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Women, because of gender are believed to experience some level of discrimination depending on what part of the world or country they are from. Some experience challenges around empowerment, education, and being allowed to live their dream. However when disability sets in it even makes it worse, so it is believed across the world that those women and girls with disabilities tend to experience double discrimination which places them at higher risk of gender-based violence, sexual abuse, neglect, maltreatment, and exploitation. Do you agree? Please listen and share your thoughts.

As the year is gradually coming to an end, there may be many decisions you would have taken since January but you didn’t take them. Now is another time to get these decisions done. When many people look back at their lives, they wished they did things better. In this podcast, we list some of the common regrets people have as they get older. Listen and share your thoughts.

A young man posted on social media about how someone cast a spell of death on him but he didn't die till date. This is the reality with most people. They deal with many curses in their lives but most of them get stalled with those curses and they don't move on. However, it is important to focus on one's natural talent and work hard, no matter the curses or spells cast on someone. It is said that if focus is placed on the spiritualities of life, one may be too scared to face the realities. Do you agree? Please listen and share your thoughts.

Adaora, the daughter of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, recently got engaged to her partner, Arinze, in Morocco. From their names, one can tell that they are from the same region of the country, which is the South-East. With reference to their union, we will discuss some of the reasons why some people decide to marry from their culture. Please listen and share your thoughts.

A young man posted recently on social media how his fiancee was not resourceful enough and he had to push her on what to do. He loves the lady who comes from a good background but feels she's not well self-driven enough. In our world, it seems many people think they have to guide ladies and women, especially, when it comes to dating and marriage. Many people tend to push the girl child or female gender into what they want them to be. But is this right? Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

There is a saying that competence gives you a job, but attitude takes you up the ladder. Oxford language dictionary defines attitude as the settled way of thinking about something. When you think positively about something, your demeanour and outward approach - your attitude - will be positive, but if you think negatively about issues, you will exude a negative attitude. The right attitude to work means having the right attributes namely, honesty, discipline, integrity, commitment, punctuality, regularity and consistency, creativity, efficiency, diligence, transparency, and progress. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

The focus of this episode will be on the safety of Lagos State's airspace and safety in the city's airspace community. The Lagos airspace has without a doubt the most frequent flight activity. This is because Lagos is the country's commercial capital. This high volume of flights makes it compelling for the government to prioritise the safety of flights and the wellness of communities hosting the airspace, particularly areas where navigational infrastructure is built, like the Ikeja area of Lagos State where the entire airspace around the region is mapped. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

The Dangote Refinery was inaugurated on Monday, May 23, 2023. The refinery will produce 650,000 barrels of crude oil a day, which is a huge concern for the health of the people of the state. However, the founder of the refinery, Aliko Dangote, talked about the sustainable ways of managing the risk but he did not really explain this topic. If we can invest a lot into the refinery, then we must ensure we invest in what will be emitted into the atmosphere. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

Cases of fraud could be on the rise in malls across Lagos State without many people paying attention to it. Shoppers are being ripped off by dubious salespersons right in their presence at the counter. The strategy often is that after shopping for consumables, shoppers' bills are increased sometimes astronomically at the counter during payment without them knowing. Most times, these payment counters have scanners, so the salespersons surreptitiously scan and rescan items just so that the cost can increase. And when they issue receipts, they ensure the details are unexplainable. Most shoppers are often very comfortable in the malls. They relax with the air conditioning systems at full blast believing that the staff in uniform smiling at them will only bill them for what they purchase. That is turning out to be a big goof with the spate of clever fraud by these salespeople. They just follow the simple pattern of just rescanning items. It is amazing how this fraud is almost a pattern. In this podcast, we share the experience of a shopper who got repeatedly defrauded at a Lagos mall. Please listen and share your thoughts.

A young man posted recently on social media that he was approaching 40 and was scared that his dreams were not realistic. Realising dreams at 40 could bring a time of great accomplishment and personal satisfaction for some people. By reaching this milestone of 40, Individuals have the benefit of experiencing different perspectives that can help their dream become a reality. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

Numerous high-rise buildings are under construction at the Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Ikeja, Lagos State, which is also a few minutes away from the airport. Everyone wants a piece of a wealthy building. However, as we want to show off our wealth, we should not obstruct the city's plan, particularly by constructing high-rise buildings in areas that are not planned for that. Planning is essential, and we must do everything possible to keep Lagos on track. The Marina area of Lagos has always been a location with tall buildings and more to come from there, but Ikeja is not planned for that, especially due to its proximity to the airport. It is high time the Lagos State government started inspecting every new building and development plan. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

In a post that surfaced on social media, a man wrote that men were afraid of successful women. There were diverse comments about how people or their attitudes change when they become successful. So without being particular about gender, either male or female, let's discuss the attitude that comes with success. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

As we get older, we meet more people from different cultures, not just from around the world, but sometimes even from within our own country. If we haven't met many people whose cultures are very different from ours, it can be difficult to know how to respect and truly engage with their cultures. We should not always discard African traditions while respecting foreign or colonial ones. Just because we have absorbed certain other cultures does not mean that we should discard our own. When you want to criticise another person's culture, simply reexamine your own in light of the same issues. Many people have discarded their culture; they may not even be aware that they have a culture in that area or on that subject, and they then assume that everyone else's culture is barbaric. The best thing to do is learn about other people's cultures, avoid stereotyping, and try to find a way to accept and practise it correctly. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

In this podcast, we will examine Nigeria's economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria and the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele's monetary policies in recent times. The CBN gov has been in office for nearly 10 years, from 2013, and in the process initiated numerous policies, the most recent being the naira redesign. What have been the consequences of these policies on Nigerians and the economy as a whole? Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

A lady made a post on social media recently, titles, Which should you choose, employment, entrepreneurship or better still a job or starting a business? But it looks like the responses got towards employment appeared more comfortable for men. One of the global multidimensional consulting firms released a report recently that Nigeria's unemployment rate will increase from 37.7 to 40.6% in 2022 which probably explains why Nigerian youths are jetting out of the country. In this podcast, we are going to be discussing comparisons between employment and entrepreneurship and our focus will be on their pros and cons. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

Experts say financial and economic troubles tend to push many to the edge in Nigeria. Failure, frustrations here and there, and the inability to do things one's heart truly desires, can lead to self-reproach, aggression, and the individual reacting to the society he believes is the source of his failure. According to the World Health Organization, 75% of global suicides occur in low and middle-income countries. There is a breakdown in the ability to deal with life stresses such as financial problems, relationship breakups, and chronic pain or illnesses during times of crisis. Life isn't perfect for anyone, whether they are rich or poor, beautiful or ugly, sick or well. It is critical that we have the strength and resilience to face our fears. We must maintain hope and perhaps even optimism while maintaining faith in the face of adversity. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

Our discussion will center on dressing appropriately for interviews - what to wear and what not to wear. We must understand that there is appropriate dressing, depending on the event you are going for. Dressing appropriately can help you make a strong first impression. So understanding how to dress can help you demonstrate your professionalism and preparedness. Dressing in the right attire for an interview shows that you are serious about the job, respectful of the interviewers time, and conscious of his/her possible biases and that you are genuinely interested in the position. It is important to note that for everything you wear, you need to check the societal, cultural, attitudinal, value, acceptance and interpretation or representation such a fashion sense may mean to the diverse set person you will meet. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

Our discussion will center on what it means to honour our parents and anyone who has imparted to our lives. A father and mother, in the context of Africa, won’t necessarily mean those who had given birth to you biologically, but also those who stand in places of authority or those who have cared for you over time Honouring your father and mother is being respectful in word and action and having an inward attitude of esteem for their position. From a religious perspective, whether you are a Christian or a Muslim, we are enjoined to honour and obey our parents, respect their opinion, and be kind to them. We should accept, respect our parents, and revere them even when we share divergent opinions. The values that have shaped us over the years as young children, like honouring parents and people in authority, should be upheld even when we manage social media spaces so that we don’t have bigger monsters to deal with. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

A lady posted recently on social media how she emigrated from Nigeria, and a friend of hers in the same country where she emigrated to always posts on social media about how he just bought a new car and other achievements. The lady gets extremely pressured and keeps wondering what opportunities are there for her in the country and the possibilities of achieving the same. We will agree that we had, at one time or the other, compared the similarities and differences of items while growing up, which has become a pattern over the years. We are going to be discussing comparisons, and our focus will be on their pros and cons. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts.

International Women's Day is a global event celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. As a woman, you don't have to have it all, but you must have achieved something in different facets of your life. IWD also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity, which means equality amongst men and women. Both males and females are human beings and should be equal in the context of being humans. For IWD, significant activities have been witnessed worldwide where groups come together to celebrate women's achievements and rally for women's equality. Please listen to our podcast and share your thoughts. You can also share your achievements as a woman. We'd like to hear your story.