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Northern Christian clerics, APC support groups meet, insist on Muslim-Christian ticket

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No fewer than 500 prominent Christian clerics from the north and heads of different support groups within the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday met and unanimously requested for a Muslim-Christian presidential ticket. The groups, however, threatened to withdraw the support of millions of its followers across the country should the ruling party proceed with Kassim […]
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CAN demands end to Christian killings

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Ado-Ekiti – Some members of the Christian Association of Nigeria,(CAN ) Ekiti state chapter, on Sunday matched to the streets of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital to protest incessant alleged killings of clergymen and other Christians in some parts of the country, by herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents. At the peaceful protest, tagged, “Stop […]
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Iran sentences 3 Christian converts to prison

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Three Christians in Iran urge believers to pray for them as they and another Christian convert each received six-month prison sentences for their faith and Christian activities, activists told BosNewsLife. The detention of Asghar Salehi, Mohammadreza Rezaei, Persian Christian converts from Fars Province, and the other believer is among a series of reported
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Opinion

Values as cornerstone for nation building

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As political dispensation gradually creeps in, we as Nigerians need to give pre-eminence to the welfare of Nigeria, not to tribe, religion, or political party. But, why are we focused on the upcoming elections more than we are focused on building Nigeria over the course of the next 15 months? Notwithstanding my identity as a […]
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WHO’S JERUSALEM? (II)

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..Continued from last week We have seen from last week’s piece that neither Palestine as a territory nor Jerusalem as a city started existing only some 1000 BC when Israel’s King David was said to have declared it Capital of the Jews. Nor did they start existing only some 1500 or 2000 years before Christ […]
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Bindow is blind to religious bigotry -NCPC

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Dr. Uja Tor Uja, has described the Adamawa State Governor, Senator Muhammadu Umaru Jibrila Bindow as blind to religious bigotry. Uja said this on Tuesday while presenting an award to the governor at a dinner and award night ceremony in Abuja. He gave a […]
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Edo Times

Clerics storm Edo for convention

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Hundreds of Christian leaders are among Christian worshippers that will converge in Benin City, Edo State for the annual Christian convention slated for next week. The 7-day convention christened ‘Bible Alive Believers International Convention (BABIC)’ is organised by the Gospel Light International Ministry (GLIM) – New Covenant Gospel Church (NCGC). Frontline Church
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Tithing, Giving and Receiving

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Many Christians struggle with the subject of tithing. In some churches giving is over-emphasized at the expense of the congregation. At the same time, many Christians refuse to submit to the biblical exhortations on tithing and offerings to the Lord. Tithing/giving is intended to be a joy and a blessing but that is sometimes not […]
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Bauchi Gov-Elect Urged to Liaise with NGOs

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Bauchi State Governor-elect, Mohammad Abubakar, has been call upon to work closely with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) as a way of finding lasting solutions to some problems in governance. State Coordinator, Evidence for Action (E4A), a DFiD support project on maternal and newborn health, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed and that of Christian, Muslim Peace Movement (CMPM),
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NCPC Inaugurates 2015 Pilgrimage Medical Committee

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), John Kennedy Opara, has inaugurated a 14-man Federal Medical Committee for the 2015 Christian Pilgrimage exercise. In a brief ceremony at the commission’s headquarters, in Abuja, on Tuesday, Opara explained that its members were appointed based on merit and competence. According to him: “For the