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Bago condemns burning of Church in Niger
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has condemned the burning of the Redeemed Christian Church of God by suspected hoodlums in Kontagora town. Bago, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Print Media, Aisha Wakaso, issued on Sunday in Minna, described the attack on the Church “as mindless and cowardly.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected hoodlums…
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Guard bags life jail for sexually assaulting minor in church
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence has sentenced a security guard, Saviour Udoh, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year old minor (name withheld) in a church premises. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Udoh to lifetime jail on the sole charge of sexual assault by penetration, preferred against him by the…
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Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95
The Catholic Church has announced the death of Pope Benedict XVI at the age of 95. The news was confirmed in a statement from Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, who said that the Pope passed away at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican. The statement reads, “With sorrow I inform you that the Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, passed away today…
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Opinion
OpEd: The Church in Nigeria: Silent No More
The nominal Christian population in Nigeria is approximately 80 million people, traversing virtually all parts of our great country. It is widely suggested that Nigeria is home to the largest collection of black Christians in the world. When one begins to think about this sub-population as a socio-economic group, especially when juxtaposed with the Bible’s positioning of Christians as “salt…
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NEWS
MFM’s Olukoya replies publishers on malicious falsehood
The Mountain of Fire & Miracles Ministries has debunked claims by an online publishing medium that the church’s General Overseer, Dr. D.K Olukoya, was embroiled in a scandal in the United States of America. In a press release by the Media Aide to the General Overseer Collins Edomaruse on Sunday, the church said it wouldhave ignored the story but for…
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