In the world of media, where every voice has the potential to leave a lasting impact, few stand out like Daniel Nsa. Known to many as Gindee Thevibgad, Daniel is not just an On-Air Personality (OAP) but a versatile voiceover artist and a thought-provoking broadcast journalist. His unique approach to broadcasting has set him apart, captivating audiences with every word.
Recently, Daniel took a bold step into the digital realm by launching Vibe Ville Radio, an online platform aimed at creating an unforgettable listening experience. More information about this will be dropped at the end of this post. However, in this exclusive interview, we sit down with Daniel to discuss his journey in the media world, his experiences as a voiceover artist, the challenges of a broadcast journalist and his role as an On-Air Personality. His insights and passion for his craft offer a glimpse into the heart of a true media professional.
Disclaimer: You must be warned! The captivating nature of this interview will keep you glued. Journey steadily.
Personal Journey and Inspiration
Oparawhyte: How would you describe yourself in three words?
Daniel: If you are telling me to describe myself in three words, I think the first word I will say is a driven person. Then, I am very reliable and very passionate. And if you ask anyone around me, these three words define me perfectly. I am very reliable. Secondly, I am driven. Then, I am very passionate about the things I do. You know, I have something that drives me and it is simply getting better at what I do, daily and the people around me get better do the same. If you’re friends with me, you’d also see that I don’t joke with my work. You get me? I don’t play with what I do. So, I’ll also try to inspire you or motivate you to actually push at what you do. In radio, media and everything journalism, you can surely see how passionate I am about it. If you are close to me and I tell you, “I’ll fix this!” Trust me, I’ll do it ‘cause that’s just me. (chuckles) Yeah, so these three words describes me perfectly. Driven, Passionate and very Reliable.
Oparawhyte: This is really inspiring. I commend you for this. On this note, can you tell us a bit about your background and what inspired you to journey on this current path of yours, which I believe is a dream of yours that is now a reality?
Daniel: Okay, um, concerning the things I do, I’d say I started everything in 2019. What really inspired me to pursue broadcast journalism was right in Lagos. I got there to stay with my aunt. That was in 2018. Yeah. I think that was when I went to stay in Lagos ‘gan gan’. She sells food – a chef. She also has a restaurant at LTV that is Lagos Television. They share that particular premises with Eko FM. So, she had this client of hers who buys food from her every day and sometimes, she will have to take breakfast to him. He was an OAP. On one particular day, she told me to take the food to him in the live room. This means, I had to go deliver it myself and there, I saw him do his thing. I started asking questions which he answered. Along the line, I fell in love with journalism, like radio itself. I started listening to the radio ‘cause if you’re staying in Lagos, you’ll listen to stations like Cool FM, Beat FM and the likes. There are a lot of radio stations, over there. So, I started listening. I also had someone in my family, an aunt of mine that worked in NTA as a newscaster. I knew her when I was really little. My dad used to make me watch her when she read the news. So, along the line, I picked interest in what she was doing and from that moment I began watching TV, listening to radio and stuffs like that. However, when I got to Lagos, the passion was reignited and became fierce. So, I just dived into it.
Overcoming Challenges and Accountability
Oparawhyte: Wow! Talk about reigniting passion. So, what would you say were the biggest challenges you faced in pursuing your dreams and how did you overcome them?
Daniel: About the biggest challenges I had in pursuing my dreams, one of the first thing was trying to get a mentor. Someone that would at least, hold my hands and show me what to do. My earliest mentors started from Trevor Noah to Dotun (Cool FM) … I couldn’t meet them personally to have conversations with them. I wanted to have someone in my life who I could turn to. Someone who was doing things I wanted to do. It was indeed hard for me to find that person, at first. Anyway, I began to learn on my own. This went on for a very long time. You know this thing about learning something new when you don’t have a guide. It can be hard. You’d stumble on videos, go through the trial-and-error processes… Ah! That was the first thing I had problems with: Finding a mentor.
The second problem I had, had to be with gadgets. It started from getting a mic for my podcast because I needed to own a podcast to hone my skills as a radio presenter before I can even get into radio presentation, itself. So, I started with podcasting but I didn’t have the gears, a laptop or a mic. I used my phone for everything; recorded with my phone, edited with it and uploaded from it. I did a whole lot with just my phone. Then, in 2021, I got a laptop. This was it.
Another challenge I had is my mom. At some point, she felt like I shouldn’t be doing this. “All your life, you want to just come here to listen to music, write about music, watch movies, talk about them…Is that what you want to do with your life?” It didn’t make sense to her, at first. I had issues coming from my mom. She wasn’t supportive, then. She wouldn’t support the dream instead she would always talk down on it. Along the line, everything started making sense to her. She started seeing me do those things on a bigger level. She was like, “Okay, if this is what you want to do with your life then, I give you, my blessing.” That’s all.
Oparawhyte: From your response, it can be said that having the right people to help and support your dreams is/was one of the great contributors to your growth. On this note, who would you say is greatest inspiration or mentor? Anyone like that?
Daniel: If you are talking about, my biggest, greatest inspiration or mentor, I would have to first of all pick someone that actually made me believe that I can do this. However, I can’t mention just one. I have a lot of them from Trevor Noah to Dotun in Cool FM. By the way, they are both Africans. One is Nigerian while the other is South African.
Anyway, let me go down to the one that actually made me believe that I could do what I am doing today. His name is Dotun. He is an ex Big Brother Naija Housemate and he works with Cool FM as an OAP (On-Air Personality). He is also a hype man and a voice actor. That’s one guy that I listened to while I was in Lagos. I listened to one of his shows on Cool FM. He used to do mid-day shows. So, there was a day I listened to Celebrity Tuesday in which he was the host with Eve. I heard his voice and I was like, “Okay, this sounds like something that is really hard.” But I kept on listening to him because I loved the performance. I went back every day just to do this. Once it’s 1 pm, I’m already tuned in so that when he comes on air, I’ll be able to hear whatever he has to say. And that is how I learnt. I didn’t meet him in person to learn anything directly from him. I only listened to Dotun on the radio and I learnt quite a lot.
You know, same thing with Trevor Noah. He made me believe that he could leave a little boy with great dreams, leave Africa and head somewhere with just talent and hard work. When Trevor first went to the US to be a correspondent on The Daily Show, just before he took over the show in which John Stewart handed it over to him, a lot of persons doubted him. Someone even said on Twitter (X) that he would bet money on Trevor saying that he would crash the show in 2 weeks. But Trevor went in and did the show in how many years? This was in 2015 and he ran till 2022 before he left the show.
These two guys made me believe that everything is possible if you are ready to work hard and you put in effort to actually do the work, because you have to. So, I’ll say Dotun, first then, Trevor second. I can’t pick one and leave one. Both of them come together.
Oparawhyte: Inspiring choices. But why these two? What would you say makes them stand out amongst others?
Daniel: First of all, let me give an example. Let’s say you’re into Sports. Ronaldo is your model. Think of Kylian Mbappe from France who plays for Real Madrid now. He is Cameroonian but plays for France. Growing up, Cristiano Ronaldo was his role model and the only one. You understand? Now, look at where he is today, playing for one of the biggest clubs in the world, Real Madrid. The exact club Ronaldo played; you know? So, if you’re talking about role models, I’ll say this and I tell people all the time: Any field you find yourself, pick just one or two persons. Don’t do too much. You understand? To answer your question, I may know a lot of people but what makes Dotun and Trevor stand out is how they make me feel like everything is within reach. The way they do these things, make me understand that so far, I am doing the work as I wake up daily, the things I want are within my reach. I just need to reach out and grab them. This is what makes them stand out and remain peculiar. I believe this is why they’re on the list as my biggest inspirations and role models.
Achievements and Lessons
Oparawhyte: Now, let’s talk about your achievements and lessons. What accomplishment are you most proud of and what did you learn from it?
Daniel: Let’s start with the achievements before I get to the lessons. For my achievement, I actually love the fact that I’ve not gotten to the pinnacle of everything I want yet. But I’ve been able to invest in people. I’ve been able to raise people who I would point and say “I trained this person”. I look at them and they are better today just because I trained and pushed them. Like I told you earlier, I am driven, so driven. This is why when people come around me, I tend to push them too because I need to dare you to do things for yourself. For example, “You wanna be a podcaster,” I train you. “You wanna be a radio presenter,” I teach you something that I know. Do you understand? I invest in people a lot. I know it is not money but this is something very tangible. It’s something that you can actually give out, anywhere in the world and you’d be called worthy and approved. So, I am happy that I have been able to do this and in turn, I am proud. So proud.
Another achievement is the fact that I’ve gotten to the point where I am not afraid of doing anything. I am a performer. If I am hosting a radio show, I don’t care what is gonna happen. I’m just performing. I just want to entertain you. Initially, I started doing this from a place of fear. “What will people think about me?” However, I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t care anymore. I’ve gauged my voice and have learnt to be accepted by only the people that know what I can do. So, I don’t care! All I wanna do is perform for you. This is because I have come to understand that at the end of the day, not everyone will love you. So, I don’t need to force it. I’ll just do my best and leave the rest.
For the lessons I have learnt, one of them is this: Don’t expect too much from life. Ah! You wanna be a celebrity in your field, don’t even think of that. You’ll be disappointed. Just live your life. If you have little, just live and do these with the least expectations. Everything good will happen to you. Take away fear. It can and will ruin things for you, if you don’t. In times past, I was always afraid of certain things. “Oh, how will this turn out for me?” “How will this happen?” You know? But now, I’m just living. I just wake up and just live. I do the things that I love and just live. And this has taught me that “Without fear, things will just fall into place, bit by bit.” So, yeah, I’ve learnt these two things and they have helped me.
Oparawhyte: Can you share a moment when you faced failure or rejection? How were you able to handle it?
Daniel: Most of the times, I tell people, if you wanna do anything amazing and you are just starting out or you dare to do big things, you’ll be rejected. You’ll fail a lot of times. At the end of the day, when you fail, what happens after? For me, I’ve had my own series of heartbreaks, you know? The first time I actually felt this deep pain from a rejection was when I was auditioned for a radio presenter role in Lagos. I had just sent in my demo and they told me that it was already late. They also said that they can’t even listen to it, stating that I should try again, next year. This experience was so personal to me. I was like, “Okay, okay. Maybe when something is meant to be, it will definitely happen.” I felt bad. But I still told the person, “At least, just give me a try. Just listen to it and let me know what you think.” He was like, “No, they can’t listen to it anymore. It’s already closed.” I felt dejected and I think that this was the only one. Just to add, inasmuch as I’m doing what I want to do, there is a brilliance I attach to it. If you are opportune to listen to me, you can’t deny how good I am. Let’s say a lot of persons don’t even listen but when you get to do, you’ll know that there is a difference in there. I may not have faced a lot of rejections but this one, nearly broke me.
A failure that actually made me feel, “Nah. I might not do this anymore” was in 2023, last year. I had submitted a demo for a podcaster’s competition. Mine was one of the best to be received. However, they went for one of the Yorubas’. I believe it was done from a tribalistic perspective so I wasn’t picked, although the best. I felt I could have done better. There had to be something I didn’t do and I could have done it better. I realized this later. Eventually, I handled it by going back to the drawing board and understanding that I need to do more for myself. I mean, I know I am good. All I need to do is to wake up every morning, still doing the same things but get better at it. I need to get to the point where I can connect the dots easily. That’s what I did. The aftermath of the last year experience made me feel like, “Gindee, you can do better for yourself.” I’m happy that I have gotten better than where I was last year. A 100% better, yeah.
Oparawhyte: With these experiences, what would you say are the routines that has kept you diligent and focused on your goals for its achievement, as a young person who wants to become successful in this field?
Daniel: First of all, to be a successful media person, you need to know a lot about your field. You can’t tell me you want to be a radio presenter and you don’t know what’s happening. Who are the biggest competitions in your field? Who are the biggest investors in your field? Who are the ones doing it quite better than the others? You need to understand this. Map it out. Understand those who are doing it better, the ones who are drawing the grains from the root.
You also need to be on the media space. You can’t say that you want to be a media person and not be on social media or that you are an introvert. Ah! You need to be there. Grow your social media presence. Let people know what you do, first of all. Be in people’s faces. Now, most of the time, there are people who build their presence – they have 1 million followers or 500,000 followers – but they are not good. Do you understand? They have this social quotient but they are not so good at what they do, you know? See, these celebrities are really trying but not all of them are good. Yet, they have that social quotient which makes them better than someone that is so good but doesn’t have it, you get it? You can be that good but nobody knows you. If a voiceover job is to be given, it’s always given to someone they know and not to one that is really good but no one knows.
The thing is this: You need to be in people’s faces. You need to. Pick out people that are doing it better than you.
Go on Instagram. Listen to them. Understand their strengths and what makes them good. Build on it. Capitalize on that. Then, know that there is time for work. This is the time for you to build. Whatever you wanna do, this is the time you have to build with what you have right now. You might likely not have another time to build. This is the right time to. Build. Study. Rehearse.
Then, your practice. As a radio presenter, I rehearse at home. Starting from my intros to my interviews. Most times, I do this without script because I love doing so. I do these routines over and over again. These are the things. I wake up in the morning, go on Instagram, check out some radio stations like BBC One Extra, Cool FM… I see what they’re doing. I see the best call centers and every other thing. Then, I go back and check out personalities, how are they doing? The videos they posted and stuffs like that. Then, I come back, rehearse and post what I have done on my own social media page, letting people know what I do. Do you understand? That way, I build.
These are the patterns that has helped me, yeah. It has also helped me understand that people can know you but you need to be good too. Just double both. Let it be a collabo. (chuckles)
Encouraging the Youth
Oparawhyte: As a young person who is walking in the fulfillment of your purpose, what advice will you give to young people who are struggling to find theirs?
Daniel: This is what I’ll say to the young people who are struggling to find theirs. Growing up, I loved football. I wanted to be one of the biggest defensive mid-fielders in the world. I really wanted to play for the Super Eagles or even start with the Flying Eagle, that is Under 17 World Cup. I watched the likes of …, Barcelona, Makalele in Chelsea, you know? I watched Mikel Obi as a defensive mid-fielder. I watched a lot of defensive mid-fielders and I felt like I can be an amazing one too. So, I started playing street football and they gave me a name. It was ‘Zuma – Zuma Rock’ because I was that solid. Also, I could play Right Back, Center Back (CB) and defensive mid-field. That’s where the drill started. I yearned to play football. I prayed day and night hoping that scouts would come around and pick me for Super Eagles, you know. It didn’t happen. So, I switched to music. I began listening to musicians do their thing. Oh, yeah. I actually do have a good voice. People told me countless times, “Go to Nigerian Idol. You could do better there.” I even recorded a song with my boy band, back then. I began to dream about becoming a big artiste like David and Wizkid, performing at the O2 Arena and stuff like that. Now, that dream, also fell off the way. However, growing up, I remembered one thing. I was the funny guy in the family and I loved Comedy Central. So, all of my cousins actually thought that I would become a Stand-up Comedian. I made everyone laugh. I found out something else: I could talk. Remember, I told you about my aunt who worked at NTA, my dad making me listen to her and me, falling in love with it, you know. Radio was already a thing I listened to. But I already loved something. You know, most of the time, people say, “I don’t know what I am good at” but there is something you loved. Sorry to say, I don’t believe in talent. I don’t believe that there is anything that anybody grew up with that they have hidden somewhere. I believe that whatever you come to terms with, whatever you fall in love with and whatever you dedicate yourself to, you can be good at it. So, I found out that I could talk and I had to go back to my first love and that’s when I understood that, yeah, moving to Lagos was to find the missing puzzle. And now, I am doing radio. So, find something you were good at while growing up. Something people hyped you about. “Oh, this boy can talk for ages.” “Oh, this one is funny.” Those comments were there. People know things about you that you don’t know about yourself. Pick out those things they say. Work on them. Pick something you love and work on it. Give yourself time. You’d grow into it. 15 years, 5 years, 10 years. Something amazing will happen. So, that’s it.
Oparawhyte: On this note, how do you think young people can handle peer pressure and stay true to their values?
Daniel: I loved hyping. I loved being a hype man and I loved going to clubs, you know? I love places where music is being played loudly. I love the night life but at the same time, I had to reconsider all of these. Like, no! I can’t be in such places. For the fact that you’re going to the club, you’d meet a lot of ladies, you’ll be exposed to alcohol. And I don’t do alcohol or smoke. I believe in a one-woman kind of thing. What about drugs? You’d see it in clubs. Inasmuch as I want to be a hype man, I’ll be exposed to those things. If you’re around things like that, you might definitely want to try things out. All you need is one day. It starts bit by bit. Once you try it out, you keep up the cycle. So, I had to restrict myself from going to clubs. Maybe hyping is not my thing. I don’t want to be in this sort of places. I said to myself.
Now, for you to handle peer pressure and stay true to yourself, the first thing to do is to shield yourself. Shielding yourself will protect from a whole lot of things. Secondly, filter your circle. Know the people that come into your life. I’m that kind of person that you can’t influence. I’ll rather influence you. You can’t be around me and say, “Ah, I want to influence you. I’ll give you drugs.” No, you won’t do that. Instead, I will become the influence, make you work and push you to do better. That’s me. So, I know my circle and the people in it. It’s the second thing. Also, drown yourself in what you love. Look up to people who motivate you to do this. When I look up to Trevor Noah, I see a simple person who is living the life. He’s been paid millions of dollars to do what he is doing. But I can’t look at an OAP or TV personality that is throwing money up and down. I look for simplicity. Simplicity in personalities. It makes me feel like I can have all the money in the world and not want to buy an expensive yacht or go partying. Do you understand? So, you look out for simplicity. Love your life. Love yours. A song from J. Cole, a rapper that I love so much is called “Love yours.” There’s no life that is better the one you have. You see someone with an iPhone 20? When you work hard and get to the places you need to be, you can have that iPhone. You see that expensive lifestyle? You’ll have it! When you get there eventually, you’ll find out that it’s nothing.
So, shield yourself, filter your circle, look out for simplicity and then, love your life. You do not know who is sponsoring their lifestyle. You don’t want to go there and get stuck. Also, be contented with what you have. You’re using a “kpalasa” phone that is double touching (an outdated phone with a bad screen), maintain it. Work. Keep working. Keep showing up. Something will come and you’ll get another phone that’s not too expensive. Work till you get there. Just keep showing up, you’ll get there. Let me switch to pidgin. Make person no lie give you. For as much as you work, you’ll eventually get to that place. Conclusively, you must shield yourself by protecting your space, if you don’t want to be pressured. Don’t be in places people smoke all the time, throw money e.t.c. If you don’t want to womanize, then, stay away from temptations that will lead you to do so. Hold yourself. Hold your throat. Be contented. Love yours. Love simplicity that will take you far.
Faith and Personal Values
Oparawhyte: These are really good. Thank you for sharing, Gindee. Now, let’s talk about your faith and how it has shaped your journey?
Daniel: About my faith, I will always say it anywhere, I love God. I grew up in a Christian home. Although I am a media person and I don’t post about Jesus all the time, when I have a chance to talk to you about God, I will. If you are going through hardship, some things are not going well or you need someone to actually run to and you speak to me, I will tell you about Jesus because I grew up in a Christian home. In such environment, one of the things I see church people do is actually judging others, do you understand? They make you feel like, “this person is doing this,” “this person is a bad person and do this, that…”, you know? I saw some of those things which made me hate judging people. I believe there’s a reason why people do different things. There’s a reason attached to different behaviors and patterns. So, as long as I don’t know that reason, I won’t judge you. I don’t like being judged because I grew up in a church and I know what the people therein can do and the level of judgement passed down. Now, knowing that I shouldn’t judge people, it made me understand that I’ll meet different persons in life. I just have to hear them out first before I see them the way I want to see them. Also, giving people chances too. No matter how condemned you think a person is, you can actually give them a chance to make a difference. Not to forget. Love. My dad believed that we could be like Jesus by trying. And yeah, he always did it. He always tried doing all these things. There was a time I was meant to go back home to stay with my grandma while my sister was to stay with my aunt. But something happened. Someone from the church came to the house with his child. He had come to see my dad and have a conversation with him. During their conversation, he mentioned how there wasn’t any money to send his child back to boarding school. You know what my dad did? All the things my dad had already bought for all of us at home to share, he took it all and gave it to this man. He told him to give it to his child for school and gave him some money too. This act showed me sacrifice. He taught me love because he believed he could be like Jesus. However, although I may not be doing all of these things, I try the best I can to sacrifice for people. I learnt that. I learnt to love people with the way my dad loves people. No, I don’t fake it. It’s just my default because I grew up in a loving home, in a home where you’ll hear, “You could be like Jesus. You could try!” I keep all these things in my heart and live by it. It has helped me see the world differently and I try to see the world from the eyes of Jesus.
This has helped me. My faith or belief has been of a great help to me.
Oparawhyte: How would you say your faith or personal beliefs influenced you? How did you help you stay grounded and focused on your identity amidst challenges?
Daniel: You know, staying grounded, knowing yourself and knowing where you are going to, understanding that you actually have someone to run back to, is bliss. I’ll say a few things. There’s Someone looking over you. Someone you can actually speak to. Second thing; You can try to be like him. Third thing: You have to see the world from Jesus’ eyes. Fourth thing: Sacrifice and Love. Hand it out on a platter. I’ve learnt all these. Now, amidst challenges, you’ll meet people who you’ll feel can’t be loved. Sometimes, you’ll have situations that makes you feel like this too. Ah, man! You’re giving out all the love in the world and they are not giving it back to you. You just have to keep doing it. You just have to, you know? It has made me understand that whatever I’m doing should be from a different place. This is because when you are grounded, you’re seen as, “This person, there is something going on that I am not seeing elsewhere. He is loved somewhere.” That love is coming from a source. This thought has influenced my journey. It’s my personal belief that you can actually love someone from a place of being unloved to be loved. A lot of things about my upbringing in a Christian home has really been of great influence to my journey. And yes, I so much believe in Jesus. I believe that everything bad can turn good. Yeah. No matter how condemned you feel you are, you can be saved too. So, that’s it and it is how I see people too. You feel condemned? Know that you can become something good.
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Future and Growth
Oparawhyte: What’s one lesson you wished you had learned earlier in life?
Daniel: One of the lessons I wish I had learned earlier in life is that no one should be put on a pedestal. No matter who they are, no matter where they come from, no matter their social standing and no matter how rich they are, don’t put people on a pedestal, you get me? It will make you look nice but at the same time when you see people as being superior, it makes you feel inferior and it shuts down your capabilities. Probably, you go in for a quiz and they are telling you, “All those guys are brilliant, intelligent and very smart,” suddenly, you start to feel, “God! They are better than me! They are there and I am here” … At this point, you shut down your capabilities. You begin to see yourself inferior and it keeps you down. This is one of the things I wished I learnt early but I did along the way and it has helped me.
I don’t put people on a pedestal. I really don’t care. Oh, you have all the money in the world? I have something you don’t have. You have this? I still have something you don’t have. That’s the mindset. I don’t care. I won’t put you on a pedestal. I don’t care where you are coming from. Not your social standing or whatever. So, don’t put people there. That’s just it.
Practical Tips and Recommendations
Oparawhyte: Can you recommend any books, podcasts, or resources that have impacted you deeply?
Daniel: Starting with podcast recommendations, I will suggest The Brilliant Idiot. That’s one of my favorites. Also, if you are asking for a second one, I’ll say, “What now? by Trevor Noah”. Then, a third suggestion will be “I said what I said” podcast. This one is a Nigerian-based podcast. Now, talking about books, I’ll say you read, “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah. I think that’s one of the books I’ll recommend you start with. Just read it. If you want to balance a mix of humour and real-life lessons, you should read that. For another material, if you are into radio or podcasting, then you should read “Beyond Powerful Radio.” It will help you. I really don’t want to recommend so many. However, you can go on YouTube. Search for videos in your field that you can watch. Voiceovers, radio, medicine, engineering, whatever you are doing, watch those videos. It will make you better. Also, when you watch them, don’t forget to subscribe as a way of giving back. Comment on the channel as well. Once in a blue moon, let the creator know that you see the good work they are doing. Don’t just go there, get the knowledge and leave without making them know, you know? Yeah.
Oparawhyte: If someone wanted to start making a difference today, what small steps would you suggest?
Daniel: If you want to start making a difference today, I would say you help people. Listen to stuffs that will impact you. Read too. Go a long way and appreciate people. Someone does something for you and you go, “Ah. I didn’t ask for the help” or “It wasn’t too much,” isn’t right. Most of the times, Africans and Nigerians, are not appreciative. But when you appreciate a favour or what someone did for you, more comes. The person is likely to do more. It may be that he was just helping which is their initial default setting, and you likely want to take advantage of it. However, appreciate people, all the same. It goes a long way. Also, learn to have conversations with people. Don’t judge. Be open-minded. Don’t close your mind. Listen to people’s experiences and it will help you. Communicate with strangers. And when you return home, ensure you work. For the times when you can’t even pray at all, mutter these words, “God, help me” and He would. Just do these things. These small steps you take will help you get better. If you’re the type that loves football, go out on some days and watch it. Sit and have conversations with people. Laugh. Be yourself. Love people around you. It could be your friends, girlfriend, boyfriend, your parents. Just love somebody because you don’t know. Life is not guaranteed. You don’t know what is going to happen when you leave the world. But live it. Make sure that your presence will be missed. Yeah, people say that when you die, you are forgotten after two months. But make sure that when you die, they will keep looking back, remembering you. So, just live a fulfilled life. Live a life that you’ll remember, yourself.
Oparawhyte: Anything else you would like to say or add to the droplets of wisdom you have already given?
Daniel: One thing I’ll say is this. It doesn’t really matter what you are doing. It is rather how and why you are doing it. Most people don’t know this. You hear, “Ah! I just want to go deep and work.” Hmm. As much as I want you to work and do everything you are doing, why and how are you doing it? These are the most important questions you should ask yourself. “Why am I doing this?” “How am I doing this?” Also, ask this, “Where will it take me to?” You can’t just do something. At the end of the day, you might do something and nothing happens. So, that’s one thing. Another thing I will love to say is this: We pretty much get what we want from the universe but the thing is, most people don’t know what to ask for and they don’t know what they are asking. That’s the problem. As long as you’re doing something or you want something, you can get what you want from the universe. But we don’t know what to ask for and how to ask for what we want. We really don’t know how to go about it and this is a problem.
Anyway, I just wish we take all of these into consideration. Trust me. This would really help us.
It’s Daniel Nsa, here and I am signing out. Do well to take care of yourself and the people you love. Bye.
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the person of Daniel exemplifies what it means to be a true media trailblazer. His versatility as an OAP, voiceover artist and a broadcast journalist is matched only by his dedication to connecting with his audience in meaningful ways.
This interview has given us a glimpse into his world – one filled with passion, creativity and an unwavering commitment to excellence. As Daniel continues to inspire and elevate the media landscape, we are reminded of the power of a voice that truly makes a difference.
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