Aspire Magazine

  “Knowledge is power” they say, and in like manner, ‘enlightenment saves currency’. Do you in anyway doubt the authenticity of this saying? If yes, I’ll prove it to you and it’s quite simple. Visit any ‘negotiable-prices-commodity’ market near you and purchase a product or service you’re unfamiliar with, come back home and find someone [...]

“We cannot administer any drug to her! I’ve already told you that we need a minimum balance of ten thousand naira to commence treatment or do you want me to lose my job?” “Madam I understand, just try and bear with me. I have no money on me now and no one to turn to; [...]

Emmanuel has spent six years at home after his secondary education seeking for admission into the university. Not like he’s got no brains and all that, but the challenge he was faced with was his financial background. As a matter of fact, he could only afford to write jamb after his fourth year at home [...]

Very soon the atmosphere will get ‘polluted’ with Jingle Bells, Silent Nights, Away in a Manger and several other Christmas carols. These are some of the things that actually spice up my mood for the season and not the 25th itself, in fact, what thrills most people is not the celebrations but its preparations; the [...]

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” -Steve Jobs Excellence is a Product of Diligence The most successful people are those who are devoted to excellence. Excellence itself requires [...]

I recently walked through the streets of state on the Sunday morning. With the sights I beheld I could not help but ask myself questions I could not proffer answers to. Maybe you will understand clearly what I mean, if I just share some sights with you. I saw barricades everywhere, with uniform men armed [...]

Have you ever thought that God should have left Satan with Him up there in Heaven rather than Satan being thrown down on earth where His people are? Come along with me in this journey of revelation of another “heaven” that can incapacitate the devil and his cohorts. When God threw the devil down to [...]

A while ago, in prayer, I was calling on God to help me in a situation. I was tired of having to hold myself against the continual deterioration of the situation. I wanted to be free to soar. The Bible says in Isa 40:31: “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; [...]

It’s easy to begin to feel alone and maybe even helpless sometimes. To look around you and think that people may only need you when there’s something for you to give them. I’ve definitely exhibited that kind of behaviour. Situations like this get one thinking about who they really are, who their friends really are, [...]

This is a story I read from a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) tract. I really like the analogy used in the story and I am going to reproduce the story here: After many years of working for the same company, an elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his [...]