Anambra church killing: Why we have not arrested Bishop – Police

Anambra church killing: Why we have not arrested Bishop – Police

The Police have said they have no reason to arrest Aloysius Ikegwuonu, also called Bishop, considering he is a victim of the reported attack on August 6, 2017, at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu, Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra State, Nkeiruka Nwode upon replying queries that he (Bishop) has returned to the community, said, “You... Read More

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August 7, 2017

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Hail the Bishop! How do we stop the praise-singing of crooked people?

by Alexander O. Onukwue As reflections continue over the tragic killing of Sunday worshippers in a Church in Anambra state, the central figure and supposed target of the attackers, Aloysius Ikegwuonu aka ‘Bishop’, is becoming more known to the public. There are at least two videos of him on the internet where he displays his... Read More

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July 20, 2016

Police interrogate Bishop ‘for sponsoring Niger Delta Avengers’

The Delta State Police Command has interrogated the presiding bishop of the New Salvation Zion Church of Christ at Igbodu area in Warri over allegation of sponsoring the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers. The Punch reports that the bishop (name withheld), hails from Ogbinbiri community of Egbema Kingdom in the Warri North Council Area of... Read More

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July 3, 2016

‘There is nothing wrong with IPOB, MASSOB, NDA, agitation to leave Nigeria’ – Bishop Kukah

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Mathew Hassan Kukah, on Sunday, said that there was nothing wrong with the calls of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to leave Nigeria. Speaking at the 2016 Fathers’ Day celebration at the... Read More

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June 30, 2016

Bishop Kukah explains what caused the new Biafra agitation

The recent agitation for Biafra would not have happened if the federal government had taken steps to address the issue early on, says the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Rev Matthew Hassan Kukah. Speaking at the 2016 edition of Truth Magazine, a publication of the Dominican Student Brothers, Ibadan, Bishop Kukah noted... Read More

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May 14, 2016

Meet Josiah Idowu-Fearon, first Nigerian to be the Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion.

Here are five things to know about the Most Reverend Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion, the administrative head of the wordwide Anglican communion, who met with Buhari in the United Kingdom this week. He was ordained a an Anglican priest in 1971 Idowu-Fearon was consecrated into the holy orders in 1971. Nineteen years later,... Read More

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October 5, 2015

Catholic Bishop to Buhari: ‘Lead with a human heart’

A Catholic Bishop and representative of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Arch Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Joseph Bagobiri, says Nigeria isn’t enjoying peace because its people have continued the blind pursuit of self-centred and parochial interest. Bagobiri, who disclosed this in Abuja, charged the new administration to make justice, fairness and equity its watchword, as a... Read More

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September 30, 2015

Nigerian Catholic Bishops have nothing against gay people

The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has reacted to different publications by Nigeria media attacking and condemning gays in Nigeria. The Bishops made their position known in an article signed by Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Chris Anyanwu, in Abuja. The article states that although the CBCN supports Nigeria government’s anti-gay... Read More

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July 6, 2015

“Gay marriage is satanic” | Nigerian Bishop has a message for the United States

The fact that the U.S government legalized same sex marriage across its federation will be in the news for a while and a lot of people are going to have a lot to say about it. People like the Bishop of Minna Diocese, Rt. Revd. Daniel Yisa, has come out openly to condemn the Supreme Court’s ruling... Read More

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August 24, 2013

How I was defrauded by bishop, pastor in Abuja – Woman, 68, opens up (PICTURED)

by Oge Okonkwo Queen Emegha Ozuke, a 68-year-old woman, a native of Igbanke, in Edo state, currently living in Abuja, has revealed her predicament in the hands of religious men. Mrs. Ozuke, a business woman and the founder of a well-known nursery and primary school in Kubwa town of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital... Read More

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July 7, 2013

“It is not rape”: How I had sex with a 15-year-old girl in church – Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze

by Isi Esene Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze has blamed the devil for his alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl after ministering at the Calvary Army Ministry, Rumuoji Eneka in Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers state. He said he did not rape the girl explaining that what happened between them was consensual. According to him, the... Read More

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July 3, 2013

I had sex with her before I could shout ‘blood of Jesus’ – Bishop Nwabueze confesses to raping 15-year-old

by Lucas Togan Bishop Chibuike Nwabueze, the Chairman of All Bishops in Rivers State, who was arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year old girl, was paraded, yesterday, by the state Police Command. The Bishop claimed hypnosis in his confession – made before newsmen – adding that a colleague in the Lord set him up at the church... Read More

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May 22, 2013

“We have no Bishop yet”: Increased tension in Imo as youth lock out newly consecrated Bishop

by Akan Ido The consecration of Monsignor Peter Okpalaeke as the new Bishop of Ahiara Catholic Diocese has continued to attract protests as youths locked up the Catholic Cathedral in Ahiara community in Ahaiazu Council Area of Imo State. Okpalaeke was appointed Bishop-elect of the diocese by former Pope Benedict XVI in December last year after the death of... Read More

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January 21, 2013

“This picture doesn’t look bad” – Chicago preacher’s daughter defends bath viral photo

by Akan Ido Javon Trotter, the daughter of popular Chicago preacher, Bishop Larry Trotter, has come out to tell whoever cares to listen that there is nothing inappropriate about the widely circulated picture of her father having a bubble-bath with her daughter. She said the high-profiled senior pastor of the Sweet Holy Spirit Church, an... Read More

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November 3, 2012

Eddie Iroh: “Bishop” Oyedepo and the rest of us

by Eddie Iroh Before I say another word in this article, let me quickly state that I have already put my neck on the chopping block for the guillotine, slipped a hangman’s noose round my neck, and tied myself to the stake ready for the firing squad. I say this in acknowledgement of the fact... Read More

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October 2, 2012

It is finished: Bishop David Benenoch announces divorce – for “spiritual reasons”

by Akan Ido There are unconfirmed reports that the Founding Pastor of the Communion Church and the President Bishop of Communion Church Worldwide, Bishop David Benenoch has decided to divorce his wife, Esther Benenoch. He said he was putting a stop to the marriage which has lasted twenty years and produced three children due to... Read More

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August 17, 2012

TICKER: Offering time: Bishop says churches need to install bank card machines

A church service wouldn’t be a church service without the sight of a collection plate or bag being passed down the aisles during a hymn. But such a method of raising funds may be nearing the end of the line as religious institutions wake up to the realities of the 21st century. According to one... Read More

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February 25, 2012