Dealing with the Spirit of Error (Part 1) Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada There are two major spirits in operation over the whole earth: the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella: Deserved "Bundesliga" champions! CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium ...happy and very proud of the achievements of our courageous patriots: Victor Boniface and Nathan Tella, for making Nigeria proud at the highest levels of world soccer....

Life After Life: A Tribute to Papa Pastor Monday Oseghale Oriabure! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Papa Oriabure was an exceptional individual whose legacy of kindness and generosity continues to thrive through his beloved children and cheerful inlaws.

Renewed suffering Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA The opposite of Hope is hopelessness. The opposite of election is selection. The opposite of winning is rigging. ... The opposite of truth is falsehood. The opposite of renewed hope is renewed suffering. These negative opposites are the nucleus of our present predicaments in this country..

Are you denying Jesus like Peter? Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 4. When you are always around people that are “persecuting” Jesus, making mockery, jokes and jest of Jesus and you are enjoying it.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Playing and Dancing to Jerusalema by Nomcebo Zikode and Master KG featuring Alfred Uzokwe ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA

THE CHRISTIAN WALK PROPHETIC FLASHBACK! O.J. Simpson and the certainty of eternity MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Mr. Simpson can make peace with the Almighty God now before it is too late.

How are you making your money? Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...we forget that when you make money the wrong way as 'they' do 'you die young and leave a beautiful corpse'

The Church breathes with multiplicity of 'lungs' beyond East & West Europe Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican As is often said, successful liturgical inculturation process makes the Christian liturgical celebration a cultural experience.

Self-love is not selfishness (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE, Molfetta, Bari, Italy Have confidence in yourself; And increase your self-esteem; You cannot change others to like you; You can change attitude to what happens; Self-love is a daily journey to self

The testimony time gone wrong (Featuring Dr. Paul Eneche) Bishop DAVID IBELEME, St. Ann's, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies I want to wade in to the video that has gone viral in which a woman who was giving the testimony of how she became the first in her family to graduate from the University was "seemingly embarrassed" by her pastor, Dr. Paul Eneche.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Nara Ekele Mo by Travis Greene and Tim Godfrey featuring Alfred Uzokwe ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA

Onyema's Air Peace: Peace be unto you and your Management! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Kudos to Tinubu's administration, through its tireless Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, for fighting and creating a price war in aviation travel in Nigeria.

My Month of Divine Acceleration Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Develop yourself in your area of expertise. Trees grow in two directions, down through the root and upwards to the sun through the stem. The deeper your root the taller your stem shall become.

Religion and my African brethren YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Religious idiosyncrasies have beclouded and rewired the mental and cultural default of some religious Africans.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Scrapbook for April Fool's Day: Laugh and crack-a-rib MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA April 1 is named FOOLS' DAY, after Steve April. He was born on 1st April 1579. He did 105 businesses in his lifetime, but none was fruitful. He lost all his father's assets, and so everyone started calling him the father of fools.

EASTER: Victory of Light over darkness Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA After God illumined the darkness that overshadowed the whole world he said, 'Let us make man in our own image and likeness' (Gen. 1:26). God's image is the Light.

Mali 2, Nigeria 0: What really happened in yet another friendly encounter in Marrakech, Morocco? CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium

THE CHRISTIAN WALK BREAKTHROUGH NIGERIA 2024: Ebonyi here we come! MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Finally, the week has come. We are drawing nigh to the hour when the True Lord God Almighty will make His sovereign powers known and His Awesomeness felt more than ever clearer and His Prodigious Omnipresence in Ebonyi State.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Happy Easter Y’All - With an Igbo Easter Hymn (Feat Alfred Uzokwe) ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA

Pan-Africanism and today's self-determination struggle - Part 2 Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican It is high time the African leadership takes up once more those historic speeches of Julius Nyerere on self-determination and independence of the aggrieved and oppressed ethnic nationalities or groups in Africa today and act on them.

Can a woman be anointed to Pastor and Teach? (Responding to the woman question in the Bible) Bishop DAVID IBELEME, St. Ann's, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies This is an age old question which has caused a lot of controversies within the body of Christ.

Pararan mock news: The perfect Nigeria news for our time OBEYA F. KIZITO, Pennsylvania, USA Everything that had once given us [Nigerians] hope for a brighter day seems to have abandoned us and there is hopelessness in the land.

The budget padding palaver Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA I always check my blood pressure whenever trillion is spoken about. There are millionaires and billionaires. Scarcely do I hear of trillionaires.

Go closer to God (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE, Molfetta, Bari, Italy Grow to see God as a friend; He can teach you amazing things; Walk towards Him for more enlightenment; Grow to know Him more intimately.

Pan-Africanism and today's self-determination struggle - Part 1 Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican The neo-Pan-Africanism rhetoric among the African youths today is most noticeable during the recent standoff between France and its former colonies in West African Sahel region, namely, Niger Republic, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea Conakry, among others.

The "Black Stars" of Ghana fall to the Super Eagles of Nigeria in an exciting friendly, in Marrakesch, Morocco CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Remembering our Mamaláwo, Professor Sophie Oluwole YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Professor Sophie Oluwole was a cynosure of all eyes in the university community. 'Mamalawo' as she was popularly called in the literary circles, was Arogidigba (a timber and caliber) in the academic community.

Happiness amidst HARDSHIP Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA As I was typing this write-up I got a sad report that a lady who boarded a boat intentionally jumped into the Lagos lagoon due to the unbearable hardship in the country. She ended her life just like that. I wonder if she is sure of making heaven where there is no hardship....

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT If it is Springtime, it must be allergy time - Buckle up! ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA In fact, many make time to go out into nature, at Springtime, just to view and appreciate the beauty of flowers and trees blooming.

Who else but prof Benjamin Nwabueze (1931-2023) ERIC TENIOLA, Lagos, Nigeria It was Professor Nwabueze's subcommittee that recommended the fifteen codes which a public officer must adhere to. If those codes had been enforced, I am sure this country would have been a better place.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK You so-called dirty death, the last enemy: To Sylvanus Mangit Namang (1958-2024) MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA I saw Death. Yes Death, the implacable foe of the human race. It is a spirit, a fallen angel.

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Unique fearless pastors needed! SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria Pastors today want to associate with politicians and people in authority and covet their blessing and goods and refuse to tell them the truth.

Who is your God? Who is my God? Who is their God? One God? YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA I feel disgruntled as a Muslim! The Holy Quran aptly posits that there should be no compulsion in religious beliefs. Why does the enforcement of the brutal parts of religion always target the vulnerable members of society?

Beauty beyond love (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE, Molfetta, Bari, Italy Love may come and go; But that does not change; Your beauty; In any single phase.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Our “Wants” Versus our “Needs” ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA Be careful so your 'wants' do not set you up for heartbreak and health challenges

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Whichever type of government: Only one thing is important SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria When in the past we operated the parliamentary system of Government and citizens were comfortable, it was not the system per se that made it possible....

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Politicians alone are not to blame for our hardship SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria I have not seen any other country like Nigeria where officers on monthly salary demand and take money from people he is paid to serve.

CHANGEUP TONIC Where are you heading? GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA When we don't know where we are going, any road will take us there.

Your book of success; Their book of pretense! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Professor Philip Alalibo's book elucidates suggested prescriptions on how to deconstruct and de-emphasize the mental confinement of the African people.

Ramadan: The Lessons of this period! (Poem) YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Ramadan,; A time to identify more; With the needies; And the destitute people.; A period that other periods; Follow for amity.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Stephen Osagiede Oronsaye: The rejected stone… MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA When Oronsaye and I spoke extensively on his predicament, I requested for three days to commune with His Eternal Excellency in prayer and directives.

Deal with your anger (Part 2) Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Holy Spirit will help you take the following steps to manage your anger:

The Silent Listener (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE, Molfetta, Bari, Italy I may think I am alone: But the universe is my guide: It hears my every plea: And takes me on a long journey

Nigerian women, the time has come (Poem) YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA T- ime has blossomed you; I- nvest in Nigerian future politics; M- ove ahead of time to realize it; E- ducation isn't your burden!

William Troost-Ekong, alias "Rock of Gibralter": Best Player of AFCON 2023! CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium He rose virtually from the 'ashes' to unexpectedly make the AFCON 2023 Super Eagles' team, after the body language of the coach showed he might have become surplus to requirements.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT I propose “medivangelism” in Africa to save even more lives physically and spiritually ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Celebrating The Punch Newspapers of Nigeria at 50 MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA I knew this day would eventually come. I predicted it. I waited for it, and it has arrived.

Believe (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE, Molfetta, Bari, Italy Success and failure do not define; The person that you are inside; So hold your head up high; And never let your spirit die

Hunger and desperation Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA The cost of governance has eaten deep into the fabric of Nigerian economic existence. The Executive, Legislative and Executive Arms of government live in paradise while the poor masses live in hell.

Itchy boots and her ride on (Nigerian) West African roads OBEYA F. KIZITO, Pennsylvania, USA I am still traumatized by my journey on the Okigwe-Aba Road in 1997, on my way to Port Harcourt.

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Do we have to ridicule ourselves to access the wealth of the nation SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria It is just unfortunate that the spell (curse) of poverty placed on our people by Satan will not allow them to listen to the solution spelt out by God.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK SALVATION & HEAVEN: Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth and life MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA There is no other life to live apart from the life of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is our Creator, believe me. He is not a prophet, He is the Lord God Almighty Himself, because He said so in John 10:30

This world of mine (Poem) Rev. Sr. PRISCA O. NWOKORIE, Molfetta, Bari, Italy I refused to cry; I proved myself alive when the doctor gave a try; Time looked awkward and negative!; When I realised these I became active