…Kidnapped Priest Recounts Ordeal with Fulani Abductors Barely one month after a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Awka suffered a near death experience in the hands of kidnappers suspected to be Fulani men at Amansea, Awka South LGA, Anambra State, another priest of the same Catholic Diocese of Awka, Rev Fr Peter Andrew Chukwuebuka Ibeazor, has faced the same ...

There is a growing addiction to hard drugs, especially methamphetamine (mkpurummiri) by rural youths in Anambra State, but communities and youth leaders in the state have risen to fight the hydra headed monster which is known to be the root cause of armed robbery, rape and other crimes, reports Ikeugonna Eleke. In a drinking joint (pub) in Awka, two young ...

The Monday Sit-at-Home order given by the secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), may have been called off but the people of the state have chosen to remain indoors despite pleas by the IPOB group and the Anambra State Government for them to come out. A few months ago, the Anambra State Governor went out to the streets and ...

…. Call on New Governor to Salvage Situation Motorists and commuters plying the Old INEC Road, have expressed concern over the deplorable state of the road report Alexander Johnson Adejoh and AdejumokeAlebiosu. The road,said to be constructed 8 years ago, went bad due to alleged shoddiness of job done by the contractor and careless management by road users and Anambra ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke A group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has warned that the high cost of cooking gas is pushing most Nigerian families back to the use of firewood and charcoal. The group said the return to use of firewood for cooking would affect the ecosystem as indiscriminate felling of trees for firewood had begun in most ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The Catholic Diocese of Awka last Sunday, November 21, joined her counterparts throughout Nigeria in the celebration of the 2021 Solemnity of Christ the King, otherwise known as Ofala Kristi. Fides reports that the diocese directed that the 2021 event be celebrated at parish levels as against the Catholic Community level which the celebration was previously held. ...

By Daruwana Daku The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Senator Uche Ekwunife, November 20, charged Ndi Anambra to look beyond party lines and think more of Anambra as a state. The Senator made this statement while addressing guests and students of St. John of God Secondary School,Awka, during the pastoral visit of the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most. ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia (CADEK), Most Rev Peter Ebere Okpaleke, last Sunday, November 21, feasted with his diocesan faithful of Akpo Catholic Community. It was on the occasion of the 2021 Annual Solemnity of Christ the King Celebration, also known as Ofala Kristi. Fides gathered that Most Rev Peter Ebere Okpaleke led the ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke and Chioma Ndife Despite the counter directive issued out by the Anambra State Governor, Sir Willie Obiano, for the state’s workers to resume their official duties on Mondays following an earlier directive given by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for observance of Mondays as work free days, the workers in the state have however remained adamant ...

By Courteny Mares Pope Francis has said that technological innovations have created the need for a renewed reflection on essential questions about what it means to be human, based on Scripture, the classical tradition, and wisdom from non-European cultures. In a video message sent on Nov. 23 to the Pontifical Council for Culture, the pope said that “the new changes ...

By Kelsey Wicks Efforts to redefine women undermine their feminine dignity and unjustly pressure them to resort to abortions to keep pace with men in the workforce, a panel of women scholars said earlier this month in a discussion that highlighted the harmful consequences of de-sexing society. Titled “The Dignity of the Sexed Body: Asymmetry, Equality, and Real Reproductive Justice,” ...

By Fr Pat. Amobi Chukwuma There is time for everything under this planet called Earth. In Nigeria we have two important seasons: Rainy Season and Dry Season. The former commences from the month of March and lasts till the end of October. In normal parlance, the dry season begins from the month of November and terminates towards the end of ...

The Story of an out-of-work Graduate By Chuks Ucheagu Some estimate that 60 per cent of Nigerian graduates are unemployed or underemployed. When in May 29th 2015, the President of Nigeria, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, was promising a new dawn in his controversial I am for nobody and I am for everybody inaugural speech, Emeka was in his last year in ...

Jesus asked, “What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” (Matthew 16:26a). The words were repeated to a young teacher of philosophy who had a highly promising career in academics, with success and a life of prestige and honor before him. Francis Xavier, 24 at the time, and living and teaching in ...

The decision to remove Nigeria from the list of “Countries of Particular Concern” was “totally unjustified,” and a backwards step in the fight against religious persecution, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith said in a speech Nov. 23. “Despite the fact that Fulani militants are systematically targeting and slaughtering Christian farmers in Nigeria’s Middle Belt as well as attacking non-Fulanis throughout the ...

The Catholic Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Most Rev. Emmanuel Forming Parents Adetoyese Badejo has declared that good parents are made and not born. Bishop Badejo’s declaration was contained in a message titled, ‘Like Joseph and Mary: As the Year of St. Joseph closes’. According to the local ordinary, in order to be a good parent one day, one must be ...

By Amarachukwu Okpunobi December 2, 2021 is the day  marked out for International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Bridgtte Hyacinth in this piece gives us an X-ray of 7 tips to emancipate oneself from mental slavery. Hope you find it helpful. Read on….. Although slavery is no longer tolerated, many of us are held captive by limitations placed on ...

By Belo Osagie Continued from last Edition What’s your impression about our present crop of players who you said are young and do you think they can go far in the Nations Cup, World Cup? Yeah. Because, they seem to be enthusiastic about what they are doing. But what is important now is that people should not always emphasize on ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Former Nigerian forward, Victor Ikpeba, has advised the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) not to sack but retain the Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Ikpeba made this known during last Monday Night Football Show on SuperSports, where he fumed that sacking the German tactician will spell disaster for ...

By Sunny A Ijomah The Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Hon. ArinzechukwuAwogu, and the traditional rulers from Ogbaru Council Area in Anambra State, has condemned the abduction of lgwe Oliver ChikeNnaji of Ogwuaniocha Community and wantom destruction of the property. Speaking on behalf of the Ogbaru traditional rulers, the traditional ruler of Atani Community, lgwe Augustine Azuka Ngoddy, who ...