Living in Lagos is living a dream – sometimes it is nightmarish. The food scene here goes from chaos, to heat, to spice and to love shared over a meal. Sometimes it is healing a heartbreak or warmth thawing the ice of sorrow. The other times it is just diarrhea trying to take your life – because you have eaten the wrong meal If you earn around, slightly or below NGN 250K you have no...
There’s a powerful idea that has quietly shaped the lives of successful people across every field: at any point in life, you’ll almost always have two out of three things — time, money, and knowledge. Rarely do we have all three at once, and that’s not a disadvantage. In fact, the real secret lies in learning how to use the two you do have to gain the third. Think about it. If you have...
It was a Monday morning, and my dad was taking me for registration in the most prestigious primary school in Zaria, Kaduna State. I was excited because I had new uniforms, new white socks, a new school bag, new books and pencils, you know the feeling that comes with having new things. I was being registered to begin nursery one. My first encounter with anxiety was a few weeks into the...
I still remember my university days as a young singer in the Nigerian Federation of Catholic Students (NFCS). Our Thursday evening prayer and worship sessions were a highlight of my week. Although I wasn’t always given the opportunity to lead, when I did, my performances were always met with enthusiasm and appreciation. People would approach me after the sessions, acknowledging my gift and...
The Two Silent Thieves Robbing Your Everyday Joy We all know the iconic Easter scene: Jesus on the cross, bounded by two thieves. It’s a powerful image from Scripture, but have you ever considered how it mirrors the subtle battles we face every single day? Stay with me for a moment. Imagine those two thieves aren’t just figures from history, but representations of the very things that...
Growing up, I often heard the saying, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step.” But it wasn’t until I heard an old man tell a story that I truly understood it. He spoke of a boy named Tunde who dreamed of becoming a scholar. However, he lived in a small village with no access to books or teachers. His dream seemed too far away, and fear of the long road ahead made...
In a world that’s always buzzing with things to do, boredom has become something we try to escape at all costs. We fill every spare moment with our phones, social media, and endless to-do lists. But what if boredom is actually a gift? What if those quiet, empty moments are exactly what we need to grow in ways we rarely consider? One surprising benefit of boredom is that it’s a spark for...
Two days ago I went into a supermarket with a friend who wanted to buy a pack of juice, we went in, saw what we were looking for, and quickly made our way to the counter, reaching the payment point the young lady, scanned and told us the bill, and to our greatest surprise it was N6,000 higher than the price we know, my friend complained that it was above her budget but what can we do...
The random rumblings in my mind. I think of Life In the incremental ways that you look at a situation and gain more insight as time passes. But to do that, you require an open mind, otherwise you end up with a skewed view. The radical notion that all people who pass through your life add a sketch to the drawing called your life is called being existing – being alive. A friend who is also a...
No one actually has their life perfectly figured out. Shocking, right? We scroll through social media seeing these amazing highlight reels of people traveling the world, acing their careers, and rocking flawless relationships, and it’s easy to feel like we’re falling short. But here’s the truth: everyone is winging it, even those who seem to have it all. So let’s let go...