I stumbled on Mr. Ravi's teachings online only a few years ago, I was glued to his intellect but most especially his desire and passion for service to his creator's Jesus Christ. I followed online,watched, listen,learned and blessed from his teachings. His passing on to eternal Glory though sudden, the man Ravi,left no one in doubt about his destination and the manner of welcome he will receive for running the race,finishing his course and keeping the faith till the very end. "Welldone Good,Faithful Servant" as we honor your memory I pray God's grace will help us live a life worthy of his service so that when our work here is done. We too can have a welcome home hug from our Saviour Jesus Christ  Took time out to watch his memorial and indeed it was a beautiful way friends and family honored Ravi Zacharias,described as the greatest Christian  Apologist - of this century. Making Thinkers Believe and Believers Think.  A man of many parts - How I wished ...

" Third World " If they were before your time, well sorry,that title is not referring to under developed nations. It is a Jamaican reggae band  with one time lead singer, William "Bunny Rugs" Clarke (RiP). " Third World  "have many great hits from,now that we found love,to the hit single, Lagos Jump ,and songs like World of Uncertainty , Sense of Purpose and one of  my all time personal favorite from 1982 " T ry Jah love "  - see excerpt below,it's worth a reflective listening if you have the time. Conscious music with unique lyrical messages,soul searching and soul lifting, evergreen music -still relevant in these times and seasons. Indeed -You can find God any where and every where and if you are yet to,then no better time than now to ,Try Christ Jesus love.

Parts of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State Nigeria are already"enjoying" Total- Lockdown or  is it 24Hours Curfew,for over a week now - for the rest of  the good folks of Port Harcourt City and the  Obio-Apkor LGA's (Local Councils) about to join us on Thursday 7th May 2020- Welcome! Guess it's not easy for everyone including the Government at this time, however we all need to now make this sacrifices now and stay at home to help contain the virus from spreading further and hopefully soon and gradually, life can start returning back to normal. So am guessing you probably already stocking up on food stuffs, drinking water,etc  since the lockdown is not a definite one like those in Lagos & Abuja that's now just been eased,starting today. 4th May 2020. Here's some heads-up, buy "Fuel" , whether its petrol,diesel,kerosene or what ever your private power generation station aka Generator runs on, - top it up and ONLY! if you can safely store,the...

Three Crows, on a roof after the heavy Rains this evening. I can't tell if it's the dark Roof tiles, the cloudy, rainy evening skyline or just the shadow like figures of these birds,but the scene was just perfect to look at. I had to make a video, it reminded me of the horror movie (Omen) 1976. First watched the Omen movies probably in 1986 ,but the scene where Damien's evil Crow, attacks a lady and gouged her eyes out, then watch as she gets crushed by a truck, is still somehow ingrained in ones memory many, decades after. Never been a superstitious person but some birds and animals have caught a horrible reputation, no thanks to  folklore and Hollywood,from Cats to Owls,Bats to  Raven and Crows  many folks have an uneasy /spooky feeling on seeing these creatures. Thankfully from watching so many,many documentaries. The amazing wildlife and nature documentarian Sir David Attenborough, has shown how Crows  & Ravens are arguably amongst...

Making & editing- short videos 1 mins or 30secs time-lapse videos, has somehow become a pastime. Making these memories, sometimes really seemed unnecessary,and so I didn't even keep some of them but a habit sometimes just keeps creeping up on you unnoticed. Well,I guess now that the world is going through an unprecedented shutdown - with many wondering what the immediate post COVID-19 world 🌎 would look like for traveling,and social interactions? these memories from different time,seasons and places makes a bit of sense. A list of personal shot videos  in my device ,gallery,and SM accounts, videos from the last 5 years ,with some as recent as Jan,Feb &March 2020.

For she's a jolly good lady For she's a jolly good lady Which nobody can deny For she's a jolly good lady For she's a jolly good lady And so say all of us 9th April – #covid19  Day 100 of the pandemic according to world health organization (WHO) timeline – but none the less even as most parts of the world is on lockdown, thankfully, Zoom to the rescue we had a wonderful opportunity to appreciate, celebrate, reminisce as we send forth a great colleague and manager ( Elena) Elena,  It's been an absolute pleasure working with you for close to 10years now, I can still remember coming to your office on level 7 at the Central Services Building(CSB), now Schwann Building (SB) (University of Huddersfield) to discuss the job role for a regional office Nigeria, when the ad was placed. Got the job and have been on this roller-coaster yet rewarding ride since then, indeed they say “times fly by when you having fun”, allow me to rephrase this, time keeps on mov...

Every time we fly on an airplane, we get an important life instruction from the flight attendants, that for some, we really ought to take it with us even when we leave the plane.  They instructs us to "put your oxygen mask on first, before helping others"  - in case of a sudden loss in cabin pressure. An important metaphor for some who run around taking care of everything and everyone else, but themselves. But don't get it twisted either, this instruction didn't say "be selfish" , it say's take care of you 1st and then help others.

It is the last day of 2019, we are here, we made it, still standing. Grateful Hearts! Into the Decade. It’s not just the end of a year, it’s also the end of one a decade and the beginning of another – December 2009 to December 2019 my whole life experiences can be described in one word, God is real. My last 10 years of existence in every way was an acknowledgement that there’s a God.   I saw manifold Growth/Progress in all aspects of life, Experienced undying Grace, walked in Blessings season after season, received Favour, shielded by Mercies, covered by divine Protection,   enjoy a Peace beyond understanding and yet faced multiple challenges after challenges that keep turning out learning experiences and working out for my good. I heard my Pastor say "2020 – came early", and indeed for me, it has.  It practically feels like it has already started within the last few weeks and days and hours of 2019. It’s already clear it will be an intense year – and s...

Early yesterday morning 28th December, I saw a rather strange sight, well over 70 people and counting, crowded at a check-in counter for a Maiduguri bound flight at the Abuja, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport(Domestic Terminal ) Wing -D. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Nigeria. Most of the men were dressed up in very nice looking flowing Agbada, and "rocking" the usual bama hats, the traditional cap, typically worn in the Northern parts of Nigeria but which has gained strong national appeal in recent years. Nigerian Bama Hats One thing was for sure, this group of travelers every single one male and female we're "decked out"putting on very nice traditional attires, but oddly enough I noticed none of these folks had any baggage that needs to be checked-in. What an odd set of travelers I thought, could they be going for hajj or something, I don't think so, cause some of them had on traditional attires from Southern and Western...

Health that I agree, but friends, or more like good friends or generally good people. That's the tricky part- truth be told, good friends, good people are just as scarce as good money - both in short supply - but who says we can't have good health, find good friends and make good money?  That's what I call "a part of the  #blessings " So In this season ⛄ when most would rather take or receive, or request. I learned a valuable lesson, I have just been gifted a surprise 10K, and I have never appreciated a kind gift like this in recent times. Not cause am broke or cause it was gifted in $ or £ or € but still in good old Nigerian naira. I am truly appreciative because it's Christmas and while some looked towards me to give and am extremely thankful I can even be counted worthy enough to give. This gentleman who gifted me 10K, on the other hand, thought he should be the one giving and guess what he is a Moslem, not Christian. So to Mr....

Many years ago while in secondary school , I read a pamphlet on Defensive Drive, and one of the lines that I can still remember till this day is that " in driving 🚦 a vehicle 🚖, you the driver has to compensate for the mistakes/errors for pedestrians, the bad driving of motorcyclist, and even other car road users.  Be able to anticipate their mistakes or bad judgment before it happens and avoid them safely if possible.  Well, life has taught me, that this rule sort of works in dealing with people also. Life is all about relationships, you can't do life, without people, and I mean the good, the bad and the downright nasty people.  Learning to love & live with people of all types and kinds is like learning to drive defensively - you don't crash an "idiot" driver just to make a or prove a point, when they cut you off on the road 🔼, you protect yourself, and protect other people even the crazy ones who careless about you and trust me when I sa...

The chairman aka traffic warden, enjoys a hot afternoon in his box office. The lights 🚥 are red, as humpty, & dumpty who by the way has no licence plate, both seat comfy on the zebra 🦓 crossing, like it's a 100M dash 🏃 start off line, 😁 "on your marks"despite the big stop sign before the zebra crossing. Abuja, Nigeria 🇳🇬, things that make you go, hmmmmmm , the things we get away with in this our beloved country.. Irritatingly Funny

Poor customer service is usual with many businesses locally (public & private ) from the Bank, to government offices, from waiting at the till in a supermarket to checking in for a flight or even having your parcels delivered to you, goods & service providers can treat you like they are doing you a favor for bringing business and your money to their organization. So when I get great customer service, it's sometimes worth documenting it here and recommending that service provider to You!. This week I want for a quick lunch at Nkoyo, a restaurant at Ceddi Plaza Abuja, Nigeria. Made my order and lunch was served promptly, I couldn't wait to chow down since I skipped breakfast. Just as I started chowing for some reason it turned out I  didn't like the fish I ordered, nothing really wrong with it, might just be the way it's marinated or all the spices didnt seat too well on my inside. So I nibbled on it and downed the side dish, a plate of jollof rice...

To my socially unaware Christian and most importantly, friend, Mr. Pastor. Social Media is on melt down about what you are and who you represent, everyone has an opinion on the good, the bad and the down right ugly things about your believe system,but to you the socially ignorant but pure being,it really does not matter. A message to Pastor. Pastor, You are not active on social media, you are too busy Abi? And am not talking about having a page or profile , am talking about the contents of your thoughts and divine insights being populated online. Let me ask you a question? Do you even know what #metoo means? Oh,I see you want to now go to almighty Google to seek for an answer now, right ? You still pay millions to air church service broadcasts on Tv don't you? Your awed flocks and in some cases your sense of entitlement by virtue of your exalted position, and office puts you right up there with, "man-made gods". You will never share your glory with...

Every now and then  find time to do one of the things I like to do - I leave myself alone! Nobody, No thoughts, No Worries, No Concerns - Naa! thing. Just Me , somewhere watching the world go by. I guess most people would call this, me time....

God Bless this man, Pastor. Tony  Rapu for this work and also bless the many, men /people of God who continue to do this "unto one of the least of the brethren" These words from " Gregory Porter " song - Take Me To The Alley, aptly captures this story- Well, they guild their houses in preparation for the KING 👑 And they line the sidewalks With every sort of shiny thing They will be surprised When they hear him say Take me to the alley Take me to the afflicted ones Take me to the lonely ones That somehow lost their way Let them hear me say I am your friend Come to my table Rest here in my garden You will have a pardon.

It's 31 st December 2018: Wow! the last day of another year and as I write this I can hardly pinpoint my emotions right now but I know real gratitude and a heart of thanksgiving is somewhere in there.  The last day of every year I have been blessed with is very special to me, it's not just the ending of one year and the turning of another calendar or just the 1st day of the year nor the festivities that make this day special. It’s the fact that I have gone full circle through another 365 days, one season measured in days has ended and am about to start a new cycle.  Over the last 12 going on 13 years since I started blogging here. I take a few minuets on the last day of each year to write a few of my thoughts “nothing too specific since I am putting these on a public space”  but I sort of write some general thoughts about the outgoing year and my outlook for the incoming year.  I must confess that haven been doing this since 2006, I now always go back to...