Win-A-Smile

What people say about you shouldn't limit your activeness.

- Racheal Olamide Oluwashikemi

*TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL YOU NEED TO DO THE FOLLOWING:*

● *BELIEVE* – while others are doubting.
● *PLAN* – while others are playing.
● *STUDY* – while others are sleeping.
● *DECIDE* – while others are delaying.
● *PREPARE* – while others are daydreaming.
● *BEGIN* – while others are procrastinating.
● *WORK* – while others are wishing.
● *INVEST* – while others are wasting.
● *LISTEN* – while others are talking.
● *SMILE* – while others are frowning.
● *COMMEND* – while others are criticizing.
● *PERSIST* – while others are quitting.

- Ifeoluwa Udoh

Set Goals and stick with them.
Take Daily actions that creates a ripple effect.
Stay motivated, focused and balanced.
Feel happier everyday.
Define, pursue and celebrate personal success.



- Ogunmoyo 'twetey' Olushola
(2016).

The best intentions 'miscommunicated' or 'uncommunicated' in a truthful relationship will be perceived as betrayal or disrespect or dishonor. This has overtime led many to relationship failure.

- Akinfala Falaworld Olalekan

I want to live a better life, I want to do exploits, far better than my parents did.
I know we all say these prayers, some even go from mountains to valleys breaking yokes.. I understand prayers are very important at every point of our lives...
..but can we do the same thing the same way and expect a different result?
You complain about your dad's drinking habit, yet you wear the same shoes and move around with friends who see beer parlors as a sitting room where they can sit all day to relax.
You complain dad has too many wives, and pray to be faithful to just one woman, yet you want to have a taste of anything in skirts.
You don't like the way mum keeps complaining of getting married to your dad, yet you jump at every available relationship because you feel you are growing old.
You don't like the way mum waits for dad before buying the smallest maggi, yet you are not doing anything to improve yourself and make yourself an asset.

Pause... Have you taken out time to ask them for what they wished they would have corrected if given the opportunity, did you take your time to ask them why things turned out the way they are either good or bad? Have you learnt from their mistakes? Have you consciously worked on stopping that particular bad habit found in your parents.. Yh I know we unconsciously take some attributes from our parents, but we also have the ability to consciously drop wrong characters.
Until you take a bold step of doing it differently, you might just end up being the exact replica of the parents you never want to be like!
..work and pray, do your part, be intensional about making a CHANGE! BE THE CHANGE U DESIRE!

- Ologunleko Oluwafayokemi

9 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR FACEBOOK USERS

1. Always learn to appreciate other people's posts, even if they are not your friend
It makes them feel important and encouraged to come up with something more positive.

2. Never run people down on the platform
You will cause them to withdraw and will never come up with their objective views on issues.

3. When you see something you don't like from a member, inbox the person
Don't attack him/her on the platform publicly

4. Never insult or use unpleasant languages .
You expose your uncultured manners and attitude to people and may turn the platform to combat ground.

5. Be quick to say sorry and apologize when u have erred.
It helps to dose down the tension which your utterances must have created.

6. Don't try to enforce your ideas or suggestions on people.
Nobody has monopoly of knowledge, allow majority conclusions to prevail on issues.

7. Never settle scores with anybody on a general post
You will give others the opportunity to take sides, thereby causing others to withdraw.

8. When anyone is celebrating, he/she may not need to be your friend before you celebrate with that person.
It's the spirit of brotherliness

9. Some have the gift of talking and others the gift of reading
Learn to contribute to the posts.. Even if it is just using the symbol 👍... It makes people know that you appreciate the post

*There are 3 types of posts you will always see

(A) Offensive posts.. Don't attack the person, it could be a mistake, but you can attack the posts.

(B) Inspirational/educative posts
Commend the person.. Don't just read and keep quiet.

(C) Meaningless/wrongly uninformed posts
Start by appreciating the writer, then correct the information, but don't hush him up with condemnation.

Thanks for your corporation.

- Chiamaka Peachy Peace

Evans ‘the terrible’
Posted By: Gbenga Omotoso On: June 22, 2017 THE NATION

Who is Chukwudumeje George Onuamadike, aka Evans?

That question would have been appropriate before June 10. Not now. Until then, he was known only among security agents and those who had the misfortune of being his guests. His victims, perhaps out of fear, spoke in the comfort of their bedrooms about him; never in public.

The police describe him as the “most creative and craftiest” kidnapper.

Before him was Henry Chibueze, aka Vampire, “the deadliest” of them all, whose gang members once stormed a court hearing his case, shot at soldiers and snatched him away – leg chains and all. It was like a scene from a Hollywood thriller. He was later to die in a gun duel with the police. Americana, whose gang is believed to be holding the Lagos pupils, is said to be just as vicious.


Evans was captured in Magodo, a highbrow Lagos neighbourhood. Residents were shocked. His homes – there are two of them in the estate – are beautiful but not extraordinary, compared with the others. He did not show off his dirty wealth. No big cars were parked in his compound. No stream of visitors driving latest limousines. No owambe parties. He rarely mixed.

It was all part of his strategy to evade arrest.

The mask fell off on June 10. Evans was unmasked as the tsar of the underworld with specialisation in kidnapping men of immense means who pay handsomely for their freedom. Now the number of joggers has reduced in Magodo where residents talk about gbenigbeni (the kidnapper) as against the once popular gbomogbomo (the kidnapper of kids).

Now that he has been captured, residents who had given up early morning jogging for fear of ending up in some God-forsaken bush in Igando or in the throbbing lakande Estate in fawaray Isolo where Evans has his safe houses of horror will not rush back to the tracks with their pot bellies.

The rich do not take chances. They would not be won back by the fact that Evans has been seized by the police. They fear members of his gang may launch a reprisal.

Who can blame them?


Evans collected ransom in hard currency because he wanted “to be different”. His victims include frontline businessmen. A potential victim would put him on a retainer, as an insured against being kidnapped. His victims were kept under inhuman conditions for months, manacled.

One of them got Evans angry. His family was said to have been rude. They paid more and got their man back later than expected.

When a victim is released and he goes to church for thanksgiving, Evans features as one of the honoured guests. How does he feel in church? Does he also shout “alleluia” and “amen”? When he kneels down, what does he tell God; to bless him? Does he feel his exploits come from above? Does he have a conscience? Does he ever spare a moment for reflections?

In detention, Evans has asked for a copy of the Holy Bible, which he has been reading as if he is preparing for a Bible College exam. His favourite books are said to be Psalms and Job. In fact, he is said to love reading Psalms 23 –”The Lord is my shepherd…”. Really? Who then is the shepherd of his victims?

Ivan the Terrible, who is also known as Ivan the Fearsome (August 25, 1530 – March 18, 1584), was Russia’s first tsar. He ruled with an iron hand. His was a bloody, brutal reign. Ivan brooked no opposition. He was believed to be mentally troubled. In a fit of anger, he killed his son, Ivan Ivanovich, who would have succeeded him. Is Evans mentally stable?

He was loved by few, loathed by many and feared by all. So is Evans.

In police custody, Evans has been sobered up. He has been singing like a bird. He has told of how his father did not send him to school. He has talked about his gang and its mode of operation. He says his wife has been having a time of her life; she denies being lavished with cash and gifts. He claimed to have given his father N3m and luxury motorcars.

The Evans fairytale has raised many questions about our moral values, law enforcement, parental care, citizen responsibility and more. Why did it take so long to capture Evans? The police had been searching for him since 2013. A bounty of N30 million was placed on his head. That seemed to have done the magic, but must citizens wait for such enticement before performing their duty to society? Why did his victims fail to give information which the police could use to track him down?

How do Evans’ parents feel? Regrets? If they were too poor to send him to school, why didn’t they ensure that he learned a trade and stuck to it? He said his goods were seized by Customs. He then went into drug trafficking, a trade he dumped after his partner cheated him and attempted to kill him. He tried his hands on armed robbery. Not pleased, he went into kidnapping, which proved to be a goldmine.

Must a man be involved in such lethal undertakings all in the battle to get rich? What is wealth when it can buy only comfort but cannot secure peace of mind?

Our society regards those who are not wealthy as failures. When cash is involved, morality is thrown overboard. That is why a professor commands no attention at a village meeting but everybody yields the floor to a man whose only qualification to sit at such a gathering is that he is “loaded”. “Na prof we go chop?” We scorn professionals who do not have wealth to exhibit, even as they are rich in intellect and other natural endowments which they have worked so much to develop.

Why is kidnapping such a lucrative trade that is so attractive despite the punishment? Is it just the mad ambition of a bad mind to get wealth? Or just man’s inhumanity to man? Why is man so inhuman?

Many of us are guilty of aiding and abetting this abominable crime. Who is the doctor who treated one of Evans’ victims who was shot? The doctor went to one of Evans’ detention centres to do the job, which many hospitals would not touch, even with the approval of the police. Who is the businessman who paid Evans in lieu of being kidnapped? Who are his bankers? Did they care about the nature of his trade that brought such hefty deposits? How did he run his accounts in these days of cashless policy? Who sold Evans the Magodo luxury homes? Did they conduct background checks?

He was said to have used 126 mobile phone numbers. Who are the service providers? Are the cards registered as required by law?

A woman was said to have played some roles in untying the Evans knot. How Does he also say “I love you” to her? Does he kiss and hug? Is he capable of showing affection, despite his wicked ways?

When he collects a ransom, says Evans, he takes his share and gives the rest to “the owners”. Who are the owners?

Where is the place of law in all this? An interview with Evans’ wife published by a newspaper shows that ogbologbo lawyers are already at work. She is being schooled to portray Evans as a victim of societal and parental neglect who deserves sympathy and rehabilitation.

Soon, the lawyers, flying the banner of human rights, will set their hands to the plough, filing an application to enforce Evans’ fundamental rights. They will be asking for bail. They will be seeking the leave of the court to enforce his right to medical care, overseas, naturally. The court will be urged to consider the principle of animus nocendi and establish beyond a reasonable doubt whether Evans deliberately set out to harm those who got physically harmed during his escapades.

After all, an accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty, the court will be reminded. And justice, being blind and no respecter of status, may shun the din of the marketplace and follow its dictates. Then, it will all become an academic debate on the letter of the law in contradistinction to the spirit of the law.

The police deserve garlands for capturing Evans. But, there are many Evans out there. The six Lagos pupils remain in captivity, several weeks after. Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) chief Olumide Odimayo’s body was dumped by his abductors. The police have some suspects; they should go after the others. But the police require everybody’s co-operation to succeed.

We all should help to expose these enemies of humanity.

If I offered you a 1000sqm in Abuja Maitama and offered you 10ksqm in Uyo, which would you take? Most likely Abuja, Maitama. Reason? Value!

When Asari Dokubo had made all the noise for resource control (that I support) he made an investment decision. He chose not to invest in Ijaw land. He took his investments to Lagos. There is a militant that owns a close in Lekki.

In the list of properties recovered from our ex this and that, how many are in Aba, Ibadan and Calabar? Why are they all in Abuja, Lagos, PHC and the abroad? Why do thieves not invest in where the steal from. Someone noted that Evans had a CCTV in his house. He kept his family in Ghana.

There are four factors of production: Land, Capital, Labour and Enterprise. No region has all 4 to the same degree. That might explain why Mama P ensured that her Godson Bala gave her choice lands in Abuja and Anyim got his city also in Abuja. By the way, the Gwari own the land and should get their land back when we split as should the landlords of Lagos.

Qatar has wealth but will suffer if Saudi and Kuwait cut food supply. That should be a lesson in interdependence. No region can feed itself. Except some Northern state perhaps.
We are better together. Yes, there are issues needing to be addressed and there always will be. We can and should do that in an atmosphere of trust and openness. Not blackmail and insults. Diversity is strength. Imagine a world of only your type?

Many of us are not speaking out for Nigeria.
This should not be read as opposing restructuring from a constitutional perspective.

- Victor N Jones.

*_Timely Warning To Nigerians!_*

FWD : 👉🏿

*"OMAR BANGURA from Sierra Leone has this to tell Nigerians;"*

"I don't think you guys know what you are playing with. You can call each other names and laugh about it now but when you end up inciting hate here as I read through your posts here and a real civil war starts in your country you will regret what you are doing now.
Your religious and political leaders are trying to divide you between religious lines and you are helping them do that rather than standing up and say we are all Nigerians never mind our tribe, region or religion. That's the only stand that will save your blessed nation. The foreign powers pushing the government to take certain decisions will abandon you when you start killing one another and reject you from running to their countries so be careful.

Our 11 year war in Sierra Leone was not even based on religious or tribal difference and see what we did to our country. The worst conflicts are those based on tribal and religious differences. See Central Africa, Bosnia, South Sudan and Rwanda. To have a better knowledge of this, please watch the documentary/movie called _"Hotel Rwanda"_ or _"Sometime in April"._ My heart bleeds when I read what you guys are saying because I know what this will lead to. _*You will be the losers all of you whether Christian, Muslim, igbo, yoruba or hausa.*_ Stand as one and save your nation together bcos you have only one Nigeria that has the potential to lead Africa."

_PLEASE HELP SAVE NIGERIA AND SHARE THIS WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE._

Kindly forward to your contacts until it gets to every Nigerian. God bless you!!! 🔚

Let's live together & be alright
God bless Nigeria.

Just hold on & be strong
It won't be long
Its gonna be alright.

Life is a gift awarded to each one of us irrespective of our race.
Your existence ceases the moment yours is taken.
A fulfilled life is one that impact others positively.
Learn not to use your gift (life) to take that of others.