Ogiri John Ogiri

I didn't study Theology. I didn't study Religion. Professionally, I belong to Education and Tourism. Consequently, I'm not qualified to speak on Tithes and Tithing. But as a diligent student in constant pursuit of knowledge, I am always in search of truth wherever it can be found by posing relevant questions to those whom it may concern in order to get the right answers. It's on this note that I decided to dedicate my time in this short write up to pose questions and seek clarifications on the highly controversial subject of Tithes and Tithing.  Before I embark on this venture, permit me to acknowledge the fact that, more than any issue in Christendom, tithes and tithing remains the most controversial, misunderstood and, unfortunately the most highly manipulated by the congregation and men of God in modern. So many Christian believers pay tithes, not because they see it as act of faith to be willingly performed since "God loves a cheerful giver" but they do so...

Meaning of Fasting by Ogiri John Ogiri. What is fasting? Every day, every week, some visit prayer houses and they're told to fast-21 days, 7days and so on. Even as I write, some are yet to descend from the mountains where they had gone to pray and fast. These are not bad but the question is 'do they understand what fasting actually entails? Fasting is one of the most commonly observed spiritual exercises in the world today. However, it is interestingly one of the most misunderstood spiritual exercises. When I checked the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the following definitions popped forward " to abstain from food, to eat sparingly or abstain from some food". In this sense, if one can stay without food or eat sparingly for some time, even if such person remains corrupt, and sinful in thoughts, words and actions, one is sure of being called a committed, serious christian. Indeed, that's the physical meaning of fasting. In order to understand the spiritual meaning of f...

DISCRIMINATIONS AGAINST HND HOLDERS IN NIGERIA: A THREAT TO POLYTECHNIC EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA. Some years, months, weeks, days and hours ago  when you graduated from the polytechnics  or monotechnics, with a Higher National Diploma in your chosen field (or the course you were given against your initial choice ) you probably beat your chest, threw your legs up into high heaven and swathed the air as having made an achievement of a life time. And from that moment onward, you started referring to yourself as a graduate. Your excitement was heightened the more when you were mobilized for the national service under the National Youth Service Corp scheme (NYSC)- after all, only graduates are qualified for such exercise. However, after all the hypes and the euphoria of graduation from the Monotechnics/ Polytechnics as well as the successful completion of the national service is over, and you were ushered into the labour market, what did you face...