As Nigeria battles to stem activities of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Warri based Reverend (Dr) Simeon Okah, Bishop of the Flock of Christ Mission, says the sect’s activities are inadvertently helping to convert more people to Christianity as Nigerians and elsewhere do not like to be associated with violence. He also speaks on insecurity and other issues of national interest. Excerpts:

If not for providence, Pastor Joseph Ayodele Oritsejafor would have been a cast away. As a young man, he was rascal to the extent that people questioned if the hand of God could be extended to him. God had His plans for the then young man as Pastor Ayo against all odds gave his life to Christ during a crusade in Sapele, Delta State.

PASTOR Praise Ebireri is the president of Resurrection Gospel Church Ministry, aka, New Life Chapel International, Sapele in Delta State.In this interview with Emma Amaize, he bares his mind on a number of issues including the militant Boko Haram sect and urged President Jonathan to tackle the security challenge decisively so that the nation will have peace again. Excerpt:

A NON- DENOMINATIONAL magazine in the mould of Charisma which has made giant strands in the international scene for the past 30 years has debuted in the Nigerian scene dedicated to the encouragement of those struggling with addictions, bondage and negative habits. It is known as SEE Inspirations Magazine.

KNIGHTS of St. Mulumba, Lekki Sub-Ordinate Council with the permission of the Catholic Archbishop of the Lagos Metropolitan See, Anthony Cardinal Okogie have perfected plans to establish a chapel for the Owode Agombo community in Lekki area of Lagos.

A COALTION of gospel ministers and Christians committed to restoring Biblical Christianity, Apostles and Prophets Global Mission has blamed the failure of the Nigerian Church to spearhead moral revival and transformation for the nation’s underdevelopment after 51 years of political independence.

WIFE of the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Christian Church, Pastor William Folorunsho Kumuyi who had remained in the United Kingdom 13 months after their marriage, has finally joined him in Nigeria.

ALL is now set for the much advertised end of year thanksgiving service at the corporate headquarters of Vanguard Media Limited as all roads lead to the Apapa, Lagos venue of the event today.

THE incredible story of VANGUARD MEDIA LIMITED, publishers of the most read news-papers in the country should not be seen as a product of luck only. There is an element of luck in the VANGUARD STORY though, but what is LUCK? The English Dictionary defines the word, Luck as; ‘Success or failure due to chance.’ The success story of Vanguard is not due to chance, rather it is divine.

EXECUTIVE Secretary, Nigerian Christian PilgrimsCommission, Mr. Kennedy Opara, has attributed the success recorded in this year’s pilgrimage to proactive actions taken by the commission; just as he assured that there will be direct flights from Nigeria to Israel next year, reports JIMOH BABATUNDE.

God’s Kingdom Society, GKS, held its annual Freedom Day celebration in Accra, Ghana to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, Who, according to the church doctrine, was born in the month of October as against the widely celebrated December 25 by other denominations.

NATIONAL president of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Sunday Ola Makin-de and erstwhile FRESH presidential candidate, Rev. Chris Okotie have described the demise of the late publisher of Guardian Newspapers and former Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Alex Ibru and ex-Biafra warlord/elder statesman, Chief Chukwuemeka Odum-egwu-Ojukwu as a sad and irreparable loss.

Parish priest of St.Dennis Catholic Church, Bariga in Lagos, Rev. Fr. Joseph Nwanua has blamed high rate of moral decadence in the country on the absence of parental care, reports OLAYINKA LATONA.

GOD did not just create you and abandon you to suffer! He is interested in your comfort. He is excited when you prosper. According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, wealth is “A large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.” So, wealth connotes comfort and fulfilment, which God desires exactly for you.

THE Superintendent of The Apostolic Church, (TAC) FCT Area, Pastor Isaac Fakunle has admonished Nigerians to be closer to God, as only the life that has Christ is devoid of crisis reports CALEB AYANSINA.