By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The CEO of FC Ifeanyi Uba Football Club and stadium, Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Uba, has proposed Two Million Naira for football tournament for the Catholic Youth Organisation of Nigeria (CYON), Awka Diocese, within Anambra South Senatorial Zone. Uba, who is the Young Progressives Party (YPP) candidate for the 2019 Senatorial Election for Anambra South Senatorial Zone, made ...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented the 2019 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly, NASS. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented the 2019 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly, NASS. Buhari, who was accompanied to the National Assembly by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and members of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, unveiled ...

By Princess Chinecherem Efobi PICTURES FROM THE BISHOP’S CAROL BY AWKA DIOCESAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION COMMISSION AT ST PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL AWKA, DECEMBER 11, 2018. Song by Angelic Voices Foundation led by Dr. Umeh Franklin The members of high table collect the gift of the new born baby (Jesus Christ) led by the Bishop St. Peter’s Secondary and Special Science School Achina ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The parish priest of St. Gabriel’s Catholic Parish, Okpuno, Awka South L.G.A, Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Anthony Nwafor has exhorted all against lives of unfulfilled promises to God. Rev. Fr. Nwafor, who gave the admonition in his homily of the Holy Mass to mark the 2018 Annual Harvest and Bazaar of the parish on Sunday, December 9, ...

By Amaka Olua The remains of the late Mrs Fransisca Nnedum was on Friday 7, December, 2018, committed to mother earth in her at her husband’s compound, Uruofolo village Akampisi , Nri, Anaocha L.G.A Anambra State. Late Mrs Fransisca Nnedum who died at 89 years on Monday, 29 October 2018, after a brief illness, was an ardent member of the ...

Millie Francis says she will not take down her painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Photo credit: Mark Young/Bradenton Herald By Mary Rezac Millie Francis almost died once. She’s willing to do it again. This time, she says, it would be for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Property managers at the retirement community trailer park where Francis lives in west-central Florida ...

Pope Francis at the 2018 World Meeting of Families in Ireland. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. By Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis Thursday published new laws governing the administration of Vatican City State, including the formation of a new oversight body for verifying departmental compliance with regulations and procedures within the governorate. The laws were issued Dec. 6 in a motu proprio approved ...

Seven decades after its proclamation, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still being hailed as “a great triumph achieved at a tremendous cost,” in the words of St John Paul II. The landmark declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris Dec. 10, 1948. It includes a preamble and 30 articles that provide for individual freedoms, ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Hello everyone, Still on the Christmas inspired nut drink; this week I’m going to teach you how to make one very interesting nut recipe. Believe me after tasting this drink, you will want to be drinking it everyday. With just five ingredients, you can serve your guests this Christmas without stress. Let me introduce you to the ...

Manchester United have sacked manager Jose Mourinho after their worst startto a season in almost 30 years, the club announced on Tuesday. The 55-year-old Portuguese’s last match in charge was the 3-1 defeat by Premier League league leaders Liverpool on Sundaywhich left them 19 points behind their opponents. Mourinho’s sacking comes just two-and-a-half years into his tenure and three years ...

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi received his record fifth Golden Shoe award on Tuesday for leading all of Europe’s leagues in goalscoring last season. Messi’s fifth win breaks the tie he had with Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo. The 31-year-old scored 34 goals in La Liga last season to lead Barcelona to the title. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was the second leading scorer ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The CEO of Capital Oil and Gas Ind. Ltd, Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Uba has said that he is in the senatorial race for the interest of the Igbos and the entire humanity. Dr. Uba, who is vying to represent Anambra South Senatorial Zone in the 2019 Senatorial Election, under the platform of Young Progressives Party (YPP), stated ...

Organised in honour of the diocesan Bishop and welfare Home Priests by Mr/Mrs Emeka Ezendu at Priest welfare home in Thomas Aquinas Parish, Awka on 19th December, 2018. Time is 6-7pm. you are invited.

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception, Campinas, Brazil. Credit: Leticia Cardosa/wikimedia. CC BY 4.0 SA A gunman killed at least four people people Tuesday, inside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception in Campinas, Brazil. After opening fire inside the cathedral, the gunman took his own life. The man entered the cathedral at the conclusion of a midday ...

By Pat Amobi Chukwuma Sound can be confusing. Some words are synonymous in pronunciation. One early morning, a certain single young man had a partial stroke. His right side, from head to toe including his right hand, was paralyzed. He managed to grab his cellular phone with his left hand. He made several distress phone calls to his bosom friend, ...

The recent drama that took place between Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka and the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, at the former’s Adoration Ground, which went viral on the social media, may have subsided but the dust it raised may yet take time to settle. While the controversy raged, all manner of abusive words were thrown at Father ...

Today, I bring you an article written by the Hon Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba. In it, he talks about the laurels garnered by Anambra state in the Education sector and how the journey has played out so far. This is especially as, very recently, the state added yet another feather to her cap by winning ...

By Jude Atupulazi With some two months to the almighty presidential election in Nigeria, one cannot but feel encapsulated in the frenetic build up to that day. Although for now, there seems a situation that can be likened to the calm before a storm, political watchers know for sure that it is all about the calm before the final push. ...

As Pope Francis celebrates his 82nd birthday on Monday 17th December, 2018, well-wishers in the Vatican and around the world send their greetings. Catholic News Agency reported that ahead of his 82nd birthday, Pope Francis held a party and ate birthday cake with children under the care of a free health clinic inside the Vatican on Sunday 16th December, 2018. ...

…As Woman Begs for Forgiveness By Chioma Ndife The Catholic Church in Neni Community, Anaocha LGA, Anambra State, headed by St. John’s Parish Priest, has cleansed the land of Neni against desecration attracted upon it by Mrs. Susan Anaedu from Umueze Village who dug up the body of her 34 year old son from the grave, three days after the ...