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Blasphemy: Court sentences Kano cleric to death

December 15, 2022

The Cleric, Nasiru Kabara. By Advocatenewsng.com A Kano Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu, Kano State, on Thursday, sentenced to death by hanging an Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, who was charged with blasphemy. The judge, Ibrahim Yola, delivered the judgement in a court session that lasted over two hours. The court also banned radio and television stations from broadcasting works produced by the cleric. Similarly, the judge ordered the state government to confiscate the two mosques belonging…

Nigerian Police, Benue Command invade seminar on ‘witchcraft beliefs, persecution of witches’, chase away attendees

September 18, 2022

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Officers on mar operation. By Advocatenewsng.com. OPERATIVES of the Nigeria Police Force have reportedly invaded a seminar venue on “witch persecution” which held on Saturday in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.The executive director of Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfWA), Dr Leo Igwe, confirmed the police invasion in a media release on Saturday, describing the action of the police as unacceptable more so when the Commissioner of Police in the state was duly invited for the programme.Igwe disclosed that all…

N1b priests’ home: Gov Sanwo-Olu joins Lagos Catholic Archbishop to kick start project

June 3, 2022

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Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Metropolitan Province, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, turning the Sod for SJMVPH project with Sanwo-Olu’s representative and other priests and dignitaries……… today at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos. By Editor-in-Chief, Advocatenewsng.com. THE long awaited gigantic building project conceived by the Lagos Catholic Archdiocese under the leadership of his Grace, the Archbishop of Lagos Metropolitan Province, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins, kick started today, June 3, 2022 with the foundation laying ceremony performed at the…

St Vianney Priests’ Home holds Sod Turning June 3

June 2, 2022

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Most Rev. Adewale Martins, Catholic Archbishop of Lagos. By Advocatenewsng.com. The turning of the Sod ceremony for St John Mary Vianney Home for Priests (SJMVHP) project will hold tomorrow, Friday June 3, 2022 by 10am at St Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland Lagos. SJMVHP is a project undertaken by the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos to build a befitting home for the aging population of priests. The project committee headed by Rev. Fr Anthony Fadairo was constituted by His Grace, Most…

Prophet Ayodele tips Ifeanyi Ubah to win Anambra guber poll

October 20, 2021

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Ifeanyi Ubah of YPP. By Political Editor.In what appears to be a twist of fate and unimaginable expression of confidence, a popular preacher and founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church Worldwide, Primate Elijah Babatunde Ayodele has spritually predicted that Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has the brightest chance of winning the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6, 2021.Speaking on Ubah’s chances in his latest predictions on the hotly contested election, Primate Ayodele, who is reputed for making…

Dapchi schoolgirls: Release Leah Sharibu now, PFN tells Govt

March 27, 2018

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The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has charged the federal government to use all its might to effect the release of the last Dapchi school girl still being held, Miss Leah Sharibu from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists. PFN in a press statement endorsed in Benin City by its National President, Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, said the federal government must act quickly to free the only remaining Dapchi School girl unhurt. The Boko Haram terrorists last week…