By Isdore Ndubisi Mr Joseph Okonkwo, national chairman of Umuoji Youth Development Association, UYDA, has described his ten-year stint in that position as tough and demanding. Okonkwo stated this, while delivering his stewardship at the Civic Centre of the town at Nkwo, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on the occasion of the association’s election debate to ...

By Jude Atupulazi Last week in Lagos the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, was in Lagos to talk security with ndi banyi living there. It was in furtherance to his efforts to find a solution to the lingering security crisis in the state that shows little signs of abating. It is indeed getting to a situation where no ...

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By Courtney Mares Pope Francis will preside over the first canonizations in more than two years this weekend. Ten people will be officially recognized as saints by the Catholic Church on May 15. Among them are some relatively well-known figures, like Charles de Foucauld, Titus Brandsma, and Devasahayam Pillai. Less well known are the four Catholic female leaders who will ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has called on retired officers of the Nigerian Army to feel free to offer opinions and suggestions that could be of benefit in ongoing operations to tackle insecurity in the country. General Yahaya made the clarion call  Tuesday 10 May 2022 at the Combat Arms Training Week ...

By Sunny A Ijomah The Anambra State Chapter of the Nigeria Red Cross Society has appealed to those behind Boko Haram, banditry in the North and South West and gunmen in South East, South-South regions of Nigeria to lay down their arms and embrace dialogue with the Federal Government and other relevant stakeholders for the sake of God and humanity. ...

By Sunny A Ijomah A man stormed the University of Ibadan to take his son home after he refused to leave school despite ASUU strike. The student reportedly insisted on staying in school despite the ongoing ASUU strike, and seeing as there was no visible end to the strike action, his dad decided to forcefully bring him home.   Some ...

By Sunny A Ijomah The Apex Igbo Socio –Cultural Organization, Ohaneze Ndigbo has set up a acommittee that would visit the various Emirs and Obas across the country to draw support from them, to appeal to their people in the political parties to nominate Igbo candidates for the 2023 Presidential Election. The President of Anambra State Branch of Ohaneze, Chief ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Following the failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in November, an inquest has begun into how Nigeria seemingly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Amaju Pinnick assumed office on November 19, 2014, as the President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). Shortly after, the senior male national team, Super ...

By Amaracukwu Okpunobi You have three choices for how you spend your time. You can invest it, spend it or waste it. Which boat do you find yourself in? Do you waste your time doing mindless things, or are you genuinely trying to invest and spend your time wisely? These are important questions to ask but don’t judge yourself if ...

By Diogo Lopez Marina The Peruvian Congress on Thursday passed Bill 904, which supports the right of parents to educate their children according to their values and principles. The bill was passed May 5 by a vote of 90 to 18, with eight abstentions. It was introduced by Congressman Esdras Ricardo Medina and is titled the “Law promoting the quality ...

By Courtney Mares More than 60 journalists have petitioned Pope Francis to make Titus Brandsma an official patron saint of journalism. An open letter published on May 10 said that the world “urgently requires a holy intercessor” like Brandsma, a Carmelite priest and journalist, “in these times of disinformation and polarization.” Brandsma, who will be canonized as a saint in ...

By Chioma Ndife …Organizes Send-Off in his Honour The Management of Bubendorff Memorial Grammar School, (BMGS) Adazi-Nnukwu, Anaocha LGA, Anambra State, has named the school’s academic block after the Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Most Rev. Jonas Benson Okoye. The naming of the academic block after Bishop Okoye was performed in a well-attended thank you ceremony organized by Rev. Fr. ...

The shocking death on April 11th,2022 of Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu,a celebrated gospel artiste who has become legendary by her sonorous voice and especially with her hit track, ‘Ekwueme’, went viral on social media platforms and internet. She was alleged to have died as a result of life threatening injuries she sustained through her husband’s serial beatings and abuse on over ...

By CNA Staff Pope Francis Invites grandparents to Join a ‘Spiritual and Non-Violent Revolution’ By CNA Staff Pope Francis invited grandparents and the elderly on Tuesday to join a “spiritual and non-violent revolution.” In his message for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly, issued on May 10, the pope urged seniors not to despair at their frailty ...

By Fr Gerald Nwafor The power of information cannot be doubted, even in the centuries before technology as we know it today. Even in the scripture, the guards on Jesus’ tomb were paid to spread the wrong information and the story to date was the false information from the paid guards which is equivalent to fake news today. In Nigeria, ...

By Chuks Ucheagu Nigeria imports what they have and exports what they don’t have. While the Igbo Apprenticeship System is getting international recognition and accolades daily, the Nigerian government still fails to appreciate it or recognize it and includes it in its educational curriculum at the appropriate level. Already prestigious and first-world universities like Harvard have already started teaching it ...

By Chioma Ndife To create awareness and reduce the incidence of sudden death arising from cardio-vascular diseases, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has trained journalists from the five states of the South-East on effective reporting of trans fats. The two-day training organised in conjunction with the Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) in Enugu was funded ...

By Chioma Ndife The Chief Executive Officer of JEZCO Oil and Gas, Chief Joseph Ezeokafor, has reaffirmed support for Engr. Dominic Okafor’s aspiration to represent the people of Aguata Federal Constituency in the Green Chambers under the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. He reaffirmed his support during a courtesy visit by the aspirant to intimate him about his preparedness to ...

By CNA Staff The publication of a leaked draft opinion in a pivotal Supreme Court abortion case on May 2 triggered a wave of protests by supporters of legalized abortion and acts of vandalism and violence targeting Catholic churches and pro-life organizations. The draft opinion suggested that a conservative majority on the court is poised to overturn the landmark 1973 ...