Tag: Onaiyekan

2023: “Nigerians will not quietly accept rigged election”, Onaiyekan warns

Aminu Imam

Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, has cautioned politicians against any attempt to rig the forthcoming general elections. With the current yearnings of the people for a better country, the election will no longer be business as usual, Onaiyekan said yesterday, during the celebration of his 40th anniversary as Bishop, at the Holy Trinity Church, Maitama, Abuja. As regards to the results of the elections, politicians should desist from any form of manipulations to their favour if not voted for. All those who are planning to play…

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2023: “Some politicians desperate to win at all costs; using war language”, Onaiyekan warns

Aminu Imam

The emeritus Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdioceses, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has warned politicians against using ‘warlike language’ and insisting on winning the forthcoming general elections next year. Cardinal Onaiyekan gave the warning while featuring on a television programme, at the weekend. The cleric, who is also a member of the National Peace Committee, said that candidates insisting on winning the next general elections at all costs are not democratic. The Archbishop noted that some politicians use combative language very often in their political campaigns, adding that such a campaign would…

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Nigerians are being progressively impoverished , Ex-CAN President, Onaiyekan laments

Aminu Imam

The Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja and former national president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said the weak economy under the present administration has thrown millions of Nigerians into abject poverty. Onaiyekan stated this at the special Citizens Summit, in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the National Association of Seadogs, popularly known as Pirates Confraternity, at the weekend in Abuja. Delivering a keynote address on the state of the nation, Onaiyekan maintained that only a few people who are in…

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2023: Why Nigeria may split before presidential elections Onaiyekan

Aminu Imam

A former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Saturday revealed why Nigeria may split before the most anticipated 2023 general election. Cardinal Onaiyekan, who disclosed this at the weekend, said the security challenges, sad realities of the country and other factors may cause Nigeria as a nation to break before the presidential election in 2023. Speaking in an interview yesterday, Onaiyekan said because of greed, wickedness and stupidity some Nigerian leaders would always want to remain in office even after their tenure. According to him, one of…

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Ramadan: Cardinal Onaiyekan donates meals to Muslim faithfuls

Aminu Imam

The former Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Thursday sharediftarto almost 2,000 Muslim faithful at the Al-Habibiyah mosque in Guzape, Abuja, where they had gathered to perform prayers before breaking their Ramadan fast together with Christian visitors. Iftaris the evening meal with which Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Onaiyekan, while handing out the platters to the Muslims, said: We are doing our best to spread an attitude of openness because we believe that God does not want his children to kill each other. He wants us…

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Agwai, Onaiyekan, Jega others call for National Peoples Conference to address Nigerias political structure

Ishaku Yohanna

Some elder statesmen and prominent activists say Nigeria is on autopilot. John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, Dr Nguyan Shaku Feese, Dr Usman Bugaje, Adagbo Onoja, Amb. Fatima Balla, Ambassador Zango Abdu, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Chris Kwaja, Dr Hussaini Abdu, Kemi Okenyodo, Jim Gala, Aisha Muhammed Oyebode and Tsema Yvonne said this in a joint statement They spoke under the auspices of the Nigeria Working Group on Peacebuilding and Governance (NWGPG). They called themselves a group of Nigerian…

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