversified one. However, no concrete plan has been put in place to achieve these objectives. Nigerians have been at the receiving end of this deception by each succeeding government. The present government is on

The Voice Nigeria was just concluded and a winner emerged and so it is with many reality TV shows but my grouse is if the winners of these reality TV shows are really the best from the competitions.

A lot of married women complain. They find it difficult to combine marriage and a job. I heard someone say that a working married woman who is at the same time taking care of her home is working two full time jobs and it is true. You are not allowed to kill yourself because you want to be like the proverbs 31 woman.

Many people find themselves in a dilemma. They think they do not love the one they are married to or about to marry  because they are not attracted to him. But love is a realization. And true Love usually responds to true Love. Women seldom recognize Love. They mistake sexual chemistry for love or infatuation for true love. Love is mature not heady and compulsive.

It will happen. It will surely happen. To all my single sisters out there, who love God, love will find you .

The world is run by skills. Careers are defined by skills. Jobs are gotten by skills. Trade and investment is a skill. Sadly sex has become a skill too.