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The poor man will always be the sucker for the rich. Yet they, the poor, made the rich what he or she is. Despite  his wisdom he is taken for granted where the big man is present. Like the king, the big man does no wrong. Every word that drops from his lips is lapped up with relish by the poor. Even if they are the most foolish words you can ever imagine. He is always right. Might is right. Why not. The poor man works in the big man's factory. He buys low quality products from that factory at higher prices compared to the high quality and commensurate value that the big entrepreneur obtained from imported goods. He is paying the poor folk a pittance from which he made those purchases in the local market. The rich established the Bank which the factory worker must save something out of his little stipend. Remember he works under the most inhuman conditions at whatever rate of earnings. His health is ruined by very  low standard of living.  The big men enjoy the best of health servic

GRADUATE AND MARRY? I was shocked when my roommate, back then in the university, said that she couldn't wait to graduate and  marry. I am not against getting married immediately after graduation, but I was expecting to hear something inspiring from a youthful single lady. I got another surprise during an evening get together in a youth fellowship, when each person was asked about their future pursuit; a young lady said she wanted to be a pastor's wife. I am not sure how such matter works, but I was sure eager to hear people talk of their wonderful aspirations. I actually wasn't truthful to myself anyway when I told them that I wanted to be a banker. I was in a youth conference one day, when the facilitator anchoring the aspect of purpose asked us to imagine where we want to be. He said, "Begin to see yourself in that position". Perhaps others were seeing, but I wasn't. I needed more time to discover myself. Everyday is for discovery. Let's make the

In what appeared to be a desperate move to get an effective remedy for Katherine 's mysterious affliction her family back home in the South arranged for a native doctor to attend to the poor lady now writhing in bodily pains up to her bones. That lasted for two weeks without producing any solution whatsoever despite the exorbitant charges! Then friends organized vigil for days to solicit Divine help to which she derived some relief but soon relapsed into some debilitations and intermittent  fits of unconsciousness. Finally she was moved to specialist hospital for thorough assessment of the health condition which has now reached an advanced stage of complications. The elder sister, Dorcas  was earlier dispatched by the family in Lagos to go to Jos and take care of the kids and attend to her sick sister's needs. But Louise was preoccupied with her business runs in Lagos and showed no adequate interest in developments in Jos. Katherine's husband, Linus was aloof and dis

Poverty is the label of a wretched beggar. It is also a disease that runs from the mind and out to the physical environment. In its adverse state, when the body and mind is being tortured, irrational and vicious strategy may come to play. For instance, theft, prostitution, ritual killing, or eventually from deep depression to suicide etc. Gladly, Obi didn't resort to any of the above. Hunger delivered him from being stagnant. How? Staying on a low income that could hardly take care of him and his family, dragged him to owing so much debt. He was embarrassed almost anywhere he went. New year's eve and new year was celebrated in hunger. No food and no one to turn to. He had gotten tired of church deliverance meeting because the last one he attended left him skeptical about their activities. He was asked, with some others to get some sum of money. But where can a hungry man get that amount, five thousand naira? Anyway, he didn't care if God wanted to live or not. He cho

 Perhaps you have heard about  a brother taking over his elder brother's wife at his demise and as prescribed by traditional belief in some societies. This was the case when the phara-isees confronted Jesus Christ with the question as recorded in the Gospel of St. Luke 20v28-35 inquiring from the Lord about who became the real husband or the ultimate  fate of a woman who was married in turns at different times to her dead husband's brothers when they are all resurrected. So this type is not entirely strange even by traditional practices in some Nigerian societies. But this particular brief story will surely blow your mind as something unimaginable took place in the name of replacement (more like supplanting ) marriage with the full backing of church and family or so it seemed! The individuals involved are both high ranking  Christians of the Pentecostal brand, highly dedicated as well. Louise holds a master degree as her newfound husband which makes the matter a great puz

Love turning into lust is like the dying of a beautiful plant, the fading of colours, the flickering of a once brilliant light. But how truly can Love become lust? When in a relationship, one partner suddenly feels that the love euphoria initially experienced is lost, and that the only thing that binds them is just sexual activities; should it be concluded that their love had become lust? First the question to be asked is, "was their love true? Was it based on right and genuine intention? Could it have been that one partner simply savours the idea of being in love- a fantasized love; an infatuation? (This often happens in Ladies) Couldn't it have been that they were initially both in lust? At what point does one conclude that the love in the relationship is no longer there? Although, two people might love each other but not compatible for a marital relationship; that should not be a conclusion that love has become lust. It is better to examine your relationship. H