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I almost lost my wife to a strange man.

It was actually my fault but I got sense quickly.

When our daughter just started schooling, my wife needed me to take our daughter to school to start activities but because of my kind of schedule, being my pattern before I got married; i always pray and study at night, then sleep from 5:00AM in the morning till like 9:00AM.

I told my wife that i won't be able to take her and our daughter to school because of my activities. At that time, we had a car but she had refused to learn how to drive. I told her to find a way around it.

The first time she complained she went to school, she was angry, she complained angrily the second and third time; I didn't care.

At a time, I realize she was doing it sweatlessly and she was beginning to enjoy it. She comes back many times and says “Sweetheart, I just took our daughter to school. Mehn, I enjoyed it, guess what?there's this guy, anytime we come out of the compound, he just picks me and our daughter, car with good A.C, he drops us back”

She came again and said the guy picked her, the second day she said again, “Honey, this guy picked me”🙄

The next morning, I woke up, took my car keys and said to her “sweetheart enter the car, I'll like to take you to school”

Ladies and gentlemen, I know some of you will say that is jealousy, but alot of men have lost their homes because they are not responsible. There's a difference between jealousy and responsibility. Alot of us have lost our home because we are not responding to the ability that we have.

Everyone of us have a unique ability God has given to us to make our home work but we are not responsible to that ability, so we just act the “I don't care attitude” and we loose out to that which God has given us as a spouse.

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You'll think it's nothing much till your wife starts liking someone else because of the good things he's been doing for her. When you have issues at home, she'll go somewhere to find ventilation and before you know it, people will start blaming the devil. Meanwhile, if you take responsibility on time and shut every door, Satan's power and vices will not be felt.

It's not always easy, but the consequences of irresponsibility aren't always smooth.

Learn from me!

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During an interview session with the winlos

Wife owns Northwest Petroleum.

Husband owns Providus Bank.

This is where it gets interesting.

When the wife started Northwest Petroleum on a small scale 27 years ago, the husband supported her with capital and finance.

He was a finance professional at that time, while the wife was a chartered accountant who just resigned from an oil and gas company with the intent to start her own.

With a startup capital of only N200,000, to which the husband chipped in something, Northwest Petroleum started a business and was born.

The company carried out diesel supplies in 200-liter drums to homes.

She started out supplying diesel to her church & homes in her neighborhood.

Her clientele grew to include hotels & factories.

The Business Expanded and She Became a Bulk Buyer, Leasing Petrol Stations and Distributing Other Refined Petroleum Products,

Two and a half decades later, the company now handles international oil trading and services deals worth millions of dollars and has multiple investments in midstream and upstream sectors of the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd. owns over a 100 million liter storage capacity in Nigeria.

Northwest Petroleum operates two ultra-modern mega petroleum products storage terminals with a combined capacity of 96.8 million liters, certified and licensed by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), and an ultra-modern berthing facility with international state-of-the-art firefighting and safety equipment, adjudged one of the best in Nigeria and sited in the Calabar Free Trade Zone, Cross River State.

Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited also owns and operates several unique 24- and 26-nozzle ultra-modern mega filling stations across the country.

Now possessing vast experience in the importation, supply, distribution, and storage of petroleum products, Northwest Petroleum is approved by the NNPC for the allocation and export of Nigerian crude oil and is actively involved in the official export.

North West has grown and is now a business that does millions of dollars in revenue.

The husband, who was running a mortgage bank, United Mortgage Bank, wanted to apply for a banking license.

He tapped on the wife, who is now a billionaire in naira, to invest, and as you know, one good turn deserves another.

The wife invested in what is known as Providus Bank today, of which her husband is the pioneer CEO.

Not only did she invest, but her company, Northwest Petroleum, is the biggest shareholder of the bank, with over 34% shareholding.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Nigeria’s biggest power couple.

Mr. Walter and Mrs. Winifred Akpani

A reminder that as a couple, you don’t need to put out the light of your partner for you to shine.

In the picture are the power couple flanked by Mr. Ijewere, former president of ICAN, who is in the middle.

MARRIAGE DELAY: CHURCH DOCTRINES

_A lady told me some time ago that the man who wants to marry her is having issues with the parents because of the church he attends._

_The man used to worship with the parents in Church "X" but he no longer likes their doctrine so he moved to Church "Y" where he met her._

_Now the parents want the man to marry in their church and continue worshipping there but the man disagreed. His parents said he can't marry as well._

Some church doctrines have contributed to marital delay. Their doctrines restrict their members from marrying outside their denominations.

On the other hand, some singles believe that their church is the best as such they can't marry outside their denomination. Having this mindset is a self inflicted delay.

In the eyes of God our body is the "church". He doesn't see church A better than church B, God only seeks for true worshippers wherever they are. Therefore, it's not so good if people limit themselves to the building called "Church". We are co heirs in Christ.

*Never limit your marriage to your church alone, be free to marry outside your church so long as it is a Bible believing church and the individual has the qualities you need.*

📍 Marry in the Lord not in denomination.

📍 All you need is a partner that fears God, loves you and gives you peace.

"And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:29 (KJV )"

© Josephine Aremo