What technology did you expect would be available now that isn't?

1. A device that could tell when NEPA would interrupt the power supply.

2. Batteries that would last forever.

3. A device that will transmit your thoughts.

4. Downloading food with free Mb from the Internet. For example, with
Glo's ₦5-for-5-Mb-daily GBam plan, think of the amount of food you
can eat with ₦5.

5. Technology to make cars fly in air and swim on water . (This will
be especially useful during wars, natural disasters,etc.)

6. A device that makes wishes come true.

7. A device that can read other people's minds. This will prevent a
lot of crimes, heartbreaks and exam failures.

8. A SLAP button on Facebook for people who post trash to be slapped
to a state of pulp.

9. A device that can predict the future correctly.

10. Generator that runs on water only.

11. Vehicles that can drive themselves without colliding with other
road users (including reckless drivers and careless pedestrians).

12. A photocopier that reproduces ₦1,000 notes as genuinely and with
all embedded security features in the original as possible.

13. A machine you wear on your head while sleeping that records your
dreams for you to watch later.

14. A time machine that allows you to travel into your past to correct
all the wrongs and into your future to make it brighter.

15. A device that you'll put your head in as a woman and will give you
your well-made million braids in seconds.

*Feel free to add yours.

A good-for-nothing garden

Contrary to its family's warning, a small mouse squeezed itself
through a small hole to enter a beautiful garden. The garden had no
other entrance or exit.

Greedily consuming sweet food, it gradually got too big to get out
of the garden. So it had to starve itself to get out. It later called
the garden a "good-for-nothing garden".

Like the garden in this story, we have brought nothing into this world
and we will bring nothing out of it (1 Timothy 6:6-8).

"Òkèlè Àkọ́bù" by Kẹ́hìndé Adépégba

"Òkèlè Àkọ́bù" is a novel about the consequences of taking a blood
oath between lovers. Even the faithful partner suffers if the
relationship breaks up.

At 18 and 22 respectively and as secondary school students, Omolade
and Olaoye swear to marry each other in future and never to have
other lovers.Olaoye passes his SSCE and gets admitted into OAU;
Omolade fails hers thrice and settles for tailoring. She gets pregnant
and has a son Bidemi for Olaoye. At the university, Olaoye dates
Bolanle, a fellow undergraduate. Omolade catches them together at one
of her visits. Olaoye graduates, goes to the US for further studies
(after leaving a nasty letter for Omolade) and marries Bolanle. But
Bolanle soon dies after he has spent all his money on her illness. He
leaves Los Angeles for New Jersey and marries Dupe, a journalist. Dupe
gets involved in drug dealing and they both go to jail. He serves part
of his jail term in the US and the rest in Nigeria.

Omolade is left alone to care for Bidemi, whom Olaoye has disowned.
She marries Arígbábuwó but he divorces her when his shop is gutted by
fire. She then becomes Ọ̀tún's third wife. When Otun dies, the other
wives and his entire family chase Omolade away for bringing bad luck.
Bidemi dies in the process.

The families of Olaoye and Omolade seek out pastors, imams and
traditional healers who all point to the unfulfilled blood oath as the
cause of their problems. The lovers marry and their problem ends.

"Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens

Oliver is born in a workhouse ( a house for poor people). His mother
is found on the streets and brought to the workhouse, where he is
born. The young woman dies immediately after childbirth.

Oliver's guardian, Mrs Mann, doesn't feed him well. Soon ,he is
returned to the workhouse where he faces both hard work and poor
feeding. One day, Oliver asks for more food and is punished. Then he
is sold to Mr Sowerberry.

Mr Sowerberry is friendly to Oliver but Mrs Sowerberry, Noah Claypole
and Charlotte are hostile. Oliver flees to London, where he meets Jack
Dawkins, a boy of his age. Jack offers him food and shelter but
introduces him to a gang of 8 criminals ( Fagins, Toby Crackit, Monks,
Charley Bates, Jack Dawkins, Bill Sikes, Nancy and Bet ). Oliver is
soon sent to "work" with Jack and Charley.

On Oliver's first day with them, Jack and Charley rob one Mr Brownlow
and flee. Oliver is arrested but later released when an eyewitness
explains that he has stolen nothing. Mr Brownlow takes him in and
cares for him. He is however captured by the gang while on an errand.

During a robbery operation, Oliver (being young and tiny) is put
through the window of a house so he can open the door once inside. He
is shot by the occupants of the house and the others flee. The
occupants (Rose Maylie, her aunt and their servants) take great care
of him.

Oliver sees Fagins and Monks staring at him through the window of his
room one day. Then Monks contacts an old woman from the workhouse and
has Oliver's legacy thrown away. Nancy goes to Rose secretly and tells
her about the plan to recapture Oliver. Rose tells Mr Brownlow about
the matter. (Interestingly, Mr Brownlow is Monks' father's friend.
Monks' parents have separated before his father impregnates Agnes, who
gives birth to Oliver in a workhouse.)

Nancy goes to see Mr Brownlow secretly one day, unaware that Charley
is trailing her. So she is murdered. Monks is persuaded to help his
half-brother Oliver. Sikes and Fagins are executed, and Oliver's
legacy is restored. Charley begins to live an honest life, while
Monks' carefree life leads to his death in prison. Oliver lives a
happy life, surrounded by the Maylies and Mr Brownlow.