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Monday, August 1st, 2011
The family of the founding pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Late Reverend Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi, has expressed dissatisfaction with the current leadership of the church and the family’s role in its management. The family wants to have a representative, elected by the family, in a permanent position on the governing council […]
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National Politics, Religion
Friday, July 29th, 2011
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor yesterday picked holes in the statement credited to the Sultan of Sokoto and president general of Jamatul Nasril Islam (JNI) Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubukar, saying it fell short of expectations. Speaking in Kaduna in an opening remarks at a meeting to assess the level […]
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General Politics, Religion, Sultan of Sokoto, Top Stories
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
he warned against the breach of Nigeria’s unity, the Sultan of Sokoto and President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has asked other Nigerians to stop antagonising the Muslim community. To the opponents of Islamic banking, Sultan said the bickering on the matter was unnecessary because, “we are […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), General Politics, National Politics, Raw Politics, Religion
Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, expressed disappointment at the House of Representatives endorsement of the controversial Islamic banking in Nigeria, saying the act smacks of bowing to an already written script. Reacting to the endorsement by the lawmakers after a briefing by the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Religion, Top Stories
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi yesterday defended the controversial policies of Islamic banking and the introduction of a daily limit on the withdrawal of cash saying the decision of the bank was backed by legal provisions and not to advance the cause of any religion. Mallam Sanusi […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, P, Religion
Saturday, July 16th, 2011
I have a serious warning for Christians living in Nigeria that they must be vigilant, wise as a serpent and seek the leading of the blesseth Holy Spirit in all their spiritual endeavors and undertakings lest they fall prey to scammers that are well camouflaged as pastors of the word of God. My last visit to Nigeria has […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Latest Politics, Religion, Top Stories
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
KANO – The Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has cautioned Muslim faithful not to join issues with Christians over their opposition to the proposed introduction of Islamic Banking System in the country, saying the idea for the new system was rooted in the 1999 Constitution. Sanusi who addressed Muslim clerics in Kano, weekend, […]
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Headlines, Religion
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Is it a myth? Where is the Bible? Did the British missionary steal it? Did he keep it in his home church before he died? Can it be retrieved from Britain? By Sam Eyoboka, who was at the Bible Site in Araya ON January 1, 1914, the British government, in a deft political manoeuvre, proclaimed […]
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Headlines, Religion
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
The approval given by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the operation of Islamic banking in the country is generating disquiet in the polity. Reasons for this are not difficult to fathom. Until now, Islamic banking, also known as Sharia banking, was a little known non-interest mode of banking alien to the conventional banking […]
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Articles, Columnists, NNP Columnists, Paul I. Adujie, Religion
Monday, June 27th, 2011
By Paul I. Adujie – New York, NY – June 27, 2011 – Exuberance, elation and unrestrained joy, overflowed upon reading that A Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria awarded monetary compensations and damages in favor of some Nigerians who were arrested and detained unlawfully and arbitrarily! The plaintiffs instituted legal action against the Inspector […]
