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The change Nigeria needs will truly come when…

…we all learn to abide by order and discipline, the rich and the poor, the common and the less common; and when the rule of law makes same non-optional for all. …the young ones commit themselves to...

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9-day countdown snippets

        2 A key country to regional stability in Africa and the entire globe: consider the festering nuisance of Boko Haram and its incipient twining with ISIS. A stable Nigeria is a stable Africa and,...

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He is Risen!

…excerpt, Light unto my path

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US announces $20mn police body-camera program

Reason beginning to prevail. Transparency is the watchword for a government that really wants to do its job, and this is one way for the police to be made transparent not only to “claim” to protect...

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What science, for what life?

Memorable quote from Francis at his meeting with the participants of the Conference “What Science for what life?” organised by the Science and Life Association, in Rome. In his speech, Pope Francis...

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If Jesus were to feed 5000 today 

  

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Welcome to the African Homeland, Francis

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Year of Mercy: Key dates

• Opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception. • Opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. John Lateran and in the cathedrals of the world,...

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Education: the missing rib of our macho-change

There is certainly some tweaking that is still missing in the current atmosphere of change in the country. There is also certainly a complete spectrum of differences in the responses that this change...

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Great music, God dey my side (God is by me)  from a Nigerian priest. Enjoy! Happy Sunday.

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Prayer, Fasting and Mercy

There are three things, my brethren, by which faith stands firm, devotion remains constant, and virtue endures. They are prayer, fasting and mercy. Prayer knocks at the door, fasting obtains, mercy...

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Everything I have is yours: Lent day 26

The Parable of the Prodigal Son tells us practically everything we need to know about our relationship to God, if we attend to its details. “A man had two sons. The younger of them said to his father,...

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The correlation of talent and growing that badly-needed forex

These works of the Nigerian artist Oresegun Olumide who makes true-to-life pictures in oil speak for themselves. This is one of the many individuals we have around in the country that need to be...

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How Nigeria can be great like America

  Beautiful points exposed here in this short video clip. Surely these are seminal ideas to get the present government thinking and rethinking. Be that as it may, America got to where it is because a...

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First Thoughts on “Amoris Laetitia”

By Bishop Robert Barron On a spring day about five years ago, when I was rector of Mundelein Seminary, Francis Cardinal George spoke to the assembled student body. He congratulated those proudly...

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Vatican II and the Changing Face of Moral Discourse in Africa

Vatican II and the Changing Face of Moral Discourse in Africa  

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Human sacrifice

Originally posted on Rooting for a change: Human sacrifice continues till date. In this epoch, the altar is the Mediterranean sea!

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Whoopi Goldberg Pulls Off ‘Sister Act’ Surprise for Deserving Nuns

…In the meantime, while many lives are being wasted and unreasonably too in the same country, Whoopi Goldberg is giving a wonderful testimony to what the human person can do to form synergy with...

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Nigerians and the 8th Senate

Since the beginning of the 8th Senate led by its President, Bukola Saraki, it has been an interesting timeline of happenings and activities; of assurances and pledges, yet of dashed hopes and broken...

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An open letter to the Vice President

@ ProfOsinbajo Your Excellency, I have followed for a while your interest in digital connectivity. Very commendable, given the fact that you are a digital migrant yourself. I’m hopeful you’ll do...

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