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CAN Urges Protesters to Leave Pastor Adeboye

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has admonished activists who staged a protest on Monday against the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to redirect their complaints to the government. CAN made this known in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the association’s National Director, Legal and Public Affairs, Samuel Vondip, Punch reports Vondip said, ”While we appreciate the concern of the protesters over the...

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Protesters Urge Pastor Adeboye to Speak On Injustice

Nigerian hip hop Star, Eedris Abdulkarim, has led Protesters to the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), Camp Ground in Ogun state, urging the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye to speak up against injustice in the country. The protesters where seen on Monday at RCCG, Km 46 Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Mowe, Ogun State, carrying banners bearing different inscriptions that reveal their demands. Vanguard reports that the activists criticized Pastor Adeboye for...

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COCIN President Frowns at FG’s Levity over Leah Sharibu’s Abduction

Sequel to the continued incarceration of Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram for over a year now, President of the Church of Christ In Nations (COCIN), Dachollom Chumang Datiri has accused the Federal Government of treating the matter lightly. As Guardian reports, Datiri stated this at the 96th General Church Council (GCC) of COCIN in Jos on Tuesday. In his speech, he said: “In a civilized society, the country would...

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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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CAN Celebrates Zainab Aliyu’s Release, Appeals for Leah Sharibu’s Freedom

The Northern Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has congratulated the parents of Zainab Aliyu over her release from Saudi Arabian detention while beckoning that Leah Sharibu should not be forgotten. The association made the appeal in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Northern CAN, Reverend Joseph Hayab. Information credited to Punch reports that CAN decried unlawful detention of Nigerians for offences they have not committed, while congratulating...

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TB Joshua Declares Three Days Prayer for Leah, Others

Televangelist and General Overseer of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos, Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua has called for a three-day prayer and fasting for Leah Sharibu and other abducted students by Boko Haram. T.B Joshua as he is popular known made the call on Sunday, while urging the congregation and viewers of Emmanuel Television worldwide to take out Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of this week to offer the prayers for...

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CAN Seeks for Prayers for Leah Sharibu’s Release, Fair Polls

As yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls, another appeal has gone the way of Nigerians not to relent in prayers to secure the safe release of Leah Sharibu. President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle made the plea on Tuesday in a statement issued by his aide, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, urging Nigerians to seek for God’s intervention in Leah’s situation. The...