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  • Tolu Schools Complex: Sanwo-Olu Redefines Governance in Lagos State

    Tolu Schools Complex: Sanwo-Olu Redefines Governance in Lagos State

    By reviving Tolu Schools, he symbolically bridged decades of delay, showing that government can respect history while pushing for modern future.

    Thursday, April 9th, 2026, marked a historic milestone as Tolu Schools Complex was officially commissioned in Lagos, Nigeria. Originally, founded in 1981 by the visionary Lateef Kayode Jakande, the first executive governor of Lagos state. That expanse of complex now spans around 11 hectares in the Ajegunle district. Hosting 36 schools within, Tolu schools complex serves over 20,000 students, embodying a legacy of excellence in education. The complex features modern classrooms, parks, sporting facilities like football pitch and courts, as well as specialized ICT hub, science labs, and vocational workshops. There is also a well-equipped fire service station. It was designed to be a large centralized educational hub in a densely populated area.

    The Ajegunle kingdom, often known as the historic community is located in Lagos Nigeria, and it has deep root in the region’s ethnic and cultural history, often associated with the Awori people and other sub-Yoruba groups. Overtime, Ajegunle had evolved from a small fishing town into a densely populated urban area, known for its vibrant culture, music scenes especially in the realm of Afro beats and its resilience. Despite being known for its overcrowding, it is a place rich in innovation, entrepreneurship and community spirit. Ajegunle is such a microcosm of Nigeria. Despite its vibrancy, it faces significant challenges, including over crowding and the lack of basic infrastructure like consistent water, sanitation and stable electricity. Youth unemployment is also a major concern and crime rate can be a challenge due to economic pressures. However, the community is also known for strong solidarity in spirit with many grassroot organizations and local leaders working to drive change.

    Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu

    Now that a clear picture has been painted about the host community to the Tolu Schools complex, it becomes necessary therefore, to dive into the symbolism of the gigantic project, and possibly also, interrogate those factors responsible for the abandonment of the Tolu school project for decades after its commencement in 1981 by the Lagos state government, under the watch of the visionary Lateef Kayode Jakande as part of his mass education initiative. Recall that the land that houses the Tolu schools complex, was actually reclaimed from the Lagos lagoon area. So, was once a marshy to undeveloped part of the city, and the government filled and levelled it to create space for the school and other development projects in the area. The Tolu schools complex are really symbolic, for they represent a beacon of hope, education, and opportunity in a place that faced systemic neglect. Tolu schools gave many children from Ajegunle who otherwise might not have had access, a social mobility. In that sense, they became a cornerstone of educational empowerment and a symbol of hope for generations in the community.       Worthy of note is that, the delay in completing the Tolu schools project was due to several factors.

    The project sitting on about 11.7 hectares with 36 schools was ambitious in scope. After starting under Lateef Kayode Jakande, in 1981, progress stalled for decades due to funding gaps, shifting priorities, and the complex nature of the environment. Recall also, that after Jakande left, between the return to democracy in 1999 and now, in 2026,3 governors had governed Lagos before Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu came on board, and during whose time the project was completed and commissioned in 2026. They were Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 1999 to 2007, Barrister Raji Fashola, and Akinwunmi Ambode. These passed through Lagos, prioritizing the minor and neglecting the major in the order of priority. The absence of Mr. President Bola Tinubu physically at the unveiling of a project of such unparalleled magnitude and unprecedented in value and nature, was premeditated, and an eye saw. It was also, a political calculation and not surprising, for how could he have been able to withstand the daring and the no nonsense Lagos crowd, especially those who refused him their votes in the 2023 presidential elections, and who had on other occasions, sang for him the popular song of, “We Are Hungry”.  He knew very well that had he shown up at the event, he would have had himself prophesied to about his looming waterloo in 2027, as well as have a song composed for him, praising and placing Governor Sanwo-Olu’s achievements over his, like the case of David and Saul in the Bible.

    Lagos State

    Furthermore, with the completion and commissioning of the Tolu Schools Complex by Mr. governor, Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu within his second term, what stands out about him is his deliberate focus on continuity and legacy. He did not build infrastructure for self-aggrandizement and ego, rather, he tied it to a broader vision of urban renewal and inclusion. By reviving Tolu Schools, he symbolically bridged decades of delay, showing that government can respect history while pushing for modern future. Looking for and needing a clarification on the distinction between knowledge and wisdom, contribution and commitment, and belief and faith?  Travel no further, here is the wisdom that works, and which makes faith without works dead. Think also of the eggs and the bacon. The chicken makes the contribution, while the pig makes the commitment. Similarly, just as one can be rich and not blessed, one can also believe and not have faith. Faith is not believing, but acting what you believe. It follows therefore, that, as it is possible to believe and not have faith, in the same vein, no one can have faith, and not believe. Moreover, Governor Sanwo-Olu’s rear combination of acknowledging past issues while being bold enough to reprioritize long term investments, that sets him apart. So, in that way, he is not just a successor of the previous leadership, he is actively redefining what it means to govern in Lagos State.

    Ajegunle, Lagos State

    The benefits of education cannot be overemphasized and are pivotal to any meaningful developments. Education is the backbone of nation building. It shapes citizens, empowers them with skills, drives innovation, and create a more equitable society. It is a fundamental investment for any nation for on time success. However, prioritizing education, making a selection from a scale of 1 to 10, and with 10 being the most desirable. Normally, education should be on a 10, in a technological driven nation, because innovation, competitiveness, and even sustainability, all depend on the resolve for rethinking education. For instance, education, be it at the primary, secondary or tertiary level, builds the foundation for knowledgeable and skilled workforce, including economic growth in innovations and long-term national progress. The benefits of the Tolu School Complex also, especially to the community include, the school provides assessable quality education, keeping the kids engaged, and giving them a real sense of purpose. For Lagos state, it means, a stronger talents pipeline, more skilled citizens ready to contribute. To the nation, it is a building block for long term innovation, economic growth and overall national resilience. Socially, a clustered school setup like the Tolu schools complex, provides a really vibrant social environment where students from different background interact, build networks, and thereby fostering a sense of community. However, in terms of security, having a clustered can concentrate resources, better monitoring, safer facility, and it is a more structured environment for everyone. Specifically, in the Tolu schools complex and being a clustered setup, security benefits come from shared infrastructure, such as centralized security personnel, monitoring entry and exit points, using even tech like CCTV and biometric assess. Because many schools are clustered together, it is easier to coordinate a social response. Interestingly, the Tolu Schools Complex model of a cluster model can be a game changer especially in the parts of the country that are more vulnerable and with a high rate of school abductions. The model provides a safer environment with less vulnerability, and giving students and parents more confidence in their safety.

    Tolu Schools Complex

    On a final note, and if education is the best legacy as many believed, therefore, the actions and inactions of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s predecessors especially in matters of educational developments, only speak to one thing, which is the lack of compassion and empathy, especially for the down-trodden in our society, and the more reason why the country Nigeria in the hand of one of them as President Tinubu, is at the brink of collapse. No one can give what he does not have, and what one does off the job, is a determiner of what he does on the job.

    Lateef Kayode Jakande

    The preservation and sustainability of the Tolu Schools is critical, occupying an important place just as its foundation. To preserve this legacy and maximize the benefits, the government needs to ensure consistent funding, making sure the school is part of budget allocation, providing infrastructure support and policy backing. The community on the other hand, needs to stay engaged, regularly supporting the school, volunteering, and also holding leadership accountable. It can really be enduring if they work together. Maintaining high quality teachers is crucial and to this end, the government and school leadership need to invest in regular training, professional development, and incentives to keep teachers motivated, and the community can also play a role. By recognizing and valuing the teachers, you create a culture that really supports the sustenance of quality education and for a long time. According to Epictetus, “be careful to leave your sons well informed than rich, for the hopes of the informed are better than the wealth of the ignorant”.    

    God bless Nigeria.

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju

  • Once A Slave Master Forever A Slave Maker

    Once A Slave Master Forever A Slave Maker

    However, as a safeguard, African leaders as a matter of necessity and urgency, should focus on strengthening regional institutions like the African Union (AU), so they can set terms for cooperation, build stronger local governance, diversify economic partners, and stay vigilant about trade and aid agreements, ensuring that they prioritize sovereignty and long-term developments over short-term gains.

    On March 25, 2026, a historic resolution was passed by the United Nations General Assembly, officially condemning slavery as the gravest offense against humanity. This landmark declaration serves as a powerful reminder of the enduring legacies of the impact of slavery and the ongoing need for justice, reconciliation and remembrance worldwide. The vote was 123 in favour with America, Israel and Argentina voting against, and 52 countries abstaining. This was significant, because it was the first time slave trade was legally framed as a crime against humanity. One important lesson to learn from history, is that history does not die, and that no matter how long the night keeps, dawn will break, and the abandoned rag under your cupboard, may be useful on a rainy day. The question that agitates the mind is how did humans get to that point of dehumanizing fellow humans, turning them into mere commodities for sale. Even though the period when the heinous crime was committed was described as the Dark Age, was that suggestive of total ignorance of God or were there no any noticeable stronger force, or were there no sky, sun, moon, seas and all the powerful works of nature that naturally command the attention of man? It is heartbreaking to note that the driving force into slave trade was rooted in dehumanization and economic greed. Slave traders and colonial powers saw people as commodities and objects to be exploited for labour especially in the Americas, and that mindset was really enforced by racial ideologies that justified them as achievement. At that time, the motivation for slave trade was both financial and moral corruption.

    Slave Trade Experiment

    The Trans-Atlantic Slave trade lasted for about 4 centuries, beginning from the mid 1500 continuing into the 1860s. So, it had been roughly for 360 to 400 years with the peak in the 1700s and in the early 1800. Although, the legal ban started in the 1800, illegal trading continued until the 1860s. There is no gainsaying the fact that, describing the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, is apt, especially because of its shared scale and shared brutality. Millions of people were uprooted, dehumanized and treated as property. Families were torn apart, cultures erased, and the psychological trauma is carried through generations. Suffice to say also, that the trade wasn’t just a commercial enterprise, it was a systematic extermination of dignity and humanity. Wait a minute, is it not the same pattern of systematic extermination of race, dignity and humanity that the African countries especially Nigeria are witnessing, in the forms of terrorism and banditry? Why are the African leaders not putting the blames, especially about the seemingly intractable insecurity problems, at the appropriate place, which is the doorstep of their former slave and colonial masters. Since I was told that the devil rebelled against God and was cast down to the earth, I have not been told anything different that alludes to his repentance.  When we talk about the idea of the deradicalization of terrorist, kudos to some African countries that are trying the experiment even though it is bad and has not yielded any positive results. How much of the understanding of the Bible they brought to assuage us with, have they in themselves? Whereas, that was the greatest reparation that man can ever get anywhere in the land of the living. They may not think of it as such a big deal, other than a bait. Hence, they gave it all and lost it all. This accounts for why you cannot find a Christian terrorist in Nigeria. However, majority of them from the Christian countries, being one of the nine (9) countries with nuclear capabilities are also super terrorists. To this end, now they need it, knowledge about the fear of God, which is the beginning of wisdom, more than we do. The wickedness of man to man is unquantifiable. Moreover, since it is impossible to build something on nothing, it follows therefore, that our cherished democracy which is a system of government copied from the former colonial and slave masters, was built on the legacies of slave trade, and if that be the case, what should be expected, and what can be done after the foundation has been destroyed? Remember also, that it is not falling into water that drowns, but lying in it. Democracy as practiced on the legacies of slavery, with weak institutions and serious security challenges, is a cheap gateway for the modern colonial masters to come in and further infest the ground with insecurity. Often, super powers promote democratic ideals as a soft power, framing themselves as the champions of freedom.

    Slave Trade Experiment

    Also, in practice, they sometimes use democratic language to push for strategic interests like securing resources, maintaining political allies. So, while democracy is the rhetoric, the underlying goals can still be about influence and control. However, as a safeguard, African leaders as a matter of necessity and urgency, should focus on strengthening regional institutions like the African Union (AU), so they can set terms for cooperation, build stronger local governance, diversify economic partners, and stay vigilant about trade and aid agreements, ensuring that they prioritize sovereignty and long-term developments over short-term gains. This brings to fore the question of whether if one’s head is to break, better to break in one’s hat or others. Fellow citizens of the world, Africans, and Nigerians, this is food for thought. It is there in the political philosophy of the framers of the United States of American constitution, who in the words of James Madison famous federalist No. 51, “organize the government in which ambition must be made to counteract ambition. Or, if men were angels, no government would be necessary”. Augustine in trying to make a comparison between the city of God and the city of man, in the city of man whose characteristics are a complete opposite of the city of God, he aims to show that in the city of man all human relations are ultimately relations of power; “because I do it with a tiny craft I am called the pirate, because you have a mighty Navy you are called an Emperor”. From the above analysis, Nigerians may now review the most recent visit of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom and score him accordingly.

    Slave Trade Experiment

    To all well-meaning Nigerians, both at home and abroad, including the vibrant Civil Society Organizations, Labour Unions, Professional bodies, Great Nigerian students and all well-wishers, all shall rise up to the occasion and do all that is humanly possible, and within the ambits of the law to stop the second term ambition of Bola Tinubu for President in 2027, to free Nigeria from the shackles of Neo Colonialism.

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu State visit to United Kingdom

    In conclusion, this important question is for you and I to ponder on; “To what extent am I and others motivated by an urge to dominate, to impose our will to subjugate others?”  A borrower is forever a slave to the lender.

    God bless Nigeria

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju

  • Nigerians Abroad Present Alternative to 2027 Elections  

    Nigerians Abroad Present Alternative to 2027 Elections  

    One important thing for the diasporans to take to heart is that, allowing any elections to take place in Nigeria soonest or in 2027 without addressing the fundamental problems of restructuring the country Nigeria and jettisoning the faulty 1999 constitution, will amount to a bunch of ploys, which as a retrogressive political tactics, has an end. Why wait for an elusive change, when we can make a realistic one happen and as soon as possible.

    Home is home, no matter what or the situations. It is interesting to note that America adopted homeland, Russia chose motherland, and Germany fatherland. However, home is sweet only when there is hope. Take cognizance of the fact that there is hope only when there is life. To this end therefore, and in accordance with a popular Yoruba dictum, “when you see a man who on waking up in the morning, takes to his heels, if nothing is chasing him, he must be in pursuit of something”. With words we govern men said Benjamin Disraeli, to which we have a corollary.  By Proverbs we enliven copy, adages never age. It is worthy of mention that, the Diasporans are a group of people who have been dispersed from their original homeland to other parts of the world. Often due to cogent reasons such as cogent immigration concerns, including reunion with families, conflicts and economic opportunities. It can create a very strong transitional identities and connections. From the reports of the incessant incidents of boat accidents on the Mediterranean Sea, with fatality involving a high number of Nigerians as well as other illegal migrants from other African countries, is a pointer to the possibility that only a small fraction of the number of immigrants from Nigeria, left the country leaving behind rosy or better life. Just trying to drive home a point on why the Nigerian diaspora should have a say in the affairs of their country, especially by being able to exercise their voting rights from anywhere abroad. Otherwise, the government of the homeland is seeing and using them as money spinning machine. By extension, they are also being considered as fools and used in a hunting game, to help comb a part of the forest for their wise counterparts who are gun down the approaching animals.

    Nigerian in Diaspora United Kingdom

    The most recent advocacy work of the chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, canvassing for increase in the economic participation of the Nigerian Diaspora, is an allusion to her insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians, careless about their predicament as long as their remittances are ensured. Note also, that the All Progressive Congress Party (APC) has been in power since 2015, with late Muhammadu Buhari’s 8 years tenure with the current president Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the National leader of APC. The leaders who could not achieve the diaspora voting in about 10 years should not be taken seriously. For instance, a suggested estimate has it that in the United States, there are about 460,000 to 500,000 Nigerian born resident. When you include the US born descendant, the total Nigerian add on community is about 700,000 to 850,000. In the United Kingdom, around 270,000 people were born in Nigeria with broader estimate of Nigeria Diaspora ranging from about 300,000 to 500,000 depending on how the group is defined.

    Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairperson f the Nigerians in Diaspora

    On remittances which constitute the backbone of the economy of the country, there is no specific data isolating the remittances from the United States to Nigeria in 2026, however in February 2026, total monthly diaspora remittances average around 600million USD, with a goal of reaching1 billion dollars per month. In 2025, total remittance reached about 25 billion dollars. The total remittance from the UK to Nigeria was about 23 billion dollars and in 2024, the UK quarterly remittances was roughly about 2.04 billion pounds. These remittances in themselves are monumental investments. It is interesting to note with dismay that, all the trips of Mr. President abroad as the chief marketing officer of the country did not result in direct foreign investment of any amount close to the diasporan’s remittances, even when 25 billion Naira was the cost of his travel expenses in one year.

    The non participation of the Nigerian diaspora in the country’s election exercises is counterproductive and with dire consequences. Note that about three quarters of African countries allow diasporan votings. For example, Senegal, South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia have formal systems in place, though some of these with some logistics problems, but that notwithstanding. Nigeria and Kenya have constitutional rights on the books, but awaiting implementation. Other countries like Zimbabwe, Uganda and Tanzania are still debating it. Despite the challenges in diaspora votings, the benefits are huge. These include, strengthening democracy by giving citizens a say in their home countries, keep them connected and does boost political engagements and a sense of national unity even from afar. However, if the diaspora doesn’t participate and voices might be left out in shaping the policies that affect them. It can lead to a lack of representation reinforce the disconnect between the government and its global citizens. Similarly, it can weaken democracy overall, as it restricted stake holders in shaping the future of their countries.

    Nigerian in Diaspora United States of America

    Furthermore, worthy of mention are the names of some outstanding and prominent Nigerians who have attained the status of global citizens by reason of excellent accomplishments in their fields of specialization. In the United States for example, are Dr. Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, is a Nigerian American physician who was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2022 for her work in health equity and public health. Then Robert Silvester Okojie, is a Nigerian American aerospace Engineer with over 20 patents, well known for his work in high temperature electronics especially with NASA. Next is Tope Awotona, who is a successful Nigerian born Entrepreneur who founded Calendly, a scheduling App in 2005, the year he relocated to the United States. He nurtured the business until it became a billion dollar company in 2025. However, he was   honored with the Great Carnagie immigrant award for his significant impact on businesses and society. Also, here are three names of prominent Nigerian diaspora in the United Kingdom and these include, Nneka Abulokwe, honoured in 2019 with OBE for her services to business especially in governance inclusion and leadership in corporate world. Next is Chiwetel Ejiofor, honoured with OBE in 2008 for outstanding contribution to drama, particularly in film production, and Felicia Kwaku was honoured with OBE for her outstanding contributions to education and nursing in 2020. It is instructive to note that many Nigerians abroad are hesitant visiting or returning to Nigeria their homeland due to several key factors including, economic uncertainty and lack of stable job opportunities, security concerns like rising crimes, weak institutions and bureaucracy, social reintegration challenges and family ties in their host countries. Without improvements in safety, job prospects and institutional reliability, many remain reluctant to return. This situation challenges the government of the day if serious, which has to create more attractive environment, that is, security, real economic opportunities and institutional trust. When they cannot offer all that is required as the case is in Nigeria today, they risk a brain drain, losing their best talents and deepening the gap between the diaspora and home. What is urgently needed now in Nigeria is a tangible change and enough of the renewed hope slogan. One important thing for the diasporans to take to heart is that, allowing any elections to take place in Nigeria soonest or in 2027 without addressing the fundamental problems of restructuring the country Nigeria and jettisoning the faulty 1999 constitution, will amount to a bunch of ploys, which as a retrogressive political tactics, has an end. Why wait for an elusive change, when we can make a realistic one happen and as soon as possible. The Great Nigerian Diaspora, there is no point waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel when we can lighten our tunnel as we go. This is a piece of advice and words of caution to the Northerners, please, accept the idea of restructuring the country peacefully, and in an atmosphere that permits conversations. This is because either way, restructuring is being perpetrated and is to be forced on them whether they like it or not. For instance, the establishment of the development commissions in the six geopolitical zones of the country and the planned introduction of the state police, are the major and integral parts of restructuring. You may wish to know that the lingering and escalating problems of insecurity can be connected to the goal of achieving the restructuring of Nigeria, an idea that the North have always been against. As a matter of fact, the North needs to come to terms with the reality that, the peaceful coexistence of Nigeria is predicated on the restructuring of Nigeria, and it is now or never. It is therefore possible to fix Nigeria in a short period of 4 years, provided the leader knows what the fundamental problems are and ready to confront them head on. Any promises by any aspirants of any political parties to turn Nigeria into Dubai through a well-crafted manifestoes are unrealistic and deceptive.

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    This is a clarion call to all well-meaning Nigerians in diaspora, to rise up to the occasion, seize the moment and bring about the long awaited and elusive change, if we desire a sustainable homeland that we can call our own, visit, and return to any time without hindrances. All Nigerian Diaspora Organisations such as The Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation Americans (NIDO), and The Nigeria in Diaspora Organisation UK, are called upon for actions, that we may have a secure and prosperous homeland to own and bequeath to our children. Regardless of what we call our home, whether fatherland, motherland, or homeland, what is important is for us to have an ancestral home. It is Only a bastard child that uses the left hand to point at his father’s home. Remember how in Egypt a king that knew not Joseph ascended the throne. How do you know that President Donald Trump cannot wake up one day and revoke our citizenship of the United States of America and send us packing to where? God forbid.

    God bless Nigeria.

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju  

  • Answer to the Question of Terrorism in Nigeria

    Answer to the Question of Terrorism in Nigeria

    The answer to the question of terrorism can be summed up in the analogy of the boat and the ship, and in relation to the conversation between the emperor and the pirate. Answering the Emperors questions, especially about what he does with the sea. He says, “because I do what I do with a boat, I am called a pirate, and because you do the same with a ship, you are called an Emperor”.

    The temptation of burning the barn to get rid of the rats is high. Burning the barn which is like setting the country Nigeria ablaze cannot and should not be adopted as an option. However, the question as to what next if all the means devised to rid the barns off the rats failed? What about a situation also, where the rats themselves are a major threat to the unity and survival of the country? Finding a way out of this political quagmire, leaves us with the indispensability of a collateral damage and the imperative of risk management, especially, in a country like ours, where a revolution is long overdue. There is no gainsaying the fact that, Nigerians are resilient and were adjudged the most-happy people in the world. These virtues, are what the politicians and the so-called leaders have taken for granted, having misconstrued them as docility and stupidity. Whatever the case may be, the problems of Nigeria, of which leadership is critical, ignorance can be described as the root cause. Because the knowledge that one acquires and not applied, makes one not different from an illiterate or ignorant. Majority of Nigerians who are citizens by birth, are unlearned in matters of nationalism, and the causation of why most citizens are not intentional or deliberate in matters of patriotism.

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

    Nationalism is basically a sense of pride, identity, and loyalty toward a nation. It also emphasizes a shared culture, language, history, and values. It plays a huge role in nations building, because, it helps unite people around a shared purpose and identity. It does foster cohesion, motivate collective action and gives people a sense of belonging within a country. As a good follow-up to the question of nationalism is citizenship. This is more of a legal status. You belong to a nation by law with rights and responsibilities. Patriotism on the otherhand, is more about a personal, emotional attachment and love for your country. The pertinent question to ask, is about why democracy is working in those countries from whom we copied the system of government such as the United States and the United Kingdom, with the dividend of the system accruing to their citizens, whereas, the experience is completely different here with us.  The answer cannot be far-fetched, and is connected to the important place of nationalism, where in the equation, without the former, you cannot get to the latter. So, you can be a citizen of a particular country without necessarily feeling strong patriotic emotions and vice-versa.

    National House of Assembly
    National House of Assembly

    However, when people don’t have a solid understanding of nationalism, it can lead to harmful consequences. For instance, it leads to feeling of extreme form of division like xenophobia or ethnic conflicts, people are critically thinking of what binds them together. It can also bring complacency. If people don’t know their history or shared goals, they may not engage in democracy or personal reforms. This can stunt the progress and unity of the country. Why the case of some of the advanced democracies is different includes the fact that nationalism and patriotism tend to be more balanced and informed by civic education, encouraging global outlooks. In contrast, with so many African countries, nationalism often emerged from anti-colonial struggles. In citizenship, awareness is still evolving, shaped by post-colonial legacies, governance, and civic education. Both regions need strong citizenship awareness to keep patriotism positive and inclusive. With the mentioned above, of the major building blocks of developments in any society or nations, and using them as our score card, we can assess where we are currently, where we need to be, and how to get there. Sentiments and jokes apart, with the kind of leaders we currently have occupying all the three arms of government, including the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary, Nigeria is on a life support. There is no doubting the belief that Nigeria can be fixed in a short period of just 4 years by a nationalistic, patriotic, and visionary leader. His preoccupation would be from the outset, to specialize and focus primarily on the major and not the minor. Of all the Presidents that the country has had since the return of democracy in 1999, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the most regional and tribalistic leader and to this end, deserves not to be trusted with the responsibility of steering the ship of the country. What should be the major focus of any sincere and God-fearing leader is the restructuring of the country Nigeria peacefully and amicably, including the jettisoning of the 1999 constitution which was hurriedly handed over to the country by the military to preserve their structures.

    President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in United Kingdom

    The best way to go therefore, is the way of the patriots. Had President Bola Ahmed Tinubu considered the proposals of the patriots, headed by the former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, and not allowed himself to be distracted by those lofty and ostentatious projects, such as the Lagos-Calabar coastal way, even though that is a big avenue or way of defrauding the country. Had President Bola Ahmed Tinubu left the bad for the good, the good for the better, and the better for the great, definitely, his name would have been on its way of being written in gold, as the ideal president and the builder of the modern Nigeria. Fellow Nigerians, do not be fooled and forget not, that, State Police is a major provision of restructuring. However, with the incontrovertible evidences that the country is in dire need of deliverance from insecurity in the forms of terrorism, banditry, and criminality in different forms and shades, suffice to say also, that, launching the state police agenda alone and on its own, is dead on arrival, as well as a recipe for anarchy and dismembering the country violently. The major problem of Nigeria and the obstacle on her way to surviving the looming disaster of unimaginable, and unprecedented magnitude is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria. Nigerians therefore, have a choice to make even before the already rigged 2027 general elections, and it is that of either, kicking him out, to keep Nigeria safe, united, and secure, or keeping him and losing our beloved country to insensitivity and foolishness. Truth be told, nationalism cannot be entrenched where a major section of the country has been crying foul over marginalization since after the civil war of 1967 to 1970. Belonging as someone puts it, is a funny thing. “People don’t feel like they belong, because they are told that they belong. Belonging is among the things that must necessarily go without saying, because you cannot belong and not know it”.

    Democracy

    The answer to the question of terrorism can be summed up in the analogy of the boat and the ship, and in relation to the conversation between the emperor and the pirate. Answering the Emperors questions, especially about what he does with the sea. He says, “because I do what I do with a boat, I am called a pirate, and because you do the same with a ship, you are called an Emperor”. However, in reality, slaves and Emperors are equal if they can both accept the roles destiny has assigned them, and do the best within those roles, especially toward their fellow humans.

    Nationalism
    Nationalism

    In closing, the lingering and escalating problems of insurgency and banditry will forever remain insurmountable, until those who are directly and indirectly benefiting from the criminal enterprise, including the sponsors, both within and outside the country, are identified, arraigned and prosecuted, a dream that may never be realized in Nigeria of today. The state visit of Nigeria’s president and the first lady to the United Kingdom, fits in for description as immoral extravagance and insensitive show of shame especially, because it happened at a time when Nigeria was under a siege of insecurity and challenged from several fronts. It also amounted to faking feeling good. It is also a stubborn refusal to blossom where one has been planted and choosing to flourish with hereditary honors. Nigerians cannot survive another 4 years with Tinubu and the APC. The long-awaited change is now or never. The journey to 2027 is turning the resilience of Nigerians to resistance. Revolution in Nigeria is NOW!

    God bless Nigeria.

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju

  • How to rescue Nigeria from the shackles of APC

    How to rescue Nigeria from the shackles of APC

    “Nigerians are tired of democracy without dividend and the options available include, demanding for democracy afresh, believing that those in power are not true democrats, not different from the military, and therefore deserve to be treated as such.”

    It is time for Nigerians both home and abroad to activate their analytic minds, with a view to salvaging the soul of our dear country before it is too late. Outside the National Assembly, where the rubber stamp members are occupying, representing themselves and not the electorates who voted for them and sent them to the House with a mandate.  The mandate of the people of Nigeria has been sold to the Executive, denying Nigerians representation. Be informed that the problems of Nigeria which stem from that of poor leadership, can also be juxtaposed with the fraudulent elections of 2023 that ushered in President Tinubu into office, for no one builds something on nothing, and if the foundation be destroyed, there is nothing the righteous can do. Gauging where the country is currently at, the good news is that, it is the building that is being weakened gradually and consistently. Nigerians forget easily, there is a saying that, one crime, leads to another. To this end, therefore, trying to wish away the dire consequences of fraud that characterized the 2023 general elections that ushered in President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, amounts to day dreaming and living in denial. What is referred to as democracy as it is currently being practiced, is nothing other than the hijack of power, and daylight political robbery.

    Why Chicago State University shouldn't release my academic records to Atiku– Tinubu
    Tinubu

    In a country where their judiciary that is supposed to be the last hope of the common man, is not different from a shopping complex. Justice is for sale in Nigeria, and to the highest bidder. The gale of defections going on in Nigeria among the governors of the opposition parties who are moving in drones to the ruling party, APC. This development as it is, amounts to  rigging the election before the proper elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC should not shy away from its responsibilities, especially, that of regulating the conducts of the political parties. The newly appointed chairman of INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, unfortunately, since he has agreed to dine with the devil, he must get for himself a long spoon. With all the structures that the ruling party has put in place, it won’t be out of place or politically incorrect to hold strongly to the belief that the 2027 elections have been rigged before the elections. Nigerians are tired of democracy without dividend and the options available include, demanding for democracy afresh, believing that those in power are not true democrats, not different from the military, and therefore deserve to be treated as such. Has the case of the forged NYSC certificate of Mr. President been resolved? It has been reliably gathered that the House of Representatives in Nigeria is trying to cleverly remove from the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the aspect that makes certificate forgery a ground to challenge the victory of a winner in an election contest. Indirectly, they are endorsing criminality, and absolving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of his alleged certificate forgery, a case that he narrowly escaped from in 2023. Shame on you that are well educated, including professors, Doctors and other professionals and technocrats for allowing the morally bankrupt politicians to use your brains, to the extent that, professionalism including all the ethics have become inconsequential and to no effect .Playing ethnicity card, using the Judiciary against the perceived foes of members of the ruling party, signing of the amended electoral act into law without the provision for real time transmission of results to the IREV, and these are distractions and a recipe for anarchy.

    The Judiciary

    What is remaining? Already, the president is Yoruba, the Chief Justice of the federation is Yoruba, the Chief of Defense staff is Yoruba, and the newly appointed Inspector General of police, Olatunji Disu, a Yoruba man and a Lagosian. This kind of appointment that is lopsided speaks volumes as to the kind of character of the person in the saddle. Definitely, Nigeria needs a leader who is detribalized and patriotic leader at this critical moment in the history of the country.  If according to what is being circulated all around about how the governors that defected were either coerced or intimidated turns out as true, what those responsible for such a barbaric act should remember is the saying that, “he who conquers his foe by force, conquers him only by half”. Understand that in dealing with politicians, the kind that we have in Nigeria today, one must be at least one step ahead of them, and that is to say that Nigerians should do everything humanly possible and within the ambit of the law, to safe guard the conducts of the 2027 general elections, ensuring fair play and transparency. The future of Nigeria in the hands of Tinubu and All Progressive Congress Party is bleak, and the earlier the better for Nigerians to rise up against all forms of intimidations and take back the country from its troublers. It is a wonderful thing if all the political parties in the opposition can come under the same thinking cap and make sensitive demands, such that can transform the electoral system for the better, generating the assurance that the votes of the people will count and in a peaceful atmosphere. With a well coordinated resentment against the oppressors of the people, because they have stolen almost all your resources and are afraid of dying, they will easily surrender with minimum pressure applied. All privately owned media are called upon to rise up to the occasion, seize the moment, and mistrust tomorrow. The media is expected to play a major role in redirecting the focus of the international community, now towards the emancipation of Nigerians politically, economically, socially and mentally. Nigerians need to be guided in the direction of gaining total freedom from mental slavery. The State police agenda is a ploy, and as promising as it may look before implementation, it has only succeeded before in countries whose federal government structures are working effectively.

    Nigerian Army

    Regardless of tribe, ethnicity, and religion, any leader whose profile is not clear to Nigerians should not be allowed to continue if he is already in the office, and if not, should not be allowed to get there. We have what it takes as Nigerians, to prove the city boy wrong with a bitter lesson from the outcome of the 2027 elections. We should make him to understand, that what is considered as the wisdom of the Lagosians, is the wisdom of all Nigerians from all walks of life, who have settled down in Lagos for decades, contributing to the overall developments. Recall that President Tinubu himself is one of the settlers from a town called Iragbigi in Osun state.

    Nigerian Police

    To say that Nigeria is the largest economy and democracy in Africa may be an overstatement and exaggeration. Nonetheless, the current population of Nigeria, which stands at 240 million cannot be controverted or exaggerated. The concerning thing about how the country is viewed and classified, whether as giant with a feet of clay, or otherwise leads to the reality of whether Nigerians as children of a meat seller should settle down to eat bones. Suffice to say that, any leader who fails in keeping the citizens safe and secure is a failure who deserves not to continue in power. Are we the real Nigerians who are known all over the world as always the best in whatever things that we choose to do? As a matter of priority, where the assistance of the United States is needed now is in the area of governance. The structures that have been put in place by the ruling party against the opposition, are good and enough evidences to discredit the conduct of the 2027 elections in advance. First and foremost, America should present itself to Nigerians as a beacon of light and the custodian and defender of democracy. Bad governance, we all know, is the breeding place for insecurity and other forms of criminality. What message is a leader who rigged himself into office sending to the terrorists and bandits? The regime of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the worst in terms of undermining the political structures of the country Nigeria, replicating the exact structure of the Lagos formula that looks like a dynasty. The regime of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 10th National Assembly is the worst in the history of the country since the commencement of the 4th Republic in 1999. What should Nigerians expect from a President who in his first tenure named almost all the renovated buildings of government, as well as roads, after himself without caution or restraint? Enough is enough. Nigeria is long due for a revolution. Revolution is NOW. God bless Nigeria.

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju

  • A Tale of Two Powerful Cities

    A Tale of Two Powerful Cities

    Leaders, Wars & Contradictions: Obama, Trump, and the World in Crisis

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju

    “There is also no common grounds for comparing the killing of leader of the Al Qaeda Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 911 and bombing of the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in 2001, with that of the Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The victory of Obama was the victory of America, unlike the invasion of Iran, which according to a popular poll, 6 out of 10 Americans were against the unprovoked war.”

    In the world full of contradictions is confusion, as well as incessant conflicts, which over the years have claimed so many lives unnecessarily. Of what use is a leader who cannot manage the contradictions of life and the attendant conflicts creatively?From among the super power countries America which is the strongest country in the world as well as the largest economy is at a vantage position to be a beacon of light, from whom much can be learnt, especially from its successes and failures, victories and defeats. As it is today, the leaders of every country, whether democratically elected or not, are the symbols of their countries whether for good or bad.

    In trying to interrogate some of the policies of the United States, especially the foreign policy, it would not be out of place to seek clarity on whether the American Presidents are people centric or over consumed by party ideology.

    Obama and Trump: A Tale of Two Presidencies

    I try to dispel all the ragging undercurrent of sentiments and emotions for objectivity, when trying to establish a connection between the Bible story of David and Saul, and the former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump, both of the United States. Recall how after David had killed Goliath, the women sang in praise of David, saying David has killed his 10,000 and Saul, his 1000. The aftermath was a chaotic situation, characterized by envy, suspicion and assassination attempts. Suffice to say that there is no basis for comparing former President Obama with other former Presidents of the United States, except President Donald Trump, simply because of his alignment with racism and his draconian immigration policy. There is no gainsaying the fact that all the 9 countries with nuclear weapon capabilities, namely United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, North Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel, aptly fit in for description as the Super Terrorists. To this end therefore, any aggressions from any of these countries to the others, are acts of terrorism.

    Multilateralism vs. Utilitarianism: Diverging Foreign Policies

    While the former President Obama adopted the multilateralism approach as his foreign policy thrust, Donald Trump adopted utilitarianism. He pulled America out of some key multilateral organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), World Trade Organization (WTO). He also withdrew America from the climate change agreement and imposed a high levy on NATO.

    President Barack Obama
    President Barack Obama championed multilateralism and diplomatic engagement as the cornerstone of his foreign policy.
    President Donald Trump
    President Donald Trump favoured utilitarianism, withdrawing the U.S. from key multilateral bodies and renegotiating international agreements.

    The Iran Question: Diplomacy Abandoned

    There is also no common grounds for comparing the killing of leader of the Al Qaeda Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the 911 and bombing of the World Trade Center (Twin Towers) in 2001, with that of the Supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The victory of Obama was the victory of America, unlike the invasion of Iran, which according to a popular poll, 6 out of 10 Americans were against the unprovoked war. Constitutionally, the World Power Resolution which dates back to 1973 is a statutory law that requires the President to consult the congress before sending US forces into hostilities. The constitution itself gives Congress the power to declare war, but overtime, Presidents have often acted without prior approval, citing their role as Commander in Chief. The only concerning thing about such behavior, especially from a leader of a country with nuclear weapon capability, is that, any other leader from among them the Super Terrorists, may just wake up one day and decide to bring existence to extinction.

    Iran War and Military Conflict
    The conflict involving Iran has drawn global attention and widespread condemnation — with many questioning the legal and moral basis for military aggression.
    Late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei
    The late Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei — whose killing the author argues cannot be compared to the targeted elimination of a terrorist mastermind.

    However, if what analysts are saying, that it was Israel and Saudi Arabia that exerted so much pressure on President Donald Trump to make him bye-pass the requisite approval from the Congress of the United States of America is true, one can only say it is unfortunate and may God save the world.

    Constitutional Guardrails and the War Powers Resolution

    United Nations Organisation
    The United Nations Organisation — established to maintain international peace and security — now faces its greatest tests as powerful nations act unilaterally beyond its framework.

    With Iran Obama presented a nuclear deal, JCPLA, meaning, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The agreement signed in 2015, reduced Iran’s Uranium enrichment capacity and an oversight function an inspection was handled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Iran under a robust international monitoring, was complying, until Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018,thereby creating a big shift from diplomatic engagements to a more pressure-based tactics, and as we all know, tactics is a bunch of ploys and there is an end.

    Britain’s Principled Stand

    The Prime minister of Britain, Keir Starmer, deserves commendations globally for declining the invitation from America to join in wagging war against Iran, citing the important place of national interest in making important decisions. While delivering a speech before the Parliamentarians, he referenced the Iraq war of 2003, and how Britain was dragged into it by America, and how they blindly followed. It was later discovered that America deceived the world, using the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by Saddam Hussein as an excuse for the invasion. The position taken by Britain was an allusion to the saying that only a fool allows himself to be deceived twice by the same person.

    Prime Minister of Britain, Keir Starmer
    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer received global praise for his principled refusal to join military action against Iran, referencing the costly lessons of the 2003 Iraq War.

    Netanyahu, Israel, and the Shadow of Influence

    The personality of a leader to a large extent, affects his capacity, and that is what determines the contents. For instance, in foreign policy, especially as pertaining to war management approaches. With Afghanistan, Obama’s, approach was that of gradual and responsible withdrawal of the troops, emphasizing diplomacy. With Donald Trump, it was a more direct dealing approach. His press for a negotiated peace led to the DOHA agreement signed on February 29, 2020, which pushed for a quicker removal of the American troops, in contrast with the Obama’s approach.

    Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu
    Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu — analysts suggest Israel, alongside Saudi Arabia, exerted significant pressure on President Trump to abandon the JCPOA and escalate against Iran.

    A Word to the World

    If you are rejoicing over the calamity of Iran today, do not over rejoice please, because madness is in degrees and mad men in the positions of leadership are scattered all over the world and you do not know who is he that is like of the ravenous wolves in sheep clothings. Our world today is polluted with risks and uncertainties. You are not admonished to pray only, but to pray, watch, and say something when you see something. It is impossible for the world to achieve the peace it wants, and on the terms on which it wants it. Think of this, which is better, between being the agent of the fulfilment of doom on the world, and a savior, the peace lover and maker. Shadow chasing is the portion of the ignorant. The wise shall inherit glory.

    “A wise man says that, kings have long arms, but misfortune longer. Therefore, let none think of himself out of reach.”

    Shalom
    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju.

  • Nigeria in Unholy Alliance with America

    Nigeria in Unholy Alliance with America

    There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria is in a precarious situation as made possible by poor leadership. It is an incontrovertible truth that Nigeria was once the giant of Africa. However, the reality now is a country infested with insecurity which has proved intractable somewhat. People often say and in most cases jokingly, that someone is playing with fire, but this time and as a matter of fact, it is Nigeria as a country that is about to be set on fire by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his APC, the ruling and the killing party in Nigeria.

    As things are today, one can only speculate and guesstimate what magnitude of problems await Nigeria effective now and going into 2027. Another concerning dimension to the problem of the country is the unholy alliance between America and Nigeria in the guise of enforcing the international counter – terrorism charter of the United Nations, for selfish gains and extrinsic considerations. Is it too hasty to conclude that Nigeria is for sale? The contract Nigeria signed with a US company that provides lobbying services at a whopping amount of 9 million dollars for a period of six months, and within a short period the works of the lobbyists had fructified, as evidenced in the manner which President Donald Trump of the United States lavished undeserved presidential encomiums on the first lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, at a conference held in the United States for Inter-Faith community in February 5, 2026.

    There is nothing bad in seeking help when needed, but where to seek it and from whom is the issue. Remember the song of Bob Marley which says, “your best friend could be your worst enemy, and your worst enemy your best friend”. It is near insanity therefore, attempting to judge a man’s piety by his appearance on a Sunday. President Donald Trump and America can better assist Nigeria by taking interest in what is goes about  the governance of the people, a major causation of the lingering insecurity problems in Nigeria. Defending Christians in Nigeria is a righteous cause, but not in the face of the biting hunger in the land. Fighting insecurity jointly gives hope, but not in the face of poverty and food insecurity, a situation that suggests a choice between two evils. If Nigerians as a people have a say in the affairs of their country, the help needed from America is in politics, especially the 2027 General elections. The illegal structures erected against all the opposition parties by the All Progressive Congress Party is already a recipe for anarchy. Nigerians are literarily living on their knees.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

    United Nations

     Whether they are able to come to terms with the imperative of dying on their feet when the situation at hand calls for it or not is a question that agitates the minds of all perceptive Nigerians, and an answer that matures with time. Every other thing may be blurry and inaccessible to Nigerians, except that allowing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his All Retrogressive Congress Party to continue beyond 2027 is mortgaging Nigeria and truncating the colourful destinies of the people on a platter of mediocrity.

    Reverend Jesse Jackson

    The resilience of Nigerians is being mistaken for foolery and this must be vehemently resisted and NOW. In the words of the late American Human Rights icon and former presidential candidate, Reverend Jesse Jackson, “Do not look down on anyone, except you are ready to lift him up from the ground”. May God bless his gentle soul.

    By Samuel  Tunji  Adeyanju

  • The Second-Coming of Donald Trump: Fear Grips Americans, the World Catches Cold

    The Second-Coming of Donald Trump: Fear Grips Americans, the World Catches Cold

    It is not funny at all, how the Americans are gripped by the fear of uncertainty and the world catches cold as the President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House after his swearing in that is scheduled for 20th January, 2025. It is instructive to note, how one person can make the entire world jittery and flabbergasted. The reasons cannot be far-fetched and can be connected to his threatening utterances at his campaign rallies, targeting those whom he considers as his political opponents, holding positions in Public Service, especially the Department of Justice and others, whom he has vowed to use his office to challenge their unlawful existence in America, including the illegal immigrants that are to face mass deportation. His plans on the release of those who have been incarcerated regarding the January 6th 2021 insurrection on the Capitol Hill, which he is believed to be the mastermind, as well as his threat against the Palestinians and the promise made to end the Russia-Ukraine war on his first day of assumption of power.

    President-elect, Donald Trump at a Campaign rally

    Recall also, the strong message he sent to China on his planned increase of tariff on the goods manufactured by China. His planned policies that are at variance with those of his predecessor Joe Biden, in respect of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as well as the possibility of pulling America out of the Committee of Nations, who are in support of finding solutions to the problem of climate change. There is no gain saying the fact that the President-elect Donald Trump has so much in his mouth to chew, as well as having so much in terms of both the local and foreign policy issues to contend with.

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    The American Flag

    Don’t forget also that he has only just four years to turn around the world into how he would like it to be, and probably forgetting that the blind man’s world is limited by the bound of his touch. However, it is not a surprise that one man can aspire to change the entire world in four years, especially when one considers the strong personality and the optimism of Donald Trump. This is somebody who admonishes that since one has to think anyway, one should think big. He is also a believer in the admonition that one’s reach should exceed his grasp because that is why the Heavens are there. In fairness to him, wisdom demands that no one should underestimate someone who overestimates himself.

    Having analyzed as much as one knows about the President-elect Donald Trump, it is important also to appreciate the fact that as fearful as reality is, it is not as fearful as the evasion of reality itself. To this end, it is important to make these important suggestions that are as follows to Mr. Donald Trump, the President-elect.

    The Capitol Hill

    Since the Pedestal that informed the choice of the theme or mantra of your campaign which is “making America great again”, was connected to Christianity, its actualization therefore becomes  a task which only God who is the Creator of the heavens and the earth can make happen, it is therefore important to take the emphasis on “self” out of the equation, for no man who plays God will be able to remain as man again. A good example is King Nebuchadnezzar in the bible and King Herod in the bible also (Acts of the Apostles Chapter 12).

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    It is important also to note that God alone is the one that has the power to raise up and to bring down kings. God does spare the lives of people either for the declaration of His praise or for their destruction. In either of the two situations, God takes His glory which cannot be shared with any man, and remains unchangeable and unquestionable. We recall how God raised Pharaoh and for his destruction in the red sea. What determines what becomes of any man, whose life God has spared whether for glory or for destruction, is whether the man is well positioned in the covenant or not.  There is a passage of scriptures that buttresses the assertion: “and you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day” (Deuteronomy 8:18).

    President-elect Donald Trump

    The words, power and wealth, can be used interchangeably even as we are admonished to have respect to the covenant, because the dark places of the earth are full of the habitation of cruelty. To the President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump, magnanimity in victory is a mark of humility and behind the greatness of Moses was his meekness, for only the meek will God guide in judgement and he, will God teach His ways. There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end are the ways of destruction. May the President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump not go in the ways of destruction. He should remember also that man is man because of others, alone, man is an animal. Together, we can make America better and greater. God bless the President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump. God bless America.

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  • Trump’s Return Indicts Americans on the Bad Question They Failed to Ask Him

    Trump’s Return Indicts Americans on the Bad Question They Failed to Ask Him

    Today January 20th, 2025 is significant in America for two important reasons. One of it being the Martin Luther King Day, which is a public holiday set aside for the remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr. It is a day to reflect on King’s contributions to equality, justice, and peace, and to recommit to his vision of nonviolent activism. The other reason is being a day for the swearing-in of the former President Donald J. Trump, in his second-coming as the 47th President of the United States of America. His second-coming, though a milestone achievement, is however not unprecedented, for America had Grover Cleveland as the first American President with a nonconsecutive two terms presidency in the United States of America, who was in the saddle between 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. However, what makes the presidency of Donald Trump, especially his second-coming unprecedented and unique, is his record as the first former and serving American President convicted with a criminal offense, making him to wear the toga of a felon. Interestingly, the conviction of Donald Trump, after his first tenure in office, serves as the only saving grace for the American democracy, which has its pillar in the rule of law. Had the Judiciary missed the opportunity of meting out the deserved conviction and sentence, which although carries an unconditional discharge on President Donald Trump, America would have completely lost its respect among the Committee of Nations, as a beacon of light and the true champion of democracy.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Regardless of the criminal record of President Donald Trump, Americans went to the poll on November 5th 2024, and spoke loudly, though not clearly you may wish to say, by electing Donald Trump to return to the White House, as the 47th President of the United States of America. The peaceful conduct of the elections was also a credit to America and Americans, and this further cements the foundation of the American democracy. However, the incontrovertible truth that this development of the choice of President Donald Trump by Americans to be their 47th President, with all his baggage of atrocities, is that of the dearth of character.

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    Election in America

    “We say we want a renewal of character in our day, but we don’t really know what we ask for. To have a renewal of character is to have a renewal of a creedal order that constraints, limits, binds, obligates, and compels. This price is too high for us to pay. We want character but without conviction. We want strong morality but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame. We want virtue but without particular moral justifications that invariably offend. We want good without having to name evil. We want decency without the authority to insist upon it. We want moral community without any limitations to personal freedom. In short, we want what we cannot possibly have on the terms that we want it.”- James Davison Hunter

    January 6th Capitol Hill Insurrection

    Noteworthy are the manifestations of the hands of God in this development as demonstrated by fearful acts that only the hands of God can bring to bear in the world of men. The passage to glory of the 39th President of the United States of America, Jimmy Carter, who also is the longest-lived President of the United States, making it to 100 years, at a time when it was possible for the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to administer his funeral, wasn’t an accidental coincidence, especially going by the enviable and unprecedented legacy that he left behind and as a democrat. The sad event of the wildfire that came upon a prominent part of Los Angeles in California, which was unprecedented and was described as the kind that no any water system in the world can quench, serving to herald, the second-coming of Donald Trump, also deserves a special place in our hearts.

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    President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
    President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris

    The last but not the least is the unfriendly weather of below zero negative degree, which makes it impossible for the swearing-in ceremony of Donald Trump to be held outside for maximum visibility, which no power of man can prevail on, is also very significant for those who are perceptive, and only those who observe these things will be wise and appreciate the place of the rule of God in the affairs of men. God uses the foolish things to confound the wise, but for as many as are perceptive and discerning, these are a divine invitation to President Donald J. Trump, to be cautious and not to lean on his own understanding. He should not mind what the sycophants are whispering in his ears, for God alone is the one who gives power and power is transient.

    Late Former President Jimmy Carter

    In conclusion, the best questions are those that are asked and no matter how good the ideas that one may have may be, as long as they need clarifications for perfection, until relevant questions are asked, the ideas may not see the light of the day, and the questions not asked, turn out as bad questions. Recall that the question that President Donald Trump posed to Americans during his campaigns and which gave him the needed support was “Were you (Americans) better off economically this year (2024), than you were 4 years ago?” The answer to his question was a capital No. However, the only question which Americans failed to ask in return was about what has changed in the character of President Donald Trump between when he was kicked out of office in 2020, and 2024 when he was seeking a re-election. Americans also failed to ask him why he could not build the wall that he promised to build to separate America from Mexico, in his first tenure of 4 years. Without gainsaying the fact, the second-coming of President Donald Trump also presents the opportunity to Americans, this last time, to observe and tinker with the missed opportunity, in relation to the important question they failed to ask and as at when due, for what is bad about making a mistake, is to keep making it.

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    Statue of Liberty
    Statue of Liberty

    Prayer for America: “Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves as people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endue with the Spirit of wisdom, those to whom in thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in Thee to fail. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.” – Father Tim

    God bless the United States of America.

  • Why Serve the God of Israel?

    Why Serve the God of Israel?

    “And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them”- Exodus 6:3.

    Ignorance on the part of the Christians regarding who the true God whose name is Jehovah Nissi and limiting their understanding of God to being the God of Jacob, who also is known as the God of Israel, and allowing their activities about worshipping God to revolve around this myopic experience is the major reason why the realization of a peaceful world has hitherto been difficult to realize and elusive. It is of utmost importance to understand who Israel is and the reason why the name Israel and Jacob are used interchangeably in the bible.

    “This piece is not in any way to be regarded as antisemitism or an approval of what the holocaust represents, rather it is an eye-opening truth of the scriptures and a hammer that is poised to shattering the stronghold of darkness, which covers the earth and the gross darkness that covers the people.”

    “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter”- Isaiah 5:20.

    The knowledge of God has gone beyond how He revealed Himself to Moses, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to that of Him who came into the world as the word of God and the entrance of whom gives light. Until we, especially the Christians, understand that what gave birth to the name God of Israel in the bible was the encounter which Jacob had with God, which gave him a change of name to Israel by the entrance of the word of God, which makes us the light of the world and the salt of the earth.

    “The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lightened upon Israel”- Isaiah 9:8.

    Terrorists

    Light is what enhances vision and visibility and without which darkness dominates. This brings to the fore the question of whether the Israel that we have today in the Middle East as a country is a theocratic or a secular state. As long as the behavior and characters of the state of Israel that we have today do not conform with what constitutes the source of peace in the world, nothing therefore makes any difference in it from the state of Palestine.

    “Serving the God that accepts the killings of human beings as a way of domination, conquest, ethnic cleansings, and the settlement of scores, is nothing different from idolatry, and any country or state that has this attitude in his DNA and exhibits this kind of behavior towards humanity, is therefore not different from those who are the proponents of the ideologies of organizations like the Hamas, the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), the Boko Haram, the ISWAP (Islamic State of West Africa Province), and all other terrorist organizations in the world.”

    To this end therefore, serving the God of a group of people in this category is nothing other than an abomination. This is where the Christians today have missed it, being intoxicated by the wine of religion instead of that of the Spirit of God, and the very reason why they blindly give their support to the state of Israel, who is culpable for the act of genocide, as can be seen in its war against Hamas and by extension the Palestinians. It is carnality to claim as Christians that we serve the God of Israel, for this God of the people, we claim to serve, is of the Jews but not for the Jews.

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    Israel-Hamas War

    It is worthy of note that spiritual blindness is far worse than physical blindness and it is noteworthy also that the blindman’s world is limited by the bound of his touch, and to this end, whatever it is that deceives the blindman’s walking stick, has automatically deceived the blindman. A blindman who follows another blindman, both will end up in a pit, and this is very instructive. The scripture makes it clear in John 9:41 that “Jesus said unto them, if ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, we see; therefore, your sin remaineth.”  This scripture is a clear description of the position of the Christians today, hence the reason why they support the ungodly behavior of the state of Israel against Palestine. America’s support for Israel is not in any way a surprise, the reason being that America only claims that “in God we trust”, whereas it is not in any way in sync with the spirit that brings life into what it does.

    “This explains why in spite of America’s reputation as the strongest country in the world with the strongest economy and army, it was the country that lost the most to COVID-19, in terms of the number of the innocent Americans that died during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as an unfortunate victim to all natural disasters.”

    America therefore is a paradox and an analogy of the life of Naaman, the Syrian, whom the bible described in 2 Kings 5:1 as “Now, Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.”

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    Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America

    America is not to blame, for it is not different from a blindman that is following another blindman, who also deserve to end up in the destination of the one that is following. How does it make any spiritual sense that the God of a state that is dependent solely on America for bombs to fight against his enemies, is the God that the Christians serve, who understandably is Jehovah the Man of war, who has what it takes to make His followers more than conquerors? Jesus indeed alludes to the fact that salvation is of the Jews but not for the natural Jews, but for as many as believed in Him as their personal Lord and Savior and who by encounter as experienced like Jacob, who had a change of name from Jacob to Israel, are the spiritual Jews.

    Do you wonder why Christians long and dream of the heavenly Jerusalem? The implication of this is the realization that being born in the earthly Jerusalem and living one’s life in Bethlehem of Judea where Jesus was born, without accepting Jesus Christ as one’s Lord and Savior, does not confer on one, the status of a spiritual Jew, as well as the candidate for the heavenly Jerusalem.

    “Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him”- John 4: 21 & 23.

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    Jerusalem

    Recall how the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the commencement of the war of reprisal against the Palestinians, over the barbaric and terrorist act of October 7, 2023, that led to the killing of 1200 innocent Israelis and the adoption of 250 Israeli hostages quoted by the bible, the book of Ecclesiastes 3, which says “there is time for war and there is time for peace.” With his actions, many Christians were captivated and deceived into seeing him as a spiritual Jew, who was in sync with the spirits behind the scripture and in touch with Christ, not knowing that Christ, the only way, the truth and the life, had foreseen a situation like that and had resolved to provide the way of escape to the true believers, before his political gimmick discombobulated the true believers and causing for them a distraction.

    “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me”- John 5:39.

    In conclusion,

    “do you as a Christian wonder why Egypt was one of the countries brokering peace between Israel and the Palestinians? The knowledge of God has gone beyond praying to the God of Israel, to that of worshipping God in spirit and in truth, otherwise, Jesus Christ, the Messiah of the world, who was born in Bethlehem of Judea, would not have been taken to Egypt to be hidden from Herod the king, an incident that was instrumental to why Jesus was able to complete the work of salvation that He came to do for mankind.”

    Any Christian who is ignorant and wants to die in it by supporting Israel against the Palestinians, should also go ahead and support Russia against Ukraine. A word is enough for the wise, and may God open your eyes of understanding. “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here”- Matthew 12:42. Be blessed.

    By Samuel Tunji Adeyanju

    GMN Chief Executive Officer, USA

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