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It's often said that life is a journey! Would you set out on a major journey with no real idea of your destination? Probably no. Many people feel as if they're adrift in the world. They work hard, but they don't seem to get anywhere worthwhile. A key reason they feel this way is that they haven't spent enough time thinking about what they want from life, and haven't set themselves formal goals. Goal is simply a written down decisions about what you want to achieve in life, business or venture. HOW TO SET WORKABLE SMART GOALS  According to Professor Robert S. Rubin, who wrote about SMART in an article for The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He stated that SMART has come to mean different things to different people, as shown below: SPECIFIC (simple, sensible, significant). MEASURABLE (meaningful, motivating). ACHIEVABLE (agreed, attainable). RELEVANT (reasonable, realistic and resourced, results-based). TIME BOUND (time-based, time limited, time/...

  Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala recently narrated how she was embarrassed, and kicked out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She also narrated that she was further embarrassed when she fixed a meeting between then President Goodluck Jonathan, and the head of the International Moneyary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde at the Villa. The former finance minister who made this known during an event preceding the signing of the book, ‘Fighting Corruption is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines’ in Washington DC, lamented that all these happened because of her stance against a policy that was being used to siphon government funds. She said, ”About six weeks into the implementation in early December 2011, I received a message that a top ranking presidential aide wanted me to stop by his office any time I was in the Villa. The Villa is the equivalent of the White House. This official was one of the important aides in the Villa. So, I went to his office the next day. “...

Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, says President, Muhammadu Buhari has sacrificed the dreams of Nigerians on the altar of nepotism by allegedly pursuing Northern hegemony. The bishop also said Nigeria appeared to be heading for darkness under Buhari’s regime, noting that the government must explain the mystery behind the endless bloodletting in the country occasioned by insecurity. He described Nigeria as a rudderless country where the citizens travelled in a boat devoid of captain or crew and without any maps and destination in sight. Kukah said these on Friday in his Christmas message titled, ‘A Nation in Search of Vindication.’ The bishop said, “This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of  blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension. Are we going to remain hogtied by these evil men or are they gradually becoming part of a larger plot ...

  The Senate has raised the alarm on how the Ministry of Power allegedly smuggled over N7 billion smuggled into the Ministry’s budget without an appropriation from the National Assembly. The Senate has observed that there was no evidence that such money was budgeted for in respect to the Hydropower Transmission Project in either the 2014 or 2015 fiscal year. Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts, raised the alarm on how the Ministry allegedly spent such amount of money without getting approval from the National Assembly in line with the law. The Committee is relying on the query raised by the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation in the 2015 report and brought before it for probe and subsequent presentation to the Senate at Plenary. The Urhoghide led Committee, however expressed shock on how  N7 billion could appear in the Ministry’s  Account when the 2015 budget was not passed then and the...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, says  Academic Activities in Nigeria Universities will start in all Nigeria Universities by January 2021. He says the negotiations between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal government had reached 98 percent, adding that it remains only two percent to be completed.  He said this on Monday in Alor, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State, during the launch of Ngige free medical outreach at the Community’s Health Centre. Ngige said, “We have met about 98 percent of the request of ASUU. Some 5 to 2 percent is what you can call promissory notes. “So, I am very hopeful that by midnight today, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people. “Tuesday, we will meet in the afternoon and we will compare notes. We will put everything on the table and compare. I believe that we might ...

  Premium Times report shows how Nigeria’s regulatory agency’s staff share billions as perks while Nigerians are burdened with increased electricity tariff that has left many consumers unable to pay. Nigerians have always raised doubts about the neutrality of NERC, but the report by Premium Times exposes a high level of compromise by the officials of NERC. The report is reproduced below At a time many Nigerians are grumbling about the increase in electricity tariff, commissioners and members of the board of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), have illegally paid themselves billions as salaries, severance entitlements and to purchase exotic cars, which were allegedly registered in their names, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. The decisions of the commissioners are in clear violations of the extant regulations such as the Procurement Act 2007 and the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005. PREMIUM TIMES is in possession of a petition sent to the Economic and Financial Crim...

West African giant  country of Nigeria will start manufacturing vaccines soon while adhering to required global standards. “With regards to the establishment of the World Health Organization’s global benchmarking and adoption of international best practices, we want to get to maturity level three so that Nigeria can manufacture its vaccines,” said by the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye. “We are upgrading the agency’s laboratories to international standards using equipment that are compliant to ISO 17025. NAFDAC laboratories are changing very rapidly with improvements in new equipment and supplies,” she added. Adeyeye noted that Nigeria aims to manufacture 70% of pharmaceuticals locally to cut down dependence on imports. She said the NAFDAC is a leader in Africa “in terms of ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines can be tracked and traced to the patients and also monitoring of adverse long reactions”. ” This is...

It is no longer news that the NCC has given a two weeks ultimatum for all SIM cards to be linked to their National Identification Numbers (NIN), and failure to do so would result to SIM disconnection by the telecommunications companies. Though the National Assembly has passed a 10 weeks extension of the registration.  The news generated a lot of controversies amongst Nigerians as the majority of Nigerians are yet to register to get their NIN, and those that have registered are thrifty of the stress that would be involved in going to different network centres to have their SIM card linked to their NIN.  Now to the main point, MTN, GLO, Airtel, and 9mobile has made it easy for customers to link their SIM card to their NIN without much stress. You don't have to go to any network centers, with your phone, you can get it done in less than 2 minutes or so.  If you can't remember your NIN, don't you fret, Just dial *346# from your phone to check your NIN. It is free and does...

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari confirmes the realease of 344 Kankara School Boys. It was furtther confirmed that the  released students are currently in Tsafe in Zamfara from where they would be brought to Kankara most likely today.  They are now in the Government house where the governor received them.  It was a day of happiness and joy for the Kankara boys as they were rescued from the hands of the terrorists.  According to a video released before their freedom, one of the boys mentioned how some of his colleagues were killed by Boko Haram. From the video, the boys were looking so tired and exhausted like they have not been fed for days. Your time is appreciated. What do you think about this article? Kindly pen down your thoughts in the comments section below. Do you have stories to share with us or you want to advertise your legitimate business, products or services ? You can reach us on  WhatsApp +2349097679797. You can also follow us on Twitter @Valid...

There has been confusion since National Communication Commission gave the directives of linking all SIM cards with National Identification Numbers within 2 weeks or risk losing the number. The confusion is about the possibility of meeting the deadline because of the population of Nigerian phone users and the short period.  But here is a good News as the Nigerian National Assembly in a joint session has made a resolution to extend the NCC NIMC number Linking by 10 weeks. The National assembly in a bit to eased the sufferings of Nigerians have made a resolution to extend the sim card NIMC linking by 10 good weeks. The move was made by deputy majority leader, Rep Toby Okechukwu. The National assembly has directed its motion on the sufferings Nigerians are presently facing due to the Covid-19 pandemic and other economic meltdowns. The motion was adopted into a resolution unanimously in the end. The National assembly has asserted that the two weeks ultimatum given by NCC was too short a...

The President, on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders hitherto closed. The Presidency made this known in a tweet today. “President Buhari has directed the immediate opening of four land borders: Seme, Illela, Maigatari, and Mfun,” @NGRPresident tweeted. Nigeria closed its borders in August 2019 to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into country from neighbouring West African nations. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had last month hinted on the reopening of the nation’s borders.  Ahmed had said the presidential committee set up on the matter had completed its job and had recommended the reopening of the borders. The minister, on Wednesday, after a Federal Executive Council meeting, disclosed the reopening of Seme Border in Lagos State, Illela Border in Sokoto State, Maigatari Border in Jigawa State, and Mfun Border in Cross River State. According to her, she asserted that other b...

  The Nigeria Communication Commission recently announced a deadline of two weeks for all Telecommunication companies in Nigeria to block all active subscribers sim card that is not linked to a valid National Identity Number (NIN). This is part of the Federal Government's effort to build a Digital Identity Ecosystem for all Nigerians and also curb irregularities in the use of SIM cards. Most Nigerians have complained bitterly about the bottleneck involved in getting the NIMC or enrolling for NIN due to several breakdowns of systems and delays encountered. The Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa  Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has approved the licensing of 173 Agents and 30 State Governments/Public Sector Institutions to conduct enrolment of all persons including legal residents into the National Identity Database (NIDB) on behalf of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). Pursuant to the above, find the list of all the successful firms who sat...