Churches play a vital role in helping people in need within their communities. Through various outreach programs, churches provide food, shelter, and support to those who are struggling. Many churches run food banks and soup kitchens to ensure that people have access to nutritious meals, especially during difficult times. Additionally, churches often organize clothing drives […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that those he described as “cowards” behind recent attacks on churches in the country will be punished. The President said this on Wednesday following the recent spate of assaults on churches across the country. “As for the cowards, they will be punished for their crimes. We will bring them […]
By BENJAMIN OMOIKE Churches across Nigeria are driving participation in the upcoming 2023 general elections by compelling their members to register and obtain their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC). A video that went viral on social media on Sunday showed a Catholic priest in northern Nigeria asking members without PVC to return home, DailyTimes gathered. In […]
Churches in Oyo state have reopened after three months of closure due to the ban placed on religious gatherings by the government. The state government had in March placed a ban on religious gathering as part of measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. The government however, announced recently that churches and […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA, has has expressed satisfaction in the level of compliance from Christian Association of Nigeria CAN and other church leaders across the Territory as regards COVID-19 guidelines for religious organisations. Chairman, FCT Ministerial Task-team on the Enforcement of COVID-19 Restrictions, Mr Ikharo Attah gave the commendation when he led the […]
Kajo Martins, Makurdi The Benue state government has relaxed its earlier ban on churches, mosques and markets as a measure to check the spread of coronavirus in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Makurdi after a joint meeting of Benue state Executive Council and the Action Committee on COVID-19, […]
Following the imposition of a total lockdown in Kano state as a means of curbing the spread of COVID-19 in the state, churches were under lock on Sunday as Christians remained at home in compliance with the stay-at-home order. Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samuel Adeyemo, who disclosed this to newsmen, […]
Maiduguri – Christians in parts of Borno on Sunday attended Church congregations to celebrate this year’s Easter in defiance of lockdown order to prevent further spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. A check conducted in Maiduguri metropolis by corespondents revealed that most churches visited, including New GRA, Post Office, Wulari, Bulumkutu and Polo areas, […]
Churches in many parts of Akure, the Ondo state capital, did not open for Easter Sunday service in compliance with the stay -at -home order of the state government to curb the spread of COVID-19. The state government had on April 17 granted the churches a concession to hold Easter services after a meeting with […]
Churches in Nasarawa State observed the government’s restriction order on gathering to curtail the spread of COVID-19 as Christians mark Easter celebration. A Correspondent who went round Lafia, the state capital on Sunday, observed that all Churches were under lock and key. Speaking on the reason for not celebrating this year’s Easter in their Churches, […]
Iguobazuwa (Edo) – The Enforcement Team on COVID-19 in Ovia South-West Local Government Council of Edo, on Sunday, locked up no fewer than 13 churches that refused to adhere to the state government’s directive on social distancing. The Vice Chairman of the council, Mr Fred Aimienwanwu, led the task force team on the exercise. Aimienwanwu […]
Calabar – Archbishop Tunde Adeleye of the Niger Delta Province, Anglican Communion, has advised Nigerians to suspend their communal lifestyle until eradication of coronavirus. Adeleye gave the warning at a press conference on Sunday in Calabar. The archbishop, also the Chairman, Christian Council of Nigeria, South-South Zone, noted that Africans were not used to social […]
Abuja – Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, outgoing Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), has cautioned the Church against tribalism and ethnocentrism. In his valedictory service at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp in Abuja, Okoh expressed concern that tribalism and ethnocentrism were prevalent in the Church. “If the Church of Nigeria did […]
Osogbo – Most Churches in Osogbo on Sunday closed for worship services following the directive by the Osun Government banning all public gatherings as part of the measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the state. A Correspondent who monitored the situation, reports that many churches in the metropolis were under lock and key. […]
Sango-Ota (Ogun), – A Cleric, Pastor Isaac Ogbah, has advised churches across the country to put in place security measures that will check incessant attacks by insurgents. Ogbah, who is the Senior Pastor, God’s Signature Royal Assembly, Ota, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun on […]
Lagos – The Lagos State Government says plans are on to register religious houses, (Churches and Mosques) to ensure sanity in the state. The Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, made this known on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, during a Stakeholders Meeting with the Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC). Akinbile-Yussuf said that […]
Algiers – Algerian authorities should re-open recently shuttered Protestant churches, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said, describing the closures as the latest example of repression of the religious minority. Last week, authorities closed several churches in Tizi Ouzou, located east of the capital Algiers, saying that they permits. They included the Full Gospel Church, […]
The federal government has been urged to come up with policies to checkmate the activities of churches and pastors in the states. The Treasurer of Action Democratic Party (ADP) Cross River State chapter, Comrade Offiong Okon, told the Daily Times on phone while reacting to persistent ritual killings of innocent children in the country and […]
“LOVE your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you…” the voice of 30-year-old Jesus floated to the ears of those within earshot that cool evening back in Palestine. That was tough stuff for the Jews whose “Yahwehistic” doctrine had, for thousands of years, been ‘an eye for an eye, […]