By Sola Adeyegbe “Let your speech be yea or nay! And when you pray, obey the same commandment! Do not pray in order to hear your voice, but pray because your inner being demands it. Dare to pray only when your soul stirs, be it in joy or sorrow. But every prayer out of presumption […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe I have a personal story which illustrates an answer to this question. As young children, my brother and I have been taught not to scramble for gifts when we attend children’s parties. Birthday parties of friends were frequent in those days. So, we would seat patiently when the big Aunties brought out […]
Continue ReadingBy Sola Adeyegbe Do you know that the great Bringer of Truth, Christ Jesus, the personification of Divine Love, did not concern Himself with creeds? Creeds are actually meant to control blind followers. They also fulfil man’s desire and love of what is easy to do. After all, it is easy to convince oneself that by attending a meeting of […]
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By Banji Ayoola O Christmas! When the Heavens and the earth, indeed all spheres of Creation are awash with exultant singing, dancing and merrymaking, in the most unusual electrifying jubilation. And these stream downwards to flood and permeate the entire universe. And hover above and around, seeking to penetrate all human beings, all creatures, without […]
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Musa and wife Abigail carrying their children Rev James Musa is the husband of Mrs Abigail Musa, who was delivered of a set of quintuplets after 23 years of marriage, and has been stranded at the Fertile Ground Hospital, Zaramaganda Road, Jos, Plateau State, over N3.7m accumulated hospital bill. The 47-year-old full-time pastor at Church […]
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It was a ghastly sight: Governor Babagana Zulum, teary eyed, as he joined distraught natives to mourn the grisly beheading of 43 hapless farmers by the downgraded Boko Haram terrorists. The somber moment recapitulated a similar, but contrasting harrowing display of 73 corpses of Benue farmers slaughtered by killer herders back in January 2018 in […]
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How many people died during the Lekki Toll Gate ‘shooting?’ Government has maintained that nobody died. But, armchair critics, social media influencers, some right activists, political foes and foreign organisations have insisted that there were corpses without providing evidence. Deputy Editor Emmanuel Oladesu writes on the politics of the subsisting social media-fueled propaganda about imaginary […]
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The liberalisation of the telecoms space has transformed the national economy. Its infrastructure have become enablers to other sectors thus breaking barriers to budiness. Lucas Ajanaku however, reports that punitive data cost has become a pain in the groins of subscribers. Few years ago, when Praise Jadesola, a student, got her mobile line, little did she […]
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Violence-based sexual offences have been on the rise in Nigeria. This year, several high-profile cases of rape and sexual violence have been recorded in the country, some involving students. In May, there was a public outcry over the rape and murder of Vera Uwa Omozuwa, a 22-year-old University of Benin undergraduate. Also, in June, 19-year-old […]
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Cost of living reaches all-time high Inflation rate escalates, defies economic principles Protest may enhance accountability, improve investment outlook Nigeria’s economy, following weeks of youth protests, faces more economic risks in areas of unemployment, capital flight, and cost of living. Tension continues to build across the country as protests against bad governance and police brutality […]
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