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Be yourself

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 Discovering oneself will help one to be on track and being in tune with purpose. So many people in the world are already dead while leaving. Why? They are living the lives their friends want them to live, the lives their parents want them to live or possibly the lives their society want them to live. There are no two alike people on earth. As our thumbprints differ so our identities differ. The journey to knowing yourself is not sudden but a long search right from the moment you are conscious of your existence on earth. The question of what am I here on earth for? What is my purpose on earth? Or better ask what is my usefulness to the world? Is my existence beneficial or harmful to the society. People have turned to different ways to find their actual purpose. Some find it in astronomy, some in sciences, some in religion. The end of it all is that there is joy in discovering who they are and they derive pleasure in being their real selves. If you have discovered who you are, live li
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CURBING EXODUS OF YOUTHS FROM THE NIGERIAN BAPTIST CHURCHES

 CURBING EXODUS OF YOUTHS FROM THE NIGERIAN BAPTIST CHURCHES . It is no longer news that the rate at which our youths exit the Baptist churches to Pentecostal churches is alarming. It saddens one's heart to see many youths that the denomination have laboured on from the cradle to youth deserting the church when we need them most. Youths that we have invested our time on right from sunbeam to girls auxiliary / royal ambassadors to Lydia and at the time when they need to serve the church with their strength which is the glory of the youth they leave the church. This have become a trend in churches predominantly in the city and if nothing is done about it to arrest the situation urgently some of our churches will become dead. The youths are the life of the church, they are the hope of the church, a church without youths is simply a dead church. It becomes apparent for the pastoral leadership of the Nigerian Baptist convention to declare the matters of youth as a state of emergency and
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TAKE YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR HANDS

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 TAKE YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR  HANDS                  Nobody makes it in this world without a story to tell. Nothing happen suddenly without efforts, courage and determination. Things are bound to be constant if you keep doing the same thing. No fast way to the top, you have to follow the right steps which takes time. Every fast track into success always comes with woes, regrets, pains and disappointments . You have only one life and you have to make it count. To make your life count you have to take responsibilities for your choices, decisions and actions. Simply be in charge of your life, do not allow people to make vital decisions of life for you. Do not allow situations to make decisions for you. Just like a moving plane someone must be in charge or else it will crash. To fail to make vital choices and decisions for your life is to prepare to find your self in places where you will not like. When people around you make choices and decisions for you it is usually with ulterior motives t
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EVANGELICAL VIEW ON BIG BROTHER NIGERIA REALITY SHOW

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 EVANGELICAL VIEW ON BIG BROTHER NIGERIA REALITY SHOW           The first season of big brother  Nigeria reality show started in South Africa by Multichoice on 5th of March 2006, the second season started eleven years later  in January 2017 and since then it has not been missed annually. The first edition to be done in Nigeria started 2019. it it has been attracting viewers majorly young people from different African countries. During the period of airing, attention is shifted on the social media to the show trending from Twitter, Instagram to Facebook with  people gathering and generating votes for their fans in the house which is by sending a text which cost thirty naira or through digital votes allocated by multichoice the owner of dstv and gotv. It is a game in which prize worth millions of naira are to be won by the winner. Viewers at home who are the spectators determine who will stay and who will go until this edition when the rule changes and allow the members in the house to a
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Why you should not be poor

WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE POOR The state of being poor is often seen as being wretched, to be in need and serious lack. The definition of poor varies and being poor mean different things to people. To some people, to be poor means not living in good house, not well fed, struggling for living and always in lack. The word “poor” is complicated and to get the understanding of the word we need to examine the word critically. According to oxford advanced learners dictionary, the word poor means having little money, not having enough money for basic needs, deserving pity or sympathy, having little money or not having enough money for basic needs. From the above definition it can be inferred that to be poor means inability to afford the basic needs of life such as shelter, food, and clothing. In 1998, the United Nations defined poverty which is the state of being poor as denial of choices and opportunities. A violation of human dignity. it means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively
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Curbing cyber bullying on social media

CURBING CYBER BULLYING ON SOCIAL MEDIA Cyber bullying is trending daily on social media. Some people’s privacy has been ruined, homes destroyed, career shattered as a result of threatening messages, nude pictures, hate speech, abuses inflicted by cyber bullies. Some victims of cyber bullies have committed suicide because they could not withstand shame they have faced on the social media. The essence of this article is to examine some of the factors responsible for cyber bullying and proffer solutions as an antidote in curbing the menace in our societies. Cyber bullying is one of the three types of bullying and it is defined as spreading of rumors, gossip, hate speech, threatening messages, non-verbal abuses, harassment on electronic media. The electronic media used for cyber bullying are text messaging on cell phones, internet websites or chat rooms, electronic mails, computer instant messaging. This article is streamline to cyber bullying on social media. Social media is defined as
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ARRESTING THE EVIL CALLED GAMBLING

ARRESTING THE EVIL CALLED GAMBLING Gambling has been on the increase in the society. Gambling is rooted in the love of money which is the root of all evil. The desire to get rich at all cost makes some people to visit casinos, lotto shops and sport betting shops. Gamblers see it as a game which they either win or lose. Homes and lives have been ruined as a result of gambling. Hence a need to arrest the menace of gambling in our society which many men is addicted to. According to research adults who gamble have been addicted into it from their youthful age. In this article we shall examine the evils gambling has caused in our societies, how it can be reduced or stopped, and how gambling addicts can be freed from it. Gambling as defined by advanced learners dictionary 7th edition as the activity of playing games of chance for money. Wikitionary defines gambling as an activity characterized by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance usually
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