Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

By Yemi Mapaderun January 15 of every year is commemorated as the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Nigeria. It is a day dedicated to acknowledge and appreciate the supreme sacrifice paid by members of the Nigerian Armed Forces in their quest and resolve to protect and preserve the territorial integrity of Africa’s most populous nation and the global capital of the black race. This year’s celebration is unique for a number of reasons. First, it coincides with a period when there is resurgence in the activities of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria; a resurgence…

Niyi Akinnaso No one doubts that corruption and poverty are the bane of democracy in Nigeria today. Not only does corruption affect governance and the delivery of the dividends of democracy, it also affects the dispensation of justice and the sanctity of the electoral process. In a corrupt society like Nigeria, everything is up for grabs by the highest bidder. However, much less has been said about how poverty impacts the democratic process than the effects of corruption on the process. One reason for this neglect is the focus on other kinds of statistics by the Independent National Electoral Commission,…

The Dollar tumbled against a basket of major currencies last week Wednesday, after minutes from the meeting of the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) revealed policymakers had adopted a more cautious approach towards raising rates. Most policymakers expressed concern over the volatile financial markets, plateauing global growth, and ongoing trade tensions. With officials also believing that inflation remained muted, the U.S. central bank could “afford to be patient” about further policy tightening. External and domestic risks have made the future path of interest rate hikes “less clear”, and this may end up fuelling expectation over the Fed taking…

The Nigerian Export Promotion Commission in its Zero Oil Plan had identified ginger as one of the 12 strategic products with high financial value which it had identified to replace oil. Other products with high financial value also identified by the NEPC are palm oil, cashew, cocoa, soya beans, rubber, rice, petrochemical, leather, cotton, and Shea butter. By all standards, ginger is one of the popular agricultural commodities around the world. The commodity is so popular owing to its numbers uses. Some of them are herbal medicines, spices of bread in bakeries, and its uses in breweries to produce drinks…

The highest-profile Catholic cleric to be caught up in a paedophile scandal in France goes on trial on Monday charged with failing to report a priest who abused boy scouts in the 1980s and 90s. Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the archbishop of Lyon, in central eastern France, is accused along with five others from his diocese of helping cover up abuse in one of the parishes in the area. The 68-year-old bishop, an arch-conservative, is one of the most prominent Catholic figures in France. He could face up to three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros ($54,000) if…

In less than 45 days from now, Nigerians would be presented with another chance to elect a new president, or decide to continue with the incumbent. Whether we agree or not, our experiences in the past as a people, whether good or ugly, have been partly (if not totally), a creation of the leaders we have at various helms of affairs in the country. If these experiences are therefore going to be better or worse in the coming years, it would still be determined by the kind of choices we would make in this 2019 elections. This is why election…

Money is essential in our everyday living. Unlike the primitive era where goods can be exchanged for goods, hardly would any transaction take place in this modern times without money exchanging hands. Whether physical cash or electronic money, one way or the other; goods and services are duly rendered when there had been some kind of monetary exchange. Many relationships today experiences one kind of problem or the other that are related to money. Marriages are not exempted as well. The other day, I almost had issue with my spouse simply because she spent way above what we budgeted for.…

There is a saying that “talk is cheap.” The truth is, talk is cheap, doing usually is the hardest part. The same is applicable to goal setting as well. Many set goals, few people achieve their goals. There is a research that was conducted sometimes ago in the United States about goal setting. The findings State that 95 percent of people don’t have their goals being written down. And of the five percent that write their goals down, 95 percent of them actually have those goals met within the time they set for them. That simply tells you goals can…

Roman 5:1, 5:5 The bible made us to understand that THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH in four different part of the scriptures, from the old testament down to the new. Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11 and Hebrews 10:38. All these four scriptures tell us the same thing: The Just Shall Live By faith. One thing that we must understand is that faith is much more than a biblical concept. FAITH is a lifestyle. It is not a worldly lifestyle, it is a kingdom lifestyle. In the Kingdom wherein we belong, faith is a way of life. In the…

Hello to you and how is your day going? I have a leading in my heart to share this particular piece with you first and foremost, to encourage you, to tell you that it doesn’t matter that this year is about to come to an end; that God can still do for you in these remaining few days what you had hitherto thought wouldn’t be possible again this year. There is one thing that you must understand and it is the fact that God is not limited by time. We have an awesome God who can step out of time…