Category: Religion Watch (Christianity)

Unemployment: Youths advised to Be Focused, Diligent And Genuine …..As Adejoh Empowers Five with over 1m at URCC Youth Seminar

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As unemployment continues to rise in Nigeria despite government claims of job creation, Youths have been advised to be focused, diligent, genuine and believe in what they do. This advice was given at a two day Youth Empowerment Seminar 2023, with the theme, “The Power to make Wealth”, Organized by the Universal Reformed Christian Church NKST (URCC), Abuja, Weekend. One of the guest speakers, a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Peter Adejoh also used the occasion to empower five of the participants with over 1 million naira as seed capital through his…

RCCG Region 19 RMF holds Economic Conference 2023

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The Region 19 Pastor, Pastor Brown Oyitso, and the Region 19 RMF Coordinator, Pastor Amos Emovon, have announced that this year’s RCCG Economic Conference will be held on 29th of April 2023 at the Dominion Sanctuary Acme, Ogba in Lagos, Nigeria. Themed “Disrupted. Resilience. Rebuilding. Recovering.” The conference will bring together leading economists, financial experts, and business leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities of rebuilding and recovering from economic disruptions. The conference will feature a distinguished panel of speakers including Dr. Doyin Salami, Mr. Sam Egube, Mrs. Toyin Sanni,…

Flame TV ‘ll offer holistic progamme for family – Executive Director

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The Executive Director of Flame Television and Regional Director of Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) Africa, Anglophone West Africa, Dr. Felix O. Oisamoje has said that Flame TV was a channel that offers holistic programming for the whole family with extensive range of unconventional content which would make viewers to be assured of entertainment like never before. Dr. Oisamoje who made this known in Abuja Wednesday during the launch of Flame TV, a family-themed, faith-based TV channel that offered holistic programming for children, young people, and adults said that as an…

Breaking: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is dead

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In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI was the first to resign in almost 600 years. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced on Saturday. It said that the 95-year-old Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI passed away on Saturday at 9:34 AM in his residence at the Vatican’s Mater Ecclesiae Monastery. The Pope Emeritus has been down with sickness.

Flooding; Idah Catholic Diocese in Kogi Opens IDP Camp

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF     The Catholic Archbishop of Idah Diocese in Kogi state, Most Revered (Dr) Anthony Ademu Adaji MSP has yielded to the displaced people’s clamour after been rendered homeless by the natural disaster of flooding and provided temporary shelter and transportation to enable the victims moved from Ibaji local government to Idah local government area of the state. In a special announcement released on Friday by the Directorate of communications, Catholic Diocese of Idah and issued by Rev Anthony Okoliko asked victims and thier families to respond…

CAN gets new President

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The Most Rev. Daniel Chukwudumebi Okoh has been elected the new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN). The announcement is contained in a statement by the CAN General Secretary, Mr. Joseph Daramola. Okoh is the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church, also called Nation Builders (Odozi-Obodo). Meanwhile, PRNigeria gathered that the Kano-born and an indigene of Rivers State, Most Rev. Daniel Okoh is a de-tribalized Nigerian who has built friendship across religious and ethnic lines, not only in Nigeria but around the globe. He organises…

Benue Journalists’ Forum condemns killings of Catholic Priests, Others

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The Benue Journalists’ Forum, Nigeria (BJFN) has expressed shock at the recent attacks by suspected armed herdsmen and bandits on Catholic Priests and other innocent Nigerians.   In a statement signed by the National President of BJFN, Chief Joseph Saater Undu, the group condemned the attacks in strong terms, called on Federal Government to initiate measures to arrest the situation.   “We condemn in strong terms the renewed killings of Nigerians, especially the Catholic priests across the country.   “We call on President Muhammadu Buhari to discharge his responsibility of…

Christianity is not Superior by Olufemi A., Ph.D

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The highest result of Education is Tolerance (Helen Keller, 1903). There is a need to look inward on the matters that dismantle the peaceful coexistence in our society. In a multi ethnic society that share the bond of religion, tolerance is pertinent. Tolerance can never be achieved if one group plays God. If we are to live in peace, we must come to know each other better (Lyndon B Johnson, 1965)   When I lived in the Muslim community of different cultural groups in the North and South of Nigeria,…

Deborah Samuel: No cover up, assailants must face judgment – CAN

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The Christian Association of Nigeria CAN(19 Northern States and Abuja) has expressed deep saddeness over the recent ugly development in Sokoto State, that led to the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto for an alleged blasphemy.     The Association in a statement signed by Chaplain Jechonia Gilbert,Public Relations Officer (PRO),CAN (19 Northern States and Abuja) said;     “The umbrella organisation of all christians in Northern Nigeria condemn this gruesome and barbaric murder of Deborah in strongest…

EASTER CELEBRATION : Ortom calls for peaceful coexistence amongst Nigerians

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has for the umpteenth time called for peaceful coexistence between and among Nigerians as the needed elixir for development to take place. Governor Ortom said an atmosphere of peace and cooperation between the government and the governed was the needed ingredient for any development or progress in any nation. In his goodwill message to Nigerians to commemorate this year’s Easter celebration, the Governor also canvassed for religious tolerance between and among different religious adherents. For him, all religions preaches peace and good neighbourliness and wondered…