Ogiri John Ogiri

Riches is now better than a Good Name in the Nigeria of Today. By   Ogiri John Ogiri. My very good friend, Godwin Ekwote of the Department of Banking and Finance, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue, this morning, challenged us with this question "As The  saying goes; A Good Name Is Better Than Riches, But In the Nigerian Context, Does It Really Matter?" Before I begin, I must confess that I owe my friend, Goodwin Ekwote, an unquantifiable debt of gratitude for raising this poser which triggered the ideas in this write up. Having accorded honour to whom honour is due, let me now submit my contributions by addressing the question. For me, a question of this nature is a rhetoric that calls for sober reflections. However,a cursory analysis of the question in the light of the current Nigerian reality certainly reveals a new thesis statement I have adopted as the heading of this piece "Riches is now better than a Good Name in the Nigeria of Today" It ...

Superstitious beliefs: the Bane of Nigerian Christian society. By Ogiri John Ogiri. One of the biggest problems or the most dangerous evils facing Christians in Nigeria today is superstitious beliefs. What is more worrisome is the fact that these superstitious beliefs are encouraged and propagated by some of our so-called men of God,some of who teach that every elderly man or woman in the Nigerian villages is either a witch or a wizard. The nocturnal bird,the owl,can no longer hoot at night time ; the cat can no longer live at home with man,even fireflies are scared of flying in the night in Nigeria for fear of being branded a witch. Even the charitable act of giving money to beggars on the street has been demonized by some of these pastors. Gullible church members are sometimes taught to believe that giving money to a beggar can cause the fortune of the giver to be transferred to the beggar. Did our lord Jesus Christ ever teach that to his disciples? But these pastors do not have a...