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Sunday, 29 August 2021 05:51

Article of faith: God is not good all the time (3) - Femi Aribisala

The God of the holy scriptures does not conform to human expectations of goodness. A good man does not tell his son to marry a prostitute, as God did with Hosea (Hosea 1:2). A good man does not instruct his servant to walk around without their trousers for three years, as God did with Isaiah (Isaiah 20:2-4). A good man does not put diseases on people (Exodus 15:26). A good man does not kill off millions of his children over 40 years in the wilderness, as God did to Israel. If Jesus were a good man as men call goodness,…

Saturday, 28 August 2021 05:50

Professors indoctrinating students? In reality, it’s the other way around - Brian Broome

During the first few days of class, my students are silent and nervous. They are college first-years and the class is English Composition. My job is to teach them to communicate effectively through writing. They file in anxiously and choose their seats. The majority are White and have come from suburbs around Pittsburgh, north New Jersey and Philadelphia. Most are away from home for the very first time. I try to look the part of an English professor in shirt, tie and jacket with jeans. Professional but not too fussy. This is an insecurity on my part. Many of my…

Friday, 27 August 2021 08:58

So NBC wants us to start telling radio and TV guests what to say on air? - Agba Jalingo

I am a radio host. Jonathan Ugbal and I host a weekly political talk show, "The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo" on Hit 95.9fm, in the ancient city of Calabar. The program airs every Sunday 6-7pm, and can be joined by listeners from anywhere. The implication of Thursday’s invitation of Channels TV anchors who interviewed Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state and Commodore Kunle Olawunmi, by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is that, each time I am on air and I ask my guest a question, I must also censor or determine what the guest should say, else I’ll be punished…

Friday, 27 August 2021 05:48

Stolen crown, failed coronation and the other Sultan - Azu Ishiekwene 

Last week, while the eyes of the world were on Afghanistan, a fellow in one of Nigeria’s most tradition-bound states attempted the royal equivalent of a military coup.The leader of the Shua Arab in Edo, Idris Adanno, in a curious, latter-day rediscovery of his linguistic and cultural identity, arranged for his own coronation as the “Sultan” of the Shua Arab in Edo. It was a sign of displeasure, if not rebellion, against the current practice of lumping together all leaders of Hausa communities as “Sarkin.”When the epistemology of northern traditional institutions would be written, however, it will be recorded that…

Friday, 27 August 2021 05:46

Families groan as hunger, insecurity and Covid-19 rage - Michael West

This is not the best of times in Nigeria. Many families are in financial mess as the means to meeting the basic needs: feeding, rent, medicals and children's school fees, are getting harder by the day. It is not funny at all. Families are caught in the webs of threatening hunger, worsening insecurity and ravaging health challenges as posed by Covid-19 and cholera. More than Covid-19, cholera has claimed far more lives in the last few months. A total of 816 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria due to cholera outbreak since the beginning of the year. This is according…

Thursday, 26 August 2021 05:49

Is Africa’s priority a G-20 seat? - Bola Bolawole

I felt the compelling need to allow my friend, Babafemi Badejo, Professor of Political Science/International Relations at Chrisland University, Abeokuta, join issues with Jeffrey Sachs on the recommendation that the African Union be made the 21st member of the G-20 economically-powerful nations of the world. Of what benefit will such membership be to the marginalised, oppressed, and long-suffering African people, argues Badejo: “The United Nations held a pre-Summit on Food Systems on July 26-28, 2021 as a primer for its first Global Food Summit coming up in September 2021. At this meeting, Jeffrey Sachs, American and popular economist as well…

Thursday, 26 August 2021 05:46

The good thing about the NDA breach - Abimbola Adelakun

On Tuesday, the foremost military school, Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna, was attacked by supposed bandits. The media reported that those attackers killed two officers, abducted one, demanded a ransom of N200m for his release. Officially, he is still considered missing. Other details are still sketchy for now, but it seems that the attack occurred at midnight while people were asleep and while the CCTV cameras were left un-surveilled by officers who had probably fallen asleep too. The perpetrators reportedly made their way into the NDA premises camouflaged in military fatigues, overpowered the guards, and headed for the officers’ quarters.…

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 05:51

Masari’s call to arms - Kayode Komolafe

In fewer than 24 hours that Governor Aminu Masari justified his call on the people of Katsina state to take up arms in self-defence, some “unknown gunmen” attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy in the neighbouring Kaduna state yesterday, killing two officers and abducting another in the tragic event. It was as if the attackers were responding to the Masari proposition which had generated mixed reactions. In fact, a controversy of sorts was already brewing over Masari’s statement before the attack. But while the reactions to Masari had been in words, the seeming response embodied in the attack on the Defence…

Sunday, 22 August 2021 06:00

Buhari: How not to fail - Festus Adedayo

President Muhammadu Buhari made one of the most down-to-earth statements of his presidency last Thursday, though by proxy. After meeting Nigerian security chiefs at the Aso Rock Villa, the National Security Adviser, (NSA) Babagana Monguno, claimed Buhari said that he dreaded failure in office, so much; and I dare literalize it, like leprosy. “And (President Buhari) also made it very, very (italics, mine) clear that he’s not ready to exit government as a failure,” Monguno said. It was an opportunity for Monguno to thump the Buhari government’s chest. President Buhari, said Monguno, is very happy about the “tremendous success” he…

Sunday, 22 August 2021 05:59

Nullifying the cruelty and perils of fear! - Taiwo Akinola

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee ..... (Isaiah 41:10). Introduction Times come in life when we find ourselves in situations of great fear, times of serious challenges and potent threats that bring uncommon confusion even to brave men and intrepid explorers. However, we must never allow fear to define our lives as some people do, who are so afraid to die that they never truly live. In reality, most times, fear is a thoughtless response to…

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Sunday, 22 August 2021 05:57

Article of Faith: God is not good all the time (2) - Femi Aribisala

An ambassador is sometimes required to tell lies for his country. But is an ambassador for Christ required to do likewise for the Lord? Certainly not! However, you might be mistaken if you listen to many of the falsehoods propagated in the churches about the gospel of the kingdom of God. Jesus is the Truth. The gospel is the gospel of truth. Nevertheless, many people feel an effective way to promote the gospel is by telling lies. They make promises on God’s behalf that He never made. They say, without Christ there is crisis, implying falsely that the Christian life…

Friday, 20 August 2021 05:50

The father, the son and the restless spirit - Dare Babarinsa

Some sons are like their fathers; or even better. That was what Gani Fawehinmi, the great lawyer, got in his son, Mohammed who died last week at 52. Gani wanted a son like Mohammed and that was what he got. Mohammed was his father’s son; bold, articulate, cerebral, empathic and fearless. Gani couldn’t have prayed for a better son. Then Mohammed had the accident 18 years ago that made him wheelchair-bound and Gani knew something momentous and indeed, tragic, had happened. Few years ago, at the public presentation of my book, One Day and A Story: the Reminiscences of an…

Friday, 20 August 2021 05:48

Lies, damned lies about Afghanistan - Azu Ishiekwene

In journalism proverb, Afghanistan is a convenient shelter, the writer’s fantasy island from topical issues at home. In the current deluge of news from that country, however, that proverb appears to have lost its meaning. There’s no need for escape to Afghanistan; the traffic is the other way, while Afghanistan’s mythical status is being supplanted by lies, damned lies. One of the big, fat lies, for example, is that Afghans are cowards, too comfortable hiding behind their burkas and poppy fields to fight for their country. Why should anyone die for them? That was the essence of US President Joe…

Friday, 20 August 2021 05:46

Wife snatching: A pastor's moral, ethical infraction - Michael West

In what looks like an adultery scandal, the news went viral a couple of weeks ago about one Pastor Moses Adeeyo, General Overseer of Word Bank Assembly, Eneka, Obio/Akpor local council area of Rivers State, who was alleged to have "snatched" one Tina, from her husband who is a member of the church. The matter was made public by the aggrieved former husband of Tina, Bright Ben, through his Facebook account. Interested and concerned parties in the case have been speaking except the accused clergy who is yet to respond to the allegation. Bright alleged that the Pastor, who had…

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