August

The exalted one

[August @A4_august]

@oakcha @asemota Lol... something one of my good friends has been trying to do with me for sometime. I'm quite surprised as to why he would want me to date his little sister 😅

[SÀLÀKÓ @JosephLaughterS]

Your first 1M, 10M or 100M is not the money that will bring your family out of poverty. It is also not meant for big-boy/girl lifestyle.

I have said this before and I hope my co-young Nigerians can learn.

I know 1M looks like a very small money but for some, that’s the highest money you’d ever encounter AT ONCE in your life and whatever you are able to do with it can either make or mar your future.

Around June-August 2020, I got my first job on Upwork and made about $1500 from it after paying others who worked with me. If I remember vividly, that was not even up to 1M as at then. But it changed my life positively and for good!!!

Guess what, my lifestyle didn’t change too much just because I got that kinda money. As a matter of fact, I put most of the money in some of those investments that trended during that Covid period and was lucky enough to make 20-25% monthly till December before I pulled out (which thank God I did, as by January it crashed). That money was part of the initial capital for the gas plant that started running by April 2021.

You know the funny thing was that I didn’t get another job between August and early December 2020 on Upwork. Imagine going from that good start to a 4-month dryness? Big time “enugbe”. The next job I got, I did the interview and exam late December and started working with them by 10th of January, 2021. That went on for 2 straight years. $400 monthly for the first year and $500 monthly for the second year.

In between this, I had a few consistent clients and some one-time gigs here and there.

By December 2021, I got another gig that paid between $500 – 1k monthly depending on work done and lasted about 8 months.

In 2022 as well, I got a one-time $1k job on Fiverr.

I lost both Upwork and Fiverr accounts in November and December 2022, consecutively!

In between all of these, I consistently ran my tutorial (Highflyers Tutors) and 2 gas stations (opened the first at April 2021 and the second at April 2022). I didn’t disregard my physical businesses just because I was making some good money, as you may call it, online!

My lifestyle still did not really change so big as I knew I wasn’t there yet. If not that I changed my mind and decided to relocate, I honestly hoped I’d get to a point from physical businesses where I’d make at least 1M monthly since I knew freelancing was not always consistent! My rent was less than 200k per year. That was something I could make in 2 weeks or max of a month.

I knew people who made $10k or more and blew it. As at same 2021, someone I knew faintly made about 60M, slept in hotels and went to clubs for close to 6 months until he blew that money till the last drop finished! They’re mostly yahoo boys, btw.

So, as I said earlier, your first financial breakthrough isn’t what will pull all your family out of poverty. It is also not for living large and showing off that you’ve arrived! Rather, it’s a seed that, if used or invested well, can take you to greater heights and eventually help your loved ones as well. But if misused, you might end up poorer than you used to be!

YOU ARE NOT A YAHOO BOY so you shouldn’t be trying to use your breakthrough money to impress anyone.

[August @A4_august]

Anywhere you go, I will follow you

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Fellow Nigerians, good morning.

I woke up this morning after my church service with a deeply reflective heart, and despite every constraint, I felt compelled to share these thoughts with you.

Many people do not truly understand the silent pains some of us carry daily—the private struggles, emotional burdens, and quiet battles we face while trying to survive and serve sincerely in difficult circumstances.

We now live in an environment that has become increasingly toxic, where the very system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living often works against the people—a society where intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.

More painful is when some of those you associate with, believing you would find understanding and solidarity among them, become part of the pressure you face. Some who publicly identify with you privately distance themselves or join in unfair criticism.

We live in a society where humility is mistaken for weakness, respect is seen as a lack of courage, and compassion is treated as foolishness—a system where treating people equally is questioned simply because you refuse to worship status, tribe, class, or power.

Personally, I have never looked down on anyone except to uplift them. I have never used privilege, position, or resources to oppress others, intimidate the weak, or make people feel small. To me, leadership has always been about service, sacrifice, and helping others rise.

Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them.

However, the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division, instead of focusing on deeper national problems and playing politics built more on control and exclusion than on service and nation-building.

Even within spaces where one labours sincerely, one is sometimes treated like an outsider in one’s own home. You and your team become easy targets for every failure, frustration, or misunderstanding, as though honest contribution has become a favour being tolerated rather than appreciated.

And when you choose to leave so that those you are leaving can have peace, and you step out into the cold, you are still maligned and your character is questioned. Despite all your efforts to continue working for a better Nigeria and engaging people with sincerity and goodwill, those who do not wish you well continue to attack your character and question your intentions.

There are moments I ask God in prayer: Why is doing the right thing often misconstrued as wrongdoing in our country? Why is integrity not valued? Why is the prudent management of resources, especially when invested in critical areas like education and healthcare, wrongly labelled as stinginess? Why are humility and obedience to the rule of law often taken to be weakness rather than discipline?

Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President. I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work. I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.

Yet, despite everything, I remain resolute. I firmly believe that Nigeria can still become a country with competent leadership based on justice, compassion, and equal opportunity for all.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[August @A4_august]

@PreciousFolake2 We are "same"

[August @A4_august]

@JEXXIQAR @naturalboifilmz @KelOnovo Lol... as in that period when he went to nubian kingdom
Papa Ajasco shrink after women rush am
🤣🤣🤣

Chai! See wetin I remember, I really need to get married 😭😭😭

[August @A4_august]

@Archenrycj Dey play, only tilers go use like 200 bags of cement

[CHELSEA ENTHUSIAST🥶 @edoboyehi]

@john322226 As a Chelsea fan, if you were here with us during Graham Potter, Frank Lampard, Mauricio Pochettino and the departure of Roman Abramovich.

I want you to know you deserve this Joy and Happiness. Don't let anyone gaslight you... You deserve this joy.. it has been hell

[August @A4_august]

@WizzyGrams @pbtips_ For that una lack lustre match wey I nearly sleep off.

[August @A4_august]

@mrbayoa1 I'm a freelance Architect & an aspiring software engr, d laptop I use is inherited & cant do heavy rendering, which affects my productivity. I'm registered on upwork but av ad 2 pass up offers cos my laptop can't meet up certain design specs. It lags 😣 I hope I get picked tho 🙏

[August @A4_august]

@nicholasemokhor @47kasz Omo! na 29 y/o full this CS.
Will be 30 by August, and all I can say my life is in God's hands.

[Atenaga Victor @atenagavictor]

My prayer for you this week.

#prayer #newweek #monday

[Simply Worship NG @SimplyWorshipNG]

Welcome to "March" our month of ( NEW THINGS) Isaiah 43:19
Isaiah 43:19
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

[August @A4_august]

@holardamolar As in
Man is just out of sorts

[Atenaga Victor @atenagavictor]

My prayer for you this week.

#prayer #mondaymorning #feb

[August @A4_august]

@Mrbankstips God is awesome
You are awesome
God bless you @Mrbankstips

[August @A4_august]

@Mrbankstips Who dey zuzzuuuu
God don us3 @Mrbankstips bless me this morning🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Just woke up to a big win.
God bless you idolo.
So happy I stayed up last night!

[Atenaga Victor @atenagavictor]

My prayer for you this week.

#newweek #febuary2025 #prayer #blessing

[August @A4_august]

@Folasheycrown22 @yabaleftonline It's possible na, i bet they started quite early.
At 35 my parents had both had 6 kids btw 1985 and 1998.
Don't understand why y'all are baffled

[August @A4_august]

@ndictmedia If you are a kind & honest person & u can hold meaningful conversations, open ur dm and we'll take it from there or better still text me.

[Atenaga Victor @atenagavictor]

Quick wisdom for success.

#Friday #deepseek #africa #christians #wisdomforsuccess #ISHALLNOTLACK #weekendnugget