As a survivor of kidnapping and banditry, I can tell you that these criminals believe that no matter how much they take from you, you will eventually work and earn it back after your release.
Let me use myself as an example. After my family paid the ₦15 million ransom they demanded, along with other items worth over ₦600,000, they still weren't satisfied. They continued demanding more money and eventually asked for ₦55 million. They even told my mother to sell her house and car to raise the money.
Because my family rented a vehicle to deliver the ransom and other requested items, the kidnappers assumed we owned the car and were wealthy. They kept insisting that we sell all our properties and hand over the proceeds to them.
Omo, it was a terrible ordeal. The fear, pressure, and emotional torture were overwhelming. Watching my family struggle to meet their endless demands was heartbreaking.
One painful reality is that they often target ordinary and struggling people like us because we are easier to capture than the elites, who usually have better security and protection.
This is why we cannot continue to stay silent. Kidnapping and banditry have destroyed countless lives, families, and dreams across Nigeria. We need to raise our voices, stand together as a nation, and demand urgent action against insecurity.
Today it may be someone else's family. Tomorrow it could be yours. Enough is enough. 💔🇳🇬🙏🏽
On today's chronicles of the moving man.
It is in the wisdom of the moving man to invest in a compass before he starts moving.
To learn from others who have travelled, with his own background.
For the moving man to know the road ahead, he needs to ask those coming back.
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Hello @LCFC
I’m Olaogun, a winger also played as a striker from Nigeria. I’ve spent the last 3 years training daily to get one shot at professional football.
I’m not asking for a contract. I’m asking for 7 days on trial to show you what I can do. If I’m not good enough, I’ll walk away with no hard feelings.
I’m fast, direct, and I work harder than anyone on the pitch.
My highlights are here: https://t.co/nD68FCLsMn
Thanks,
Olaogun
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Came as a star.
Leaves as legend.
Thank you, Robert Lewandowski, for every goal, every battle, and every magic moment wearing these colours. Culer forever. 💙❤️
How I stopped struggling with impostor syndrome:
Let me tell you a story.
There was a time I battled with impostor syndrome heavily. I had just started creating content, and that voice in my head kept whispering, “Who are you to do this? Who will even listen?”
Then I attended an event where Bovi the comedian was a speaker doing a Q&A. When it was time for questions, I stood up and asked him directly: “How do you conquer impostor syndrome? That feeling that you cannot do it?”
His answer changed my life.
He basically said this: he said “Just Do It”
If you don’t do it, you already know the outcome. Nothing changes. But if you do it, there are two possibilities. It either works out, or it doesn’t. Either way, you have given yourself a chance. So why sit there waiting for an outcome you already know? And blame yourself for not even trying??
Just do it!!
That single answer rewired something in me. And it is exactly why I take events, conferences, and rooms where people share their experiences very seriously.
Most of what you are going through right now, somebody has already walked that path. You either learn from their mistakes or you borrow from their best practices.
So if you are battling impostor syndrome right now:
https://t.co/hOvTqR26zk up anyway. The version of you that takes action is the only one that finds out what is possible.
2.Get into rooms where people are talking about their journey. Listen. Take notes. Apply.
3.Stop waiting to feel ready. Ready is a feeling that comes after you start, not before.
Impostor syndrome doesn’t really get cured. You just stop letting it have the final say.