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DON’T START 2015 WITHOUT THE FOLLOWING -KAYODE AJULO

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1. LAW OF PURPOSE

Before 2015 starts take some time out to play back what you’ve achieved this year and then as a progression write down and memorize what you want for 2015. If you don’t know and define where you are going, then everywhere you get to would look like it. 2015 should be a year of deep discoveries for you. This is because a great life is lived inside-out, from you to others. Find yourself, and empty it in the service of others and you’ll succeed. It is one that can turn mirrors into windows In 2015 – START RIGHT, CHART YOUR COURSE.

2. THE LAW OF VISION

In 2015, if you’d be limited, it will not be by your abilities, but by – YOUR VISION. Have a big picture of what you want at the end of 2015 before it even starts and then ensure that there is a progressive realization of each of those set goals. Its vital that you do this.

3. THE LAW OF KNOWLEDGE

Bullets have killed a lot of men, but ignorance has killed much more people than bullets ever will!

Maybe next year is about time you went back to school, or a certification or a crash course in line with what you want to be. 2015 holds massive growth for those who know. To grow more, to do more – LEARN MORE.

4. THE LAW OF BRANDING

Define who you want to be, seen and how you’d want to be looked at next year. From aesthetics to attitude to brand associations. Please understand that the only thing more important than what you’d be doing or selling in 2015 is what the buyer believes he is buying – BE BRANDED

5. THE LAW OF CHARACTER

Be firm. Do not overvalue what you are not and undervalue what you are as well as what you do. In 2015, we will become what we have repeatedly done – CHARACTER

6. THE LAW OF VALUE AND RESULTS

In 2015, please don’t be a busy bee like you’ve always been. In the past, you may have worked hard, now it’s time to work smart. Look at the value chains of your life; recognize the things that have added the most value and things that have wasted your time. And then from this, know what to start, what to stop and what to keep doing. In our pursuit for wealth, value is the currency. But its glaring that people don’t pay for efforts, they pay for results – in 2015, be result oriented, addVALUE

7. THE LAW OF PEOPLE
2015 is the year of influence, the year of people. It is that year that the relationships you have built in the past years would come to play. My advice is that you know and stick with the right people. In 2015, how you NETwork will determine your NETworth. Begin to use your built connections and goodwill. And if you don’t have enough of that, then begin to build one. Remember, PEOPLE – are the greatest assets for 2015, invest in them.

8.THE LAW OF CREATIVITY

Go across boundaries. When we all think alike, then no one is thinking -BE CREATIVELY DIFFERENT in 2015. Think out of the box, as a matter of fact, think like there’s no box.

9.THE LAW OF SACRIFICE

With austerity measures powered by the decline in the economy, I’m afraid that in 2015, there’s only one way to succeed, sacrifice! People who have an edge are those who have made sacrifices or have started making them. To go up, choose something hard to give up – you may need to DENY TODAY’S DESIRES, TO ACHIEVE TOMORROW’S DREAM.

10.THE LAW OF RISKS

Take out your fears and then take off to your dreams. Ships are safe at bay, but that’s not why there were made. Eagles learn to fly by jumping off the sky. In 2015, only those who will risk going too far, can possibly find out how far it is possible to go!

11.THE LAW OF INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

If what you’ve done in the last years still looks big to you, then you haven’t done much this year. If your process, lifestyle and pattern don’t make things better, safer, simpler, work faster and life easier, then it’s not it – REPLACE IT

12.THE LAW OF PROCESS AND CONTINIOUS IMPROVEMENT

You are expected to grow daily, not in a day – KAIZEN. Always look for 3 things at every point in your life, what to START, what to STOP and what to keep DOING.

13.THE LAW OF MANAGEMENT

In whatever you do in 2015, be consistent. Follow through. Also, create a professionally structured mode of operation and control. – have a FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE for what you do.
14.THE LAW OF LEADERSHIP

Be close to the greater ones you know for their lives and success stories hold templates to where you need to be. Get a mentor or get closer to the one you already have. Follow the steps of great leaders and successful people before you..

15.THE LAW OF MARKETTING

Sell yourself to the world in 2015. Let them know you and what you can offer. In marketing, positioning is everything – create the right PERCEPTION for yourself in 2015

16. THE LAW OF PERSEVERANCE

Don’t give up for 2015 is a much better year. If you do what you need to do and then try your best one more time, you’d succeed this time around. Perseverance is trying 19 times and succeeding the 20th. Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Its 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.. – In 2015, be in STEADY DETERMINATION

17. THE LAW OF EXCELLENCE AND GROWTH

Have an attitude for excellence in 2015 and let it show. Have an attitude, the result of always striving to do better – ASPIRE TO BE OUTSTANDING

18. THE LAW OF DEMOGRAPHY

Create your own niche in 2015. For what you do, strategically find and map out the people that need what you have to offer and you’ve found the business and product to succeed.

19.THE LAW OF PROFITABILITY
Learn how to make and stack up your gains this year. Be more financially intelligent. Pay attention to the battle between your earning power and your spending culture. Ensure that you don’t spend more than you earn, And as for earning, maybe now is the best time to create another channel of income else just find the best ways to begin to add more value, more profitably. This year differentiate between business and favours. In whatever you do, if it’s not for free, then… MAKE WORTHY THE FEE.

20.THE LAW OF GENEROUSITY

The truth is, it’s another year and we are not getting any younger. It’s a New Year means that we have one more year less to live. As we grow older, great people realize that a good life and success comes from not how much we can take but how much we can give. Maybe this year is the best time to see what you can also begin to give back to life and others. As we grow older, what we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains – SHARE MORE IN 2015.

21.THE LAW OF LEGACY

As we grow older, understand that the true test of whatever you are building is succession. It’s about time you start building processes and people that will outlibve you. The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. In 2015, be a deeper and more matured person. Begin to take more seriously, the things that matter, legacy. BEGIN TO LIVE TO BE REMEMBERED FOR GOOD. Have a great 2015.
Dr. Kayode Ajulo,
Principal Partner,
Kayode Ajulo & Co. Castle of Law,
(Legal Practitioners & Notaries Public)
Nigeria.

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Meet The New 47-year-old Alaafin Of Oyo, Prince Akeem Owoade

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Prince Akeem Owoade is a Nigerian and Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and president of 100279 Manitoba Limited, a  real estate investment and financial services business in Manitoba, Canada.

 

Born 47 years ago to a prominent and royal family of Owoade-Agunloye in Oyo town, Prince Akeem Owoade is one of the surviving children of Pa Rasaki Ibiyosi Owoade, the descendant of Aremo Aderounmu Iyanda Owoade, Agure Compound, Oyo town in Oyo State, Nigeria.

Prince Akeem Owoade completed his secondary school education at Baptist High School, Saki, Oyo State, Nigeria in 1992. His father worked for Oyo North Agricultural Development Programme (ONADEP) helping Oke-Ogun community in boosting agricultural productivity.

aking an early interest in engineering, Prince AkeemOwoade began his engineering studies by completing his National Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from ‘The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State (1994 to 1997) and The Polytechnic, Ibadan (1999 to 2001), Oyo State. Nigeria respectively. He did his NYSC with Nigeria Gas Company as Mechanical Intern/Planner in 2002.After the completion of his NYSC, he worked with Oceanic Bank International Plc. in Warri as a teller. (2003 to 2004).

Prince Akeem Owoade decided to further his education in the United Kingdom where he attended University of Sunderland (2008) and Northumbria University (2012)

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Glad I Have One Less School Fees To Pay! Seyi Makinde Bares Thoughts At Daughter’s Graduation

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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde is one happy man. The politician could not help but bare his mind during the graduation of his first child, Tobi from the Yale University.

 

The Governor on his official instagram handle claimed he is glad to have one less school fees to pay at the ceremony which was attended by friends and well wishers.

 

Makinde wished his beloved daughter the best as she embarks on a new chapter of life.

 

Spotted at the graduation ceremony was the Oyo State First Lady, Omini Makinde, lawmaker Stanley Olajide and a handful of friends and aides of the Governor.

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Celebrating Oba Sikiru Adetona’s 64 Years As Oba; The King Many Monarchs Wish To Be

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Celebrating Oba Sikiru Adetona 64 years as Oba; The King Many Monarchs Wish To Be
Oba Sikiru Adetona 64 years on throne
Blessed By God And Honoured By Men
Oba Dr Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland is the kind of king monarchs aspire to be, and at  64 years on the throne, that prestige has not waned a bit.
Installed as king on April 2, 1960, just a few months shy of Nigeria’s Independence, Awujale’s reign is currently older than the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As it stands, he is the longest-reigning first-class monarch in Nigeria. These are not mere statistics, they are hard facts that prove that Oba Adetona is a king blessed by God and honoured by men.
A cursory look at the life of this esteemed ruler is proof that when there are kings who are not limited in wisdom, power, goodness, and love for their subjects, then monarchy would be the best of all systems of government.
Every year, at the Ojude Oba festival, multitudes of Ijebu citizens throng home from all around the world to celebrate and felicitate with their beloved king. They do this not out of duty or an enforced obligation, but out of a deep-seated love for their king and their land.
But Awujale’s path to the throne was not one paved with velvet and inlaid with a thornless bed of flowers; no, it was rough, the journey was tough, and the experience could sometimes be bitter, as with that of men with great destinies. But these only served as stepping stones to his future, unanimously given, the throne.
Ọba Sikiru Olukayọde Adetọna, Ọgbagba Agbotewole II, was born 90 years ago on May 10, 1934, into the Royal House of Anikinaiya of Ijẹbuland in his father’s house in Imupa, Ijebu Ode.
As a prince from the line of Oba Adeleke, Ọgbagba Agbotewole I (c. 1825–1906), who was the Awujalẹ of Ijẹbuland from 1895 to 1906 and a descendant of Olu-Iwa, the legendary first Awujalẹ and Ọbanta, another founder of the Ijẹbu kingdom, Oba Sikiru was born to greatness.
After attending various Baptist Schools, Ereko, Ijẹbu-Ode; Ogbere United Primary School, Oke Agbo, Ijẹbu-Igbo; and Ansar-Ud-Deen School, Ijebu-Ode between 1943 and 1950, he attended Olu-Iwa (now Adeola Odutọla) College, Ijebu-Ode from 1951 to 1956. Between 1957 and 1958 he took up an appointment with the then Audit Department of the Western Region, Ibadan. From there on he resigned his appointment in 1958 to pursue further studies in accountancy in the United Kingdom.
By a letter dated January 4, 1960, referenced CB. 4 1/333, the Permanent Secretary in the Western Region Ministry of Local Government conveyed to the Local Government Adviser in Ijẹbu Ode approval of the Western Region Governor in Council, the appointment of Prince Sikiru Kayode Adetona as king, and his confirmation as the new Awujale of Ijebuland with effect from that date (January 4, 1960).
Prominent Ijẹbu sons like the late Ọgbẹni-Ọja, Chief (Dr.) Timothy Adeọla Odutọla, Bọbasuwa I, Chief Emmanuel Okusanya Okunọwọ (MBE, KFNM); and Aṣiwaju, Chief Samuel Ọlatubọsun Ṣhonibare began to arrange for the home-coming of the King-elect, and on January 18, 1960, the Head of the Ijẹbu Ode Regency Council, the Ọgbeni-Ọja, Chief Timothy Adeọla Odutọla formally presented the new traditional ruler to the whole world.
A man of tradition, he embarked on the customary traditional seclusion at the Odo for three months.
It would be remembered that even though Oba Sikiru Kayọde Adetọna had earlier been nominated along with five others by the ODIS, his great destiny prevailed and he was unanimously selected by the kingmakers in conformity with Section 11 of the Chiefs Law of 1957 applicable in Western Region. The then Governor signed the Instrument of Office approving Prince Sikiru Kayọde Adetọna as Awujalẹ of Ijẹbuland, and the formal coronation took place on Saturday, April 2, 1960.
But in the midst of all these, he had many documented and undocumented trials and travails.
Looking back, Oba Adetona’s extraordinary destiny serves history in preservation. His is a life to be wished for, a legacy that must be preserved, and a story that must continue to be told for generations to come.
Not many kings want their life story in the public domain, instead, as second-in-command to the gods, they prefer that air of mystery to ensure that their rule remains absolute and their personal affairs secret. But Awujale is a different kind of king – an erudite. He authored his biography, laying his cards bare and ensuring that many can learn the lessons of history through his life’s story. This is what formed the basis of the soon-to-be-released biopic, ‘Awujale’ by Ultimate Communications, as directed by Tunde Olaoye.
Currently gearing for an Ijebu premiere later this month, the film follows the life of Oba Sikiru through the ages in an unfolding story. This documents through film the life of one of the greatest obas in Yoruba Land.
As he marks his 90th birthday, it is only fitting that one should say ‘Kabiyesi O! Long may the crown sit on the head, long may the shoes fit the wearer, and long may you reign.” But in prayer, many would secretly say to the creator “May I be as great as the king, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebu Land.”
Seun Oloketuyi Producer of the biopic writes from Lagos
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