AHIA AND UDAKPA
I was recently posted to a Church sitting on the boundary of two communities: Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Ahia and Udakpa, here in Uromi Diocese. Till date, some still make the mistake of thinking that Udakpa is a town in Ahia, and vice versa.…
THIS THING CALLED ‘KAYAN MATA’
Pop Culture is exactly what it is – popular culture. So it’s not surprising that many of our young people are influenced by the ‘Kayan Mata culture’ these days. It’s popular. It’s in songs, movies, social media –…
THE VALENTINE CRAZE
A friend of mine once remarked that the titles of my reflections could pass for Nollywood movie captions, and I went, “seriously?” I couldn’t tell if it was a compliment or not, but you know me nah? I eventually took it as a compliment…
WHAT IF WE ALL HAD A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE?
I respect writers a whole lot. No. It’s not because I’m one. I’ve come to realise that writers think deep – pretty deep. Are you a fan of books? Then you should know. In my experience, the greatest motion pictures are those based…
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…
WHY WE ARE LIABLE FOR ASSAULTS IN OUR BOARDING SCHOOLS: JUSTICEFORDONDAVIS
On the 20th of December, 2020, in a video that went viral on social media, Deborah Okezie, the mother of Don Davis, an 11-year-old JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, narrated how her son was allegedly starved, sexually molested and assaulted…
WHY I STOPPED ATTENDING CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN NIGERIA — Chimamanda Adichie
See original article. Celebrated Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie, has revealed why she stopped attending Catholic churches in Nigeria. She spoke in a recent BounceRadio interview with media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. During the interview, the…
CLASSROOM TEACHER, WIFE, KIDNAPPED ALONG EWATTO-UBIAJA ROAD, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
On this first Day of December, 2020, Festus Alenkhe reports that a classroom teacher, Paul Aluola and his wife are suspected to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen around Ewatto axis in Esan South East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria.…
INSECURITY AND KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: WE’RE SITTING DUCKS!
Two nights ago, precisely on Saturday, 21st November, 2020, a Catholic Priest of the Archdiocese of Abuja was kidnapped. It was shocking enough that another priest had been kidnapped yet again. But what was more worrisome was the fact that he was picked…
EndSARS:
Why are our churches silent? Last Saturday I posted an article on my Facebook wall written by Father Anthony Akinwale, a Nigerian Dominican priest, professor of theology, and vice chancellor of the Dominican University in Ibadan. Father Akinwale, my…