Faith & Philosophy

All That Jazz About Slashing Hajj Fares   

The recent news on the slashing of hajj fares in Nigeria soured my mood immensely. In a statement from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria...

The Church of Nigeria Movement: From Midlife Crisis To Afterlife Triumphalism?

For some time now, the defunct Church of Nigeria union of Methodism and Anglicanism has fallen off the radar of importance in Nigerian Christianity....

Nigeria Under The Microscope: Are Christians Being Besieged Or Is This Just Political Noise?

Nigeria once again finds itself in the global spotlight, accused of failing to protect millions of its own citizens. In Washington, Congressman Chris Smith of...

Generational Walkers with God

Christianity is a walk with God. We are temporarily here. We have no certain abode on this side of eternity. We are strangers or pilgrims walking from here to yonder land that is fair beyond description. There are rules in this walk. Yes, how do we walk with God from our temporary abode here to His eternal abode there to be thereafter with Him eternally?

What Shall I Do With This Jesus?

For generations, the attempt to undermine and even deny the very essence of our faith - the resurrection of our lord from the dead - has always been the main focus of those opposed to the Christian faith...

Ghanaian Pastors Are Proving Worse than Nigeria’s

I used to think that American pastors were fakest of the fakes until I happened on Nigerians with the explosion of their ‘prosperity’ churches which are driven by hunger, hopelessness, superstition, 419, and sheer idiocy...

God's Rights, Women's Rights, Human and Democratic Rights

Traditionally speaking and otherwise, God can never change. However, some Devil-incarnates like this woman are changing Godly rules for their undefined Human Rights and Democratic Rights...

Psalm 37: The Wicked and the Awesomeness of God

In order to assist man to understand the consequences of wickedness and move on in life, the Psalmist has portrayed the dire consequences of wickedness...

Jesus' Two Manifestations and Manifestation of the Sons of God

The purpose of the first salvation is for Him to present us holy, un-blamable and ‘unreproveabe’.  That is how the saved soul is presented if he happens to die immediately after salvation or forgiveness of his sins. But most don’t die immediately...

Jesus' Two Manifestations and Manifestation of the Sons of God

The purpose of the first salvation is for Him to present us holy, un-blamable and ‘unreproveabe’.  That is how the saved soul is presented if he happens to die immediately after salvation or forgiveness of his sins. But most don’t die immediately...

Let’s Call It Religious Corruption Syndrome (RCS)

Given the contradictions between being so religious, and being so dishonest as pointed out by President Jonathan; the issue of Religious Corruption Syndrome deserves an extensive study by scholars...

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Aren't Homosexuals God's Children Too?

It has become glaringly evident that some societies are slowly descending into a deepening abyss of hate, ignorance and intolerance - so much so that it boggles the mind...

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Is monogamous fidelity a deliberate choice?

Maybe in the wake of the pervasive sex scandals involving men occupying top social, political, economic and spiritual positions, it might help if society can so challenge, inspire and motivate men to once again begin to believe that monogamous fidelity can still be possible in this post-modernist 21st century...

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In Nigeria, Democracy Is Inequality!

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Gender Roles in African Relationships

He told me an African woman is not worth visiting if she can't cook… yet he himself can't cook, and he wouldn't cook even if he could. His "shopping list" for a potential mate is one who will take care of him just as his mom took care of his dad, but one who is also financially independent...

Did Mr. Acting president goof with his ministerial nominees?

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