John Nova’s “Our Favorite Demon”
John Nova’s “Our Favorite Demon” John Nova By: Deji Yesufu The 16th century Reformation that the likes of Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin led in Europe brought a new perspective to the Christian religion, particularly an emphasis on...
COVID-19: Time to go Madagascar
COVID-19: Time to go Madagascar By Festus Adedayo Like many other societies in the world, Africa boasts of a past that is ambivalent, a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. She had villains, despots, tyrants, developmental leaders...
Festus Adedayo’s Ayinla Omowura
A review of Festus Adedayo's 'Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend' By: Lasisi Olagunju, Ph.D (Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday, 5 May, 2020) Five hundred and thirty five pages in seven chapters girded firmly, front...
Finally, Paulo Dybala is Free of COVID-19
Finally, Paulo Dybala is Free of COVID-19 He had lived with the disease for close to six weeks. Two of his team mates, Danielle Rugani and Blaise Matuidi, whom he might have contracted the disease from, have all since tested...
Portrait of a Blessed Man
Portrait of a Blessed Man: Romans 4:6-7 By: Deji Yesufu The leading reason why some of us consider the Prosperity Gospel idolatry is that there is essentially no difference between what a true adherent of this aberrant gospel pursue and...
Baby Factories in Enugu – Al-Jazeera
Northern Girls Trafficked to Enugu, Raped, Impregnated, Babies Sold Report by Philip Obaji Jnr. As 16-year-old Miriam* stepped out of her tent to fetch water near the Madinatu Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state in January...
Insult as Treason and Other Nigerian Idi Amin Dada Stories
Insult as Treason and Other Nigerian Idi Amin Dada stories By: Festus Adedayo Two pieces of literary works – Williams Stevenson’s thriller, Ninety Minutes at Entebbe and the film, The Last King of Scotland (2006) – plot the graph of the gradual emergence of...
The Gospel 12: A Final Word
The Gospel 12: A Final Word By: Deji Yesufu On Monday, 25th April, 2017, I was arrested by the Nigeria Police and slammed in detention. The police had arrested me at the University of Ibadan for creating a scene that...
Christian Oyakhilome, the Gospel of Prosperity and the Rest of Us
Christian Oyakhilome, the Gospel of Prosperity and the Rest of Us by Deji Yesufu My good friend, Yemi Aladejebi, sent me the picture below from the USA. Another person had sent it to him from South Africa where Ken Oyakhilome,...
Civil Society Groups in Nigeria and COVID-19
JOINT MEMO BY CSOs ON RESPONSE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN NIGERIA PRESS STATEMENT 1st May 2020 Ladies and gentlemen of the Press, Fellow Nigerians: Introduction: The purpose of this press conference is to release to the public a Joint Memo...