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Friday, 29 April 2022 06:31

What history says about how Buhari’s successor will emerge - Azu Ishiekwene

I think the most frequently asked question today is, who will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari? With over 35 aspirants openly declaring their interest as of today, a few still in the closet and more coming out, the field has never looked more crowded. And last week, the decision by former President Goodluck Jonathan to put one leg in the ring, while pretending that he is being dragged, got party and non-party members even more confused. Of course, those who are pressing him into the race - Governor of Yobe State and former All Progressives Congress (APC) interim Chairman, Mai Mala…

Friday, 29 April 2022 06:29

Divorce: Why the heat is on the Church - Michael West

The uproar that greeted the deaths of star worship leader, Osinachi Nwachukwu, 42, and former banker, Chinyere Ogudoro, 47, allegedly due to abusive treatments unleashed on them in their respective marriages, apparently brought the Christian doctrine on marriage under scrutiny. The church is the Body of Christ on earth. It is the assembly of God's people wherever they are located. Beyond the four walls of buildings and auditoriums, individuals that are truly born again are members of the Church of God irrespective of their sects, denominations, colours, races or languages. The church is the pillar of truth (1 Timothy 3:15),…

Thursday, 28 April 2022 06:39

Osinachi: Questions begging for answers (2) - Bola Bolawole

I do not think it is the wish or will of God for anyone to tarry a minute longer than necessary in an abusive or life-threatening marriage or relationship but His admonition to us is to flee from every appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). According to one philosopher, death is the greatest evil from which everyone recoils (Summum malum) as opposed to the highest good (summum bonum) to which everyone aspires. God said in Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you…

Wednesday, 27 April 2022 06:45

Not too poor to run? - Kayode Komolafe

As the chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO) in the Second Republic, Victor Ovie-Whiskey attracted so much attention to his office by his response to an unproved allegation that he received a bribe of one million naira to rig elections. Ovie-Whiskey told his accusers that he would “faint” at the sight of one million naira in cash! Not a few people at the time might have been incredulous about the claim that one million naira was actually offered in cash as a bribe. Some even described the story as a myth in defence of the former Chief Justice of…

Monday, 25 April 2022 06:16

Illegality of outrageous nomination fees - Femi Falana

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) willing to participate in the presidential primary election have been directed to pay N100 million for the nomination and expression of interest forms. Similarly, the nomination and expression of interest forms for those seeking the party’s ticket to contest the governorship election in their respective states cost N50 million. Aspirants for the Senate, House of Representatives and Houses of Assembly are to cough out N20 million, 10 million and N2 million respectively. The party granted a financial waiver to all female aspirants on its platform and approved a 40% discount for aspirants aged…

Monday, 25 April 2022 06:10

Now, nowhere is safe (3) - Hassan Gimba

“When that is not the case, the victim’s faith in his country gets punctured. With the country’s might demystified in his eyes, he can fantasize about the power and invincibility of his captors. Is that Amuta’s case? In a country weighed down by increasing insecurity, where life has become short, nasty and brutish, such victims may feel they are ‘safer’ in the hands of the terrorists. We need to do a lot of things in Nigeria to help citizens regain their trust in the country.” The earlier we realise and accept that we are at war with an enemy that…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 17:47

What they’ll not tell you - Femi Fani-Kayode

Make of the following what you will and work out the implications. Of the 13 leaders that have led our country since 1960 seven were working for the British MI6 and/or the American CIA. Only the remaining six were working solely for Nigeria. The other seven were firmly within the power, control and grip of the British and the Americans. In short, they were nothing but spies and informants that were carefully and craftily planted. Again of the five Nigerian leaders that died whilst on the throne, every single one of them was murdered in cold blood by local agents…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:32

At last meeting, Alaafin said: I prepared place of my burial and Oyomesi knows what to do with my corpse - Festus Adedayo

How was I to know that that meeting I had with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on March 2, 2022, was the last between a father and his son? In the last couple of hours of hearing of his passing, I have scrutinized, without success, memories of anything unusual in the sky on that day that probably spoke of the looming calamity that would befall the Oyo palace. The sky was the usual grey, without a foreboding countenance; the palace courtiers were the usual ensemble, spraying entrants with deodorant courtesies. The palace bard perhaps gave inkling of the…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:30

Singing a new song - Taiwo Akinola

I will give her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth ~ Hosea 2:15. Introduction: This year is rapidly advancing to a close, with the prospect of greater opportunities ahead. No doubt, it has offered diverse experiences to different people in very many distinct circumstances. Whatever the case, God is saying that our springs of joy and gladness are not gone forever. Please be informed that it is quite normal that certain experiences in the journeys of destiny show up with remarkable…

Sunday, 24 April 2022 06:28

Article of faith: Christians do not love God (1) - Femi Aribisala

The first and great commandment enjoins us to: “love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.” (Matthew 22:37). However, Christians seem largely unable to do this. The first commandment is expressed in tautological terms. The love that God requires permits no other love. But we love so many other things apart from God. These other loves compete with the love of God in our hearts. Jesus asks Peter: “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” (John 21:15). If we were to love anything else, it must…

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Friday, 22 April 2022 06:42

Chrisland’s Dubai Five and our digital footprints - Azu Ishiekwene

Most parents like to think that their generation’s burden was the heaviest. And that today’s children are too soft and spoilt by the easy life to be up to any good. Well, I disagree. Or let me put that a bit differently: I don’t agree completely. The debate about just how far astray today’s children have gone was sparked afresh by the juvenile sex video of students of Chrisland School, VGC, Lagos, who had gone for the World Schools Games in Dubai between March 8 and 14. Since that video was leaked a few days ago, the “Dubai Five”, the…

Friday, 22 April 2022 06:40

A straight talk on divorce (2) - Michael West

There's no sane person that is opting for a divorce on a happy note. One can only heave a sigh of relief from abuse, appreciate escape from danger and anticipate peace outside the troubled marriage. Yet, it does not amount to being happy about it. Divorce is the last resort in order to stay alive, be at peace and also have another opportunity for a fresh beginning by making a new and better choice of a life partner. Since the unfortunate incidents of the 47-year-old banker, Chinyere Ogudoro, who was burnt to death by her husband, and star worship leader,…

Thursday, 21 April 2022 06:15

Osinachi: Questions begging for answers - Bola Bolawole

The sad and very unfortunate death, in controversial circumstances, of the popular Nigerian gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, has, once again, set tongues wagging about the vexed issue of domestic violence occasioning bodily harm, even death, in marriages and the views and position of Nigeria’s usually conservative Church fathers on marriage or marital vows often couched as Church doctrine or God’s position on marriage. To be sure, the number of husbands killing their wives and vice-versa is infinitesimal when compared to those who are not but, as we all know in journalism parlance, bad news make the headlines, travel faster and…

Tuesday, 19 April 2022 15:10

A putrid presidential Easter egg - Wole Soyinka

Easter greetings to you, Reverend Mathew Kukah and to all your followers. All has been said, I think. I am impelled however not to miss an opportunity to add my own Easter drop to the overflowing vessel of pietistic sentiments, if only to reassure Christians – and also Moslems in turn – that even we, non-believers, do partake of that same ethical communion to which most humanity aspire. Also, your Easter sermon opens up yet again those sluices of juridical hypocrisy to which we dare not cease to draw attention. Such, in the immediate, remains the plight of two young…

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