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So, once again, the president assembled some Christian priests and together they prayed for the nation. At the end of the jamboree, they declared a 7-day prayer for the country.

Ah!

Are we ever going to learn in this country?

Readers will agree that this column has consistently maintain the principled stance that prayers are no substitutes for thinking and planning.

My younger brother’s favourite saying is: ‘Prayer is not a strategy,’ and I fully subscribe to it.

It is difficult to know for what exac

These are collections of African Fables and Moonlight stories which, in the past, parents and grand-parents tell to children. They formed part of the moral education of the children. Before the advent of the Internet, Computer Games and Television, families gathered after the evening meal, especially when the moon is up and shining, and people take turn to tell stories, and invite children to tell what lessons they have learned. It is hoped that these stories will help in the so-much desired cul