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THE HOLY ORDER. Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI

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On the 9th September, 2019 I was privileged to worship at the Cathedral of the National Headquarters Annex, Garki Abuja. This was to mark the 94th Anniversary of the Seraph band of the Holy Order. I am strong Seraph; born and bred! Yes, I am! The Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim fondly called the Holy Order is African brand of Christianity. For those who did the scientific study of religion otherwise called Religious Study in the university, they would have read about the Aladura Churches as a course. The Holy Order is at the fulcrum of it. Cherubim and Seraphim has however had many varieties over the years. It is for this reason you see a lot of white garment churches, as usually referred to, and many different forms of worship and practices. Many have turned their spiritualism into occultism but it is not my concern here. The point here is that Cherubim and Seraphim is not one particularly as there are many versions of the sect. Though all of them lay claim

ROBERT MUGABE OF THEN RHODESIA AND NOW ZIMBABWE; WHO LIVED A HERO AND DIED A VILLAIN

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Robert Mugabe Many people have called me on my opinion about the death of our own Robert Mugabe. For them, it was strange to experience the silence that sounded from me. Their views are that I am and have been a supporter of the black struggles and especially the African identity, liberation and self leadership. There is no doubt about that. I nevertheless refrained from any comment because of the respect for the dead. Even this is African and in tandem with my creed and love for Africa. However, as we die, which is an ineluctable end of all mortals, our legacies are weighed on scales especially those set by us while we lived. Whatever weight gained in that process speaks of us as either great or little, worthy or unworthy, praiseworthy or blame worthy, noble or otherwise. The singsong is that President Robert Mugabe was an African leader. He started his pursuit of an African liberation especially in the then Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe with a confrontational approach against t

DOUBT AND IMPERFECTION: THERE IS NO JIBRIN OF SUDAN IN ASO ROCK! Written by KEMKA S. IBEJI

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President Muhammadu Buhari  In my little life span, I have come to realize that for the sake of imperfection as an intrinsic truism of human nature, we must always live in doubt. It is indeed human enough to be in doubt or to doubt. But for the reality of doubt as a human nature, it is a window for uncertainty and deceit. Because we are imperfect, we also lack certainty and will always doubt. And because we must always doubt, no matter how much we know or think to know anything, we are vulnerable to deceit. It is for this simple fact that a lot of us, even my very self could at some point pause a while to ponder on the declaration of my brother Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on the claim that the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has died and what we see as the President is a cloned Jibrin from Sudan. Indeed, I took some time out to ask myself several questions on the possibility of that. At some point, I could see myself agreeing and at some other point, I could see myself withdrawin