•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...
•Hisbah police destroying beers The Kano State Hisbah Board has confiscated no fewer than 1,600 bottles of assorted beer in the Panshekara area of Kano metropolis. The Deputy Commander General of the board, Dr. Mujahid Aminudeen, confirmed this via a telephone interview with our correspondent today, reports The PUNCH. Aminudeen, who declined t...
•Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo The federal government has declared Friday, September 5 as a public holiday to mark Eid-ul-Mawlid, the celebration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad. This was disclosed today in a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Dr. ...
•Dr Umar Ardo and Primate Elijah Ayodele The Convener of the League of Northern Democrats (LND), Umar Ardo, has accused Primate Elijah Ayodele, leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, of using his prophecies to destabilise the country. Ardo was reacting to a video in which the Primate warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against appoint...
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