Being Nigerian is sadly a synonym of scams and corruption. So few good things are said about Nigeria to the frustration of good and respected Nigerian citizens.
This latest incident of terrorism involving a Nigerian citizen is bad luck for the whole country at a time when good people are trying to build a better reputation [...]

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A Nigerian man, claiming to be linked to Al-Qaeda, allegedly tried to set off an incendiary device aboard a transatlantic airplane Friday as it descended toward a Detroit airport, reminding us that the threat of terrorism can come from an unexpected direction.
At this point, it is difficult to say if  Mr Abdul mutallab — whose [...]

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Christmas is a time for sharing. In America, however, Christmas is an excuse for over-spending, especially in a society where the culture of spending is normal. The pressure to give even though some people have to put themselves in debt is great. Many forget that Christmas is a religious celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth, not [...]

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Rhode Island’s top Roman Catholic leader has asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy to stop taking Communion over his support for abortion rights.
It is true that the Catholic church is against abortion. But using a political figure to influence the debate on health care is hypocritical. There are so many issues that the Catholic church has failed [...]

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Pastor Steven Anderson’s death prayers against President Obama have media attention.
For a president who has an unprecedented high rate of death threats, this not a big surprise. The first president of color surely expects to face death threats. Four of his white predecessors were killed in office, and many others escaped assassination attempts.
This pastor, who [...]

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Politics and religion are like salt and water. When you mix them up, it makes a salty water which is not necessarily a healthy solution.
A total of 44 people have been taken into custody in New Jersey and New York, as a result of a two-year FBI and IRS probe stretching from the Jersey Shore [...]

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It is official, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife have left the Southern Baptist Church over the discrimination of women and girls. He was a member of this church for more than 60 years.
If a man of God makes a strong decision to leave a church that he loved for so long, certainly the [...]

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President Obama’s speech at the University of Notre Dame has taught us the courage and also the wish of a man who knew that the best way to talk about differences is to face them. The president chose to accept and to address a community that disagrees with him on pro-life issues.
Words are what they [...]

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This week has been full of surprises in American politics: the blame game between Nancy Pelosi and the CIA, President Obama’s selection of Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman to serve as the ambassador to China, and the invitation for President Obama to visit the University of Notre Dame to deliver an address and receive [...]

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A very popular Miami priest known as “Father Oprah” was removed last week as head of the Miami Archdiocese’s international radio network and as head of his parish after the Spanish-language magazine TVnotas ran photos of him embracing a woman at a bar and at a beach. His real name is Father Cutie.
Love is crazy, [...]

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