The Life & Legacy of Mama Ruth Elton (1933–2025)
Ruth Elton died yesterday at 91 in her home in Ilesa in Osun.
Her story is one of rare devotion, coming to Nigeria as a child in 1937 & never really leaving.
She gave up citizenship, comfort, and family to make Nigeria her home.
Prof. Mrs. F.N Okeke has won a lifetime global recognition. An asteroid 149831 has been named after her by International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Prof. Okeke’s groundbreaking research on the ionosphere and its impact on climate and space weather has reshaped the understanding of atmospheric physics on a global scale.
From earth to the stars, her legacy shines in the cosmos!!!
She is the beautiful wife of P.N Okeke
#NigeriaMourns:
On Tuesday, August 12, 2025, Samuel Emmanuel Kelechi—a pastor with the Living Faith Church in Karji, Chikun LGA, Kaduna State, and a staff member of House of Justice (A Public Interest Law Centre) was brutally attacked and hacked to death in his own home.
In a nation filled with President, Governors, Ministers, Military, Police, Intelligence Agencies, Judiciary, and vibrant religious communities, this heinous act is yet another grim reminder of how the state has failed its citizens.
We mourn. And we demand accountability.
#SecurityNotCondolences
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When pastors keep quiet in the face of evil, I call them out. When a pastor speaks up against injustice, I will also commend him.
Thank you Pastor Iren for doing this.
I want to personally appeal to everyone,
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One of the most striking ironies of our profession today is that the loudest and harshest critics of Nigerian doctors are not foreign observers, or even the government it is Nigerian doctors who have emigrated.
Sadly, their criticism rarely comes from a place of empathy or shared struggle. More often, it’s a condescending, “What you people are practising isn’t even medicine.”
If you're still practising in Nigeria, in this underfunded, overstretched, often demoralizing system, you need a mindset that shields you from all that noise and keeps you moving forward.
Here’s some advice that’s helped me, and may help you too:
It’s only in this generation that you will see somebody, openly support fornication and sexual immorality and still be open about their support for Christian missionaries.
You know nau, those little side quests for Jesus that pacify your conscience and gives you a sense of belonging still.
You see, this brand of Christianity that mixes faith with flesh, and encourages you to pick and choose when to align with the holy scriptures and when to use ���your head”…
…this brazen brand of lukewarmness, that even devils are at least careful to disguise, this is what Paul describes as those “who hold the truth in unrighteousness” and let me tell you something…
this will be the end of many of you, if you embrace it. If you believe people like this!
It is better for you that you live in sin with your full chest, fully subscribe to the flesh with no links to the Jesus, than that you use these double standards to confuse the “little ones” who are still trying to find their feet in their faith.
You should be very afraid. Very much so!
Our ‘Captain’ ‘Chairman’ ‘Coach’ is gone. A True Eagle 🇳🇬🦅💔
NFF mourns as ‘Chairman’ Christian Chukwu, 1980 AFCON-winning captain, dies at 74
The Nigeria Football Federation has expressed deep sorrow after it was confirmed that Christian Chukwuemeka Chukwu, who captained Nigeria’s 1980 Africa Cup of Nations-winning squad and later coached the team, had died in his native city of Enugu on Saturday.
Nicknamed ‘Chairman’ because of his imposing presence and the authority he exuded just in front of the rearguard at both club (Enugu Rangers) and country, Christian Chukwu was overjoyed as he hoisted above his head the Unity Cup (the first time Nigeria would triumph in the continental championship) after receiving same from President Shehu Shagari at the National Stadium, Surulere on Saturday, 22nd March 1980.
General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, said: “We have lost a good and great man. Chukwu was the definition of a strong, dedicated and disciplined leader on and off the field. He was not nicknamed ‘Chairman’ for nothing. He embodied strength, vision and consistency.
“We pray that the Almighty will grant his soul eternal rest, and also grant the family and friends he has left behind, and Nigeria football’s fraternity the fortitude to bear this big loss.”
Chukwu was in the Nigeria senior team that won bronze medals at the 1976 and 1978 AFCON finals in Ethiopia and Ghana respectively, before leading the squad to glory on home soil in 1980. He was named Player of the Tournament.
Born on 4th January 1951, Chukwu coached his darling club, Enugu Rangers (he played for only one club in his career) and then coached the senior national team of Kenya, nicknamed the Harambee Stars. He was named Head Coach of the Super Eagles in 2002, and led the team to finish third at the 2004 AFCON finals in Tunisia.
His death comes exactly 20 days after the 45th anniversary of the 1980 AFCON triumph. Before him, other members of the squad that had passed on, are goalkeepers Best Ogedegbe and Moses Effiong, defenders Okechukwu Isima and Tunde Bamidele, midfielders Aloysius Atugbu and Mudashiru Lawal, and forward Martins Eyo.