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January 3, 2017

Opinion: For Christians and Muslims alone

by Nimi Princewill   The casual rise of Atheism, or most emphatically; the non-committal, cold and distant ‘been there, done that’ ex-fanatic Christian & Muslim folks, who don’t believe much in anything anymore remains on the constant increase! Why’s that? I’d tell you. In their thoughts, “Why praise or exalt the name and doctrines of... Read More
Opinion, Thinking Through
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December 3, 2016

#TheExperienceReport: Forget o, Yemi Osinbajo is still very popular

At least among Christians. When his name was mentioned yesterday and his face (and that of his utterly ravishing wife) came on the screens, the whole venue was electrified. And it wasn’t just popularity, it was genuine warmth. I asked my companion, a critic of this administration: “But you believe the government is failing, and... Read More
Church Culture
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November 19, 2016

Farooq Kperogi: Buhari’s phantom $500m donation to Clinton’s campaign

by Farooq A. Kperogi In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s emergence as America’s president-elect, fringe, dodgy, clickbaity Nigerian websites have invented a transparently fake but wildly viral story that President Muhammadu Buhari donated $500 million to the Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, and that this “fact” would strain relations between Nigeria and the United States next... Read More
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October 26, 2016

Mark Amaza: Donald Trump and his unusual Nigerian Christian supporters

by Mark Amaza It is less than three weeks till the US presidential elections and as expected, campaigning is at fever pitch. As usual, when the United States catches sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold – it is not unusual to find Nigerians discussing the elections and their preferred candidates, whether it is in... Read More
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October 13, 2016

Peregrino Brimah: First they killed the Christians, now they kill Shia Muslims…

by Peregrino Brimah When there was supposed to be a Miss World beauty pageant in Nigeria, they looked for and killed Christians and burnt Churches. At every opportunity, for things that happen in distant places within and far from Nigeria, they have killed Christians in the north in glee. I am speaking of the takfiri fanatics. Not... Read More
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September 15, 2016

Jude Ndukwe: Ishaq Akintola and the blindness of an Islamic scholar

By Jude Ndukwe The recent interview granted The Punch by one Professor Ishaq Akintola titled “We want Fridays work-free for Muslims” wherein among other things he acerbically nay needlessly criticized the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria over their stand on issues affecting Christians and Christianity in Nigeria, including the surreptitious attempts at spreading... Read More
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September 12, 2016

It is our intention to right the wrongs of the past – Fani-Kayode

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said he dreams of a new Nigeria where the North will be separated from the South. In a speech made available to pressmen, Fani Kayode said he was always pained whenever there are news of southern Christians killed in North. He also said, “If Nigeria were ever to break... Read More
The News Blog
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August 6, 2016

If Boko Haram kills christians, we will… – Niger Delta militant group

A militant group, the Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders (NDRC) on Saturday, vowed to carry out reprisal attacks if Boko Haram kills Christians and burn down churches in the north, as threatened by its new leader, Abu Musab Al Barnawi. The group threatened to kill Muslims and burn down mosques in the Niger Delta region if... Read More
The News Blog
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July 19, 2016

Osun hijab crisis: Court strikes out CAN’s application for stay of execution

An Osun State High Court has struck out the application for stay of execution filed by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state against the judgment which allowed Muslim students to wear hijab in all public schools in the state. The application was struck out by Justice Jide Falola on Tuesday following the... Read More
The News Blog
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June 30, 2016

Fani-Kayode denies writing Christians, Apostle Suleiman

Embattled former Minister of Aviation and the Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday, said it’s untrue that he wrote any message to Christians and Apostle Suleiman from detention. Fani-Kayode, who is currently under detention for his role in the alleged diversion of state funds, made this known through a... Read More
The News Blog
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June 22, 2016

Opinion: The debate of secularism and Osun Hijab controversy

Following an Osogbo High Court judgement which allowed Muslim female students in public schools located in the State of Osun to wear hijab along with their uniform, there was tension which some had reported could have developed into religious crisis in Osun State. This tension was fanned by the appearance of Christian students from Baptist... Read More
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June 20, 2016

‘I never ordered use of Hijab… I don’t deserve all these lies’ – Aregbesola

Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola has denied ordering the use of Hijab by female Muslim students in the state public schools. Following the court order giving permission to Muslim students to wear Hijab to school, the Osun state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria reacted by directing Christian students to also wear church garments... Read More
Featured, The News Blog
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June 20, 2016

‘Hijab controversy has exposed Aregbesola’ – PDP

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has warned security agencies, Interpol, the Presidency and United Nations of the possibility of the state being plunged into a religious crisis bu Governor Rauf Aregbesola. In a statement issued in Osogbo by the PDP spokesperson, Prince Diran Odeyemi, the party said the “embarrassment and the... Read More
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June 17, 2016

Kikiowo Ileowo: Much ado about hijab in the State of Osun

by Kikiowo Ileowo Much has been said in recent times about the wearing of Hijab and Church robes to school by pupils in public schools in the state of Osun, however, what has apparently been missing in the discussion is the availability of facts and logic for discussants to analyze the true situation of things... Read More
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May 15, 2016

Opinion: 10 lessons every Christian should learn from Leicester City’s EPL triumph

It’s the stuff of fairy tales, the stuff of wild dreams, the stuff of children storybooks, the stuff of bedtime tales, the stuff of fictional works at best but it has really happened. In our day and age, in this generation we have witnessed it. Leicester City Football Club have been crowned the champions of... Read More
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May 18, 2015

” Jonathan made corruption look attractive” – 7 important things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju   1. Buhari needs to warn his governors about corruption A United States-based non-political organisation, African Peoples Economic Development Agency, advised Buhari to warn his governors against dabbling into corruption. “The President of Mexico, Pena Nieto, and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, both from countries that were brought down to... Read More
The News Blog
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April 17, 2015

12 Nigerian, Ghanaian migrants thrown into the sea for being Christian (PHOTOS)

by Anike Jacobs 12 African migrants died yesterday after being thrown overboard by fellow passengers into the Mediterranean sea. Police in the Sicilian port of Palermo  confirmed the news to the AFP, saying they had arrested some 15 Muslim migrants suspected of attacking the Christian passengers after a religious row on a boat headed for... Read More
The News Blog
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February 11, 2015

I’m not a religious fanatic and I’ve never been – Buhari clears the air

by Kolapo Olapoju The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has issued a comprehensive response to the allegations of religious bigotry levelled against him by the the ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party. Buhari responded in a statement released after holding a meeting with Catholic Bishops alongside his running mate, Professor Yemi Osinbajo,... Read More
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January 8, 2015

#CharlieHebdoShooting: Here’s why you can’t make jokes about Prophet Muhammed playing golf

by Adedayo Ademuwagun This week some gunmen attacked Charlie Hebdo Magazine office in Paris and shot twelve people to death. The magazine had published ‘offensive’ cartoons of the Holy Prophet Muhammed, and preliminary reports indicate that the men are Islamists who attacked in order to get back at the magazine for ridiculing the Prophet. The... Read More
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