Faith

The police in Lagos said they have arrested a 34-year-old Celestial Church pastor for allegedly giving a deadly concoction to one Ramat Audu which eventually resulted in her death. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, told newsmen on Monday that the pastor was arrested with the deceased’s boyfriend who took her to the church at Akesan, Igando, Lagos. “When Ramat …

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General Overseer of the Greater Liberation City Family,Dr.Chris Okafor,has empowered over a hundred widows and several others to mark his birthday. At an event on April 29, Dr. Okafor,whom many refer to as the Oracle for his “concise and accurate prophecies” gave each of the widows the sum of N200, 000 and several food items. He said the gesture was …

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Investigations have been launched into the activities of 214 people after a pornographic video featuring children was shared on the WhatsApp messaging platform in Germany. There were 50 cases before the public prosecutor’s office in the western city of Trier, Senior Public Prosecutor, Thomas Albrecht, said on Monday. The remaining cases were spread across other parts of Germany and would …

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By Femi Aribisala I went to buy blank videotapes in a van emblazoned with Christian VideoNet on both sides. When I came out of the van, an Asiatic gentleman engaged me in friendly banter. He was clearly not a Christian, but I soon got the impression he was in the marketplace for a new religion. He did not wait for …

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Evangelist Vera Success is a preacher and Gospel artiste. A graduate of All Nations Bible School, Benin City apart from her singing grace has pastored several Churches and even attempted to start a Church in Benin City, Edo State. She narrated how a bigger Church dislodged her young congregation form the facility she had rented for worship. In this interview, …

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Dayo Emmanuel with Agency Report Nigerian clerics have extolled the virtues of the late televangelist, Rev. Billy Graham, who passed on today at 99. Graham, who held worldwide crusades and served as adviser to United States Presidents for many decades, was one of the most influential religious leaders on the globe. He died in his home in Montreat, North Carolina,U.S. …

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Hundreds of million people around the world have come to embrace the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day on 14th February of each year but many are still ignorant of its origin. The history of Valentine’s Day and the story of its patron saint is shrouded in mystery but everyone has accepted the second month as a month of romance. St. …

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Professor John Brown Okwii has been installed as the new Provost of the West Africa Theological Seminary (WATS). The investiture on 17th January at the Seminary drew guests from far and near including members of the Governing Council of the institution. Okwii, from Uganda at the event expressed deep passion for WATS and reeled out his plans to lead the …

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Nigerian missionaries have called on the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) to make enough copies of the Holy Bible in Fulfulde language available. A missionary to the Gando Fulani tribe of Northern Benin Republic, Pastor Olusina Sadiku said that the Fulfulde Bible is scarce and would appreciate if the BSN could intensify efforts in making more available. “We operate among …

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Christians across Nigeria on September 24 2012, marked the 170th anniversary of Christianity in the country. Though according to available records, the religion is said to have been introduced and practiced in the then southern protectorate before 1842. DAYO EMMANUEL writes on the distribution of some early mainline churches into various regions of the country. Christianity came to the region …

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