Of Attitude And Aptitude, By Ifeanyi Uddin
I have heard expressed a preference for “attitude” over “aptitude”; and I have come to realise that this preference is contingent on a variety of circumstances. Attitude, for instance would, conceived in the abstract, outside of any particular set of experiences, range from the extremely unaccommodating individual (a psychopath, for…
Ekiti is a New Sociology, Stupid! By Israel Jaiye Opayemi
The Ekiti governorship election has come and gone, but certainly not its consequences. This is why in other climes, both the party that won and the one which lost the election would have by now commissioned different studies to into the circumstances in which the election was won or lost.…
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A Template for Salvaging the Nigerian Civil Service, By Tunji Olaopa
The salvation of the Nigerian civil service lies in keeping the significance of the Fulton and the Udoji Reports before our administrative eyes. The summary of the Fulton Report of 1968 that examined the British civil service was to inquire into the readiness of the British civil service to confront the…
A tale from the distant past, By Femi Fani-Kayode
I sit in my study silently: head-bowed, pensive and all alone on a pitch black, cold and wet December night sometime in the distant past. It is after midnight, the guard dogs are on the prowl and have long been released, the wind is blowing fiercely and it is pouring…
Jesus can never be a Sacrifice for Sins (3), Femi Aribisala
Pastors killed Jesus in order to hijack the Church of God as their inheritance. Who exactly killed Jesus? Or more precisely, who sacrificed him and to whom? Most Christians seem to agree with the Old Testament notion that God is responsible for everything, including good and evil. Isaiah quotes God…
Integrity in Leadership, By Taiwo Odukoya
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. (Proverbs 10:9) Abraham Lincoln was a president under fire. Though he knew he would make errors of office, he resolved never to compromise his integrity. So strong was this resolve that he once said,…
Serving the Unknown God [3], By Frederick Adetiba
One of the truths we established in the last post is that as we spare no expense in time and resources to advance in our career, academics, business, etc, so we are required to pay attention to our spiritual development by God. This truth seems to have eluded most of…
History Encounters Bola Tinubu at a Dinner Table, By Gbenga Olorunpomi
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past…” Karl Marx Good people are hard to come by. The uncomfortable truth is that this world despises…
A Rosary for Our Chibok Sisters, By Adaobi Nkeokelonye
Dear Sisters, The calendar on our wall is running, new moons have come and gone, but your bed is still empty. Such emptiness will not allow our vigil to rest, how can we? As I stand and watch from the porch and hear the rattling guns, like pendulum, my heart…
Every agency has its crook, By Obo Effanga
So I set out this afternoon to renew the papers for my car at the Vehicle Inspection Officer’s (VIO) office in Area 1, Abuja. I put a call through to a friend who works in that agency, but in another office location and she suggested which officer I should ask…
