At this juncture, it is expedient to say that his prowess to facilitate events dates back to his school days. For instance, as a hustling teenager, and as founding member of New Age Klub, he joined others to organize the first ever Miss IMT and Mr. IMT pageant in 1987. According to him, the show which was branded Fantasy ‘87 sold out, and was held at the prestigious Hotel Presidential, Enugu. To proverbially put it in an African proverb, “A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches”.

Besides, facilitating events, he has at various times brought his gifts of the garb of to bear. Recently, he was the Guest Speaker at the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON), Zone E meeting which held at Nike Lake Resort, Enugu. He spoke on the topic, 'Media Practice In The Face Of Security Challenges In South East Nigeria: Effects On Revenue And Safety Of Practitioners.’

Written above the door leading into Ron Sack’s den is the quote, “When a person dies, a library is lost.” He uses that quote as inspiration.

The quote is based on an old African proverb, but Sack heard it again while visiting with historian Alex Meyer of Snyder, Nebraska.

“It’s so true,” explained Sack. “My grandparents recorded as much history as they could over their lifetimes in order that it could be passed down for future generations.”

That type of vision is what is inspiring both Ron Sack and Chase Becker of Omaha to tackle their most ambitious project to date—the history of the built environment of Catholic parishes in Nebraska.

What is certain is that the time has come to focus not only on actions by governments but also to demand that oil and gas companies disinvest from fossil fuels and reinvest in renewable energy.

A South African proverb reminds us, “The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The next best time is now.” Victories such as those on May 26 do not come often. But unless we sow the seeds now, they never will.

Excellent Public relations. It is baffling that the 13 Brigade in Calabar where the incident took place did not consider it meet and proper to issue a placatory statement such as this. If it failed to issue a reassuring statement such as Brigadier Nwachukwu has done it means that it thought the matter could be swept under the carpet. But there is an African proverb that says that if a child is born in a marketplace, you cannot tell the child’s mother to close her legs because everything is already in the open.

Lt. Anele’s behaviour or better misbehaviour, is evidence of her disrespect for the rules of discipline in the Army to which she belongs and to the uniform she wears. The Army has often shown marked respect for its uniform and even its leaf green colour. Some years ago the Army even forced people whose cars were painted in Army colour to change to other colours.

Skills can tackle many Nigerian problems and stabilize the economy. According to the African proverb, an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. This aligns with what Borno state government did to repentant Boko Haram members. Borno state government sent a delegation of Babagana Mustafa, Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to visit Panteka market, (a skill based market in Kaduna state) through NBTE to partner with Panteka market and send its apprentice to learn some skill works to train repentant Boko Haram members in the state .It is a commendable effort on the side of government as they are earnestly fighting the activities of insurgencies,  and without doubt that is the only language the perpetrators understand and this is why many Boko Haram members are surrendering.

AS an African proverb says, when a farmer arrogantly beats his chest at the market square and proclaims that his son would one day build him a better hut than the one he built for himself and later on in life give him a befitting burial when he dies, then one does not need a soothsayer to tell him that he must have, over the years, harvested enough tubers and invested same towards the child’s future. Viewed from the perspective of the foregoing, one may not be wrong to think that the late American president, John F. Kennedy was very confident of the enabling environment which the then American leaders created for the American youths coupled with the investment made on their future when he said, in his inaugural speech as the 35th president of the United States, “…ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

As you read this, not few people will in their minds be asking this writer “Wetin concern you with wetin dey happen for Zimbabwe?” To me, it concerns me as Nigeria played a central role in the independence struggle of the African country, and this provided the background to the establishment of cooperation and cordial relations shortly after the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980. Also, an African proverb says, “What affects the nose must also affect the eyes that must weep for it”. To aptly put it, Zimbabweans are our brothers and sisters.

Permit me to say that I am not happy with Zimbabweans concerning the way they are dishonoring the hero in death, and not considering the fact that he delivered independence for Zimbabwe after decades of white-minority rule. To me, notwithstanding that he was not liked for the despotic manner he ruled them, they should at least think of the good things he did while alive as a leader, and eschew the obsession of reburying him contrary to his deathbed wish.

There’s an African proverb that says “even the best dancers get tired”. The same is true for regular gatherings. A common cycle is for an employee to decide “we need a regular meeting”. When the meeting starts up, it feels innovative, fresh and new. But as time goes on, it becomes boring. You’ve heard the same things before. It starts to feel like you’re all going through the motions. It feels stale.

There’s actually nothing wrong with this. It’s a natural cycle. Think of it like how the seasons of the year affect a tree. If you’re the person who first planted the tree, you don’t need to take it personally when the leaves fall off. In the same way, it’s not direct criticism of the meeting organiser, but you can look out for when meetings start to go stale and try to bring about something better. You can encourage people to identify early on when things might need to change, promoting an engaged environment.

Culture of good reporting

In any individual role, team or organisation, you should be able to pinpoint the one, two or three key metrics – those measurements that really make a difference and indicate that performance is on track. Figuring out how you share this data in particular can make a huge difference to the number of peripheral meetings being organised.

there is a proverb from my Kikuyu people that goes thus: mugikuyu ateng'eraga guatuka. translation: A kikuyu man (or woman) want to do things in the last minute.

That means even if you gave him five years deadline to do something, they will run in the last five days then start crying for deadline to be pushed forward.

With the voter registration however, the above is not what is taking place. I am getting a little bit worried with what is happening with our GEMA people. In the last elections, it was kumira kumira ta thuraku. These time I am seeing voter apathy of unprecedented proportions. It is a worrying trend because this can quite easily make other Kenyan regions decide for us how this country will be run.

Ok let me give examples:
1) Juja by-election: only about 18,000 of the 115,000 registered voters participated i.e about only 18%.
2)In the high-stakes Kiambaa by-elections, only about 43,000 voted against
95,000 registered voters. We had expected the heated political activities there to bring out more people to vote.
3) if you go to MCA by-elections in our region including recent Muguga by election things are worse.
4) Now we are not interested in vote registration.

5) Next we will not get out kumira kumira ta thuraku to vote.

This is a worrying trend. If my people do not change their attitude, other kenyans will decide for them how this country is run.

However, with juveniles driving the violent crime, some believe the root cause of the problem is at home.

“A proverb that says a child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth, and we are not taking care of our children in this city.”

Evanston neighborhood leaders will take all of the ideas brought by residents at Monday’s meeting and discuss them further at their next meeting on Thursday.

They simply do not want a competent leader in Aso Rock, so that they can continue, like Eli’s two sons, Phinehas and Hophni, dipping their hands in the national wealth and take to themselves all the prime cuts of meat, leaving us, the flotsam and jetsam with nothing.

An African proverb says when all the water has gone, only the rocks and stones will still remain in the riverbed. Peter Obi bears Okwute (rock) as a traditional title. When all the water has gone, he will still remain one of Nigeria’s brightest pebbles.

*Nwakanma, a journalist, wrote in from Lagos.

Individuals or groups sponsoring such protest are also warned in their own interest to desist from such plans or face the law,” the statement said.

However, in as much as the police has the constitutional rights to ensure security of lives and property of the citizenry it is expedient to recall an African proverb that says “Human blood is heavy; he who has shed it cannot run away.”

Be that as it may, there is no denying the fact the blood-stained flag that highlighted the somewhat genocide has become what posterity will use to symbolize what happened at Lekki tollgate on the night of 20th October 2020. Therefore, not memorializing the ugly event by each passing year from now onward will be a sad commentary on our country. After all, the story behind it is that when soldiers arrived the scene, protesters knelt down pleading and waving the Nigerian Flag as they sang the National Anthem. The shots that reportedly followed stained the flag.

“Sometimes you just have to go with your gut and your intuition. Right now, I think we need to lean into that. The things that happened to me happened before #MeToo, and I think people can see more clearly about what transpired,” she says carefully. “But being able to work and do what I love, and work with the right people, is a gift.”

She cites a West African proverb, “Until the lion tells the story, the hunter will always be the victor”, before adding: “We have to start telling our stories. We have to start saying what is really happening for it to stop happening. There’s a cost to that. I know that I paid a price.”

THERE is an African proverb that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers that implies that the weak get hurt in conflicts between antagonising giants.

Localising this proverb in the recent game where Kenyan government decided against including Tanzania in a list of countries whose passengers would be allowed to enter the country, when commercial flights resumed on Saturday following the lifting of coronavirus restrictions and Tanzania reciprocating, is a sheer disruption of business activities and lives of the citizens of the two nations.

These are two nations in the same bloc and share a lot of things in common, from culture to trade traits; you name them, which form the mainstream of their co-existence.

All in all, and as the stalemate drags on, it is the poor and innocent Kenyans of both sides of the divide that continue to suffer. When elephants (Senators) fight, it is the grass that suffers is an African proverb that summarises the current stalemate in the Senate. National revenue allocation from the Treasury of whatever nature is for the 42+ million Kenyans and not governors per-se.

The separatists feel that the Northwest region has never had fair and just representation at the government level. Since 2016, the national government has been sending soldiers to subdue the separatists, but this has led to extreme violence between the soldiers and the freedom fighters. It is the people who suffer, as both sides accuse them of being loyal to the other side — like the African proverb: When the lion and the elephant fight, the grass suffers.

It was June 30, 2020, about 3:00 p.m. in Shisong, Cameroon. I was standing on the balcony of the convent infirmary when I saw people running towards the nearby St. Elizabeth's Catholic General Hospital and Cardiac Center operated by my congregation, the Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis. I could feel the panic and understood immediately that the military was coming.

I’m going to guess that most of you, like me, have an inspirational poster on the wall with one word or phrase in big font and a picture that just grabs your attention—posters that say “TEAMWORK” with 8 people rowing a boat in unison. My all-time favorite is the Lion and Gazelle poster. It’s the fierce lion chasing the swift gazelle featuring an African proverb that reads:

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or a gazelle, when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”

While there are a lot of wildcards and hidden variables in our respective work environments, one thing remains constant—we must get up every day ready to compete. Whether it’s Zoom fatigue, the lack of in-person interaction with clients, a sense of loneliness, the struggling economy, or health concerns, there are plenty of reasons to be unenthused by this week’s journey from breakfast to dinner time. But if you allow that feeling to take root, you won’t need to worry about dinner time because you will have already been someone else’s lunch. Each moment the sun rises, and we don’t get up ready to move, there will be a lion that notices the opportunity to pounce.

How else can the taunting and harassment of Nigerian businessmen in Ghana be interpreted if not as a clear case of ‘Naijaphobia’ when it is occurring so soon after a Ghanaian citizen took the unprecedented step of destroying part of the buildings within the premises of the Nigerian High Commission in Accra! An African proverb says that when a rat is dancing in the middle of the road the drummer must be lurking in a nearby bush, meaning that the culprit could not have been so emboldened bereft of very strong backing from some higher quarters. The fact remains that it is hardly in Ghana’s interest for more and more Nigerians to goad their leaders to react more forcefully to avoid being accused of failing to protect the welfare and lives of Nigerians abroad.

“Black history is American history," Davis said. "There’s an African proverb that says that until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will glorify the hunter. We want to tell our side of the story,"

The first phase of the project will help uncover the church's original foundation, taking about seven weeks. If it is a success, Gary and his team will begin a second phase, which may take up to a year and a half. He credits Colonial Williamsburg's new president, Cliff Fleet, with green lighting the project and hopes that the excavation can be the start of an invaluable conversation when the country is grappling with their racial history.  

Representing the tenth largest school district in the nation and fifth largest in the state of Florida, Superintendent Fennoy represents a diversified body of 197,000 students and employs 22,600 employees, including more than 12,900 teachers. As an elected official, I know too well that no one is immune from critique. He has admittedly stumbled in his plan but has vowed to learn from it. Let him learn from it.

“It takes a village to raise a child.” – African proverb. Our village unanimously selected Dr. Fennoy to lead us and to take care of our children. With our input, our critique, our support and Dr. Fennoy’s commitment to the safety and well-being of our school district, Palm Beach County’s school district will re-open, equipped and ready to care for our village of children.

Police in cities across America are unable to protect the neighborhoods that need them most if they are called to help control riots, civil rights activist Bob Woodson told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Wednesday.

"There is an old African proverb that when bull elephants fight, the grass always loses," Woodson said in response to the violence that erupted in Louisville after a former police officer was indicted in connection with the drug raid that led to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor earlier this year.

As one of Africa’s most distinguished authors, even after retirement, he continued to play an active role in literary affairs, a role for which he increasingly gained international recognition. In 1991, for example, he received the Nigerian National Order of Merit Award for literary excellence and saw publication, by Howard University, of his two definitive volumes, The Ozidi Saga and Collected Plays and Poems 1958-1988. In spite of his advancement in years he still tool part in literary activities and events. He was a regular presence in book festivals, notably of which was the Port Harcourt Book Festival

His exit has indeed brought an African proverb, which says when an elder dies, a library burns to the ground, to the fore.  He will indeed be sorely missed by all in the literary world.

An African proverb says, ‘When the music changes, so does the dance’. As governments around the world strive to protect their populations from the Covid-19 pandemic’s health and economic effects, the role of decisive leadership has never been more important—not least in the area of nutrition.

When we established African Leaders for Nutrition four years ago, our aim was to highlight revolutionary thinking in addressing malnutrition across the continent. None of our group’s founders—African Development Bank President Akinwumi A Adesina, the late former United Nations secretary-general Kofi A Annan, and I—could ever have imagined the burden that the pandemic would impose on the global development agenda.

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