Bashir Aderemi

[Oloye Akin Alabi @akinalabi]

You are 30 so don't want to go for a 5 yr course because when you finish you will be 35. Whether you go back or not, you will be 35 in 5 yrs

[Bablola @Farawe__]

@keji_social People divorce over what they don't talk about, not just what they disagree on. Sexual compatibility is one of those conversations.

[Alaga! @Hon_Danjo]

As a bobo, buy tools. What do you mean you don’t have international passport? What do you mean you don’t have a registered business? What do you mean you don’t have a corporate account? What do you mean you don’t have TIN? Driver license? Corporate address?

Investment no be only land. Invest in yourself, no be by make only library full.

You can become a man, If you have what men have.

[Àgbà John Doe @jon_d_doe]

1) Invest your idle funds
2) Do not be addicted to betting or gambling
3) Do not steal
4) Do not be complacent & upgrade your skill & knowledge
5) Build good connections & don't burn bridges
6) Marry a woman that is contented & very patient
7) Learn to honor your father with your first fruit
8) Do not lead a woman with money
9) Learn to give to charity
10) Be kind to your wife, & be financially transparent
11) Learn to have kids that only you can cater to, without necessarily depending on your wife's money
12) Do not let a woman set you up for failure
13) Plan your wedding mostly according to your resources
14) Hold on tight to God
15) Learn to pay your wife back her debt
16) Invest in yourself, far more than you would want to invest in your wife
17) Learn to say No, sometimes
18) Marry early

You'll surely have financial challenges, but you'll overcome, if you do most of the above.

End.

[Kolapo IMÃM 🪶 @PiousGeek]

For everything that comes easy for you, remember someone somewhere is struggling so badly for it. Be it knowledge, status, eloquence, smartness, carriage, dressing, look, confidence, money, privilege, family, partner and lots more!

Be kind always, it’s safer!

[𝑰𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑨. 𝑶𝒏𝒊 PhD @IdrisAOni1]

Nigerians are the sweetest and most exciting people on earth.
God bless Nigeria. Āmīn.

[Cowrywise @cowrywise]

Watch NTA.

[ari @ar1fgs]

e get one of my uncle wey dey push 50 with no job, no wife and him still dey live with my grandma.
my momsi just tell me say na the way i dey behave na how him take start
i dey reason my life like this

[Oku @oku_yungx]

A LIL ADVICE FOR YOU 🔥🙏🏾

1. Stay away from those who stay close to everyone.

2. Being alone is better than being used.

3. Money gives you the ability to walk away from people & situations you don't like.

4. I don't care if it's lonely at the top; It was lonely at the bottom.

5. Loyalty is rare. If you find it, keep it.

6. Rule number 1: Believe in yourself.

7. Jealousy is a lack of confidence.

8. Stop thinking everyone is your friend.

9. Don't forget how badly you wanted what you have now. Blessings are always coming to us.

10. Don't regret having a good heart; All good things come back and multiply.

[Geekay @gkbalogs]

Story Time

I graduated top of my class, all my lecturers wanted me to start my master’s right away, I even got an assistantship role in the department, but I just couldn’t see myself teaching biochemistry. Then came my first job offer at Mr. Biggs as a restaurant supervisor.

[Sir J (J9) @SirJarus]

Things (privileges) we take for granted

Had a long chat with someone today and the story sounded epic

- came to Abuja after NYSC without knowing anybody
- begged a Hausa Mai Shayi to pass a night in his wooden shop
- ended up spending 6 months in the Mai Shayi shop, with sleeping space created only after 1 am close of the shop daily
- bathed in makeshift semi-open bath shed all through
- a QS grad, went to NIQS head office, got a directory of QS firms in Nigeria, opened Abuja page, started calling the numbers one by one, pleading for job. Turned down by all but one
- one gave him an opportunity to come for a chat
- chat was with MD, a veteran
- given biro and paper to be tested in QS field
- the feedback? MD, an old-school perfectionist Yoruba baba, on top on his voice: “You don’t know anything. What is this?”
- young man almost entered ground
- when baba calmed down: “You don’t know anything, but you said you attended XYZ school abi? Do you know AB XY? He should be your mate?”
- “Yes sir, I know him from afar”
- “He is my son. Because you attended school with my son, I will try you on this job”
- Given the job, handed over to a senior employee to teach him the work like a primary school kid
- N60k pay per month
- still going to work from mai shayi shop
- left the mai shayi shop after a couple of months and got a N150k apartment, on which he emptied savings
- Went on to work in the firm for 6 years, with payrise over time, handling even big projects and becoming one of baba’s trusted guys
- by 6th year, young man, knowing the son of whom he was, and with side gigs in construction, and borrowing here and there, and with personal experience in construction, completed a 3 bedroom bungalow in an Abuja outskirt (actually Niger State). Moved in after just plastering.

All happened between 2016 and 2023

When he mentioned staying with mai shayi, I remembered my own beginning and betrayed my emotions.

There was me that landed in a brother’s BQ in VI Lagos after NYSC and staying there rent-free for one year, despite even getting decent job almost immediately after NYSC. I never thought of that as a big deal. But hearing the young man’s story, I thought: “What if this was me that had to live in Mai Shayi store for 6 months after NYSC? Could I have survived?”

I appreciate bro more.

Things (privileges) we take for granted.

[👳🏾‍♂️Mufti Of Ilorin Online 👳🏾‍♂️ @Adamthallith]

You’re not a hypocrite for going to mosque because of Ramadan

You’re not a hypocrite for reading Quran because of Ramadan.

You’re not a hypocrite for dressing decently because of Ramadan

You’re not a hypocrites for being more religious in this Holy Month.

In fact, that’s the purpose of the month, to make us better than what we use to be.

May the blessings and goodness of this month be upon you and me.

[Donald @RealDonaldDoo]

While listening to this video, I started praying.

I hope you also listen and send a prayer ahead of you, the year is just starting, plenty months to still go.

[Vique @viqueta]

The evening of October 2015, I was at church attending a youth program, it was some months after my NYSC, I was desperate to get a job so I was always walking about with my CV in my pocket😀
I saw a black G-wagon pulled over infront of the church and a woman in her 60’s

[Sub-Pharmacist🍏 @subpharmacist]

Energy drinks don’t give energy. They give the illusion of energy. Energy drinks are majorly filled with chemicals that work on the alert centers of the brain. Before we go into the matter in proper, let’s talk about some of the contents of energy drinks.

Most of them (energy drinks) contain high amounts of caffeine, higher than the recommended levels. Caffeine is a stimulant, it increases the circulation of chemicals such as adrenaline. Adrenaline is also known as “flight or fight hormone”. With adrenaline you are alert. Also cortisol which is a stress hormone is activated. (In small levels caffeine is good, in high levels; it is dangerous to the heart and health). Energy drinks are also loaded with sugar, and many other ingredients.

(Back to the matter) Energy drinks don’t give you energy. Energy comes from the mitochondria.

Mitochondria are membrane-bound cell organelles that generate most of the chemical energy needed to power your bodies biochemical reactions.

The chemical energy produced by the mitochondria is stored in a small molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is also known as the energy currency of the body as it provides readily releasable energy. When you take energy drinks, they super-stimulate your brain to release adrenaline due to the high content of caffeine. Because you’re stimulated, you’re alert, there is rush of adrenaline, your heart is pumping. What it gave you is not energy, it’s an illusion of it, and it will die down and the circle repeats, and you keep harming your health by taking loads of it.

[Oku @oku_yungx]

GOLDEN ADVICE FOR YOU 🔥🥂

1. Problems will always exist. Enjoy life while solving them.

2. Your future is shaped by your habits, not just your decisions.

3. You can only control your EFFORT and ATTITUDE in life.

4. Don’t ask how to start—just BEGIN, then improve along the way.

5. Happiness comes from PURPOSE, not just pleasure.

6. Life feels harder when you expect much from the world and little from yourself.

7. Life becomes easier with HIGH standards for yourself and LOW expectations from the world.

8. Half of your problems are your mind making small things seem big.

9. Stop looking for secrets—focus on consistent repetitions.

10. Don’t let people, money, or past experiences control your life.

11. Every challenge holds an OPPORTUNITY. Look for it, and turn it into something positive.

12. Be thankful every day—your "normal" life is someone else’s dream.

[MumZee✨🇳🇬 @_DebbieOA]

So I compiled this from the responses, anyone my eyes fall on, I'll cook😒. I'll still add to it😌.

[Ayo Shonaiya @AyoShonaiya]

44mins I’ve been watching a Jamaican girl’s video edit of her trip to Lagos for Detty December with her Nigerian boyfriend.

As in, a whole week of doing EVERYTHING in Lagos. Not only Island but Mainland, suya on the street in Ikeja, LCC, fancy Lekki restaurants, nightclubs and “burlesque” shows, ice cream, beach houses by speedboat, natural fruit juices, traffic, spa, everything!

Then the boyfriend took her to a Jamaican restaurant to let her order food for them and speak with her natural accent. This guy’s the best boyfriend ever.

Anyway, my point is, Lagos State Tourism should license that video, edit it down to like 12mins and use it for their tourism campaign 😊

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

Luck plays a big role in our everyday life. That is why when we pray, we ask for favour. As long as the outcome depends on man, you need grace.

Years ago, somebody went for an interview. He complimented the interviewer that she smells nice and she took offence. That was how he lost the job. Someone else could have smiled and that would make the difference.

I know someone that went for a job interview and was asked three questions. He answered two but didn't know the last one. He responded with "I'll get back to you on that." The interviewers teased him with "abegii, you'll get back to me when, how?" Then she added "let it not be that I'm the one that failed you. There are many stages of this interview. You have passed this stage, you'll meet the higher-ups next. Good luck." That is luck. Religious people call it grace.

Somebody went for visa interview without his bank statement that people are always desperately filling up(even if they have to borrow) to show proof of fund. The consular officer asked him where it was and he said it was there. He pretended to look for it and feigned anger "it is supposed to be here. How could my assistant forget that? You know what? I could bring it to you later today or tomorrow morning." The consular officer who was looking at him told him not to worry and gave him the visa.

I went to Corporste Affairs Comission in 2019 and the lady that attended to me saw my hands and her eyes lit up. "Do you wash with those hands, do you do anything with those hands?" I didn't understand at first until she said they were pretty. That was all it took for someone looking angry and tired to attend to me nicely.

Some people have gone to places to seek favours, and the uniqueness of your name is interesting to the person. It could be that their child bears same name and conversation would switch from why you came to "You have a beautiful name. Do you even know what it means? My child bears the same name." Gist don start and whatever you came for, you'll get it.

Somebody went for the final stage of an interview, which was with the MD. Oga was watching ball and his team, Arsenal, were winning 5-0. The man was in a good mood and just asked him about football. He got the job. Imagine Arsenal were losing 4 - 0.

Some of you have given your CVs to your uncles and father's connect, but till tomorrow they have not gotten back to you. On Twitter here, somebody can just like your vibe and ask you to bring your CV. Then your own helper will be the one updating you on the progress of things.

During my Msc dissertation presentation, which was online, my laptop decided to go off. I took my cousin's laptop and logged in to my portal to continue. My supervisor was waiting. I apologised and she smiled and said "No worries." I could have logged in and she had disappeared for lunch and failed me for being unserious.

You could go out in Lagos wearing your University sweatshirt and somebody would wall up to you with "I schooled in Loughborough too. Pleasure to meet you. Why are you here?"

Sometimes, all it takes is your smile. It might even be your looks. Your disposition just put the person in a good mood and they are happy to help. Once it involves man, you need luck in life. You can't be too prepared for grace. It just happens.

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

Story of “MAMMY MARKET”

Every military barrack and NYSC camp in Nigeria has a place called “mammy market”.

Ever wondered how it got its name ?

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