Tag: Church
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Man kills wife over greetings by male church member
A Zimbabwean man, Elvis Ngwenya, 28, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife, Primrose Ncube, out of jealousy, after a male church member greeted her. Ngwenya allegedly accused his wife of infidelity, when the church member greeted her as the couple dropped off a Victoria Falls-bound train at Nyamandlovu Train Station at around 11…
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Buhari charges churches to promote unity
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged church leaders to use their positions to promote peace and unity in the country. He made the call at the opening of the 23 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria on Saturday in Calabar. Represented by Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Eyo-Ita, Buhari said the…
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Man docked over alleged stealing of 2 cell phones in church
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Yemi Oyedele, in an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court, Ondo State, over alleged theft of two cell phones worth N17,500 in a church. The accused of no fixed address and occupation is standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp. Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the…
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Two Ebola patients died after attending church
Two Democratic Republic of Congo Ebola patients who fled hospital in the city of Mbandaka on Monday attended a prayer meeting with 50 people hours before they died, Jean-Clement Cabrol, an emergency medical coordinator at Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), said on Thursday. Health officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of the deadly…
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Woman docked for allegedly forging RCCG’s cheque, withdrawing N498, 000
A 32-year-old woman, Tope Oyinloye, has appeared in an Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly forging a Sterling Bank cheque and withdrawing N498,000 from the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)’s account. Oyinloye, who resides at No. 18, Johnson St.,Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, is standing trial on charges of conspiracy, forgery and stealing. The Police…
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Land dispute: Two killed as police clash with church members in Lagos [Photos]
There was pandemonium at Ori Oke community in Makoko, Lagos State, on Thursday as armed policemen and officials of the Lagos State Special Task Force on Land Grabbers Act of Apostle Church in Makoko, Ebute Metta Yaba over land dispute. The deceased – Kola Iwalokun and Emola Julius – were allegedly shot dead by the…
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Delta Church bars members without PVC
Senior Pastor of Flock of Christ Mission in Warri, Delta state, Bishop Simeon Okah, has told his members they would not be allowed to worship without their Permanent Voter Cards. The South-South Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria noted that Christians should no longer disenfranchise themselves from voting. He told reporters on Saturday…
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BREAKING: Seven killed as herdsmen attack another church in Benue
At least, seven persons were in the early hours of Thursday killed after suspected herdsmen entered a church in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. According to raports reaching TheNewsGuru.com the herdsmen were said to have stormed Mbamondo clan around 12.20am and attacked some displaced persons who had taken refuge at an African Church…
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Several injured as masquerades attack church in Anambra
The Anambra Police Command says it has arrested three masqueraders for allegedly disrupting a church programme on Friday night at Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Nkeiruka Nwode, told newsmen on Saturday in Awka that the suspects attacked worshipers at the Holy Ghost…
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Once you see a large church, know the attraction cannot be the gospel – Femi Aribisala
I was standing in the parking lot of the building where I lived in Lagos, talking to Bimbo Dada, now Director of Library, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, when a man walked through the gate and came to talk to me. He said he worked for an oil-company but had recently been posted out of…