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TRAGEDY
A tragedy occurred here in our area last Thursday. Four young people, ages 18, 16, 13, and 12, got into a heated argument in front of a supermarket. The 12-yěar-old got on his bicycle to leave the supermarket, but the…
Angelo Chidi Unegbu
MY JOURNEY TO EUROPE: 19 YEARS GONE
Exactly 19 years ago, on 15th September 2006, I landed in Europe for my further studies. My sister Oby and her husband, Mazi Mike, brought me to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the evening before, on 14th September. That…
PRECOLONIAL TIMES AND TODAY
In the precolonial times, no one had an accommodation problem. No one was jobless. Hardly were there unmarried men and women. No child was homeless. No insecurity. Doors had no keys. No political parties or politicians. No struggle for political…
THE RETURN TO FACTORY SETTINGS PROJECT
“When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.” Nehemiah 1:4 These are exactly what our posts here are expected to do in those who…
SEPTEMBER 11: SAY NO TO TÉRR0RIŞM
On this day in 2001, September 11, almost 3000 people lost their lives in the terr0r attack in the USA. Many of the families are still mourning 24 years later. May they be consoled, and may the victims rest in…
“WHERE DO YOU STAND?” THEY ASK ME ALWAYS
When Mathias Ezeaku burnt the Bible, I condemned the act, but when he was arrested and detained, I condemned the act too. When Okeite started to reign, I condemned it with too many posts, but when Okeite Dibias/vendors were arrested…
MUMMY, I WANT TO BE WHITE
“Mummy, I want to be white”. This was the plea of a 4-year old child of Igbo parents living in Europe to the mother some years ago. “Black skin is ugly. White is beautiful. I want to have a white…
EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SKIN COLOUR
The last generation of humans with fur [hairs] are said to have had light-colored covered with black hairs, similar to that of their relatives, the chimpanzees. As they lost their body hair to adapt to the sunny environment of Africa,…
PRAYERS AND HUMAN AGENTS
When you ask God for daily “bread,” remember that you are asking him for a human product because bread cannot be produced without human beings. When you ask him for a job, remember that the enabling environment that would create…
END OF SLĀVERY: HAS IT ENDED?
On this day, 18th December 1865, slāvery was abolished in the Unīted Stātes of Amèrica. 20 years later, the same Oyibo decided to enslāve an entire continent at the Bęrlin conference (1884/1885). When the people began to shout, they came…