By Bose Adebayo THE young lady was obviously pre-occupied with her thoughts and so did not notice the woman and the powerfully built man approaching her at a rapid pace. She had just crossed the busy expressway and was heading towards a row of commercial  buses presumably to board a bus. She was soon confronted […]

Traditionally, every independence day anniversary,  presents an opportunity to evaluate the journey so far. Perhaps readers of independence celebration stories, may predict what to read from all the  national dailies tomorrow. Your prediction or guess may be as good as mine, as each October 1, brings to fore the tragedy that Nigeria appears to have […]

By Chioma Obinna LAGOSIANS  have witnessed many a tragic incident at the popular Cele Bus-stop along the Oshodi – Apapa Express way, but nothing to compare with the gory scene of last Saturday September 26 that has become the latest tale of sorrow, tears and regret in Lagos. For many of those who witnessed the […]

The story of Taiye Ebele Mbakwe (39), a native of Umuleri-Mbakala in Abia State sounds like the rested NTA kiddies show, tales by the moonlight. The father of two who lives at Number 49, Shifau Street, Ojuelegba, Lagos operates an electronic shop in front of his house with his twin brother, Kehinde.

Bus-stop parliamentarians are as incensed about the recent murder of The Guardian newspapers journalist, Mr Bayo Ohu, as majority of the larger population. In fact, most parliamentarians could not help but express outrage over the sad development during an impromptu gathering at the Isolo Bus-stop in Lagos.

RECENTLY, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo after a security meeting with the State Executive Council assured Lagos residents that every measure has been put in place to ensure safety of lives and property in the state even in the last quarter of the year popularly dubbed the “ember months”.

IF the spectacle one witnessed last year in the oil city of Warri, Delta State during the 48th Independence Day anniversary celebration is anything to go by, then Nigerians are in for another colourful carnival that will, not only propel them to a new epoch but will also prepare them for a new experience capable of rejuvenating the patriotic spirit.

You don’t appear at a war front just like that; you have to prepare adequately because it is warfare. If you must win the war, there is need for adequate preparation. Last week, I taught on heart preparation as a key to winning the war of prayer. This week, I will show you another dimension of preparation that will enable you to win the war of prayer—Word preparation. Without the Word, every prayer ends in utter frustration.

Introduction: The nature of the exposition: IN this exposition it should be clear that no demand on Man made by God is to be idealized or moralized. Every demand of God is for a purpose. And it takes Man without sin to obey any demand of God. This applies to the Law given to Adam to keep before the Fall and to the Laws given to Israel by the hand of Moses. This point is to be kept in mind when we read the teachings of the Lord and Paul’s on Marriage against the backdrop of Moses’s Law on Divorce.

Whatever you like say. God is no respecter of persons. Those who see Christianity in the light of bread and butter should not force their beliefs on us. You either believe in God or believe in your selfish desires.