The apostle Paul tells us, “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Phil. 4:8 NLT).

Gospel Corner

21/10/25

Joel Osteen Ministries
Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
GOD’s angel sets up a circle of protection around us while we pray.
Psalm 34:7, MSG


A Circle of Protection
Peace, one angel in the Old Testament defeated an enemy army of 185,000 soldiers in one night. When the prophet Elisha’s house was surrounded by a Syrian army, the hills surrounding them were full of powerful warring angels with chariots of fire. When Satan wanted to test Job’s faith, he had to ask God for permission because God had put a hedge of protection around Job.

You may have big obstacles surrounding you. Depression, addictions, and people are trying to stop you. It feels like you’re stuck. We have to ask God to open our eyes and let us see that He’s surrounding what’s surrounding us. You’re not doing life alone. In the unseen world right now, you have powerful warring angels surrounding you. Psalm 91 says that when you honor God with your life, He will command His angels to watch over you. You may be surrounded by trouble, but that trouble is surrounded by the Most High. Keep doing the right thing, being your best, and you’re going to see the forces that have hindered you broken once and for all.


A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You know everything that the enemy brings against me and surrounds me with. Thank You that You are bigger, greater, and more powerful than any of these enemies. I believe that You have set up a circle of protection around me even now as I pray. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO


What mental movies are you playing in your head today? Are they thoughts of defeat and despair or thoughts of victory and favor? Faith is simply saying what God says about you and seeing what God sees in you and your situation.

It takes a thought to heal a thought. Unlike the world, which teaches you to empty your mind to achieve peace, God’s way is to fill your mind with fresh, powerful, and redeeming thoughts.

The apostle Paul tells us, “Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise” (Phil. 4:8 NLT).

So it’s not just trying to blot out bad thoughts with your willpower. It takes a thought to replace a thought. It takes a right belief to replace a wrong belief. You need God’s truth to replace the enemy’s lies that have kept you in bondage.

My friend, if a wrong, bad, or negative thought is lodged in your mind today and you can’t seem to shake it, stop trying! Perhaps you’re lying in a hospital bed and can’t help but think of the worst-case scenario. You’re attempting to suppress it, but it’s not working.

Well, stop! Stop trying to erase it from your mind. That just won’t work. What you need to do is replace that destructive thought with a thought that’s from God. That’s the only way to deal with a wrong thought and begin the healing process.

Start to meditate on truths such as, “Surely Jesus has borne my sicknesses and carried my pains. The chastisement for my wholeness fell upon Him, and by His stripes I am healed. With long life He will satisfy me” (Isa. 53:4–5, Ps. 91:16). Begin to play mental movies of yourself getting well, being discharged from the hospital, having fun with your kids, or going on a nice holiday!

If you don’t see what God has given you as valuable, as sacred, you’ll end up mishandling it. Protect His calling on your life—your marriage, your children, your career. And if you’ve let it slip, God is giving you another chance. Answer His call today. He’s about to do something amazing in your life.

Gospel Corner

23/10/25

Joel Osteen Ministries

Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
Then Samson prayed to the LORD, “Sovereign LORD, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.”
Judges 16:28, NLT

*Something Sacred*


Samson’s birth was prophesied. He was called to deliver his people before his birth. He was given supernatural strength, something sacred. He knew God’s hand was on him, but he started hanging around the wrong people.

Instead of protecting and using what God had entrusted him with, he didn’t take seriously what God had given him and compromised. He played around with his talent and potential, and he eventually lost it. This once powerful man, who was prophesied to do great things, ended up blinded and chained by enemies. Yet even though he mishandled his calling, God gave him another chance, giving him the strength to push the middle pillars of a temple, collapsing the building and killing more enemies in his death than he had during his lifetime.

If you don’t see what God has given you as valuable, as sacred, you’ll end up mishandling it. Protect His calling on your life—your marriage, your children, your career. And if you’ve let it slip, God is giving you another chance. Answer His call today. He’s about to do something amazing in your life.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for the destiny that You have called me to fulfill. Thank You that You have redeemed me and that Your mercies cover my mistakes and failures. I’m going to keep moving forward knowing that You always have another ‘one more time’ for me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen

SECTION TWO

Today, I want to talk about how you can have a victorious thought life. My friend, the solution to temptations, sinful desires, and thoughts is found in the very first verse of Romans 8: “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

(By the way, some Bible translations, like the New King James Version, go on to say “who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” This was added by the later Bible translators. In the oldest manuscripts of the New Testament available today, the Greek simply states, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”)

You may experience temptations and sinful thoughts from time to time, but right in the midst of that temptation, you need to know this: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Notice that this verse is in the present tense. Right now, even if at this very moment, sinful thoughts are going through your mind, there is no condemnation because you are IN CHRIST JESUS! Are we then to sit still and entertain those sinful thoughts? Of course not.

Sin cannot take root in a person who is full of the consciousness that he is righteous in Christ. You cannot stop birds from flying over your head, but you can certainly stop a bird from building a nest on your head.

In the same way, you cannot stop temptations, sinful thoughts, and desires from passing through your mind, but you can certainly stop yourself from acting on these temptations, sinful thoughts, and desires. How? By confessing at the very moment of temptation that you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus!

The power of Jesus to overcome every temptation kicks in when you remain conscious that even at the point of temptation, Jesus is still with you and that you are righteous in Him apart from your works (Rom. 4:6)! When you do that, you reject the condemnation for the temptation that you faced.

You now have the power of Christ to rise above your temptation and to rest in your righteous identity in Christ apart from your works. That, beloved, is the overcoming life in Christ!

THE ALLEGED USE OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS AS PRESERVATIVES FOR FROZEN FOODS

12/10/25

HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGED USE OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS AS PRESERVATIVES FOR FROZEN FOODS

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has invited the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, NAFDAC, SON and other relevant agencies to appear before an investigative committee to provide valued information on their effort to curb the alleged use of dangerous chemicals for the preservation of frozen foods and other food items in the country

The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Chike Okafor, representing Ehime Mbano/Ihitte Uboma/Obowo Federal Constituency of Imo State, who drew lawmakers attention to the persistent public outcry over alleged use of formalin, sodium hydroxide, snipers, kerosene and carbide as preservatives in frozen fish, prawns, shrimp, meat, and other food items in Nigerian markets

Okafor explained that reports from regulatory bodies, health experts, and media investigations revealed that the chemicals commonly used for embalming corpses, industrial processes, and ripening fruits are now being used to prolong the shelf life of perishable foods.

The lawmaker noted that consumers of these food items risks several health challenges, including the potential for developmental disorder like autism in children, cancer, organ damage, and other life-threatening health conditions as documented by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).

The lawmaker expressed concern that most frozen products imported into Nigeria are preserved using carcinogenic substances, which are radiation agents directly involved in causing cancer, while eateries use harmful substances, including Dimethylpolysiloxane, Tertiary Butyl Hydroquinone (TBHQ), a chemical preservatives, so deadly that just five grams can kill a human being, to prepare chicken.

The House mandated its committees on Nutrition and Food Security, NAFDAC, Safety Standards to conduct the investigative and report back to the House within six legislative weeks for further legislative action

Sometimes life won’t make sense. In fact, He says, “My ways are not your ways.” You’re doing the right thing, but it hasn’t worked out. You have to trust that God is still in control, that He knows what He’s doing. He’s already planned the end from the beginning. This is what faith is all about.

Gospel Corner

22/ 10/25

Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him. Then they took him and cast him into a pit. And the pit was empty; there was no water in it.


Genesis 37:23–24, NKJV

In the Pits
When you’re in the pits, it’s tempting to have a pity party. “Why did this happen to me? How could this go so wrong?” You’re right where Joseph was, so hated by his brothers that they threw him in a pit to die. You did the right thing, but the wrong thing happened. You can either get sour and bitter, or you can do what he did and trust God in the pit.

We’re not going to understand everything God is doing. There are difficult times when a pit has been ordained by God. His plan for Joseph’s life was to rule the nation of Egypt. The pit was ordained to get him to Egypt and led to other difficult situations before he finally became prime minister. Sometimes life won’t make sense. In fact, He says, “My ways are not your ways.” You’re doing the right thing, but it hasn’t worked out. You have to trust that God is still in control, that He knows what He’s doing. He’s already planned the end from the beginning. This is what faith is all about.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that the pits I find myself in are only temporary stops along the way to my final destination. Thank You that I can offer You a sacrifice of praise because You hold victory in store for me. I believe that You’ll get me to where I’m supposed to be. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

What is our part in the new covenant of grace? Our part in the new covenant of grace is to simply believe! What should we believe? We are to believe in Jesus! But follow me closely now, this answer may not be as straightforward as it seems.

If you were to ask people on the streets if they believed in Jesus, you would probably get all kinds of answers. There would be those who believe that Jesus existed as a historical figure, moral philosopher, charismatic leader, or prophet. Sadly, the truth is that believing all these things about Jesus will not save them.

So let’s establish what it means to believe in Jesus. To believe in Jesus is to first and foremost, believe and receive Him as your personal Lord and Savior who died on the cross for all your sins. To believe in Jesus is to believe that Jesus is the only way to salvation and that once you receive Him, you receive the gift of eternal life.

Furthermore, to believe in Jesus is to believe beyond the shadow of a doubt that all your sins—past, present, and future—were all punished on the cross and that today (this is where the last clause of the new covenant applies), all your sins and lawless deeds He remembers NO MORE!

Based on the new covenant of grace, what does God want you to believe? He wants you to believe with all your heart that He meant every word when He said, “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Heb. 8:12).

You see, in the new covenant, there is nothing for us to do but to believe! Your part in the new covenant of God’s unmerited favor is to believe that you are completely forgiven of all your sins, and that Jesus’ blood cleanses you from all your unrighteousness and lawlessness.

In God’s eyes today, you are made perfectly righteous by Jesus’ finished work. The new covenant’s emphasis is to believe that you are forgiven of every sin and that God has erased them from His memory.

If you don’t believe this, it will be impossible for you to depend on and expect God to protect, provide for and prosper you. If you don’t believe this, it will rob you of the ability to receive His goodness, blessings, unmerited favor, and success in your life. So believe. Only believe!

Jesus does not have to be crucified repeatedly whenever you fail because every sin has already been paid for on the cross.

Gospel Corner

20/10/25

There are some Christians who believe that you can lose fellowship with God when you sin, and you need to confess your sin to God and obtain forgiveness to become righteous again. They claim that your relationship with God is not broken when you sin, but fellowship with Him is, so you need to confess your sin to restore fellowship with Him.

It sounds very good. But believing that your fellowship with God is broken when you sin will affect your ability to come boldly to His throne of grace to receive from Him. In reality, both the words “relationship” and “fellowship” share the same Greek root word koinonia.

This means that even if you fail, relationship and fellowship with God are not broken. Why? Because your sins and failures have all been paid for at the cross. How can you ever lose your righteousness in Christ when it is based entirely on His perfect work and not your imperfection?

To see how we have everlasting righteousness in Christ, look at the prophecy in the Book of Daniel about Jesus’ work at Calvary. Daniel 9:24 describes His mission in no uncertain terms: “To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness.”

Beloved, we can rejoice today because Jesus has fulfilled every iota of this prophecy! The blood of bulls and goats in the old covenant only provided limited and temporal righteousness for the children of Israel, and that is why with every new failing, the sacrifices had to be repeated.

But in the new covenant, the blood of Jesus put an end to sin and gave us everlasting righteousness! Listen carefully to this: Jesus does not have to be crucified repeatedly whenever you fail because every sin has already been paid for on the cross.

We need to trust in just how complete and perfect His finished work is. Today, as a new covenant believer, you are righteous not only until your next sin. You have everlasting righteousness!

So in the areas that you are still depending on your own efforts to succeed, start resting in Jesus’ unmerited favor and begin experiencing His manifested presence and glory upon everything you touch!

Gospel Corner

19/ 10/25

In more than two decades of ministry, I have learned this from the Lord: Without Him, we cannot. Without us, He will not. What this simply means is that we need to recognize the fact that if we do not depend on Jesus, there can be no real, long-lasting and abiding success—without Him, we cannot.

The Bible tells us that unless the Lord builds the house, we labor in vain (Ps. 127:1). Believers who want to experience His success need to recognize this truth and begin to depend on Jesus and Jesus alone.

There are some believers who may not articulate it, but in their hearts, they believe that without Jesus, they can still succeed. By believing and acting on this, they fall from the high place of God’s grace (His unmerited favor) back into the law, back into trying to merit and deserve success by their own efforts.

God’s Word tells us, “For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace [unmerited favor]” (Gal. 5:4 NLT).

These are strong words of warning. Once you start depending on your own merits and efforts to deserve God’s favor, you are back under the system of the law. You are cut off from Christ and have fallen from the place of having His unmerited favor work in your life.

Don’t misunderstand me, Jesus is still with you (He will never leave you nor forsake you [Heb. 13:5]), but by depending on your self-efforts, you effectively cut off His unmerited favor in your life.

So what do I mean when I say, “Without us, He will not”? Well, Jesus is a gentleman. He will not force His unmerited favor and success down your throat. He needs you to allow Him to work in your life. He waits patiently for you to trust Him. He waits patiently for you to depend on His unmerited favor, the way Joseph trusted and depended wholly on the Lord’s presence, until His manifested presence took over, and His glory radiated from everything that Joseph touched.

Beloved, let’s learn quickly that without Jesus, we cannot succeed, and if we choose not to respond to His unmerited favor, He will not force it on us. God’s unmerited favor is ever-flowing toward us and Jesus is waiting for us to come to the end of ourselves. He is waiting for you to stop struggling in your own attempts to somehow “deserve” His favor, and just depend on Him.

So in the areas that you are still depending on your own efforts to succeed, start resting in Jesus’ unmerited favor and begin experiencing His manifested presence and glory upon everything you touch!

UNIVERSITY OF HELLP.O BOX 666, LAKE OF FIREPlease check if you are studying any of the course or you already have a Degree or Masters in any of the Faculty.

Gospel Corner

UNIVERSITY OF HELL
P.O BOX 666, LAKE OF FIRE
Please check if you are studying any of the course or you already have a Degree or Masters in any of the Faculty.

The admission form is free of charge.

Following are the available Faculties of Studies:

FACULTY OF IMMORALITY
Department of Fornication and Adultery
Department of Masturbation
Department of Pornography
Department of Homosexuality
Department of Lesbianism and Gay
Department of Lusting.

FACULTY OF WORLDLINESS
Department of crazy Fashion
Department of Carnivals/Festivals
Department of Pride of Life
Department of Secular Music and Vulgar language.

FACULTY OF SOCIAL LIFESTYLE
Department of Occultism
Department of Idolatry
Department of Smoking
Department of Drunkenness
Department of Drug Addiction
Department of Hypocrisy
Department of Fraud/Malpractice.

FACULTY OF WICKEDNESS
Department of Hatred, Malice
Department of Anger, Wrath
Department of Murder
Department of Envy, Jealousy
Department of Witchcraft and Sorcery.

FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of Lies
Department of Slander
Department of Backbiting
Department of Gossiping
Department of Tale-bearing
Department of Dishonesty, Forgery & Faking.

FACULTY OF MARINE
Department of spiritual wickedness
Department of Powers and Principalities
Department of Witches and Witchcraft
Department of Marine-Spiritism
Department of Demonology
Department of Household Wickedness
Department of evil Oppression
Department of Obsession, Possession and Depression.

Requirements:
Refusal to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Savior
Worldliness.

SIGNED:
Devil Satan,
Chancellor UNIVERSITY OF HELL.

Although, you might have been offered a provisional admission into the University of Hell, an opportunity for a change of institution to life everlasting, situated in Heaven has been made available by the Saviour of mankind, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Requirements are as follow:

Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Savior

Believe, He came to this world purposely because of you, died vicariously for your sake to redeem you and to pay the debt you are already owing the University of Hell.

Confess your sins, all your iniquities, all your transgressions, all your shortcomings. Repent and Forsake them all.

Decide to live a holy life henceforth

Keep on looking on to Jesus, as the Author and Finisher of your Faith.

Upon graduation, Revelation 20:10-15 says
And the devil, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Hell and his graduating students would be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone…
And they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

*If you see any reason to give this posting a wide publicity so as to sensitise those who are daily applying for a admission into the University of Hell that the end thereof is eternal damnation, please help and spread the message.

We are in a war, my friend, and the only way to defeat fear is to speak the Word of God to whatever fear you have by saying, “It is written.”

Gospel Corner

16/ 10/25

Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14, ESV
Through the Valleys
In Psalm 23, David said, “I walk through the darkest valley.” He didn’t say, “I set up camp in the valley and stay there.” He said, in effect, “The valley is not my home; the throne is. I don’t settle in the middle because I’m a shepherd boy and don’t have the skills, the connections, or the training to become king. I don’t give up when it’s hard, when life’s not fair, when it’s taking a long time. I have faith for the middle.”

God is not dependent on what you don’t have. When He breathed His life into you, He equipped you with everything you need. When things come against you, and you’re tempted to settle, you have to dig your heels in and say as David said, “God is the God of the middle. Even though I may not understand it, I’m not going to get stuck in the valley. I’m going to keep moving forward, knowing that God is in control and the difficulties are just steps on the way to the prize of the upward call of God in my life.”

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that You are not just the God of the start of my journey, not just the God of my finish, but You are also the God of the middle. Thank You that You are here to help me through the valleys. I declare that no difficulty will keep me from Your upward call. In Jesus’ Name, Amen

SECTION TWO

Beloved, it is not enough for you to merely know the Word in your heart. You must say it. That’s when latent power becomes actual power.

When our Lord Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, He did not merely think about Scripture. He spoke it out loud.

You can memorize thousands of Scriptures, but if you don’t learn to say, “It is written,” and release the Word, there will be no power. God’s power is there, but it is all lying dormant inside you. But when you speak it out, God’s power is unleashed. When you release God’s Word through your mouth, you release God’s power into your situation.

Fear is not something you can reason or analyze away. Fear is irrational. There are some fears that come into your life and you can think to yourself, Come on, what are the chances of that happening? or It’s so silly to fear this. But have you noticed that those fears still hang around?

We are in a war, my friend, and the only way to defeat fear is to speak the Word of God to whatever fear you have by saying, “It is written.”

It is written—”For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7).

I want you to memorize that. It’s a powerful verse of Scripture.

Now, I want you to say this out loud: It is written—”For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Do you feel the power that comes with saying this aloud?

This is the truth: God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. I don’t care what kind of fears you are battling with—fear of growing old, fear of contracting this or that disease, fear of losing your job, fear of failure. Whatever the fear that has come against you, declare, “It is written.”

What if the fear comes back? Then say it again! Sometimes, I speak Scriptures over my situation in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening. Whenever the fear comes back, I speak the Word of God.

If the devil wants a fight, give him one! Give him the sword of the Spirit and he will get the point every time.

There are many Scriptures you can memorize. Write down the Scriptures that cover the areas of your need, and arm yourself with them!

Only Jesus can touch what you are feeling inside and turn that turmoil into His peace. With the Lord by your side, and from that abiding peace within, you can influence your external surroundings.

16/10/25

Gospel Corner

Joel Osteen Ministries

Today’s Word
Today’s Scripture
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
2 Corinthians 4:17, NKJV

The Bigger the Blessing.
We love to receive the blessings of God, to see His promises come to pass in our lives, to give birth to a dream. But God is looking for people like the apostle Paul who can handle the burden and challenges that come with the blessing. People like David who won’t give up because they confront a giant or have a friend who betrays them. People like Esther who are blessed to become royalty and yet take a stand for her people when her life is on the line. People like Abraham who believe for the impossible on his way to being a blessing to the world. That’s all a part of the package. You wouldn’t have that opposition if you weren’t highly favored. The enemy wouldn’t be working so hard if he didn’t know you were about to step up to a new level. Don’t be discouraged by the burden. The bigger the burden, the bigger the blessing. Keep doing the right thing. The blessing that God has in store for you will far overshadow anything that you’ve been through.

A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You that the difficulties I face are temporary and are working in me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Thank You that the burdens You give me will lead to greater blessings. I believe I’m going to make it through and come out better. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

SECTION TWO

I want to talk to you today about experiencing God’s kind of peace in the midst of fearful circumstances. My friend, peace is not the absence of trouble in your life. It is not the absence of turmoil, challenges, or things that are not harmonious in your physical environment.

It is possible to be in the midst of the biggest crisis in your life and still experience peace. That’s the true kind of peace that you can experience with Jesus—peace that surpasses understanding. Naturally speaking, it does not make sense for you to feel completely at rest and at peace when you are in dire straits, but supernaturally, you can be filled with peace!

The world defines peace, harmony, and tranquility based on what is happening in the sensory realm. The world’s notion of peace would look something like this: A man lying in a hammock on a white sandy beach in Hawaii with luau music playing softly in the cabana, coconut trees swaying in perfect unison and warm, blue waves rolling languidly along the shoreline. The world calls that peace—until reality kicks in, and the transient peace that was experienced just moments ago dissipates into thin air!

You see, my friend, you cannot use your external surroundings to permanently influence the turmoil that you are feeling inside. Only Jesus can touch what you are feeling inside and turn that turmoil into His peace. With the Lord by your side, and from that abiding peace within, you can influence your external surroundings.

It’s not the other way round. With Jesus, transformation is always from inside out and not outside in. He puts a peace and rest in your heart that is so secure, you can face any challenge without worry or stress, regardless of your negative circumstances and environment.

Is the Federal Government of Nigeria’s exclusion of Southeast from the railway project a curse or a blessing?

14/10/25

Is the Federal Government of Nigeria’s exclusion of Southeast from the railway project a curse or a blessing?

By Livy-Elcon Emereonye

Nations are not destroyed only by bombs and bullets. They are destroyed by policies of exclusion, by systemic strangulation, by the deliberate denial of growth to some while others are fattened with privilege. Nigeria stands today as an empire of injustice, and nothing exposes this better than the Federal Government’s exclusion of the Southeast from its railway projects.

Let us call it by its real name: a curse of calculated marginalization. For decades, the Igbo have been treated not as citizens but as tolerated strangers in a country they helped build and are still building. The railways that crisscross Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, and Ibadan are not just steel tracks—they are symbols of belonging. By denying the Southeast, Abuja has declared once more: “You are not wanted. You are not equal. You shall remain isolated.”

But here lies the irony of history: what tyrants intend as a curse often transforms into the greatest blessing for the oppressed. Marginalization is fertilizer for revolution. Neglect is the spark of innovation. Rejection is the mother of self-reliance.

The time has come to break the chains of deliberate neglect and convert curses to blessings.

The Southeast’s exclusion is intentional. It is part of a pattern—an ancient wound reopened again and again. A region rich in commerce is denied modern transport. Traders and manufacturers must pay more for logistics, lose more on broken roads, and risk more in insecurity. It is designed to keep the Igbo competitive but crippled, resilient but limited, alive but never allowed to thrive.

This is the curse of being shackled in a federation that feeds on your sweat but denies you justice. It must stop.

People who do not speak out against injustices will face dire outcomes.

But we shall not bow. We shall not beg. We shall not wait for crumbs at the master’s table. This exclusion, though born of malice, is a blessing of awakening.

If FGN denies us trains, we shall build our own.

If they close federal doors, we shall open regional gates.

If they insult us with neglect, we shall answer with industry.

If they bind us with exclusion, we shall break free with innovation.

The Igbo spirit has never been broken, not even after the genocide of the civil war. With twenty pounds, we rebuilt cities. With bare hands, we built industries. With no help, we dominated trade. And now, with this railway exclusion, we are reminded once again: our destiny is not in their hands—it is in ours.

The glorious advancement of a people commences with the aspiration to rewrite history, demanding that one seeks advantages in all difficulties and endeavours to gain insights from suffering. We must craft diverse lemonades from the lemons available to us.

Let the governors of the Southeast hear this declaration. Let businessmen and women of Igboland hear it. Let the diaspora, scattered but unbroken, hear it. The time has come to stop crying and start creating.

Form a Southeast Infrastructure Trust Fund, fueled by diaspora remittances and local capital.

Launch an Eastern Railway Initiative, connecting Aba to Onitsha, Enugu to Owerri, Nnewi to Port Harcourt.

Adopt technology-based logistics, surpassing old systems.

Collaborate politically—not as pieces in Abuja’s chess match, but as the decision-makers of our own territory.

This goes beyond railways. The focus is on liberating oneself from suppression. Every kilometer of railway denied us is a kilometer of independence we must build for ourselves. Enough is enough. We must psychologically resist every form of marginalization and exclusion.

Nobody can suppress another person without their approval, which is why we must now come together and cast off the garments of oppression and suppression, advancing triumphantly from ashes to flames as we fuel the fire of self-assessment for our preservation.

The rejected stone shall be the cornerstone. The people despised shall be the people who rise. Abuja thinks it has cursed us with exclusion; history will record that it blessed us with the fire of self-determination.

The Southeast must declare: never again shall our fate be tied to a system that thrives on our marginalization. We shall build, and in building, we shall free ourselves. The curse shall become a blessing, and the neglected shall become the leaders of tomorrow. Had they foreseen resurrection, there would have been no crucifixion.

Long-standing marginalization and exclusion have finally reached their peak, giving rise to a radical awareness and comprehensive renaissance.

The veil has been removed, and the hidden intent is no more a secret so let this be heard in Abuja and beyond:

We do not beg for inclusion, but we must resist every form of exclusion.

We do not plead for railways. We demand them as a matter of right and entitlement along with other basic amenities.

We do not seek the mercy of a system designed against us, but we demand equity and fairness for just and meaningful existence. We need the conducive environment to live and operate as human beings.

Every strategy aimed at keeping us down and out has been implemented, yet we remain unyielding to intimidation. We opt for the journey of greatness through innovation that identifies success in all situations. We toe the path of creating wealth even from wastes. We shall build our own. We shall rise. We shall prove once again that the Igbo spirit cannot be broken, cannot be erased, and cannot be excluded.

This exclusion is not the end of the Southeast—it is the beginning of its renaissance. It holds the ace for absolute development for meaningful impact.

From curse to blessing. From exclusion to revolution. From neglect to liberation. Transforming hostility into a driving force for genuine progress is beneficial.

The time has come – and this is indeed the time.