Introduction On March 3, 2021, a Nigerian rapper, CDQ, announced on Instagram that Burna Boy, one of the leading music artists in Nigeria (who just won a Grammy), had disrespected…
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Introduction If you pay attention to religious discussions, you must have heard many people argue that religion goes with backwardness and secularism goes with progress, like butter goes with bread.…
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Introduction In his book, The Secular Age, Charles Tylor, a political and social philosopher, identified three stages that religious faith has gone through: premodern, modern, and postmodern. The premodern world…
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An idea can affect culture or sub-culture in two ways: the overt way where people publicly embrace an ideology and the covert way where people accept the assumptions and beliefs…
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Introduction I have a habit of viewing people’s status updates on Whatsapp. A day does not pass without me viewing every “recent update.” As I go through these updates, I…
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On Saturday, November 28, 2020, gunmen attacked rice farmers in Koshobe, Borno State, Nigeria. About 110 were killed in that attack, according to the Washington Post. A day before the…
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Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the Lord God of hosts may be gracious to the remnant of Joseph - Amos 5:5 Introduction The people…
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Some days ago, the video of Pastor Ibeyeomie abusing and threatening Daddy Freeze went viral. Before I viewed this video, I didn’t know the Pastor by name (I think I…
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Four Sundays ago, I was attending an online service (no thanks to COVID-19) where the minister preached on ‘Jesus’s teaching on divorce’. I am not telling you this because it…
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Introduction Some few days ago, news broke that the Department of State Service (DSS) in Nigeria brought in the acting chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for…
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