Archives Tag: Religion

Health Religion

April 19, 2022

  On Saturday, September 19, 2020, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, during a briefing in the state gave a green light for the reopening of worship centres in the state as the lockdown continues to ease. Sanwo-Olu noted that mosques are now free to conduct their five times daily prayers, while churches … Continue reading Worship Centres To Fully Reopen In Lagos State

By ugo-chinedu

Men Personality

April 19, 2022

  Cardinal Okogie volunteered to die in place of a Muslim woman who had been condemned to death by stoning by an Islamic court for adultery. That statement above in itself summarises why He takes the place of our Everyday Hero today. If this doesn’t put him on the pedestal of heroes? Nothing else will. … Continue reading Everyday Heroes: Anthony Olubunmi Okogie

By jeremiah

Religion

April 19, 2022

Christ is risen! This is the chant that greets the bright morning of every Easter Sunday. Today is Easter celebration for Christians in every part of the world, a day that marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave in what Christians believe to be salvation of mankind from sin. Easter which is very … Continue reading Happy Easter Celebration

By ugo-chinedu

Politics

April 19, 2022

The subject of nationalism and the role which Nigeria’s founding fathers played in it has always been hotly debated in political circles. There is no doubt that ethnicity largely seeped into the foundations of Nigerian nationalism and threatened to destroy it. But considering the role which religion has been playing in helping to harmonise the … Continue reading Nationalism and Religious Harmony as a Deterrent to Ethnic Chauvinism in Nigeria

By adedoyin

Opinion Politics Religion

April 19, 2022

“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of the soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.” –Karl Marx (1844) In the space of just one week, there were reports on social media of about four attempted and successful suicide cases in Nigeria. The … Continue reading Why Religion is an Opiate of the People

By adedoyin

Women

April 19, 2022

Two women were having a discussion at a hair salon recently, and it got pretty heated. The younger woman did not see anything wrong with her not being engaged in any profitable enterprise, but that was not what surprised the older woman, who insisted that it wasn’t wise for the family to depend on one partner’s income, and it … Continue reading Proverbs 31 Babe: Why You Must Have Your Own Money

By jehonwa

Relationships Society

April 19, 2022

While it is admitted that marriage is a sacred union between two humans of separate identity, motives and intentions, it is equally not mistaken that the modern man has found it useful but not in its entirety. Given the high rate of divorce cases in our clan, domestic violence in the home front, sexual abuses … Continue reading Marriage and the Modern Man

By evans-ufeli

Opinion Religion

April 19, 2022

We’ve always been taught that every negative experience has a lesson attached and it’s true. But no one ever told us we might not “know” this lesson right away. Sometimes, the rhema of this lesson comes months after or even years. But our human nature wants to justify it NOW. We want know why it … Continue reading Arise From That Disappointment and Shine

By ejura

Opinion

April 19, 2022

Do you know that Lego blocks can teach you a lot about life? Have you ever assembled a jigsaw puzzle before? It was one of the things I loved doing when I was a child. Trying to recreate the picture piece by piece was exciting for me. In the same way, I loved assembling Lego … Continue reading What Lego Pieces Can Teach You About Your Life

By guestwriter

Opinion

April 19, 2022

There is one thing my father taught me and it has stayed with me all these years. He taught me to ask the question “why?” My father taught me to question things as a child. If my mum or aunty wanted to send me on an errand, my father would say to them “Tell her … Continue reading Why You Should Ask “Why?”

By guestwriter

Opinion

April 19, 2022

I’ve never liked being in the spotlight. All-eyes-on-me type of situations have never been my thing. During one of our weekly meetings my pastor’s wife gave this illustration about facing criticism. She took a book from the table and began to slowly raise it towards the light bulb. When the book was just underneath the … Continue reading Being in the Spotlight

By guestwriter

Opinion

April 19, 2022

I’ve been musing over this news of Diezani’s arrest and all the things that have been revealed and I just don’t get it. How can a woman of such means steal so much money? What was she planning to do with the money; go to heaven with it? Even before her appointment as a minister, … Continue reading What Makes You Better Than Diezani Alison-Madueke?

By guestwriter

Religion

April 19, 2022

She conceived and birthed Jesus Christ, and her words to the angel Gabriel who brought her news that she would be pregnant with a Holy Child, have remained on the lips of many centuries after: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word”. Here are some important – and … Continue reading 7 Things You Should Know About Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ

By jehonwa

FAMILY Relationships

April 19, 2022

Love indeed is all encompassing! The book of 1 Corinthians gives the best definition of what love is and isn’t. I have come to love The Message translation of the Bible – it gives a whole new understanding to God’s word, and it breaks it down so much that even an unlearned person has no … Continue reading Is This Love? Part 1

By connectnigeria

Opinion

April 19, 2022

How many times have you gone into God’s presence weary, tired and frustrated because you couldn’t have something you really needed or couldn’t seem to get a particular thing done? Did you cry your eyes out, speak to God about how much you needed His help, hand it all over to God and actually feel the weight … Continue reading Lay it Up and Leave it There

By connectnigeria