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Opinion: Be Illimitable!
By Tolulope A. Adegoke
“Righteousness, purity will prevent you from hell-fire, but Creativity will prevent you from earth-fire!”
– Samson Adah Paul
A man may be born into emptiness but no man is empty. A man may be born into blindness, but no man was born blind!
Thomas Edison only had 3months of formal education before he was asked by the school authority to leave because he was regarded a blockhead, but at the end, he left indelible marks and history absorbed him. He became the inventor of light, microphone, science laboratory, generator and many more.
Another vivid example is our Lord Jesus Christ who fulfilled destiny, such that today, uncountable institutions, establishments, ministries has been established in His name.
Dear friends, nothing is too late to achieve! You may not be a professor, but you can still be an inventor!
You can achieve anything because you are an image of God for free…
The word MAN isn’t just a name, but a title backed up with responsibilities. I mean to unveil to you that it is simply:
Made
Above
Nature!
Progress and development are not products of mere work, money, but the products of DOMINION!
the state of DOMINION is the ability to produce with everything God had created you to become, and as well to subdue!
The Holy Scriptures in the Book of Genesis 1 reveals that each animals were created to be pets to MAN, not to be threats to creations, but when Man fell from DOMINION, Man replaced the positions of the animals, while animals replaced the place of dragons.
Isaiah 11:6-9 as well reveals that the place of dominion is the place of subduing the earth!
CREATIVITY: The Proof of being Unlimited!
Creativity is the act of making something out of nothing. It is the act of overcoming fear and making bold steps and ideas for positive changes.
Creativity could also be stated as the acts of coordinating and cultivating several artistic and scientific processes to solving problems.
The alternative to creativity is witchcraft! If a Believer is not creative, then he is nothing but the aforementioned. Witchcraft is the act of boycotting processes to achieve aims or solve problems.
A man who is not creative is the same as a demon! Lack of creative minds is one of the ultimate causes of extreme poverty!Among others are the causes causes of poverty:
• Bad government
•Illiteracy
•Lack of good directions /guidance
•Ignorance etc.
The problem confronting this part of the world is none of the above, but WORK!
You may not be fruitful when you are hardworking, yet be foodful (stomach infrastructure/ policy) !but when you are a Creative Worker, you can be FRUITFUL.
Work isn’t the original plan of God for MAN, he was created for “Creative Works!”
Entering a bus as a means of transportation could be hard labour, but a plane is a product of Creative Work!
When you do not manufacture, you suffer many fractures!
Work is something you do without applying your mind, but to be creative, you need to work with your MIND!
Righteousness, purity will prevent you from hell fire, but Creativity will prevent you from earth-fire! The qualification for manual work is academic qualification, while that of Creative Work are Divine Inspiration, Revelations and Illuminations!
When you work with your mind, you become the friend of God! You need the power of IMAGINATION to work, to do and to be productive enough to achieve the impossible!
When you work in the realm of imagination, you become productive! Imagine to do and to become!
What you need is simply change of thought patterns!
You can make money with all things if you are creative – money answereth all things!
Engage in all labours with a Creative Mind, you will earn your unimaginable profits.
Alot of people have become slaves in their own lands! There is need to engage Divine Revelation to be productive. The only advantage Man has over robots is the MIND!
Equipment are products of Creative inventions, and has stopped man from working.
We are in the age of the express creativity beyond the ordinary-money will fail, businesses will fold of up, but a Creative Mind will always be a sought-after (that is, force to reckon with)!
Schooling without academic productions is a waste of life!
The Laws that Guides Creativity!
The Book of Genesis 1:2 speaks volume on the above subject, which has to do with the BEGINNING OF CREATION!
The law that guides Creativity says, you must start at the BEGINNING so as not to end up begging for spaces at the top!
The Third World Countries are abusing the above law of creativity! They do not want to start anything from the beginning, that is why they end up begging for incentives, because they have failed to be retentive! They do not want to start small, that’s why they live so exorbitantly.
You can afford with little beginnings. I charge you to start now! Do not hesitate, do not wait. Start small! Do not despise little beginnings.
The word DOMINION is a combination of three powerful words, that states:
Do(ing) Mini On and On! That is to say, Do small things, and be consistent with it, then you promotion or advancement is assured! Any MAN who doesn’t have a beginning is FAKE!
(To be continued …)
Thank you for reading.
Tolulope A. Adegoke is an acclaimed “globalpreneur”, with the mandate to enrich lives and provide the professional, spiritual, academic and leadership empowerment needed to birth, maximize and sustain possibilities in peoples, corporates and nations. He is a prolific writer, frequent keynote speaker and proven spoken word poet, among others, having written countless articles in diverse reputable fields and honoured many public invitations.
He is also a Senior Administrator.
E-mail: adegoketolulope1022@gmail.com
The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, affirmed Senator Monday Okpebholo as the governor.
A three-member panel headed by Justice Wilfred Kpochi, dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, against the outcome of the September 21, 2024, governorship election.
In its judgment, the panel ruled that the petitioners failed to call competent witnesses to prove the allegations of non-compliance with the Electoral Act.
In the lead judgment read by Justice Wilfred Kpochi, the Tribunal said non-compliance must be proven convincingly. It noted that the failure of the petitioners to call polling unit officers, presiding officers or even voters during the election proved fatal to their petition.
The Tribunal stated that most of the 19 witnesses called by the PDP merely gave hearsay evidence during the proceedings.
Justice Kpochi faulted what he termed as the PDP’s reliance on Section 137 of the Electoral Act to dump documents on the Tribunal. The Tribunal noted that it’s not for it to scrutinise documents tendered by the petitioners.
The Edo Tribunal further said the BVAS machines tendered by the petitioners remain dormant, as it’s not the duty of the Tribunal to access the data in the machines.
In the unanimous decision, the Tribunal thereby restated that to prove overvoting as alleged by Ighodalo and the PDP, there’s a need to tender the voters register, BVAS machines and polling unit results or Forms EC8A.
Following that, the Tribunal dismissed the petition of Asue Ighodalo, candidate of PDP for lacking merit.
INEC had declared that Okpebholo of the APC secured 291,667 votes to defeat Ighodalo who got 247,655 votes. PDP approached the Tribunal to challenge the results from 765 polling units of the 4,519 units in Edo State.
The PDP candidate faulted the outcome of the election on the grounds of non-compliance with the Electoral Act and the failure of Monday Okphebholo to secure a majority of the lawful votes cast. Putting that in context, the PDP governorship candidate alleged improper computation of votes by INEC, non-serialisation of electoral materials and over-voting.
The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, has
scheduled Wednesday, April 2, 2025, to deliver its judgment on the petition filed by Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the victory of Governor Monday Okpebholo in the September 21, 2024, gubernatorial election.
A three-member panel, led by Justice Wilfred Kpochi, reserved judgment on March 3 after parties in the suit concluded their final arguments.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on September 22 declared Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election with 291,667 votes, defeating Ighodalo, who polled 247,274 votes, and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata, who garnered 22,763 votes.
Dissatisfied with the outcome, the PDP and its candidate approached the tribunal, alleging widespread irregularities, including
over-voting, ballot serialisation issues, errors in collation, and miscalculations in results.
In the suit marked EPT/ED/GOV/02/2024,
Ighodalo presented a senior technical officer from INEC’s ICT department as a witness, who tendered 154 BVAS machines as evidence to substantiate claims of
over-voting.
Adopting his final address, Ighodalo further alleged that results from 765 polling units were manipulated at the collation centers and that errors in computation affected the final outcome.
He urged the tribunal to nullify the Certificate of Return issued to Okpebholo and declare him the rightful winner of the election.
A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has summoned President Bola Tinubu and Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, over the emergency rule declaration in the oil-rich State.
The summons follows a lawsuit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of Peoples Life Improvement Foundation, alongside individuals Precious Elekima and Inanna Wright Harry, challenging the legality of the emergency rule imposed on the state.
Also listed as defendants in the suit are Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, the National Assembly, Attorney General of the Federation Lateef Fagbemi, the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
President Tinubu, on March 18, 2025, declared a state of emergency in Rivers, suspending both the executive and legislative arms of government and appointing retired naval officer Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas as administrator.
In suit number FHC/PH/CS/45/2025, the plaintiffs are seeking judicial interpretation on whether the emergency declaration aligns with constitutional provisions, arguing that it is unconstitutional, null, and void.
They contend that it violates Article 13 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement Act) and Section 305(3)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which outlines the conditions under which a state of emergency can be declared.
The plaintiffs have urged the court to restrain the Rivers State Administrator from appointing caretaker committees for the 23 local government councils, forming a state executive council, or making financial transactions from the state treasury.
Additionally, they are seeking an order for the immediate reinstatement of the suspended executive and legislative arms of government in the state.
Meanwhile, the court has given the defendants 30 days to respond to the summons.
