•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Church to take a more practical and people-centred role in youth empowerment and community development, saying that Nigeria’s regeneration depends on the values religious institutions instil in society. Obi made the remarks yesterday at the 4th Enugu Dio...
•The attacked church and bandits Bandits have attacked Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Isegun in Eruku, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, shooting the pastor dead and abducting many worshippers. The attack, which happened yesterday evening, sparked tension in the community which shares border with Kogi State, reports Daily Trust. ...
•Senator Ali Ndume and terrorists Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, representing Southern Borno, has expressed deep concern over a spate of renewed Boko Haram attacks in his constituency, which have left four farmers dead and destroyed churches and other infrastructure. In a press statement made available to journalists today, Ndume decried the rece...
A gunman opened fire today on school children attending church in Minneapolis, killing two pupils and wounding 17 people, police said, in the country’s latest violent tragedy. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told a media briefing that the shooter, in his early twenties, sprayed bullets into the Annunciation Church as dozens of students w...
•Bishop Oke National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, and presiding Bishop of Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Bishop Wale Oke, speaks about the security challenges facing the nation, what President Bola Tinubu should do to tackle killings and kidnappings, among other issues, reports Sunday PUNCH. Excerpts: You’ve spent many ...
•A bomb explosion At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide attack on a church in Damascus, authorities said, with Syria’s interior ministry blaming a member of the Islamic State group. The international community condemned the attack, the first of its kind in the Syrian capital since Islamist-led forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar ...
•Police A team of security operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer of Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area in Enugu State, has raided an ongoing church building and recovered a human skull in the process. The structure, named Synagogue, belongs to one Prophet Chinedu Solomon Ezedike who is allegedly linked to the heartbreaking murder ...
•Bandits Bandits suspected to be members of the Lakurawa terrorist group attacked a church in a community in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Sunday, abducting eight female worshippers. The Chairman of Danko-Wasagu LGA, Hussaini Aliyu Bena, confirmed the incident to journalists via telephone. He said the bandits stormed Zag...
At least 14 dead bodies of mourners were recovered, with others sustaining gunshot injuries, when suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded Kopl village, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State. The incident is coming barely 24 hours after dozens of motorists and passengers were killed along the Gamboru Ngala -Kala Bal...
•Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu The Owerri Archdiocesan Catholic Secretariat has confirmed the reÂlease of Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the kidnapped Parish Priest of the Holy Family Catholic Church, Izombe. A statement by Rev. Fr. Patrick Mbara, the Archdiocesan Chancellor/SecreÂtary early Thursday morning, disÂclosed that Ubaechu was released on, March 26,...

