All posts by Deji Yesufu

Solving the Nigerian Malaise with Chess and Tunde Onakoya

Solving the Nigerian Malaise with Chess and Tunde Onakoya By: Deji Yesufu At about 3am Nigerian time on Friday morning, 20th April, 2024, Tunde Onakoya took to his X account – formerly Twitter – to announce that he and his...

/ April 20, 2024

It Takes One Second to Die: The Story of My Bike Accident

It Takes One Second to Die: The Story of my Bike Accident By: Deji Yesufu It has been my desire to take Christian missions a notch higher in Ibadan, and transportation is obviously a vital aspect of this pursuit. So,...

/ April 18, 2024

The Problem with Paul Eneche

The Problem with Paul Eneche By: Deji Yesufu This past weekend, the Internet went agog with a matter of a “testimony” given at Paul Eneche's church – Dunamis International Gospel Centre. One Veronica Anyim came forward to testify of what...

/ April 16, 2024

ABIODUN LONGE: “MY DADDY’S FAITH BECOMES SIGHT” – Tolu Ajileye

ABIODUN LONGE: “MY DADDY’S FAITH BECOMES SIGHT” – Tolu Ajileye I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter His courts with praise. I will say this is the day that the Lord has made, I...

/ April 10, 2024

JAPA: A Former Colleague Visits Nigeria

JAPA: A Former Colleague Visits Nigeria By: Deji Yesufu A man is both body and soul. Those who argue for the tripartite nature of man (body, soul, and spirit) have their reasons, but this essay will not venture into that...

/ April 9, 2024

Bringing Calvinism to Ibadan

Bringing Calvinism to Ibadan By: Deji Yesufu In 2016 I found myself in a meeting with Pastors Tony Okoroh and Femi Sonuga-Oye – both men were then co-pastors of Sovereign Grace Bible Church (SGBC), situated in Omole Phase 1, Lagos. I...

/ April 3, 2024

John Chapter Two: Finding Faith with John

John Chapter Two: Finding Faith with John By: Deji Yesufu In the city of Ibadan, the most popular kind of houses built for rent purposes are the one storey, three-bedroom, four flat apartment type. I happen to live in one...

/ March 30, 2024

What Tomorrow Holds

What Tomorrow Holds By: Deji Yesufu On the 17th of December, 2009, I married my heartthrob – Jolaoluwa Oluwatosin Olufemi – at the Chapel of the Resurrection, University of Ibadan. The officiating minister was the then Rev. Timothy Olatunji (now a...

/ March 12, 2024

Learning John Chapter One at Providence Church

Learning John Chapter One at Providence Church By: Deji Yesufu The Sunday before the Alistair Begg “gay-wedding-counsel” broke out, at church we had looked at John 1:11, which reads “…he came unto his own, and his own received him not…”....

/ March 4, 2024

Son – Let Me Tell You About Your Father, Sola Wojuola

Son - Let Me Tell You About Your Father, Sola Wojuola By: Deji Yesufu When I began to drive, navigating a U-turn on the main road was rather difficult. It was Sola Wojuola who told me that when you come...

/ February 28, 2024