Afri gist

May this month bring you and your loved ones an abundance of joy, resilience, and well-being, empowering you to thrive and grow together.

Here is the Super Eagles Squad for the AFCON.

With the Changes that occurred to the original Super Eagles squad:

Do you think that Nigerian football fans are not giving this team the credit that they deserve?

Commercial driver reportedly st*bs the husband of his mistress to de in Lagos State

The police in Ogun State have arrested a 38-year-old man, Daniel Udoh, for stabbing his mistress’ husband to de in the Onipanu area of the state.

According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, the victim identified as Emaka Umonko, is a husband to a woman with whom the suspect was allegedly having a secret love affair.

According to the police image maker, the deceased had been suspecting that Udoh was going out with his wife and confronted him, leading to a serious f!ght between the two men. “While the f!ght was going on, the suspect, a commercial driver, brought out a kn!fe and used it to st*b the deceased severally at his back and chest, following which the deceased collapsed.

Upon receipt of a distress call, the suspect was promptly arrested, and the kn!fe recovered as an exhibit. The victim, a welder, was rushed to State Hospital Ota but was unfortunately pronounced de*d by the doctor on duty,” the statement read in part.

REMEMBERING SHANAHAN- The Man Who Catholicized Igbo Land

1. Bishop Joseph Shanahan is a name that would be remembered forever in this part of the World.

2. When he arrived Onitsha in 1902 ,there were only 2000 catholics in the south east region . 1n 1932, the year of his retirement the number has grown to 100,000 catholics and over 120,000 cathucumens.

3. The Vicariate of Southern Nigeria which he headed has grown into 11 dioceses with some 2 million Catholics as members.

4. He founded the first seminary in igboland and laid the foundation of catholicism by reducing the number of foreign missionaries and increasing the number of indigenous igbo priests and missionaries.


5. He was an irish missionary and a spiritan who spent more than 30 years of his life in igbo land. When he died in 1943 his bones were brought back to Onitsha and were buried close to the altar at the Basilica.

There are many schools, Hospitals and institutions named after his memory.

Did you attend any of them ?