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No doubt, the voyage to self discovery has upward and downward trends and requires a dogged resolve to stand firm amidst the quagmire, the tempest and the challenges of life. No one would go through life on the flowery beds of ease and maybe, you were born to wealth and fortune but you still had to pass through the normal stages of growth that everybody (low, average or high born) passes through. That is; sitting, crawling, standing, walking, and finally running. Nature didn’t excuse you from these processes and as such you have already experienced a tough time. Maybe, you went to school and constantly cried because, you were maltreated by your older classmates or even seniors (which is a tough time) but in all, you have sailed through all the hurdles and you are getting better and better as the day goes by. Thus, learn to celebrate every little success and always rejoice because your dream is finally materializing (coming alive).
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Imagine for a second that you were thrust out of your house and from the inheritance of your father by your cousin brothers because a harlot (prostitute) gave birth to you? You began to ask yourself if it was your fault for your father to have gone into a harlot to conceive an idea called “you?” Two persons didn’t have self control over their feelings and the result was you but as if that was not enough, when your father died, your step brothers threw you out of your father’s house to go and wander into oblivion. Now, if I may ask; if you were the one that was sent out of your father’s house, what will you do? Will you go and make yourself useful or allow self pity, regret, and retrogression to become the order of your life? I guess not.
It is expedient for you to realize that it is not your fault that you were born by a harlot. It is still not your fault that you were born by poor parents or even thrown away at birth only to be picked by a Good Samaritan who took you to an orphanage home where you grew up as an orphan not knowing your biological parents. But your fault would be if you refuse to get past that ugly incidence in your life and decide to live in resentment, bitterness and discouragement. The reason is because; many found themselves in similar situations like you but made it triumphantly through life’s struggles and became victors and successful in life. Thus, if they could make it then, you can make it in life as well.
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Sometimes I gaze through life looking through the eyes of a saint and discover quite a number of things that are possibly hidden from the eyes of many people and as a result, I have discovered that he who fails to look intently at happenings in and around his or her life would only continue to solve problems: moving in cycles and circles without really living a life that is full of purpose and vitality. More often than not, I see a lot of people continuously go through life solving the same challenges and problems they had faced previously. This ought not to be because in a normal scenario, we should be learning from our experiences but when we see anyone unable to surmount that particular problem besetting them over and over again then, it is a sad contradiction. It is my opinion that if this contradiction is overlooked, it would make life very unbearable (bitter) for such persons.
The inability of people to take responsibility for their lives has made it difficult for them to forge ahead in life. People for example, would continue to give you a call me back on phone so that you can call them whenever you see it. They would never call you but has become skilled in flashing and sending call me back. These people fail to realize that they are only writing a bad history for themselves in the hearts of the people they continuously flash or send a call me back. In fact, you need to guess the number of times these people howl curses on these people who has become perpetual flashers and call me back senders. Yes, I understand that once a while, somebody can run out of credit and genuinely give you a flash or call me back. I am not talking about these types of people (it happens) but I am concerned about those whose profession has become flashing and sending call me back. These people believe that it is those they are flashing that have enough credit and should call them; they think they are the only special people in the world and therefore, should be called but they would never call others. By the way, everybody is special in his or her own way but being a specialist in flashing and sending call me back is not cool.
It is sequel to this particular belief in many people that I want to bring to you that one fact everybody needs to know to overcome the storms of life as they forge their way through life’s endeavors. It is the understanding of this particular fact that will make people become more appreciative of others because, there are a lot of persons who never appreciate anyone. You send a sum of money to them and their reply is usually, “is this the only money you can send to me.” They have never sent anything (money, clothes, etc.) to anybody but they can never appreciate anyone for sending something to them. They feel that they are the only important people in the world and as such should only be the ones receiving. Now, it is good for everybody to treat people specially because, if you treat people poorly or badly; you would also be treated poorly: for one of the laws of nature says that whatever a man sows, that he shall reap. Therefore, do good and you shall receive good. Don’t come to that point where you only expect people to sow (give) into your life when you have never sown (given) into other people.
It is a common practice to expect good to come to you but it will not come if you have not played your part and that is, doing well to others. While we recognize the fact that good can come to anybody at any point in time; it is my admonition that you go through life without looking up to men (because, they will fail you). They fail you because, they are humans; they have problems to solve themselves and also because, humanity is selfish. It becomes hard for them to solve your problems at the total neglect of their own problems. I mean, they have school fees to pay, families to feed, one business project or the other to execute, etc., and if you expect them to leave their comfort to take care of yours then, you must be mistaking or joking to say the least. I know of philanthropist and selfless individuals who could go to greater depths to help people but they can only do as much as they could afford or are capable of doing. It is therefore...https://www.operanewsapp.com/ng/en/share/detail?news_id=a5107812d06237d9a902d55ce92ae01f&news_entry_id=s527124e1200618en_ng&open_type=tanscoded&request_id=1fd8461bab9c0f4cc1d807d4cee3073d313594ad&from=publisher

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Life continues to be a puzzle for many people as we continuously trudge through its many streams. The stream of relationships has however being attacked with a number of issues amongst which is heart breaks. Countless number of persons has being wounded and continues to be wounded in their relationships and the reason sometimes is strange to them even though, most know the reason for which they had to split ways and go their separate ways. In as much I recognize the genuine reason(s) that could constitute a basis for people to break their engagements with their partners; I know many are ignorant of one of the main reasons that cause it. As a concerned citizen of my country, I wish to bring to you my observations and recommendation that I have gain from stories of people around me and the books I have read on this wise.
You may go about looking for the one thousand laws of keeping relationships but if this particular point that I am about to explain to you is not heed; you may soon realize that you were only a pretender trying to impress someone else. Most of this pretence ends up in nothing but heart breaks and I am in no way down playing the importance of reading other relevant materials along the lines of keeping a healthy and blossoming relationship but I guess, you would also realize that there are so many books to read on this subject. May be you are one of those that find it hard to locate relevant material or you are lazy to read volumes upon volumes of books like me then, you might as well try this prescription about the main cause of heartbreaks in relationship (I call it a nugget). This is very significant if premature deaths (due to heartbreaks) would be averted and if a beautiful future must be secured for our young boys and girls.
I have seen girls considered to be unkempt and ugly transform into a goddess simply because, a new knowledge came to her: knowledge that if they take more time to look within them, they are a dream material for another man: after all, one man’s food is another man’s poison. It is this fact that makes me reaffirm my belief that there is something good in everyone and while others focus on the negative side (weaknesses) of a person (which normally leads to heart break in relationships), I admonish everybody in relationship to focus on the positive side (strengths) of their partners. Never forget this fact; you are meant to complement each other and your strengths may be her weakness and your weakness may be her strength thus, be her covering in her weaknesses and let her be your covering in your weaknesses as well. Many people get it wrong when they want to get a spouse who is a direct clone of their own selves but this is wrong. Yes! This is wrong: if you can get a spouse that is thirty percentage of your desired character then thank God and pray that you continue to understand him or her because, you can never come to level (stage) where you say you know anybody totally. It is a voyage you have embarked upon and you need to be patient because the heart of man is desperately wicked above all things and no one can search it except God. Thus, trust him for the right partner and grow with the knowledge that he or she is not perfect and can never be perfect, only focus on the strengths and very soon the weaknesses will fizzle out. Learn to have endurance one for another.
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To be candid, I think we have suffered in the hands of oppressors and those who marginalizes for near quarter of a century and what the future holds for an average Nigerian looks oblique. The possibilities seem maligned and the hope of libration seems not to be in sight. I am becoming tired of our representatives sitting in their elected positions only to loot and enrich themselves at the expense of those who stood firm under the sun and in the rain to elect them into these positions. How long shall we continue like this? Are we not tired of this movement in cycles and circles? What does the future hold for the young boy or girl: the generations yet unborn? How long must we continue to toil in ruins, apply for jobs in vain (because you don't have a god father), required to pay bribes or worse still, commit sexual immorality just to advance a course? How long must we continue to be fooled into compromise and oblivion?

We are gradually overcoming the pandemic (COVID-19) that wrecked lives and it’s still causing havoc in the lives of many Nigerians and the world at large. Many people sacrificed their lives to save others (some doctors, some nurses, and some care-givers), some died of hunger and starvation, some died and are still dying as a result of carelessness and the blatant flaunting of the rules and regulations put in place by the government agencies (NCDC, the COVID-19 Presidential Committee etc.) vested with the powers to give guidelines for a smooth seal. Some also died because the government failed to fulfill their vows and pledges as nobody saw the palliatives or the relief materials promised them by the government. The environment was very hostile to the citizens of this great country held under the clutches of selfish politicians. Can you imagine that the relief materials released for the well-being of the teaming population was hijacked by the so-called people given the responsibility to do so? Daily, we hear of tons of relieve materials sent to the less privileged in the society which didn’t reach them. In the place where I live, they were moving around and sharing packaged candy which got exhausted half way into the sharing process and we never saw anything else. I mean, bags of rice, garri, etc., were released by the government but only packaged candy could reach the people. How can a person act like that and allow people to die of hunger and in the end, hope that God would overlook their dastardly act? How will the heavens see such injustice and allow you to go unscathed? Oh! That God will help us as a nation.

Leaving the government and its officials and focusing on market sellers and food vendors; what did we see? We saw nothing but the unusual hike in prices of commodities even to the very least as garri. It was and it’s still shocking to notice that a rubber of garri went for N1500 to N2000. Now, I begin to wonder because, in a time when people ought to show love and understanding; they thought it a time to make overnight gain. How wicked is humanity? Why is man very unreasonable and unfair to his follow man? When will this injustice and overly consciousness of self (selfishness) stop? Must we continue like this? How long must we continue suffering and smiling? We sometimes fail to realize that it is not only the government that enforces suffering on others as we can see this vivified by what the market sellers and food vendors did. Oh! That God will help our country and restore its dignity and pride so that the labours of our heroes past will not be in vain.

People continue to amass wealth (money) that their entire generation would utilize and will suffice but would never stop looting. They sometimes prefer that money rot in their mansions than get to people who need it. People fail to realize that money cannot save anyone when the Almighty God, the creator of the universe beckons on their soul to go to the great beyond. This incidence of COVID-19 has humbled the world powers; the G8, the billionaires etc.; money couldn’t save anyone. Look at the case of late Abba Kyari (the Former Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria) who was killed by this beast of reckless wickedness called COVID-19, if only money could answer all things but we have just noticed that it can only answer many things. It is this pandemic that revealed the level of our wisdom as a country: a country where people go to other countries to invest in their economy at the total and complete neglect of their country. They enjoyed this type of life because; nobody was restricted from moving around the world. Little did they know that a time will come when they would be forced to stay in their country. It was at this that they suddenly discovered that their hospitals were grossly under equipped and hence, the management of the virus (COVID-19) became a challenge thus, resulting to the death of many. A food for thought is that, if countries like the United States of America could be badly hit by this particular virus; with all the sophistication and experience, I think we should be grateful to God that he shielded our country from the plague else, we would have known what it means to be negligent of your country’s infrastructure. I pray we learn from this experience and begin on a new page even as we pray that our government would begin to strategize on modalities to improve the infrastructures on ground so that the labours of our heroes past should never be in vain in Jesus Name.

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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury neither is it fitting for a slave to rule over princes and when you see princes walking on foot while slaves are riding on horse backs then, there is something wrong somewhere. Pride goes before a fall and anyone who exalts himself would be abased but he that humbles himself would be exalted. This is a universal law and must be respected if we must go far in life. It is the understanding of this fact that makes us have self respect for one another no matter how unqualified or incompetent we think these persons are. Someone may be placed in position of authority, a place of influence or affluence and you may not be happy about it but if God has deemed such a person fit for such positions then, we should hold our peace else, we would find ourselves fighting against God and no one can fight against God and remain the same. His knowledge is vast, his wisdom is profound and no one can battle against him and go unscathed. It is important for you to know that promotion and lifting comes from him and nowhere else (be it North, South, East or West).

When we see somebody voted into office or given an opportunity to lead and we decide to say that he or she got there by rigging or partiality etc. I tell you, you are wrong because; it all happened by divine providence and even though, some other factors came in such as rigging and political inclinations, etc., and it looked as though, it was those factors that ensured victory for such a person but it is a lie, it was because God wanted them to rule. In life, we must come to the point where we realize that whatever we sow, it is that which we shall reap and if you despise people and disrespect them then, know that what goes around comes back around and thus, you shall be disrespected one day. If you refuse to give that which is due to anybody and think that you only played smart then, know that what is your due will also be taken away legitimately from you one day. A work man is worthy of his wages and no one should muzzle the ox that treads the corn.

Now, we all know what June 12 signifies in Nigeria but just in case you don’t know; let me give you a brief summary of this important date in our country’s history. June 12 has been declared “Nigeria’s Democracy Day” which is a public holiday to commemorate the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. This date was formally “May 29” which represented the official day which brought to an end the decades of military rule that began since 1966. This was when General Olusegun Obasanjo became democratically elected as a civilian Nigeria President in 1999. Thus, May 29 was celebrated as the democracy day until June 6, 2018 when President Muhammadu Buhari official declared June 12 as the new date for the celebration of Democracy Day in Nigeria.

What significant event took place on June 12 that democracy day had to be assigned to it? June 12, 1993 was the first time the military rule from 1966 attempted to be broken because, the politician MKO Abiola won the election but was never declared President of Nigeria by the then military President Ibrahim Babangida and also, imprisoned MKO subsequently because, MKO announced himself to be the President of Nigeria. This MKO later died and to a lot of Nigerians including me, this was an injustice done to humanity and thank God that President Buhari has attempted to correct the wrong by correcting one of the statements made on that day by President Ibrahim Babangida that the elections were unfair to “the freest and fairest elections ever conducted in Nigeria.” This was received with much excitement because, the hearts of many Nigerians that were wounded began to amend and it showed that at least for once, justice can yet be achieved even after the death of a man who was so grossly marginalized.

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