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The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
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Amnesty International and the complexity of activism

Amnesty International and the complexity of activism

By Benjamin Angwe I am constrained to lend my voice to the ongoing debate on the activities of Amnesty International in Nigeria. I must add that penning this article is borne out of genuine desire to see that the Nigeria of our dreams is manifest and without any form of distraction. Amnesty International is not […]

 Youths in nation-building, national development

 Youths in nation-building, national development

Amara Onwuasoanya When we read about Nigerian politics and society, we are often confronted with daunting challenges of terrorism, grinding poverty, and corruption from government officials. However, a careful reflection on trends in Nigerian social and economic development in recent decades will show that Nigeria has consistently led African countries in the production of popular […]

National Assembly’s resolutions and Edo legislature

National Assembly’s resolutions and Edo legislature

LET me start by saying that posterity will judge all of us as an individual and as a people in the decisions we take in our various public authorities that God has entrusted us with. It is in this view that I am really constrained to express my views over the National Assembly’s unconstitutional ‘directives’ to the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, to issue a fresh proclamation for the inauguration of the State House of Assembly within one week.

Nigeria’s Judiciary at a crossroads – Ojini

Nigeria’s Judiciary at a crossroads – Ojini

The presidential election of 2019 has come and perhaps gone. To some, it might have been confined to the dustbin of history but definitely not the throwbacks on the conscience of a nation which has been wounded by its blatant disregard for common sense; a nation that needs healing.