Muslim Council Hong Branch To Ban Un-Islamic Innovations Introduced In Marriage

Disturbed by some innovations introduced in Islamic marriages which are contrary to the teachings of Islam, the Muslim Council of Nigeria, Adamawa State has directed all its branches across the state to ensure that such practices are banned. It is in line with the directive that the Hong local government branch on Sunday organized a one-day sensitization seminar for Chief Imams of Jumma’at Mosques and Preachers in the local government. In his opening remark at...

Northern Christian Clergy To Hold ‘Groundbreaking’ Prayer Rally For Tinubu Ahead Of 2023

Ahead of the 2023 election, Christian clerics from the northern region have announced plans to hold a one-million-man prayer rally for the presidential aspiration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The group led by renowned preacher, Bishop Sunday Garuba said the move is divine, an instruction from above. According to him, the former Lagos State governor has all it takes to transform the country. The respected preacher said Tinubu will...

Pastor Enenche Promises Bishop Oyedepo Another Private Jet

ABUJA — The founder of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche, has vowed to buy another aircraft for the General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo. Pastor Enenche made the promise at the church’s combined service at the Glory Dome, Abuja, noting Oyedepo, his father in the Lord, deserved another aircraft even though he had one he is currently using. On the motivation for his gesture, he stated that he wants...

Mummy G.O.: Nigeria’s Much-Derided Pentecostal Preacher Enunciates a Powerful Social Critique

Despite the mockery she receives, Pastor Mummy G.O. is an exception to the Nigerian Pentecostal norm as her strict theological model contrasts sharply with Pentecostalism’s current adhesion to the Prosperity Gospel. Within the space of a few months, fifty-five-year-old evangelist Olufunmilayo Adebayo, popularly known as Mummy G.O., has gone from the relative obscurity of downscale Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, to the most discussed subject in contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism. The target of a blizzard of savage internet memes and unrelenting...

“Those Who Reject Homosexuality Are Ignorant Of The Love Of God”, Rev. Jide Macaulay

Rev. Jide Macaulay, an openly gay Uk-based Nigerian pastor, has addressed the issue of society generally and queer Christians particularly rejecting homosexuality on the basis of some religious beliefs. Homosexuality is expressly prohibited in Nigeria. A 2014 law banned sexual relationships between persons of the same sex. Offenders risk being jailed for 14 years. The law, Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA) was enacted on the premise that the Nigerian culture is antithetical to homosexuality. With...

Anglican Church Reacts To The Resignation Of Priest Who Accused The Church Of Taking His Wife

An Anglican cleric, Rev. Canon Lumenkristi Eboh of Christ Township Church, Umudioka, Anambra State, has been accused of impregnating a lady who was under his spiritual care. The allegation was levelled against him by Barrister Ben Uzuegbu (SAN), the Deputy Chancellor, Diocese on the Niger, Anglican Communion in Anambra at a press conference held at the Secretariat complex of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Anambra state Council, Awka on Thursday, March 10, 2022. The...

Bauchi State Governor Approves N100 Million For Quranic Recitation Competition

BAUCHI —The National Quranic Recitation Competition to be hosted by Bauchi state will receive 100 Million as a donation to ensure the success of the event following approval to that effect by Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, on Saturday. Mohammed disclosed this while inaugurating a 52-man local organizing committee for the competition, to be held on March 18, at the Government House, Bauchi. He said the state will organize the best National Quranic...

Osinbajo Says Buhari Has Shown That He Wants a Country Where All Faiths Live In Harmony

ABUJA — The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a leadership model, saying he respects other people’s beliefs and that he has not had any dispute with him since they took over power in 2015. Osinbajo said this when the Senegal-based Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniya Movement, Worldwide, His Eminence, Sheikh Muhammadu Mahi Ibrahim Niass, paid him a courtesy visit at the Presidential Villa on Saturday evening. “President Buhari...

“Leave Me Alone, I Have Given My Life To Christ,” Repentant Cultist Writes Open Letter To Cult Members

A young Nigerian man, Reje Agbor Ojong has openly denounced his membership of the Aro Bagar Confraternity secret cult group. Ojong, a native of Adijinkpor in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State made the denouncement in a letter dated March 8, 2022, which he made public and addressed to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Ikom. In the letter, the young man said that he joined the cult group ignorantly, adding that he has given...

Catholic Church Recalls Lagos Priest Who Banned Igbo Songs In His Parish To Service

LAGOS — Rev. Fr. James Anelu, the parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ewu Owa, who made headlines after he allegedly banned the singing of Igbo songs in his parish has been recalled to service. It would be recalled that Fr. James was sent on suspension by the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins on February 7, 2022, following allegations that he banned the singing of Igbo songs in his Parish...

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