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PRAISE GOD, MY NIECE HAS BEEN FOUND AROUND IYANA AREA OF OGUN STATE

After days of emotional trauma looking for my Niece, today God used selfless, dedicated and loyal friends of mine to intelligently track and locate Precious. These crack team of investigatirs invested their assets, time, energy and risked their lives, even when Police refused to give them back up to retrieve my niece. Our family is so grateful to you. And to that special Annonymous caller, who saw my Facebook post and provided credible assistance and intel. Thank you.

DO NOT EVER play with loyal friends, they can take a bullet for you, the way my friends did. They risked their lives that Precious may live. Thank you. The God of Shiloh will decorate you all with amazing testimonies in Jesus matchless name.

And to her abductors, should sinners go unpunished? NO. They will dance their danciest dance in the midst of thorns for abducting or keeping a minor regardless of what it seems, except it is not a sin according to the Nigerian Law.

To you all my Facebook friends, youe prayers and support were all we needed to keep going. Thank you very much, may the Lord reward you.

You all will hear again from me on this subject matter. The plot has just begun...

Babatunde Raimi

Dear Fellow Nairalanders,

PLEASE HELP/ADVICE ME!

My Cousin PRECIOUS AJIBOSE, Female, 17, whose picture appears herein in missing. She has been missing since Friday 23rd January, 2018. She was last seen around Km 10, Idiroko Road, Ota and Iju Area of Ogun State and (Within Tata Company) and has not been found till date. One of the prime suspects is on the run. I will release his pictures tomorrow.

Please help re-broadcast to assist the Police, Special Task Force and the Anti-Kidnapping Unit solve this crime.

Already, all information regarding all suspects as captured by advanced technology is being processed to ensure her abductors and kidnappers rot in jail for the rest of their lives.

If you have any information on her whereabout or that of the kidnappers, please report to the nearest Police Station or call: 0817827380, 08035063895.

I thank you all in advance. Pls ahare this on all your social media handles.

Babatunde Raimi
Concerned Uncle.

Writing, to change the narratives.

I wish the Moderator can push this to front page as a birthday gift to a dedicated Nairalander.

Happy birthday to me.
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Rising above lucid clouds
With swaggers that depicts class
I watched the Birds sing lullabys
In reverence to The Master Creator

Ever seen a Gladiator?
And the surprise of a second chance
On a journey that leads to Valhalla
The abode of the Odin god
As everybody gets a second shot

From insemnation to conception
A Gazelle must outrun Masters of the game
To survive a world of uncertainty
But run it must, else tragedy looms

On a day like this
In a beautiful francophone city in Western Africa
The world stopped
As from a saintly vessel
A Writer was born

The sun quickly faded away
As the moon basked in its glory
To unveil the offspring of an Academia
A true man of love and valour
On that day, "Omo Baba Raimi" was born

Clad in a toga of thanksgiving
Hands lifted in appreciation
To the One and Only True God
I "rababa" to reverence His awesomeness
Without Whom, i would have been history

For the grace of restitution
Priviledge of service
Selflessness to humanity
And a 'morrow filled with opportunities
I bow to your His Majestic awesomeness

On this very special day
I cannot but pledge
As "Eledumare" liveth
To live for humanity
Until i draw my last breath
That i be welcomed as a faithful servant

This pledge i make
On my honour as a Boy Scout
With my pens of gold
And points of diamond
Witnessed by the Angels
So help me God.

Babatunde Raimi (January 22, 2018)

Godchild2015:
Where is Jan 22nd?

So you and i were born on the same day! That means heavens must be missing two Angels. Call me let's relate.

January 22nd all the way. Birthday mate, drop me a line: 08178827380

Marrying early is VERY good, but not more important than marrying right, that's among the reason we have more of the followings now:

(a) Married but Single (Those who are married
but unhappy)
(b) Baby Mamas & Baby Daddy's (Can
someone please tell our musicians &
actors to do the right thing and stop
glamourizing/encouraging having children
out of wedlock, thereby influencing our
generation negatively)
(c) Infidelity in marriages as a result of
contract marriage, marriage by compulsion
(d) Men and women cheating on their
spouses as if it is now normal.
(e) Abusive marriages
(f) Non-supportive spouses
(g) Women abandoning their career due to
early marriages as a result of peer
pressure.
(h) Women climbing the economic ladder
faster via hard work, getting more degrees
and becoming breadwinners, while men are
now becoming full time husbands with
sports betting and alcohol as their new
love)
(h) SINGLE PARENTS

Watch out for my 4th Book titled: SINGLE MOTHERS, a must have for all girls, ladies and women including guys. In the book, we talk about everything from relationship to career, choices, dating, raising boys, raising girls, spirituality, rules of engagement, discipline marriage, sex, dreams, aspirations and everything. Trust me, you will love it as i will be sharing with you SECRETS!

However, while enjoying singlehood, remember, time is not our side!

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach.

Joemetry:


Please sir,

What's the fate of those with ideas on things to write but with no writing skills?

Thanks...

If you feel you have a bankable writing idea, just start writing as it comes to your mind. It is the job of editors to edit your work professionally without changing the idea

As we approach 2018

* Learn to forgive
* Plan your work and work your plans
* Read 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
before January ending
* Have a seperate relationship/marriage,
business, academic & spiritual mentor.
* Don't trust too much, even within your family
* Prepare to fail forward, you will learn lessons
* Don't copy others, be original
* Don't be too religious, practice what you
preach
* Acquire new skills or get a new degree/cert.
* Pay yourself before you pay any member of
your family.
* Investigate before you invest
* Read at least one book relating to your
aspirations every month
* Quit your job if you are unfulfiled and start
your own business
* Start writing your own book, it could be a
best seller. Plan to publish before December,
2018.
* Start living for yourself
* Don't procrastinate, it is designed to truncate
your destiny
* Before you judge, listen
* Take out life, children, pension, health and
investment linked insurance plans this 2018.
It is for family security & helps reduce your
tax load
* Take yourself out after every feat you
accomplish
* Look into the mirror daily and say "I Like Me,
God Bless (Your Name)
* Take responsibility for your life and stop
blaming others or government
* Pray always, but remember it will never take
the place of planning.
* Accept criticisms, they help you to keep your
focus.
* Join a service Group in your church or
mosque and be active
* Volunteer for positions in your organisations
or Unions, you need the experience.
* Always have a meeting with yourself and be
truthful to yourself always.

Thank me later.

Happy 2018 in advance.

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach.
08178827380 & 08035063895

silverdam:
My mother will do more than this because I was brought up by a single parent(mum)... Have you ever experienced your mum selling her clothes and jewelries just to feed you and your siblings? My mother is king... Mother's love

Hello, I am doing a book on Single Mothers, lookong for stories of great mothers who weathered the storms and raised beautiful kids. Can you share your Mum's story with me, pls? 08178827380

According to the National Bureau Of Statistics in Nigeria, the total unemployment and underemployment combined rate increased from 37.2 per cent in the 2nd Quarter of 2017 to 40.0 per cent in 3rd Quarter of the same year. Meanwhile, in the last quarter of 2016, the figure stood at about 26 per cent. Now my questions are:

1. Are you still waiting for a white collar job? They are retrenching and not as secured as they used to be.

2. For how long will you continue to blame the Federal Government, others than take full respinsibility for your life.

3. If you had/have the priviledge of being sent to a University by your parents as an investment, what is their return in investment after so much financial stress to see you through school.

4. If you get to the office by the first Monday of 2018 and you get a sack letter as a New Yea's gift, what will you do?

5. Does it mean all your years of study in the University or Polytechnic you went to only succeeded in training an academic Robot who who cannot think outside the box?

6. What if Government decides today, that you MUST present a 3 year Diploma certificate from a recognised NUC accredited institution before you are admitted into the University?

7. What will be the reason you will tell your your children for your inability to provide their basic needs, such as food, shelter, clothing and qualitative education?

8. What legacy are you leaving that can be inherited or that you can pass on to your children?

9. Is the acquisition of more certificates the solution to a world of financial freedom?

10. Finally, who are you, and when will you start manifesting? You have been of service to smart working people and company. You have been a part of a bigger machine as the most important factor of production, helping to meet their sales and shareholders target, when will your own name or company be birthed.

Above are my diagnosis, but i will not only diagnose but also attempt to prescribe.

1. Don't wait for white collar jobs, create your own business. Start small and let it be foundated on the principle of integrity and best practices in customer service.

2. "Responsibility is the price to pay for greatness", take responsibility for your life and stop complaining.

3. Certificates are over-rated, think outside the box.

4. Think of all the problems or challenges that almost consumed you in 2017 and turn at least one to a business. Every problem is a business.

5. Do you really work in an organisation that promotes creativity? Will you continue to murmur and die in silence over unhappiness over your job? Start your own business, it could also be online.

6. "Poverty is spiritual blindness" said Dr. David Oyedepo. The government is still trying to find the missing puzzle in other to fix the econony. Policy mis-mach and corruption fighting back is a big big problem. We can fix this country by promting skills over certificate.

7. 1 Tim. 5 vs 8 "But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." God told us what will happen to infidels, they will not make heaven. If God sees your inability to take care of your family makes you worse than an infidel, how do you intend to make heaven when infidels cannot make it as it is written? What is in your hand, multiply it and stop eating with your 10 fingers.

8. The fifth and final stage of Abraham Maslow's hierachy of needs is "Self Actualisation". Until you get to this stage, even if you have #30Billion in your account, you will still be unfulfiled, and many will still be fooled by your smiles thinking you have the world at your feet, especially fair-weather friends. You need to start NOW running your own race, which you can hand over as a legacy to others whom God have destined you to mentor directly or indirectly. Imagjne if J.K. Rowling, Steven King, Agatha Christie, William Shakespeare, James Patterson, Ernest Hermingway, Charles Dickens, John Grisham and Babatunde Raimi never wrote a book, how would you have been inspired by their art, including ths piece you are reading? Imagine if Johny Cash, Dolly Parton, Jim Reeves, Abba, Martina McBride, Alan Johnson, Lee Ann Womack, George Jones and Kenny Rogers spent all their lives in a factory, without manifesting.

Friend, it does not matter how long you might have gone round that mountain, you truly live when you live for yourself, so that you can live for others. Sometimes, it is good to be selfish with yourself, in other to help your family in the long run. Have a meeting with yourself and do not allow 2018 oass away the same way 2017 did.

Don't worry about your school mate who is already making waves in his calling, discover yourrms and start living. The day you discover that their is genuis in everyman, there is a business or idea in you, there is a giant in you yearning for expression and start running your race is when you truly start living. Did you loose your job, congratulations, you are coming back to buy that company by a simple majority share.

Over the years, you have been living for family, children, friends, don't bepoor and proud, start doing something, the world awaits your manifestation. Even if you think you are far behind time, judging by the success rate of your siblings, coursemates or colleagues, remember, life is like a parade ground, at the shout of about turn, the last becomes the first.

If you end 2018 with murmurings and complaints, it will your fault, not your family or Governments'. This is my message for you all as 2017 gradually unwinds.

I love you all. I apologise for all whom this my major post rounding up 2017 offends. My aim is to constructively criticise you, so you will be angry with you and have a meeting with yourself. I don't claim to be perfect, or have solutions to all societal ills, as i currently have my own pesonal loads of BIG but surmountable challenges.

Recently, i visited the National Conservation Centre in Lekki with my "Acada" friends, walking through the longest walkway into the jungle in this part of the world, we met some people who have already conquered the jungle said to us "Keep going, you are closer than you think". I was tired, carrying one of the coolers containing the drinks meant for the team, heavily balanced on my head, those encouraging words by those people kept me going. Finally, when we got to meet mother nature in its natural state, the result cancelled out the stress automatically, with so much to eat, drink and share with the Monkeys and Crocodies. So, i tell you too, just like i was told, don't give up, you are closer than you think.

Come 2018, i will see you at the apex of your chosen endeavour, but if you just sit there and do nothing, you wull get run over. So, i will not stop writing, until you win! Stop talking and start acting!!

Thank you as i hope with these few words of mine, i have been able to convince you, and not to confuse you, that the greatest mishap that can happen to anyone, is knowing what to do, but time is against them.

From the beautiful scenery of Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, once again, i appreciate all my readers, friends, followers, mentors and proteges.

2018, let's do it again!!!

Kisses and hugs,

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Business & Entrepreneural Strategist.

This looks like the wise Tortoise that David Noonan was always referring to as wise in his collection of stories titled: Aesop & CEO.

Exam! Exam!! Exam!!!

If you think you are brilliant here is one for you. Huge prices await winners!!!

Course: Love Mathematics.
Course code: GMS111
All questions carry equal marks.
Time allowed: 2hrs, 30minutes.

1. If a girl is in love for 10 years and at the end, the guy breaks up with her, what is the formula for calculating such love and time wasted?

2. As a guy, you dated more than 7 chicks At a time, Using the almighty formula, calculate the expenses and loss in handling all of them?

3. In not more than 10 pages, State
the difference between Orobo girls and Lekpa girls.

4. With the aid of a labelled diagram, draw and explain the term "Ukwu".

(Question 5- For girls only)
5. Using Laws of indices, calculate
the disappearance of your boyfriend whenever you damand for an iPhone6.

(Question 6- For boys only.)
6. You send an airtime worth #1500 to your girlfriend and she sends you a 'Please call me I Love You' text.
Calculate the profit and Loss of the airtime being sent and use the proportional ratio to attain the equation.

7. You broke up with your girl because of Christmas gifts, etc. Using quadratic equation, Calculate how long it'll take you to get her back in January.

8. As a guy, you are dating other people's sister, but you don't want any other guy to date your sister. Calculate the percentage of your foolish and wicked behaviour. (Take pie =3.14)

9. When you check a Facebook profile, 99% of guys are single as their marital status states, and 100% of the girls are dating, engaged, in a relationship, married. Briefly explain who they are all dating in not less than two sentences.

.......N/B- Attempt all question to avoid carry-over back to 2017................Goodluck!!!

abbeyty:
imagine this is happening in this century. say no to i must travel abroad by fire by force the, I heard some of these people spend thousands of pound on this journey of no return.

Waoh! This image is beautiful, did you draw it yourself?

Cuddlebugie:
Wow! A long read but worth the time.......
Happy posthumous birthday to her. She would have turned 52 this year.
Is Babatunde of mixed parentage?

. Yep.

Obainoneandonly:
"this world is no my home, am just passing by" forgotten who sang it

Jim Reeves.

Finally, this question has an answer. Who was the last President of Zimbabwe? 10 marks

If it were to be you?

HAPPY POSTHUMOUS BIRTHDAY TO MY HEROINE – MY MUM (BORN 17TH NOV. 1955)

“Tunde, you must come and see me now, I don’t care how busy you are. I want to see you now.” Those were the exact words of my Mum on the 29th of January 2012. Reluctantly, I retorted “Ehhhh, I will try Mummy”, “Don’t try, come”, “Yes Ma”. 2 days later, January 31st 2012 to be precise, I left my office at Ilupeju and moved straight to Seme, a boarder town between Nigeria and Benin Republic. Not wanting the stress of the Customs and Immigration, I boarded a bike who charged me N500. “Haba, how you go take collect N500, no worry, na me go settle, I go give you N300 just to carry me pass”. This Okadaman clad in a traditional yellow uniform for Bike Riders at this boarder town deliberately took the route that will expose me to immigration and Customs, thinking I will be reaped as I refused to give him the N500 he initially demanded. I noticed that as soon as he got to a spot, he will be moving his head in a North/South position, humming a meaningless song. But he did not know that as a son of the soil, a typical Lagos and Festac brought up, I knew he was communicating to the Customs and Immigration that I am a JJC (Johny Just Come). I smiled at his ignorance because, sometimes, “it is better to keep quiet, in other to fool the fool who thinks they are fooling you.”. He usually got surprised that, as soon as we are flagged down, the officers just ask me to go, to his surprise. When he finally dropped me, he asked, “Chef, you Benenoise”, I replied “No, me Togolese. Na why you dey shake your head like Agama Lizard; say make them catch me abi? I no know when Benenoise come spoil pass Nigeria”. I just paid him his N300 and took the next available bus to Dantokpa Market (One of the busiest Markets in West Africa). Eager to see my Mum, I jumped into a Cab going to Calavi. By then, I started pondering, why did she sound urgent? Is something wrong? Have I committed an offence?

Finally, I got to her, on her bed. My Mum had been diagnosed of Leukemia. We hugged and kissed, I cried, seeing her in that state, I cried uncontrollably, until her best friend came around to console me. Ignorantly I asked, “why are you this sick Mum, is it because we don’t come home often?”, slowly she retorted, “Yes”. She just wanted her children by her side, afterall, she had lost her husband. She wanted love, from her children who sucked from her breast, whom she suffered for. That night, she smiled and informed me of a plan to move her to a hospital in France for treatment, for which all arrangements had been concluded. They needed one of her child to be by her side, Femi was to be the one to escort her. The plan was to move her by February, but she died within a month of her medical trip to France. I suspected her smile when she broke the news, she knew it was time, she was ready to meet her Creator. When she echoed the words, "But i am going, take care of yourself and your kid brother. Never engage in any tussle with anyone over issues, especially house and land matter. Go to Jonas, he will be a father to you and Femi and always remember to say your prayers". I made attempt to stop her from saying these strange words, but for the first time in my adult life, my Mum said "Gbe enu da ke, kio gbo oro ti mo n so", shut your mouth and listen to what i am saying". Not knowing how else to respond, i said "Yes Ma". God gave her the rare priviledge of putting her house in other before her transition, what a woman of God. This woman really served God. I cannot thank you enough Uncle Jonas, God bless you for all your love and kindness towards your late sister and for always being a father figure to us. You have not stopped, you are not like those wicked Uncles we see in Nollywood films (Smiling). My prayer is that your family will be great, you will not know shame. You have been rock solid for us, God will be your shield and defense always. He will grant you, your wife and your children ear tingling testimonies in Jesus name. Amen!

Fast forward, after the tete a tete I had with my Mum, she gave specific instructions and told me she has finished her assignment, that she is going to the land where there is no sickness. I waved her thoughts off as a small child who will never see what an adult sees, even if he stands up. I will never forget that day, it was a Valentines day, I was having a discussion with my Pastors in Winners Chapel, Festac, at about 4pm, preparing for service with my Pastors when my Uncle called to say my Mum passed on to glory. I remember going to a quiet place to communicate with my Creator, to thank Him for the privilege to have known this woman who trained more than 18 children and graduates as Mother in the Motherless Children Home, faraway in Abomey Calavi, Republic of Benin. She dedicated her life to the service of mankind and lived her favourite quote being “Love Leads”.

Perhaps, if we visited home often our Mum will still be alive. I was busy running after vanities, which leads to vanity. Maybe if we showed her more love by calling, mapping out more time to holidaying with her, it might have prolonged her life. It is sad to say, but I think my Mum died out of love. She should have lived longer, had we been sensitive to her wanting to be with her boys always. I am not afraid to pen this, it is because I am a Writer and I love to talk about matters the way they are. Till today, I have not totally forgiven myself for my insensitiveness, selfishness and time I denied my Mum. She loved us with her everything, we loved her too, very much, just that we had a different way of showing it.

Sometimes God takes good people away too soon, to take them to a place of rest and bliss, afterall, we cannot question the Creator on how and when he choses to call his creation. My Mum pushed me spiritually, academically and encouraged me to always focus on anything I believe to be just and right. She would send me real flowers from far away Cotonou and letters sealed with kisses in her beautiful cursive writing. My Mum was an academia and disciplinary who will never compromise. A true and a very fine Christian who preached Love above every other thing.

Therese Sourou Raimi (Nee Zannou), you are a good woman, that was why God chose to take you on a valentines day, a day of love, which coincides with your name – Therese. Mummy, life has been tumultuous and riotous. The fight from the polygamous family you married into was tough, but God who continually defends the fatherless and the motherless has always shown himself faithful. From all these challenges, we have learnt lessons, and they have made us strong. After your demise, it was not long before the enemies started rearing their heads, but thank God for our strong faith in God, the defender of the defenseless. We have often cried to Him, and He has never failed to visit these tormentors, paying them in their own coin. Today Mum, our case is different, we are stronger, happier and in pursuits of purpose. Thank you for tutoring us as a good mother should. I am sorry, I will not be able to drop your flowers on your graveside today (17th November) due to exams, but I will send it with a kiss from here, with my heart and I know you will always receive it.

I have never ceased celebrating my Mum’s post-humous birthday since she passed on, but I wish she were alive now more than ever. Your birthday reminds me of the legacies you left behind and how you touched our lives in beautiful ways. You would have been 62 today, but who are we to question God? We consider ourselves blessed to have been given the rare opportunity of being your children. Your legacy is the foundation on which we stand today. You spent your life watching over people, but today, you just have to sit back and watch in your toga of love and affection as your children ride on Eagles wings. I am working on your Autobiography titled "My Mum Therese", I am sure you know the contents already (Smiling). I will not stop until everyone reads about this 6 feet tall, dark, beautiful and statuesque Port Novo lady who touched the world with her prayers, works and deeds. Guess what Mum, if they allow Facebook in heaven, I know you will be seeing this. I started my writing Career you pushed me into, and I will soon be referring to some of your write-ups.

Thank you for being so many things to us Mum, our Nurse, Teacher, Playmate, Advisor and Inspiration. So many have come and gone, but you are the one person who have always been there for us. I still have the Rosary you gave me, the souvenir from Jerusalem and a very big picture of you sitting in my Parlour. Mum, I see you everyday, I carry you and Dad in my wallet everyday, which literarily makes me see you everyday. Thank you Mum, for a lifetime of unconditional love. Yes, I still miss you Mum, I just wanted you to always know that “Je ne peux vivre san toi”. I missed our kisses and songs. I missed those beautiful French love songs from your melodious voice, coming from your perfect dentition with the finesse of that gap tooth. We are very lucky to have had an extra ordinary woman like you in our lives, just that our generation had a very different way of showing we love you. I remember how you would joyfully plait "Shuku Ologede", because you know it ismy favourite female hairstyle. How you would force me to eat and eat healthy as and when due. Oh Sweet Mummy, your boys really miss you! Of a truth, "Iya ni wura".

If you have been patient enough to read this epistle up to this point, please join me celebrate my MUM, without whom you and i would never have known. Maybe I would have been born in Somalia (smiling). My only advise to you is to take care of your parents the best you can. Not necessarily money, my Mum was comfortable, but I was not there for her emotionally. If I could turn back the hand of time, I will do anything to have my Mum back, for just 2 seconds. No matter how aggrieved you are, your parents could have aborted your pregnancy when they had you, but they did not, that is unconditional AGAPE LOVE.

If you are inspired by this post, please show your parents physically, materially, emotionally and above all lovingly that you adore them, even when they seem in a state where they are not able to help themselves again. Pick up your phone, call them and sing them songs that will make them happy, map out visitation time amd don't be like me who was busy chasing nothing. Tell them how much they mean to you, buy them an I-Phone, build them houses, buy them cars. Make this month and festive period a season of reunion and love between you and your parents. I will give anything to have my parents alive as you now.

My name is Babatunde Raimi, all I have been trying to say since is – HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY EVERGREEN SWEET MUMMY (Therese Sourou Raimi Nov. 17, 1955 to Feb. 14, 2012)

Je t’taime Mama Tunde.

Photo Credit: Temitope Ebohon (Thank You). This picture was taken sometime in 2010, on our way to Church, St. Antoine De Padou, Abomey Calavi, Republic of Benin.

Your Boy.

Being A Poem By Babatunde Raimi, Dedicated To The Nigerian Super Eagles)

Soar Eagles Soar

No one gave them a chance
These people can criticize for Africa
How can these ones soar
When their feathers had been clipped

No one gave them a chance
Even when there was a flicker of hope
But for the German Wizard
He knew exactly what to do

No one gave them a chance
But they blazzed the trail
In a Group of death
Enroute the greatest mundial on planet eat

Success has so many friends
Now, we sing their praises
These Eagles can soar
If you still doubt
Go ask the Argentines

With wings solid
They will fly through pacific and arctic oceans
To the world's largest Nation
Clad in the traditional Green White Green

Even if no one gives you a chance
You can still be the best
If you don't give up your dreams
Else you don't have a chance

With a population of over 170 Million
We are a family of Accipitridae
United in love and purpose
We pray to Zeus
Let these Eagles soar
That we may bring the spoils
And return to show ourselves to the gods.

Do you know anyone who has a degree in Software Engineering/Web Technology for immediate employment in an IT form? Have them send me their CV before 2pm on Thursday 16th Nov., 2017. Email: babzybabs@yahoo.com

Criteria:

a. Young
b. Fresh graduates have a higher chance of absorbtion.

For leading the Nigerian Super Eagles to beat Argentina by 4 goals to 2, I think Gernot Rohr deserves a statue. What do you think?

Dance Of Shame (A Poem By Babatunde Raimi)

Like a Cheetah to a Gazzelle
Our common weath entices them
The game is to win
Even if they spill blood via rituals
And extra judicial killings
For them, a win is a win

With sweetened tongues
They declare their manifesto
Heaven and earth they promise
To a people expectant of a selfless Leader
As a Groom awaiting his Bride

Deceitfully they wangle in
Then, our hands become tied
Like spectators in a football match
Who will save us from them?
Who will lead us to our promised land?

Why do Patriachs lay eggs
And hatch them not
They rape our economy and expect bliss
But they will leave them
Yes, they will
All their ill-gotten wealth
In the midst of their days
For the Word is infallible

Save they return
Their generations will share
Up to their fourth generation
Their acts will be judged
By the one who is just
The Defender of the Defenceless
The Only wise One

We will not only blow the whistle
We will sound the trumpet
And unmask those Masquerades
Masquerading as our Leaders

The stage is set
The die is cast
The talking drum is ready
Right in the market square
We will sing to them
Songs of shame
The revolution starts now!

Dear Nairalanders,

I am writing a Book on Human Trafficking & the dangerous trip to Europe by land by Africans. Any advise?

This is a situation that has be-deviled Africa as a continent, especially due to corruption. People now engage in this perilous journeys, not minding if it takes their lives.

As a writer, i want to be a part of solving these problems and educating our generation, so they don't end up in regrest and as misfits.

Please share your stories with me. Please send me the contact of anyone you know who failed or succeeded in this journey, i need to go interview them ASAP. My direct line is: 08178827380 & 08035063895, Email: babzybabs@yahoo.com & gentlebabs@gmail.com

Thanks for your anticipated assistance. I can't write this book without your support and recommendations, please.

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach.

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For a moment, just a moment. Can we wear our toga of morality by seperating the method from the motive.

a. Why should a matured man steal?
b. What is his background?
c. Is he really idle and jobless?
c. Is he from a broken home?
d. Has his means of livelihood suddenly been taken away from him?
e. Is he married and felt responsible to his family by hook or crook?
f. If he can turn back the hand of time, do you think he will steal again?

Just asking. He has committed an offence, but please don't be too quick to judge him except you are perfect.

Before You Say "I Do". (Watch Out For My book on Single Mothers.

Be honest with yourself, avoid putting a temporary person in a permanent place in your life. Many people get divorced even before they are married, do you think some of the things they eventually discovered happened overnight? Be smart!

The joy is never on getting married, but in staying married. But we often jettison so many things because we are in love, which might lead to problems in marriage, graduating to verbal and physical assaults which can eventually lead to divorce after the marriage has been blessed with kids.

Remember, it is not how long you spend on the wedding, but how long you stay in the marriage. "I saw your fiancee smoking, drinking and womanising. ' Hmhm....i have been praying to God about it oh! infact we have been going to special miracle service because of it. i believe one day he will change." Do not be fooled by that believe. It is hard to change a person who is not ready to change. In this case, the only thing a wedding would change is your relationship status from "Single to Married".

If you have to fight and beg for attention before the marriage, do not expect an overnight affection during the marriage. The idea is to look before you leap and ensure that you are not blinded by sentiments. Often times, whatever decision you take on sentiments you end up regretting.

There is a limit to how much a person can pretend, dating is the initial stage of relationships, and the reason why we date is to know the type of person we are bringing into our lives. Don't go into any relationship expecting perfection, afterall no one is really wholly perfect. Be honest with yourself, never let age, family, culture or social pressure force you into a miserable marriage because decision decides destiny. Families and friends can follow you to the wedding, but only you will.be in the marriage. If you have a mate who assaults you physically and disrespects you, run away from such people, so you don't end up being single parent. Some aren't alive today t tell the story because they chose to endure the abuses in a marriage. Many of them refused to have a meeting with themselves and tell themselves the truth. However, it is pertinent to note that not only women get abused, men too, especially emotionally abuse and denials. A tempersmental person who slaps you while dating, might end up beating you while married. Many are in abusive marriages because of their children, afterall the contract is for better for best (God help us). I have seen so many good marriages than worse, so marriage is a good thing when two emotionally, physically and financially comfortable people come together to form an informidable collabo. The idea behind this epistle is for you to avoid what will eventually lead to abuse, seperation or divorce, which are vivid elements of single parenting.

Be prayerful, but while you do, "Watch and pray". Understand that prayer will never be a subsitute for common-sense, which is not very common. A materialistic person who loves you for who you are will never stay with you when the road is rough. Worthy of mention, economic power is swinging in favour of women now and the pendulum is swinging real fast. They are getting more empowered, getting top jobs, gaining financial independence and attracting often times; a new generation of lazy men who masquerade as being in love to take advantage of these hard working ladies by only contributing their physical strenght in the game of sexal satisfaction.

Before you say "I Do", enjoy your singlehood, discover yourself, make mistakes, fall, rise, learn and do not see marriage as a means of escape to matters that touches the heart. The journey can be tumultous finding who you want, when you do not know who you are.

Be very careful who you choose as a spouse, your happiness or sadness depends on them. Choosing the wrong person can terminate your career and aspirations because of lack of care, concern and support. Enagage in investigative dating and never let anyone objectify you regardless of your sexuality. Remember, you are wonderfully and fearfully created by the Chief Porter.

Finally, when the foundation is poor, collapse is inevitable, marriage is designed by the Master Creator to be enjoyed, not to be endured. Therefore, before you say "I DO", make sure you know what you are doing. Remember, it is never too late to begin again more intelligently if you must. Shut that door to that abusive relationship and receive the grace of goodbye. Truth is, there is a man for every woman and vis versa. Before you say "I DO", make sure you know what you are doing.

The idea behind all these, is to eliminate from the roots factors that leads to single parenting and unhappiness in marriage before the wedding. This will in turn have a direct impact on the type of leaders we raise through our bloodline, thereby reducing crime wave for which children from broken and unhappy homes are also exposed to.

Thank you Akin al Amin for your inspiration, you are a blessing to our generation.

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Blogger

There was this girl i was crushing on way back. Little did i know that she had a thing for me too. We will spreak casually on phone. Sometimes i tease her about her boyfriend, and she tell me she does not have one. She told me of a Doctor she was crushing on, even though i got confused somehow, i started giving her skills on how to position herself, so that the Doctor can see her availability and hopefully something can start off from there. I gave this advise reluctantly but professionally. I noticed that she will always be the one to call at midnight trying to discuss generally. Na that time my brain reset, i then began talking flirtatiously with her on phone. Not up to one week our style of discussion hanged, i asked her over, she refused and asked that i came over. I told her i will be closing late from work (Na scope oh! That is it okay if i come around by 7pm, she obliged. When i got to her house, i noticed her cousin stylishly excused us, being a sharpish Festac brought up; i decoded the message. When she came in, clad in a a beatiful flowery silky gown, she bent to pick something from under her bed, in her one room apartment. Oh my world, little did i know she wanted to show me her natural endowment in 3D and in real time. At this point, i stood up, held her and told her "You don't need to seduce me, i am already lost". We went to cloud 17 that night that she asked "Are you not late for work". This is true life story oh!

DanseMacabre:
Oga comot for road abeg. After devil na Nigeria police. All this your story na because you never experience them in action. Bunch of goddamned reprobates, the whole lot of them.


Fork the police!

Relax now Bros., we no dey quarel. If you read my post with open mind, you go see say me i don get their experience too.

It is always good to attack issues, not personalities.