Pastor of Church of Christ in Nation (COCIN), Rev Adamu Gyang Wurim, his family and 3 others were killed by suspected herdsmen in Barkin Ladi LGA of Plateau State on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018. Daily post reports that the pastor and his family were resting in their house when their building was surrounded and set on fire by suspected herdsmen. The suspects also killed two persons close to the pastor’s house and...

Catholic Pontiff Pope Francis is under pressure to resign following a recent Pennsylvania grand jury report that about 300 priests or higher ranking officials had sexually abused more than 1,000 children. The recently released report also revealed that bishops and other top church officials tried to conceal the crimes; an allegation the state’s Attorney General claimed “went all the way to the Vatican.” Despite the Vatican releasing a statement days after the...

Former Catholic priest Brian Spillane is facing charges of alleged rape of a 10-year-old boy in a public toilet during an altar boys’ picnic. According to police investigation, 75-year-old Spillane sexually assaulted the boy during the picnic on Shark Island, near Rose Bay in Sydney, in 1964. Spillane, who is currently in jail for numerous historical sex offences against young boys and girls, was chaplain and head of discipline at St. Stanislaus’...

  The Federal Government has urged Christians in the country to stop living in fear of being Islamized by Muslims in the country, but should rather set their own agenda. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this on Monday during a two-day peace summit organized by the northern region of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) with the theme: ‘Sustainable Peace and Security in Northern Nigeria...

A recent study by the University of California, Santa Barbara has shown that Catholic students have better self-discipline. The finding, made by Associate Professor Michael Gottfried and doctoral student Jacob Kirksey, reveals that Catholic schools are better at instilling traits of self-discipline in their students than U.S. public schools and other private schools. Their study focused on answering two pertinent questions: Are children in Catholic elementary schools more self-disciplined than students in...

Missing 4-year-old girl, Elo Ogidi, has returned to her parent after she was reported stolen from Christ Embassy in Lagos State and found in an orphanage in Benin, Edo State. Elo was allegedly stolen from the church in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos State, during a church service which she attended with her parents along with their maid on Sunday the July 8, 2018. Reports gathered states that the little girl was with the...

The police have arraigned a 32-year-old fake pastor at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday for allegedly raping a woman. The Prosecutor, Inspector Raji Akeem, told the court that the suspect, Micheal Akpan, a resident of Iju in Lagos, committed the offence on August 17 at his residence. Raji said that the suspect pretended to be a pastor and told the 29-year-old complainant, who was on her way to work, that...

Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has revealed plans to visit victims of sexual abuse in Ireland by the weekend. The Vatican made this known on Tuesday, adding that the official reason for his proposed visit is to close the World Meeting of Families, a global Catholic gathering. His spokesman Greg Burke said “The important thing for the Pope is to listen,” and it is up to victims to disclose...

A video has emerged of a black school girl, Faith Fennidy, crying as she is forced to leave school grounds for having braids – a hairstyle the school said didn’t comply with uniform policy. Eleven-year-old Faith, who goes to Christ the King Middle School in Gretna, Louisiana, is captured by her brother, crying as a school administrator informs them that braids are not a part of the school policy, and she would...

  The Abia State police command has arrested self-acclaimed prophetess Amarachi Chinedu over her involvement in the sale of a day old baby boy in Aba.   The police revealed that a woman claiming to be a prophetess had been arrested alongside the mother of a day old baby boy, 17-year-old Chinanu Monday, and the father, Promise Lazarus, for the offence.   Monday told journalists that she delivered her baby in the...