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HOW NOVEMBER MOVED FROM THE NINETH TO THE ELEVENTH MONTH
November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. (The Gregorian calendar is the one we are using today.) “November…
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ALL SAINTS DAY: ORIGIN AND MEANING
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of all saints. This means all those who have found their way to heaven, irrespective of their beliefs,…
REFORMATION DAY
On 31 October 1517, the then Catholic [Augustinian] monk Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of All Saints’ Church and other churches…
IT IS ALREADY 22 YEARS!
Exactly 22 years ago, on the evening of October 31, 2002, Bishop Mark Unegbu, who was the Catholic bishop of Owerri from 1970 to 1993,…
THE JUNGLE LIFE
It is very strange to see many Nīgěriāns appearing to be surprised at what our Oyibo House of Representatives member said and did to a…
HISTORICAL ACCIDENTS
If Igboland were colonised by China, I would probably be writing today in Chinese and bearing a Chinese name.I would have possibly been a Buddhist…
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.…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…