Category: Other News

SSNIT CONFIRMS LIGHTHOUSE CHAPEL HAS PAID CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AGGRIEVED PASTORS

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Ghana – Source: Myjoyonline The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has confirmed that the Lighthouse Chapel Incorporated Ghana (LCI Ghana) has paid and is not liable to pay the SSNIT contributions of five out of the six former pastors and bishops. SSNIT has also confirmed that LCI paid 14 years of SSNIT and is only in default for one month regarding the sixth pastor, Oko Mensah. The Trust stated that Bishop Larry Odonkor and Pastors Seth Duncan, Edem Amankwah and Faith Makafui Fiakojo were not in the employment…

BENUE: CHURCH WORKER ELECTROCUTED

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Nigeria – Source: DailyPost Mr Iortim Richard, a church worker has been electrocuted to death at the premises of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Kontien area of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred on Monday morning while the deceased was trimming an overgrown mango tree at the church compound. The incident triggered violence in the area as some youths in the community moved to attack the church. However, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Gboko ‘A’…

LATTER DAY SAINTS, LAWMA PARTNER ON WASTE MANAGEMENT

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Nigeria – Source: Guardian The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has partnered with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and Project Fix Nigeria to engage about 90, 000 people in a national environmental sanitation exercise across eight states including Lagos, Abia, Benue, Edo, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, among others. The move, according to the partners, was geared towards curbing flooding and preventing the outbreak of epidemics in the country. Speaking at a press briefing to herald the sanitation exercise, scheduled to hold today, the…

CLASFON ASKS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL COURT IN LAGOS STATE

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– Lagos, Nigeria A group known as the Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON), has called on the Speaker of Lagos State Parliament, Honourable Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa to demand for an amendment to the Customary Law of Lagos State. The group led by the Coordinator of the Lagos Chapter, Prince Okey-Joe Onuakalusi made this request during a courtesy visit to the Honourable Speaker, in Ikeja, Lagos. During its presentation, the group recognised the important role, which the legislature plays in nation building. Mr. Onuakalusi says, “to us, in this democratic…

7TH ANNUAL GREAT LAKES CHRISTIAN FILM FESTIVAL STARTS THURSDAY

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USA – Source: WKBW EAST AURORA, NY (WKBW-TV) — The 7th Annual Great Lakes Christian Film Festival will take place in East Aurora, this week Thursday through Saturday. According to festival director Shawn Patrick Green, there will be fifty films shown that are “faith based and family friendly.” Shawn says “We pretty much are spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. We know Jesus did parables in the bible-so some of our films are more parable like.” The line up includes drama, comedy, animation, music videos and sci-fi. The i61 Church…

RCCG FOUNDATION LAUNCHES CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM

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Nigeria – Source: SunNews A charity arm of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has launched crowdfunding campaign to raise and dispense funds in a transparent, sustainable and structured manner with a view to impacting more Nigerians who are in dire needs. The church said that it has touched over 130 million people in the last three years, spending about N18 billions on a series of Christian Social Responsibility (CSR) activities covering six areas of concern of the foundation, His Love Foundation (HLF). The gesture was spread across its 43,000…

SEN UZOR KALU HAILS ANGLICAN ARCHBISHOP, NDUKUBA AT 60

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Nigeria – Source: SunNews Former Abia State governor and Senate Chief Whip, Orji Kalu, has described the Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Henry Ndukuba, as a dedicated spiritual leader and selfless statesman. He acknowledged the immense contributions of the primate to the spread of the gospel beyond the shores of Nigeria. While congratulating the Anglican family and the Christendom in general, Kalu prayed for longer life for the spiritual leader in the service of God and mankind. In his message of goodwill, the former governor said the celebrant…

RCCG PASTOR ONYEKWURU STABBED TO DEATH WHILE SEPARATING FIGHT

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Nigeria – Source: PM News The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the death of a senior Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Owerri, Thompson Onyekwuru, while trying to separate a fight between a couple in the state. The police confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Mike Abattam. Abattam said that the incident occurred at Umukoto Nekede in Owerri, adding that Onyekwuru was a pastor with the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) in the state. The police said…

CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEKS NIGERIAN GOVT’S PARTNERSHIP TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

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Nigeria – Source: Premium Times Bishop Kaigama said local and international environmental realities had proven that “nature has been wounded and the church must be part of its healing” process. The Catholic Bishop of the Abuja archdiocese, Ignatius Kaigama, has urged the federal government to collaborate with the church to ensure a clean and healthy environment for Nigerians. Bishop Kaigama made the call Saturday at an event to mark the beginning of a seven year climate improvement programme by the diocese, with the theme: “Care for our common home.” Bishop…

BIDEN GOES TO CHURCH A DAY AFTER CHALLENGE FROM BISHOPS ON ABORTION

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Nigeria – Source: Channels TV President Joe Biden went to church Saturday in his hometown a day after US Roman Catholic bishops issued a challenge to him over his support for abortion rights. Biden and first lady Jill Biden spent time at St. Joseph on the Brandywine church in Wilmington. They also visited the church graveyard where the president’s first wife Neilia, son Beau and infant daughter Naomi are buried. Biden, 78, is a devout Catholic who attends mass at least once a week, and he supports the landmark 1973 US…