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 […]
Memorial to a great Abibira son, Dike Udensi Ifegwu
LOCATED in present day Ohafia Local Government in Abia North Senatorial zone of Abia State, the Abiriba people have a rich and amazing history. Generally referred to as one of the Cross River Igbos, they migrated to their present location about 500 to 600 years ago from Northern Cross River.
Appraising Osun’s new tablet of knowledge
ANYONE who conscientiously observes the policy initiatives of the current administration in the State of Osun since inception may not be hard-pressed to aver that it is increasingly working its fingers to the bone in order to make the effects of governance felt in all households in the state.
Occupant of Douglas House in 2015: What manner of man or woman?
THINKING aloud” to me began to make more meaning when Sir Mike Ahamba, SAN, used it many years ago when he was a member of the then Imo House of Assembly.
Reality of Delta healthcare system
OVERTIME, a number of opinions and impressions have been formed about Gov. Uduaghan administration’s programmes in particular its efforts to assuage the sufferings of the weak segments of the society.
Warped fallacies on Abia State
Dr. NATHAN UMEJIAKU, a retired varsity lecturer, wrote from Owerri, Imo State.
GREAT historian, Michael Crichton once said: “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree“. How many of us know history?
