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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…

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…

Friday, 11 March 2022 14:10

This is why Putin can’t back down - David Brooks

Carl von Clausewitz famously asserted that war is the continuation of politics by other means. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is the continuation of identity politics by other means. I don’t know about you, but I’ve found the writings of conventional international relations experts to be not very helpful in understanding what this whole crisis is about. But I’ve found the writing of experts in social psychology to be enormously helpful. That’s because Vladimir Putin is not a conventional great power politician. He’s fundamentally an identity entrepreneur. His singular achievement has been to help Russians to recover from a psychic…

Friday, 11 March 2022 06:12

Buni and pocket-filling black legs in corridors of power - Rotimi Akeredolu

With nostalgia, one can recall the moments of our struggle as compatriots from all walks of life enunciated and berthed Nigeria's most ingeniously successful political network. Without being immodest, APC's birth was a novel instance. The party’s philosophical beacon woven around its ideological leaning was alluring. Undoubtedly, the firm leadership, candour and honesty exemplified by President Muhammadu Buhari who heads the administration that is the product of the APC deserve no less of support and complimentary responsibilities from all stakeholders. The installation of the Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the APC was beyond a call to service.…

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Friday, 11 March 2022 06:10

APC putting everyone at risk by endangering itself - Azu Ishiekwene

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) looks determined to set itself on fire, even though the story out there is that the match box has been snatched from the hand of its interim chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni. The danger still looms. After toppling the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, the APC turned on itself, feasting on its own entrails. Of course, the winner-takes-all factor in a presidential system can tempt winners to lose their heads. In the case of APC, however, the party lost its head even before it was…

Thursday, 10 March 2022 06:27

Markets are in denial about nuclear risk - Willem H. Buiter

Financial markets do not seem to be pricing in the full risks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The absence of any meaningful negative response in equity, corporate debt, and sovereign debt markets in Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan would barely make sense even if there was no chance of the situation escalating into an open conflict between NATO and Russia. But that is not the only real risk; so, too, is the threat of the conflict going nuclear. Outside Ukraine and Russia, the likely short-term economic and financial effects of Vladimir Putin’s war are material but manageable, provided…

Thursday, 10 March 2022 06:25

To Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye at 80.... - Bola Bolawole

Last week, our spiritual Daddy, Enoch Adejare Adeboye, aka Daddy G. O., General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) turned an octogenarian; precisely on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Let somebody shout halleluyah! To mark the event, a lot of activities were lined up, mostly aimed at winning souls. Winning eighty million souls was the target, a million souls for each of the years it has pleased God to let our Daddy live so far on Mother Earth. Special evangelism teams were set up everywhere there was an RCCG church to engage in house-to-house, one-on-one personal evangelism; crusades…

Wednesday, 09 March 2022 06:11

As she’s resourceful in Nigeria, so she’s valiant in Togo; yet shortchanged everywhere - Debo Adesina

When it comes to the story of humanity, beauty and dignity, courage and compassion, diligence and perseverance constitute the central theme. And none of God’s creations embodies all of these more than a Woman. Today, the world pays a huge price for not according her the deserved place in the scheme of arrangements. Human happiness is circumscribed, progress is delayed and growth is gravely stunted when women are, willfully or inadvertently, denied seats at the table, sentenced to poverty or kept in captivity. It bears repeating: the McKenzie Institute’s report that 26% of today’s global GDP, about 24 trillion dollars,…

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