Facts and fallacies about marriage (4)
Indigenous Nigerian cultures, Christianity, and Islam recommend marriage for everyone. For instance, Christianity teaches that he who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favour from God (assuming that such a being exists). Because The Holy Bible appears to have been written from a fundamentally masculine perspective, there is no mention of a wife finding a good thing if she gets a husband. Islam also encourages marriage, while according to native customs and traditions, an unmarried state for both men and women is an abomination.
When the Senate dissolved party lines for emergency rule
The Senate read the mood of the nation correctly when it threw its weight behind the imposition of state of emergency in the troubled states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
Who are the Yoruba people? (2)
In his 2,000 page book entitled, ‘’Ile-Ife-The Source of Yoruba Civilisation’’, Prince Adelegan Adegbola wrote the following about the Yoruba people: “The Yoruba are the progeny of great kingship, efficient kingdom-builders and astute rulers.
London Killing – More Question Than Answers: Were Nigerian suspects under ‘Peter-Powers’ type of hypnosis?
Some things just don’t add up when it comes to the Woolwich killings. There are certainly more questions than answers. Let us examine the facts. An off-duty British soldier by the name of Lee Rigby was walking down the street in the charming and peaceful London suburb of Woolwich. All of a sudden, and out of the blue, he was randomly selected and run over by a car which was being driven by two young black men. After they hit him to the ground with the car the two young men jumped out of it, armed with machetes, knives, a rusty old pistol and a meat cleaver, and in a deep and uncontrollable frenzy amidst shouts of ‘’Allahu Akbar’’, proceeded to take his precious life by carving him up, mutilating him, butchering him and beheading him in full public glare.
Post-election violence: Why FG is yet to compensate victims – Jonathan
THE Federal Government on Sunday cited rising security challenge across the northern part of the country as the prime reason why it hasn’t completed the payment of compensation to the victims of post-election violence in the country.
Jonathan not involved in NGF election – Presidency
The Presidency has denied any involvement by President Goodluck Jonathan in the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election held yesterday that returned Governor Rotimi Amaechi as its chairman.
