Pastor Tunde Bakare is one of Nigeria’s most respected and influential pastors. A trained lawyer and an incredibly eloquent man of God, he cut a large chunk of his pastorial teeth under the tutelage of Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi, the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church. He later left the Deeper…
In the last few months, I have been called upon to review some of the newly released Nollywood movies. These requests followed my brief review of Anikulapo, which sparked controversy within the industry. After my review, several mainstream media organizations in Nigeria reached out to me for exclusive interviews about the movie. Some print media…
Obviously, because I am the unauthorised biographer of Ayinla Omowura, the musical enfant terrible of Yorubaland of the 1970s, I have been inundated by requests to lend a voice to an ongoing debate which has s” therefrom. Rather than the popular and legal affirmation that Omowura was murdered in a barroom brawl in May, 1980…
Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder and Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) celebrated his 70th birthday and it had all the trappings of the birthday celebration of a man regarded as one of the biggest men of God to come from this side of the planet. One of the highlights of the…
This moment, my pen finds its celebratory voice because this week in Nigeria, and particularly at the University of Ilorin, we are celebrating Oloyede week. Oloyede week is my choice of words in describing the mood of the University, a mood occasioned by the fact that come Thursday, the 10th of October, 2024, Prof. Is-haq…
At about 2 a.m. on 10 September, Mohammed Modu, a 32-year-old farmer in the Laujeri community of Borno State, was roused from sleep by the loud voices of his neighbours. As he stepped outside to investigate the commotion, he was shocked that floodwaters had inundated his residence. In a panic, Mr Modu woke his wife…
There are many voices in the world, according to the Bible. Unless you are well instructed in things of the spirit, you are not likely to know how to distinguish the voice of God from the multiple of voices that you hear regularly. The devil, for instance, could imitate the voice of God, just like…
Ten years ago, Mrs Felicia Oluremi Oyo, left this earthly prison house and transited to the great beyond, to tranquil Heaven at the relatively young age of 61. Thomas Campbell says, and he is right that “to live in the hearts of those we love is not to die”. Mrs. Oyo lives on, her memory…
On February 18, 1947, the Daily Service newspaper published a story whose theme, like the ancient Secretarybird, has remained with Nigeria ever since. It is a story of the affinity between sex and corruption. Son of Alake of Egbaland and a no-nonsense judge, Justice Adetokunbo Ademola, then of the Lagos Santa Anna Magistrate Court, presided…
Greetings to all my readers. This column, *Man & Woman*, was conceived to address the perennial problems of human relationships, especially as they pertain to men and women. No relationship is perfect because no one is perfect. Imperfections will inevitably cause offence. How we manage offences is what separates the boys from the men; the…
