No Yoruba President In Nigeria For Another 20 Years, By Femi Aribisala
It will be the turn of a Southerner to be president again in 2023. That Southerner must, without controversy, be an Igbo man. If 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…
Ya Allah, My Du’a Is For Drug Abuse To Stop!, By Hannatu Musawa
Drug addiction in Nigeria is a disease that is branded and disregarded. And as long as society, government and the medical community continue to ignore it and fail to identify it for what it is, it will continue to be an epidemic that is on the increase. Notwithstanding the fact…
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The Hemp In Aketi’s Pocket and the “Kalokalo’s” Graveyard, By Louis Odion
...Governor Rotimi Akeredolu ( Aketi) would appear to have picked the gauntlet from Sowore. But coming in the twilight of his first tenure and on the eve of a re-election bid, many are bound to question his real motives, particularly given his profession as not just a lawyer but a…
Ramadan 1440 AH/2019: Be Among The Best Creations Of Allah, By Murtadha Gusau
Remember, don't try to perfect your body, perfect your heart. It is from your heart that all value comes from. So purify your heart and seek help from Allah. Indeed He is the best of helpers! Monday, Ramadan 15, 1440 AH (May 20, 2019) I begin in the name of…
Lunch, Ramadan, and Grisly Tales, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Oil export earnings, it would then seem, remains the be-all and end-all of our economy. Even the non-oil sector of the economy is but a derivative of the oil sector. Without it, consumer spending, about 70 per cent of domestic output, collapses, and along with it, demand for the output…
Ramadan 1440 AH/2019: Knowing Oneself, By Murtadha Gusau
Sunday, Ramadan 14, 1440 AH (May 19, 2019) I begin in the name of Allah, The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all creation. May Allah extol the mention of the Prophet in the highest company of Angels and may the peace and…
Your Excellency, the Chickens Are Home To Roost, By Festus Adedayo
The first reality that will dawn on the exiting governors on the morning of May 30 is that the colour of life after office is dark, very dark. The second reality is that, of all the gifts that providence may bestow on man, power is the most un-enduring, the most…
Practising the Presence of God, By Femi Aribisala
What the thief wants to kill, steal and destroy is our relationship with God. Most Christians don’t know what it means to be saved. If you ask us, we are likely to say we are saved from the agony of spending eternity in hell. Or we might say we are…
Ramadan 1440 AH/2019: Praying For Peace And Security, By Murtadha Gusau
"O Allah indeed I ask of You of erasing sins and for security in my religion and my world, in my family and in my wealth. O Allah conceal my deficiencies, secure my fears. O Allah protect me from in front of me, from behind me, from my right side,…
Dressing Iran For Barbecue, By Owei Lakemfa
If the West wants war in Iran, it can do so under any pretext, including claiming to fight terrorism, defending democracy, rescuing the Iranian people from dictatorship, defending maritime trade or finding it guilty of bombing the four ships in the UAE port. However, it should think it through; a…
