Sam Ola

A freelancer // An initiator // A founder in the making // A success freak 🙂

Ask me something about relocation to Canada 🇨🇦

[✞ Richard ✞ @Richard_gh1]

Never stop praying

[pappi ♛, your designer @TheOnlyPappi]

When is he getting the haircut? 👀🤔

[Dunsin Oyekan of #Geni @DunsinOyekan]

Just to encourage someone out here!

Hold on to His promises, He has never failed and can never fail!

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

British Airways and Norwegian Airlines made a bet that whoever lost at the World Cup had to change their profile picture to the other one for the day 😂

[Akpor Ikogho @legal_padi]

In Femi Otedola’s words

“Before venturing into the power sector, I decided to engage the best consultant’s in the world …. And that meant paying a premium. I would for the first time engage consultants before starting a business.”

Femi Otedola’s reflection on acquiring Geregu Power is a masterclass in deal-making: he paid $13M for consulting and it saved him from a disastrous Ikeja DisCo bid that would’ve required $400M extra capital and 13 years to break even.

His foreign partner balked at the consulting fee but Otedola’s belief was: “it was the only way to move on; we needed that expert research, advice and counsel.”

Guess what???

He was right. Ikeja DisCo is still struggling today, meanwhile he has exited Geregu at a price of 750 Million USD, a 5.7X return after few years.

The lesson from the book below? the right professionals don’t cost you money they save you from costly mistakes

[𝕊𝕠𝕝𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕕 🎚️ @sola_chad]

If you’re gonna force players to wear the rainbow, don’t get mad when they teach you what the rainbow actually means.

It’s not a celebration of sin, it’s a covenant with God’s people.

[DavidPrinceBen @DavidPrinceBen]

The irony is that prosperity often reveals whether a man truly loved GOD or merely needed HIM.

Israel cried out passionately in the wilderness, but once they entered abundance, many forgot the LORD. This is why GOD repeatedly warned Israel:

“Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God…” (Deuteronomy 8:11)

If moving to America reduced your prayer life, America did not become your god; comfort did. America simply exposed what your prayer life was built upon.

The highest form of prayer is not, “GOD, give me.”

The highest form of prayer is, “GOD, I want YOU.”

A man who has discovered GOD will still pray when every earthly need has been met, because prayer is not sustained by desperation alone; it is sustained by love.

It is unfortunate that many think otherwise.

[D I K E H @iamdikeh]

All my life, I dreamed of this moment. Today, I finally saw my GOAT with my own eyes. 🥹❤️

I’m literally shaking. It doesn’t feel real.

The greatest player to ever walk Planet Earth. 🐐

Thank You, God. 🙏🏽😭🤯

[Eniola | Markets • Football • Politics @EniolaStocks]

✅ Femi Ote$$

Dangote built the largest industrial empire in Africa. Tony Elumelu is arguably the continent's most influential banker-investor. Abdulsamad Rabiu has quietly built one of Africa's most successful manufacturing groups.

But Otedola offers something slightly different: he has demonstrated an exceptional ability to create, lose, preserve, and recreate wealth across different economic cycles.

Within one week, you would likely learn more about capital allocation, timing, risk management, and strategic exits from Otedola than from almost anyone else in Nigeria. He built Forte Oil, exited at a premium, moved heavily into the power sector through Geregu, and has repeatedly shown an ability to identify opportunities before they become obvious to the wider market.

He is also arguably the most accessible case study in wealth visibility. Unlike many billionaires who operate largely behind the scenes, Otedola's investments, lifestyle, relationships, philanthropy, and boardroom decisions are often in the public eye, making it easier to understand not just how he makes money, but how he thinks about money.

If your goal is to learn how to build businesses, Dangote may be the answer. If your goal is institution-building, Elumelu is compelling. If your goal is manufacturing scale, Rabiu is hard to beat.

But if your goal is understanding wealth creation, wealth preservation, strategic exits, and reinvention, Femi Otedola is a very defensible choice.

[Sweet Kpakpo @sweetKpakpo_]

You will be saving a little princess just by Retweeting please 🙏🏽🙏🏽🥹

[Confidence Ufuoma Adjarho @globalconfy]

Masturbation is literally: "I don't care how my day or week goes. I just need to feel something for 5 seconds." And that 5 seconds is costing you your peace, your sensitivity to God, and your self-respect.
There's grace for you. Stop today.

[GehGeh @official_Gegeh]

Bro to Bro : go get your PVC let’s vote Tinubu Out

[Mr. Láyí @layiwasabi]

pov: you finished with a “strong” 2.1

[Uncle Ruckus @Emarged]

How many white people are in Senegal’s national football team?

[Abuja President ⚖️ @AbujaPresident]

The fact that we even have to convince people not to re-elect Tinubu is sickening.

[Ọládélé 🇳🇬👑 @Oladele]

Just retweet and let the world see

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Cunha on his celebration and how it affects teammates and opponents:

🗣️ Reporter:
“With your celebration style, do you hope it doesn't create some kind of controversy in the Champions League next season like what happened with Vinicius Jr?”

🗣️ Cunha:
“(laughs) Scoring goals for Manchester United brings me a lot of joy, so the dance is just my way of showing it. But I'll be honest... I think it annoys opponents a little bit. And I think my teammates enjoy it even more.

As for what happened with Vini, I really can’t tell why. If somebody wants to get upset because I'm dancing after scoring for United, that's their problem. (laughs) And if somebody wants to get silly because of it, I'd advise them to stay offline. United fans don't play online. Trust me.

I've seen enough already. (laughs) The support from this fanbase has been incredible. So every time I dance, it's my way of giving some of that joy back. The funny thing is that even after I score, the guys are reminding me. Bruno, Mbeumo, Amad...they're all shouting: 'Do the dance! Do the dance!'

And now they've convinced themselves that whenever I score and do the celebration, we don't lose. So at this point, I don't think I have a choice. The dance is staying.”

[Dr Love Haroun❤️🩺 @Drweloveu]

Last Thursday night I ran out of fuel on Third Mainland Bridge.
11pm.
Phone at 2%.
No powerbank.
I want to tell you what happened next.

I pushed the hazard lights on and sat in the car.
Trying to think.
Cars were flying past me.
Nobody slowed down.
Not one person.
Lagos at night on that bridge is a different kind of alone.After about 15 minutes I saw headlights slow down behind me.
A danfo bus.
Old. Battered. One headlight slightly dim.
The driver came down.
Big man. Rough looking. Dirty shirt. Chewing something.
My first thought was fear.
My second thought was I had no choice.He looked at my car.
Looked at me.
Said "fuel?"
I nodded.
He didn't say anything else.
Just went back to his bus.
I thought he was leaving.
He wasn't.He came back with a small gallon.
Maybe two liters.
Old plastic container with a rubber pipe attached.
Like he kept it specifically for situations like this.
He poured it into my tank without being asked.
Without negotiating.
Without even looking at me for approval.I started the car.
It came on.
I came down immediately and opened my wallet.
I had ₦15,000 on me.
I held it out to him.
He looked at the money.
Then looked at me.
And shook his head.I thought he wanted more.
I told him it was all I had.
He said "keep am."
Just like that.
Keep am.
I stood there confused.
This man just helped a stranger on a bridge at 11pm and didn't want anything.I asked him why.
He leaned against his bus.
Took a long breath.
And said something I have not stopped thinking about since.He said in 1998 he broke down on that same bridge.
Night time.
Pregnant wife in the passenger seat.
No phone. No money. No fuel.
He said he sat there for almost an hour crying and praying.Then a man in a big car stopped.
Suit and tie.
Looked like someone who had no business stopping for a danfo driver.
But he stopped.
Bought fuel from somewhere.
Came back.
Filled his tank.
Refused every kobo he offered.
Said only one thing before he drove off."Pass am forward."
That was it.
Pass am forward.
The man in the suit drove away and he never saw him again.
25 years he carried those three words.
Third Mainland Bridge.
Waiting for his own turn to use them.I stood on that bridge and didn't know what to say.
This man had been holding onto someone else's kindness for 25 years.
And he chose me to give it to.
A stranger in a car he had never seen before.He got back into his danfo.
Gave me one nod.
And drove off into the night.
I stood there watching his one dim headlight disappear.
Holding ₦15,000 I couldn't give away.I sat back in my car for a long time before I drove off.
Thinking about the man in the suit in 1998.
Who had no idea what he started.
A chain of kindness that crossed 25 years and found me on the same bridge.I don't know who that danfo driver is.
I don't know his name.
But somewhere in Lagos tonight he is driving that old bus.
With one dim headlight.
And a heart that has been quietly changing lives since 1998.
Pass am forward.

*What are you passing forward today*?

Karma!!!!!

You will definitely reap something some day.
Depends on what you have been sowing!!!!

[$ULTAN☠️𝕏 @Sarki_sultan]

Just repost. 💔