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Early last week, I was at the fuel station (name withheld) to get diesel for the generator due to the consistent power outage usually experienced in Nigeria. Getting there, I met a queue, so I had no option other than joining the queue. After about ten minutes, a Toyota land cruiser jeep drove in to the fuel station with the driver appearing to be in his mid 30s or early 40s behind the wheel. For no reason, I watched him from where I was. He had approached one of the sales attendants and given the attendant his 25litre gallon in order that he could be sold fuel without having to join the queue (something everyone did). It was finally my turn after queuing for close to thirty minutes or an hour. The sales attendant for no reason decided to attend to the man with the Toyota jeep even though it was clear that other people had been there before him. Everyone that queued for the sale of diesel got upset because some of them had waited long for their turn. Having lain their complaints and d...

Music, the one thing that causes movement and excitement. The ability of humans to hear/listen to sounds, tunes, beats, etc, and decipher which is which, is what differentiates us from animals.   Its an undeniable fact that music goes beyond our listening. It enters deep into our soul. We listen to all sorts of music, from slow music to hip music- music that makes your head go in and out like a 'bobby head' or music that makes you nod with excitement. Music varies in genres, we have rock, hip-hop, blues, juju, fuji, R'n'B, rap, Gospel, we could go on and on, listing them.    We sort of feel like music just appeared from the blues...well of course not, it was created, just like we were also.  Let's start from the very beginning, when Lucifer was the chief of musicians in Heaven, he could sing so beautifully, and he knew the right accompaniment for every piece of music...he was talented. Best of all, he was the head of the choir of angels, he'll co-ordinate the ...

How many times have we felt like our prayers are not being heard by God? How many times have we actually cried out saying the words: "I've tried"? Have we ever prayed so much that even the heathen cry out saying "where is your God"? Have u reached that point when the only words that come out of your lips are: "I'm tired"? Guess what, I've done it, and guess what also, I hadn't prayed so much but yet I was tired, I was tired of knowing that I had to do more than I was doing, I was tired of not receiving answers even with the little I did, I was tired of seeing people rush out with Testimonies of the wonders of this same God who wasn't giving me answers to my prayers. I was tired, tired, tired. I wanted to be like those who did very little or didn't do anything at all, but yet got Testimonies, but it dawned on me that no two person's race can ever be the same. And all that while, I was comparing myself to them. Forgetting the part...