Category: Religion

I can never be arrested, Shekau boasts in latest video

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The leader of Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad also known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, in his latest video, has again taunted the Nigerian military, that he cannot be arrested because he is doing the work of God. The Nigerian Army had on November 11, 2020 kicked off a fresh manhunt for Shekau and other top commanders of the sect. In his new video, Shekau said nobody can arrest him because he was doing the work of God who will protect him. “Nobody can apprehend me, because I’m doing God’s…

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Boko Haram releases abducted pastor, Rev. Zango

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Rev. Polycarp Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in Jos, Plateau State, abducted by the terrorist group on October 19, while on a journey to a Ministers’ conference in Gombe has been released by Boko Haram; the deadly sect that abducted him. Recall that a viral video had earlier shown the COCIN pastor in their custody, but he was released from captivity yesterday. The Vice-Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (Northern region), Rev. John Hayab, said Zango regained his freedom on Friday night. Details of how…

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Sex And Eating Are ‘Divine’ Pleasures From God – Pope Francis

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Eating a well cooked meal as well as having sex has been described as “simply divine” pleasures from God by Pope Francis. Pope Francis, who is the religious head of over 1.3 billion Catholic around the world, spoke with Italian writer Carlo Petrini, who has compiled several conversations with the pope for a new book. “Pleasure arrives directly from God, it is neither Catholic, nor Christian, nor anything else, it is simply divine,” Francis told Petrini in the book, “TerraFutura: Conversations With Pope Francis on Integral Ecology,” which was published…

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Two killed as protesting Shi’ites members clash with Police

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Public protest by members of the Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky- led Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) otherwise known as Shi’ites, has left two people dead while many others were injured during a clash with police in Kaduna yesterday. The sect members were out in protest to press demand for release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, who have been in detention since December, 2015 after a bloody clash with soldiers in Zaria. Kaduna State Government had since outlawed the group and prohibited all forms of protest in…

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Pope Prays For peace and security in Nigeria

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Roman Catholic’s Pope Francis has prayed for the victims of insecurity and for peace in troubled parts of Nigeria. The Pope said in his Angelus address broadcast via his official Twitter handle @Pontifex. He said, “Let us also seek intercession for all the situations in the world that are most in need of hope: hope for peace, for justice, hope for a dignified life. “Today I would like to pray in particular for the population of the northern region of Nigeria, victims of violence and terrorist attacks.” Pope Francis said…

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Oyedepo vows to resist government regulation of church activities

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Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners’ Church has vowed to resist the application of the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) in churches. The popular pastor, said this to his congratulation on Sunday, during church service, that government is jealousy about the prosperity recorded by the church. Oyedepo demanded to know the rationality behind subjecting churches to the same laws as companies, describing the church as God’s heritage on earth. Recall that, President Muhammadu Buhari signed CAMA into law on August 7, 2020. Under the…

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MFM explains why Lagos, Ogun churches will not reopen yet

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The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has explained why it will not reopen its churches in Lagos and Ogun states, despite the federal and state governments allowing for worship centres to reopen. The ministry, in a statement by the Chairman, MFM Media Committee, Pastor Oladele Bank-Olemoh, on Friday, noted that the church would not reopen in the two states until the tentative date of September 13, 2020. Bank-Olemoh said, “The leadership of this ministry is aware that the governments of Lagos and Ogun states had announced that churches could…

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Don’t sow religious strife in Ogun, Muslim group warns MURIC director

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An Islamic advocacy group, Community of Muslim Professionals (CMP), on Thursday, warned the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, to desist from sowing the seeds of religious friction in Ogun State in the bid to promote his own brand of irredentism. CMC described Akintola as a well-known rabble rouser fond of hiding under the guise of Islamic rights advocacy to promote division, sectionalism and religious strife, adding that Muslims in the state, being responsible and progressive individuals, had not at any time given him a mandate to…

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Pastor Kumuyi produces Yoruba Bible

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Pastor William Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, has produced a Yoruba Bible concordance, called Bibeli Mimo Atoka. The revered cleric, with the support of a team of Yoruba scholars, reportedly spent 15 years on the project, which was published by the Bible Society of Nigeria. According to a broadcast by the church, the newly-produced scripture is “one of the most reliable and readable Bibles” for personal study and teaching. The church stated, “Bibeli Mimo Atoka offers the most literally accurate translation from the original, while keeping the integrity…

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