It is obvious that there is no sense in putting our trust in any man that is presently in the Aso-Rock for the redemption of Nigeria cos I don't understand why the name of Anenih's wife and that of people like Sanusi Daggash and Musiliu Obanikoro will be put on the list of ministerial nominees when they have never cont...ributed anything good to Nigeria, rather, we should look inwards and look for people who we can work with to make the changes we crave for a reality.
Please, join me in this task of rebuilding the broken walls of Nigeria as we prepare for the celebration of the Nigerian Flag Day as part of activities to mark the 50 years of our independence. The plan is on for it to hold in Obafemi Awolowo University, but you can also take the initiative wherever you are and we will all plan for the success of the programme. We all need each other, don't let us disappoint because Nigeria needs us. God Bless Nigeria.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
24/03/10
March 24, 2010
March 14, 2010
Monsters in the Plateau
It was supposed to be the start of another dramatic week in Nigeria, occassioned by the hospital arrest of the ‘our’ President for over three months and the sudden darkness assisted ‘reappearance’ of the still invisible commander-in-check of Nigeria. However, something else that is far from being dramatic that can best be described as horrific stole the headlines of all newspapers. Yet another crisis in Plateau state? Oh no! Not again. This particular crisis can be described as the worst in recent times going by the estimated recorded death of over 500 people in just 24 hours.
One may not be wrong to say that as things are presently, we have more monsters residing in Plateau state than the real human beings both among the rulers and the ruled. It is important to note that the situation keeps getting worse going by the frequency of occurrence increasing every year and unfortunately, it is as if nobody is really interested in stemming this ugly trend. Even when the whole nation (in my opinion, it has really become a national problem and embarrassment) have not yet recovered from the effect of the crisis recorded in January which also left hundreds of people dead, another crisis erupted yet again. The question on the lips of everybody now is if peace can ever be restored to this state that used to be one of the most peaceful, but now one of the bloodiest battle fields in the country.
It has definitely become a case of one crisis too many because the major casualties are said to be women and children. Only God knows the number of innocent children who have gone with these senseless crises that is often visited upon Jos and other surrounding villages. A lot of people who would have been of great help to the country have been cut down in their prime by some irresponsible and wicked people who obviously are not educated to do good things. From the crisis in 2001 till the most recent one, it is very obvious that there is a group of people hired to kill and maim all in the name of religion, ethnic sentiments, or politics. I write this because I know that it is only God’s mercy that has kept me from these incessant crises knowing that I could have been a victim as well. I left this same city just four days before the crisis of November, 2008 after attending a week long conference and from the reports that I got, about 15 people were killed where I stayed. Must the unfriendly government we have wait until they have killed the best people before acting? How on earth did Nigeria get to this point that most of our political office holders are this irresponsible and inconsiderate? I remember how the Federal government and the Plateau state government were shamelessly fighting each other over who has the constitutional right to set up a panel to look into the last crisis. What is the result of the two committees set up?
While many future leaders of this country are being killed in these violent clashes that are always sponsored by some blood thirsty people who need the blood for their wealth to increase, the people who are supposed to be responsible for the security of lives have started showing again how irresponsible they are by trading blames and disagreeing over the number of people that died. How else can you define irresponsibility or shallowness of the brain than this? Is it not disgusting that some people will capitalize on the grief of others to settle scores with their perceived foes? I was really angry when the State government said that over 500 people died and also accused the Nigerian army of complicity based on the fact that they failed to act on an intel they got about an imminent violence and the only thing the army and police could do in responding was not only to cook up a ridiculously low number of 109 deaths (even when foreign media channels confirmed that over 500 people died) to cover up for their obvious incompetence, they also resorted into insulting the state helmsman, Jonah Jang who is also not a saint.
I tow the line of people blaming the Nigerian Army because the Army has done more harm than good to the nation in the recent past. Or do they think we have forgotten the shameless role the Army through the dishonourable Chief of Army Staff, Dambazau played in smuggling our sick President into the country? How can the Army spokesperson (who unfortunately is my friend’s father) claim that they have performed creditably when under their watch, over 500 people were killed by mercenaries in just one night? I keep on praying and waiting for a time that our security agencies will be alive to their responsibility and refuse to be compromised. For the Nigerian Police, I think the only thing they are reputed to be experts in is collecting 20 naira and killing those who refuse to give them. They are as good as non-existent.
One however needs to commend the effort of Mr. Darkness for his effort in the recent disheartening events that we have witnessed in the country. Firstly, he was summoned by some political jobbers and opportunists who people say are only good to be used as cooking ingredients in the kitchen aided by the indecorous Chief of Army Staff to snuggle the President into the country as if the President is a contra bound commodity. Then the Plateau monsters, who saw how effective Mr. Darkness was summoned him to carry out their dastardly and inhuman act, or how do we explain many deaths in a single night. I think we should start praying that we only have days and no longer nights if that will deliver us from these monsters that are now trying to take over every thing in this country.
Dayo Nigeria
March 14, 2010.
One may not be wrong to say that as things are presently, we have more monsters residing in Plateau state than the real human beings both among the rulers and the ruled. It is important to note that the situation keeps getting worse going by the frequency of occurrence increasing every year and unfortunately, it is as if nobody is really interested in stemming this ugly trend. Even when the whole nation (in my opinion, it has really become a national problem and embarrassment) have not yet recovered from the effect of the crisis recorded in January which also left hundreds of people dead, another crisis erupted yet again. The question on the lips of everybody now is if peace can ever be restored to this state that used to be one of the most peaceful, but now one of the bloodiest battle fields in the country.
It has definitely become a case of one crisis too many because the major casualties are said to be women and children. Only God knows the number of innocent children who have gone with these senseless crises that is often visited upon Jos and other surrounding villages. A lot of people who would have been of great help to the country have been cut down in their prime by some irresponsible and wicked people who obviously are not educated to do good things. From the crisis in 2001 till the most recent one, it is very obvious that there is a group of people hired to kill and maim all in the name of religion, ethnic sentiments, or politics. I write this because I know that it is only God’s mercy that has kept me from these incessant crises knowing that I could have been a victim as well. I left this same city just four days before the crisis of November, 2008 after attending a week long conference and from the reports that I got, about 15 people were killed where I stayed. Must the unfriendly government we have wait until they have killed the best people before acting? How on earth did Nigeria get to this point that most of our political office holders are this irresponsible and inconsiderate? I remember how the Federal government and the Plateau state government were shamelessly fighting each other over who has the constitutional right to set up a panel to look into the last crisis. What is the result of the two committees set up?
While many future leaders of this country are being killed in these violent clashes that are always sponsored by some blood thirsty people who need the blood for their wealth to increase, the people who are supposed to be responsible for the security of lives have started showing again how irresponsible they are by trading blames and disagreeing over the number of people that died. How else can you define irresponsibility or shallowness of the brain than this? Is it not disgusting that some people will capitalize on the grief of others to settle scores with their perceived foes? I was really angry when the State government said that over 500 people died and also accused the Nigerian army of complicity based on the fact that they failed to act on an intel they got about an imminent violence and the only thing the army and police could do in responding was not only to cook up a ridiculously low number of 109 deaths (even when foreign media channels confirmed that over 500 people died) to cover up for their obvious incompetence, they also resorted into insulting the state helmsman, Jonah Jang who is also not a saint.
I tow the line of people blaming the Nigerian Army because the Army has done more harm than good to the nation in the recent past. Or do they think we have forgotten the shameless role the Army through the dishonourable Chief of Army Staff, Dambazau played in smuggling our sick President into the country? How can the Army spokesperson (who unfortunately is my friend’s father) claim that they have performed creditably when under their watch, over 500 people were killed by mercenaries in just one night? I keep on praying and waiting for a time that our security agencies will be alive to their responsibility and refuse to be compromised. For the Nigerian Police, I think the only thing they are reputed to be experts in is collecting 20 naira and killing those who refuse to give them. They are as good as non-existent.
One however needs to commend the effort of Mr. Darkness for his effort in the recent disheartening events that we have witnessed in the country. Firstly, he was summoned by some political jobbers and opportunists who people say are only good to be used as cooking ingredients in the kitchen aided by the indecorous Chief of Army Staff to snuggle the President into the country as if the President is a contra bound commodity. Then the Plateau monsters, who saw how effective Mr. Darkness was summoned him to carry out their dastardly and inhuman act, or how do we explain many deaths in a single night. I think we should start praying that we only have days and no longer nights if that will deliver us from these monsters that are now trying to take over every thing in this country.
Dayo Nigeria
March 14, 2010.
Monsters in the Plateau
It was supposed to be the start of another dramatic week in Nigeria, occassioned by the hospital arrest of the ‘our’ President for over three months and the sudden darkness assisted ‘reappearance’ of the still invisible commander-in-check of Nigeria. However, something else that is far from being dramatic that can best be described as horrific stole the headlines of all newspapers. Yet another crisis in Plateau state? Oh no! Not again. This particular crisis can be described as the worst in recent times going by the estimated recorded death of over 500 people in just 24 hours.
One may not be wrong to say that as things are presently, we have more monsters residing in Plateau state than the real human beings both among the rulers and the ruled. It is important to note that the situation keeps getting worse going by the frequency of occurrence increasing every year and unfortunately, it is as if nobody is really interested in stemming this ugly trend. Even when the whole nation (in my opinion, it has really become a national problem and embarrassment) have not yet recovered from the effect of the crisis recorded in January which also left hundreds of people dead, another crisis erupted yet again. The question on the lips of everybody now is if peace can ever be restored to this state that used to be one of the most peaceful, but now one of the bloodiest battle fields in the country.
It has definitely become a case of one crisis too many because the major casualties are said to be women and children. Only God knows the number of innocent children who have gone with these senseless crises that is often visited upon Jos and other surrounding villages. A lot of people who would have been of great help to the country have been cut down in their prime by some irresponsible and wicked people who obviously are not educated to do good things. From the crisis in 2001 till the most recent one, it is very obvious that there is a group of people hired to kill and maim all in the name of religion, ethnic sentiments, or politics. I write this because I know that it is only God’s mercy that has kept me from these incessant crises knowing that I could have been a victim as well. I left this same city just four days before the crisis of November, 2008 after attending a week long conference and from the reports that I got, about 15 people were killed where I stayed. Must the unfriendly government we have wait until they have killed the best people before acting? How on earth did Nigeria get to this point that most of our political office holders are this irresponsible and inconsiderate? I remember how the Federal government and the Plateau state government were shamelessly fighting each other over who has the constitutional right to set up a panel to look into the last crisis. What is the result of the two committees set up?
While many future leaders of this country are being killed in these violent clashes that are always sponsored by some blood thirsty people who need the blood for their wealth to increase, the people who are supposed to be responsible for the security of lives have started showing again how irresponsible they are by trading blames and disagreeing over the number of people that died. How else can you define irresponsibility or shallowness of the brain than this? Is it not disgusting that some people will capitalize on the grief of others to settle scores with their perceived foes? I was really angry when the State government said that over 500 people died and also accused the Nigerian army of complicity based on the fact that they failed to act on an intel they got about an imminent violence and the only thing the army and police could do in responding was not only to cook up a ridiculously low number of 109 deaths (even when foreign media channels confirmed that over 500 people died) to cover up for their obvious incompetence, they also resorted into insulting the state helmsman, Jonah Jang who is also not a saint.
I tow the line of people blaming the Nigerian Army because the Army has done more harm than good to the nation in the recent past. Or do they think we have forgotten the shameless role the Army through the dishonourable Chief of Army Staff, Dambazau played in smuggling our sick President into the country? How can the Army spokesperson (who unfortunately is my friend’s father) claim that they have performed creditably when under their watch, over 500 people were killed by mercenaries in just one night? I keep on praying and waiting for a time that our security agencies will be alive to their responsibility and refuse to be compromised. For the Nigerian Police, I think the only thing they are reputed to be experts in is collecting 20 naira and killing those who refuse to give them. They are as good as non-existent.
One however needs to commend the effort of Mr. Darkness for his effort in the recent disheartening events that we have witnessed in the country. Firstly, he was summoned by some political jobbers and opportunists who people say are only good to be used as cooking ingredients in the kitchen aided by the indecorous Chief of Army Staff to snuggle the President into the country as if the President is a contra bound commodity. Then the Plateau monsters, who saw how effective Mr. Darkness was summoned him to carry out their dastardly and inhuman act, or how do we explain many deaths in a single night. I think we should start praying that we only have days and no longer nights if that will deliver us from these monsters that are now trying to take over every thing in this country.
Dayo Nigeria
March 14, 2010.
One may not be wrong to say that as things are presently, we have more monsters residing in Plateau state than the real human beings both among the rulers and the ruled. It is important to note that the situation keeps getting worse going by the frequency of occurrence increasing every year and unfortunately, it is as if nobody is really interested in stemming this ugly trend. Even when the whole nation (in my opinion, it has really become a national problem and embarrassment) have not yet recovered from the effect of the crisis recorded in January which also left hundreds of people dead, another crisis erupted yet again. The question on the lips of everybody now is if peace can ever be restored to this state that used to be one of the most peaceful, but now one of the bloodiest battle fields in the country.
It has definitely become a case of one crisis too many because the major casualties are said to be women and children. Only God knows the number of innocent children who have gone with these senseless crises that is often visited upon Jos and other surrounding villages. A lot of people who would have been of great help to the country have been cut down in their prime by some irresponsible and wicked people who obviously are not educated to do good things. From the crisis in 2001 till the most recent one, it is very obvious that there is a group of people hired to kill and maim all in the name of religion, ethnic sentiments, or politics. I write this because I know that it is only God’s mercy that has kept me from these incessant crises knowing that I could have been a victim as well. I left this same city just four days before the crisis of November, 2008 after attending a week long conference and from the reports that I got, about 15 people were killed where I stayed. Must the unfriendly government we have wait until they have killed the best people before acting? How on earth did Nigeria get to this point that most of our political office holders are this irresponsible and inconsiderate? I remember how the Federal government and the Plateau state government were shamelessly fighting each other over who has the constitutional right to set up a panel to look into the last crisis. What is the result of the two committees set up?
While many future leaders of this country are being killed in these violent clashes that are always sponsored by some blood thirsty people who need the blood for their wealth to increase, the people who are supposed to be responsible for the security of lives have started showing again how irresponsible they are by trading blames and disagreeing over the number of people that died. How else can you define irresponsibility or shallowness of the brain than this? Is it not disgusting that some people will capitalize on the grief of others to settle scores with their perceived foes? I was really angry when the State government said that over 500 people died and also accused the Nigerian army of complicity based on the fact that they failed to act on an intel they got about an imminent violence and the only thing the army and police could do in responding was not only to cook up a ridiculously low number of 109 deaths (even when foreign media channels confirmed that over 500 people died) to cover up for their obvious incompetence, they also resorted into insulting the state helmsman, Jonah Jang who is also not a saint.
I tow the line of people blaming the Nigerian Army because the Army has done more harm than good to the nation in the recent past. Or do they think we have forgotten the shameless role the Army through the dishonourable Chief of Army Staff, Dambazau played in smuggling our sick President into the country? How can the Army spokesperson (who unfortunately is my friend’s father) claim that they have performed creditably when under their watch, over 500 people were killed by mercenaries in just one night? I keep on praying and waiting for a time that our security agencies will be alive to their responsibility and refuse to be compromised. For the Nigerian Police, I think the only thing they are reputed to be experts in is collecting 20 naira and killing those who refuse to give them. They are as good as non-existent.
One however needs to commend the effort of Mr. Darkness for his effort in the recent disheartening events that we have witnessed in the country. Firstly, he was summoned by some political jobbers and opportunists who people say are only good to be used as cooking ingredients in the kitchen aided by the indecorous Chief of Army Staff to snuggle the President into the country as if the President is a contra bound commodity. Then the Plateau monsters, who saw how effective Mr. Darkness was summoned him to carry out their dastardly and inhuman act, or how do we explain many deaths in a single night. I think we should start praying that we only have days and no longer nights if that will deliver us from these monsters that are now trying to take over every thing in this country.
Dayo Nigeria
March 14, 2010.
September 03, 2009
And my Heart Refused to Break
In the last one week, I have seen enough and heard enough. First was the shocker about ..., and this alone came with so many other friends. You should understand that when you are in the Mr/Miss Right business, many other things are bound to be added to yu. The good Lord that I serve came to my rescue by assuring me that all that happened was orchestrated by Him and that He does not do what will not end up good for His children, but I still struggled to believe that. The most painful thing is that this major setback or heartbreak happened as a result of heeding God's instruction that I should be patient, and I just kept wondering how painful it is when you have to listen to God.
I need to confess that initially, i really struggled with this, considering that I was experiencing serious challenges in some areas at the same time. Out of everything, God has just been teaching me different lessons and the most important of all the lessons God has taught me in my trying period is that "He Makes All Things Beautiful In His Time."
This is the more reason why my heart has refused to break and it ha sactually come out better and stronger.
Dayo Nigeria
I need to confess that initially, i really struggled with this, considering that I was experiencing serious challenges in some areas at the same time. Out of everything, God has just been teaching me different lessons and the most important of all the lessons God has taught me in my trying period is that "He Makes All Things Beautiful In His Time."
This is the more reason why my heart has refused to break and it ha sactually come out better and stronger.
Dayo Nigeria
August 22, 2009
It's Been Long
It's been quite a while that I actually blogged, but just decided to blog today so you guys will know that i'm alive and doing good. It's good to take a rest at some points in your life, and i guess i decided to give myself a break from blogging. I'm back and better. Watch out for an update of my activities over the months. God Bless Nigeria.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
August 22, 2009.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
August 22, 2009.
May 25, 2009
For My God
I have not posted anything for over a month now because of so many factors, ranging from a busy schedule to my inability to get a place to browse in some of the places I visited in the last six weeks. However, during the period of my absence from blogging, I had to go through a very serious and hurting learning process. Its just like a person who has devoted resources, energy and time into building a skyscraper and the building just crumbling in just a twinkle of an eye.
I had a lot of reasons to question God, but at the end of the questioning session, I just got a deeper understanding that all the so called energy that I put into the project is given by God and I can only do all these things because of His breath that is in me. That is why I wrote this poem just to tell my God that in my trying time, I will always trust the Lord and thank Him because He says all things work together of all that love Him.
O Lord, My God.
O Lord, my God
According to the psalmist and my testimony
How excellent is your name in all the earth
O Lord, my God
Because of who you are and what you've done
Only you are worthy of my praise forever
O Lord, my God
Not because of how full or big my belly is
But because of your fullness that is in me
But my heart always leap for joy
O Lord, my God
Though my physical body may look rough
And ugly because of the stress of this world
My soul delight in you because in my spirit
I have your beautiful Spirit whose beautiful work from within
Cover up my ugly outside and make people agree that i'm beautiful
O Lord, my God
I just bless your name because in your loving kindness
You have made me go through the fire without being burnt
And through the storm without being consumed
How excellent you truly are, my dear God.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
May 26, 2009.
I had a lot of reasons to question God, but at the end of the questioning session, I just got a deeper understanding that all the so called energy that I put into the project is given by God and I can only do all these things because of His breath that is in me. That is why I wrote this poem just to tell my God that in my trying time, I will always trust the Lord and thank Him because He says all things work together of all that love Him.
O Lord, My God.
O Lord, my God
According to the psalmist and my testimony
How excellent is your name in all the earth
O Lord, my God
Because of who you are and what you've done
Only you are worthy of my praise forever
O Lord, my God
Not because of how full or big my belly is
But because of your fullness that is in me
But my heart always leap for joy
O Lord, my God
Though my physical body may look rough
And ugly because of the stress of this world
My soul delight in you because in my spirit
I have your beautiful Spirit whose beautiful work from within
Cover up my ugly outside and make people agree that i'm beautiful
O Lord, my God
I just bless your name because in your loving kindness
You have made me go through the fire without being burnt
And through the storm without being consumed
How excellent you truly are, my dear God.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
May 26, 2009.
April 17, 2009
Longing For Love
In loving, I get hatred
In moving close, I get farther
I continue hoping and loving though
Endlessly I continue to wait
Waiting not for Godot
But for that time
That I can finally shout EUREKA
To the part of me that was removed
To create that masterpiece
Whose presence makes productivity possible
In losing hope, I get closer
Just as the 100m sprinter gets closer to the mark
I get closer to the promised land
When fate and faith both combined to smile on me
And lavish on me all the love that was far off
More importantly, the door begins to open
As the arrival of the one clothed with virtue
Like the biblical Esther is envisaged
Only waiting for the full appearance of the bride in waiting.
All hail the arrival of the Queen
Who will come and steal the heart of her charming prince
Can someone please tell prince charming to ring the bell
And the beautiful queen to answer the call of the bell
Because both of them have been destined for one another
By that Divine Being whose works can never be faulted
And whom these two excellencies worship and revere
The wait is on, and the time is near
When that which has been ordained from above
Will be manifested, that the whole world will see and rejoice.
Inspired by a wonderful friend.
In moving close, I get farther
I continue hoping and loving though
Endlessly I continue to wait
Waiting not for Godot
But for that time
That I can finally shout EUREKA
To the part of me that was removed
To create that masterpiece
Whose presence makes productivity possible
In losing hope, I get closer
Just as the 100m sprinter gets closer to the mark
I get closer to the promised land
When fate and faith both combined to smile on me
And lavish on me all the love that was far off
More importantly, the door begins to open
As the arrival of the one clothed with virtue
Like the biblical Esther is envisaged
Only waiting for the full appearance of the bride in waiting.
All hail the arrival of the Queen
Who will come and steal the heart of her charming prince
Can someone please tell prince charming to ring the bell
And the beautiful queen to answer the call of the bell
Because both of them have been destined for one another
By that Divine Being whose works can never be faulted
And whom these two excellencies worship and revere
The wait is on, and the time is near
When that which has been ordained from above
Will be manifested, that the whole world will see and rejoice.
Inspired by a wonderful friend.
April 08, 2009
How "Fool" Can The Month Be?
Its been a very long time since I posted anything, I can say its as a result of my different adventures in the land of examination and entering into the land of productivity from there. Right now, I just finished or got to a very good level in my Ado-Ekiti assignment and moving to Lagos for a programme before doing so many other productive things. It is meant to be a month that starts with April fool, but my day on the first of April just reminded me that the month should not make me become a fool, but make my month full of testimonies and great results. It is already happening and my God tells me that the glory of the latter house shall be more than that of the former, so greater results are coming my way throughout this year.
God Bless Nigeria
Dayo Nigeria
April 8, 2009.
God Bless Nigeria
Dayo Nigeria
April 8, 2009.
March 13, 2009
Maradona
What easily strikes anybody that hears this name is the legendary football player of Argentine origin. However, the name is now being used to describe not just very good footballers inb the mould of the great one, but others who actually may not have ever kicked the football.
These are people with very questionable character and are always trying to paly games with people. It may not be alarming if these people are not in charge of decisions that are made, but a lot of times, they are the ones who dictate what.
This write-up is as a result of certain things that happened to me and some other people around me between last week and now. When somebody asks for your help and ends up dribbling the helper into trouble. They have forgotten that "he who digs a pit for other people will end up in that same pit." I am not in anyway affected by the Maradona President that we have in our department, because right now people know who is licking his wounds.
Whatever any Maradona tries to do, just know that once you are for the truth, it will never be a problem to state your case to people and not just stating, but letting them know the true situation of things. The hallmark of a great leader is standing for the truth even when the 'seen' and 'unseen' forces are trying to push you into falsehood.
These are people with very questionable character and are always trying to paly games with people. It may not be alarming if these people are not in charge of decisions that are made, but a lot of times, they are the ones who dictate what.
This write-up is as a result of certain things that happened to me and some other people around me between last week and now. When somebody asks for your help and ends up dribbling the helper into trouble. They have forgotten that "he who digs a pit for other people will end up in that same pit." I am not in anyway affected by the Maradona President that we have in our department, because right now people know who is licking his wounds.
Whatever any Maradona tries to do, just know that once you are for the truth, it will never be a problem to state your case to people and not just stating, but letting them know the true situation of things. The hallmark of a great leader is standing for the truth even when the 'seen' and 'unseen' forces are trying to push you into falsehood.
February 20, 2009
The Irony of Love
Some days ago, the whole world clebrated what is meant to be love, popularly called Valentine's Day. It is however ironic that the day that is meant to be for love is the day that people assist in truncating the destiny of others just to satisfy their lustful feelings. This is not in any way what love is. The day has been so bastardized that I will be glad if there is nothing referred to as St. Valentine's day because it has over time become a day that naive young ladies are initiated into promiscuity.
The purpose of this blog is not to rubbish what love is, but to implore as many of us that God has helped to understand that true love does not mean sex, but true love is about caring for the next person, giving that person reason to live again. It may be in the place of time giving, material giving or just your smile.
Love is what makes the world go round and every human being who knows God will know that true love entails sacrifice. Just for the future of that young girl, kill your lustful desires and concentrate on how best you can help her grow. For the sake of that visionary young man, do away with your crave for material things and focus on how that young man has added more value to your live through his wise words and the time you were down and he stood by you.
He who knows God is meant to teach the world how to love, and not conforming to the world's definition of love. So many big pictures have been burnt to ashes just because of the decietful way that people show love. It is our responsibility to be the light that people will use to see. The greatest love is the love of sacrifice, let us teach giving more than recieving cos love is about giving when you don't expect anything in return.
As you show love to people, don't forget to love your country as well. God bless Nigeria.
The purpose of this blog is not to rubbish what love is, but to implore as many of us that God has helped to understand that true love does not mean sex, but true love is about caring for the next person, giving that person reason to live again. It may be in the place of time giving, material giving or just your smile.
Love is what makes the world go round and every human being who knows God will know that true love entails sacrifice. Just for the future of that young girl, kill your lustful desires and concentrate on how best you can help her grow. For the sake of that visionary young man, do away with your crave for material things and focus on how that young man has added more value to your live through his wise words and the time you were down and he stood by you.
He who knows God is meant to teach the world how to love, and not conforming to the world's definition of love. So many big pictures have been burnt to ashes just because of the decietful way that people show love. It is our responsibility to be the light that people will use to see. The greatest love is the love of sacrifice, let us teach giving more than recieving cos love is about giving when you don't expect anything in return.
As you show love to people, don't forget to love your country as well. God bless Nigeria.
January 28, 2009
The Decision
They are supposed to learn, but incapacitated
The children look up to mother hen for food
But mother hen is not able to because it is always robbed
Unfortunately, by some of your children.
While more of the children are suffering, a few are enjoying themselves
They have money dipped in blood to lavish
Drops of sweat from some make others rich
While the sources of sweat drops are like donkeys
Whose work rate is nothing compared to what he gets
When will this stop? They cry
They drop sweat and tears laboring for their dear mother
Yet these few robbers sit in the lavishly furnished four-edged place
With no faint spot of sweat, yet they get the goodies of others' sweat
What shall we do then? Should we continue to work and die for others?
Or should we fight to free ourselves from our brother-tormentors
Even if we die in the process, it's better to die for a cause
Than for you to die in oppression and torture
The decision lies in your hands.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
January 29, 2008
The children look up to mother hen for food
But mother hen is not able to because it is always robbed
Unfortunately, by some of your children.
While more of the children are suffering, a few are enjoying themselves
They have money dipped in blood to lavish
Drops of sweat from some make others rich
While the sources of sweat drops are like donkeys
Whose work rate is nothing compared to what he gets
When will this stop? They cry
They drop sweat and tears laboring for their dear mother
Yet these few robbers sit in the lavishly furnished four-edged place
With no faint spot of sweat, yet they get the goodies of others' sweat
What shall we do then? Should we continue to work and die for others?
Or should we fight to free ourselves from our brother-tormentors
Even if we die in the process, it's better to die for a cause
Than for you to die in oppression and torture
The decision lies in your hands.
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
January 29, 2008
January 19, 2009
Help Me
Actually, it's not as if an attempt is being made by anybody to rape me and neither is any dog chasing me that requires me shouting for help. I am forced to cry out for help because the work on my head now is so much that it is annoying my loved ones who believe that maybe i'm becoming proud and I can't create time for them again "because you are now a star". I have tried over and over to explain to some of them, but the more I try, the less thay understand and it's beginning to affect me in a way that I never imagined.
I'm "concerned" because unlike a lot of you guys who have been caught up in the ship of partnership, i'm still in the partnership market and I don't want to send the potential buyer of my proposal away just because of the heavyu workload on my head. i am at a cross road of either reducing my commitments (which would be very difficult cos I derive joy in many of these things) in order to placate my loved ones, or just continue as if nothing is happening and focus on what i'm doing. I need the advice of the council of elders.
By the way, it's because of my very busy schedule that i've not been around for some time.
I'm "concerned" because unlike a lot of you guys who have been caught up in the ship of partnership, i'm still in the partnership market and I don't want to send the potential buyer of my proposal away just because of the heavyu workload on my head. i am at a cross road of either reducing my commitments (which would be very difficult cos I derive joy in many of these things) in order to placate my loved ones, or just continue as if nothing is happening and focus on what i'm doing. I need the advice of the council of elders.
By the way, it's because of my very busy schedule that i've not been around for some time.
January 02, 2009
My January 1 ordeal
O legs, why have you refused to dance
Even when the sound of the music is so beautiful
O mouth, why have you refused to say amen
When the prayers are being made on the altar
O body, why hath thou failed to move
To the rythm of the drumbeats all around
O mouth, why hath thou turn frowning to thy companion
Even when you are surrounded by laughing colleagues
My heart has also failed to rejoice
Though there is all to be happy about
All these because of my supposedly vanished loved treasure
Alas! After a ring, the sound of my beloved treasure echoed in my ears
Oh! What kind of peace and joy I feel again
Though kept away by distance
The connection of the hearts bring us close to each other
And all that I could not do, i've started doing
Because my beloved treasure can still be treasured after all.
It's not what you think o.
Happy New Year 2009.
Adedayo Adeniyi
(Dayo Nigeria)
January 2, 2009.
Even when the sound of the music is so beautiful
O mouth, why have you refused to say amen
When the prayers are being made on the altar
O body, why hath thou failed to move
To the rythm of the drumbeats all around
O mouth, why hath thou turn frowning to thy companion
Even when you are surrounded by laughing colleagues
My heart has also failed to rejoice
Though there is all to be happy about
All these because of my supposedly vanished loved treasure
Alas! After a ring, the sound of my beloved treasure echoed in my ears
Oh! What kind of peace and joy I feel again
Though kept away by distance
The connection of the hearts bring us close to each other
And all that I could not do, i've started doing
Because my beloved treasure can still be treasured after all.
It's not what you think o.
Happy New Year 2009.
Adedayo Adeniyi
(Dayo Nigeria)
January 2, 2009.
December 22, 2008
Some Days to the End of the Year
For some, it's just about expectations for Xmas chops as well as the chops for New Year celebrations and for some others, it's a countdown to the year 2009. Some others have even started thinking about their next birthday celebration in January 2009. But as the psalmist asked God, "Teach us to number our days, so that we can apply our hearts to wisdom." Not that all that I stated above are bad, but the most important question in your lips right now is what can I say of year 2008? Was it like the other years of waste, or you were able to make the year count? How many people will bless you as a result of your good deeds in the outgoing year.
This is a food for thought for the wise one. Beyond all the merriments, your con tribution to the development is what matters most. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year in advance. I love you all.
Adeniyi Adedayo(Dayo Nigeria)
December 22, 2008.
This is a food for thought for the wise one. Beyond all the merriments, your con tribution to the development is what matters most. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year in advance. I love you all.
Adeniyi Adedayo(Dayo Nigeria)
December 22, 2008.
December 20, 2008
When Good Turns "Bad"
Life is very interesting because there is hardly anything that does not have it's own share of twists, even the best of things. A major problem noticed however, is that some people try very hard to make the good works of others look bad because it is making their own lapses very obvious and they do anything just to achieve this. A failure as we all know will always want others to fail so they can have different excuses for failing, so when they see some that are not failing, there is a burden on them to ensure that the good works of such people are rubbished.
I have been a victim of this and i am definitely not the only person that has been affected with the activities of these people who have phobia for success. But when your good turns "bad", instead of being dejected and wearing the look of a loser, look up and tell yourself that I am working and that is why they are trying to bring me down. If I don't work, nobody will see me as a good enough threat to start digging a pit that only he can fall in. The attitude of victors when they face this kind of challenge is that they look up and tell themselves "I am a Work in Progress", not an abandoned work. Just like the popular gospel song by Donnie McClurkin, "We Fall Down, But We Get Up."
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
December 20, 2008.
I have been a victim of this and i am definitely not the only person that has been affected with the activities of these people who have phobia for success. But when your good turns "bad", instead of being dejected and wearing the look of a loser, look up and tell yourself that I am working and that is why they are trying to bring me down. If I don't work, nobody will see me as a good enough threat to start digging a pit that only he can fall in. The attitude of victors when they face this kind of challenge is that they look up and tell themselves "I am a Work in Progress", not an abandoned work. Just like the popular gospel song by Donnie McClurkin, "We Fall Down, But We Get Up."
Adeniyi Adedayo (Dayo Nigeria)
December 20, 2008.
December 14, 2008
The Valley of the Shadows of Death
It was meant to be one of my trips, but the first official trip after being made the National Vice-President of my departmental association, but it turned out to be one that I can never forget because it afforded me the opportunity of seeing how I can fare when there is a very difficult situation.
The trip was to the Premier University, where I had a meeting with the President of English and Literature students in the school. I left U.I. around 3:45pm but the bus did not leave until around 5:30pm. The journey was just meant to be for around an hour, but about 25 kilometers to my destination (O.A.U.), the bus I was travelling in was stopped by Road Safety officials for overloading and we were taken to there office which was a bit farther.
We thought we were going to leave soon after they would have told the driver what to do, but we were very wrong. Instead of telling the driver the punishment for the offence committed, they were waiting for the driver to settle them so that it won't be recorded. Before we knew what was happening, they closed for the day and our bus was not allowed to leave the premises of their pffice and we were either advised to sleep i front of their office or find our way to our various destinations. The funny thing however, is that they assisted all the ladies in the bus but one, and left the guys at the mercy of God knows who.
At that point, I had to take a very difficult but necessary decision of walking ahead believing that my friend who is also a national officer would get a bus that will convey us to school. But we were wrong, we had to walk all the distance to school in the dead of the night and could have been attacked by anything. I just kept o praying in my heart, because my partner was very scared and I had to be the motivating and driving force for him. So, even if I was afraid , I could not show it in order not to cause my partner to panic.
Eventually, we got to school around some minutes to midnight, but all the glory for our safety on the dangerous express road goes to God. It is quite surprising that government officials have now become experts in defining irresponsibility to the citizens, even the Road Safety that people used to believe is good is now becoming rotten. We pray that God should heal our land so that many individuals will not be sent to their early graves because of the irresponsibility and non-challant attitude of some individuals.
Words alone can not express all what I saw and felt in the valley of the shadows of death, but the important thing is that i'm alive to recount my ordeals and without any problem whatsoever.
The trip was to the Premier University, where I had a meeting with the President of English and Literature students in the school. I left U.I. around 3:45pm but the bus did not leave until around 5:30pm. The journey was just meant to be for around an hour, but about 25 kilometers to my destination (O.A.U.), the bus I was travelling in was stopped by Road Safety officials for overloading and we were taken to there office which was a bit farther.
We thought we were going to leave soon after they would have told the driver what to do, but we were very wrong. Instead of telling the driver the punishment for the offence committed, they were waiting for the driver to settle them so that it won't be recorded. Before we knew what was happening, they closed for the day and our bus was not allowed to leave the premises of their pffice and we were either advised to sleep i front of their office or find our way to our various destinations. The funny thing however, is that they assisted all the ladies in the bus but one, and left the guys at the mercy of God knows who.
At that point, I had to take a very difficult but necessary decision of walking ahead believing that my friend who is also a national officer would get a bus that will convey us to school. But we were wrong, we had to walk all the distance to school in the dead of the night and could have been attacked by anything. I just kept o praying in my heart, because my partner was very scared and I had to be the motivating and driving force for him. So, even if I was afraid , I could not show it in order not to cause my partner to panic.
Eventually, we got to school around some minutes to midnight, but all the glory for our safety on the dangerous express road goes to God. It is quite surprising that government officials have now become experts in defining irresponsibility to the citizens, even the Road Safety that people used to believe is good is now becoming rotten. We pray that God should heal our land so that many individuals will not be sent to their early graves because of the irresponsibility and non-challant attitude of some individuals.
Words alone can not express all what I saw and felt in the valley of the shadows of death, but the important thing is that i'm alive to recount my ordeals and without any problem whatsoever.
December 09, 2008
Back In School
It's good to be back in school. oosh, did I say that? Yes it's good to be back. I'm happy to be back in school because I have started discovering a whole new world of opportunities that abound around me. Just trying to concentrate on all this things that if i'm not too careful may just slip away. I just believe God for strength as I embark on all the journeys both within and outside Ife.
The minister of women affairs is back in school and a strong message to all the students who take delight in spoiling the works of other students by pasting posters where some other students cleaned that they are in for a showdown. I am back in school.
The minister of women affairs is back in school and a strong message to all the students who take delight in spoiling the works of other students by pasting posters where some other students cleaned that they are in for a showdown. I am back in school.
December 04, 2008
My Future
To some people, I am a friend. And to others, maybe an enemy
To many others, I am a classmate, while to some I am a brother
I don't even exist in the world of some
While many others wish I can stay in their world forever
All these notwithstanding; of one thing I am so certain
That since no man can stop the sun from rising
Neither can they stop the day from dawning
Because of that divine force that is in charge
Then no man can stop me from succeeding in life
Because I am like the new day, whose dawning can't be stopped
And also like the like that can't b prevented from shining
Because God holds my future secured in His hands.
To many others, I am a classmate, while to some I am a brother
I don't even exist in the world of some
While many others wish I can stay in their world forever
All these notwithstanding; of one thing I am so certain
That since no man can stop the sun from rising
Neither can they stop the day from dawning
Because of that divine force that is in charge
Then no man can stop me from succeeding in life
Because I am like the new day, whose dawning can't be stopped
And also like the like that can't b prevented from shining
Because God holds my future secured in His hands.
November 27, 2008
Just As I Said
I can remember that the last time I wrote on this wonderful page, I thought as if some things had already happened just because I really believed that those things were definitely going to happen. For everything I said I was working towards ensuring that I did, God helped me in a way that none was left without being done and there was another feather added to my cap.
I know that it can only be God and that is why it is in Him that I have been and will always put my trust. Just to encourage you that there is nothing you want to do that you can not do only if you will put your trust in God and believe.
I know that it can only be God and that is why it is in Him that I have been and will always put my trust. Just to encourage you that there is nothing you want to do that you can not do only if you will put your trust in God and believe.
November 13, 2008
It's The End of Another Week
Today marks the end of the week for many civil servants, though it's a sign of gross indiscipline and irresponsibility. But for now, what can we do? Abeg, lets leave those people and face the business of the day. The business of the day is that this weekend is supposed to be one full of activities for me, but in the twinkle of an eye, what is meant to be a packed weekend may turn out to be an idle one if i don't get some things (money answereth all things).
This is not meant to be an appeal for funds, but just to show how incapacitated Nigerian youths can be even when they have very good plans. It is still not an excuse though, for not doing good things because no matter what it will take, i have purposed that i will go ahead with all my plans for tis weekend and for next week because i know my God will supply all my needs according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus and my own belief in addition to a will to succeed against all odds. My message is just that, even when it's as if you are in the tightest of corners, there is always a way out only if we want to see it. At the end of everything, I will come to tell you that afterall, it was made possible by factors that i can't see but believed (God and my actions).
Stay positive at all times and lines will definitely fall in pleasant places for you.
This is not meant to be an appeal for funds, but just to show how incapacitated Nigerian youths can be even when they have very good plans. It is still not an excuse though, for not doing good things because no matter what it will take, i have purposed that i will go ahead with all my plans for tis weekend and for next week because i know my God will supply all my needs according to His riches in glory through Christ Jesus and my own belief in addition to a will to succeed against all odds. My message is just that, even when it's as if you are in the tightest of corners, there is always a way out only if we want to see it. At the end of everything, I will come to tell you that afterall, it was made possible by factors that i can't see but believed (God and my actions).
Stay positive at all times and lines will definitely fall in pleasant places for you.
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