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[A D É K Ú N L É 🩵 @kunle_pata]

There was this security man at my former office who always made space for me to park. He did it consistently, and I always appreciated him financially for the gesture.

One day, right after I parked, he said he wanted to see me. In my head, I was already thinking, “Ah, here we go again… today, nothing for you.”

Next thing, he showed up holding a Bible. I thought, “Hope this man doesn’t want to start preaching now.” But then, he brought out some old pictures of himself in Switzerland. I was shocked.

He went on to share his life story, how he used to be a boxer, how a wealthy man sponsored him abroad in the 80s, and how he was doing really well. The pictures backed everything up.

Then came the turning point, he was introduced to drug business. That was what ruined everything for him. He mentioned he has kids but doesn’t even know where they are today. Eventually, he got deported, and that’s how he ended up working as a security guard.

Why am I sharing this?

On this Papa Ajasco matter, my takeaway is simple: whatever you’re doing, do it well. And more importantly, pray for the grace to sustain it till the later stages of your life.

I remember seeing Pa James at Iyana Ipaja during my undergraduate days, and I almost got emotional, not because I knew his financial state, but because it made me reflect. People with far less fame have gone much farther in life.

Like Ebenezer Obey said in one of his songs, life has three stages: morning, afternoon, and night.

May our night be even more prosperous than our afternoon.

[BSAT Properties @BSAT_Properties]

This post should teach you one of the greatest lessons of life..

So, read carefully..

When we bought the land for our house about 7 years ago, a friend who was an Engr. introduced me to the estate..

He just got a land and wanted me to get a plot around him too..

So, we gathered all we could to make the first deposit and struggled to balance it under 4/months..

For good two years after buying thelands, all we could afford on the site was just 250 blocks..

As at that time, My friend had gotten sands, granite and thousands of blocks on his site..

While all we had on our own for that 2 years was just 250 blocks..

No sand.

No granite..

But we were happy for him, no jealousy, no envy.. in fact, whenever we go to check our empty lands, we will help him make a video of his land too..

4yrs after, we built our own house, moved in, while his blocks and everything was still on the site.. no single brick laid..

That didn't make him envious..

He was genuinely happy for us too..

Today, Monday, 09/02/2026...

He's doing his foundation..

✅️All the drums you see on his land here were given to him FREE by us..

✅️The water we paid hundreds of thousands to get during our own construction, he is getting it from us FREE..

✅️The hose he could have rented to pass rhe water.. he got them from us FREE.

✅️The bricklayers working for him, we got him the trusted ones we have used after the ones he got disappointed him..

✅️The supervision I couldn't get during our own, he gets it for FREE..

We send him time to time updates and that has made his works seamless..

🎯Why am I sharing this with you❓️

✅️1. Don't envy people who make it ahead of you in life!

In most cases, that's a trap and test for you..

If you envy them, you will NEVER have what they have..

We were genuinely happy when our friend was doing well on his project, not knowing we will finish before him..

He was happy for us when we built, today, he is reaping the fruit..

If you know God's plan for you, you will stop envying people..

✅️2. Don't look down on people coming behind you..

Who knows we would be the one to build first considering how we started??

This is why I always say..

It is not where you start that counts, but where you finished..

✅️3. See the soft life God has used us to prepare for him during his own construction??

Some of you are envying people God has sent to create a soft landing for you..

That's why your lives remain hard, stagnant and uninspiring..

✅️4. My friend thought he was helping me when he introduced the land to us..

No knowing he is the one that's going to benefit from it in the end..

So, today, I want you to pick a great lesson.

✅️That there's no reward for good other than good.
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✅️That everyone has their own time in life..

The house he couldn't build when a 9' block was N130 and a bag of cement N2,800..

He's building it when a 9' is 850 and a bag if cement N11,600

When it is your time, it is your time..

No matter what the economy is saying..

When it is your time, you may shine brighter than anyone you've ever envied or admired..

So, keep celebrating others when they win..

Be genuinely happy for them when they win..

That's when your own time will come, in a resounding way..

Here is a reminder, NEVER LOSE HOPE❗️

It is not where you start that counts, but where you finished..

© Amb Kayode Aloyinlapa

#BSATProperties

[Tunde Onakoya @Tunde_OD]

16 hours in, 42 to go. 🙏🏾
There’s no stopping till will hit our target.

https://t.co/hCAAlGMBJA

#ChessMarathonForChange

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

Just the idea and concept of any kind of meritocracy is offensive to Nigerians in general. Doesn't matter whether they are from Mushin or Maitama; doesn't matter whether they're a politician or a vulcaniser.

Nothing can be allowed to be sacred and above the Nigerian disease. EVERYTHING must succumb.

Common Entrance exam cutoff to enter Unity Schools: give Yobe an entry score of 2, and give Anambra an entry score of 139. The defence is that I'm helping my disadvantaged kinsmen get into school.

SSCE Exam: Organise a cheating program for your students to boost your school's stats. The defence is everybody else is doing it, so I'll fall behind if I don't do it.

University VC selection: Start playing indigene vs. outsider politics and destroy the meritocratic sanctity of academia by promoting underqualified indigene to the very top. The defence is that I am helping my brother by stopping those [insert group name] from taking over.

Civil service employment: Ensure 89% of all yearly intake is named "Mahmoud, Yahya and Zainab," whether they are qualified or not. The defence is that I am promoting the interests of my brothers and stopping those [insert group name] from taking over.

Private sector employment and promotion: Hire/promote people based on who is sleeping with you and whose father is an Ikoyi Club member. The defence is that's just how it is, and those Ikoyi Club connections can be useful.

Election: Prevent people from voting, snatch ballot boxes, kill voters and ultimately install an incompetent, unelected buffoon. The defence is I am getting paid a few thousand peanuts to do so.

Local youth sports team selection: Select athletes/players whose parents pay bribes, and leave out better ones without the means to pay bribes. The defence is shey Coachie no go chop?

National youth sports team selection: Select only athletes/players with godfathers and connections while sending away David Alaba (this actually happened). Also, make sure to select as many of "your brothers" as possible.

Entertainment promotion: Cast upcoming actresses based on who sleeps with you. Invest in the most talentless upcoming artists who can't hold a note or identify what a treble clef looks like because they are desperate and loyal, and can be useful as drug mules or avenues for laundering illicit money. The defence is why is anybody complaining? They should stop being broke haters, go and promote their own artists, and leave your omo ope alone. Enemies of progress.

Media and Journalism: Hire and promote journalists based on who sleeps with you; assign big stories to office pets and sexual partners; open opportunities and award nominations only to those in your cult, with the net effect of driving the best people out of the profession altogether. The defence is "Haha you can't prove it, fuck you."

As in, nothing in that country can be allowed to be meritocratic. Nothing st all. Medicine? They appoint Chief Medical Registrars based on state of origin and their relationship with the governor.

Aviation? Nigeria Airways once had dozens of non-flying pilots on payroll, earning the same as its flying pilots because they were friends with one perm sec here or Commodore there. Today, courtesy of @hadisirika, the NCAA now has dozens of "safety inspectors" named Farouk and Mohammed who cannot correctly identify parts of a plane - I wrote a story about it.

And the tragedy is that the same people who will complain about one part of this grotesque system will defend another part of it without irony, because as is always the case in the minds of Nigerians, the group outcome is always somehow divorced from their personal choices.

That's why you'd support a drug dealer stealing an election he lost pitifully, then later on wonder why the world beyond Seme treats you with the disrespect that it does.

[DAMI @darmy_dreamez]

@NigeriaStories It’s not better ever since you were gone 😫

[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

Even if Peter Obi proves his claim that Tinubu didn't get the most legal votes and did not fulfil the 1/4 in 2/3rd requirement, the court will simply declare Atiku winner. We are very happy with Obi's petition. It's like fetching water for us!

#TableShaker #NigerianElections2023

[mythought002 @mythought002]

365/365
Irrespective of what might have been, God is still faithful. It is only the end of
a calender year not end of life. Better years ahead 🥂
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No matter how good or bad you think life is, wake up each morning and be grateful for the gift of life. Someone somewhere else is fighting to survive. Thoughtful morning!
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Never allow the opinions of people who didn't see your tears stop your laughter in life. You don't owe anybody an explanation to be happy. Thoughtful morning!
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Tell them you love them over and over again. Tell them too much and never too little for the time we have is short but the love we have is endless. Thoughtful morning!
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Tomorrow won't be different if you don't change something today. Set a goal, make a plan, stay focused, work hard, succeed. Stay humble. Thoughtful morning!
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When you realize that not all success is due to hard work and not all poverty is due to laziness you might stop judging people unfairly, including yourself. Life happens.... Thoughtful morning!
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As you go through each day, if you have the chance to make someone happy, just do it. Sometimes people are struggling silently. Maybe your act of kindness can make their day. Thoughtful morning!
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Nothing in life is promised, except death. If you have the opportunity to play this game of life, you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don't appreciate their moment until it's past.
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You have to trust who you're becoming. You're not the same person you were a year ago. Allow yourself to continue to grow and evolve. Your strength will become even stronger, your soul even more beautiful. You are magic!
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Good things will never finish, provided you're alive. All these goodies that you see, you will get them. A little patience and contentment goes a long way.
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Your smile is your hope in life. Your smile is the thing
to survive. Take one day as it comes. You will surely have a good time. Thoughtful morning!
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Life is a bank and our deed is the investment, be it good or bad. If you can't have all your investment before your death, life will surely pay your children. Thoughtful morning!
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Don't get so busy working that you forget to live your life as well. Thoughtful morning!
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