Whatever you do, pray for the ability to see your own sins, your own hypocrisy, and your own shortcomings. Never get so carried away pointing fingers that you forget you, too, fall short.
Kunle Elebute, former Chairman of KPMG Africa and Senior Partner of KPMG Nigeria, on the best retirement advice an American partner gave to him.
The two important things in your life:
You must own the home you live in as at retirement and you mustn't owe a dime to anybody on that home.
The second most expensive thing you spend on is your children's education.
By the time you retire and you're not paying for these things, your home and dry . And any income you have afterwards is yours.
Life is too brief to carry anger in your heart. The money you spend your life chasing can disappear, the possessions you protect can be lost, and the people you take for granted may one day no longer be there. Make peace while you can. Forgive while you can. Love while you can.
If you are looking for one of the reasons he was ‘strategically’ killed, you have one. He would have been the best President in the history of the country.
People like “Lekki street boy” shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
But our so called celebrities have edged him on his foolishness to the extent that he’s a phenomenon and people see him as a role model.
It’s quite embarrassing.
Losing my mum almost took my life.
I had no will to live.
If I was kidnapped during that period, I won’t even give them any number to call for any ransom.
I was ready to leave this life.
Nothing made any sense.