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Nigeria And Its Vicious War Of Tongues And What The Bible Says...

''War of tongues causes acrimony, discord, disharmony. But let not the person who causes that war think he will get away with it ultimately. His tongue eventually gets set on fire of hell. (James 3:6)''


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Our country is at war today on many fronts. Nigeria battles insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, armed robbery, cult killings, ritual murders, and war of tongues.

War of tongues. Is that a new one? No, it’s as old as man, but it is perhaps the deadliest of all the wars. It is fiercer than insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, armed robbery, cult killings, ritual murders, all put together.
A war of tongues has been unleashed on Nigeria, her leadership, anyone in government, in fact anybody serving the country in one capacity or the other. Want to become an enemy of the public? 

Then just take a position in government, major or minor. Irrespective of where you were coming from, your stature and station in life, you become an enemy. You may have served creditably in the military, rising to become a General, been a military head of state, headed the Petroleum Trust Fund exceptionally, and now a two-term civilian President, a war of tongues that is so virulent and mind-boggling, is unleashed against you.


A vicious war of tongues is raging in the country, and from President Muhammadu Buhari, down to the least political appointee in government, no one is spared. And who are the warriors? So-called social activists and commentators. Newspaper columnists. Talk show hosts on TV, radio, influencers on social media, bloggers, anyone who can afford an Internet-enabled smartphone, politicians, and very embarrassingly, clergymen. The ones who should teach us to bridle our tongues. They say things that make the flesh tingle, with a chill running down the spine. No grace, no decorum, using words that are not seasoned with salt. Do they read another Holy Bible? Another Holy Quran? Holy Moses!



President Buhari left these shores on March 30 for “routine” medical checkups. Mark the word: routine. Did you hear all the ululation that attended the announcement and the trip? War of tongues: oh, he’s sick again (as if there’s anyone who’s 100% healthy. If there is, let’s see the person). Resident doctors are going on strike, the President is traveling! Couldn’t he have built world class hospitals in Nigeria within the six years he has been in government? He’s going on medical tourism again! How much is the trip costing us o? Are we sure he will come back anytime soon?


To take it to very ridiculous level, some Nigerians in London organized a ‘one million man march’ (attended by a huge crowd of five people), went to the Nigeria House where they said the President was staying, and attempted to “force him back home.” People in the gall of bitterness, overtaken by paroxysms of hatred.
The executive, legislature, judiciary, military, police, indeed, all national institutions are the butt of war of tongues. You find all sorts of commentators in the media condemning everything and everybody, but themselves.



 In their lives, they have probably never been a class monitor, not to talk of school prefect. They can’t even run their riotous homes, with obstreperous children and wards, yet they come out to abuse the President daily. A man who has ruled as military officer, was brought back 30 years later because of his sterling records, and running a second term in office as democratically elected leader, yet they call him all sorts of names on TV, radio, social media, simply because there’s freedom of speech. But ask them what they have achieved in life, compared to that of the President, and they are blank.


There is a rabid focus on negatives in Nigeria today. Agriculture revolution. Infrastructure renaissance. Prudence and probity in government. Doing a lot more with a lot less revenue. IMF revises growth projection for the country upwards. Nobody talks about that. It doesn’t interest them. They only focus on job losses. Poverty rate. Killings, maiming, unhappiness. Yes, those are germane, but too much sunshine makes a desert. That is not all there is to Nigeria. “Life is like being out on the sea,” said the philosopher, Marcus Aurelius. “A body has to take the rough and the smooth.”


No government would love to see its citizens killed. Maimed. Displaced. Unhappy. And if anything, the Buhari administration is doing so much in battling the insecurity in the land. But sadly, it faces another deadlier war-the war of tongues. Why don’t we pause and think that it is the only country we have, and begin to speak better, more positive things?


I am surprised at some of our clerics, particularly the Christian ones, since it is the religion I am more familiar with. They speak as if they read another Bible. They preach hate from the pulpits, propagate falsehood, generate animosity against government. And when these things are fully grown, the animus boils over, leads to violence and upheavals, lives are lost. Don’t these preachers of hate know that they are liable, and won’t be found guiltless? May God save us from war of tongues, even from those who should be showing us examples.


As you speak into the ears of God, so shall He do to you. (Numbers 14:28). When we speak evil about our country, and its leaders, it comes back to us. What we say is what we get. It is an inexorable spiritual law. Sow wind, reap the whirlwind.
In Nigeria of today, if there are no issues to bellyache over, some people will create one. There must be no quiet time. The war of tongues must continue. Pity.
However, what we don’t know is that war of tongues is a two-edged sword, which cuts both ways. It wreaks havoc on the person wielding the sword, and on whom the blow is directed. “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. 


So is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the whole course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.”

War of tongues cause acrimony, discord, disharmony. But let not the person who causes that war think he will get away with it ultimately. His tongue eventually gets set on fire of hell. (James 3:6)
Nigerians, let’s watch it.


*Adesina is Special Adviser to President Buhari on Media and Publicity

18 comments:

  1. Oh, na that man write'am....

    #StrollsOut

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  2. There are articles I can't waste my precious time reading especially from an author like Femi Adesina. Unto te next.

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  3. Akuko Mike Ejeagha!!! You are obviously among those feeding fat from this administration, that's why you are singing "war of tongues". Mtchewwwww....

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  4. Apc started the war, benefited from it until they are being given a taste of their own medicine. Adesina should not pick a Bible passage because it suits him and ignore the others.

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  5. A basket full of gibberish?
    I see your problem and that of your principal is "internet enabled devices"
    Same devices that brought him electoral victory.
    Pass your bill already!
    😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

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  6. Femi shut it and take several seats. You are part of our problem. Mtchw. You guys in government are being attacked cause you aren't doing your jobs. Your master left striking doctors in Nigeria and went to the u.k for routine check-up. Abeg

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  7. I didn't care to read till the end immediately my instinct predicted that it was written by Adesina.

    By the way, does anyone expect people to stay silent when he / she is not doing well and causing more damage to the nations?

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  8. Femi Adesina if you're reading this, i say nkita lacha gi Anya (dog lick your eyes). Your Buhari did more than words of war during Jonathan and Yar'dua's and still doing with his nepotism. Unfortunately hypocrite will not allow you to say the truth even when it's so glaring for even the blind time feel it. If the opposition can do half of what Buhari did during the last dispensation combined with the level of corruption, suffering, nepotism, hardship in this country under your Buhari, this country will be in flames. Nonsense and ingredients

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  9. I had to read to the end to see who actually authored this piece.So na spiritual format e wan use now abi as other format no work?

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  10. Adeshina, you are very stupid and senseless. Do you really know the state of the country now or the food you're eating in state house has blocked your brain.
    You, garba and Laura all dragging for who would win the award for the most shameless sycophants of all time. At least, that of garba could be understood, the government favour his people, but you omo Ale, your father's house is burning and you're joining the people who set it on fire to mock your family.

    How low can you go with that nonsense English you added, talking about 'routine'.. so why can't the routine check up be done in the country? Oh! Your god hasn't built any standard hospital in his 5years rule.. and he is being held in low esteem, so the doctors can't leave their comfort to come over to check him here.. shame! Ridiculing the whole country before the world.

    "No government would love to see its citizens killed. Maimed. Displaced. Unhappy. And if anything, the Buhari administration is doing so much in battling the insecurity in the land".

    ARE YOU FOR REAL? CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE SO FAR TO THE RAMPAGING HERDSMEN? OR IS IT THE BANDITS THAT THEY'RE HANDLING WITH KIDS GLOVES. A SITTING GOVERNOR WAS ATTACKED IN HIS FARM, SOME PEOPLE CLAIMED THEY CARRIED THE ATTACK, HAVE THEY BEEN ARRESTED? BUT IF SOMEONE FROM THE SOUTH DO AS LITTLE AS VENT HIS ANGER.. UNA GO DEY FLEX MUSCLE.. UNA DEY CRAZE..

    "I am surprised at some of our clerics, particularly the Christian ones, since it is the religion I am more familiar with".

    YOU FOR TALK ISLAM CLERIC NAH MAKE YOU LOSE YOUR JOB IMMEDIATELY.. IDIOT.. TALKING ABOUT ITS BECAUSE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT OF CHRISTIANITY WHEN THE TRUTH BE SAY YOU DEY FEAR.. OR WHAT YOU WANT TO TELL ME IS THAT A JOURNALIST OF YOUR PEDIGREE CAN'T MAKE RESEARCH TO LEARN WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW.. ODE.. I NO BLAME YOU.. NA BECAUSE CHRISTIANS DEY PEACEFUL AND SOME OF THEIR CLERIC SEF NO GET SHAME, LIKE BAKARE ABI NA NUMBER 16 I GO CALL AM SEF..

    NA SIT DOWN LOOK I DEY.. WETIN GO HAPPEN FOR THE COUNTRY SOON DON ALREADY DEY GLARING FOR ANY WISE PERSON EYE.. AND MAY GOD HELP YOU..

    Proudly a "War of Tongue" Member

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  11. I didn't read the to end of this garbage. Kindly shut the fuck up. You lots have sold your conscience and your soul to the highest bidder. I have lots to say to you, but there's no need cos you know them already but have chosen to defend evil. God will judge you!

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  12. If not Adesina, who else will write this mountain of bullshit? You are a disgrace to Yoruba nation and to Nigeria as a whole. Even a disgrace to African and to humanity. God hates your disgusting attitude (you probably don't care cos you know you are heading for hell with this)

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  13. I'm jaw dropped!!!!
    Just few days ago a member of the cabinet said Nigerians are "wailing",what do we call this???

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  14. Coward, You should have said Muslim clerics if you aren't afraid. Useless government Foolish man

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  15. Let me just keep quiet, Let me not say what is in my mind concerning this man.
    I hope he turns a new leaf soon because he is not going to be the presidential spokesman for ever. Power is transient.

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  16. O just knew it must be an APC person and not a neutral person soon as I got to the part that says "A man who has ruled as military officer, was brought back 30 years later because of his sterling records, and running a second term in office as democratically elected leader".
    I thought it was Eesah.

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  17. I stopped reading it when I say it's to whitewash his boss......in my school days,we impeached our prefect when she was of bad conduct.....can we impeach the president pls???

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