By Babatunde Jose Realizing that the Day of Judgment is near, the political elite that stole the people’s patrimony and impoverished them ‘wept and began to...
By Babatunde Jose “Honoré de Balzac may after all be right when he said that behind every great fortune for which one is at a loss...
By Babatunde Jose The Prophet (SAW) counselled Mu’adh bin Jabal, new Governor of Yemen as follows: ‘when you get there, my dear Mu‘adh, endear yourself to...
By Babatunde Jose It is instructive to start this quest by stating that most of us reading this piece today are either by omission or commission...
By Babatunde Jose As we approach the new year, this nation cannot continue with this business-as-usual attitude. Change must come. We need spiritual stocktaking and rebirth....
By Babatunde Jose For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36 ‘Those who...
…Remembering Late Alhaji Isma’il Babatunde Jose (1925-2008) By Babatunde Jose “Fair in the eyes of men is the love of things they covet: women and sons;...
By Babatunde Jose “And indeed We have honored the Children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea, and have provided them with...
By Babatunde Jose “Such people (the pious) are truly racing towards good deeds, and they outstrip (others) therein.” (Surat al-Mu’minūn, Quran 23:61) “kamil” in Arabic means perfect,...
By Babatunde Jose Despite the abundant God-given land that literally flows with milk and honey, we have decided to go hungry and beg for bread. It...