I am Barnabas Akinrinola. I am a Nigerian lawyer specialising in media and entertainment. I have been an active player in the media and entertainment space for more than 7 years via different roles, capacities and platforms. I have been practicing in the media and entertainment space as a lawyer for about 3 years, with... Continue Reading →
Read This If You Want To Join The 1% of the 1% Making Cool, Legit Money Online + 25 Options You Can Choose From
It's one thing if you're one of those who are not making cool, clean money online today. It's another thing if you decide to remain one of them tomorrow, next tomorrow and next week. There's one thing you need to understand, though: This is 2022! This is the age of the internet. This is the... Continue Reading →
Conversations With Alagba Barny
Beautiful reader, hello! I hope you're doing good. I am pleased to share something with you. It is my pleasure to inform you that on Saturday, May 15, 2021, I'll be hosting an Instagram live session where, with my very special and fantastic guests, I'll be discussing my country, the Nigeria. My guests are young,... Continue Reading →
My mum rolled on the floor and had tears in her eyes when she heard my result — Yusuf, Overall BGS, Nigerian Law School
Fantastic reader, I salute you! How are you today?😃💕 A little before the last quarter of this year, I began an interview series right here on the Fantbabs blog in which I interview the only five First Class graduates of the Nigerian Law School this year. This series is titled, the Phenomenal Five, as you... Continue Reading →
“In our society, if you are too big, it’s a crime; if you are too slim, it’s also a crime.” Balogun says on releasing his debut film, Fatty Bum Bum
Many things disturb the human existence but body shaming has been among the most painful so far amongst children, even youths and so many adults. Saying it is bad is an understatement as it also tends to push the young ones into having inferiority complex. The writer, Oreofe Oguntola, carefully exposes the danger and consequences... Continue Reading →
7 and more things about prayer (part 2)
Hello, beautiful blog reader! Thank you for coming here. You are definitely in the right place.😊 If you have not read the first part of this piece, please, do. It introduces this piece and will help you follow me effectively.✨ Check this out about our God.😃🕺🕺 James 1:17 [17]Every good gift and every perfect (free,... Continue Reading →
Re: Tears for Dare Amuda
Welcome! Four years ago, a friend of mine, Omoya Simult wrote a piece (which, to me, is decisively one of the best I have read from someone in our age range) about a dear friend of his whom he had lost to the cold hands of death, Dare Amuda. I read it again recently and... Continue Reading →
Friendly Quest-ions With Barny and Dara
On this episode of Friendly Quest-ions, Barny interviews Dara Olaniyan. You will absolutely love it and learn from it.
The Ranting of A Young Nigerian In This Rattling Lockdown
Of course, I must stay at home. I actually have, for the last two weeks. But my eyes and the eyes of my three younger siblings have almost yobo. We have just finished soaking the garri that kind Iya Risi gave us in her own attempt to play philanthropist in this corona era. Of course,... Continue Reading →
We Really, Really Rise By Lifting Others
Recently, the Holy Spirit did it again. He gave me a revelation. Sometimes, when the Holy Spirit reveals a thing to me, it's not that that thing is new or strange to me or that nobody else in the world knows about it. At those times, he makes things that I probably have always known... Continue Reading →
March 1
Hello. On Sunday, March 1, I became a year older. This year's birthday came with a lot of reflecting. I realized that I was more blessed than I could possibly be grateful for. It was a chance for me to rub myself in the cheek, stroke my tiny strands of beard and pat myself in... Continue Reading →
Alagba Barny this Sunday: Is there such a thing as Karma?
Hi! Happy Sunday to you! Recently, my attention has been drawn to the subject of Karma and to the question of its realness. Is there really such a thing as Karma? Generally, like Merriam Webster's Dictionary provides, Karma is the force created by a person's actions that some people believe causes good or bad things... Continue Reading →
Speakers to Look Forward to in Jaw War 2019
Hi! It's the second-to-the-last month of the year! I specially want to salute students of Nigeria's premier university, the University of Ibadan, who are preparing for one of Africa's biggest student public speaking competitions, popularly known as Jaw War, organized by The Literary and Debating Society, University of Ibadan. Since its reintroduction in 2014, Jaw... Continue Reading →
The Fourth Basic Need of Man That We Were Not Taught
I was taught in primary school that man has three basic needs. I'm sure you know them too. They are food, clothing and shelter. These items are basic because man cannot really say he is living if he does not have them, and even if he can breathe and live without these things, he cannot... Continue Reading →
Honest Talk, One Procrastinator To Another
Last night, I was discussing with a group of friends about some of their strengths. These guys could start researching for and finish an entry for an essay contest in less than two hours to the deadline of the contest. According to them, those moments of pressure were exactly when brilliant ideas competed for space... Continue Reading →
Empathy
Empathy. The ability to understand and share someone else's feelings, thoughts and experiences. Samuel was a kid I met yesterday evening on the grassy path leading to University of Ibadan's Chapel Hall. The Prayer Unit of my fellowship had met to pray for one hour concerning our forthcoming village outreach behind Chapel. We had all... Continue Reading →
My Identity… Parts of Which I’m Working On
In the last 2 meetings of my fellowship, I had a swell time in God's presence learning about the subject of the Believer's Identity. I'm grateful for the meetings because God used them to correct and order some things in my life.One thing I began to meditate on was how important knowing one's identity is.... Continue Reading →
Alagba Barny this Sunday: Care.
Hello there, dear! Happy Sunday! Happy new month to you! I was on the road in front of Tafawa Balewa Hall, UI, trekking my way to the Faculty of The Social Sciences where I was going to do TDB that night. In case you don't know what TDB is, TDB, in student parlance, means Till... Continue Reading →
Alagba Barny this Sunday: Compassion
Hello there, dear! Happy Sunday to you! In one of my school lectures over the past week, we talked about the concept of double jeopardy. Double jeopardy comes into play where a person, who has previously been charged of an offence and has either been acquitted or convicted, is brought again before the court for... Continue Reading →
Alagba Barny this Sunday: Forbidden
Hello there, dear! Happy Sunday! Happy Fathers' Day to all our fathers and father-figures all over the world! This Sunday, I really just want to reflect on the love of our heavenly Father has shown to us through Jesus Christ, his first begotten Son. For this cause, I have written a short poem of gratitude.... Continue Reading →