Opinion

If you ever come across the phrase, "nasty, brutish and short," then you would remember the book titled "Leviathan," in which Thomas Hobbes expressed his views about the nature of human beings and the necessity of governance and societies....

Nigeria has never recovered since the first Coup d'Etat. It turned out as expected that the Army lacked the intelligence and intellectual capacity for governance. A few went as far as saying the best military rule is worse than...

What is the worth of true Christianity at the end of a life? If Christianity is about the above, what is the relationship with the concept of foreign strength? Or what exactly is the worth of genuine Salvation at any time? There...

When Donald J Trump’s tumultuous presidency ends on 20January 2021, he would be handing over to President-elect, Joseph R Biden, a United States of America, USA, that has degenerated from first to the third world. That is remarkable because, the...

My favourite end-of-the-year quote, which I have shared with many others, is the following passage from Chapter 3 of the inimitable Chinua Achebe's Things Falls Apart, a novel of monumental, evergreen relevance, translated into over 50 languages, a product...

What if Justinian the Great did not just build the then Church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, but instead drove massive evangelistic drive – through the East, and beyond? What if the move was to ensure that translations of...

There is no doubt that Abia state with all its God given potentials is backwards when it comes to infrastructural and economic development. It lacks the presence of a government in power. It is a fact today that Abia...

In November of this year of COVID19 2020, days after a starving lion and a number of other severely underfed animals were discovered by a shocked visitor to Gamji Gate Zoo in Kaduna State, a wildlife charity, Wild@Life e.V,...

Chioma is having troubles with her mother-in-law. I know because she made it headline news on her social media page. She does not share her concerns with the other party in the nuptial contract or with a trained counsellor,...

Bonaventure Philips Melah, Dear President Goodluck Jonathan (An Open Letter), no imprint. The writing of books, commentaries, essays on executive political leaders, focusing especially on the efforts and the place of Presidential figures in history, popular culture and social imagination...