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Who Can Succeed Gov. Fashola, Eventually?

2011-04-08T13:14:00.000-07:00

Thinking aloud,... let us imagine we can see tomorrow from today. What is all this hue and cry over Mrs Tinubu wanting tobecome a senator? Well, since Nigerian politicians are becoming more proficient in making calculations, let us consider this possibility: Given that it makes sense to allow Gov. Fashola to complete the projects he has in the mill, what happens when in four years his second

When a Man does not Recognise the Time of God's Visitation

2010-10-14T04:25:00.000-07:00

So what is the big deal about Jonathan running for office next election? Is he not already the President? And the Niger Delta region people , how they carry on these days about next year's Jonathan makes the rest of us feel left out of it all; even the way the Bruce family is using their resources to spread propaganda. Haba! If a man becomes a President, is he not the president for all citizens?

Creating a Fundamental Argument Essay For a College Course

2010-09-08T07:38:00.000-07:00

I really do not know when the habit began, but it has become the in- thing now to have someone else write for you your presentation. I first learnt of this happening when I heard the term 'speech-writers' used in relation to those people who produce speeches for political leaders. Top officials of both public and private sector organizations often keep a team of speech-writers. When I

You Take Away Joy

2010-03-28T17:41:00.000-07:00

You take away joy from the lives of those who know you, from the lives of those who love you; when you don’t make the most of yourself. When you don’t clean up yourself, other people close to you must often do it for you; and it’s such a headache! Everyone has enough trouble of their own in this Topsy turvy world. It is true that we help each other bear our burdens occasionally, still everyone

There is no such thing as easy money !

2009-12-14T13:57:00.000-08:00

Dear God tell me there is hope for the Nigerian, please. I financed a petroleum products supplier under agreement to the effect that he returns just 8% of the finance monthly as my share of his profit. He cooperated for two months and then suddenly had the idea that not paying anything at all as well as not returning the money is a better option for him. Why do Nigerians prefer taking the hard

Compensating Africa for Climate Change is Laughable !!!

2009-12-02T09:57:00.000-08:00

I hear things these days that just make me wonder ! Imagine walking through my living room this afternoon and over hearing some government official (whose face I thank God I don't know!) speaking to some reporter during the noon newscast on our channelstv saying that Africa, especially Nigeria would be the worst for the global climate change for reason of our large population; and that he was

Climate Change Hits Home Here !

2009-11-09T17:18:00.000-08:00

If there has been any doubt as to what all the fuss about global warming and climate change was, there shouldn't be any more here. Quite unusual, since this recent late October, the rains suddenly resumed as if it was June all over again. Raining not just minutes of drizzles and showers but days of torrential out-pouring that left most of the poorly-drainaged locations overwlemed with flooding.

Always Be Prepared!

2009-10-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

You know, there is a philosophy I picked from the film Hurricane. And that was, to never get so comfortable and attached as to let down my guards, regardless of the people I am with. I always refused to take advantage of the prevalent practices at First Bank. I always lived below my means and I continued to invest in all investibles. It is only in extreme cases that I even used their health

Free Again!

2009-10-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

Now the will of God is done in my life. I am free from a limiting relationship I went into with First Bank of Nigeria plc in 1984. I have kept the faith. I have been faithful and loyal. Through the challenges, trials and temptation I have learnt integrity, diligence and trust. I have kept my side of the bargain, but the question is, ' are those who have hijacked the management of the affairs of

Blogger.com got me worried back there!

2009-08-29T01:10:00.000-07:00

This month last year was when I stumbled upon blogging using the blogger.com platform. I had a car accident and it was so thought-provoking that I sought an avenue to say how it happened. I had no idea how to use the blog nor what to do with it, but I wanted to say things and I found out it made it possible for me to do so. I want to thank blogger.com for letting me write on their platform these

A dream I dreamt

2009-07-06T13:55:00.000-07:00

I had a dream friday night. A peculiar and strange dream. In it, I asked about a certain prominent man of a community I know, that is, how to locate him. I was told he lived in a mobile home. A full built house on wheels. Wherever he stopped became his location. As if to clear my mind on this, immediately, the house they spoke of drove up at a sweeping speed. It sped past me like wind and went

Die Hard, Never Give Up Spirit!

2009-06-25T15:06:00.000-07:00

If this is not resilience what else could it be? This is the original spirit of man, the one which believes in achieving inspite of all odds. But, let us first give credit to today's Punch from which we 'photo-ed' this interesting photo.What a burden! What hope! What expectation in the face of glaring impossibility! Such faith could only be found in Nigeria. Never tell the man it cannot be done

Oh My Country!

2009-05-16T06:20:00.000-07:00

A man straddles a horse without taking hold of the reins and complains that the horse is going the wrong way.Exactly the situation of leadership in my country today, I reluctantly have to accept. You see, in finance I have discovered that people usually blow the money they have no purpose for. Much so when officials get government funds and they do not have the slightest idea how to use the money

Parenting Kids

2009-04-26T05:03:00.000-07:00

I am a man.A black man, an african. I am a Nigerian. Yes, I am a NIGERIAN. And am a christian. I follow Christ. I am a person. You know one thing I find most unpleasant about being a parent. Well, take a guess. It is this seemingly lack of preparedness! I hate the fact that am still working on myself to become in virtually all areas - relationships,wisdom, insight, righteousness, finances, ethics

You Give

2009-03-28T16:40:00.001-07:00

I must have said this once, that nothing is cheap in life. Nothing is easy in life. Nothing is free in life.What you think is cheap ultimately costs you more than you planned for. That which you think is easy will continue to demand of you more and more. And that which you think is free, believe me, someone somewhere has paid the price for it.With this in mind, I advise that you always aim

About Wives and Mothers-in-Law!

2009-03-05T14:46:00.001-08:00

Goodness me! What's it with wives and mothers-in-law? Two women with a stake each in the life of the same man, yet will never see eye to eye. They are always at each other's throat like cat and mouse! The jealous trait of women comes out worst in these twosome.It's true what I have heard often said. That women are their own worst enemies. I have observed that even sisters from same mother are

A Contrary Wisdom

2009-02-11T11:14:00.001-08:00

I have never liked competition. It's not in my psyche. Usually, I walk away from a fight if I know I have the upper hand.I never feel right about doing anyone in. I can't even wish bad those who by virtue of their dealings with me cannot be perceived as anything other than enemies. Every transaction I go into seem to see me always ripped-off. But I believe somehow things will eventually even out.

The more religion, the more desperation!

2009-01-31T15:03:00.001-08:00

"Shinning lights everywhereOh these are the daysMany roads leading nowhereWe got to watch where we're going" (stormwind)The heightened depravity of men push those who still care about life into religion. Africa, as I see, is the most religious continent. Yet the more religious houses exist the further the people seem to exhibit ungodly tendencies.It's a case of 'surrendering to fate', as some

Fostering Untruth thinking We're doing right!

2009-01-18T05:19:00.000-08:00

Hi,Happy day to you. Happy Sunday. Have you noticed how Sundays no longer feel easyas Lionel Richie sang. Days no longer seem easy. And we have none other to blame but ourselves.Here I go again, living in my thoughts; thinking out of the box. A message title in my e-mail box got me wondering, rousing my thoughts. It says'You Can Make Money From Al Gore's Big Lie'Really, I do not know what the

To Have Eye for You

2009-01-06T15:35:00.000-08:00

Hi there, Its curious really, is it not? I mean the way we still play out the Cain and Abel situation in our days. I was just reading the passage again and, thinking about it, I see how all over the world today we still make Cain’s mistake. Which is – if God was not cool with us when Abel was around He most certainly would be more pissed off when He discovers we did- Abel- in so we

Compliments of the season

2008-12-26T10:01:00.000-08:00

Hi!Great to see you. Compliments of the season. I've been trying to clean up my blog all day. Make it better for you to enjoy next time you call.I really want to thank you all for patronising me these teething months. I promise you I'll get better. You've all been good to me, you who have stopped here to read or just to view my page. Thanks.May the coming days, months and years bring us blessings

How much of Your secret thoughts would You dare share?

2008-12-08T23:39:00.000-08:00

Forgive me for not appearing so savvy as to what this blog thing is all about.I really loved the idea when I got the notion it was to do with my expressing my thought. I seem to live most in my thoughts, so that was great, I felt.Again, I could say what I feel about things I ordinarily would not be in position to say squat about and luckily someone far away would ' hear ' me .In these past months

How to conceive a baby boy

2008-11-08T12:14:00.000-08:00

A joke at work yesterday inspired this post. The joke was that there are now about as much as twenty females to one man on our planet earth today. Although this might not exactly be true. However, as I wondered how this might be I remembered the unique experience we had before having our first child - a boy. Click Here! I hoped this might help someone in need as I have found out that both mothers

Dimeji Bankole, Keyamo is not making Noise !

2008-10-30T22:59:00.001-07:00

‘Keyamo is making noise’ Mr. Dimeji Bankole was reported by the Business Day newspaper of 28th October, 2008 to have said when reporters asked him what he thought of the issue raised by Festus Keyamo on the alleged over-payment of N421.5m on 380 units of Peugeot 407 cars bought by the lower House of which Bankole is the Speaker. ‘Let him be making noise, the House will sort itself out’. ‘..the

Living is an Opportunity for Usefulness.

2008-10-20T16:02:00.000-07:00

I heard it said once that the mind is a terrible thing to waste. And that's just the mind alone.Resulting from the precarious life most of us live today, a lot of lives are being wasted. Not in the sense that they are snuffed out, but rather that they are not actualised. Original destinies are often being truncated, diverted from, or abandoned completely in pursuit of mundane experiences.In our