14 Strategies to eliminate police brutality and racism in America EHI AIMIUWU Despite over three weeks of global protests, it is clear that police brutality and racism is a culture and lifestyle against blacks in America because you still read of blacks being killed in the news to this day.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK 7 Spiritual signs that a person will make it to heaven MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Over and over again, the early apostles warned Christ's believers and genuine followers: 'Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him (or her)' (I John 2:15).

Qualification for Nigeria President from 2023 ALFRED AISEDIONLEN, London, UK The candidates for all the elective positions in the country should have reasonable education and relevant experience. These are not a guarantee for honesty and good leadership, which our country needs most today.

CHANGEUP TONIC The Good Good Father… GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA Being a father is a beautiful thing. A father doesn't just talk about his love, He demonstrates what love is all about. He doesn't tell you how to live but rather lives and let you watch him do it.

COVID-19: An Open Letter to religious brethren in Nigeria YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA It's not to influence your relationship (mode of worship or beliefs) with your God but to admonish you to prevent the spread of Coronavirus and save vulnerable lives in Nigerian society.

The duty to Care! Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada It is so easy to complain that Africa has not developed. How can there be development when citizens don't pay their taxes and taxes paid are embezzled?

The '5percenters' got it right Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican The question of what some now refer to as restructuring - was the Biafran solution at Aburi (Ghana) Conference), in the build-up to the Nigeria-Biafra War. The resolution reached at Aburi Conference by both sides, if not that Gowon reneged on it when he returned to Lagos, could have averted the crisis that led to the genocidal Nigeria-Biafra War (1967-1970).

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES The Godly Father SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria Fathers mostly rule the world. It is only in few countries that we have women as Head of State. So except the fathers are upright, we shall continue to have nations filled with hunger, injustice, corruption, oppression and cheats and nations fighting nations.

Ibidunni Ituah-Ighodalo: A short life well spent YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA During your short lifetime, you served your community with the honesty of purpose and vigor to change the world of the inhabitants. Now the world is celebrating your passage with reflection, amity, and unconditional love.

The futility of wants and desires! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Some men of yesterday basked in the euphoria of yesterday. To their chagrin, yesterday has now expired. ... The bitter and sweet lessons learned from the history of yesteryears' politicians must be armed in our arms and subconscious minds.

I can't breathe Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA I looked pitifully at them, shook my head and uttered these words: 'So, this is how life is. We breathe today but tomorrow become breathless.' I imagined myself someday lying among the corpses. I left the mortuary with sadness and bewilderment.

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Tribute to Fathers on Fathers’ Day ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA When I became a father myself, it dawned on me that his unflinching love for his children informed every single action he took towards my siblings and I, even when it did not feel pleasant.

Igbo Presidency as quid pro quo DIMM U. OKWUKWU Fifty years after the civil war. Fifty years after Ndigbo rightly or wrongly believed they have been marginalized and persecuted in Nigeria, it becomes morally incumbent on the rest of Nigerians to make concession to them....

THE CHRISTIAN WALK How many souls will be saved and who will make it to heaven? MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA We shall be brutally frank! You may call us names; but this is an inconvenient existential truth, a great burden placed on us by the Holy Spirit. We must say it loud and clear.

The inner darkness of human nature, and man's beautiful place in history! (How Millennials Are Reinventing The American Dream) YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA The American millennials are reshaping and reconstructing the ugly nuances of bias, institutional and institutionalized racism against black Americans.

The duty to Care! Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada What the Holy Spirt taught me today is that he provides a simple solution through the word of God for our world. “We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves.” We have a duty to care for one another:

General Brown: The beginning of the end of racism in America YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA General Brown Jr. is the United States Air Force General. He was appointed by Donald Trump to the Chief of Staff of the U.S Air Force on 9th June 2020. The Air Force General confirmed as the first black chief of a U.S. military service.

So our Mama Orientation is dead? OKECHUKWU K. UKEGBU, New Jersey, USA The message on the Abia State Orientation Agency WhatsApp group platform announcing the untimely passage of Lady Sunshine by the Director-General, Hon. Godwin Adindu, was not only devastating but tragic. It caught everybody unaware and napping.

You need Overcoming Faith CALEB A. ABAS, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Without any doubt, Satan's assault will be unsparing of the three divine realities in the last days, a precarious time for people who followed Christ. With His eyes on the future, the Lord Jesus painted a disturbing picture of what is to happen to His own people as the world nears its end.

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CHANGEUP TONIC The Eagle has arrived… GBENGA OWOTOKI, Florida, USA Do you think, God will ever allow you to crash? He is training you, getting you ready for the storm. It looks like you are about to hit the ground but no, the Lord will not allow you to dash your feet against the stones.

Buhari, Kingibe and June 12 LEBURAH GANAGO, Atlanta, GA, USA By his own admission, Ambassador Kingibe who was Bashorun Abiola’s running mate in that watershed 1993 election, abandoned the June 12 mandate, “in the national interest” - a national interest he has failed to explain.

George Floyd: America’s secret love for police brutality EHI AIMIUWU The killing of George Floyd in 2020 is American’s secret love for police brutality against blacks, especially the black man, to remind the blacks that they legally have no rights in many American cities and states.

Introduction to Gochua's poetry CHIGACHI EKE In his internationally acclaimed and multi-award winning "Zaire and the African Revolution," Lawrence Baraebibai Ekpebu contends that African revolution did not end with the attainment of political independence from Europe.

When a daughter's Letter brought more tears to your teary eyes! ("I Can’t Breathe") YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA ...on March 16, 2020, our 13-year old daughter won a monetary prize from her formidable school district (Littleton Elementary School District) for a field trip to Washington DC. ... When she came back from school to tell me she won the prize, I knew she has moral and social activism in her.

Racial reconciliation: How do you call the police in America? EHI AIMIUWU I soon noticed that about 95% of the time that police stopped me, it was based on an incident that never happened and the other times, it was factual, but my words or actions were intentionally twisted to make me look like I had committed a crime.

Grazing landscapes for terror herders OKWUDILI B. OKANUME The trademarks of these so called Fulani herdsmen are similar to the devastative strategies deployed by Sudanese Janjaweed who killed, raped and razed black Muslim populations in Darfur, Sudan.

COVID-19 lockdown Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA Positively, the stay-at-home order united many disorganized couples and their helpless children once more. Negatively, the men who have nagging wives did not find it easy. They locked themselves up in their private rooms, murmuring and dying in silence.

Black lives matter; All lives matter E O EKE, UK I suppose Black people should also fight against tribalism, toxic ethnic nationalism, corruption, religious intolerance and terrorism. This is the way to demonstrate that indeed, Black livers matter.

THE CHRISTIAN WALK EDO 2020 SPECIAL: Will Governor Obaseki return for a second and final term as chief exeuctive? MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Last week, I referred to Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki as Gov. Andrew Obaseki of Edo State. It wasn't inadvertent but a zinger comparing him to "Andrew No Check Out" NTA advert about patriotism in the 1980s during the first coming of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as military strongman.

Tribute to George Floyd Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Someone should understand racism is human creation, and fabrication that grows in the heart of humans to destroy humans and needs to stop - Now! *Where is the love of God in your heart?*

I want to be a flower (Poem) YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Flowers embellish their host (tree and land); They give hope and love to hopelessness. Flowers depict peace; amity and A tranquilizer to troubled minds.

How to dismantle institutionalized racism in America YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Feed your enemy when he is hungry; give him water to drink when he is thirsty. You shall reap gold on his head. I am attempting to paraphrase this vintage Bible verse.

Uwaila Omozuwa: Rape and murder so gruesome! UGOCHUKWU EJINKEONYE The gory picture of her body is the most horrible image I have tried to look at in recent times. I had to remove my eyes immediately! A once beautiful girl had suddenly been turned into a horrific and scary image because of the primeval exploits of some brutish creatures.

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Utility Service Billing in the United States compared with Nigeria SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria The defunct Nigeria Electricity Power Authority (NEPA) had one time in the past duped me. No one occupied the family home in the country side for over a year and the power was switched off from the mains, yet NEPA made us to pay unreasonable exorbitant sum of money for electricity that was not consumed.

COVID-19 and face mask Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA Medical doctors and nurses wear face masks during surgery in order to avoid contamination. Criminals wear face masks to disguise themselves. ...people wear face masks to protect themselves.... For whichever purpose, once you wear a face mask your identity becomes nebulous.

Our Month of Healing Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada With the Coronavirus and other factors many are now sick, mentally, physically, financially and emotionally. That is why our God is saying He is available to heal. Let your prayer this month be like that of Jeremiah....

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Is the Kingdom of God here? When is our Lord Jesus Christ returning? MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA There are three existential events that every born-again, truly-redeemed and genuinely-converted Christian should know and be involved in the Spiritual Journey of Life.

Jesus - The Healer is in the House! Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Wherever Jesus went two set of parties are provoked for different things. His presence elicits healing, peace, joy, deliverance for those who believe in him as Lord and saviour. The other party is always perturbed and disturbed by his actions.

The mind of haters! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Haters are a product of their existential and dreadful lives. We live in a borrowed world, and we shall leave it with a continuum sigh of history.

These demised hapless human beings could be anyone! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Ruefully, I can't breathe could happen to you. I can't breathe can happen to me; and I can't breathe could happen to anyone. Racism is now as lethal and deadly as COVID-19.

Congratulations to the NFF on the renewal of coach Gernot Rohr's contract! CYRIL C. NWOKEJI, Belgium It is indeed a needed step in the right direction. Nigeria will now have the opportunity to have continuity....

Stay at Home Fr. PAT AMOBI CHUKWUMA The year 2020 will remain indelible in the history of humanity. At the dawn of the year, we all hoped that it would be a year of fulfillment. The figures 20 - 20 entail fullness. Unfortunately it turned out to be a year of calamity and backwardness.

FROM THE PREACHER'S LENSES Righteousness of God SAM AWEDA, Lagos, Nigeria Many of us believe that no one is holy but there is a level of badness, which man must exceed before he is thrown to hell. Many believe God will consider some of our good works and our religious services and save us from Hell. This makes our forefathers to say 'Heaven knows who will be saved'. And they pray that God meets them doing good.

Legendary pioneer African theologian Charles Nyamiti Rev. Fr. FRANCIS A. OBORJI, The Vatican Today, Africa mourns the legendary Rev. Prof. Fr. Charles Nyamiti, the Vibrant Pioneer of Inculturated African Christian theology and a founding scholar of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA).

America and the deadly politics of the coronavirus (2) LEBURAH GANAGO, Atlanta, GA, USA Donald Trump and the GOP are poised to use the COVID-19 pandemic to rig the November general elections. They have already indicated that they are going to resist mail-in absentee ballot. They are going to insist on in-person voting....

THE CHRISTIAN WALK Educating your children in post-COVID-19 World: Introducing The Emmanuel Online Christian Elementary Academy 2020 MOSHOOD FAYEMIWO, Cameron, Texas, USA Do you notice the way modern education has changed and its relevance in our current world? Do you notice that 'paper qualifications' are becoming outmoded, archaic and valueless in our contemporary world? When last do you have the time to read a printed book?

UZOKWE'S SEARCHLIGHT Why some residential buildings cost too much in Nigeria – Form not always following function (Part 1 of 2) ALFRED O. UZOKWE, Harrisburg, PA, USA [As an architect] Yes, I was impressed by the aesthetics of the buildings, but the superfluity of some and the redundancy of many of the architectural elements, troubled me.

Discover your purpose Pastor AMOS D. DADA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Another way is to realize, that your purpose is the intersection of your pain and your gain. Moses has pain in his heart when he saw the Egyptian oppressing the Israelites. He wanted to do something about it.

To my friend Omoyele Sowore! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA Some of the awakened youths are social media ants festering the psyches of the reasonable ones amongst them on social media. Nigerian youths have misplaced priority and misappropriation of opportunity to 'take back' their future....

Why Joe Biden mustn't choose a black woman as his vice presidential nominee! YAHAYA BALOGUN, Arizona, USA The weapon of division-race card should be the yardstick for which Joe Biden's choice is made to reassure the majority of the White people who are as intelligent as their Black or Latino's intelligent counterparts.

Ndigbo in search of capable leadership (3) DIMM U. OKWUKWU Ndigbo must go back and understudy the negotiation skills of King Jaja of Opobo, 1821-1891. We might think that we are disadvantaged but it is not true. We've had Igbo slaves who negotiated themselves to freedom, wealth and prominence.

An Open Submission to the President, governors, and members of the National Assembly on the influx of northern youths to the South CHIMA OKEREKE

Richard Akinjide in his own words ERIC TENIOLA, Lagos, Nigeria In my recollection, the best contribution Chief Akinjide ever made in the democratic process was the speech he delivered at the Constituent Assembly on November 16, 1977.