Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has reacted to the Nigerian Army statement warning him not to portray the institution in bad light. He said he was not referring to the present-day Nigerian Army in his claim that soldiers were Read more…
Category: Religion
Kaduna High Court on Tuesday adjourned the culpable homicide case against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Ibrahim El Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, until March 31, 2021. Justice Gideon Kurada, who presided over the case at Read more…
The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has advised popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, to stop demanding amnesty for bandits. He said his administration already experimented with negotiating with bandits in 2016 and discovered that it was a futile Read more…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described as disheartening and most disappointing for some leaders of the Country to come out boldly to support the gross injustice being perpetrated on Citizens. This is even as the Association urged all patriotic Read more…
The Benin monarch, Ewuare II, on Wednesday, approved the appointment of Mr Igbinoghodua Edebiri as the new presiding priest of Holy Aruosa Cathedral, Benin. The approval of the new Ohen-Osa of Benin national church by the Oba is sequel to Read more…
A man described as the head of Islamic State’s (IS, formerly ISIS) recruiting network in Germany has been sentenced to 10 and a half years in a high-profile case that took more than three years to try. An Iraqi man Read more…
The Imo State government has given reasons for the arrest of some priests and leaders of white garment churches – Cherubim and Seraphim and Sabbath Missions – in some council areas in Orlu by soldiers. It said members of the Read more…
BY IFEOMA EJIOFOR The diocese of Nnewi Anglican Communion has rolled out a weeklong program to celebrate the twenty fifth years anniversary of the existence of the diocese. The program which is scheduled to begin j Monday 15th January is Read more…
A 101-year-old grandma has been discharged from Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State after she recovered from COVID-19. The grandma was on admission in a private hospital for treatment before the medical personnel of the hospital noticed she Read more…
Pope Francis apologised for staying sitting during an audience Friday, blaming the “troublesome” sciatica that has caused him to cancel several events in recent weeks. “I would like to speak to you standing up but sciatica is a troublesome guest,” Read more…
Fifteen minutes after President Biden was sworn in Wednesday, the Vatican released the text of the warm congratulatory telegram Pope Francis had sent the second Catholic U.S. president, after John F. Kennedy. Such telegrams are traditional for the pope — he sent Read more…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has congratulated the Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Revd (Dr) Matthew Hassan Kukah on his appointment into the papal dicastery on the promotion of integral human development. The Governor, in a personally Read more…