Time, we all assume, is undirectional and rolls inevitably on from the past and present to the infinite future. Hence, when midnight arrived on Friday, December 31, 2010, people all over the world rejoiced and jubilated for surviving to see the New Year.

An amusing cartoon last week in the Vanguard raised the question of whether President Goodluck Jonathan is finally the political saviour Nigerians have long awaited.

Jos is a sickening metaphor of a potential conflagration that seriously bothers my subconscious. We live in fears of possible present-dangers, but worse than that are the horrible imaginings of what the Jos of today may rub off the Nigeria of tomorrow.

There is no doubt that Father Ralph loves his God more than he loves the woman of focus as he claims in the movie. His problem started the day, when as a young priest, he sets his eyes on Meggie, who became his protégé, till when he died as a Cardinal. Though a fiction, this story represents the sexual struggles that many Christians are dealing with.

By Debbie Ogunjobi My favourite space is painted in cool shades of green (my favourite colour); the furniture is huge and more built for comfort than decoration. The curtains are the exact shades of green as the walls and it is also my sacred space. The focal point is my Altar on which stands a […]