Tag: PFN
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BREAKING: PFN elects Bishop Wale-Oke as National President
Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, the Presiding Bishop, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, has been elected as the new National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) for a four year tenure. A statement by Mr Kayode Oladeji, media aide to Wale-Oke, on Wednesday in Ibadan, said the cleric was unanimously elected by PFN National…
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BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap PFN chairman, wife in Kaduna
Apostle Emmanuel Egoh Bako, Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has been kidnapped. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Apostle Bako, who is also the Secretary of Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders’ Association was kidnapped along with his wife, Pastor Cindy Bako on Christmas Day. They were kidnapped by gunmen at their…
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PFN writes Buhari , demands compensation for killings targeted at churches in Nigeria
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to unending cycle of violence and killings in Nigeria,while stressing that compensation be given to churches, other affected persons . The body, in a communique issued at the end of its special stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos and signed by…
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PFN rejects FG’s new marriage certificate fees
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has alleged that churches are being targeted by the Federal Government following the new marriage certificate law introduced by the Ministry of Interior. PFN’s National President of the fellowship, Rev.(Dr.) Felix Omobude lashed out at the Ministry of Interior over the imposition of a compulsory N30,000 charge licence for…
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Nigeria heading for revolution- PFN declares
The General Secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Apostle Nuhu Kure, has declared that there could be an uprising in the country if insecurity in the land was not nipped in the bud. Kure warned that the Fulani herdsmen saga currently assailing the nation could endanger the existence of the country if not genuinely…
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Election Postponement cannot change will of God for Nigeria – PFN
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has charged Nigerians to remain unperturbed in spite of the postponement of the 2019 general elections by a week. PFN appealed to Nigerians, particularly Christians, not to give up, saying that the postponement would not change the outcome of the elections. This is contained in a statement by PFN National…
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Benue: Stop killings in one month or …PFN warns Buhari, security agencies
Worried by the incessant killings in some parts of the country especially in Benue State, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to raise up to the challenge immediately or risk being voted out of office in 2019. The call by the PFN was also supported by the Primate of…
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2019 polls: PFN urges Nigerians to shun divisive speeches
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has urged Nigerians to shun divisive speeches which create tension among various ethnic and religious groups in the country. Deputy National President of PFN, Bishop Wale Oke, stated this at the Edo State Government House in Benin City, at the weekend on a courtesy call to Governor Godwin Obaseki.…
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Dapchi Christian girl: Archbishop of Canterbury offers to contribute to negotiations
After weeks Dapchi Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, has remained in lone captivity, and as Nigeria continues to battle Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen menaces, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has repeated his offer to contribute towards peace negotiations in the country. The Archbishop of Canterbury, following his January’s tweet, reiterated his offer to contribute…
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Save lone Christian girl from Boko Haram’s captivity now, PFN, Afenifere tell Buhari
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to speed up actions in saving the last Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu still held in Boko Haram’s captivity. Recall that 104 of the schoolgirls were freed and had since been reunited with their families last week. However, the…