The first time I heard about Ned Okonkwo was when Pastor Nath introduced him during Hallelujah Challenge as his real estate plug. He came across as a very simple man, and I honestly thought he was just an agent.
Fast forward a few weeks later, I watched his interview with Steven Ndukwu on YouTube, and then another older interview with Tayo Aina.
Ned is an incredibly sharp businessman who identified opportunities to solve housing problems early and maximized them. I picked up so many business lessons from his interviews.
P.S. He’s also in the EV business.
Unrelated, but one of my hobbies is watching interviews of entrepreneurs. I pay attention to their mistakes, thought processes, decision-making, and appetite for risk. I may not have direct access to many of them yet, but I’ve learned a great deal from what they’re willing to share publicly.
It’s more like mentorship from a distance, and the internet has provided us with that leverage.
The reason your mother fried Akara to send you to school is so that you can be a better citizen of the society and have a fighting chance against poverty. She didn't do it for you to come online and defend frying of Akara as economic empowerment. Don't waste her efforts.
Many of you need to grasp the fundamentals of how an economy functions. For an economy to operate effectively, one person’s expenditure must be another person’s income. It’s impossible for a significant portion of the population to engage in local trade and petty trade as this would lead to economic hardship. Therefore, it’s crucial to prioritize formal employment over informal employment as a sustainable means.
All this talk about akara sellers making more is the silliest thing I’ve heard. You’d think we don’t work with the informal economy, lol 😂, and we don’t understand how value accumulates at the end of each month and the beginning of every month. If we had more formal paying jobs, we wouldn’t be in as much of a poverty situation as we are today.
@AskMichaelTaiwo I had never closely thought about this not until Australia hosted the last female World cup tournament and I went to the stadium to watch a match. The stadium was packed full and I began to mentally work on the revenue numbers/estimates.
There’s an insane money in Football.
For England or any team in the world, it’s better to have a Cole Palmer on the bench for a major tournament like the World Cup than to not have Cole Palmer in the squad at all.
For players like Palmer who have passed the quality/talent test in nearly everyone’s analysis, a dip in form would not erase their natural ability, which would always come in handy in knockout tournaments. Pace and Power is good for team stability, but to change games, especially against low blocks and well balanced teams, you need a creator with enough brilliance to outsmart the formation.
Palmer is not just a creator, he is a reliable goalscorer, a set piece taker, and the top 2 big game player in that squad, a player who has scored or assisted in many finals.
His omission makes no sense to me.
@Row_Haastrup From memory, he was initially a babalawo known as Isawuru before he had an encounter with Christ.
I’m also looking forward to it. It will be an interesting one🔥
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"We shared a short prayer because we believe that Jesus is glorified through the game."
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When I first left home for school, my parents were very anxious. I was young, had always been protected by them, and had never been away from home before.
On my first day in the hostel, I met four ladies in my room. One of them was Wemimo. When she found out she was from the same town as my mum, she immediately took me under her wing. She helped me carry my things inside, arranged my belongings, and made sure I settled in properly.
She had already spent a year in the school, so she understood everything. But beyond that, she was kind. She looked after me, made sure I always had food to eat, and cared for me like a mother would.
Today, Wemimo is fighting for her life. She is battling breast cancer and has been unable to receive chemotherapy for weeks now.
Please help me give Wemimo a chance to live. She is a mother to a little boy, a registered nurse, and someone with so much life and future ahead of her.
Please help Wemimo.
The donation link is in my bio.
If you are feeling down and things don't seem to be working, do this.
Get into a room alone, shut the door and begin to declare God's promises out loud speaking forth his blessings and strength into your life.
Do it until your mood changes and then you would have broken the back of a spirit which was trying to put you in bondage.
Repeat this every time a depressing feeling comes on you and sooner than you think it will be a thing of the past and a new season will be born in your life.
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Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Xabi Alonso as Manager of the Men’s Team.
The Spaniard will begin his role on July 1, 2026, having agreed a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge.
Welcome to Chelsea, Xabi!
This is Dammy (Damilola) Feyide. She was in her 20s when she returned from the UK to Nigeria in 2017, ready to complete her NYSC and likely head back abroad. But today, the story is completely different.
What started as a one-year service term became a lifelong mission. One afternoon, a nudge from the Holy Spirit caused her to stop her car at a correctional center. She didn't see "criminals" or "street kids"; she saw a reflection of Jesus’ heart. She saw children with doctor-sized dreams living in paint-starved realities.
She started by giving money to children on the street and going to the correctional facility with gifts, but the Holy Spirit kept convincing her that there was more. That conviction led to the birth of Let It Shine Academy (LISA), a FREE boarding school for secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria.
About 270 students are enrolled in her school. No tuition fee, no hostel fee, no feeding fee, no uniform fee, no textbook fee, everything is provided for free. A standard private secondary school for free in Lagos.
In a society where many children are pushed to the margins because of poverty, instability, family background, or lack of access, she chose to create a place where children can still dream, learn, grow, eat, create, think, and become who God wants them to be.
Today, LISA is a beacon of high-quality, completely free education. While the foundation is built on Christ’s love, the school is filled with children of all religions.
As I shared with my sisters Grow Her Faith Fellowship last week, faith isn’t a wall to keep people out; it’s a bridge that invites everyone in. When we serve, we don’t ask for a creed; we look for a need.
We often ask ourselves, "What is the meaning of life?" The answer isn't found in the degrees we earn or the titles we hold. The whole essence of man is to live for impact. We are stewards, not owners, of the grace we've been given. If your life doesn't leak hope into someone else’s darkness, are you truly living?
Impact isn't about having it all figured out. Dammy didn't have a background in education; she just had a "Yes" and a God who backs those He sends.
I love women who live beyond applause, who are not just building names, but building lives. Women who are not waiting for perfect conditions before they begin, women who understand that purpose is not always glamorous.
Dammy’s work reminds me again that impact is not about how many people know your name. It is about how many lives breathe better because you obeyed what was placed in your heart.
Education is one of the purest forms of impact. When you educate a child, you change their language, their exposure, their confidence, their options, their family story, and sometimes, the direction of an entire generation.
That is why I will always be drawn to people who build in this space, because clarity helps people see, education helps people rise, and impact helps people live better.
Dammy carries all three with conviction. I believe she deserves to be celebrated.
Today, I celebrate Damilola “Dammy” Feyide, for choosing to be a bridge between disadvantage and dignity, between “someone should do something” and “I will start where I am.”
May we never become so busy chasing visibility that we forget the beauty of living for impact, and may more women rise with the courage to build what they wish existed.
Let this be your stir to action: Stop waiting for the perfect timing or the full bank account. Go where the burden is, go where the heart breaks. Just as Dammy shows us, you won't know how deep the well of Grace is until you start pouring it out for others.
Dear Dammy, keep living purposefully and intentionally; the heavens are documenting your impact.
Tolu lope Ajayi
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