Learning to fail is a skill like any other — which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes. Introduction ILLUSTRATIONS BY SEIJI MATSUMOTO Earlier this year, I suffered an anxiety attack while giving a speech in front of 250 people. It was disorienting and embarrassing; I’m …
Continue reading "How to Overcome Failure By Rachel Simmons"
eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/nigeria_2019_eu_eom_final_report-web.pdf
At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-eastern Nigeria, while watching a televised football match, officials say. Another 40 have been injured in the triple suicide bombing, according to the State Emergency Management Agency. The bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga village in Borno State. Militant Islamist …
Continue reading "Nigeria suicide blast ‘kills 30 football fans in Borno’ by BBC"
In our series of letters from African journalists, the editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper, Mannir Dan Ali, considers why politicians have taken aim at one of the most influential spiritual and traditional leaders in the country's largely Muslim north. For the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11, 2019 looks set to be his "annus …
Continue reading "Letter from Africa: A royal feud threatens Nigeria’s heritage by Mannir Dan Ali"
Internal fights among the Conservatives have wrecked the U.K.—and Labour isn’t much better. "British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking during the Conservative Party Spring Forum on April 9, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Kerry Davies - WPA Pool/Getty Images) British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking during the Conservative Party Spring Forum on April …
Continue reading "Britain’s Tories Bravely Put Party Before Country by James Bloodworth"
Centre for Nigeria Progress 