KILLINGS: Buhari, are you for Nigerians or not?, Okogie asks Following the recent killings in Jos and those preceding it, a former Lagos Catholic Church Archbishop, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, has asked if President Muhammadu Buhari is for Nigeria or not. He called on Buhari to consider the option of honourably resigning his position as president having failed for more than three years to stop killings by armed Fulani herdsmen and others. The cleric stated this in an open letter to Buhari he entitled, “Dear Mr. President, call a spade a spade,” and made available to newsmen on Friday. “Dear Mr. President, we must call a spade a spade. You were elected to protect the land and its people but neither is being protected under your watch. You therefore have the most important decision of your career to make. And that decision is this: Are you for Nigerians or not?” he said. On killings under President Buhari government he said, “The number (of Nigerians) killed under your...
The assistant trainer has assured that her girls will recover their winning form against the debutants at the ongoing African Women's Cup of Nations on Saturday Nigeria women assistant coach Ann Chiejine is confident her side will bounce back to winning ways in their final Group B clash against Kenya in Limbe. Despite being held to a 1-1 draw against Ghana, she insists her ladies only stumbled but will be fully ready to record a massive win in their last group game at the Limbe Omnisport stadium. "After our game yesterday, we went home and left everything behind because Ghana game is gone and looking ahead for Kenya game," Chiejine said in a pre-match press conference. "We have evaluated ourselves, we have seen where we had our lapses and currently working on. Without mincing words, we are here for business and come Saturday we are ready to play. "We are having our training this evening but generally, our players have forgotten Gha...
Millions of Catholics often say the Hail Mary. Some repeat it hastily not even thinking on the words they are saying. These following words may help some say it more thoughtfully. They can give God's Mother great joy and obtain for themselves graces that she wishes to give them. One Hail Mary well said fills the heart of Our Lady with delight and obtains for us indescribably great graces. One Hail Mary well said gives us more graces than a thousand thoughtlessly said. The Hail Mary is like a mine of gold that we can always take from but never exhaust. Is it hard to say the Hail Mary well? All we have to do is to know its value and understand its meaning. St. Jerome tells us that "the truths contained in the Hail Mary are so sublime, so wonderful that no man or Angel could fully understand them." St. Thomas Aquinas, the Prince of Theologians, "the wisest of Saints and holiest of wise men," as Leo XIII called him, preached for 40 days in Rome on the Hail...
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