₦airaland Forum

PapiSmith:
Tony is the most relevant in all a big brother Nigeria Housemates

Talented dancer
Talented actor
Very good speaker
Too intelligent...but those hypocritical, suffering inflicted Nigerians decided to vote a dummy, illiterate and an intellectually low individual as the winner.

Have you seen Efe's interviews? I swear even Gifty did a better job during her interviews.

Those illitrates in naija don't know this... everything is based on sentiments.

LionDeLeo:
Thief.

wallahi na big thief

Dat is Nigerian for u, decayed infrastructures everywhere​.

Hymns all the way....

I just love my man utd.

Thief.

Bugatie:
Nice one, the Easter dates are fixed by the calendar of the Mother Church, the Catholic Church.

What now surprises me is when our Pentecostal brethren go around criticizing the doctrines of the same church they follow.

Happy Easter everyone

God bless you, tell them...

chidiebere2020:
SINCE the day Reverend Father Lutz from France stepped his feet on the soil of the ancient city of Onitsha in 1885, the history of the people of Eastern Nigeria has not been the same. Our history changed for the better. I do reflect, from time to time, on the heroism of European missionaries who left the relative comforts of their homes to come to Igboland and the rest of Eastern Nigeria from the 19th Century in order to bring the Good News to our people. Some died on the high seas. Some died of diseases like malaria endemic in the tropics. Some were killed by our people who innocently thought that they were strange and dangerous beings because the Europeans looked totally different from them. Yet, the Christian missionaries persisted because of their immense love of God and humanity. Father Lutz, Bishop Joseph Shannahan, Bishop Joseph Heery and other early missionaries are a perfect example of what the Bible calls agape love, or sacrificial love. May their souls rest in the bosom of the Lord. These authentic men of God did not just bring us the Gospel. They spearheaded the abolition of improper cultural practices like the killing of twins and the”osu” and “ohu” caste system. They brought us modern healthcare. The impressive hospitals they established in places like Onitsha, Ihiala and Adazi, all in Anambra State, several decades ago still provide our people with quality services. The Holy Rosary Hospital at Emekuku, Imo State, and St Luke’s Hospital, Anua, Akwa Ibom State, are among the numerous medical facilities established by the Church in Eastern Nigeria which have been of immense benefit to our people. Many people abandoned by their families and communities because they were afflicted by diseases like leprosy were treated in hospitals like these ones free of charge. I hesitate to imagine what Eastern Nigeria would have been without the Church. If not for Caritas, the Catholic charity, millions of our people would have perished during the civil war due to acute hunger. The Federal Government imposed an economic and food blockade against Eastern Nigeria because, as it argued, “starvation is a legitimate instrument of war”. Caritas cargo planes were strafed relentlessly, day and night. I personally benefitted greatly from the tones of dried milk, corned beef, salt, egg yoke, dried milk and other critical things made available by Caritas. The contribution of the Church to the educational development of Eastern Nigeria remain unparalleled. The missionaries used their limited resources to build schools all over the place, and products of these schools were competing favourably with their counterparts anywhere in the world. Generations of our best teachers, professors, lawyers, medical doctors and other professionals were trained in places like Christ the King College, Onitsha. I am a proud Old Boy of the great CKC. Up to 1970, many of the schools in various places in the Southeast were either established or managed by the Church. Like in other parts of the world, it has always been a thing of pride to associate with a Catholic Church owned or run school. Without the Church, there is no way Eastern Nigeria could have made the stupendous progress it has recorded in education, especially from 1945 when the Second World War came to an end. The Yoruba people of Western Nigeria, for instance, have a historical head start over the Igbo in education principally because major Yoruba towns and cities like Lagos are located on the coast; the white people who brought formal education to Nigeria came through the sea. Yet, within only two decades, the Igbo, to use Professor Chinua Achebe’s language, “had wiped out their educational handicap in one fantastic burst of energy”. By 1965, the Igbo were competing favourably with the Yoruba. In fact, there were more Igbo PhD holders among the Igbo than among the Yoruba, though the Yoruba had more professors. It is regrettable that the government took over Church schools in Nigeria, beginning with, of all places, East Central State (today’s Southeast). The forcible acquisition practically sounded the death knell of sound and solid education throughout the country. Hitherto, we received a kind of education which combined high academic standards with high morals and discipline. This was in line with the tradition of Catholic education everywhere in the world. It is, therefore, with joy that we note that some state governments have begun to return some of these schools to their proprietors. We look forward to having schools like CKC, Onitsha, and College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu, as well as St Patrick’s College, Calabar, return to their days of glory. We also note with delight that the Catholic Church has demonstrated great keenness on the development of higher education, particularly since the liberalisation of the ownership and management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. It has far more private universities than any organisation. Some of the higher institutions it owns directly or indirectly are Madonna University which is the first private university in the country, Catholic University of Nigeria, Tansian University, St Augustine University, Renaissance University, Bishop Godfrey Okoye University, etc. It does, indeed, gladden the heart that the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, which in the mid 1990s established Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, the most competitive secondary school in Nigeria, is working hard on building a Jesuit university in the Federal Capital Territory. The role of Opus Dei, a prelature of the Church, in the establishment and management of such famous new institutions as The Lagoon Secondary School in Lagos and The White Sands Secondary School, also in Lekki, Lagos, as well as the Pan African University in Lagos, is well appreciated. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Catholic Church, it behoves the three Dioceses in Anambra State to seriously consider starting a famous university in the class of Pan African University, all the more so with the Archdiocese of Abuja about to establish a Jesuit University. After all, each of the dioceses is headed by a scholar of repute. We note with pride that the Church in the Onitsha Archdiocese and the Eastern Nigeria has remained faithful to its principal role: saving souls by reconciling man with his creator through preaching and practising the Good News. There are a lot of big churches everywhere, and many others are springing up rapidly. The churches are always full. Our seminaries, convents and monasteries are full of young men and women eager to serve God with all their being. Our people are the bedrock of Catholicism in every part of Nigeria. Bishop Shannahan described Eastern Nigerians as “natural Catholics”. We gave the Church Blessed Iwene Tansi, the first West African to be beatified. We gave the Church Dominic Cardinal Ekandem and Francis Cardinal Arinze. We produced Rt Rev Godfrey Okoye, the extraordinarily dynamic first Bishop of Enugu Diocese who had earlier served as the Bishop of Port Harcourt and led a holy life. We gave the Church Michael Eneja, the late Bishop of Enugu who led a saintly life right from the time he was in Onitsha as a young priest and inspired a generation of young people into going to the Ministry Mr. Chike MADUEKWE, a lawyer, writes from Anambra

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/12/125-years-of-catholic-church-in-eastern-nigeria/

nice piece and proudly Catholic

new2012:
Bad ass governor...

as in ehnn na real badt governor..I like him

God bless u Mr. Speaker

Here in Kabul, it's $100

Fatima Secondary school Minna, now Govt secondary school Minna established 1965 by Catholic Irish missionaries, with the likes of Cyril stober as alumni, we are called FOSA!

Cooly100:
If Nigeria is united with equal opportunities, as would be claimed by gullible people, why are the chairman of EFCC and the FCT minister permanently secured for the northerners?

I want a good answer to this. Thanks!!!

Godblessb u, u just spoke my mind.

Erums:
Iri ono aba... Osenobla deba eeere

Ju we ya

Egbe fuware obhio aba

Lawlahdey:
See.. There's nothing like your man or "my" man.
If you can't share your man with another woman in this generation, you are only seeking to remain alone.
Even if your man doesn't marry another woman apart from you, he will still look outside and these other women will still share "your" man with you.

Sooner we start encouraging polygamy, the better.

well dere is a point in this...

Arsenalholic:
Lol. It's the Niger Delta blood. Edo and Delta are homes to some of the most fearless young men in this country

no doubt

Hmmmmmmm......

omosefeeguaibor:
Wow! And to think those crowd have not confessed christ, jesu! There's a whole lot of work for every believer to be done.

am telling you my sister

Africa guardiola doing what he couldn't do in his country,

Thewrath:
Simple.
It's a gift if it's from a northerner.
It's a bribe if it's from a southerner.
You can thank me later at the galleria in abuja .

God bless you.

rattlesnake:
anywhere u see Insha xxxxxxx u hear death

WHY

d tin dey tire me oo bro

I like dis fani guy... Very courageous....

Gud

TANTUMERGO007:
The children of Israel ti take over lets see if northern governors would go there for meetings

as in ehnnnnnnnn

paschal47:
on a five hours journey you met just thirty and you are complaining? from iyana-iba to ajangbadi is not up to 10mins drive, but i can tell you I met 6 checkpoints on the road.



the annoying part is that they even give numbers to motorists sef




but honestly it's not fair, that is extortion and I think the NPF should do something about it it's really tarnishing their image as an institute.

is it NPF only? Hw about d military, FRSC and customs guys

Friendly fire

Shortyy:
Good for him. Remember people, our WhatsApp group is still open for you. Don't die in silence, we're here for you.

add me up 08058264595

Amen pastor

Rip Gov. Kure

Zoharariel:
There are already speculations that the Aviation University will be sited in Jigawa, so the topic should have read “Hausa/Fulani To Establish Aviation University in Jigawa”.

When the tenure of “Daura Cow” expires and a Southerner assumes leadership, we shall also establish our own Aviation Universities in the South-West, South-East & in the Niger-Delta - Shikena!

Godbless you

Since it's Benue, am not surprised, fvck, hiv, beer na dere way of life