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...

Have you seen this gate of hell?

Have you seen this gate of hell?
Forces beyond men compelling them:
Hence they so act, knowing not what they do!

Prosperity, Eternity (18): Heaven: You cannot eat Your Cake and have it!

The Church is a spiritual movement consisting of pilgrims walking their way through this world and commanded to use things of this world sparingly and even such things as God Himself promised to add unto them as they keep on with the pilgrim’s walk...

Prosperity, Eternity (17): In all our Dealings and Giving, think Jerusalem, Israel!

We can only say here: May we extend the breast of our consolation today to Israel; may we have a bosom for Jerusalem now, and her own ever flourishing breast of consolation shall be ours throughout eternity...

Prosperity, Eternity (16): Admonition concerning Disorderliness Busybodies

The pages in this series are for all Christians because all Christians can give and they all should give. By implication therefore the pages discourage both disorderliness and the abuse of the liberality of the Church caused by busy bodies...

Prosperity, Eternity (15): Learning to give to God acceptably

There are many unfertile grounds people sow in that we must not sow in. One of them is sowing into the rich, especially to gain reward. He that gives to the rich shall surely come to want...

Prosperity, Eternity (15): Learning to give to God acceptably

There are many unfertile grounds people sow in that we must not sow in. One of them is sowing into the rich, especially to gain reward. He that gives to the rich shall surely come to want...

Eternity, Prosperity (14): Sons of Consolation: Be a Barnabas Today

Let’s meet with the needs of the brethren, even members of the household of faith. If done in holiness and righteousness, which really is the only way of doing it that is acceptable to God, this invites God’s presence more than we can think or imagine...

Prosperity, Eternity (13): Old Testament Saints had Bosoms

We cannot entertain angels if we are living in sealed houses. We cannot if only those we harbor in our homes are our ‘loved ones’ and our close friends. Learn to harbor missionaries, the persecuted believers, the physically-challenged, orphans and the others who are in need...

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Mohammadu Buhari: An Inscrutable Leader

This newly tinkered Buhari is an abomination to the old one and quite frankly, I do not like it. Give me the Old Buhari, who once made me very proud to be a Nigerian and I will vote feet and limbs for him...

2007 Elections Countdown: Why Obasanjo Is Desperate

Why is President Obasanjo desperate? In the absence of any answers from the professional eggheads, I have decided to embark on a lone search for an answer...

For God And Country

Have you heard of the State Assembly that sought to reward its four years of luxurious indolence with police escorts and payments of allowances for life...

Imprudent Heifers

I cannot count how many times I have heard Nigerian men complaining about how Nigerian women have suddenly become “smart” because they have left Nigeria.  While some of what they say is only due to their inability to handle a little independence in favor of the woman, the rest of what they say is actually true...

Posterity, Eternity 3: Between Need and Excesses

If God is to define our needs or tell us what our financial and property needs are this present moment; O what excess He would likely find that we are holding on to!

A Word Merchant’s Logbook

I am received like a state dignitary at the Canadian High Commission in London and given a tour of the facility. “This is what we do for visiting Canadian artists”, I am told. Meanwhile the Nigerian High Commission in London never responded to my manager’s e-mail about my impending visit…

Ohakim And The Council Election Flaw!

It would sound like cliché to be told that local governments are the foundation of democracy, but for Imo State, the truth appears to remain eroded through frequent electoral procrastination...

The Nation Dangles as Yar'Adua Pines Away

A sneak preview of the fiery war that awaits us in the aftermath of Yar'Adua's complicated health state is the internecine power struggle that has started and which threatens to blow into a full fledged war should the president cease to function in power...

Our Success Tomorrow, Our Imminent Action Today

Some of us have seen the mountaintop, but how many of our brothers and sisters have? Some have faintly glimpsed the future through dreams and euphoric indulgence, but this has remained a curse rather than a blessing...

Security, Religion and Citizenship: Unresolved National issues

When critical national issues threatening our fragile federation unity is discussed, emotions and partisan outburst overpower and configure the response and outcome to the issue...