Tag: Onaiyekan
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“Switch from campaign mode and serve Nigerians” – Onaiyekan advises Tinubu
The Emeritus Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, says though more Nigerians voted against President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election, he has a duty to serve all Nigerians. According to him, Tinubu, the then-candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), should switch from campaign mode to governance mode and serve every part of the…
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Remember death at all times, Onaiyekan urges Christian faithful
Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop Emeritus of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, has urged Christian faithful in Nigeria to remember death at all times. Onaiyekan said this when he spoke with newsmen at the “Requiem Mass” in honour of late James Okorie, the younger
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Nigerian bishops have lost confidence in your government, Onaiyekan tells Buhari
The Archbishop of Abuja, Roman Catholic Church, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that Nigerian bishops have lost confidence in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that they were hopeful that God would give Nigerians a government that would do the right thing. He spoke to journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on…
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If Muslims islamise Nigeria, we will Christianise the country – Cardinal Onaiyekan
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has reacted to alleged plan by Muslims to Islamise the nation. Onaiyekan spoke in his homily at a Mass to celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation at Our Lady of Perpertual Help Parish, Gwarinpa II on Sunday in Abuja. His words: “So let nobody deceive you, I don’t think…
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Generous giving, only panacea out of recession – Onaiyekan
His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has called on Christians to be more generous to God, saying this could help the nation out of its current economic recession . Onaiyekan said this in an interview with newsmen during the Foundation Laying of the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles Cathedral, held at…