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Nigerians Don’t Trust Buhari – Cardinal Onaiyekan

29Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Nigerians Don’t Trust Buhari – Cardinal Onaiyekan

Emeritus Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has said that Nigerians are desirous of a government to trust. This was contained in the cardinal’s reaction to President Buhari’s Christmas message when he appeared on a Channels Television programme, Sahara Reporters reports. The clergyman blamed the rising distrust I Buhari’s administration to numerous instances of deceit peddled by government officials. He said, "It is positive that President Buhari recognises that his government has a heavy liability of trust deficits and it is not good for a nation that the citizens cannot trust their government so that even when the government is trying to do the right thing, there is always the feeling, 'let us wait and see, maybe it's one of those things again', ou...

FG Calls on Religious Leaders To Avoid Messages of Disharmony

27Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Communication, News, Nigeria, Press Statement, Religion

FG Calls on Religious Leaders To Avoid Messages of Disharmony

Religious leaders in the country have been charged to refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in a statement on Saturday warned that resorting to scorched-earth rhetoric at this time could trigger unintended consequences. ”While religious leaders have a responsibility to speak truth to power, such truth must not come wrapped in anger, hatred, disunity and religious disharmony,” Mohammed said. He said it is particularly graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity. “Calling for a violent overthrow of a democratically-elected government, no matter how disguised such a ...

Christmas Not a Time to Stoke the Embers of Hatred, Lai Mohammed Replies Kukah

26Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Christmas Not a Time to Stoke the Embers of Hatred, Lai Mohammed Replies Kukah

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, cautioned the Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mathew Kukah, that it was “graceless and impious for any religious leader to use the period of Christmas, which is a season of peace, to stoke the embers of hatred, sectarian strife and national disunity”. He disclosed this in a statement titled, ‘FG Urges Religious Leaders To Eschew Message of Disharmony’. also warned religious leaders in the country to “refrain from stoking the embers of hatred and disunity” which could “trigger unintended consequences,” Punch reports. The Minister spoke in reaction to Bishop Kukah’s Christmas message where he accused President Muhammadu Buhari of nepotism. Kukah had said, “Every honest Nigerian knows that there is no way any non-Nor...

Buhari Deliberately Sacrificing Dreams of Nigerians to Stratify Northern Dominance – Bishop Kukah

26Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Safety, Security

Buhari Deliberately Sacrificing Dreams of Nigerians to Stratify Northern Dominance – Bishop Kukah

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev Mathew Kukah has said President Muhammadu Buhari has deliberately sacrificed the dreams of Nigerians for what seemed like an agenda to institutionalise northern hegemony. Kukah said appeared to be retrogressing under President Buhari’s administration, insisting that the must explain the mystery behind the endless bloodbath in the country occasioned by insecurity. The Bishop said these in his Christmas message titled, ‘A Nation in Search of Vindication,’ on Friday. Kukah said, “This government owes the nation an explanation as to where it is headed as we seem to journey into darkness. The spilling of blood must be related to a more sinister plot that is beyond our comprehension. Are we going to remain hogtied by these evil men or are they grad...

24Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria, Religion

Justice Ahmed Lemu Dies at 91

A prominent Islamic scholar and retired justice, Ahmed Lemu, has died on Thursday. The retired justice died aged 91 in Minna, Niger State. His death was announced by his son, Nurudeen, on behalf of the family, Punch reports. He said, “It is with sadness and reverence to Allah that we announce the passing away of our father, Dr Justice Sheikh Ahmed Lemu OFR, in the early hours of this morning in Minna. Burial arrangements to be announced later.” Lemu is one of the only two Nigerians who won the King Faisal Prize. During his lifetime, Lemu played a key role in nation building. He chaired the presidential panel on post-election violence in Nigeria in 2011. He was also a member of the Nigerian Council of Religions, the Presidential Council for Youth Development, and various oth...

IGP Orders Strict Security Nationwide for the Yuletide

24Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

IGP Orders Strict Security Nationwide for the Yuletide

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has ordered tight security arrangement and strict patrols across the country as Nigerians mark the Christmas and New Year celebrations. The IGP issued the order issued to all the Assistant Inspector-General of Police and Commissioners of Police in charge of zonal and state commands nationwide. He gave the directive to ensure a peaceful celebration and to guarantee the safety of lives and propery. Adamu also instructed the key officers to ensure massive deployment of intelligence and other operational assets of the police to strategic places including highways, airports, railway stations, recreational centres, motor parks, places of worship, financial institutions, etc. The IGP urged the officers of the Police to imbibe optimum profes...

How Adeboye Predicted my Electoral Victory – Obaseki

12Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

How Adeboye Predicted my Electoral Victory – Obaseki

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said he visited the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, during his re-election bid. Obaseki said the cleric assured him of victory for a second term in office. The governor disclosed this on Friday night while delivering testimony at this years’ RCCG Holy Ghost Congress which took place at the church’s International Headquarters along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. “When it looked impossible and when men rose, He (God) came out to say that He is God and only He has the power. “About the time when the crisis started a year ago, I came to the (RCCG) camp with my wife and met Daddy G.O,” he said. According to Obaseki, after narrating his political travails, the 78-year-old clergy told him, “My so...

Explosion Hits Wike Father’s Church, Police Nab Suspects

29Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Violence

Explosion Hits Wike Father’s Church, Police Nab Suspects

The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has nabbed three suspects for allegedly detonating explosives at a church, located at Mile 3, Diobu area of Port Harcourt. The church, Christian Universal Church International is reported to be owned by the father of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. The suspects numbering about five raided the church around 8 pm on Saturday, Punch reports. Local vigilante group in the area blockaded the gunmen’s escape route after noticing abnormal movements and interfered. Collins Johnbull, Assistant Chief Security Officer of the Azikiwe Street Security, while giving an account of the incident, said that one of his men was shot in the process of chasing the susects and currently being treating in the hospital. He said, “On Saturd...

North, Worst Place to be, Insecurity Underreported – Sultan of Sokoto

27Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Violence

North, Worst Place to be, Insecurity Underreported – Sultan of Sokoto

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has claimed that the North ranks as the most insecure region in the country. He disclosed this at the fourth quarterly meeting of the Nigeria inter-religious Council in Abuja, themed, ‘Questioning for peace in the challenges of insecurity and COVID-19’. The Sultan noted that bandits were freely operating in the North, adding that residents were always on the edge. He said that bandits moved from house to house, village to village, market to market, with AK-47 rifles openly, purchasing foodstuffs and other items and even collecting change without any challenge from the security agencies. He said, “Security situation in Northern Nigeria has assumed a worrisome situation. Few weeks ago, over 76 persons were killed in a community in Sokot...

Gov. Ugwuanyi, Nwodo, Obi, 38 Bishops, Others, Grace Dedication Ceremony of Nsukka Catholic Cathedral

20Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Gov. Ugwuanyi, Nwodo, Obi, 38 Bishops, Others, Grace Dedication Ceremony of Nsukka Catholic Cathedral

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, former governor of old Enugu State, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, Senator Chukwuka Utazi representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Senator Ayogu Eze, the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, the Papal Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, 38 Catholic Bishops across the country and some Anglican Bishops, were among the dignitaries that witnessed the dedication of St Theresa's Cathedral Nsukka, on Thursday. Speaking during the epoch-making event, Gov. Ugwuanyi who conveyed the felicitations of the government and people of Enugu State, to Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, Prof. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah and the Diocesan faithful, expressed gratitude to God for...