She was loud, hyperactive, unapologetic, energetic, unreserved, and outlandish. Happiness would stand up to any Alpha Male, and leave him in tears. Wherever she shows up, she either has the leadership position given to her, or she just takes it.
As much as our ultimate reward is in heaven, what if your entry into heaven depends on everyone you ever come in contact with voting for or against you getting into heaven? And people had to vote honestly, based on their memories of you.
When a self-confessed gangster sings about how he was Blinded By Your Grace, you have to believe that His Grace is beyond description.
When you see your favorite artists “fanboy” 2 Baba, know that the “Baba” at the end of his name is not decorative. Like a Four-Star general, he earned all four letters of it.
Fellow countrymen and women, this is a Public Service Announcement from the Matters Settlers Association Of Nigeria.
The time has come for you to join the rank of distinguished matters settlers. Will you heed the call?
Is anybody out there? Is anyone listening? Can you hear my cry for help? Will you reach out a hand and pull me out of this quicksand I find myself in?
You are not a P.L.C. No shareholder or board of directors should be sitting on your case and none is coming up with a solution for you. They don’t know the intricacies of your daily life, how do you expect them to know what is right or wrong for you?
Are friends not meant to lift each other up, show one another the way, and be sources of respite, refreshment, and resources for one another?
There are very few experiences more beautiful in this world than a great choir performing a song worthy of a once in a lifetime performance. That is exactly what you get to experience with the
At this point, the year 2020 needs a song to calm it down and for me, Rise Up by Andra Day is the song for it.
For the rest of the school year, both Naomi and Olu were nicknamed Baller. They had both earned it, although the name brought up different emotions for each of them.
Resonance by Chinwe Ike is a timeless musical piece. I can’t remember exactly when I first heard it, but I do know that I fell in love with it right away and that love never waned.
Be careful before you make those who love you start to despise you. That is Cardi B’s warning on Be Careful.
Sunk cost fallacy is a phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of continuing now outweighs the expected benefit.
In Adura Elijah, Jhybo calls on Jehovah to save him from enemies near and far, known and unknown, and most dangerous of all, frenemies.
If we must talk about Rap Music in Nigeria, then we must talk about Vector. And if we must rank the best Nigerian rap songs for 2020, then “If We Must” must be somewhere in the top three so far this year.
The Christian walk with God is a walk from impurity, deficiency, and imperfection, to perfection. It is God’s will that we become perfect, just as He is.
The problem with experience though? It often held us back. We remember things from our past, we see patterns playing out before us, and we have to react.
You saw her, she was drop-dead gorgeous, her voice was like music to your ears, you were satisfied.
You walked up to her, you gave her your fire lines, you were really poetic, alas, she was not satisfied.
Pete Pete is exactly what I imagined a 9ice and Asa collaboration to sound like. And no. They did not disappoint.
The Bible is replete with stories of people with extraordinary faith. A level of faith that moved God to personally commend them. Yet their story is incomplete.
From that day on, Ruth had it on for him. Whenever a teacher asked her to write down the name of noisemakers, his name was number one on the list. If she was asked to pick students for menial work like cutting grass or washing the toilet, she picked him first.
Majek Fashek was not scared to use his voice. Even when he was plagued by lots of personal demons, he still continued to give music his best. He continued to bless the world with melodious tunes that helped people with their personal battles.
The presence of God in one’s life is a reward for faith in him, which is more valuable than any tangible thing. If you know God, but you have not experienced, and you can’t feel the sweetness of His presence, you are doing it wrong.
Do not allow yourself to get trapped in an echo chamber of your own creation, else you’ll be unaware of when the world moves on and leave you behind.
Some people get addicted to what was supposed to be a temporal source of release and pleasure. We find our “high” and want to remain there. This has led to misuse, abuse, and dependence on drugs, alcohol, sex, relationship, porn, game, gambling, and others.
Faith. The much talked about, often misunderstood, easily misplaced, painful to lose, harder to regain force that governs the universe as we know it. And even more, than we know.
You will no longer be a victim of someone else’s gaslighting. It is time you’ll put on your flame, raise your lamp high, and shine bright like the star you are meant to be.
Common, Erykah Badu and William Murphy do a great job of reminding us to never lose sight of God’s Love and God’s Light. It is up to you to be a representation and manifestation of this.
There is a saying that accompanies a story I read as a kid. “While Rome burned, Nero fiddled”. Is that the best way to describe Nigeria and her leaders?