Before I deal with the core issues hidden in the womb of today’s title, let me say one or two things about some intellectually constipated anonymous fellows who, because either they can buy a copy of Sunday Vanguard or read this column on-line, feel entitled in their stupidity and lack of critical thinking to the extent of responding to my criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari in a manner that strongly suggests that Nnamdi Kanu was probably correct when he described most Nigerians, including the so-called educated ones amongst them, as “animals.” In taxonomy, the science that deals with classification of plants and animals, including speciation processes, the human species, homo sapiens, belongs to the broad category of animal kingdom.

Irrespective of the quality of evidence Kanu presents to the public, the National Assembly led by Dr. Bukola Saraki and Mr. Yakubu Dogara, both of whom are northerners, will never investigate the Jubril story

Now, the quest for self-determination by a collection of linguistically and culturally homogenous communities is both logically and legally justified – and, thus, morally acceptable

Clearly, Nnamdi Kanu is one of the millions of Ndigbo disillusioned by the current degraded status of his people in Nigeria despite their unequalled contributions to national development, and is passionate about doing something to change the situation

Now, anytime President Buhari is accused of neglecting Igboland, he responds by pointing out the five Igbo ministers in his cabinet, forgetting that he did not do the south-east a favour by appointing them, that he was merely fulfilling the constitutional provision

Our inexorable social nature entails that we need one another to thrive and achieve our projects, ambitions and dreams. We cannot develop our potentialities without the help of others

According to the gospels, Jesus was born poor and he died as a poor man. There is no single passage in the scriptures where he praised or recommended material prosperity – indeed, his worldview was opposed to materialism

Given that men who spoke a different language passed on the Christian message, it is clearly impossible to verify the information they disseminated or “suppress the suspicion that misunderstandings and distortions crept into the original message

Christmas has lost almost completely whatever spiritual content it might have had previously because the God of Mammon now dominate the mental infrastructure of Christians, especially the clergy

Two days from now it would be Christmas, a day about three billion people worldwide belonging to different denominations of Christianity commemorate the historically controversial birthday of Jesus of Nazareth, the founder of Christianity.