The Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission NCPC has debunked the claim that a Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh was appointed a peace ambassador by the commission. In a press statement issued on February 26th, 2021 and signed by Celestine Toruka, Head, Media and Public Relations NCPC, Tonto Dikeh was said to have paid an official courtesy visit...
… compares Buhari with the recalcitrant King Saul of Israel … like King Saul, he would take your land and give to his kinsmen … like King Saul, the only quality he has is height. Nothing more! … like to King Saul, a David is coming pretty soon … like King Saul, his kinsmen will...
Evangelist Bola Are, the first female gospel music minister in Nigeria has reacted to the lyrics of a reigning gospel chorus in Nigeria, especially in the Yoruba speaking South West, Ko wo bi mo se nwuwa as worldly and not inspired by the spirit of God. Loosely translated, the song says … God does not...
I had the privilege of speaking at a Christian women’s conference in February 2021. Among other issues, the question on the lips of the majority of the women was, “Why are many Christian women waiting for so long to get a man?’. I tried as much as possible to answer their questions, and here are...
Male singlehood is fast becoming the norm in our society, and since it takes two to tangle, if our young men are increasingly becoming apathetic with marriage—the ladies would become the victims at the end of the day. As a pastor and mentor to a lot of people, my counselling sessions coupled with my years...
When the apartheid system in South Africa was at its worst, General Olusegun Obasanjo, then leader of the Eminent Persons Group, EPG, got so frustrated that he threatened that Africans would invoke their juju powers to deal with the then leader of apartheid South Africa, Pieter Botha and his cohorts. What happened afterwards was not...
When he left Nigeria for the Philippines, little did he know how far the Lord will go with him in the ministry. Today, God is using him to touch lives and shape destinies around the world. Arerieva Adede Tony Marioghae is the Presiding Bishop of The Evangelical Ark Mission International (TEAM International), one of the...
When Mazi speaks, you better listen. After the about 80 minutes interview session, I said ‘Praise God, we have a Presidential material from South East. If truly Nigeria is serious with political balancing and expecting South East to produce the next president, here is the material. How many people in Nigerian politics can match his...
In three quick succession, just between Friday and yesterday, I lost three friends to COVID 19! Two of them we spoke almost every other day on the phone and one, we saw in Church last Sunday and we hi ourselves from a distance because he was far away from me. Around noon today Monday, I...
I have found myself in situations where nobody cares about what you are doing, where no one would even ask about you, yet you are doing something you expect friends to celebrate. So many people start something new and along the way, give up. I often wonder why they lose steam in mid trajectory. Why...