Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has warned local government Hajj affairs officers against diverting the Zam Zam water meant for the pilgrims. The executive secretary of the board, Imam Abdurrahman Ibrahim Idris, gave the warning during yesterday’s flagging off of the distribution of the 5 litres of Zam Zam to all pilgrims who performed the 2024 Hajj exercise at …

This year’s marathon bible reading will be held across 300 centres in 22 states from Monday to Friday, August 26-30. This was disclosed by the General Secretary of the Bible Society of Nigeria, Pastor Samuel Sanusi, on Sunday at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Marathon Bible Reading at Christ Anglican Church, Elere-Agege, Lagos. Sanusi, who was represented by the …

After years of planting the Church, the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Agbala Itura, Sango was yesterday, Sunday 18 August 2024 was formally elevated to the Zonal Headquarters of the Church in Sango Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The Assembly was established, according to a citation read by the Zonal Secretary, Pastor Joseph Bamisaye, in February 1996 after a crusade organized “through …

Nigeria Police have confirmed that fire gutted The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), along Federal College of Education (FCE) Road Kontagora, even as the Christian community in the area said hoodlums were behind the incident. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Wasiu Abiodun told newsmen that “information was received at about 4 am, there was a fire incident at …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said women who wear makeup do not believe God did a perfect job on them. Adeboye spoke on Saturday during the RCCG ministers’ conference held at the Redemption City, Mowe, Ogun State, as part of activities lined up for the church’s just-concluded 72nd annual convention. Adeboye …

No fewer than 30 Nigerians died during the just-concluded Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mallam Jalal Arabi, said on Monday. Arabi, who disclosed this at a post-Hajj press briefing in Abuja, explained that about four victims passed away as a result of the heat wave recorded during the Hajj exercise. …

Amid the tension and uncertainties generated by the planned nationwide protests, a renowned thought leader has said that both the government and the governed have the responsibility of frontally tackling the challenges confronting Nigeria. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, Pastor (Dr.) Wole Oladiyun, Senior Pastor of the Christ Livingspring Apostolic Ministry (CLAM), Omole, Lagos called on Nigerians to join hands …

The General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, has received a Presidential Achievement Award from the President, United States of America, Joe Biden. The award of honour was presented by an official representative of Biden at the ministry’s America headquarters in Houston on Sunday. It was said to be in recognition of the …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said he is still wary of sexual immorality despite his ‘anointing’ and years in the ministry. Adeboye said despite his age, he runs faster than before to avoid any form of sexual temptation, noting that no amount of anointing can fight such temptation. The cleric also …

The Kano State Government has declared Monday a public holiday in commemoration of the beginning of the new Islamic calendar year 1446 AH. This is contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Baba Dantiye on Friday. According to the statement, Governor Yusuf Abba urged citizens to use the holiday to reflect on the past year and engage …