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King Jehoiakim, Taxation and the Nigerian Church

December 22nd, 201102:14 PM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Governor Fashola (State Governor Lagos State Nigeria) has stated that churches and mosques who owned buildings used for business purposes were not exempted from paying taxes to the government because they earn income from such businesses. “... Churches own facilities. Churches who run businesses should give something back to the ...
Nigerian Senate Criminalizes Same-Sex Marriage

November 30th, 201108:33 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

In defiance of pressure by Western interests, especially the United Kingdom, which has threatened to stop its financial assistance to any country that legislates against gay marriage, the Nigerian Senate Tuesday passed the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill. Henceforth, people found guilty of indulging in same sex marriage risk a jail term ...
Goliaths, Pharaohs and a New Dawn for a Great Nation

October 01st, 201106:24 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

President Goodluck Jonathan, the President of Nigeria - as the world’s most populous black nation today celebrates her 51st independence anniversary, says the future is bright and assures that the many challenges facing the nation will be eventually overcome. The President, who gave the assurance in a televised address declared that his administ...
Renewed Killings of Christian Minorities in Plateau State, Nigeria

September 06th, 201105:27 PM ET

By Olabode Ososami

For a while, it seemed like calm returned to Jos, Plateau State of Nigeria but just as people were beginning to think the violent days were over, another trend has resumed. Although there were reports of silent killings in some parts of the city, none threatened the peace of Jos as the Heipang 11th August 2011 incident where 9 people were sla...
Boko Haram, UN Bombing and Islamist Terror

September 01st, 201107:14 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Boko Haram (meaning "Western or non-Islamic education is a sin") is a Nigerian Islamist group seeking to impose Shariah law in the northern states of Nigeria. The group presently has a loose structure and chain of command and seems to have no clear leaders. The official name of the group is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad,...
Islamic Banking to be Imposed on Nigerians

June 29th, 201105:02 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

While different countries have their peculiar context, it seems none is without their own battles on the field of faith. While secularism and humanism have dealt many jabs on the dented breast plate in the West, the war may be somewhat different if not more direct in other geographies. Again legislative prowess may be the primary weapon...
Leading Change with a New Leap in Social Responsibility Evangelism

May 30th, 201108:21 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

Churches in developing economies are stepping up on their role in Social Responsibility Actions. The Apapa Family of Parishes, which includes over a 1000 parishes in Nigeria, Europe and the USA, is part of The Redeemed Christian Church of God - one of the largest Pentecostal fellowship of Churches – and is making bold moves in Social Respon...
Nigeria elects Christian President in landmark Election. Islamists say No

April 18th, 201111:10 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

It became clearer this morning in Africa’s most populous nation that the agenda of some to install Islamist Buhari or no Nigeria - required a different sort of intervention after last Saturday witnessed an unusually peaceful landmark election. Angry opposition supporters in Nigeria's Muslim north set fire to homes bearing ruling party banne...
March 2011, Failed Bomb blasts in Jos Nigeria as genocide of Christians continue.

March 22nd, 201104:26 AM ET

By Olabode Ososami

On Sunday, the 20th of March 2011, between 9 and 10am, a bomb blasted in the hands of two Muslim youths. The youths who were riding on a motor cycle around Nasarawa Gwom were said to be riding towards the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) Nasarawa Gwom with the intention of detonating their bomb on the church but the bomb went off earlier than se...
It is well even in Tucson – and about the World’s Happiest People

January 12th, 201103:26 PM ET

By Olabode Ososami

The world mourns victims of the recent Tucson shooting tragedy and remembers the many families all over the globe that have suffered losses from inexplicable mishaps. President Obama said on Monday at the White House concerning the incident “...but also speaking to our hopes for the future and how out of this tragedy we can come togeth...

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