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Isn’t It Interesting? God, the Devil, and the Whole Job Matter Isn’t it interesting that the devil was thrown out of heaven — God’s own heaven, with angels and all — and God was basically like, “Well, heaven ain’t his home anymore. Throw him into earth, let man deal with him.” So the devil landed on middle earth here and stumbled upon Job. But this same devil somehow used his knowledge of advocacy to step back into God’s presence. Like, how can someone chased out of heaven still stroll into God’s presence as if nothing happened? This story no clear. Maybe the thing is, he didn’t go in as Lucifer the rebel who convinced a third of the angels to crown him some deity equal to God. No. He accessed God’s presence as a judge, an authority figure. And God must have recognized that office rather than the fallen being behind it. The wild part? That position originally belonged to man. It was man’s jurisdictional seat. So there they were — God discussing Job, calling him upright and blameless. T...

  Nigeria’s Bright Sparks and the Quest for Collective Light: The Journey towards getting it right A Paradox of Individual Success Why do so many individuals get it right in our country, yet collectively, we still haven’t? Football offers a vivid example. Watching Nigerian players perform week in and week out on the global stage is pure delight. Victor Osimhen’s consistency at Napoli, or the joy Galatasaray fans feel in Turkey for having a player who gives his all—these are testaments to Nigerians who have gotten it right. Yet, it’s only during international breaks that we get a taste of our own honey; the clubs reap the best of their brilliance. But football isn’t the only example. I was already in my adult years when I discovered that a Nigerian owned one of the top airports in the United Kingdom. That’s not a small feat—it’s evidence of mastery, of rightness. Nigerian doctors head departments abroad; our academics lead global research projects; our authors converse with wor...

Why Nigerian Football Still Trails the African Pack: A Game Beyond the Pitch From wage disparities to systemic inertia, the challenges of Nigerian football reflect a deeper national pattern — one where the real opponent isn’t on the field but in the system itself. Recently, I came across a post highlighting the earnings of Africa’s top football teams — from South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns to Egypt’s Al Ahly and Zamalek, TP Mazembe of the Congo, ES Tunis of Tunisia, Morocco’s RS Berkane and Wydad Casablanca, and USM Alger of Algeria. What caught my attention wasn’t the familiar names but the numbers beside them: these clubs pay their players an average of no less than $2,500 per month . Surprisingly, no Nigerian club made the list. At an exchange rate of ₦1,700 to a dollar, even a modest $1,000 monthly wage would amount to ₦1.7 million — roughly equivalent to what a Nigerian vice-chancellor earns. Yet, that is far from the reality. Like most professions in the Nigerian labor marke...