Terrorists kidnapped over 200 IDPs in Borno

The market analysis shows that naira’s appreciation against the US dollar continued on Thursday, exchanging N1,382.35 per USD at the official foreign exchange market as market demand. FMDQ data showed that the naira exchanged at N1,382 per USD on Thursday, compared to N1,492 the previous day. This represents a whopping N110 gain against the USD…

Rampaging gunmen, suspected to be armed herders, have killed four persons, including two soldiers, in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. The armed men were said to have carried out the attack after invading some communities, including Abugbe, Okokolo, Ugboju, Odugbeho, and Olegobidu. City Round learnt that the two soldiers stationed at the council…

ATTACKS on Christian communities in parts of Nigeria are now relentless, as men, women, and children are killed and churches are burned, the Director of Mission Operations in the Anglican diocese of Jos, the Ven. Mark Mukan, has reported. He spoke at Holy Trinity, Eastbourne, on a “Day of the Christian Martyr” event last month….

I have a few ideas of why there are way too many churches/denominations in Nigeria. Religion in Nigeria (insert any of your choice) is mostly fanaticism. Meaning faith is practiced without knowledge. Faith is used to ignore, displace, or replace reality. On the other hand, knowledge without faith leads to pride (insert atheists and agnostics)….

Over the past few decades in Nigeria, many millions of people have joined Pentecostal churches, and the most popular brand in recent years is known as the ‘prosperity gospel’. But while these hugely popular churches promise economic as well as spiritual rewards, they are also controversial. Even as their leaders condemn corruption, critics see these…

Pentecostal churches are wildly popular in Nigeria — and increasingly rich, as they run thriving businesses empires on the side. Critics say they exploit people’s faith. “The siege of unemployment is over in your life, the siege of business stagnation, frustration in your life are finally over.” The prosperity gospel by David Oyedepo sounds hypnotizing….