Anambra State High Court, Orumba South Judicial Division, sitting in Umunze, presided over by Hon. Justice Jude Obiora, has struck out an appeal filed by Rev. Fr. Ejike Nwankwo and his lawyer Bar. Chukwu Idenyi, earlier arraigned by Police in the state. The appeal followed criminal trial of the duo at the Chief Magistrate Court
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Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, has publicly condemned the invasion by protesting youths and women of Bishopās Court at Igboeze street Independence Layout and Holy Ghost Cathedral Enugu last Wednesday following rumours of his ādisappearanceā. Members of the Adoration Ministry had marched around Enugu, last Wednesday, May 5, demanding
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Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide has written an open letter to Pope Francis at the Vatican, asking him to investigate Father Ejike Mbaka for bringing shame on the Catholic Church. Omokri, who was an aide to then President Goodluck Jonathan, in a letter on Sunday, also accused Father Mbaka of dabbling into politics. Mbaka had
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Armed bandits have razed the building of the Holy Family Catholic Church, and two homes, in Kikwari village, Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state. Samuel Aruwan ,Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State,said on Sunday, that locals fled the area on receiving information that some bandits were sighted outside the village.
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The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has blamed President Muhammadu Buhari administration for the economic recession in the country and has therefore called on the international community to stop giving loans to Nigeria. Speaking at a workshop on āBetter Ways of Human Rights Promotion in the New Normalā yesterday in Abuja, the National Social Communications
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Leaders of Catholic and Anglican churches as well as residents of Obeleagu and Nkisi Aroli streets in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday protested ravaging gully erosion in the area. The clerics, accompanied by the Onitsha Improvement Union, the Justice Development and Peace Caritas (JDPC), called on both Federal and Anambra State governments to declare state
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The kidnapped Benue State Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. David Echioda, has regained freedom. The priest of Otukpo Catholic Diocese was reportedly abducted by gunmen on Sunday afternoon along Alla-Akpa Road while returning home after conducting mass at Utonkon in the Ado Local Government Area of the state. The Director of Communications, Otukpo Catholic Diocese, Rev. Fr John Okopopu,
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The parish priest, of the St. Andrewās Catholic Church, Aruogba, in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba, has said robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church. Ihonda-Ovienloba, who made the disclosure during the Sunday mass at the church, said he
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A Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old driver, Samuel Vincent, to two weeks Community Service for stealing a bag containing childrenās clothes. The Judge, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, ordered Vincent to clean the Karmo Catholic Church for two weeks and ordered him to go back to Anambra after serving his punishment.
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