LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea. On Friday, over a hundred people watched on as…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed “utter dismay” at the recent social media advert by FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC, makers of Peak Milk, which used the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday. CAN’s displeasure was contained in a statement on Monday by…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis presided at one indoor service on Good Friday, but doctors ordered him to skip an outdoor evening “Way of the Cross” procession at Rome’s Colosseum after being hospitalised last week for bronchitis. Francis was following the service from his residence in the Vatican as a precaution after the temperature fell…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christian faithful in Nigeria marked Good Friday – a prelude to the Easter celebrations – amid the lingering cash crunch and high cost of food. The day, celebrated across the globe by Christians, is earmarked to remember the death of Jesus Christ. In several churches across Nigeria, services took place while processions…