Sam Òpásolá

Royal priesthood ✝️| Development economist📊 | global citizen 🗺 | Arsenal FC sympathizer ⚽

[The Biblical Man @Biblicalman]

Satan is not opposed to good morals.

He’s opposed to Jesus Christ.

Read that again because most Christians miss this completely.

Satan doesn’t care if you’re a “good person.” He doesn’t care if you volunteer at the food bank, recycle your trash, and help old ladies cross the street. He doesn’t care if you’re kind, generous, and well-liked by everyone in your community.

He cares that you don’t bow the knee to Jesus.

Here’s the deception that’s damning millions:

Satan has convinced people that morality equals spirituality. That being a “good person” is the same as being a Christian. That if you just live right, treat people well, and avoid the “big sins,” you’re acceptable to God.

This is a lie straight from the pit of hell.

The Pharisees had impeccable morals. They followed the law meticulously. They were respected, disciplined, and religiously devoted.

Jesus called them children of the devil.
Why? Not because their morals were bad. Because their morals replaced Christ.
Satan’s greatest trick isn’t making bad people worse. It’s making good people think they don’t need a Savior.

Think about it:

The atheist who feeds the homeless thinks he’s good enough without God.

The Buddhist who meditates and practices compassion thinks she’s enlightened without Christ.

The Muslim who prays five times daily thinks he’s righteous without Jesus.

The moral Christian who goes to church, pays his tithe, and avoids scandal thinks he’s saved without surrender.

All of them are headed to the same place: eternal separation from God.

Because morality doesn’t save. Jesus saves.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9

Satan loves moral people who reject Jesus. They’re his best advertisement for the lie that you can earn your way to heaven.

They’re living proof that you can:

•Be kind without Christ
•Be generous without God
•Be disciplined without the Holy Spirit
•Be respected without redemption

And still be lost.

The most dangerous people in hell won’t be the murderers and rapists. They’ll be the moral, upstanding citizens who thought their goodness was good enough.

Their morals became their idol. Their goodness became their god.

And Satan smiled because he’d accomplished his goal: Keep them from Jesus.

Here’s what most Christians don’t understand:

Satan doesn’t need to make you do bad things. He just needs to keep you from doing the ONE thing that matters: surrendering to Christ.

If he can get you to:

•Trust your morals instead of Christ’s sacrifice

•Rely on your goodness instead of God’s grace

•Believe in your works instead of Jesus’ finished work

He’s won.

You can live a moral life and still die lost. You can be a good person and still face judgment. You can avoid all the “big sins” and still end up separated from God forever.
Because the only sin that damns you eternally is rejecting Jesus Christ.

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” John 3:36

Not the murderer who repents and believes in Christ is damned.

Not the thief who turns to Jesus on the cross is damned.

Not the prostitute who washes Jesus’ feet with her tears is damned.

The moral, religious person who rejects Christ is damned.

That’s why Satan loves morality without Jesus. It sends people to hell with a smile on their face, convinced they were good enough.

Stop trusting your morals. Start trusting Jesus.

Your goodness won’t save you. Your works won’t redeem you. Your morality won’t justify you.

Only the blood of Jesus Christ can wash away your sin and make you acceptable to a holy God.

Everything else is just Satan’s distraction from the one thing that actually matters.

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@doyinsola_toye Many happy returns of the day, Sis.

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@d_ocheido Big congratulations 🎊 🎊 🎊

[Kingdom 👑 @lessons_kingdom]

This lady just dropped a billion dollar idea on how to protect your children against porn.

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@SolaAdesakin Many happy returns of the day to you, Ma'am. You are a remarkable woman with great impacts.

[Eric Gugua @eric_gugua]

“Are you okay?”

That’s such a powerful question. If you manage to ask this at just the right time, even the strongest of people will break! But when you do, just make sure you have the facilities to deal with whatever is coming and by that I mean that you’re either have to be deep enough a well for the weary to drink from, or wise enough to shut your mouth and let them bare their souls to willing ears.

You know something that I’d sincerely want to try one day? I hope that one day I will find enough time and mental strength to be an Uber driver for a few weeks. These people must really see and hear it all. They must see people in all their forms and figures. The rich ones who just didn’t feel like driving that day and the broke ones who pretend to be rich. The lady who just got the job, the young man who just moved to town, drunk people going home from the club, and then…there’s the ones in pain.

There’s the young girl returning from the morgue at 2am after finally identifying the body of her only brother, the mother who’s taking her sick 6yo old home from the latest round of chemo, the man who just got laid off, the elderly woman, well dressed, coming from the funeral of her husband of 50years, clutching his faded photograph to her chest and humming “It is well with my soul”…stuff like that.

That’s when you know that there is silence and there is silence. And then somewhere inbetween, you hear muffled groans and peep the bloodshot eyes that are still not tired of streaming. Eyes wey stream pass Spotify.

And then, when you finally gather the courage to ask, you go ahead and ask “Hi, I know it’s none of my business but…Are you okay?”

When you company with that much pain and chat with anguish on a 2hour ride, it changes you in a way that social media cannot undo. And that’s why one of the most fascinating things to behold in this life is a stupid cabman, and that’s why it’s also makes you stupid when you get into an argument with one. Because when you see such a person, you behold a person who lacks the basic facilities to ponder, to consider, a person who lacks introspection and wonder.

Pardon me for letting my hands type the wanderings of my mind on your TL. I had no intention of dumping on you.

But I do hope you’re okay tho❤️

[Michael @OladejiTosin15]

My 5th End of Financial year here 🟢🟢 and a total of 7 in the Big 4. My transition to consulting was meant to be a means to an end and not an end in itself. I was looking for quickest way to break into the big fish 😅😅. Obviously, it didn't happen, that's why I'm still here 😂 .

For the last 5yrs, I've seen the business line grown significantly, supported 100+ clients and 500+ engagements within this period, back-to-back double promotions, completed 3 top professional certifications (CFA, FRM and SCR) here and looking forward to completing my final actuarial exams here.

I was opportune to work on very complex projects across Africa with really smart folks and compassionate bosses. No doubt, the work has absolutely taken over a big part of my life.

On a flip side, just like most people, I have also attempted to leave for a better paying job and Japa (wrote about this last year https://t.co/vqsMHsAtP8 )

My key takeaway for life on this side.....

1. Consulting can't be an end for everyone; it could just be a means to an end for most people. For some folks, it may be what fits your personality and restlessness. Don't quit because a lot of folks are quitting, and don't stay back because some not-so-normal folks 😎 are also staying back. Follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

2. For those willing to progress to manager +, If possible, get involved in business development early (particularly for non-audit service). You need to show that you can network, find, and win new business.

3. Specialize in a high growth niche area. This would demand a lot from you in terms of building capacity, but it makes sense to look out for and opt for an area that looks like it will have high growth over the next 3 -10 years. There are a lot of these areas, particularly in Africa here.

4. Always make your boss look good. This one requires a really detailed thread, and I would write on this next time from my own experience. This way, your boss would be your sponsors.

5. Be a good team member and boss. As you grow, pull someone else up too. There's a lot of joy in that. And being a good role model also means looking after yourself so you don’t burn out.

Also, remember to put God in the details of your experiences

Looking ahead, excited about the next FY and the opportunities it holds💪💪

[ProfitableMan @ProfitableMan1]

Summary of Top 10 High-Dividend Yield Stocks on NGX (2025)

1. UBA – 13.6% Yield

2024 Dividend: N5.00/share. Strong earnings despite 7.9% YTD share price drop.

2. GTCO – 11.6% Yield

2024 Dividend: N8.03/share (+151% YoY). 2025 Projected: N9.20/share.

3. Fidelity Bank – 10.5% Yield

2024 Dividend: N2.10/share (+231% YoY). Profit before tax +131.5%.

4. Zenith Bank – 10.4% Yield

2024 Dividend: N5.00/share. 2025 Projected: N8.00/share with solid earnings.

5. SFS REIT – 10.4% Yield

Stable dividends from rental income. Strong 2025 revenue growth.

6. United Capital – 9.2% Yield

Diversified portfolio. Gross earnings +113%, shareholder funds +21%.

7. Wema Bank – 9.1% Yield

2024 Dividend: N1.00/share (doubled YoY). Pre-tax profit +134.79%.

8. NPF Microfinance Bank – 8.5% Yield

2025 Dividend: N0.16/share vs. N0.09 prior. Near-doubled gross earnings.

9. NAHCO – 8.5% Yield

2025 Dividend: N2.22/share vs. N0.82 prior. Strong revenue, profit growth.

10. UPDC REIT – 8.2% Yield

Rental income: N425.7B (2025) vs. N349.7B prior. Stable dividends despite market challenges.

Overview: These NGX stocks offer high-dividend yields in 2025, backed by strong financials across banking, real estate, and aviation sectors, ideal for income-focused investors.

[Sola Adesakin @SolaAdesakin]

One of the most common things I hear is:
"Not everyone will do business."

Fair. But let’s unpack it.
Entrepreneurship isn’t just for a select few. It’s for everyone. But here’s the thing; While everyone can own a business, not everyone can run one.
Let’s look deeper…

[Eric Gugua @eric_gugua]

It’s only in this generation that you will see somebody, openly support fornication and sexual immorality and still be open about their support for Christian missionaries.

You know nau, those little side quests for Jesus that pacify your conscience and gives you a sense of belonging still.

You see, this brand of Christianity that mixes faith with flesh, and encourages you to pick and choose when to align with the holy scriptures and when to use “your head”…

…this brazen brand of lukewarmness, that even devils are at least careful to disguise, this is what Paul describes as those “who hold the truth in unrighteousness” and let me tell you something…

this will be the end of many of you, if you embrace it. If you believe people like this!

It is better for you that you live in sin with your full chest, fully subscribe to the flesh with no links to the Jesus, than that you use these double standards to confuse the “little ones” who are still trying to find their feet in their faith.

You should be very afraid. Very much so!

[Sola Adesakin @SolaAdesakin]

Last year, I had an informal chat with a billionaire mentor.

His wealth game?
Quiet. Strategic. Impressive.
Here’s what he told me about how he makes and manages his wealth
(and what I learned)…

[James Clear @JamesClear]

My top 10 tweets of the year

A thread 👇

[Tspices Kitchen @Tspiceskitchen]

I wholeheartedly recommend GOD! 🙌🏻

Knowing him is the BEST decision I have ever made in life.

Please give your life to JESUS CHRIST if you haven't.

Cause He’s everything & more! 🥰

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐨 - 𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝

• 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. A goal, the dictionary tells us, is “the object of some effort.” To get more clients is a goal. To have a current up-to-date filing system is a goal. A commitment, however, is “the act of resolving to put forth an effort toward some object. "

In other words, goals are what you want to accomplish; commitments are what you promise to do to make sure you achieve your goals.

[Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo]

They must really think so low of us. You want someone to do this much of a hack job for just $500?

Thank you for exposing this. We need to watch out for the "climate" articles coming out in the next few weeks and months against Dangote's Refinery...we know they are the $500-hit piece to subvert a $20B project.

We have a long way to go in Nigeria, and Africa, more broadly. Enemies within, enemies without.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

I debated long and hard whether to do this publicly, but I think a message needs to be sent to a group of external interests working in tandem with the internal interests described in the quoted tweet to counteract the interests of half a billion West Africans. A message that at whatever level we exist, we take our destiny seriously and we are not to be trifled with.

Last week, I received an N800,000 offer from an international NGO called Dialogue Earth (formerly known as China Dialogue Trust) to write an article essentially saying that Dangote Refinery is terrible for the environment because something something "Environmental Concerns," something something "Climate Change," something something "Energy Transition Policy," something something "COP 28."

The (unstated but clearly implied) thrust of the brief was for a prominent local voice to put their name on an article that is an argument or a premise for the the Nigerian government to kill the refinery based on its "energy transition commitments" and "environmental policy." This conclusion wasn't immediately apparent when they reached out to me, but I suspected where it was heading, and I quickly accepted the offer so that I could see the brief and obtain hard evidence. I've attached screenshots from the brief below.

Basically, this London-based NGO is headed by Sam Geall, an Oxford professor and is funded by several American intelligence fronts such as Ford Foundation and ClimateWorks (which is blacklisted in India for funding organisations working against India's national interest). For whatever reason, it is now quietly mobilising a resistance campaign against what it describes as "Nigeria's first refinery." Apparently, the status quo of Africa's largest oil producer having no functioning oil refinery to beneficiate its own oil was not a problem for Dialogue Earth and the American CIA fronts who fund it.

The human poverty caused by exporting this raw material and importing refined fuel was not bad for the environment. Also, the fact of European refiners regularly blending West African fuel cargoes with toxic waste and sulphur content 200 times the European legal limit (leading to asthma, bronchitis and eye infections in West Africa) was also not bad for the environment. But Nigeria having a refinery that will wean West Africa off import dependency on those European refiners (and allow West Africa control the sulphur content of its own fuels) is where Dialogue Earth and its funders draw the line. That one is bad for the environment, and David Hundeyin should write an article calling for the refinery to be shut down or limited.

I'm putting this out there publicly so that nobody will henceforth use the term "conspiracy theory" when it is pointed out for the umpteenth time, that there are American and European state and private interests that are heavily invested in keeping Africa exactly as poor as it is, and that they regularly push levers most of us do not even know exist, to make sure that this status quo is protected. These people believe that Africans should not exist or have nice things in this world. Apparently, the sole purpose of our existence is to enhance their experience of the planet and all that it has to offer.

It is because of them that I have to make a public spectacle out of this, even though I know that doing this is probably going to cost someone their job. The message needs to be passed that as poor as we are, you cannot convince us to campaign for the elongation of our own poverty by commissioning $500 hack jobs in the hope that we will be greedy enough to only see the money and ignore the bigger picture of what we can clearly see you trying to do.

I will reiterate something I have said multiple times - I am not a believer in the religious faith called Climate Change/Saving The Environment. I care exactly as much about the environment as do the rich white men who destroyed it to begin with. I firmly believe that if what it takes for Africa to industrialise is for it to burn so much fossil fuel that snow stops falling in Wisconsin and it starts raining concentrated sulphuric acid in Doncaster, it is not too big a price for Europe and North America to pay - it is certainly not bigger than the price Africa had to pay for Europe and North America to develop.

It is and will continue to be 100% OUR prerogative to determine what to do with our hydrocarbons. It is not the rich white men hiding behind these "Climate Advocacy NGOs" who will tell us what to do with our energy reserves, and by what means we are allowed to escape the poverty that they engineered for us.

I might not be a fan of Aliko Dangote or his monopolistic business practices - as is well known - but I'm also smart enough to know when rich white men in DC, Houston, Rotterdam and London and trying to use me as a marionette in their 400 year-old coloniser games. If you are reading this and you are one of the rich white men whose economic interests are threatened by Nigeria refining its own oil, you should come out and fight Aliko Dangote by yourself.

Or at least go find a much stupider African to do your dirty job - there's plenty of those.

It will never be me.

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@tundeskie @ifeoluwakinshii

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@ifeoluwakinshii @devanddesignhq I'm proud of you too, Mercy. Keep pushing. 💪

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@theglowstitches @UnkleAyo @Jomilojju You're spot on.

[Sam Òpásolá @Opsamist]

@MTforChange This was exactly how a friend advised me few weeks ago after I confessed to feeling this way. My dad died while I was still in the womb and last year June, I lost my mum. My interest in everything died. I can really relate to how this anon feels. It's a terrible place to be.