Tag: Clergy

PEPT verdict: Fate of Nigeria hangs in the balance – Catholic Bishops

Aminu Imam

Lament worsening insecurity, ailing economy Amid the lingering controversy over the judgement of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal, (PEPT), the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, (CBCN), has said Nigeria currently stands on the precipice of uncertainty, as the case moves to the Supreme Court. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2023 Second Plenary Assembly of the CBCN in Abuja, the President of the Conference, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, voiced concerns over the conduct of the elections, which he said fell short of peoples legitimate expectations and moral and legal standards.…

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“Nigeria’ll face more trouble until we change 1999 Constitution, system of governance” – Archbishop

Aminu Imam

The Emeritus Archbishop of Ibadan Archdiocese, Felix Alaba Job, yesterday, said that Nigeria as a nation will face more trouble until we change the 1999 Constitution and system of governance. He also said that the challenge of insecurity, plaguing the country would continue to persist due to the insincerity of the nations leadership to tackle it because they are involved in the problem. Alaba Job, who spoke at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan, on the sideline of a lecture titled Challenges for Christian Missions…

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‘Some priests, clerics causing bad blood in Nigeria from un-Christlike preaching’ Femi Adesina

Aminu Imam

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has accused religious leaders of contributing to the challenges confronting the country. The presidential spokesman, who disclosed this yesterday via his official Twitter handle, in reaction to a statement that read: ‘People have understood they were lied to in 2015’, stated that some priests and clerics are responsible for the bad blood in the country because of what they say and preach. Adesinas accusation followed a statement credited to Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, of Sokoto Catholic Diocese,…

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I stopped attending a church because my pastor always attacked Buhari Femi Adesina

Aminu Imam

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, says he stopped attending a branch of a church in Abuja because the pastor was always attacking President Muhammadu Buhari. Adesina said this in an article on Thursday titled: This Kumuyi is simply different, which was written in support of a statement by the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi. He wrote, I used to attend a church in Abuja from 2015 to 2018, till the pastor began to see himself as someone…

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State of the nation: Nigeria will bounce back, CAN, PFN assure wary Nigerians

Aminu Imam

National Presidents of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Reverend Supo Ayokunle, and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Wale Oke, have declared that Nigeria will bounce back regardless of the countrys many challenges besetting its progress. Ayokunle and Oke gave the assurance at the flag-off of the eight-day 39th annual Holy Ghost Convention of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries, with the theme: Abundant Rain, which held at the Precious Cornerstone University (PCU) campus, Garden of Victory, Ibadan, Oyo State capital. The clerics urged Nigerians not to lose hope…

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“Disband BBNaija in 7 days or Gods wrath will come down”, Pastor reveals

Aminu Imam

A Nigerian pastor, Obie Iwuchukwu, has warned the organizers of the TV reality show, Big Brother Naija (BBN) to close down the show in seven days or else the angel of death will visit all of the housemates. He disclosed this in a video posted online, stating that God revealed to him to inform the organisers and the housemates about this warning, and if they dont adhere they are going to experience terrible things next year. “If you are part of the organisers of Big Brother Naija or you are…

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