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President Obasanjo once told El-Rufa'i thus:

"Listen, let me tell you- you know , you have three problems. Each one of them is enough of a problem by itself , but you have all the three. Your first problem is that you are very clever. People generally do not like clever people. You are clever . That alone will attract you enemies."

"But you have a second problem - your second problem is that you look clever. One look at your face and a person knows that this one is very clever, and that is a bigger problem. Look at me . In my time, I was not as clever as you are. I have gone through your grades in school. You are very bright. You got A's in high school , A's in A levels, first class honours. I did not go to University but I took my high school graduation exams a year in advance and I also got A's so I was also clever in school. But I am lucky - God gave me a not -so- clever face . People think I am stupid . So you can not look at me and know what is going on in my brain. But in your own case , you do not have that luck. You know what I do? I behave like a bushman. See what that has done to me. I am here , far smarter people than me are out there. There is nothing you can do about your face, but you can reduce the enemies you have by avoiding the the problem of being too clever."

"Your third problem - you speak clever, you act clever , you are impatient with people who are not as smart as you. You talk down to them. You do those things. So you have these these three problems... You are smart ; you look smart, talk and act smart. Many people will not like you. You must learn to look simple ,to be patient with people who can't think as fast as you . You must learn to talk less and listen more and agree even more with not -so- clever people. Unless you do that, you will continue to have problems and it is my duty to protect you, and develop you, because you are a good person..."-

The Accidental Public Servant (p.127).

Source : Yanusa

Eleven years ago the world watched Islamic State militants behead twenty one Christians on a Libyan beach. The victims included twenty Coptic workers from Egypt and one from Ghana. They refused to renounce Jesus despite certain death.

Images from the February fifteenth twenty fifteen executions shocked millions worldwide. Dressed in orange jumpsuits militants marched them to the shore near Sirte. Some cried out “Jesus help me” or “Lord Jesus Christ” in final moments.

The men could have lived by converting to Islam but chose Christ instead. Their courage inspires believers facing persecution today. Christians hail them as modern martyrs of the cross.

We honor their names so bravery endures:

• Bishoy Adel Khalaf
• Samuel Alhoam Wilson
• Hany Abdel-Masih Salib
• Melad Mackeen Zaki
• Abanoub Ayad Attia
• Ezzat Bushra Nassif
• Yousef Shokry Younan
• Kirillos Shukry Fawzy
• Majed Suleiman Shehata
• Samuel Stéphanos Kamel
• Malak Ibrahim Siniot
• Bishoy Stéphanos Kamel
• Mena Fayez Aziz
• Girgis Melad Sniout
• Tawadros Youssef Tawadros
• Essam Badr Samir
• Luke Ngati
• Jaber Mounir Adly
• Malak F***j Abram
• Sameh Salah Farouk
• Matthew Ayariga

Heavenly Father the world cannot grasp why these twenty one men stood firm. Believers see Christ on the cross as their perfect example of sacrifice. Thank you for sending Jesus to model life and death for truth. Comfort their families eleven years later and fill us with His humility and strength. In Jesus name Amen.

Philippians 2:8
Being found in fashion as a man He humbled Himself becoming obedient unto death even death of the cross.

Nigeria's second-richest man, Abdulsamad Isyaku Rabiu, yesterday appointed his first son and the heir to his vast wealth, Isyaku Abdulsamad Rabiu jnr, to the BUA Foods management team.

The media-shy young man was appointed as Chief Officer, Global Procurement and Strategic Operations for BUA Food.

Here is one favourite fact about the young man.

Abdulsamadu Samad Rabiu (Jr) is the richest young Nigerian within the age bracket of 20’s and 30’s.

The young man is currently worth N115.41 billion as of the end of January 2022.

In just one month in January, the young man quietly added 43 billion naira to his wealth.

How then, did the young man who is a Wizkid fan become this rich at such a relatively young age?

His father, Nigeria's second richest man, Rabiu Isyaku Abdulsamad, started a business group called the BUA Group in 1985 from scratch.

The group has a lot of investment in the country's economy and business sectors, with a focus on sugar, cement, ports, real estate, agricultural produce, oil, and mills. He also imports rice, edible oil, flour, and iron and steel products.

For those that did not know, Samad's dad is the owner of BUA Cement, the second-largest cement company in Nigeria after Dangote.

He also owns BUA foods.

Having grown the business from scratch to the global conglomerate that it is today, the founder listed two of his businesses, BUA Cement and BUA Foods, on the Nigerian stock exchange.

Because of his father’s generosity, Samad has 1.79 million direct stakes in BUA Foods, representing 9.96% of the company, courtesy of his father, who gifted the shares to him for free.

Together with his father, he owns a 99.8% controlling interest in BUA Cement.

So when you calculate the shares the young man has in their family business, BUA Foods and BUA Cement, it is currently worth 115 billion naira. (It should be more than this because of the astronomical rise in price of BUA foods over the years.)

At the moment, Rabiu Jnr is not allowing the enormous wealth he controls to influence him, as he is grounded (he is not even on Instagram) while doing his day job at the family business as the Executive Director of the food and agriculture arm of BUA Group, making him the youngest Executive Director in this part of the world before his recent promotion yesterday.

The Isyaku Naziru Rabiu Jr story reminds us again that you win the birth lottery when you are born into the right family and the right country.

Most importantly, talent is universal, but the opportunity to be a megabillionaire at this young age without lifting a finger is not available to everybody.

Chukwudi Iwuchukwu

He was an Imam in a mosque in Italy, living there with his family. He had a car, a house, a good salary – his life was set! He had both religious and worldly comforts.

One day, the same bug that often !nfects mullahs in India and Pakistan started crawling inside him.

The Imam got carried away during his Friday sermon.

He angr!ly declared that whoever doesn't believe in I$lam is an !nf!del, and it is obl!gatory to wage w@r aga!nst inf!dels.

You're living in their country, €ating & drinking there, and yet you're calling them inf!dels. Calling them infidels was one thing, but you're declaring w@r on them is other thing.

The Italian govt packed up his entire family's belongings & sent them back to Pakistan.

Now the Imam is unemployed & wandering around. 😂

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