The fire of Pentecostal evangelism is burning through the continent scorching "sins" and shaking the religio-political status quo to its very foundation. Meanwhile, traditional churches are watching helplessly as their members defect en masse to the Pentecostal churches.

Many Ugandans believe that sainthood is reserved only for religious people, and not politicians or soldiers, but Catholic history is littered with saints who on earth were kings, queens, emperors, or even generals.

The compulsory prayers introduced by Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State for staff of the Government House in Jalingo last year has recorded some casualties as the governor yesterday ordered the suspension of three workers for failing to attend the

THE United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Ssekaggya, has backed the Marriage and Divorce Bill.

IN apparent solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which began mass rallies in Abuja to protest Federal Government's planned deregulation of downstream sector of the nation's oil and gas industry, religious leaders yesterday urged the government to tackle corruption,

Religious leaders have been urged to resist imported cultures that are harmful.

An Islamic scholar, Ustadh Shaf'ee Badmos has encouraged Muslims to go on holy pilgrimage to Makkah and Madina when they have the means to do so.

In order for Hajj to be valid or proper, the following pillars as well as essentials must be fulfilled:

Within the framework of the celebration of "Kairouan as 2009 Islamic culture capital", the Ministry of Religious Affairs held on Wednesday in Kairouan, a conference under the motto "The enlightened religious thought and attributes of identity during two decades of

It would be sad to see any attempts to sabotage constitution reform by individual clergy who may hide under the cloak of the churches to push partisan designs.

Bishop Friday Nwator is an Executive Assistant to former Governor Peter Odili of Rivers State. A medical doctor by training, he was the second Rivers State indigene to become the President of the Association in 1982. Nwator speaks on his

Something is definitely wrong when you see criminals and fraudsters target places of worship.

Last Sunday, General Buhari attended the public lecture organized by the Movement for Better Future at the Arewa House in Kaduna. At the occasion, he lamented that free and fair election has not been possible in Nigeria because of the