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Sunday, 12 December 2021 06:05

Bisi Akande: Beatifying Buhari in a season of the butcherbird - Festus Adedayo

As former governor of Osun State and pioneer Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, got ready to launch his autobiography in Lagos last Friday, a day before the launch, one very unAfrican event occurred in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. Christophe Joseph-Marie Dabiré, the West African country’s Prime Minister, presented his letter of resignation to the country’s president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. It was accepted. Dabiré threw in the towel on the heels of persistent demonstrations against his government’s inability to stop the bloodletting Burkinabe faced from ceaseless jihadist attacks. With the PM’s resignation, according to Burkinabe…

Sunday, 12 December 2021 06:04

Accessing the profits of real praise - Taiwo Akinola

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High ~ Psalms 92:1. Introduction: If you take a moment to reflect on this passing year, you will likely recall some bittersweet memories, the continued political upheavals, the insecurity challenges, the global health uncertainties, and so on. But in the midst of all these, we must not be unmindful of God’s daily provisions, His supernatural defense, His guiding light, His timely exemptions from common evils and His sure mercies to us, which must be joyfully appreciated. No act of God…

Sunday, 12 December 2021 06:02

Article of faith: Christians are not saved (2) - Femi Aribisala

Christians say we are saved. But Jesus says we are not. He puts salvation as the final bus stop, saying: “He who endures to the end will be saved.” (Matthew 10:22). But Christians proclaim their salvation at the beginning. Inevitably, Christians are in for a big surprise. Jesus says: “The last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.” (Matthew 20:16). Today, Christians are the first who are now destined prophetically to be last. This means we will be flabbergasted when we finally discover that many non-Christians that we have held in outright contempt…

Friday, 10 December 2021 05:58

Sam Nda-Isaiah: One year after - Azu Ishiekwene

I still remember that night like yesterday. Our lives had been turned upside down by the resurgence of the second wave of Covid-19. Like most people, my sleeping pattern was no longer regular; which is to say, out of fear and boredom, I was now learning to sleep before midnight, and waking up without any idea of what to expect. On that Friday, I had drifted off to sleep when my son rushed into my room with a phone. “Dad”, he said, “I think there’s a problem.” I grumbled that except if the world was about to end, there was…

Friday, 10 December 2021 05:56

Bullying, cultism as wages of parental failure - Michael West

And the boy died in agony! His mouth was sore swollen, writhing in pains all over his boyish body frame, unable to stand on his feet neither was he able to walk. He was crushed, dehumanized and tortured to his untimely grave. A Nigerian future leader was cut short. His bright future was shattered. His parents became bereaved in the broad daylight. While other parents came to pick their children back home from the school, the innocent soul was committed to Mother Earth in grief! What an irrecoverable loss! That was the fate that befell Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student…

Thursday, 09 December 2021 05:45

Kokori ignites old-time fire at Michael Imoudu Institute ... - Bola Bolawole

Frank Kokori, remember him? He was the petite but fire-spitting General Secretary of NUPENG who led the oil workers’ strike that crippled the entire country and held the Sani Abacha military junta by the jugular, until he was arrested on August 19, 1994 and the strike crumbled. Kokori was thrown into solitary detention in Bama prison where he remained until the death of Abacha (8 June, 1998). Abacha’s demise threw open the prison door for Kokori's release by the succeeding military regime of Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on June 16, 1998. Kokori’s “crime”, like that of many other civil society activists…

Monday, 06 December 2021 05:58

Needless proliferation of unviable airports - Kelvin Osa Okunbor

There seems to be needless competition in establishing aerodromes without due regard to the feasibility of the venture. In the circumstances, authorities are “forced” to spend revenues earned from four viable terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano to subsidise operations in the 20 other airports managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Because of necessity, we are giving space to Kelvin Osa Okunbor who examines the rationale behind establishing unviable airports by state governments and wealthy individuals. Could it be as a result of genuine interest in the economic well-being of citizens that informs the rush…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:06

Still on the Southwest and religious bigotry - Bola Bolawole

A saying of the elders is that for as long as lice persist on the head, blood will be a common feature on one’s fingers. That is one reason why we are dwelling on the vexed issue of religious bigotry in the Southwest again today. The protagonists of religious bigotry in the geo-political zone are not relenting – but many thanks for the firework that has clipped their wings and taken the wind off their sail. The other reason is that feedback is an integral part of communication; it is two-way affairs unlike the “Rediffusion” of old which our people…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:04

Dowen College, cults and beast in our children’s hearts - Festus Adedayo

In the last one week in the American and Nigerian cities of Michigan and Lagos, 1983 Nobel Literature winner and British author, William Golding, was literally woken up from the dead. Golding, novelist, playwright and poet, wrote the highly celebrated novel, Lord of the Flies. If you underestimate the holy writ’s admonition that foolishness resides (is bound up) in the heart of a child, then you need to read this Golding’s 1954 debut novel. Woven round myriad thematic concerns, chief of which was the innate bestiality in man, Lord of the Flies, as a name, derived its etymology from the…

Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:03

Recognizing and maximizing your new dawn - Taiwo Akinola

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee ~ Isaiah 60:1. Introduction: This year has been very remarkable in many respects, especially in the manifestation of God’s kindness. God has chosen to distill upon His people the dews of His goodness and the rich abundance of heaven in several ways, more than we can name one-by-one (Psalm 65:11). Please make no mistake about it: every experience He has allowed in your life — the sweet acceptance or the brick walls, the joy or even the anxious moments, etc. — have all…

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Sunday, 05 December 2021 06:02

Article of faith: Christians are not saved (1) - Femi Aribisala

I was invited to conduct a teaching programme in a neighbouring church in Lagos. Out of the blue, at the beginning of the session, the Lord asked me to lead members of the congregation in singing a popular Christian song. This continued every day for the first five days of the programme. Each day, the Lord would come up with another song that dealt with the topic at hand. However, every song that He gave me turned out to be unscriptural. Each song was based on a misunderstanding or misapplication of the word of God. He would then require me…

Friday, 03 December 2021 06:02

Seductive VAT data raises more questions than answers - Azu Ishiekwene

In the last two Mondays two newspapers – Daily Trust and Nigerian Tribune – have published data on the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) in the first eight months of 2021. The reports have shed more heat than light. On Monday, November 22, Daily Trust published an exclusive story entitled, “Kano beats entire five South East in VAT collection.” In the tradition of the newspaper, the story was a serious attempt to explain, in numbers, the tangled mess that VAT sharing has become in recent times. The newspaper said that in the first eight months of 2021, Kano State…

Friday, 03 December 2021 06:01

The flip side of marrying non-natives - Michael West

Have you been privileged to listen to the heartfelt complaints and longings of Africans, Nigerians in particular, who engaged in interracial marriages with the white or Asians? What looks fanciful, enviable and admirable couples' life to the outside world are not always the bed of roses or a Paradise of sorts in reality. Beyond the facade of glitters and razzmatazz of superficial exotic lifestyle, there exist some voids and cravings that the African spouse is longing for in the relationship which only his/her kinsfolk could fill. This does not necessarily depict the situation in every interracial marriage or relationship, not…

Thursday, 02 December 2021 05:32

How international institutions die - Ana Palacio

In the aftermath of World War II, the victors established a set of institutions that have underpinned the world order ever since. While those institutions have often been contested, they have proved to be highly resilient. But this does not mean they are invulnerable. On the contrary, their effectiveness may be gradually eroded – especially when they are used as geopolitical pawns. Academic research offers abundant analysis of the factors that boost institutional hardiness, and those that tend to hasten institutional failure. One key message – which my own experience at the World Bank and in the European Union confirms…

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