Religion Archives

CAN rejects use of hijab in Kwara Christian schools

Mar 31, 2021 topnews

Chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Rev. Paul Olawoore of the Catholic Church, Ilorin Diocese, has condemned the use of force to take control of mission schools by Kwara State government. He said the diocese was not in agreement with the government over the use of hijab in mission schools, and also said he is not in support of violence in any form. In his words, he said “I don’t want any confrontation that will inflict pain or any kind of injury…

Lord’s Chosen pastor’s wife murdered in Benue

Mar 30, 2021 topnews

Mrs. Eunice Omaye Odoba, a 55-year-old woman, and wife of a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church but is on faith mission to Equatorial Guinea, was said to have been stabbed in the chest in Otukpo, Benue State. She was a mother of three children and a proprietress of Verda International School, Otukpo, Benue State. Her absence from church, led to the discovery, as members decided to visit her at home, only to see her corpse. A source who is her relative explained that: “When we finished a family meeting…

Gunmen abduct RCCG members in Kaduna

Mar 27, 2021Mar 27, 2021 topnews

Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) on a mission work from Kaduna Province 1 going to Kafanchan for prayer work, were abducted by gunmen in Kaduna State on Friday evening. Head, Media and Public Relations of RCCG, Pastor Olaitan Olubiyi, confirmed the abduction on Friday night, but did not release further details on the identities and number of the victims. An engineer, Mr. Eje Kenny Faraday, who said he “narrowly escaped being a victim,” had broken the news on his Facebook wall with the photograph of the…

United Methodist Church vows to breakup from global body over gay marriage

Mar 24, 2021 topnews

The United Methodist Church Episcopal Area in Nigeria has threatened to leave the Church’s global body if it endorses same-sex marriage at its 2022 General Conference. Bishop Johnwesley Yohanna of UMCN said at a news conference on Wednesday, that the Nigerian chapter would also leave if the global body endorses the ordination of gay people at the conference. He said while debate on whether the Church should accept homosexuality started 1972, votes cast in 2019 favoured traditionalists who believed that homosexuality was incompatible with Christian teachings. The Bishop said as…

Kwara government shuts 10 missions’ schools for disallowing hijab

Mar 9, 2021 topnews

Kwara State government, yesterday ordered indefinite closure of 10 public/grant-aided missions schools in Ilorin, the state capital over hijab controversy. In a statement announcing the schools closure ,Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Mrs Kemi Adeosun said in a statement titled “Hijab: 10 Kwara schools to remain shut for safety reasons.” “The Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development wishes to inform members of the public that the 10 government schools where the use of Hijab is disputed will remain shut until a later date. This decision has been taken for…

Sheikh Gumi says government knows the hideouts of killer-herdsmen, bandits

Feb 23, 2021 topnews

Islamic cleric who is also negotiating peace with bandits, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, alleged that the Federal Government knows the hiding place of the herdsmen and bandits involved in clashes with farmers, kidnappings and other criminal activities. Sheikh Gumi said on Channels Television programme, “Politics Today” that the government is playing safe because it realised that the former approach of attacking the bandits frontally was not working. The Islamic cleric said this on Monday during an interview, when asked why he can locate and hold dialogue with the bandits, while government…

Jehovah’s Witnesses homes raided by Russian police

Feb 11, 2021 topnews

Several homes belonging to Jehovah’s Witnesses numbering up to 20, were raided by security operatives in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement. Moscow outlawed the Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017, labelling it an extremist organisation and has since sentenced several members to lengthy jail terms. The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said on Wednesday several “organisers and members” had been detained. Prosecutors, the FSB security services and the national guard carried out searches at 16 addresses, the committee said. Investigators said the Jehovah’s Witnesses…

Genesis pastor, Dele Ogundipe’s post-conviction bail application rejected

Dec 16, 2020 topnews

‌ The Senior Shepherd-in-Charge of the Celestial Church of Christ, Genesis Global, Prophet Israel Ogundipe’s post-conviction bail application was rejected yesterday (Tuesday) December 15, by the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. Justice Olabisi Akinlade had on November 18 sentenced the popular prophet to one-year imprisonment for converting a woman’s property to his personal use and stealing. It will be recalled that the court found Ogundipe guilty of stealing and unlawful conversion of the property of a London-based architect, Mrs Oladele Williams-Oni. Ogundipe, who was arraigned on seven counts bordering…

My husband is a pastor, yet he sleeps with church members, wife tells court

Dec 14, 2020 topnews

A married woman, 49-year-old evangelist, Mrs. Chinwe Ekwe told an Igando Customary Court on Monday in Lagos that her husband is a womaniser. Chinwe spoke while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, Pastor Paul Ekwe, who had accused her of planning to kill him. “My husband is a womaniser, he sleeps with church members. “I care for him both physical and spiritual but he still chose to be flirting around with different women. “He even brought a married woman home as wife and chased me out of…

Horror! Boko Haram members slaughter 43 farmers in Maiduguri

Nov 29, 2020 topnews

Boko Haram fighters has yet again killed about 43 farmers and injured six others working in rice fields near the capital city of Maiduguri on Saturday. The Boko Haram fighters tied up the farmers in a village of Koshobe and slit their throats, the militia said. “We have recovered 43 dead bodies, all of them slaughtered, along with six others with serious injuries,” said the militia leader Babakura Kolo, who helped the survivors. “It is no doubt the handiwork of Boko Haram who operate in the area and frequently attack…