Yusuf Bello

People's Ops|| Humanitarian || Psychosocial || Selectively Friendly ||

[Yusuf Bello @_Lekan_Bello]

Haq!

[Onwa_Nnewi @Kene_Nnewi]

Hello everyone, please, I urgently need your help and attention. My sister and other NYSC corps members who left Bayelsa State yesterday were attacked along the Kogi Express Road. Sadly, the driver was killed, and the corps members were reportedly taken into the forest.

Up until now, we have not heard from them, and the family is deeply worried and devastated. We have contacted the police, but unfortunately, we have not received any positive feedback yet.

Please, I am appealing to the NYSC, the Federal Government, security agencies, and everyone who can help to urgently intervene and do everything possible to rescue them safely.

Please, we don’t want anything to happen to our loved ones. . They are someone’s children, siblings and loved ones. Their lives matter.

Please help us amplify this message and tag the relevant authorities. We are begging for urgent action before it is too late.

(Chisom Ede Wrote)

[Ugo @Deputyzaddy]

Please if you’re in festac and it’s environs kindly patronize my friend’s mum.
Road 322, C close
God bless you🙏

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

As a man, please pray and protect your sources of income.

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

When things turn around for good for you, don’t look for more people, lift up those who have been with you.

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

You are not the most hardworking, God is just on your side.

[SEUN Durojaiye 🇳🇬 @DurojaiyeSegun]

During my postgraduate days at UNILAG, there was this guy who would always drive to lectures in his 2004 Toyota Corolla. He worked with FAAN.

Whenever exams were approaching, he would always want to borrow my notes and make photocopies because he liked the way I structured it. I had a way of highlighting important points and adding side notes, some of which would later turn out to be likely exam questions.

We had this particular course he had been battling with. At that point, his mindset was simply to write the exam, pass somehow, and probably end up with an E.

So I picked him up. We would have WhatsApp voice calls while going through the course materials together. We did it consistently, and we both ended up with an A.

He would usually tell me that if I ever needed anything, I shouldn't hesitate to let him know and that he would come through for me. Most times, I ignored the offer because I was also doing fine on my own.

About two years after our master's programme, I had a cousin who had graduated for years but was still struggling to secure employment. He had twice gotten a fully funded scholarship in the US and was denied visa twice. He also tried Australia and was denied three times.

He eventually gave Belgium a shot, got admission, and was required to present a blocked account, meaning he needed to show proof of a certain amount of money in a Belgian account. The amount was approaching €13,000.

He had nothing, and his resumption deadline was fast approaching.

He reached out to me. Even though he had never told me about his plans to travel, I decided to do everything I could.

I reached out to two of my friends in the UK, but they couldn't help because they were still trying to establish themselves t ground. I also contacted someone in the US who was on a fully funded scholarship. He told me his monthly stipend wasn't even up to $2,000 and that, after paying rent, he had less than $300 left.

Then something told me to reach out to my old master's classmate from UNILAG.

I narrated the situation to him. He asked me straight up, "How much do you need?"

I told him we needed €14,000 in a Belgian account.

He asked, "Will that be enough?"

The next day, he provided €14,000.

A few weeks later, my cousin's visa was approved. While he was heading to the airport, my same friet also gave him ₦2 million in cash, this time, a gift.

Today, my cousin has emmigrated to the US, happily married to an American woman who is also a scholar like him. They now have two children.

I have also become his go-to person for almost every thing he needs done in Nigeria. When he bought his first home in Maryland, Mende, Lagos, I was the one who went for the inspection, received the funds in my account for a Duplex, and handled the closing deal for him.

There is hardly anything I need today that my cousin wouldn't go the extra mile to do for me.

Life has a funny way of bringing people back into your life.

Sometimes, the person you think you are helping today may become the person who changes your life tomorrow.

Never underestimate the value of being genuinely useful to people.

Be useful. Be kind. Build genuine relationships. You never know when life will bring the same person back to you in a different season.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

When you marry someone, you also marry the history in which they were raised. I’ll give you an example.

Obama was a product of separated parents and a generational history of broken homes. Michelle was a product of healthy family relations where everyone - including extended family - met on Sunday. Because of this, Obama never saw the need for marriage and thought it was overrated because he never had that example growing up. Michelle saw marriage as an important part of life and wanted to reproduce the family tradition she was raised in.

In the end, he managed to propose for her sake after pressure from her, and committed to making it work. This means that, while familial history is important as it explains the root of a person’s behaviour, you have to consider the person’s willingness to break that pattern where the behaviour is negative because it takes an astronomical amount of work and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern.

[v @vughnn]

The person I carried to the morgue for emotional support to visit my mom with me has fainted oh.😭😂
Gosh I cannot laugh enough.

[Muhammed Shaeed @EmehsOsioyemi]

@egi_nupe Once a family rejects you and you try to fit in by begging or anything, they lurk around to find your faults and remind you of the reason why they rejected you.

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

For your peace, don’t marry into a family that rejects you. Love alone won’t protect you.

[Foundational Nupe Lawyer @egi_nupe]

If you are not born with privileges and into riches, finding your way out of poverty should be your priority, as a man.

[Ibrahim || Designer @Akos_solution]

I have an app idea called Amanah.
It came from a dark thought: what if I die and nobody knows the debts I owe?
Sometimes we keep debts private out of shame or fear.
the app would let Muslims securely record debts and obligations for the right people to access when needed.

[Tokunbo Wahab @tokunbo_wahab]

Dear @Mr_SMG001

Thank you for your interest in partnering with the Lagos State Government. Your proposal aligns with our strategic commitment to transforming waste into valuable resources as part of our circular economy agenda.

About a year ago, the State Government entered into partnerships with several international organisations to convert municipal waste into valuable raw materials for compost production, energy generation, and manufacturing inputs. We remain committed to expanding such collaborations that promote innovation and sustainable waste management.

On behalf of the Lagos State Government, I would be delighted to engage further with your company to explore areas of mutual interest and potential collaboration.

As we often say, waste is only waste when we fail to recognise its value.

Kindly check your DM for further communication.

TW

[Man of Letters. @Letter_to_Jack]

JOB VACANCY IN ABEOKUTA 🚨🚨:

A leading non-interest commercial bank is urgently recruiting for the position of Customer Information Service officer (CIS) :

Requirements:
• HND/B.Sc. (Minimum of Lower Credit or Second Class Lower)
• Not more than 32 years of age
• NYSC Discharge Certificate is compulsory

Salary: ₦155,000 Net
(HMO and Pension also available)

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to [email protected] with the Subject: "CIS" - ABEOKUTA

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

[Gimba Kakanda @gimbakakanda]

A man’s default response is to offer solutions, not to become a therapist over a problem that can be solved. By nature, I don’t dwell on issues I have the power to fix.

Unless the issue is rooted in experiences unique to women or shaped by gender-specific realities, I think it’s mistaken to assume a man is missing the bigger picture when it’s an everyday problem that can be addressed through logical thinking.

[Gimba Kakanda @gimbakakanda]

I remember someone once telling me, “I’m not sharing my problems so you can offer solutions. I’m sharing them because I need someone to listen.”

That was the longest sequence of “Hmm,” “Wow,” “Rayuwa kenan,” and “Kai!” I’ve ever had to deliver. 😂

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

“Apart from that, what else do you do?”

Nigerians have been conditioned to think you must be doing multiple things to make money. You tell somebody what you’re doing and they ask “apart from that, what else do you do?”

You people don’t know how to sleep or relax? There are people with multiple jobs whose total income is not up to N400k monthly. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not blaming you. I just hate what Nigeria does to us as a people. It is really not fair.

People are doing care job alone and they comfortably pay their bills. In Nigeria, Lawyers and Doctors are being told to learn a skill. Learn what skill again? Engineers are learning other skills just to add another N200k to their salary. It is not fair ooo

[Yusuf Bello @_Lekan_Bello]

@osmoses_ @akinalabi on Monday*

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

They lock money and start disturbing other people for survival. Before you lock money, ensure you get money to chop

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

Announcing that:

You like money
You're materialistic
Nobody should approach you if they don't have money

These are not evidence that you like money. It is evidence you're badly behaved. You just have audacity to air it out without shame. Who doesn't like money?