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Dressed in his signature closed-neck suit, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome stared directly into the camera, declaring that "there was never a proof that vaccines ever worked".

By Julius Ogunro Nigerians are buffeted from all corners. Inflation is at an all-time high, even as the value of the naira has sharply plummeted, heralding what is probably the worst economic crisis the country has seen. Coupled with the rising wave of crime in the form of kidnapping, armed robbery, and banditry, the general

By Julius Ogunro We are in the golden age of Nigeria’s cultural and creative dominion of Africa. From Cape Town to Cairo, and Blantyre to Bamako, everyone is dancing to Nigeria’s afro beats, watching our film stars on television, or consuming one of the varieties of the country’s creative productions. So steeply has Nigeria’s artistic

By Julius Ogunro The BBC’s three-part documentary on the late TB Joshua: The Disciples: The Cult of TB Joshua, highlights the disturbing abuse that took place in his church for decades. Here are the five lessons from it: 1. Anyone can be psychologically manipulated and controlled regardless of their education and class. A barely literate

By Julius Ogunro A few days ago, I stumbled on the live broadcast of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the lead Pastor of the Christ Embassy Church. Titled Your Loveworld Specials with Pastor Chris, it was a platform for the pastor to air right-wing conspiracies and loony ideas on global events and issues, with climate change being

Adams made the call in a letter he wrote to the Governor, titled: "RELIGIOUS FANATISM: CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER IN ILORIN."

By Julius Ogunro Ilorin is increasingly becoming the scene of an epic clash between two religious traditions: Islam and African Traditional Religion. Three recent incidents are markers of this culture war and a frightening dimension of the continuous fragmentation of Nigerian society. The first incident involves the Isese priestess, Yeye Ajesikemi Olokun Omolara Olatunji, who

Ilorin is increasingly becoming the scene of an epic clash between two religious traditions: Islam and African Traditional Religion.

What is striking is the way we consider deaths and suffering that don’t personally affect us. We treat these as statistics.

I was born in Maroko, a now demolished Lagos seaside slum, which has metamorphosed into posh Lekki. Although Maroko was a medley of various Nigerian ethnicities, Yoruba was its primary language and culture. All Maroko children spoke Yoruba, regardless of ethnic origin. Yoruba worldview and ethos were, therefore, the first cultural values I learned. Reflecting