•Hajj pilgrims The inaugural flight of intending pilgrims from Kano has been scheduled for May 14 from Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano with over 300 contingents onboard Max air. The Director General of the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim Matawalle, made the official disclosure during the closure of Hajj...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State (right, with mic) bids farewell to the pilgrims The first batch of Muslim pilgrims from Ogun State has safely arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj exercise, marking a historic milestone for the state’s aviation and pilgrimage operations. The pilgrims touched down at King Abdulaziz [&he...
•Pastor Adeboye Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has said Nigeria’s next president had already been determined by God. Pastor Adeboye said this while speaking at the workers’ meeting held at the Redemption City on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway today. Adeboye said the outcome of the electio...
•Anglican Church Bishops in Nigeria The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has suspended a priest, Reverend Ifunaya Maduka, from office as Vicar of St Paul’s Parish, Nteje, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. Maduka was suspended for six months without pay by the church over alleged fake miracles and arrangee prophesies and his ...
•Gbenga Hashim Former presidential candidate and energy entrepreneur, Dr. Gbenga Hashim, has condemned the attack on worshippers at Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) No. 2, Eda Oniyo, in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, describing it as “shocking and deeply disturbing.” Armed men, reportedly about seven in number, stormed a revival ...
•EFCC chairman Olukoyede and Pastor Jerry-Eze The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the commission investigated Pastor Jerry Eze, founder of Streams of Joy International, for six months over suspected money laundering before clearing him of any wrongdoing. Olukoyede made the discl...
•Late Apostle Atobatele African Apostolic Church Worldwide has announced the death of its President and Spiritual Head, Apostle Joseph Ade Atobatele, on Sunday at age 105. The church’s Board of Trustees and General Executive Council said this in a statement issued on its behalf by the church’s General Secretary, Rev. P.O. Ogunmodede. According...
•Pope Leo XIV (C) waves from the Popemobile to the crowd as he arrives to lead a Holy Mass at the Yaounde Ville Airport, today Crowds filled the streets to welcome Pope Leo XIV today as he arrived in Angola, the third leg of a landmark African tour marked by a war of words with […]
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reduced Nigeria’s Hajj slots, forcing the Zamfara Hajj Commission to drop 456 pilgrims from this year’s holy pilgrimage. The Commission’s Chairman, Alhaji Musa Mallaha, announced this in an interview yesterday in Gusau, the state capital, reports NAN. Mallaha said the reduction lowered Zamfara’s allocation from ...
•Pope Leo XIV International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has faulted the exclusion of Nigeria, Congo DRC, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya from the maiden visit of Pope Leo XIV to Africa. It described the exclusion as the “most threatened and attacked African countries”, saying they ought to have been included...

