Letter to Pastor Chris Okotie,
I have read with anguish your recent outburst against Catholics. I understand where you are coming from. Life is complex and when we meet with what we don’t understand, it is a lot easier to demonize it, castigate it and even reject it. I am sorry to tell you that none of these will make the Church go away.
Darkness can only be dispelled by light, hatred by love, falsehood by truth. Since it is obvious that your are still in the dark about Catholic doctrines and way of life, I am inviting you to our religious class and I hope in humility you will submit yourself to this process of education so that you will not continue to grope in the darkness of your ignorance.
In the past, the argument was that Catholics don’t read Bible, but that argument has fizzled away when Catholics themselves have risen to the occasion to show that having been instrumental in the collection of the books into the unit we now call Bible, having been blessed with veritable tradition of great men and women who have studied the bible down through the ages, Catholics are indeed well versed in the Bible and probably better grounded than many other people.
The Catholic Church is rooted in the bible so are her doctrines… Mary, that extraordinary creature of God is at the same time the mother of my God and hopefully yours as well. As one Saint puts it, “If Mary is not your mother, then the Devil must be your father”. Do you really count yourself among the generation of people that will call her blessed? (Luke 2 ) Can you be numbered among those who will be privileged to behold Mary as their mother? “Woman, behold your son, Son, behold your mother”
The accusations of Chris Okotie are spurious… “Catholics bow to idols! How many people in his own life has he bowed to? How many people bow to him? Is he worshiping them or do they worship him?
The most outrageous claim is his denial of Jesus in the Eucharist. Thank God he knows that Catholics believe and profess strongly their belief in Jesus in the Eucharist. That belief is not man-made; it is based on Christ’s teaching. For the avoidance of doubt, readers should read John 6 in its entirety. I will give a bit of summary here. “I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.” Jn 6:51. Later Jesus went on to say that “In all truth I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” Jn 6:53 If Pastor Chris does not practice this veritable injunction of Christ, how can he say he is a true Christian? This doctrine and practice that is central to Catholicism has always been a hard teaching, even when Jesus said it, many could not accept it and left him. It seems Pastor Chris is one of those who could not accept the teaching of Jesus. Let him simply go out on his own without leading other astray.
It is therefore imperative for me to invite those who are currently denied the opportunity in their Churches to come to the Catholic Church and see how faithful the Church is to this great teaching of Christ. Christ meant it; the Catholics have celebrated it for more than 2000 years. There is no alternative to it. You are either for Christ or against it. Otherwise, if you deny the practice, then you make Christ a liar.

My dear Pastor Chris, Catholics are destined for heaven for it is their main goal in life…. To know God, to love God, to serve God in this life so as to be happy with him forever in heaven. However based on God’s words, we know some people need purification and trusting in God’s love and mercy, we know these people will not be rejected for all eternity. This is a truth based on God’s word. Please read 1 Cor 3:10-15
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.
The passage obviously talks about purification that Catholics refer to in the doctrine of purgatory. Even after death, the All-powerful God is still able to save some people. His ways are not our ways. So leave God to be God and do his work. Then in 1 John 5:15-17 we read that some sins do not lead to death and people with these will be saved… of course after purification by God himself.
To the general readers, especially those who attend Pastor Chris’s church read what scripture says “We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 1 John 5:9-10 do not just believe because Pastor Chris tells u so… search the Scripture and the truth will set you free. God bless you as you make your way back home…to mother Church, the Catholic Church.

Nna men.....odikwa serios here o. Ppl biko if yu dnt blv in purgatory beta join the muslims n practise islam, dey only blv in heaven n hell cos they pray for their dead immediately and bury them. But if yu ar a xtian and yu blv in the scriptures, what happen to the dead you pray for after a month ☀̤̣̈̇f death. Abi na pason wey don undergo judgement immediately yu com dy bless him soul for heaven or hell make God interchange him position abi.catholics abeg hold on tightly to your faith..A̶̲̥̅̊η∂ my prayer is O OUR GOOD JESUS, FORGIVE US OUR SINS SAVE US FROM THE FIRE OF HELL LEAD ALL SOULS TO HEAVEN ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF YOUR MERCY AMEN.think well before you jugde oo. If pastors no brainwash una head ow dem go sell..wan nna biko ow market jawe men of God. Haha oktie tie, long time no eye. Shey na because say election Iڪ @ the corner yu com dey campaign kip abi. Abeg start from somwhere first, we the ppl of borno state nid capable governor like yu. Abeg com finish yur carrier dr biko. Onyi oshi, dan iska, wawa mutum.

Nax0 jawe OKOtie...that is what happen when devil ask yu to be pastor, he claims he knows english and doesn't know the meaning of fALLACY. Bros abeg i want. Ask yu one question o...shey na olosho dey come cook for you nw abi wu?

FIFA to pay Real for Khedira injury

Real Madrid look set to receive at least 2.5 million euros in FIFA compensation with Sami Khedira likely to miss the rest of the season due to the serious knee injury picked up with Germany last weekend.
Khedira suffered tears to both his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in Friday’s 1-1 friendly draw with Italy in Milan, and now faces a race against time to recover in time for next summer’s World Cup.
Under FIFA’s Club Protection Programme, introduced in June 2012, clubs are protected from paying the wages of players injured on international duty who are then out of action long term -- with the payments beginning on the 29th day after the injury is suffered.

“During the release period of such international “A” matches, football players may suffer bodily injuries caused by accidents,” says the FIFA’s programme’s guidelines. “As a consequence, a football player can suffer a temporary total disablement [TTD] that prevents him from participating in his football club’s matches.

"However, the football club still has an obligation to pay the football player’s salary based on the employment contract. Since the football player cannot work for the football club during a TTD, FIFA has decided to provide compensation for the losses encountered by the football club during the period that the football player is temporarily totally disabled.”

AS calculated that, Khedira earns six million euros a year, or 16,400 euros a day, or about 500,000 euros a month, while Marca’s report puts the figure which the La Liga club will receive at 20,548 euros per day, or over 600,000 euros a month.

Marca also reports that Madrid received 1,150,688 euros under the scheme last season to pay the wages of Brazil left-back Marcelo, who missed almost three months with a knee injury picked up on international duty.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Khedira's serious injury may force him into a tactical rethink, but he is not planning to sign a replacement midfielder during the January window.

After experimenting through his first two months in charge at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Ancelotti had recently fixed on a first-choice midfield three of Khedira, Xabi Alonso and Luka Modric, in a 4-3-3 shape had allowed Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale to thrive up front.

At the Spanish launch of his new book ‘My Christmas Tree’, the Blancos coach told reporters that Khedira's long term absence was a serious blow for Madrid.

"We have had back luck, above all with Khedira," he said. "He is a very important player for the balance of the team. Lacking Khedira we will need to look for another solution. I am sure we can fix this absence, although it is important for us."

The Italian coach said he might know have to think about introducing a new system which better suited other midfield options such as Angel Di Maria, Isco or Asier Illarramendi.

"We have various solutions," Ancelotti said. "To put in a player with similar characteristics, or to change the system because we must use a system in which all the players are comfortable. I need to think about this because there are players who have not played many minutes. [Isco] has played some games as a deeper midfielder, but he is happier playing behind the forwards."

As Madrid have no obvious internal replacement to fill Khedira’s ‘shuttling’ role in Carlo Ancelotti’s preferred 4-3-3 system, the club are reportedly considering a 27 million euro January bid for Benfica’s former Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic, 25.

A move for the Serbia international, who has a release clause of 50 million euros, could be facilitated by former Benfica left-back Fabio Coentrao -- who joined Madrid for 30 million euros in 2011 -- going the other way in part-exchange.

However, Ancelotti suggested he would find his solution in-house.

"We have no plans to sign anyone," he said.FIFA to pay Real for Khedira injury

Real Madrid look set to receive at least 2.5 million euros in FIFA compensation with Sami Khedira likely to miss the rest of the season due to the serious knee injury picked up with Germany last weekend.
Khedira suffered tears to both his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in Friday’s 1-1 friendly draw with Italy in Milan, and now faces a race against time to recover in time for next summer’s World Cup.
Under FIFA’s Club Protection Programme, introduced in June 2012, clubs are protected from paying the wages of players injured on international duty who are then out of action long term -- with the payments beginning on the 29th day after the injury is suffered.

“During the release period of such international “A” matches, football players may suffer bodily injuries caused by accidents,” says the FIFA’s programme’s guidelines. “As a consequence, a football player can suffer a temporary total disablement [TTD] that prevents him from participating in his football club’s matches.

"However, the football club still has an obligation to pay the football player’s salary based on the employment contract. Since the football player cannot work for the football club during a TTD, FIFA has decided to provide compensation for the losses encountered by the football club during the period that the football player is temporarily totally disabled.”

AS calculated that, Khedira earns six million euros a year, or 16,400 euros a day, or about 500,000 euros a month, while Marca’s report puts the figure which the La Liga club will receive at 20,548 euros per day, or over 600,000 euros a month.

Marca also reports that Madrid received 1,150,688 euros under the scheme last season to pay the wages of Brazil left-back Marcelo, who missed almost three months with a knee injury picked up on international duty.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Khedira's serious injury may force him into a tactical rethink, but he is not planning to sign a replacement midfielder during the January window.

After experimenting through his first two months in charge at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Ancelotti had recently fixed on a first-choice midfield three of Khedira, Xabi Alonso and Luka Modric, in a 4-3-3 shape had allowed Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale to thrive up front.

At the Spanish launch of his new book ‘My Christmas Tree’, the Blancos coach told reporters that Khedira's long term absence was a serious blow for Madrid.

"We have had back luck, above all with Khedira," he said. "He is a very important player for the balance of the team. Lacking Khedira we will need to look for another solution. I am sure we can fix this absence, although it is important for us."

The Italian coach said he might know have to think about introducing a new system which better suited other midfield options such as Angel Di Maria, Isco or Asier Illarramendi.

"We have various solutions," Ancelotti said. "To put in a player with similar characteristics, or to change the system because we must use a system in which all the players are comfortable. I need to think about this because there are players who have not played many minutes. [Isco] has played some games as a deeper midfielder, but he is happier playing behind the forwards."

As Madrid have no obvious internal replacement to fill Khedira’s ‘shuttling’ role in Carlo Ancelotti’s preferred 4-3-3 system, the club are reportedly considering a 27 million euro January bid for Benfica’s former Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic, 25.

A move for the Serbia international, who has a release clause of 50 million euros, could be facilitated by former Benfica left-back Fabio Coentrao -- who joined Madrid for 30 million euros in 2011 -- going the other way in part-exchange.

However, Ancelotti suggested he would find his solution in-house.

"We have no plans to sign anyone," he said.FIFA to pay Real for Khedira injury

Real Madrid look set to receive at least 2.5 million euros in FIFA compensation with Sami Khedira likely to miss the rest of the season due to the serious knee injury picked up with Germany last weekend.
Khedira suffered tears to both his anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in Friday’s 1-1 friendly draw with Italy in Milan, and now faces a race against time to recover in time for next summer’s World Cup.
Under FIFA’s Club Protection Programme, introduced in June 2012, clubs are protected from paying the wages of players injured on international duty who are then out of action long term -- with the payments beginning on the 29th day after the injury is suffered.

“During the release period of such international “A” matches, football players may suffer bodily injuries caused by accidents,” says the FIFA’s programme’s guidelines. “As a consequence, a football player can suffer a temporary total disablement [TTD] that prevents him from participating in his football club’s matches.

"However, the football club still has an obligation to pay the football player’s salary based on the employment contract. Since the football player cannot work for the football club during a TTD, FIFA has decided to provide compensation for the losses encountered by the football club during the period that the football player is temporarily totally disabled.”

AS calculated that, Khedira earns six million euros a year, or 16,400 euros a day, or about 500,000 euros a month, while Marca’s report puts the figure which the La Liga club will receive at 20,548 euros per day, or over 600,000 euros a month.

Marca also reports that Madrid received 1,150,688 euros under the scheme last season to pay the wages of Brazil left-back Marcelo, who missed almost three months with a knee injury picked up on international duty.

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says Khedira's serious injury may force him into a tactical rethink, but he is not planning to sign a replacement midfielder during the January window.

After experimenting through his first two months in charge at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu Ancelotti had recently fixed on a first-choice midfield three of Khedira, Xabi Alonso and Luka Modric, in a 4-3-3 shape had allowed Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale to thrive up front.

At the Spanish launch of his new book ‘My Christmas Tree’, the Blancos coach told reporters that Khedira's long term absence was a serious blow for Madrid.

"We have had back luck, above all with Khedira," he said. "He is a very important player for the balance of the team. Lacking Khedira we will need to look for another solution. I am sure we can fix this absence, although it is important for us."

The Italian coach said he might know have to think about introducing a new system which better suited other midfield options such as Angel Di Maria, Isco or Asier Illarramendi.

"We have various solutions," Ancelotti said. "To put in a player with similar characteristics, or to change the system because we must use a system in which all the players are comfortable. I need to think about this because there are players who have not played many minutes. [Isco] has played some games as a deeper midfielder, but he is happier playing behind the forwards."

As Madrid have no obvious internal replacement to fill Khedira’s ‘shuttling’ role in Carlo Ancelotti’s preferred 4-3-3 system, the club are reportedly considering a 27 million euro January bid for Benfica’s former Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic, 25.

A move for the Serbia international, who has a release clause of 50 million euros, could be facilitated by former Benfica left-back Fabio Coentrao -- who joined Madrid for 30 million euros in 2011 -- going the other way in part-exchange.

However, Ancelotti suggested he would find his solution in-house.

"We have no plans to sign anyone," he said.

[11.16 BREAKING NEWS: Multiple Explosion And Gun Battle Rock Kano

Reports have it that Multiple explosions and sporadic gunshots has left Gayawa village, Ungogo Local Government area of Kano state in a state of chaos on Tuesday morning.

According to an eyewitness report, "The early morning military raid lasted for one and half hours and there are fears of heavy casualties among the suspected insurgent."

Tuesday's operation was on the heels of a raid where two soldiers and two suspected terrorists were killed in the city.

Efforts to speak with the JTF commanders for confirmation proved abortive

Infact balloteli was not only the man of the match but also the men of the matches....played italy no7, italy no 9, n 9ja no 2. Nevertheless i vote dike in for world cup.

Bros, i saw you there now. Were you not the one standing in front of the camera cheking the ivs in?

Odikia serios..................shey na 4 dia papa land we go dey shit before. Make dem take time o. Abi dem no knw say even kekenapep get toilet for 9ja wetin dem com dey tel mi.