News & Events Around the Parishes

By Fr Constantine Echichechi Okoli ComWEEK, the one week long programme of events leading up to this year’s celebration of the World Day of Communications came to an end on Sunday, 21st May, 2023. Speaking during the Mass marking the event, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Awka, the Catholic Bishop of Awka, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, represented by the Director of ...

A new book from Pope Francis, ”Hands off Africa”, condemning the continuing exploitation of Africa by Western powers, has been released with a preface by the Nigerian feminist writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Pope Francis on his first day in the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this year, had said, ‘Hands off Africa! Stop choking Africa: it is not a mine ...

…As Fr. Anthony Mbonu, Family Mourn By CP Uzoaganobi All roads leading to Umuelom Village, Isuaniocha, Awka North LGA, Anambra State, witnessed guests from far and wide as the late Pa Lawrence Nwafor Mbonu, was laid to rest on Friday, May 18, 2023. He was aged 93. The Burial Mass, which took place at Christ the King Parish, Isuaniocha, was ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Chairman of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Anambra State Chapter, Comrade Edith Onwuka, has charged the newly elected Unit executive members on professionalism, service and perseverance. Comrade Onwuka who gave the charge in Awka during the induction of the newly elected Unit executive said that elected officers emerged victorious during the just concluded quadrennial unit branches ...

By Mmaduabuchi Onwumelu The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has declared open the School Sports Festival Open in Awka the Anambra State capital. Declaring the event open at SSG Conference Hall, Government House, Awka, Governor Soludo said that he was more than committed towards ensuring that sports in the state is given a facelift, noting that the ...

Suggestions/Recommendations from the inaugural meeting: Sustained advocacy to Government for improved budgetary allocation and social mobilization to communities. Increased community and public awareness on issues concerning maternal and child health care to address type 1 delay through the development, printing and dissemination of information, education and communication (IEC) materials. Capacity building of health workers on the various maternal and child ...

By Ogochukwu Nwaokafor and CP Uzoaganobi Ide Akwaeze, Chief Sir, Ikenna Okafor, has donated Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Laboratories and Information and Communication Technology, (ICT) Complex and a cheque of four million Naira to St. Dominic Savio Seminary, SDSS, Akpu. The complex was blessed and commissioned by His Eminence, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke, the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, on the ...

…Bishop Ezeokafor Blesses Projects at Community High School, Akwaeze By CP Uzaganaobi The newly built female hostel and male hostel foundation blocks of Community High School Akwaeze has been blessed by the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, with the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, commissioning it. The event took place on Saturday 6 May ...