Promoting social harmony through religion is a cherished path to tread. It is indeed a sight to behold on Saturday, December 8, when Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments at…
Averting death of Igbo language by Prof Pita Ejiofor -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The passion in the man was like a charge of electricity. Prof Pita Ejiofor may look calm but when the subject is the neglect of the Igbo language calmness gives place to passionate intensity. The celebrated professor was introduced to…
Prodigious fruits of Sally Mbanefo’s Anambra Homecoming initiative -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Christmas season will never be the same again in Anambra State. Sally Mbanefo, Anambra State’s very resourceful Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism has in the works an unprecedented Anambra Homecoming Festival that will put at full…
Juliet Ezenwa Pearce: Goddess of Masks -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was like stepping into sacred territory. When I walked into the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos venue of Juliet Ezenwa Pearce’s “Beyond 2018” art exhibition, the personable exhibitor who we fondly call “Painter” insisted I must take a photograph beside…
Anambra welcomes her World-beaters on 27th Anniversary – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was indeed a singular august occasion when on Monday, August 27, a date that marked the 27th anniversary of the creation of the Anambra State, Governor Willie Obiano welcomed home from the United States the world-beating students who won…
Return of Douglas House Insider Ohakim – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was through my late senior colleague, friend and mentor Pini Jason that I learnt what former Governor of Imo State, Dr Ikedi Ohakim, said on Wednesday, August 22, 2007, during the swearing-in of his commissioners, to wit: “It is…
Francis Cardinal Arinze as a brand of Anambra – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
The rebranding of Anambra State as being undertaken by Governor Willie Obiano has arguably the best vista in the personage of Francis Cardinal Arinze. Mr. C. Don Adinuba, Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, recently had a rewarding…
Anambra rules The World – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Anambra State has put Nigeria on top of the technology map of the world after a global contest. Five students of Regina Pacis Model Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State who represented Nigeria and Africa at the World Technovation Challenge in…