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A Reading Journey

Stories, Narrative & National Imagination

Story → Meaning → Identity → Culture → Future

How language, stories and public narratives shape what people believe is possible for themselves and their nation.

A considered path

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Leadership, Character & Stewardship

LEADERSHIP, NARRATIVE, CHARISMA & STEWARDSHIP

Leadership is not sustained by visibility or charisma alone; narrative power must remain accountable to character, service and stewardship.

8 min · 9 Jun 2026 →

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Nigeria, Society & the Common Good

Harnessing the Power of Stories to Shape Nigeria’s Future

Nigeria’s storytellers can reshape national imagination by telling truthful stories that enlarge possibility rather than merely repeating decline.

2 min · 13 May 2024 →

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Nigeria, Society & the Common Good

Breaking Invisible Bonds: Unlocking Nigeria’s Collective Strength

Nigeria’s development requires confronting inherited narratives and invisible beliefs that weaken trust, cooperation and collective agency.

3 min · 6 May 2024 →

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Faith, God & Formation

Allow me to Share a Story

Several years ago, I had a neighbor who was also deeply involved in ministry, and he shared an eye-opening experience with me.

2 min · 4 Sept 2023 →

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Nigeria, Society & the Common Good

Fake News, Real Consequences!

 “Even scarier to think that a drug syndicate can use the power of fake news to rattle a country, convince them to lose faith in their government officials.

2 min · 7 Jun 2018 →

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Purpose, Calling & Generations

What’s in a Name? Everything!

Most people probably skimmed over these names and didn’t bother to read each one.

2 min · 15 May 2018 →

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Work, Enterprise & Human Flourishing

THE FRAME BEFORE THE PICTURE

A sound idea can remain unseen when its relevance, proof, messenger or medium fails to create the context in which people can recognise its value.

14 min · 21 Sept 2026 →

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Work, Enterprise & Human Flourishing

THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE PROMISE

Communication creates value when it begins with the real problem people are trying to solve and makes the transformation clearer than the product, programme or storyteller.

18 min · 21 Sept 2026 →