Month: December 2017

Christian Teaching Center’s Rev Michael Akpami and Secretary General of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) FCT chapter has charged Nigerian Christian pilgrims in Israel to be fervent in pray for peace and economic stability in Nigeria. Akpami, who made the call on Sunday at the Sea of Galilee during a prayer session with the Federal Capital Territory pilgrims, said the prayer was essential as without national peace and economic stability there would be no meaningful development in any nation. He said, “We should not forget to pray to God to continue…

The chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) FCT chapter, Rev. Dr. Jonah Samson, has called on Nigerians irrespective of their religious inclination to shun corruption in its entirety and all forms of hate. Rev Samson, who is one of the leaders of the FCT delegation on the ongoing 2017 pilgrimage to Israel stated this during a tour of a holy site, the Shepherd Field in Bethlehem, the birth place of Jesus Christ. Speaking further he encouraged s Nigerian Christians to recognise their identity as the light and salt of the…

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition investigating allegations of corruption against the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Nsima Ekere, as well as Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court, Abuja and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ricky Tafa, has summoned the trio to appear before it on Tuesday in Abuja to defend the allegations against them. In a letter of summon obtained by our reporter, the Committee mandated the trio to appear before the House in person or with their counsel. The summon…

Nigeria Christian Pilgrims who arrived the state of Israel on Wednesday for the 2017 pilgrimage exercise will on Thursday begin visit to holy sites starting from Bethlehem to Nazareth and Jerusalem. The pilgrims who are coordinated by the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC) are drawn from the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja, Akwa Ibom and Kogi, which formed part of it October – December Holy Christian Winter 2017 batch. According to a tour guide time table obtained by our correspondent, pilgrims will on Thursday be guided through the various holy…

…. as South-west Govs laud Nigerian Army efforts in peace building The Oyo State Government has entered into an agreement with the Nigeria Army to build a permanent garrison for peace and security to sustain the subsisting tempo of security in the state. This is coming on the heels of commendations from across the country over the efforts of the Nigerian Army in quelling insurrections and other multiple armed local conflicts around the country. The efforts has attracted widespread eulogies from many state Governors whose enclaves, which were previously hijacked…

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the first set of Nigerian Army Pilots trained by the Nigerian Army Aviation School to fly war planes. The initiative to train pilots is in accordance with the vision of the current leadership of the Nigerian Army under the leadership of Lieutenant General TY Buratai in transforming and enhancing its operations and efficiency of its personnel. The commissioning ceremony was one of the series of focal events lined up for the on-going 2017 Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference in Ibadan, the Oyo state…