…As Ticket Touts Dare Soludo …. Police Set to Enforce Soludo’s Ban It was a narrow escape for Fides reporter, Alexander Johnson Adejoh, Thursday, when some ticket touts at the popular Unizik Junction, Awka, nearly descended on him for taking their picture while they were collecting money from keke drivers in defiance of the order by Gov Chukwuma Soludo, banning ...

Contrary to widespread media reports about those who signed the bail bond of former Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, coming from Anambra, Fides can authoritatively reveal that no Anambra person was involved but outsiders, reports Jude Atupulazi. Obiano, who was finally released from EFCC custody after six days last Wednesday, was arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, March 17, on ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The All Progressive Congress (APC), has selected 180 delegates to represent the Anambra State Chapter of the party at the coming National Convention on Saturday. The delegates are drawn from the 21 local government areas and their names were announced at the state party secretariat in Awka on Wednesday evening by the State Chairman, Sir Basil Ejidike ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Former Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi has explained why he saved money for the state during his tenure as governor. Obi had on the eve of the end of his tenure as governor of Anambra State announced that he was leaving behind N75billiion for his successor, Chief Willie Obiano. The explanation by the ex-governor on why ...

Early last Tuesday, the people of Anambra State, and, indeed, the nation, were treated to the shocking revelation by the new Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, that the state he was inheriting was crippled by debt. He made the damning revelation on an Arise Television Programme. He had stated inter alia: ‘In terms of debt I inherited, it ...

….Inaugurates Bishop Ezeokafor Music Academy & Old Boys/Girls Association ….Blesses School Building and Music Studio By Adejumoke Alebiosu and Isdore C. Ndubuisi One of the Mission schools of the Catholic Church, St Patrick’s College, Awka, Awka South LGA, Anambra State, has celebrated the 2022 Feast Day of St. Patrick’s, the patron saint of the college. The event took place on ...

… Women Demand Skill Acquisition Centre By Amarachukwu Okpunobi To mark the International Women’s Day, St Paul’s Catholic Church, Achalla, Awka North Local Government Area, On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, organised a seminar to celebrate the day which was celebrated all over the world on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, with the theme ‘Breaking the Bias’. The celebration which was not ...

By Adejumoke Alebiosu The family of Omalu on Friday, March 18, 2022 committed their mother late Iyom Caroline Chinwedu Omalu to mother earth with a funeral Mass at St Francis Catholic Church Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka LGA, Anambra State. Delivering his Homily, titled Life and Death and the Mercy of God, at the Funeral Mass, Rev. Fr Peter Valentine Uzozie, Parish Priest, ...

…As Bishop Ezeokafor Blesses Mount Carmel Outstation of St. Patrick’s Parish, Agulu By Chioma Ndife The Children of the late Chief Albert Anyanwo have built an edifice for God’s worship at Mount Carmel Outstation of St. Patrick’s Parish, Agulu, in immortalization of their late dad. Fides gathered that the late Chief Albert Anyanwo of Okpu Village, Agulu, who died in ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Nigeria coach Augustine Eguavoen’s recent tacit admission that he picked midfielder Ogenyi Onazi to appease NFF higher-ups was a seismic confirmation of what has previously been whispered rumours. Onazi, who plays for Saudi Arabia’s Al Adalah, was included in the squad to face Ghana in this month’s FIFA World Cup qualifying playoff, and Eguavoen’s seemingly off-the-cuff ...