BEATRICE ABEBE FINDS HER GROOVE BACK

However, the gospel according to “daddy” poses a moral problem in the Nigerian clime. Unlike Jesus Christ’s gospel of minimalism, compassion and sacrifice, the gospel according to the Nigerian pastor or ‘ daddy’ advocates an obscene, pocket- friendly version of faith. It enhances the capacity to say the right things without doing them. The daddies’ brand of faith propagates life without integrity, devotion without humanity and the darkest possible version of prosperity. Thus the impulse for acquisition, pursuit of gain and money which has nothing to do with spiritualism. Rather it has everything to do with capitalism. One may say that it has been common to all sorts and conditions of men at all times and in all cultures of the earth. Hence the fascination it presents to several Nigerian pastors. It is an open secret that Nigerian pastors are done waiting for their rewards in heaven. As you read, they engage in a mad, desperate hustle for earthly rewards. Little wonder they drive the best cars and private jets even as too many of their congregation wallow in abject poverty. In his frantic bid to go with the trend, the General Overseer ( GO) of Christ Royal Family Int’l Church, Bishop Dr. Tom Samson, has added a Rolls Royce Phantom to his fleet of personal automobiles. The pastor now wears a very wide grin whenever he poses with the machine. Who wouldn’t?

Life blossoms in the heart and ravishing eyes of Beatrice Abebe, like a phoenix rising from the ashes of its own demise, as you read. The widow of the maritime boss, late Henry Abebe, has finally resurfaced on the social scene after a long hiatus from the public arena. It would be recalled that Beatrice ended her intimate romance with fame and recoiled into a shell of solitude, while she grieved over the loss of her husband and soul mate. It would be recalled that the sister- in- law of late Nigerian first lady, Stella Obasanjo, once reigned supreme among notables in the country’s high society. Beatrice’s fame knew no bounds and like a conspicuous gold fish, she was spotted at her friend, Mina Okoloko’s shop opening. As you read, the resilient socialite is making a gradual comeback to the social arena.