Busayo Akanro – Light does not shine in light

I love and respect a few pastors around the world. I love a lot less of them in Nigeria because I feel their presence is not an indication of the presence of the kingdom of God contrary to what Jesus wanted to happen. Loads of them seem to practice what I call witchcraft. Get a crowd of people to submit and be loyal to you boy proving that the miracle working power of divinity rests with you (whether by righteous or wicked means). Needless to say that many forget that the purpose of the anointing is not for profit but to solve problems. Jesus Christ, while on earth solved every problem that was brought to His attention and left his followers empowered. (more…)

This morning I heard a report on the news that the price of crude oil on the international market has dropped to below $50 per barrel. Ofcourse, this is a fall out of the recession that has been on going in the World now for several weeks. What is happening is that the order for crude oil has dropped desperately because many more countries, organisations and people around the world don’t have the extra to pay for crude oil derivatives. (gas, diesel etc.). Crude Oil price due to this situation has hit a 3yr low and could go lower. The fact that OPEC hasn’t sufficiently cut down on production to create scarcity in the market isn’t helping at all. (more…)

I really wanted to post this article yesterday, but failed to do so. I would have written on something else but since I read this article, I’ve had no peace of mind which I expect to have as soon as I upload it. What is it all about? A few days ago, I included in my post an article written by Nigeria’s immediate past president, Olusegun Obasanjo – Obasanjo and Obama’s election and Change. I promised to react to some of the points stated in that article but alas, early on Monday morning, I came across an article written in the Newspapers on some other person’s reaction to his write-up. After reading it, I felt that it would be proper for me to allow someone from the galley (LOL) respond to Obasanjo’s article other than someone (me) from the parliament (LOL); especially when the views expressed in the response seem to tally with what my own reaction would have been had I responded. Please find the response below. (more…)

I had thought I’d reply to my earlier post, but I read another article this morning that someone had written and sent to Guardian Newspapers in reply to Obasanjo’s take on the Obama election. In fact, I planned today to react to the dastardly act carried out by some shameless Nigerian Naval soldiers who flagrantly disregarded that they were only being tolerated on civil roads, out of their barracks and decided to unleash terror on innocent civillians who they claim didn’t leave the way when they were trying to ride past with sirens blaring. (more…)

I stumbled on this article by Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo on Barack Obama’s presidential victory while going through the Nigerian news online. I was quite impressed with the structure and delivery of his thoughts and even his thought pattern. Nevertheless, I would say though that I felt quite resentful knowing that such a knowledgeable man has had the opportunity to give hope and change to Nigeria twice in different generations and has successfully disappointed the majority of his countrymen while in service and in his succession plans and choices. I couldn’t help saying to myself, “if knowing wasn’t the problem, then why was doing impossible”.

Maybe I’m naive, maybe I don’t know the fine details. Maybe I’ll never know them. And maybe I really don’t care to know them. If Obama can make and change history, why didn’t he? or bringing it back home, why aren’t I? or why aren’t you? I’ll leave you with these questions as you read through the article and enjoy words a one-time leader of the most populous Nation in Africa wrote about another African who’s about to lead the world. I will react to different sections later.

Obama’s election and the needed change, by Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigerian President, 1999 – 2007), Thursday, November 6, 2008 (more…)

Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy.
One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had travelled a long distance and was in search of food as he was very hungry. The kind monkey offered him a few rose apples. The crocodile enjoyed them very much and asked the monkey whether he could come again for some more fruit. The generous monkey happily agreed.

The crocodile returned the next day. And the next. And the next one after that. Soon the two became very good friends. They discussed their lives, their friends and family, like all friends do. The crocodile told the monkey that he had a wife and that they lived on the other side of the river. So the kind monkey offered him some extra rose apples to take home to his wife. The crocodile’s wife loved the rose apples and made her husband promise to get her some every day. (more…)

In the early hours of this morning, while I sat watching SKY News on TV, I listened to one of the most remarkable speeches I have ever heard rendered by the new President-elect of the United States of America; the 1st black president of the free world and  the 44th president of North America’s most populous nation.

I was quite impressed at the structure of the speech, the highlights, the tones, the emotions, the highs and the lows. I have listened to Barack Obama speak before and each time I did, I liked what I heard. But, this particular speech till date is the “King of them all” . (more…)

The build-up of excitement, apprehension and anticipation came to a climax today when after the nationals of the United States of America had cast their votes and those votes had been counted (in New Hampshire), the man who will succeed George W. Bush became Senator Barack Hussein Obama. The first Black President of the United States of America. The race for occupation of the Oval office in the white house has been on for about 2 years drawing attention from all over the world; creating heated debates and opinions across several divides. (more…)