The Emeritus Archbishop made his position known when he spoke to journalists after a special mass on Sunday.
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Onaiyekan made his position on the February 25, 2023 election known when he spoke on Channels Television on Thursday.
Onaiyekan, who gave the charge during a special thanksgiving programme organised by the Dominion Chapel International Church on Monday in Abuja, urged politicians to always fulfill their campaign promises.
Obi gave the advice when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday after the installation of the Archbishop at the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles at Karsana, Kubwa
Onaiyekan, who handed over at a press conference in Abuja, said that Kaigama would be formally inaugurated on Thursday in Abuja.
The Holy Father, Pope Francis on Saturday officially announced the retirement of His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan as the Archbishop of Abuja Dioceses.
The bishops expressed their feeling in a statement issued at the end of a meeting in Abuja on Friday.
John Cardinal Onaiyekan has called on the Federal Government to defuse the tension that had arisen in the country in recent times and restore peace and security.
Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, the former Catholic Archbishop and now Apostolic Administrator of Jos, has cleared the air on his recent appointment as the Coadjutor Archbishop of Abuja Archdiocese.
Pope Francis, represented by Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, made the announcement on Monday in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the first plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria
The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has admonished politicians to look after the welfare of Nigerians and not just for their fat salaries and allowances.
His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, says that neither poverty nor any form of hardship is an acceptable excuse for Nigerians to engage in human trafficking.
Onaiyekan made the call on Saturday in his homily at the stage two of the new Cathedral building of the Twelve Apostles, St. Pope Johnpaul II (Papal Ground) Karsana District, Kubwa Express Way, Abuja.
Religious leaders under the aegis of Interfaith Initiative for Peace on Friday in Abuja appealed to the abductors of Leah Sharibu to release the girl and abandon their threat of executing her.
Ahmed Konadu, Country Manager Nigeria & Ghana Muslim Television Ahmadiyya, MTA Africa Studios, said this in a statement on Wednesday.
Onaiyekan gave the charge at the 10th anniversary and inauguration of the Ultra Modern Parish Secretariat of Mater-Dei Catholic Church, Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Saturday.
In a YouTube video posted by the church’s official page, the cleric made this call on Sunday at its headquarters in Ota, Ogun State.
The CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, made the call at the National Christian Centre, Abuja at the end of the three-day fasting and prayer programme declared by CAN against the killings across the country
Onaiyekan made this call at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, during a thanksgiving mass by the Nigerian Bar Association, Abuja branch, to mark 2018 law week.
Onaiyekan gave the advice on Tuesday in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River shortly after unveiling a church built by Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission.