Abiola Olojo's Blog

Happy weekend, friends. And finally, today is the last day of 2022.  What is the best way to end the year if not to look back and reflect on the lessons learned in the year?  I was optimistic for the year, and thank God, my hope was not down. Even though, there were many things that happened this year, including the Russia-Ukraine War , which affected a lot of our people.  But thank God for life and His protection. And I use this opportunity again to pray for Ukraine, that God’s peace will reign and lasting solutions would be found. In the year, I learned a lot, and I want to share some of them with you. First is - How to Experience True Joy.  One of the most important lessons I’ve learned this year is how to experience true joy. I saw for myself that true joy comes from helping people.  As simple as that sounds, it's so powerful. Just doing something that brings smile on people's faces and make them happy - is a secret to being happy yourself. I cannot overem...

Jungle bells.. Silent night… Mary’s born child. .. Those are the lines of Christmas songs. In the atmosphere of Christmas, I say Merry Christmas to you all my dear friends. Thank God for an opportunity to witness yet another Christmas on the land of living.  I know tomorrow is Christmas and we can’t wait to have the celebration, but today is Christmas eve – a day to Christmas, which for some people, is actually part of Christmas. Christmas has already started! So, today, let’s share something again about Christmas.  Few days ago, I was somewhere and a thought dropped in my heart – “ What about you make this Christmas special?” I know quite a lot of us are used to doing Christmas certain way or just spicing things up a little bit. But today, I want to challenge you on how you can make your Christmas special. What can you do this year that you didn’t do last year? I’ve seen couple of Christmas ideas like taking pictures, singing Christmas Carol as a family, asking parents and ...

Hiiiiiii friendsssssss, welcome back. It’s just few days to Christmas and I hope you are getting set.  Today, let’s discuss food. Since it’s Christmas and we can’t miss out on the amazing foods that we should enjoy this year. So, if you are thinking of preparing something or getting food for your family and friends this Christmas season, you can as well try these foods from different parts of the world. They are common foods, but come in different forms. So, you can always try something new with them.    1. Pounded Yam with Egusi Where should we start if not from my place – the land of Africa where we have all the amazing foods you can ever think of. This food, pounded yam with Egusi is a 5-star food that will make your taste buds super excited.  The pounded yam is made from a yam that is freshly boiled and pounded. And the Egusi soup is made from melon seeds with all the local ingredients including pepper, dry fish, goat meat, pomo, cow tripe, snail, vegetables...

Warm greetings friends. How are you holding up this winter and wherever you are? Hope you are finding the season wonderfully adaptable. It will go well for us IJN. Christmas is coming, and we need to get ready. I remember the song we used to sing in those days – Christmas is coming mama buy shoe for me oh oh yaya oh yaya oh yaya oh yaa. Laughs! That is it! Whenever Christmas is coming, we’ll start thinking of Christmas shoes, clothes, bags and so on. Okay, so today, let’s discuss 5 things we can do during this Christmas 1. Giving of Gifts During Christmas season, there is always an atmosphere of joy and love, and people are happy to give gifts and be given gifts. Christmas season is a time when we should really express our love to people by giving them gifts.  The gifts can be given based on our capacity. But the most important thing is the heart through which we are giving those gifts. We may notice someone around us who doesn’t have, and bless them with something.  We can r...

Happy new month friends. Welcome to December. This is the month of Christmas. And it’s the month of celebrations and festivity.  Looking through the year, it has been a monumental journey. Thank God for His love and faithfulness upon our lives and families. And may we continue to enjoy His goodness for the rest of our lives. Today, I want to share 5 ways to be happy more. Happiness is a beautiful thing. And everyone of us love to experience it. From buying a new cloth to buying a new car and many more amazing things, we feel happy having those things. But beyond the ephemerals, there are things that make us enjoy lasting happiness. Here are 5 of them. 1. Gratitude: Gratitude is an act of showing appreciation or admiration for something or to someone. When you are grateful, you are happy.  Happiness stems from a grateful heart. A heart that is grateful is a heart that is designed for greatness. No wonder happy people are grateful people. Most people that I’ve seen in my life w...