A non-political group, Legacy Initiative International (LII), has urged Nigerians to set religious and tribal sentiments aside in their choice of the next set of political leaders in the 2019 general elections. The group made the call at its first stakeholder’s dinner and interactive session tagged: ‘Inter-Faith Collaboration in Nation Building.’ They urged Nigerians to shun religious and tribal lines so as to forge a common goal towards building a new Nigeria...

Pastor and founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has revealed he gave incumbent Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai N160 million during his campaign to become the Governor of the North Western State in 2015. The Cleric made this known last weekend in Glasgow, Scotland where he addressed a crowd while speaking extensively on the theme of the event: “A New Nigeria Re-engineered, The Role of the Diaspora.” Bakare stated that, asides...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has on Wednesday condemned the killings of two clerics, Rev. Fr. Michael Akawu and Rev. Hosea Akuchi, who were shot dead by unknown gunmen over the weekend. Rev. Fr. Akawu was reportedly shot dead in Gwagwalada, Abuja, while shopping on Saturday, August 18. CAN president, Rev Samson Ayokunle, in a statement signed by the Special Assistant, Media and communication, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji expressed his condolence to...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has condemned Oyo State government’s recent demolition of Fresh FM, owned by the gospel singer Yinka Ayedele. Director-General of NBC, Ishaq Midibbo-Kawu, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin, said the demolition does not speak well of the state government. The “Music House” reportedly valued at #800 million and which had been in operation for 10 years, was demolished on Sunday. Kawu said:...

The Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Nigeria has admonished the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, to make certain that no suitable Nigerian voter is disenfranchised during the 2019 general elections as the sole aim of his government is to create as well as conduct free and fair elections. According to Authority news, The President of the Northern Nigeria Union Conference, Pastor Freeman Dariya, said this while speaking to journalists in company of other senior...

Popular Christian gospel singer Yinka Ayefela has filed a suit against the Oyo State Government over the planned demolition of his Music House. The state government had marked the structure located at the Challenge-Toll Gate road for demolition for allegedly contravening the state ’s planning laws. Ayefele has however approached an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan seeking to stop the planned demolition of his sprawling structure housing his radio station,...

Catholic priest and chaplain of the Association of Catholic Leaders of Togo, Father Pierre Marie Chanel Affognon, has tongue-lashed the country’s political leaders for ignoring the legitimate demands made by the Togolese people for democracy. “On several instances, the people of Togo, of whom you are sons and daughters, have clearly demonstrated their choice of democracy as a paradigm for the political governance of the land of their ancestors. Unfortunately, the basic...

The Federal Government has launched a new initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) called the TraderMoni. Its purpose is to empower two million petty traders between now and the end of the year. The gesture was part of federal government’s efforts to further enlarge its financial inclusion agenda for all Nigerians regardless of social class and economic status. Laolu Akande, spokesman for the acting President Yemi Osinbajo, said this...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has reacted to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s attack on Pastors for not preaching against corruption. Osinbajo chastised Pastors for failing to lend support to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war. He stated this at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement of Nigeria (SCM) in Enugu, adding that preachers were preoccupied with preaching prosperity rather than righteousness. “Very rarely do you hear our preachers...

General overseer of Freedom For all Nations Outreach (FANO) at Pretoria in South Africa, Pastor Samuel Akinbodunse, has prophesied that the next president of Nigeria is a youth whose name begins with ‘S’. In a trending video, the South Africa-based Nigerian prophet, Pastor Akinbodunse, predicted who the next president of Nigeria will be. He said “Nigeria, your next president is a youth. I don’t want to care about whatever anyone may say, your...