…More Filling Stations May Sell Above N190/Litre The cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may hit an astronomical high in most filling stations in Awka in the coming weeks if nothing is done about a recent hike in its ex-depot price by private depot owners report Alexander Johnson Adejoh and Daruwana Daku. It was gathered that most private ...

While some Catholics still have their faith threatened by the battle against the rights they have to dust-to-dust rites in some towns in Igbo Land, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor, has said that the Diocese maintains her stand on the 2017 Synod Acta on the issue of faith, reports Ifeoma Ezenyilimba. Bishop Ezeokafor, ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Anambra State Chapter, Comrade Chikwelu Adigwe, has ordered local government employees to take charge of revenue collection in their respective council areas. The NULG boss gave the charge while addressing members of the Union at a rally which preceded a press briefing in Awka. The Union ...

Last week came some news reports about separate court judgements annulling the elections of a traditional ruler in Alor and a town union president general in Agulu. The judgements ordered the reinstatement of the bona fide winners chosen by the people in place of the ones recognized by the Anambra State Government. The excitement that followed the judgements showed that ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba A group known as Marriage Enrichment Circle on February 14, celebrated the 2022 Valentine’s Day with a call on her couple members to propagate the ideal God’s plan for marriage and family. The celebration which was the first of its kind and which held at St Thomas Aquinas’ Catholic Church, GRA, Awka, Anambra State, attracted couples from ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has said he will be leaving the state next month as an oil producing state, with capacity to produce rice that can sustain itself. Obiano said Anambra State would begin to earn 13 per cent derivation from oil production as an oil producing state. This he said while reading ...

By Ifeoma Ezenyilimba The Anambra State Governor-Elect, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that his decision to be wearing Akwete dresses has shot up the demand for the locally made fabric. Soludo’s media assistant, Mr Joe Anatune, stated this in a piece he sent to Fides in Awka on Monday. Anatune said the media team of the former Central Bank Governor ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu One of Nigeria’s leading freight and forwarding companies, Chido Cargo and Maritime Logistics Services Limited, has been identified as a strong player on the verge of dominating the African scene in air and sea logistics business. At the official opening of the Ochanja branch of the logistics company, The Enugu State Governor, Rt Hon Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Gunmen on Monday allegedly killed two policemen and kidnapped a couple in Anambra State. The couple, whose names were given as Mr Ceejay and Dr Nini Iyizoba, were said to have been kidnapped in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. A source said the couple were headed to Owerri Airport, Imo State, before the incident ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Police Command has attributed the death of two students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University whose corpses were found in a room last Sunday night to carbon monoxide poisoning. The students, a male and female, were discovered in their room after their neighbours sensed an offensive stench coming from the room, only for the door to ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has revealed that in two weeks’ time, an international flight from the fleet of Ethiopian Airlines will land at the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport to confirm its international status. Obiano was speaking to journalists in his home in Aguleri, Anambra East Local Government Area, after conducting them through the ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it will apprehend petrol station owners taking advantage of the artificial scarcity of fuel to hike the price. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Evaristus Chimezie Obiyo said the moves was meant to curb worsening the situation of fuel scarcity in the state. The ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke An Anambra State High Court sitting in Awka on Wednesday nullified the congresses of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. The nullification sacks the Basil Ejidike-led executive of the party which is loyal to Senator Andy Uba, the party’s candidate in the last governorship election in the state. The court declared the ward, local government ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Housing and Urban Development has said that with the construction of the International Convention Centre, Awka, Governor Willie Obiano had justified his mandate. The committee gave the assertion when it visited the International Convention Centre as part of its oversight responsibilities. Fides reports that the committee, which spoke through ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Archbishop of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has rejected a clergy man who claims to be of the Roman Catholic stock, Rev. Fr. Magnus Ebere. Rev Ebere had said that Igbo people always dominated in any church they attended. Ebere who runs Canaanland Adoration Ministries was reacting to the news of a Catholic priest ...

By Uche Nworah Ph.d In this instalment of Igbo Culture Knowledge Series (ICKS), we take a peep inside the age old, time honoured Igbo tradition of titles, and title taking. Many who argue that omenani Ndigbo is gradually dying will be glad to know that Igbo culture truly lives and still thrives, through our language, culture, festivals, beliefs, and also ...

By Chinecherem Efobi What is Lent and why do people fast? Lent is the six-week season that leads up to Easter. The Lenten season is one of the most significant times of the year for many Christians around the world, especially those within the Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox churches, held at a comparable level of meaning to Advent, the arrival ...

By Mercy Hill St. Camillus de Lellis Chaplaincy, Maryland, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Okofia, Nnewi Campus, Nnewi has held thanksgiving Mass for over one hundred Final year students of the Chaplaincy. The thanksgiving Mass for “De Triunfadores” was held last Sunday, 20 February 2022, at the University auditorium, Okofia, Nnewi. In his homily during the Mass, Rev ...

By Fr Pat. Amobi Chukwuma Anything that has a positive must have a negative. Every word has an opposite. Of recent I deliberated on “Catch them young.” The opposite of catch is leave. The opposite of young is old. A certain funny lady whose nickname is ‘The Young’ was asked the future of her young appearance. She stated categorically that ...

By Livinus Nnebedum There is need to trace the origin of money in this world. In the past before the discovery of money primitive communities managed without money. Initially, trading or marketing was by barter which is the swopping of goods and exchange of goods by Barter. This is called Trade By Barter. As time went on deficiencies of trade ...