Remember the TIME!
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: November 2, 2009
So fast, too soon, It’s already the penultimate month in the Year of 2009 and that singular statement means a myriad of things to several peoples.
For some of us, it is a reminder that the year is closing in very quickly in just matter of days and there are still lots of headlines that have been left unattended to.
For another group of people, it is a reminder that the Christmas celebrations is around the corner and lots of expenses to be made!
For yet another set of people, it is a time to take an inventory of all they had hoped to achieve and with the time left hit their targets.
All of these activities point to something; Time has been given to everyone on the surface of the earth in the same measure and quantity, it is however how we make use of it that distinguishes us. Time is no respecter of persons and in whatever way you make use of it today, the same way you will reap its rewards later.
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From Rhetorics To Action!
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: October 13, 2009
It was Independence Day sometime last week precisely on the 1st of October. A day that usually starts with people tuning in their television and radio sets to listen to the live broadcast of the President to ‘fellow Nigerians’,a day that the dress code changes for the mean time to people wearing a mix of green or white or both combinations in their attire just to commemorate the day,a day that speeches are being read, the drums are rolled out, School children do the march past and the stadium is agog with colorful activities marking this day and yet for some people it’s just a day like any other with no reason to celebrate, a day that will come and go with no consciousness of Patriotism written on the minds of our hearts perhaps because people have tried to be patriotic in times past but the systems that could and should sustain it are not in place…Well maybe perhaps Independence Day is just another day not to go to work (at least another day to rest) because in deed and in truth we are not truly free so what exactly are we celebrating? I wonder, I just wonder… Read the rest of this entry »
Life and Power and Thought
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: September 3, 2009
I woke up this morning with a song already being sung in my mind, a very old hymn we used to sing back in the days in primary school with the writer long dead and forgotten. But I must say that the lyrics make a lot of sense even though the song was written long ago. I’m usually in the habit of singing hymns in the morning every time I am alive to see the dawn of a new day and this particular hymn I love a lot. It goes thus;
“New every morning is Thy Love
Our wakening and uprising proof
Through sleep and darkness safely brought
Restored to Life and Power and Thought”
General Gist
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: July 10, 2009
Well, well, well , well, well…
We are already into the second half of the year 2009 and into the 3rd quarter . A myriad of things have been happening lately and I must add very quickly too.
On the political scene, the people of Iran are registering their displeasure about a certain election that was held in their country. The results they believe was rigged. They have proceeded to the streets to protest the results of an election they felt was rigged and demanded for a recount of the votes. For several days they took to the streets protesting the results of the elections even when some of them were killed in the process…An unusual occurence in Iran. And even when the Supreme Leader spoke and urged people to return to their homes that they should embrace peace ( of course endorsing the leader the people didn’t want) they did not budge. But really when citizens of a country are tired of the way they are being governed after being tossed around for too long especially in place like Iran whose system and way of life is embedded in Islam whose people are always faithful and loyal to their leaders…Then there is a problem…
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The Flying Clock
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: June 17, 2009
How do you make time fly? Throw a clock out the window!
Rolled out of bed this morning and on the wrong side too! I can’t believe I am 30 already! 10,957 days gone! Oh where did all the time go? Always thought I would be the CEO of my own consulting outfit by 30, you know get married by 25, have children before 30, thought I should be on top of my game already. But guess what? I’m still ‘honourably’ employed, my consulting business not here yet and I’m still not married! Time just flew by and I’m wondering what I did with all the 262,800 hours I have lived!
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What About The Children…
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: May 27, 2009
May 27th of every year in Nigeria is a day set aside to celebrate The Nigerian Child. The day is usually declared a public holiday for the children whilst they in turn are free from the worries of getting ready for school (at least for that day) and go some place else to have fun i.e amusement parks, children’s games, fun programmes et cetera for those who are afforded that privilege, other wise it’s just another day for some children to sit at home, go street hawking to make ends meet, staring into space not sure what this holiday is about (because they can’t even afford to go to school) or what the future has in store for them…To them life has just been so unfair because they suffer so much through no fault of theirs’ and they have grown up too fast and so soon (missing out on their childhood) not well equipped to face the pressures and challenges they are constantly been bombarded with…Our children that is who they are…For they belong to the society we live in and by our own hands and acts have made it what it is… Read the rest of this entry »
All The Single Ladies!
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: May 12, 2009
Some time ago, I went to visit a family friend and during those moments of laughter and fun, she and her husband were all over each other. When she was walking me to the gate, I seized the opportunity to ask her this question, “Do you mean after ten years of marriage you still play lovey-dovey with your husband. Are you telling me that you are not bored or tired of being married to him?” Innocent question but it caught her by surprise and this is what she had to say;
“Living together will be difficult if you are not friends with your spouse or intended because friendship is truly a basis to any great marriage. “ A friend is somebody emotionally close; someone who trusts and is fond of another.
Friendship in marriage is like the proverbial houses Jesus talked about in Matt 7:24 -27. A wise man builds his’ on the rock but the foolish man builds his’ on the sand. When the strong winds of trials and tribulations blow, only the wise man’s house will be standing strong but that of the foolish man falls down with a mighty crash.
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Existing or Living?
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: May 12, 2009
Last weekend was a great time for me. Well because it was my birthday but somehow I forgot about it except for the calls and text messages that kept coming in from within Nigeria and abroad, from the United Kingdom to The USA, from midnight till morning, then through out the day till nighttime and even on to the next day.
It was actually going to be a hectic day for me as I had a list of places I had to be plus I had to be at work too and so naturally I just forgot that it was my birthday and when it dawned on me, these are some of the thoughts that occupied my mind. Read the rest of this entry »
Rebuilding Nigeria!
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: April 7, 2009
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What I want to write today is an article I will love you to pirate. I’ll like you to dub it, and put it on your blog post. Modify it if you like, give me credit if you want, or give me none at all. They say we’ll achieve a lot more if we don’t care who gets the credit.
I have refrained deliberately for a long time to make any comments about our National Rebranding exercise. I hope I will be able to say what boils in my throat and wrists tonight, without making too much reference to it. For all it’s worth though, I think the fundamental error I can see, is that Nigerians have not been made to own it, and hence rather than having people championing it, and helping others buy in, what we have is criticism and condemnation by the same people who would have been its champions.
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Speak Life
Posted by: Keji Ogunbanjo on: January 29, 2009
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“It’s official, the U.K is now in a recession…!”That was the news headline from CNN and just one of the many news headlines that have been making rounds the world over for a long while now and sad to say the forecast for this year is no different from the words that have come to form part of our vocabulary now, I know you know the words I’m talking about…words like Financial Crunch, Global Financial Meltdown, Downward turn, Global economic crisis, Economic recession, Global Food Shortage and the list is endless…everything seems to be going down and the print and electronic media has done enough justice to spreading the news around so much that there is so much uncertainty and frustration in the air already in the waking hours of this new year that one wonders what else is there to hope for… Read the rest of this entry »
Own Your Life!
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