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No, not necessary, beautiful names are beautiful to behold and fun to call. It is one name that rings the bell and sound like a national anthem...

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I thought only one party is contesting in Rivers, why the trying of powers again...

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Congratulations....

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There was never a time Obasanjo was God. He only changes those he supports. There was a time he raised the hands of Buhari and tore PDP's membership card, you all were happy then and never thought he was God when your man won, now he is all against you, you are blabbing, you better face the oncoming final MBBS exam coming up in February so you won't fail...

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Actions are louder than words, some are just j=king makers and they should be respected, this same personalty once supported you...

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How is that supposed to slove the current problems of Nigerians....

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Your problem, you are not fighting for that sit because you love the people, just for you to be relevant and hold the key to the chains that bound your people....

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Fuels sold in some petrol stations are horrible, most time petrol mixed with water, the best is not to return to such station when there is occurence...

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So because election wasn't free and fair under Obasanjo which everyone knows, you will also make it not to be free and fair just because you know it would not be easy to vote you back, conscience shouldn't judge or hurt you if you did something right. Obasanjo once supported you and there was no shout, so deal also with his unsupport...

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Well, this varies across schools, this just depends on the competitiveness at each schools and the number of applicants, the higher the number of students, the lower your chances, however, that doesn't rule out your chances of gaining admission....

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Life is though unfair but an anonymous speaker once said, if life throws you a lemon; make lemonade out of it. Most of the things that happen to us and bring us down are things that are beyond our strength ability, however, stories have shown that most of these problems are actually surmountable with reference to that of Ben Carson, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and the likes.

These problems are just there to test our resilience and prepare us for the journey ahead and greatness attached to it. Most times during these challenges, we learn maturity, emotional intelligence, self-discipline, contentment and adaptation. This will also be reflected in the series, The Great Men’s Cross where we are going to dissect the story of Les Brown, a well-recognized and successful international motivator who was termed ‘educable mentally retarded’, but was able to see himself more than what people called, felt or viewed of him.

Les Brown: The Hopeless Fighter
Les Brown is an American author, radio DJ, motivational speaker and television host. He was also a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. His belief in life is that ‘It is Possible’ and he teaches people to always follow their dream like he did. At a time in his life, when he was in grade school, he is called ‘educable mentally retarded’. Despite all the challenges associated with his birth, growing up, academics, he still worked so hard to maximize his potential and become a well-recognized speaker.

The Challenge
Leslie Calvin Brown who is a twin was born on February 17, 1945 in an abandoned building in Miami, Florida. The mother of the twin who was married to a soldier who was away in another town mistakenly got pregnant for another man and decided to secretly give birth to the babies and also give them away. Three weeks after their birth, their mother gave them up for adoption to one Mamie Brown, an unmarried cook at a cafeteria. Les Brown would later say he can’t overemphasize the importance of her adoptive mother; he owes everything he has and he is in life to her.

Though the adoptive mother believe there is much to desire in Brown and he could be whatever he wants to be, his teachers thought otherwise. When Brown was young, he so much loved attention, fun and normal boyhood misadventures. Due to his inability to concentrate, Brown was a very poor student most especially in reading.
His restlessness along with the inability of the teachers to know the true abilities of Brown made his teachers label him ‘educably mentally retarded’ in his fifth grade. This was a critical setback as he found it hard to live his life outside this negative label. He recounted how they told him that he was slow and he just had to do with that.

In one of his books, Brown states that ‘there comes a time in one’s life when one has to drop his burdens in order to fight for oneself and one’s dreams’. LeRoy Washington explained how Brown used to imagine him being on a stage and speaking to thousands of people. Brown also believes he is the world’s greatest orator.

Destiny helpers
Not until Brown met Washington was he able to learn the importance and power of an eloquent speech in order to motivate. In his book, ‘Live Your Dreams’, Brown said he once told Washington in a class that he could not perform a task because he was educationally mentally retarded and Washington replied, ‘Never Say That Again, another person’s opinion of you does not define you and it doesn’t become your reality’ and this was the message that delivered Brown from the bondage of the negative label. Brown would later say that ‘the limitations you have and the negative things you internalize are what the world has given to you’ and ‘the things that empower you actually come from the inside of you’.

Be Consistent
After high school, Brown was employed as a city sanitation worker, but his desires were burning in him and he wanted to become more than that, he decided to make a career in radio broadcasting. He trained himself as a deejay and pestered a local radio station owner of a position but he never gave him the chance. Instead, due to his lack of experience, he was given odd jobs to do.
Luckily for him, a radio deejay became drunk while on air and he was the only one around at the station, he had to fill in the gap on the microphone. The owner was very impressed and promoted Brown to a full-time disc jockey.

Brown was becoming popular on air and eventually became a broadcast manager. The owners of the radio station thought he was becoming controversial and political and got him fired. Brown then contested for the Ohio State Legislature after he was encouraged by Williams an activist and he was elected.
While in the house, he also had issues with co-workers. Brown felt people were jealous of him since they could not court the followership he had. Williams also encouraged Brown to be a motivational speaker citing millionaire Zig Ziglar who earns $10,000 for just a one-hour talk. This made Brown a motivational speaker.

Brown explained he had nothing when he became a motivational speaker. He always worked hard and believed that ‘Life would only make a meaning when one becomes motivated, set goals and work assiduously for them to be achieved’.
He wakes earliest and sleeps very late.......

https://www.motivate.com.ng/2019/01/the-great-mens-cross-6-les-brown-1.html

Na their way, they don spoil every institution, make dem dey deceive themselves, nothing dey work, after something is banned, u still collected bribe to let it go and later acted film to reclaim it.....

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It is well with you, I hope those that sacrifice you on the altar of corruption will pay for it.....

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This is a confirmation from the mouth of the horse that they are outright and utmost failure, what kind of irrationality is this, these ones don't have anything to do or prove, they are just like a boyfriend that is having sex with a girl with no plans to marry her, time wasters, how many people have to die more for you to be compared with the other party.......

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You dey mind APC, na zombies like them Dem still dey dribble, even a blind man knows that they are deceiving themselves, just imagine those bigwig thieves in one party and they call another party corrupt, such that the director of their campaign was in that opposite party for years and just later came to tell us his former party stole for 8 years, what buffoonery......

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Powers backing atiku are stronger now, the guy don burst a bubble.....

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Now I believe the powers that once backed Buhari are the ones behind atiku, he couldn't go to the US at a time but now can go, campaign don finish for APC, however, they keep abusing the powers that once supported them but change sides, how I wish the masses have any interest in this at all.....

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He motivated no Yahoo boy, he only confirmed those that were at the verge of making the decision of doing it. Everyone is responsible for his own life and decisions. Olamide's contribution to it cannot be entertained in court, it is the person they catch with the hand that cuts it.....

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Don't lose hope, don't give up, this may be your last try....

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Politicians and their ways, using reverse strategy to bloat figures an create fears in the enemies camp, we sabi your ways, it is not for our interest, na for your pocket....

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He has paid his dues, what is left is for him to be consistent cos Champe go come now, baba go Bleep up and people go shout again, we never forget world cup oo.....

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I am seeing some president and vice-president there talking of WAEC, which kind country be this. Is this how Nigeria wants to get out of economic quagmire, we never start. Nigeria should better set priorities. Funny enough, most of those WAEC up there are forged...

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I will advise Atiku not to go to the US if they have other plans for him. Jonathan no attend 2011 debate and he won, Buhari no attend 2015 own and he won, if no one could be obligated to attend debate to rule us, then he should not try to satisfy anyone to go there and cause trouble for himself. How does he plan to also rule a country when he has case to answer, incumbent government is bad, your own self worse....

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Are these people serious at all about this waec and neco they are packing up there to come and lead professors, doctors and so on. Has Nigeria relegated to the level where there are no better people to lead us, how will these ones value education for God's sake...

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Congratulations to them....

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That is beautiful, they should continue, I hope after this, APC would not buy vote during the election, else, all this is a jamboree....

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Everyone knows all his wrong, a 21st century can't imagine having a president with olevel contention, one having problem to articulate ideas forgetting crude ways of tackling corruption is outdated, just like Mourinho tactics, baba should go and enjoy his retirement, let competent hands take over....

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I wonder how Nigerian settings don't do things properly and in a way that will be comfortable for it's citizens. Why must they queue for hours or wait for days to get things done, why not divide them into batches or allow them to continue registration elsewhere. Funny enough, is it not funny enough that they think the person coming for drug test would not have prepared for a thing like this and cleaned himself up even if he takes drugs.....

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Politicians and their ways, this is not for the masses, but for the selfish interest and pockets of some, nothing in this country is ever done for the interest of the masses, please restructure this country first....

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