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Winners Chapel Staff Arraigned for N38m Fraud

Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned two staff members of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Canaanland in Ota, Afolabi Samuel, 46, and Blessing Kolawole, 39, in an Ota Magistrates ‘Court for allegedly stealing N38 million. The police charged Samuel and Kolawole, whose addresses were not given with two counts of conspiracy and stealing. The Prosecutor, Sergeant Abdulkareem Mustapha, told the court that the accused persons committed the offence between Dec....

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Presidency Tasks the Church on Righteousness

President Muhammadu Buhari has admonished the Church to always stand on the side of righteousness. The President stated this on Thursday in Makurdi at the 15th biennial conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the President urged the church to always desist from corruption. Quoting the President, Guardian reported him as saying, “It is only righteousness that can elevate our country.” Expressing his displeasure that...

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Zimbabwe: Pastor Nabbed Over Sales of Fake ‘HIV’ Drug

A popular self-acclaimed pastor, Walter Magaya is being convicted by a court in Zimbabwe for falsely claiming he has herbal cure for HIV and Aids. BBC reports that Magaya had earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act of the state by selling unapproved drugs and is fined $700 (£540) by a court in Zimbabwe. The 35-year-old pastor told his congregation in October that the drug which is named aguma, had...

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Double Bombing Targets Sunday Mass in Philippine Cathedral

Two bombs have torn through a Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people and wounding 81 others during Sunday mass. Witnesses said the first blast inside the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital sent churchgoers, some of them wounded, to stampede out of the main door. Army troops and police posted outside were rushing in when the second bomb went off about...

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Pastor in Court Over Alleged Fraud

Isaac Arabambi, an Ibadan-based pastor, has appeared before Justice Joyce Abdulmaleek of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, following his alleged involvement in N3.4 million fraud. Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), M.S. Mabub, had on Monday informed the court that the defendant along with his company, Heroes Investment Company Limited was facing a four-count charge bordering on pretense and obtaining money under false pretense. In another statement issued by...

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UK Churches Receive Bomb Threats

Letters received by 15 Catholic churches in the United Kingdom speak of alarming threats of stabbing and bombs. According to local press organization, Sheffield Now, St Mary’s church in High Green got a letter that read: “Stop all your services straight away / If you don’t your church will be petrol bombed while in service. Continue behind closed doors, your congregation members will be stabbed one by one. Blood on your hands....

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Apostle Suleiman, Archbishop of Canterbury Condemn Nairobi Attack

Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital has attracted condemnations from Christian leaders both within and outside Nigeria. The list of reactions has continued to swell with President of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle John Suleman voicing out against the incident. Apostle Suleman, reacting to the attack through his verified Twitter account, spoke against the Kenyan bombings in the name of religion. The outspoken cleric wrote: “I condemn the bombing in...

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EFCC to Arraign Bishop For Fraud

The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Bishop Giniko Obi of Beloved Gideon Foundation for allegedly defrauding people of millions of Naira in the name of God. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Bishop, who claimed to be helping people fight poverty instead, duped them of the said amount. When his opinion on the allegation was sought, Obi, who claimed to be...

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Man Remanded for Robbing Pastor

One Oguntayo Moses has appeared before an Ilorin Magistrates’ Court over the weekend for allegedly conspiring with four others, now at large, to rob a pastor of church money. The 23-year-old Moses of Offa Garage area, Ilorin, Kwara State, was slammed with a four-count charge of criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, being a member of a secret cult and belonging to a gang of thieves. Narrating his ordeal, the victim, Pastor Raphael Adeyemi...

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