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NCEF Calls on Christians to Form Political Party

Christian elders under the aegis of The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) have urged Christians in the country to organize a political party. Punch reports that the call was contained in a document titled, ‘Testimony of hope in democracy: The secularized residue of Church doctrine of the people of God’ by the forum’s Chairman, Asemota, stating that a Christian party would help promote democracy in the country. The chairman stated, “The major player in politics in Nigeria...

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Imo State Leases General Hospitals to Churches, Security Agencies

The Government of Imo state has handed over the management of State owned general hospitals to some churches and security agencies to operate under the State government’s public private partnership (PPP) initiative. Independent reports that the hand-over event took place on Monday with the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding with the beneficiaries at the Imo Government House, Owerri. The government stated that each general hospitals built across the local government areas...

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Nasarawa: Living Faith Church Donates Relief Materials to IDPs

A month after Boko Haram ravaged Andaha community in Akwanga Local Government, Nasarawa State, the people of the community now have a cause to smile as the Living Faith Church (LFC) donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the area. The Church gifted two truckloads of items to the IDPs over the weekend following the devastating attacks in Kichingbo, Mente, Ninda, Numa-Kochu, Ancho, Bayan Dutse, Pampam, Kambre zone and Gbunchu...

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Fani-Kayode Expresses Displeasure with RCCG over Singer’s Suicide

The unfortunate suicide of a minister of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Micheal Arowosaiye, on Tuesday in Abuja, has started generating ill-feelings amongst Nigerians. Notable among the reactions to the incident is that of the former aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, who took to Twitter to air his displeasure. Fani-Kayode tweeted: “For a church to sit by and do nothing when one of its young ministers cannot pay his rent is...

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Plateau: Religious Groups Hold Special Prayers for Leah Sharibu

In commemoration of Leah Sharibu’s 16th birthday on Tuesday, Christian women, civil society groups and other residents of Plateau State have held a special service to mark the occasion. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the event took place at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) headquarters in Jos, Nigeria. Wife of the Vicar of St Piran’s Anglican Church in Jos, Edith Temlong, while making special prayers for the abducted girl,...

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RCCG Renovates, Hands Over Dog Section to Ikeja Police Command

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lagos Province 47, has handed over a renovated K9 Unit, Dog Section of the Force Animal Branch in Ikeja to the state police command. The Church, which supplied the renovation to the unit on Monday, is positive that the intervention would help boost crime prevention in the state. In response, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu Muazu, represented by the Deputy Commissioner of...

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Kwara Anglican Communion Commences Care for the Aged

The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Offa Diocese, Kwara State, has set in motion, the geriatric care for the aged in the church. The laudable gesture by the church which took place on Monday, according to the church, is their own way of providing for the basic needs of the elderly amongst them. As reported by the Guardian, the Bishop of the Diocese, Rt. Rev. Olusola Akanbi, spoke during his opening charge...

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Imo Bishop Condemns N30,000 Minimum Wage

Bishop of Egbu Diocese of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Imo State, Geoffrey Okorafor, has described the N30,000 new minimum wage as “too small” and incapable of solving monthly basic needs of workers. The cleric said this over the weekend at a church service at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, to mark the seventh anniversary of his episcopacy enthronement, the Guardian has reported. Describing an average Nigerian worker as “tireless...

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Pastor Adeboye Recounts Encounter with Pastor Who Predicted His Death in 1998

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has recounted how a pastor of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) predicted his death in 1998. Pastor Adeboye revealed this while preaching during the weekend at the May edition of the Holy Ghost Night held at the Redemption Camp, Mowe, Ogun State. The prediction then came shortly after the demise of Archbishop Benson Idahosa of the Church...

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Northern CAN Challenges Northern Governor-Elects to Shun Personal Interests

Newly re-elected Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern Region, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has challenged newly re-elected Northern governors to make paramount the interest of the masses as against theirs. Report credited to the Guardian reports that Rev. Pam made the disclosure over the weekend in Jos, Plateau State in an address upon his return from a Northern CAN meeting in Kaduna where he was re-elected for another three years as the...

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