by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 7, 2024 | Life Lessons
One Saturday in March 2022, I went to a gas station to buy some diesel. I had checked almost five filling stations before I finally got one that had the product. However, the queue for diesel was quite long. I got out of my car, brought out my kegs, as we call them,...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 24, 2024 | Election, Life Lessons
I think it was around 1989 or 1990. It was the Holy Ghost Convention of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries, led by the then Reverend Francis Wale Oke (now Bishop Francis Wale Oke). That was one conference that always made Ibadan and many parts of the South West stand...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 17, 2024 | Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
It’s time to go back to the basics. We have to go back to that old landmark where we let people know that working hard and growing progressively should be the norm. Parents, preachers, and leaders of our communities need to emphasise that unexplained or sudden...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 3, 2024 | General, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
Whatever you’re going through today is preparing you for the future. Joseph was thrown into a dungeon. He heard as people negotiated for him. That was his introduction to negotiation–a skill that would greatly help him when he became the Prime Minister years...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Apr 26, 2024 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
I still remember this story very vividly today even though it happened in 2006 or thereabouts. Our overall boss who was addressed as the Chief Marketing Officer then let out a short scream in his office and charged out. We all wondered what the trouble was. We ran...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Mar 19, 2024 | Conversations, Life Lessons
The initial meeting was brief as Mrs Xtiana Ojo and I saw him off to his vehicle after last week’s Afenifere Oyo meeting. He told us he was just recovering from an illness and that he was robbed. I was alarmed. Are we so godless that we now rob octogenarians? As...
