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(1 Corinthians 7:12–16; 1 Peter 3:1–7) One situation that many believers in Jesus Christ need the light of the word of God to deal with is how an unbeliever may live successfully with an unbeliever within marriage. The marital condition in which a born-again Christian is involved with an unbeliever is quite prevalent today. Such Read More…
There are some bitter truths that those in the temporary house of power may not like to hear. One such truth is the fact that democracy is not a surefire assurance that a country will prosper. Autocracy, its supposed opposite, is also not guaranteed to lead to misery. If Democracy were an infallible system of Read More…
I WAS to attend the International Labour Organisation, ILO, Conference for two weeks in 2011 and was late in making accommodation arrangements in Geneva. I turned to Ambassador Ayo Olukanni, then Nigerian Deputy Ambassador in Vienna, Austria, to see if he had somebody who could check out the hotels and make a booking. Olukanni had Read More…
Interview by Olatoun Gabi-Williams The life of Zakes Mda, the celebrated South African artist, composer, writer, and activist, is a testament to the power of resilience, belonging, and the indomitable spirit of a man born into a world overshadowed by apartheid. In this riveting personality feature article, we delve into the extraordinary journey of this Read More…
I really cannot explain why but the first thing we did when we heard the news of the removal of fuel subsidy was to rush to the market to buy a bag of rice for starters. As the value of the naira keeps depreciating, the exchange rates are nothing but a nightmare. If ever there Read More…
Let the whole wide world join me in universal celebration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu who has just repeated the immortal feat of discovering ice. The first time ice was ever discovered in human history was in the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. According to the opening sentence of One Read More…
(Amos 4: 1-13) The word “prepare”, according to the Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, means, among other things, “to make ready or fit”; “to bring into a suitable state”; “to train, as for an examination”; and “to subject to a process for bringing into a required state”. The word features prominently in public and private discourses Read More…
Anyone who still wonders why Nigeria and its citizens have become mendicants in spite of their rich natural endowments should take another look at the number of manufacturing companies that have gone under or relocated from the country in the last five decades. In the 70s and 80s, Nigeria-made goods were the gold standard in Read More…
The threat of the mighty United States of America, USA, on Tuesday, August 7, 2023, to invade the little Niger Republic is not for its love of democracy, Nigeriens, or Africans. It is basically in the nature of hawks to circle the sky looking for prey, especially chicks. There were American and French troops in Read More…
Two different but related cries ring in my head. “Let the Poor breathe” and “I don’t want to die.” The first is the cry across the country as the masses are being suffocated by inflation and over 90 million poor get hungrier. The second is the plaintive cry of young medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, whose Read More…
