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Popularity versus Capacity—Peter Obi and Yele Sowore in Nigeria’s 2023 Election.

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For the very few people that knew me from a very young age, it has always been obvious to them that Babaolowo is a different breed of human. Growing up without a silver spoon as never been an excuse for greed or opportunistic lifestyle, I have always employed the use of my own wits and depended largely on my capacity to think and identify what is value and what is not, and for this I have been...

Diary of a Limitless Employee

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Whatever your hands find to do is more than enough for the season you are currently in so do it well, but don’t be satisfied with doing what you have well, be committed to building yourself as well because most of the time, the knowledge you need to do what you do now is not enough for what the future requires. You’ve used your past to prepare for now, use your now to prepare for a future you...

Diary of a Limitless Employee

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It is important to dream, it is more important to stay awake while you dream because going to sleep might present you a semblance of your dream, but being awake will definitely keep you moving towards the dream. I am awake, and still walking towards the dreams I had awake. #StayWoke

Diary of a Limitless Employee

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GETTING A JOB IS A JOB – Chapter2 Getting a job is indeed a job that requires years of learning and honing of skills to near perfection, but the job indeed is not the job, it is the preparation, the journey to the destination where an opportunity is never unexpected. – Abidemi Babaolowo Oderinlo The first time I learnt that “getting a job is a job” was in 2010 during our very own NYSC...

Diary of a Limitless Employee

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THE JOURNEY THAT NEVER BEGAN – Chapter1 “The journey that never began actually did began; it only didn’t start the way you wanted it. The paths are never as straight as you want it so follow the path before you and keep your goal in sight; it will take you there.” –Abidemi Babaolowo Oderinlo PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT The stories I am about share on this journey are true stories...

The Origin of God

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In the Beginning I once imagined I had an encounter with God and I’d like to share it with you. I had a fever, my body temperature was hitting the roof and it was as if my skin was being pried open with needles; somehow, I drifted into a sleep on the saggy sofa in my father’s living room and by the time I woke up, I was drenched in my own sweat. Oh! I actually had a dream, but it was one of those...

TRUE YAHOO! STORIES… EPISODE 2

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True Yahoo! Stories… (UNLEASHED) Apparently, I have been away from here for a couple of weeks now because of that thing they call “Mental Block” or should I call it “Early Life Crisis”? (I’m still very young biko!). I’ve actually been in a secondary purdah trying to figure out a whole lot of me, and how to become a better me lately, a whole world of things creating a whole level of shink in...

TRUE YAHOO! STORIES… EPISODE 1

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True Yahoo! Stories… (Beyond borders) After so many failed attempt attempts to gain admission into UNILAG (even before I wrote that GCE that led to my becoming a Yahoo! Boy), I’d become responsible for myself in so many ways and was already in total consciousness of what it means to be a man. The only thing I probably do at home is wake up in the morning, do my assigned chores, take my bath...