Tag: Church
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Special Report: Should comedians perform in the house of God?
Popular comedians, Still Ringing mounted the House On The Rock church’s pulpit at the recently held concert, The African Praise Experience(TAPE), and said:” Something will fall on you, Banana will fall on you, Enu Ose enu Ose, Ariwo Ko ni music ooh”. The humorous duo got many wondering If they had not crossed the limits,…
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Man, 44, jailed 3 years for stealing church drums
For breaking into a church and stealing a set of drums valued at N75,000, a 44-year-old man, Prosper Onaka, is to spend the next three years in prison, an Ogun court ruled on Monday. An Ota Magistrates’ Court ordered that Prosper Onaka should be sent to jail for three years for breaking into a church…
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South African Church bars blacks from attending service
…Says church is only for whites A South African Church has barred blacks from attending service. The church on Sunday disallowed two black journalists from entering. The Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk church in Orania, told the journalists “the church is only for whites”. Orania is an Afrikaans-only South African town located along the banks of the…
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Today’s pastors are all fake: Jesus is now the only real pastor – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Frustrated by the magnitude of the miracles attending Jesus’ ministry, the chief priests and elders of the Jews challenged him in the temple. They demanded to know by what authority he was doing the things he was doing and who it was who gave him the authority. In his reply, Jesus presents…
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EXCLUSIVE: ‘I am not a bad person, ask Anglican Church at Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos,’ Evans
I helped indigent students pay school fees, give money to widows in church Moves to name South-east big names behind the kidnap of his victims Arrested Nigeria’s most celebrated and controversial billionaire kidnapper, Chikwudidume Onuadike alias Evans has apparently made up his mind not to go down alone in his present travail with his latest…
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Ramadan: Church shares food to 500 fasting Muslims in Kaduna
The Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna has doled out over 500 food packages to Muslims, since the beginning of the Ramadan. Pastor Yohanna Buru,the Church General Overseer, told the News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] in Kaduna on Monday that the food packages and drinks were shared out to destitutes and the poor.…
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Easter: Church pays fines of 25 inmates in Yola prison
The Catholic Diocese of Yola on Friday paid fines of 25 inmates from the Prison, as part of activities to mark the Easter celebration. Speaking at the ceremony, Bishop Stephen Mamza, said the church paid the fine amount and got them released. The church also presented foodstuff to the remaining inmates. Mamza urged Christians to…
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Man, 20, docked for allegedly stealing church property
A 20-year-old man, Samuel Gabriel, on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing church property valued at N145,000. Gabriel, a resident of Sanya, in Surulere, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing brought against him. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Christopher Okoliko, told the court that the accused committed…
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Collapsed Reigners church not built to specification, says witness
Architect Abimbola Oke, has said that Reigners Bible Church, Uyo, which collapsed on Dec. 10, 2016 was not built according to its original design. Oke, who designed the original structure of the building, made this known when he testified on Monday in Uyo in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry into the Collapsed Reigners Bible Church.…
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Cold Weather: Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas, New Year church services
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed a New Year’s Day church service on Sunday due to a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said, a week after the 90-year-old monarch missed a Christmas Day service for the first time in decades. The world’s longest-reigning monarch, who became unwell before Christmas, stayed indoors at her Sandringham country estate in…