Our Month of New Beginnings Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The spirit rules the world. The world is spiritual. The unseen forces and invincible world at times are more real than the physical. To have a new and successful new beginning, start with your creator.

Bury me with my sins (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE Why should I be upset in conscience?; Why should I worry about judgement?; Through no great fault of mine; I am charged forever by the unjust; to a life of misery, poverty, and inequality.

The Water Resources Bill: An instrument for the expropriation of the aboriginal water rights of Nigerians PRIYE S. TORULAGHA, Miami, Florida, USA

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Indepth analyses on power, honor and glory MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA In each power department is a principality; if you want physical power like a boxer, wrestler etc, if you satisfy the requirements of the principality here, he will send some demons into your body for that purpose and when you die, you belong to him.

Laugh it off - If you can't understand Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE Can you believe our Disciplinary Master is now in charge of the village masquerade? When I got closer to him to greet him, he waved goodbye to me as if he had no hope of resuming work.

Why referendum for self-determination is the way-out (Part 2) Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican For the Hausa-Fulani, however, modernization required and still does, a complete change in values and ways of life. The Yoruba were somewhere between the Hausa-Fulani and the Igbos regarding their need for achievement and emphasis upon individual choice.

Victims of injustice (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE From my heart, I will not support their wicked plots; No matter how much injuries they continue to inflict; One day peace, equity and love; Will shine like the rays of the morning Sun

Carry out your ministry Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The world is aching because many people are not doing ministry or not doing it well!

Why referendum for self-determination is the way-out (Part 1) Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican it is because the world powers, international community and our gifted and well-positioned Christian Church leaders had failed to address the Biafra question ... which was the first of its kind in the post-independent Africa, that is why we have gotten the Rwandan Genocide almost thirty years after

Who is your choice? (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE Get a leader who is not sectional and with a high profile ; Choose him because he can do the job ; ... And take decisions of common interest.

Misplacement of Priority Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA ...my fortieth birthday, one of my German friends presented me a beautiful flower worth 20 Euro. ... What is the essence of flower to me as a student in need in a foreign land?

CHANGEUP TONIC The unforgettable impact of Apostle Timothy Oluwole Obadare GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA I am afraid of the new generation of Christians. I'm afraid when I see the way we're running our own race. The people of God in times of old walked in righteousness, and therefore manifested the raw power of God.

Stop shopping around for false and fake gods! Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Even when we the Christian Church is not shopping around for church the other gods are forcing themselves on us, encroaching the Christian space.

The power of gratitude (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE Gratitude gladdens the heart; It is God's nature to give gifts; God values helpful gifts from the heart; The gifts that we give to others ; Comes from within us.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK How Sen. Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke used prophecies for election victory in Osun State MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA In our prophecies published here in this column before the just concluded Osun Governorship Election, we wrote inter alia: 'Now to the forthcoming 2022 Governorship Election in the State of Osun. Nearly four years ago, Gboyegan Oyetola snatched victory through one word: 'inconclusive' and is now up for re-election. ...'

The case for Biafra & likes of Bishop Carlos Belo of East Timor (Part 2) Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican No amount of numbers of political elections conducted under the present dispensation, or personnel changes, today or tomorrow, will ever make Nigeria work, or stop the ongoing Islamist, herdsmen terrorism and carnage in the country.

Moslem - Moslem Presidential ticket is Unsafe for Christians, and at best, Incompatible with an Egalitarian Nigerian Nation CHIMA OKEREKE

Nigeria's Call Obey - The Obi Phenomenon DAVID OGULA, New York, USA If we have tolerated the ineptitude, dysfunction, and roguery of presidents from other regions of Nigeria, we can try the promise of competence of a president from the south-east.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness WALE ODEKU There is a sitting Vice President, who is a Christian, and under whose watch the atrocities against Christians, along with other atrocities continue.

; When will Holiness Matter? Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Have you heard the saying, you can give, pray, do evangelism, worship, build a church and still go to hell?

Wole Soyinka: Our intellectual giant at 88! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Kongi, a humid and ; Terrestrial intellectual; Property to voyagers of the muse.; The conscience of the nation ; Grinding in a confused enclave; And wasteland.

Afraid to love (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE Though a farmer may plant my love as a seed; A caterer may prepare my love as food; A tailor may cut my love in pieces; A teacher's love may be a lesson for me; An electric company's staff may turn off my love; I'm still not afraid to love.

The case for Biafra & likes of Bishop Carlos Belo of East Timor (Part 1) Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican The unique inside account and witness of Bishop Carlos Belo, became a catalyst that eventually, compelled the United Nations, to intervene, and begin the negotiations that eventually, led to the granting of Independence and self-rule to East Timor by the Indonesian authorities.

Blessing in disguise Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA I asked myself: if this did not happen, who knows what else might have happened on that rainy evening?

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Which Way Nigeria? ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA Sonny Okosun asked in the 80s- Alfred sings his iconic song- Which Way Nigeria?

Nigeria's problem is beyond election and change of personnel Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican It is an evil, that needs be uprooted from the African soil, from soils of all the indigenous ethnic nationalities that were logged together as one nation-state....

The blunder in not having State Police ERIC TENIOLA, Lagos, Nigeria No one could have imagined forty-six years ago that our security challenges would become so grave to this level, that we now live in perpetual fear at the mercy of terrorists....

THE CHRISTIAN WALK OSUN 2022 EXCLUSIVE! Who wins, who loses to enter and exit Abere Government House Osogbo? MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA The Adeleke Family is a famous, popular, and highly revered family in the historic town of Ede in Osun State nay Yoruba Land. The family is also very wealthy, and this is an incontrovertible fact, but....

My Month of Divine Visitation Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Divine visitation is the process of bringing heaven down to overrule the powers of the enemy at work in our situation,...

Folks, may your road be rough! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA With all sense of nostalgia, I chose the title of this article from the famous age-long philosophical piece written and published by the late Dr. Tai Solarin on January 1, 1964.

A pinch of salt (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE A food with a pinch of salt; is similar to a rainbow in the cloud;

2023: A stingy good Leader Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA A good stingy man thinks of the welfare of the society at large. He does not waste public funds on unnecessary things.

Joshua you are growing old! (Part 2) Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Reading Joshua Chapter One, we see God’s blueprint on conquering the land.

KBJ-Ketanji Brown Jackson: An epitome of grace, intelligence, and candor YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA When Ketanji Brown Jackson, the brand new Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was sworn in today, my mind raced back to great Black American emancipators who made painful struggles to liberate Black Americans.

Stop kicking the can of religious worms! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA The way Asiwaju Tinubu brilliantly assuaged the minds of Muslim voters by picking Professor Osibanjo, a Christian, was eminently inspiring and brilliant. However, ....

True love is possible Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE To live a happier and more peaceful life, we must focus our mind on the good qualities we discover in other people.

Buhari has killed Nigeria before our very eyes Rev Fr. STAN CHU ILO, Chicago, USA Most Nigerians know this, but many of us pretend that somehow this horrible harmattan will soon be over, and somehow God will save us from this painful descent into the valleys of death and destruction.

Degrees of Madness Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA Some men of God suffer from spiritual madness when they curse and abuse people at the pulpit. They preach money instead of God. Ingratitude is also a form of madness.

CHANGEUP TONIC ; The exploits of Archbishop Benson Idahosa (Part 3) GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA Once, he, alongside some ministers of God, wanted to see a head of state. On hearing Idahosa was coming with an entourage, the head of state sent a message stating the limited number of people he wanted to see. When Idahosa heard this, he was furious.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK A human race in custody: Who paid the bail bond and would get yout out? MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Religion tells us that there are some regulations, regimens, and rituals that human beings must follow to get rid of the sin-soaked inborn nature in the human DNA.

Joshua you are growing old! Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada God was telling Joshua it is not too late! It is a wake up alert. Do something with your remaining years.

Biafra and Buhari's visit to Rwanda Genocide Memorial, Kigali Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican 'Before Rwanda, there was Biafra.'

Our nation bleeds (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE I see a carnival of madmen ; Ambushing their fellow mortals like roaring lions; I fear the demon has decided

The agony of life Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE It is not fair, God! It is not fair! How can you allow a handful of men more joy than is good for their sanity and the rest of us more tears than we can afford rags to wipe dry?

Nigeria 10, Sao Tome and Principe 0: "THE KILLER SQUAD" called the Super Eagles of Nigeria!! CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium The question on the lips of the average Super Eagles' supporter thus was, by how much the Super Eagles were going to win the match-up with the Islanders from Sao Tome and Principe?

Daddy Primary Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA Why is it that the old generation refuses to give chance to the new generation? Somewhere and sometime ago, I passionately went to a family to settle an inheritance dispute between an old mother-in-law and her young daughter-in-law.

I need bread (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE To be worthy of the bread of life; We must be confident in Him; Our faith in Him must be real; The bread of Christ brings healing to the soul.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK ; How The True Lord God Almighty uses common people, places and things for extraordinaries MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Often times we belittle the little things of the world and those people we neglect and count as nobodies....

CHANGEUP TONIC The exploits of Archbishop Benson Idahosa (Part 2) GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA The chief host of the witches granted a network interview, announcing that a universal witchcraft meeting was to hold in Nigeria. On hearing this, Idahosa announced that it was not true. The press asked Idahosa, "What do you mean by, 'It's not true?'"

The Church and "profitable" businesses Bishop DAVID IBELEME, St. Ann's, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies Godliness Is Profitable - 1 Tim. 4:8-9.

In touch with reality (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE I revisited my home and my kinsmen ; I spent months of unalloyed happiness ; So rapidly I recovered my lost ground ; The sound of music of the people in a feast.

His name is Delegate Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA ...laughter turned me upside down. I capsized like a boat. The couple was gazing at me in utter confusion. They told me that Delegate is not an amusing name [for their new born]. It signifies opulence and a lot of fortunes.