From her heart straight to God's ears. Between the red eyes, straight to earth lines.  From her look straight to the pool of uncertainties.  Little baby you can win, keep going. I'm Thomas Abidoye, a poet, journalist.

 TRIBUTE TO MY FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND STREET BROTHERS WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY. Some memories cannot be easily forgotten; I dearly miss the good times I had with wonderful people who are now laid to rest. Truly, death is inevitable, but why does Alimitu (death) fail to recognize the impact of good people and spare them to live longer? Growing up in Ejigbo town some years ago, I felt like the good people I was surrounded by would live on forever.  However, many of them have departed from this world, and death has not granted my plea on their behalf. Sadly, most of my street brothers in Lagos State have also fallen victim to this relentless force of death.  Nevertheless, we cannot evade mortality. Looking back, I remember these individuals for their contributions to my personal growth. I thank you all; you are legends and will forever be remembered. May your souls rest in peace. I'm Thomas Abidoye, a Journalist, writing from the world that cherishes freedom  #deathnote

Naijefate Blog By: AJao Samson Impeccable, Abidoye Thomas Ayobami Osun State,      National unity is seen as a condition of harmony among territories that make up a nation, The peace in a country constitutes growth and development to its country. Thus, national unity cannot be undermined to determine the strength of the youth and education in any country, national unity plays a pivotal role in the makeup to strengthen the youth and education.      In a bid, to promote national unity in Nigeria after the end of the civil war in Nigeria, the Yakubu Gowon-led administration in 1973 introduced the National Youth Service Corps in the country, the purpose of this idea is to promote peace among youth and aid the spirit of patriotism among the citizens. In some part of the world today, the growth of their youth and development of their educational system resulted from peace and unity among the tribe that makes up their country, in another hand, the underdevelopment...

Naijefate Blog By: Abidoye Ayobami The bell rang with black cloud Birds sang amidst Crowd AKINJOLE! AKINJOLE!! AKINJOLE!!! Cock crowed with a loud voice. Fears overruled the wind Towns scattered War is near Ejigbo living field War enslaved sokoto War captured Ilorite Never in my fatherland. Ejigbo in the dark moment The sweetest voice climbed the mountain AKINJOLE! our father rescued the moment. Seriously drumming triggering the town The Agba's and Offi dance to Bòòsá Beaten the Bata in celebration "Ogun ko sokoto, Ogun ko ilorin, Ogun o ko Ejigbo ri, e ma jaya oja Akinjole baba wa ni" Akinjole's sculpture of defense Exceptional among the rests The black cloud regained whitish Joy overflowed the town of peace Yam dance rounded the market. "Ogun ko sokoto, Ogun ko ilorin, Ogun o ko Ejigbo ri, e ma jaya oja Akinjole baba wa ni" Ogiyan flowns his garments Market square full of reasonable animals The Virginis voice tune the cro...

By: Abidoye Ayobami The journey has started. People are ready and alert to learn about the "Attorney General of the Planet.” I take a bow and extend my unreserved recognition to the source and the elders. The journey will be filled with drama and will awaken your conscience with truth. The bomb is going to explode while the judges prepare the case file. The iconic scenario is now set to unveil 'oga patapata,' meaning the main act of the show. It’s a public disgrace to grow without a career, ambitions, focus, mission, and dreams. I ask you, "Why do you live?” When the words "Advanced World" hit me, I will begin to cry like an eight-month-old child looking for breast milk. Perhaps that will heal my emotions at this point in time. Lo and behold! It was just a stressful night for me, dancing like a happy antelope "eworo.” The opportunity to explore the biggest city has arrived. I think Lagos is not part of the zoo where we reside today. "Enu mi ago...

The  National Association of Kwara State students, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Chapter today presents Award of excellence to  Hon. Jimoh Ali Yusuf an honorable representing Ilorin East constituency at Kwara State house of assembly for his outstanding leadership, strength and his mammoth achievement recorded in many years of his dedication to public Service and  governance. Hon. Jimoh who received the entourage of the NAKSS executives led by Comrade Abdulmajeed Abdulbaki in his office, in the early hours of today, charged the union executives to practice vibrant unionsm to improve the quality of governance. In his remarks, Hon. jimoh noted that, he started participating actively in politics from the scratch of involving in student unionism leadership in the quest to improve his leadership skills and get acquitted with quality orientation of political participation. However, Comrade Abdulmajeed laud the Honorable for his outstanding performance in upholding the principle o...

By; Okunola Promise                   The term rape originated from the Latin word, rapere (supine stem raptum), "to snatch, to grab, to carry off.  Rape was initially considered a crime only in terms of the property violation of another man.  For instance, ancient Hebrew women who were raped were considered defiled, and stoned to death. The first case of rape was the case of a young girl called Mathura, Mathura was a young orphan tribal girl living with one of her two brithers. The incident is suspected to have taken place on 26th March 1972, she was between 14 and 16years old at that time and the case was an incident of custodial rape in India on 26th March 1972.                      Rape , according to Merriam-Webster dictionary is an unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out by force or under threat of injury against a persons will or with a person ...

By Akerele Sewa Deborah     Rape, unlawful sexual activity, most often involving sexual intercourse, against the will of the victim through force or the threat of force or with an individual who is incapable of giving legal consent because of minor status, mental illness, mental deficiency, intoxication, unconsciousness, or deception. In many jurisdictions, the crime of rape has been subsumed under that of sexual assault.  Rape was long considered to be caused by unbridled sexual desire, but it is now understood as a pathological assertion of power over a victim The legal definition of rape has changed substantially since the late 20th century. The traditional definition was narrow with respect to both gender and age; rape was an act of sexual intercourse by a man with a woman against her will. As rape is now understood, a rapist or a victim may be an adult of either gender or a child. Although rape can occur in same-sex intercourse, it is most often committed by a m...

Naijefate Blog _A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to redeem them from starving. They all have food in their own houses. When we gather in the moonlight at village ground, it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so. Therefore let us continue with the team spirit and enjoy the power of togetherness. Let's smile not because we don't have problems but because we are stronger than the problems_.... Alone I can smile but together we can laugh Alone  I can enjoy but together we can celebrate Alone I can talk but together we can speak Let's promote things that unite us than things that cause disunity Unity is Great Strength Everyone is important according to their own unique purpose.   Never look down on any body unless you are admiring their shoes show people love, depression is killing 

Naijefate Blog When the Awujale of Ijebu Òde said sometimes ago that Ijebu not Yoruba many people thought Kabiesi wasn't right, but Aláàfin Ọ̀yọ quickly went to visit him he even went with danofijo a popular Masquerade of Ọ̀yọ́ town to entertain Awujale, a smart moves by Kabiesi Aláàfin. My late father (Olowoporoku)  always corrected me anytime I refered to myself  a Yoruba  (ṣe ara Ọ̀yọ́ ni ẹ ni) are you from Ọ̀yọ́ town? He will said to me.  Baba told me that Yoruba is the name the Gogobiri (Gambari of the North) called Oyo people, the name became popular during the era of Alaafin Abiodun Adegolu bcos of he's peaceful and long rein, Ọ̀yọ́ people were the  Yorubas proper.  Ẹ̀gbá, Ìjẹ̀bú, Ifẹ̀, Rẹmo, ijesha, Èkìtì, Ondo, Ketu, Ùgbó and Ibini were not part of Yoruba.  We are all connected to Ile Ifẹ that's why we speak same Language but we are not all Yorubas until 1919/1920. The adoption of Yoruba name was part of colonial legacy. Between 1901- 1904 the...

Naijefate Blog .. I once met a very successful business woman and I asked her to share her secret with me.  She smiled and said to me..  I started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters.  I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me... I stopped fighting over unnecessary issues with my spouse... I stopped fighting for attention... I stopped fighting to meet up with public expectation... I left such fights for those who have nothing else to fight... “And I started fighting for my vision, my dreams, my ideas and my destiny. Then I started winning big". That was the day I gave up on small fights. Some fights are not worth your time. Fight to make your visions and dreams come alive! Fight the good fight of faith!  Fight for your destiny not for your ego! Entrepreneurs shouldn’t have time for unnecessary fights! Visionaries don’t cluster their mind with nonsense bickering! Always ask, what is this fight adding to my destiny, my goal, my progre...

  #OSPOLYDECIDES: Ospoly Student Politics By: Ayobami Abidoye Me: Hmmm, the search has begun in ospoly SuGs,  What battled me most is how will ospolites vote for the competent leaders. Mate: AYOBAMI 'kinni show' every aspirant were already shaking the table, it's only during election like this every aspirant become professor, masters every beat of English grammar to convince electorate. Student Union Governments were established in various institutions of higher learning to promote unity, orderliness and smooth relationship between students, school authorities and the state or Federal Government. It is unfortunate that most SUGs in Nigerian Polytechnics do not know the key objectives for which they were established.  This is why some student governments see the freedom they enjoy as an opportunity to cause mayhem and anarchy in their institutions. It is true that there are legitimate issues  of poor service and maladministration for which students should feel genuine...

SERIES A (Dairy of a Final Year Student of The Osun State Polytechnic IREE) By: Abidoye Thomas Ayobami It’s final year- and I think have finally got the hang of this whole school things for awhile. You know what time you have to be at the library if you actually want a decent seat , you know which lectures are safe to miss (according to some of my friends, all of them), and you know the ins and outs of most of the buildings (apart from Motion Ground and Rectors Office), because you still can’t work out how to actually leave when the lecturer tells you to all leave from the back). You’re feeling pretty cool and confident about the whole thing. Until i walk into my second semester of the last session in OSPOLY campus, and i realise- this will be my last first semester of the Polytechnic. Education. It should be noted that Until you start reflecting on your boring days with your pals, only to realise that this was likely to be the last ever full school memories that you will ever have. Th...

The Popular Thrift Collector Often Thought To Be A Yoruba Myth Have you heard of the popular phrase "Alajo Somolu"? Did you know he was a real person? Alphaeus Taiwo Olunaike, popularly called Alajo Somolu, was born in 1915 in Isan-Oyin, Ogun State, Nigeria. Taiwo was born as a triplet and in ancient Yoruba land, triplets were believed to bring bad luck to the land. Therefore, the first of the three was taken away and buried alive while the second, Kehinde died at infancy, leaving behind only Taiwo. In 1934, he graduated from St. John's School in Lagos. Two years later, he enrolled as an apprentice under a tailor named Rojaye, where he learnt for 9 years. A few years after his apprenticeship, he accompanied his uncle on a commercial trip to Cameroon. In Cameroon, he tried various ventures until he learnt thrift collection from a neighbour and returned to Nigeria in 1954 to start his own thrift collection business called "Daily Alajo Somolu". Taiwo was a smart ma...

... _Very Thought Provoking_ This was a fifteen year old boy.... He was caught stealing bread from a store. On trying to escape from the hold of the guard, a shelf of the store was also broken. *The judge heard the crime and asked the boy, “Did you really steal something, a loaf of bread and cheese?”* The boy responded by looking down.;- “Yes.” Judge: - “Why?” Boy: - “I needed it.” Judge: - “Couldn't you have bought?” Boy: - “There was no money.” Judge: - “Take it from the family.” Boy: - “There is only a mother in the house. Sick and unemployed, Bread and Cheese were also stolen for the same.” Judge: - “You don't do anything?” Boy: - “Used to wash a car. When I took a day off to take care of my mother, I was fired.” Judge: - “Don’t you ask someone for help?” Boy: - “Had left the house since morning, went to about fifty (50) people, but no help; so, I decided to take this step at the very end.” When the arguments ended, the judge began to pronounce the verdict; ... “the theft a...

Naijefate Blog    By; Ayobami Thomas Abidoye We live in a great time where science and technology has made virtually everything possible. Accessing information and entertainment is like picking up something from the ground With the invention of cell phones and Internet you could be anywhere in the world with just a click. The invention of all these wonderful discoveries has served us with a lot of benefits but meanwhile it is causing damage to our ability to concentrate on the real world.  These inventories has made us neglect a lot of things we ought to be doing or have done.  For instance, a person could spend the whole day operating a computer or phone while neglecting other important tasks he/she ought to do or should have done. Most times we tend to focus too much attention on the Internet. I am not saying the Internet is bad (of course it's the best thing that has happened to human over the decades) but sometimes they are the major cause of distraction to our r...

“Come in Khaleed and Kameelah, it’s time for lunch,” their mom called out to them. The children were playing statue. They would twirl each other around, then they'd stopped twirling and freeze in place. Speaking the same words at the same time, Khaleed and Kameelah said. “I bet I can beat you.” Kameelah, at that instant, turned and ran toward the house, leaving Khaleed behind. “Go wash your hands and do not leave water splashed everywhere. Clean up after yourselves,” their mom said. “Yes, Mommy,” they both responded. Khaleed, and Kameelah answered together often. It may have been because they are paternal twins. Besides this similarity, they also loved competing with one another. Well, maybe not so much loved. Sometimes, Khaleed, would become jealous of Kameelah. He believed their parents showed his sister favor over himself, she being a girl. Every time Khaleed had a chance, he would challenge Kameela, wanting to beat her and come in first. Mom said. “Sit down and say your prayer....

By: Basil Okoh Nigerians are counting with hopeful optimism, the days to the end of Buhari’s tenure at Aso Villa in 2023, believing that come that year and the day May 29 2023, Buhari will hand the Presidency over to another, who everybody hopes will be a more humane manager to run the affairs of Nigeria. The new leader we all hope, will lead us away from the precipice that presently threatens Nigeria.  The Bola Tinubu Yoruba caucus of the APC are, against the evident signs to the contrary, believing that Buhari will find the usual way to win the presidential election for Bola Tinubu and hand over to the aged and sick man, to continue the unhinged roller coaster called Nigeria from where Buhari stops. The bad news is that there will be no Nigeria to hand over to anyone in 2023, not to Tinubu or to Peter Obi or Atiku Abubakar. In truth, there will be no Nigeria to hand over to even the military as we presently know it.  Matters of the despoliation of the polity and infusion of ...

   “What about loyalty and appreciation?” Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (R.A) said to a man who was thinking of divorcing his wife: “Why do you want to divorce her?” He said, “I do not love her.”  ‘Umar said, “Must every house be built on love? What about loyalty and appreciation?” [Al-Bayan wa at-Tabayeen, 2/101] Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab  (R.A) was telling this to a man who wanted to leave his wife of 45 years because she had become old and he did not feel anything for her. So Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab (R.A) Was reminding her about all the years she spent with him lost her youth and beauty in raising his children csring for his house and him.   So before you Toss her out, remember how guilty you are. When you first met your wife, she was the most beautiful woman. You called her your Queen, your darling, your baby, your sweet heart. Soon, you got married, life was good. You loved each other so much. Then sudden he got pregnant, sudden her looks began to change, fr...

 I like the man who faces what he must With step triumphant and a heart of cheer; Who fights the daily battle without fear; Sees his hopes fail, yet keeps unfaltering trust That God is God; That somehow, true and just, His plans work out for mortals; not a tear Is shed when fortune, which the world holds dear, Falls from his grasp; better, with love, a crust Than living is dishonor; envies it, Nor loses faith in man; but does his best, Nor even murmurs at his humbler lot; But with a smile and words of hope, gives zest To every toiler; he alone is great Who by a life heroic conquers fate.