LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the government to partner with the church and other progressive organisations in driving forward human development in society. Obi made this call while addressing newsmen at Nsukka during the dedication of St…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five houses and a church known as Divine Shadow were, on Tuesday, set ablaze by some youths in Daudu, in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State over allegation of missing genitals. Youths had on Saturday protested round the town because of the allegation. The acting Tyoor of Guma, Chief Chado…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A newborn baby wrapped in Ankara fabric was found abandoned inside a church in Obio-Akpor local government area in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that the baby was found dead on Monday, October 26, inside the partially fenced church located at Ozuoba junction along NTA-Mgbuoba Road. Residents of Ozuoba…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on the news of the planned return of schools to the church. Reacting via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Obi wrote: “I read with happiness, news of the planned…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic church in Pearl River, Louisiana, has burned the altar where its former pastor was caught having sex with two women. “His behavior was obscene, his desecration of the altar is demonic,” said Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, who consecrated a new altar at the church Sunday, WVUE reports. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ondo State High Court has sentenced the Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Pastor Samuel Babatunde, also known as Alfa Babatunde, to life imprisonment over the “disappearance” of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, in his church. The little boy was abducted by an unknown person during the church service at the children…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is panic in Inen Ikot Esse village in OrukAnam local government area of Akwa Ibom, as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded a Pentecostal church and shot one of the church elders identified Elder Friday Ufenang. It was gathered that the suspected cultists numbering over 10 had stormed the church premises…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people have been killed after attackers stormed a South African church, reportedly amid an argument over its leadership. South African police said they had rescued men, women and children from a “hostage situation” on the outskirts of Johannesburg on Saturday morning. They have also arrested at least 40 people, and seized…