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NOTHING JUST HAPPENED
Nothing Just Happened is not a highlight reel. It is a memoir of what happens when a young Nigerian boy runs out of easy options and starts building a life on nothing but a stubborn, unarmoured hope. Fail. Pray. Try again. Move. Adjust. Believe. Move again.
Across chapters that read like letters home, Olumide traces the slow arithmetic of purpose — how a report card, a plane ticket, a church seat and a construction site all conspire to shape something bigger than luck. This is the book he wishes someone had put in his hands twenty years ago.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length3 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1NOTHING JUST HAPPENED
126No lavish reception.
2FOREWORD
127together.
3PREFACE
128return to school."
4Dedication
129Chapter 13: One More Knock
5Acknowledgements
130Civil Engineering?
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6most.
131Building Surveying.
7preparations for greater responsibilities ahead.
132Go back.
8England.
133direction.
9To my family members, relatives, friends, and well-wishers whose prayers and
134"Mr. Fakanlu! Welcome."
10Chapter 1: New Bussa – Where the Journey Began
135African engineering students of our generation."
11Proverbs 3:5-6
136The Lesson of the Third Knock
12Proverbs 22:6
137A New Beginning
13Horizon
138Chapter 14: The Year Failure Refused to
14accident.
139When I gained admission into the Civil Engineering Foundation Programme, I
15The Airstrip Dream
140A Promising Start
16rough ground, and all kinds of terrain.
141The First Set of Failures
17Chapter 2: Through the Window
142Six Exams. Six Failures.
18Matthew 7:7
143Six failures.
19My father understood my determination.
144Failure Returns
20The Classroom by the Window
145Once again.
21Chapter 3: The Boy Who Was Left
146failure.
22Nothing.
147to another.
23Heartbroken.
148Fail them, and the journey would almost certainly end.
24through a classroom window.
149not pass those examinations.
25Literature.
150So I turned to God.
26Heartbroken.
151Please intervene."
27Am I not good enough?
152Let Me perform My wonders.
28moment in my young life.
153"No. Because of people like you."
29Chapter 4: Ilesa -The Interview That
154Then I waited.
30Changed My Destiny
155The last two examinations.
31greater.
156Chapter 15: The Phone Call That
32productive.
157Peace.
33The Journey to Ilesa
158One verdict.
34city.
159A very long pause.
35The Most Important Interview of My Life
160"Sorry, sir?"
36Could I speak English?
161Gone.
37Lagos was not New Bussa.
162I bought Kentucky Fried Chicken.
38The Answer
163Choosing My Future
39The Ride to Lagos
164The Day I Wore the Gown
40Arrival in Lagos
165A Bachelor of Engineering with Honours.
41More spectacular.
166Chapter 16: From Graduate to Engineer
42Chapter 5: Lagos Was Not What I
167After years of struggle, tears, disappointments, failures, and miraculous
43like another world altogether.
168The Season of Rejection
44parents.
169Or worse still, complete silence.
45The Mission Forgotten
170God Calls Again
46results.
171"Lord, surely not again."
47No allowance.
172They were looking for Bridge Inspection Engineers.
48A New Friendship
173Panic set in.
49near the barracks.
174Embarrassed.
50exciting.
175The confusion.
51significant influence on my life.
176"Okay. Come back on Monday."
52Meeting My Uncle At Last
177Thanking God.
53Chapter 6: The Night London Was Born
178A structure near Waterloo in London.
54Cleaning.
179To London.
55and elegant dining areas.
180Standards change.
56Well-dressed people.
181Faith During Uncertain Seasons
57A New World
182professional doors.
58Hard-working.
183Years of perseverance.
59The Suya Incident
184The persistence.
60Just like that.
185Looking Back
61Free time.
186But always at the right time.
62And stylish.
187Nothing Just Happened
63London.
188Chapter 17: Giving Back - Turning
64Confident.
189Experience into Purpose
65The Bus Ride That Changed Everything
190difficult season.
66Chapter 7: The Passport Dream
191Success Means More Than Money
67London.
192Lessons for the Next Generation
68before.
193forward.
69Office in Ikeja.
194Maintain good relationships.
70A Cause for Celebration
195The Legacy We Leave Behind
71Overnight Celebrities
196defeats, joy and sorrow.
72Back to Reality
197destination.
73"Ask for Mr. Osinuga."
198Chapter 18: The Final Lesson
74No clerical work.
199together.
75door to one of the most important opportunities of my life.
200greater transitions.
76Chapter 8: The Motorcycle That Changed
201The visa process taught faith.
77work.
202Faith.
78The Electrical Department
203Success Is Not a Destination
79Sleeping in the Transformer Room
204A Message to the Reader
80rest.
205The Legacy of the Journey
81entrance gate.
206Nothing Just Happened
82My Father's Training
207my life:
83The Kawasaki
208Chapter 19: Build Me a Church
84large for him.
209Psalm 127:1
85The destination included Victoria Island.
210them.
86Started the Kawasaki.
211countless challenges.
87A Permanent Position
212of my life.
88Freedom.
213Why a church?
89Meeting Shola
214The Unexpected Expansion
90"How?"
215people.
91Chapter 9: Peter's Deportation and My
216The Church Opens
92to England.
217teaching.
93Peter Takes the Risk
218Some overcame difficult personal challenges.
94Very young-looking.
219Looking Back
95upon arrival.
220Church office
96England.
221Furthering the Call
97The Visa
222fear, disappointment, loneliness, broken relationships, financial hardship, or a loss of
98The evangelist spoke confidently.
223others.
99Bolaji
224Chapter 20: Full Circle - The
100Excitement for the future.
225Responsibility of a Dream Fulfilled
101Chapter 10: The Dream Finally Takes
226The Boy from Kainji
102conversations about the future.
227development.
103England on the same flight.
228The move to Ilesa taught adaptability.
104Then I hugged Bolaji.
229My aunt.
105A magnificent Boeing 747.
230The Responsibility of Success
106"What if the aircraft crashes?"
231Looking Ahead
107Why was I visiting England?
232My Final Reflection
108It was January 1988.
233strengths."
109The famous London double-decker bus.
234Chapter 21: A Letter to the Youth
110Chapter 11: Learning to Survive in
2351 Timothy 4:12
111year.
236Your Beginning Does Not Determine Your Ending
112England.
237Failure Is Not the End
113"This is London."
238Value Education
114People from all over the world.
239Choose Your Friends Wisely
115Simple words.
240Be Prepared for Opportunities
116And a few small comforts for myself.
241Treat people with kindness and respect.
117Eventually, I adapted.
242out.
118Just like that.
243Dream about your future.
119Independence.
244My Final Words to You
120Adulthood.
245Keep trusting God.
121Chapter 12: Meeting Maxine - My wife
246Chapter 22: Nothing Just Happened
122Proverbs 18:22 (KJV)
247Philippians 1:6
123way to the lifts.
248The End
124"Good morning."
249AUTHOR'S FINAL NOTE
125second birthday with friends.
250About the Author
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