Tributes
Leave a tributeForever in our hearts -our Methaphor Woman.
In my heart this day, your memory's a treasure,
I can't help but thank you, your worth beyond measure.
You took complex issues, made them oh so clear,
A rare star, both popular and profoundly sincere.
From you, I learned kindness, generosity's grace,
And godliness too, in every aspect .
Your wise counsel, those days, I dearly miss today ,
Your willingness to go the extra mile, I confess, is still timely in my mind.
Timeless advice and wisdom, you freely shared,
In your absence, your smile is still tenderly cared.
Moons have passed since you transcended from sight,
Yet your influence on my life, it shines so bright.
I shed tears in moments when your memory flashes my mind anew,
For the paths you paved, for the love that's sincere.
You lived, you loved, you gave, you served with delight,
Now you're missed, an absence that still feels not so right.
Time may pass, and seasons may change,
But your legacy and love forever remain.
In our hearts, you'll eternally reside,
A brightness of light, in us, you'll never hide.
Your laughter, your wisdom, your warmth so divine,
In our lives, your presence will always shine.
You taught me to cherish every moment I live,
To share, to forgive, to generously give.
Your smile, like sunshine, in my darkest of days,
Guiding me through life's intricate maze.
You led by example, in each selfless deed,
Your spirit, your grace, in my hearts, they'll always feed.
Though you're no longer here, your spirit lives on,
In the memories we cherish, in the bonds that have drawn.
You touched countless lives, left a mark pure and true,
In the space of existence, forever woven with you.
So, as time marches forward, your memory persists,
In every heartfelt moment, in the love that persists.
You lived, you loved, you served with great zest,
And in our hearts, dear Nike you'll forever be blessed.
Happy postmortem birthday ! I miss you still! ------Medinat Oyedele
'Tunde Adeparusi
Continue to rest in peace my dear cousin.
May the Lord continue to comfort the entire family.
Adieu.
Bola and Ronke Obayan.
May the Lord continue to comfort the entire family.
You would have been 53 years old today. With the current COVID-19 restrictions, we probably would have had some social distance chicken and jollof rice. Who knows.
Rest well sister and we pray for you always.
Wole
Continue to Rest In Peace Omo oba
You are still as special as ever and your bright smile still as fresh in my mind.
Rest on my darling sister. May God continue to strengthen your husband and your family.
Nike I know where you.
I am at peace with myself
because i know where you are.
I rejoice and I can sing a new song
Because I know where you are.
I can smile and tell it all because
I know where you are.
Your absence comes with a void that
is filled with the knowledge of where you are
because I know where you are.
The pains you bore are soothed with the pleasures
of where you are, because I know where you.
The troubles you went through have been
overtaken by the peace of where you are, because
I know where.
I know where you are
I know where you are
Nike I know where you.
AMAIZE
28TH SEPTEMBER 2017
i have however learnt to hold on to your sweet memories and not the loss as a beautiful soul like yours can never be forgotten. I continue to take solace knowing that you are smiling down at us and at peace with your maker. With a grateful heart , I say thank you Lord . Rest on my dear Sister and Friend
What a world. Rest on Sis, Rest on till we meet to part no more. We continue to thank the Lord for the life you lived and so many you touched.
How's your Yoruba skills!
ENI OKAN MI. (MY DEAREST)
Ó yá, eni okan mi,
té'wo àdúra:
Mo gba àdúrà yi fún o ati fun gbogbo idile re ni iyoku odun 2016 yi wípé l'ónìí àti l'ójó gbogbo...
Ojú kò ní tì e.
Ayé kò ní yò e.
Olórun kò ní gba ògo re fún elòmíràn láéláé.
Igbá ilé re kò ní fó.
Aso ìbora re kò ní fà ya.
Ayé kò ní da àbàwón sí aso re.
Àgbá omi re kò ní gbe.
Kókóró ayò re kò ní bá omi lo.
Bí o bá n taá, á máa jó.
Bí o bá n lùú, á máa dún.
Abéré olóore re kò ni bó s'ómi.
Omo aráyé kò ní fi ire tìre se àpínle.
Bí ó ti wù kí ilé ìwòsån dára tó, oò nì fi ibe se ibùgbé.
Bí ó ti wù kí aso èwòn l'éwà tó, oò ní bá won wò ní'bè .
Won o ní fi èjè re se ìrúbo.
Ohun tí omo aráyé kò fi pamó sí o l'ówó, won kò ní bèèrè re l'ówóo re.
Omo aráyé kò ní fi egba fún o l'óúnje.
Bí ó ti wù kí àná ati òní re dára tó, òla re yóó l'éwà ju gbogbo won lo.
Orí re kò ní burú, èdá re kò ní gb'àbòdè
Gbogbo ibití elégbé re bá ti n ná owó, o kò ní bá won ná aájò nibe.
Oò ní se àsetì.
Wa á lu àlùyo.
Omo aráyé kò ní bó bàtà òfò si enu ònà iléè re.....Aaaamin
l'agbara Eledumare.
Asiko yi a tuwa lara
Ireti wa ko ni ja s'ofo.
Gbogbo igi ti elegbede ba fowo lu didun lo ndun.. Gbogbo adawole re yo yori si rere.
Gbogbo owo ti ogede ba na soke, ara re lo nfi lu kehin. Enikeni, edakeda, eeyan-keeyan ti abi ninu obinrin, abi ti a fabe gbebi e, to ba ro ibi ro e, ko fi ori ara re gbe.
Ilekun aanu ko ni ti mo e.
Ibukun ati alafia ti aye kole jakule ni yoo je ipin re.
Oju owo ko ni pon e.
Oro re yo dayo.
Emi wa a se opolopo Odun laye. Amin. 2016 odun ayo ni Olorun yio se ooo. Owo wa a to eti,okan wa abale o. Oro jade, Ase gun.☀
God asked me to tell you: That everything will be alright from now on... You're going to be victorious and will achieve all your goals.
Today, God will visit your home. On his way out, He will take all your problems with Him. Do me a favour. Trust God and share!Faith can move mountains!
It is well in the name of Jesus Christ (Amin)..
Miss you . Continue to Rest In Peace. . Margaret Chigozie - Nwosu
You were extremely capable, fast thinking, very intelligent and you talked almost at the speed of light!! I'm laughing through tears, your memories still bright and fresh in my heart. I miss you already, it hurts that you're no longer here but I take comfort in the fact that you are in a far better place. I'm sure you've caught up with your friends and parents already. Rest in peace dearest Aunty Nike, till we meet to part no more.......
My father had and confessed a lot of respect for your incisive wit as I did; and you would burnish a write-up or two of mine…
I came to you with a ragtag idea; but you understood it, articulated it, saw its potential and even started resourcing it without any prompting from me…
I came home on one of those difficult days and we embraced and I could feel you say, “Look at me, Oje; look at what I have become…”
I visited on another of those difficult days and you wanted to break down in tears once you saw me; but you noticed I came with someone and you quickly switched, composed yourself, put up a strong appearance and started fussing over hosting us…how could you be in such pain, such distress, such helplessness, and still want to be so hospitable..? That switch – it happened in a flash; but I saw it…
I brought the guava you had been craving for and you kissed the fruit and my hand before you devoured it…
I think you smirked when I made to leave the Sunday before…I think you didn’t 100% approve of my leaving…
We want to be with those we love when they walk the last mile of their way. But I think the pain of this mile was too much, too personal to be felt by anyone else but you. I was with you sometimes; but I cannot say I was there…
And the last time I saw you, you had gone – while I slept, haunted, you slipped into eternity…
All these thoughts wrench my heart and flood my eyes…
Your memory is immortal. A long goodbye, my sister-in-law…
Can't recall exactly when we met, because it seems like "we've known forever", using your common expression. However, I remember clearly meeting you at Terra Culture, V/I where we went separately for a literary evening, you wore a long skirt and blouse with a light blue headtie. We got introduced; we spoke; we clicked, the rest is history.
Thereafter, we stuck together like 'White on Rice' as you became not just my bosom friend, but my sister - as Amaize used to say. We laughed, we cried, went for hospital visits, literary events together. We shared so many things; including clothes - your house was one of the very few places I could comfortably go to anytime of the day, or night and stay over for days.
We also shared some uncommon and common things - Political Matters - we used to volunteer to monitor elections at Surulere polling booths; Environment Matters - you were passionate about cleaning the streets of Sabo area of Yaba and took me on several walks to see the filth that had accumilated in several places there ; Children Matters - you became my Technical Advisor at Children And The Environment,CATE and took several poetry sessions during our Green Festivals; Literary Matters - you became one of the frontrunners of the Women Writers of Nigeria and Association of Nigerian Authors (Lagos Branch); Health Matters - you joined in my advocacy for " a Greener and healthier lifestyle.
We prayed together - for our families, our health, children, work, Nigeria, and everything in-between. I know you are resting in the bosom of your maker, but I miss you plenty, plenty!!!
What can I say. You still owe me that visit to Port-Harcourt. We kept talking about it and you and hubby (Amaize) promised that very soon you would make the trip. We (my wife and I) still have your room all cleaned up and ready for your visit. Yeah, true that exigencies of work and other commitments had delayed the trip but....Oh 'Nike, I still find it sad that you've left without saying goodbye. Our hearts are heavy. Very heavy. But I know you have gone to the right place. I know you are at peace where you are. Rest in Peace!!!
We did not meet, so my consolation is 1 Thessalonians 4. That we will meet again, for this is not the end. You have simply gone ahead of us, to your Father's rest. Until we meet, May God's peace and comfort be ours who you have left behind.
Glory be to our God for the wonderful Gift that was you.
Amen
IT'S HARD TO SAY GOOD BYE! IT'S HARD TO ACCEPT YOU ARE GONE!
YOU WERE ALWAYS PLEASANT AND A JOY TO BE AROUND.
I REMEMBER OUR NUMEROUS CHATS AT LEAGUE PHARMACY.... FROM
WEIGHT LOSS, TO CLEANSERS , TO YOUR BATTLES.
YOU FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND NEVER WAVERED IN YOUR
CONVICTION, TRUSTING IN GOD EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
YOUR MARRIAGE SEEMED LIKE A GENUINE FRIENDSHIP WORTHY OF
EMULATION.... THOUGH YOU ARE GONE....YOU CAN NEVER BE
FORGOTTEN.
CONTINUE TO REST IN THE BOSSOM OF THE LORD
CHIOMA& WOLE ADETUYI
Lay down thy head upon the saviour's breast;
We love thee well but Jesus loves thee best;
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight
Even in death, you remain a blessing... RIP
This has gone to show that, life is just a walking dream, while death is going home. Loss always has a way of reminding us to live and love as greatly as we can.
….. But although we love Sis. Ojekere surely Jesus loves her most.
We will miss you, we know that even in your little strength, you always put in effort to do your part in the work of the KINGDOM.
Rest in the bossom of our Jesus Christ till we meet to part no more.
Remember she loved us all, we should therefore not lose heart because we'll see her again, when we all reach that distant shore.
Our prayers to her family are that the Almighty God will grant them the grace and fortitude to bear her absence and continue in the Christian race……in Jesus name.
On behalf of the Alaka District FWI Executive Members
Dcns. Dayisi Ebunoluwa Esther.
President.
Enjoy the bosom of the Lord
She was my teacher in the intending couples class and she taught from the heart, the life she lived. The passion in her teachings revealed how much she wanted us all to enjoy our marriages like she enjoyed hers.
During my wedding thanksgiving in Church, though frail, she still came out to rejoice with us. I got that soft tap on my back, I turned around, she gave "that smile" again... and a gentle wave. I guess that was the "goodbye"...
Sleep Easy Sister Nike Ojeikere. May God rest your soul!
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Forever in our hearts -our Methaphor Woman.
childhood friend
i'am still in shock and beyond words when news filtered to me on Nike's passing away. i had to cross checked online to check it's authencity and my spirit was lifted up by the number of testimonies in her memory.
Those whom the Gods love most they die young
i believe she is in a better place however sad it is.
Nike and i shared childhood friendship we both attended the same primary school surulere baptist school(SBS) and live in the same apartment block BLOCK 5,
even at a young age knew she would go places, so not surprised reading up her life profile.
My sincere condolences to her husband and her siblings Soji,Dayo,Deola and Yejide if my memory serves me right.
Rest in the bosom hands of the Lord.
REMINISCING ABOUT NIKE
Adenike Adebukola Ojeikere.
I remember when Amaize "giggled" talking about you when I asked about his iyawo. His joy and love for you came across very strongly.
We agreed that we would when next we came through Lagos. Now it is not to be.
Though we never did get to meet, I got to know you a bit from Amaize's giggles.
Rest on with the Lord.