By Uchechukwu Enem I was searching through the international calendar and I discovered that March 15 is the World Day for Consumers. Being aware of your rights make you stronger and courageous. Personally, I am not fully aware about my rights as a consumer until I got exposed to some of the activities of the Anti- Piracy Society of Nigeria ...

By Jude Atupulazi Front line guber aspirant in Anambra State, Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has urged both the laity and religious to pray together for peace and progress in Nigeria. Ozigbo was speaking as a guest at this year’s Catholic Laity Week at Onitsha Archdiocese with the theme on insecurity in Nigeria which was chaired by former commissioner in Anambra State, ...

By Abuchi Onwumelu The newly elected state officers of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Anambra State Chapter, led by Comrade Chikwelu Adigwe, has ended its ongoing familiarization tour of the 21 LGAs with a promise to attend to the challenges of the workers and ensure good working relationship between the LG workers and the Management Staff. The ...

By Chioma Ndife The Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, on the 5th of March, 2020 announced the creation of Ekwulobia Diocese alongside other dioceses in different parts of the world for better propagation of the Catholic faith. The creation of Ekwulobia Diocese was followed with the appointment of Bishop Peter Eberechukwu Okpaleke as its substantive bishop. Bishop Okpaleke, an Indigene of ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah Pope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Joseph Ogundipe of the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, as one of the six new consultors that will be advising him (Catholic Pontiff) on relations between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria. Rev. Sr. Eunice Ikufisile, the Director of Social Communications in the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, stated this in a statement ...

. . . Fr. Onwuatuegwu Tells the Story By Martin Anusi, Uche Amunike, Michael-Jude Nwolisa Fides team, led by the Director of Fides Media Limited, Fr. Martin Anusi, recently paid a visit to St. Joseph’s Cathedral Ekwulobia, following the creation of the new Ekwulobia Diocese. They spoke with the Episcopal Vicar of Ekwulobia Region, Fr. Ignatius Onwuatuegwu, who took them ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah Commuters travelling to Onitsha from Asaba had to trek the stretch of River Niger Bridge on Monday to their destinations following a protest by Onitsha/Asaba bus drivers. The drivers protested against the hike in bus levy by the Anambra State Transport Authorities called “award levy.” The protest which started around 7am on Monday lasted till 6pm, ...

. . . The Church is Getting Closer to Our Schools- Fr Ekemgba By Chinecherem Efobi On celebrating the new catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia, School Run visited some schools in the new diocese to get their views about the new diocese through their school managers. On Tuesday 10th March 2020, School Run visited Holy Ghost Academy Amaokpala, a school owned ...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company’s board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tackling climate change. One of the world’s richest men, Mr Gates, 65, has also left the board of Warren Buffett’s massive holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. Mr Gates stepped down ...

By Jude Atupulazi A business mogul, Engr Dom Okafor, says the erection of Ekwulobia as a diocese is like bringing the Gospel closer to the people; a development, he says, that will convert more souls to God. Okafor who spoke to Fides on the phone, hailed the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis, for deeming Ekwulobia fit for such an elevation, even ...

Anambra State has been agog in the past week as delegates from the twelve zonal commands of the Nigeria Police, including the Force Headquarters, participated in different sporting activities across different locations of the state. Such activities promote national unity and understanding. They also offer the host states the opportunity to build and develop sporting facilities. As hosts, Anambra was ...

By Jude Atupulazi Sometime this past week, the social media was awash with a Bill against expensive burials in Anambra State which was sponsored by one Hon Ezeani in the House of Assembly last year. Somehow, it was not assented to by the governor and it never became law. Feelers I got from top sources alluded to the impossibility of ...

By Uche Amunike In my six years of working here in Awka, I never gave much thought to the young bishop Peter Ebele Okpaleke. That was of course, until I heard the story of his rejection by a large majority of the faithful and even priests of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara. It was something I found hard to comprehend, ...

Our London Colney training centre has been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta received a positive COVID-19 result this evening. Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in line with Government health guidelines. We expect this to be a significant number of people from Colney, including the full first-team squad and coaching staff, as well ...

Chelsea men’s team player Callum Hudson-Odoi had a positive test result for Coronavirus returned this evening. This is coming few hours after Arsenal’s head coach, Mikel Arteta was also confirmed to have tested positive to the virus. Chelsea personnel who had recent close contact with the player in the men’s team building will now self-isolate in line with Government health ...

. . . Gives Answers to Critical Issues . . . Okpaleke to be installed, April 29 By Uchechukwu Enem The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most. Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has expressed joy over the creation of Ekwulobia Diocese after over 10 years since the journey to the creation of the Diocese began. He revealed that the journey to the ...

. . . PM begins 14-day isolation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had been self-isolating at home with his wife, will not be tested “at this stage” because he currently has no symptoms, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed. The prime minister and his wife will be in isolation for a planned period of 14 days. Gregoire Trudeau said in a ...

Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has charged the government to take urgent steps to improve the living standard of Nigerians, insisting that “hunger virus” is killing Nigerians more than the dreaded COVID-19 (Coronavirus) The Sultan who spoke at the first quarterly meeting of Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC), in Abuja, on Thursday, said that even though, Coronavirus is killing hundreds of ...

. . . Bishop Okpaleke’s Selection, Absolutely Deserving – PG By Precious Ukeje and Alexander Johnson Adejoh The Ekwulobia Development Union has expressed delight at the erection of the new Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia, while also hailing the selection of the pioneer helmsman of the Diocese, Bishop Peter Okpaleke, as well deserved. This was made known by the President General, ...

. . . Sends SOS to Govt for Access Road By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans), Province of Nigeria, South East-owned Holy Ghost Academy Amaokpala (HGAA), Orumba North LGA, Anambra State, has solicited for support from all towards the completion of the school’s chapel building, estimated at N80m. Making this appeal known through his address of ...