7 THINGS THAT CAN MAKE YOU BROKE FASTER THAN VILLAGE PEOPLE

Forget jazz, forget enemies from the village—some of you are going broke at lightning speed, and it’s not because of witchcraft. Your own lifestyle is the real problem!

If you're always wondering "Who is eating my money?"—relax, Oga. The answer is you.

BRUTAL THREAD:

1. CHASING EVERY WOMAN YOU SEE

You think you're James Bond, moving from one fine girl to another, sponsoring their hair, nails, and data? Brother, you are your own Yahoo boy.

One babe says “I need urgent 2K”—you send.

Another one says “My rent is due”—you pay.

Next thing, your account balance is calling for GoFundMe.

Meanwhile, the same girls are in group chats laughing at you: “This guy dey try sha.”

Solution: Stop being an ATM with no PIN code. Focus on one woman or yourself first.

2. LIVING LIKE A BIG BOY WHEN YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE IS SHOUTING HELP

Your salary is 50K, but you're in clubs ordering Hennessy like Davido. You don’t even have a car, but you're buying drinks for strangers—WHO SENT YOU?

Rich men are saving, you are spraying money.

Dangote is investing, you are doing “Odogwu” at the bar.

Elon Musk is buying companies, you are buying bottles for slay queens who don’t know your surname.

When the landlord comes for rent, you’ll start saying “Boss, abeg, things hard.”

Solution: Cut down on fake luxury. Even Jeff Bezos wears simple T-shirts. Be wise.

3. SENDING MONEY TO FAMILY LIKE CBN

Your uncle calls: “We need money for burial.”
Your aunt calls: “No food in the house.”
Your younger brother: “School fees.”

Now your account is empty, but when you need help? Nobody picks your call.

Oga, you are not the Minister of Finance. Even government doesn’t share free money like you do!

Solution: Learn to say NO sometimes! Help when you can, but don’t let family turn you into their personal budget.

4. ALWAYS BUYING THE LATEST PHONE TO IMPRESS WHO?

Last month, you were using iPhone 12.
This month, you saw iPhone 15 Pro Max and sold your kidney to buy it.
Next month, iPhone 16 Ultra Mega Max will drop—what will you sell next? Your destiny?

Meanwhile, the person you’re trying to impress is using Tecno Pop 5 and doesn’t care.

Solution: If your current phone is working, rest. Your future is more important than “Dynamic Island.”

5. FALLING FOR EVERY FAKE INVESTMENT SCHEME

They told you "Invest 50K, get 500K in 2 days."

You ran like Bolt, deposited your money.

Now, they’ve blocked you, and you’re writing epistles on Facebook: “Dear Nigerians, beware of fraudsters!”

Oga, they didn’t scam you, you scammed yourself!

Any investment that sounds like magic money is a Ponzi scheme in disguise.

Solution: If you don’t understand the business, don’t put your money there. Learn to invest wisely!

6. GOING BROKE JUST TO IMPRESS SOCIAL MEDIA

Your house rent is due, but you're buying designer shoes to take pictures for Instagram. Who told you “likes and comments” can pay rent?

You posted “Soft life only.”

But in real life, you’re trekking and borrowing money for food.

If your phone falls, you’ll cry because you can’t afford to fix it.

Solution: Stop forming fake rich life. Invest first, flex later.

7. BEING TOO LAZY TO MAKE MORE MONEY

You sit at home, scrolling Facebook from morning till night, complaining: “No job, Nigeria is hard.”

Meanwhile, opportunities are passing you by! Are you expecting an angel to drop money from the sky?

People are making money online—you are watching TikTok videos all day.

People are learning skills—you are arguing about football.

People are opening businesses—you are waiting for your rich uncle to die so you can inherit land.

Solution: Get up and hustle! Even the Bible says “A lazy man shall not eat.”

BOTTOM LINE:

If you're always broke, stop blaming village people. Your habits are the real witchcraft!

Live within your means.

Invest before you flex.

Stop impressing people who don’t care.

Make smart financial decisions.

If this post hit you hard, don’t cry. Just change your ways!

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"My name is Kanayo O. Kanayo, but my real name is Anayo Modestus Onyekwere. I was born in Mbaise, Imo State, and I grew up in a humble home. Life was not easy, but I was determined to succeed.

In 1992, I got my big break in Nollywood with the movie Living in Bondage. That movie changed my life. People loved my acting, especially my role as a wealthy man involved in rituals. After that, I became famous for playing ritualist roles in movies like Blood Money and Rituals. Many people even believed I was a ritualist in real life! But I was just a good actor.

Even with my success in Nollywood, I wanted more. So, I went back to school to study Law. In 2020, I became a lawyer. Now, I balance my career as both an actor and a lawyer.

My message to young people is simple: Work hard, stay focused, and never stop learning. Say no to exam malpractice! Education is the key to success."

— Kanayo O. Kanayo

STORY SERIES - Growing Together

Aisha and Kunle came from two different worlds—she was raised in a disciplined academic household, where structure and knowledge were everything, while he grew up in the bustling streets of Lagos, learning the art of mechanics from his late father. They met by chance, two souls from different paths drawn to each other in a way neither could fully explain.

Their love wasn’t a fairy tale—it was raw, real, and at times, frustrating. They disagreed often. Aisha was a deep thinker, always lost in books, while Kunle found joy in working with his hands, fixing engines, and finding practical solutions to life’s problems. He loved the noise and energy of the streets, while she craved the stillness of quiet evenings.

At first, their differences felt like obstacles. Aisha couldn’t understand Kunle’s fascination with machines, and Kunle didn’t see why Aisha would spend hours reading instead of engaging with the world. Their arguments were frequent, but so were their efforts to understand each other.

One evening, Aisha walked into Kunle’s workshop, the scent of grease and metal filling the air. She watched him work, the way his hands moved with precision, the passion in his eyes as he explained how an engine comes to life. She listened, truly listened, and for the first time, she saw beauty in his craft.

Kunle, in turn, picked up a book Aisha loved and struggled through its pages. He didn't always understand the deep metaphors she adored, but he wanted to see the world through her eyes.

Through patience and compromise, they found balance. Aisha learned to enjoy an occasional night out with Kunle’s friends, and he, in turn, learned the peace that came from a quiet evening under the stars. They didn’t try to change each other but instead chose to evolve together.

On their fifth anniversary, as they sat under the old mango tree in their village, watching the sunset paint the sky in warm hues, Aisha leaned her head on Kunle’s shoulder and smiled. “Love isn’t about being perfect,” she whispered. “It’s about choosing to grow together.”

Kunle squeezed her hand and, with a soft chuckle, replied, “And I’ll keep growing with you, always.”

Moral Lesson:

Love isn’t about finding someone perfect; it’s about choosing to grow, compromise, and evolve with each other despite differences. True love isn’t without challenges, but it flourishes when both partners are willing to learn, adjust, and support each other’s journey.

LIFE IS NOT SUBJECT TO CHANCE; IT IS SUBJECT TO TRUTHS.

In the village of Iduu, two young men, Chijioke and Tunde, had different views about life. Chijioke believed that success was purely based on luck, while Tunde believed that hard work and honesty were the keys to a good life.

Chijioke spent his days playing games and waiting for a miracle to change his life. He often said, “One day, luck will shine on me.” Meanwhile, Tunde worked diligently as an apprentice under a carpenter, learning the trade and saving money to start his own business.

One day, Chijioke heard of a rich man who became wealthy through gambling. Inspired, he spent all his money playing betting games, hoping for instant riches. But luck never favored him, and he lost everything.

On the other hand, Tunde remained consistent. After years of learning and working hard, he opened his own business line. His honesty and skill brought him many customers, and soon, he became one of the most successful men in Iduu.

One day, a frustrated and penniless Chijioke asked Tunde, “How did you become so rich while I am still struggling?”

Tunde smiled and said, “Life does not favor chance; it favors truth. The truth is that success comes from effort, discipline, and wisdom—not blind luck.”

To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.

Achalugo, if Odogwu Panaran decides to support your business or equip you with skills, are you prepared?

If an opportunity that would help you to create wealth arises, are you prepared for it?

Making money begins with a mindset shift, where you tell yourself it's time to start preparing by learning skills, starting a business, being serious with your studies, taking action, and being committed with anything that you are doing .

When preparations meet opportunity, it leads to success.

If you don't have a skill or business now, start preparing.

Write down the things you want to learn or do; your aim and strategy.

If it's something you can start by practicing on YouTube, start now.

If it requires a physical office, do a market survey and know what the shop rent costs.

Prepare as if the opportunity is around.

There are men who can support and develop a woman; don't be a type that will be confused on what to do, when you meet someone like that.

You need to have ideas, skills, a career that can be invested in, and the strength to do it, so that the business won’t flop.

Achalugo, even if you don’t have a sustainable source of living now, have ideas that can create wealth.

#Lekwa princess ijeoma ✍🏾
#TheVoice

DIRTY SCHOOL GIRL
EPISODE 3.

© ELVIS.

When Maika and her crew learned that the prince had fallen in love with her, they assigned one of the girls to tell the prince that Jenifer used black magic to pass her exams. The allegations were justified by the fact that the charm was annihilated during the school party and she was never going to take first in class again.

The prince was not convinced because his love for her was unbearable. So he told the girl that if Jenifer didn't come first, he was going to believe them and then try to forget about her.

So Maika and her friends decided to work hard not only to prove their point but to get the attention of the Prince.

Jenifer never knew they had disgraced her before the entire school just for a common rumor. She had no friend, and no one cared to alert her that the prince was in love with her and the other girls were trying to persuade him to hate her.

The Prince wanted to ask her but thought she was going to renew the charm. She knew they hated her, when she found out that the bully girls had formed study groups, she knew they wanted to defy her position.

The fury of what conspired at the campus social feast, made her determined to tripple her studies. She read and slept memorizing and got up early to read before doing her morning duties.

She had understood the game and was wishing to receive a scholarship. The scholarships always came through the presidential degree. That was her hope and she was seriously working hard to maintain her position.

Everyone knew she was going to fail because she had changed her old gown but it was still an oversized school uniform. Just because of her dirtiness, she drew the attention of everyone. Though it was hate, the only one the other girls admired got attracted to her. The very reason they were burning with rage. And so they had to prove her wrong through school results.

She was ignorantly working hard and for the first time the entire crew of the bully girls was seriously bent on their books studying. Just because they wanted to impress the prince and steal him from Jennifer.

She came from a poor background, that is why she never wanted to disappoint her single mum. She was the only hope she had. It was an academic war that was going on.

One day when they were in class, a student stood right in front of the class and jabbered,

"I will see how those who use 'Juju' to pass their exams and be first in this class will succeed this time."

The class started Murmuring, while the prince wondered if black magic could make someone pass his exams. He had watched Jenifer and she was a very serious and devoted student. One thing about her was that she never gave the wrong answers even if the teacher asked a question to her by surprise.

"We were taught that history is the study of past events. What is the use of history in our present events and future?"

"As for me I don't know but if I had to respond to that I will say, from our past mistakes we can correct our future. Politicians use references from the past to lead the people,"

"If you are able to think out of the box then it means you are a clever girl. What is the secret of your success?"

"From the very first day school started learning and studying. I believe everyday is an examination day. Where i come from i don't have to fail," she justified and the prince was curious,

"Why can't you fail?"

"It is because it is not easy for my mother to afford paying my school fees. If I fail, it means I don't know what she went through before paying my school fees."

That was the first day the prince spoke to her and the impression he had was different from the rumors that circulate about Jenifer.

To be continued…

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18 COSTLY MISTAKES THAT HUSBANDS MAKE

1. WORKING SO HARD AT YOUR JOB/BUSINESS BUT NOT IN YOUR MARRIAGE
Men, your company, your career, and your business are growing and flourishing because you lead them; your marriage will grow and flourish when you lead it and dedicate time to it.

2. THINKING THAT FLIRTING WITH OTHER WOMEN IS NOT CHEATING
You may not physically sleep with other women, but emotionally cheating is also unfaithfulness. Receiving nude images and having phone intimacy with other women is also cheating. Talking suggestively and attracting temptations is also cheating. If you are a flirt, flirt with your wife. If you claim your wife is too rigid, treat her well, and she will respond to your kinky ways. She also wants intimate pleasure and to feel wanted.

3. BEING GENEROUS OUTSIDE AND STINGY AT HOME
Don't be the husband who quickly says yes when other people ask for help, for your time and your money, but stingy to your wife and child/children. Your family comes first. Don't go to harambees contributing large sums, helping out people because you want to have a good public image yet to your family you deprive and deny.

4. THINKING THAT SHOWING LOVE IS AN UNMANLY THING
When you were dating and courting, you were romantic and thoughtful; but now that you are married, you wrongly think showing love is beneath you. If you truly love your wife, tell her, she needs to hear it. Warm her heart. Romance her. Date your wife. Her being a wife doesn't mean she doesn't need to feel loved. Real men show their love. God is a loving God. If God doesn't find showing love as something beneath Him, who are you to shun showing affection yet you are created in the image of God?

5. THROWING MONEY AND GIFTS AT PROBLEMS
When your wife and kids get concerned about you spending much time away from home, when you are told you are not doing what you are supposed to; change, improve. Don't throw money and gifts at them to silence them. They want your time and presence, not lifeless things.

6. ADMIRING OTHER WOMEN MORE THAN YOUR WIFE
If you find other women better looking than your wife, work on your wife. Nourish her with compliments, buy her clothes you think she'd look good in, take her shopping, pamper her, love her up till she glows. Go to the gym with her. Jog with her.

7. WASTING YOUR FAMILY MONEY ON MEANINGLESS THINGS
Stop wasting your family money on alcohol, drugs, prostitutes, strippers, and addictions. Invest that money in your family, the future of your child/children. Even if you are a super wealthy man, you can find other ways to have fun that contributes positively to your family life. You can channel your money into more honorable things like supporting your parents, your siblings, the less fortunate, and the needs of society. You don't have to be unfaithful and reckless just because you have lots of money.

8. JUSTIFYING PORNOGRAPHY
Pornography is lusting after other women on videos and images. This is actually cheating because you are desiring other women, not your wife. This also lays the ground for future acts of unfaithfulness. Because you see no harm in desiring strange women on videos and pictures, soon you will see no harm in desiring women in the streets, at work, in your neighborhood; then you might actually sleep with another woman.

9. THINKING THAT BEING THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY MEANS BEING A DICTATOR
This is what makes some husbands beat up their wives, abuse them, sit on them, and hinder their progress. Your wife is not your junior but your partner, she is one with you. Hurting her is hurting you. She is not your competitor, celebrate her progress. Being head doesn't mean your word is law or that you treat your wife as a slave. In fact, because you are the head you should serve more, give more and humble yourself to make sure your wife and child/children are doing well.

10. IGNORING YOUR WIFE'S ADVICE
Don't hide things from your wife. Engage her in making family decisions, you are stronger when you move as a team. Your wife has sharp instincts and she will help you navigate through life's issues.

11. BEING TOO PROUD TO SAY SORRY OR TO LISTEN
You are capable of doing wrong, and when you do wrong, admit it. Problems don't get solved when you deny them. You are not perfect. Learn to say sorry to your wife and child/children. By refusing to say sorry, you are showing your wife you are insensitive and that will hurt her and damage the mood at home. Sometimes all a woman needs is for you to say, "I am sorry." Be open to learning and being corrected. Far too many men are ruining their homes because of pride.

12. ABANDONING YOUR SPIRITUAL ROLE
You are to lead your family, even spiritually. Don't neglect this role and leave it for your wife alone. Your wife needs your prayers, she needs you to walk with her in God. Your child/children need to see you living for God, praying, and teaching them about God. You say you want a Godly household, well, be an actively Godly husband and father.

13. TAKING YOUR JOB TITLE HOME
Whether you are a C.E.O, Manager, Director, or an award-winning professional, once you get home or are with your wife and family, put away your title. Play your role as husband and father. Don't treat your wife and children like subordinates, lording over them. The home is a place of love, not a place for orders, restrictions, pressure, and intimidation.

14. HIDING YOUR FAILURES
In case things don't go well, you get fired, you get retrenched, or you make a bad decision; share it with your wife, don't hide it trying to project a fake image of 'everything is alright'. Your wife is there for you, she will walk with you. Share with her your weaknesses and failures. Love will always win.

15. WORRYING MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR MALE FRIENDS OR PARENTS THINK THAN PLEASING YOUR FAMILY
Don't let your friends or parents run your marriage. Don't let your friends negatively influence you by mocking you that you are being sat on by your wife or wrongly advise you to be tough on your wife just to prove you are man enough. A true friend is a friend to your marriage. Your parents might mean well but might drive a wedge between you and your wife. You left your father and mother to be one with your wife. Defend your home.

16. BEING INTIMATELY SELFISH
Your wife has intimate needs too. Don't just seek your own gratification and then sleep or leave her unsatisfied. Fulfill her physically. Kiss her, touch her, embrace her, massage her, stimulate her, explore her body, evoke her passion, make her tremble, give her every sensual pleasure. She is devoted to you, and no other can fulfill this role like you can. Make sure she's fulfilled, and she'll reciprocate. Your responsibility is to arouse her and satisfy her intimately. A passionately engaged wife is a content wife and fosters a harmonious home. Make love to her.

17. LETTING HER BE THE PARENT ALONE
When she gets pregnant, don't abandon her. Walk with her as she carries your child. After birth, be proactive in teaching, mentoring, and guiding your child/children. Stop the nonsense of when the child does wrong, the child is your wife's; when the child does well, you are a proud father.

18. FAILING TO PREPARE YOUR CHILD/CHILDREN FOR YOUR SUCCESSION
When you start a business, involve your child/children. Let your wife know of your properties, assets, and ventures. Prepare your children's future. Write a will. Share information, don't keep things in the dark. Too much unnecessary confusion plagues families because of lack of preparation in your marriage.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR KIDS BUILD CONFIDENCE
1. Celebrate their efforts not just achievements.
2. Let them make age- appropriate decisions.
3. Encourage them to try new things.
4. Teach them that mistakes are part of learning.
5. Be specific when praising them.
6. Show confidence in their abilities.
7. Help them set and achieve small goals.
8. Avoid comparing them to others.
9. Give them responsibilities to build independence.
10. Model self-confidence in your own actions.
11. Listen to their ideas and opinions.
12. Support their passions no matter how small.
13. Encourage problem solving instead of giving all their answers.
14. Create a self space where they feel hard and valued .
15. Teach them to speak up for themselves.
16. Help them identify their strengths.
17. Give them opportunities to succeed on their own.
18. Teach resilience by showing how to bounce back.
19. Encourage positive self talk.
20. Let them know its okay to ask for help.

MARRY YOUR MATE

6 MATES YOU MUST MARRY!

One of the ways your marriage will not add to the rate of divorce in our world today is for you to marry your mate and if you are married already, make your spouse your mate!
You see that statement of ' Am I your mate?' does not apply in marriage. You must marry your mate. I will like to talk on seven dimensions you and the person you want to marry or you have married must be mate.

1. #MARRY_YOUR_SPEAKING_MATE: Marry someone you can speak together and understand each other. Communication is very crucial in marriage. Don't marry someone that, when you are saying 'A' he or she will be saying ' Z' Once their is dichotomy in your speaking and understanding level, you can't enjoy that marriage. So many men go to bar to hang out with friends and gist till 11pm because they know their wives can't engage in any meaningful intellectual discussion. So many women too prefer to hang out with their friends, because they know their husbands mentality when it comes to vital issues and discussions is very low. Marry your speaking Mate.

2. #MARRY_YOUR_SCHOOL_MATE:
By this I mean, marry someone you can learn together and improve together. Don't marry ' Mr Know all' or 'Miss Know all'. Don't marry someone who is rigid and not open to new ideas, new ways of doing things, or new innovations. Marriage is a great institution. From day one till death do you part, you will keep learning. Marry your 'school' mate; someone who is ready to learn with you.

3. #MARRY_YOUR_SPIRITUAL_MATE: Marriage is not just a social union. It is also a spiritual union. Marry someone who knows the same God you know. Don't marry someone who's believe of God is different from yours. Two can't work together except they be agreed ( Amos 3:3, Joshua 23: 11-15, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18). The spiritual controls the physical, even in marriage. Check for spiritual compatibility in that person you want to marry.

4. #MARRY_YOUR_SPENDING_MATE: Don't marry someone who is stingy. There are so many expenses to cater for in marriage. A stingy guy in courtship won't suddenly become a generous husband in marriage. Don't marry a lady that has the financial philosophy of ' My husband's money is our money, but my money is my money'. Marry someone who believes in dignity of labour , who is ready to work, not a lazy fellow who just want to be a consumer and not a contributor. Marry someone who is ready to spend and be spent for the growth and success of the family.

5. #MARRY_YOUR_SEX_MATE: Marry someone you have sexual feelings for. Sexual feeling is not a sin. It is an instinct God put in every person. Sex plays a major role in the success of any marriage. Any man you don't have emotional feelings for, don't marry the person. If you don't have emotional feelings for that lady, leave her alone. A spiritual being is also a sexual being. No matter how spiritual you both may be in your marriage, you won't be praying for 24 hours in a day. You won't be reading the Bible or worshipping God 24/7. You will have sex! You will romance! You will flirt with each other! You will make babies. So, marry someone you can connect with sexually. It will help you to enjoy your marriage so much!

6. #MARRY_YOUR_SOCIAL_MATE: Don't marry someone you won't be proud to go out with. Don't marry someone you will be feeling shy to introduce to people with boldness. Marry someone you are comfortable to hang out with. Marry someone you are socially compatible with. Don't marry an anti- social person.
You might be wondering if your can find all the 'mates' in one person. Yes! The answer is YES! You don't need to marry 6 guys/ladies to have all these mates. One person can be all that for you. If you also work on yourself and build your life, you can be all that for the guy/lady that will marry you.
The promise of God for you is this : 'Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.' (Isaiah 34:16).
Say it loud and clear 'I shall not lack a mate!'
I hope this blessed someone reading?