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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Saturday, October 12th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 12, 2013 – I was very impressed by this self-confident and independent-minded 16 year old girl who engaged two pastors in a spirited argument. She was born of Christian parents but converted to Islam. She accompanied her mother to church. And after the church service, the pastors […]
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Sunday, September 1st, 2013

By Philip Amiola | Lagos, Nigeria | Sept. 1, 2013 -I have taken a break from mass media for a while to take care of some personal projects. However, I have been so harangued by the sex scandal involving Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo and Ese Walter that I think I should offer a word […]
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Abiodun Ladepo, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Monday, August 19th, 2013

By Abiodun Ladepo | Los Angeles, USA | August 19, 2013 – Just two houses away from ours in Ibadan, a new church sprang up last year. The arrival of the church signaled the end of the little tranquility we enjoyed in the Apata/Oluyole axis of the city. Before the church, we had had to […]
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Headlines, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, August 12th, 2013

By Simon Ateba The announcement last Saturday that the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, would build a three kilometre long auditorium in Nigeria has triggered outrage among Nigerians who call the humongous investment a waste and another cofirmation that Nigerian churches are veering off the teachings of Jesus Christ. The General Overseer of RCCG, […]
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Headlines, Religion
Saturday, July 27th, 2013

By News Express, www.newsexpressngr.com, on 27/07/2013 The pastor’s daughter at the centre of a row between Nigeria’s umbrella Christian and Muslim groups has broken her silence, debunking claims by her father and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that she was abducted and converted by force. The conversion of 24 years old Miss Charity (now […]
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Headlines, Religion
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013

The Deeper Christian Life Ministry has suspended John Kumuyi, the second son of its General-Superintendent, Pastor William Kumuyi, over his controversial wedding in Jamaica. The report was contained in an online video on Tuesday. John was suspended on account of his bride, who flouted the church’s rules by using make-up and other flashy ensemble that […]
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Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | May 30, 2013 – When it comes to Islam, there are some cumbersome burdens that media practitioners and social commentators are silently coping with. One is the need to be very sensitive and indeed tread quite carefully when they have to deal with anything Islamic because of […]
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Raw Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Monday, May 20th, 2013

Bishop Isaac Owusu Bempah, Founder and Leader of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International, has labeled two of Nigeria’s celebrated pastors as partners in winning souls for the devil. In the godly words of the controversial Owusu Bempah, the founding President of Believers’ LoveWorld Incorporated also known as “Christ Embassy”, Dr Christian Oyakhilome (popularly known […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Religion, Tochukwu Ezukanma
Thursday, April 4th, 2013

By Tochukwu Ezukanma / Lagos, Nigeria / April 4, 2013 -A female friend of mine is a born again Christian. Routinely, she preached the bible to me and invited me to different Christian crusades. One day, I visited her at her furniture showroom. I was appalled by how this “Christian” friend of mine treated her […]
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Monday, March 18th, 2013

By Philip Amiola / Lagos, Nigeria / March 18, 2013 – I have observed with strong feelings of embarrassment, the degree to which people can be so enslaved by religion that they would go to great lengths to defend their religious views. People have been known to mutilate their bodies and engage in other forms […]