EFCC Arrests Hajj Commission’s Chairman, Secretary Over N90 billion Subsidy Fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and the secretary, Abdullahi Kontagora, over alleged N90 billion hajj subsidy fraud. Politics Nigeria reports that President Bola Tinubu had approved N90 billion for the commission to subsidize the hajj cost of pilgrims. But the…

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Kenya bans fake miracles, extortion by pastors, orders Churches, religious bodies to file financial returns.

Kenya bans fake miracles, extortion by pastors, orders Churches, religious bodies to file financial returns. These were included in the Proposals Religious Organisations Bill 2024 presented to President William Ruto for adoption by Time Africa Magazine August 1, 2024. William Ruto receives the report of Presidential Taskforce on the Review of the Legal and Regulatory…

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Shouting The Name Of God A Thousand Times While Hurting Your Neighbour And Killing Innocent People Is Not Religion – Cardinal Onaiyekan

Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, has stated that calling God’s name a thousand times while killing people is not religion. According to him, religion should be peaceful and not about war and conflict. Onaiyekan, who spoke on Thursday, February 1, 2024, during the celebration of his 80th birthday and book presentation,…

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African Bishops Reject Same-Sex Marriage: Upholding Tradition in a Shifting Landscape

Catholic bishops in Africa had said they would not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessing for same-sex couples. A Catholic priest, Reverend Father Jean-Miguel Auguste, has commended the stand of Catholic bishops in Africa on blessing same-sex couples, saying “Africa is the only continent that will save the world’’. Mr. Auguste, a priest of…

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CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN NIGERIA KNOCK POPE FRANCIS, REITERATE OPPOSITION TO BLESSINGS FOR SAME-SEX UNIONS

BY ACJ-FAVOUR AMUKA(FRIDAY, DEC. 22, 2023) The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has restated its stance against blessing same-sex unions and activities, stating that such actions would contradict God’s law and the teachings of the Church. The bishops emphasized that this position is in line with the laws of Nigeria and the cultural sensibilities…

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