President Biden will inherit a troubled world YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA The road ahead for Biden's administration will not be easy as the past domestic impediments are still lurking around. The road will be steep in the short run....

Big relief as the Trump experiment ends CHARLES OFOJI, Cologne, Germany It was a weird dream that a man from the private sector, with no public administration experience, could be trusted with steering America to greatness.

Give me my share! Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA Recently, a well dressed young man in English suit suddenly stopped his [luxurious] SUV at the middle of the busy Douglas road in Owerri.... 'Give me my share! Where is my share?' He began to walk in a zigzag way along the busy market road, not minding the heavy vehicular movement.

Joe Biden: The restoration of a (Dis)United people and American soul YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA The trust reposed in Biden and his government experience will help him to quickly leverage and work with his former Republican colleagues; and the enemy-induced reTrumplicans in the US Congress.

MLK: A tribute to a quintessential black American YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA King's messages of love, oratorical stance, and powerful speeches from his contemporaries are vocal resources that energize good people's everyday lives.

An ode to Christian Chukwu, the soccer "Chairman", on the attainment of the biblically significant year of seventy! CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium His uncanny leadership style was never in doubt during his captaincy of the Rangers.

Labourers are needed! (The 3-3-3 formula to the rescue) Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada So Jesus instructed his disciples to go and make sure there are labourers for this huge job of souls harvesting! He also made it easy for us to do it.

The birth of bouncing baby diocese Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA As he was about to open the bottle, I sarcastically pleaded, 'Please wait a bit. I appreciate your generous gifts. You came to inform me that your wife just climbed down. Why did you not tell me when she climbed up?'

Nigerian Youths, "Where art thou?" YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA If I have my way, I would have graciously advised all the youths in Nigeria to change their juvenile activism and tactless strategies to take back their future from men of yesterday.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK The year and decade of apocalyptic revelation (2021-2029) MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Please let's pray for that young man call Omoyele Sowore and anyone who can reach him where he is being held incommunicado in Nigeria should tell him to confess his sins and give his life to my Lord, Master and Savior Jesus Christ. Even if he is released on bail....

Thank you, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA In retrospect, every Nigerian residing in the U.S. or the Diaspora, who witnessed the 'Trump insurrection' ... will be quick to ... appreciate the meekness and courteous goodwill of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Implications of President Buhari's new diaspora remittance policy ALFRED AISEDIONLEN, London, UK President Buhari may have been persuaded by those Naira and foreign currencies auctioneers whose main goods of trade are foreign currencies, which are now very scarce in the country due mainly to the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Who is with you? Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Choose wisely who to marry, be sure the person is with Jesus, if he or she is not with Jesus don’t go there. Find out who to do business with, if he or she is not with Jesus don’t go there.

Will APC remain in power beyond 2023, as its presidential ticket narrows to Tinubu? UZOMA AHAMEFULE, Vienna, Austria I know that the Nigerian people are very horrible when it comes to choosing their political leaders because they forget easily and can be effortlessly deceived....

2021: My Year to Discover and Recover Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada God says many lives have been ravaged and raided by Coronavirus and all manner of diseases, in 2021 you shall recover lost grounds. God says He has a good plan for you.

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Your actions of today, blessings or curse for your children tomorrow, lessons of king Jeroboam SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria Some people have received God's blessings and mercies, which are rewards of the past good deeds of their parents. In the same manner, others have received severe punishments and curse due to the past evil deeds of their parents.

CHANGEUP TONIC Don't fret - God has got you covered GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA The People that drove Isaac out came back to beg him. Hear me; your promotion is not in the hands of a man. Those that had laid traps for you, thinking you will not become all that God wants you to be will come back to make peace with you....

A candid advice to coach Gernot Rohr! CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium The year 2021 will be very crucial to the fortunes of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the new dispensation. If 'am not mistaken, the Super Eagles will play ten competitive matches in the 2022 Nations' cup and World cup qualifiers!

The botched "Nigeria Vision 2020" YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA ...my contemporary Nigerians or Africans are squandering the opportunities that the interregnum of social media (that is, the advent of the age of ignorance or misuse of information on social media) is festering or bringing unto us.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Apocalypse and Revelation for 2021 and beyond MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA THE COMING OF CORONAVIRUS 2.0 PANDEMIC: As an addendum to the above on the current global virus, another outbreak of another mega pandemic that is deadlier and more murderous than Coronavirus-19 is warming up in the kingdom of darkness.

The ugliness of Year 2020 Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA A certain young couple gave birth to non-bouncing ugly baby boy, who was born with long beard and thick hairy body. His face looked like the face of the jungle monkey.

The U.S. and 2020 Word of The Year! (How the world was temporarily closed) YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA ...one word kept running through the profound ways our lives have been upended or changed—and our language so rapidly morphed—in this freakish year-2020.

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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A vintage woman for the WTO YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Dr. Okonjo-Iweala's vintage and creative managerial skills transcend the firmament of local and international monetary affairs. She also has a record in the homefront that speaks volumes.

Hope for a wounded and hurting nation: New Year wishes for Nigeria Rev Fr. STAN CHU ILO, Chicago, USA As we step into 2021, many questions come to the minds of many Nigerians, namely: Will we have a better year as a country or shall we continue in the cycle of decay, violence, blame-game, and generalized anger, frustration, suffering and pain?

Revisiting the issue of special status for Lagos State SHOLA BABS-ARO-LAMBO, Dublin, The Republic of Ireland Lagos has always been a melting pot in which all Nigeria’s ethnic groups melted harmoniously due to the unparalleled hospitality and open-mindedness of the mainly Yoruba ethnic indigenes of Lagos.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Folks complain about COVID-19 lock down in Nigeria but will not do the needful! ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA Every time I look, many Nigerians are contesting the existence of COVID-19! Some say they have never seen anyone that has it. ... Others argue that it is a government hoax to siphon money away through COVID palliatives.

What are you wearing? Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Notice the way God was meticulous in telling Noah how to build the ark, the way he told Moses how to build the tabernacle is the way he was meticulous on what the high priest and priests should wear,

Christmas and the Birth of Truth on Earth at a time like this! Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican What has a discourse on Jesus Christ as the 'Truth of God' born in human flesh at Bethlehem on Christmas Day, gotten to do with our world today? A world governed by neo-geopolitics and neo-colonialism supremacy of the powerful nations....

NIN and SIM CARDS CHRIS EBHOTE, London, UK The hollowness of a link between NIN and SIM card.: what happens to non Nigerians either living or visiting or in employment or operating a business in Nigeria?

A Short Tribute to Dr. Fauci at 80 YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Without any hindsight, for those of us who do not know Anthony Stephen Fauci, this unsolicited piece is a synopsis of the man currently fighting the (in)visible enemy-Mr. Coronavirus and liars in the United States

Give Mike Pence credit for "one thing" after a chaotic regime! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA In a real-life situation, If not polluted, Pence's demeanor can sway excellent and intelligent people to his side in any plebiscite. But the dude's first-rated character has been obsequiously sucked up to the outgoing mendacious and loquacious Potus.

ONYINYE'S MIRROR ON LIFE How I "landed" in Lagos! ONYINYE OYEDELE, Ontario, Canada When mom jokes about the 'details' of the story, I have this urge to retell it as I remember. It is one of those childhood memories that trying to unravel has been quite a blur.

Arm Nigerians now to defend themselves E O EKE, UK The recent killings in Southern Kaduna is the latest evidence that those who depend on the government of Mohammadu Buhari to keep them safe would be killed in cold blood.

Buhari, a General in fear CLIVE AKINSOLA The aphrodisiac fire of deep-seated evil is consuming the nation's foundation, and the righteous are looking on or bemused.

Nigeria's Tragedy: The lack of political will to fight and end the Boko Haram war and banditry PRIYE S. TORULAGHA, Miami, Florida, USA It is difficult to stomach the fact that the Nigerian military, which helped to stop political and military conflicts in different parts of the world, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Lebanon, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Sudan is unable to put an end to the Boko Haram disaster....