Yesterday, close to 10 pm I received the sad news from my brother, Dooyum Akume, of the passing of our father, Othniel Akume, (5 August 1942 – 16 January 2021) at age 78. He was otherwise in good health until yesterday, when wasn’t feeling that strong and taken to the hospital. The medics found nothing strange or disturbing about his health, rather were encouraged by its improvement, but alas it ended this way. I’m saddened […]
If you nurture Christ’s nature You will mature Into his stature In full measure To God’s pleasure
Introduction “She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said. Ex 2:6 (NIV) The princess was not assuming as she spoke. She was very sure of what she was saying as “She opened it (the basket) and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him”. The baby in the basket was a Hebrew child. She […]
Around 5:47pm on Thursday, 30th July, 2020 as I had just alighted from a tricycle (also known as Keke Napep) from a ministerial outing with the FCS Borno State EXCO. I was about to enter my house when I heard the sound of blast two times within few minutes’ interval. I thought it was bomb blasts. Hearing gunshots and blasts is like a normal sound that does not bother many people including children in this […]
Twinkle twinkle like a star If your faith so glitters from afar… Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, And certain of things we have need for. Though we can’t see them and touch them as such, We must wait and trust in God so much. Faithfulness is the fullness of trust In a Being that made you from dust. When you choose the path of faithfulness, The world sees and calls […]
… And the tussle continues, Not so sweet, not so bitter. Something in between I guess. It’s a dialogue between the me, I, was And the me, I, can be. I, was waging war against me. Incarcerated in this cocoon called body, Escape route for me or I, was not visible. Solitude taste more sweeter, Simply caught up between two worlds: Mortality and immortality… I, was fiercely battling me. I, was convinced to try out […]
… And God said, “Let us make Man in our own image,” Male and Female He created them, with no damage… In His image of Love, He send His Love-letter to the world, In the person of Jesus Christ our Lord. In His image of Joy, He gives you internal Joy and calls you, “My Child.” Just as He gives joy to the birds in the wild. In His image of Peace, He said, “I […]
Introduction Emergency situations require urgent and emergency approach if tranquility and peace will be restored. The church in the Northeast (Borno, Bauchi, Adamawa, Yobe, Taraba & Gombe) and indeed Nigeria is under insurgency. This insurgency is not only from Boko Haram, Fulani Herdsmen attacks, Banditry etc. but in different ramifications. Over the years, persecutions against Christianity and Christians have led to the growth of the church. For instance, the early church expanded greatly because of […]
