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The brilliant entrepreneur-turned politician became the Man of the Moment not because of any monumental or miraculous making in neither his political or pastoral ministries, but through a one-day personal event held on September 25. The event was a three-fold appreciation to God on what the commissioner, whose surname means gift, considered special gift from God: the death of his mother a year ago, 35 years of being in marriage and appointment into the Akwa Ibom State Executive Council. Announcing the event on his Facebook wall, the State government’s spokesman, Ini Emeobong, who is always at his rhetorical best, aptly dubbed it “a three-in-one thanksgiving.”

CAN’s General Secretary Joseph Daramola made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.

The Vice President of CAN (19 Northern States and Abuja) and its chairman in Kaduna State, Rev. Joseph John Hayab, said this in a short WhatsApp message .

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the faithful wore white and green shirts and caps with inscriptions ‘Peace Be Unto Nigeria and CAN is 45.’

The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during the sensitization of Christian leaders on the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in Abuja.

Nwachukwu said this in his sermon at the 70th birthday anniversary and book launch of Rev. William Okoye, a former Chaplain at Aso Rock Chapel, on Saturday, in Abuja.

Obasanjo gave the admonition on Sunday at the Coronation Thanksgiving Service of the Olu, held at the Warri Palace chapel.

Chairman of the Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Joseph Hayab, confirmed their release to TheCable on Sunday.

The Christian body made the demand following the recent killings in Jos, Plateau State of about 30 persons.

In a statement on Sunday in Jos, CAN chairman in the state, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, urged security agencies to fish out the perpetrators.

MURIC said while it is not opposed to the idea of a Christian president for Nigeria, CAN must wait for its turn.

The Christians body said this in a statement by its President, Samson Ayokunle, on Tuesday.

The prayer with fasting was declared on Tuesday by Governor David Umahi following the death of his Commissioner for Infrastructure for Concession, Engr. Fidelis Nweze, on Tuesday, and the earlier demise of another Commissioner, Uchechi Okah, about a month ago, during an illness

Primate Ayodele stated this in a statement by his Media Office on Wednesday.

This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday by Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the state Governor Seyi Makinde.

Bauchi state CAN had called for the creation of Ecclesiastical courts for Christians, like the Sharia court for Muslims, saying that it will ensure that disputes among clerics and even Christians are resolved amicably.

The late prophet is the Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and popularly known as TB Joshua.

The religious leaders in their separate prayers admonished the bandits to lay down their arms and embrace peace, adding that the children and others abducted are going through trauma.

The Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, Most Rev. Samuel Uche, who spoke on behalf of the association, said they came to see the governor as a way of demonstrating their love for Imo State.

Ms Umar on Saturday May 15, 2021 bagged a Master’s degree in Business and Science in Los Angeles, the day after the eighth anniversary of the May 14, 2013 terror attack in which she and her dad were shot by Boko Haram in their home.