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Sunday, 20 March 2022 06:27

Article of faith: Contradictions that do not contradict (3) - Femi Aribisala

Take a look at the blunder that Martin Luther made after reading Paul’s statement that nothing shall separate us from the love of God. (Romans 8:38-39). Luther says: “Be a sinner, and let your sins be strong, but let your faith in Christ be stronger, and rejoice in Christ who is the victor over sin, death, and the world. This life is not a place where righteousness can exist. No sin can separate us from Him, even if we were to kill or commit adultery a thousand times each day.” This is nothing but a devilish statement from a so-called…

Saturday, 19 March 2022 17:59

Russia-Ukraine war: Is Zelensky a hero or is he deluded? - Femi Fani-Kayode

I deplore and condemn the barbaric killings and vicious barbarism that have been unleashed against a mainly defenceless and helpless civilian population in the Ukraine. Yet the bitter truth is that all that President Volodymyr Zelensky has to do to stop the relentless slaughter of his people is to state clearly and categorically that the Ukraine will NEVER join NATO, that the Ukraine will NEVER allow foreign military bases on her soil and that the Ukraine will MAINTAIN neutrality like Sweden and Finland. He also has to allow the Russian-speaking people of Donesk and Eastern Ukraine to exercise their right…

Saturday, 19 March 2022 11:56

Ukraine and the Bucharest Memorandum - Femi Mimiko

So much is being made of the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, which formed the basis of divesting Ukraine of its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees for the former Soviet republic. It was negotiated by US, UK, Russia and Ukraine - in conformity with the nuclear non-proliferation principle. The February 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine by Moscow is, in several quarters, now being touted as tantamount to a violation of the sanctity of the Memorandum. A note of analysis and caution on this. First, the Budapest Memorandum was negotiated and adopted within a specific context. The nuclear arsenal stationed…

Friday, 18 March 2022 06:16

Gosh! My associates and successors are dying… - Tola Adeniyi

I will not start with the departure, 14 years ago, of Femi Sonaike; age-mate [May 29, June 3], town-mate, classmate, same profession, same height, Best man to each other at weddings 2-weeks apart, one extroverted and the other introverted. Neither will I go back to this day 10 years ago when my friend, the extraordinarily gregarious Golf-enthusiast Oluwole Olumide [who I believe was murdered March 16, 2012] forcibly commenced his journey in the Continuum. Tears for the two had dried up…only reminiscences. Of recent were the passages of UK-based Ademola Adenuga, retired Dept Permanent Secretary and humour merchant Gbolabo Ogunsanwo,…

Friday, 18 March 2022 06:12

Triumph of the ‘yahoo-yahoo’ governors - Azu Ishiekwene

In the midst of our current misery, Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu thought we needed something to cheer last week, so he offered a joke, which was telling and disturbing. In the row between the Governor of Yobe and interim chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, and governors who wanted to overthrow him, Akeredolu, who was on the side of the protagonists, reached into the gutter for words to describe his enemies. He plumbed the depths, far below the sepsis reached by the sarcasm of Salihu Lukman, the former director general of the Progressives Governors Forum,…

Friday, 18 March 2022 06:10

Stop dating for wrong reasons - Michael West

Dating is a prelude to marriage for adults. It is otherwise known as courtship but because some engaged adults don't really want to settle down, they remain in dating for as long as it serves their purposes and interests. Not many people realise that dating without a purpose is time wasting and an euphemism for romantic adventure. A focused relationship is what makes adults responsible and accountable for their lifetime and resources. Going by the prevailing situation around us, there're quite a number of people, women in particular, that are going through some hard and unpleasant situations in their relationships.…

Thursday, 17 March 2022 06:07

The Redeemed Christian Church of God should ignore critics - Abimbola Adelakun

Nothing says how cynical people have grown toward the church in recent times better than the response that greeted the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s decision to be more directly involved in the 2023 electioneering. The RCCG’s internal memo—where they noted they would coordinate their members going into politics and mobilise support for them—that circulated online could not have been any more innocent. Yet, it was met with an adverse reaction by those who concluded the church wants to use its broad network to mobilise support for one of their members, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who might run as president.…

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 06:13

Why Putin invaded Ukraine - Bola Bolawole

The Russia/Ukraine war still rages; efforts at negotiations, ceasefire, and cessation of hostilities have floundered. Needless pains and suffering continued to be inflicted on the hapless. Precious lives are lost on a daily basis. What is the way out? Will sanctions work eventually to hobble Russia and cripple its war efforts? Is the no-flying zone demanded by the Ukrainian president from its Western allies, but which those ones are afraid to give, the solution? Strafed by Russia, will Ukraine collapse and surrender very soon? Or, exasperated, will any of the combatants escalate this crisis to a full-blown Third World War?…

Monday, 14 March 2022 06:11

Here’s why the West is principally responsible for the Ukrainian crisis - John Mearsheimer

The war in Ukraine is the most dangerous international conflict since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Understanding its root causes is essential if we are to prevent it from getting worse and, instead, to find a way to bring it to a close. There is no question that Vladimir Putin started the war and is responsible for how it is being waged. But why he did so is another matter. The mainstream view in the West is that he is an irrational, out-of-touch aggressor bent on creating a greater Russia in the mould of the former Soviet Union. Thus, he…

Monday, 14 March 2022 06:09

APC, beware the ides of March - Hassan Gimba

“When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.” – Ancient proverb. “The Ides of March”, made popular by William Shakespeare in his book, Julius Caesar, is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15th March. Marked by several religious observances, it was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. The Ides of March is best known to us as the date Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC after a seer had warned him to “beware the Ides of March”. In a story of betrayals, about 60 conspirators led…

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Sunday, 13 March 2022 06:29

Vladimir Putin: A miracle defender of Christianity or the most evil man? - Tim Costello

The Russian president’s Orthodox faith is central to his worldview but he has used it to justify invasion and violence in God’s name With Russia invading Ukraine, its president, Vladimir Putin, has been painted by many in the western media as the most evil man in the world. Commentators are asserting that this premeditated act is evil. I do not disagree. To see a war in Europe nearly 80 years after the end of the second world war is unthinkable. What other words describe such violence and the man who singlehandedly has authorised this assault? Now that Putin has twice…

Sunday, 13 March 2022 06:28

Bamise’s murder and this Cryptocurrency generation - Festus Adedayo

On Saturday, March 12, 2022, I delivered the paper below at the Kegites Club's celebration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo's 85th birthday which held at the OOPL (Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library) in Abeokuta, Ogun State, with him in attendance: Yesterday, at the installation of the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, I took my time to listen to his cognomen, with studied interest. I came out of the encounter first, with laughter, then shock and trepidation. His Royal Majesty's praise chants describe him as "omo o toro obe, toro abe; boo bun mi l'obe, bun mi l’abe nitori abe dun j’obe lo” Roughly…

Sunday, 13 March 2022 06:27

Necessary preparations for a stream of new things! - Taiwo Akinola

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God ~ 2 Chronicles 27:6. Introduction: When you look closely into the life of any normal human being, one of the amazing things you will quickly notice is that unquenchable desire or dream for a better life. Happily, God Himself is in it! He designed us originally to dominate, and not to be dominated, curtailed or halted by the elemental forces here on earth (Genesis 1:26-28)! However, we have to get really ready to fully partake of the divine promises of new things in the realm of…

Sunday, 13 March 2022 06:25

Article of faith: Contradictions that do not contradict (2) - Femi Aribisala

Must we reconcile ourselves to God or will God reconcile Himself to us? Paul says: “Nothing shall separate us from the love of God.” (Romans 8:38-39). I disagree, saying: “Sin can separate us from the love of God.” Am I not contradicting the scriptures? No! There is no contradiction whatsoever. The Bible says both and we need to know why. It says nothing shall separate us from the love of God, and it also says sin can separate us from the love of God. Jesus says: “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” (Matthew…

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