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2027: Vote ‘right’ or be banished? By Ikechukwu Amaechi

2027: Vote ‘right’ or be banished? By Ikechukwu Amaechi

As should be expected in this political silly season, politicians will maximise the window to test wild narratives and launch personal attacks aimed at distracting voters from the substantive issues that confront them. There is nothing particularly wrong with that as long as such antics are within the ambit of the law. But most Nigerian politicians like […]
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Minister of Agriculture in fantasyland —1

Minister of Agriculture in fantasyland —1

With all due respect to the Honourable Minister, unless repudiated by him, this statement represents an illusion. And I fervently pray that this is not what he presents every week to the Federal Executive Committee, FEC, as progress report.

A Kingdom Not of This World

A Kingdom Not of This World

God says: “as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9). Jesus goes even further to reveal that the ways of God are not only different from, but often diametrically opposite to, those of man. He insists that: “What is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.” (Luke 16:15).

Let’s stand together

Let’s stand together

Nigerians have been in the doldrums for far too long that most of us have lost the means to feel for others, we have stripped ourselves of every shred of compassion for our fellow human beings. So in a country where most profess to be religiously minded, we definitely do not practise what we preach.

A nation and her discontents

A nation and her discontents

It is very true that Nigeria’s elite – its political, business and intellectual leadership – has much to answer for its regard of its historical role in shaping a better Nigeria for posterity. Part of the crisis of Nigeria is elite incoherence where it matters.