Dear Esteemed Readers, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to Pride Magazine Nigeria for this month of August. We are now in August! How time flies. Do you remember your 2018 New Year resolutions? How have you fared with them? Have you been doing what you promised yourself you will do in 2018? If you have not, do not wait a second longer, start now to make your dreams and aspirations happen – no excuses. Do not say, “I will start tomorrow”. Procrastination and putting off for tomorrow what should be done now is the thief of…
Author: Charles Anyiam-Osigwe
Dear Esteemed Readers, Welcome to the month of July 2018. We trust that you had fun reading what we presented to you on our platform during the first half of the year. We are working on upping the ante by making sure that as we enter the thick of the rainy season, we make available quality reading materials for our readers to enjoy as the rains pour down. May the showers of this rainy season be showers of blessings for each and every one of us. Amen. We are making some changes on the pride editorial board. From this month…
Dear esteemed readers, HAPPY EASTER TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! Today April 1 2018 is Easter Sunday in the Christian calendar. Christians all over the world of most denominations mark this day in celebration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion, death and burial. As we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, may everything that concerns us be renewed in peace, love and joy. Amen. Pride Magazine Nigeria Online is a holistic lifestyle magazine rooted in delivering well-written and inspirational stories about life and living. We are always tasking ourselves to present you…
The center point of the Christian life begins at the cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ: “And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.” – 1 Corinthians 15:14. Our faith is not in vain – as we read in Matthew 28: 5-6 “The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.’ The post-resurrection appearances of Jesus Christ are recorded…
This is the final part of a four-part series commemorating International Women’s Day 2018written by Charles O. Anyiam-Osigwe and Michael Igaga We have noted in this series the efforts of the United Nations to situate womanhood in its appropriate status in the social order. In its efforts, a significant stride was made through the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1979. CEDAW, however, was limited to the dimension of saving the woman from male domination in domestic violence and other forms of abuses that denigrated the woman. With Resolution 1325 adopted by the…
This is the third of a four-part series commemorating International Women’s Day 2018 written by Charles O. Anyiam-Osigwe and Michael Igaga. WOMEN, THE PEACE PROCESS AND THE NIGERIAN REALITIES In Nigeria, the social order is in chaos from ethnic mudslinging, terrorism, and a number of social upheavals ignited and aggravated by poverty. In the South East, we have the challenges of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra to contend with. The Fulani herdsmen issue has assumed a national spread that rears its head unexpectedly anywhere in Nigeria. We have…
This is the first part of a four-part series commemorating International Women’s Day 2018 written by Charles O. Anyiam-Osigwe and Michael Igaga. INTRODUCTION As we mark International Women’s Day 2018, this paper focuses on a very important aspect of the whole construct of being and consciousness – the woman. The focus of our discourse here is in furtherance of the recovery process of the human race from a misconception of reality in which the wrong premises lead to obviously bland, insipid and vacuous conclusions; conclusions that are antithetical to generating the appropriate matrix for holistic development. The misplacement of womanhood…
Dear Esteemed Readers, Welcome to the month of March 2018. We trust that you had fun reading what we presented to you on our platform during the past month of February – The Month of Love. The 8th of March is celebrated worldwide as International Women’s Day. Mother’s Day 2018 is Sunday, 11th March 2018. So expect plenty to read and enjoy in our Month of Celebrating Womanhood. We launch the #FromtheShadows campaign on the 8th of March. This is a project we hope will galvanise women to step into the light and not live in the shadows of men.…
The concluding part of the two-part series by Pride Nigeria’s publisher Charles Anyiam-Osigwe on things which can strengthen the bonds of marriage. Do you understand one another? Marriage is a partnership between two strangers from different backgrounds and different upbringings. We are products of the environment in which we grew up and we go into relationships with our own set of world views and values. Given that couples come from different backgrounds, it is inevitable that they will have different views, opinions and perspectives on certain issues from time to time. However, the important thing is that they have the…
In this two-part series, Pride Nigeria’s publisher Charles Anyiam-Osigwe examines the things which can strengthen the bonds of marriage. I have always been fascinated with Mammy Wagon philosophers and their sayings on the back of lorries. Words of wisdom on marriage from the Mammy Wagon philosopher: TO STAY MARRIED AND HAPPY IS WORK O!’ When I saw this, I could not help but agree with what was so aptly and humorously stated. And as we mark Valentine’s Day, I want to reflect on what sort of “work” it takes to strengthen marital bonds. We have heard this said quite often…