Get it right with Nkay

19/09/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY (FMD 114).
Take a break

12/09/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY ( FMD 113).
Balloon dream

23/08/2025

*BITTER PILL*

The room is stuffy, everywhere is so hot. sitting out from her face me I face you apartment in Ajegunle, she could hear her neighbours quarreling over whose turn it is to bath.

Funmi is already tired of life... It's been 5years her husband passed on. No help from relations, or anyone. She's been left to train her three boys alone.
Being a widow at 35years wasn't what she bargained for. These five years have been the worst years of her life.
All efforts to solicit for help even from her WhatsApp school platform has fetched her nothing but sympathy and only encouraging text messages. She needs money, she needs a life, she needs to take care of her children.
She only sells fruits by the road side to keep body and soul together despite being a graduate of business administration.
Guess she's doing the business on the streets now .Life is not fair! Funmi breathed out..

She was lost in thought when suddenly an SUV packed Infront of their compound, it's easy to see because there was no fence at all. She kept wandering who the person was..an SUV in this our kpako compound.
Then, stepped out Ifeoluwa Williams..her old school coursemate.
Oh my God! Ife....Funmi shouted
Is that you..
They embraced and Ife couldn't help but express her sympathy over her situation..she said she had to look for a way to visit her as soon as she came back to Nigeria..having been informed of her predicament from their school WhatsApp platform.
Ifeoluwa is now a successful businesswoman and the CEO of FEWILS Global Ventures, a company that specialized in importing electronics and tech gadgets into Nigeria.

Ife was touched seeing funmi's misfortune. Without hesitation, she invited her to her office, offered her a position as a financial operations assistant, and within two weeks, moved her into a furnished two-bedroom apartment in Lekki. She even handed Funmi the keys to a small Toyota Corolla for ease of transport.

For the first time in years, Funmi breathed. Her children smiled again. Life was beautiful.

Then one day, Bisola visited, an old school mate too.
Babe wetin you dey talk...this is your time to make a fortune..I know that ladyooo, Ifeoluwa ,she's very wealthyooo,, couldn't she have done more for you, after all, money be like water for her...Ife will just use you and by the time you realize yourself time have gone by, and you'll discover you saved nothing after years of working for her.
What are you saying...Funmi was confused and curious at the same time....
Babe, you dey handle the company books, right? Just adjust some figures here and there. Ifeoluwa’s company is making millions. Who will know? You fit collect small-small and set yourself properly.”

Funmi, wrestled with her conscience but the seduction of "more" won. She began padding invoices, creating ghost supplier payments, and quietly shifting money into a secret account. Over six months, she amassed enough to buy land and started building her own house.

It was only a matter of time the internal audit team noticed inconsistencies. They traced every transaction. The truth surfaced and it was Funmi’s name on every forged figure.

Ife was devastated. She summoned funmi into her office, the same office where she had once offered her hope, and with eyes filled with tears, said, “You’ve not only stolen money. You’ve broken trust, you have no integrity, you've broken my heart, I trusted you and was willing to help.”

The job was gone. The apartment reclaimed. The car confiscated. Her sons cried that night as they returned to a one room apartment , a lifestyle they have left, they were back to square one as the house she started building was still at foundation level. No hope of even competing the structure...

Funmi sat again on a bench older, wiser, emptier and full of regrets.

I shouldn't have swallowed this bitter pill, Bisola you have finished me...she said amidst tears...

Lessons: Trust is hard to earn but easy to break. We should be careful who offers us advise. One wrong action can bring lifetime regrets, integrity pays anyday, anytime..
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15/08/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY (fmd 112)
Paying bills, what does it take?

01/08/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY (Fmd 111) Problem shared, problem solved.

28/07/2025

Topic: Reasons for Academic Backwardness

Today, we will begin a new discussion on the reasons for academic backwardness.
To kick off this evening’s session, I’ll start with the number one reason why many students are falling behind academically.

Let’s be honest, everyone, including you, wants to succeed academically.
We all desire to be intelligent, outstanding, and the kind of student teachers, lecturers, parents, and loved ones talk about with pride. But here's the truth: the problem is not in the desire.
Many students don’t know how to succeed academically. And even among those who know the way, many lack the discipline to follow through. As a result, they settle for being average.
I’ve learnt 5 major factors that can affect a student’s academic performance:

1. Environment
2. Excessive use of social media and electronic devices
3. Alcohol
4. Relationships
5. Spiritual issues.

Today, we’ll be focusing on the first one: Environment.

1. Environment:
Your environment plays a major role in your ability to study and retain information.
It has been scientifically proven that many students cannot read or understand well in a noisy place.
There is a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex. It helps you concentrate, pay attention, and make decisions.
When there is noise, this part of the brain finds it hard to work well. So, it becomes hard for you to focus, understand, or remember what you are reading.

Also the hippocampus, helps you form and keep memories.
The auditory cortex helps you hear sounds even when you are trying to ignore them.
When there is too much noise, all these parts of the brain become confused and tired.
This makes it hard for the brain to work properly.
The brain struggles when the noise is loud,
You're trying to learn new or difficult material and when you already feel tired or stressed. .you'll agree with me now that from the above, it is quite clear that when the brain is not in order, it becomes very difficult to concentrate while reading. Take for instance a student that has to accompany his or her parents or guardian to make ends meet every day. Such student will definitely come home tired and worn out. Or a student that has to work to meet up daily needs. There is no way the brain will be in the proper coordination to be able to read and assimilate.

Okay, let's explore the way out.
1) you can't quit helping your parents or guardian....you have to make use of your school library..
2) Self discipline...utilize the quite moments, especially night times or early morning when everywhere is usual quiet.
3) Make use of every time you have..I once had neighbours who will read even while helping their mum in her shop, abd thet did well academically ..
Maximize tour break times, it mustn't be for eating or chatting but for reading
4) Structure your personal study time table in a way that fits your schedule
5) Join a serious study group or form one rather, where you can see like minded people that will motivate you
6) Focus on Understanding, Not Just Reading.
Don’t just read aim to understand. Even 10 minutes of focused understanding is better than 1 hour of distracted reading.
7) Ask God for strength. because there are some environments you'll find yourself in as a student and you can't do anything to change it, you just can't help the situation.
Which point will you work on?
Which point got you thinking?
What did you learn?

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I speak, I mentor and educate undergraduates and young individuals to pursue excellence, discover purpose, and build skills for global influence.
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28/07/2025

18/07/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY (FMD 110).
Over a decade , no contact or communication, be careful how you rush it

04/07/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY. ( FMD 109).
I judged her😢

27/06/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY (FMD 108)
Wake up while it's still morning..

16/06/2025

The 33rd Inaugural lecture by Prof. Emmanuel Inyama...thank you for impacting humanity.
@70, retired but not tired🥰. I celebrate you always my prof.

13/06/2025

FRIDAY MORNING DEW WITH NKAY (FMD 107).
Stop the trend..watch till end.