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Opinion: The Core Principles of Greatness

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By Tolulope A. Adegoke

Principles of

Realities for the true concepts of

Identity and

Nurturing nature, thereby

Complimenting to complete

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Purpose of

Living and

Existence for

Specific goals to be achieved and heights to be attained.

Principles are powerful foundations upon which you act or place the values of your life upon. For every principle. There is always a patriarch to direct it to. Principles could also be said to be moral rules or beliefs that helps you to know what is right, which affects or influences your general life’s outputs. It is a fact of life that can bring nothing out of something as seen in Hebrews 5:12, Galatians 4:3, Galatians 4:19 (KJV).

The principles that you subscribe to would always determine the level on which you would operate. The first principle of Greatness is IDENTITY

Identity has to do with ‘who you are’. Your identity speaks or describes your essence in life. If you do not know who you are, then cannot know ‘what you are’! So, simply ask yourself, what are am I? as seen in Psalm 8:4 (KJV).

There is a perception that man wants you to see, and if you fall for it, you will automatically subscribe to it. You can only know who and what you are by the Spirit of God. You are a spirit being living in a body, which consists of your Spirit and Soul. Your identity is critical to understanding your being, and fulfilling your purposes on Earth (as seen in Genesis 1:26-28). Check out your identity with God. Exemplars like Jesus Christ, Joshua, Moses, Elijah amongst others knew who they were. Identity is critical in the Manifestation of what you have been created or wired for by God!

Your soul is the breath of God! (as seen in Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2: 7 KJV). God has created us to be morally intellectual beings – 1 Peter 1:16, Psalm 82:7 (KJV). We have been sent to be gods on Earth.  God has given us dominion to reign on Earth.

The second principle of Greatness is VISION. Where are you going? What can you see? When do you intend to get there? What are the pictures of your desire? What do you intend to achieve? You see with your subconscious (the combination of your spirit and soul). Anything without ‘dating’ will never produce its desired sacrifices needed or required for its clear manifestation. It is pertinent to understand that Believing is the mother ofManifestation. When you pray, believe to see it for its manifestation! Your confession depicts what’s in you. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Learn to always write it in the tense (past) as if it has been done or happened already.

The third core principle of Greatness is ALIGNMENT. Success is a function of alignment. The goal is the values, which are principles you live by. That is, the principles by which you believe and receive. Your values drive you! So, you must align with your core believes (vision) and ‘run with it’, in a bid to enjoy the benefits that comes with it.

The fourth principle of Greatness is LIMIT. Other words for limit are boundary, restriction that creates ‘hindrances’ to one’s movement or progress.

No matter how large your goals are, if you do not break out of your comfort zones, you will not deliver the ‘expected’ as expected. You need a higher law to breakthrough in your values. The Airplanes flies through the law of lifts beyond boundaries or borders. You must understand clearly that there are no limits to what you can achieve or attain in life.

The fifth principle of Greatness is SOUND MIND! Your soul is the domain in-between the physical and spiritual; it is in charge of your sub-conscious mind. There are two forces that works with the mind: Fear and Faith. The force of fear believes in the power of the devil over that of God, while the force of faith believes in the power of God over the devil.

It is always about what you ‘want’, not what you don’t want. Always learn to decree the positive sides of life for and to yourself. The ones you so much desired should always be claimed by you through the force of faith! The Scripture also reveals that ‘as a man thinketh in his heart so is he.’

The sixth principle of Greatness is POWER!

Power is the capacity to direct and influence yourself and others. One important thing about power is that ‘power only bows to power!’ And God is the All-Powerful and Supreme Being! You must understand clearly that Great is He that is in you than he that is in the world! (as seen in 1John 4:4).

Your biggest assets are: Your thoughts (mindset), imaginations. As seen in Romans 13:1 ‘…. power bows to higher powers!’ you must activate the power within you! Power only answers to usage (Genesis 3: 13-15, Genesis 1:26).

We all must understand that the only key to following the above precepts, guides and principles for Greatness is Obedience in Christ. Therefore, submit yourself to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). Learn by what Christ Jesus suffered! Always have the attitude of VICTORY in Christ, then the desired victories would be activated and availed for your course to cause a great influence and impacts in your world and generations at large.

Thank you all for reading.

Watch out for the Book titled: “The Power of an Empowered Zero” (From Zero to HERO) by Tolulope A. Adegoke. Foreword by Dr Yomi Garnett (CEO/Chancellor, Royal Biographical Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.A., U.K., Abuja, Nigeria.) Edited by Ola Aboderin

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INEC Resumes Upload of Osun Election Results after 3Hours Pause

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resumed the upload of results from the Osun State governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal (IReV), with more than 92.53 per cent of polling unit results now available on the platform.

Tribune Online reports that 3,482 results had been uploaded out of the 3,763 polling units across the state, representing 92.53 per cent of the total results expected on the portal.

Concerns were earlier raised after result uploads on the IReV portal appeared to stall for about three hours.

The delay triggered reactions from several social media users, including Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, who questioned the halt in the upload process.

In a post on X, he wrote, “INEC IREV uploads have been stuck for almost 2 hours now. 3292 out of 3763 results submitted and then silence. This is not acceptable Why has the uploading stopped?@inecnigeria

Another X user, @mundus01 tweeted, “Osun IReV uploads have been stalled for over 2 hours. The last result was published at 8:48:08 p.m. The portal is online, but no new results are appearing. @inecnigeria, what is happening? This doesn’t look good.”

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Food for Living: Love What You Do (Pt. 2)

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By Henry Ukazu

Dear Destiny Friends,

Last week, we laid the foundation of loving what you do. We discussed loving the topic as it relates to family, career, health, relationship, personal development, purpose and spirituality.  Today, we shall be focusing on how loving what you do can be a game changer.

It’s instructive to note that in the dictionary of life; when you love what you do and what you do loves you, you are destined for not only success, but also greatness. One may be wondering how this works. Trust me, it is difficult to succeed in a major, or profession one doesn’t like.

The journey of life can be challenging, stressful and unpredictable. When one is trying to set up a business, there’s bound to be setbacks maybe due to a new policy or meeting up with the requirement, there could challenges of funds; in academics, if one choose a major one likes, despite the associating challenges that may arise, one will still manage to pull through because he that is in him is greater and stronger than he that is in the world.

Also, in relationships and marriage, if one values friendship, they won’t allow their ego to have influence over them. Rather, they will invest time and resources in the relationship. That’s why it’s always good to place values above physical features in a human body when it comes to settling down for marriage because at the end of the day, the human body features can fade away, but values and friendship will not fade away, rather, it will serve as the binding factor that keeps the relationship.

One’s career is not an exception; one can tell who likes their job and one who doesn’t like their job. In workplaces, if one is happy at work, they tend to put in extra hours to get the job done. But when they are not happy with the job, they’ll do the bare minimum just to get through.

Let’s spend a minute to understand how loving what one does can be a game changer in one’s life. Just imagine, one is inspired to write a book, there will be challenges, however, it is the inspiration and determination of the person that will determine if they will finish strong. But if they are inspired by the wrong source, they might finish weak. Here is the gist, it is your desire to succeed that will outweigh your fear of failure.

Again, imagine a scenario where one is starting a business but has no resources and structure behind him. The fact is that if the person loves what he’s doing, it will be hard for the person to give up because their force is internal. I can vividly remember when I was working on my first, second and third book, I had many reasons to quit, but I refused because I love the work I was producing.

Furthermore, when you love what you do, you’ll endeavor to learn something new in addition to spending quality time to improve the work. I say this because rational minds don’t invest time and resources in what they don’t like. There’s a saying, if you want to know a man, give money, women and power. One of them would like to subdue him, but if he’s able to overcome them, he is a man.

This principle of loving what you do cuts across all facets of life whether we are taking care of families, academics, religion purpose, health, career, finance and even spiritual life. For families a man/woman who is intentional in building their family, must love their family and loving their family intends sacrificing for the family.

For health, if one loves their health, they won’t take harmful substances, just because they love their health; they will be intentional in exercising, and in doing so, they must love exercising.  For finance, an intentional person must spend time learning about stock, budgeting and investment. These are avenues to show that they have interest in growing their income.  Even in spiritual life, when one shows interest in loving God in truth and spirit, God has a way of coming through for them because they have been tested and trusted. This is simply how life works. Even in relationships if one loves their partner, there’s a high probability they would like to invest time and resources into that relationship.

In summary, endeavor to love what you do because there’s a certain level of spiritual strength, blessings and corresponding opportunities that’s associated with success, when one loves what they do. This is basically how life works.

Henry Ukazu writes from New York. He works with the New York City Department of Correction as the Legal Coordinator. He’s the founder of Gloemi. He’s a Transformative Human Capacity and Mindset coach. He is also a public speaker, youth advocate, creative writer and author of Design Your Destiny- Actualizing Your Birthright to SuccessUnleash Your Destiny and The Six Pillars of Success . He can be reached via info@gloemi.com

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Osun Govt Drags Fadahunsi to Court over “Kill Accord Members” Threat

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The Osun State Government has approached the High Court of Osun State seeking an order compelling security agencies to investigate Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi over his alleged threats against members and supporters of the Accord Party ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.

The suit, marked HOS/M.157/26, was filed on August 12, 2026, at the Osogbo Judicial Division, three days before the August 15 election.

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwole Jimi-Bada (SAN), filed the application seeking an Order of Mandamus against the Inspector-General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command. Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East Senatorial District, was listed as the person affected or interested party.

The government said its action followed a video circulating on social media in which Fadahunsi was allegedly captured addressing a political gathering in front of the Owa Obokun’s Palace in Ilesha on August 11.

According to the court documents, the senator allegedly made statements interpreted as calls for violence against members of the Accord Party.

The government said a transcript and translation of the speech showed Fadahunsi allegedly directing supporters to attack Accord members wherever they encountered them and making threats against their families.

The court filings also alleged that the senator instructed his supporters to chase Accord members out of hotels where they were found and made derogatory comments about the party’s yellow caps.

The government further alleged that Fadahunsi threatened that the election would not hold if Accord members resisted the actions of APC supporters.

The Attorney-General is asking the court to compel the police to investigate the video and determine whether the alleged statements constitute criminal offences under applicable laws.

The government is also seeking an order directing the police to preserve, authenticate and conduct a forensic examination of the complete video to establish whether it has been altered or edited.

Other reliefs sought include compelling the police to take preventive measures to protect Accord candidates, members and voters from intimidation or harassment before, during and after the election.

The government also wants the police to ensure that registered voters and Accord supporters are not prevented from accessing hotels or other locations during the electoral period.

It further asked the court to order the respondents to submit a report on compliance with the court’s directives within 48 hours of the orders being granted.

In the supporting affidavit, Nurudeen Kareem, Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Legal Matters, said Accord members had expressed “reasonable and legitimate concerns regarding their safety and security before, during, and after the forthcoming election.”

The government argued that the police have a statutory responsibility under the Police Act 2020 and the 1999 Constitution to prevent crime and maintain public order.

It maintained that waiting until violence occurs before investigating an alleged public threat would undermine the preventive role of law enforcement.

“The Applicant believes that waiting until actual violence, deaths, or injuries occur before investigating an alleged public instruction to kill political opponents would amount to a dereliction of duty,” the government said.

The Attorney-General also clarified that the suit was not asking the court to determine Fadahunsi’s criminal guilt, stressing that such a determination would require a proper criminal trial.

Rather, the government said it was seeking to compel the police to carry out their statutory responsibilities and take appropriate preventive action.

With the election scheduled for Saturday, the government said “time is of the absolute essence”, warning that failure to act on the alleged threats could expose residents to “irreparable harm, loss of life, and widespread civil unrest.”

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