Tuesday 5 November 2013

A Blue-print for Parenting

You will recall that it was at the Garden of Eden, that place of extreme grace, that God commanded the first parents – Adam and Eve to be fruitful, fill the earth and govern it. He blessed them and made them masters of all His creation (Genesis 1:28).

LANGUAGE AND BRICKS



The United Nations set aside a day to celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity. This was motivated by the killing of four students in Bangladesh in 1952 for their campaign to use their mother tongue, Bangali, as the official language. Since 1999, following UNESCO’s proclamation of February 21st as the International Mother Language Day, the idea has been to sensitize public opinion towards mother tongue use on this day.  The celebration also promotes mutual respect based on love of one’s mother tongue. It was in this spirit that we celebrated the 2013 edition of linguistic diversity all over the world with the theme: ‘The Book’.

The Intercessors For Nigeria (IFN) hosts the 32nd National Prayer Conference @ UYO

The Intercessors For Nigeria (IFN), announces its 32nd National Conference scheduled for 2014. The year 2014 is a very significant year for Nigeria. It is the Centenary year, and in line with the mandate of IFN to serve as watchmen to fulfill God’s purpose for Nigeria, the 32nd National Prayer Conference is the Centenary Edition.

Monday 4 November 2013

45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 45)

Call for Papers

45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL 45)
The 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics will be held at the University of
Kansas from April 17-19, 2014. The theme of this year’s conference is “Africa’s Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches”. 

Pilgrimage

I derived very great pleasure recently when I was invited to share my thoughts on “Pilgrimage”, by the Akwa Ibom State Pilgrims Board; at a seminar organized to prepare intended Akwa Ibom State Pilgrims for the 2013 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Here is what I told them: