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About 500 clerics have gathered in Abuja to kick-start a 21-day prayer and fasting session “against the forces planning the destabilisation of Nigeria.” The clerics, drawn from various churches across the country, said with the present situation of things in the country, prayers and fasting are urgently needed to salvage the nation. Led by Sunday
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The police arraigned a cleric, Sule Shaibu, 70, and his two assistants, Wasiu Salami and Francis Akinola, in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday for allegedly obtaining N36million from a woman to solve her ”spiritual problems”. Shuaib, a cleric, Salami,55, and Akinola, 45, are charged with three counts of conspiracy, obtaining money
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A 49-year-old Cleric, Adebayo Kabiru, on Tuesday, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding one Mrs Oluwadamilola Oyesomi of N4.3 million. Kabiru, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Ben Emuerhi, told the court that the
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By Shina Abubakar One Mutiu Adekunle, 27, was reported dead after the deceased and his friend drank herbal mixture allegedly given to him by a cleric, Nureini Sulaiman. It was gathered that the other victim, Olayiwola Opeyemi, 25, was hospitalized and responding to treatment. It was gathered that the duo drank the mixture given to
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By James Ogunnaike The Bishop of the Diocese Ijebu South-west, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Rt. Rev. Babatunde Ogunbanwo has warned the southwest governors not to allow “sycophants” hijack the operation of the recently launched Western Nigeria Security Network code-named “Operation Amotekun”, The cleric, who lauded the governors for mooting and implementing the idea, which
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The Reverend Father of Church of Visitation Rectory Wayaswande-Gbinde, Catholic Diocese of Gboko, Benue State, Simon Nyiekaa, has built nursery/primary school to help the indigent members of the community to have access to quality education.
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A months-long political stand-off in Iraq has created the conditions that allowed recent U.S. and Iranian attacks in the country, argued Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric, Ali al-Sistani, on Friday. Last week, the U.S. killed a top Iranian commander in an airstrike in Baghdad. Iran retaliated by launching missile attacks against Iraqi military bases hosting
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The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for defrauding one Arc. Mohammed Dewu of N3million and $24,000 USD. Dewu had alleged in a petitioner that, sometime in October, 2019 the suspect fraudulently collected money from him claiming to have the supernatural ability to impact Qur’anic knowledge
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A senior Iranian cleric said on Friday during prayers in Tehran that some of the leaders of the recent protests over fuel price hikes deserved to be given a death sentence. The Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that “some of the leaders of the unrest were anarchists that deserve a death sentence,’’ adding that
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The police on Friday arraigned a cleric, Stanley Maduka,40 and his sister, Glory Uma, 50, in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing an 8-month-old baby boy. The police charged Maduka with two counts of conspiracy and child theft. Uma, was charged with receiving a stolen baby. They however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
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