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STATE POLICING IGNITES NATIONAL DEBATE: Promises and Pitfalls

President Bola Tinubu’s renewed push to create state police has once again brought one of Nigeria’s most contentious constitutional debates to the forefront. With the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) State Police Bill, 2026, formally presented to the National Assembly and the inauguration of the presidential working group on the national policing […]

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Security Authorities dispel News of Fulani Herdsmen in Mbaise

Urge Communities to go about their Lawful Businesses The alarming reports circulating in Mbaise and across the state concerning the alleged presence of suspected Fulani herdsmen in the area have been described as fake and unfounded. Tension in the Mbaise community had, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, risen to a very high point after news

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NDC Ezinihitte Mbaise Commissions New Secretariat Office, Lauds Generosity of Donor

By Adolphus Ofoegbulem The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Ezinihitte Mbaise chapter, on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, commissioned and inaugurated a new secretariat office located opposite Union Bank Plc, Aboh Mbaise, in a development described by party members as a significant step in strengthening the party’s grassroots structure. The office was donated by Hon. Osondu C.

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Primary Elections and the Charade of a Failing Electoral Process

Primary elections are designed to deepen democracy, but in Nigeria, they have increasingly devolved into political theater, where predetermined outcomes are disguised as democratic choice. Under the legal and institutional framework of Nigeria’s Electoral Act 2022, political parties are permitted to conduct primaries through one of three methods: direct voting, indirect voting, or a consensus

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Hope Rises for Nazareth House through AHDCWO Raffle Draw

Lucky Winners Glow with Joy as Charity Initiatives Spark Renewed Vision for the Project On Saturday, May 9, 2026, the Ahiara Diocesan Catholic Women Organization (AHDCWO) organized a raffle draw to help generate funds that will expedite their project at the Nazareth House situated at Lude, Ahiara, Ahiazu Mbaise L.G.A. The Nazareth House is undoubtedly

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Quietude as Strength: Rethinking the Priesthood in Ethelbert Uwadoka

By: Rev. Onyemegbulem Brendan Introduction: There is a kind of silence that betrays, and there is one that listens; there is a kind of silence that is not passive, not indifferent, but profoundly alive. This kind does not withdraw but gathers, orders, and gives weight to presence. It is this latter form, better described as

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MOTHER’S DAY 2026 MESSAGE

To the Esteemed Catholic Women Organisation (CWO), Ahiara Diocese, Nigeria. Dear Mothers, With a heart filled with respect, admiration, and gratitude, I warmly celebrate all our noble mothers of the Catholic Women’s Organization of Ahiara Diocese on this special occasion of Mother’s Day 2026. Today, we pause to honor your strength, your sacrifices, your unwavering

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Culture & Socials
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THE CITY BUILT ON SAND: A PROPHETIC CRITIQUE OF URBAN POLITICAL MESSIANISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CITY BOY MOVEMENT(II)

By: Rev. Fr. Chiemeka Matthew Iwuagwu Micah and the Violence Hidden in Urban Architecture Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah and a younger contemporary of Amos, brings the prophetic critique of urban power to its sharpest formulation. His famous oracle in Micah 1:5 names both Samaria and Jerusalem as the locus of Jacob’s and Judah’s transgression,s,

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Three Symbols at Easter: A Biblical and Theological Synthesis

By: Rev. Fr. Innocent Ike Nwachukwu, Ph.D. The resurrection of Christ is “a real event, with manifestations that were historically verified, as the New Testament bears witness” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 639). It is “the most beautiful, joyful and overwhelming news that has ever resounded in all of history …the quintessential ‘Gospel” which

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