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Hundreds of pilgrims for this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia were at the weekend stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as their agents could not be found.
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Former First Lady of Ebonyi State and wife of the Minister for Education, Mrs. Eunice Egwu, has advised Christians to be serious in service and worship of God who she said gives everything in life and comes close to only those who truly believe and abide by his words.
An Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Watch has advised the Federal Government to stop playing politics with hajj rites, blaming previous disappointments on hajj operations on politics.
The Nasarawa State government has commenced investigations into the accommodation lapses of the state's pilgrims for this year's hajj to Saudi Arabia .
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National Amirul Hajj, Senator Kanti Bello, yesterday night in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, said Nigerian pilgrims would begin their to return on December 1.
Already, 2,045 Christian pilgrims from Lagos and Rivers States are in Jerusalem for this year's Holy Pilgrimage, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mr John Kennedy Okpara has said.
Fierce armed clashes between Islamist rivals in southern Somalia were reported on Saturday near Kismayo, a strategic port city about 310 miles (500 kilometers) south of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
OVER 4,000 Anglican priests all over the world, including married ones, are expected to join the Catholic Church, Bishop Matthias Ssekamanya announced on Friday.
Over 200 medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists have been deployed to Saudi Arabia by the Federal Government to cater for the immediate health needs of the intending Pilgrims to the holy land.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has called on Christian leaders to embrace unity and harmony in order to effectively spread the word of God through out the world.
It was a graduation of Men and women who have been called as pastors and evangelists and by the ceremony, they were being sent out to transform lives of men and women through the power of God so that they can be useful and good citizens of the nation. It was therefore an occasion of great joy as friends and family members from around Lagos State and beyond came together to witness the 51st ...
"You have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shall not kill; and whosever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I (Jesus) say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell ...
Barely five days to the Eid-el-Kabir festival, some Muslims in Lagos are saying the prices of rams have gone beyond their reach. Some of the Muslims, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Lagos, said the situation had forced them to buy goats and chicken.
A large number of people, mostly woman, Saturday attended a skills acquisition workshop organized by Hands and Skills Initiative at Redeem Christian Church of God at Nyanya, Abuja.
The Abuja Muslim Forum (AMF) Friday began a three-day economic empowerment workshop for Muslims at Kado Estate Jumu'at Mosque in Abuja.
A 17-year-old Nigerian girl and three other pilgrims died of swine flu soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia, Saudi health officials said yesterday while announcing the first deaths from swine flu in this year's hajj.
Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egbu, Prof. Emmanuel Iheagwam has said the conviction of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, was a healthy development for Nigeria.
ZAMBIA Episcopal Conference (ZEC) president, George Lungu has challenged priests in Chipata Catholic Diocese to be obedient and stick to their vows in order to serve the calling of God.
INFORMATION and Broadcasting Minister Ronnie Shikapwasha has urged Christians to confess their sins so that they can be blessed with a lot of successes and be able to overcome a lot of obstacles in their families, jobs and businesses.
The Divine Mercy Apostolate, a pious association of the Catholic Arch Diocese of Abuja, Saturday visited Kuje Prison in order to share time, gifts and the gospel with inmates.
Global opposition is growing to the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" recently proposed in Uganda, which would introduce the death penalty for homosexual activity.
As the leader of the largest Christian denomination on earth, whenever Pope Benedict XVI makes a significant declaration, especially one touching on other denominations, controversy inevitably erupts faster than the speed of light.
Kenyan Islamic faithful have been encouraged to cultivate a culture of reading in the ongoing Islamic Book-fair on Islamic topics and other religions, family, and children at Jamia Mosque Complex in Nairobi.
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