No Longer a Child...

Since the year began, I'd been thinking up what to write as my first post for the year! I definitely didn't want to feed you with all that "new year resolution" stuff that you probably are tired of hearing or reading about.

As I sat in the barber shop this evening, I noticed something on my head, two strands of grey hair! Not like there's any big deal as some people have it from a tender age however, I never had it from a tender age and I barely noticed since my hair was always cut down low, 2face style!

Well for a second or so, reality hit me hard like the chilly harmattan breeze that hits you in the face early in the morning in northern Nigeria - I wasn't getting younger! Gone were the days when I could call an uncle or aunt or my parents when I was broke and request for some money, now my younger siblings and cousins expect me to 'drop something'. Now I earn a salary, for the last few years of course and responsibilities stare me daily in the face.

Anyway, the lesson from my encounter this evening was nothing of the above sort rather, I realized I now had shorter time than before to achieve my goals. It dawned on me in the words of Korede Bello that, "I am no longer a child, bear bear don show, junior don grow...". So if you're still doing somethings that are childish, or still 'playing around' thinking you've got time, still being unserious with your career, passion, relationships, spirituality and life in general then, my dear friend, you should stand in front of a mirror and listen to the legendary Michael Jackson's man in the mirror.

Dude! you are no longer a child!

The Naija Dream

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 Martin Luther King jr. had a dream, that dream was the American dream, that dream is finally being lived today-the Obama phenomenon. In Nigeria, we hope that things will get better, we hope to have a better nation but then I wonder “what is the Naija dream?” we are talking about rebranding Nigeria but into what if I may ask? do we have a naija dream? is there one common hope, one common purpose one common goal, vision, objective or we hope to rebrand naija into a multidimensional, diverse, visionless nation?

The diversity of tongues that we have is seemingly a negative rather than a positive. This reminds me of the biblical story of the tower of babel where diversity of tongue was what God used to put disunity among man and stop the achievement of their gargantuan goal of reaching heaven -  a feat which God himself said was achievable hence the drastic measure!

In Nigeria, what is obtainable is different people coming into office with their individual goals and what often happens is a new administration overhauls most if not all of the things that the previous administration has done, then beginning theirs which of course will not be completed during their tenure before a new government comes in and the cycle continues making it seem like there’s no development in the country when in actual fact, each developmental effort is always aborted!

until we have unity of purpose and speak the same language (figuratively), Nigeria may never achieve her potentials neither will her people be proud citizens in the committee of nations.

What do you think?

IS THERE A NAIJA DREAM?

The truth behind the 3 Missing Kids

The missing kids; Aderomola, Demola and Adedamola Orekoya

Social media has been awash over the last 24 hours with the story of three young boys allegedly kidnapped in the surulere area of Lagos, Nigeria by their nanny who had barely spent 24-hours in the employ of their mother. 

Apparently the criminals had their game plan and only awaited an opportunity!

After all said, what is most important of all is the safe return of the kids. Ink iyaff finish! Ok bye!

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"When everything fails, try Mathematics" - Adeboye

Pastor Adeboye with faculty members, department of mathematics, University of Lagos.

“Mathematics is the science of life and this principle has helped me in my marriage of over 47 years” - Adeboye

Equation1:            Love is Blind
Equation2:            Marriage is a special miracle worker with an anointing for opening eyes Genesis29:24-25 (Leah & Rachel) When you solve these two equations properly you'll see that while love is blind, marriage has the anointing to open the eyes. 

When your wife adds too much pepper in your soup, instead of shouting and yelling at her just say “my mathematics teacher taught us that the amount of pepper in the soup should be inversely proportional to the temperature in the city” and she will get the message LOL!

Equation3: Angels don't eat jollof rice Judges 6:11-16
Equation4: Angels don't marry  Matthew 22:30
The fact that you're married to her at all means you're  not an angel and your wife is not an angel even though she might have dressed like an angel on your wedding day, she is definitely NOT an angel.

When everything fails in life for you, try mathematics! Yes mathematics! This is because mathematics is the science of living. One way to know is the bible in John 9:5 says; “Jesus is the light of the world” and Mathematics shows us light travels at the speed of 297,600,000 km/secs therefore it means to say if Jesus is the light of the world and you invite him into your life your least progress rate will be at the speed of light.

My mathematics professor once gave me an assignment to do which was naturally beyond me. Upon his arrival, he discovered I had finished it he asked who helped me because I didn’t want to tell him it was Jesus I said Prof Emmanuel (he then said which department is he?) I in turn said ‘department of original science’ he said ‘so we have that department in this school?’ it wasn’t long before he figured I was talking about Jesus and because there’s a thin line between a genius and a mad man he didn’t bother arguing with me any further.

I want to implore you today if you’ve not accepted Jesus into your life to please decide and do so today and your progress will be as the speed of light.
                                                                                                               - Courtesy, @PastorEAAdeboye

Pastor Adeboye was at the University of Lagos, department of mathematics on thursday 19th february 2015 for the first ever inaugural lecture in his honour where he also donated 50 million naira. History has it that he was the first ever MSc student in the department in 1972. A one time academic himself, this is not the first time he will be making such contribution towards the attainment of a world-class education sector.

                                                                                                             

RCCG and the APC desperation

 The desperation of the two major political parties leading to the 2015 general elections in Nigeria is such that may have not been witnessed in the democratic history of our nation. From bickering to name-calling, massive propaganda and even leveraging on brands and religious institutions such as the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and even, the personality of its General Overseer, Pastor E. A Adeboye the parties have ensured that they stop at nothing in swaying the electorate to their side.

One co-incidence too many is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been at the fore-front of manipulating pictures, videos and stories relating to the G.O to suit their agenda. Recently, Pastor Adeboye had to put out a disclaimer via his facebook page stating that the church does not have any political alignment and would not use its platforms to portray such for any candidate or party despite one of his pastors being the vice-presidential candidate for the APC.

Recent developments beyond the phone call allegations leveled against same party is the desperation being exhibited by impersonators claiming to be senior Pastors of the RCCG, meeting with several pastors across the country and claiming Pastor Adeboye sent them informing them to embrace “change” and vote APC. However, an attendee at one of such meetings was wise enough to verify from the leadership of the church in one of such states and was informed there was no such directive in fact, there can NEVER be such directive given the earlier disclaimer put out by the G.O himself.

It is evident the APC are “not afraid” of soiling the person, character and brand of Pastor Adeboye and the RCCG all in a desperate bid to get to power. If the church has intentionally stayed out of politics leading to the 2015 general elections, I wonder why this party is employing deceit and other forms of propaganda, smearing the church and her G.O because if someone is so desperate and negates the fear of God in the process, I wonder if/she he can be trusted.