SKINNIES

A MAN-MONSTER          I left church around 3am after vigil on that Friday. Though, I would be going for a screening by 7:30am in the morning, that was not the reason for leaving at that time.  I left because it was my style.      Before and after then, our pastor had always implored us not to leave the church immediately after the vigil. It was as though my ears were deaf to his appeals. Of course, that was not the first time I would be leaving the church around 3am. My first experience proffered me huge confidence that kept me entangled to the style. I walked in the pace of a running athlete that day but was not even challenged by anyone.      So, on that Friday too, I bounced out of the church like a maggot sprawling out of an overripe Agbalumo . I took my usual route; a street named after one rich Alhaji . The man had gifted the street sufficient streetlights earlier that year, so everywhere ...

*Unveil 21.* ✨ Leadership: Consider it this weekend. As a young person, prioritize *Self-Commitment*. ✨ What do you say about Leadership? It is work. It is for the bold. It is for the strong. It is for only the first-borns in the family. It is for the well-dressed. The liberal. The tall ones. The frowny-faced ones. The hefty ones. The thick-voiced ones. The ones with a suitcase of academic certificates. Then there's you: none of the above. some of the above. all of the above. but you still are not a leader. Why? Fear. Ignorance. Lack of self-belief. Irresponsibility, probably. Look, while leadership by merit may be involved, the first port of leadership is to battle those above-mentioned four. Fear is only for the faint-hearted. The righteous are as bold and audacious as a lion. Fear of responsibility & accountability and the burdens of leadership is the most limiting experience a man can ever give himself. Yes. Give himself. Now, the best way to be responsible is t...

IS HE READY ?, IS SHE READY?, ARE WE READY?      I may lack experience in this aspect I am about to delve into and so, you may see this as a not so good write up and may not take this write-up as not useful. This is because we are all so locked up with the archaic mentality that experience is the best teacher. But, let me bring to our understanding that, although I lack personal experience, I have little experience from real life scenes and some from written content of other  peoples experience.So, let me share the little I have learnt.      To begin with, it is always wise to learn from people’s experience than to be an experience yourself so, do not be fooled by the quote experience is the best teacher.  Marriage in recent times has proven to be an issue that should be treated with great importance, this isn’t because things changed with marriages, it is because countless errors are now committed before marriages ...

The Game-Changer One of the biggest advantages you can get as a young person in modern times is to be exposed to the deficiencies in your environment quite early. This is , however, not an attempt to credit or celebrate the imperfections in your society, nor to tag you with a weak, deformed or flawed society. The focus is to emphasize your identity as the Game-Changer. The Transformer. The Saviour. This explains the reason certain defects and unfavourable experiences hit you consistently in the face, and you can't, but see, experience or listen to them everyday. If you didn't get that, check this: Could it be that you are the answer to every prayer raised for your society? And the reason the problems consistently strikes hard in your presence is because you still join your people to pray for the problem-solver that you are? The truth is, if only you'll take your inbuilt capacities seriously, it is able to change the narrative. You are designed as a game-changer,...

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE? This is the same question most people ask themselves. It is a question that is posed to every young adult, especially the unserious ones. This is so because, our life seem so fast to us: and, yes, it may seem so, but we need a purpose to answer this question. And we all need to provide suitable answers to it. Not the usual, 'I want to be successful and rich'. You want to be successful and rich while doing what exactly? WHERE CAN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS? 'I  see myself as an entrepreneur with different houses and cars'    some will answer while others can’t seem to place themselves anywhere. The bitter truth is that nothing good ever comes easy. 80% of new business owners fail in their first 5 years while the remaining 20% succeeds why? Patience You started up a business or project, after some years, it isn’t going as expected, just calm down, exercise patience for that is the key. As you journey on, you...

SCHOOL GAME “’It’s already the thirtieth time I called Shola today, and he hasn’t picked up. Three days ago, he picked up after the fortieth time. Two days ago and yesterday were thirty-eight times and fifty-three times respectively’ I protested to myself in my bedroom like a mad man, shedding uncontrollable tears that flowed along my cheeks like the urine of a toddler on a sloppy cemented floor. My pillow suddenly took up the role of a handkerchief. ‘Could it be that he is busy attending lectures?’ I asked myself but got no answer. My mood at home and relationship with my siblings and friends suddenly turned sour. I could not hide my depression, the sorrow my heart was housing. Despite the way I was behaving at home, only my friends knew what was going on.      Before Shola left for the university, our relationship was admirable. We always saw each other every day and maintained minimum of 17 hours communication per day. He was my senior colleague when we started ...

READING Unveil Pub. 19! Did you read a book this week? 📍We'll make our weekend's publication a series [The Wisdom Series]. Till then, top this publication in your heart. It is important for you as a youth. To receive our publications, kindly reach  https://wa.link/ru53ii or send a mail to  theunveilp.official@gmail.com Have a blissful weekend! 🤗