Fr. Mbaka: The making of a fiery priest

FROM childhood, Rev. Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka, the spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), showed traces of one that would be unique.
Born into a poor family of a palm wine tapper of a father, Fr. Mbaka was not discouraged as he helped out his fa­ther in his vocation with which the fam­ily was sustained.
A search into the humble beginning and make-up of the stature of Fr. Mbaka took Saturday Sun to his ancestral home in Amata, Ituku, in Awgu Local Govern­ment Area of Enugu State.

Anambra stands still as Ngige buries father

Anambra State Friday stood still for late Pa Pius Okonkwo Ngige, father of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, as the crème de la crème of Nigerian politics stormed Alor in Idemili South Local Government Area to pay last respects to him. He died at 105.

Ekwunife sues for peace over Anambra Central APC primary

AsPirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Anambra Central Senatorial District primary, Senator Uche Ekwunife has urged her supporters to be calm and wait for the decision of the party.

The party’s primary election to pick the candidate to fly the party’s flag in the Anambra Central Senatorial District, which was between Ekwunife and the pioneer Woman leader of the party, Sharon Ikeazor ended on Wednesday night with three out of the seven local governments which make up the district yet to vote.

Umeh Remains Our Consensus Candidate For Anambra Central Senatoriall Rerun---APGA Nat. Chair

Chief Sir Victor Ike-Oye

The National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance,  Chief Victor Ike-Oye said APGA would not violet court rule and would retain Chief  Victor Umeh as their Consensus candidate for the Anambra central senatorial rerun election.

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He said the appeal court judgment was explicit in the conduct of political parties primaries for the rerun and noted that the choice of party nomination and conducting fresh primaries was flawless in the judgment.

APC NWC set to Decide On Anambra Central Inconclusive Primary Result

The All Progressives Congress has said it would await the completion of its senatorial primary election for Anambra Central, in an apparent rejection of a report by its panel recommending the disqualification of a former House of Representatives member, Uche Ekwunife, from contesting for the seat, on an APC ticket.

The report by a screening committee, headed by Osita Okechukwu, had recommended the denial of the party’s ticket to Ms. Ekwunife, calling her a “fair weather hen” who changed political parties at will.

President Buhari’s Led Government Will Not Suppress Online media – Minister

Nigeria Preisdent, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration's resolve to provide a free operational atmosphere  to ideal online news publishing in the country.

He assured that the more Nigerians youths show interest in the online news publication, the more the government information dissemination will get to the grassroots faster than the conventional news mechanism.

Panic as govt simulates plane crash in Lagos

Officials of the Lagos State and the Federal Government on Thursday caused panic in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos during a simulation of a plane crash in the area.

The exercise was meant to assess the level of preparedness on the part of emergency agencies in handling disasters.
But as residents saw a plane plunged into the Lagoon, there was pandemonium as they thought the crash was real. Many of them ran towards the plane in a bid to save “trapped victims.”
The government, it was learnt, did not inform the community before the exercise.
It will be recalled that a Bristow helicopter with 12 persons on board had crashed in the area on August 12, 2015, killing six people, including the pilot.

Buhari fulfils 31-year-old promise to Eaglets

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday rewarded members of the nation’s Under-16 football team that won the 1985 FIFA Championship when he was military Head of State.

He announced a reward of N2m each to the players some of whom were Fatai Atere, Nduka Ugbade, Jonathan Akpoborie, Baldwin Bazuaye, Victor Igbinoba and late Kingsley Aikhionbare among others.

Fuel Subsidy Removal’ll Save Govt N985bn – Osinbajo

Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed that  Federal Government, which relies on crude oil for about two-thirds of its revenue, is seeing a silver lining to the plunge in crude prices because it will no longer have to subsidies fuel.

“Lower oil prices also mean there is some advantage,” Osinbajo said in a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.

STALLIONS SIGN THREE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS FOR THE ABL

In preparations for the 2016 ABL season scheduled to tip off on Friday, March 4 2016, The Stallions have signed on three players who have played in different leagues across the globe.
The players are Kelechi Anuna, Hassan Adams and Akintunde Moses.
Kelechi has played for the Nigeria National team and with clubs in top leagues in Tunisia, Slovakia, Egypt, Venezuela and most recently Dominican Republic.