Tag: Ebenezer Obadare
Pressure Nigerian govt to abolish Sharia law, Hisbah, Obadare urges US Congress
Obadare said the primary drivers of violence in Nigeria – Boko Haram, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and radicalised…
How Pastor Adeboye, others are “direct descendants” of Gen Gowon – Prof. Obadare
"In retrospect, it is this vacuum that the Pentecostal movement, iconic of the anti-intellectual reaction, stepped into and currently occupies,…
US Council on Foreign Relations Recruits Ebenezer Obadare
The Council for Foreign Relations (CFR) has announced the appointment of Professor Ebenezer Obadare. He is now its Douglas Dillion…
Five Theses on Nigerian Pentecostalism
The theme of our panel discussion this evening is Teetering on the Brink: Religious Extremism in Nigeria.
An evening with Ebenezer Obadare
It was time well spent for the audience on Sunday, June 30 when they had intellectual jousting with the academic,…
Beko Ransome-Kuti: Requiem for a Humanist by Ebenezer Obadare
By Ebenezer Obadare Today marks the tenth anniversary of Dr. Bekololari Ransome-Kuti’s unexpected passing on February 10, 2006. Born in…
Waiting For Africa To Emerge
By Adebayo Lamikanra Ebenezer Obadare is never likely to forget the first time we sat down to hold an intellectual…
How Asari-Dokubo Became A Big Man
By Ebenezer Obadare A while ago, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo’s visceral defence of the Jonathan regime against all real and perceived enemies…
The Revenge Of Oscar Wilde
By Ebenezer Obadare On Wednesday, 5 February, British MPs voted on the question of whether or not to legalize same…
CAN Versus Nasir El-Rufai
By Ebenezer Obadare The controversy triggered by Mallam Nasir el-Rufai’s comments about Jesus Christ on Twitter is instructive on several…