Tag: Religious Leaders
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Buhari to religious leaders: I’ll leave Nigeria better than I met it
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja assured Christian leaders in the country of his commitment to leave Nigeria better than he met it in 2015. He spoke while receiving the leadership of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) led by Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a statement by the Special…
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Religious Leaders Warn Against Impending Popular Revolt
…Call for Greater Citizen Action to Check Drift A forum convened for religious leaders to proffer solutions to peaceful, violence free and credible elections in Nigeria, have admonish their ilk and the citizenry to brace up to urgently rescue the country from the “brink of disaster” in order to avert an impending popular revolt. Worried…
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Leah Sharibu: Religious leaders beg Buhari, Boko Haram as deadline approaches
Religious leaders under the aegis of Interfaith Initiative for Peace (IIP) on Friday in Abuja appealed to the abductors of Leah Sharibu to release the girl and abandon their threat of executing her. The leaders made the appeal on the sideline of a Peace conference organised by IIP towards the 2019 general elections. The News…
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Sultan of Sokoto cautions against inciting comments by religious leaders
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ ad Abubakar, has advised religious leaders to eschew inciting statements capable of igniting trouble among Nigerians. Abubakar made the call at the Abdullahi Fodio award presentation and book launch in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. The event titled “Gwandu Emirate: the domain of Abdullahi Fodio since 1805, was organised by…