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...

Cogitations on Love

Love your enemies —Matthew 5:4 Festive seasons are those periods of the year when the deeply religious pause briefly from their usual everyday concerns to reflect...

Interrogating Social Inequality In The Body Of Christ

“The rich and poor have this in common: The Lord made them both” Proverbs 22:2 Contemporary Christianity is enmeshed in an avalanche of enervating crisis, each capable...

Is It A Sin To Criticize A Man Of God?

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. — James...

Deities Tabernacled In Human Flesh

In several instances in his First Letter, Apostle John repeatedly highlighted the fact and the purpose of our Lord’s earthly mission. Sometimes the question...

Of Prophets and Lame Prophecies

It’s coming to that time of the year when all the pastors and prophets will start releasing their prophecies for the coming year. They...

Religion, Politics and the Nigerian State

Mahatma Gandhi once remarked that “those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is”. However, Frank Herbert was of an entirely...

Why I Question Issues

He is a friend. He is a priest of some god. I was minding my business. He wasn’t minding his. “Did you watch Reno Omokri...

Contemporary Christianity: New Wine In Old Wineskin

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?...

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Igbo Music: Where Are The Gongs And Flutes?

When highlife ruled the airwaves in Nigeria in the past decades, voices of Igbo musicians and others of south East extraction added to its popularity. But in the burgeoning contemporary music scene in Nigeria, the distinct voice of Igbo music has become muffled...

The Intellectual Content of Nigerian Politics

By intellectual content, I mean that fulcrum where one finds and interlocks philosophical, legal, political and sundry ideas that assist humans to form the synthesis for solving societal problems...

The Choice of Ibrahim Babangida As President

To overlook determining our future with choice of a better candidate than Mr. Babangida is to accept that we cannot reason with the former military dictator and his supporters...

Jeunalists Must Have A Uniform Like Policemen

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Corrupt People Cannot/Do not Make Good Leaders!

This statement by the late great Madiba, Nelson Mandela,...

How To Wake A 60-Year-Old Sleeping Giant

A sleeping giant is a bad sight to behold. Nigeria...

Battle for space: the Nigerian context

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June 12: Abiola and a Posthumous Presidency!

One year after the death of Chief Abiola, General Sanni Abacha died. Though his death was unexpected and sudden, it was a welcome relief to the people who have for several years been gagged, coerced and silenced by a regime headed by an empty headed drunk...

Ekweremasu’s Coup Baiting and our Assumed Receding Memory

Less than three years in opposition, Ike Ekweremadu who...

My List of Things to do Today

To all stay-at-home moms or dads, if your list bears any semblance to mine, don't worry, be happy!