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OWERRI—The dust raised by the recent renaming of Maria Assumpta Avenue to Muhammadu Buhari Road, has not settled, as Catholics appear very determined to recover the entire stretch of the road.

OWERRI—Uneasy calm has enveloped Owerri, following the renaming of Assumpta Avenue by Governor Rochas Okorocha, to Muhammadu Buhari Road. The Road which was named after the magnificent Maria Assumpta ...

Assumpta Cathedral, belonging to the Catholic Church in the city of Owerri, capital of Imo State, has been gutted by fire. DAILY POST gathered that the fire incident, which occurred around 11:30 pm on ...

<em>The church cathedral was razed by a fire suspected to have started from an electrical fault</em> Maria Assumpta Catholic Cathedral in Imo razed by fire The Maria ...

Maria Assumpta by Basoeki Abdullah, 1935. Clad in a kebaya (traditional Javanese blouse) and batik wraparound, the Virgin Mary ascends to the heavens in Basoeki Abdullah’s Maria Assumpta, a painting ...