Tag: Nigeria
When Religion Fails the State
When Religion Fails the State By: Deji Yesufu The political crisis in Nigeria during her first republic was based fundamentally on differences in ideological makeup between the leading political figures in Nigeria. The greater divide existed between Ahmadu Bello, the...
David Oyedepo at 70: What is Nonsensical About This?
David Oyedepo at 70: What is Nonsensical About This? By: Deji Yesufu I could make a living from trolling David Oyedepo, the overall Bishop of Canaanland, Ota, Nigeria. I choose not to because Christian ministry is not always about criticising...
Obafemi Awolowo’s Twenty Pounds to Biafra
Obafemi Awolowo’s Twenty Pounds to Biafra By: Deji Yesufu A few weeks ago, a Canadian-Nigerian woman, by the name of Amaka Sonnberger, a 46-year-old lady, was seen on social media inciting people of Igbo extraction against Yoruba and Benin people....
Nigeria: God Feeds the Sparrow
Nigeria: God Feeds the Sparrow By: Deji Yesufu If you are not aware of how difficult things have become in Nigeria, it is probably because you live under a rock – or something like that. Those of us in the...
The Abel Damina Question
The Abel Damina Question By: Deji Yesufu The million-dollar question on Abel Damina’s neck is this: is he a false teacher, a heretic, or a God-sent reformer of our day? When the Protestant Reformation began in earnest in the 16th...
A GRACIOUS PERSPECTIVE ON ABEL DAMINA
A GRACIOUS PERSPECTIVE ON ABEL DAMINA Introduction My name is Deji Yesufu. I pastor Providence Reformed Baptist Church Ibadan. I was ordained to ministry last year by the Rev. Dr. Aniekan Ekpo, who pastors Christ’s Reformed Baptist Church, in Rumuodara,...
IN DIRE NEED – A Review
IN DIRE NEED - A Review By: Moses Jesutola In Dire Need by Mustard Omachoko Idoko is a book which underlines the critical problem that the nation of Nigeria has been facing from a long time ago. The poems which...
ODUMEJE
ODUMEJE By: Deji Yesufu On the 11th of March, 2024, a popular gospel musician in Nigeria, Dunsin Oyekan, wrote the following on his Instagram page: “Been seeing videos and people writing ‘abidoshaker’ and the rest… BELIEVERS, the things we find funny are a...
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,...