Spirituality

GROWING TREND OF NEO-PAGANISIM IN IGBOLANDDons Eze, Ph.D donseze@gmail.com 08033436028AbstractThe paper considers the so-called “paganism” or African Traditional Religion (ATR), and its anti-thesis, Christianity, and how the two religious systems co-existed. It also considers the emergence of a new form of “paganism” generally referred to as “neo-paganism” in various communities of Igboland, which is currently being propagated or championed by …

WHY I PREFER TRADITIONAL WORSHIP TO CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM – SOYINKA Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed why he prefers traditional Orisa worshipping to Christianity and Islam. He said the deepness of faith in Islam and Christianity doesn’t match that of Orisa worshipping for him, adding that Orisa fascinated him a lot more. According to him, Orisa worshipping is one …

WHY JESUS, APOSTLES DID NOT COLLECT TITHES – ADEBOYE The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has explained why Jesus Christ did not collect tithes during His ministry on earth. Speaking during the church’s October Holy Ghost Service on Saturday at the Redemption City, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, Adeboye clarified this in response to …

RELIGION HAS BLINDED, FINISHED NIGERIANS – VERYDARKMAN Social media activist, Martins Ortse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), on Friday said religion has “blinded and finished” Nigerians and Africans. VeryDarkMan was reacting to the apology by Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. The cleric apologized for his earlier claim that Christians that are not paying tithe …

PASTOR DIES IN ABUJA WHILE FASTING, PRAYING A pastor identified as John Ogbonna has reportedly died while fasting and praying over the situation of things in Nigeria. The deceased hailed from Ohazara in Ebonyi state. A disturbing video obtained by SaharaReporters shows the lifeless body of Ogbonna on a mountain along Arab Road in Abuja. According to reports, the deceased …

KUKAH BEMOANS KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN THE NORTH Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Kukah, has bemoaned the continuous persecution of Christians in the North, saying perpetrators are allowed to move freely without facing punishment. He said regardless of the ill-treatment experienced by the church in the North in recent years, not a single individual had been …

RESCUED CHRISTIAN GIRL IN YOBE CONVERTED TO ISLAM, VOMITED CONCOCTIONS IN CHURCH A disturbing report has emerged from Damaturu, Yobe State, revealing that a rescued underage Christian girl, abducted and converted to Islam, vomited concoctions in church. According to the Centre for Justice on Religious and Ethnicity in Nigeria, the girl, Rejoice Markus, was rescued from the Damaturu Emir’s palace …

CONGREGANTS EXCHANGE BLOWS IN ABUJA CHURCH, DAMAGE PROPERTY Church service abruptly ended at the United Methodist Church in the Durumi area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as congregants engaged in a serious fight. The fight, which went on for hours, resulted in damage to some of the church’s property and required intervention from FCT command operatives to bring it …

NIGERIANS MOCK ADEBOYE OVER CLAIMS THAT ANOINTED HANDKERCHIEF RESURRECTED DEAD WOMAN AFTER 11 DAYS Nigerians have reacted to claims of the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, who claimed that a handkerchief he anointed raised a dead woman.In an old video clip making the rounds on social media, Adeboye, during a sermon, mentioned …

ENUGU INDIGENES REJECT ANAMBRA MAN POSTED AS BISHOP In a move that has sparked widespread outrage and protests, the Anglican Church in Nigeria has elected Ven. Prof. Sam Ike, an Anambra man, as the new bishop of Enugu Diocese. The election, which took place on August 13, 2023, in Abuja, has been rejected by the indigenes of Enugu State, who …