Tag: Religion

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 4, 2017

Albert Akanbi: Time for Nigeria to end sponsorship of pilgrimages

by Albert Afeso Akanbi On July 30, vice president Yemi Osibanjo oversaw the official flag-off of the ceremony marking the ...

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Op-ed EditorSeptember 3, 2017

Ololade Ajekigbe: Joel Osteen- And Religion fails again

The tropical storm Harvey that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States has wreaked plenty of havoc and displaced ...

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Op-ed EditorAugust 20, 2017

Opinion: Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today and tomorrow

by Afeso Albert Akanbi “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to…set at liberty ...

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Op-ed EditorAugust 8, 2017

Opinion: Have you prayed for President Buhari today?

by Gbenga Odunsi The health status of Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari is the obvious issue of the moment in the ...

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Op-ed EditorAugust 7, 2017

Opinion: Is paying tithe still legal?

 by Victor Terhemba   The only time I’ve ever agreed with FEMI ARIBISALA was when he said Tithing in church ...

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Oluwatosin AdeshokanAugust 7, 2017

Young Nigerians need to be taught about sex differently

As Nigeria is home of the just and holy and chaste, there are hardly ever conversations about sex. A lot ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 16, 2017

Opinion: How to prepare for your own death

by Justin Irabor “ … Life does not know what it is doing half the time.” A Bucket of Crabs ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 16, 2017

Opinion: America, God and the Transgender culture

By Gabriel Agbo “Just as all the good things which the Lord your God promised concerning you have been fulfilled ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 16, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Prayer is a Nigerian political gimmick

by Pius Adesanmi. That is how you will maintain your lane jejely and they will make you begin to yarn ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 10, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: Isanlu, the only place Nigeria has not corrupted

I wake up everyday praying that Nigeria will not happen to Isanlu. Isanlu, like the rest of Okun land, is ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 2, 2017

Opinion: Christianity is unconquerable

by Matthew Ige There’s a dangerous wave and rave of rancorous rumours spreading like a firing inferno, far long before, ...

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EzinneJuly 2, 2017

The Thread: “Sit in the pain” | How to forgive

Are you struggling with bitterness, courtesy the pain of a betrayal? Or did a loved one just walk out your ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 26, 2017

Femi Fani-Kayode: Is Nigeria a free nation or a conquered vassal state?

by Femi Fani-Kayode “I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they ...

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AzeezJune 24, 2017

Ethnic, religious agitations in the country caused by elites – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said ethnic and religious agitation in the country should be blamed on the elite class. ...

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AzeezJune 23, 2017

I am a traditionalist, Christian and a practicing Muslim – Ooni of Ife

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has said there’s nothing demonic about ancient traditional religion. In a recent interview ...

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EditorJune 21, 2017

Those in favour of Sango and Amadioha studies say aye?

by Alexander O. Onukwue Amidst the wave of comments about the revision of religious curriculum for secondary schools, interesting options ...

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EditorJune 21, 2017

Should Nigeria follow “International best practices” on religious curricula?

by Alexander O. Onukwue For the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Nigeria ranks as one of the ...

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EditorJune 21, 2017

Why tempering CRS and IRS is a good thing

by Alexander O. Onukwue Every Nigerian and his dog are dedicated to one religion or another, to tamper with that ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 18, 2017

Cheta Nwanze: There is something wrong with Nigeria

by Cheta Nwanze   In 1997, Edmund Fitzgibbon, the Irish Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Warri retired. He had ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 17, 2017

Opinion: The #HallelujahChallenge army has proven Joy Isi Bewaji right

by Chris Okafor For a religion that preaches love, peace, understanding and tolerance.  For a group that is actually trying ...

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RoqeebahJune 15, 2017

From where I stand, that critique of #HallelujahChallenge smells of hypocrisy

I’m going to take a wild guess here and say that believers of the Christian faith are not here to ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 13, 2017

“The Hallelujah Challenge will change nothing in Nigeria” | 7 things we learned from Joy Isi Bewaji’s no-nonsense rants

Psalmist and gospel music minister Nathaniel Bassey began a thing he dubbed the Hallelujah Challenge on Instagram this month.  ‘ ...

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Oluwatosin AdeshokanJune 10, 2017

LONG READ: You’re not really saved, you’re a Christian because you were born in the East

Religions relate humanity to what anthropologist Clifford Geertz has referred to as a cosmic “order of existence and is defined ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 9, 2017

Opinion: Legacy of religious hate among Undergraduates

by Ogunjobi Michael O The ban placed on all religious activities in Obafemi Awolowo University raises concerns on the level ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 6, 2017

Opinion: Now more than ever, Nigeria needs a socio-religious reform

by Aigbokhan Emmanuel While musing – in a quasi-melancholic state – on our deeply nuanced matrimony with religion, ominous patterns ...

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EditorJune 5, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog]: Is it homophobia if my religion doesn’t permit me to support gay marriage? – a rejoinder

So there was this article on TheNakedConvos (which after that disastrous episode with the adaptation of their web series Our ...

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EzinneJune 4, 2017

The Thread: Religion can lead you astray

Femi Jacobs shares on how to find your way to God for yourself, instead of being deceived by wolves in ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 2, 2017

“How is it homophobia if my religion does not permit me to support same sex marriage” | 7 takeaways from Zinga’s TNC piece

While same sex marriage has been embraced in most parts of the world, it’s a conversation Nigeria is struggling to ...

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EzinneMay 28, 2017

The Thread: What Muslims want you to know about Ramadan

What is Ramadan? “Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar and during the 29/30 days of it, ...

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Op-ed EditorMay 28, 2017

Pius Adesanmi: The Coconut on the head of Nigerian Christianity

by Pius Adesanmi. Ambode versus Chaplain… I haven’t seen Ambode’s denial or clarification. I haven’t heard his own side of ...

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