Faith & Philosophy

All That Jazz About Slashing Hajj Fares   

The recent news on the slashing of hajj fares in Nigeria soured my mood immensely. In a statement from the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria...

The Church of Nigeria Movement: From Midlife Crisis To Afterlife Triumphalism?

For some time now, the defunct Church of Nigeria union of Methodism and Anglicanism has fallen off the radar of importance in Nigerian Christianity....

Nigeria Under The Microscope: Are Christians Being Besieged Or Is This Just Political Noise?

Nigeria once again finds itself in the global spotlight, accused of failing to protect millions of its own citizens. In Washington, Congressman Chris Smith of...

The State of the Contemporary Church of Christ

It is remarkable that the church of Jesus Christ, as originally constituted in the initial centuries of its existence, was an organization of tremendous...

Different Denominations, One Church

Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind – Philippians 2:2 Christianity,...

Exploring Minimalism: The Joy of living more with less

The number could be higher today but in 2013 there were 6 billion clothing in UK households  roughly a hundred per adult and a...

Saint Augustine, Wole Soyinka, Donald Trump and a Conference of African Philosophy

Sometime in 1995 there was a conference on African Philosophy at the SS Peter and Paul Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan. It was focused on History...

Astonishing! So He Rose Up!!!

Yes. And a resounding yes that the Lord got knock down once, but rose up for eternity. Victory for heaven and tragedy for Satan...

Between the Church of Rome and Reformed Churches

The submissions in this discourse are bound to stir up a lot of dust, with some sentimentalists choosing to castigate my submissions as either...

Offerings are for the Poor, not for your Pastor

For my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4: 6) I often do not like to use my Facebook to discuss religion. Mine...

Why we should Encourage Sunday Iwalaiye, Daddy Freeze and the likes in Nigeria

Sunday Iwalaiye is a Nigerian American scientist, and a physicist based in the United States. He is also a social critic. Ifedayo Olarinde popularly...

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Kenyan Oil Discovery: A Source of Wealth Creation and Development

With the discovery of large oil deposits in the isolated Northern Turkana region of Kenya by Tullow Oil PLC and British Oil, the East African nation has begun its journey of joining the exclusive club of African oil producing nations...

NYSC: National Youth Service Corps or National Youth Slaughtering Corps?

It goes without saying, however, that due to matters arising, the time has come for us to go back to the drawing board with an eraser and wipe out certain programmes, schemes, etc., which have outlived their usefulness or at least have been rendered moot by certain happenings in certain quarters...

Remembering Our Own Soweto

The real demarcation between Africa and the black man is no chain of mountains, no natural frontier, but a system of belief and ideas, which we call African civilization...

Interrogating Social Inequality In The Body Of Christ

“The rich and poor have this in common: The Lord made...

Re-Thinking Democracy

My fervent contention is that in unorganised societies, especially in Afro-Asian states, democracy is no longer a viable political system...

Death Comes in the Morning

I know the Holy Book says that joy comes in the morning. But I wish to inform you that death comes in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening as well...

Electoral Act Amendment Bill: Exclusion of E-Transmission Of Results Must Be Resisted

 The exclusion of electronic transmission of election results from...

Anyone for Christmas Chestnuts?

Shorn of its grisly spiritual sentiment, the celebration of Xmas has been an occasion to pamper our kids with all things merry: Xmas dress, shoes, bags, watches, books, DVDs, toys, Computer games and bicycles…

It’s A Miracle That I’m Still Alive

I have been living in the trenches ever since...

Ruth leaves her Root for the Root of Jesse (3): The Two Types of Orpahs today!

The blessed story of Ruth is well told in Scriptures. Ruth today, inhabits eternity with God, and represents a key character in Scripture to the point of naming a Bible Book after this former Gentile woman...