The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, is set to meet President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of its continued parley with stakeholders; ahead of the 2019 elections. CAN National President, Samson Supo Ayokunle who dropped this hint in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, yesterday, said the Christian body would continue to pray for peaceful, free, fair and […]
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Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Northern Nigeria, Rev. Yakubu Pam, has advised the Federal Government and the Northern Governor’s Forum (NGF) to halt killing of Christians in the North; before the situation degenerates into a civil war. Rev. Pam said this, yesterday, in reaction to the murder of two Catholic bishops […]
Read More The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has raised another alarm over what it said are the risks posed to the unity of the country by activities of armed Fulani herdsmen, urging the federal government to exercise necessary power that will clampdown on the killer herdsmen and their promoters. To this end, CAN declared January 7th […]
Read More The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna Chapter, has urged Muslims and Christians to shun religious bigotry so as to make Nigeria a greater country in the comity of nations. The Secretary of the chapter, Rev. Sunday Ibrahim, made the call when he received gift items donated by some advocates of inter-faith harmony led by […]
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Nigeria’s Christian Association (CAN) has opposed the floating of the Sukuk Islamic bond by the Federal Government, alleging it is meant to Islamise the country through the back door. CAN, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by its General Secretary, Rev. Musa Asake, demanded the abrogation of the laws and framework behind the bond […]
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Nigeria should see a bumper cocoa harvest in the coming season as late rains have helped boost pod production, the head of the cocoa association said on Thursday. Sayina Riman, president of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN), expects output for the new season which starts in October to hit between 300,000 tonnes and 320,000 […]
Read More The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says about 65,000 of its members in Katsina State, have begun seven-day fasting and prayers for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari. Rev. Nelson Onyeka Chukwu, CAN Chairman in the state, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Katsina, said that the prayers would be offered at […]
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The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has decried the unabating and recurring spate of killings of Christians in the Northern part of the country on account of alleged blasphemy, stressing that such killings have become too many and requires urgent attention. Recently, about eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State […]
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CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) in Kaduna have thrown their weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari on his anti-corruption war, saying Buhari is the messiah that Nigeria needs to succeed as a nation. The two Christian umbrella bodies stated this at the closing of their annual one week of prayers […]
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