Ogiri John Ogiri is very passionate about research and news sharing. He is a young Nigerian writer with interest in education, political and social issues.
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Photo credit: YouTube.com WAKE UP, PARENTS! Years back, poor illiterate parents produced doctors, engineers, scientists, accountants, lawyers, architects, professors, whom I will refer to as GROUP 'A'. These GROUP 'A' Children struggled on their own after Primary 6 or secondary school education, to become notable personalities. Most of them walked to school barefooted, went to farms, fetched water and firewood, cared for domesticated animals, did some work including trading after school to survive, acquired handcraft skills such as basket-weaving, broom-making etc. and used the money realised to support their personal upkeep. Now, GROUP 'A' ,who have become parents themselves, are producing GROUP 'B' Children. These GROUP 'B' Children are pampered, helped in their homework or home assignments from nursery schools through secondary schools to tertiary institutions, chauffeur-driven to very expensive schools or sent abroad to study. They can...
Dear Mr. President, I commend your leadership dexterity and wisdom for signing into law, yesterday and very speedily so, the bill seeking to make us revert to the old national anthem "Nigeria, We Hail Thee" However, it is important that the following few points are urgently brought to your attention so that we do not end up taking residence in self-deception as a country. Mr President Sir, In our churches today, hungry people no longer have the strength to answer "Hallelujah" to the shout of "praise the Lord!" In our mosques, shouting"Allahu Akbar" takes great effort because we are not sure if the imam calling people to pray has eaten well. Because they are hungry, it is difficult for them to keep praying for the same Nigeria others keep destroying. In the same way, a hungry man cannot hail Nigeria. A man who can no longer afford the three square meals, thanks to your unfriendly economic policies, may never be proud to hail Nigeria...
Anyone teaching or praying back-to-sender does not understand Christianity. Evil/satanic forces exist. Human beings employ the services of satanic powers to do harm to other humans. These are absolute facts. Believe it or leave it. Consequently, a Christian should pray against evil forces. Jesus teaches us that in the "Our Father" which is a deliverance prayer because it says, "deliver us from evil" (Matthew 6:9-13 & Luke 11:2-4). Paul also gives us a clear teaching on praying against evil powers (Ephesians 6:10-18). A very wrong but ironically famous way of praying against evil is what has become known as "back to sender (BTS)." It simply means the evil another person sends to harm others should go back and harm the sender (the person who sends it). BTS is famous among Christians and even some clergy pray it and teach and lead others to pray it. All of that is the result of ignorance. Back-to-sender is against the will of God and a contradiction of J...
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