Sunday, November 25, 2018
Obasanjo Demands Explanation From Buhari
"No matter how long we choose to feign ignorance, the news of a stranger running the affairs of Nigeria has gained international attention. I have in the past few weeks received calls from different world leaders and some concerned global investors who sought for my response over this issue which is currently being talked about in almost every home in the country.
Fake news is real but this story whether false or true can only be put to rest by the accused who happens to be President Muhammadu Buhari. In 2010, many of you I believe still remember how it was rumoured that I was shot dead by assassins. The news understandably went viral immediately and on learning about it, I came out and said I was alive and well. Buhari is answerable to Nigerians so he should do the needful and stop inadvertently giving credence to the story."
— Obasanjo explodes in Yolanda, Adamawa State.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Wise Sayings of Charlie Chaplin
Today is
Charlie Chaplin's
125th birthday -
A Good Day to Recollect
his 3 Heart Touching
Statements:
(1) Nothing is Permanent
in this World,
not even our
Troubles.
(2) I like Walking in
the Rain,
because
NoBody can see
my Tears.
(3) The Most Wasted
Day in Life is the
Day in which
we
have not Laughed.
LIFE is to Enjoy with
Whatever you have with
You,
Keep Smiling...!
If you feel STRESSED,
Give yourself A Break.
Enjoy Some..
Icecream/ Choclates/
Candy/ Cake...
Why...?
B'Coz...:
STRESSED
backwards spelling is
DESSERTS...!!
Enjoy...!
Very Beautiful lines
Pls Store it.
ONE Good FRIEND
is equal to ONE
Good Medicine...!
Likewise
ONE Good
Group is equal to ONE
Full medical store...!!
Six Best Doctors
in the World....:
1.Sunlight
2.Rest
3.Exercise
4.Diet
5.Self Confidence &
6.Friends
Maintain them
in all
stages of Life and
enjoy healthy life...!
If you see the Moon...
You see the Beauty of
God.....!
If you see the Sun...!
You see the power of
God....
And....
If you see the Mirror,
You see the
Best
Creation of GOD...!
So,
Believe in YOURSELF.
We all are Tourists &
God is our Travel Agent
Who has already fixed
all our Routes,
Reservations
& Destinations
So....
Trust him &
Enjoy the
"Trip" called LIFE...!!
Life will never
come Again.!!
Live Today..!
You may share this to all People who
are Important to You..!!
🙏
Charlie Chaplin's
125th birthday -
A Good Day to Recollect
his 3 Heart Touching
Statements:
(1) Nothing is Permanent
in this World,
not even our
Troubles.
(2) I like Walking in
the Rain,
because
NoBody can see
my Tears.
(3) The Most Wasted
Day in Life is the
Day in which
we
have not Laughed.
LIFE is to Enjoy with
Whatever you have with
You,
Keep Smiling...!
If you feel STRESSED,
Give yourself A Break.
Enjoy Some..
Icecream/ Choclates/
Candy/ Cake...
Why...?
B'Coz...:
STRESSED
backwards spelling is
DESSERTS...!!
Enjoy...!
Very Beautiful lines
Pls Store it.
ONE Good FRIEND
is equal to ONE
Good Medicine...!
Likewise
ONE Good
Group is equal to ONE
Full medical store...!!
Six Best Doctors
in the World....:
1.Sunlight
2.Rest
3.Exercise
4.Diet
5.Self Confidence &
6.Friends
Maintain them
in all
stages of Life and
enjoy healthy life...!
If you see the Moon...
You see the Beauty of
God.....!
If you see the Sun...!
You see the power of
God....
And....
If you see the Mirror,
You see the
Best
Creation of GOD...!
So,
Believe in YOURSELF.
We all are Tourists &
God is our Travel Agent
Who has already fixed
all our Routes,
Reservations
& Destinations
So....
Trust him &
Enjoy the
"Trip" called LIFE...!!
Life will never
come Again.!!
Live Today..!
You may share this to all People who
are Important to You..!!
🙏
Inaccurate Igbo Translation
“‘EKPERE’ IS NOT THE IGBO TRANSLATION FOR PRAYERS
These days, every Igbo Christian believes that ‘Ekpere’ means prayer; some Christians have even taken it as a name. However, there are indications that Ekpere is possibly an accepted term for prayers but neither the right word for prayers nor the closest alternative.
Prayer is one thing our ancestors never played with. Igbo ethnic group – being a community governed by religion before the advent of the white man – had a worship system that made every individual a priest. The symbol of the priesthood is known as Ikenga, and every man had his own Ikenga. For that reason, I could generalize by saying that all our ancestors woke every morning to pray, and their priests prayed also to the gods of the shrine. Prayer wasn't a novel thing; however, these men of old never interpreted the word ‘Ekpere’ to mean prayer.
The Igbo word ‘Ekpere’ was derived from noun: Ikpe – which means ‘Report’. That is why traditional Court – which existed in Igbo land in time immemorial – is known as ‘Ulo Ikpe’.
In Igbo linguistics, Ikpe Ikpe (both words sound differently) means to decide a case, and when you threaten to report someone to the police, for instance, you simply say: m ga EKPERE ya police. (I will report to the police.)
*** Children always say: m ga EKPERE ya mama anyi (I will report to my mother.) ***
This word ‘Ekpere’, which is commonly used, finds its way in our everyday informal communication for a different meaning entirely – not as a translation for Prayer.
On the above premise, I will like to state clearly that during the rituals of breaking of kola, the word Ekpere is employed. The elders introduce it in the midst of blessings by saying ‘Ekpere anyi na ekpere unu bu…’ (Our ‘good wishes/confession’ for you is…). Could this simply signify that Ekpere is synonymous to Prayers or does the word ‘Ekpere’ has a multi-meaning in Igbo land?
The answer is no. Ekpere remains Reporting/Talking to.
Prayer is Thanksgiving, Supplications, Confession of sins, Re-dedication and many more. It's not just talking to.
There is a word commonly used by the traditionalist is igoo (pronounced as igor). Among every Igbo word, none has its spiritual connotation. Igoo has all the attributes of Structured religious Prayers, but for some reasons – which we will profile – it was jettisoned.
Among the Igbos, Praying before a deity is still known as ‘Igoolu Alusi’ and watered down to ‘Ikpelu Alusi’ (the latter simply means reporting to the deity). However, family sanctification remained unadulterated: when a man wishes to sanctify his household, the ancient and the present term used is ‘Igoo ofor’ (meaning intercession). And the prayers rendered before the ritual of the breaking of kola nut in Igbo land, till tomorrow, is called ‘igoo orji’ (praying over the kola).
*** To the Igbo men of old, the word ‘Igoo’ embodied the communication between God and mortals. My eldest Aunt for an example, her name was Onyeagom – meaning, who will intercede for me. ***
To worship in a traditional way is still known as ‘Igoo mmou – worshipping the spirits’ but Christianity found it so hard to use ‘Igoo Chukwu – worshipping God’. They accepted the term ‘Ikpelu Chukwu – reporting to God’.
Possibly, because of the general use of the word ‘igoo’ among the Igbo traditional worshippers, the white man found such a deep spiritual word not worthy to be a substitute for prayers. For this reason, the once spiritual term was outcast among the people, and the new religion converted it into something unclean.
(Traditionalists till this day are known as ‘ndi Ogoo mmou – people that pray through the spirits’. The ‘Ogoo’ is derived from ‘Igoo’)
Ekpere (which simply means to report) is far lighter in meaning than Igoo (which means intercession, devotion and invocation). But the simple fact that it’s very popular among the prejudiced heathen – and unacceptable by the church – relegated the most spiritual and sacred word in Igbo terminology.
(This is 200% original work of Ozii Baba Anieto. He is not sure that any writer has ever touched this topic. Nevertheless, the world is a big place – someone, somewhere may have the inspiration bestowed on him by the gods.)
Ozii Baba Anieto is the mouthpiece of the gods
His words are Ajambe”
#WakeUp
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These days, every Igbo Christian believes that ‘Ekpere’ means prayer; some Christians have even taken it as a name. However, there are indications that Ekpere is possibly an accepted term for prayers but neither the right word for prayers nor the closest alternative.
Prayer is one thing our ancestors never played with. Igbo ethnic group – being a community governed by religion before the advent of the white man – had a worship system that made every individual a priest. The symbol of the priesthood is known as Ikenga, and every man had his own Ikenga. For that reason, I could generalize by saying that all our ancestors woke every morning to pray, and their priests prayed also to the gods of the shrine. Prayer wasn't a novel thing; however, these men of old never interpreted the word ‘Ekpere’ to mean prayer.
The Igbo word ‘Ekpere’ was derived from noun: Ikpe – which means ‘Report’. That is why traditional Court – which existed in Igbo land in time immemorial – is known as ‘Ulo Ikpe’.
In Igbo linguistics, Ikpe Ikpe (both words sound differently) means to decide a case, and when you threaten to report someone to the police, for instance, you simply say: m ga EKPERE ya police. (I will report to the police.)
*** Children always say: m ga EKPERE ya mama anyi (I will report to my mother.) ***
This word ‘Ekpere’, which is commonly used, finds its way in our everyday informal communication for a different meaning entirely – not as a translation for Prayer.
On the above premise, I will like to state clearly that during the rituals of breaking of kola, the word Ekpere is employed. The elders introduce it in the midst of blessings by saying ‘Ekpere anyi na ekpere unu bu…’ (Our ‘good wishes/confession’ for you is…). Could this simply signify that Ekpere is synonymous to Prayers or does the word ‘Ekpere’ has a multi-meaning in Igbo land?
The answer is no. Ekpere remains Reporting/Talking to.
Prayer is Thanksgiving, Supplications, Confession of sins, Re-dedication and many more. It's not just talking to.
There is a word commonly used by the traditionalist is igoo (pronounced as igor). Among every Igbo word, none has its spiritual connotation. Igoo has all the attributes of Structured religious Prayers, but for some reasons – which we will profile – it was jettisoned.
Among the Igbos, Praying before a deity is still known as ‘Igoolu Alusi’ and watered down to ‘Ikpelu Alusi’ (the latter simply means reporting to the deity). However, family sanctification remained unadulterated: when a man wishes to sanctify his household, the ancient and the present term used is ‘Igoo ofor’ (meaning intercession). And the prayers rendered before the ritual of the breaking of kola nut in Igbo land, till tomorrow, is called ‘igoo orji’ (praying over the kola).
*** To the Igbo men of old, the word ‘Igoo’ embodied the communication between God and mortals. My eldest Aunt for an example, her name was Onyeagom – meaning, who will intercede for me. ***
To worship in a traditional way is still known as ‘Igoo mmou – worshipping the spirits’ but Christianity found it so hard to use ‘Igoo Chukwu – worshipping God’. They accepted the term ‘Ikpelu Chukwu – reporting to God’.
Possibly, because of the general use of the word ‘igoo’ among the Igbo traditional worshippers, the white man found such a deep spiritual word not worthy to be a substitute for prayers. For this reason, the once spiritual term was outcast among the people, and the new religion converted it into something unclean.
(Traditionalists till this day are known as ‘ndi Ogoo mmou – people that pray through the spirits’. The ‘Ogoo’ is derived from ‘Igoo’)
Ekpere (which simply means to report) is far lighter in meaning than Igoo (which means intercession, devotion and invocation). But the simple fact that it’s very popular among the prejudiced heathen – and unacceptable by the church – relegated the most spiritual and sacred word in Igbo terminology.
(This is 200% original work of Ozii Baba Anieto. He is not sure that any writer has ever touched this topic. Nevertheless, the world is a big place – someone, somewhere may have the inspiration bestowed on him by the gods.)
Ozii Baba Anieto is the mouthpiece of the gods
His words are Ajambe”
#WakeUp
Men Will Be Men 😍😃
A girl at a bus stop spotted a handsome man and without hesitation went to him and said
" you look cute.. I like'' you."
The man out of shock simply placed his hand on her shoulder and said
"My dear, this love and infatuation are all nothing.
You are too young to be behaving like this. Please go
home and study hard so that you can have a
successful life."
He then placed a piece of paper on her hand and
said "I have written some words of wisdom and religious verses for you. Read them before you go to sleep."
And then he walked away.
The girl went back to her home in shame and
guilt.
Before she slept she opened up the paper and read
thus:
"Are you blind? My wife was standing behind me.
Anyway, this is my number.
Call me anytime.
By the way, you look amazing and I like you too!"
Men are always Men !!!!!!!!!!!!!😆😆😆
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" you look cute.. I like'' you."
The man out of shock simply placed his hand on her shoulder and said
"My dear, this love and infatuation are all nothing.
You are too young to be behaving like this. Please go
home and study hard so that you can have a
successful life."
He then placed a piece of paper on her hand and
said "I have written some words of wisdom and religious verses for you. Read them before you go to sleep."
And then he walked away.
The girl went back to her home in shame and
guilt.
Before she slept she opened up the paper and read
thus:
"Are you blind? My wife was standing behind me.
Anyway, this is my number.
Call me anytime.
By the way, you look amazing and I like you too!"
Men are always Men !!!!!!!!!!!!!😆😆😆
Unforgetable Interview for Children
Pls read this and get your children also to read it.
One young man went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the initial interview, and now would meet the director for the final interview.
The director discovered from his CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent.
He asked, Did you obtain any scholarships in school?
The youth answered "NO".
Who paid your school fees?
"My Parents ", he replied.
"Where do they work?"
"They worked as clothes cleaners.”
The director requested the youth to show his hands.
The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
"Have you ever helped your parents to wash the clothes?"
"Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, my parents can wash clothes faster than me.
The director said, "I have a request. "When you go home today, go and clean your parents hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
The youth felt dejected.
When he got back home, he asked his parents to let him clean their hands.
His parents felt strange, and happy. With mixed feelings,
they showed their hands to their son.
The youth cleaned their hands slowly. He shed tears as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his parents hands were much wrinkled, and there were so many bruises on their hands.
Some bruises were so painful that they winced when he touched them.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was these pairs of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fees.
The bruises in the hands were the price that the parents had to pay for his education, his school activities and his future.
After cleaning his parents hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for them.
That night, parents and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, when he asked:
"Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, I cleaned my parents hand, and also washed all the remaining clothes'! "I now know what appreciation is.
Without my parents, I would not be who I am today".
By helping my parents yesterday, I realized how difficult and tough it would have been for me to get through school on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and value of helping one’s family.
The director said, "This is what I am looking for in a manager.
I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life.”
“You are hired.”
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop an "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts.
If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying our children instead?
You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, watch on a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them partake in it.
After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters.
It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in the right way.
Let them understand, that no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow grey, same as the parents of that young man.
The most important thing is for your child to learn how to appreciate the efforts of others, and experience the difficulties of hard labor, and learn the ability to work with others to get things done.
Pls forward this story to as many as possible. This may change somebody's life/attitude. I was touched by this and hope every one I forward this to will also be moved.
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One young man went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the initial interview, and now would meet the director for the final interview.
The director discovered from his CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent.
He asked, Did you obtain any scholarships in school?
The youth answered "NO".
Who paid your school fees?
"My Parents ", he replied.
"Where do they work?"
"They worked as clothes cleaners.”
The director requested the youth to show his hands.
The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.
"Have you ever helped your parents to wash the clothes?"
"Never, my parents always wanted me to study and read more books. Besides, my parents can wash clothes faster than me.
The director said, "I have a request. "When you go home today, go and clean your parents hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
The youth felt dejected.
When he got back home, he asked his parents to let him clean their hands.
His parents felt strange, and happy. With mixed feelings,
they showed their hands to their son.
The youth cleaned their hands slowly. He shed tears as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his parents hands were much wrinkled, and there were so many bruises on their hands.
Some bruises were so painful that they winced when he touched them.
This was the first time the youth realized that it was these pairs of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fees.
The bruises in the hands were the price that the parents had to pay for his education, his school activities and his future.
After cleaning his parents hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for them.
That night, parents and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, when he asked:
"Can you tell me what you did and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, I cleaned my parents hand, and also washed all the remaining clothes'! "I now know what appreciation is.
Without my parents, I would not be who I am today".
By helping my parents yesterday, I realized how difficult and tough it would have been for me to get through school on my own. I have come to appreciate the importance and value of helping one’s family.
The director said, "This is what I am looking for in a manager.
I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life.”
“You are hired.”
A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop an "entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts.
If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying our children instead?
You can let your child live in a big house, eat a good meal, watch on a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let them partake in it.
After a meal, let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters.
It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in the right way.
Let them understand, that no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow grey, same as the parents of that young man.
The most important thing is for your child to learn how to appreciate the efforts of others, and experience the difficulties of hard labor, and learn the ability to work with others to get things done.
Pls forward this story to as many as possible. This may change somebody's life/attitude. I was touched by this and hope every one I forward this to will also be moved.
How Saraki Sponsored Buhari ...P. Adesanmi
Saraki, Buhari: Matters Arising
By Pius Adesanmi
I have now listened to Bukola Saraki's new soundcloud audio of an address in Yoruba to his supporters in Ilorin. It is indeed a galling tell-all, a compelling compendium of his grievances and animus against President Buhari.
Predictably, Buharideens are gushing all over Facebook and Twitter. I suppose they see this in their usual one-track way: Saraki is implicating himself. Evidently, they have not thought through the full implications of Saraki's revelations: they never think through the implications of anything concerning Buhari.
There is nothing Saraki reveals about himself that we don't already know: cold, calculating, and irredeemably corrupt, with a warped perspectivization of Nigeria as food to be dished out in a gourmandizing system of patronage. His grievance? Buhari is blocking the yam and the knife after receiving the proceeds of jibiti.
The level of self-implication in corruption by Saraki is why Buharideens are gushing. "Of 36 states", Bukola Saraki boasts on tape, "I funded Buhari's election in 30, excluding only the Southwest. I gave N200m, N300m, even N400million to some states, personally phoning bank managers for disbursement."
This is not Bukola's father's money. It is Nigeria's money that this irresponsible man is claiming to have so wantonly distributed to buy an election for Buhari. Only for things to turn sour after the election: all the juicy appointments he hoped to corner for his cronies in Abuja were denied him by Buhari.
To the Buharideens gushing all over the place, where in this audio clip did Bukola Saraki indicate that your god, Mr. Integrity, Mr. No Corruption, rejected this massive and illicit spending of Nigeria's funds in his behalf? Remember the saying about the giver & receiver of loot? You are so carried away in your one-track, wishy-washy interpretation of the audio that the obvious implication is lost on you: Saraki is in fact openly saying that Buhari did not honour the ancient code of honour among thieves.
I hate to rain on your parade but Buhari does not come out smelling of roses in these revelations. Like Saraki, he comes out smelling of shit, deep shit. You people must always make Buhari the victim. Consider Adeosun. When she resigned, you whined that she embarrassed Baba by hanging on for too long - making Bubu the victim. The real question was: why did your Baba condone illegality for so long?
Here's to a future Nigeria where Saraki and Buhari will both answer for the claims in that audio: corruption and campaign finance illegalities.
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By Pius Adesanmi
I have now listened to Bukola Saraki's new soundcloud audio of an address in Yoruba to his supporters in Ilorin. It is indeed a galling tell-all, a compelling compendium of his grievances and animus against President Buhari.
Predictably, Buharideens are gushing all over Facebook and Twitter. I suppose they see this in their usual one-track way: Saraki is implicating himself. Evidently, they have not thought through the full implications of Saraki's revelations: they never think through the implications of anything concerning Buhari.
There is nothing Saraki reveals about himself that we don't already know: cold, calculating, and irredeemably corrupt, with a warped perspectivization of Nigeria as food to be dished out in a gourmandizing system of patronage. His grievance? Buhari is blocking the yam and the knife after receiving the proceeds of jibiti.
The level of self-implication in corruption by Saraki is why Buharideens are gushing. "Of 36 states", Bukola Saraki boasts on tape, "I funded Buhari's election in 30, excluding only the Southwest. I gave N200m, N300m, even N400million to some states, personally phoning bank managers for disbursement."
This is not Bukola's father's money. It is Nigeria's money that this irresponsible man is claiming to have so wantonly distributed to buy an election for Buhari. Only for things to turn sour after the election: all the juicy appointments he hoped to corner for his cronies in Abuja were denied him by Buhari.
To the Buharideens gushing all over the place, where in this audio clip did Bukola Saraki indicate that your god, Mr. Integrity, Mr. No Corruption, rejected this massive and illicit spending of Nigeria's funds in his behalf? Remember the saying about the giver & receiver of loot? You are so carried away in your one-track, wishy-washy interpretation of the audio that the obvious implication is lost on you: Saraki is in fact openly saying that Buhari did not honour the ancient code of honour among thieves.
I hate to rain on your parade but Buhari does not come out smelling of roses in these revelations. Like Saraki, he comes out smelling of shit, deep shit. You people must always make Buhari the victim. Consider Adeosun. When she resigned, you whined that she embarrassed Baba by hanging on for too long - making Bubu the victim. The real question was: why did your Baba condone illegality for so long?
Here's to a future Nigeria where Saraki and Buhari will both answer for the claims in that audio: corruption and campaign finance illegalities.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Apprenticeship Vs. Academic Qualification
The Secret of Onitsha Millionaires.
Dinning With The Wolves.
I wish to leak a secret of the African Practical Business School of Onitsha. You need to know why a primary school drop out who can neither read nor write became a multi millionaire whereas with all your 'Oyibo' degree, you still find it difficult to replace your old shirts.
You are well educated. 4 years in Nigeria University and 2 years in UK university. Business Administration Hons.
He dropped out in primary 4, could hardly write his name... 'Church' he calls 'Shursh' and you would laugh when he says: 'Nne, closs the load.' (Nne, cross the road.)
You intimidate him with your impeccable british accent; your suit looks good and your dress sense 'na die'. Inside your thick skull is that business administrative brain nurtured by world best professors for 6 years, and 10million rests in account to start the same trade with that drop out.
Funny. To compete with the half man in the world of buying and selling, All the odds are against him.
Your mistake is, you can only see the surface. True, he is a half man, but look deeper, you will see that the other half is a street wolf and you are in his territory. Verily, verily I say unto you, you won't last more than 2years.
Let's compare and contrast (Training /Education)
The first year you were in school learning 'GSS 101: Use Of English'... he was new in Onitsha. An apprentice, 'Nwa Boyi'. Possibly his first time in a city. (Inactive, his duty was to watch and observe.)
The second year you were lectured on 'BUS 202: Introduction to Business Gymnastics'... he was in front of Oga's shop dragging passer bys and customers with other 'umu boyi'. (Baby wolf; learning how to hunt.)
Then the third year your courses came with bigger grammar....
a 'new boyi' was assigned to him. He became a manager, still answerable to the older Boyis.(Industrial Training)
Fourth year, you started your final year project... He took the records of daily sales. Smart ass, he should not forget 'apiliko'; to steal small money from oga and his account must be balanced. (This is equivalent to Masters Degree in Accounting, but this time you are learning with REAL CASH... No be ORDINARY question and answer).
The fifth year, you went for your NYSC... he too went for a different NYSC... Oga sent him to cities; he found out the exact place to buy at lower prices. (Priceless Survey. No Business school will teach you this.)
Sixth year, you jet out to Oxford... He became a senior manager. Took greater responsibility. He started speaking funny 'Inglish' with the chinese. (Business Communication)
And while you were rounding up in the seventh year, you have read a million business books and journal... he was literally in partnership with Oga. In few months, Oga would give him N200,000.00...
Don't be deceived by the cash... The BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE he has acquired: the Sellers' contacts, costumers he had made in 7years and instinct to read the market, worth millions.
And 'phonetically' you came back to Onitsha with 10million and an intention to show him how to do business... Afterall he is NOT EDUCATED and has only N200,000 (I laugh... He was thoroughly EDUCATED, personally supervised by a master).
At the end of one year, he would have N7.2million CASH in his account ...and you, some of your newly found customers would be owing you a total of the only remaining N400,000.
If you last for another six month in that business, then no doubt, you made 1st class in Oxford.
Lesson 1: Eke-Uke the 'local breed' dog is a very dangerous beast in his territory.
Read heaven, Read hell, if you are not employed by an already established organisation, you need to learn everything afresh.
Your exposure will shorten the time it will take you to fit in, but you need to under study any new business before you risk a kobo.
'Abeg' drop your noisy Certificate and learn first from men that were into the business for long.
Your certificate or qualification is not more valuable than the piece of paper it is printed on.
If you wish to learn about house flies, visit an old woman that cooks with 'ogili', she alone knows a blind house fly.
*Ozii Anieto*
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
These Men Made Buhari President
Now digest this for this night and see that we are in trouble in this country, very serious trouble.
Here are some of the prominent names that helped send Buhari to Aso Rock.
1. Dr. Oby Ezekwesili
2. Fela Durotoye
3. Atiku Abubakar
4. Omoyele Sowore
5. Donald Duke
6. Chief Obasanjo
7. Professor Charles Soludo
8. Pastor Tunde Bakare
9. Pastor Sunday Adelaja
10. Father Ejike Mbaka
11. Professor Pastor Yemi Osibanjo
12. Professor Tam David West
13. Professor Wole Soyinka
14. Rev. Chris Okotie
These people actually believed that Buhari had what it takes to lead Nigeria into a first world.
These people went to school. Many are professors. Some claimed to have direct access to God.
Some are gifted with "prophesies".
They read history. They understood international relations. They understood how societies work or so we thought.
They were more than 20 years old in 1983 when Buhari shot himself to power.
They saw Buhari murder innocent Nigerians in 1983
They saw Buhari destroy the economy in 1983
They saw the role Buhari played in Abacha's government.
They read all the threats of violence by Buhari against the country.
They saw Buhari harras Lam Adesina Oyo State Governor because of Fulani herdsmen
They saw Buhari lead a sharia protest that claimed the lives of innocent Nigerians in 2001.
They saw how the political ambition of Buhari claimed the lives of over 1000 innocent people including youth corpers in 2011.
They saw everything this man did. They knew him too well to miss the little details of his violent life.
But they were united in hatred.
Hatred for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. One among the few Nigeria leaders that actually wanted Nigeria to work.
They exploited his humility.
They exploited his kindness.
They danced and made merry in Ojota.
They mobilised thugs to stone a sitting President.
They harassed his family wherever they went.
Because they are from the hated minority who must not be king.
For Kings must come from the Fulani lineage.
Jonathan must not loot also.
For looters must come from enablers of evil.
These are intellectuals.
Amongst whom are Pastors and Prophets
Wisdom failed
Prophesies failed
It is possible many Nigerian "intellectuals" are working with fake certificates.
The tragedy of a people
The tragedy of a country.
#Written_by_Anonymous
Here are some of the prominent names that helped send Buhari to Aso Rock.
1. Dr. Oby Ezekwesili
2. Fela Durotoye
3. Atiku Abubakar
4. Omoyele Sowore
5. Donald Duke
6. Chief Obasanjo
7. Professor Charles Soludo
8. Pastor Tunde Bakare
9. Pastor Sunday Adelaja
10. Father Ejike Mbaka
11. Professor Pastor Yemi Osibanjo
12. Professor Tam David West
13. Professor Wole Soyinka
14. Rev. Chris Okotie
These people actually believed that Buhari had what it takes to lead Nigeria into a first world.
These people went to school. Many are professors. Some claimed to have direct access to God.
Some are gifted with "prophesies".
They read history. They understood international relations. They understood how societies work or so we thought.
They were more than 20 years old in 1983 when Buhari shot himself to power.
They saw Buhari murder innocent Nigerians in 1983
They saw Buhari destroy the economy in 1983
They saw the role Buhari played in Abacha's government.
They read all the threats of violence by Buhari against the country.
They saw Buhari harras Lam Adesina Oyo State Governor because of Fulani herdsmen
They saw Buhari lead a sharia protest that claimed the lives of innocent Nigerians in 2001.
They saw how the political ambition of Buhari claimed the lives of over 1000 innocent people including youth corpers in 2011.
They saw everything this man did. They knew him too well to miss the little details of his violent life.
But they were united in hatred.
Hatred for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. One among the few Nigeria leaders that actually wanted Nigeria to work.
They exploited his humility.
They exploited his kindness.
They danced and made merry in Ojota.
They mobilised thugs to stone a sitting President.
They harassed his family wherever they went.
Because they are from the hated minority who must not be king.
For Kings must come from the Fulani lineage.
Jonathan must not loot also.
For looters must come from enablers of evil.
These are intellectuals.
Amongst whom are Pastors and Prophets
Wisdom failed
Prophesies failed
It is possible many Nigerian "intellectuals" are working with fake certificates.
The tragedy of a people
The tragedy of a country.
#Written_by_Anonymous
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Alhassan Dantata Profile. Black History
Black History Month - Nigeria
Alhassan Dantata (1877– 17 August 1955) was a northern Nigerian kola nut trader and the wealthiest man in West Africa at the time of his death.
Early life
Dantata's father was Abdullahi, a man from the village of Danshayi, near Kano. Dantata was born in Bebeji in 1877, one of several children of Abdullahi and his wife, both of whom were traders and caravan leaders. His father died in Bebeji, and his mother moved to Gonja, now in northern Ghana. The children were too young to succeed to their father's position and to manage his considerable wealth. They all received their portion according to Islamic law.
Maduga Amarya, like her mother in law, was a trader of wealth in her own right. Indeed she was known to be such a forceful character that nobody in the Zango would take her to wife.
She therefore decided to leave the children in Bebeji, in the care of an old slave woman, while she moved to Accra where she became one of the wealthier Hausa traders. The slave woman was known as "Tata" from which circumstance young Alhassan became known as Alhassan Dantata because of her role as his 'mother' (" Dan-tata" means "son of Tata" in Hausa language).
Alhassan was sent to a Qur'anic school (madrasah) in Bebeji and as his share of his father's wealth (as so often happens), seemed to have vanished, he had to support himself. The life of the almajiri (Qur'anic student) is difficult, as he has to find food and clothing for himself and also for his malam (teacher) and at the same time read. Some simply beg while others seek paid work. Alhassan worked and even succeeded at the insistence of Tata in saving. His asusu, "money box" (a pottery vessel) purchased by Dantata and set in the wall of the house can still be seen.
When he was about 15 years of age, Alhassan joined a Gonja bound caravan to see his mother. He purchased some items from Bebeji, he sold half of them on the way and the rest in Accra. When he saw his mother, he was very delighted hoping she would allow him to live without doing any work since she was one of the wealthier local traders. After only a rest of one day, she took him to another malam and asked him to stay there until he was ready to return to Kano and he worked harder in Accra than he did in Bebeji.
After the usual reading of the Qur'an, Alhassan Dantata had to go and beg for food for his malam, and himself. When he worked for money on Thursdays and Fridays, Alhassan Dantata would not be allowed to spend the money for himself alone, his malam always took the lion's share (this is normal in Hausa society). After the visit, his mother sent him back to Bebeji where he continued his studies. Even though now a teenager, Dantata continued to insist that he must save something everyday.
Kano civil war and Slavery
In 1893 Dantata was still a teenager boy when the great upheavals occurred in the Kano Emirate. This included the Kano Civil War (1893–1894) and the British invasion of the emirate. During the Kano Civil war,Dantata and his brothers were captured and sold as slaves, but they were able to buy their freedom back and return to Bebeji shortly afterwards.
Career
Dantata later returned to Bebeji, and began using steamships to transport kola nuts between Accra and Lagos. He later diversified his trade into items such as beads and necklaces, and bought a house in the Koki ward of Kano. He married Umma Zaria, and she conducted business for him with women (him not doing it for religious reasons).
In 1918, the UK-based Royal Niger Company searched for an agent to purchase groundnuts for them, and Dantata responded to their offer. Alhassan remained in Bebeji until matters had settled down and the roads were secure, only then did he set out for Accra, by way of Ibadan and Lagos (Ikko) and then by sea to Accra and then to Kumasi, Sekondi and back to Lagos. Alhassan was one of the pioneers of this route.
For several years, he carried his kola by sea, using steamers; to Lagos where he usually sold it to Kano bound merchants. By this time, he was relatively wealthy. In 1906, he began broadening his interests by trading in beads, necklaces, European cloth, etc. His mother, who had never remarried, died in Accra around 1908 and he thereafter generally restricted his operations to Lagos and Kano, although he continued to visit Accra.
Thus far in his career, with most of his fellow long distance traders, he continued to live in one of the towns some distance from Kano City, only visiting the Birni for business purposes. Before Alhassan settled in Kano permanently, he visited Kano City only occasionally to either purchase or sell his wares. He did not own a house there, but was satisfied with the accommodation given to him by his patoma (land lord.).
It was during the time of the first British appointed Emir of Kano; Abbas (1903–1919) that Alhassan decided to establish a home in Kano. He purchased his first house in the Sarari area (an extension of Koki). At that time there were no houses from the house of Baban Jaki (at the end of Koki) up to Kofar Mazugal. In fact the area was called Sarari because it was empty and nobody wanted that land. Alhassan built his first house on that land and was able thereafter to extend it freely.
In 1912, when the Europeans started to show an interest in the export of groundnut, they contacted the already established Kano merchants through the Emir, Abbas and their chief agent, Adamu Jakada. Some established merchants of Kano like Umaru Sharubutu, Maikano Agogo and others were approached and accepted the offer.
Later in 1918, Alhassan was approached by the Niger Company to help purchase groundnuts for them. He was already familiar with the manner by which people made fortunes by buying cocoa for Europeans in the Gold Coast.
He responded and participated in the enterprise with enthusiasm, he had several advantages over other Kano business men: he could speak some English because of his contact with the people on the coast, thus he could negotiate more directly with the European traders for better prices.
He also had accumulated a large capital and unlike other established Kano merchants, had only a small family to maintain, as he was still a relatively young man. Alhassan had excellent financial management, was frugal and unostentatious.
He knew some accounting and with the help of Alhaji Garba Maisikeli, his financial controller for 38 years, every kobo was accounted for every day. Not only that, Alhassan was hard working and always around to provide personal supervision of his workers.
As soon as he entered the groundnut purchasing business, he came to dominate the field. In fact by 1922 he became the wealthiest businessman in Kano. Umaru Sharubutu and Maikano Agogo were relegated to the second and the third positions respectively.
When the British Bank of West Africa was opened in Kano in 1929, he became the first Kano businessman to use a bank account when he deposited twenty camel loads of silver coins. Shortly before his death, he pointed to sixty "groundnut pyramids" in Kano and said, "These are all mine". Alhassan became the chief produce buyer especially of groundnuts for the Niger Company (later U.A.C). It is said that he used to purchase about half of all the nuts purchased by U.A.C in northern Nigeria.
Because of this, he applied for a license to purchase and export groundnuts in 1940 just like the U.A.C. However, because of the great depression and the war situation, it was not granted. Even Saul Raccah lost his license to export and import about this time because he did not belong to the Association of West African Merchants.
In 1953-4 he became a licensed buying agent (L.B.A) that is, a buyer who sells direct to the marketing board instead of to another firm. However, Alhassan had many business connections both in Nigeria and in other West African countries, particularly the Gold Coast.
He dealt, not only in groundnuts, but also in other merchandise. He traded in cattle, kola, cloth, beads, precious stones, grains, rope and other things. His role in the purchase of kola nuts from forest areas of Nigeria for sale in the North was so. great, that eventually whole "kola trains" from the Western Region were filled with his nuts alone.
Pilgrimage to Mecca
He made a pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca via boat in the early 1920s, and stopped in England.[2] He also financed the pilgrimages of others Muslims.
By 1922 Dantata had become the richest businessman in Kano, surpassing fellow merchants Umaru Sharubutu Koki and Maikano Agogo. In 1929, when the Bank of British West Africa opened a branch in Kano, Dantata placed 20 camel-loads of silver coins in it. (For religious reasons, his money collected no interest.)
He died in Kano on 17 August 1955, having exhorted his children to not let his company, Alhassan Dantata and Sons, be broken up. He was buried in his house in the Sarari ward.
Death
In 1955, Dantata fell ill and because of the seriousness of his illness, he summoned his chief financial controller, Garba Maisikeli and his children. He told them that his days were approaching their end and advised them to live together. He was particularly concerned about the company he had established (Alhassan Dantata & Son's).
He asked them not to allow the company to collapse. He implored them to continue to marry within the family as much as possible. He urged them to avoid clashes with other wealthy Kano merchants. They should take care of their relatives, especially the poor among them. Three days later he died in his sleep on Wednesday 17 August 1955. He was buried the same day in his house in Sarari ward, Kano. At the time of his death, Dantata was the wealthiest man in the West Africa.
Children
Among Dantata's sons were Mamuda (1922–1983), founder of the West African Pilgrims Association and a currency trader, Sanusi (born 1917), a very successful businessman, Ahmadu (died 1960), a politician, and Aminu (born 1931), a businessman. Aliko Dangote, the richest black man in the world is his great grand child.
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Alhassan Dantata (1877– 17 August 1955) was a northern Nigerian kola nut trader and the wealthiest man in West Africa at the time of his death.
Early life
Dantata's father was Abdullahi, a man from the village of Danshayi, near Kano. Dantata was born in Bebeji in 1877, one of several children of Abdullahi and his wife, both of whom were traders and caravan leaders. His father died in Bebeji, and his mother moved to Gonja, now in northern Ghana. The children were too young to succeed to their father's position and to manage his considerable wealth. They all received their portion according to Islamic law.
Maduga Amarya, like her mother in law, was a trader of wealth in her own right. Indeed she was known to be such a forceful character that nobody in the Zango would take her to wife.
She therefore decided to leave the children in Bebeji, in the care of an old slave woman, while she moved to Accra where she became one of the wealthier Hausa traders. The slave woman was known as "Tata" from which circumstance young Alhassan became known as Alhassan Dantata because of her role as his 'mother' (" Dan-tata" means "son of Tata" in Hausa language).
Alhassan was sent to a Qur'anic school (madrasah) in Bebeji and as his share of his father's wealth (as so often happens), seemed to have vanished, he had to support himself. The life of the almajiri (Qur'anic student) is difficult, as he has to find food and clothing for himself and also for his malam (teacher) and at the same time read. Some simply beg while others seek paid work. Alhassan worked and even succeeded at the insistence of Tata in saving. His asusu, "money box" (a pottery vessel) purchased by Dantata and set in the wall of the house can still be seen.
When he was about 15 years of age, Alhassan joined a Gonja bound caravan to see his mother. He purchased some items from Bebeji, he sold half of them on the way and the rest in Accra. When he saw his mother, he was very delighted hoping she would allow him to live without doing any work since she was one of the wealthier local traders. After only a rest of one day, she took him to another malam and asked him to stay there until he was ready to return to Kano and he worked harder in Accra than he did in Bebeji.
After the usual reading of the Qur'an, Alhassan Dantata had to go and beg for food for his malam, and himself. When he worked for money on Thursdays and Fridays, Alhassan Dantata would not be allowed to spend the money for himself alone, his malam always took the lion's share (this is normal in Hausa society). After the visit, his mother sent him back to Bebeji where he continued his studies. Even though now a teenager, Dantata continued to insist that he must save something everyday.
Kano civil war and Slavery
In 1893 Dantata was still a teenager boy when the great upheavals occurred in the Kano Emirate. This included the Kano Civil War (1893–1894) and the British invasion of the emirate. During the Kano Civil war,Dantata and his brothers were captured and sold as slaves, but they were able to buy their freedom back and return to Bebeji shortly afterwards.
Career
Dantata later returned to Bebeji, and began using steamships to transport kola nuts between Accra and Lagos. He later diversified his trade into items such as beads and necklaces, and bought a house in the Koki ward of Kano. He married Umma Zaria, and she conducted business for him with women (him not doing it for religious reasons).
In 1918, the UK-based Royal Niger Company searched for an agent to purchase groundnuts for them, and Dantata responded to their offer. Alhassan remained in Bebeji until matters had settled down and the roads were secure, only then did he set out for Accra, by way of Ibadan and Lagos (Ikko) and then by sea to Accra and then to Kumasi, Sekondi and back to Lagos. Alhassan was one of the pioneers of this route.
For several years, he carried his kola by sea, using steamers; to Lagos where he usually sold it to Kano bound merchants. By this time, he was relatively wealthy. In 1906, he began broadening his interests by trading in beads, necklaces, European cloth, etc. His mother, who had never remarried, died in Accra around 1908 and he thereafter generally restricted his operations to Lagos and Kano, although he continued to visit Accra.
Thus far in his career, with most of his fellow long distance traders, he continued to live in one of the towns some distance from Kano City, only visiting the Birni for business purposes. Before Alhassan settled in Kano permanently, he visited Kano City only occasionally to either purchase or sell his wares. He did not own a house there, but was satisfied with the accommodation given to him by his patoma (land lord.).
It was during the time of the first British appointed Emir of Kano; Abbas (1903–1919) that Alhassan decided to establish a home in Kano. He purchased his first house in the Sarari area (an extension of Koki). At that time there were no houses from the house of Baban Jaki (at the end of Koki) up to Kofar Mazugal. In fact the area was called Sarari because it was empty and nobody wanted that land. Alhassan built his first house on that land and was able thereafter to extend it freely.
In 1912, when the Europeans started to show an interest in the export of groundnut, they contacted the already established Kano merchants through the Emir, Abbas and their chief agent, Adamu Jakada. Some established merchants of Kano like Umaru Sharubutu, Maikano Agogo and others were approached and accepted the offer.
Later in 1918, Alhassan was approached by the Niger Company to help purchase groundnuts for them. He was already familiar with the manner by which people made fortunes by buying cocoa for Europeans in the Gold Coast.
He responded and participated in the enterprise with enthusiasm, he had several advantages over other Kano business men: he could speak some English because of his contact with the people on the coast, thus he could negotiate more directly with the European traders for better prices.
He also had accumulated a large capital and unlike other established Kano merchants, had only a small family to maintain, as he was still a relatively young man. Alhassan had excellent financial management, was frugal and unostentatious.
He knew some accounting and with the help of Alhaji Garba Maisikeli, his financial controller for 38 years, every kobo was accounted for every day. Not only that, Alhassan was hard working and always around to provide personal supervision of his workers.
As soon as he entered the groundnut purchasing business, he came to dominate the field. In fact by 1922 he became the wealthiest businessman in Kano. Umaru Sharubutu and Maikano Agogo were relegated to the second and the third positions respectively.
When the British Bank of West Africa was opened in Kano in 1929, he became the first Kano businessman to use a bank account when he deposited twenty camel loads of silver coins. Shortly before his death, he pointed to sixty "groundnut pyramids" in Kano and said, "These are all mine". Alhassan became the chief produce buyer especially of groundnuts for the Niger Company (later U.A.C). It is said that he used to purchase about half of all the nuts purchased by U.A.C in northern Nigeria.
Because of this, he applied for a license to purchase and export groundnuts in 1940 just like the U.A.C. However, because of the great depression and the war situation, it was not granted. Even Saul Raccah lost his license to export and import about this time because he did not belong to the Association of West African Merchants.
In 1953-4 he became a licensed buying agent (L.B.A) that is, a buyer who sells direct to the marketing board instead of to another firm. However, Alhassan had many business connections both in Nigeria and in other West African countries, particularly the Gold Coast.
He dealt, not only in groundnuts, but also in other merchandise. He traded in cattle, kola, cloth, beads, precious stones, grains, rope and other things. His role in the purchase of kola nuts from forest areas of Nigeria for sale in the North was so. great, that eventually whole "kola trains" from the Western Region were filled with his nuts alone.
Pilgrimage to Mecca
He made a pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca via boat in the early 1920s, and stopped in England.[2] He also financed the pilgrimages of others Muslims.
By 1922 Dantata had become the richest businessman in Kano, surpassing fellow merchants Umaru Sharubutu Koki and Maikano Agogo. In 1929, when the Bank of British West Africa opened a branch in Kano, Dantata placed 20 camel-loads of silver coins in it. (For religious reasons, his money collected no interest.)
He died in Kano on 17 August 1955, having exhorted his children to not let his company, Alhassan Dantata and Sons, be broken up. He was buried in his house in the Sarari ward.
Death
In 1955, Dantata fell ill and because of the seriousness of his illness, he summoned his chief financial controller, Garba Maisikeli and his children. He told them that his days were approaching their end and advised them to live together. He was particularly concerned about the company he had established (Alhassan Dantata & Son's).
He asked them not to allow the company to collapse. He implored them to continue to marry within the family as much as possible. He urged them to avoid clashes with other wealthy Kano merchants. They should take care of their relatives, especially the poor among them. Three days later he died in his sleep on Wednesday 17 August 1955. He was buried the same day in his house in Sarari ward, Kano. At the time of his death, Dantata was the wealthiest man in the West Africa.
Children
Among Dantata's sons were Mamuda (1922–1983), founder of the West African Pilgrims Association and a currency trader, Sanusi (born 1917), a very successful businessman, Ahmadu (died 1960), a politician, and Aminu (born 1931), a businessman. Aliko Dangote, the richest black man in the world is his great grand child.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
How To Secure Your Phone Conversations
Considering the current security situation that everyone is monitored, we should be mindful of our communication and social media interactions in our interest. Please for the protection of own communication, kindly follow the following steps:
1. Dial *#61# to find out if your phone is monitored. If the parameters show "call forwarded", then :
2. Dial ## 21 # to remove the monitoring device.
NOTE:
You should do this as deem fit with regards to the nature of your communication and if you're a high profile personality, then you require to carry out this frequently in your interest. Please share this information with your family, friends and loved ones. God bless you!
1. Dial *#61# to find out if your phone is monitored. If the parameters show "call forwarded", then :
2. Dial ## 21 # to remove the monitoring device.
NOTE:
You should do this as deem fit with regards to the nature of your communication and if you're a high profile personality, then you require to carry out this frequently in your interest. Please share this information with your family, friends and loved ones. God bless you!
What The Catholics Believe
DO YOU MIND SENDING THIS TO ANY CATHOLIC YOU KNOW? A Reminder of Lists Every Catholic Should be Familiar With:
*The 7 Sacraments (The Holy Mysteries):*
1. Baptism
2. Confirmation (Chrismation)
3. Eucharist
4. Penance (Confession, Reconciliation)
5. Matrimony
6. Holy Orders
7. Extreme Unction (Annointing of the Sick
*The 7 Corporal Works of Mercy:*
1. To feed the hungry
2. To give drink to the thirsty
3. To clothe the naked
4. To shelter the homeless
5. To visit the sick
6. To visit the imprisoned
7. To bury the dead
*The 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy:*
1. To counsel the doubtful
2. To instruct the ignorant
3. To admonish the sinner
4. To comfort the sorrowful
5. To forgive all injuries
6. To bear wrongs patiently
7. To pray for the living and the dead
*The 3 Eminent Good Works:*
1. Prayer
2. Fasting
3. Almsgiving
*The 7 Gifts of the Holy Ghost:*
1. Wisdom
2. Understanding
3. Counsel
4. Fortitude
5. Knowledge
6. Piety
7. Fear of the Lord
*Class of Gifts of the Holy Ghost known as Charismata:*
1. Gift of speaking with wisdom
2. Gift of speaking with knowledge
3. Faith
4. Grace of healing
5. Gift of miracles
6. Gift of prophecy
7. Gift of discerning spirits
8. Gift of tongues
9. Gift of interpreting speeches
*The 12 Fruits of the Holy Ghost:*
1. Charity
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Benignity
6. Goodness
7. Longanimity
8. Mildness
9. Faith
10. Modesty
11. Continency
12. Chastity
*The 3 Theological Virtues:*
1. Faith
2. Hope
3. Charity
*The 4 Cardinal Virtues:*
1. Prudence
2. Justice
3. Fortitude
4. Temperance
*The 7 Capital Sins:*
1. Pride
2. Greed
3. Lust
4. Anger
5. Gluttony
6. Envy
7. Sloth
*The 6 Sins against the Holy Ghost:*
1. Presumption
2. Despair
3. Resisting the known truth
4. Envy of another’s spiritual good
5. Obstinacy in sin
6. Final impenitence
*The 4 Sins that Cry Out to Heaven:*
1. Willful murder
2. The sin of Sodom
3. Oppression of the poor
4. Defrauding laborers of their wages
*Conditions for Mortal Sin:*
1. Grave matter
2. Full knowledge
3. Deliberate consent
*The 9 Ways We Participate in Others' Sins:*
1. By counsel
2. By command
3. By consent
4. By provocation
5. By praise or flattery
6. By concealment
7. By partaking
8. By silence
9. By defense of the ill done
*The 10 Commandments:*
1. Thou shalt not have other gods besides Me
2. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day
4. Honor thy father and thy mother
5. Thou shalt not murder
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery
7. Thou shalt not steal
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods
*The 2 Greatest Commandments:*
1. To love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength.
2. To love thy neighbor as thyself.
*The 3 Evangelical Counsels:*
1. Voluntary poverty
2. Perpetual chastity
3. Entire obedience.
*The 6 Precepts of the Church (The Duties of a Catholic):*
1.To go to Mass and refrain from servile work on Sundays and holy days
2. To go to Confession at least once a year (traditionally done during Lent)
3. To receive the Eucharist at least once a year, during the Easter Season (known as the "Easter duty")
4. To observe the days of fasting and abstinence
5. To help to provide for the needs of the Church according to one's abilities and station in life
6. To obey the marriage laws of the Church
*The 3 Powers of the Soul:*
1. Memory
2. Intellect
3. Will
*The 4 Pillars of the Catholic Faith:*
1. The Apostles Creed
2. The Seven Sacraments
3. The Ten Commandments
4. The Lord's Prayer
*The 3 Pillars of the Church's Authority:*
1. Sacred Scripture
2. Sacred Tradition
3. Living Magisterium
*The 3 Munera (Duties of the Ordained):*
1. Munus docendi (duty to teach, based on Christ's role as Prophet)
2. Munus sanctificandi (duty to sanctify, based on Chris's role as Priest)
3. Munus regendi (duty to shepherd, based on Christ's role as King)
*The 3 Parts of the Church:*
1. The Church Militant (Christians on Earth)
2. The Church Suffering (Christians in Purgatory)
3. The Church Triumphant (Christians in Heaven)
*The 4 Marks of the Church:*
1. Unity
2. Sanctity
3. Catholicity
4. Apostolicity
*The 12 Tribes of Israel In order of their birth*
1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
5.Zabulon
6. Issachar
7. Dan
8. Gad
9. Asher
10. Naphtali
11. Joseph (Menasseh and Ephraim)
12. Benjamin
*The 8 Beatitudes:*
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
2. Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land.
3. Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted
4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill
5. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy
6. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God
7. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God
8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
*The 14 Stations of the Cross:*
1. Jesus is Condemned to Die
2. Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross
3. Jesus Falls the First Time
4. Jesus Meets His Mother
5. Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
6. Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face
7. Jesus Falls the Second Time
8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
9. Jesus Falls the Third Time
10. Jesus is Stripped
11. Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
12. Jesus Dies on the Cross
13. Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross
14. Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
*The 20 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary & When They are Prayed:*
*Joyful:*
1. Annunciation
2. Visitation
3. Nativity
4. Presentation
5. Finding Jesus in the Temple
*Sorrowful:*
1. Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging
3. Crowning with thorns
4. Carrying of the Cross
5. Crucifixion
*Luminous:* 1. Baptism of Jesus.
2. Manifestation of Jesus at the wedding feast of Cana.
3. Proclamation of the kingdom of God.
4. The Transfiguration.
5. The institution of the Holy Eucharist
*Glorious:*
1. Resurrection
2. Ascension
3. Pentecost
4. Assumption
5. Crowning of Mary
Mondays: Joyful
Tuesdays: Sorrowful
Wednesdays: Glorious
Thursdays: Joyful
Fridays: Sorrowful
Saturdays: Glorious
Sundays in Advent
*Christmastide & Epiphany:*
Joyful Sundays in Eastertide & Time After Pentecost: Glorious
All of Septuagesima & Lent: Sorrowful
*The 9 Choirs of Angels In ascending order*
1. Angels
2. Archangels
3. Principalities
4. Powers
5. Virtues
6. Dominions
7. Thrones
8. Cherubim
9. Seraphim
*The 3 Levels of Reverence:*
1. Dulia: the reverence we give to Saints
2. Hyperdulia: the reverence we give to Mary as the greatest of Saints and Mother of God
3. Latria: the reverence and worship we give to God alone
*The 14 Holy Helpers:*
1. St. George, Martyr, April 23
2. St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, February 3
3. St. Pantaleon, Martyr, July 27
4. St. Vitus, Martyr, June 15
5. St. Erasmus (Elmo), Bishop and Martyr, June 2
6. St. Christopher, Martyr, July 25
7. St. Giles, Abbot, September 1
8. St. Cyriacus (Cyriac), Martyr, August 8
9. St. Achatius, Martyr, May 8
10. St. Dionysius (Denis), Bishop and Martyr, October 9
11. St. Eustachius (Eustace), Martyr, September 20
12. St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr, November 25
13. St. Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr, July 20
14. St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr, December 4
*The 7 Last Words of Christ:*
1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34)
2. Amen I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with me in paradise. (Luke 23:43)
3. Woman, behold thy son. . . .Behold thy mother. (John 19:26-27)
4. Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? (My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?) (Matthew 27:46, ref. Psalm 21)
5. I thirst. (John 19:28)
6. It is consummated.(John 19:30)
7. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit. (Luke 23:46, ref. Psalm 30:6)
*The 4 Last Things (The Novissima):*
1. Death
2. Judgement
3. Heaven
4. Hell
*Organized and Prepared by Bulunda Francis cathedral parish Mityana*
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*The 7 Sacraments (The Holy Mysteries):*
1. Baptism
2. Confirmation (Chrismation)
3. Eucharist
4. Penance (Confession, Reconciliation)
5. Matrimony
6. Holy Orders
7. Extreme Unction (Annointing of the Sick
*The 7 Corporal Works of Mercy:*
1. To feed the hungry
2. To give drink to the thirsty
3. To clothe the naked
4. To shelter the homeless
5. To visit the sick
6. To visit the imprisoned
7. To bury the dead
*The 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy:*
1. To counsel the doubtful
2. To instruct the ignorant
3. To admonish the sinner
4. To comfort the sorrowful
5. To forgive all injuries
6. To bear wrongs patiently
7. To pray for the living and the dead
*The 3 Eminent Good Works:*
1. Prayer
2. Fasting
3. Almsgiving
*The 7 Gifts of the Holy Ghost:*
1. Wisdom
2. Understanding
3. Counsel
4. Fortitude
5. Knowledge
6. Piety
7. Fear of the Lord
*Class of Gifts of the Holy Ghost known as Charismata:*
1. Gift of speaking with wisdom
2. Gift of speaking with knowledge
3. Faith
4. Grace of healing
5. Gift of miracles
6. Gift of prophecy
7. Gift of discerning spirits
8. Gift of tongues
9. Gift of interpreting speeches
*The 12 Fruits of the Holy Ghost:*
1. Charity
2. Joy
3. Peace
4. Patience
5. Benignity
6. Goodness
7. Longanimity
8. Mildness
9. Faith
10. Modesty
11. Continency
12. Chastity
*The 3 Theological Virtues:*
1. Faith
2. Hope
3. Charity
*The 4 Cardinal Virtues:*
1. Prudence
2. Justice
3. Fortitude
4. Temperance
*The 7 Capital Sins:*
1. Pride
2. Greed
3. Lust
4. Anger
5. Gluttony
6. Envy
7. Sloth
*The 6 Sins against the Holy Ghost:*
1. Presumption
2. Despair
3. Resisting the known truth
4. Envy of another’s spiritual good
5. Obstinacy in sin
6. Final impenitence
*The 4 Sins that Cry Out to Heaven:*
1. Willful murder
2. The sin of Sodom
3. Oppression of the poor
4. Defrauding laborers of their wages
*Conditions for Mortal Sin:*
1. Grave matter
2. Full knowledge
3. Deliberate consent
*The 9 Ways We Participate in Others' Sins:*
1. By counsel
2. By command
3. By consent
4. By provocation
5. By praise or flattery
6. By concealment
7. By partaking
8. By silence
9. By defense of the ill done
*The 10 Commandments:*
1. Thou shalt not have other gods besides Me
2. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day
4. Honor thy father and thy mother
5. Thou shalt not murder
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery
7. Thou shalt not steal
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods
*The 2 Greatest Commandments:*
1. To love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength.
2. To love thy neighbor as thyself.
*The 3 Evangelical Counsels:*
1. Voluntary poverty
2. Perpetual chastity
3. Entire obedience.
*The 6 Precepts of the Church (The Duties of a Catholic):*
1.To go to Mass and refrain from servile work on Sundays and holy days
2. To go to Confession at least once a year (traditionally done during Lent)
3. To receive the Eucharist at least once a year, during the Easter Season (known as the "Easter duty")
4. To observe the days of fasting and abstinence
5. To help to provide for the needs of the Church according to one's abilities and station in life
6. To obey the marriage laws of the Church
*The 3 Powers of the Soul:*
1. Memory
2. Intellect
3. Will
*The 4 Pillars of the Catholic Faith:*
1. The Apostles Creed
2. The Seven Sacraments
3. The Ten Commandments
4. The Lord's Prayer
*The 3 Pillars of the Church's Authority:*
1. Sacred Scripture
2. Sacred Tradition
3. Living Magisterium
*The 3 Munera (Duties of the Ordained):*
1. Munus docendi (duty to teach, based on Christ's role as Prophet)
2. Munus sanctificandi (duty to sanctify, based on Chris's role as Priest)
3. Munus regendi (duty to shepherd, based on Christ's role as King)
*The 3 Parts of the Church:*
1. The Church Militant (Christians on Earth)
2. The Church Suffering (Christians in Purgatory)
3. The Church Triumphant (Christians in Heaven)
*The 4 Marks of the Church:*
1. Unity
2. Sanctity
3. Catholicity
4. Apostolicity
*The 12 Tribes of Israel In order of their birth*
1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
5.Zabulon
6. Issachar
7. Dan
8. Gad
9. Asher
10. Naphtali
11. Joseph (Menasseh and Ephraim)
12. Benjamin
*The 8 Beatitudes:*
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
2. Blessed are the meek: for they shall posses the land.
3. Blessed are they who mourn: for they shall be comforted
4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill
5. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy
6. Blessed are the clean of heart: for they shall see God
7. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God
8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven
*The 14 Stations of the Cross:*
1. Jesus is Condemned to Die
2. Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross
3. Jesus Falls the First Time
4. Jesus Meets His Mother
5. Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
6. Veronica Wipes Jesus' Face
7. Jesus Falls the Second Time
8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
9. Jesus Falls the Third Time
10. Jesus is Stripped
11. Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
12. Jesus Dies on the Cross
13. Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross
14. Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
*The 20 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary & When They are Prayed:*
*Joyful:*
1. Annunciation
2. Visitation
3. Nativity
4. Presentation
5. Finding Jesus in the Temple
*Sorrowful:*
1. Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging
3. Crowning with thorns
4. Carrying of the Cross
5. Crucifixion
*Luminous:* 1. Baptism of Jesus.
2. Manifestation of Jesus at the wedding feast of Cana.
3. Proclamation of the kingdom of God.
4. The Transfiguration.
5. The institution of the Holy Eucharist
*Glorious:*
1. Resurrection
2. Ascension
3. Pentecost
4. Assumption
5. Crowning of Mary
Mondays: Joyful
Tuesdays: Sorrowful
Wednesdays: Glorious
Thursdays: Joyful
Fridays: Sorrowful
Saturdays: Glorious
Sundays in Advent
*Christmastide & Epiphany:*
Joyful Sundays in Eastertide & Time After Pentecost: Glorious
All of Septuagesima & Lent: Sorrowful
*The 9 Choirs of Angels In ascending order*
1. Angels
2. Archangels
3. Principalities
4. Powers
5. Virtues
6. Dominions
7. Thrones
8. Cherubim
9. Seraphim
*The 3 Levels of Reverence:*
1. Dulia: the reverence we give to Saints
2. Hyperdulia: the reverence we give to Mary as the greatest of Saints and Mother of God
3. Latria: the reverence and worship we give to God alone
*The 14 Holy Helpers:*
1. St. George, Martyr, April 23
2. St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, February 3
3. St. Pantaleon, Martyr, July 27
4. St. Vitus, Martyr, June 15
5. St. Erasmus (Elmo), Bishop and Martyr, June 2
6. St. Christopher, Martyr, July 25
7. St. Giles, Abbot, September 1
8. St. Cyriacus (Cyriac), Martyr, August 8
9. St. Achatius, Martyr, May 8
10. St. Dionysius (Denis), Bishop and Martyr, October 9
11. St. Eustachius (Eustace), Martyr, September 20
12. St. Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr, November 25
13. St. Margaret of Antioch, Virgin and Martyr, July 20
14. St. Barbara, Virgin and Martyr, December 4
*The 7 Last Words of Christ:*
1. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34)
2. Amen I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with me in paradise. (Luke 23:43)
3. Woman, behold thy son. . . .Behold thy mother. (John 19:26-27)
4. Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? (My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?) (Matthew 27:46, ref. Psalm 21)
5. I thirst. (John 19:28)
6. It is consummated.(John 19:30)
7. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit. (Luke 23:46, ref. Psalm 30:6)
*The 4 Last Things (The Novissima):*
1. Death
2. Judgement
3. Heaven
4. Hell
*Organized and Prepared by Bulunda Francis cathedral parish Mityana*
What Makes A Happy Woman?
The happiest women today are not the married ones. They're not the single ones. They're not the ones with stable careers and good incomes. The happiest women are the ones who made a choice to love themselves wholly and truly. Women who chose to leave the past behind, worked on their self-esteem and put a high price tag on their self-esteem.
They stopped playing victims. They stopped whining in self-pity and dining in pity parties. They moved past their anger, tears and bitterness. They realized that happiness is a personal choice and responsibility. They chose to be defined by their present, but not their bitter pasts.
They are happy because they don't need validation from anyone. They are happy because they know that they don't need to throw shade on anyone for them to shine. They are happy because they have chosen to stay close to God.
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They stopped playing victims. They stopped whining in self-pity and dining in pity parties. They moved past their anger, tears and bitterness. They realized that happiness is a personal choice and responsibility. They chose to be defined by their present, but not their bitter pasts.
They are happy because they don't need validation from anyone. They are happy because they know that they don't need to throw shade on anyone for them to shine. They are happy because they have chosen to stay close to God.
Friday, November 2, 2018
Pat Obahiagbon Eulogizes Tony Anenih
Patrick Obahiagbon has released a fitting elegy on Chief Tony Anenih.
My sincere condolences goes to the family, filial or conjugal, of late Chief Tony Anenih who has gloriously transited to empyrean ensconcement.
Chief Tony Anenih's transition is indeed a colossal loss to all, as he was a great personage not just to us in Edo but the nation in caboodle.
This gangatuan and Olympian eche homo of Nostrademus vivendi will be greatly missed for constantly promoting and cascading the good people of Edo state in highly exalted positions in Nigeria's political atmospherics.
He was of elephant brain and an iconoclastic artful dodger like the Arabian monkey or cat with nine lives.
In fact, his solid political interventions in the corpus of our pax Nigeriana shall remain coruscatingly etched in the Nations encephalon and non pareil.
He truly emblematized a savoir-faire predilection in his political peregrination.
Even as we mourn his transition to the utopian oblivion, let us also be consoled because he lived a very productive life.
His Bougainvillea presence was felt as the Iyasele of Esan land and uncommon cosmopolitan bridge builder for Edo State and fuselage Nigeria.
I pray that the Great Geometrician of the Universe grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss
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My sincere condolences goes to the family, filial or conjugal, of late Chief Tony Anenih who has gloriously transited to empyrean ensconcement.
Chief Tony Anenih's transition is indeed a colossal loss to all, as he was a great personage not just to us in Edo but the nation in caboodle.
This gangatuan and Olympian eche homo of Nostrademus vivendi will be greatly missed for constantly promoting and cascading the good people of Edo state in highly exalted positions in Nigeria's political atmospherics.
He was of elephant brain and an iconoclastic artful dodger like the Arabian monkey or cat with nine lives.
In fact, his solid political interventions in the corpus of our pax Nigeriana shall remain coruscatingly etched in the Nations encephalon and non pareil.
He truly emblematized a savoir-faire predilection in his political peregrination.
Even as we mourn his transition to the utopian oblivion, let us also be consoled because he lived a very productive life.
His Bougainvillea presence was felt as the Iyasele of Esan land and uncommon cosmopolitan bridge builder for Edo State and fuselage Nigeria.
I pray that the Great Geometrician of the Universe grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Your Character is Your Fate
YOU CANNOT GET BY PRAYER WHAT YOU SHOULD GET BY CHARACTER & OBEDIENCE
A man’s character is his fate- Heraclitus Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (US), said: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
By saying ‘nothing,’ one of America’s greatest minds and founding fathers meant not even God could help such a man.
As a pastor, I have watched pitiably how people self-sabotage themselves by seeking spiritual solutions to character-deficit issues. They look around at everybody as suspects for their predicaments when their greatest demons lurks within them- their character.
What we often call our destiny is truly our character, and since that character can change, then destiny can be altered. Character is destiny.
Is prayer actually EVERYTHING? Many would begin to argue back and forth on this intriguing question, but my main purpose of writing this piece is not to get involved in arguments. Arguments don’t improve the validity of a ‘truth;’ they only determine how long it would take before you realise it.
Most people believe that we can pray ourselves to success and get away with virtually anything if we become a stickler to some prayer routines. There is no amount of spiritual penance that can substitute for character. Sometimes, you need character, not prayer.
Dutch Sheets said: “Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God; it is a deposit slip- a way of depositing God’s character into our bankrupt souls.”
British writer and politician, Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859), said: “The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” I have often said that what would ultimately destroy a man going to high places in life is not really the enemies that are waiting for him there, but the character that followed him there.
I want to emphatically underline the fact that this write-up is not meant to trivialise prayers in any way. I have observed that many people take character for granted, while overzealously tuning on into their spiritual mode.
We have become so spiritually in tune through prayers that we neglect the place of character and our relationship with people. Many are actually ‘heavenly’ bound, but with no earthly relevance. You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public and maintain a holy appearance, but it is your behavior and character that will actually trigger the manifestation of all that God has for you.
You must learn to treat people with courtesy.
The Shunammite woman must have been praying for a child all through her life. By being hospitable to a man of God, she eventually got her much-awaited miracle. It wasn’t prayer that opened the door for her; it was her character. Assuming she wasn’t hospitable, she would have missed a critical miracle.
Many times, we pray, fast and bind demons that don’t exist when our real demons are just our greatly flawed character. Many have insulted people that were divinely placed and orchestrated to help them fulfil their destiny. Some people are keeping malice with their destiny helpers.
Treat people with respect. Treat strangers with courtesy. Never look down on anybody. God can use anyone to change your story.
Abigail Van Buren said: “The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.”
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. The way we treat people we think can’t help or hurt us, like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries, tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How do you treat people?
One of the most impressive architectural feats and the greatest military defence project in history is the Great Wall of China. In 1987, UNESCO designated the Great Wall a World Heritage site, and a popular controversial claim that emerged in the 20th century holds that it is the only man-made structure that is visible from space.
Originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang (c. 259-210 B.C.) in the 3rd Century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from Mongolians and barbarian nomads into the Chinese Empire, the wall is one of the most extensive construction projects ever completed.
History has it that when the ancient Chinese decided to live in peace, they made the Great Wall of China; they thought no one could climb it due to its height. During the first 100 years of its existence, the Chinese were invaded thrice and every time, the hordes of enemy infantry had no need of penetrating or climbing over the wall, because each time, they bribed the guards and came through the doors.
The Chinese built the wall, but forgot the character- building of the wall-guards. Though the Great Wall has over the years become a powerful symbol of the country’s enduring strength and spirit, but it has actually been a good reminder to the Chinese of the superiority of human character.
The Chinese realised much later that the best defence against the enemy is not a fortified wall, but a fortified character. Thus, the building of human character comes before building of anything else.
Prayer is not EVERYTHING! Build relationships, and don’t ever forget that God will always use man. Be mindful of your words and how you speak to people. Work seriously on your character and attitude towards life.
I want to say emphatically that character is not optional; it is sacrosanct to the future that God has planned for you. No matter where you place prayers, character matters. The greatest fraud in life is religion without character. A man without character is recklessly alive.
William Shakespeare captured it succinctly when he said: “The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” Peter Schutz, the former chief executive officer of Porsche said: “HIRE CHARACTER; TRAIN SKILLS.”
A man’s character is his fate- Heraclitus Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (US), said: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
By saying ‘nothing,’ one of America’s greatest minds and founding fathers meant not even God could help such a man.
As a pastor, I have watched pitiably how people self-sabotage themselves by seeking spiritual solutions to character-deficit issues. They look around at everybody as suspects for their predicaments when their greatest demons lurks within them- their character.
What we often call our destiny is truly our character, and since that character can change, then destiny can be altered. Character is destiny.
Is prayer actually EVERYTHING? Many would begin to argue back and forth on this intriguing question, but my main purpose of writing this piece is not to get involved in arguments. Arguments don’t improve the validity of a ‘truth;’ they only determine how long it would take before you realise it.
Most people believe that we can pray ourselves to success and get away with virtually anything if we become a stickler to some prayer routines. There is no amount of spiritual penance that can substitute for character. Sometimes, you need character, not prayer.
Dutch Sheets said: “Prayer is not a check request asking for things from God; it is a deposit slip- a way of depositing God’s character into our bankrupt souls.”
British writer and politician, Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859), said: “The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.” I have often said that what would ultimately destroy a man going to high places in life is not really the enemies that are waiting for him there, but the character that followed him there.
I want to emphatically underline the fact that this write-up is not meant to trivialise prayers in any way. I have observed that many people take character for granted, while overzealously tuning on into their spiritual mode.
We have become so spiritually in tune through prayers that we neglect the place of character and our relationship with people. Many are actually ‘heavenly’ bound, but with no earthly relevance. You can speak with spiritual eloquence, pray in public and maintain a holy appearance, but it is your behavior and character that will actually trigger the manifestation of all that God has for you.
You must learn to treat people with courtesy.
The Shunammite woman must have been praying for a child all through her life. By being hospitable to a man of God, she eventually got her much-awaited miracle. It wasn’t prayer that opened the door for her; it was her character. Assuming she wasn’t hospitable, she would have missed a critical miracle.
Many times, we pray, fast and bind demons that don’t exist when our real demons are just our greatly flawed character. Many have insulted people that were divinely placed and orchestrated to help them fulfil their destiny. Some people are keeping malice with their destiny helpers.
Treat people with respect. Treat strangers with courtesy. Never look down on anybody. God can use anyone to change your story.
Abigail Van Buren said: “The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.”
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. The way we treat people we think can’t help or hurt us, like housekeepers, waiters, and secretaries, tells more about our character than how we treat people we think are important. How do you treat people?
One of the most impressive architectural feats and the greatest military defence project in history is the Great Wall of China. In 1987, UNESCO designated the Great Wall a World Heritage site, and a popular controversial claim that emerged in the 20th century holds that it is the only man-made structure that is visible from space.
Originally conceived by Emperor Qin Shi Huang (c. 259-210 B.C.) in the 3rd Century B.C. as a means of preventing incursions from Mongolians and barbarian nomads into the Chinese Empire, the wall is one of the most extensive construction projects ever completed.
History has it that when the ancient Chinese decided to live in peace, they made the Great Wall of China; they thought no one could climb it due to its height. During the first 100 years of its existence, the Chinese were invaded thrice and every time, the hordes of enemy infantry had no need of penetrating or climbing over the wall, because each time, they bribed the guards and came through the doors.
The Chinese built the wall, but forgot the character- building of the wall-guards. Though the Great Wall has over the years become a powerful symbol of the country’s enduring strength and spirit, but it has actually been a good reminder to the Chinese of the superiority of human character.
The Chinese realised much later that the best defence against the enemy is not a fortified wall, but a fortified character. Thus, the building of human character comes before building of anything else.
Prayer is not EVERYTHING! Build relationships, and don’t ever forget that God will always use man. Be mindful of your words and how you speak to people. Work seriously on your character and attitude towards life.
I want to say emphatically that character is not optional; it is sacrosanct to the future that God has planned for you. No matter where you place prayers, character matters. The greatest fraud in life is religion without character. A man without character is recklessly alive.
William Shakespeare captured it succinctly when he said: “The fault is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” Peter Schutz, the former chief executive officer of Porsche said: “HIRE CHARACTER; TRAIN SKILLS.”
Atiku Signs To Make First Month Matter
ATIKU ABUBAKAR HAS PLEDGED TO PUBLICLY SIGN A SWORN AFFIDAVIT/MOU TO START THE RESTRUCTURING PROCESS OF NIGERIA WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF BEING SWORN INTO POWER-REBUILDING OUR KEY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.-SERIES ONE
Nigeria has a comprehensively developed Integrated Infrastructure Development Master Plan that require consistent investment/capital projects injection of over $3trillion/N915trillion over the next 20-30 years to bring her even to the level of the second world countries. A master plan that was abandoned by the Buhari government for a cronysm laden mediocre governance that foists poverty and misery on the populace.
As currently structured, Nigeria cannot muster the critical funding requirements to execute her huge huge infrastructure deficit through the fiscal revenue mobilization sources available to the three tiers of government. Her inability to mobilize the needed non-fiscal capital is directly located at the current unwieldly structural foundation upon which it is built and the attendant faulty economic model.
The level of political instability, opacity, insecurity, policy inconsistencies, confusion, mediocrity and corruption in Nigeria today, occasioned by the fraud engendering and poverty foisting constitutional, fiscal, governance, political and socioeconomic framework we run today have compounded our woes.
Nigeria cannot move forward and attain her full potentials, unless we restructure her. Restructuring Nigeria does not mean the breaking her up, as some ignorant, retrogressive and mischievous revisionists will want you to believe. Restructuring here simply means, the overhaul of the constitutional and fiscal framework of Nigeria in such ways and manner that will make the diverse ethnic nationalities and constituents units in Nigeria to live harmoniously and work productively for the good of all.
We can only unlock the required sustainable and huge long term non-fiscal investments and capital from other climes and sources if we put in place the needed and appropriate constitutional, governance and institutional structures in place.
Devolution of more powers and resources from the centre to the constituent units, ceding of most of the responsibilities in the Exclusive list to the Residual list and putting in place the required transparent/accountable frameworks/policies will help to open up Nigeria and ensure consistent and sustainable economic growth that trickles down to the masses, create jobs and reduces poverty.
Some of the responsibilities that will be ceded to the Residual list include, Solid Minerals, Power, Housing, Works, Transport, Agriculture, Education, Health etc.
ILLUSTRATION 1.
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE.- Through devolution of powers and resources, Nigeria will be in the best position to develop our key infrastructure needs-THE RAIL NETWORK AND APPURTENANCES.
By the reason of the current Land Use Act, the management of every inch of the 923,000sqkm land mass in Nigeria is placed under the control of the 36 state governors in Nigeria. The FGN does not control land resources.
Under the constitutional reform agenda of the Atiku Government, urgent constitutional amendments will tackle the land use act, the amendment of the 1955 Nigeria Railway Act and other extant laws that will allow for easy private sector participation and unhindered long term global capital inflow into the key sectors of Railway, Housing, Road Infrastructure, Marine and Maritime, Aviation etc.
To reduce drastically the cost of production in Nigeria, beside power and energy, we need to fix our rail transport Infrastructure. This infrastructure includes, the rail track networks, the coaches/freights, the stations and its administrations/regulations. They are critical to the transport infrastructure. This is so because of the large volume of passengers and cargoes that it can carry and its relative safety records.
The United Kingdom with a land mass of 243,000 square kilometre has over 16,000 km rail network and thousands of passenger/freight coaches. Despite the top efficiency of the UK public sector, her rail system and services have long been privatised since 1993. Nigeria with a vast and larger land mass of 923,000 sq km requires at least 48,000 km of rail network criss-crossing the vast land mass of the country.
Currently, we have only existing 3,021km obsolete narrow gauge line network. An epileptic rail system and governance framework that is still being run under the anachronistic and retrogressive Nigeria Railway Act of 1955.
The Atiku-Obi led government through its avowed commitment to RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA ( Power and Resources devolution), and constitutional reforms, will facilitate and lead the process to build new networks to at least 12,000km rail networks and infrastructure in Nigeria in the next five to eight years? A mega key infrastructure development project that will require about $38bn-$42bn/N12.8tn, mostly driven by Global Private Sector Enterprises without a jot of debt increase on the balance sheet of the FGN. This project shall be executed simultaneously with other sectorial development plans with structured and funding arrangement outside the conventional fiscal allocation that will involve the states and local government, Diaspora Nigerians. This process shall be driven/managed by key global infrastructure development partners, the world bank and other stakeholders.
A central government that is not overbearing, under a restructured Nigeria, will enhance synergy, cooperation and healthy development competition amongst the constituents units in the country.
The Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, as very exposed, creative thinking and passionately productive leaders will lead the relevant Federal Government Agencies to provide the needed constitutional, regulatory and legislative framework that will drive the whole process.
The Key driving factor here will be the speedy amendment of the constitution, the land use act and the 1955 Railway Act to accommodate a private sector-driven scheme that can unlock the needed non-fiscal investments in that sector.
The first phase of robust and sustainable rail infrastructure development plan will cover the following routes in Nigeria:
1.The Lagos-Ibadan-Ilorin-Minna-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano axis; 1,435km (187 Abuja-Kano leg has been done). The balance, 1,248km, will require around $4.99bn/N1.8tn to fix.
2.The Lagos- Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Ore-Benin-Asaba-Onitsha-Owerri-Port Harcourt axis; 718km, it will require about $2.8bn/N1.03tn.
3.The Abuja-Lafia-Makurdi-Nsukka-Enugu-Okigwe-Aba-Port Harcourt; 766.2km, will require $3.06bn/N1.103tn.
4.The Maiduguri- Biu-Jalingo-Afikpo-Abakiliki-Isukwuato-Umuahia-Itu-Uyo; 1214km, will require about $4.9bn/N1.75tn.
5.Kaduna-Jabi-Zaria-Funtua-Gusau-Talata Mafara-Sokoto; 468km, will require about $1.9bn/N673bn.
6.The Calabar –Lagos, Coastal Rail Network from Calabar-Uyo-Aba-PH-Yenago-Otuoke-Yenagoa-Ughelli-Warri-Sapelle-Benin-Agbor-Asaba-Onitsha-Benin-Ore-Ijebu ode-Sagamu-Lagos. $9bn/N2.7trillion.
The above are the initial key busy and viable routes that will be robustly developed and funded under a private sector-driven rail network and infrastructure scheme that will unlock huge long term non-fiscal investment capital that does not put any burden on the Federal Government’s balance sheet.
Kindly note that we are not reinventing the wheel. The 1955 Railway Act and other extant laws shall be amended to accommodate the required private sector-driven reforms in line with what is obtainable in other sane climes, like the UK, the UAE, Singapore, South Africa etc. The modified UK model will best suit us.
We shall create a very transparent institutional, regulatory, governance and participating bid template that allows the global key players across the rail value chain and network to drive the process, take over routes they want to develop and control based on their robust feasibilities studies. States or constituent units are allowed to participate in the private sector-driven Special Purpose Investment Vehicles that the private sector led investors might put in place to drive the process. The FGN led by Atiku Abubakar shall provide all required guarantees (security, funding, and political risk etc.) to drive the whole process.
Rail network services, coaches and freight services, stations and ancillaries services etc. are value chains and segment of the services that can be unbundled and made to work efficiently across the identified routes.
We shall reform and rebuild Nigeria. We shall do it the right way, engaging the right people to do the right jobs. We shall not engage quacks, rent seekers and incompetent men as ministers and heads of key ministries agencies. Cronysm and nepotism build on mediocrity shall never be associated with our government .
Let’s take back our country back. Let’s elect a deeply knowledgeable/ creative President, whose neurological pathways for complex reasoning is still intact. Let’s elect a President whose mind is not linear tracked and who shall be AWARE of everything that happens under his watch and take responsibilities.
#ATIKUOBI2019. BE OBIDIENTLY ARTIKULATED
Dr Nnaemeka Onyeka Obiaraeri,
ATIKU MEDIA GROUP (AMG)
Phone: +19734442517
Email: Alexokocha17@gmail.com
Nigeria has a comprehensively developed Integrated Infrastructure Development Master Plan that require consistent investment/capital projects injection of over $3trillion/N915trillion over the next 20-30 years to bring her even to the level of the second world countries. A master plan that was abandoned by the Buhari government for a cronysm laden mediocre governance that foists poverty and misery on the populace.
As currently structured, Nigeria cannot muster the critical funding requirements to execute her huge huge infrastructure deficit through the fiscal revenue mobilization sources available to the three tiers of government. Her inability to mobilize the needed non-fiscal capital is directly located at the current unwieldly structural foundation upon which it is built and the attendant faulty economic model.
The level of political instability, opacity, insecurity, policy inconsistencies, confusion, mediocrity and corruption in Nigeria today, occasioned by the fraud engendering and poverty foisting constitutional, fiscal, governance, political and socioeconomic framework we run today have compounded our woes.
Nigeria cannot move forward and attain her full potentials, unless we restructure her. Restructuring Nigeria does not mean the breaking her up, as some ignorant, retrogressive and mischievous revisionists will want you to believe. Restructuring here simply means, the overhaul of the constitutional and fiscal framework of Nigeria in such ways and manner that will make the diverse ethnic nationalities and constituents units in Nigeria to live harmoniously and work productively for the good of all.
We can only unlock the required sustainable and huge long term non-fiscal investments and capital from other climes and sources if we put in place the needed and appropriate constitutional, governance and institutional structures in place.
Devolution of more powers and resources from the centre to the constituent units, ceding of most of the responsibilities in the Exclusive list to the Residual list and putting in place the required transparent/accountable frameworks/policies will help to open up Nigeria and ensure consistent and sustainable economic growth that trickles down to the masses, create jobs and reduces poverty.
Some of the responsibilities that will be ceded to the Residual list include, Solid Minerals, Power, Housing, Works, Transport, Agriculture, Education, Health etc.
ILLUSTRATION 1.
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE.- Through devolution of powers and resources, Nigeria will be in the best position to develop our key infrastructure needs-THE RAIL NETWORK AND APPURTENANCES.
By the reason of the current Land Use Act, the management of every inch of the 923,000sqkm land mass in Nigeria is placed under the control of the 36 state governors in Nigeria. The FGN does not control land resources.
Under the constitutional reform agenda of the Atiku Government, urgent constitutional amendments will tackle the land use act, the amendment of the 1955 Nigeria Railway Act and other extant laws that will allow for easy private sector participation and unhindered long term global capital inflow into the key sectors of Railway, Housing, Road Infrastructure, Marine and Maritime, Aviation etc.
To reduce drastically the cost of production in Nigeria, beside power and energy, we need to fix our rail transport Infrastructure. This infrastructure includes, the rail track networks, the coaches/freights, the stations and its administrations/regulations. They are critical to the transport infrastructure. This is so because of the large volume of passengers and cargoes that it can carry and its relative safety records.
The United Kingdom with a land mass of 243,000 square kilometre has over 16,000 km rail network and thousands of passenger/freight coaches. Despite the top efficiency of the UK public sector, her rail system and services have long been privatised since 1993. Nigeria with a vast and larger land mass of 923,000 sq km requires at least 48,000 km of rail network criss-crossing the vast land mass of the country.
Currently, we have only existing 3,021km obsolete narrow gauge line network. An epileptic rail system and governance framework that is still being run under the anachronistic and retrogressive Nigeria Railway Act of 1955.
The Atiku-Obi led government through its avowed commitment to RESTRUCTURE NIGERIA ( Power and Resources devolution), and constitutional reforms, will facilitate and lead the process to build new networks to at least 12,000km rail networks and infrastructure in Nigeria in the next five to eight years? A mega key infrastructure development project that will require about $38bn-$42bn/N12.8tn, mostly driven by Global Private Sector Enterprises without a jot of debt increase on the balance sheet of the FGN. This project shall be executed simultaneously with other sectorial development plans with structured and funding arrangement outside the conventional fiscal allocation that will involve the states and local government, Diaspora Nigerians. This process shall be driven/managed by key global infrastructure development partners, the world bank and other stakeholders.
A central government that is not overbearing, under a restructured Nigeria, will enhance synergy, cooperation and healthy development competition amongst the constituents units in the country.
The Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, as very exposed, creative thinking and passionately productive leaders will lead the relevant Federal Government Agencies to provide the needed constitutional, regulatory and legislative framework that will drive the whole process.
The Key driving factor here will be the speedy amendment of the constitution, the land use act and the 1955 Railway Act to accommodate a private sector-driven scheme that can unlock the needed non-fiscal investments in that sector.
The first phase of robust and sustainable rail infrastructure development plan will cover the following routes in Nigeria:
1.The Lagos-Ibadan-Ilorin-Minna-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano axis; 1,435km (187 Abuja-Kano leg has been done). The balance, 1,248km, will require around $4.99bn/N1.8tn to fix.
2.The Lagos- Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Ore-Benin-Asaba-Onitsha-Owerri-Port Harcourt axis; 718km, it will require about $2.8bn/N1.03tn.
3.The Abuja-Lafia-Makurdi-Nsukka-Enugu-Okigwe-Aba-Port Harcourt; 766.2km, will require $3.06bn/N1.103tn.
4.The Maiduguri- Biu-Jalingo-Afikpo-Abakiliki-Isukwuato-Umuahia-Itu-Uyo; 1214km, will require about $4.9bn/N1.75tn.
5.Kaduna-Jabi-Zaria-Funtua-Gusau-Talata Mafara-Sokoto; 468km, will require about $1.9bn/N673bn.
6.The Calabar –Lagos, Coastal Rail Network from Calabar-Uyo-Aba-PH-Yenago-Otuoke-Yenagoa-Ughelli-Warri-Sapelle-Benin-Agbor-Asaba-Onitsha-Benin-Ore-Ijebu ode-Sagamu-Lagos. $9bn/N2.7trillion.
The above are the initial key busy and viable routes that will be robustly developed and funded under a private sector-driven rail network and infrastructure scheme that will unlock huge long term non-fiscal investment capital that does not put any burden on the Federal Government’s balance sheet.
Kindly note that we are not reinventing the wheel. The 1955 Railway Act and other extant laws shall be amended to accommodate the required private sector-driven reforms in line with what is obtainable in other sane climes, like the UK, the UAE, Singapore, South Africa etc. The modified UK model will best suit us.
We shall create a very transparent institutional, regulatory, governance and participating bid template that allows the global key players across the rail value chain and network to drive the process, take over routes they want to develop and control based on their robust feasibilities studies. States or constituent units are allowed to participate in the private sector-driven Special Purpose Investment Vehicles that the private sector led investors might put in place to drive the process. The FGN led by Atiku Abubakar shall provide all required guarantees (security, funding, and political risk etc.) to drive the whole process.
Rail network services, coaches and freight services, stations and ancillaries services etc. are value chains and segment of the services that can be unbundled and made to work efficiently across the identified routes.
We shall reform and rebuild Nigeria. We shall do it the right way, engaging the right people to do the right jobs. We shall not engage quacks, rent seekers and incompetent men as ministers and heads of key ministries agencies. Cronysm and nepotism build on mediocrity shall never be associated with our government .
Let’s take back our country back. Let’s elect a deeply knowledgeable/ creative President, whose neurological pathways for complex reasoning is still intact. Let’s elect a President whose mind is not linear tracked and who shall be AWARE of everything that happens under his watch and take responsibilities.
#ATIKUOBI2019. BE OBIDIENTLY ARTIKULATED
Dr Nnaemeka Onyeka Obiaraeri,
ATIKU MEDIA GROUP (AMG)
Phone: +19734442517
Email: Alexokocha17@gmail.com
For men only
*THIS* *IS* *FOR* *MEN* *ONLY* .
*WOMEN* *SHOULD* *NOT* *READ* *THIS*
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By Bola Adewara
Follow me @bolaadewara
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.
In these few years I have spent on this *terrestrial* divide, I have seen *how* life *treats* men, especially in their *old* *ages* .
I have seen *men* *work* , *labour* , *sweat* throughout their *youthful* lives on their *wives* and *children* and I have also *seen* how they *end* *up* . My *brother* , as you are working *hard* to *train* your *children* and to make your *wife* proud, don't *forget* to have *something* for *yourself* for your old age. May you not be *begging* your *children* to *eat* in your *old* age.
Remember, *women* can be *jumping* from one *son's* house to another *daughter's* house. Not so for *men* .
Can I *tell* you a *truth* ? You are a *stranger* in that *family* you call *yours* today. That house you *struggled* to *build* is not *yours* . Its for your *wife* and the *children* ! Seriously!
A *friend* sent me a *story* recently. Let me *quote* him here: "My *grandfather* told me that a *married* *man* is like a *tractor* that *builds* a *road* , does it very *nicely* but when the *road* is *completed* , they bring a *pay* *loader* and carry the *tractor* away, *claiming* it will *spoil* the *road* ! That *tractor* is never *allowed* to *step* on the *road* it *built* !
" *Same* is the *case* of we *married* *men* . We *deny* ourselves, get *loans* , *wear* used *clothes* , etc, to *see* our *children* through high *schools* , *universities* , etc because we *believe* that the only *gift* we can *give* them is *quality* *education* . When they are *old* *enough* , the *fathers* often become *dispensable* . The *attention* of the *children* *shift* to their *mothers* . *May* *be* these mothers *poison* their *minds* *against* their *fathers* , who *knows* ? You *hear* a *typical* *mother* use *languages* like ...
"If it *wasn't* for me, you *wouldn't* have *gone* to *school* .
"I *sold* all my *gold* , *trinkets* , *wrappers* to *send* you to *school* .
"Your *father* was only *interested* in *alcohol* and *women* while I *suffered* to pay your *fees* !"
(Now the *tractor* that *built* the *road* is being *carried* away!)
" *Once* the *child* starts *working* , *father* could have *retired* . When *he* come *visiting* his *parents* , the poor *father* is *given* *N5k* in front of the *mother* , while the *mother* *pulls* him to the *kitchen* to collect *50* *times* what father *got* ... and the *father* doesn't *know* what mother *got* !
" *Once* the child *drives* off, the father is *told* to bring *money* from his *pittance* to *buy* *this* and *that* , buy *sugar* to prepare *Lipton* unless he wants to *drink* *sugarless* *tea* ! These are some of the *reasons* men *die* early!
"A mother *flies* *abroad* to *visit* her *children* or go do *Omugor* while the father *sits* at *home* , *buying* and *eating* bread and *ewa* *agonyin* every *morning* ! *Six* months, the *mother* is *abroad* doing *Omugor* . She *comes* back home *fresh* to meet father *licking* palm *oil* in *ewa* *agonyin* !"
I *warn* you, my *brother* . Nature *does* not *smile* on *old* men *who* did not *cater* for their *old* ages when they were *young* .
*Build* your own *house* where you will *live* in your *old* *age* .
*Build* businesses that will *feed* you in *your* *old* *age* .
*Create* *conveniences* that will *engage* you in your *old* *age* .
*Build* *friendship* and *goodwill* that will *serve* you in your *old* *age* .
*Right* *now* , *start* to be *relevant* in your *mosque* or *Church* and *community* so you could be *reckoned* with in your old age.
* *Old* age could be very *lonely* and *agonising* for *men* who did not *plan* for it.
* *May* you not *become* a *liability* on your *children* in your *old* *age* .
* *May* your *children* not *wish* you an *early* *death* when they *can't* *manage* you again in your *old* *age* .
An *old* *age* without *penny* in your *pocket* is a slow, *agonising* *death* *sentence* !
Be *warned* now...!
There are *three* categories of *people* you cannot do *without* as we are *growing* *older* , your *family* , *people* in your place of *worship* and *childhood* *friends* , who include your *Old* *School* *mates* .
*Friends* , *take* it or leave it, at *60* and *above* , *loneliness* kills because the *children* you are *working* *hard* for now will *go* their *ways* to *raise* their *own* immediate *families* and *pursue* their own *destinies* , *just* as *we* did *now* . At that time it's *these* *people* in these *3* - *categories* that *take* away *loneliness* and *keep* your *company* .
Pls, out of your *busy* *schedule* , *set* time out to *say* *HI* ! to your *real* - *old* - *age* - *cure* - *against* - *loneliness* . In the 3- *categories* , the only *one* that *knows* you *better* and can *relate* with you *down* to *heart* are your *childhood* *friends* .
So *why* are you *feeling* too *big* or *inferior* to come *along* ? It's not *possible* we'll all be at the *same* *level* . *Some* will be *very* *rich* , *moderate* and some *poor* - that is the *beauty* and *misery* of life. *Some* will be so *educated* , while *some* will *still* be *Secondary* *school* *certificate* *holders* .
*If* you are *up* , *bring* others that are *willing* *up* , and *if* you are *down* , never *bring* those that are *up* *down* with your *mouth* or *attitude* .
At close to *50* years and *above* , you have *10* to *15* years of *active* *working* life.
*Stop* saying *I* *am* this, I *am* *that* . *Flow* into other *people's* *lives* and *let* then *flow* into *yours* .
*Respect* *friendship* and *value* *relationship* .
Let us *pass* this to all *friends* on our *contacts* , *Rich* or *Poor* .
*You* *can't* *exhibit* *pride* . *Live* *simple* .
*WOMEN* *SHOULD* *NOT* *READ* *THIS*
.
By Bola Adewara
Follow me @bolaadewara
.
.
In these few years I have spent on this *terrestrial* divide, I have seen *how* life *treats* men, especially in their *old* *ages* .
I have seen *men* *work* , *labour* , *sweat* throughout their *youthful* lives on their *wives* and *children* and I have also *seen* how they *end* *up* . My *brother* , as you are working *hard* to *train* your *children* and to make your *wife* proud, don't *forget* to have *something* for *yourself* for your old age. May you not be *begging* your *children* to *eat* in your *old* age.
Remember, *women* can be *jumping* from one *son's* house to another *daughter's* house. Not so for *men* .
Can I *tell* you a *truth* ? You are a *stranger* in that *family* you call *yours* today. That house you *struggled* to *build* is not *yours* . Its for your *wife* and the *children* ! Seriously!
A *friend* sent me a *story* recently. Let me *quote* him here: "My *grandfather* told me that a *married* *man* is like a *tractor* that *builds* a *road* , does it very *nicely* but when the *road* is *completed* , they bring a *pay* *loader* and carry the *tractor* away, *claiming* it will *spoil* the *road* ! That *tractor* is never *allowed* to *step* on the *road* it *built* !
" *Same* is the *case* of we *married* *men* . We *deny* ourselves, get *loans* , *wear* used *clothes* , etc, to *see* our *children* through high *schools* , *universities* , etc because we *believe* that the only *gift* we can *give* them is *quality* *education* . When they are *old* *enough* , the *fathers* often become *dispensable* . The *attention* of the *children* *shift* to their *mothers* . *May* *be* these mothers *poison* their *minds* *against* their *fathers* , who *knows* ? You *hear* a *typical* *mother* use *languages* like ...
"If it *wasn't* for me, you *wouldn't* have *gone* to *school* .
"I *sold* all my *gold* , *trinkets* , *wrappers* to *send* you to *school* .
"Your *father* was only *interested* in *alcohol* and *women* while I *suffered* to pay your *fees* !"
(Now the *tractor* that *built* the *road* is being *carried* away!)
" *Once* the *child* starts *working* , *father* could have *retired* . When *he* come *visiting* his *parents* , the poor *father* is *given* *N5k* in front of the *mother* , while the *mother* *pulls* him to the *kitchen* to collect *50* *times* what father *got* ... and the *father* doesn't *know* what mother *got* !
" *Once* the child *drives* off, the father is *told* to bring *money* from his *pittance* to *buy* *this* and *that* , buy *sugar* to prepare *Lipton* unless he wants to *drink* *sugarless* *tea* ! These are some of the *reasons* men *die* early!
"A mother *flies* *abroad* to *visit* her *children* or go do *Omugor* while the father *sits* at *home* , *buying* and *eating* bread and *ewa* *agonyin* every *morning* ! *Six* months, the *mother* is *abroad* doing *Omugor* . She *comes* back home *fresh* to meet father *licking* palm *oil* in *ewa* *agonyin* !"
I *warn* you, my *brother* . Nature *does* not *smile* on *old* men *who* did not *cater* for their *old* ages when they were *young* .
*Build* your own *house* where you will *live* in your *old* *age* .
*Build* businesses that will *feed* you in *your* *old* *age* .
*Create* *conveniences* that will *engage* you in your *old* *age* .
*Build* *friendship* and *goodwill* that will *serve* you in your *old* *age* .
*Right* *now* , *start* to be *relevant* in your *mosque* or *Church* and *community* so you could be *reckoned* with in your old age.
* *Old* age could be very *lonely* and *agonising* for *men* who did not *plan* for it.
* *May* you not *become* a *liability* on your *children* in your *old* *age* .
* *May* your *children* not *wish* you an *early* *death* when they *can't* *manage* you again in your *old* *age* .
An *old* *age* without *penny* in your *pocket* is a slow, *agonising* *death* *sentence* !
Be *warned* now...!
There are *three* categories of *people* you cannot do *without* as we are *growing* *older* , your *family* , *people* in your place of *worship* and *childhood* *friends* , who include your *Old* *School* *mates* .
*Friends* , *take* it or leave it, at *60* and *above* , *loneliness* kills because the *children* you are *working* *hard* for now will *go* their *ways* to *raise* their *own* immediate *families* and *pursue* their own *destinies* , *just* as *we* did *now* . At that time it's *these* *people* in these *3* - *categories* that *take* away *loneliness* and *keep* your *company* .
Pls, out of your *busy* *schedule* , *set* time out to *say* *HI* ! to your *real* - *old* - *age* - *cure* - *against* - *loneliness* . In the 3- *categories* , the only *one* that *knows* you *better* and can *relate* with you *down* to *heart* are your *childhood* *friends* .
So *why* are you *feeling* too *big* or *inferior* to come *along* ? It's not *possible* we'll all be at the *same* *level* . *Some* will be *very* *rich* , *moderate* and some *poor* - that is the *beauty* and *misery* of life. *Some* will be so *educated* , while *some* will *still* be *Secondary* *school* *certificate* *holders* .
*If* you are *up* , *bring* others that are *willing* *up* , and *if* you are *down* , never *bring* those that are *up* *down* with your *mouth* or *attitude* .
At close to *50* years and *above* , you have *10* to *15* years of *active* *working* life.
*Stop* saying *I* *am* this, I *am* *that* . *Flow* into other *people's* *lives* and *let* then *flow* into *yours* .
*Respect* *friendship* and *value* *relationship* .
Let us *pass* this to all *friends* on our *contacts* , *Rich* or *Poor* .
*You* *can't* *exhibit* *pride* . *Live* *simple* .
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