Religious – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:57:38 +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 Religious – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Religious Rascality Has No Place In Nigeria – Presidency https://www.theinfostride.com/religious-rascality-has-no-place-in-nigeria-presidency/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:55:28 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=244527 The Presidency has come out to say that politicisation of religion will not be tolerated in Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari’s government would never allow religious rascality in shape or form. A recent statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu disclosed that the security agencies are [...]

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]]> Religious Leaders Must Pray For A Worthy Successor In Bayelsa – Seriake Dickson https://www.theinfostride.com/religious-leaders-must-pray-for-a-worthy-successor-in-bayelsa-seriake-dickson/ Sun, 02 Jun 2019 10:22:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=233921 Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has urged religious leaders in the state to organise prayers that will give the state a worthy successor. He revealed that whoever gets the governorship ticket of the PDP must be courageous, committed and zealous to guard the interests of the state and Ijaw nation. The governor disclosed this during [...]

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]]> Religious Leaders Lose Credibility When They Discuss Politics – Most Rev. Stephen Mamza https://www.theinfostride.com/religious-leaders-lose-credibility-when-they-discuss-politics-most-rev-stephen-mamza/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:45:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225845 Most Rev. Stephen Mamza has several religious leaders have misplaced their credibility by delving into politics for whatever gain they seek through it. The cleric also said what many church leaders are saying showed that they had gone beyond the limit their followers expect of them. He said, “The problem we have is that we [...]

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]]> APC Is Now Desperate – Kola Ologbondiyan https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-is-now-desperate-kola-ologbondiyan/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 20:43:06 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=207413 The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) to impeach Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose. Kola Ologbondiyan said the impeachment plot is a recipe for crisis in the peaceful state. He alleged that the plot is a desperate bid to rush into the Ekiti [...]

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]]> Ethnic Or Religious Sentiment Should Be Avoided During ELection – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/ethnic-or-religious-sentiment-should-be-avoided-during-election-buhari/ Fri, 08 Jun 2018 02:49:12 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=208261 Buhari has once again urged Nigerians to vote for anyone of the choice in the 2019 general elections with an assurance that their votes will count. The president said this while speaking at the valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) session for outgoing former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, held at the [...]

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]]> Religious Collorations Attached To Killings Is Not Ideal – Yemi Osinbajo https://www.theinfostride.com/religious-collorations-attached-to-killings-is-not-ideal-yemi-osinbajo/ Sat, 26 May 2018 23:57:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=207407 Yemi Osinbajo has denied claims that the killings in Benue were the outcome of a planned agenda to eliminate the people. He said the anger and disappointment expressed by the people at the meeting was “right and justified” but assured that government was committed to providing security for their protection. He said there were several [...]

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]]> Buhari Is Not A Religious Bigot – Femi Adesina https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-is-not-a-religious-bigot-femi-adesina/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:43:56 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=204569 Femi Adesina has asked religious leaders in the country to continue to pray for the unity, peace and prosperity of Nigeria as the nation approaches 2019 general election. He stated that Nigeria at this time was in need of spiritual support of respectable clergy. “As we approach the election year, please continue to pray that [...]

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]]> Buhari Is A Religious Bigot – Fayose https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-is-a-religious-bigot-fayose/ Sun, 14 Jan 2018 11:07:40 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=196302 Ayodele Fayose has called President Muhammadu Buhari an ethnic champion and a religious bigot following the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar as NIA’s DG. He said “Seeing what President Buhari has turned the country to, the forefathers of Nigeria, who laid the foundation of the country on equity, justice and fairness will be lamenting wherever they [...]

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]]> GEJ Surrounded Himself With An Assorted Crop Of Religious Bigots – Kashim Shettima https://www.theinfostride.com/gej-surrounded-himself-with-an-assorted-crop-of-religious-bigots-kashim-shettima/ Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:48:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=191307 Kashim Shettima of Borno state has listed reasons the immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan cannot be compared to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. “Comparing (former President Olusegun) Obasanjo and the people he worked with and those Jonathan worked with, you will understand why. “If you look at Obasanjo, hate him or love him, you have to respect [...]

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]]> Nothing Justifies The Destruction Of Religious Places Of Worship – GEJ https://www.theinfostride.com/nothing-justifies-the-destruction-of-religious-places-of-worship-gej/ Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:15:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=182237 Goodluck Jonathan has asked aggrieved regions and ethnic groups across the country to stop the fight and embrace peaceful coexistence in the interest of Nigeria’s unity. Jonathan passed this message on his Facebook page yesterday. Jonathan wrote: “The reports I have received about recent developments in the country lead me to appeal to all men [...]

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]]> Religious Clerics Have More Inflence On The People – Fayose https://www.theinfostride.com/religious-clerics-have-more-inflence-on-the-people-fayose/ Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:56:06 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180629 Ayo Fayose, on Friday dressed in Muslim regalia and joined other Muslims at the Ado Ekiti central praying ground for the Eid-el-Kabir prayers. Fayose addressing muslime, said that this was not his first time of identifying with Muslims in the open, promising to maintain the relationship. He said such actions were needed from leaders as [...]

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]]> Blame GEJ For Religious Violence – Middle Belt Patriotic Front https://www.theinfostride.com/blame-gej-for-religious-violence-middle-belt-patriotic-front/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:28:07 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=155917 A group, the Middle Belt Patriotic Front, has said that former President, Goodluck Jonathan is to blame for the religious crisis in the country. The group also said that it was the “mindlessness” of Jonathan’s administration that made some Nigerians hate followers of religions other than theirs. The comments were made by the group’s National [...]

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]]> Pray More For Nigeria – Muhammadu Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/pray-more-for-nigeria-muhammadu-buhari/ Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:25:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=134156 President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja hosted a cross section of Islamic Clerics to breaking of Ramadan fast with a call on religious leaders to intensify prayers for a better and progressive Nigeria. The president, who recalled his last meeting with the scholars during the last Ramadan period in 2015, revealed that he had [...]

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]]> Aregbesola Should Not To Cause Religious War – Ebenezer Babatope https://www.theinfostride.com/aregbesola-should-not-to-cause-religious-war-ebenezer-babatope/ Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:34:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132379 A former minister of transport and aviation, Chief Ebenezer Babatope has warned Governor Rauf Aregbesola not to cause a religious war in Osun state. Babatope also told the Governor to focus his attention on alleviating the plight of the suffering masses of Osun state. He said this following the tension brewing in the state between [...]

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]]> Daddy Freeze Blast Religious Leaders https://www.theinfostride.com/daddy-freeze-blast-religious-leaders/ Fri, 27 May 2016 17:36:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=130090 Cool FM On-Air Personality, Freeze, has given his thoughts concerning the high rate of havoc that has occurred due to Christians having a blind belief in their church leaders. He also opened on his personal experience with a pastor who got his (Freeze) father arrested over the right to a land. His father eventually got [...]

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]]> I Am Not A Religious Bigot – Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/i-am-not-a-religious-bigot-buhari/ Fri, 13 May 2016 01:00:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=128476 President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he chose prominent pastor, Tunde Bakare as his running mate in 2011 in a bid to dismiss claims that he was a fanatic. Buhari made the comment on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, while speaking at the Katsina State Economic and Investment Summit, The Cable reports. “One of the four [...]

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]]> El Rufai Ask Christians To Support Religious Censorship Bill https://www.theinfostride.com/el-rufai-ask-christians-to-support-religious-censorship-bill/ Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:25:58 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=123173 The Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai who was represented by the deputy Governor, Mr Barnabas Bala, held a meeting with members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state, to discuss about the religious censorship bill and ask for their support. This coming barely few days after the President of Omega Fire Ministries [...]

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]]> Kaduna > Watch And Report Any Suspicious Movements In Your Locality, Army Advises Chiefs, Clerics https://www.theinfostride.com/kaduna-watch-and-report-any-suspicious-movements-in-your-locality-army-advises-chiefs-clerics/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:55:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101395 The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, on Monday told traditional and religious leaders in the state to be watchful in order to be able to foil the activities of members of the Boko Haram sect, who are currently being smoked out of their strongholds. The General Officer Commanding, 1 Division, Kaduna, Maj-General Adeniyi [...]

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]]> There is obvious Religious and Ethnic Discords among Nigerians – VP Osinbajo https://www.theinfostride.com/there-is-obvious-religious-and-ethnic-discords-among-nigerians-vp-osinbajo/ Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=101401 Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that there was obvious religious and ethnic discords among Nigerians. Speaking at the 55th independence anniversary interdenominational church service held in Abuja on Sunday, Osinbajo called for collective effort to end insurgency in the country, noting that bomb explosion does not give preference to any regions. “Our nation [...]

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]]> #Insurgency > Nigeria Army Found Hard Drugs and Condoms At Boko Haram Camps https://www.theinfostride.com/nigeria-army-found-hard-drugs-condoms-at-boko-haram-camps/ Wed, 09 Sep 2015 09:30:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/09/nigeria-army-found-hard-drugs-condoms-at-boko-haram-camps/ While Islamist sect group Boko Haram came off as religious association fighting the cause of Allah, recent findings by the Army has shown that things unbecoming of a religious group. The Army said, yesterday, that its troops usually find condoms, hard drugs and s*x-enhancing drugs in camps captured from Boko Haram insurgents. Army spokesman Col. [...]

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]]> Ethiopia Strives To Preserve ‘Africa’s Jerusalem’ https://www.theinfostride.com/ethiopia-races-to-preserve-africas-jerusalem/ Thu, 27 Aug 2015 12:46:39 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/ethiopia-races-to-preserve-africas-jerusalem/ Conservationists are facing a race against time to prevent one of Ethiopia’s most sacred religious site from crumbling away. The ancient churches of Lalibela in northern Ethiopia have been a place of pilgrimage for local Christians since they were constructed 800 years ago. The 11 churches were carved out of the mountainside during the reign [...]

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]]> Lagos State Shuts 22 Religious Houses, Strip Club For Breaking Environmental Laws | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/lagos-shuts-22-religious-houses-strip-club-for-breaking-environmental-laws-nigeria/ Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:42:26 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/lagos-shuts-22-religious-houses-strip-club-for-breaking-environmental-laws-nigeria/ Lagos State Government has shut 22 religious houses and three companies for violating the 2010 environmental law of the state. The state government through the State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA shut the religious outfits and industries during an enforcement tour to Surulere, Abule-Egba axis and others. Some of the churches shut by the agency were [...]

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]]> Adamawa To Partner NGOs, Religious Bodies In Security Response, Rehabilitation Of IDPs | #Nigeria https://www.theinfostride.com/adamawa-to-partner-ngos-religious-bodies-in-security-response-rehabilitation-of-idps-nigeria/ Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:30:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/08/adamawa-to-partner-ngos-religious-bodies-in-security-response-rehabilitation-of-idps-nigeria/ Adamawa State Governor Jubrilla Bindow has disclosed plans to include religious and local non-governmental organisations in a new strategy aimed at improving the management of security response and rehabilitation of Internally Displaced Persons in the state. The state government recently announced the setting up of a N200m security budget, part of which over N50m will [...]

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]]> Postings In Nigeria Police Devoid Of Ethic, Religious Bias – Spokesman https://www.theinfostride.com/postings-in-nigeria-police-devoid-of-ethic-religious-bias-spokesman/ Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:15:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2015/02/postings-in-nigeria-police-devoid-of-ethic-religious-bias-spokesman/ The Force Headquarters has refuted claims that postings of officers to various commands and formations are done based on religious, tribal and other considerations rather than merit and competence. The Force Public Relations Officer, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu made the denial yesterday in a statement, in which he said that such claims were both misinformation and [...]

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]]> #Politics: APC founded on Religious and Ethnic Interests, insists PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-founded-on-religious-and-ethnic-interests-pdp-insists/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:15:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/07/apc-founded-on-religious-and-ethnic-interests-pdp-insists/ The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress to face reality and use the period before the August 9 governorship election in Osun State to campaign and canvass for votes, just like the PDP is doing. In giving the unsolicited advice, PDP said instead of engaging in political blackmail [...]

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]]> Allegation Of Discrimination Against Christians: I’m Not A Religious Bigot, Says Nyako https://www.theinfostride.com/allegation-of-discrimination-against-christians-im-not-a-religious-bigot-says-nyako/ Wed, 21 May 2014 11:15:19 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/2014/05/allegation-of-discrimination-against-christians-im-not-a-religious-bigot-says-nyako/ Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has described allegations of discrimination against Christians levelled against his government as fictitious, saying he was not a religious bigot. Nyako noted that during his tenure, adherents of all religious faiths have been given equal rights to practise their beliefs without hindrance as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution, adding that [...]

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]]> The roots of Nigeria’s religious and ethnic conflict https://www.theinfostride.com/the-roots-of-nigerias-religious-and-ethnic-conflict/ Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:38:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=28137 Modern Nigeria emerged through the merging of two British colonial territories in 1914. The amalgamation was an act of colonial convenience. It occurred mainly because British colonizers desired a contiguous colonial territory stretching from the arid…

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]]> Alhaji Ahmed Gusau Warns Politicians Against Use Of Religious Sentiments https://www.theinfostride.com/alhaji-ahmed-gusau-warns-politicians-against-use-of-religious-sentiments/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:42:23 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=10528 Alhaji Ahmed Gusau, former Minister of Solid Minerals, on Tuesday advised against the use of religious sentiments in the run up to the next year’s general elections. . Gusau, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, issued the advice at a news conference in Sokoto on Tuesday. . He said, “what is important for Nigerians [...]

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]]> APC Is Never An Islamic Party- Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/apc-is-never-an-islamic-party-lai-mohammed/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 18:02:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=9444 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied reports that are claimed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it is not uniting Nigeria along religious line, warning that even in its desperation to cling to power by all means, the ruling party must desist from fanning the embers of religion ”This irresponsible accusation by the [...]

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