By Rev Fr Pat Amobi Chukwuma A forth night ago, I came across a wretched man walking along a lonely road. He looked tired and dejected. He was breathing like someone at the point of death. The spirit of charity took hold of me. I packed my car and rushed towards him to see if I could render him any ...

… Obi Donates 2M to Hospital – Obi The Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that serving humanity and helping society, especially in times of crisis, is his own understanding of public life, reports Chioma Ndife. Obi made the remarks at The Good Shepherd Specialist Hospital, Enugu, where ...

By Daruwana Daku Against the backdrop of needed attention given to people that are mentally challenged in Nigeria, the Awka Community Restoration Association (ACRA), a Non-Governmental Organization founded by Rev. Fr Basil Uchenonye, has been putting smiles on the faces of people with mental health challenges every month. To key into the spirit of the festivity and helping their primary ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba Established on November 21, 2011 with the vision of touching lives, as well as building better homes and society where love, peace and progress would thrive, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), known as Excellent Ladies of Valour and Steel (ELOVAS) Foundation Int’l, has described her 10 Years Anniversary this 2021 as the celebration of ten years of touching ...

By Nze Nwabueze Akabogu The Nigerian political landscape had in recent times been dominated and basterdized by all manners of people with shady or questionable character totally bereft of integrity, principles and honour and often adopting the Machiavellin unscrupulous theory that “the end justifies the means” in their primordial quest for political power and instant wealth by all means. This ...

By Amarachukwu Okpunobi Who was your best associate this year, 2021? Was there  a positive change that consumed you during this period? Or was he or she a toxic person to you? As the year comes to a wrap, take a closer look at your circle of friends and  associates. Detoxify your life and make for a better friends in ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Rancorous debates over the continued relevance of Gernot Rohr as coach to the Super Eagles, Nigeria’s national football team, reminisce decades of cock-ups and maladministration of the beautiful game in Nigeria. The campaign of no love lost is a direct result of the sharp decline that football is undergoing in the country generally and particularly at ...

By Sunny A Ijomah Identical twin sisters Brittany and Briana Deane got married to identical twin brothers Josh and Jeremy Salyers. And now, while one of the couples recently welcomed their baby boy, the other set is expecting their first child. The couples had met in 2017 at a festival for twins. Six months later, the brothers (35) proposed to ...

By Sunny A Ijomah A single mother of five children, Ndidiamaka Enyinta Emeka from Izzi, has been arrested by Ebonyi Police Command for selling her newborn baby boy. She sold the newborn for N400,000.00, Police said. The suspect was arrested December 10th, 2021 alongside two other culprits who connived with her to commit the crime. The Police, however, disclosed that ...

By Sunny A Ijomah In its effort to promote Igbo language and culture, as well as to support Mathematical solving skills among pupils in Anambra State, a registered Non Governmental Organization, Best Brain Contest (BBC), on Friday, December 10, 2021, organized Mathematics and Igbo quiz Competitions among secondary schools in the State. The event, which took place at Prof. Kenneth ...

By Adejumoke Alebiosu Start with good people, lay out the rules, Communicate With your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can’t miss”.-LEE LACOCCA, FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CHRYSLER. The above opening quote which incidentally I took from the first book to have been authored by one of Nigeria’s most successful banker, ...

By Uche Amunike It’s another December and the time for Fides Media limited to choose the best worker in the year. This time, the dynamic and vibrant Zaria-born Alex Adejoh qualified to wear that esteemed tag. I remember just last year when he joined us here in Fides as a youth corper. There was nothing special about him on the ...

By Jude Atupulazi It was hard to believe but pictures don’t lie. Within the past week Nigerians woke up to the horrible story of a man eating group of animals in human skin at a place called Oda; somewhere between Ihiala in Anambra State and Imo State. A combined team of police, DSS and soldiers had stormed the place around ...

By Chioma Ndife Tricycle (keke) operators last Wednesday protested over what they termed obnoxious levies and harassment by the Anambra State Government task force, as well as killings by cultists in Anambra State. The protest came a day after the killing of two police escorts of an abducted chairman of Keke Union at the Unizik Temporary Site, Awka, as well ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba Isuaniocha in Awka North LGA, Anambra State, last Wednesday, December 15, played host to many priests, religious and lay faithful from all walks of life. It was on the occasion of the funeral ceremony for the late Rev Fr Matthew Odirachukwu Attansey, who was until his death, the administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Awka’s St Patrick’s ...

…Fr Anusi bags Most Innovative Clergyman Award By Mercy Hill 115 persons have been inaugurated/inducted as agents of the Anti-Piracy Society of Nigeria, APSON. This happened Saturday, 4 December 2021 at the National Light Newspaper Auditorium, Government House, Awka, during the official Inauguration of APSON/Induction of Members & Annual Award Presentation Ceremony. The Director General of APSON, Mr Frank Uduonu ...

…As Priests, Parishioners Celebrate Parish’s Silver Jubilee in Grand Style By Chioma Ndife and Daruwana Daku It was a celebration of sorts as priests, religious and parishioners of St Anthony’s Parish, Ifite-Awka, in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State last Sunday rolled out their drums as they marked the 25 years of existence of their parish. The auspicious ...

By Chioma Ndife and Adejumoke Alebiosu The Catholic Diocese of Awka has joined her counterparts across the globe to bring to an end, the Year of St. Joseph as declared by the supreme Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis. The closing ceremony of the Year of St. Joseph which featured a rosary procession, was brought to an end by the Catholic Bishop ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba Business and commercial activities at the area of St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, Awka, were grounded last Tuesday, December 7, as two priests of the diocese were committed to mother earth. They were the administrator of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka and Episcopal Vicar of Awka Region, Rev Fr Matthew Ignatius Attansey (Odirachukwumma), and Very Rev Msgr Bernard Nwakonobi ...

It was not long ago that the Anambra State Government okayed the Bill by the Anambra State House of Assembly on Anti-Open Grazing, meaning that open cattle grazing in the state had been banned. But weeks after the ban, cattle are still moving about openly in parts of the state. Every day in the night, dozens of cattle are seen ...