Tag: Nigeria
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...
Celebrating Frank Alofokhai at 60
Celebrating Frank Alofokhai at 60 By: Deji Yesufu “Deji, take it easy with that Gombs guy. He doesn’t have an argument. Allow him to continue to rattle on… you’ll find a clean way to deal with him in a moment…”...
Treat Kano as COVID-19 Outbreak!
Treat Kano as a COVID-19 Outbreak! By: Deji Yesufu There are very strong reasons to believe that the health epidemic that is ravaging Kano State is very likely COVID-19. While it is true there are no clear medical proofs to...
The Prophets and the Virus
by: Peter Uka 7 "For the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. Amos 3 (ESV) Towards the end of 2019, the visible “Christian” space all over the world was inundated with countless prophecies,...
Review of “Victor Banjo” by Lucky James
At half past one in the afternoon of September 24th, 1967, four men were lined up for execution in the full glare of the city of Enugu, Nigeria. The men had been tried and condemned by a military tribunal under...
COVID-19: Fighting a Germ War
by: Deji Yesufu Yesterday I had two interesting but revealing chats with friends. The first person told me he read my suicide notes – where I had readily volunteered myself to work with UCH medical team in the coming days...
Funke Akindele: Testimony to a Great Nigeria
by Deji Yesufu Two things happened about now that inspired my writing this: I just watched a 2 minute video of BurnaBoy. He was mocking Nigerians, saying that now that the finance office is burnt, all the records of theft...
Much ado about tithing
Very few people know that the controversy on tithes in Nigeria is coming exactly 500 years after a major controversy in Western Christendom. This controversy saw the emergence of the Protestant churches from within the Roman Catholic Church. On October...
I cannot afford to be a Christian
Evangelism remains a cardinal aspect of the Christian’s way of life. The call on us to “go ye…” by Jesus Christ cannot be over-emphasized especially in times like this when it seems the world itself is reeling from the weight...