There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor polite, not popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him he is right.—Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) In his book, An Outline of the History of the World, Herbert Abraham Davies relates the epic story of how a cleric put himself in the …

At the close of every month, an African non-denominational brand, the Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK), launches into the international scene, seeking a solution to humanity’s multi-,disciplinary crisis, arising from integrity bereavement. We’re all discomfited, distressed and depressed under a cloud of uncertainty about what is to drop down. Nations and their governments are facing a host of seemingly implacable …

Most of us agree with Chinua Achebe, Africa’s late literary colossus, that Nigeria’s chief post-Independence headache has been the challenge of leadership. He said in his 1983 book, The Trouble with Nigeria: ‘’The trouble with Nigeria is simply a failure of leadership… The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility, to the …

Except a man be born again…he cannot enter into the kingdom of God – Jesus Christ. Dateline: Ijebu–Ode, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, Sunday, 5th April 1964 A preacher is delivering a message in a church. Among those he’s addressing is William Folorunso Kumuyi, 23. The lad is ‘’almost like a moralist’’, as he listens and watches the cleric. The preacher …