When I read a comment today saying that the kidnappers have gone so far in Nigeria, I was wondering what the commentator was trying to pass on as an information. I was even thinking she was joking when I read that...
When I read a comment today saying that the kidnappers have gone so far in Nigeria, I was wondering what the commentator was trying to pass on as an information. I was even thinking she was joking when I read that...
It was a big feast last week when Dr. Augustine T. Ukwuoma, the Bishop of Orlu (Eastern Nigeria) visited the African Catholic Community in Verona, north of Italy. As the community members, predominately Nigerians and Ghanaians are still dwelling on the...
The most recent statistics of the UN quality of life placed Nigeria 156th out of 187 countries that were valued. The first question that comes to the mind of every responsible citizens is wether this is the country known to be...
We see that death is gain, life is loss. Paul says: For me life is Christ, and death a gain. What does “Christ” mean but to die in the body, and receive the breath of life? Let us then die with...
“Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour” (Mt 25:13) Jesus has just come out of the temple. The disciples proudly point out to him the grandeur and beauty of the building. He says to them in...
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Basilica Wednesday, 1 November 2006 Dear Brothers and Sisters, Our Eucharistic celebration began with the exhortation: “Let us all rejoice in the Lord”. The liturgy invites us to share in the heavenly jubilation of...
Author Chinua Achebe is Africa’s most influential celebrity, according to Forbes magazine. The octogenarian author beat out dozens of musicians, soccer stars, two supermodels, a film director, a talk-show host and the world’s top long-distance runner when he topped the 40-person...
A reader of Africanews.it has sent us an email with this open letter to the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. We publish it here below. These are his own views and we have no responibility in it. Dear Mr President, after...
Cry My Beloved Country, Articles | THISDAY LIVE Many have come to a conclusion according to which the nation instead of progressing is seriously moving to its damnation . Some false patriots call such men who refuse to bow down to...
Events in the past and present are matters that call for inquisition into standards of governance, government or governing. The world political history is now making the conscious mind acknowledge the point that every political system attracts commendation or condemnation based...