LordGideon

21/04/2024

Sometimes it's not what you said. It's how you said it.

17/04/2024

On a norm, a man left to his whims and caprices will falter. What is checking you?

15/04/2024

In whatever clime, it is difficult to take one serious who does not take you serious.
Clear?

11/04/2024

People will not hang around you because you're a good person. People will hang around you because they get value for it.

10/04/2024

Don't be quick to conclude that what you heard was what I said.👂🏽

31/03/2024

http://lordgideon.blogspot.com/2024/03/dollar-for-money_31.html

Do you know that you can have plenty of money and still go hungry? You can be in water and still be thirsty. The U.S dollar fo...

10/01/2024

07/01/2024

Each moment
Each passing time
Each season
Should draw (and they do) us to our maker
In the light of His template for our make
Borne in the burdens and visions we bear
Furnished us by His spirit divine
Not in annual resolutions
Not necessarily in the metric measurements
In 30s and 365s
The tributaries of this sublative sojourn
Pours into the boundless ecstasy of eternity
When we sleep.

04/12/2023

It is easier to stay popular than it is to stay relevant.

24/11/2023

There are things that people do, and the only thing that make them see sense in it is that they are the ones doing them.

10/11/2023

You can make all the sense in the world, and yet lose the people you need. Don't argue.

04/11/2023

FREE WILL DONATION
While we dispensed the scholarship money for the kids in the primary school, a brother reached out to me trying to find out how he could also help a few kids in the secondary (UBE) section.

We found out from our research (a discussion with the Principal) that the students pay =N=4,700.

The brother decided to to pay for four people and has sent me =N=20, 000.

Working with the school management, we have also gotten the four 4 kids for whom this money will cover the fees this term. The beneficiaries are

JSS 1 Divine Azubike
JSS 2 John Augustine
JSS 3 Adakole Thompson and
Oyifioda Promise

This is however not part of the earlier scholarship but a donation. Parents who have paid for their wards this term should ensure the properly check the records and formalise the arrange for a roll-over to subsequent terms.

We will send this money this weekend for delivery on Monday or anytime next week.
We pray that God will continue to bless the give who want to remain anonymous.

We also appreciate our ambassadors who have been representing us at the school.

We also call all Akpegede sons and daughters home and abroad to support us on this project so we can do more. We specially solicit for your kind support to carry out the KIDS' CARNIVAL.

God bless you all.

Long live Akpegede
Long live Akpegede Youths Forum

04/11/2023

AKPEGEDE YOUTHS FORUM
DECEMBER PROJECT (ONE)
AKPEGEDE KIDS’ CARNIVAL
One of the projects we intend to carry out this year December is KIDS' CARNIVAL; a funfair aimed at making the festive period of Christmas and New Year eventful and memorable especially for the children from the ages of 12 downwards.

This event is basically calculated at creating an avenue to keep these young ones from vices as is common at this period by creating a platform that will encourage a fruitful engagement of their talents in dance, recitation, singing, current affairs, games and other activities that will task them mentally and physically. It will also create a fruitful time for families to bond.

We intend to give out fantastic gifts to all participants in the games in which all will be given a chance to participate.

THE DATE FOR THIS EVENT IS 26TH DECEMBER, 2023.

Materials needed for this event include:
1. DJ for music
2. Drinks
3. Biscuits (different qualities, sizes and varieties),
4. Books
5. Toys
6. Jotters
7. Socks
8. sweets
9. Milk
10. Noodles
11. Book
12. Drinks(varieties)
13. Tooth brushes/paste
14. Biro/pencils/erasers
Many other gift items you can think of.

We intend to have a Bouncing castle for the children to have a fun of their lives.

Our budget for this event is set at =N=200, 000 for now.

There have been a concern that this amount will not be enough if we are to have the bouncing castle.

However, we are believing that Akpegede sons and daughters, home and abroad would donate to us some of the materials outlined above to help us actualize this project.

We are therefore appealing to you to donate freely drinks and juice, cartons of biscuits, packs of sweets, gifts items, pens, pencils, noodles and many other gift items we have not mentioned here.

This can be done in cash to our account numbers which we will provide here.

We also encourage our members take this personal by talking directly to well-meaning individuals to donate towards this course whatever amount they can afford.

You can send your cash donations to:
Account number: 2229328051
Account name: AKPEGEDE YOUTH FORUM
Bank. United Bank for Africa (UBA)

For easy access, you can also send to my personal account:
Account number: 0025243798
Account name: Igbetua Gideon O.
Bank Access Bank.

Thank you for your support and cooperation as usual.
Long live Akpegede
Long live Akpegede Youths Forum.

01/11/2023

Soul&Sounds

23/10/2023

Even if it is something that you love doing, you will see that 'doing it', especially doing it well is not all pleasures.

20/10/2023

My friend, go and love yourself!

14/10/2023

No matter how much you know about how to do something, when you start, you'll get to know there's a huge difference between knowing how to do something and doing something.

10/10/2023

You may know all there is to know about how to do a thing and still NEVER do it.
Respect people who DO things.

09/10/2023

THEM SAY
A group of concerned citizens took so much pain to meet one of my sisters-in-law who, they claimed her husband was flirting around with a beautiful lady.

They were very apprehensive because this kind of news could tear a family apart if not well handled. Meanwhile all of them but my sister were divorcees, not by their own makings but as a result of circumstances beyond their controls.

The said victim was a big fashion designer with many employees and apprentices so she had no time to know what her husband does out there or what was going on in town. It must take caring friends like these ones to save her from an impeding doom.

Considering the delicate nature of their mission, they schemed a wonderful means to communicate the message. They begged their friend to spare them an hour of one of her always busy days to take her out as she had been a faithful tailor, a loyal customer for over ten years.

On the day agreed date, they took her to one of the most exquisite restaurants in town. Orders were made each person’s favourite dish. She kept wondering what the occasion was as she had just celebrated her 40th birthday but they made sure to throw in the appropriate jokes or gist to divert her attention.

When they had had enough fun, Lucy tried to break the news to her.
Ehen… my dear...
Her eyes popped open as Lucy gestured towards her.
You know we have been customer for over a decade… even before that, you and I have been friends since way back. I want to...

“My dear, this this thing is simple. No be something wey you go stammer, come de choke on top… tell her. After all who is she supposed to hear it from?” Meg cut in.
She is known to say things as she sees them, or rather as the come to her thought and regret or apologise for them later if need be. Her friends call her leaking mouth behind her back 😂

By this time, her mouth hung open and her hands were mid-air in bewilderment. Her eye balls rolled from one of the friends to another as she wondered who would finally break the news to her.

“Do you know Ije?“ Lucy picked up her line again.
“Nope! Who’s that? “

"Well, she… she’s a young girl. Look, I’ve been trying to tell you this but it’s hard… So as I was saying, Ije is a young girl, not bad in looks but she’s got knuckle knees." The three friends laughed but their guest was getting tensed up by the suspense.

Look, sorry if I offend you. Your husband has been flirting with this girl from the College of Education. They’ve been seen at City restaurant, Dunken Pepper, Liyafa Palace in blue, teal green, red... In fact, they've been painting the town red. It’s no news but you’ve been rather too busy.

Silence fell on the room. Lucy held her head in her two hands and Jane looked the other way. The one minute of silence felt like forever. Then, the guest did the most surprising thing. She sighed deeply. Opened the water bottle on the table, drank heavily and sighed again. The friends were waiting for the appropriate response.

She started by apologising to them.
"I have seen the uneasiness on your faces but if this is what you have been finding hard to tell me, it means I have been a bad friend."

“Well, let me ask you a question.”
They gazed in amazement.

"If you keep taking “egusi” every day, won’t you get tired of it? In my humble opinion, he who eats “egusi” should sometimes try okra or “Ogbono”soup sometimes no matter how sweet the egusi may taste.
You see? Just let my sweet husband enjoy himself."

Please know how you respond to hear-say oo😅😅😅😅

04/10/2023

Nothing moves this young generation except what moves them.

23/09/2023

To be a father and to have a child or children are two different things.