THERE is no likelihood that anyone would be faulted for describing Prof Bolaji Akinyemi as a man of many parts.

Bring light where there is darkness, joy where there is pain, hope where there is despair and respite where there is suffering. Fear not the mighty, be strong and confident in all circumstances, uphold the truth and defend the weak. Fight the power, bow to no man, stand firm on your convictions and resist the evil. Watch and pray, have faith in God, hold your head up high and fight the good fight. This is the creed of the believer: the obligation and calling of the Sons and Daughters of Zion.

Forget about yesterday. The future is too bright. The pains, shame, sufferings and humiliations that you may have gone through in the past is nothing compared to the glory that is ahead of you. The kind of joy that cannot be hidden will be tasted by you this year. You will be among those that people will congratulate shortly. You are nothing now compared to what God has planned and prepared for you.

THE period between Christmas and the new year for most people is a time for sober, deep and wide reflections, which may include their spiritual life in the fading year, and what to do in the new year to repair their relationship with their creator, or improve on it where a relationship existed, and to give more to the community, society, etc. Others use the period to celebrate their successes, eat, make merry, gain a few weight which they will struggle to shed in the New Year.

THIS is indeed a critical period of our national life when a raging war on desperate terrorists has kept military operations in North-East and others parts of the North in persistent media spotlight. And as would be expected, the subject now dominates the country’s Online media conten