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...

A Fashionable Christafarian vs Rastafarian

I was a church boy who didn't have the nerves to rebel like Rastafarians, and the little courage in me was snuffed out in med school where I was literally banned from wearing jean trousers...

Who Is TB Joshua's Mentor?

What is it about TB Joshua that has actually engendered such outright denunciation and renunciation by his fellow labourers in the vineyard?

Speaking Truth to Power: The Man of God and Mass Hysteria

"I am sure by now you have received a text message saying that Pastor E A Adeboye said you should pray from 1am to 3am so that someone close to you wont die or something like that...Well this is to let you know this text message is NOT FROM PASTOR E A ADEBOYE..."

The Thin Lines

As long as the unpredictability of the counting of time remains, the lines permeating the realms of joy from sorrow, love from hate, and life from death will inevitably remain thin...

To Abraham, My Father!

Another Father's Day had come and gone. I'd wished you were here to hear it from my mouth that I cherish you for being my father. Though I have no memory of you locked up anywhere in my conscious mind...

Our Pastors, Imams Must Speak Truth To Power More

On a Sunday morning, you should try this experiment: turn your television on, sit back and listen. From some Christian synagogues, to some of the mosques that dot the Nigerian stratosphere, you find men of God playing hide and seek with the destinies of an already traumatized people...

Why You Are a Nigerian

Is there any possible rational explanation for the nationality one comes from? Is there any reasoning to the selection of people in a country or even continent? Why was one man born an American and another a Nigerian?

An Appeal to Leaders of Faith Organizations in Nigeria

I want Nigerian leaders of faith groups and organizations to draw inspiration and strength from what their colleagues have done elsewhere around the world. I pray they replicate same in Nigeria or even more. ..

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Celebrating the Nigerian Woman

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Their Secret Plan

On TV, young people who ought to be in school are being paraded as crime suspects… Meanwhile, the children of our leaders are seen in society magazines at graduation ceremonies in American and British universities…

Occupying the streets

A ruffian in ragged police-uniform pulled at my hair, stood a number of us up and shoved us ahead of him towards a stinking corner. I shared a cell with 17 others and I was happy!

Senator Dino Melaye: A Microcosm of Nigeria’s Moral Decadence

Seriously, the committee of elders in Kogi West, Kogi...

Executive Kleptomania in Ekiti State

Have you ever been to Ekiti State? If you have, you will understand the depth of my consternation. Ekiti State is one of the poorest in the Federation. Other than a relatively higher percentage of Western education enjoyed by its people, the State has virtually nothing else going for it...

Ohakim’s Parting Address to Incoming Governors

One of the bright spots in Nigeria’s recent series of elections was the exclamatory decisiveness with which the voters in Imo State defeated Mis-governor Ikedi Ohakim...

Abba Moro, Son Of Jonathan

When government officials are accused of high corruption or wrong-doing, those officials know that, at worst, they have plenty of time to perfect their alibi.  Jonathan usually does nothing - even after his citizens have shouted themselves hoarse.  His standard approach is to hunker down and hope that the matter would go away...

AFCON 2025 Final and the Power of Protest

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