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  • Five essential steps to achieve your goals

    Five essential steps to achieve your goals

    Goals are the specific objectives or outcomes that individuals or groups plan to achieve. These can range from academic, organizational, or personal goals across various aspects of life.

    However, reaching these goals can be challenging, and requires intentional effort.

    Here are five key steps to help you successfully achieve your goals:

    1. Set realistic goals: Start by setting achievable goals within or slightly above your capacity. Avoid overwhelming yourself with overly ambitious targets at the beginning. Begin with manageable goals, and as you achieve them, gradually move on to more challenging ones. This approach prevents unnecessary pressure and ensures steady progress.

    2. Set deadlines: Clearly outline the tasks required to achieve each goal and assign deadlines for completion. Having a deadline helps keep you focused and motivated, pushing you to stay on track and complete your tasks promptly.

    3. Avoid procrastination: Stick to your schedule and avoid delaying tasks. Procrastination can cause you to miss your deadlines and ultimately hinder your progress. Stay disciplined, adhere to your timeline, and resist the urge to put off tasks.

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    4. Accountability: Find someone to hold you accountable, preferably someone with experience in your area of focus. This person can offer guidance, track your progress, and provide constructive feedback, ensuring you remain on course to achieve your goals.

    5. Consistency and commitment: Success is built on consistency and dedication. Show up and follow through on the processes required to reach your goals. Maintain a high level of commitment to your tasks and remain consistent in your efforts.

    By following these steps, you’ll significantly increase your chances of achieving your goals and making meaningful progress in any endeavour.

  • No room for dull moment in Russia

     

    We have so far seen 9 days of action in Russia with 28 matches played and 68 goals scored just before the last match of Saturday June 23rd. It has been a case of no dull moment.

    If it is not a case of players scoring breath taking goals, it is a case of missing begging chances or worse still missing penalty.

    You may choose to call it a kaleidoscope of events and you will be right. The camera of course is not only on the pitch which is the focal point of the battle of supremacy but also the fans that have come from far and wide to make the event unique.  Here are some of the eye catching actions:

     

  • Can CSR achieve sustainable development goals?

    In  the last two decades  it became clear  that  economic  and environmental issues cannot be separated from social concerns, but the integration of these areas is not easy and needs a  new development paradigm, hence the involvement of private sectors.

    For the actualisation of these goals through CSR, the managing director SERAs Nigeria, Mr. Ken Egbas, during the 2017 SERAs awards in Lagos recently said over the past eleven years, SERAs purpose has remained to lead the drive towards actualisation of sustainable development goals in Africa by enabling a platform that promotes, measures and harmonises the contributions of private sector, government and public sector, non-governmental organisations to attain Africa’s development targets. “Permit me to quote from David Packard, a man whose writings have inspired me greatly, and he said, “The betterment of society is not a job to be left to a few. It is a responsibility to be shared by all.”

    He added, “we chose the theme ‘transformation sustainability: from social responsibility to social impact’ for this year because we wanted to be in a position to measure the progress organisations had made over the previous decade bearing in mind that corporate social responsibility and sustainability is a journey and some organisations began this journey earlier than some. However, we have seen some who are three four years old on the journey and have had greater impacts than some who even started earlier.You have to also note that the verification and field trips in 2017 took us to eighteen states in Nigeria where organisations cited projects, and because the awards are open to the rest of Africa, we also visited South Africa, Kenya and Ghana as well.”

    As a way of actualising the sustainable development goals, he maintained, that local companies are investing a lot in learning sustainability, and many are now understanding that when they do it right, it also helps to give competitive advantage over competition and also provides them unassailable opportunities to develop innovative products and services for community to benefit.

    On the implementation of CSR projects by organisation in recent times especially in Nigeria, the CSR expert said “We noticed quite a number of things. First the era of one organisation copying or mirroring their rivals or others generally has greatly reduced. Organisations are now connect their CSR and sustainability interventions to communities through the prisms of their corporate visions and value propositions, and as such are coming up with innovative ideas that are blazing the trail for new product and service ideas.

    He added, “consequent on the first point, we are seeing so many organisations suddenly making sense of social enterprise and connecting and partnering with social enterprises and NGO’s who are more versed in what they do to help to deliver on the sustainability aspirations, and this is leading to more impacts in the issues they set out to address. Thirdly, we are beginning to see the demise of the short term approach designed to generate applause or what I call the window dressing approach to CSR, and it is giving way to more methodical and longer term plans with measurement metrics embedded within.”

  • Nigeria needs $10b yearly to achieve Gas Master Plan’s goals

    To achieve the objectives set out in the Nigerian Gas Master Plan, at least $10 billion yearly investment is required over two to four years period, the President of the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) Dada Thomas, has said.

    The NGA President, who is also the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Oil Limited, said such investment would create job opportunities for local line pipe manufacturing plants, construction companies and pipeline operators and an annual income of about $0.75 billion.

    Dada, who was highlighting the potentials of natural gas and the need to support its exploitation in-country, noted that the domestic gas (domgas) market has grown over the years, but only 13 per cent or 1.01 billion cubic feet (bcf) of total gas production of 7.5 bcf per day is consumed locally while 43 per cent is exported via liquefied natural gas (LNG) and West African Gas Pipeline, 34 per cent used for gas injection and 10 per cent flared.

    He said: “The growth in production came about largely by encouragement followed by compulsion. The end result is that Nigeria is only ranked 22nd in production of gas in the world, and we found ourselves in a perfect storm sitting in darkness generating less than five gigawatts (Gw) of grid power while flaring enough gas to generate two to three gigawatts of electricity and power plants are starved of gas. We have only two gas based industries (GBI) and barely any gas transportation infrastructure.

    “The bulk of our domgas is consumed by power plants within an illiquid and poorly regulated gas-to-power value chain that is threatening to cause systemic bankruptcy of all parts of the value chain and possibly the banking sector. We, therefore, have to conclude that we haven’t properly exploited our gas resources for domestic use for the benefit of our nation or our people and those brave enough to invest in our country’s development.

    “Looking to the future, the forecast demand for gas is ambitious with a target of eight bcf/d to 10 bcf/d in the long term, the bulk (about 60 per cent) of which is planned to be used for power generation. Given the relatively poor performance so far in developing the domgas sector over the years, how then do we propose to achieve these ambitious targets given the various impediments and issues that have bedeviled and continue to plague the domestic gas industry?”

    Speaking further on the subject entitled: Domestic gas utilisation in Nigeria : from producers to users, Thomas said no domgas market can exist without the upstream sector consisting of the oil and gas companies that explore, develop and produce the gas from reservoir to the wellhead delivering it to the gas treatment plant inlet gate.

    “These companies have to rise up to the challenge of ramping up domgas production from the current level of 1.01bcf/d to the forecast level of 2.5bcf/d over the next five years. The Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG) estimate that this will require initial investments of $6 billion annually over a period of four years dropping to $3 billion annually thereafter in new gas production, processing and transportation infrastructure. The gas requirement is significant and cannot be realised unless gas resources currently untapped are freed up and made available to those willing to develop them,” he added.

    To him, within the midstream sector, a number of new initiatives based on traditional gas treatment technologies are now being deployed in Nigeria and will help revolutionise the domgas industry. Citing examples, he noted that a 500 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) compressed natural gas (CNG) industry could sustain a $1billion per annum industry.

    “A 500mmscf/d micro/mini liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry could sustain a $1.6billion per annum industry,” adding that growing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption from 2kg/capita or 400 metric tonnes per annum to 12kg – 20kg/capita or three to five million metric tonnes per annum, could generate a $10 billion plus industry,” he added.

  • Adetunji reveals goals scoring secret

    Adetunji reveals goals scoring secret

    Sunday Adetunji has revealed the secret of his scoring prowess for Abia Warriors, the club he joined at the beginning of the season after scoring a brace to take his season tally to nine.

    Adetunji told SportingLife that his eagerness to surpass last season’s goals haul of 10 is the motivating factor and that having scored nine already, he hopes to get up to 20 league goals this season.

    The former 3SC striker thumbed up ABS for their display in Umuahia but praised his teammates who never gave up despite the goals coming late in the game.

    Abia Warriors are now fifth on the log with 25 points from 17 games.

  • Akwa Utd’s two goals hero, Friday never stops believing

    Akwa Utd’s two goals hero, Friday never stops believing

    Two goals hero in Akwa United’s 3-1 home win against Sunshine Stars yesterday, Ubong Friday, has expressed joy at his opening strikes of the season and has vowed to get more to help the Promise Keepers.

    Friday, who recently returned after a spell on the sideline due to injury, told SportingLife that he continued waiting patiently and was happy that his hard work has paid off handsomely.

    The striker pointed out that Sunshine made the game tight for them but that they stuck to their game plan and played for one another till the end of the game played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium Stadium, Uyo, yesterday.

    The victory lifted Akwa United to sixth on the league table with 19 points from 13 matches.

  • Musa Najare promises goals

    Musa Najare promises goals

    Striker Musa Najare has promised to score goals at his new club Akwa United after an injury-troubled time at Enyimba.

    The experienced striker said he hopes for better tidings in the forthcoming season with Akwa United.

    “Injury was my greatest undoing last season. I only picked up late, that was why I played a few games for Enyimba. I only got my fitness towards the end of the season,” he said.

    “I am hoping for a new season and a better one. I need to play football. The injuries are in the past now. Joining Akwa is a great feeling for me and I believe the coach has everything to make this team win a continental ticket,” he said.

     

  • ‘Discipline key to achieving goals’

    There must be continuous staff training to maintain high-level of discipline and professionalism for an organisation to attain its goals, Prof Josephat Ogbuagu, Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technology) in Umunze, Anambra State, has said.

    Opening a workshop for staff, Prof Ogbuagu said it was aimed at revitalising their activities to maintain discipline in their respective offices.

    Dr Peter Abdu, former Director Tertiary Education Commission, spoke on Discipline in civil service. He noted that the main objective of any organisation was to achieve its set goals. Civil service, he said, is an important organ of the government saddled with responsibility to implement government’s policies.

    “The core mandate of civil servants is to maintain high-level discipline in government and help public officers to achieve their programmes. To ensure orderliness and absence of chaos, irregularity and confusion in the behaviour of the civil servants, Public Service Rules (PSR) was enacted. It is essentially imperative for all officers in the service to know what the expectations are as well as the penalties when a rule has been violated,” he said.

    However, he urged the college workers to acquaint themselves with the disciplinary procedure and rules of public service to avoid acts that could attract penalty.

    Speaking on Procedure for addressing grievances in civil service, Mrs C.N. Odionyenfe explained that grievances may result from a feeling of an unfair disciplinary treatment meted out to a civil servant. She added that the power to exercise disciplinary control over all officers is vested in the Federal Civil Service Commission.

    She urged the workers to be diligence and rededicate themselves to the service of the college, noting that there would always be rewards for civil servants’ diligence.

  • ‘Implement sustainable development goals’

    ‘Implement sustainable development goals’

    A social activist and politician, Ms. Yemisi Ransome-Kuti has said that the three tiers of government should implement sustainable goals that will end all forms of poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change.

    She spoke at a programme organised by the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos in commemoration of this year’s International Democracy Day.

    Delivering a keynote speech with the theme “Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Building Blocks of Peace,” she said the theme seeks to provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

    She noted that from the local to the global levels, participation of women in leadership and political spheres are restricted.

    Her words: “Women are under-represented as voters as well as in leading positions; whether in elective or appointive positions. Education is a positive weapon that drives away poverty and violence, among other social ills. Stakeholders should train women and young girls in order to become educationally and economically independent.”

    Shedding light on steps taken in this direction, the Executive Director, Women in Politics and Government (WINPOGOV), Mrs. Obiageli Obi, a lawyer, said WINPOGOV is training young professional women who are well-informed and positioned to contribute positively to their environment.

    She said: “WINPOGOV is currently training, assisting and building capacities of women who wish to run for elective positions or are involved in government on advocacy and action in the promotion, protection and advancement of women’s rights.”

    On how UNIC is encouraging women’s participation in politics in Nigeria, the Public Relations Officer, UNIC, Mr. Oluseyi Soremekun, said UN is partnering with all stakeholders within the democratic institutions such as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Civil Societies and various agencies of government to ensure that there is equity and equality to encourage more women to participate in active politics.

    An Environmental Scientist and representative of the youth, Ugo Ibe-Ejiogu, who spoke on “Economic Empowerment and Professionalism as a Pathway to Success” said society as a whole has a role to play in women’s development. She, therefore, urged policy makers to implement policies that are targeted towards overcoming financial obstacles among women.

    The programme, according to Soremekun, was aimed at drawing public attention to the importance of democracy and the nexus between democracy and development.

    “People should be at the centre of development and governance”, Soremekun said.

    In his message, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, said implementation of the goals must be strengthened by a strong and active civil society that includes the weak and the marginalised.

    “We must defend Civil Society’s freedom to operate and do the needful. On this International Day of Democracy, let us rededicate ourselves to democracy and dignity for all,” Ban Ki-Moon said.

    Speaking on the challenges experienced by women in politics, former Director-General, Nigerian Chamber of Shipping, Mrs. Ify Akerele, pointed out that women who are interested in joining politics could only make positive impacts if they work from the grassroots as well as from their areas of strength.

    According to Akerele, education as well as experience will also help women in participating actively in politics.

    She added that men can be very supportive once they discover that a woman is serious. She therefore enjoined women to lobby effectively to establish a fair quota ahead of the 2019 general elections.

    The programme was organised by UNIC in collaboration with Women in Politics and Government (WINPOGOV) and supported by Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality for Women (STAGE).

  • Trabzonspor 2-0 Kasimpasa: Onazi dedicates debut goals to wife

    Trabzonspor 2-0 Kasimpasa: Onazi dedicates debut goals to wife

    Super Eagles midfielder, Ogenyi Onazi has dedicated his first goals for new club Trabzonspor to his wife, Sandra following an opening day Match-of-the-Match performance in the 2-0 win against Kasimpasa.

    The 23-year-old was the cynosure of all eyes as he netted a brace on his debut in the opening day of the Turkish league, which left fans of the club absolutely delighted with their new acquisition.

    He opened scoring in the 20th minute to give Trabzonspor a first half lead over Kasimpasa who had Chelsea defender, Kenneth Omeruo on loan last season and completed his brace on the dot of 90minutes to seal victory.

    In an exclusively chat with SportingLife, Onazi said: “My wife told me before I left for the game that I should score for her which I said ‘Amen’ so it’s only right that I dedicate the goals to her.”

    The former My People FC star also thanked his teammates for their support when he tweeted later in the day, he wrote: “When the grace of God speaks favour begins to come, thanks to my team mate, #debut2goals #debut2goals ????????”

    Onazi joined Trabzonspor this summer after five years with Serie A giants Lazio where he scored six times from 77 appearances.