Saving is one thing many look down on because of how infinitesimally small each input is. Also, steady inflation makes money lose value and hence savings, a waste of time. Truth is, money is never enough. I’m fact, will never be enough but we have to always set something aside for the rainy day and Read More…
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Hosting friends at yours?
I don’t know how much of a thing hosting is these days but I figure it’s observed more by the upper class. Decades and even centuries ago, it was a major form of socialising. Before the advent of cinema, television, the games and concerts, having guests over and hosting them, alongside ballroom dancing and church Read More…
Giving thanks to God – The result of being spirit-filled (1)
Ephesians 5:15-21 Having dealt with the meaning of the divine command to be filled with the Spirit, a fair question that anyone may be asking is this: “How can I really know if I am walking in step with the Spirit and realizing His fullness?” The apostle answers this with three clear evidences for judging Read More…
The last soldier standing clocks 75
I have never made a secret of my admiration for Col Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (Rtd). Right from the time he broke into public consciousness with his brief stint as Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority to the time he came unto his own as governor of old Kaduna State (including the present Katsina Read More…
Retirement: Are you preparing for it?
Some weeks ago, I got a quick lift from a lady who was leaving court at the same time I was leaving. She’d actually stopped by briefly to see my lawyer. On our way, we got into this polite conversation. I noted all the flowers in the backseat and she said she was taking them Read More…
How to Be Filled With the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:15-20 It has been said that the Christian life is not hard, it’s impossible. For many, defeat and discouragement characterize their Christian life. And while it’s true that the Christian life is impossible to live out of your own strength, God does not want defeat and discouragement to characterize the believer’s life. Because of Read More…
Between Popularity and Notoriety
The quest for fame is a global pandemic. From time immemorial, man has craved recognition and social pre-eminence through various means — even if he has to be anti-social to attain social recognition. In this pursuit, the line between popularity and notoriety thins out. Most people would rather be notorious than be unknown. Every Tamuno, Read More…
Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution cools off
IT was stunning. If it were a football match, it would have been said to be against the run of play. Nicaraguan youths who had risen against the brutal regime of Anastazio Somoza Debayle, on July 17, 1979, rode into Managua putting an end to the reign of the United States-backed butcher. Somoza was so bestial that even his main backer Read More…
Scrap the veto and democratise the Security Council
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, as usual, told us what we already know. On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, he announced that: “Hell is breaking loose in Lebanon”. But, sadly, he is behind the news because hell is not breaking, it has already broken loose in the Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, and has merely expanded its occupation into Lebanon. Read More…
Abductions in Nigeria: Articulating a Christian response
Faith Conversations (by the Nigeria Prayer Group) First and foremost, let me express my deep sadness that we have to hold this kind of conversation at all. It is a clear indication of the failed state of our nation: Government is not fulfilling its primary role of keeping the lives of citizens safe and secure. Read More…