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  • Video: Pastor doles out offerings to widows, war veterans, others in need

    Video: Pastor doles out offerings to widows, war veterans, others in need

    Pastor Gray, the leader of the six months old Relentless Church showed his congregation the book of Acts style on how to help those in need.

    He taged his demonstration, “THIS is church. Book of Acts style”

    The church posted the video of the service on their Instagram page and wrote the following: “Our church is six months old. We don’t have a war chest of money. We believe God every week for what we need. But God told me after we collected offering to leave at the altar.

    And then let those who had needs get what they needed-from the offering baskets. We can’t do everything. But we can do something. I love my church. THIS is church. Book of Acts style.” — Pastor John Gray

  • Biafra: IPOB Members Disrupt Church Service In Abia Over 2019 (Video)

    Biafra: IPOB Members Disrupt Church Service In Abia Over 2019 (Video)

    Pro-Biafra activists suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) disrupted a church service at Christ the King Cathedral, (CKC) in Aba, Abia state, southern Nigeria over a prayer request made by the Reverend Father.

    In a three minutes sixteen seconds video, the separatist activists could be seen hoisting the Biafra flag and also chanting the name of the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu.

    The narrator in the video said the clergyman had instructed the church members to pray for a peaceful election in Nigeria in 2019 but in reaction, the pro-Biafra activists suspected to be members of the IPOB protested, insisting that there will be no election in “Biafra land” (Southeast Nigeria).

    In a protest, the Biafra loyalists could be heard singing: “Holy Holy Holy Nnamdi Kanu is our saviour,” causing a commotion in the church during the process.

    Watch the video below…

  • I have my time with God; I haven’t been to church in a while-Falz

    Folarin Falana, an entertainer better known as Falz, has said he hasn’t been to church in a while.
    According to Falz, ‘ Fellowship is about communicating with God’ and that is the most pertinent thing
     
    The singer made this known in a chat with popular on-air-personality, Daddy Freeze.
     
    “I haven’t been to church in a bit of a while. I do have my own alone time where I say words of prayer to my God. Fellowship is just communicating with God and that is the most important thing .It doesn’t have to be in church where you drop offering”,he said.
     
    On the poverty rate in Nigeria, Falz noted that the way out of poverty will be to empower the people.
    “What we can do to improve our poverty rate is to empower people. Generally now the youths now are too relaxed. We need to be upwardly mobile in our thinking.We need to wake up and start to act because things will get worse”.
     
    Speaking about the admiration he has for his dad, the renowned lawyer and human rights activist, he said:”My dad has been detained on countless times. I don’t think he is ever going to back down, I admire him for that”.
     
     
     
     

  • 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 pm.

    Apart from verbally accusing his wife of infidelity, Ngwenya allegedly assaulted her several times with a whip while also kicking her.

    Ngwenya spent the night in the bush standing guard over his wife as she couldn’t walk due to the injuries he had inflicted on her and he raised the alarm in the morning claiming that they had been mugged.

    Officer Commanding Lupane District, Chief Superintendent Edgar Dhliwayo confirmed the murder.

    “On 18 August at around 11pm, the two had dropped off a train at Deli Station when the woman was greeted by a male church mate whose name was not provided. This didn’t go down well with Ngwenya who started accusing her of infidelity resulting in a misunderstanding.

    “He took a whip and assaulted her while also kicking her all over the body,” said Chief Supt Dhliwayo.

    “Both slept on the roadside near the station and in the morning the suspect went to seek for help. When he returned with some people he found the woman already dead,” said Chief Supt Dhliwayo.

  • 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 church, as the conscience of the nation, should promote ideals of unity and pray for the nation as we move towards election year.

    He said that the gathering was historic in view of the significant role the church played in the existence of the country.

    “The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria remains a pivotal agent of change in our nation and beyond.

    “Your role in education, health and other social spheres of our society remains commendable and as a Government, we are committed to promoting the ideals and societal norms that unite us as a people.

    “I commend the church for her investment in the hospitality industry and education through the proposed establishment of Presby Guest House and her efforts to complete Hope Waddell University aimed at producing new generation of leaders.

    “We also commend the church for her contribution in the agricultural subsector, particularly the Presby Farm Ltd as well as the Yakurr Farms.

    “The church is encouraged to take advantage of the various opportunities provided by the government to empower Nigerians to venture into agriculture to guarantee food security,” he said.

    The president used the occasion to call on all Nigerians to support government programmes and project and join in the fight against corruption for a better Nigeria.

    Similarly, Most Rev. Nzie Eke, Prelate/Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, said the agenda of the 23 General Assembly included a review of the church’s mission work in Nigeria and beyond.

    Eke said that the church would also solicit for funds for the completion of the final phase of the N1 billion Hope Waddell University project and the construction of Presbyterian Guest House at an estimated cost of N950 million.

    He reminded Christians to participate in politics and be the change they wanted to see by ensuring that they got their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

    “We shall pray for our leaders, especially our President Muhammadu Buhari, for God to guide him to conduct peaceful elections in 2019.

    “Let me quickly remind all those who do not have PVC to do so immediately after the assembly; the PVC is your power.

    “If you do not have it, you are denying yourself a fundamental right to choose your leaders and, I encourage Presbyterians to get actively involved in politics so that we can influence the society.”

    The Prelate warned Christians of the dangers of being too narrow-minded and intolerant, saying such split the body of Christ.

    On his part, the Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Sen. Ita Enang, said that security challenges were not peculiar to Nigeria, but a continental problem spreading to the country.

    Enang said that the church should not be made to think that it was a religious problem because similar crisis was happening in Zamfara that had a population predominantly Muslims.

    He said that Nigeria as a nation, was reconsidering the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) free movement agreement which allowed for easy influx of foreigners into the country.

     

  • 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 court that the accused and one other still at large, on May 23 around 10.00 p.m., unlawfully entered into a Catholic Church in Okitipupa and stole the phones.

    He said that the accused stole an Itel VX2 camera cell phone, valued at N9,000, and a Tecno camera cell phone, valued at N8,500, property of one Alfred James.

    The prosecutor said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 412 and 390(9) of Criminal Code, Cap.37, Vol.1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.

    The Magistrate, Mr Banji Ayeomoni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N15,000 with a surety in like sum and adjourned the case until July 18 for further hearing.

    NAN

  • Two Ebola patients died after attending church

    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 disease in the heavily populated port city in northwest Congo that is believed to have killed 22 people since April.

    Two new deaths from Ebola and seven new confirmed cases have been recorded in Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

    One of the deaths occurred in the provincial capital of Mbandaka, according to a daily bulletin.

    A nurse also died in the village of Bikoro, where the outbreak was first detected, ministry spokeswoman Jessica Ilunga told Reuters.

    The ministry said the seven new confirmed cases were registered in Bikoro.

    Health officials administered an experimental vaccine on Monday to 33 medical workers and Mbandaka residents, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters in Geneva.

    The vaccine manufacturer Merck has provided WHO with 8,640 doses of the vaccine and an additional 8,000 doses are expected to be available in the coming days, WHO said.

    Congo’s ninth outbreak of Ebola since 1976 is believed to have killed at least 28 people so far.

    Officials are particularly concerned by its appearance in Mbandaka, a crowded trading hub on the Congo River with road, water and air links to Congo’s capital, Kinshasa.

    WHO said it will need 26 million dollars for the Ebola Response in the DRC over the next three months.

    WHO said it had also released two million dollars from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies, to scale up the Ebola response.

    The Government of DRC, with the support of WHO partners, is preparing to vaccinate high risk populations against Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in affected health zones.

    The organisation said health workers operating in affected areas were being vaccinated on Monday and community outreach had started to prepare for the ring vaccination.

    More than 7,500 doses of the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine have been deployed to DRC to conduct vaccination in the northwestern Equator Province where 46 suspected, probable and confirmed Ebola cases and 26 deaths have been reported – as of Friday.

    NAN

  • Woman docked for allegedly forging RCCG’s cheque, withdrawing N498, 000

    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 Prosecutor, ASP Roman Unuigbe, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Jan. 13 at No. 23, Olonode St.,
    Yaba, Lagos.

    He said the accused had conspired with others now at large to forge a Sterling Bank cheque and withdraw N498, 000 from a bank account
    belonging to Redeemed Christian Church of God, Yaba, Lagos.

    According to Unuigbe, it was when the church’s Financial Secretary received a debit alert on his phone that he went to the bank to complain.

    The offences contravened Sections 287, 363 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 287 provides three years imprisonment for stealing, while Section 365 (1) also prescribes three years for forgery. Section 411 provides two years for conspiracy.

    The accused, however, denied the charge.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr P.A. Ojo, admitted the accused to a bail of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    He said one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the accused and must be gainfully employed with an evidence of three years
    tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    He adjourned the case until July 27.

    NAN

  • Land dispute: Two killed as police clash with church members in Lagos [Photos]

    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 police, while many others reportedly sustained gunshot injuries in the incident.

    A church, The Acts of Apostle Church, which houses several buildings and about 15 makeshift shops, was said to have been set ablaze by the enforcement agents.

    In a reprisal, angry youths reportedly invaded a police post in the Adekunle area, a neighbouring community, and destroyed some valuables, including some vehicles parked in the station.

    It was gathered that the task force officials, accompanied by the policemen, had raided the community around 10am to evict the residents, whose buildings were constructed on a disputed parcel of land.

    The policemen allegedly shot indiscriminately to scare away the residents.

    One of the resident, who identifies self as Ajimuda Thompson on Facebook shared photos of the remains of the church after the invasion by security operatives.

     

     

    Speaking on the incident, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, said one person was killed in the clash, adding that the state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, had ordered an investigation into the incident.

    He said, “The task force on land grabbers went to work in the community because they had a valid court order to execute in that location. Unfortunately, they were attacked by youths of that area, who mobilised in large number to fight the law enforcement officers. A call came to the police to rescue those task force men, but by the time the police got there, there was information that somebody was shot and rushed to a hospital, where he died.

    “The police intervened because they were called upon by the task force that the youths were firing at them. The prompt intervention of the police brought the situation under control.

    “However, the CP has directed the Area Commander, Area C, Surulere, to investigate the incident and report back for necessary action. As usual, the outcome will be communicated to members of the public.”

  • Delta Church bars members without PVC

    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 that, “From Thursday, any member of my church who does not have his or her voter card would not enter this house (Church). By the grace of God, I am the one God used in founding the Flock of Christ Mission.”

    On Senator Dino Melaye’s travails, he said, “I have concerns for Dino. His hands may not be as clean as a saint but a man like him has a role to play in building this country.

    “We need men like Dino. Let everybody of goodwill fight to see that Dino is released; if he has criminal records, he should face it but he should not be kept in detention.

    “He is intelligent. Let us see how we can save him from the hands of policemen. For a man like Dino, the police should show some level of leniency, because we need people like Dino in this country if we want this country to be great.”