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Venia Business Hub Holds Co-working Conference In July

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The 2018 edition of Co-working conference is billed to hold on Thursday 26th July, 2018 at IMAX Filmhouse, Lekki, Lagos. The conference which is an annual gathering of policy makers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, including the media and coworking space operators will see stakeholders discuss salient issues affecting the growth and development of co-working spaces in Nigeria. Kola Oyeneyin, CEO, Venia Business Hub and the Creator, Coworking Conference Nigeria, said the Coworking Industry is an emerging force that is shaping the entrepreneurial ecosystem globally. According to him, Co-working Conferences take place around the world, helping to shape the agenda for a better industry. "We are happy to see various stakeholders embracing Coworking and leveraging on its possibilities to drive entrepreneurship. LagosInnovates is one such example of the response to Coworking Conference and we expect to see much more exciting collaborations and initiatives

Feel free to give up, feel free to lose hope

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If you do not give up, you may never come up. If you do not lose hope, you may not birth hope. So, feel free to give up. Feel free to lose hope. I have given up many times, after I had explored all chances and opportunities without success. I have given up many times, after all hope seems lost without any possibility of redemption. I have given up so many times, after i had tried and exhausted all my talent, skills, hardwork and network. Yes, I have given up many times, after running to God in prayers and my prayers seems not getting to the most high. In my mind, I no I am finished. It's all over for me. My so called intelligence has failed and my prayers unanswered. I have lose hope many times when my vast knowledge hit the brick wall and my network helpless. Trust me, nothing is so humbling like when your greatest strength seems to be so useless and even those who shared in your idea, passion, patriotism and activism are too consumed in their own issues to come t

Lesson from Africa’s youngest ruler

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By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Abiy Ahmed, Ethopia prime Minister Ethopia’s new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed (42), who took office in April as Africa’s youngest ruler is currently leading the world with love. He often preach, “Love wins” even when he was attacked with grenade by hostile enemies and narrowly escape death. In June 2018 for example, csmonitor reported that, ‘’after he gave a speech to a large and adoring crowd in the capital, Addis Ababa, someone threw a grenade toward him, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred. However, rather than respond with condemnation of attack as his usually done by most leaders across the world, Abiy simply responded with a love message that says, “Love always wins. Forgiveness will win. Killing others is a defeat.” But this is not the first act of love and forgiveness Abiy has done since coming to office. He has been demonstrating a rare kind of love, similar to the kind of love Kanye West preaches during his recent rant on Twitte

Money politics or poverty politics by Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

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Ekiti State governorship election was held yesterday and reports of widespread buying and selling of votes were recorded. Some commissioners, who participated in this process in other states came online to explain how it was done. They categorized buying and of votes into two. 1. Prepaid 2. See and buy. According to them, prepaid is a situation in which the voters are paid a night before the election and they are expected to fulfill their own end of the bargain at the polling unit. This is often adopted because it is not proper to be giving people money at the unit and in a place where people are much. So, the prepared is adopted to pay for the vote prior to election and the voter fulfill his or her end of the bargain at the unit. The second option is the most disrespectful. See and buy. This is a situation in which the voter goes to the polling unit, vote for the buyer, show it to the buyers party agent and get paid immediately after dropping it in the box. Case closed. I have