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Sunday, 03 January 2021 05:15

Flying above the clouds - Taiwo Akinola

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint ~ Isaiah 40:31. Introduction: I welcome you to the dawn of a new year, the believer’s Year of Supernatural Flight. I earnestly pray that, this year, you shall not be hindered, and the grace of God will not be frustrated in your life, in Jesus Name. Amen. If there is anything we all need very badly now, it is divine compensation. Not as though God is owing…

Saturday, 02 January 2021 05:17

2021: ‘Let's go afishing’ for love - Michael West

Despite the trauma and dreadful encounters we experienced in 2020, we thank God that we made it into the New Year. But hey, 2021 will be tighter! Never mind, we will survive it like we did 2020 by the mercy of the Lord. This year, many marriages will take place. Several single adults will locate their soulmates, most of whose affairs will culminate in marriage and stable companionship. There will be less ostentatious weddings this year. For admitting and living by the reality of economic downturn, many may choose to start their marital life with minimal or no fanfare at…

Friday, 01 January 2021 06:22

The guest, Coro, didn’t come to play - Azu Ishiekwene

It’s true that Coronavirus is not among the top five most deadly diseases in Africa today. But it’s also correct that at this time, we know far less about the Covid-19 pandemic than we know about malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, Ischaemic heart diseases, meningitis, tuberculosis, or HIV/AIDS. Yet, we’re fooling around with Covid-19 and making convenient excuses as if ignorance or malicious defiance is a remedy. I’ve been a fool, too. When the virus was first announced in 2020, I thumped my nose at it. I argued that anyone who can survive the multitude of diseases in this country - from…

Thursday, 31 December 2020 05:38

Build factories, not churches or mosques - Bola Bolawole

Comparing notes with Issa Aremu a few days ago, we wondered why things are always upside down here (apologies to Fela). Issa Obalowu Aremu clocks 60 on January 8th, 2021; more of that here next week, God willing! Christmas is the period when prices of goods are deliberately crashed in other parts of the world, especially by Christians and Christian organisations, to celebrate Jesus Christ, to show love or charity, and to give, especially to the needy and poor. Jesus summarised the 10 commandments that God gave to Moses into just one word: LOVE. Love the Lord your God with…

Thursday, 31 December 2020 05:38

Gender conversion 'therapy' made me suicidal. I fear for other young Nigerians

Anonymous as told to Kemi Falodun A survivor warns against the harmful practices many are forced to undergo to try to change their sexuality or gender identity When I was nine, my parents took me to a traditional healer. He used a razor to make three incisions on the insteps of my feet, my wrists, my elbows, my forehead and on the back of my neck. As blood started to flow, the healer rubbed a concoction of herbs into the incisions and gave me a potion to drink. He took alligator pepper and rubbed it on various parts of my…

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 04:44

Who is squeezing Tunde Bakare’s balls? - Femi Fani-Kayode

On 28th October 2019, Pastor Tunde Bakare said the following: "Tinubu will give account for all his deeds. He should not be seen as a generous man, he is an integral part of the rot in Nigeria". This is a robust condemnation of a man that has been variously described as the 'Lion of Bourdillon', the 'Jagaban of Borgu' and the 'Asiwaju of Iragbiji' and the words reflect the utter contempt that Bakare had for him. Curiously, just one year and two months later, on 20th December 2020, the same Bakare changed the music and said the following about the…

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 04:43

If Tunde Bakare can lie against God, is it man he can’t lie against? – Reno Omokri

Many of my readers would by now have watched Tunde Bakare’s viral video where he came out swinging in defence of Bola Tinubu, and made a number of claims, among which were that some ‘rancorous elements, bitter and resentful noise makers’ Yorubas, ‘who have not achieved as much as Bola Tinubu has achieved’ had sent someone to him, and they included his name in a list of participants in a conference without asking him, and that the conference was being backed by two sworn enemies. His exact words were “when Pilate and Herod agreed, it is because they wanted to…

Tuesday, 29 December 2020 04:42

Tunde Bakare: Pulpit or culprit assignment? - Rotimi Johnson

Speaking from both sides of the mouth is an idiomatic expression but after critically studying Tunde Bakare's attack on Yoruba leaders and support for Bola Tinubu, I concluded that this is more than just speaking, he is living on double standard; promoting vices and virtues I make bold to declare that I have nothing against Jagaban's aspiration and I think it's too early for a Yoruba politician not in his party to declare or against him; let's see his opponents first. However, seeing the way my former Pastor took a swipe at the Yoruba leaders, I posted on Facebook that…

Monday, 28 December 2020 04:40

Interrogating Falana’s Ekiti State University Convocation Lecture (2) - Bola Bolawole

Today we continue our feasting on Femi Falana (FF’s) Ekiti State University Convocation Lecture. In the first part published here last week, Falana upbraided those who use the term “true federalism”, saying matter-of-factly: “There is nothing like true federalism. Every federation is structured for the specific purpose of each country. That is why the Indian federation is not identical to that of Australia or America. The Swiss federation is operated differently from that of Canada or Brazil. The German federation is working not because it’s ‘true’ but because it meets the specific historical need of the Germans. So we should…

Sunday, 27 December 2020 05:16

Bakare’s acidic arrows from the altar - Festus Adedayo

Two anecdotes have been used to justify the controversial pulpit tirades of senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Tunde Bakare, whose video went viral last week. One is that famous Obinde proverb, popularized by former governor of Lagos and Osun States, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Second is one I stumbled into during the past week, a rationalization of ancient Yoruba treatment of their warriors and the morality of their warfare. Bakare had shot artillery fires at opponents of All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The anecdotes, spun and spearheaded by some leading Yoruba, also crucified my own…

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Sunday, 27 December 2020 05:14

Joy to the world, the Saviour is born! - Taiwo Akinola

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord ~ Luke 2:10-11. Introduction: Christmas is not like any other event all through the annals of time. It is indeed the real worldwide kernel of joy and, over the ages, it has also repeatedly stirred joy in heaven over sinners that repent and embrace the unspeakable love of God bestowed upon mankind. The first time ever that…

Sunday, 27 December 2020 05:13

The inviolable law of Karma - Aare GGG

This discourse is on the law of karma and it comes with its twin brother REINCARNATION. This is because it is impracticable to discuss the law of karma without one of its attendant consequences. This is regarded as reincarnation. In view of the controversial nature of the subject of reincarnation, it is deemed appropriate to take them separately although they are intertwined. I am discussing karma ahead of reincarnation because without karma there wouldn't be anything as reincarnation. In effect, reincarnation takes its root and essentially depends on karma. To begin with, what is this karma that we want to…

Friday, 25 December 2020 09:37

Deconstructing Tunde Bakare - Sina Kawonise

For those who haven’t taken time to carefully study the zigzag of Pastor Tunde Bakare’s political grandstanding, they would be taken aback by his encomium on ex-governor Bola Tinubu who is pursuing the office president of Nigeria Bakare himself has been self-prophesying to occupy in 2023. The seeming inconsistency of Bakare is actually a long thread of consistency in self-promotion and positioning. I’ll explain. A few days ago, right from the pulpit of his Church, Bakare poured encomium on Tinubu, while viciously attacking those who raised issue with the dubious place-of-birth background of the former Lagos governor who has singlehandedly…

Friday, 25 December 2020 05:28

My opposition to an Atiku presidency - Bola Bolawole

On June 8, 2020 when Adamu, son of former Vice-President, Abubakar Atiku, hinted that his father could contest in 2023, my thinking was that he was either flying a kite, as it were, or testing the waters. Atiku has contested the presidency more times than any Nigerian, living or dead. He beats the current holder of the office - fumbling, wobbling, inept and clueless retired General Muhammadu Buhari – to the record. Atiku has contested the presidency five times, failing all the way. He eyed the SDP presidential ticket that the late MKO Abiola eventually grabbed; going on to win…

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