Godliness Cannot Be Marketed, By Femi Aribisala
Church marketers are purpose-driven, but their purpose is neither Christ nor the gospel. When Jesus multiplied loaves to feed the multitude, many concluded he was just the pastor they needed. As a result, they went to great lengths to relocate to his “church.” Some got into boats and crossed over…
When Your Enemies Fight, Don’t Pray For Peace, By Owei Lakemfa
While the UAE is busy playing with fire across the world, it may irritate the huge crocodile in the Arabia Peninsula, which may react. Whatever the case, the actions of the UAE may give the rest of Yemen rest from the ceaseless massacres it is being subjected to. Yemen was…
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Nigerian Banks: Emefiele 2.0, By Rafiq Raji
"By advancing new measures, pushing banks to extend their lending activities, the CBN is filling the policy void in the prolonged absence of a new cabinet. Unfortunately, neither the new minimum loan-to-deposit ratio nor the reduced maximum amount for which banks will receive interest on their deposits with the CBN…
The Prophet’s Hijrah and the Dawning of the New Islamic Year, 1441, By Murtadha Gusau
Dear servants of Allah! In Shaa Allah, in the next two weeks, it is the new Islamic Hijrah year; the 1441th anniversary of the Prophet’s immigration to Madinah, a special moment that evokes a long journey of tireless work to deliver the Message of Allah to humanity, the message of…
As We Wait For Governance To Commence, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The second term is an opportunity to complete the vision enunciated in a first term and leave a legacy. Having been in the post for four years, the expectation was that he knew exactly what to do this time, and he had even announced that he would move very fast.…
Its Disaster When Soldiers Do Police Work, By Reuben Abati
If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than the on-going conflict and crisis of mutual distrust between the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army. Turn away, for a moment, from Boko Haram (Nigeria is still…
Nigeria: A Post-Oil ‘Future’ Thats Already Here!, By Olly Owen
Planning for the future highlights that policies and institutions, plans and whole mindsets, will need to reorient in acceptance that Nigeria has already entered a post-oil present. This means that policymakers either taking positive decisions to reorient towards capturing new bases of growth, and facing the new realities of an…
Sowore: Dousing the Tension, By Dele Agekameh
The only way out is for the government to avoid another protracted detention by releasing Sowore and allowing him to breathe the air of freedom. This way, the tension created by his arrest, as well as the high-handedness of the police, would be sufficiently doused. It is no longer news…
The Ugly Nigerian, By Femi Aribisala
Don’t speak English like an Ibadan man. Speak with the kind of phonetics that even your mother will wonder where you were born. There are an estimated 190 million Nigerians. The overwhelming proportion of them will live and die unknown and unsung. Airports will not be named after them. Neither…
Who Will Save The Police From Killer Soldiers?, By ‘Fisayo Soyombo
Frank Mba is asking the Army to explain the killing of the police officers; I second him. But is Mba asking his men to produce the policeman who shot a commercial driver near Masari U-turn along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway just three days ago? Is he asking his men of the…
