Nigeria now Africa's biggest economy, overtakes S'Africa

The Federal Government has finally released the result of the re-based Gross Domestic Product for the country, which showed that the Nigerian economy had overtaken South Africa's as the biggest on the continent.

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Why Nigerian family businesses fail

When it looked like his two sons-in-law were going to become redundant and there was a threatening possibility that they would not be able to take good care of his daughters and grandchildren, an American grandfather called the young men, counseled the first to start making soap; the second, he encouraged to start making candles.

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35 Questions That Will Change Your Life

“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” – Voltaire

“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand

As I turn 35 and think of my life so far and what’s to come, I realize how much I’m shaped by the questions I ask.  I’ve always been insatiably curious.  These are the 35 questions that have made the biggest impact on my life.

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10 Interview Fashion Blunders-What Not to Wear to the Interview

Nowadays, if you were to ask 100 people their opinion about what to wear to an interview, the majority would answer, "Dress on the conservative side."

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Crisis Leadership: The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make and How To Avoid Them

Employee shooting! Chemical spill! Product recall! Cybertechnology attack! Executive kidnapping! Natural disaster! Plant bombing! Terrorist attack! Once reserved within the imagination of a Hollywood screenwriter or suspense novelist, these kinds of crises now dominate our daily news headlines. Whether around the corner or around the world, these crisis scenarios are now far too common within our increasingly complex, stressful and dangerous world.

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Absurd but kinda necessary-10 excuses for missing work

Here are 10 excuses -- five smart and five not-so-smart -- to help you save face and your sanity at work.

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This Mysterious Website Tells You When You Will Die

Ever wonder how long you have to live? It turns out the Internet can answer even that.

Using actuarial data compiled by Wolfram|Alpha, a writer and former software designer named Philip Bump has set up a life clock on his website. Here's the site where you can calculate your own death time. Punch in your date of birth, sex and country where you live

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Finally, A Robot That Will Talk To Your Children So You Don't Have To

You work really hard all day, so when you're finally back at home, all you want to do is kick back with your iPad and play with some apps.

A little Candy Crush and scotch to ease the pain, am I right? But no.

First some 8-year-old wants you to talk to them. Then some 3-year-old is trying to give you a hug. Ugh.

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12 Warning Signs Your Job Is Becoming Obsolete

In our unstable economic times, there are few employees who feel absolutely sure their job will still be here tomorrow.

But it's not productive to be distracted by needless worry every day. So how do we know when to relax and when to worry (and start polishing up that resume?)

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