Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

There is no other time when issue arises in the management of real estate other than when the time is approaching to renew rent by the tenants. This scenario usually occurs with sitting tenants that have spent some considerable period on the property. For incoming tenants, paying rents isn’t usually an issue because it is their first time. Most property managers wouldn’t even dare give their properties to an incoming tenant whose rent is not complete or doesn’t have the money to pay. But for sitting tenants, renewing rent can be a serious problem. Many of them would give all…

I was just offered a job and I was to move to Abuja to pick up my appointment. I have heard how expensive renting accommodation was in Abuja, but was told the only places one could secure cheaper house rent were in the city suburbs. As the usual practice is, I went through property bulletins, searched online and other outlets to look for properties that were for rent for a starter like me. I got one, called the agent in charge, and we fixed an inspection appointment. When we got to the property, it was a six unit 2 and…

Leadership has a lot to do with leading, in whatever setting or form you may think of. Be it in government, organizations, family, church; it all boils down to the fact that there is a person everyone looks up to at any point in time. As a leader, you take responsibility for a lot of things. When everything is going the right way they should, as a leader you are praised for it. Also, whenever things go the other way round, you also bear the blame as a leader. So, the position of leadership is one that is sensitive and…

Mexican Juan Pedro Franco, the world’s heaviest man, who at one point weighed almost 600 kilogrammes (1,300 pounds), has undergone successful gastric bypass surgery, his doctors in Mexico said. And with that he also loses his status as the fattest man on earth. The procedure on Franco is intended to reduce his weight by half, and is expected to be followed up with another operation, his surgeon Jose Castaneda said Tuesday, according to AFP. “The surgery was quite successful. But now we have to wait and see how he responds to the (systemic) change. Let’s hope everything goes well,” Castaneda…

The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy and inciting violence. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, was the first ethnic Chinese Christian to run Indonesia’s capital, and the case was seen as a test of the country’s religious tolerance. He was accused of insulting Islam by referring to a verse in the Koran during a campaign speech. Mr Purnama denied blasphemy and in court said he would mount an appeal. The sentence is harsher than most observers had expected – prosecutors had called for a suspended one-year sentence. The governor was “found…

Let us examine this subject from the biblical point of view. Does God really discipline His children? Noticed I did not use the word ‘punish’ in this chapter. The reason is because to be disciplined and to be punished are two different words. The word punishment is kind of harsh in that sense of the usage. Punishment involves inflicting pain, suffering or loss that serves as retribution as a result of what a person had done. For instance, a judge may declare that a person be punished with ‘death’ as a result of taking another man’s life. In that instance,…

An Egyptian once believed to be the world’s heaviest and fattest woman left an Indian hospital Thursday for the United Arab Emirates where she will continue treatment following drastic weight-loss surgery, doctors said. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty weighed roughly 500 kilograms when she arrived in Mumbai in February, but has shed an astonishing 323 kilograms since undergoing a series of medical procedures. With her weight now standing at 176.6 kilograms, she will begin a year-long course of physiotherapy at VPS Burjeel hospital in Abu Dhabi, her doctors in Mumbai said, according to the AFP. “We have arranged for a…

I have been thinking lately about why Apostle Peter refused to bring back to life Ananias and Saphira his wife, and literally watched them being knocked out one after the other by the Holy Ghost. I have also been thinking like “why couldn’t Apostle Peter pleaded on their behalf and probably pray to God to have mercy on them and then bring back to life again”. I want to also believe that if Apostle Peter had done that, Ananias and Saphira could have had a second chance to live; they would have learnt a vital lesson of their lives from…

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote joins the Diamond League today as he clocks 60. The international businessman, who started business modestly trading in sugar in the late 70s and early 80s, now presides over an industrial octopus, with interest in agriculture, oil, cement, oil, fruit juice, noodles and many others. Many prominent Nigerians have sent him congratulatory messages, with President Muhammadu Buhari, fittingly taking the lead. President Muhammadu Buhari  in  a statement Sunday  joined  the business world, Dangote’s friends and family in congratulating the Forbes’ rated richest African and black man for reaching the diamond milestone. Buhari noted Dangote’s patriotism and…

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote joins the Diamond League today as he clocks 60. The international businessman, who started business modestly trading in sugar in the late 70s and early 80s, now presides over an industrial octopus, with interest in agriculture, oil, cement, oil, fruit juice, noodles and many others. Many prominent Nigerians have sent him congratulatory messages, with President Muhammadu Buhari, fittingly taking the lead. President Muhammadu Buhari  in  a statement Sunday  joined  the business world, Dangote’s friends and family in congratulating the Forbes’ rated richest African and black man for reaching the diamond milestone. Buhari noted Dangote’s patriotism and…