CHOICE OF DESTINY (EPISODE FIVE)

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… dance floor was glad and proud to present herself as a mother, readily giving the name of her children. Every woman there, except Awelewa, the only woman who could not call herself a mother and, of course, had no names to call out. She was disheartened that with all her wealth and prosperity she lacked what all these women were boasting joyously about. Dejected and humiliated she quietly left the gathering.

CHOICE OF DESTINY (EPISODE FOUR)

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… Prosperous, as she had desired. She enjoyed the sensation her presence caused everywhere. Her beauty and shapeliness dazzled everyone. She was always gorgeously attired and adorned with glittering trinkets. Her wealth won her the respect, admiration and awe of many. She enjoyed life, as she wanted it.

CHOICE OF DESTINY (EPISODE THREE)

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…It was first conferred on you by Olodumare himself, and later confirmed by Onibode, the Gatekeeper; let us hope that what you now seek is already contained in your destiny. If what you seek is not your portion, your request may be difficult to obtain, it is Olodumare himself that can alter a person’s destiny.”

CHOICE OF DESTINY (EPISODE TWO)

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…same people also believe that under certain conditions, a person’s destiny can still be altered. They feel that if certain prayers are made, sacrifices offered and the appropriate Orisa appealed to, a bad ori can be rectified, and a fortunate one preserved. Orunmila, the oracle of Orisa and prophetic 

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - CHOICE OF DESTINY (EPISODE ONE)

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Choose what you want in life wisely,

Seek what will make you happy.

This way you will have no regrets,

This way you will seek no changes in your fortune.

Omolafeaye and Awelewa, childhood friends, now consulted Ifa about their future.

Everyone knows that it is the ori, the portion, and the destiny that one brings from 

THE UNKNOWN HANDS (EPISODE TWENTY-SIX)

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...Although the girl shows much understanding and maturity that was even beyond her age, at least, in waiting to talk to a complete stranger like me, I knew that was to sustain her confidence, I must not give her the feeling of anything strange. But from her response, it was easy to conclude that she seemed to have developed some interest in me. When she learnt

THE UNKNOWN HANDS (EPISODE TWENTY-FIVE)

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...“After Alabidun, once you have crossed the Oshipo River, you just walk a few kilometers to Ogodo”.

I was making a bid to thank the old man and leave when he suddenly started narrating another story:

“In fact, if not that I would not want to be seen as a deceitful old man. I would have

THE UNKNOWN HANDS (EPISODE TWENTY-FOUR)

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...I had learnt too that I should not cheat my fellowman. Baba of blessed memory had usually hammered it on us to avoid such attitude. He had told us that those who cheat others, even though believe they are smart, usually have cause to regret later. To baba it was even better when another person cheats us since such a person would have only

THE UNKNOWN HANDS (EPISODE ONE)

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THE UNKNOWN HANDS

 Jide Oyewusi

Fight on my behalf, my head,

My Creator, my interest protect,

The python’s head its fight, fight,

It is in the head the Cobra finds its saviour

The mermaid never experiences shame,

In her defense of the river

Fight for me, my head.

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (FINAL EPISODE)

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…produced a guarantor to ensure the repayment of that small loan. On that occasion, you conveniently forgot my past services to you and your family. Was that not so, Olofin? Now, it is your son who is dangerous ill, you expect me to be

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE EIGHT)

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…wailed  Olofin. “Beg him not to it the head of that hoe on the ground again.” Everybody there pleaded with Esu’s son not to hit the head of his hoe on the ground again. They invited him inside and begged for his cooperation, but he insisted

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE SEVEN)

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…recalled how the boy came to him.

“If it is that boy,” commented the eru, “it will be no great loss if he is taken to the farm.  He is no good at tilling the soil, anyway.”

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE SIX)

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…straight away to Olofin’s farm and sought out to his own son. He gave the boy a special hoe with which to till the soil on Olofin’s farm. Esu’s son tilled the soil on the farm with the new hoe his father gave him. One day, noticing that the hoe’s blade

EBOLA: WEST AFRICAN STATES AGREE ON STRATEGY - 467 ALREADY DEAD

Health ministers from 11 West African countries have adopted a common strategy to fight a deadly Ebola outbreak in the region.

At an emergency meeting in Ghana, ministers promised better collaboration to fight what has become the world’s deadliest outbreak to date.

So far, 759 people have been infected with the virus in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and 467 of them have died.

The two-day meeting was called by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Under the new strategy, the WHO will open a sub-regional control centre in Guinea to co-ordinate technical support.

BOMB FOUND IN ABIA STATE - MILITARY BARRICADES AREA

Residents of Ohafia in Abia State were jolted yesterday by reported discovery of bombs in the community.

This was coming barely three weeks after Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) were discovered at the headquarters of the Living Faith Church (a.k.a Winners Chapel) in Owerri, Imo State and the arrest of 486 Boko Haram suspects at Aro Ngwa Junction and Imo Gate, near Aba.

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE FIVE)

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…his son to regain his health. The boy recovered, he did not die. Then, one day, Orunmila asked Esu,

“By the way, whatever became of your son?”

“Ha! Orunmila! How can you ask me that? You should that he will remain an Iwofa on Olofin’s farm until you repay the man’s loan!”

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE FOUR)

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…warm reception he gave them in apparent recognition of their worth, Orunmila had come to expect that Olofin would waive the matter of any security against the repayment of the loan.

“You will give me an Iwofa to work for me, as well as produce a guarantor to ensure that your Iwofa does not run away. Should he do so, of course, the guarantor will find a replacement for him. Also, the guarantor will ensure that the loan you take from me will be paid in full” Olofin further explained.

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE THREE)

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…consult Ifa about him if he is not to die. But I have no money. Can you help me?”

“Ha! My dear friend, Orunmila, my condition is not different from yours. I’m broke too! But, that does not mean that we cannot find a way out of all this. We should be

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE TWO)

…a male Iwofa was handed over to a male moneylender, while a female Iwofa was handed over. However, if a male moneylender was handed a female Iwofa, he generally gave her to his wife to help with her business. The moneylender could be a

TALES FROM TIMES BEFORE - IWOFA OLOFIN (EPISODE ONE)

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If a person comes to you for help,

Give it freely.

You may thereby safeguard your life.