By Precious Ukeje and Adejumoke Alebiosu Gathered at Okpu Village, Agulu, in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Saturday, April 24, 2021, were family, friends and well wishers as the remains of the Late James Odira Anusi, uncle to the Director of Fides Media, Rev. Fr Dr Martin Anusi, was committed to rest. A concelebrated Holy Mass in honour ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The one year old plus Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia (CADEK), on Mission Sunday, added to history, her second dedicated church, when the Bishop of CADEK, Most Rev Peter Ebere Okpaleke, in a well-attended ceremony last Sunday, April 25, 2021, dedicated the beautifully finished St Michael’s Catholic Church, Ngo, Igboukwu, Aguata LGA, Anambra State, to be in totality, ...

…Fr Uchem is a pacesetter in Akpu Catholic community- Fr Paschal Paul Okeke By Mercy Hill Priestly ordination anniversaries are always an occasion of thanksgiving and celebration, especially when it is a significant celebration as the golden jubilee. On 17th April 2020, Very Rev Fr JohnEdmund Ndubuisi Uchem, who is the first indigenous priest of Akpu community in Orumba south ...

…Insists First Flight to Land, April 30 The Anambra State Government has described as false, news of the denial of the federal government to grant it a license for international operations for its new airport. It said the report was false, adding that the Federal Government through the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, had been very supportive in the project, ...

Friday, April 15, made it four months since a policeman shot and killed an okada man in Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. Reports had it that on December 15 last year, the okada rider, Mr Ebere Nwagha, from Ebonyi State, was shot dead by a policeman after he refused to give money to his killer. Shortly after ...

By Chioma Ndife The Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Peter Ebere Okpaleke, has beckoned on youths to ensure that the dramatization of the Stations of the Cross was done in a positive manner for the faithful to have firsthand experience of Christ’s passion. He made the call at St. Joseph’s Cathedral Ekwulobia, Aguata LGA, Anambra State, ...

In the early hours of last Monday, April 19, the people of Anambra State woke up to yet another piece of sad news of the attack on the Zone 13 headquarters of the Nigeria Police situated in Ukpo, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. A building and some vehicles parked in the compound were burnt, while two policemen were ...

By Cynthia Igbokwe The President, Association of Visually Impaired Students, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Comrade Emmanuel Nnamani, has called on people living with any type of disability to engage in any kind of skill, noting that disability should not hinder one’s success. The President said this during a one day programme, tagged, ”Yes, we Can”, organized by the association ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that it screened a total of 16 aspirants for the Anambra governorship election. The chairman of the party in Anambra State, Mr Ndubuisi Nwobu revealed this to journalists last Tuesday at the party’s secretariat where an aspirant presented 25 vehicles to the party. ‘We are waiting for the screening committee ...

By Cynthia Igbokwe It was a euphoric moment for students of St Patrick’s College, Awka, as they emerged winners of the 2021 Rotary inter school annual debate. The competition which took place at Girls’ Secondary School, Awka, on Friday 19 April 2021, had four schools represented. Fides gathered that the Rotary Annual Debate Competition exposed the students to speak on ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke There is no indication that chairmen and councillors will be elected into the 21 local government areas in Anambra State before Governor Willie Obiano leaves office in March next year. There have not been council polls in the state for seven years after the last one in January 2014. The Anambra State commissioner for Information and Public ...

…Book on Anambra Gov’s Achievements Presented in Awka By Precious Ukeje It may no longer be business as usual for criminals in Anambra State as the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has vowed to deal with criminal elements operating in the state and causing unrest. Obiano, who stated this last Wednesday at the launch of a book on his governance, ...

By Chioma Ndife An Industrialist and Founder of Modern Living Products Limited, Chief Martin Udeaja, has eulogised the former Governor of Anambra State and PDP’s Vice Presidential Candidate in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, for his visible contributions to the small business sector of the state and beyond. Udeaja, who marked his 80th birthday at last weekend with a ...

By Chioma Ndife Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, Senator Andy has begun a ward tour of the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State as the quest for APC ticket thickens. The tour which begun last Monday, saw the two time senator and frontline candidate visiting about four LGAs namely; Awka South, Awka North, Dunukofia ...

By Chioma Ndife The Vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented what he called the indifference of some of those in the position of power over the  present condition of Nigeria. Obi was speaking at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, during the burial of Prof. Linus Ilika who was the Commissioner for Health during ...

By Courtney Mares The proclamation of the Year of St. Joseph by Pope Francis in December 2020 coincided with the 150th anniversary of the saint’s proclamation as patron of the Universal Church by Blessed Pius IX on Dec. 8, 1870. “Jesus Christ our Lord … whom countless kings and prophets had desired to see, Joseph not only saw but conversed ...

Pope Francis paid tribute Tuesday to the first cardinal from the African nation of Lesotho, who died at the age of 91 after a lifetime of service in the African nation. The pope said in a telegram released April 20 that Cardinal Sebastian Koto Khoarai would be remembered for promoting priestly vocations and Catholic education in the country situated inside ...

A Christian college in Missouri sued the Biden administration last week over an order requiring single-sex dorms or bathrooms to be available to members of the opposite biological sex. The College of the Ozarks, a Christian liberal arts college, claimed that an executive order from President Joe Biden would require the college to violate its religious beliefs. Biden issued a ...

Aid to the Church in Need published a religious freedom report Tuesday documenting a “dramatic increase” in the presence of jihadist groups, some aligned with the Islamic State, in Sub-Saharan and Eastern Africa. “Over the last two years, jihadist groups have consolidated their presence in Sub-Saharan Africa and the region has become a haven for over two dozen actively operating ...

By Hannah Brockhaus Pope Francis will ordain nine men to the priesthood on Sunday, including a former film director and a 28-year-old soccer player who turned down a chance to play for the team A.S. Roma. In 2010, Samuel Piermarini was playing for the under-17 team of Italy’s Serie D soccer association, Ostia Mare. After tryouts, Piermarini was offered a ...