churches – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:26:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png churches – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Nigeria Churches Are Losing Focus – Bishop Wale Oke https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-churches-are-losing-focus-bishop-wale-oke/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:26:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=236941 National Deputy President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Wale Oke has said Nigerian churches are moving away from the goal of soul-winning. He disclosed this today in Ibadan while hosting the leadership of Foursquare Gospel Church, Lagos. According to him, the concentration of several churches has shifted and they now focus on mundane issues [...]

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]]> Churches And Leaders Must Fight Drug Abuse – Sule Momodu https://www.theinfostride.com/churches-and-leaders-must-fight-drug-abuse-sule-momodu/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 22:41:54 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=202180 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Anambra Command, says 22 persons were convicted for drug offences between January 2017 and February 2018. Mr Sule Momodu, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. He said 19 convictions were secured in 2017 while three were secured in February 2018. “The agency [...]

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]]> Churches Should Join In The Fight Against Drug Abuse – Sule Momodu https://www.theinfostride.com/churches-should-join-in-the-fight-against-drug-abuse-sule-momodu/ Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:26:16 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=201858 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Anambra Command, says 22 persons were convicted for drug offences between January 2017 and February 2018. Mr Sule Momodu, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. He said 19 convictions were secured in 2017 while three were secured in February 2018. “The agency [...]

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]]> Increase In The Number Of Churches In Nigeria Will Check Ungodliness – Rev. Akpen Leva https://www.theinfostride.com/increase-in-the-number-of-churches-in-nigeria-will-check-ungodliness-rev-akpen-leva/ Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:07:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=192844 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Benue chapter, has praised the Benue Government for successfully implementing the Anti-Open Grazing Law. Rev. Akpen Leva, the chairman of the association in the state made the commendation in an interview with NAN on Wednesday in Makurdi,. Leva said, “so far, the state government has demonstrated the political will [...]

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]]> Churches Are Encouraging Corruption – Obasanjo https://www.theinfostride.com/churches-are-encouraging-corruption-obasanjo/ Sun, 09 Apr 2017 02:01:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=161309 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused Churches in Nigeria of encouraging corrupt practices. Obasanjo also accused some men of God of celebrating people whose source of wealth are very questionable. The former President, who was represented by Femi Olajide said the he convention of Victory Life Bible Church International in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to [...]

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]]> Boko Haram Insurgency: Continued Attacks On Soft Targets Not An Indication They Are Still Capable – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/boko-haram-insurgency-continued-attacks-on-soft-targets-not-an-indication-they-are-still-capable-lai-mohammed/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 18:54:18 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116602 Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, said on Wednesday, that the administration’s unwillingness to risk the lives of the kidnapped Chibok girls is responsible for the restraint in taking the final salvo to the Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa forest. During a media section in Lagos, Alhaji Mohammed insisted that the insurgents [...]

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]]> IGB Warns Churches, Mosques, Others To Take Adequate Security Measures https://www.theinfostride.com/igb-warns-churches-mosques-others-to-take-adequate-security-measures/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:01:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116596 The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, yesterday called on both Christians and Muslims to take adequate security measures at their respective places of worship during the New Year celebrations. In a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police Olabisi Kolawole, yesterday, the police boss also urged operators of motor parks, [...]

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]]> Boko Haram Planning To Attack Churches, Mosques, Markets In Abuja – DSS https://www.theinfostride.com/boko-haram-planning-to-attack-churches-mosques-markets-in-abuja-dss/ Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:02:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=109477 The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Abuja residents over plots by Boko Haram to attack churches, mosques and markets, using female suicide bombers, mostly young girls. A memo by the Director of Security Services, Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Ibrahim, urged religious bodies to put their members on the alert. The memo addressed to [...]

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]]> #Kaduna > Governor El-Rufai Shuts Down Two Churches, Seminary Over Internal Crisis https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-el-rufai-shuts-down-2-churches-seminary-in-kaduna-over-internal-crisis/ Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:30:12 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-el-rufai-shuts-down-2-churches-seminary-in-kaduna-over-internal-crisis/ Governor Nasir el Rufai of Kaduna State has ordered the immediate closure of two churches, a seminary and a church-owned hospital and secondary school, all in Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the governor, the closure was to avoid the eruption of violence among factions of the congregation whose leadership positions, [...]

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