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BREAK THE SHELL
His name is Elon Musk. He is not the only or the greatest living inventor but has contributed a lot to making human life easier. But do you know that many reading this, including maybe you, are more gifted or…
Angelo Chidi Unegbu
SURNAMES
Who taught you that your children should answer your own first name as their surname rather than the one you bear? This is very dangerous and misleading because your surname, also known as your last name, is a “hereditary name…
THE JUKUN
Nigeria has over 300 ethnic groups. The Jukun is one of them. They are located in Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe States. They are also found in parts of northwestern Cameroon. There is hardly any ethnic group…
IGBO BU OFU
Have you heard of the 30-year wār fought in Germäny and other countries in Central Europe from 1618 to 1648? About 8 million people dìed. In Germäny, it redüced the population almost up to 50 percent. It was mostly between…
MY TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF 20.10.2020 LEKKI TOLLGATE MÄSSACRE
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (written on 26.10.2020) 1) My dear gallant fallen youths; you went out to peacefully march on the streets in order to sooth the scars of your wounded Nation. Carrying nothing in your hands but…
THE CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY THAT MADE CHRISTIANITY ATTRACTIVE AND THAT TRANSFORMED EUROPE
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are…
WHY BRĪTAIN IS AFRAID OF IGBO SOVEREĪGNTY
When almost all other parts of Nìgeria had submitted to the Brìtish c0lonial g0vernment, Ndigbo continued to resist and fight with everything at their disposal. The Brìtish g0vernment believed that Ndigbo would submit in a matter of days or weeks…
WHAT IS A DELTA?
“A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.” There are over 50 countries in the world that have deltas. “The Niger…
MORE THAN A FÄILED STĂTE
1) weāk g0vernance, 2) limited administrative capacity, 3) chr0nic humanitarian crìses, 4) persistent social tenşions, and 5) often, vi0lence or the legacy of armèd c0nflict; 6) high rate of j0blessness, especially among the youth; 7) inability to solve the problem…
ISICHEI ON IGBO RESISTANCE
According to Elizabeth Isichei, “no Nigerian people resisted coĺonialism more tenaciously than the Igbo. The great Emirates of the north, once conquered, supported the Britìsh, with the minor exception of the Satiru rising.” “The conquest of Igboland took over twenty…