Success is an accomplishment of an aim or purpose. From my definition of success, you saw that there is nothing like graduating from University or whatever. Nowadays people see success as graduating from University, although I'm not saying graduating from University is not a success but it all depends on how you define your own success and the goals you set. 

So many University graduates look down on people struggling and surviving in the street without going through University education. Book is smart, street is smart too, if you are going to school, don't discourage others that doesn't have the privilege and vice versa. 

Let's quickly take a look at rich and successful people in Nigeria that never attended University before we continue.

1. MERCY JOHNSON

Mercy Johnson-Okojie hails from Okene in Kogi State. Born in Lagos to a former naval officer, Mr Daniel Johnson and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, she is the fourth child in a family of seven. She started her primary education in Calabar.

Her father, being a naval officer, was later transferred to Lagos State where she continued her education at a Nigerian Navy Primary School. She went to a Rivers State Secondary School for her secondary education in addition to the Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. That's where her education ended. She never attended University because she wasn't granted admission. Some Nigerians would use that opportunity to become lazy but that is not Mercy. She is one of the highest paid Nollywood actresses, and what led her into the industry was her passion and determination to succeed after failing her JAMB examination. 

Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Nigerian charismatic pastor, televangelist and philanthropist. He is the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos. 

Joshua, then known as Balogun Francis, attended St. Stephen's Anglican Primary School in Arigidi Akoko, Nigeria, between 1971 and 1977, but failed to complete one year of secondary school education.

Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma is the founder of Innoson Group, manufacturers of IVM motors and Innoson Plastics. Innoson is one of the biggest plastic companies in the nation and also the first Nigerian company to produce cars. He was denied the opportunity to attend a university to study his childhood dream course, engineering but he never gave up on his dream.

He ended up becoming a businessman and providence has taken him back to engineering through IVM motors.

Folorunsho Alakija is a Nigerian billionaire businesswoman. She is involved in the fashion, oil, real estate and printing industries. She is the group managing director of The Rose of Sharon Group which consists of The Rose of Sharon Prints & Promotions Limited, Digital Reality Prints Limited and the executive vice-chairman of Famfa Oil Limited.

Folorunsho was born on 15 July 1951 to the family of Chief L. A. Ogbara in Ikorodu, Lagos State. She attended her Nursery education at Our Ladies of Apostles, Lagos from 1955–1958.

At age seven, she travelled to the United Kingdom to continue her primary education at Dinorben School for Girls in Hafodunos Hall in Llangernyw, Wales between 1959–1963. On completion of her primary education, she attended "Muslim High School" in Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria. She then returned to England for her secretarial studies at Pitman's Central College, London. So, she educated at Europe. She revealed she never attended University when she was giving a motivational speech to the students of the University of Lagos during the 2014 UN International Youths Day in Lagos. You can watch the video in the link belowhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=a5B2T7k_WwA#menu

Now ALAKIJA can now employ as many University graduates as she wants. 

Innocent Ujah Idibia, known by his stage name 2Baba, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, humanitarian, and activist. Prior to July 2014, he went by the stage name 2face Idibia.

The former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, is a university drop out. He was rusticated from the University of Maiduguri for participating in students’ protest. Instead of lamenting over his predicament, he decided to follow another cause and started trading on palm oil which over the years has grown into a conglomerate. The billionaire is the chairman of SLOK Holding and the Daily Sun and New Telegraph newspapers in Nigeria and also one of the richest men in Africa.

Lazarus Muoka is the founder of the Lord's Chosen Charismatic Renewal Movement. After his primary and secondary education, Muoka did not proceed to get a university degree

Chief Razak Akanni Okoya is a billionaire industrialist and the Aare of Lagos. He had his only formal education at Ansar-un-deen Primary School, Oke popo, Lagos. He is the owner and founder of Eleganza group of companies, which has a market spanning Western Africa

After the death of his father, Cosmas Maduka dropped out of elementary school and became an apprentice at the age of seven. Currently, he is the sole distributor for BMW and Ford cars in Nigeria and West Africa, making him one of the most prestigious billionaires in the nation.

This article is not meant to discourage you from going to University neither is it meant to encourage the lazy ones. It is to motivate you, some people are not privileged to go to University, you shouldn't give up, University or no University what is meant to be will be. IF you remove school from some people's lives they don't have any other means to succeed. The economy is add as it is try to own your own business. 

I will like to use COVID - 19 break as a great example. Some people who have been working add went broke after a month of staying at home. After the pandemic some companies fired so many workers and some told their employees to hold on. Hold on doing what? Hold on till when? To cut the long story short, the only people that came out of the Pandemic unscratched are the entrepreneurs. 

Who are the entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurs are business owners like Dangote, Otedola and others. This is the best time to discover yourself and what you are capable of doing. 

Like I said before, "BOOK IS SMART AND STREET IS SMART TOO" because "WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GETS GOING". 

Thanks for reading, you can do well by sharing to help and motivate others. 

Some people don't really know what takes to be a Muslim, just like the Christians are baptized to be born again, Muslims also have a ritual bath to become a full-fledge Muslim, it is called Ghusl.

Ghusl is often translated as "full ablution", as opposed to the "partial ablution" of wudu وضوءthat Muslims perform after lesser impurities such as urination, defecation, flatulence, deep sleep, and light bleeding.

The Ghusl is done once after you have converted to Muslim but it needs to be done again after the following happened 

Sexual Intercourse or Ejaculation (Al Ghusl Janabat). Yes you read that well, when you have wet dreams you are required to perform Al Ghusl Janabat. 

Menstruation ( Al Ghusl Hayd)

Virginal Discharge after birth ( Al Ghusl Nifas) 

Here are the guidelines to perform Al Ghusl

There are three obligatory acts. If one of these acts is omitted, it must be returned to and completed before the remaining acts.

Rinsing the inner mouth. 

Sniffing water and blowing it out.

Washing the entire body.

Washing both the hands up to the wrists, then wash the private parts with the left hand and remove dirt or filth from the body, perform ablution, pour water over the head three times, and rub the hair so that the water reaches the roots of the hair. Then wash the body, making sure that the water reaches all parts, starting with the right side of the body and then the left and rubbing it with the hands so that the water reaches the entire body.

You are done with your Ghusl and welcome to becoming a Muslim.