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Even Buhari’s Wife Disagrees With His Policies, Kukah Replies Presidency

20Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Even Buhari’s Wife Disagrees With His Policies, Kukah Replies Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari The Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has said that Aisha Buhari, the wife of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, also agrees with what he said about her husband. Kukah made this known in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday morning. The Bishop while echoing his points said that he had nothing personal against the President but his policies which Aisha also disagrees with. Kukah said, “All those saying I attacked the President, I have never attacked his person. All I have spoken about is his inability to manage diversities effectively and efficiently. I have studied diversity as a subject and I know what I am talking about. “Those who think these things are personal would see that I have never talked about hi...

Remove Your Cassocks, Join Politics, Presidency Replies Kukah

19Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Uncategorized

Remove Your Cassocks, Join Politics, Presidency Replies Kukah

Bishop Kukah The Presidency on Monday took a swipe at the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, for his continuous criticism of the President, Muhammadu Buhari, and his regime, asking him (Kukah) to consider joining partisan politics and see how far he can go. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the Presidency’s position known in a statement titled ‘Kukah’s virus of hate.’ Shehu was reacting to Kukah’s Easter sermon on Sunday in which he knocked Buhari’s regime over security challenges, corruption and disunity being witnessed in the country. Quoting different biblical passages, the presidential spokesman faulted the bishop, saying “from his pulpit, he devoted his Easter message not to Christ’s death and rebirth so ...

Good Friday: Anambra Can Soar Higher With Sincere And Collective Prayers – Mrs Soludo

15Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Uncategorized

Good Friday: Anambra Can Soar Higher With Sincere And Collective Prayers – Mrs Soludo

Nonye Soludo The wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Nonye Soludo has said that with sincere collective prayers, the state can defeat every impediment and soar even higher. Mrs Soludo, who stated that the occasion of Good Friday avails every ọnye Anambra, especially women, another genuine platform to approach God with the myriads of challenges confronting the State, explained that with sincere and collective spiritual purpose aided by divine grace, Anambra State will grow even stronger. Read Also: Why Deeper Life Embraced Use Of Television, Social Media, Others —Kumuyi The Governor's wife, while explaining that the passion and the death of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary, and his eventual glorious resurrection, reflect the journey to victory of the present Anambra...

Osinachi: Police Transfer Case, Minister, CAN Youths Demand Justice

12Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Violence

Osinachi: Police Transfer Case, Minister, CAN Youths Demand Justice

NPF The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has transferred the case of the late Dunamis Church lead singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department. Osinachi, 42, died on Friday in an undisclosed hospital where she was treated for days. Some friends and family members of the deceased had claimed that her husband, Peter Nwachukwu, beat her up before she died. The FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, told PUNCH Metro that Peter was arrested on Sunday. She stated that the younger brother of the deceased reported the case to the police, adding that investigation was ongoing. However, a family source familiar with the matter disclosed on Monday that the matter had been moved to the SCIID. The source said, “The...

12 Soldiers Killed as Jihadists Attack a Military Base in Burkina Faso

11Apr

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Armed Forces, Burkina Faso, News, Religion, Security, Terrorism, Violence

12 Soldiers Killed as Jihadists Attack a Military Base in Burkina Faso

Suspected jihadists have attacked a military base in Burkina Faso, killing at least 12 soldiers and four volunteers in the process. The military on Friday said 21 troops were also injured in the attack on the Namissiguima military detachment in the north. The assailants are reported to have first attacked the camp with shells. Then shooting followed. The military added that reinforcements have been deployed to secure the area. The attack comes at a time when the armed forces have launched an operation to "de-pollute" localities in the region. Islamist militants started carrying out raids in Burkina Faso from bases in neighbouring Mali in 2015. Since then 1.8 million people have been displaced by the violence. A military government seized power in January and ousted P...

Why Deeper Life Embraced Use Of Television, Social Media, Others —Kumuyi

11Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Why Deeper Life Embraced Use Of Television, Social Media, Others —Kumuyi

William Kumuyi The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has explained that his ministry embraced the use of television, radio, social media and other technological inventions for the propagation of the Gospel. The octogenarian preacher lamented that ‘wicked people’ are using the provisions of technology to advance their agenda, hence, the church cannot continue ‘sleeping’ but must ‘wake up’ and use the same technology for Gospel’s sake. The 80-year-old church leader spoke in a video uploaded on Sunday via Facebook by the Ekiti State chapter of the church. In the five-minute and 16-second video, Kumuyi regrated that the church was a latecomer in taking advantage of technological tools. “Why are you the latecomer, why are you the on...

Agriculture MD Released In Honour Of Ramadan —Terrorists

7Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security, Terrorism

Agriculture MD Released In Honour Of Ramadan —Terrorists

Gun men Kidnapped Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Ali-Hassan, was released in the spirit of Ramadan, his captors have said. The terrorists made this known in an 81-second video posted on Twitter by a Senior Conflict Analyst at the Tony Blair Institute, Bulama Bukarti. In the video, Ali-Hassan was flanked by four heavily armed men dressed in military camouflage. After a short prayer and praise of God and his prophet in Arabic language, one of the terrorists said, “We are the ones who kidnapped the people on the train. We decided to release this man (Ali-Hassan) because of the honour of the month of Ramadan and because he is old. He has been pleading since we kidnapped him. Read Also: Insecurity: Buhari’s Govt Overwhelmed – Obasanjo “The government sho...

Outrage As Adeboye’s Son Calls RCCG Pastors ‘Goats’

6Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Outrage As Adeboye’s Son Calls RCCG Pastors ‘Goats’

RCCG Leke Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, slammed erring pastors of the church, calling them ‘goats’ for preaching their sermons after the G.O. had finished speaking and preaching. This generated outrage on social media as many condemned the statement while some others called for his suspension. Usually, first Sunday of every month, parishes of the RCCG were linked up with the Nationwide Headquarters of the church, where the G.O. would deliver a sermon, expected to be the only sermon of the day. Meanwhile, some parish pastors did a follow-up preaching after the G.O’s. Reacting to such move, Pastor Leke took to his Instagram account and referred to the RCCG pastors who preached their messages after the G.O....

Nigerian Police, DSS Summon Clerics To Regulate Preaching

6Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion, Security

Nigerian Police, DSS Summon Clerics To Regulate Preaching

Nigerian Police The Nigeria Police Force in insurgency-ravaged Borno State and the Department of State Services have urged Islamic clerics in the state to use the period of Ramadan fast to preach only unity and peaceful coexistence and shun other commentaries. The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, gave the charge during the stakeholders’ meeting to regulate preaching on Tuesday in Maiduguri. The meeting was convened by the Nigeria Police and the DSS. This week, the Apo Legislative Quarters central mosque committee in Abuja sacked Sheikh Nuru Khalid for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari in his Friday sermon. The police chief said the meeting became necessary to remind preachers of the existing law passed in 2010 by the state government to regulate preachin...

I Don’t Know Whether There Will Be 2023 Election Yet – Adeboye

3Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

I Don’t Know Whether There Will Be 2023 Election Yet – Adeboye

Pastor Enoch Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he doesn’t know whether there will be an election in 2023 yet. The 80-year-old cleric said God has not told him whether there would an election next year. He said God spoke to him about the 2019 elections more than a year to the election but the case has not been so with the 2023 election. He quickly added that God might still speak to him about the 2023 general elections but He has not spoken to him yet. Read also: How My Sorrow Disappeared When I Lost My Son In 2021 – Adeboye The cleric said he is more concerned about Kaduna killings, oil theft, Nigeria’s depressing debt profile and other current national challenges. Adeboye also said politics is not his...