…Says Human Rights Lawyer By Ikeugonna Eleke A human rights lawyer based in Anambra, Barr Christopher Enemuo, has stated that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, contravened relevant sections of the Electoral Act. The activist lawyer while speaking to journalists in Awka said the INEC chairman rather than talking about conducting the governorship and ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has been charged to curb revenue leakages in the state and also ensure that revenue thieves are kept in check. A human rights lawyer, Mr Nnalue Peters, told journalists in Awka that despite the efforts to increase the state’s earning through internally generated revenue, some revenue racketeers still fed fat ...

By Jude Atupulazi Anxious to improve the level of performance of its employees in the local government system, the Anambra State Government has concluded plans to expose the workers in the third tier of government to trainings to learn administration. The Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon TonyCollins Nwabunwanne, who disclosed this to Fides in his office in ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has condoled with the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, over the demise of its former Dean, Archbishop Maxwell Anikwenwa. A statement issued by the Secretary General of the Church of Nigeria, Bishop Anthony Poggo, confirmed his death on Monday, March 13, 2023. Governor Soludo had on behalf of ...

By Sunny A Ijomah The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has insisted that he won the 2023 Presidential Election and rubbished the talk that the result of that election is God’s wish. Obi, while speaking on Monday, said he would therefore not accept calls by some clerics for him to accept the loss as God’s will, as ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has accused members of the opposition party of using both old and doctored videos to get at him. Soludo who spoke through his press secretary, Christian Aburime, was reacting to two videos currently trending on the internet, where some youths, led by former commissioner, Christian Madubuko, made derogatory chants against APGA; ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commenced the rehabilitation of flood victims in Anambra State. The organization only recently, flagged off a three-month medical outreach in 10 local government areas of the state that were submerged by the 2022  Flood. The Reproductive Health Coordinator in the Anambra State Ministry of Health, Dr Obianuju Okoye, who spoke ...

At the presentation of Father Antonio Spadaro’s book ‘The Atlas of Francis, Vatican and International Politics’ the Vatican Secretary of State sketched a picture of the ‘diplomacy of mercy’ carried out by Pope Francis in these ten years of pontificate, which allows the Holy See to be a ‘super partes’ actor in the international arena. By Valerio Palombaro Ten years ...

A look back over 10 years of quotes about mercy from the Holy Father By Joseph Pronechen It is not easy to entrust oneself to God’s mercy, because it is an abyss beyond our comprehension. But we must! … ‘Oh, I am a great sinner!’ ‘All the better! Go to Jesus: He likes you to tell him these things!’ He ...

By Sunny A. Ijomah The Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha and substantive Bishop of the Aguleri Diocese, the Most Rev.  Denis Isizoh, on Sunday charged Christians to form the habit of blessing themselves by doing the sign of the cross regularly. Bishop Isizoh, who gave the advice during a Sunday instruction at St Theresa’s Parish, Umunya, explained that Christians have the ...