LET US TALK ABOUT HEALTH FINANCING IN NIGERIA

The vast majority of us still pay for health out of pocket. This is the most catastrophic mode of paying for health anywhere in the world. One sickness in a…

A SLAVE IN YOUR FATHER’S HOUSE

The Church has raised, and is still raising, a generation of very fearful black people, who have been conditioned to adopt only one approach to their most pressing problems ...…

WHEN SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO KILL FOR GOD MEETS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DIE FOR GOD

I sincerely hope I am not the only one that found a strange perspective to the rumoured death of Leah Sharibu, one of the Chibok girls kidnapped by rampaging Boko…

THE GENESIS OF BIGOTRY

How did we become bigoted adults? You see, I look at people when they wonder aloud that we are narrow minded and intolerant as adults when it comes to religion.…

BELIEF VERSUS KNOWLEDGE

There are three parts to my job: treating patients, teaching medical students and doing research. Each of the three components is important to me, but the one I take with…

The COZA “Pastor”

  Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo started his Sunday service on a familiar note: silence. For a business defined by words, it was curious that Fatoyinbo merely mounted the pulpit, preached and…

HYPOCRISY IS A CONSTANT FACTOR OF FAITH

The other day after sensationally claiming that the religious practice of Ash Wednesday is idolatry, many Catholics came for my head. Deservedly so. No, I'm not remorseful but I've since…

FIFTY DAYS OF FASTING AND FOLLY

Yesterday night, I was humbled by malaria and I unusually found myself lazing in bed. Before then, I'd been editing the most painful unpublished memoir I have ever come across…

NIGERIANS: RELIGIOUS YET UNGODLY

Nigerians! Religious yet ungodly. Attending pilgrimages, revivals, asalatu, vigils, prayer meetings etc. Seeking a breakthrough, protection, prosperity, good health, miracles, and our endless wishlist. That's why some religious leaders will…

SCIENCE AND RELIGION: A PARALLEL

Someone asked me: "Why are pastors not investing in science and technology, instead of competing to build the biggest churches?" The "Pulpit Hustlers" are business people with smart brains. They…