Bollogis Blog

 Youth development has traditionally been viewed as a parallel (and separate) track to education. Our educational reform discourse has erroneously focused on bifurcated debates over achievement vs. opportunity gaps, equity vs. excellence,…

Everyone faces betrayal at some point in life. Perhaps it’s a romantic partner who cheats, or a friend who takes advantage of you. No matter how much the person apologizes, you can’t manage to tap into your inner reservoir of forgiveness.…

More than nine million Nigerians are aged and need social welfare security, said Dr Emen Omokaro, the Executive Director, Dave Omokaro Foundation (DOF),which has been tracking the demographic group for several years. Omokaro…

The horrific attacks all over the world are complete violation of Islamic and Christianity laws and norms, and the perpetrators are in no way representing Muslims or the religion of Islam nor Christians doing so in the name of Christianity.…

I have worked with a lot of children and teens with behavior problems over the years—and believe me, very few of their parents liked their friends. It’s like the national anthem of parents: “It’s not my child; it’s those kids he hangs out…

I doubt that I'm alone in saying that I don't like most people. I'm fairly certain that most people don't like most people — which, when you think about it — is amusing and interesting in itself. The concepts of liking and disliking…

Habits are stored by the brain in the Basal Ganglia. This is a golfball size mass of tissue smack in the center of the brain. Habits save the brain work. There is very little processing power involved with respect to habits. When a habit is…

"I’m not better than anyone. Nobody’s better than me.” If you haven’t seen it yet, take a minute to watch this recent video of a dad’s morning pep talk with his daughter. I loved this video for a dozen reasons — the father-daughter bond,…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia donated 200 tons of dates to Nigeria through the office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. It was later discovered by some Nigerians that these same Dates were being sold at N2,500 from a corner…

If I asked you “who’s the most important person in your life?” you would probably say “My mom”, “my dad”, “my husband”, “my wife, “my kids”, “my grandmother”, “my grandfather” maybe you would even say “my cat”. But is it wrong of me if I…