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Protestant churches in Kenya have dispatched one of their leaders to the International Criminal Court at The Hague to deliver a one-million signature petition urging investigations of post-election violence.
This paper has reliably learned that the President of the LIVING Faith Church Worldwide, commonly known as the Winners Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo will make an apostolic visit to Liberia from July 20-22, 2009.
Sheikh Muhammed Hydara, founder of the Quadriyya Foundation in The Gambia, who is currently on a visit to The Gambia, has called on Muslims to be steadfast in practising the Islamic religion.
International football body, FIFA has expressed discomfort at the prevailing practice where players display religious slogans printed on their undershirts by reiterating such violates Law Four of the Laws of the Game. In a post-match ritual that lasted a few minutes, Brazilian players removed their shirts, which expressed religious slogans after they came from behind to beat USA 3-2 in the final ...
OVER 250 religious leaders from over 160 countries are expected in Uganda for the third World Scouts Inter-religious Symposium in October.
Following security reports which indicated that Islamic fundamentalists in Kano State, and some followers of murdered Islamic cleric, Sheik Ja'afar Mahmud Adam were planning to cause violence, Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro has enjoined the people of Kano State to shun violence, keep the peace and allow the police to finish the task of finding the killers.
PASTOR Benny Hinn made a loss of $2m (about sh4.4b) on his recent visit to Uganda and two other African countries.
The Uganda joint Christian Council (UJCC) has stepped in to reconcile the rival camps in Soroti District Council.
Out of the 1698 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) intending pilgrims that took part in the just concluded screening exercise, 563 may not attend this years' hajj for failing the exercise that will qualify them.
A three-day workshop organized by the north east chapter Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) aimed at finding lasting solution to the incessant controversy generated from sighting the Month of Ramadan has began in Maiduguri, Borno state.
Requests for additional hajj seats by states could not be granted because Nigeria has exhausted the total seats allocated to it by the Saudi authorities for this year's hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said.
THE Church has a role to play in national healing and can bring people together.
A Kenyan couple has pleaded guilty to defrauding Roman Catholic nuns in the United States of more than $1 million (Sh77 million), most of which was then gambled away at a casino.
GHANA CAME under the serious wrath of God Almighty, as He sat on his mighty throne in Heaven on the 30th of June, 1982, the day three High Court Judges, plus an army officer were murdered in cold blood, the Bishop of Kumasi Diocese and Presiding Bishop Elect, Methodist Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Kwaku Asante has noted.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Monday admitted Islamic Halal Investment Fund its first Shari'a compliant investment instrument to its Daily Official List. The ethical investment fund managed by Lotus Capital a full-fledged ethical financial institution structured along the Islamic legal code, is committed to providing innovative asset management, private wealth management and general ...
The government Tuesday officially contracted the services of a self-proclaimed prophet to bring reconciliation after post-election violence.
Lotus Capital Limited has announced the listing of its Islamic Halal Investment Fund on the Daily Official List of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The fund was listed on the Memorandum Quotation segment of the official list.
THE negotiation between the Christian religious establishment and government on taxes of the income of churches is the occasion of this reflection on the difference between God of His business and traders in God.
The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Nigeria has demanded a brand new constitution that would bequeath to the nation true federalism.
MINISTER of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili has called on religious leaders in the country to participate actively in the ongoing campaign by the Federal Government to instill a renewed spirit of patriotism in Nigerians through attitudinal change.
THE Government has commended the Evangelical Church in Zambia (ECZ) for the key role that it has continued to play in fight against HIV/AIDS in the country.
Lotus Capital has announced the Memorandum listing of its Islamic Halal Investment Fund on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
The FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has requested for the provision of e-passport machine from the Nigerian Immigration Service for the issuance of the passport to intending pilgrims.
A renowned Islamic scholar and chairman of the Jama'atul Izalatul Bid'ah Wa Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) in Kano, Dr Abdullahi Saleh Pakistan has urged the Kano State House of Assembly to assist in the investigation into the murder of the late cleric, Sheikh Ja'afar Mahmood Adam.
The bishop of Caxito Diocese, Dom AntÃ'nio Jaca, on Sunday called on Catholic christians to follow the example of their saint patrons.
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