Category: Humanities

Yashim Bible Club: My First Pastoral Duty
Yashim Bible Club: My First Pastoral Duty By: Deji Yesufu This morning I remembered my children at Yashim Bible Club, Hanwa, Zaria, Kaduna State: my very first pastoral duty. The year 2004/2005 will remain a landmark year for me. I...

HOW RIGHTEOUSNESS MIGHT EXALT NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY ON RECENT ELECTIONS
HOW RIGHTEOUSNESS MIGHT EXALT NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY ON RECENT ELECTIONS By: Deji Yesufu A cursory study of the Bible will reveal two things: democracy are recent developments in the manner countries are governed. Second, it will reveal that while...

Is Lagos a “No Man’s Land”?
Is Lagos a “No Man’s Land”? By: Deji Yesufu This question is probably the most debated theme in Nigeria’s political space at the moment. It is a question that was precipitated by the recent elections in Lagos State. In the...

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV)
By: Deji Yesufu I encountered the GRV phenomenon on social media and the guy ticks all the boxes for me. If I live in Lagos I would have casted my vote for him but since I might be able to...

The Deception of Second-Class Uppers in Nigerian Universities
The Deception of Second-Class Uppers in Nigerian Universities By: Deji Yesufu A young man I work with on the mission field is trusting God to get a job. We all know that to get a job in Nigeria is only...

Peter Gregory Obi: A Final Appeal
Peter Gregory Obi: A Final Appeal By: Deji Yesufu In three days, Nigerians will be trooping out for another general elections, where they will be voting in a new President and his deputy; new sets of law makers at the...

Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way: Emefiele’s Cashless Policy
Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way: Emefiele’s Cashless Policy By: Deji Yesufu These are strange times in Nigeria. While Nigerians are not strangers to difficulties, it is not often that they come at us at once. Today Nigerians have...

Mr. & Mrs. Abroad Nigerian
Mr. & Mrs. Abroad Nigerian By: Deji Yesufu I have long suspected that all was not well with marriages of Nigerian couples outside Nigeria but I didn’t know that it was this bad. Pastor Sola Kolade of Vine Branch Church,...

The Old/New Naira Notes Problem
The Old/New Naira Notes Problem By: Deji Yesufu In the midst of a biting fuel scarcity situation, Nigerians are having to face another major problem: the unavailability of legal tenders for transaction. It is bad enough that the economy of...

An Appeal to IPOB
An Appeal to IPOB By: Deji Yesufu Yesterday I was at the staff clinic of a tertiary hospital somewhere in South West Nigeria. As we waited to see the doctor, a young house officer came in for her medicals. She...