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Dunamis apologises to Abuja testifier after Testimony backlash

Apr 16, 2024 topnews

Vera Anyim, the woman who was accused of lying while giving testimony at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, has said she bears no grudge against the church. This followed the controversy that trailed the treatment that was meted out to her by the church’s Senior Pastor, Dr Paul Enenche, on Sunday. In a video that emerged online, Anyim, during her testimony in the church, said she graduated with a “Bsc in Law” from the National Open University of Nigeria. She was however interrupted by Enenche who said she was…

Everyone will gradually accept blessings for same-sex couples – Pope

Jan 29, 2024 topnews

Pope Francis has said that those who criticise his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples will come to understand it over time, except for Africans, whom he referred to as a “special case.” The Pope stated that Africans perceive homosexuality negatively from a cultural perspective in an interview with an Italian newspaper that was published on Monday. “Those who protest vehemently belong to small ideological groups. A special case are Africans: for them homosexuality is something bad from a cultural point of view, they don’t tolerate it. “But in…

Bishop Feyi Daniels bags life imprisonment for raping Assistant Pastor

Jan 26, 2024Jan 26, 2024 topnews

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a Lagos bishop, Feyi Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant (name withheld). The judge also sentenced Daniels, the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos, to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old member of the church (count three of the four-count charge). The judge held that the cleric should spend the rest of his life at the Kirikiri custodial facility in Lagos. Earlier, the Bishop, who took to the witness box…

Pope Francis permits Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples

Dec 19, 2023 topnews

Pope Francis has formally permitted Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples on Monday, in a significant shift in the church’s approach to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ+) people. The blessings may be carried out providing they are not part of regular church rituals or liturgies, nor at the same time as a civil union, according to a Vatican document approved by the pope. The latest ruling fleshes out the opening the Pope made to blessing same-sex couples last October and marks a shift away from a 2021 ruling…

Genesis Global’s annual programme tagged ‘Harvest of Strange Favour’ billed for December 15

Dec 14, 2023 topnews

Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe,the Shepherd in charge of Celestial Church Of Christ, Genesis Global has announced the commencement of the power-packed annual harvest of the church. The program tagged ‘Harvest Of Strange Favour’ is set to begin on Friday; the 15th of December, 2023 with a power encounter vigil/Hallel Night of praise as usual. According to the media aide to the Prophet, Oluwaseun Fabiyi emphasized that, all is now set for the life-transforming encounter,as this year’s program is uniquely significant, due to the fact that the country is experiencing economic…

Choir master narrates how pastor snatched, impregnated his wife

Nov 24, 2023 topnews

The coordinator of a church choir, Dare Ikuenayo explained how the founder and pastor of his church, Pastor Noah Abraham, allegedly snatched and impregnated his wife. Ikuenayo said the cleric deceitfully snatched the mother of his three children when he told him that she had the gift of prophecy and she should allow her to stay with him. “I joined the church in Kabba, Kogi State, but one day, the pastor called me and notified me that my wife had a gift of prophecy that I should allow her to…

Gospel singer collapses during church concert, dies

Nov 14, 2023 topnews

An Osogbo, Osun State based gospel singer, Tola King, has died after falling ill during church concert. Confirming his incident, the Governor of Celestial Performing Artistes Association of Nigeria, in Osun State, Temitope Awosika, said the singer was performing alongside his other colleagues at a concert organised by a Celestial Church located in the Obalende area of Osogbo in the early hours of Saturday, when he suddenly took ill. Awosika said Tola King was promptly attended to inside the church before he was rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Osogbo,…

In spite of scorching temperatures, the pilgrims bravely ascend Mount Arafat to fulfill their hajj rituals

Jun 27, 2023 topnews

Despite scorching summer heat, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims flocked to Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for the climax of the hajj pilgrimage. This year’s hajj is expected to be one of the largest on record, with over 2.5 million pilgrims participating after three years of Covid-related restrictions. As the sun rose, worshippers gathered on the rocky terrain of Mount Arafat, where Prophet Mohammed is believed to have given his final sermon. The pilgrimage is a significant religious obligation and a source of legitimacy for Saudi Arabia’s rulers. With…

House on the Rock pastor brings AK 47 to altar

Feb 13, 2023 topnews

Pastor Uche Aigbe, the presiding pastor of the Abuja chapter of the House on the Rock, mounted the pulpit bearing an AK 47 rifle on Sunday. The incident which caused a stir in the church auditorium happened during the second service, which frequently has a high number of the congregation who attends from different parts of the nation’s capital. Wielding the gun, the pastor found his way to the altar as many members of his congregation were alarmed trying to figure out what was happening. The unperturbed clergyman walked up…

Polygamy: Controversial Anglican priest makes U-turn, apologises

Dec 28, 2022 topnews

Rev. Lotanna Ogbuchukwu, a controversial Anglican priest in Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State, who resigned from the Diocese of Nnewi Anglican Communion, barely three months ago following an alleged revelation he received on divine movement for sexual purity, has announced his decision to return to Anglican Communion and Diocese of Nnewi. Ogbuchukwu said his action was informed by his misinterpretation of the revelations he received on a divine movement for sexual purity. The young priest, a lawyer, who had on September 10, resigned from the Nnewi Anglican Communion, insisting that…