British scholar: ‘Don’t take the bible literally’ – Dr Hugh Houghton

Dr Hugh Houghton said the earliest Latin interpretation of the Gospels tells readers not to take the Bible too literally ShutterstockA British academic has said that the earliest Latin interpretation of the Gospels tells readers not to take the Bible too literally.Dr Hugh Houghton, of the University of Birmingham, said “it’s not the literal meaning …

Mr Justice Darling: “an impudent little man in horsehair” By Henry Brooke

Mr Justice Darling, “Judicial Lightweight”, by SpyThis blog is written about an English judge who died, aged 87, a month before I was born, and inhabited a totally different age..He had served as a High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division for 27 years and was made a peer (not a law lord) the …

COME TO EQUITY WITH CLEAN HANDS by Hassan Mohammed

There is a reason why it was stated that if you are coming to equity come with clean hands. You cannot preach against or fight a corrupt system when your hands may themselves be soiled and tainted.You can't instill financial/ethical discipline if you are not, culturally, financially and ethically disciplined. Ask Emir MSII, Prof. Mahmoud …

Trump is a blowhard – By Fareed Zakaria

How did we get here? Why does it appear that we’re on the brink of a war in Asia, one that could involve nuclear weapons? North Korea has had nuclear-weapons capacity for at least 10 years. Have its recent advances been so dramatic and significant to force the United States to wage a preventive war? No. The crisis …

Full text of President Buhari’s speech Published August 21, 2017

My dear citizens,I am very grateful to God and to all Nigerians for their prayers. I am pleased to be back on home soil among my brothers and sisters. 2 In the course of my stay in the United Kingdom, I have been kept in daily touch with events at home. Nigerians are robust and …