“The fear of the Lord leads to life, so that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil”– Proverbs 19:23 The best text reflection I read on the fear of God comes from David W. Dyer, founder of “A Grain of Wheat” Ministries Publication. He wrote: “The fear of God...
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Throughout history, it has been recorded that men and women of courage have, at vital times, always made the difference in the lives of a people, and thus steered the people’s destiny to greater outcomes. The lives of great individuals like Martin Luther King (Jnr); Nelson Mandela and several...
Tyrants and mad men suffer a common ailment: they are condemned to a feeling of loneliness and a routine of endless wandering in search of what they alone understand. No other world leader at the present time better illustrates this ancient folk wisdom than Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Mr. Putin...
Mr. Adzegeh. You look too serious in the picture. Smile, it is well. Whilst it’s true that in your scenario the North comes out with the short end of the stick, the reality is that separation, unless agreed, will be violent. Once separation is achieved, then there will be...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) expects victory in the 2023 election almost as an entitlement. This is for one reason only: it is the incumbent party in national power. President Buhari and core party leaders are carrying on in a manner that suggests that electoral victory is a...
By exchange of agricultural products by barter among women especially and in particular, being analogous to the “trading by barter” of yester years, those among the women who farm different crops, either as individuals, family members, or community members, could exchange by barter with each other some of their...
From all indications, 2023 promises to be a major turning point for Nigeria and its 220+ million people. It is a year that should decide so many issues in this crudely welded entity of so unlike minds. 2023 will prove beyond a doubt if the British in fact made...
The race for the 2023 presidency is looking more like a tripartite sprint among unequal parties. In that race, the advantage of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should ordinarily have been defined by two factors: age and a minus sign. It is the oldest of the three...
The complementary and supplementary role, relevance, and importance of women and their great contributions to agriculture and agricultural activities in Nigeria can and should however, be significantly improved upon. Significant improvement of the important role of women in agriculture in Nigeria should include the need to go back to,...
The never ending face off between ASUU and the Federal Government over financial matters is not new. Nor did it start today. It is a matter which every graduate of a Nigerian University of sixty years and below has had to contend with at one time or another. What...
a. From Obituary to Omatseuary Nothing in his entire being could have convinced him that the backlash would be so ferocious. Like his employer Ahmed Bola Tinubu and his Mu-Mu ticket misadventure, no babalawo would have dissuaded Sam Omatseye, renowned columnist and brilliant journalist, from penning and publishing that...
After harvesting of crops, it is mostly women that process the corps into food, and take them to sell at the market places. Women also always willingly and occupationally cook the food for their respective families and occasional guests. Many of these women are also food sellers in food...
There is nothing like an idea which time has come, so goes a wise saying. From the unravelling scenario in Nigeria’s political landscape, it appears as if it has come time for the nation to achieve the long sought after paradigm shift in its political affairs.It is a truism...
The reign of terrorists is not without its own sardonic humour. Soon after storming Kuje prison in Abuja to free their comrades in arms, ISWAP terrorists indicated an interest in two pricey trophies: President Muhammadu Buhari and, my friend and brother, Nasir El Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State. While...
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta The cry is getting louder that the Nigerian state is about to fail. In the attractive parlance of some foreign reporter, the pessimists insist that the Nigerian house is about to fall. Not quite, I say. The note of perennial pessimism is merely a way of...
From time immemorial in Nigeria and Africa, women have generally contributed to agriculture and ultimate economic development of Nigeria and Africa, through active and effective participation in agriculture. Women have generally contributed their own complementary quota to Nigeria in all respects. This includes Nigeria’s economic development and well-being, as...
On the matter of ensuring national security by all means necessary, I accept being called a hawk. But on the concomitant cautious fear that bad things could happen to the nation if our defenses are lax, I will accept the title of coward. In short, a nation is entitled...
The period between now and May 2023 is Nigeria’s season of expectations and grave anxiety. Nigerians are expectant that the forthcoming general election will enable them as an electorate to renew our national leadership through the ritual of voting. On the other hand, the perilous state of the state...
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta The recent presidential nomination primaries of the two big parties and the just concluded Ekiti state governorship elections are united by a paradox. In both, Nigerian democracy recorded some dubious progress. An orderly and fairly credible electoral processes seems to have finally evolved. Correspondingly, however, the monetization...
ENGAGEMENTS by Chidi Amuta The outcome of our presidential nominations season has produced a new landscape of mixed blessings. The two major parties have produced rival contestants straight from the dark recesses of Africa’s political past. Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu are in many ways a throwback to the...