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Buhari, Obasanjo Mourn As Anti-Apartheid Icon Tutu Dies At 90

27Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Buhari, Obasanjo Mourn As Anti-Apartheid Icon Tutu Dies At 90

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, condoled with his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, and South Africans on the demise of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The South African anti-apartheid icon died on Sunday at the age of 90, a statement by the Minister in the Presidency of South Africa, Mondli Gungubele, said. Buhari, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, described him as a global citizen and renowned world leader. He noted that the historic role Tutu played in the fight against apartheid, enduring physical assaults, jail terms and prolonged exile took him beyond the pulpit to global, political relevance, and his position, under President Nelson Mandela, in heading the Tr...

President Buhari’s 2021 Christmas Message

25Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

President Buhari’s 2021 Christmas Message

I rejoice with Christians in Nigeria as they join fellow believers all over the world to celebrate this season. It is a special period that brings peoples of the world together with one purpose; to celebrate togetherness, joy, peace, and above all, to share love with one another through exchange of goodwill and gifts. For the second Christmas running, the world will not be able to celebrate as we used to in years past. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its attendant debilitating impact, has remained with mankind, mutating and leaving in its wake devastating consequences on the economy, social interaction, and curtailing certain freedoms. The silver lining, however, is that humanity has been able to rise up with one voice and purpose, to confront the foisted conditions. I want to u...

Christmas Message: Our Hearts Heavy With Suffering – Kaigama

24Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Christmas Message: Our Hearts Heavy With Suffering – Kaigama

The hearts of every Nigerian “are heavy with the suffering” they have experienced and seen in 2021 alone, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, His Grace Most Revd. Ignatius Kaigama has said. According to him, with security challenges, COVID-19 pandemic, and agitations for self-determination, Nigerians would not forget 2021 in a hurry Kaigama who stated these in his Christmas message made available to journalists in Abuja on Friday also called on Nigerians not to give up on the country, saying although the present situations may be tough, “God is in control.” The cleric told the faithful not to give up on their country, but “dare to look ahead and again embrace the hope for a better Nigeria.” Read Also: Electoral Act Amendment: Buhari Returns Bill To NASS, Faults Direct Primaries, ...

Why I Never Had Sleepless Night Despite Issues In Nigeria – Bishop Oyedepo

12Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Why I Never Had Sleepless Night Despite Issues In Nigeria – Bishop Oyedepo

Bishop David Oyedepo, President of Living Faith Church Worldwide has disclosed that he is less bothered about the current state of the nation. Oyedepo, who spoke during the ongoing programme, Shiloh, said he was not worried over the insecurity and economic challenges facing the country. He said he already warned Nigerians against the government. According to the richest pastor in Africa, the current government remains the worst thing that has happened to the entire nation. He said, “I have never suffered one sleepless night on the issues of this nation but what God tells me to say I say it clearly, unashamedly and unperturbed. I am at rest at all times. “I knew this government won’t do Nigeria any good and I told you from the beginning. “The worst-worse thing that has eve...

‘I’m Suffering, I Have No Job To Feed’—Nigerian Man To Pope Francis After Migrant Mass In Cyprus

6Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

‘I’m Suffering, I Have No Job To Feed’—Nigerian Man To Pope Francis After Migrant Mass In Cyprus

A 25-year-old Nigerian man in Cyprus, Kingdom Miracle Jonathan called on Pope Francis to pray for him as he confessed that he had been suffering since he arrived in the country. Jonathan, who was waiting outside the church on the divided island of Cyprus, where Pope Francis held an ecumenical prayer service for migrants and refugees in Cyprus on Friday, said he needs prayers as he is without accommodation and a job to feed himself. He said, "I would like the pope to conduct a prayer for me and to tell him how I need his help," he said. "I've been suffering here ... I have no accommodation, no job, I'm struggling to feed myself here in Cyprus, so I need help." During the prayer on Friday, the Pope spoke out against "closed-mindedness and prejudice." Francis was expected to take 50...

Nigeria May Split Before 2023 Elections – Onaiyekan

4Dec

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria, Religion

Nigeria May Split Before 2023 Elections – Onaiyekan

As preparations for the next general elections gathers momentum, a former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has raised fears that Nigeria may split before 2023 because of the sad realities in the country, including security challenges. He said Nigerian leaders would always want to remain in office even after their tenure because of “greed, wickedness and stupidity”. The cleric stated that one of the obstacles that had been threatening democracy in Nigeria was that incumbent governments did not want a free and fair election. Read Also: Kukah Not Planning Coup Against Buhari, Speaks for the Voiceless – Onaiyekan Onaiyekan stated these in an interview with Saturday PUNCH in Abuja. He said, “There is no reason why the spate of insecurity should c...

Paying Of Tithe Cannot Provide Divine Protection – Reno Omokri

4Dec

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Paying Of Tithe Cannot Provide Divine Protection – Reno Omokri

Reno Omokri has tackled clergymen who teach their church members to pay tithes in church for provide divine protection. Giving reasons pastors still move around with armed security after preaching that paying of tithe provides divine protection, Reno said it is either the pastors do not pay tithe or do not believe in what they tell members. See Also: Davido Is Wiser Than All Those Who Gave Him Money – Reno Omokri He shared this thought on his Instagram page. He wrote; ''A pastor tells you that by paying tithe, you have divine protection. Then that same pastor goes out with armed security protecting him. It is either he does not pay his tithe, or he does not believe what he told you. Divine protection comes by faith, not by tithe! In fact, God ordaine...

Anyone Whose Phone Rings In Church Is A Poor Man —Pastor Ibiyeomie

22Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Anyone Whose Phone Rings In Church Is A Poor Man —Pastor Ibiyeomie

Founder and Senior Pastor of Salvation Ministries, Port Harcourt, David Ibiyeomie, has said anyone who allows his phone to ring in a church is a poor man. The clergyman, who said this while delivering a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, said such can never be found with a wealthy person. “Anyone whose phone rings in the church is a poor man; his thinking is poor. Rich people don’t switch on their phones in the church because they don’t want anybody to disturb them. Read Also: Red Cross Raises Alarm Over Safety of Health Workers, Seeks Police Partnership “But poor people switch it on because they want alert; It is a sign of poverty. You will never see a wealthy man switch on his phone in church, he will say,” I want to hear something that will help improve my life. “B...

This Kumuyi Is Simply Different By Femi Adesina

5Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

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This Kumuyi Is Simply Different By Femi Adesina

He rarely speaks on things that do not have to do with the work of the Kingdom, which he is completely sold out to, and has been engrossed in for over 50 years. In fact, he exemplifies the words of the prophet that “he shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.” But someone stuck his fingers in the mouth of Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi, General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, recently, and the man had to speak. He didn’t cry or strive, and “a bruised reed he did not break,” smoking flax he did not quench. But the cleric gave some home truths on what the attitude of a true Christian should be to secular government, particularly of his own country. This was how it all happened. Professor Dapo Asaju, a cleric and academic, f...

Why I Stopped Attending An Abuja Church — Adesina

5Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Why I Stopped Attending An Abuja Church — Adesina

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says he stopped attending a branch of a church in Abuja because the pastor was always attacking the President, Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina said this in an article on Thursday titled, ‘This Kumuyi is simply different’, which was written in support of a statement by the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi. Although Adesina did not mention which church he stopped attending, his public profile states that he is a member of the Foursquare Gospel Church where he was ordained a pastor and has attended since 1988. In the article, the President’s spokesman said it was unfortunate that some pastors had turned their pulpits to soapboxes upon which they spew hatred. He w...