Objective Gist

17:00hrs:  10-04-2015:   The countdown began for two major big events, my birthday and Nigeria’s most tensed presidential election.  I was now at the R.A.C for the distribution and disbursement of electoral materials against the election proper. 23:00hrs I had just received sensitive and insensitive materials on behalf of my unit. It began with just one shot and then the shots became sporadic. We quickly took cover, just in case.  We knew their target was the election materials and our S.P.O jokingly made us understand we had signed to receive the materials form INEC and so the responsibility to protect the materials was now ours. 11-04-2015: 24:05hrs:  Date or time was no longer in purview. It was all about surviving the current hour. While sleep left some faces others (mostly women) went about to find space to sleep. Myself and other guys stood by the materials. At least we will be able to give detailed report and account of whatever happened to them if the worst happened. T

It was a really hot session and I was so pressed that I had to quickly rush towards the public toilet in the building to take a pee. Upon getting to the door of the toilet, I tried the locks to get it opened but it wouldn't budge so I assumed it was locked or engaged. Though I tried the lock only once, I assumed someone must have locked it from behind since it didn't open. I retreated to 'go do the do' at some other place, but just then someone else walked past me towards the door, turned the knob, and pushed it open. The door was only jammed and needed an extra push. The other fellow knew the 'formula' to get the door opened while I was retreating with a false assumption. Since it's a public toilet I assumed someone must be engaged and locked it from behind... Assumptions! Like the analogy in the story above, so many times entrepreneurs in business, especially young budding entrepreneurs/startuppers, are "pressed" with ideas so much that they has

So how can one start to build a strong relationship? Like constructing a treehouse, building a strong relationship that will result in a glorious marriage takes some careful actions. The ideal dream: It all starts with a dream of the ideal life we desire. My friend and I dreamt of a treehouse where we could take naps when bored and we had a pictorial vision of what it will look like in mind. Similarly, couples aspiring to go into marital relationship must have a mental dream of the ideal home they wish to build. The passion for this dream must be so strong enough to push them into actualizing it. The architectural plan: At this juncture some pertinent questions must be answered: "what will it take to achieve the ideal dream"? It is time to put the mental vision into pictorial sketch in an architectural framework. This helps us understand the possibility of the dream and the materials needed for its actualization. Architectural plans can be simple and can also get

Once beaten twice shy Twice beaten is why I cry what fate is mine under the sky If love thirsts to make me cry Twice daggered at the junction of fate There is canal bleeding at Love's gate Many souls are cast towards losing faith What faith can condone this bloody fate Say me well to earthly love For I am done with its immoral bluffs Say me well to mortal love I have had enough of its rip offs As I sty off thy streets May tears stay off my cheeks As I take on a clean love sheet May my sour love become sweet Tayo Okanlawon

We all know about the "friend zone", yeah it is the popular one of all zones. There is the brother zone, Pastor zone, Uncle zone and now I hear there is a "brother-in-love" zone...wow! O ye brothers accept my condolences with these "zoning" heartbreaks. Just when a man thinks he is making headways with the relationship, ladies come up with all sort of zones. The latest one is what 'shook' me most. How can you call someone "brother-in-love"? It seems ladies nowadays are not ready or willing to commit to a serious relationship anymore. Or what is the reason for these zone boxes they put men into? What do you think pls? Tayo Okanlawon

I've heard some Christian brothers saying they got a revelation of who to marry in a dream. So I tried it out too My prayer was simple and straight forward, “Lord show me my wife”, then off to bed I went expectant to see her in a dream. Did she come in a dream? Unfortunately there was no dream that night or the following nights for the rest of the week. It was a week of grave spiritual silence with no clues received as regards the requested revelation. This marked the beginning of the quest for the revelatory dream for the divinely chosen woman, expecting her disclosure in a revelatory ‘Indian-movie-like’ dream. Don’t blame me for waiting on a dream to receive the revelation. Having heard tales of men getting convinced on whom to marry after seeing their wives-to-be in a dream especially by a well or spring, with such woman serving them a cup of water in the dream, many of us also seek such manner of confirmation on whom to marry. Hilarious right? Whether true or not, mos

We agree that there is only one Almighty God that Christians and Muslims serve. But when it comes to the matter of marriage, it is 'haram' for the Muslims and the Christians also see it as 'unequally yoke' marrying from the other religion. One quick fact I must establish is that Christian couples can be unequally yoked too. It doesn't have to be with a Muslim-Christian combination before couples are "unequally yoked" How? Read more The concept of unequal yoking is derived from the farming practice of yoking animals with farm machinery for farm work. A pair of oxen (or other animal) pull the wooden beam. The idea is to pair two animals of equal strength, size and type together. If the animals are not of the same strength and size, the weaker one is not only going to slow the stronger down but also in danger of death (if the stronger fails to slow down). With this conceptual explanation, it can be put forward that a christian couple can be unequal