A ten-million-kwacha donation by Prophet Shepherd Bushiri towards Savers from the Heart (SFTH) school feeding programme has started bearing fruit in some primary schools in the capital Lilongwe as the schools have started registering increased enrollment. Headteacher for Kagwandipenya Primary School in rural Lilongwe, Eviness Kayenda, told Nyasa Times in an interview that since SFTH […]
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Christian Solidarity Worldwide Nigeria, CSWN, has demanded full application of all relevant laws against those who violated the abducted Chibok school girls, to show the supremacy of law over lawlessness and impunity. It also contended that prosecuting them will equally console victims of insurgency trying to rebuild their lives or still struggling at the Internally […]
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Ugandan Nuns Killed in South Sudan Ambush
Five people have been confirmed dead after gunmen yesterday ambushed them on Juba-Nimule road. According to information Daily Monitor gathered last evening, the people were ambushed while travelling from Loa Parish in Torit Diocese, Eastern Equatoria Province in South Sudan, for the Loa Parish Centenary Celebrations. The dead were identified as Sr Mary Aboud, who […]
The Network for Democracy and Development (NDD) has condemned the Saturday’s killing of over 20 Muslims by a local militia in Jos, Plateau State, calling for concerted actions to stop the crisis before it consumed the nation. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by National Coordinator, Tajudeen Alabede and Director of Public Affairs, […]
ECWA Church calls on the authorities to ensure the perpetrators of the Plateau killings are brought to justice. The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has described as “heartless” the killings on Saturday of members of a Muslim group by suspected militiamen in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Church’s president, Stephen Panya, […]
Most conventional churches such as United Methodist and Anglican were still closed Sunday despite the lifting of a government ban in worshipping at synagogues as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 national lockdown. Gates were, however, open at Roman Catholic St Peter’s Parish church in Chitambo suburb in Chinhoyi, which was allowing only fully vaccinated […]
IN a rare move, government has warned apostolic religious sects against arranging and engaging in child sexual abuses under the guise of marriages. The stern warning was issued by the minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Sithembiso Nyoni. Nyoni was making her keynote address at the launch of the State of […]
Muslim leaders have condemned Garissa Township MP Aden Duale’s remarks that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is like the Roman Catholic Church. The Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council (Kemnac), led by its chairman Sheikh Juma Ngao, said that Mr Duale’s remarks portrayed disrespect for other religions. “The Catholic Church is a religion and as Muslims […]
Rwanda has eased Covid-19 restrictions after a gradual a drop in infections with the positivity rate dropping from 10 to 4 percent. This has been attributed to the strict measures the country imposed, including lockdowns. The review of Covid-19 measures comes a week after the country resumed mass inoculation. Vaccinations had slowed down due to […]
GOVERNMENT has approved the reopening of churches but only for fully vaccinated congregants. It has also sent out teams to assess the possibility of reopening of schools while hotels have been allowed to purchase vaccines for their employees in a raft of measures meant to ease the current Covid-19 lockdown. The measures were announced by […]
Mrs. Intisar El Sisi, the wife of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, greeted on Monday9/8/2021 the Egyptian people as well as Arab and Islamic nations on the occasion of the new Hijri Year. On her social media accounts, the First Lady wished Egypt, its people and the entire world more progress, security and stability on […]
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Zambia: Timely Intercession Commendable
OUR spiritual fathers’ timely intercession on behalf of the country as Zambia heads to the polls this Thursday epitomises what a Christian nation leadership should always strive to uphold in times like the present where tension is high. That is peace and unity. The good book in 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, “if my people, who […]
The Tonse Alliance administration of President Lazarus Chakwera has come under heavy fire from the influential Catholic Church’s Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) over what it says are unfulfilled promises and other ‘mis-governance’ issues. In a strongly-worded statement issued on August 8, 2021 and signed by CCJP’s National Coordinator, Boniface Chibwana, CCJP says it […]
International Pentecost Holiness Church members undressed Karabo Ndlovu to conduct a gender test The Equality Court has awarded a transgender woman R600,000 in damages. Karabo Ndlovu was made to undress in a public toilet so that members of the International Pentecost Holiness Church could examine her genitals. The church was ordered to pay her legal […]
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Nigeria: The Acquittal of El Zakzaky
Government should obey the court’s ruling Last Thursday, the Kaduna State High Court ordered the release of Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, after almost six years in “protective custody” and a controversial trial. However, following the acquittal of the duo on grounds that the charges preferred against them lack merit, the Kaduna State […]
Kaduna State Government yesterday said it has filed further charges against the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky under the Treason and Treasonable Offences Act before a Federal High Court. This is coming less than 24 hours after a Kaduna State High Court discharged and acquitted El-Zakzaky and his wife, […]
Continuing in the spirit of Sallah, jubilation filled the hearts of residents in Katsina state as Gwagware Foundation, donated over 700 cows to the less privileged in the state. The founder of the foundation, Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Dikko Radda extended his hands […]
Churches that breach the lockdown regulations by holding face-to-face services run the risk of being prosecuted, police have said. A number of churches have either resumed face-to-face services or never stopped their regular gatherings, in direct violation of national regulations aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19. The Herald has also established that some especially […]