Pastors behaving badly: Ukpabio threatens human rights groups

by Jewel Stephen Helen Ukpabio, the fiery pentecostal preacher in charge of the controversial Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries, and who is widely known for her “deliverance sessions” to free children and adults from being ‘witchcraft’ in Britain, is attempting to silence her critics with the threat of a £500 million (N135 billion) lawsuit, The UK... Read More

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child abuse, children, Helen Ukpabio, Religion, uk

August 26, 2014

Religious crisis brews in Anambra as Anglicans accuse Catholics of church demolition

by Azubuike Azikiwe Yesterday, Anglicans embarked on peaceful demonstration in Onitsha, alleging that the state government and Catholic Church were complicit in the demolition of the Ebenezer Anglican Church at Oyolu-Oze in Oyi Local Government Area of the state two weeks ago. But, the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha has denied all involvement in the incident.... Read More

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August 17, 2014

#Ebola bottle night: This church has the answers to the deadly virus (LOOK, READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju Things like this tend to serve as justification for Patrick Sawyer’s desperate attempt to come to Nigeria! You gotta admire and at the same time be bemused by Nigerians’ approach to religion and faith. ‘Divine Power Pentecostal Chapel’ says you should come for its ‘bottle night’ revival/deliverance service where the Ebola virus... Read More

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cure, Divine Power Pentecostal Chapel, Ebola bottle night, ebola virus, Faith, nigeria, Patrick Sawyer, Religion, Reverend Emmanuel Sampson

August 12, 2014

Grace Efezokhae: The thin line between religion and ignorance (Y! Superblogger)

by Grace Efezokhae Imagine a grown man believing God for a job and for 15 of the 24 hours in a day, he is in church conducting deliverance and all sorts of dry fast which might stretch for days. I am certain Karl Marx had the present day Nigeria in mind when he stated that “Religion... Read More

grace efezokhae, ignorance, Religion, Y! Superblogger, ynaija

July 23, 2014

Eid-el-fitri: Monday, 28th, Tuesday 29th declared public holidays

The federal government has declared Monday, 28 and Tuesday 29 public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-fitri salah celebration. A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the ministry of Interior on behalf of the federal government said the minister of Interior, Abba Moro, enjoined all Muslim faithful and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual... Read More

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July 7, 2014

Elnathan John: Of silence and other great answers for fools

by Elnathan John I just saw this tweeted by Pastor E. A Adeboye: “If the one blocking your marriage is an insider and they refuse to let you go, they’ll be buried this year.” In my mind, there is hardly any difference between this kind of violent, unkind, and not to add superstitious speech and... Read More

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July 3, 2014

Garba Shehu: “Jews (Read: Northerners) unwelcome” – The dangers of ethnic/religious profiling

by Garba Shehu Profiling of citizens in accordance with their religion and ethnicity is wrong and condemnable. As the Nazi leaders quickened their preparations for the European war of conquest that they intended to unleash, anti-Semitic legislation in Germany and Austria paved the way for more radical persecution of Jews. These, as the reader may recall,... Read More

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June 1, 2014

INCREDIBLE! Meet Lagos prophet who sleeps in COFFINS and GRAVES (PICTURED)

by ‘Jola Sotubo A cleric in Lagos has chosen a strange way to deliver his religious messages as he preaches from inside a coffin. Samuel Olawale a.k.a Kogberegbe, a preacher at the ‘The Holy Michael Church of The Lord (Aladura) Cherubim and Seraphim along the Ikotun/Ejigbo area of the state, is said to have made a habit... Read More

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May 27, 2014

Opinion: God is not a Christian

by Fred Adetiba I hate religion, and I do not subscribe to any. I am not a Christian, but a Kingdom believer who subscribes to the values and principles of the Kingdom of God as taught by Jesus Christ. The average religious mind will shudder upon seeing this title. I cannot overemphasise how much I... Read More

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May 9, 2014

Ogaga Ifowodo: Boko Haram’s satanism – See where the politicization of religion has led us

by Ogaga Ifowodo And once we have made God in our image, turned him into an election-rigger, treasury-looter, murderer, arsonist, rapist, etc., we give a licence for any fraudster to proclaim himself God’s anointed prophet or avenging angel Amidst the grief and outrage sweeping the land in the aftermath of Boko Haram’s latest acts of Satanism... Read More

boko haram, election rigger, God, looter, Ogaga Ifowodo, opinion, politicization, Religion, Satanism, ynaija

April 8, 2014

Reno Omokri: On Fashola’s theory of leadership and church attendance

by Reno Omokri God has given too much to Governor Fashola for him to have made the comments he made. Fortunately for him God gives and forgives, but unfortunately for Lagosians, men get and forget! I was stunned when I read the various headlines about the comments made by Governor Raji Fashola regarding the President... Read More

babatunde Fashola, barack obama, Church, mosque, opinion, Religion, Reno Omokri, ynaija

April 4, 2014

Demola Rewaju: What has God got to do with Arsenal, Baba Ijebu & gambling? (Y! Superblogger)

by Demola Rewaju I have never met anyone who became rich through gambling except in games where skill counts. Even in ludo, you need a bit of luck if you hope to win: how can you even come out of your house if you don’t get a single 6? I’d rather bet on the things... Read More

Baba Ijebu, betting, Demola Rewaju, gambling, opinion, Religion, rich, ynaija

March 30, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Religion and politics in Nigeria

by Simon Kolawole There is something I want to keep hammering on: Nigeria is bigger than PDP and APC. Do you know how many parties we have seen in this country? NPC, AG, NCNC, UPN, NPN, NPP, SDP, NRC, just name them. Where are they now? They are gone with history, but Nigeria remains. If... Read More

APC, nigeria, oic, opinion, PDP, Politics, Religion, SDP, simon kolawole, ynaija

February 9, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Let us kill religion before it kills us

by Tunde Fagbenle I am sick and fed up with all the problems religionists of different faiths are bringing on us and into our lives. The tussle and competition for relevance and superiority are preposterous and nonsensical. God too is sick and tired of it all. It was a peculiar mess (apologies to the late... Read More

baptist, hijab, Muslims, opinion, Osun State, political opponents, RAUF AREGBESOLA, Religion, tunde fagbenle, ynaija

February 2, 2014

Tunde Fagbenle: Praises for the guru, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

by Tunde Fagbenle Having worsted all political adversaries along the way to becoming the state’s governor, Ogbeni has thrown himself at the job with so much zeal, passion, and vision such as the state has never before seen. Because of his ascetic lifestyle, he seems to embody those lines of Awo’s self-assessment of leadership quoted... Read More

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January 30, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria – Playing dangerous politics with religion

by Mohammed Haruna The way he has used religion to try and rule the country, going all the way back to even before the day in 2011 he knelt publicly before the highly influential Pastor Enoch Adeboye at the Redemption Camp, Ogun State, of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, for blessing in the run-up... Read More

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December 29, 2013

READ: Did Pope Francis really say hell is not real but ‘merely a metaphor’?

by LittleGreenFootballs This post (excerpted below) from Diversity Chronicle Blog from December 5, 2013 has been circulated. POPE FRANCIS CONDEMNS RACISM AND DECLARES THAT “ALL RELIGIONS ARE TRUE” AT HISTORIC THIRD VATICAN COUNCIL Through humility, soul searching, and prayerful contemplation we have gained a new understanding of certain dogmas. The church no longer believes in a literal... Read More

December 22, 2013

Peregrino Brimah: Let’s talk about atheists and their argument against God

by Peregrino Brimah So how do disbelievers explain the “singularity,” and how nothing became something; and in a meaningful and coordinated fashion? Also how life’s complexities, the signature biochemistry and genetics of nature is directed. How also can the atheist, nothing from nothing ask questions? Atheism is on the rise not only in western societies... Read More

Atheism, Faith, opinion, Perry Brimah, Religion, ynaija

December 15, 2013

SHOCKING: Pastor stabs wife over refusal to go to church

Men of Ogun State Police command have arrested a-45-year-old man, pastor Daniel Samuel for stabbing his wife over the later refusal to attend church activities. Daniel , an Apostolic Church pastor was reported to have used a cutlass to inflict a deep cut on his wife, Patient Samuel in her neck in Owode-Egba in Ibafemi Owode... Read More

Apostolic church, Church, crime, Domestic violence, pastor Daniel Samuel, Religion

December 8, 2013

Was Nelson Mandela really a Christian?

As the world mourns the loss of iconic leader Nelson Mandela, who many believe is the last man of his kind, the Christian community has shown an abundance of grief and have wished his soul a peaceful journey to heaven. But was Nelson Mandela a Christian? One would presume he was a Christian, being that... Read More

Atheism, Charismatic, christian, death, Islaam, madiba, nelson mandela, NelsonMandela, Religion, Sheikh Nazeem Mohammed, south africa, Zion

November 17, 2013

Opinion: Our nation has gone mad with immorality, greed and corruption

by Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi If we keep eulogising wrongdoings, we will create a cloudy moral environment that will make it extremely difficult for next generation leaders to be wise about noble behaviour and innocent of evil. Greed will trump chivalry. We are living through a period of dramatic changes characterised by extreme erosion of moral... Read More

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November 17, 2013

Opinion: The discrimination against homosexuals (Homo haram) must stop

by Joseph Sewedo Akoro Can politics be politics and religion be religion in Nigeria? It is extremely infuriating how religion influences the manner a secular State is being governed in the most non-discretized way. The United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process of checking on human rights situations in the world and the effort put... Read More

human rights, joseph sewedo akoro, nigeria, opinion, Religion, secular state, United Nations, ynaija

October 27, 2013

“It’s not Islam, we just kill people and steal”: Suspected Boko Haram member reveals the group’s motive

by ‘Jola Sotubo A man arrested on suspicion of being a member of terrorist sect Boko Haram has said that the group has nothing to do with Islamic teachings. He said the group’s motives were not to appear noble or pious but that they were interested solely in looting and murder. The alleged terrorist, identified... Read More

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October 15, 2013

Ishola Alolanle Fatai: KICC totally creeps me out (Confessions of a Nigerian Atheist)

by Ishola Alolanle Fatai KICC creeps me out. No, there’s no clever wordplay here, no hidden meaning. The Kingsway International Christian Centre creeps me out. I don’t mean ‘creeps me out’ in the I-wouldn’t-be-caught-dead-within-a-mile-of-it way I would refer to say, TB Joshua’s ‘Synagogue’. But an experience there has left me deeply uncomfortable... Read More

Atheism, belief, Confessions of a Nigerian Atheist, Ishola Alolanle Fatai, KICC, nigeria, Religion

October 14, 2013

Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot refer to God as ‘Allah’

A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling. The appeals court said that allowing non-Muslims to use the word would “cause confusion in the community”. Christians argue that they have used the word in Malay for decades and that the ruling... Read More

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October 8, 2013

Wole Soyinka: Muslims, take back Islam

by Wole Soyinka These butchers continue to evoke the mandate of Islam, thus, we exhort our moslem brother and sister colleagues: Take back Islam. Take back that Islam which, even where it poses contradictions, declares itself one with the Culture of Learning, one that honours its followers as People of the Book, historic proponents of... Read More

islam, Kenya, Kofi Awoonor, Nairobi, Religion, terrorism, Wole Soyinka

Pastors behaving badly: Ukpabio threatens human rights groups

Religious crisis brews in Anambra as Anglicans accuse Catholics of church demolition

#Ebola bottle night: This church has the answers to the deadly virus (LOOK, READ)

Grace Efezokhae: The thin line between religion and ignorance (Y! Superblogger)

Eid-el-fitri: Monday, 28th, Tuesday 29th declared public holidays

Elnathan John: Of silence and other great answers for fools

Garba Shehu: “Jews (Read: Northerners) unwelcome” – The dangers of ethnic/religious profiling

INCREDIBLE! Meet Lagos prophet who sleeps in COFFINS and GRAVES (PICTURED)

Opinion: God is not a Christian

Ogaga Ifowodo: Boko Haram’s satanism – See where the politicization of religion has led us

Reno Omokri: On Fashola’s theory of leadership and church attendance

Demola Rewaju: What has God got to do with Arsenal, Baba Ijebu & gambling? (Y! Superblogger)

Simon Kolawole: Religion and politics in Nigeria

Tunde Fagbenle: Let us kill religion before it kills us

Tunde Fagbenle: Praises for the guru, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola

Opinion: Nigeria – Playing dangerous politics with religion

Opinion: Tukur’s exit cannot save PDP from its impending death

Opinion: How Nigeria’s MINT dream can become reality

#YNaijaLegal: What you should know about Medical Negligence & other related matters

Opinion: Is the APC pursuing an Islamic agenda for 2015?

READ: Did Pope Francis really say hell is not real but ‘merely a metaphor’?

Peregrino Brimah: Let’s talk about atheists and their argument against God

SHOCKING: Pastor stabs wife over refusal to go to church

Was Nelson Mandela really a Christian?

Opinion: Our nation has gone mad with immorality, greed and corruption

Opinion: The discrimination against homosexuals (Homo haram) must stop

“It’s not Islam, we just kill people and steal”: Suspected Boko Haram member reveals the group’s motive

Ishola Alolanle Fatai: KICC totally creeps me out (Confessions of a Nigerian Atheist)

Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot refer to God as ‘Allah’

Wole Soyinka: Muslims, take back Islam

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