Two five-year-old kids who had been quietly playing with their toys in the garden of a block of flats began to struggle for possession of a toy computer set. One of the boys was a cousin’s son, and we were sitting on a bench nearby, watching them.

Madam,’’ said a colleague, giving me a piece of paper,” read this article I printed out from the internet and tell me if this incident of cooperation and kindness from the Police, is possible in our country.”

We’re in the festive season, a season of goodwill to our fellow human beings, to commemorate the birth of the Saviour of the entire world, whatever your religion, and whether you accept Jesus as the Christ or not.

Christmas is at hand, the period when money is on the mind of most people and the spirit of consumerism reigns supreme. Of course, money is important. The Bible has a realistic perspective about money. Ecclesiastes 10:19 says, ‘money is the answer for everything’.

How the times have changed! Not so long ago, it was only the layabout and the ne’er- do- well who expected their women to keep them.

One of the objectives of Christ’s coming to earth was to destroy the devil’s work. At Easter, we were reminded of Jesus’ victory on the cross, over death, hades and Satan. . The strife is over, the battle won. In spite of this victory, the battle continues to rage. Satan remains a powerful adversary.

Once upon a time, you actually had to know someone high up in the civil service who would use his or her influence to contact the relevant personnel, before you could apply and be given a passport in this country. This was in the sixties and seventies.

Hello, you guys and dolls out there!” called out this Radio anchorman cheerfully. “Our question of the evening is ‘’Should money matter in a relationship?’ Call us and tell us your mind on this very important matter. Tell us of your experiences. Tell us, if money has a role to play in a relationship. Okay? Ring this number …………….. Yeah! We’re all ears here in the studio”“

It’s not easy to get people to see the blessings in their lives, but many ladies responded positively to our view that, even though there’s still room for a lot of improvement in all areas of the lives of Nigerian women, we also have reasons to celebrate emancipation on several fronts since independence .
Understandably, those who are convinced that we can raise our glasses and cheer, are the older ladies.

Hello Auntie! This is Susan.
I’m in town,” said a friend’s daughter over the telephone. She is studying in the United Kingdom and her mother had told me that she would be here for Christmas.

It’s thumbs-down for governance in this country, especially if you’re talking of accountability.

Their citizens supported them by buying their products; warts and all. Now, their products are acceptable internationally, and to us down here they are the best and we clamour for them. How about us supporting our home industries while they make an effort to improve their products? I buy MADE IN NIGERIA always. Shunning products made here is not the way forward. Thanks. Fada, Ikoyi, Lagos.’‘

In Luke 10:5 when Jesus sent out his disciples two by two, He told them that whatever house they enter, they must first say ‘peace to this house’. This brings my thought to family violence. How many homes experience peace?

I’ve heard this too, and I think this is a pity. Why are prices high? It is usually because the government charges high custom dues for raw/finished materials brought in.

We’ve been advised not to act on every forwarded mail we get on the internet, as our responses are closely monitored by the initiators, so that they can add more e-mail addresses to their mailing list for SPAM mail, which in most cases is commercial.