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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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Rt. Hon. Ben Kalu and The Gospel of Renewed Hope Agenda

Rt. Hon. Ben Kalu and The Gospel of Renewed Hope Agenda

By Uche Aguoru In every generation, a few men rise not just to hold office but to define the spirit of their time. Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu is one of such rare men. In a political terrain that often rewards expediency over principle, and noise over substance, Ben Kalu stands tall: calm, persuasive, strategic, […]

Cutting the Serpent’s Head: Okpella’s Monarch Takes on Cultism

Cutting the Serpent’s Head: Okpella’s Monarch Takes on Cultism

By Emameh Gabriel Our elders have a saying that “A fish cannot grow fat in troubled waters.” And the gods of our land know that the waters in Okpella have been troubled for too long. Too many of our young men have been lost to the darkness of cultism and street violence. Strong, bright boys […]

Tinubu, Obi, Fayemi and I at the Vatican, by Bianca Ojukwu

Tinubu, Obi, Fayemi and I at the Vatican, by Bianca Ojukwu

By Bianca Ojukwu The Vatican has a way of setting everyone on an even keel. I remember how dazed I was when on my last trip during the Funeral mass of Pope Francis some weeks before, when President Donald Trump had walked into the Basilica and was led to his seat at the square. A […]

Atiku & Obi: Redemption, betrayal, or both?

Atiku & Obi: Redemption, betrayal, or both?

Obi brings credibility and the youth. Atiku brings reach. Together, they may break Nigeria’s tribal chains. Sometimes change doesn’t come wrapped in revolution

Tinubu, South East and Umahi’s good boy antics

Tinubu, South East and Umahi’s good boy antics

I always recall what a friend lectured as the staying power in Nigeria’s politics each time any politician literally dances naked in dramatizing the indispensability of the president.