Redefining Nigeria’s identity
“Man is history after his demise. Therefore, endeavour to be a pleasant history for others to read after you might have left the stage”. Arab poet PREAMBLE Man is both a product and a producer of...
View ArticleAhmadu Bello’s Christmas message
“The truth has come and falsehood has vamoosed; surely, falsehood is meant to vamoose (in the presence of the truth)”. Q. 17: 81 Here is a season in which recalling certain aspects of Nigerian...
View ArticleWaiting for January 20
‘And those are the days of life; we interchange them (like batons) among people….’ Qur’an PREAMBLE All eyes, across the world, are on the 20th day of January 2017....
View ArticleRecession: Learning from Egyptian experience
All eyes, Many readers of this column may be disappointed today and there is no apology for that. From various parts of the country, people have been calling or sending text messages or email, since...
View ArticleWelcoming a Trump of sadism
Like the hands of a clock, many democratic countries in the world swear in a new President every four or five years at the exit of an old one. Now, it is the turn of the United States of America again....
View ArticleIslam’s future in America
Prologue Looking at Islam globally today vis-a-vis the multifarious problems being faced by its adherents, there is tendency that some ignorant and parochial people will think vaingloriously that the...
View ArticleIslam’s future in America
Looking at Islam globally today vis-a-vis the multifarious problems being faced by its adherents, there is tendency that some ignorant and parochial people will think vaingloriously that the end has...
View ArticleIran versus Trump’s U.S.
Information All roads will lead to Osogbo, the capital of Osun State this Sunday. The big event is a national prayer for Nigeria’s security and development. It is organized by Osun State Muslim...
View ArticleThe corner stone of the house
It was a conglomerate of crème de la crème of Nigerian Society in Osogbo, Osun State Capital, last Sunday. The scene was that of a galaxy of royal fathers from all parts of the country, high caliber...
View ArticleNASFAT: Nigeria’s timely revolution
“Have you not seen how your Lord planted a seed of parable? A beautiful word is like a pleasant tree with firm roots and delightfully gorgeous foliages sprouting pleasantly into the firmaments of the...
View ArticleMuslim women rally for hijab
Muslim women in Remo Zone of Ogun State has held a rally and lecture to make case for use of hijab in the country. Under the auspices of the Coalition of Muslim Women in Remo, the event was commenced...
View ArticleMUSWEN prays for President Buhari
The Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN), has offered prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari, his government and the nation. The prayer was held during its 13th Regular Meeting at Ibadan, the Oyo...
View ArticleAl-mu’minaat calls for legislation on hijab
Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing Women Organisation) has called on Federal Government to enact law that will guarantee the rights of Muslim women to dress according to her religius belief. A statement...
View ArticleThe insect that heals
Preamble It cannot be strange to anybody who is well familiar with the Qur’anic contents that there are 114 chapters in that sacred book. Out of these, six chapters are dedicated to the animal kingdom,...
View ArticleThe insect that heals
Preamble It cannot be strange to anybody who is well familiar with the Qur’anic contents that there are 114 chapters in that sacred book. Out of these, six chapters are dedicated to the animal kingdom,...
View ArticleThe Prophet’s medicine
Preamble This article is a follow up to that of last Friday in which the bee was described as ‘The Insect that Heals’. Both articles are a deliberate diversion of readers’ attention from the economic...
View ArticleJAMB: The 2017 UTME brouhaha
Monologue The world is dynamic. It moves with time and in space. And people who are inclined to civilization and dynamism move progressively with it. The only thing that is permanent in this world is...
View ArticleMUSWEN’s train in Ile-Ife
Preamble It was another day of history, last Friday, at Ile-Ife, Osun State. The actively mobile train of the Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) moved to the ancient city that is the cradle of...
View ArticleThis mysterious world
Preamble What can we say of a man who fixes his eyes on the sun but does not see it? Instead, he sees a chorus of flaming seraphim announcing a paroxysm of despair. That is the parable of the country...
View ArticleNigerian media and the Presidency
Preamble The media is like a spider web. A small object that approaches it easily gets ensnared. But if the object is big, no time is wasted in attempting to tear the web apart. That is the parable of...
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