CREATIVE WRITERS’ CHALLENGE SEASON 2: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Hello there! Are you a creative writer? Do you have a short story you want the world to see? This opportunity is JUST for you. To qualify, aspiring contestants must write a creative story (not more than 1000 words), that’ll reflect the current…
ANOTHER CATHOLIC PRIEST MURDERED IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING
Last year, precisely on the 23rd day of November 2020, I wrote an article titled: INSECURITY AND KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: WE’RE SITTING DUCKS! My major point in that article was to decry the rising spate of insecurity in our beloved nation Nigeria.…
BREAKING: KIDNAPPERS OF CATHOLIC BISHOP ARREIGNED (SEE VIDEO)
Kidnappers of the Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri, Bishop Moses Chikwe, who were earlier arrested by the Imo State Police Command, have been arraigned. SEE ALSO: AUXILIARY BISHOP OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF OWERRI KIDNAPPED…
IN BED WITH THE DEVIL!
“We must be aware of the presence of this astute enemy, who seeks our eternal condemnation, our failure, and prepare to defend ourselves against him and to combat him” (Pope Francis). On February 21st, 2021, the Holy Father, Pope Francis while explaining…
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),…