When we put out, the other week, some readers’ responses to our piece on the annual agony Federal Government pensioners go through in the verification exercise, we thought it was a closed issue on our part for the time being. We had created the awareness of the problem, and it was left to the federal government to show genuine concern and make amends. To our surprise, publishing those reactions triggered off even more reactions from pensioners.

A story is told of a Tibetan monk who goes about life being mindful of his duties as a guard. He takes his responsibilities very seriously at his post and never leaves it unmanned. Apart from brief breaks where he is relieved of his duties he stays alert always and his domain his never attacked; in the whole monastery it is the safest place and everyone wonders how he does it.

LAST week, I taught on other blessedness of sanctification, what it takes to be righteous and the dangers of desecration.
This week, I will teach on why you need to live right, the price for living a sanctified life and God’s ultimate provision for your sanctification. Living right is all about maintaining a daily walk with God, with fear and reverence. That is what living a sanctified life is all about.

Another day, another hall… another group of ‘eminent national leaders of thought’ gathered, to find the way forward for Nigeria. And they were there in their numbers, the usual suspects and quite a number of the ‘unusual ones’. And as expected, there were also those who saw it as a great opportunity to re-invent themselves and re-write present day history.

Among the many profound statements made by Chief Obafemi Awolowo was his comment on the political future of this country, in which he declared that we might never witness the return of democracy for a long time — definitely not in his life time. It was after he had lost his last bid for the presidency of the country in the (in)famous judgment by Chief Justice Fatayi-Williams.