By Felix Oguejiofor Abugu Not the first but the best… On the foreground of Eni Njoku Hall of Residence at the University of Lagos is a billboard with this inscription: ‘Not the First but the Best’. It’s a long time now since I saw that billboard (I don’t even know if it’s still there) but […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe Paranoia What many share on social media, and they are so good at it, are nothing other than: be careful of snakes in clothing being dried on the lines, be careful of those who might use some tricks to empty your bank accounts, be careful of wall geckos and so on and […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe It was mentioned at a hearty Sunday family discussion that there are theories that the first humans came out of Africa. Why do we have paintings that depict Adam and Eve as whites despite this “out of Africa” theory? We humorously resolved that African visual artists and painters should wake up and […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe Parable of the wicked tenants Over time, Bringers of Truth have suffered mockery and scorn, persecution and attack because of man’s stubbornness. Even to this day, human beings like to consider that they are too clever and too wise to accept the explanations of the Will of their Creator from His Messengers. […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe The parable of the prodigal son The parable of the prodigal son can be summarized as follows: A certain man had two sons. The younger of them asked his father for his inheritance. The father granted his request and afterwards, this son travelled to a distant country where he wasted all of […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe A parable is a brief and clear story that illustrates a moral or a teaching. This presupposes that the story uses pictures to pass on the message. In Creation, everything is formed, and therefore manifests in pictures. For us human beings we can only experience our surroundings and Creation as a whole […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe We have read: ‘If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also\’. What does this mean? The meaning of turning the other cheek is that we should endeavor not to react in a vengeful manner when we perceive that we have been wrongly treated by others. All the […]
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After extensive deliberation, the Congress attended by members from the eleven chapels in the state resolved as follow: 1. That the Union congratulates Nigerians for successfully celebrating 19years of uninterrupted Democratic rule in the Country, advising political office holders to be more proactive and sincere in addressing various challenges facing the nation including economic […]
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By Aghogho Oresanya All your thoughts, your viewpoint, your experiences and how you\’ve interpreted them; all your challenges and how you\’ve dealt with them. It\’s easy to look at a world and think we don\’t fit the cookie cutter, we don\’t match the image needed and required to make it in this life—only to realize […]
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By Michael Newman The sacredness of other people’s privacy has been lost. TALKING ABOUT OTHERS is now a key pastime, even among those who assume and delude themselves they are spiritually enlightened. It’s sad. It’s strange. It’s a slope, slippery, subtle, south-bound…Leading to the abyss. It’s also understandable because as one sinks spiritually, the […]
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