Following the attempt to remove the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, by eight members of the state House of Assembly, and the ensuing breakdown of law and order in the state, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) accused the federal government of instigating lawlessness in order to declare a state of emergency in Benue. The group contended that the attempt by the eight lawmakers out of 30 to remove the governor is an...

Commissioner for home affairs, Lagos State, Abdulhakeem Abdulateef has debunked the claim of plans to place Imams and Pastors on salaries.   The commissioner made this known in a television program on Tuesday monitored by Livinghope Magazine, stating that he was misunderstood and misquoted. He emphasized the fact that the sensitization program was just to encourage clerics to be advocates against corruption in their different religious gatherings. He established the fact that...

Alhaji Abdullahi Abubakar, the Imam of Ngar village, Gashish District in the Barkin Ladi Local Government Area who saved about 300 Christians from rampaging herdsmen in Plateau last month is to be awarded “a handshake and national honor” soon. President Mohammed Buhari gave the directive to Plateau state Governor Simon Lalong, instructing him to bring the 83-year-old to Abuja for the award. The governor who revealed this on Monday at the opening...

The plan for the engagement of Pastors and Imams and placing them on a salary structure are in top gear, the Lagos State Government has announced. This is done in an attempt to make clerics take the lead in preaching against corruption, thereby sermonizing accountability and transparency in sectors of the country. The Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs, Abdulhakeem Abdulateef, Made the announcement in a sensitization program for clerics and scholars...

Two of Pope Francis’s top communication advisors dismissed the “prosperity gospel” in the article titled “The Prosperity Gospel: Dangerous and Different” published in the Jesuit Journal titled “La Civilta Cattolica.” The article was written by Antonio Spadaro, a Jesuit priest, and Marcelo Figueroa, a Protestant pastor from Argentina. The “prosperity gospel” found its way into society through the dangerous rhetoric of President Trump’s politics that tied phony theology into the American Dream...

What’s wrong with having a little fun?  Nothing, if you’ve seen the video challenge in which several police departments are participating.  The challenge involves producing a lip-sync video, sharing it on Facebook, and challenging other departments to do the same.   Several departments have been participating — mostly using popular songs in the rap, country or rock-n-roll genres.  However, the Crandall Police Department chose to do something a little different.  They chose...

A terrible tragedy struck last week on Table Rock Lake in Branson, MO. A boating accident occurred during a severe thunderstorm and took the lives of 17 people.  Among the 17 were 9 members of the same family, the Coleman family.   Eleven members of the family were on the boat tour but only two survived, Tia Coleman and her nephew.   According to the Christian Post, Tia Coleman told KOLR10, “I...

The congregation of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Gospel Church were on Sunday joined in worship by over 50 Islamic and traditional leaders in Kaduna.   This is aimed at advancing religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence among the different religions.   Reports stated that the Muslims and their leaders remained in the church throughout the service that lasted almost four hours. The leaders gave goodwill messages which majorly centered on religious...

Researchers in Switzerland have revealed that people who live in high-rise flats stand the chance of living a longer and healthier life that those living below. The Swiss experts at the University of Bern are now of the belief that the higher the floor you live on, the greater your life expectancy. The experts put the chances of dying from serious lung disease at 40 percent greater among residents who lived on...

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has recapitulated its call on Nigerians not to relent in their prayers for the leaders and peace of the country. Rev. Dickson Dangana, a representative of the association, conveyed the message at an Extraordinary Summit of Leaders and Elders of Nigeria Forum in Abuja. Dangana, however, encouraged Nigerians to keep praying for the country. “Above all thing, prayers without action is dead and faith without work is...