The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Communication, Dr. Doyin Okupe, while speaking on Sunday with Religious Affairs reporters in Abuja, said it was unfair to link Oritsejafor with the deal
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CAN warned individuals and groups to desist from making unguarded utterances capable of misleading members of the public over the issue
He said the country was able to fight and defeat the deadly Ebola disease because Nigerians united against the virus irrespective of political persuasion, religion or ethnic origin
Briefing newsmen, the Minority Whip, Hon. Samson Osagie, questioned the rationale behind the movement of such huge amount in cash by a government that is implementing a cashless policy
One of the owners of the aircraft is the President of the Word of Life Bible Church and President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor
Dada said the churches have also been directed by the state CAN to continue to enlighten members on the prevention and spread of the deadly Ebola virus
The police Area Commander, Aba, ACP Peter Wabara, made this known to newsmen in Aba.
The state former Head of Service, during the interactive session with the religion leaders, which had in attendance the state CAN Chairman, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya, and other executive members, explained that SDP manifesto is based on a welfarist agenda with focus on development of the people
According to the statement, the decision to hold the national prayer became necessary following the growing concern about the security situation in the country
The position was contained in a remark by Babayi, who was the guest speaker at the inauguration of the newly-elected executives of the Niger State chapter of the organization and the commissioning of a newly-constructed administrative block by the state chapter of CAN in Minna, the Niger State capital
CAN said 353 students disappeared “from the school into the thin air”, a figure that runs contrary to the 234 that had been reported days after the abduction
CAN, according to a statement sent to some media houses, said most of the abducted girls are Christians as Chibok Local Government Area is made up of mainly Christians
The call was contained in a statement on Saturday in Abuja by the CAN president to mark the Easter celebration
The CAN President wondered the king of hearts these insurgents have that they could terminate lives of so many innocent Nigerians.
The CAN Chairman in Gombe State, Rev. Abare Kalla, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Thursday that all the states in the North East would converge on Gombe to pray for peace
The governor, who spoke at the IDDS service with the theme: “Remember Now Thy Creator,” held at the Apostolic Church Nigeria, International Convention Grounds, Ketu, added that it is those who restrain themselves in the course of advocating their rights who have acted with nobility
The committee, inaugurated on Monday in Abuja, is chaired by Prof. Emele Uka, while members are: Kate Okparake, Apostle Etimbule Sunday, Elder John Achimugu, Chief Chukwuma Igwe and Elder Albert Uko (Secretary)
In his acceptance speech, Oritsejafor pledged to unite all Christian groups in the country and strengthen relations with Nigerians of other faiths to achieve national development
Oristejafor said that government’s decision to explore a more intensive military action to end the insurgency was a vindication of CAN’s stand that amnesty for the sect’s members was not a solution
The Christian body seem to be at ease with the corruption from all sectors of the country. It is detached from the Christian folk it represents. There is an unhealthy rivalry among the mega rich, prosperity preaching and political protestant pastors that constitute CAN to outdo each other: whose private jet or private university is bigger, which denomination has built the newest mega church auditorium in town. CAN now seems to fan the embers of impunity, sleaze and profligacy in the country