The story of the 10 Virgins is a parable told by Jesus in the Bible, according to Matthew 25:1–13. In the story, we are told 10 virgins were waiting for a bridegroom. While five had enough oil for their lamps, the other five hadn’t. When the bridegroom eventually showed up, only five virgins who had […]

In my little village of Ekpon in Edo State, the elders used to talk about the tortoise always being in the news. That it is always involved in one scandal or the other. A Nigerian writer, Anezi Okoro wrote a novel, One Week One Trouble in 1972. The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF may have been […]

I want to glorify the name of God for making me see 2025. Not all those that started 2024 with us are alive to see this first Sunday of 2025. That you are alive reading this, is enough to be thankful to Him. I thank God for the wisdom to always think out a topic […]

Tahar Djaout was an Algerian journalist, poet and fiction writer who lived for just 39 years but his words will live forever. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group in his country for ostensibly always speaking the truth. He once said, “silence is death. If you speak, you die. If you are […]

American pop singer-songwriter, Josh Rouse sang, ‘Too many things on my mind’. A line in the lyrics asked rhetorically, ‘Can we recover, what’s been lost?’. If what’s been lost is time, it may never be recovered. My thought  actually is to do a review of sports events in 2024 which I term the bitter-sweet year […]

It was the famous fabulist of the XVIIth century, Jean de La Fontaine who wrote about taking chestnuts out of a fire. Meaning to save one or thing from impending failure, destruction or failure. That is what exactly the Super Eagles are faced with in their quest to qualify for their seventh World Cup since […]

The Latin expression, ‘Requiem aeternum dona eis, translated in Eng- lish means, “Eternal rest grant to them.” That is the song I have this second Sunday of December, exactly 17 days to Christmas for my dear Edo State which once had a collosus, Brigadier-General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, now late, as a pillar of its prowess […]

Our forefathers ha¬d ways of passing messages to their children way back in history. An African Proverb says, “Look for a dark (black) goat in the day time because you may not (easily ) find it in the night”. Meaning, “You should always order your goals and follow them before it is too late to […]

This headline is a bold inscription on the back of luxury buses belonging to a popular transport company in Nigeria. It is a warning to other motorists to drive carefully as many drivers and passengers have died from accidents caused by reckless driving and overtaking. Ironically, the drivers of these luxury buses warning others coming […]

It is no longer news that football is the single most important thing that unites Nigerians irrespective of tribe and religion. Even as the policies of the Bola Tinubu regime bite harder and make living hellish for the citizens, the people still find temporary relief in football, especially if their national team, the Super Eagles […]

The Bible tells us in Psalm 128 verse 1 that “Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in His ways. You will eat the fruit of your labour”. Again it says in Proverbs 22 verse 21 that wisdom will make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true […]

The dictionary describes an apology as a written or spoken expression of one’s regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another. In his active days, Andres Iniesta was the engine room, as is often said in football, for both his club, Barcelona and country, Spain. He held the midfield with so […]

President of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo describes the Holy Bible as God’s Constitution for mankind. The book is expected to guide man to navigate this world without blemish if man adheres to the teachings therein. There is nothing under the sun, including human behaviour, that is not mentioned and how to […]

Albert Nelson, better known by his stage name Albert King, was an American left-handed guitarist and singer regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He died of heart attack in 1992. He sang a popular song, ‘Everybody wants to go to heaven’ with lines like this, ‘Everybody wants […]

If talents are discovered very early and competitions are introduced for U-13, U-15 and U-17 categories, the country will have a big reservoir of athletes ready to fill the vacuums created when the older ones retire.