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Nigeria’s foreign policy is in the doldrums. Our foreign ministry is currently comatose. The truth of the matter is that Nigerian foreign policy makers do not know what foreign policy entails. We claim to be the largest “exporter of peace” in Africa and the fourth largest worldwide. But what is the point of being a […]
Continue ReadingOver the years, I have learnt many things about God that I did not like. One of those things is that God is not like me or, to put it more appropriately, I am not like God. “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways,” says the Lord. (Isaiah 55:8). But […]
Continue ReadingJeremiah has probing questions for God: “Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy?” (Jeremiah 12:1). Habakkuk also interrogates God: “Why do you fold your hands and do nothing while the wicked oppress the righteous?” Indeed, why are some people blessed while others are troubled? The common assumption is that we […]
Continue ReadingOne day, some Christians were having a thanksgiving service. So they started by praising and worshiping God. But as they were doing this, suddenly a battalion of soldiers came into the church. They came right in the middle of the praise and worship. Quietly, they surrounded the congregation. Then their commanding officer gave the charge: […]
Continue ReadingThe logic is simple. The 2019 presidential election in Nigeria cannot be, by all accounts, the worst election in the history of Nigeria without the corresponding chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) being, at the same time, the worst INEC chairman in the history of Nigeria. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, presided over an […]
Continue ReadingJesus says: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” (Matthew 5:44-45). However, Christians honour this injunction […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigeria of today is stranger than fiction. The government has just legally declared June 12 “Democracy Day” and proclaimed that, henceforth, it will be a public holiday during which we will be celebrating Nigeria’s hard-won democracy. Except that this celebration of democracy is at the instance of an undemocratic government that has done a […]
Continue ReadingNigerians are not students of history. History, in Nigeria, is so contentious, it is not even taught in our schools. However, we educate our future through the study of history. A country without a history is one without a compass. It is a country without a plan. The future of a country begins in its […]
Continue ReadingA lie is something false that is said with the intention to deceive. To tell a lie is to avoid telling the truth. This is done by saying something untrue outrightly, or by fudging the truth. Sinful man classifies lies in different categories. Fabrications are things that are entirely made-up. White lies are regarded as […]
Continue ReadingOne of the seemingly difficult questions arising from the scriptures is whether God ever changes his mind. On the one hand, it is clear that God is omniscient and immutable. Peter said to Jesus: “We understand that you know everything.” (John 16:30). God declares “the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that […]
Continue ReadingThese are very interesting times in Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress (APC) government has reportedly won a major election, but it is finding it difficult, if not impossible, to celebrate and enjoy its victory. Before the champagne could be uncorked, Atiku Abubakar had filed a case in court challenging the result, claiming it was fraudulent […]
Continue ReadingIf Nigeria were to survive the ticking time bomb of the rigged 2019 presidential election, one of the prerequisites would be that there cannot be a Yoruba president in the country for at least another 20 years. Otherwise, we would be further stoking the flames of disintegration. The Yoruba have provided the president in eight […]
Continue ReadingWhen the All Progressives Congress (APC) discovered that Atiku had the authentic votes of the 2019 presidential election, retrieved from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s back server, the party went into panic mode. Its first reaction was to demand that Atiku be prosecuted for hacking into the INEC network. But this position was self-defeating. […]
Continue ReadingIn January 2019, President Obasanjo burst again on the political scene in Nigeria with a 16-page broadside which he entitled: “Points for Concern and Action.” In this, he alleged that the upcoming 2019 presidential election was already shaping out to be nothing more than a self-succession project for President Buhari: “They have started recruiting collation […]
Continue ReadingNobody spoils a man’s life like Jesus. Jesus is a killer of all worldly joy. God’s attitude to the world is often lost on many. God hates the world system. The world hated Jesus and killed him. Therefore, anyone who is a lover of pleasure; anyone who likes this world becomes an enemy of God. […]
Continue ReadingFor those of us who had hoped against hope, the 2019 presidential election has proved to be the last straw. We are now convinced that Nigeria is a hopeless case. This country is not just a major disappointment; it is decidedly firmly on the trajectory of a future break up. Today, the silence in the […]
Continue ReadingThe writer of Hebrews says: “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.” (Hebrews 9:27). This one-time death is not in the future, but in the past. “In Adam all die.” (1 Corinthians 15:22). Therefore, the judgment that comes after death is also “in Adam” and in the past. In […]
Continue ReadingPeter says some of the writings of Paul are hard to understand and “untaught and unstable people” twist them to their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:16). What is he referring to here? Paul says again and again: “God wants everyone to be saved.” (1 Timothy 2:4). “God is the Savior of everyone, but especially of […]
Continue ReadingGod says: “The soul who sins shall die.” (Ezekiel 18:4). Paul reiterates this: “The wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23). But our so-called pastors contradict this by insisting: “The soul who sins shall spend eternity burning in hell-fire.” They say: “The wages of sin is eternal torment.” How can we understand this distortion of […]
Continue ReadingA lady once asked me a leading question: “If God will eventually save everybody, how can we explain Jesus’ statement that: ‘God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life?’” (John 3:16). Is to perish not the same as undergoing […]
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