Category: Other News

ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY ENGAGES PASTORS ON STAY ALIVE CAMPAIGN

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Ghana – Source: Myjoyonline The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) in the Eastern Region has engaged pastors and elders within the Kwahu West municipality on the “Stay Alive” campaign. This is to help reduce road accidents before and during and after the Christmas and New Year festivities. According to the Authority, the motive behind the exercise is to get the information through them to their church members. At Nkawkaw Pentecost Adoagyire Central today, the Eastern Regional Head of National Road Safety Authority, Dennis Yeribu said, the seizing of fake lamps…

HOODLUMS ATTACK AND KILL RCCG PASTOR IN CHURCH

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Nigeria – Source: PM News Hoodlums who pretended to be new converts killed Pastor Babatunde Dada of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The pastor was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town on Thursday, December 2. A friend of the slain pastor, Fred Enemigin, who is the founder, Highflyers International, Lagos, said Dada was stabbed multiple times. “Two boys had come to church last Sunday and they responded to…

LAGOS GOVT PARTNERS NGO TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES

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Nigeria – Source: ThisDay The Lagos State Government has announced its partnership with Freedom Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in order to launch initiatives that is aimed at rehabilitating and empowering communities in Lagos state. The initiatives include Ile Ayo, Ile Alafia, ile Ogo and Ile Ireti. The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu during the God Bless Nigeria Independence day rally themed: ‘Agege No Shaking’, held recently in Lagos revealed that the initiatives would be focused on providing medically assisted detoxification to individuals aged between 17 to 59. He said…

MISSING BABY: APPEAL COURT RESERVES JUDGMENT ON PASTOR’S LIFE SENTENCE

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Nigeria – Source: Premium Times The Court of Appeal in Akure on Monday reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure, Babatunde Alfa, against his conviction. Rita Pemu, the presiding judge, after listening to all the arguments in the suit, reserved judgment to a date that would be communicated to all the parties. Mr Alfa and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment by the High Court in Akure in October 2020, over one-year-old Gold Kolawole, who went missing in the church in 2019. The popular…

RESULTS OF GHANA POPULATION CENSUS INDICATES THAT CHURCH OF PENTECOST HAS 10% OF COUNTRY’S POPULATION AS MEMBERS

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-Ghana The outcome of the Ghana 2021 population and housing census, which held in July indicates that Church of Pentecost, Ghana has a total of 3,196,615 members. With the new population figures marked at 30,792,608 persons, Church of Pentecost makes up 10.38% of Ghana‘s current population, which means, 1 in every 10 Ghanaian is a member of the Church of Pentecost This information, which was published via an infograph on Church of Pentecost social media pages is an extract of the church’s mid-year report. In a post, which read, “with…

SEKONDI-TAKORADI CATHOLIC DIOCESE GETS A NEW BISHOP

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Ghana – Source: Myjoyonline A solemn ceremony was held at the Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Cathedral in Takoradi to mark the Episcopal ordination and installation of Most Reverend John Baptist Attakruh as Bishop of the Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese. He is the fifth Bishop of the diocese which was created by the Holy See on 20th December 1969 as a territory detached from the Archdiocese of Cape Coast. The solemn celebration started with the presentation of the Bishop for ordination by two Priests, after which the Papal Bull appointing…

PASTOR CHARGED FOR SELLING ANOINTING OIL, WHICH REPORTEDLY CURES COVID-19

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Ghana – Source: PeaceFM Bishop Climate Wiseman, the Kenyan pastor and founder of Bishop Climate Ministries in Camberwell District, South London, United Kingdom, has denied fraud after allegedly selling “plague protection kits” for £91 as a cure for COVID-19. Bishop Climate Wiseman, 46, who is also known as Dr Climate Wiseman and Climate Irungu, is said to have offered the package, containing a small bottle of oil and piece of red yarn, for £91. Wiseman allegedly marketed the mixture to ‘treat, prevent, protect against or cure’ coronavirus. He appeared at Inner London Crown Court…

CATHOLIC PRIEST ABDUCTED IN SOUTHERN KADUNA

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Nigeria – Source: Punch The priest in charge of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Anchuna village in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Father Luka Yakusak, has been abducted. Bandits in large numbers were said to have invaded the village on Monday night around 8:00pm and abducted the priest. It was gathered that the bandits had invaded the same village, incidentally the hometown of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Kukah, in the past where the traditional ruler of the Ikulu Chiefdom, who is Kukah’s brother, was abducted.…

FG TAKES COVID-19 VACCINATION TO CHURCH

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Nigeria – Source: Punch The Federal Government on Tuesday announced its plan to take COVID-19 vaccination to Christian worship centers. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during the sensitization of Christian leaders on the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in Abuja. He said, “Your Eminence, the CAN President, distinguished Christian leaders, ladies, and gentlemen, I am glad to inform you that from this Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccine roll out, we have introduced Sunday Vaccination. “This is to ensure members…

PETER OBI DONATES N100 TO CATHOLIC CHURCH NSUKKA

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Nigeria – Source: SunNews Mr. Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State has donated one hundred million naira (N100m) to Bishop Shanahan Specialist Hospital, Nsukka to help upgrade her School of Nursing and Midwifery to College of Nursing and Midwifery. Obi announced the donation in Nsukka on Tuesday when he paid visit to the hospital owned and managed by Catholic Diocese of Nsukka. He said that the donation will enable them carry out their plan to upgrade the hospital’s School of Nursing to College status, stressing that nurses and midwifes…