ELIZABETH ODUWAIYE LIFESKILLS COUNSEL

  This is a WAKE UP CALL for everyone. The picture attached to this write up is the picture of a girl I will like to refer to as El (real name withheld). I told her guardian to help me take the picture during one of my counselling (therapy) session with El. Before El's guardian took the picture I already told her that I will use it on our page. But I told the guardian I don't want El's face to be seen, so she took the picture from El's back view. This was done intentionally to protect El interest & privacy. At the time of this counselling/therapy session done, El was 12 years old. El is a girl enrolled in a boarding school by her mum who resides outside the country. In the said boarding school, she has a school mother and her school mother has a group of friends. I will like to refer to them as a sect or a cult. This is because during my finding I realize that they always target young girls who have parents abroad and they extort them. So, El became a target...

Have you heard the saying "Time is Money"? That phrase is essentially true. Unfortunately, time doesn't always equal money though. Time is continually passing but that doesn't mean you are continually making money. Making money depends on how you manage your time and what you do with it.  Very long time ago, there used to be a Nigerian singer who said in the lyrics of his song; "time na money, use your time well". This simply means time is money, use your time wisely. Despite the truth in those words, till date, there seem to be no one else who sings, or preaches about time management.  I have noticed that it is what we need most, that is most times less-talked-about or not talked about at all, then, and the irrelevant things are easily discussed and given more priority.  The issue of time and how to manage it is hardly discussed, yet it is one of the most important subjects that ought to be discussed, because time is essential to life and living. Anyone who...