To Thy Tents...

If only we knew how futile it is to make a fuss over what we have little or no control over- Me

Courtesy, Google.

For the Bible scholars, the story in the Bible had it that at a point, the king wouldn't listen to the people, and they got angry and decided to leave and go to their various homes since the king had refused to give them a stake or an inheritance. Hence the term 'To your tents O Israel' was born. Sound familiar?

Driving In Nigeria

Thank God it's Friday!!!

Hope your week was fruitful, and you achieved a larger percentage of all you set out to achieve this week? Well, if you didn't, don't beat yourself up about it.

When I visited Dubai, one of the things that amazed me was how calm the cab drivers seemed;

Contract Marriage

Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.” 

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

The above quote aptly fits the situation in Nigeria at the moment. With the killings here and there, the security operatives seem at a loss over what to do or how to go about dealing with this. I hope there's light at the end of this tunnel, and we will emerge stronger and more united. Or are these signs of the end time which the Bible talks about? If yes, does this mean there's no point praying for things to get better, since they won't? Anyway, I digress. 

Federal Character Principle: Friend or Foe?

Hello everyone, good morning.

Courtesy: Federal character commission

How're you doing? What's been happening? Well, inflation is still here, prices of goods and services are still skyrocketing, our President was rumoured to have died over the weekend, but a picture has been released of him chilling in London. Someone said that was how the 'rumour' started with an ex-President, which later turned out to be true, hahahaha....Nigerians have no chill!! Also, apparently, the ex President of Gambia allegedly left with 11 million dollars from their Treasury as he fled into exile. 11 million seems like peanuts compared to all the wealth he must have amassed in the 22 years he ruled his country, but what do they say, more money makes you want more money. It is just never enough, is it? Greed!

To the business of today.

My Fitness Journey

Hi Hi, 

So many things are happening in the world, and for a while the focus is not on Nigeria. Donald Trump is being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America today, congratulations to him. President Adama Barrow had to be sworn into office in Senegal as the Ex President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh refused to accept the result of the election and leave office after ruling Gambia for 22 years, 22 years and he's still not tired? He'd rather watch his country enter into a civil war than do the right thing. I don't know what is wrong with the crop of leaders we have in Africa, that they desire to cling to power by all means. I hope this act doesn't destroy their country.

How Correct is Our GPS?

I remember discussing with an Uncle of mine who came in from the US over the Christmas holidays about GPS services here in Nigeria. He expressed his pleasant surprise that the GPS seemed to be working well in the major cities, I agreed with him and his wife although I know that sometimes they get my location way off, even in Abuja. I could be in Apo and the GPS on my phone would have my location as Karu, which is at another end of the Federal Capital Territory! In the East, especially my Village, Facebook said I was in Ukpo, or Awkuzu, meanwhile I was in Abagana.

Message From Abroad

Hello everyone, hope you had a good weekend. It was a sad morning as we woke up to read the news that two suicide bombers snuck into the Mosque inside the University of Maiduguri, Borno state detonated and killed students and Professors who gathered there for the early morning prayers. Quite saddening.

100th Post

Hi guys,

This is my 100th post!! Whoop whoop!!! This is a milestone worth celebrating, if I may say so myself. An Igbo proverb says that the lizard fell from the tree, looked left and right and decided that since no one wanted to praise him, he'd praise himself, hence the nod. When you don't copy and paste news information, but sit and articulate your thoughts well enough and write them down in a way that it would make sense, you can bet it won't be easy. 

On Strange Relationships

If you live in Nigeria, I beg you to try and buy petrol today as the owners of the oil, the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have begun a 3 days 'warning' strike today, and if you have experienced the fuel scarcity that comes with one of their strike actions, you'd understand what I'm hinting at. One day strike from NUPENG affects fuel supply for for days. It is bad that at every point in time, a sector of this nation's economy will hold the country by the balls through strike action, although I don't always blame them. Strike action seem to be the way to get this government's attention. Anyway, that's by the way.

Has My Priorities Changed?

Good morning and welcome to a new week.

I'm back after my break. Before you ask, I didn't have fun! Car accident coupled with sickness that just wouldn't let me be great, but I'm good now. The year  has begun running already and work has resumed in earnest. Time waits for no one, really and this year has got to be fabulous.  

Happy New Year

“You can get excited about the future. The past won’t mind.” – Hillary DePiano

Hello everyone!! Happy new year!!!