By Abuchi Onwumelu The Catholic bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has described all those Christians who prefer to assume a holy state during the Easter period and immediately return to their old sinful ways once the celebration is over as hypocrites Bishop Ezeokafor, who stated this at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, in a pre- Easter interview ...

By Abuchi Onwumelu The National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Ozonkpu Dr. Victor Ike Oye, has described the season of Easter as a period for penance, forgiveness and reconciliation. In his Easter message signed and made available to newsmen, Dr. Oye stated unequivocally that peace could only be achieved when we learned to tolerate, forgive and reconcile with ...

. . . Donates Six Borehole to Six Communities By Abuchi Onwumelu The need to provide clean water in the rural communities is one of the cardinal points of this years commemoration of World Water Day. As a follow up to this exercise, the Transition Committee chairman of Ogbaru Local Government, Comrade Arinzechukwu Awogu in his unflinching desire to make ...

By Abuchi Onwumelu Feeder roads in Ogbaru are receiving palliatives as efforts are geared towards making them passable before the rains set in. Obi Street (C Line), East Niger in Okpoko is currently being laterited by the Council with the view to easing off the sufferings people in that area go through. The Chairman of Committee on Works and the ...

. . Defeats CMO in Friendly Match By Chioma Ndife It was indeed a celebration of a women’s uniqueness by the Catholic Women Organization of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, GRA, Awka, Anambra State as they joined their counterparts in other dioceses in Nigeria to celebrate the 2019 Annual Mothering Sunday Celebration. Fides gathered that the activities lined up to mark ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba As part of the activities to mark the 2019 Mothers’ Day Celebration, the Grand Ladies Auxiliary of Ancient and Noble Order of Knights of Saint John International (KSJI), Awka Grand Commandery, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, made a charity visit to the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor and his Episcopal household. Speaking when ...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah said men in “my culture and in the Middle East” need to treat women with more respect as he was named one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time magazine. The Egypt striker, 26, a practising Muslim, was also one of the US magazine’s six cover stars and used his interview to discuss women’s ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Lovely friends, what plans do you have for this Easter? Is it the normal jollof rice and chicken story again? Can we change recipe this year? Lets do something traditional. Remember we are still in our “meals on a budget month”. For this week, I will teach you how to make Egusi soups which happens to be ...

Fides Family joyfully goes for thanksgiving with 6 cows, Fides Fish and Fides Cucumbers, during the 2019 Cathedraticum held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka on April 17, 2019. More details later

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has convicted the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen and has banned him from holding any public office for the next 10 years. He was convicted on a six-count charge of false declaration of assets. Chairman of the CCT, Danladi Umar, while delivering the judgment on Thursday, read that Onnoghen will be ...