… Mr Freidhelm Schweitzer is a benevolent personality who loves to help people – Fr Okpalanozie By Mercy Hill A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Awka in Diaspora, Rev Fr Michael Joe Okpalanozie, has beckoned on well-meaning Nigerians to express love and cater for the welfare of the indigent through regular visits and giving of financial and other aids to ...

… As Celebrant rewards Little Ballet Dancer, Cuccazz Band By Daruwana Daku The Director of Fides Media, Rev. Fr Dr Martin Anusi, was, Saturday, September 18, surprised by a birthday party organized for him by his workers and friends. The event which held at Annabel Hotel, Awka, was done in reciprocation of his kindness to others, Fides gathered. It was ...

… St Mary’s Parish, Egbengwu Wins March Past, Queen, Igbo Women Attire Competitions By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba Nimo in Njikoka LGA, Anambra State, was last Saturday, Sept 18, 2021, greeted with pomp and pageantry, as the Catholic Women’s Organisation (CWO), Nimo Deanery, held her 2021 Triennial Convention with the theme: ”Some Challenging Health Issues of Women”. The event which was held ...

For the Parish Priest of St Paul’s Catholic Parish, Abba, Dunukofia, Rev Fr Christopher Ezeh, feeding and helping the poor remains an important part of the parish’s charity project. Fr Ezeh who spoke to Fides team of Ifeoma Ezenyilimba and Chioma Ndife, last Wednesday, as part of Fides’ focus on parishes within Awka Diocese, said the parish, in line with ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Anambra may be sliding back into the days of the reign of terror by both cultists and unknown gunmen. This is because, in just two days, gunmen, yet to be identified, struck in Onitsha and Awka, killing three policemen and two businessmen respectively. Though the police in Anambra had said the incident in Onitsha claimed the life ...

Recently the Southern Governor’s Forum had a meeting in Enugu to basically address issues of common interest among the people of the affected zones comprising Southeast, South South and South West. The governors of Lagos, Ondo, Osun and Ogun states were physically present. They include Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Rotimi Akeredolu, Adegboyega Oyetola and Dapo Abiodun, respectively. The rest who did ...

By Jude Atupulazi The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has clarified his speech during the campaign for the emergence of the PDP candidate, Mr. Val Ozigbo, as the in-coming Governor of Anambra State. A release from his Media Office signed by Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said that Obi, known ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Anambra State Polytechnic (ANSPOLY), Mgbakwu, in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, recently, at the school’s auditorium, held a physical and virtual multi-disciplinary international conference with the theme: ”Knowledge, Technology and Innovation for Africa’s Transformation”, in collaboration with the Centre for Advanced Arts, Science, Social and Management Research (CAASSMR). In her opening remarks, the ...

… Lawmakers Commend Obiano for Achieving Oil Producing Status for Anambra By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu A bill for a law prohibiting and abolishing open and nomadic cattle and other livestock grazing and rearing in Anambra State and to establish cattle and other livestock ranches in the state, has scaled first reading in the Anambra State House of Assembly. The bill, which ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnic (ASUP) in the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, has suspended her one month and two weeks old strike action in the institution. The Chairman of ASUP in the institution, Mr Samuel Igbokwe, disclosed this to journalists after a congress of the union. Igbokwe said the suspension was with immediate effect ...