Religion in Nigeria

Ethics (African)

Ethics is a human science. But it is not just about deducing abstract moral principles in a philosophical manner. It is about the task of decision for a living person confronted with situations…

Mike Bamiloye

Mike Bamiloye; evangelist, producer and film director, is Nigeria’s best known maker of Christian- themed films. A graduate of the Osun State College of Education, Bamiloye has thrived in…

Osun Groove

Osun Groove is the worship centre of the Yoruba Impersonation of the “Waters of Life,” and the spiritual mother of the Osogbo township. To her, Osun belong the Groves, but one or the…

Ojubo Osogbo

Ojubo Osogbo, a component of the Osun Groove, is ancient, older than the town of Osogbo (which is not older than 400 years, according to Chief Olugunna’s research). The statue of Osun where…

Fundamentalism

Fundamentalism; is ideological or religious intolerance. There is a clear demarcation between terrorism at an international level and the rise of fundamentalism in northern Nigeria as a…

Ifa

The central figure in Ifa divinity is Orunmila, the God of wisdom who, in Yoruba myth, was witness to earth’s creation. There is no going further in human history than that. Oduduwa’s…

Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

Ibrahim El-Zakzaky; prominent Islamic activist and protagonist of Islamic Republic of Nigeria. Born 1953 in Zaria, Kaduna State, El-Zakzaky went to Provincial Arabic School, 1969-70; Teachers…

Badejo Wilson

Badejo Wilson; General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria from 1999 to 2009. He was praised by his church on his death at the age of 74 as a man of many parts who was able to unlock…

Peter Awelewa Adebiyi

Peter Awelewa Adebiyi; clergy of the Anglican Communion, advocate of political restructuring, true federalism and good governance. Peter Adebiyi was for 14 years the Bishop of the Diocese of…

Sokoto Caliphate

Sokoto Caliphate; the history of which, in the 19th Century commenced in 1804, is essentially centered on the legendary Dan Fodio and his socio-religious revolution, otherwise referred to as the…