Category: Humanities
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Marriage: Assets and Liabilities
Marriage: Assets and Liabilities By: Deji Yesufu There is a growing phenomenon in our day: young men are refusing to marry. It is beyond the economic issue that many people have posited as the reason why many boys are refusing...
Examining BBC’s Expose on Prophet T. B Joshua
Examining BBC’s Expose on Prophet T. B Joshua By: Deji Yesufu In April 2012, I was in Tunis, Tunisia, for a training from my place of work. Ten engineers from different countries in Africa had been picked by an organization...
Reflections as I Turn 47 Today: How I Nearly Died Yesterday
Reflections as I Turn 47 Today: How I Nearly Died Yesterday By: Deji Yesufu Yesterday, I took the most perilous journey of my life. I kept thinking to myself that if I were to die on this trip, people would...
Why God Killed Jesus
Why God Killed Jesus By: Deji Yesufu Uyi Osaigbovo asked me this question on Facebook: “Mr Deji Yesufu: There’s something about Christianity that baffles me. Instead of the Christian God to kill Satan, he killed his own son. I no...
A Worldview Problem
A Worldview Problem By: Deji Yesufu It is Friday, 24th November, 2023. I am seated at Ace Mall, situated in Bodija, by a central spot in Ibadan that people like to call “Housing Roundabout”. I had been doing some marketing for...
Important Notes on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Important Notes on the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict By: Deji Yesufu On Saturday, 7th October 2023, gunmen invaded the land of Israel in the Middle East. As of the time of this publication, 1,400 Jewish men, women and children have been killed....