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Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:17

The bitter truth about Nigerians - Femi Fani-Kayode

Permit me to begin this contribution by saying that I am proud of being a Nigerian and that I would have it no other way. Yet we must look in the mirror once in a while and share some bitter truths about who and what we are. This is not a self-deprecating piece but a journey of self-discovery and an in-depth analysis of the Nigerian psyche. If you do not want to hear the bitter truth and you do not have the stomach for it please stop right here and do not read the rest of this write-up. To those…

Wednesday, 04 May 2022 06:15

Does God hate polygamy? (1) - Bola Bolawole

Abram (later Abraham), the father of faith and the progenitor of Judaism, Islam and Christianity married more than one wife. He married the wife of his youth, Sarai (later Sarah) and when Sarah offered him her maidservant, Hagar, he took her and bore a child, Ishmael, through her. While some authorities said Abraham married Keturah after Sarah’s death, others said Hagar and Keturah were one and the same person and that Isaac went to bring her back to Abraham after his mother, Sarah’s death. Abraham had 8 sons – the oldest was Ishmael (with Hagar), followed by the child of…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:44

Nomination forms and looters ticket to national treasury - Tola Adeniyi

I really no longer consider it worthwhile for me to waste my time writing, talking or thinking about Nigeria. It is not helpful to my sanity to dwell in or on a building about to collapse, even though I am worried stiff about the calamity knocking at the door. Nigeria is irredeemably in ruins; it is only those who are benefitting from the cracks and crumbs that are still living in self-denial. Regrettably there are millions entrapped in the contraption who simply don't know what to do or where to go or who to turn to. And my heart is…

Monday, 02 May 2022 06:41

Now, nowhere is safe – Readers’ reactions

As we do from time to time, today we are leaving the stage for our readers because their voices matter. Now, nowhere is safe (1) (04/04/2022) Awolowo in the 70s said that the children you failed to train will never let you have peace, True or False? Emmanuel Joshua Oluwabankole ----------- We Nigerians are physically and spiritually defeated by our beliefs about our government's ability to protect us, and sincerely speaking, the youths nowadays care less about the government's matter, the country is getting worse and is about to collapse. Just take a look at those strikes that keep students…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:29

Mike Adenuga: Celebrating ‘The Bull’ at 69 - Toni Kan

The year was 1990 and Nigeria had a military president, and a medical doctor turned oil man was in charge of the nation’s oil ministry. With zero oil industry experience, the brilliant doctor set himself three quick tasks; midwife indigenous participation in the oil and gas industry, increase reserves, as well as deep water production. To achieve the first, he supervised a discretionary oil licence bid round. At the end, 11 Nigerian businessmen who had achieved success in other areas were issued licences. One of them was named Mike Adenuga. He was 37 years old and had become a millionaire…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:28

Buhari’s N100m sewage dinner with Museveni - Festus Adedayo

There was tension inside the main bowl of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos this day, December 11, 2014. President Goodluck Jonathan, having been rendered one of the most worthless clothes a people could wear on their festive day by the demolition propaganda machine of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) it was obvious that whoever scored a bullseye inside the Balogun Stadium was the next president of Nigeria. On parade were Buhari himself, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; ex-Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso; ex-Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership newspapers. All the candidates attempted to wield…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:27

Which way Ekiti-Kete? - Niran Olatona

Ekiti folks are proper Nigerians. Those who hail you today can nail you tomorrow. If you have been nailed before, you can still be hailed by the same set of people. When people talk about former Governor Niyi Adebayo, you’ll be told how he loved partying and hardly had time for good governance. That’s why the young cool guy who showed kindness by supplying free water and other goodies to Ekiti sons and daughters was considered a good replacement. Former governor Ayodele Fayose crawled into the saddle. Ekiti jubilated. Osoko’s manners estranged him to the Ekiti elites. This emperor could…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:25

Supernatural catalysts for uncommon favour! - Taiwo Akinola

For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them ~ Psalms 44:3. Introduction: The Lord’s favour deserves a loud acknowledgement in the lives of all grateful believers today. Why? It takes the favour of God for anyone to become relevant and successful in this big, competitive and very fast world (1 Corinthian 15:10). Please recall that favour defines as a grant of approval, or a preferment that provokes kindness, which…

Sunday, 01 May 2022 06:24

Article of faith: Christians do not love God (2) - Femi Aribisala

Eliphaz counsels: “If you give up your lust for money and throw your precious gold into the river, the Almighty himself will be your treasure. He will be your precious silver! Then you will take delight in the Almighty and look up to God.” (Job 22:24-26). God expects to be the desire of our hearts. The Bible calls Him: “The Desire of All Nations.” (Haggai 2:7). He expects us to delight in Him the way a baby delights in its mother. The goodness of God is not amenable to the riches of men. The psalmist says: “You, O God, provided…

Friday, 29 April 2022 06:32

Further arming Ukraine will only destroy it. The west must act to end this war now - Angus Roxburgh

Few people in the west doubt that Ukraine is fighting a just war. Russia’s invasion was entirely unprovoked. Whatever complaints it may have had about Nato expansion or Ukraine’s mistreatment of Russians in Donbas, nobody had attacked Russia, and nobody was planning to. Vladimir Putin launched a straightforward war of aggression and territorial conquest. It follows that supporting Ukraine is the right thing to do. But it is not at all clear that the kind of support we are giving (and not giving) is the right way to go about preserving the Ukrainian nation. The longer this war rages on,…

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Friday, 29 April 2022 06:31

What history says about how Buhari’s successor will emerge - Azu Ishiekwene

I think the most frequently asked question today is, who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari? With over 35 aspirants openly declaring their interest as of today, a few still in the closet and more coming out, the field has never looked more crowded. And last week, the decision by former President Goodluck Jonathan to put one leg in the ring, while pretending that he is being dragged, got party and non-party members even more confused. Of course, those who are pressing him into the race - Governor of Yobe State and former All Progressives Congress (APC) interim Chairman, Mai Mala…

Friday, 29 April 2022 06:29

Divorce: Why the heat is on the Church - Michael West

The uproar that greeted the deaths of star worship leader, Osinachi Nwachukwu, 42, and former banker, Chinyere Ogudoro, 47, allegedly due to abusive treatments unleashed on them in their respective marriages, apparently brought the Christian doctrine on marriage under scrutiny. The church is the Body of Christ on earth. It is the assembly of God's people wherever they are located. Beyond the four walls of buildings and auditoriums, individuals that are truly born again are members of the Church of God irrespective of their sects, denominations, colours, races or languages. The church is the pillar of truth (1 Timothy 3:15),…

Thursday, 28 April 2022 06:39

Osinachi: Questions begging for answers (2) - Bola Bolawole

I do not think it is the wish or will of God for anyone to tarry a minute longer than necessary in an abusive or life-threatening marriage or relationship but His admonition to us is to flee from every appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). According to one philosopher, death is the greatest evil from which everyone recoils (Summum malum) as opposed to the highest good (summum bonum) to which everyone aspires. God said in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you…

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 06:45

Not too poor to run? - Kayode Komolafe

As the chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) in the Second Republic, Victor Ovie-Whiskey attracted so much attention to his office by his response to an unproved allegation that he received a bribe of one million naira to rig elections. Ovie-Whiskey told his accusers that he would “faint” at the sight of one million naira in cash! Not a few people at the time might have been incredulous about the claim that one million naira was actually offered in cash as a bribe. Some even described the story as a myth in defence of the former Chief Justice of…

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