#EndSARS Demands: Anglican Archbishop Urges Youths to Give Government Time to Respond

The Anglican Archbishop of Owerri, Imo, Most Rev. Dr David Onuoha, has urged Nigerian youths to shun violence and give the government time to respond to their demands that necessitated the #EndSARS protests. Onuoha made the call on Sunday on the heels of protest by some Nigerians demanding an end to police brutality and the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). He said that the protest presented Nigerian youths as resourceful and intelligent with...

Adeboye Endorses #EndSARS Protest Across the Country

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has endorsed #EndSARS protests going on across the country. Adeboye disclosed his endorsement on his Tweeter handle on Wednesday evening. The man of God tweeted, “Our daughters will not be able to prophesy and young men will not see visions if we don’t keep them alive. “I support the youths in this peaceful protest as they “speak up” to #EndPoliceBrutality #EndSARS...

Senegal Pilgrimage Tests Resistance to COVID-19

Senegal is a major center of West African Islam, and its imams, mullah, and brotherhoods are influential across the Sahel. The holy city of Touba, 120 miles east of the Senegalese capital of Dakar, is the site of a major, annual pilgrimage called the Magal, which is now underway. While no estimates are yet available as to the number of participants this year, in past years there have been as many as five million. The pilgrimage...

Catholic Bishop Task Christian Lawyers To Defend Less Privilege

Christian lawyers in Adamawa State have been charged to stand for the less privileged who cannot afford to hire the services of a lawyer. The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza gave the charge during a mass for the Catholic Lawyers Association of Nigeria Adamawa State chapter in commemoration of the 2020 legal year held at Saint Theresa cathedral Jimeta. “Anxiety cannot solve the challenges people are facing in the country, Christians...

Independence : Bishop Mamza, Adamawa CAN Chair Fire Salvos , Says Nigeria Most Divided Under Buhari

By Ibrahim  Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Catholic Bishop of Yola  Diocese and chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Adamawa State  Rev. Dr. Stephen Dami Mamza, has spite fire alleging that Nigeria has never been divided like it is under the current leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mamza,  accused  that the insensitivity of the Buhari led the government to maintain religious and ethnic balance in its appointments” has further widened the gulp of suspicion between...

Adamawa Muslim Council Launches 144 Islamic Calendar, Ask For Religion Tolerance

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The Muslim Council of Adamawa State has on Saturday launched the 1442 Islamic calendar in Yola,  calling for tolerance and mutual respect with non-Muslim and adherents of other religions.  Malam Gambo Jika, Chairman of the council, in his welcome address noted that the organisation under his leadership has been working with relevant stakeholders to ensure peaceful coexistence in the state. Jika particularly lauded the state government for the giant developmental...

Adeboye Meets Buhari Behind Closed Door, Declines Interview After Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari received the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Buhari and Adeboye met behind closed doors at the President’s office. The meeting was attended by the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who is also a pastor of the RCCG, and the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. The meeting started around 3 p.m and ended a few...

COVID-19: Bishop Mamza, Aramawa CAN Chair Speaks From Isolation, Says ” I Am Getting Better”

Six days after he tested positive of the dreaded coronavirus disease, COVID-19. the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Yola and Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Adamawa State chapter, the Most Rev. Stephen Dami Mamza had spoken from isolation, regarding the state of his health. Bishop Mamza, in a video clip that lasted a minute, and made available to newsmen by his handlers, said that he was getting well and that there is no...

CAN Adamawa State Organizes Intercessory Prayer for COVID-19 Victims

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Adamawa state chapter has organized an intercessory prayer in honor of the State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria  Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza who is currently in isolation for contacting COVID-19. Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza was last Sunday declared COVI-19 Positive and had gone on isolation. The event was held at the CAN State secretariat in Jimeta where Christians in the state were charged to intensified prayers for...

Hisbah Destroys 588 Bottles of Beer in Jigawa

Hisbah, the Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, said it had destroyed no fewer than 588 confiscated bottles of beer in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, the State Commandant of Hisbah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that the beer was destroyed on Aug. 20. Dahiru said that the beer was confiscated in Tudun Babaye village, Ringim LGA, during a raid in Gujungu, Kijawal and...

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