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13/10/2025

Renowned Evangelist Rev. Uma Ukpai is dead

13/10/2025

Tell me, have you ever heard any wealthy man say “money na water”? I haven’t. Not Tony Elumelu. Not Femi Otedola. Not even me. – Dr. Cosmas Maduka

07/10/2025

October 7, 1967 — A witness recalls the Asaba Massacre that happened on this day in 1967. 💔

06/10/2025

Exactly three years ago today (October 6, 2022), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Medal — the university’s highest honor in African and African American studies.

She made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive it.

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22/09/2025

It's wonderful to see Chiamaka Nnadozie being recognized among the best keepers in the world.

She finished 4th in the inaugural Women’s Yachine Trophy

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18/09/2025

Two years ago today (Sept. 18, 2022), Chidiebere Ethan Nwaneri made history as the youngest ever player to feature in the English Premier League! 🔥

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16/09/2025

No matter the mansions an Igbo man builds abroad, his journey ends in the home he built in his village. For an Igbo man does not die or get buried in a foreign land — Isi nwaeze adịghị atọ na mba! 🔥

14/09/2025

Happy 67th birthday, Patience Ozokwo! ❤️

24/08/2025

HOLY NWEJE: The Story of an Igbo Saint

Hezekiah Okolo-Ogwugwu Nweje was an Anglican priest from Onitsha, Anambra State. He was born in August 1919 and passed away in June 1962. 🕊️

Why was he nicknamed Holy Nweje? Find out below!

He was extremely righteous, humble, and easy-going. A true humanitarian, he was deeply devoted to the things of God. Whatever gifts he received from the church he shepherded were always shared with the vineyard workers, the poor, and the less privileged. He never hoarded anything at the expense of the needy. His philosophy was that wealth meant sharing what you have without hoarding it. At one point, he was nominated for the position of Anglican Bishop on the Niger, but he declined and nominated someone he felt was more qualified.

Rev. Hezekiah Nweje was regarded as an upright, spotless, and righteous man. These outstanding qualities he possessed in his lifetime earned him the name 'Holy Nweje,' a title that reflected just how holy a person could be. He believed anger should never outlive the moment.

In 1956, Onitsha and Obosi clashed over land. Called as a witness, Rev. Nweje told the judge, 'Ani bu ani Chukwu' – the land belongs to the Lord. His words ended the dispute. He always stood for peace.

In April 1958, during the daytime, local thieves invaded his house in Onitsha and stole some tubers of yam and a fowl. He ran after them and told them to come back and take more, citing hunger as the reason for their desperate act. What a man!

Rev. Nweje was so devoted to holiness that he sometimes forgot intimacy with his wife. Always in church, preaching and evangelising, until his mother reminded him to also fulfil his duties as a husband.

In Igboland, if you were seen or perceived as an upright person, you would be called or nicknamed “Holy Nweje.”

So, the next time you’re called Holy Nweje, do not feel ashamed or mocked, it speaks well of you.

Nweje Memorial Secondary School and Nweje Lane, in the Onitsha metropolis, were named after him to immortalize his legacy.

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21/08/2025

BREAKING: Veteran Nollywood actor Fabian Adibe has passed away 🕊️

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14/08/2025

Okocha at 52!

Azuka Jay-Jay Okocha was born 52 years ago today in Enugu. The former Bolton, Hull, Frankfurt and PSG midfield maestro hails from Ogwashi-uku, Delta state.

He won many trophies during his playing days and regarded as one of the Africa's greatest players.

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