Maureen Ekama

Christian| Business Analyst | Retail Professional | Beauty Expert| Ecc. 11:4

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

There is power in the name of Jesus.

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@paulg Same here!! Terrible refereeing. I’m livid!

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@ifetemini You are doing well!

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

I heard this simple but deep truth somewhere— “wisdom helps us skip unnecessary seasons”.

I mean, the wisdom that comes from fearing God (following Him and keeping His precepts) and if you know, you know.

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@Saskiaaa_____ 🤣🤣🤣

[Victor Glover @AstroVicGlover]

Home, again! Mission complete. I hope we glorified God, humanity, our families and our terrific teams a @NASA and @csa_asc. Time to share the good news!

[Daniel @danielholkss]

I don’t really understand the maths it takes to send humans behind the Moon and bring them back safely. And the more I sit with that, the more it genuinely messes with my head even tho my love for physics and my knowledge of physics is astounding to a point

Somebody had to work out a path where the Moon’s gravity is pulling you in, the Earth is pulling you back, and you’re moving just fast enough and not slow enough not to get trapped by either. They had to figure out the exact angle to come back into Earth’s atmosphere too. Too steep, you burn up. Too shallow, you bounce off and drift into space. And they had to get all of that right at the same time, for real people sitting in a small metal capsule about 400k kilometres away from home.

Nothing in that system is standing still.
The Moon is moving.
The Earth is moving.
Even the Sun is pulling on everything. And still, some people looked at all of that motion, all of that chaos, and turned it into numbers you can follow. Go here.
Adjust here.
Come back here.
And unlike nepa light, it infact works.

There’s also that moment in the journey where the crew passes behind the Moon. No contact with Earth. No signal. Just silence, with a massive rock blocking everything they’ve ever known. The only reason they can stay calm in that moment is because someone, somewhere, did the maths and proved they’ll come out the other side.

I don’t know what it feels like to trust something that much. To put your life in an equation when you’re that far away from everything.

But I do know this for sure, whatever that level of thinking is, whatever it takes to reach it, it might be one of the most extraordinary things human beings have ever done...

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: The Home Office has released immigration statistics for 2025

Overall Arrivals
- 136.6 million arrivals to the UK in 2025
- 57% were British nationals
- 809,000 non-visit visas issued (work, study, family, humanitarian)

Asylum
- 101,000 asylum claims in 2025 - down 4%
- 135,000 initial decisions made, up 56%, highest since records began in 2002
- Grant rate: 42%, down from 47%
- 64,000 awaiting a decision, down 48% in a year, 63% below the 2023 peak
- 31,000 asylum seekers in hotel accommodation, down 19%

Illegal Entry
- 46,000 detected illegal arrivals in 2025
- 41,000 arrived via small boats, up 13% on last year, 9% below 2022 peak
- Top nationalities: Eritrean, Afghan, Iranian, Sudanese, Somali

Enforcement
- 23,000 entered immigration detention, up 11%
- 9,900 enforced returns, up 21%
- 28,000 voluntary returns, up 5%
- 5,600 foreign national offender returns, up 11%

Work Visas
- 168,000 work visas granted - down 19% on last year
- 50% down from the 2023 peak
- Health & Care visas -13,000 issued, down 91% from peak
- Other skilled worker visas: 48,000, down 36%

Study Visas
- 407,000 student visas granted - down 3% on last year
- 35% below the 2023 peak
- Student dependant visas: 20,000, down 10%

Family Visas
- 67,000 family visas granted - down 22%
- Partner visas: 41,000, down 27%
- Refugee Family Reunion visas: 19,000, down 2% (route temporarily paused from Sept 2025)

Settlement and Citizenship
- 146,000 settlement grants, down 10%
- 355,000 EU Settlement Scheme grants, up 2%
- 236,000 British citizenship grants, down 13%, second highest annual total since 2005

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@Morris_Monye Very! “Duo is sad”, “Duo can’t sleep”. I’m like, what is all this emotional blackmail?! I jejely removed it from my home screen. No be you go tell me wetin I go do!👀😂

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@iam_Uchenna Thanks for sharing🙏🏼

[Toby @TomolaGroup]

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Wealth is not a matter of luck; it is a matter of discipline.

Financial mastery starts with the first entry. Let’s get to work 👇

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[Oyedolapo Oyesiji @itsoyedolapo]

How to set goals and achieve them.

I learned this from Jim Rohn years ago, and it completely changed how I approach goals.

Most people set goals wrong.
They focus on what they'll get.
But the real value isn't what you get, it's who you become while chasing it.

When you set a goal to make $100k, the money itself is not the point.
The point is the skills you build,
the discipline you develop,
he person you have to become to earn that $100k.

Rohn became a millionaire at 31, lost it all by 33, and realized the knowledge and values he gained were worth more than the money.

You can lose money.
You can't lose who you became to earn it.

This is why setting "easy goals" are dangerous.

If your goal doesn't force you to grow, read, stretch, or change, you're wasting time.

The goal should scare you a little.
It should require a version of you that doesn't exist yet.

That gap between who you are and who you need to become is where the real value lives.

The achievement and results are just proof you closed the gap.

So, If the promise (the future you design) is clear and powerful, the price (the work, the sacrifice, the discipline) becomes easy to pay.

But for that to happen, you must be clear.

Clarity requires specificity.
Not "I want to be successful."
That's vague.

Write down exactly what you want.

Income number.
Skills.
Places.
People you want to meet.

Then keep those old lists.

Looking back at goals from 5 years ago shows you how much you've evolved.

Some things you thought were critical won't even again. That's how you track your growth.

That process of writing, pursuing, and revising goals is what shapes you into someone capable of bigger goals.

Who you become at goal 1 makes goal 2 possible.
Who you become at goal 2 makes goal 10 possible.

The money, the status, the achievement are receipts.

So do this today:
Take 15 minutes today.
Write down exactly what you want in 2026.
Be specific.
Income number.
Skills you want to learn.
Places you want to visit.
eople you want to meet.

Don't edit yourself.
Just write.

Then ask:
What version of me would need to exist to make this happen?

That gap between current you and that person is your work for the year.

Set goals that scare you.
Set goals that force you to become someone you're not yet.

Because in 5 years, you won't care about what you got. You'll care about who you became.

Tomorrow, I'll talk how to set sytems to achieve your goals.

Follow me @itsoyedolapo. I'm building businesses and sharing what I learn about sales, positioning, content, and growth.

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@gmrfyd969 @SkyNews It absolutely was!🥂🎉

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

Note to self: This 2026, “Aim High, Don’t Settle for Normal!”.

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

God is faithful!

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@Funminz @CaptainArinze That’s me too. I’ll be focusing more on what matters and doing my best to show up consistently for them.

[TG OMORI @boy_director]

You can lose anything but don’t lose your faith in Jesus Christ.

[Maureen Ekama @maureentheloved]

@elonmusk Yes, actually! I noticed it.