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My name was smuggled into Tinubu’s Campaign Council list ―CAN member

October 21, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

In a statement, Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, a social justice peace advocate, on Friday said neither he nor his wife, Prof. Funmi Para-Mallam was aware of their nomination as members of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as their consent was not sought. Insisting that he is not a card-carrying member of […]

Archbishop Okoh is CAN new president as Ayokunle bows out

July 28, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

General Assembly of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday formally validated the election of Archbishop Daniel Okoh as its new President, thereby ending the tenure of Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle. His recommendation by an Electoral College which was set up to screen and suggest candidates for the offices of the President and Vice […]

CAN dissociates itself from bishops at Shettima’s unveiling

July 20, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Wednesday dissociated itself from ‘Bishops’ who attended the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, saying they were desperados who went there for themselves. CAN said that although the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was free to “hire mechanics […]

Adeboye backs CAN, PFN, denies meeting with Tinubu

July 20, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

General Overseer (GO) of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Tuesday denied meeting with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. In a statement on Tuesday, the church said Adeboye was under the authorities of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of […]

C of O not granted to churches, CRK removed from school curriculum by many northern Nigerian states —CAN says

August 28, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has raised an alarm on the alleged persecution Christians in the country are being subjected to. CAN’s Assistant General Secretary and Chairman of CAN’s anniversary celebration committee, Elder Biodun Sanyaolu who spoke at the association’s 45th anniversary in Abuja, alleged that there are attempts to hijack its leadership and destabilise the association. […]

CAN, Catholic Secretariat, SMBLF support Bishop Kukah

December 29, 2020Bode DoluLeave a Comment

In a statement by Yinka Odumakin (South-West), Chief Guy Ikoku (South East), Senator Bassey Henshaw (South-South) and Dr. Isuwa Dogo (Middle Belt), the Southern Nigeria and Middle Belt Forum (SMBLF), on Monday condemned the outbursts of the Presidency, the Northern Elders Forum and Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), over the Christmas Day message of the Catholic […]

CAN, Islamic council lambaste Femi Adesina for blaming religious bodies over #EndSARS

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) have scolded the Presidency for attributing the nationwide #EndSARS protests to hate message from religious houses. In separate interviews on Friday, CAN and NSCIA knocked the Presidency for engaging in a blame game, rather than resolving the issues. Femi Adesina, the […]

CAN, CSOs oppose Lauretta Onochie’s INEC nomination

October 16, 2020Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and about 20 civil society organisations (CSO) have faulted the nomination of a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a national commissioner of the Southsouth in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing it as “an executive recklessness, a dirty slap on the populace, and a gross violation of the 1999 […]

CAN, Pastor Adeboye tell Buhari to abrogate RUGA scheme

September 1, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has told the Federal Government to jettison the planned RUGA scheme, saying the association was opposed to the implementation of the programme anywhere in Nigeria. President of CAN, Pastor Samson Ayokunle, announced the position of the association at a church leaders’ summit in Lagos on Saturday. “We, the Christian body […]

Killing of 66 Kaduna residents by gunmen, El-Rufai lied — CAN, NEMA

February 17, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Kaduna State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have denied the claims by Nasir el-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, that 66 people were killed in Kaduna. CAN also accused the Governor of deliberately giving out false information. Addressing a press briefing last Friday, el-Rufai had claimed […]

CAN accuses Buhari of playing northern, Islamic agenda

September 17, 2018Bode DoluLeave a Comment

In a statement on Monday, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) spokesman, Bayo Oladeji, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of projecting a northern and Islamic agenda. Buhari’s recent appointments of Yusuf Magaji Bichi, a Muslim, from Kano State to replace Matthew Seiyefa, a Christian from Bayelsa; Abbas Umar Masanawa as the Managing Director of the […]

CAN responds to Osinbajo over his attack on pastors about corruption

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has responded to the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s attack on Nigerian Pastors for not preaching against corruption. Osinbajo had berated Pastors for failing to lend support to the Federal Government’s anti-corruption war at the 30th National Biennial Conference of the Students Christian Movement of Nigeria holding in Enugu, adding that preachers […]