Nigeria must own the rights to the most peculiar country in the world. Nothing is strange around here anymore. From the story of snakes swallowing millions of naira notes to terrorists abducting hundreds of school children for years without a trace. And this: bandits doing cash giveaway bonanza on social media yet the security agencies claim they can’t find them. Nigerians are of course, inured to these incongruities.
Even in the midst of these worst kinds of insouciance and maladies, Nigeria is breaking bounds in matters of faith, especially Christian religion. Some of the largest churches worldwide have their origins in Nigeria. Among the richest preachers are found here. Some have suggested that black Africans and indeed, Nigeria, would be the hub of the great Christian revival. That may well be in the making but it’s also the centre of the most fanatical and heretical adherents in church history.
Though nothing is new under the sun, even through the bible days, but there seems to be a fresh impetus and renewed verve in what may be described as religious adventurism. Bastardisation of the creed, false teachings, banality and prosperity gospel are fast permeating the Christian faith in Nigeria.
