It's essential to understand the significance of Eid and engage in acts of worship to deepen your spiritual connection with Allah.
Some mornings, the distant sound of a church speaker reaches my room, echoing the voice of a preacher. When I wake up to the voice sometimes,...
I hold onto a glimmer of hope that people will find their way, guided by their experiences, choices, and the transformative power of self-discovery.
If you missed the first and second essays under this subject, you can read them to put these newer thoughts in better context. There is no...
As a person of faith, I know the power of hope and the many times it has brought me back up when I hit rock-bottom. I...
Since time memorial, we have been divided – in a way – by tribe, religion, and, albeit thinly, societal norms and culture. Nigeria is a...
This is a sophomore essay to one I wrote earlier this year. As usual, I just allowed my thoughts to wander to the high heavens and...
One of the things being a development economist on the one hand and a storyteller on the other hand has taught me is the need to...
I was scrolling through my Instagram timeline when I saw a post DANG made on someone who shared, on Twitter, how his friend rented a haunted...
Many years ago, the Roman Empire was the world’s superpower, the hegemony of their time. They exerted their influence to territories (most of which were conquered)...
I sat in the bus one evening as we snailed through Ikeja Underbridge, pressing my body to the edge of the bus in a bid to...
I am grateful for the reception The Cover has gotten in the last year, the number of positive reviews, even from my uncles and aunties, is...
By spreading such misinformation, religious leaders unwittingly set-up their congregation for frustration, as the congregation proceeds to base their lives on non-existent, unworkable principles made up...
To understand privilege better, you have to realize that it is not by your work or power. Many people are born into privilege and have no...
It was a Friday, and this fair-skinned brother of average height was dressed in grey native wear, in the TGIF mode. We were headed in the...
We need to demonstrate that the Church is a safe place both in preventing abuse, protecting the vulnerable, and getting help for those abused.
If God is perfect; it only makes sense that everything from God should be perfect. The actual sin is trying to fix perfection. *** Spirituality is...
It is absurd that Nigerians work so hard, but they have nothing to show for their hard work. Go to any of the markets in Lagos State,...
As I stand here at the crossroads in my life, pondering whether to go left or go right, I pause for a moment just to sit...
Father never recycles them, so I know we will not be seeing this one again. I wonder how many big men he has prayed for, how...
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