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Media Platforms Focusing On Good Or Positive News Stories About Nigeria And Nigerians

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• PositiveNaija

PositiveNaija just as the name implies, is dedicated to informing the world on the positive progress and excellence associated with Nigeria and Nigerians in every field of humanity. It aims to gradually but firmly establish in the consciousness of Nigerians the practicability and possibility of their hopes, aspirations, passions, goals and success by adhering to the principles of hardwork, accountability, justice, love, unity, critical thinking as well as other relevant positive values.

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The Benefits Or Advantages Of Good Or Positive News For Nigeria & Nigerians

• Positive thinking

Positive or good news for Nigeria and Nigerians enhances positive thinking, which produces positive speaking and consequently, possesses the power to produce good and positive output or results. The appreciation of good news associated with Nigeria and Nigerians has the power to therefore instill a mindset of possibilities, creativity and confidence towards the future. Thus, one of the ways to create positive thinking and results is by making positive information more prevalent in Nigeria.

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Reasons Why Many Nigerians Lack Interest For Good Or Positive News On Nigeria & Nigerians

“To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralized nation tells demoralized stories to itself.”

– Ben Okri

• False Stereotype

Many Nigerians have been stereotyped to believe that every challenge is peculiar to Nigeria. They have failed to understand that every standing nation had their share of hard times. Unfortunately, this notion has sunk deep into the minds of a number of young Nigerians spurring an uninterested feeling towards the positivity of the country.

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Great Things About Nigeria, Which Every Nigerian Should Be Proud Of! By Aishat Ibrahim

Nigeria, an officially democratic secular country on the Gulf of Guinea, is a federal republic in West Africa. It is often referred to as the “Giant of Africa”, owing to its large population and economy, with approximately 184 million inhabitants. The existence of some basic factors that make this country great cannot be overemphasized. It is then imperative to mention few of such undoubted constituents of this great nation.

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The Power Of The Nigerian Self-Esteem! By Mafeni Praise

My name is Mafeni Praise. I am a proud Nigerian. I want to speak on the theme, “the power of the Nigerian self-esteem”. This theme reminds me of the statement made by a friend of mine sometime ago, she said: “if there was anything I could change to my status as a Nigerian?”, hearing this, I laughed at my com-patriotic friend. Nigeria has just celebrated her 58^th years of independence; yet, some of her citizens do not find reasons to celebrate due to some problems accompanying the country. However, there are many reasons why Nigeria has become the love of many around the world including me; from her fabulous lifestyle, to our rich and beautiful foods, our amazing tourist attractions, our wonderful sense of humor. We are indeed a blessed country of extraordinary variety. Nigeria is not a perfect country, as there is no perfect country, and this is where I oblige to stand up for the country of my birth, my Nigeria.

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The Power Of The Nigerian Self-Esteem! By Felix Emmanuel

Good afternoon my viewers. My name is Felix Emmanuel. I am a Nigerian. For the next few minutes, I will be talking about the power of the Nigerian self esteem. Self esteem is simply one’s view of one self. It can be high in which case one sees oneself as adequate or sufficient to pursue any goal or purpose in life, or it can be negative in which case, the person feels negative about life and feels that he or she is inadequate to pursue goals and purpose in life. Self esteem plays a vital role in individualistic and societal well-being and progress. Despite the importance of self-esteem, there are disturbing facts and figures about global read of self-esteem. According to Dr. Joe Rubino, the creator of the popular self-esteem system, 85% of the world population suffers from self-esteem deficit but when one looks at Nigeria, the records are a little different. According to the World Happiness Rating in 2017, as reported by The Guardian online newspaper platform of 29^th March 2017, Nigeria is rated the 95^th happiest country of the world, but it’s not as though Nigeria is one of the best countries in the world. But what is actually contributing to the way which despite our challenges are still delightful about ourselves and progressive in our different engagements? It’s simply like the Afrobeat musician Fela said: “we are suffering and smiling.”

Why?

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