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By Maxwell Menkiti Ngene The passing of Pope Francis leaves an indelible mark on the Catholic Church and the world at large. His remarkable papacy, spanning twelve years or thereabouts, truly demonstrated to us the transformative power of simplicity, compassion, humility, and service. I vividly recall watching on television an evening Mass on March 13, 2013, when Pope Francis was announced as the new Pope. Little did we know that that moment would mark the beginning of a profoundly remarkable journey, one that would significantly impact not just the lives of Catholics but the lives of countless others who are…
Lawrence Nwimo, Awka Ahead of the November 8 governorship election in Anambra State, the candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Paul Chukwuma, has unveiled Uzo Okagbue as his running mate for the election. The unveiling ceremony was held at the YPP Secretariat in Udoka Housing Estate, Awka, during thr weekend. The party candidate, Chukwuma, said Okagbue was chosen as his running mate after a wide consultation with God, family members, the clergy, party executives, and other relevant stakeholders across the 21 local government areas of the state. Okagbue, popularly called ‘Uzu’ is a native of Umunnachi community in Dunukofia Local…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has refuted media reports and speculations that he is perfecting plans to dump the Labour Party and defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Otti who said there was no iota of truth in the speculations, also denied holding any nocturnal meeting with Gov Hope Uzodimma on the subject matter. Gov. Otti who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma, dismissed the speculations as a figment of the imagination of the peddlers. Otti declared that he remained a committed member of the LP which brought him…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has urged South-East voters to ensure they give their bulk vote to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu in 2027, to reciprocate his good gestures to the zone, and to use it as buy-in to more democracy dividends from the President. The Deputy Speaker who spoke while unveiling Renewed Hope Partners’ office complex in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, said the South-East was accused of not delivering much votes to the centre in 2023, hence the need to change the narrative, and have more bargaining power in 2027. Hon. Kalu…
…Demands sack of Damagum, Wike, Anyanwu Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia The end may not yet be in sight for the gale of defection which has hit the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as two more Governors and 49 law makers are set to dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. This was revealed Friday by the Nigeria Lawmakers Opposition Coalition. The coalition has gone ahead to demand the immediate sack of the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum; the PDP’s 2023 governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu; and the expulsion of the Minister of the…
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared four persons wanted over the alleged fraud perpetrated on crypto bridge exchange (CBEX), a trading platform. The four suspects are Adefowora Olanipekun, Adefowora Oluwanisola, Emmanuel Uko, and Seyi Oloyede. The EFCC published the wanted notice across its social media platforms on Friday. It read: “The public is hereby notified that the persons whose photographs appear above are wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for fraud allegedly perpetrated on an online trading platform called Crypto Bridge Exchange (CBEX),” the notice read. This development followed the Abuja Federal…
Ike Nnachi, Abakaliki A middle aged man identified as “Uncle Light,” and his son identified as Miracle, have allegedly died of food poisoning in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The incident happened at their residence located at Ebebe Junction in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Some residents said they are suspecting the girlfriend who had recently moved in with the man after allegedly divorcing her husband last year, of being responsible. When our our Reporter visited the scene of the ugly incident, the two bodies of the man and his son were lying down. A resident of the area who spoke with our correspondent…
Ben Ezechime, Enugu The 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream 1 set deployed to Enugu State numbering 1, 071 were on Friday sworn in by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), at the Awgu NYSC Orientation Camp. The NYSC Coordinator in Enugu State, Mrs Oluwakemi Awolola, said that the corps members comprised 471 males and 600 females. Congratulating the corps members, she urged them to participate in all the activities in the orientation camp as indiscipline would not be tolerated. She commended them for answering the clarion call to national service, adding that the orientation was to give them clear understanding of…
Our Reporter, Abuja The National Librarian/CEO, National Library of Nigeria (NLN), Professor Chinwe Veronica Anunobi, has challenged Abuja residents to take seriously the idea of book reading to revive and sustain the reading culture in Nigeria. She made made the call on Thursday in her remarks as Co-Host, at the flag off of Abuja Book City 2025 project, organised by Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters in Nigeria (NBRP), which held at TETFUND Auditorium, Abuja. Speaking at the event themed, “Reading: A Unifying Factor,” Professor Anunobi said books unite people, build bridges and open the mind to endless…
By Owei Lakemfa The ascendancy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, to the papacy was a trinity of sorts. It was historic, prophetic and redeeming. For 1,272 years, the papacy was occupied by Europeans only, especially the Italians. Some even joked about the Italian Mafia at work. Indeed, some mafia might have at various stages been at work. For instance, Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI made his son Cesare Borgia, a bishop at 15 and cardinal at 18. Cesare wielded considerable power in the papal army, and the only obstacle for him becoming the Captain General of the church, that…