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...

The State of the Contemporary Church of Christ

It is remarkable that the church of Jesus Christ, as originally constituted in the initial centuries of its existence, was an organization of tremendous...

Different Denominations, One Church

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind – Philippians 2:2 Christianity,...

Exploring Minimalism: The Joy of living more with less

The number could be higher today but in 2013 there were 6 billion clothing in UK households  roughly a hundred per adult and a...

Saint Augustine, Wole Soyinka, Donald Trump and a Conference of African Philosophy

Sometime in 1995 there was a conference on African Philosophy at the SS Peter and Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan. It was focused on History...

Astonishing! So He Rose Up!!!

Yes. And a resounding yes that the Lord got knock down once, but rose up for eternity. Victory for heaven and tragedy for Satan...

Between the Church of Rome and Reformed Churches

The submissions in this discourse are bound to stir up a lot of dust, with some sentimentalists choosing to castigate my submissions as either...

Offerings are for the Poor, not for your Pastor

For my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4: 6) I often do not like to use my Facebook to discuss religion. Mine...

Why we should Encourage Sunday Iwalaiye, Daddy Freeze and the likes in Nigeria

Sunday Iwalaiye is a Nigerian American scientist, and a physicist based in the United States. He is also a social critic. Ifedayo Olarinde popularly...

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Obasanjo @ 80: Matters Arising!

The Nigerian former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, is a great...

Making Roads Safer In Nigeria

Every Nigerian has the right to live, and work in safety. Every Nigerian has the right to walk, ride and drive on good and safe roads. This generation should not be wasted with increasing road accidents...

Senate Passes Bills in a Hurry: An Anomalous Legislative Rascality

Lawyers and historians  are not likely to forget this...

These Gods Are Afraid (1)

So it is possible for a Governor to be sitting by himself at the airport without a gamut of mean-looking men in black blazers around him?  Is it possible that with a governor there will be no gun-toting cops, no visible private security personnel, no P.A, no S.A, no C.S.O.?

Independence Speech: The Oracle Speaks Not

This is not the time to preach hope. Why hope, when what you are hoping for is here in Nigeria? Hope feeds no one. The people are hungry. The people are afraid of their own shadows...

Nigerians: Victims of a Hijacked Democracy

No doubt Mr. President did not surround himself with some of Nigeria's best men and women. But, then, given the kind of arrangement we have in place that places not in his hands the selection of his team, should he just be blamed for having these men and women around him?

The Calamity Of An Endangered Profession…

There is no way anyone can tell me that the greatest nations of the world as at today and yesterday are in any way better endowed or strategically positioned than our dear native land, Nigeria...

Collapse The States

Nigeria is presently governed and populated by rudderless leadership – and as well by such terrible followership to the extent of being led by the nostrils like some Elizabethan or Shakespearean mob. Otherwise, how can one rationalise the recent clamour and support for the creation of states...

The Future of Igbos Under Delta State (Anioma) Presidency

There are many ways through which unbridled unity can be achieved among the Igbo through the creation of a sense of oneness. Arguments from both sides of the divide should be greatly scrutinized and attended to...

A Critique of Pat Utomi’s Theory on Management Leadership

When experts stumble, our world tumble and we may fumble; indeed the history of professionals in our national life is riddled with book experts who make a generalization of their knowledge but fail woefully in its application...