Category: Friday Discourse

What has Xmas got to do with Goodluck Jonathan?

Were this question to be thrown at an essentialist of Pauline Christianity, the answer would be a predictable rehearsal of all the attributes that distinguish Jesus Christ such as having no servants but still called Master; no degree but still called Teacher; no army but was still feared by kings; won no military battles but [...]

The Christian answer to Boko Haram

Last Sunday, the attention of the nation was drawn to the killings of innocent Nigerian Muslims, including unsuspecting travellers on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway, by Christians as a reprisal attack to Boko Haram bombings of churches in Kaduna and Zaria. A number of mosques and shops were also burnt that Sunday in Christian-dominated neighbourhoods in the [...]

A street in Kano  Photo: AFP

Kano bounces back from coma

Like a victim of a ghastly accident, Kano went into a coma last January when it recorded the most elaborate bomb attack yet in the country. The scale was as devastating as it was elaborate. Over 150 people were killed and hundreds injured that afternoon. The city was thrown into uncertainty about its future. Some [...]

Buhari vs. PDP: The dog and baboon 2015 parable

A fight between the dog and the baboon must be one of those very rare encounters in the Animal Kingdom. Animals fight over territory, food, mates, and in defence of their lives, or of the young. It is very hard to foresee the two animals fighting over any of the above because on most of [...]