The world’s best cook

Not many people appreciate cooking for the art that it is. Many just do it as a means to satisfy a need; that is the need of hunger. However, there is more to cooking than just being a medium through which your hunger can be satisfied. When done properly, cooking can be an expression of …

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Aren’t rules meant to be broken?

It looks like to succeed in today's world, there are many rules you have to comply with. 'Do this', 'don't do that', 'avoid this' and so on. So how do stay ahead of the game? How do you stay afloat in the sea of so many rules? How do you even know which rules to …

My day of fun at GHC Bodija

What a day! Today has been really fantastic. It's a public holiday here in Nigeria in celebration of the muslim ramadan fast. My church decided to host a family fun day event for all its members and I was busy all day! The event definitely surpassed expectations. I'm sure there were some people that were …

Whatever it is, there’s no pressure

Church was really amazing today. Actually every service is always powerful in my church but today was special. It was just great to spend time to truly worship Him and experience His power. I've said it so many times but it bears repetition, God is awesome. I am privileged to be called His child. I …

Bitter Lemon or Lemonade? The choice is yours

Another Friday is upon us. The days just keep flying by. I still remember last Friday quite vividly. Isn't it interesting how we start a new week or even a new month with so much energy and tenacity and by the end of the week or month, that energy for a lot of people will …

Even in the storm, I’ll stand by you

A series of events that happened to me this week caused me to think about why people change in times of adversity. This life is full of ups and downs. It's inevitable. What I am yet to come to terms with is the way adversity causes people to change negatively. We all know that through …

Moving from third world to first; what we should learn from Singapore

One thing I love about reading is the way it opens your mind. You can learn things from people you've never met and people who live thousands of miles away from you. It's a special gift to be able to garner knowledge through books. As you know, I have been reading Lee Kuan Yew's book …

The exciting life of a writer

I tried as much as possible to prevent myself from giving this post a sarcastic title. I hope I succeeded. You see, it's not as if being a writer is not exciting. It is. It's just that it comes with certain pecularities that may make you seem weird among the so called 'normal' people. Here's …

The solace of a troubled teenager

While doing some research, I came across an article I wrote on YNaija two years ago when Steven Covey died. Although he never knew it, Steven Covey had one of the biggest influence over my life. My early teenage years were quite turbulent. Without God and Steven Covey's books, especially 'The 7 Habits of Highly …

What you think is as powerful as what you say

As I sat in Church today listening to the sermon (preached by the lovely Pastor Teju) I could not help but think about how awesome God really is. A lot of people say it every time; that God is awesome but I wonder how many of them truly understand what statement really means. When we …