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Imagine the scenario: Mr X is a young man who has cultivated the act of giving right since his years as a toddler. He never gives expecting another in return from anyone, he does with a clean and sincere heart and never looks at the status of his targeted recipient ~ he simply does not care whether they are poor, rich, or in the middle class. In fact, he would share whatever he had with anyone in need. Another incredible character inculcated by Mr X is that he let go freely and move on swiftly when such need arise. Since those years as a toddler up till the adolescence, a lot of people from the outside – and even the family members of Mr. X – would say he is a “fool” for caring and thinking about others at his expense but he never listened. Mr X himself does not really know about the benefits in giving until his late teenage years, he just give to anyone in need without expecting anything in return. One day, this young man noticed whenever he gives or have it in mind and promise to, h...

What the word “Godfatherism” entails is not just sponsoring someone to get to the mantle of leadership through guile and other juggling means, it is a corruption of the highest order. By definition, Godfatherism is a political corruption in which an influential mafia leader assists another person in the climb to [a] leadership role[s] through intrigue, cunny and evil machination at the expense of the major determiners of the role[s]. Since time immemorial, there is no society in which godfatherism thrives that experienced meaningful development in any walk of life, this is evident in a lot of countries in the third world and some notable states in Nigeria. The major havoc wreaked by this perilous act is denies people the right to elect the candidates of their collective choice because of an incurable predilection to all-time relevance, attention and power. As a result, “dummies” who have no idea of what good governance and quality leadership is are elected into leadership roles and th...

DEMOCRACY OR DEMOGREEDY? It is another democracy day! The special day in Nigeria that commemorates the transition from military to civilian rule in 1999 when Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar handed over the affairs of the country to the soldier turned civilian, Olusegun Obasanjo [now Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo]. A perfect definition was given to democracy by the late Abraham Lincoln that "democracy is the government of the people by the people and for the people". Nigerian leaders claim our country is a democratic one; apparently, we achieved democracy on May 29 1999 but the question is: do we practice true democracy in Nigeria? I mean are we truly democratic? Having a system of government in which the three arms—executive, judiciary and legislature—are all represented is one of the basic attributes of democracy but does it end there? Our executive arm of government has not been fully functional since 2006 according to my personal observation. The legislators are now in Abuja f...

A lot of people today believe all those who do go to church to attend mass/services are Christians. Taking a deep look at the phenomenon, almost all those who do go to church to observe services are not Christians! Majority fall to the category i call 'Church-goers'; others, 'God-fearers' and a few, Christians. Talking about the Church-goers, they are those who attend church services for the sake of attending. They do not really care to ask for God's forgiveness whenever they commit sins, they never proselytise, a lot of them go to church to show off what they got, they do not make bible their watchword, a lot of them never pray; suprisingly, some of them might be Polytheists! They say "Christianity" when you ask for their religion but are never Christians! As far as the God-fearers are concerened, they are the ones who do not proselytise—preach the Gospel and gain souls—but obey the first commandment and every other commandments. They are never poly...

A lot of people today believe all those who do go to church to attend mass/services are Christians. Taking a deep look at the phenomenon, almost all those who do go to church to observe services are not Christians! Majority fall to the category i call 'Church-goers'; others, 'God-fearers' and a few, Christians. Talking about the Church-goers, they are those who attend church services for the sake of attending. They do not really care to ask for God's forgiveness whenever they commit sins, they never proselytise, a lot of them go to church to show off what they got, they do not make bible their watchword, a lot of them never pray; suprisingly, some of them might be Polytheists! They say "Christianity" when you ask for their religion but are never Christians! As far as the God-fearers are concerened, they are the ones who do not proselytise—preach the Gospel and gain souls—but obey the first commandment and every other commandments. They are never pol...

I remember when i got home during a vacation months ago, i didn't like the condition of the compound so i started complaining—almost ranting like a toddler displaying tantrum. I continued complaining for days until my mum asked: what have you done to improve the condition of the compound since the last two days? Why can't you  yourself get some things done? Immediately a "lag" came into me and when it was time to sleep at night i couldn't do so on time—i was reflecting on those two questions i was asked. Next morning i started doing a lot to get things back to the conditions they were. Those two questions are apllicable to all the commoners in Nigeria. You all complain about the situation of the country but what are the actions you are taking to make things right? Government alone can't make Nigeria a better place; in fact, the commoners can do better because they're better preponderantly. You as a commoner can start doing somethings to make things righ...

DEBATE: ELEVEN REASONS WHY MUSLIMS SHOULD BECOME CHRISTIANS I am not a preacher nor a religion fanatic and i don't have a personal problem with Islam but i have studied Christians, Muslims, Christianity and Islam satisfactorily so i decided to come up with this piece. Read carefully without bias and make comments if you want to. 1. It is certain that Jesus is higher in the hierarchy of the prophets (Muslims don't believe he is the son of God so lets refer to him as prophet in that context) than Mohammed (SAW) 2. Countries like Turkey and Saudi which are dominated by Muslims rejected the refugees (Which are Muslims too) from Syria and Iraq but countries like Germany and The UK (Which are dominated by Christians) did not hesitate to receive them all. 3. If you read the entire Qoran over and over again, you will find the name of Mohammed (SAW) in 4 places and the name of Jesus (Isa Mahsid) in 25 places. Why such preference? 4. In the Qoran, you won't find the name...