•Hajj pilgrims The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has announced a new fare for intending pilgrims in the 2026 Hajj season. Recall that the commission had last month set N8.5m as the tentative fare for the 2026 Hajj exercise, pending the final announcement of the fare, reports Weekend Trust. A statement by the commission […...
Nigeria’s Supreme Court held its first hearing in a high-profile blasphemy case today that defence lawyers hope will lead to a ruling that puts curbs on sharia law. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, a Sufi Muslim musician, was sentenced to death by a sharia court in Nigeria’s northern Kano State in 2020 for sharing song lyrics deemed to […]
•Tinubu and Wale Oke The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the Tinubu-led federal government to take urgent action to stabilise the naira, warning that its persistent depreciation is worsening the living conditions of Nigerians. PFN National President, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, made the appeal in Lagos today during a press c...
•Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview, published today that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor’s divisive papacy. The US-born pontiff, elected four months ago, struck a different tone to outspoken Pope Francis, whose attempts to open the Church [&he...
Three Nigerian pilgrims accused of alleged drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia have been released. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced this at a presser today. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, explained that their release followed an engagement between the NDLEA and the Saudi government, reports C...
•Governo Bago Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has defended his administration’s directive requiring religious preachers in the state to submit their sermons for approval before delivery. Speaking on television yesterday, Bago dismissed claims that the government had banned evangelism, reports Nigerian Tribune. Instead, he said the move was a...
•Reverend Yomi Kasali The General Overseer of the Foundation of Truth Assembly and the 2019 Director General of the former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s Presidential Campaign Organisation, Reverend Yomi Kasali, has stated that Nigerian churches must be more proactive in helping the poor to prevent a situation similar to what recently occurred...
•Screenshot of the fracas in Enugu The parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish, Ibuzo Amokwe, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Dr. Godfrey Oleri, has publicly apologised for disrupting the Catholic Women’s Organisation (CWO) August Meeting at St. Mary’s Station, Idedu, on August 8, 2025. A video that circulated online las...
The President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Presiding Pastor, Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Bishop Francis Wale Oke yesterday said there is a powerful apostolic mantle placed on Nigeria by the Holy Spirit, symbolising a divine repeat of the biblical events in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost. This is as the […]
•Akpabio President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON has congratulated the Muslim faithful as they celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Akpabio, in a congratulatory message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh and made available to The Frontier, admonished Muslims in the country to emulate Pro...
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