Monday, 25 November, 2024

Category: Religion


From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State governor, Prof Charles Soludo, has expressed optimism that the creation of Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpalaeke will bring about a new dawn in Nigeria, South East, and Anambra State in particular. Gov Soludo stated this Read more…


Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a child trafficking syndicate identified as Maureen Wechinwu, who claims to be a reverend sister. Also, police have paraded 20 other suspects arrested in the state within August and September for Read more…


From Ifeoma Ejiofor All arrangements for a successful 2022 synod of the Nnewi Diocese of Anglican Communion which will commence on Thursday, 8th September at St Mathews Church Ozubulu have been concluded. The Bishop of the Diocese Rt. Rev. Ndubuisi Read more…


The Christian Association of Nigeria has described as untrue, claims that it had changed its position regarding the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress after allegedly meeting its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The organisation also warned against politicizing Read more…


Pope Francis on Saturday dissolved the leadership of the Knights of Malta, the global Catholic religious order and humanitarian group, and installed a provisional government ahead of the election of a new Grand Master. The change, which the pope issued Read more…


The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah yesterday said it was important for the political actors, particularly the 2023 presidential candidates to listen to the young people, understand their frustrations, and align their agenda toward assuaging Read more…


Gunmen kidnapped dozens of worshippers attending Friday afternoon prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara, police and witnesses said. Armed gangs are rife across Nigeria’s northwest where they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been Read more…


Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 48-year-old Pastor, Michael Abiodun, for forcefully having a canal knowledge of a 12-year-old church member and consequently impregnating her.  The Pastor, a father of three, with his church located in Read more…


An American nun in her eighties who U.S. federal officials said was kidnapped in Africa nearly five months ago has been found alive, the Catholic Church reported Wednesday. Sister Suellen Tennyson, a member of the Marianites of Holy Cross in Read more…


The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated the Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia Diocese, His Eminence Peter Cardinal Okpaleke who canonically received the Red Hat from His Holiness, Pope Francis, at a Consistory in Rome, on Read more…


The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, and his wife, Nonye, attended the swearing in of the Bishop of Ekwulobia, Peter Okpaleke, as a cardinal by Pope Francis in Rome. Okpaleke was part of the 20 new cardinals sworn in Read more…


Pope Francis called Daria Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian philosopher who applauded the war on Ukraine, an “innocent” victim of the war on Wednesday, eliciting criticism from Ukraine’s ambassador to the Vatican. “The madness of war,” Francis said Read more…