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Sunday, 18 May 2025 04:01

Article of Faith: The mind of Christ (4) - Femi Aribisala

The worrisome mind is anathema to the mind of Chist. The mind that is fretful and full of anxiety is a mind that does not glorify God. The worrisome mind is the mind that does not trust God. It is the mind that does not believe that God is God. It is the mind that does not have faith in God. It is the mind that is not fed on the word of God. It is the mind that is not built on the rock of God’s word. Paul says: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and…

Saturday, 17 May 2025 04:30

‘Apepa’ or arterial blockage? The urgency of self-care after 45 - Babafemi Ojudu

In many parts of our hinterland—and even in our cities—sudden death is often attributed to what the Yoruba call apepa—a mystical demise believed to be caused by malevolent forces who summon a person’s soul from afar. One is said to have been “called,” their life abruptly and mysteriously ended. This belief, though deeply rooted in our culture, has often led to misplaced blame, suspicion, and years of acrimony among families and communities. But as our understanding of health improves, we must face the truth: most of these sudden deaths are not spiritual—they are medical. Preventable. Manageable. Treatable. Conditions like undiagnosed…

Friday, 16 May 2025 04:19

How to crown an impostor - Azu Ishiekwene

Burkinabe leader Ibrahim Traore is acting like a rock star. It’s not entirely his fault. He’s receiving a lot of help from dozens of social media users, especially TikTokers, who are desperate to anoint him as the best thing to come out of Burkina Faso since Thomas Sankara. Traore must be enjoying it, because even though he is pretending, he knows he’s not Sankara. He is an opportunist, happy to capitalise on the current frustration in his country and the Sahel for his benefit. A recent report by The Africa Report summarised Traore’s fictional character. “In dozens of viral TikTok…

Thursday, 15 May 2025 04:27

Pastor Ibiyeomie can learn from Bill Gates - Abimbola Adelakun

You must have read the news that philanthropist Bill Gates plans to give away his wealth within the next 20 years. His charity foundation, which has been making various interventions in global public health, now has till December 31, 2045, to spend down about $200bn to facilitate health and human development. Even more fascinating is that Bill Gates wants the money to offset some of the imbalances caused by the Donald Trump administration’s abrupt cutbacks to health and development agencies, such as USAID and PEPFAR. Many of us are familiar with the Biblical narrative of a rich young ruler who…

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 04:38

‘Kebabbed’ Kemi Badenoch facing her moment of truth - Iliyasu Gadu

We all know what “Kebab” is and means. It is pieces of meat (lamb or beef) spiced, marinated and roasted on a skewer often with vegetables. It is a Middle Eastern delicacy and probably the best example of it is the Turkish variety. In its original Arab form, it is written and pronounced as “Kabab”. But in English usage it is spelt as “Kebab” which is pretty much how we have known it all this while. For long the usage of the word was restricted to the culinary world but in 1989 courtesy of Neil Kinnock (now Lord Kinnock) then…

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 04:36

Why jihadists can’t win in Nigeria — but can’t be defeated - Julius Ogunro

Islamists are expanding their frontiers in Nigeria. The latest being Mahmuda, an Islamic terror group with ties to Boko haram, terrorising Kwara and several states around it. Because of its cross-border threat, the Beninese government recently closed its borders with Nigeria around the Baruten area. Ansaru, a battle-tested Islamist group also connected to Boko Haram, is active in the North Northcentral, especially in the Kogi area. Its forte is kidnapping for ransom and spreading its twisted ideology of Islamic puritanism. In Nigeria’s northwest, the Islamic terror group, Lakurawa, is gaining ground, increasing its attacks on civilian and military infrastructure, especially…

Monday, 12 May 2025 04:40

Nigeria: The making of a judicial selectorate - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Anambra North senatorial constituency comprises seven local government areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, Onitsha South, and Oyi. The contest to represent it in the election to the senate in 2007 turned out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Voting in the election occurred on 28 April 2007. At the end of the contest, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returned Joy Emordi, the incumbent senator and candidate of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner. In the race for the party ticket which preceded the election, Emordi beat out…

Sunday, 11 May 2025 03:09

Why not solar panels at Aso Rock? - Dele Sobowale

“We must therefore not shirk from accusing our friends, or praising our enemies, nor need we be afraid of praising or blaming the same people at different times; since, it is impossible that the men [and women] who are engaged in public affairs should always be right; and unlikely they should always be in the wrong. We must therefore detach ourselves from the actors [and actresses] in our story, and apply to them only such statements and judgments as their conduct deserves” – Polybius, c200-118 BC. Once again, I find myself risking being misunderstood by the millions of political opponents…

Sunday, 11 May 2025 03:07

Understanding the dynamics of divine intervention - Taiwo Akinola

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth ~ Luke 1:13-14 Preamble: One sobering truth we all must understand and fully internalize is that every living creature is a comprehensive product of God’s supernatural act. For this reason, we will always need His supernatural power to be preserved, maintained and well kept here on earth (1Peter 1:3-5). For instance, before God breathed life into…

Friday, 09 May 2025 04:52

Adesina, Onanuga and the matter of being better off - Azu Ishiekwene

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, ruffled presidential feathers on Monday when he said in a speech during the 20thAnniversary dinner of the financial services company, Chapel Hill Denham, that Nigerians were better off in 1960 than they are today. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, immediately disagreed, saying that Adesina used a narrow, perhaps one of the most contested metrics, to measure the country’s progress. Both Adesina and Onanuga were right and wrong. What’s in a measure? Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the most common measure of the size of an…

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Thursday, 08 May 2025 03:52

Is Nigeria 2025 truly better than Nigeria 1960s? - Abimbola Adelakun

Since the Nigerian presidency has devoted itself to responding to every criticism of the government and its administrative failings, it is unsurprising that media aide Bayo Onanuga faulted the recent claim by the outgoing President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, that Nigerians lived a better life in the 1960s going by the GDP per capita. Onanuga argued that Adesina should know that GDP per capita is not the only criterion used to determine whether people live better lives now than in the past. Indeed, it is a poor tool for assessing living standards. Its primary usefulness is in…

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 02:43

Non-governance and Nigeria’s disappearing civic space - Jibrin Ibrahim

Maybe the greatest problem in Nigeria today is the way in which the nation has lost its moral compass, and with it, civic culture. When our youth look at our leaders, they see clearly that there is no good example to copy. Yes, they see what is today called success. The bad guys are very successful. Success is here reduced to its most crass elements, they have stolen massive amounts of money from the treasury and can drink the most expansive whiskies and champagnes, travel round the world and move in convoys of dozens of cars although sadly for that…

Tuesday, 06 May 2025 04:32

Nigeria’s GDP: Like Peter Obi, like Akinwunmi Adesina – Bayo Onanuga

A few days ago, outgoing AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina claimed that Nigerians today are worse off than in 1960, basing his conclusion on figures that do not align with available data. According to Nairametrics, he claimed that Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1960 was $1,847 and that it is $824 today. The quoted figures are not correct. According to available data, our country’s GDP was $4.2 billion in 1960, and per capita income for a population of 44.9 million was $93, not even one hundred dollars. Our country’s GDP did not rise remarkably until the 1970s, when crude earnings ballooned.…

Monday, 05 May 2025 04:26

Blessed are the crooked judges - Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

When he was a Justice of the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alloysius Katsina-Alu was the subject of allegations of serious misconduct which ended up before the Advisory Judicial Committee (AJC), the predecessor to the National Judicial Council (NJC). Upon finding the allegations established, the AJC determined that Katsina-Alu would be denied elevation beyond the Court of Appeal. Less than one decade later, he was a Justice of the Supreme Court. In 2009, he assumed the office of CJN. On 30 April, the NJC, this…

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