Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

Political correctness is the reason why modern day spiritual leadership and authority have become so weak over nations and people. Apostles, Prophets, Pastors et cetera always want to appear to be on the side of the government and at the same time, on the side of the people. They don’t want to offend authorities or the powers that be. They want to appear to be modest, honest and less concerned about the affairs of their nations. This is why many of them keep mute in the face of corruption, nepotism, and the injustices that happens in their society, leaving the…

Nations rises and fall to the degree of how yielded they are to Spiritual Leadership. God no doubt is interested in the affairs of nations. And so, at every point in time, He raises spiritual leaders that are meant to be His mouthpiece in nations. Many countries who only reckon with their political leadership alone and don’t have anything to do with men and women that God has raised to be the spiritual watchmen over such countries, are missing out on many grounds. Firstly, such a country would not know the mind of God for her per time. Secondly, political…

You probably might have heard or read somewhere that some state governors in Nigeria are going ahead to relax the lockdown in their respective states to give room for religious activities to resume, even amidst the threats that Covid-19 figures are still increasing in Nigeria. You probably have read that governments, with more timely and stricter responses to the Coronavirus pandemic have been more successful in curtailing its spread. I was reading just recently how New Zealand was able to manage the spread of Covid-19. It was nothing short of timely response and excellent leadership really. The government’s swift…

Practically many Church buildings in many countries where the Covid-19 pandemic is ravaging have remained closed to physical Church meetings. Irrespective of their sizes and the number of people they could seat per time, 100,000 capacity, 50,000 capacity, 500 capacity or even less. It is true the Scripture admonished that we should not forget the assembling of ourselves together in Hebrews 10:25. However, I don’t know if there had been a time in the past, either in Church history or in contemporary history, where Church building has been ask to close for one reason or the other. Even in…

During this period of lockdown, there is every tendency that those who have been struggling with their abusive husbands or wives before now suffer a bit and find it very hard to cope with them. Already, there are concerns in China and France as to the potential threat that this Covid-19 lockdown may have on those in one abusive relationship or the other. According to the World Health Organizations (WHO), violence against women tends to increase during every type of emergency, including epidemics, with women who are displaced, who are refugees, and living in conflict-affected areas as being the most…

I have taken my time to observe keenly how leaders of faith across Nigeria responded to government directives as to the need to reduce the size of their meetings to a limited number of not more than 50 persons or less in order to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. While many Pastors did all they could and obeyed this direct instructions, it was reported that others did not comply, especially those that we know and refer to as “fathers of faith” in the country. I also saw a video how a renowned Muslim cleric defiled the order…

Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.” 2 Corinthians 2:11 We are in a time in the world right now where the devil’s campaign on the subject of fear is on the rise. More people in the world right now are afraid than ever before because of the spread of Covid-19 and so, many people are looking up to their governments for assurances that they would be fine. Why? Because they are really afraid! I read online how Nigerians are still angry at the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari has not…

The number of confirmed US coronavirus cases soared past 500 Sunday, including two further deaths, as President Donald Trump defended his administration’s “perfectly coordinated” response to the epidemic. The virus has reached some 30 US states, with Oregon the latest to declare an emergency, and 60 million people in California and New York are under crisis measures. Two more deaths were reported in Washington state — both linked to a virus-hit care home near Seattle — bringing the nationwide toll to at least 21. In an early morning tweet Trump, who has been accused of peddling misinformation on the outbreak,…

Most marriages I believe wouldn’t have hit the brick wall if the husband and wife had voiced out earlier than they did. There is this trait about marriage that many have subtly accepted as the norm; and it is in the fact that we all have been made to think and believe we can tolerate each other’s inadequacies in the marriage, even though it hurts us really badly. I know for sure that in marriage, one needs some certain degree of tolerance for the other party, but when it comes to you losing your sanity all in the name of…

The news of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle leaving behind the royal life and its largesse to start their own family life afresh outside the glamour of the palace and the unfriendly British tabloids which will be around for a long time. I know, and I am a firm believer that history is made one way or the other, irrespective of the divide where such histories may fall. What Harry and Meghan have just done is historical, and one that would be told for many generations yet to come. Meghan Markle entrance into the Royal Family in…