Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀

Like exploring my World | A researcher | A data analyst(Excel, SPSS, STATA) | An agric economist | Warehousing| Teacher | A farmer | An ardent Man. United fan |

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@DeoThe_Weirdo Look for folks who have abundant mentality, that poverty you are befriending won't lead you anywhere good

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@hydar_24 @Abdul_Ahmad_ @moniepointng @moniepoint You are not one of their target audience, don't overestimate yourself!

[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!!!!

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

Arsenal have set the record for the lowest possession percentage for a team playing in a Champions League final (since records began in 2003-04).

The previous lowest record was also Arsenal, set in the 2006 Champions League final, which they played 72 minutes with 10 men.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Arsenal had the lowest amount of possession on record (24.7%) in a Champions League final since 2004 😮

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@Ikealbarney101 @Lemonbriz If Evra was close to who? Emotion has obviously gotten the better side you🤣🤣

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@BigJman1000 @goal Stop watching football please, it isn't for you

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@MonteBlanq @Ayo_olukya @TouchlineX A team with 350 passes in the first half as against Arsenal's meagre 103, a team with an overall 911 passes as against Arsenal's 278, a team with 72% ball possession was shit? Maybe watching football isn't for you

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@JayOfEmirates @TouchlineX You expect them to score much goals against that deep defensive line?!

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@Ayo_olukya @TouchlineX Oga, the better team won

Gifted? Are you being serious?🤣🤣

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

At least, the equaliser will force Arsenal to come out of their high wall

The most one sided and boring Champions League final in the recent years
#PSGARS

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@hicasamadim 2 x 2 = 4 x2 = 8
5 x 5 = 25 x 2 = 50
6 x 6 = 36 x 2 = 72.

It is 72

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@DI_BOI_ENGINEER @2legit284013719 @FabrizioRomano @FreshBossTips Could it be that you don't know the meaning of trophy? Manchester United has won these in the last thirteen years;
Premier League - 2012/2013
FA Cup - 2015/16
FA Community Shield - 2016
EFL Cup - 2016/17
UEFA Europa League - 2016/17
EFL Cup - 2022/23
FA Cup - 2023/24

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@Rotleo3819 @GbengaWemimo What is not that deep? You people are so funny ehn

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@agadegesiginaga @AnnSogunro Some1 is giving thanks to God for surviving a near tragedy, and U chose that moment to argue instead of showing basic sense. Not everything is a debate, some things are gratitude. If that unsettles U, it says more abt the bitterness you’re speaking from than the testimony itself

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@Otunba_Bini @Toniatuslim People like you*

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@Otunba_Bini @Toniatuslim People like walk through life expecting dividends from effort you never made.
Always owed, never accountable, always demanding, never delivering.

Unfortunately, age has not cured you of childishness. You will be fine sha

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@adeosunm @sowore @officialABAT You people do not defend truth or results, you defend attachment!

Yesteryears, ur master demanded accountability with full chest, today, you protect the same thing you once condemned because your idol now wears the crown.

JSYK, that is not loyalty, that's intellectual collapse.

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@Signorthom @adeosunm @sowore @officialABAT A man who calls himself “an insatiable speculator” should at least possess the discipline to speculate with sense, not defend obvious failure with emotional loyalty while citizens suffer insecurity.

A desperate praise singer decorating collapse with grammar instead of truth!

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@JAMBHQ Lowering standards for Education and Agriculture in the name of mercy may seem kind, but it risks breeding mediocrity where excellence is most needed.

The classroom deserves sharp minds, and the soil deserves thoughtful hands.

[Babalọlá Ọládàpọ̀ @thePotentialD]

@56Anthon @chrisbey2021 @Miss_Oluremi And you had to go this low because his comment doesn't sit well with you? You are such a pathetic being