READ THIS BEFORE YOU MARRY

Well this was written by a lady. I think its a good piece that should get read by guys and girls alike. Enjoy it and be wise thereafter!
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So sisters...
What exactly are we bringing to the table?
A big booty? A Perfectly sculpted brows? A shape to die for? A full head of Brazilian hair? A penchant for the latest songs and
dance steps? A group of empty and vacuous brained friends?
Is that all?
What exactly is he going to find when he knocks on your head? All the episodes of Zee World, Telemundo, Tinsel and Africa
Magic all recorded in perfect sequence? Empire nko? Every soundtrack, every character dissected to a tee?
Do you know anything about the New World Order? Neo-colonialism? Your own home politics? What's happening in
Ghana, The Gambia, Gabon? Do you even know something about anything remotely connected to intelligent discourse?
When last did you read a book? No not Hints. Not Genevieve. Not Arise. A book. You know that sort that has printed pages
in between covers and no pictures just words? Oh they give you a headache?
What exactly will bring a man your way and keep him? Do you have a source of income? A skill? Financial intelligence or you are a walking ATM seeker?
Do you always ask ask ask and not
work work work?
Do you know how to cook? Yes cook. Cook for yourself at least not because you want to keep a man but because you ought to take better care of what you feed your body?
Do you know the way to the kitchen or are you a Mr Biggs, Dominoes or KFC shareholder. Never mind the bigger swankier restaurants.
Tell me what exactly are you bringing to the table? There are times he would need a real woman to share his worries with and your miniskirts and long lashes won't bring
anything to that table.
Most of us tend to spend so much on
appearances trying to look sexy as hell forgetting he will not be horny forever! There would be days when he would need
your managerial qualities, but you're only used to being lavish;
SLAY MAMA!
Don't spend all your days making up and turning up anywhere a DJ takes his speakers to. Build yourself. Learn and practice things that can value to your life,that is the real sexy!
We need responsible mothers for our unborn children, not just SLAY QUEENS!
This is 2017. Entitlement died on December 26th and was buried on December 31st 2016. Wise up.
This is 2017... the year of the strong woman. Say it. Mean it.
Believe it. Be it!

WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IBADAN

I was surprised when I read through this piece about Ibadan and I am sure you will be amazed too. Did/Do you know that:

*Ibadan is the third Largest city in Africa after Cairo and Johannesburg (Wikipedia)
*Ibadan is the third most Populous city in Nigeria after Kano and Lagos
*Ibadan is the Home of Nigeria Army 2nd Division

*Ibadan City alone has a population of 3,720,643 people (2006 census), with this more populous than States like, Enugu, Gombe, Osun, Cross-River, Sokoto, Ondo, Kebbi, Edo, Benue, Bayelsa, Abia, Kwara, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Taraba, Pleatue, Ekiti, Yobe and Zamfara (2006 census)

*Ibadan has 11 recognised Local Government Area with an Average of 338,462 people per L.G.A as against 150,000 people per L.G.A of Fed constitution recommendation, the Nigerian Constitution stipulate 14 L.G.A for provision to create a state
* "Ibadan North" L. G. A. is one of the first four most populated L.G.A in Nigeria with 856,988 people and Oluyole 734,377 people (2006 census)

*Ibadan has 5 metropolitan L.G.A namely Ibadan North, Ibadan North-West, Ibadan North-East, Ibadan South-West and Ibadan South-East
*Ibadan has 6 Urban L.G.A namely Egbeda, Oluyole, Ona-Ara, Lagelu,Akinyele and Iddo
*Ibadan has its oldest L.G.A as Oluyole L.G.A and Lagelu L.G.A

*Ibadan is the Capital of Western Colonial Administration 1893 and also Western Region since 1939
*Ibadan operates the most orderly and peaceful monarchy system anywhere in the whole universe
*Ibadan hosts the very first University in Nigeria and the first and the best Zoological Garden nationwide (in the University of Ibadan campus)
*Ibadan cover a total Area of 3,186 sq. km (1,195sq miles) close to the whole of Lagos State 3,348 sq. km

*Ibadan has 7 Federal Constituencies as against constitution stipulation of 6 to create a state
*Ibadan puts Oyo State as the 4th largest economy in Nigeria
*Ibadan is Nigeria’s 3rd cheapest city to live.
*Ibadan has a Federal Airport (Alakia), boarding passengers to cities like Kano, Lagos, Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt etc.
*Ibadan has 4 Government Reservation Areas (GRA, as we call them) – Iyaganku, Jericho, Onireke, and Agodi.

*Ibadan hosted the first Housing Corporation in Nigeria that built the first housing estate in Nigeria, Bodija Housing Estate.
* Ibadan has the oldest Surviving Newspaper in Nigeria (Tribune Newspaper)
* Ibadan hosts the first TV station in the whole of Africa 1959 as WRBC, later WNTV/WNBS and now NTA Ibadan
* Ibadan has 7 Television stations (Galaxy as the first private station in Nigeria 1996, NTA, AIT, MiTV, BCOS, Channels Ibadan and Silverbird Ibadan)
* Ibadan has a whopping 14 Radio stations operating in the same city; namely Fresh FM, Splash FM, Inspiration, Premier FM, Oluyole FM, Lagelu FM, Star FM, Space FM, Diamond/UI FM, Naija FM, Radio Nigeria, Amuludun FM etc.

*Ibadan hosts Mapo Hall, one of only 2 Town Halls in Africa of Greco-Roman architectural style.
*Ibadan’s house-numbering, system for postal delivery using the cardinal points, N, S, E, W, SW, SE, NW, and NE is the only one of such postal codes in Africa, designed by the British.
*Ibadan has the Bower Tower, designed by British Colonial Officer Taffy (also designed the Mapo Hall) is the only structure of its kind in Nigeria and West Africa, located on top of the city in the Agala Forest.

*Ibadan hosted the first fruit canning factory in Nigeria, Lafia Canning Company, established and owned by the Western Nigeria Development Corporation, and supplied by the citrus and pineapple farm of Apoje, near Ijebu Igbo (in present day Ogun State)

*Ibadan consists of several almost-independent, self-sustaining big communities:
• The City itself
• University of Ibadan campus
• The Ibadan Polytechnic campus
• The University College Hospital (UCN) community
• The Moor Plantation Community, including the IAR&T campus
• The IITA community
• CRIN community
• The Nigerian Railway compound and living quarters
• The Odogbo Barracks community of the Nigerian Army
• The Lead City University campus
• The religious communities of Immanuel College and the Dominican Community

*Ibadan is the only city in Nigeria that has over 15 Federal Tertiary Institutions/Research Institutes, namely:
1. University of Ibadan, formerly University College, Ibadan,1948 (Nigeria’s Premier University).
2. Nigeria Institute for Social and Economic Research, (NISER)
3. Institute for Agricultural Research and Training (I.A.R &T) Moor Plantation
4. National Institute of Horticulture Research and Training (NIHORT)
5. National Cereal Research Institute (NCRI) 1978
6. National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI)
7. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)
8. University College Hospital (UCH) 1948, including School of Nursing
9. Federal School of Statistics
10. Federal School of Hygiene
11. Federal Co-operative College
12. Federal College of Agriculture,1921
13. Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology
14. Federal College of Forestry
15. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA (an international/global Institute)
16. Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)1976
17. National Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISCLT)
18. Ibadan Polytechnic (owned by Oyo State) but started as the National College of Science and Technology

* Ibadan has several private higher institutions of learning such as:
• Immanuel College of Theology
• Lead City University
• Ibadan City Polytechnic
• BOLMOL Polytechnic
• Dominican University
• Tower Polytechnic
• All-Ibadan College of Education
• Mufu Lanihun College of Education

*Ibadan has the Largest Supermarket in Africa (Shoprite Ibadan Ring-Road branch)
*Ibadan has the first stadium and International Stadium in Nigeria (1945) the Liberty Stadium (now Obafemi Awolowo Stadium) with 35,846 capacity

*Ibadan is the home of Book Publishers, having over major 20 printing companies i.e. Oxford University Press, Ibadan University Press, Heinemann, Evans, Spectrum, Bounty, Odua Press, Macmillan etc.

*Ibadan hosts the Regional Headquarter of Central Bank Of Nigeria, Dugbe, under which states like Ondo,Delta, Ogun, Kogi,Edo Ekiti, Ilorin, and Oyo operate
*Ibadan to Oyo is the first motorable road in Nigeria 1905 built by Sir Percy Girouard
*The busiest road in Nigeria after Lagos-Abeokuta expressway is Lagos-Ibadan followed by Abuja-Kaduna express road
*An Ibadan man, Mr Taiwo Akinkumi designed Nigeria Nation Flag (1959)
*Ibadan has the first tallest building in Africa, "Cocoa House" 1952

*Ibadan hosts the first set of Secondary schools in Nigeria
• St. Anne's School, Molete 1868,
• Ibadan Grammar School, Molete, 1913,
• Ibadan Boys High School, 1938,
• Government College, Apata, Ibadan 1927,
• Queen School, Apata, Ibadan 1956,
• St Patrick Grammar School 1962,
• Ibadan City Academy, Eleta, 1946,
• Wesley College, Elekuro, (a teacher training college) 1905,
• St. Theresa’s Girl School, Oke-Ado, 1932,
• Yejide Girls Grammar School, Kudeti, 1956,
• Loyola College, Agodi,1954,
• Lagelu Grammar School, Agugu,1958
• Igbo Elerin Grammar School, via Ibadan, 1957

*Ibadan is the city with the highest number of Professors in the whole of Africa
*Ibadan is the fastest growing city in Nigeria (NBS)

Compiled by Gaphar Ojetola and Akintokunbo Adejumo

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO PASTOR KAY

Please join us celebrate a wonderful world class icon, a mentor, and a very rare breed of Anointing, Beauty, Charisma, Devotion, Energy, Faith, Godliness, Hope, Integrity, Jesusmaniac, Knowledge, Love, Motherliness, No-nonesensity, Opulent, Prayerful, Quintessential, Resourceful, Strong, Thoroughness, Untiring, Vivacious, Wowful, Xenodochial, Youthful & Zestful - Pastor Kay Benson Akhigbe II
Happy Birthday to You!
We love You Ma.

HOW TO GROW IN 2017

I like to say that responsibility is the new name of the game, and as long as you are not living up to your responsibility, you are not in the game. You are just sitting on the sidelines of line; observing but never getting to play on the field. When God created you, He did not design you to be an onlooker, but He designed you to take up a unique role in the larger scheme of things where you can make your destiny count for His glory. As you get on in years, a lot also has to change about you. You need to understand the reason for your existence, you need to understand your unique role, you need to discipline yourself, and you need to do what needs to be done in order to get you to the place of your destiny. But if you take a good look around you today, you will realize that there are so many people who do not know where they are going and they do not know what to do to get anywhere. Some others know where they are going, but they will not do what is necessary to get there; they don’t want to assume responsibility for their lives. They don’t want to practice discipline. They don’t want to delay gratification. They don’t want to deny themselves of temporary pleasure in exchange for a life of purpose.

ACTION PLAN
Maybe you have been reluctant to take up responsibility, and you know that it is what you should do, this New Year presents another opportunity for you to put away childish things. I don’t know in which area of your life you know that you need to grow up. You can ask God to reveal to you those areas where you need to take greater responsibility than you are doing now. And as you grow in to responsibility, remember that it is not only about you, you should also be able to pour yourself into other people and groom them to greatness as well.
[Source: Ben & Kay Akhigbe II]

PREPARE TO CHANGE YOUR CARRER - Par 1

Welcome to 2017! This is a thought provoking piece and I believe it should get one thinking of preparing you for the future.
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Imagine a new world, beyond what you see and know today!

As the New Year approaches, let’s start planning ahead. Look around you, what do you see?  I’ll say that time and again. Now is the time to start preparing for the future, because it’s already here! Are you ready?

The other day in New York I took a ride in an Uber (by now you already know what that is, so I won't explain) and struck up a conversation with the driver.

"So how long have you driven for Uber?"

"About three years."

"What did you do before you went to Uber?"

"I had another career"

"What, may I ask?"

"I drove a Yellow Cab."

We continued to talk, as I pumped him for information about Uber and its business model, from the perspective of a driver who is himself an entrepreneur.

"So, do you make more money now?"

"In the beginning we made a lot of money. Now it's more competitive. There are more Uber drivers and more competitors to Uber itself."

"So, what happens now?"

"In a few years, drivers like me will be replaced by driverless cars,” he said. “You know about the race to get driverless cars on the road, sir?"

"Yes, I'm following it closely."

"Do you think it is a good thing to replace humans with driverless cars?"

I didn’t answer him, but instead posed a question. (I estimated he was about 30 years old).

"So, what will you do?"

"Me? I will change my career again; I'm already preparing because I want to be ready."

"You are a wise man. Thanks for the ride." And with that I went my way.

Something he said really got me thinking: "I will change my career again."

What particularly impressed me was his attitude towards it all:  He accepted this change as normal. He was positive even. It's not always so when I meet people and discuss something like this. Often I hear fear, bitterness and anger towards something or somebody!

Each one of us (myself included) must now change our careers at least every five years.  That’s the new normal… but how many of us realize this?

Changing your career does not necessarily mean changing your job or employer, but the job you do and how it’s done will change constantly or it might disappear completely!

If you’ve been feeling that you’re not moving forward, or that you’re sliding backwards in your career, it may well be because you didn’t see this change happening around you. Perhaps you don’t "see" the new normal, where change is the only constant.

Does that make you feel uncomfortable? I'm not here to help you feel comfortable with yourself. I want you to make adjustments that will help make you a winner.  If that doesn’t happen, you could end up feeling confused, angry and frustrated by things mostly outside your control.

__How well prepared are you for the changes occurring around you?
 
Almost 25 years ago now, our company imagined a world of African telecommunications beyond telephone landlines. Back then, most people everywhere (not just in Africa) still thought having “a phone in your handbag” sounded quite absurd! Now look where we are!

What do YOU see and imagine when you look at the horizon ahead? Might you have the vision to look even BEYOND that first horizon to something as yet unimagined?

Wherever you are, get ready for the future. It is coming, and it’s coming fast, and you better get ready.

It’s not just about technology or globalization; it’s much more profound than that, and I'll talk about it as part of this series.

To be continued. . .
[Source: Strive Masiyiwa]