Category: Religion

Kukah to Nigerian leaders: “You are heartless”

topnews

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says Nigerian leaders are heartless for allegedly watching bandits and terrorists turn the country into a killing field. Kukah said this, during the burial of Fr. Alphosus Bello at Our Lady of Apostles Catholic Church, Kaduna, yesterday (Wednesday). He accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for failing to address the country’s security challenges. He said: “Those who govern us are allowing this killing of citizens because they have no blood in their hearts.” Bello was kidnapped, alongside Fr. Joseph Keke, and murdered in…

Read More

Lagos pastor in police net for defiling teenager

topnews

Prophet Wisdom Okoronkwo of Fountain of Liberation Church has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl in the Ikotun area, Lagos. The teenage girl was living with the pastor on the instructions of her mother, Mrs. Chinyere who is a member of the church. The pastor, however took advantage of the situation to defile the victim. The girl later reported the incident to her uncle, and the case was taken to Esther Child Rights, a non-governmental organisation based in Ikotun. The…

Read More

Celestial Church pastor arrested for socialite, Kayode Badru’s death

topnews

The pastor in charge of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Imole Parish, Alagbado – Lagos, is at present in police detention with two other members of the church over the death of the Nigerian born, Dubai based socialite, Kayode Badru. The parish pastor, Felix Alebiosu allegedly sprayed perfume on the victim, who was holding a lighted candle, and this led to an inferno that severely burnt him. Although, it was said that the action was not a delibrate attempt to burn Badru, but to fortify him spiritually but it backfired,…

Read More

Pastor Adeboye’s son, Dare dies at age 42

topnews

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adeboye lost his 42-year-old son, Dare to the cold pangs of death. Dare, who was the Assistant Pastor in charge of Region (Youth) 35, had ministered the previous day, and was the third surviving child of the revered cleric. He died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, where he was based with his family. According to report, Late Dare was said to have retired to his bed and did not wake up. It…

Read More

I have changed, I preach against terrorists now -Patami

topnews

After his alleged links to terrorism through his previous public lectures and teachings, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has renounced his past comments. Pantami who tried to defend himself, spoke while answering questions during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja on Saturday. He was quoted to have said: “For 15 years, I have moved round the country while educating people about the dangers of terrorism. I have traveled to Katsina, Gombe, Borno, Kano states and Difa in Niger Republic to preach against terrorism.…

Read More

NCAA suspends Pastor Adeboye’s chopper from flying

topnews

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Lagos Airport. It was learnt that the aircraft, AgustaWestland AW139 chopper, with registration number 5N-EAA, was suspended from flying over two weeks ago, following the expiration of some of its papers and spare parts. The suspension, officials said, would also allow the regulator to conduct vital safety checks on its safety-critical components, especially some spare parts that are due for replacement. Adeboye, who flew a…

Read More

CAN rejects use of hijab in Kwara Christian schools

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…

Read More

Lord’s Chosen pastor’s wife murdered in Benue

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…

Read More

Gunmen abduct RCCG members in Kaduna

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…

Read More

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

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…

Read More