“The true end of education is not just to make the young learned but to make them love learning; not to make them industrious but to make them love industry; not to make them virtuous but to make them love virtue, not only to make them just, but to make them hunger and thirst after justice.”–John Ruskin One notable thing about the administration of President Joe Biden is his strong belief in...

A wise man said that “The only bad thing about making a mistake is to keep on making it.” The heart of the country called Nigeria bleeds.  If only we can see it then we would be in a better position to appreciate the need and urgency to rescue the country or nation from destruction.  When you think its peace and safety, then a sudden destruction falls on the people.  From observing the behavior...

“The cost of inaction is far greater than the cost of prevention.”–The Prince of Wales. The Climate Change Conference,, also known as COP26 (Conference of the Parties), which is ongoing in Glasgow, hosts Presidents, Royal Highnesses, and Lords from across the globe.  One may be tempted to ask about the significance of the Climate Change Conference in relation to the caliber of delegates that graced the conference.  The emphasis of the conference...

“Giving:  To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power.  But to decide to whom to give it and how large, and when, and for what purpose is neither in every man’s power nor an easy matter.  Hence, it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy and noble.”–Aristotle In one of the wise sayings of the Yorubas, one of the major tribes in Nigeria, the value of money given...

The seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly, which was held between September 14 and 17 in New York, and with the theme “Building Resilience through Hope” was an eyeopener to me as a first-time observer of this great annual event. It was significant to me in so many ways, one of which was the theme of the event which talks about hope. To my understanding, I know well that it...

“Childhood must pass away and then youth as surely as age approaches. The true wisdom is to be always seasonabble especially and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances, to love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives into a green and smiling age is to be a good artist in life and deserve well of yourself and your...

“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.”–Ecclesiastes 10:1 There is no gainsaying the fact that the clergy in Nigeria has drifted from the position of honor and respect that they have enjoyed for so many years to that of disrepute and dishonor simply because they have failed to focus and commit...

The Afghanistan crisis represents the germination of the seed sown in 2001 and what we have playing out right now that has led to the forceful and dramatic return of the Taliban to power represents the harvest.  Every man is bound to reap whatever seed sown.  It may take time for the manifestation but harvest will definitely come. One important truth that needs to be told about America is that the Republicans...

“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.”  Thomas Jefferson What goes on in Nigeria today in terms of boko haram insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, incessant killings of innocent citizens, corruption, bad governance is unprecedented and to this end, the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari fits in for description as the worst in the history of the country.  These problems seem to have...

  On Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed against Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Twelve women claim that the campus culture is hostile and that it is so because of the school’s policies. Liberty has said that it will investigate the claims to determine what needs to be done if indeed the claims are true. Liberty University is an evangelical Christian school founded by Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns and...