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By Michael Ovat- Awka A humanitarian group, Unique Fellows All Nations, has donated food items to Shawn Christabel Orphanage Home in Awka Anambra State Capital. The items comprising of tubers of yam, cartons of noodles, bags of rice, among other edibles. The donation took place at the Orphanage Home premises on Sunday, September 27th, 2026. Speaking during the event, the newly elected Mayor of the Unique Fellows All Nations, Unq.Chief Sir Gabriel Udoka Moneke (Esq), said the organisation made a promise to donate food items to Shawn Christabel Orphanage Home Awka, in support of the orphans and the vulnerable children.…
By Daniel Ezeigwe There appears to be a deliberate, or daft, attempt by some people to turn a straightforward Catholic practice into something it is ever not. So, for the avoidance of doubt, let us explain it plainly. In the Catholic Church, a baptismal godparent, technically called a sponsor, is a person formally chosen to undertake that responsibility for the person being baptised. Canon 873 of the Code of Canon Law provides for one sponsor, either male or female, or one male and one female sponsor. The important point is this: the responsibility belongs to the person who is actually…
By Michael Ovat – Awka Crisis is brewing in Ihite Community in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, following the announcement of a date for the new yam festival of the community, despite a pending dispute over the throne. Chief Timothy Okwudiri Ifurunwa had in January this year been installed as the traditional ruler of the community after he was issued a certificate of recognition by the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo. Before his installation, members of Ihite Traditional Council, the body saddled with the job of selecting the king had frowned at the selection process, insisting…
By Michael Ovat – Awka Amidst Encomium and Glamour, Record-Breakers, a humanitarian group, Unique Fellows All Nations Forum Awka, has between 2023 to 2026 doled out ten million naira (10million) to vulnerable residents across Anambra State as part of it socioeconomic intervention initiatives. The group disclosed this during a press conference, held in Awka on Saturday, as part of activities for the upcoming inauguration of it 7th Mayor and other executive members billed for October 3rd, 2026. Speaking further, the planning committee chairman, Barr. Kingsley Ezeibe, said the forum’s major priority is to uplift the living standard of Anambra residents…
By Michael Ovat -Awka The Anambra State Police Command said it has recovered a six-round English-made pistol during a stop-and-search operation by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Nnewi Sector, and Police Mobile Force (PMF) 54. The recovery according to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Sunday, was made on the evening of 26th September 2026, when the joint team, while conducting visibility patrol within the Nnewi North metropolis, stopped two male persons travelling on a Tiger 150 motorcycle without a registration number. He said the men, identified…
By Michael Ovat- Awka The Anambra State coordinator of Special Marshall, Ogbusa Michael, has said 99 percent of road crashes in Nigeria are caused by human factors. He disclosed this while speaking to Journalists during this year 2026 Special Marshall Zonal Conference organized by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Special Duties and External Relations Special Marshall Section Zone RSS Headquarters, Benin City, Edo State, held at the Special Marshall’s Secretariat, FRSC Sector Command Awka, on Saturday, September 26th, 2026. Michael disclosed the human factors to include; poor vehicular maintenance, drinking of excessive alcohol, phone-call, over-speeding, over-loading, wrongful over-taking and…
By Michael Ovat- Awka It was a day of joy, celebration and thanksgiving to God for bountiful harvest during Nawfia 2026 New Yam Festival, otherwise known as Iwa ji Nawfia performed by the traditional ruler of the community, HRM Igwe Ogochukwu Daniel Obelle at his hill-top palace in Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The event that took place on Friday, September 25th, 2026, attracted top government functionaries of the State, including the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Mrs Chiamaka Nnake, representatives from the State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Traditional Rulers, politicians, security…
By Michael Ovat – Awka Mr Daniel Ezeigwe, the media assistant to the wife of Anambra State governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has urged the public to disregard a viral video making the round that the 2027 Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi is the godfather of governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo children. Ezeigwe, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka, on Saturday, described video as fake and misleading. The statement read; “The attention of the First Lady of Anambra State, Dr. Nonye Soludo, has been drawn to a viral video in which the former Governor…
By Michael Ovat -Awka The wife of Anambra State governor and the founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative, Dr Mrs Nonye Soludo, has been invested as the Matron of Pregnant Women and Children at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku-Awka. The Newsletter online gathered that the investiture followed the recognition of her immense contributions to the welfare of women and children in the state through her pet project, Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo Initiative. The event that took place at the COOUTH premises on Friday, September 24th, 2026, also recognised the First Lady’s campaign for…
By Michael Ovat -Awka The Special Adviser to Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Charles Soludo on Youth Reformation, Dr Nelson Obinna Omenugha, has expressed satisfaction over Zambia participation in this year 2026 conversation of World Public Relations Forum (WPRF 2026). The WPRF conversation, according to Omenugha, who disclosed this in a statement in Awka, took place at Abuja on Thursday, September 24th, 2024. He said the journey to the WPRF- World Public Relations Forum 2026 continues, and as Chairman of the Youth and Students Work Team, I am particularly excited about deepening our engagement with young professionals and students across Africa.…