Ohakwe Osita Kingsley

                              Ash Wednesday is the name given to the first day of the season of Lent, in which the Priest applies ashes to the foreheads of Christians to signify an inner repentance. But what is the origin and significance of this Christian holy day? The practice of using ASHES in the Ash wednesday ceremony derives itself from Old Testament liturgy signifying remorse, mourning and repentance supplemrnted with prayer and fasting. There are numerous accounts of individuals from the Bible using sackcloth ( a very rough material typically worn as a sign of mourning and penitence ) and ashes during times of lamentation and repentance.  For instance, in the book of Esther? Mordecai put on sackcloth and ashes when he heard of the decree of Ahasuerus ( or Xerxes, 485-464 B.C) of Persia to kill all of the Jewish peope in the Persian Empire (Esther 4:1). Job ( whose story was written between the 7th and centuries B.C.) repented in sackcloth ansd ashes (Job 42:6). The pr

                       Fellow Young Minds, it is of no doubt that social vices have completely replaced core moral values in present times. This ravaging phenomenon is the cause of some of the major problems Nigeria is facing as a Nation. A society where the youths no longer think of how tomorrow would be better than today or how to be instrumental to the development of the country. Nigeria is a country where a FIRST CLASS GRADUATES IS GIFTED WITH A HAND SHAKE WHEREAS A GROUP ARE WASTING MONEY ON THE SO CALLED "BIG BROTHERS NIGERIA" AN ASSEMBLY OF FAKE PEOPLE LIVING A FAKE LIFE IN AN EXPENSIVE AND LUXURIOUS DUPLEX.. THE SO CALLED BBNAIJA HAVE BECOME A SHOW WHERE IMMORALITY IS PROMOTED AND REWARDED WITH MILLIONS OF NAIRA, CARS AND CONTRACTS.. Just when we thought we have heard the last of Miss Anambra beauty pageant mess, after the harried one concerning Miss Anambra 2015 winner, Chidinma Okeke and the Anambra Broadcasting Services, the Yuletide has served us an