Tag: CAN
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CAN dissolves Elders’ Forum, denies receiving ‘N40m transportation money’ from Buhari
The National Executive Committee of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dissolved the Nigerian Christian Elders Forum after a panel set up by the committee concluded an investigation into allegations of misconduct against the CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle. The Elders’ Forum, in a memo titled ‘NCEF Protests: Is NEC of CAN Guilty of…
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CAN denies endorsing Buhari, Osinbajo for second term
The Christian Association of Nigeria has denied endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for second term in office, describing as “a fabrication” an online report on the issue. The Christian body stated that no candidate was endorsed by the CAN leadership during its meeting with 14 presidential aspirants on Monday. Media Aide to the CAN President, Pastor…
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CAN urged to sanction members fueling insecurity in Nigeria
A group, Christians Without Border, has called on the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to sanction members fueling insecurity in the country. The group said the idea of promoting hate speeches from the pulpit was fast becoming a normal trend among ordained Messengers of God these days, development it said is bothersome.…
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‘Corrupt’ politicians turn to ‘saints’ once they join APC – CAN tells Buhari
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Friday told President Muhammadu Buhari that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) automatically turns politicians otherwise perceived as corrupt to saints once they joined the ruling party. was becoming a safe haven for corrupt politicians. CAN, therefore, asked the President to make the war against corruption total…
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2019: Credible poll will boost respect for Nigeria – Okowa
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says a free, fair and credible 2019 general election would boost respect for Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment to the country. The governor stated this on Tuesday when the recently inaugurated executive committee of the state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), led by Apostle Sylvanus Okorote…
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CAN to Buhari, El-Rufai: Bring those behind fresh Kaduna killings to justice
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday challenged the Federal and Kaduna State governments to end impunity in Kaduna by bringing masterminds of the killings there to justice. CAN expressed shock over the killing of the paramount ruler of Kachia, the Agom Adara, Dr Maiwada Galadima, and his security aide and driver by suspected…
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CAN acting like extension of PDP – APC
This allegation came on Wednesday in a statement signed by the party where it warned CAN to steer away from interfering in the country’s politics. According to the APC, it is “unimpressed by the patent hostility of CAN to the APC which had become open since the presidency of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. “CAN has been…
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2019: CAN to deploy 300 electoral observers
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Samson Ayokunle, said the association had finalised plans to train 300 electoral observers to monitor the 2019 elections. Mr Ayokunle, spoke on Monday at the First Christian Leaders Roundtable Summit organised by Legacy Initiative International in Lagos. He said the observers who would be drawn from…
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CAN condemns killings of Catholic, Baptist clerics in Abuja, Kaduna
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday condoled with the leaderships of the Roman Catholic Church and the Nigerian Baptist Convention over the demise of the two clerics. The President, Rev Samson Ayokunle in a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant, Media and Communications to the CAN president, in Abuja condemned their…