By Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis Sunday recalled the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, encouraging Catholics to look to that great event for inspiration to overcome injustices and mistreatment of the weak. “Fifty years ago yesterday man set foot on the moon, realizing an extraordinary dream,” the pope said July 21. “May the memory of that great step for humanity ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah Youths in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area have called on Chief. Ndubuisi Osele to withdraw the suit he filed against the Member representing Aguata constituency Two, at the State House of Assembly Mr. Okechukwu Okoye. The youths made the call during a peaceful demonstration they staged in the community. The youths who marched through major roads ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The alumni of the National Metallurgical Training Institute (NMTI), Onitsha, Anambra state, have criticised the director of the institute, Bode Fakuade, over alleged high handedness, incompetence and lack of transparency, which, according to the group, have lead to loss of accreditation of some of the courses offered by the institute. In a resolution signed by the ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The Governor of Anambra State Dr. Willie Obiano has commended the Traditional Rulers of Onitsha, Obosi and Ogbaru for their support to the construction company handling the Second Niger bridge, expected to be delivered by February 2022. He was speaking during the 2019 Traditional Rulers’ Council Seminar at the Government House, Awka. The Seminar which is ...

Market Chairmen across the State have been authorized to collect tolls and remit to the government coffers. The Commissioner for Trade, Commerce and Wealth Creation, Dr Christian Mmadubuko, stated this at Onitsha during an interaction with the executive of Onitsha South Shop Owners Traders Association. Our correspondent reports that the meeting which was to identify with the traders and find ...

The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has decried the rate at which some personnel of the Nigeria Police and other security outfits smoke Indian hemp. Obiano warned that the substance would only damage them instead of helping them as they erroneously believed. He stated this during a lecture organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to commemorate the 2019 ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The Anambra State Police Command have been arrested two drivers attached to First Bank Plc, Awka over alleged threat to kidnap the branch Manager, Mr. Chinwe Ezenwa. The suspects, Izuchukwu Nebolisa and Simeon Obiakor, reportedly conspired and continuously threatened the manager through anonymous text message. Our correspondent gathered the suspects were said to have demanded the ...

Chairman of the Miyetti-Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, in the South East zone, Alhaji Giddado Sadiq, in this interview speaks on how the proposed Fulani Vigilante will work in communities of the South-East, noting also that ranching is almost impossible in the zone because of limited land space. The proposal is that wherever you chose to live, you have to ...

By Jude Atupulazi Members of the Order of the Knights of St. Mulumba, KSM, Nigeria, last week assembled top medical practitioners from its ranks for its first free medical mission in the rural community of Amanuke in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Led by the Onitsha Metropolitan Grant Knight of KSM, Sir Damian Okolo, and Grand Knights, ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Police Command has warned parents to look out for seven tell-tale signs that their wards are getting involved in cultism. The police warning is coming in the wake of several robberies and fights involving members of different cult groups in the state lately. The Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, ...

By Uche Amunike I am supposed to be sleeping now because it’s just 1am and my entire family members are enjoying their sleep especially as the rain is falling so heavily and the weather is as cool as cool can be. One of the challenges of being a columnist is that of having a ready topic on ground for your ...

By Chinecherem Efobi Saturday May, 15, 2019 marked the end of Fr Mike Mounwe Tennis Tournament. The competition held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Lawn Tennis Court Awka. The tournament which was played by Awka Diocesan Catholic Priests in doubles category, was won by the pair of Frs Peter Ibeazor and Justin Ezechukwu. The pair defeated Frs Kevin Ezemmaduka and Augustine ...

By Nwabueze Akabogu The long-awaited resignation of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May finally came on 7th June 2019 when the beleaguered Premier dramatically announced her resignation thereby bringing to an inglorious end, her political career as the most unpopular and unsuccessful Prime Minister in recent British history . Theresa May’s shoddy handling of the rather intricate Brexit negotiation with ...

By Rosanna Emenusiobi 10 Countries that Desperately Want People to Have More Sex for Babies (contd) RUSSIA Vladimir Putin once brought Boyz II Men to Moscow to rile men up right before Valentine’s Day. Can anyone blame him? As Tech Insider recently reported, the country is experiencing a perfect demographic storm. Men are dying young. HIV/AIDS and alcoholism are crippling ...

By Livinus Nnebedum Jesus Christ was the founder of Christianity. He has been acknowledged as the greatest man who ever lived. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem. The world’s bestselling and most widely distributed book is the Bible with an estimated 3.88 billion copies sold between 1815 and 1999. Christianity is the world’s predominant religion with some 1.94 billion adherents ...

The morning he slapped his mother, Dimié Abrakasa was preparing to leave for school when she rose from bed, drank the last of the gin he had bought her the previous night, threw the bottle in the corner, then bent close and said, ‘I hate your eyes, my son.’ Daoju Anabraba turned to alcohol after she and her three children ...

By Mercy Hill At a time when Nigerian youths are hell-bent on going the way of white-collar jobs, irrespective of the high unemployment rate biting the nation hard, a young man decides to go the way of blue collar job in a bid to gain financial independence. Today, he manages a flourishing business, serving thousands of customers across the country. ...

By Jude Atupulazi To many, Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has nothing left to worry about, having successfully engineered his re-election for second term. To these people, all he needs do is to take it easy and serve out his tenure and retire in peace. But it is not as easy and as straight forward as that. To those conversant ...

Mexican flag. Credit: Daniel Carnielli / Shutterstock. Catholic leaders in Mexico have spoken out against continuing violence in the country and called on governmental authorities to focus on ending the bloodshed and establishing stability and peace. “In recent times, we have experienced situations of great violence, which have been a true Calvary for citizens and many families in various parts ...

Credit: HQuality/Shutterstock. The four Latin rite ordinaries in Victoria have written a pastoral letter denouncing the state’s “new, and deeply troubling chapter of health care,” as voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide became legal Wednesday. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 took effect June 19. In a June 14 letter, the bishops of Melbourne, Ballarat, Sale, and Sandhurst wrote that “We ...