Kingsley Osajie

Knowing And Befriending The Universe

Much as the Universe LOVES us, we must understand the characters of the Universe. Everything in this life has likes and dislikes. That is where Ying and Yang comes in. if you have a friend, you must know his likes and dislikes. This is inevitable—I think I will call this Universal Law of Understanding.

Now, to really step into your own power and live in your magical and Divine Self; manifest your dreams and sprout the life you love; you must know that there are thing which the Universe does not love—I mean the things Universe forbids. In truth, the Universe forbids fear, hate, pride, ungratefulness, scarcity, hurry, poverty, suffering, failure, stagnation, impossibility, penury, sickness, backwardness, groveling, desperation, worry, attachment, greed, war, inferiority complex, jealousy, suicide, stealing, self-sabotage, negativity. These are all negative energies and lower vibrational consciousness! When allowed to manifest, they do not create a good reality—reality of them do not help to raise the consciousness of mankind and it does not harmonize with the way Universe work. Put simply, these mentioned negative energies are ANTI-UNIVERSE! If you are against Universe, there is no success for you.

The Universe works in a progressive pattern; not retrogression—that is why we cannot go back to yesterday; our days has always been dawning forward not backward. For example, if today is Monday, you cannot say let us go back to Sunday. However, there are thing Universe does love. They are: love, faith, success, gratitude, progress, wisdom, mindfulness, happiness, light, wealth/abundance, good health, kindness, impartiality, unity, peace, possibilities, levity, detachment, ease, effortlessness, braveness, miracles, etc. These are positive energies and higher vibrational consciousness. And they are harmonious with the Universe. They are the ingredients that are helping to keep the existence of the Universe; without them there will be no life!

Angels (of light and love) are epitome of these energies. These energies are their forte and hallmarks. Negative entities and demons are of lower energies and vibrations. You do not have to fear them. Dispel them! You can do it with the right knowledge and support. We hear of the operations of dark forces manipulating and causing chaos…but demons have power and cause havoc…you may wonder. Yes, they do but you know what? There is a Parameter! The powers of the dark realms are always vibrating in lower energies—I mean lower vibrational powers.

“You need to know and master yourself in order to command Spirits and communicate with Gods. Otherwise they won’t respect you and cooperate with you.” Pavol Malenky

By Parameter, I mean that there are Higher Powers (of Light and Love) which can check the operations of the negative entities and condemn it. Ultimately nullifying and fizzling it out. Remember, anything that is not in harmony with the Universe is of a lower vibration because their manifestations do not support life and are not of the highest good of all. Against the power of light there can be no victory. Sometimes lower energies and vibrations are directed from one person to another (with a malicious intention and we can also pick them into our selves consciously or unconsciously depending on the environment we are and the people we are associating with (I covered this point in detail in my Law of Attraction book).

This 3D has walls. Invisible fence–it comes in form of invisible Waves of frequencies, Vibration and auras working as beliefs, thoughts, feelings and all the subliminal brouhaha….so whenever you are experiencing some lower energies and vibrations; just know that one or some of those invisible lower vibrations are swirling around you. It is your job to fortify yourself and become impenetrable for dark energies. This doesn’t mean you are going to be peachy keen all the time…we are living in a Lower Realm (that’s 3D).

Everything is energy. The Universe works with emotions as well. If you are in a state of self-pity, shame, fear, feelings of unworthiness, confusion and doubts. The Universe/Spirit Guides will be aloof a kind of because they can work in this kind of vortex. They are powerless places composed of Lower Vibrations. Though miracles happens too–because some of my biggest wins came to me when I doubted and consumed with fear.

Nevertheless, be SASSY and POSITIVELY REBELLIOUS that’s how to win in this Earth game we have come to play. Not easy though. And be STUBBORN enough to place your order to the Universe without fear or fervour. Have you read what is written in the book of II Timothy 1:6-7? If you are not familiar with it; here is what it says: “For this very cause I remind you to stirrup like a fire the gift of God which is in you…for God gave us not a spirit of cowardice, but that of power and of love and of soundness of mind.”

Now, one thing you must remember is that for you to be able to befriend the Universe you must understand that clarity unlocks magic. Be fearless and sassy enough to ask for whatever it is you desire from the Universe! Pavol Malenky has said it well, “You need to know and master yourself in order to command Spirits and communicate with Gods. Otherwise they won’t respect you and cooperate with you.”

Who do you trust?

Today’s blopost was gotten from the Celtic Spiritual Teacher and Healer: Abby Wynne! I am a big fan of Abby and I am an avid reader and subscriber of her newsletter. Actually, this post was gotten from the newsletter of Abby Wynne.

Now, I will leave you to ponder and explore through this blogpost: who do YOU trust? I would like to hear your thoughts in the comment section or feel free to write me.

I read an article online called “How to be happier with less” and it made me wonder – what are they planning now? When you distrust the media, the government, and for some of us, the medical professionals, who do you trust?

It’s funny, because being happier with less is walking the path of non-attachment. Not having everything we want, but giving ourselves what we need, is a spiritual path. Yet the first thing that comes into my mind is “What is their agenda here?”

In a world where people are not allowed to speak out, where scientific debate has been quashed and treatments hidden, where it’s about ‘keeping each other safe’, but nobody is talking about healing… In a world where injured people are being hidden and ignored, where it’s acceptable for politicians to party but ‘normal people’ have to cancel their plans to visit family you can’t be blamed for being confused, and not knowing who is right or wrong, or not knowing who to trust.

This is why a daily spiritual practice is vital.

“During lockdown, many of us will have developed intimate relationships with our delivery drivers. Now, this doesn’t mean we were cheating on our spouses or feeling sparks as we caught eyes at the front gate. No, it just means that the frequency they travelled to us with brown boxes created an almost addictive connection. They were the one constant in uncertain times.” says the Metro in it’s brash authoritative voice, feeling smug in thinking that it knows you better than you know yourself.

Really? Was this the case for you? It wasn’t for me. For me, I had many constants, including the loving relationships with my family, the changing of the seasons, the freshness of bread out of the oven. But if you doubt yourself, you might fall into the trap of believing them, and questioning yourself.

Being anchored to the earth and to yourself means you have a strength that most people don’t seem to have any more. And when I feel myself becoming addicted to something I pull my energy out of it, so it doesn’t drag me down and suck me into, well, the mainstream agenda of wanting to make us powerless.

If you don’t have a regular habit of consolidating your energies and anchoring yourself to your heart, to the earth, to what is important and true, it’s possible you’ve shrunk energetically and forgotten just how powerful you are.

This is not okay.

We need to recognise when we have shrunk, and do something about it. Once we are consistent we catch their subtle ways of worming into the collective consciousness, the ways they try to make people shrink, feel smaller, and adopt the inner self-talk of “I’m not good enough, I don’t trust myself, I wish someone would tell me what to do.”

 I make no apologies for this observation. Those of us who have done our work and find ourselves pleasant company don’t fall for this stuff any more. And there are more of us joining our ranks.

Take a few moments now. Pull your energy out of the media, out of the narrative, the tv shows, the needing stuff, or needing to give up the stuff that you thought you needed. Pull yourself out of stuff in general.

Breathe.

You’re okay. Really, you are. You’ve just forgotten or got caught up in things. It can happen to the best of us.

Claim your space in the world. Switch on your heart light. Ahh, that’s better.

Now expand. Grow, push any negative, malicious energy that wants to disconnect you from your power and strength right out of your energy field.

You might feel anxiety doing this, that’s natural. Touch the Earth. Earth yourself.

Breathe again, and take up your full space in the world. You have nothing to apologise for.

You are a bright and beautiful being, and you know yourself better than anyone.

It is a process, it takes time, but if you decide to do it, and then do it, then you will be successful.

Now back to my question – when you distrust the media, the government, and for some of us, the medical professionals, who do you trust? When you are in your expanded state, anchored into the Earth, and into your heart, you trust you. Your inner guidance, your ability to tell right from wrong, to tell good from evil. You trust your own ability to say no, to be responsible in the world, to do the right thing. And that is everything.

Lots of love, until next week,

Abby Wynne – Healing Mind, Body Spirit. Do you want to feel better?

My Powerful Telepathic Experience!!

Have you ever had a powerful telepathic experience? We have heard of Telepathy and know what it means. I do not want to start explaining it. It simply means mind-reading or ESP (Extra Sensory Perception). Honestly, I am quite the intuitive and “sensitive” type. This story I want to share with you is an actual life story that happened to me! Time and space does not exist in the ether! Any time I remember this powerful telepathic experience of mine; I feel VERY overwhelmed, dumbfounded and grateful.

In 2019, I had a very powerful telepathic experience. I was teaching in a private school then. On that fateful morning, I was dressing up preparing for school. After some time, I began to have this cold dizzy feeling; I began to feel melancholic and overwhelmed. I tried to brace myself up and pull myself together but it was not working out. I noticed something happening. I was dressing wrongly! How do I mean? After putting on my long-sleeve I realized that I missed buttoning one of the buttons. I corrected it—then something happened again; I missed putting my belt correctly on the rim of my trouser. I missed one of the belt holders in my trouser. This happened for three times; then I began wearing my shoes sluggishly. After wearing it I felt so tired; I was not hungry or having any body pain of any kind. I slept well and woke up well.

Then I started going to school. I used to put on my ear piece when going to school listening to some music. But that day I did not do it. I just felt not interested. I was just walking to school with a great mindfulness and sobriety. I got to a point I began to walk very slowly. Something happened!! I got to a palm tree plantation and I felt so tired. I was almost squatting as I stopped walking! A very cold feeling hit me back and forth. I thought of calling our proprietress that I would not be able to come to school that morning that I was not feeling fine. But I said to continue; guess what came out of my mouth? Intuitively, I began affirming consistently and seriously: “I REFUSE CONDOLENCE, I REJECT CONDOLENCE…” I continued this affirmation all the way to the school. I was saying it slowly within myself but with a strong conviction and clarity.

When I arrived school, my pupils noticed that I was not as cheerful as I was the previous day; so they were staring at me bemused—sensing that something was “wrong” with me. I sat down on my chair and placed my head on the desk still saying the affirmations within myself subliminally. After about ten minutes of me saying those affirmations; I sat up quiet, calm and sober. Not quite long they rang the bell for assembly and I went. When the academic activity of that day was over, I went home.

It was a hot afternoon when I got home. When I got home I noticed something strange! Everywhere was quiet. No one was at home. “It is well,” I told myself; then I called my mom. My mom answered the call and told me that she was in the hospital. My heart bit and I panicked. I did not eat the food I wanted to eat. I was afraid and fidgeting; I entered a bike and went to the hospital. When I got to the hospital I COULD NOT BELIEVE my eyes!!!

Festus was lying on the hospital bed with plasters and injection on his body. His eyes were closed. I asked my mom what happened; my mom said he had an accident in his workshop. My mom and brother Bright was there in the hospital already before I arrived.

My mom told me that Festus was working in his mechanic workshop. He had already raised the vehicle up and was lying on the ground beneath the vehicle to repair it when one of the woods he used to raise the vehicle shifted away and the vehicle fell on top of him!!! He fainted; thank God there were coworkers there in his workshops. They came to his aid and raised the vehicle off him then rushed him to the hospital. He was still unconscious!!! At the time he was rushed to the hospital. My mom told me that she was in the farm working when the news came to her. One of our relative called her and told her that Festus is unconscious in the hospital. She screamed and ran from the farm direct to the hospital to meet Festus.

It was a red letter day for us. But thank God that Festus survived the accident and recovered from the pain. One of his eyes was covered with blood. He spent two weeks in the hospital. When my mom finished narrating the ordeal to me I told of her the experience I had in the morning when I was going to school. She said it was revelation from God to me that something was going wrong somewhere and that at the time I was having those experience that was when the incident was happening because she told me the time she got the call. I told my mom the affirmations that were popping out of my mouth. She told me that God put those affirmations in my mouth to ward-off the ugly thing that would have happened.

We were filled with gratitude and joy for Festus safety and recovery. Though it was a very serious injury; he recovered miraculously and no further referral for medical treatment was made. He spent up to two weeks in the hospital. This was actually a powerful telepathic experience. It is an event I can never forget in a hurry.

Feel free to share with me any telepathic experience you have had.

Namaste!

An Eye That Sees Everything!

Most times I cannot help but wonder and get dumbfounded by the infinite wisdom of God. God is INDEED an all-knowing God; Master Planner and the ONE who sees everything. No wonder the proverb nothing is hidden under the sun. This story I want to share with you is an actual story that happened! It happened to my (half) brother. Sometimes when I remember it I cannot help but shrug my shoulders in wonder!! My (half) brother is an automobile mechanic and his name is Festus. This story happened in his automobile mechanic workshop in 2020.

Now I want you to sit back, relax and read through how God demonstrated his INFINITE WISDOM. This experience has always left me DUMBFOUNDED with AWE!!!

On this fateful day, Festus customer who sells red oil (palm oil is gotten from palm trees) brought his vehicle to Festus workshop to repair. This customer has a porter (someone who helps in offloading goods to and from the vehicle. In Nigeria, we call them Motor Boy). The man has already loaded his vehicle with gallons of red oil heading to the Northern Nigeria when his vehicle developed a fault. So he had to drive down to Festus workshop to repair it. According to Festus; the fault in the vehicle was much that he could not finish working on it that day but promised to finish working on it the next day.

Festus customer and his Motor Boy were well aware that there were 30 gallons of 25 litres of red oil loaded in the booth. Having discussed with Festus; he left. Close to Festus workshop is a house; occupied by a woman and her little children.

On that fateful day; the woman who live close to Festus workshop washed clothes and hanged them outside. She instructed her children to hang out the clothes once it was evening. The children played all through the day and eventually they hung out the clothes their mother had instructed them to hang out. But something happened…

Their mother came back and they were inside. Their mother came back at night. She was checking the clothes her children hung out from the hanger outside when she noticed that her children had forgotten to hang out other clothes. She realized at once that the clothes in the house were not complete—some clothes were missing! It was a moony night but she took torch light to enable her see the place the clothes were hung outside. Upon getting outside she saw someone. Moved with curiosity she greeted the person. It was Festus customer’s Motor Boy! He was carrying a 25 litre of oil (he was stealing it actually because he was carrying from the booth of the vehicle to a close bush around Festus workshop). He and the woman greeted and the woman asked him what he was doing in the workshop by this time of the day and where he was carrying the 25 litre gallon to. To this, the Motor Boy gave a very flimsy excuse.

Festus completed working the vehicle the next day. Meanwhile, the customer had already asked Festus if his workshop was secured and Festus told him yes that his workshop was secured. So the customer was at ease knowing full well that his goods were going to be safe and complete. But for some reason the man decided to check his goods to see if the goods he loaded inside were complete. He unlocked the booth of the vehicle and checked to see if the goods were complete; suddenly he noticed that one gallon was missing.

He was interrogating Festus about the missing gallon of oil. Festus told him that he was not aware if any gallon of oil was missing. The Motor Boy had a spare key of the booth of the vehicle as well. That morning, the customer came to Festus workshop with his Motor Boy. The customer had already asked his Motor Boy about the missing gallon of oil to which he said he does not know what happened. He even swear to God that he was not aware of the missing gallon. Then the customer became very furious with Festus and raised his voice.

With the uproar, it attracted the attention of the woman living very close to Festus workshop. She asked what the bone of contention was; then the customer explained everything to her. She was very surprised and asked the Motor Boy, “Were you not the one I saw last night carrying 25 litre gallon and I asked you what you were doing in the workshop at night”? The Motor Boy was dumbfounded. He could not say a word and the customer who was his boss gave him a very hot slap because the customer was having suspicion on Festus on the missing gallon oil.

The Motor Boy began to plead for mercy and forgiveness. Then he went to the nearby bush were he hid the 25 litre gallon and brought it out. The customer did not take it easy, he called the Army to come and take him out of his sight. He was dragged out of Festus workshop shamefully. The customer and the woman apologized to Festus because accusing fingers were almost being pointed to him if not for God who arranged events to expose the thief Motor Boy! On top of that, the customer sacked him from being his Motor Boy.

When Festus shared this story with us, my mom screamed with excitement and gratitude. We were all surprised! So you see, it does not matter what we do; there is always an eye that will see it even when other people cannot see us. You see how God arranged events to disgrace the thief Motor Boy! I believe in Invisible Forces and Higher Power.

In my next post, I am going to share with you a very powerful telepathic experience I had.

Until then, stay empowered, enlightened and get into cahoots with your Angels, Cosmic Forces, Guan Yin, God, Goddess, your Higher Self and your Fairy-Elfin-Friends!

Kingsley loves you all-round!

Money: 25 Money Affirmations to Attract Wealth and Abundance

Today, I want to talk about money. Everyone loves money! Money is an indispensable part of human existence because without money you cannot pay your bills because we live in a world where we have to pay for survival. What do you think is the difference between the millionaires, billionaires and the poor people? A lot of the time is about opportunities, environment and circumstances. But an integral part of what plays a MAJOR role is mindset and belief.

There has been a very famous statement about money saying that money is the root of evil. But is it really true? Is money truly the root of evil? For me, I do not believe it is. I believe that money is a tool for creating a better life.

What do you think people like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Robert Kiyosaki, Ali Baba etc have in common? If you ask me I will tell you MINDSET and BELIEF. We know what mindset is; then what is a belief? A belief is an idea in your mind. These famous people have the same belief! The belief they hold is that there is more than enough for everyone in the Universe and that there is more than enough to go around.

Unfortunately, often times we sabotage ourselves with limiting beliefs when we want to create more abundance for ourselves. Why do we have a kind of negative belief about money? There are people who feel unworthy of abundance—and it is quite unhelpful; sometimes these limiting beliefs are as a result of the way we were brought up or what our teachers, friends, neighbours and elderly ones told us. It can also be because of the conventional mentality of the society that make us have a limiting belief and negative thinking about money and abundance.

In my own personal journey of manifestation; I have grown to understand that the Universe has more than enough to give to us. We are only limited by our mindset. There is this saying that the sky is your limit. But the sky is not the limit our beliefs are!! As bitter as it may sound; you cannot be in a reality that you don’t have the consciousness. You cannot be in abundant reality when you have a poverty consciousness and vice versa.

ENOUGH TO GO AROUND

It’s easy to compare ourselves to people who are more successful: taller, richer or have better abs. Get into almost any group and somebody has something or is doing something better than you. The real harm is when we somehow believe we don’t deserve better, as if what we want is in limited supply. This scarcity thinking can even lead to being “…resistant to taking care of ourselves as fully as we can.” says clinical psychologist Suzanne Lachmann

All three pictures are from Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living

The only difference between people who have more of what you want and you comes down to what you focus on. Abundance is all around you. You may be living with a debilitating disorder – it’s call the “psychology of scarcity” (Daniel Kahneman)—the belief that there isn’t enough to go around. This can have short-term impacts, like relying on usury lending rates at payday lender outlets.

Without further ado, here are 25 money affirmations to attract wealth and abundance. BUT manifesting money is not only about affirmations; but affirmations can actually set the tone for the manifestation and reprogramming of your subconscious mind because everything starts from the mind!! So check out these affirmations and I hope it makes sense to you as I have found it meaningful and helpful. Thanks to Farnoosh Brock from whom I got these affirmations from

Money: 25 Money Affirmations to Attract Wealth and Abundance

I am a magnet for money. Prosperity is drawn to me.
Money comes to me in expected and unexpected ways.
I move from poverty thinking to abundance thinking.
I am worthy of making more money.
I am open and receptive to all the wealth life offers me.
I embrace new avenues of income.
I welcome an unlimited source of income and wealth in my life.
I release all negative energy over money.
Money comes to me easily and effortlessly.
I use money to better my life and the lives of others.
Wealth constantly flows into my life.
My actions create constant prosperity.
I am aligned with the energy of abundance.
I constantly attract opportunities that create more money.
My finances improve beyond my dreams.
Money is the root of joy and comfort.
Money and spirituality co-exist in harmony.
Money and love are friends.
Money is my servant.
I am the master of my wealth.
I am able to handle large sums of money.
I am at peace with having a lot of money.
I can handle massive success with grace.
Money expands my life’s opportunities and experiences.
Money creates positive impact in my life.

Photo Credits: Money pictures: Google images; other pictures: Facebook

How BAD Nigeria has BECOME!!!

Muhammadu Buhari: Nigerian President (Google Images)

That tiny yellow map written Delta is my state. That is where I am typing this blog from and that is my state of origin.

When I was in high school to my early years in college, Nigeria had a very good reputation. For some time now, Nigeria has occupied a frontline as a notorious, poor, insecure and criminal country. Nigeria has prided itself and it still pride itself as the GIANT of Africa! Ah!! The Giant!! Now, one may want to ask; Giant in what sense?

The Simple and Honest Answer about Nigeria being the Giant of Africa:

Giant in corruption, Giant in bad leadership Giant in poverty, Giant in backwardness, Giant in embezzlement, looting of public funds, Giant in visionless, gullible, groveling, Inferiority Complex-coated leaders, Giant in mentally enslaved leaders. Giant in hate amongst themselves, Giant in producing nothing, Giant in importing foods, matches box, razor, pin, biro, fuel, eraser, pencil and everything you can think of. Giant in owing doctors and teachers salaries, Giant in high rate of unemployment, Giant in blackouts, Giant of a lawless country, Giant of a country that is very notorious in the international community, Giant of hypocrisy, Giant in valuing cows more than human beings. Nigeria occupies a Frontline in the list of most corrupt countries in the world and the least in developed countries.

Actually, Nigeria is a country blessed with abundant human and natural resources. But unfortunately, the government and the people we have as leaders in Nigeria are not leaders at all. They are criminals, unwise and unfit to be leaders. They swindled their way into those positions.

When I was in college, we were having a discussion in the hostel and a hostel mate asked me how manage these people who occupy powerful positions in the helm of affairs of the country are able to get to such lofty positions—even when they are not truly qualified to be there with the required criteria. Then I answered her. How do you expect those politicians at the top to have achieved and be in such powerful and lofty positions with ordinary hands? Of course they belong to various secret societies and occult kingdoms where they make contracts with Negative Entities who then do their bidding to be in such high positions in exchange for whatever it is they have used in making the agreement and connections with the Negative Entities. She was shocked! I did not stop here; I went further to tell her more…”I am not surprised by the bad things going on in Nigeria which are done by the Nigerian government. “Why”? She asked me.

“What do you expect someone who is ruling with a Dark Energy to do when he is on the throne? If the Nigerian leaders were mandated and chosen from the Light Realm to lead you will see the DIFFERENCE.” I answered her. They (Nigerian leaders) have a pact with Dark Energies and Negative Entities. That is why when they enter the positions they rule with negative energies, negative consciousness and lower vibrational attitudes.” You cannot give what you do not have.

I LOVE, RESPECT, EMULATE and ADMIRE good presidents and leaders who have developed their countries. One of such president I LOVE, RESPECT, EMULATE and ADMIRE is Lee Kuan Yew the Founding Father of Singapore. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew transformed Singapore from a poor third world country to a First Nation HIGHLY DEVELOPED country!! Is this not a heartwarming thing to do? Of course it is. Today, Singapore is a PARADISE!! I honestly describe Lee Kuan Yew as an EMBODIMENT of Kuan Yin (also known as Guan Yin, Kwan Yin: the Goddess of Compassion). YES, Lee Kuan Yew ruled Singapore with a Positive Energy and a mandate from the Light Realms. Lee Kuan Yew is an Emissary of Light and a TRUE exemplary Leader!! NO African leader has achieved what Lee Kuan Yew achieved.

Lee Kuan Yew: The Founding Father of Singapore. Left picture Singapore City (Google Images)

What did Lee Kwan Yew do for Singapore?

With overwhelming parliamentary control at every election, Lee oversaw Singapore’s transformation from a British crown colony with a natural deep harbour to a developed country with a high-income economy. In the process, he forged a system of meritocratic, highly effective and non-corrupt government and civil service. (Source: Wikipedia)

Left and Right pictures: Singapore City: Google Images

Kuan Yin (Goddess of Compassion: Google Images)

When I was interviewed by a local magazine in 2011; I subconsciously said I was going to emulate the example of the Singaporean leader (Lee Kuan Yew and other great leaders of the great beautiful countries).

My interview with a local magazine in 2011

It is such a shame that Nigeria with human and natural resources is still poor and backward!! Not that the citizens are not ready to work; but all the ills boils down to the BAD leadership from the government. Where do I start from describing the problems in Nigeria? Is it poverty? Poor healthcare system? Bad roads? Lack of infrastructures? Poor water supply? Rotten and lope-sided educational system? Unstable and poor power supply? Unduly high cost of products/services? Bribery and corruption? Nepotism? Religiosity? High unemployment rate? Insecurity? You name it…

One day, I was in the car on my way travelling some passengers in the car were discussing about the high rate of crime in Nigeria. Especially the internet fraudsters and scamming activities in Nigeria; how rampant and too obvious it has become recently in Nigeria. A young girl in the vehicle made a comment I took to heart and acknowledged to be true. Here is what she said to the passengers and driver.

“It is true that many Nigerian youths are now indulging in fraudulent activities and scamming. But not all Nigerian youths are doing that. We still have the hardworking innocent and noble ones. Anyone who wants to blame the Nigerian youths who are doing scamming should be in their position to experience what they are passing through. Most of these scamming and fraudulent activities going on in the internet by Nigerian youths are as a result of unemployment, poverty and frustrations.

Someone who graduates from school with no job opportunity or any other support from the government; what do you expect the person to think of doing? Even if you will say why not go into business; you will need money to start the business. Where will you get the money from? A person whose parents have suffered to train in the university will have to go back home and start living with the parents for them to start retraining him again? Who does that? How comfortable is that? Is it really worth it? You are going to start depending on your parents to be paying your bills for you again? It is so gut-wrenching. I think that if these youths are lucratively engaged with something better they will NEVER have the intentions of going into fraud and scamming.” This was what the girl explained and actually a salient point.

On my own I said, “Frustrations can lead someone into a path he or she would never have followed on a very good day. It is not easy to thrive in a shitty environment. After all we live in a world where we have to pay for survival.”

A bitter truth: in Nigeria, it does not matter how filled with Passion and Compassion you are. Just understand that you are on your own because nobody cares. A young Nigerian guy Ignatius Asabor who manufactures drone was flown out of Nigeria to Finland by the Finnish engineers. Thank Goodness; otherwise he would have had his potentials locked because the Nigerian government NEVER gave him any attention. Today, Ignatius Asabor is in Finland flourishing with his potentials unlocked. Every day many Nigerian youths are risking their lives across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea just to cross over to Europe because they know and understand that their destinies can be fulfilled there. Plus, the environment there in Europe is way better, supportive and helpful to their dreams!! It is only in Nigeria that doctors are owed. Each year more than 500 Nigerian doctors fly out from Nigeria to UK, USA, Saudi Arabia and Canada where they are well paid and recognized for their hardwork and efforts. The Saudi Arabian government came to fly out 500 Nigerian doctors, surgeons, etc to Saudi Arabia because Nigerian government cannot take care of them and their services was really needed in Saudi Arabia.

The most STUPID thing President Muhammadu Buhari did this year was to ban Twitter in Nigeria. Which President in his right senses does that rubbish? That shows the level of his insanity and foolishness for doing such a tyrannical act. Even as I am now I can no longer access my Twitter. I cannot even log in or create a new account for Twitter. Though I get notifications in my email but I have not been able to access Twitter.

Talking about then Nigerian economy, the country director, World Bank Group, Shubham Chaudhuri says Nigeria’s per capita income (PCI) is stagnant after 40 years, remaining at the same level in 2020 as it was in 1981. A country that parades itself as the “Giant of Africa.” Nothing works in Nigeria. Everything SUCKS!!!

The Repented Armed Robber

I will tell you one story which happened long time ago as a thief and killer who met a wise man completely changed his life and became a great man. It happened in a village in the East African country of Kenya.

Once upon a time there lived a robber who robbed people and killed them without doubts if they resisted. At the same time there lived a man called Matai. He was a musician. And he was famous for his deep wisdom. People loved him for his good advices, good temper, his jokes and charming music which he played on his instrument.

The wise man made up his mind to visit the neighboring village. His path went through that very forest where the robber operated. And people tried to persuade the wise man not to go on that path as it was very dangerous. But Matai just laughed, “I want to look at the man who beget fear in your hearts and made you cowards. He is just one man but he stopped the traffic on the whole way.”

Matai turned back and went to the forest playing music on his instrument. Soon the robber heard the music and went out to the path. He was surprised to see an unarmed man who seemed to be happy playing his melody. It was first time in his life that he felt doubts inside. And he addressed to the musician, “Don’t you know that it’s dangerous to go on this way?” Matai didn’t stop playing, turned off the road and took his place near the robber who was sharpening his sword all this time. Having finished his melody, he asked the robber, “What are you doing alone in this forest?”

The robber answered, “I rob people. And I will take now all your riches.” The wise man said, “My riches is different, it’s a spiritual one. And I would be happy myself to share it with you.

“I’m interested only by material riches,” declared the robber.

“Material ones, you say?” asked the wise man and taking a handful of soil he scattered it. “But it’s only dust, illusion which disappears immediately. This is nothing comparing to the spiritual eternal values. Tell me, why do you need it?”

The robber answered, “I do it for the sake of my family: my mother, my wife and my children. If I don’t bring them money, they will starve. And I can’t do anything else.”

The wise man inquired him, “Have you asked them whether they need such a sacrifice? Are they ready to share the responsibility before God for your sins?”

It was first time in his life that the man making his life with robbery thought about it.

“I don’t know. I didn’t think about it before.”

“So, go and ask them,” proposed the wise man. “And I will wait for you here.”

“And he played again his charming melody.

The robber followed his advice. He came back home and asked his mother. The old woman replied him, “Why should I share the responsibility with you for your crimes? I’m your mother and it’s your duty to give me food.”

His wife said, “Why should I be responsible for your sins? I have not done anything and I’m pure before God. I don’t know how you get your bread. It’s your own matter.”

Having looked at faces of light-heartedly playing children, the robber didn’t even start to ask them. With a sunk heart he came back to the wise man.

“Nobody wants to share responsibility with me. Whatever I do for my family, it will turn out that I will be the only one responsible for everything. It happened that I’m alone. What should I do now?” And he looked with dolefully at the perfect face of the wise man. The latter answered, “Take away the mask of the thief and burn it the flame of good deeds. Redeem the evil done by you. Change yourself and become a Human.”

This man left this dark forest of delusion together with the great wise man…and he became famous and successful in following centuries in all his endeavours.

Desperate Water Situation

Water is a very important element. Nothing can survive without water. A Legendary Nigerian singer; Fela Anikulapo Kuti said it that “Water no get enemy.” It means that that water has no enemy. And think about it; what can you do without water? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!

Even the Native Americans of the Lakota people has said it that “Mni Wiconi” meaning water is life. The Chinese people also has something to say about water.

When I finished high school, I visited a relative of mine in Asaba to spend the holidays with him. What happened one day in the compound has been indelible in my mind—hence I decided to share with you. It keeps me laughing every time I remember the story. Enjoy!

One morning, a man in the compound woke up with a merry heart and as usual chimed out for his cup of tea. His wife sang out equally cheerfully that sorry this morning there was to be no tea because there was no water.

“What?!” shouted the husband.

“There is no water anywhere in the compound.” Answered the wife

“Not in the whole town. According to the radio the pipes have burst.” The wife explained.

The husband was determined to do something about the situation. He phoned the water department and after a lot of humming and hawing, he was told that the supply would be reconnected in an hour’s time…but there would be no sufficient pressure to take the water up to the second floor.

It was five minutes to ten. There was a tap in the yard. So he told his wife to bring out all the jerry cans and buckets they have. The wife stood still staring at me with a hard look. “What jerry cans are you talking about? As for the buckets; the only bucket we have has a hole in the bottom because you insist on playing the drums on it.”

The husband dashed off to the hardware store to buy three large jerry cans rushed home. It was already 10:30. He made a beeline for the yard tap which had been left on and was now trickling precious water away. Out of the corner of his eye he saw third floor bearing down like a berserk buffalo; eyes fixed on the tap and water containers banging about his knees. The man was on a collision but there was nothing he could do. He closed like a couple tankers and both them went down in a tangle of arms and legs. Their utensils were going everywhere.

By the time the man had disentangled himself, sorted out his containers and tossed for his first go at the tap. The stream of water had died down to a trickle. When he reached the tap, it gave an apologetic gurgle and a mocking hiss. Before he could leap at each other’s throats a good Samaritan looked into the yard and told him that water could be gotten from a nearby well. The only trouble with this news as with all news was that by the time it reached him; it had already reached half of the town.

The area round the well was packed with sweating, cursing humanity armed with a startling variety of containers and utensils. The focus of everybody’s attention was the solitary tap connected to the well and the scowling, barrel-chested individual which had control over the hosepipe that was fitted to it. He was directing his hosepipe to a gross or so of containers that his helpers kept bringing up to be filled.

We were all waiting for him to finish filling his containers before making an assault on the hosepipes. The chance came sooner than I expected. One of his helpers had been filing his jerry can without undoing the top and the scowling man, noticing this let go the hosepipe to unscrew the top personally. He dived for the pipe. So did about three score of other human beings. Somehow he survived and what is more, came out of the mêlée still clutching the hosepipe. He stuffed the end into the first open aperture. This happened to be my neighbour’s open mouth, but fortunately. He realized his mistake before he had properly drowned him.

Eventually, after a fierce struggle and a rich harvest of bruises, he extricated himself from the mass with a jerry can full of water and directly proceeded home with it. He laid the full can proudly before his wife and still panting from the exertion waiting for her praise.

“Only one little can”! It is not enough to fill the basin and wash the children’s clothes with,” were the words that poured out from his wife’s mouth.

“Oh it is.” He answered with furiously.

“It is enough to fill three basins, four basins if you like….” The man boasted. In a bid to demonstrate to his wife; he tipped the water into the wash basin.

“Stop!” screamed his wife. The plug is not in. all the water is going down the drain!

It was too late. Three-quarters of the water was gone. He hit himself on the head with the can and the rest of the water gushed out and drenched him.

“You are wasting all the water.” Said his wife. He hit the wife on the head severally with the jerry can and then they kissed and made up.

From that day the water stopped flowing, they never take anything for granted.

“What?!” shouted the husband.

“There is no water anywhere in the compound.” Answered the wife

“Not in the whole town. According to the radio the pipes have burst.” The wife explained.

“Only one little can”! It is not enough to fill the basin and wash the children’s clothes with,” were the words that poured out from his wife’s mouth.

“Oh it is.” He answered with furiously.

“It is enough to fill three basins, four basins if you like….” The man boasted. In a bid to demonstrate to his wife; he tipped the water into the wash basin.

“Stop!” screamed his wife. The plug is not in. all the water is going down the drain!

It was too late. Three-quarters of the water was gone. He hit himself on the head with the can and the rest of the water gushed out and drenched him.

“You are wasting all the water.” Said his wife. He hit the wife on the head severally with the jerry can and then they kissed and made up.

From that day the water stopped flowing, they never take anything for granted.

An Encounter with Mr. Palaver

His real name is Jegede; you will have to find out why he is called Mr. Palaver. To celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary, Mr. Palaver is taking his wife out to dinner in a Smart Restaurant. Here is what happened in the restaurant….

Waiter: (bringing a tray of food to the table) Did you want fried rice sir?

Mr. Palaver: No, I ordered boiled rice. She wanted fried rice

Waiter: (putting two plates into position) Thank you sir (about to put two more plates into position) the fish is for you madam; is it?

Mr. Palaver: No. The fish is not for her. It is for me

Waiter: Oh, I am sorry…I thought you ordered chicken (gives the chicken to Mrs. Palaver)

Mr. Palaver: No. She did not order chicken either. She ordered beef and green peppers

Waiter: Hmmm. I am confused; let me go and change this chicken. I am coming madam! (He hurries away)

Mrs. Palaver: Husband, I hope that at the end of all this…the food you ordered will be good!

To be continued….

Ozuu: A Nourishing Natural Wine from Nigeria

I can still remember how my father used to go to the farm and get this beautiful naturally flavoured wine. In English it is called Palm Wine. Palm Wine is gotten from Palm trees. This wine can be gotten from short and tall palm trees. I was raised in the village; I used to accompany my father to the farm to tap the wine. The Palm Trees are found in the farm and bush too. At that time, my father would come back from the farm and give me a keg of Palm Wine to go and sell to a local bar which was few poles away from our house. The elderly man who owns that local bar would receive the keg of Palm Wine from me; and he would ask me to test it. He does this by pouring out some quantity into a cup and he then serves it to me to drink. Then I will take it and drink. This is a customary thing to do. After this, he pays me money for the wine then I will go home and give my father the money.

Palm Wine has different names it is called in the different languages of Nigeria. In my native Ika language it is called Ozuu. Palm Wine is a VERY important wine in Nigeria. Suffice to say that palm wine is staple wine in Nigeria. For example, Palm Wine is used in marriage ceremonies in Nigeria. Even in burials too. In Truth, if a man doesn’t include Ozuu in the items he has bought for the Marriage ceremonies; the groom’s family will ask him to go and buy it. Ozuu is always an inevitable and indispensable Wine used in marriages, burials and any other celebrations in Nigeria.

A Palm Wine Tapper Atop a Tall Palm Tree

One thing that is beautiful about this Ozuu is that it does not have age limit. Anyone in any age can drink it. BUT…with one rule. Drink in moderation otherwise you will set yourself up for intoxications!! Ozuu can be drunk naturally or you can refrigerate it if you want. But to get the best taste, once it’s gotten from the farm you put the keg in a cool place. Usually hidden from direct sunlight so that it would not get hot. The only instrument needed is just a cutlass. Then your file for filing your cutlass to make it sharp.

A person who knows how to tap Ozuu can have as many heads of Palm Wine as possible. What I mean is that: you can have up to 20 or even 50 Palm Trees you are tapping wine from. As long as you can maintain your routine of going to the farm to extract the Ozuu from the Palm Tree. The routine is that, you have to wake up very early in the morning to extract the Ozuu from the Palm Tree. Then go back in the evening to tap it and clean it. Then cover it up so that overnight it can flow out for the next day. Ozuu has a good taste and can be sweet too. People usually take it in the morning to serve as an appetizer. It is also very ideal for drinking when eating. Ozuu is just an ideal wine that can be drank at any time of the day! But as with everything; it has a rule: drink in moderation. It is certainly not alcoholic any way; but your common sense should tell you not to abuse it. You know anything you abuse becomes a poison. So it is always best to do everything in decency and moderation.

A Palm Wine Tapper tapping Palm Wine from short Palm Tree

To get the wine, the matured palm trees have to be uprooted and fell down. Then you cut out some branches of the Palm Trees. It must be thoroughly cut and trimmed. Then you cut open a space from the Palm Tree. That space is where you have to be cleaning up to ensure that the Ozuu comes out from the Palm Tree. After which you MUST put a keg under the fell down Palm Tree so that as the Ozuu comes out from the Palm Tree it goes direct into the keg. Another rule to be observed is that; the space you cut open in the Palm Tree MUST be covered back with leaves and parts of the Palm Tree. If you don’t cover it, flies, air and insects gets into it. Once this happens, the Ozuu cannot flow out again. If at all it does, it will become soured.

If it is the tall palm tree you are tapping the Ozuu from, you must have to climb up the tall Palm Tree. You don’t have to fall it down. So it’s always a climbing exercise for those who taps Ozuu from the tall Palm Tree. The tapper puts a keg right there at the top of the Palm Tree. He must have it supported by a trimmed branch of the Palm Tree so that it will not fall down. As children, we did all kinds of crazy things; Lols. Whenever we’re going to the river to fetch water–during my childhood. My brother, Bright and some of our friends would walk into the farm that has the tall Palm Tree; noticing that there is a drop from up the tall Palm Tree to the ground; we would then faithfully and eagerly stay at the direction where it’s dropping down from. We do it turn by turn though. I will be the first to go since I am the youngest there, I’m given a kind of preferential treatment. So I will open up my mouth and let the drop from top of the tall Palm Tree drop into my mouth. Then my brother and the other of our friends will do same. Sometimes we could go there and open up our mouths but nothing drops into our mouths. Lol…. because of this bit of enjoyment we are always looking forward to going to the river to fetch water. It does not matter that the river is far from home. It does not matter if the sun was too hot!! Because of the drop of Palm Wine from the top of the tall Palm Tree we would zealously obey our parent to go and fetch water from the river. Beautiful memories and experiences I must say!!

I could remember one evening I was returning from school. That time I was in college. I was very thirsty. I was walking back to the hostel. Luckily I saw a man tapping wine from a palm tree in the farm near his house. He was there with his two friends. Without further ado, I walked to him and greeted them. He knew why I came….he was already serving his friends the Palm Wine; I just asked to be given. And he willingly and joyfully served me the Ozuu. Ah…it was a really beautiful experience!! The Palm Wine was fresh from the Palm tree. So very refreshing, sweet and nourishing. I felt energized and walked to the hostel with enough energy, joy, gratitude and vitality.

The Palm Tree has proven to be a Tree of abundance!! Why? Because we don’t just get wine (Ozuu) from the Palm Tree. We get broom, chaff for lighting fire, firewoods, soup, cooking oil (red oil), soap and kernels which we get creams from. The shell of the Palm kernel is also used in lighting fire as a catalyzer! The Palm kernels are taken to the industries where oil is been extracted from it which is transmuted into an ingredient used in making modern bathing soaps and creams!!

In Nigeria, family and friends usually have a get-together refreshing and entertaining themselves with this beautiful natural wine called Ozuu. Ozuu is also used during festivals to celebrate; as it has a traditional use. This wine Ozuu is also very medicinal and yes, a beautiful gift from Nature to humanity!

Friends chilling out with Palm Wine to entertain themselves

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