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  • Lazy Servants: Own Up Your Mistakes And Take Responsibility For Every Of Your Actions BY PETER OBELE ABUE

    Lazy Servants: Own Up Your Mistakes And Take Responsibility For Every Of Your Actions BY PETER OBELE ABUE

    LAZY SERVANTS

    Among the many good qualities of a good wife recorded in the book of Proverbs 31:10ff is the fact that she is never lazy; instead she is like the great worker (vs 13 and 19). Many men and women who are lazy, blame their spouses for their misfortunes instead of settling down to work and contribute to creating a happy home together. They are like the lazy servants who deny the hegemony of a higher authority and hide their own talents. Such servants blame their master for every misfortune. Own up your mistake and take responsibility for your actions.

    God gives us all different talents (not equal talents) and expects us to work hard according to our abilities. Wake up and break that poverty cycle in your family by investing your talents for greater things to come your way. Do not say it’s too late to start. Do not say am too small to make a difference. Lame excuses like this, make the rich richer and the poor poorer. You must break that cycle NOW.

    Jesus applies this imagery to the larger picture of life (Matt. 25:14-30). He reminds us that God is our master and we are all his servants. We the lazy ones give all kinds of excuses for not going to church or practicing our faith, inspite of the enormous possibilities and enabling environment God has afforded us. Think about your good health, the company of friends (fellow Christians), nearness to worship centers, a wide array of spiritual materials like the bible and other sacramentals etc.

    The God who created you in his own image and likeness is not a lazy God. He spent seven good days working at creation and at the end he found everyting ‘very good’ to behold. He means it more in a spiritual sense when he says to those who are lazy that even what they have will be taken away (Matt. 25:29). God forbid your very inheritance to be taken away from you by others. Wake up from your slumber of idleness and claim what belongs to you.

    Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article is clearly that of the author, Peter Obele Abue, and does not represent TheLumineNews or its agent.

     

  • Godwin Offiono Facilitates Mechanized Farming training And Empowerment For  Constituents

    Godwin Offiono Facilitates Mechanized Farming training And Empowerment For  Constituents

     

    The Member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency, Hon. Godwin Offiono, has Facilitated a training and Empowerment of Women and youths in his Federal Constituency on Mechanized farming.

    This training which was facilitated through the National Institute Of Construction Technology and Management, held today at St. Benedict Parish Hall, Ogoja and was coordinated by Keritage Concept Ltd, also witnessed cash empowerment to the beneficiaries to support their agribusinesses.

    Also, another group of selected farmers were empowered with bags of fertilizers to support their Farming needs and improve yield to ensure food supply. The distribution of fertilizer held at the Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency Office, opposite Forestry commision, Igoli Ogoja LGA, Cross River State.

    Beneficiaries of the training and fertilizer were selected from the 24 wards of Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency.

    Reacting after the training and empowerment, beneficiaries expressed their gratitude and appreciation to the Honourable member for facilitating the program and targeting the right group of persons as beneficiaries.

    GOFFIO MEDIA

  • The Risk Of Being A Calabar Man (I) BY JUSTIN UDIE

    The Risk Of Being A Calabar Man (I) BY JUSTIN UDIE

    THE RISK OF BEING A CALABAR MAN (I)

    First, who is a Calabar Man or Woman? Culturally and as it rings a bell, a Calabar man is an Efik person but in this context, I’m defining a Calabar man a little different from that and I mean both man and woman. Be patient and read on 😃

    In July 2011, I was preparing for the NYSC passing out parade at the Minna township stadium when my Big Uncle Xyztus Ikwun rang me up. I pulled out of the parade to meet him and because it was the first time, I couldn’t quickly figure him out among the bystanders. When I finally did, we greeted and he said “Your mother told me you’re here, how is Minna?” “Minna is fine sir. We are preparing to go” I responded. After a few minutes of other related discussions and intro, he asked me, “So what are your plans? Where are you returning from here?”
    “Well, I’m going back to Calabar” I responded confidently. My uncle looked at me with an expression of pity though not showing a sign of surprise. I could sense from his face that he didn’t like the idea or my decision or didn’t just make any sense. By that time, I guess he perceived the ‘Calabar man’ in me; born in Obudu, did my primary and part of post post-primary in Obudu and completed it at Govt Science School, Akamkpa; a few miles away from Obudu. I moved a few miles further and did my first ever undergraduate degree at the University of Calabar proper, where I even learned the Calabar language 😊

    Whilst that was running through my mind, Uncle XyZ asked a rhetorical question, “What is it about Calabar and our people?” At this time, I was a little bemused 🤨 He gave me several cases of Obudu people in particular that he knew were either trapped in Calabar or did everything they could to remain in Calabar for whatever reasons. And because of that, Federal Character quotas and opportunities for the ‘Calabar man’ get filled up by other people. His narrative and campaign was short and punchy to me. He was very plain and forward with his advice: “Don’t return to Calabar my kid brother. There is nothing much in that city for you and for now. Move into Abuja. Make no mistakes, there would be challenges. You must ‘swallow a dose of patience’ and after a while, you’ll figure it out”.

    Yeah, we did discuss a few more things and I was asked to ‘fall in’ back to the parade. I kept reviewing my Uncle’s piece of advice until after my POP, I decided I wasn’t returning to Calabar. His advice and my response turned out to be one of the best engagements in my life journey.

    I was a complete stranger in Abuja. Everywhere was honestly strange. The driving on Abuja roads, the hustling and bustling, the Culture and cosmopolitanism, and ultimately the mindset, was different. In Abuja, people are after connections and networks, meetings upon meetings, contracts, politicking and buying and selling ‘real’ real estate. One Oga is coming from Lagos, another from Kano or Taraba and they’re to approve one contract worth billions. The Kind of money I’d never heard even Donald Duke mentioned on TV that Calabar was discussed in Abuja gardens in the evenings over pots of spicy #isiewu and a mix of beer 🍻 and red wine 🍷 Abuja appeared well diversified, open and challenging unlike in Calabar where people seemed to be stuck with CRBC, the Governor his Commissioners and PAs. It was then I started recounting The Risks of being a Calabar Man! It dawned on me that I could have been anything in Calabar but like a Cat 🐈 that poses around at home because it hasn’t gone to the jungle to see how Lions 🦁 and Tigers 🐯 feed.

    What then are the overall risks and opportunities? Would you like to read Part II of this story?

    Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article are strictly that of the author, Justin Udie, and does not represent TheLumineNews or its agent.

  • Sacked Kano Governor A ba Yusuf Vows To Reclaim Mandate l, Proceeds To Supreme Court

    Sacked Kano Governor A ba Yusuf Vows To Reclaim Mandate l, Proceeds To Supreme Court

    By Jack Clifford 

    Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has mandated his legal team to proceed to the Supreme Court, assuring the people of the state that his mandate would be restored at the apex court.

    In a recorded broadcast to the people of the state, Friday night, Abba who was sacked by the Court of Appeal in Abuja earlier in the day, implored the people of the state to remain calm and prayerful. In the meantime, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Nasiru Gwanna Yusuf, has described the judgement of the Appeal Court as a vindication of the truth.

    In a statement, Nasiru, who has been adjudged the winner of the polls by the election petition tribunal and the Appeal Court, stressed that, “The affirmation of the truth by the appeal court will surely strengthen the democracy.”

    He gave praises to Allah for his victory and commended the courts for ensuring that justice prevailed. “Both the judgments have reaffirmed that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man” he stated.

    This is a victory for all the residents and citizens of the State, therefore I am seeking for the support of everyone irrespective of party affiliation to join hands with me and my running-mate Murtala Sule Garo in the advancement of Kano,” he stated. (Text, excluding headline: Saturday Sun)

     

  • Federal Polytechnic Ugep Invites Prospective Candidates  For 2023/2024 Academic Session

    Federal Polytechnic Ugep Invites Prospective Candidates  For 2023/2024 Academic Session

    By Elijah Ugani 

    The management of the Polytechnic Ugep, has invited prospective candidates for the 2023/2024 academic session.

    With the advertisement for applications into various programs into the institution, the polytechnic is set to commence its academic session.

    In a release made available to TheLumineNews and signed by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Arikpo Eno, indicates that candidates who scored 100 and above in the 2023 UTME, should change their thier institution to the Polytechnic Ugep, as their first choice.

    The release reads in parts “Prospective candidates who wrote the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who scored 100 and above are eligible to apply for admission into the following National Diploma programs offered by the institution :
    1. Computer Engineering
    2. Computer Science
    3. Statistics.

    “Such candidates must have met the minimum admission requirements of five O’ level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of either Chemistry, Geography, Biology or Computer Studies in not more than two sittings.

    “Method of Admission
    Candidates are to go to JAMB website and change to the Federal Polytechnic Ugep as their first choice institution will be required to report at campus from 4th to 15th December, 2023 for the Post UTME screening”

  • Mayotte: An Island That Lies In The Indian Ocean, Is Part And Parcel Of Our Dear Motherland – Africa BY OKOI OBONO-OBLA

    Mayotte: An Island That Lies In The Indian Ocean, Is Part And Parcel Of Our Dear Motherland – Africa BY OKOI OBONO-OBLA

    Mayotte:
    A lot of us do not that there is an Island that lies in the Indian Ocean which is part and parcel of our dear Motherland-Africa.

    The Island is known as Mayotte.

    Unfortunately, Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France located in the Indian Ocean.

    It is situated off the southeastern coast of Africa and is part of the Comoros archipelago.

    Mayotte is geographically closer to Mozambique and Madagascar than it is to the mainland of Africa.

    Mayotte is a melting of diverse cultures and peoples.

    They are Bantu people, Malaysians who have intermarried with African Bantu people, and elements of Arabs.

    The population of Mayottee is about 270,372(2019).
    French colonization is one of one of the most pernicious, retrogressive, and painful.

    I wonder why the United Kingdom and France would be owning territories in Africa in this modern era.

    Why would international law allow colonization at this time?

    The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 and the African Chapter on Human and Peoples Rights, loudly proclaimed the right to self-determination of every indigenous people that have been colonized.

    These two international instruments must be invoked to send both the United Kingdom and France packing out of Mayotte and St.Helena.

    The decolonization process of the African continent would not be complete till St Helena and Mayotte Island become part of the African Union and sovereign countries.

    @ Okoi Obono-Obla

  • Bob Marley Was So Right When He Said……

    Bob Marley Was So Right When He Said……

    Bob Marley was so right when he said…..💚🌿

    “You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters?

    She’s not perfect—you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can.

    She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give.

    Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.”
    🙏👏
    Class dismissed 🥂

  • Court Of Appeal Sacks Zamfara Governor, Orders Rerun

    Court Of Appeal Sacks Zamfara Governor, Orders Rerun

     

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja has voided the election of Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Lawal the March 18 governorship election winner.

    However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) challenged the victory of Lawal, who ran under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    The tribunal had upheld Lawal’s election, but the APC proceeded to the Appeal Court.

    On Thursday, a three-member panel of justices annulled Lawal’s victory and ordered a rerun of the election in three local government areas.

    The affected LGAs are Maradun, Birnin Magaji and Bukuyun.

  • On The Unpredictability of Things BY RICHARD INOYO

    On The Unpredictability of Things BY RICHARD INOYO

     

    There are those who came to us with opened arms and demand we give them all we have, for hunger has found refuge in their pouch and their soul is tormented with want of food. Some, with arms they approach residence and offices and loot what isn’t theirs and justify the terror. Not many has seen the boundary of raw rage in the absence of opportunity to earn, feed, cloth and shelter. As a country, the notion that the doctrine of survival is a textbook exercise and has no real bearing to human unpredictability as regards new danger or old terror is questionable and misleading. If there is one thing evolution taught earliest humans is that humans will feed on humans in the absence of alternative meal.

    Cannibalism isn’t necessarily the societal construct of humans eating other human flesh and getting drunk in the blood and liquidates of fellow humans, rather it is the sociopathic manifestation and reminder that in the absence of shared affection and care, new terror and old danger abound. The epistemology which occupies the realm of thought and imposes the thinking that man can’t degenerate into confrontation, arm conflicts and eventual destructions of his own race has dominantly failed to capture war history into the bricks that lay the groundwork for such ahistorical conclusion. We call on all to proceed with caution and offer care when it’s truly needed, in such we survive self-destruction.

    The Nigerian government should act with all urgency to end the looting of our sovereign wealth by its leadership, lest the public arms in the care of military and paramilitary institutions may fail them as they rest their protection on such. 340,000 police men and an equally rough population of all military forces combined may not prevent the keg of gunpowder which they have concluded won’t explode to explode. Make hay while the sun is seen for the N5Billion Presidential Yacht and N160million SUVs are exceeding the boundaries of the Nigerian patience and public anger. We condemn the brutalization of NLC President, Mr. Joe Ajaero.

    Signed.

    Richard F Inoyo,
    Country Director,
    *Citizens’ Solution Network*

  • Who Is A Fearless Man? BY AGBA JALINGO

    Who Is A Fearless Man? BY AGBA JALINGO

    Who Is A Fearless Man?

    Fear is one of the most basic emotions embedded in the nervous system. Not just that of man, but in every creature that has nerves. All creatures that have nerves are equipped with the survival instinct necessary to respond with fear when we sense danger or feel unsafe. It is a warning or signal to be careful and to escape from danger. The reason you run when you see an oncoming vehicle is because of that natural fear instinct. So there is no such thing as a fearless man or woman.

    Anytime we encounter anything we fear, whether physical or emotional, the brain immediately transmits the information to the nervous system. The nervous system then prepares you to either flee or fight. The preparation process usually includes faster heartbeat, intense breathing, perspiration, sensation. Blood pumps with increased pressure to the muscles to prepare the body for physical action.

    Because the fear instinct is programmed to protect you, it is activated faster than the thinking faculty of the brain, which processes the information. As soon as the brain evaluates the information and gives an all clear signal, the fear instinct is immediately turned off. All this process is completed in seconds.

    We all have our different fears. People fear situations or things that make them feel unsafe. People fear the uncertainty of the future or the next moment. And there are many people who prefer to avoid their fears. It usually seems like an easier path. But it is simple knowledge that you cannot overcome what you avoid. We overcome our fears by giving ourselves the chance to learn about and gradually get used to those things or situations that make us fear.

    Tourists who visit a zoo may be afraid of lions, but the care givers who tender the lions have overcome that fear. If you are not a trained paratrooper, you will be afraid of jumping from heights. That fear helps to keep you out of danger. But if you receive the training, you gradually overcome that fear and become adept in para-trooping.

    So in essence, a fearless man is not the one that does not have fears, it is the one who has learnt to overcome his fears. We all have fears. Those things that suddenly increase our blood pressure. But whether these fears are sudden or prolonged, it is by staying very determined to confront them that is the most formidable path. Face that fear today!

    Yours sincerely,
    Citizen Agba Jalingo.

     

    Disclaimer: The opinion expressed in this article are strictly that of the author, Agba Jalingo and does not represent TheLumineNews or its agent.