Religion

Three months after it banned all priests and Catholic faithful from attending the Adoration Ministry, Enugu led by the controversial priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Enugu Catholic Diocese lifted the ban on Thursday. Mbaka announced the reopening of the ministry on Sunday, October 2, 2022. The Bishop of the Diocese, Most. Rev. Callistus Onaga on June 18, 2022 pronounced the indefinite ban in a letter he personally signed to all clerics, religious and lay faithful, directing all Catholic faithful and clergy in the diocese from having anything to do with the Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry. The ban followed scathing remarks…

Most Rev. Dr. Ekpenyong Akpanika, has been elected as the new Prelate of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN), THE WHISPERER reports. Akpanika replaces The Most Rev. Nzie Nsị Eke, whose six-year tenure has ended as the national leader of the church. Akpanika, was unanimously elected as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church at its 25th General Assembly held at the Presbyterian Church Of Nigeria, Hope Waddell Parish Sanctuary Calabar Synod, Cross River State. Most Rev. Dr. Ekpeyong Akpanika polled 451 votes to win Most Rev. Daniel Etim who got 355 votes. Similarly, Rt. Rev. Victor Ekop,…

Wife of the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church, LFC, Worldwide, Pastor Faith Oyedepo, has urged winners to be obedient in the affairs of the Kingdom (of God). On his part, the husband, Bishop David Oyedepo, said obedience is better than sacrifice. The couple spoke at the church’s monthly leadership conference. The declarations were yesterday, interpreted as a subtle endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi. Obi’s supporters have been campaigning under the alias ‘Obi-dients’. The candidate himself visited the Oyedepos at the Ota-based church after which photos from the…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called for a nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a letter addressed to all bloc leaders, urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church premises on Sunday May 22, 2022. He made the call against the backdrop of the Thursday killing and setting ablaze of the female student by an angry mob that accused her of blasphemy. The letter dated May 14, 2022 and signed by CAN’s General Secretary, Joseph Daramola,…