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Nigeria: A VERY RELIGIOUS NATION, A VERY UNGODLY PEOPLE: Why Faith Failed To Restrain Evil In The Country
Paperback
Series: Nigeria Truth
Religion General General Political ScienceGeneral Sociology
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 17 2025
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Nigeria is one of the most religious nations on earth.
It is also one of the most morally broken.
Churches and mosques dominate the landscape. God's name is invoked in politics, courts, elections, and everyday speech. Public officials swear oaths on the Bible and the Qur'an. Criminals pray. Corrupt leaders fast. Killers invoke God.
Yet corruption thrives. Justice collapses. Elections are stolen. Violence is normalized. Hypocrisy is rewarded.
In NIGERIA: A Very Religious Nation, A Very Ungodly People, social commentator Frederick Amakom delivers a fearless moral indictment of a society where faith is loud but conscience is weak - where religion has failed to restrain evil and often shields it.
This book argues a disturbing truth: Nigeria does not suffer from a lack of belief in God, but from the absence of godliness.
With blunt honesty and real-life Nigerian scenarios, the book exposes:
- Why corrupt politicians swear before God and steal without fear
- How pastors, prophets, and imams profit from hypocrisy and silence
- Why kidnappers, bandits, terrorists, and political thugs still claim faith
- How courts, police, and institutions are run by believers who act godlessly
- How prayer is used to avoid accountability and delay justice
- Why youth no longer believe in religion, leadership, or the future
- How social media and pop culture normalized moral collapse
This is not an attack on Christianity or Islam.
It is an exposure of religion without conscience.
Uncomfortable, unapologetic, and impossible to ignore, this book challenges Nigerians - and deeply religious societies everywhere - to confront a dangerous question:
What happens when faith no longer restrains evil?
The answer is written in Nigeria's broken institutions, stolen futures, and rivers of innocent blood.
If you believe religion should produce justice, integrity, and compassion - not noise - this book is for you.
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