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  • Lady calls out Lekki Central mosque over controversial ‘Jesus not God’ banner

    Lady calls out Lekki Central mosque over controversial ‘Jesus not God’ banner

    A Nigerian lady, identified as Wumi Tuase, has called out Lekki Central Mosque over a controversial banner.

    In the post shared via the microblogging platform X, Tuase called out the religious body over its remarks against the body of Christ. 

    The banner had inscriptions which read: “Jesus Christ is not God! He is a prophet and messenger of God.”

    Reacting to the post, she wrote: “I don’t like to get into religious conversations but i found it very weird that Lekki Central Mosque has this in front of their gate.”

    Another user who tweeted with the handle #Fisayo Ojabodu wrote, “You don’t see the banner is disrespectful to other people’s religion. And is propagating foolish agenda.”

    Another user who identified as #FS Yusuf tweeted, “Christianity is actually a religion of peace.

    “In the last two decades, my family church has been set on fire by Muslim extremists for ridiculous reasons such as religious extremism and Buhari losing his 2011 election.

    “This is the reality for hundreds of churches and also innocent individuals accused of blasphemy. If this write-up was done by a Christian organisation, we won’t be here typing. Until we learn to uphold tolerance, we can’t make progress as a pluralistic society.”

    One Silva Bella on X said, “It’s not about Christianity is a religion of peace or not … Jesus is not God. I have read the Bible a lot of time and it obvious but I can’t still get why people call Jesus God. He’s the son which means God is the father.”

    “Jesus is God, Jesus is your King and Jesus will pass judgment on all. For judgment will only be fair through him that has walked in your flesh and felt your pain,” GeradTheGreat opined.

    “We are so peaceful, and we will remain peaceful, we don’t fight for our God, He fights for himself,” Joycccc wrote on Meta.

    Another user on X, Expope said, “The late Deborah they set on fire has not done up to this before they all joined hands to terminate her life.”

    On X, another user identified as #ChristTheLighhouse opined, “We as Christians accept criticism, backlash, rejection, and even insults. Our Lord and saviour whom we believe and serve received more up to the point of death! He prayed for unbelievers and his persecutors and killers.

     

  • Sammie Okposo’s death: Reggae singer, Faya calls on musicians to watch out on their lifestyle

    Sammie Okposo’s death: Reggae singer, Faya calls on musicians to watch out on their lifestyle

    Following the sudden death of Nigeria’s gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, reggae artiste, Faya, has called on musicians in the country to watch out for their lifestyle, stressing that “we are living in a serious time right now.”

    Faya, in an interview with TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), noted that apart from Okposo’s sudden death, a renowned disc jockey (DJ), Lucky Rankin, also passed on in a similar manner on Monday.

    “Lucky Rankin played in a nightclub till about 12 midnight, went home, slept and died on Monday morning. We have to watch out for our lifestyle. If we look at all these things, we still need to talk to ourselves,” he said.

    Speaking on Okposo’s demise, the reggae artiste expressed bitterness about how the deceased was treated by Christians after his sex scandal.

    “Sammie Okposo had his flops; but even if we have to correct him or chastise him, we have to do that with love. Many people are of the view that he (Okposo) was not treated very well- with the way they tried to push him out of the church, boycott his concerts and so many things. One man of God said how the pastors slayed Sammie Okposo,” he added.

    According to him, Christianity today is not what it ought to be. Christianity is supposed to be a Christ life type, look at how Christ would behave in certain scenarios and how a non-Christian should behave.

    Faya hinted that all the songs he is working on presently are to see how he could preach to people, tell them that “this life we are living in, we have to go back at ourselves.”

    He urged Christians to look back at the old religion and expressed his condolences to members of Okposo’s family.