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...

Celebrating Birth Without Living

What will Chinedu eat after xmas when im mama don spend all the money for the 11 other months in a celebration? After Chinedu chop chicken finish tomorrow, what about the harrowing days that lie ahead?

The Power of a Christian Response

Today, the news is not filled with the reminiscences of Jos or its tranquility but with mindless killings and destructions...

Ignorance, Confusion, Hidden Facts, and Speaking for the God in her Mirror

Often times as Africans, we are betrayed by some of our own in their ignorance or limited understanding of concepts that are significant to our survival. Some of us are so confused by our changing culture and our history that we are captivated by all things foreign and all things white...

Angry Witches and Wizards Confront Governor Akpabio

My conscience screamed along with other UK based Nigerians whose evening was shattered when the camera began to document another evil variant of our collective bastardy...

TBJ: A Prophet and his Sex Slaves

The Nigerian Pentecostal movement is presently embattled. Its umbrella regulator, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, an impotent outfit, cannot pretend to be unaware of the dark dealings of the human mirage of Ikotun Egbe. Nigerian pastors, ministers, reverends and priests are becoming spiritual aggressors who prey on the weak, the poor and the gullible…

Scribbling The Magnum Opus In The Heart

In our little ways as humans, we should endeavor to touch the hearts of people that cross our paths. We need to seek for creative ways to scribble our own 'magnum opus' on the hearts of others...

Liberation Theology and The Nigerian Christian Community (conclusion)

It is unfortunate that most principalities, powers and elemental forces which Jesus Christ, by his coming and subsequent death, has conquered, still dwell in the homes of the poor who live in these underdeveloped, neo-colonial capitalist economies...

The Moral Regeneration of the Inner Man

As I talk with Christian friends, I sense a degree of discontent with the seeming inability of the Church to impact society's morals in a more positive sense. It's as though Christians are increasingly getting weaker and spiritually bland...

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Boko Haram – Elders Should Act Fast

The suggestion that the federal government should dialogue with Boko Haram sect is not a bad idea. The government's reluctance to initiate such dialogue is also not mistaken...

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Uncanny Coincidences: Of U.S. Presidents and Nigerian Politicians

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General Muhammadu Buhari: The Pains & Gains

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Labour Party Versus Ondo State People: The People Shall Win

It is a pity that the Labour Party is fighting it dirty and making politics look like a do or die affair. Politics is not dirty. Neither should it be as vicious...

Nigeria’s Theater of the Absurd

For the past 49 years, it has been a vicious cycle of absurdities for Nigerians, held ransom by greedy, inconsiderate and corrupt leaders and their acolytes and sycophants, so much so that any glimmer of hope that sometimes flicker at us is soon extinguished...

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I cannot believe that I am the jolly good...

Nigeria : Beyond 2011

President Jonathan Ebere Good Luck is not at the moment great. However, he has every opportunity to write his names with gold. On the surface, he is a lucky man as his name suggest. It appeared that he was always  in the right place at the right time and for the right reason...

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At last the three preliminary match days of Afcon2023...