Tag: Hope
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Nigeria@60: A Call To Hope, By Bishop Hassan Kukah
Independence Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop, Diocese of Sokoto on October 1, 2020 1: I want to first thank God Almighty the Father of all creation and the maker of Heaven and earth. Strange as it may sound, I would like to thank the colonial masters who wove our diverse peoples together…
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UAE sets goal to build human colony on Mars with launch of Amal
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday launched a spacecraft to Mars with a goal to build a human colony on the planet by 2117. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the spacecraft blasted off from a launch centre in Japan in what is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. The Mars orbiter, named Amal or Hope, blasted…
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Don’t lose hope, By Stephen Ojapah MSP
Stephen Ojapah MSP Hope in Catholic Theology is described as one of the three theological virtues. St Thomas Aquinas defines it as “a future good, difficult but possible to attain…by means of the Divine Assistance…on whose help it leans”. Hope is often oriented towards some future good. Like the other two theological virtues of faith…
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Inspiration from the Colosseum and hope for the persecuted, By Stephen Ojapah, MSP
STEPHEN OJAPAH MSP Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matt 5: 11). The life of Jesus is marked…
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I pray Nigerians won’t place curses on APC for dashing their hopes soon – Oyegun
The immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has said going by recent developments unfolding in the party, Nigerians might curse the party and its leaders for their hopes despite its rigorously campaigns of change in 2015. Oyegun however called for the invocation of the doctrine of necessity that…
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Buhari renews hope for better Nigeria in New Year letter to Nigerians
My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today marks a new decade. It is a time of hope, optimism and fresh possibilities. We look forward as a nation to the 2020s as the opportunity to build on the foundations we have laid together on security, diversification of our economy and taking on the curse of corruption. These…
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2020 Budget: Ahmad Lawan ignites hope in National Assembly and Nigeria, By Abubakar Sidiq Usman
By Abubakar Sidiq Usman The ninth Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria made history on Thursday, December 5, with the passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law, thereby fulfilling the promise of the legislature to return the budget cycle to January – December period as it used to be. Until few years…
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Nigeria@59: Nigeria should be beacon of hope, democracy, freedom – Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has said that Nigeria should be the beacon of hope, democracy and freedom, not only to the African continent but to the black Diaspora all over the world. In a statement released via his official twitter page, to commemorate Nigeria’s 59th independence, he said…
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Ayade preaches hope on New Year
Cross River State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has urged Cross Riverians to be hopeful of a better 2019 as the foundation his administration has laid in the last three years is progressively being crystalized through the rapid industrialization of the state. In his New Year message signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and…
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June 12: We must keep hope alive – Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday urged Nigerians to keep the spirit of June 12 alive and strong by remaining united and hopeful of a more prosperous future for the country. Ambode, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Idiat Adebule, made the call at an event organised to mark the 24th anniversary…