•CAN president, Daniel Okoh The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned that millions of citizens are still grappling with hunger, insecurity, and joblessness despite ongoing reforms, stressing that true progress must go beyond economic statistics to tangible relief in households across the country. In a statement signed by Archbisho...
•CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed displeasure with the directives by the governments of Bauchi, Katsina, Kano and Kebbi states mandating the closure of all public and private schools for up to five weeks to observe the Ramadan fast, effective from late February to early April 2025. I...
Christian and Muslim leaders yesterday clashed over the planned inauguration of shari’a arbitration panel across the South-Western states of Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Lagos by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. This comes as the proponents of the Islamic code said there was no going back on their decision to set up the […]...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has joined other key leaders of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, calling on Christian clerics to remain apolitical by telling the truth to power. Governor Adeleke said this while speaking during the St. Moses Orimolade 7th memorial lecture with the theme, “The church as a...
The Edo State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) today in Benin offered prayers for the smooth conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, urging the electorate to vote for the candidate of their choice. In his welcome address, the State Chairman of CAN, Apostle Dr. Omoike, emphasised that the prayer session [&...
•Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar (L) and CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh The Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) has asked the Tinubu-led federal government to end the “alarming” and “disheartening” spate of killings, kidnapping and banditry recorded in the country in the last week. In a statement today, NIREC under the leadership o...
•Rice thieves The looted bags of rice at three locations in Benin and its environs in Edo State, yesterday, led to a disagreement between Governor Godwin Obaseki, who was backed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Edo Chapter, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Bags of rice were discovered and looted […]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has apologised to Christians over its Easter message which has stirred controversy among adherents of the faith. In its Easter message to Christians in Nigeria, the FIRS had shared a flier showing a Point of Sale (PoS) machine with the caption, “Jesus paid your debt, not your taxes”. The […]
•The provocative FIRS Easter Message The Christian Association of Nigeria has demanded a public apology from the Federal Inland Revenue Service over an Easter advert which the Christian body said it deemed offensive. The FIRS, in an X (formerly Twitter) post, #FIRSNigeria, had shared a picture of a Point of Sale machine with the caption, [&hel...
•Governor Uba Sani and El-Rufai Following the disclosure by the Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, that he inherited a debt burden of N85 billion, and $587 million and 115 contractual liabilities from his predecessor, Nasir El-rufai, which he said was now affecting payment of workers’ salaries, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), as well as Christi...

