After working hard for many months, the deal fell through. We had done our best, worked as hard as we knew how and we really bemoaned the outcome. As we reviewed all that had transpired we comforted ourselves with the phrase ‘it is not God’s will’. For a long time after that, I kept wondering if it really was not … Read More
Detecting & Correcting The Faults
People generally agree that the statement ‘our transformer don blow’ is one of the most traumatic statements to a typical Nigerian, almost in the range of ‘person don die’. The electrical transformer steps down high voltage electricity and makes it safe to use in the home and factories. Unfortunately, due to several endemic issues, power supply is epileptic and the … Read More
Obliteration of Advantages, War ends Soon
Man to man we proved who was superior. An agrieved man may corner his fellow and prove who was stronger. Then as people increased, it was the number of people. In hand-to-hand combat, you needed strong men to fight.Then simple weapons – knives and spears eliminated that advantage. No one was a strong match a knife-wielding maniac.The use of horses … Read More
Make Excellence A Habit
As I opened the door to proceed on my exercise this morning it dawned on me that I had not brushed my mouth. ‘No be solitary walk, wey only you go waka? No waste time, make we dey go’. ‘What is more your mouth no dey smell’. I rationalized, lazy to go back and eager to start off on the … Read More
Let Your Talent Grow: Start
As I thought about the ‘parable of the talent’ in the scriptures, it just hit me that beyond spiritual gifts which of course is its main focus, everyone alive has plenty talents wrapped as great ideas, skills, and abilities that can make his/her life and that of others better. The big question is what are you doing with them? Our … Read More
War is Coming
The only thing that can unite mankind is an attack on earth by Aliens – President Ronald Reagan, 1987 For many years now despite the lack of any solid physical evidence, the movie world have been preparing us for the attack by ‘aliens’ & the unity of the human race in prosecuting that war. Soon, there will indeed be such … Read More
Capture masked like a Surrender
In every war, the sweetest phrase from the enemy is ‘I surrender’.Two words that end misery and pain and ruin.In one instance surrender was masked in such a way to capture the Prince & win the war by declaring a stalemate. In Eden, in a desperate act of sabotage, Satan led man into rebellious secession.He tried very much to hide … Read More