Tag: Religion
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OKOH AIHE : ACCIOBA 1979: Many years later, technology brings them together
By Okoh Aihe Before the mid-70s, a team of young Nigerians enjoyed the privileged opportunity to be admitted into Annunciation Catholic College (ACC), Irrua, which was one of the best secondary schools in the old Bendel State, now Edo and Delta States. They came armed only with their dreams, innocence and excitement to pursue a…
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Cherubim & Seraphim reacts to viral video of bishop performing “tongue-to-tongue anointing
The Cherubim & Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria has distanced itself from a viral video showing a controversial bishop performing a “tongue-to-tongue” anointing ceremony.
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Nigeria has no state religion, only manipulators of religion – By Owei Lakemfa
Anambra State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo in a Trumpian manner, made several fallacious and specious statements at the December 2024 dedication of a new church building in Onitsha. For example, the press quoted him as saying: “Since the inception of my administration,
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Nigeria has no state religion, only manipulators of religion – By Owei Lakemfa
Anambra State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo in a Trumpian manner, made several fallacious and specious statements at the December 2024 dedication of a new church building in Onitsha. For example, the press quoted him as saying: “Since the inception of my administration, we have declared war on criminals, their shrines, priests and burnt down their…
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Akpabio breaks fast with Muslim colleagues, says “religion cannot divide us”
Nigerian Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Nigerians to continue to work together as brothers and sisters irrespective of their religious divide.
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Religion is making us hate each other- Yul Edochie
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has claimed that to a large degree, religion is a scam.
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‘This small micro chip of a man’: Charly Boy slams El-Rufai over religious comment
Popular musician and activist, Charly Boy has slammed the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over his recent controversial religious comment. El-Rufai had, in a trending video, said he and some northern governors used
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It is possible to conquer ethnic, religious prejudices in Nigeria – Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says it is possible for Nigeria to conquer ethnic and religious prejudices as they are crucial issues in building a unified nation. Osinbajo made this submission on Monday at the maiden Policy Making and Good Governance Lecture Series of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos.
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‘We can’t allow religious crisis in Nasarawa’ – Gov Sule
Ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has warned that the state government will not allow religious crisis in the state. Sule stated this on Saturday in Lafia during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu
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“Come out of your closet” – By Francis Ewherido
If you had seen this headline 30 to 40 years ago, a different thing would have crossed your mind immediately. Over a short period, the tables have been turned. The hunter has become the hunted. No, more appropriately put, the once ignored and subject of odium have become the hunted. My friend went for the…