By Michael Nnebife and Onyinye Ekoyo Peasant farmers at Ozzu Village of Ndikwuenu Community in Orumba South Local Government Area, Anambra State, have begun to count their losses following a renewed invasion of their farmlands situated at the Mamu Forest Reserve, by one Mr Onyeka Onwura, a native of the area. Investigations revealed that around the Ozzu Axis of the ...

By Alexander Johnson Adejoh Fides Media Director, Rev. Fr. Dr. Robert Anagboso, August 15, visited the Social Communications Directorate of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, publishers of The Catholic Herald Newspaper. Fides Media learnt that the Catholic Herald Newspaper was the first Catholic Newspaper in Nigeria which was founded in 1924. The Fides Director, who was accompanied by Mr Alexander ...

Recently, students of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, took to the streets of the university to protest against a lecturer, Prof Cyril Ndifon, whom they accused of sexual molestation of female students. Prof Ndifon is the Dean of the Faculty of Law in the university. The protesting students alleged that the said lecturer was in the habit of luring female ...

By By Uche Osunkwo The authorities need to understand that there is what I can describe as ‘refuse management confusion’ now consequent upon which people find it difficult to know, understand and follow policies and directives as expected. As it is currently, there is no clearly defined agenda for it besides the staccato and uncoordinated pronouncements emanating from diverse sources; ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Nigerian Girl Guides Association(NGGA) Anambra State Chapter, has expressed worry over increased cases of rape, child trafficking and domestic violence against girls and women in the country. The NGGA National Commissioner (Training),Dr Helen Obi, expressed the worry in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Monday, during a press briefing on the activities lined up to mark ...

By Jude Atupulazi There was a mild drama in Isuaniocha Community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State as the people of the community rejected the traditional ruler issued certificate of recognition by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. In a peaceful protest to the Anambra State Government House, Awka, the people, numbering over one thousand, said what the Community needed ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has been urged to strengthen established policies set aside for welfare, rights and protection of Persons With Disabilities (PWD) in the state. Stakeholders of the disability community in Anambra made the call on Thursday, August 17, during an event by the Anambra State Disabilities Rights Commission (ANSDRC) in Awka, the ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke A former Attorney General of Anambra State, Chief Nnoruka Udechukwu (SAN) has called for a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of death of a man, Toochukwu Onyemelukwe, who was killed by a mob in the state. Udechukwu, who addressed journalists in his chambers in Awka, Anambra State, said the deceased Mr Onyemelukwe was on 30th day ...

By Ikegonna Eleke A woman identified as AmakaOkonkwo has scalded her tenant by pouring hot water mixed with pepper on the tenant over her inability to pay rent. Fides gathered that the tenant, Imabong William, had been given quit notice over her inability to pay a new rent imposed on tenants in the building, but had sought for time to ...

By Chinaza Mgbemene Fides Media seminarian, Valerian Sochima Ejiofor, has described his one year apostolic work in Fides Media as one that unlocked the hidden potentials in him. Sochimma, a student of St. Johnbosco Minor Seminary Isuaniocha, Awka North Local Government, Anambra State, was posted to Fides Media last year for his compulsory one year apostolic work. According to him, ...

…Poor People Get Tax Exemption By Ikeugonna Eleke Anambra State Governor, Prof ChukwumaSoludo, has announced incentives to cushion the effect of the hardship caused by the removal of subsidy from petrol. The governor made the pronouncement on Monday, stating that over 300,000 households would receive bags of rice from the state government. Soludo in a press statement he personally signed, ...

By Jude Atupulazi Nimo Community in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State, has apologised to the Anambra State Government over a protest by a group of youths in the community, calling for the resignation of the town’s traditional ruler and removal of the Local Government Transition Chairman, as well as the President General of Nimo Community. It will be recalled that ...

By Jude Atupulazi The capital territory of Abuja got into a mild stir, Monday, after the newly-inaugurated Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, NyesomWike, warned those distorting the master plan of the FCT to expect demolition of their property soon. The immediate past Rivers State Governor spoke while assuming office as FCT Minister in Abuja on Monday. He said ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke A group, Rural Community Development Outreach (RCDO), has warned against a plot to blackmail governors of states, with the intention to hijack from them the N5billion subsidy palliative announced for states by President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu had announced the disbursement of funds to states to cushion the effect of the removal of subsidy from petroleum by ...

By Rev Fr Gerald Nwafor I grew up in Onitsha precisely Odo-Akpu and to be more specific, 14 Nweje Lane. If you know the terrain very well, you will know that old cemetery, the place that inhabits Ogboomanu is not very far away from where I grew up. My family moved from Nweje Lane in 1997, so you can guess ...

By Amarachukwu Okpunobi St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Urum, Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, on Sunday, 20th August, joined the league of dedicated churches in Awka Diocese at 23 years. It was a triple celebration with the pastoral visit of the Chief Shepherd of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, and the confirmation of about 120 lay faithful on ...

By Emeke C. Okeke St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Nri, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, has celebrated the Holy Childhood Day, with the theme,”Training children in love and fear of God and re-awakening their missionary spirit”. The parish also celebrated their third Annual Block Rosary Day, being Sunday, 20th August, 2023, in commemoration of the Feast of Assumption of ...

By Obiotika Wilfred Toochukwu In the last 8 years in Nigeria, many households were already being financially distressed. The final and irrevocable commitment of men and women in many families was severely threatened due to the economic situation in Nigeria. Alcoholism, child abuse, hatred, and a thousand other things that are certainly wrong were happening on daily basis because of ...

…Threatens to Jail Fake Monarchs By Ikeugonna Eleke The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has issued certificates of recognition to four traditional rulers in the state. The governor gave the monarchs their certificate on Saturday, August 19, in a private ceremony held at the Government House in Awka. The governor while issuing the certificates, acknowledged that many unauthorized persons ...

By Gloria Ibesi Last Monday, some Students of one of Nigerian Federal Universities, located in the South South Region of the country, the University of Calabar, rose in protest against the immoral and unscrupulous act of Sexual Harassment which the students pass through in the hands of their lecturers. The Students from the Law Faculty of the University, went round ...