President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to embrace love, peace, and hospitality, especially this period that Christians are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The President who made the call on Monday in his message to the nation on occasion of Christmas urged the populace to reflect on the “message of hope, compassion, salvation, reconciliation, forgiveness, and peace that Jesus Christ embodies and conveys.”
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has declared Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th December 2018, and Tuesday 1st, January 2019 as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing day and New year celebrations, respectively.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana to withdraw his ‘This is Nigeria’ video and apologise to Nigerians, or face legal action.
In the recently released video, some girls dressed in hijab were seen dancing the “shaku shaku” dance.
Responding to criticisms that trailed the video, Falz explained that the girls were a representation of the abducted Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government and other countries to relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Rev Samson Ayokunle, CAN President, made this call in a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant, Media and Communications, CAN, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Ayokunle, while commending the Israeli Government on its 70 years anniversary of their country, said the relocation of the capital was “special anniversary present from the God of the Patriarchs.”
Pope Francis urged Chinese Catholics on Wednesday to show they are in full communion with the Holy See.
The appeal is coming amid what appears to be another stall in the Vatican’s longstanding attempts to reach a deal with Beijing over bishop nominations.
Francis made the comments during his general audience, noting that many Chinese Catholics will be marking a feast day dedicated to the Virgin Mary this week in Sheshan, near Shanghai.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has asked its members intending to get married to carry out what it refers to as a “genital test.”
In a memo dated May 10, the church said it gave the directive after it noticed recurring cases of marital crisis resulting from “falsehood, especially in the case of undeclared or unconfessed reproductive/genital status”.
