HAS BUHARI SOMALIASED NIGERIA?
“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly” (Mahatma Gandhi). Section 14 (2b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), states clearly that the welfare and…
CALL FOR PRAYERS FOR CATHOLIC PRIEST MURDERED BY KIDNAPPERS
The Catholic Diocese of Minna has called on all the faithful to kindly offer Masses and prayers for the eternal repose of the soul of Very Rev Fr John Gbakaan Yaji killed by unknown Gunmen on his way from a journey, yesterday January 15, 2021. The…
AFRICA AND AFRICANS: HOW DID WE GET HERE?
I find this African saying interesting; “A man who does not know where the rain began to beat him cannot say where he dried his body.” That is why the renowned African writer, Chinua Achebe once wrote; “The rain that beat Africa began four to five…
BREAKING: KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC BISHOP RESCUED IN IMO
The Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Bishop Moses Chikwe, along with some other kidnapped victims have been rescued without ransom in Imo State. Police spokesman in Imo State, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed this on Friday, January 1,…
A TIME TO STAND FOR TRUTH
Talking Straight I stand firmly with Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Christmas message entitled “A Nation in Search of Vindication” in all its elements. Where else could I stand, given my conviction that the Bishop of Sokoto wrote it sincerely for the purpose of…
KIDNAPPED CATHOLIC PRIEST WAS ON HIS WAY TO BURY HIS LATE FATHER
To say that the state we’ve found ourselves in, in today’s Nigeria, is pathetic, would be stating the obvious. At 8:00AM today, Tuesday December 15, 2020, unknown gunmen abducted a Catholic Priest of the Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy (SMMM),…
THE DANGER OF BEING CHRISTIAN IN THE NORTH TODAY!
Very often, many of us Christians in the South do not understand first hand, what our brothers and sisters go through in the North. Recently, precisely on the first Day of December, 2020, Gidan Namune, a Christian village in Kankara Local Government Area…
CATHOLIC PRIEST RELEASED AFTER DAYS IN CAPTIVITY!
Please join us and the Archdiocese of Abuja in thanking God for the safe release of Rev Fr Dajo Matthew, who was kidnapped in a violent attack in Yangoji, where his parish is located, on November 21, 2020. The kidnappers were said to have picked up the…