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By Ikeugonna Eleke Widow of the late Senate President, Dr Chuba Okadigbo, Mrs Margery, and 20 other former Lawmakers in Anambra State, are sure that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will take over Anambra State. This followed their meeting on how to install the next governor of the state. Mrs Okadigbo, a former senator representing Anambra North Senatorial Zone, said ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Mr Uchenna Madu, has accused the federal government of sponsoring attacks in Igboland. The group said this was found out through its intelligence arm and that the aim was to portray the Southeast and the secessionists as turning violent. In a press ...

By Ikeugonna Eleke Investigations by Fides have shown that even though less than the supposed number of persons are yet to receive the COVID-19 vaccines in Anambra, the vaccines have become scarce in the state. When Fides visited some of the designated centres for the administration of the vaccine, it was discovered that the vaccines had become scarce and could ...

By Jude Atupulazi Barely three days after a severe attack by unknown gunmen on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and the Correctional Centre in Owerri, the unknown gunmen have again attacked Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters situated in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State in the early hours of last Thursday. Reports have it that the fleeing gunmen ...

By Abuchi Onwumelu The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has warned against a slide back to primitive age with the rise in neo-paganism in most parts of Igbo land, especially among young men and women; even as he urged parents to take closer interest in the growth of their children. Bishop Ezeokafor, who stated ...

By Abuchi Onwumelu The father of Mr Sunday Chukwuanu Okagbue, the Public Relations Officer of Anambra State Polytechnic (ANSPOLY), Mgbakwu, Sir Christopher Chukwuanu Okagbue, KSJI, on Good Friday turned octogenarian. Fides reports that he marked his 80th Birthday with a Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday, 4th April, 2021, at St. Alphonsus’ Catholic Church, Nkpor, in Idemili North Local Government of Anambra ...

By Jude Atupulazi A total of 28 persons narrowly escaped death last Wednesday after a ghastly auto crash at Azia Junction in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. They include 18 male adults, 6 female adults, 2 female children and 2 male children. The crash which involved three vehicles was between an unidentified driver of a Man Diesel ...

Easter message by Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese If a religious leader is afraid to say what is right, what else can his silence mean but that he has taken flight? Hiding behind a wall of silence is like taking flight at the approach of the wolf. Pope St. Gregory the Great (540–604 AD) 1: Easter Sunday ...

By Hannah Brockhaus May those who suffer take refuge in the wounds of Christ, and through them, receive the hope which does not disappoint, Pope Francis prayed on Easter Sunday. In his Urbi et Orbi blessing April 4, the pope said the witnesses of Christ’s resurrection “report an important detail: the risen Jesus bears the marks of the wounds in ...

By ACI Prensa Tabasco, Mexico, Apr 6, 2021 / 02:59 pm MT (CNA).- A modern day reenactment of the Way of the Cross held Good Friday in southern Mexico drew criticism in local media for its depiction of militant feminists beating Christ, who had fallen to the ground. The ceremony was organized and broadcast on Facebook by Life Online Oficial, ...