MONTEÈCLAIRS TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE

...ibadan, Nigeria, 14.20hrs. The sun was shining with a vengeance that could only mean it had a misunderstanding with the clouds or some galaxial sky-mate   that fateful Friday afternoon. I managed to catch a bike eventually, only to get stuck in traffic moments later. Why? The Muslims were praying, their space wasn’t enough and then they blocked the entire market road with their mats. I was livid. Whatever happened to fundamental human rights! Blocking an entire ever-busy thoroughfare in the 21 st Century?...hmmm!        #i reserved my comments, for safety reasons# Minutes later, I was grateful to feel the cool breeze as i entered my bank with one mission, collect my ATM card & escape. The queue was discouraging but envisaged. It got to my turn (after ages on my feet) only to be told by the Customer Service Personnel (most comported i’ve ever met) that my card was being ‘Pouched’ from Lagos ...#my eyes grew bigger# ...after a cash deduction ...

Hello Homo, It shouldn’t be surprising that you’d hear from me on this matter, you’ve been on the news so much these days and your gist is rather interesting,  not strange, but gives me concern. I recently read someone’s life experience. Nneka had an excellent husband, good father, church worker, very meticulous, a gentleman or so she thought. They’d being married for 3 years, one day Kayode told Nneka he was having an affair. She wanted to pounce or do worse to him or the lady, until she heard it was with another man. Oh No! How do you fight with another man over your husband?  I ask you today, do you want to be free? The world in itself has become a mecca of addiction. Addictions have gone beyond alcoholism and substance abuse to addictive lifestyles of corruption, crime, homosexuality, ideological concepts, bestiality, pornography, nudity etc. All of which are dangerous to the health to start with. It’s so intense that very soon people will introduce themsel...

SAKA SAGA I don't know if its just me but i hardly ever took Saka (Hafeez Ayetoro) seriously perhaps because of the househelp roles or mannerisms that came with his body structure and stage character in nollywood , until i heard a rumour that he lectures in the theatre arts department of a higher institution in this 'obodo nigeria' . I bet you have seen the new MTN Port advert? Did you notice that the lead face Saka used to advertise for Etisalat? I Will be sharing with you what likely happened behind the scene to cause what you will call in developed nations "Brand Scandal" and I will relate it to our day to day situations of costly mistakes we make. Today's edition focuses on Relationships. His decision to port to MTN after a better 20million Naira deal gives us a vivid example of what happens between most single men and single ladies who will date each other for years but the guy/lady will refuse to seal the relationship with a marriage contract. My a...

Cute looked at his son,Jason, he was helpless. The doctors didn’t seem to have the answers and whatever they were doing didn’t seem to be working, not to mention the nurse (with the angry look) who had been acting busy. Of course all artiste activities, particularly his on-going tour of the country (which had gotten him an international invitation) had to naturally be rescheduled immediately he got wind of the hospitalization. The +Cute Sagay I know, who would take time to dress up (as if living up to his name 'CUTE') ,he would rub white/brown powder and even lip-gloss, was in no mood to even smile nor alert enough to perceive the ‘scent’ from his body & mouth ,having stayed up without changing for 2 days (even he wouldn’t have believed the sight if I’d videoed it…lol) Talk about the Love of a Father! Sadly though all the love he could offer seemed to do no good as he watch his son gradually slip away from earth. Tears filled his eyes, he couldn’t hide his emotion an...

i suddenly started seeing blackberry posts, broadcasts and display pictures....one phrase was prevalent, 'My Oga at the Top' ....it was almost annoying getting all the broadcasts until i saw the video which had gone viral....i'm sure you've seen it too. Despite how much we've seen and criticized this National show of shame, i bet there are some people who didn't know about NSCDC and still don't know the full meaning of 'NSCDC' , Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps nor the culprits name , Commandant Obafaiye Shem On seeing the video, i laughed, but i suddenly became really sad. Sad because it exposed the deplorable and appalling state of leadership in this country. By the way the Civil Defence is populated with old and retired police men, a few young people who probably couldn't get jobs, go to school or didn't qualify to be in the army (NB: this is purely based on personal observation during a prior stopover at their Alausa office) ...

OMG! Rose wouldn't let me be. Her wedding had barely come passed before she started pestering me to visit their new home. I lost drive when i heard the address, 'Ikorodu, after Mile 12 market! ha! I exclaimed'. It sounded so far to me but i knew i had to brave it one day or be pestered for eternity. This weekend was perfect, no one home at my place, school environs (big village named Ibadan) was boring, not to mention the sun roasting everyone as if in competition of being the Hottest-thing-in-space (dear Sun, you can stop showing off now , we know you're hot, really hot #winks#). So off i went to my friend's place, spent the weekend, had the privilege of worshiping in their church (won't tell the name, but it’s where role models are bred...oya guess na…lol ) and that's where i heard it... "(Paraphrasing) I’m a lover of football; I’m intrigued by the science of 22 people chasing a ball in a field to achieve a goal, intrigued by the mathematics empl...

FORGIVENESS: Lick It Up Doing the dishes days after, i got thinking about the events of the February 24 th , 2013 edition of ‘Worship Unscripted’   by Toyin & Friends especially the last theme, ‘Lover of my Soul’ and my testimony of God’s loving rescue, the Holy Spirit dropped a word in my heart , ‘Forgiveness’.   I searched within asking, ‘Forgiveness ?! Lord, what do you want me to share?’ He reminded me of an incident when i was about 12 years old living with a relative. One day the fridge was leaking, my uncle called my attention and said, ‘ see that water there, lick it up’ . Immediately, i went to get a rag and bowl to clean it up. Then my cousin came out of nowhere and stopped me, ‘What are you doing?, he asked’. ‘I want to clean up the water na ’ ‘No o! Is that what daddy said? He said you should lick it up, what do use for licking, oya lick it...’ Ah ah! I was bewildered, no appalled...