The Chairman of the Nigeria National League, Chidi Okenwa, is dead. Mr Okenwa, who is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), died on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at the age of 50. According to a statement issued by the NFF, the deceased who was also the Chairman of the Enugu State Football Association, ...

The Management of Manchester United has shown interest in extending Odion Ighalo’s stay in the club with his loan deal from Shanghai Shenhua expiring at the end of May. Fidees gathered that an extension would depend on the situation with the Chinese Super League club as they edge towards the start of the season in the country where Covid-19 originated ...

Archbishop Akubeze Benin City, Nigeria By Archbishop Akubeze The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and Archbishop of Benin City, Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze has described as unfounded the news making the round that the Corona Virus pandemic that is presently ravaging the world is a punishment from God. Archbishop Akubeze made this assertion in his ...

Monsignor Kieran Harrington blesses the coffin of Fr. Jorge Ortiz-Garay before its trip to Mexico. Credit: Diocese of Brooklyn At least seven Felician sisters from a single community in Michigan died due to coronavirus in April. As the Church in the United States continues to count the human cost of the pandemic, the body of the first Catholic priest in ...

Fr. Malachy Wache By Malachy Wache Social media is relatively a new technology which emerged about a decade ago. Despite its seeming novelty, this form of digital engagement has revolutionized the way we interact, engage in relationships, learn and generate and share knowledge. It is in this age of social media that Coronavirus disease also known as COVID-19 broke out ...

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama Abuja, Nigeria Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Abuja Archdiocese has assured the faithful that the Corona Virus pandemic is not strong enough to overcome the faith and sharing of genuine love. The Archbishop gave the assurance in his homily at the celebration of the Divine Mercy Sunday Mass at the Twelve Apostles Church, Abuja, recently. Pointing out ...

By Fr Ethel Anarado As the world is being ravaged by an invisible enemy and many dead bodies could not even be contained in morgues, there are still a lot of people who live in doubt of the reality of COVID19. We have seen even some religious pundits and leaders across the globe who say it doesn’t exist. But the ...

The Archbishop, Province of the Niger, Anglican Communion and Bishop Awka of Diocese, Most Reverend Alexander Chibuzor Ibezim, PhD, has created four new parishes for the Diocese of Awka (Anglican Communion). According to a release by the Awka Diocesan Synod Secretary, Ven C.C. Mgbemena, the four parishes are: St. John the Divine Church, Ngozika Housing Estate, Awka St. Michael’s Church, ...

His Lordship, Rt Rev Ndubisi Obi, Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Anglican Communion By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Nnewi Diocese, Anambra State, has embarked on the construction of a multi-million Naira road beside the Cathedral Church of St Mary’s, Uruagu, Nnewi. The Church had to demolish its three-storey building housing a secondary school of the church in ...

The will of God, they say, will definitely triumph, notwithstanding the difficulties. Such was the testimony given to the April 29, 2020 historic installation of Most Rev Peter Ebere Okpaleke as the first Bishop of the new Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia by many people, reports Ifeoma Ezenyilimba, with additional reports from Uche Enem. It will be recalled that Bishop Okpaleke ...