Over 300,000 To Attend Kumuyi’s Global Crusade In Niger

Over 300,000 To Attend Kumuyi’s Global Crusade In Niger

Over 300,000 people from Niger State and its environs are expected to attend the Global Crusade with Kumuyi (GCK) tagged ”the God of All Possibilities”’ in Minna, the state capital.  The Niger State Overseer, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor Shettima...
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Catholic Archdiocese Of Jos Gets Acting Chancellor

Catholic Archdiocese Of Jos Gets Acting Chancellor

Most Rev. Mathew Audu, the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, has appointed Rev. Fr. Daniel Gyang, as Acting Chancellor of the archdiocese.  The appointment was announced in a statement signed by the archbishop on Tuesday in Jos.  According to the statement...
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Pope Criticises Couples Who Don’t Want To Have Children

Pope Criticises Couples Who Don’t Want To Have Children

Pope Francis has criticised couples who choose not to have children.  The 85-year-old told scores of the faithful at a general audience in the Vatican audience hall on Wednesday.  “Too many couples don’t have children because they don’t want an...
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Catholic Bishop Urges Nigerians To Take Pope’s Message Seriously

Catholic Bishop Urges Nigerians To Take Pope’s Message Seriously

The Bishop of Umuahia Catholic Diocese, Most Rev. Lucius Ugorji, has urged Nigerians to take Pope Francis’ New Year’s message seriously.  Ugorji gave the advice in his homily on Sunday at the Mater Dei Cathedral Parish, Umuahia.  He described the...
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Obaseki Congratulates Archbishop Emeritus, Patrick Ebosele Ekpu At 90

Obaseki Congratulates Archbishop Emeritus, Patrick Ebosele Ekpu At 90

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has celebrated the Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Benin, Most. Rev. Patrick Ebosele Ekpu on his 50th Episcopal anniversary and 90th birthday celebration, saluting his contributions to the development of Edo...
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Catholic Church Frowns At Private Prayer Ministries Within The Church

Catholic Church Frowns At Private Prayer Ministries Within The Church

The Catholic Church on Tuesday frowned at the proliferation of private prayer ministries within the mother church and warned its priests to desist from it for unity of purpose.  The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale-Martins, sounded t...
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Jehovah’s Witnesses Hold Global Virtual Convention In 240 Lands, 500+ Languages

Jehovah’s Witnesses Hold Global Virtual Convention In 240 Lands, 500+ Languages

Breaking from a century-old tradition in the name of health and safety, the largest convention organization in the world has moved its annual in-person event to a virtual format for the second time in as many years, canceling nearly 6,000...
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Pope Renews Canon Law On Sexual Violence

Pope Renews Canon Law On Sexual Violence

Pope Francis has tightened up Vatican criminal law and created clearer regulations on the subject of abuse and depictions of sexual violence, among other things. “In order to respond adequately to the needs of the Church throughout the world,’’ Pope...
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Pope Offers Easter Message Of Hope

Pope Offers Easter Message Of Hope

Pope Francis, leading an Easter vigil service scaled down due to Covid-19, said on Saturday he hoped the dark times of the pandemic would end and that people could rediscover “the grace of everyday life”.This year has been the second...
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Ewatto Priests, Religious Hold Novena  Prayer Of Restoration

Ewatto Priests, Religious Hold Novena Prayer Of Restoration

Priests and Religious from Ewatto, Edo State Will hold a nine day novena prayer of restoration and divine interventionA statement issued by the organizers said the Novena prayer which, will hold in conjunction with the St Anthony’s Catholic Church Ewatto,...
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Pope Francis Holds First Mass In Iraq

Pope Francis Holds First Mass In Iraq

Pope Francis is visiting parts of northern Iraq that were held by Islamic State (IS) militants on the third day of his historic trip to the country. Militants overran the region in 2014, destroying historic churches and looting. Christians have...
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Pope Francis In Iraq, Seeks End To Violence

Pope Francis In Iraq, Seeks End To Violence

Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the first ever papal visit to Iraq. The pontiff is making his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.  Covid and security fears have made...
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Pope Urges Help For Poor At Low-Key Christmas Eve Mass

Pope Urges Help For Poor At Low-Key Christmas Eve Mass

Pope Francis celebrated a low-key Christmas Eve Mass made sombre by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, and said people should feel obliged to help the needy because Jesus himself was born a poor outcast. The Mass was held in a...
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Ganduje Cautions NBA Against Ethnic, Religious Chauvinism

Ganduje Cautions NBA Against Ethnic, Religious Chauvinism

Governor of Kano State. Abdullahi Ganduje has cautioned the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), not to allow ethnic and religious bigotry to tear it apart.  Ganduje made the call in a statement signed by Malam Muhammad Garba, the state’s Commissioner of...
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