Tag Archives: Religion

Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, Feb 14 (IPS) – Together religious identity and demographics play an important role in the decades-long conflict between Israelis and the Palestinians. If the Palestinians, who are largely Muslim and Christian, had been Jewish, they would …

Actress/Evangelist, Eucharia ANunobi, has chided Christian ladies who take delight in wearing skimpy attires that show off their butts, breasts and other sensitive parts of their bodies.    In a video shared online, Ms Anunobi described such ladies as ‘’Akwuna Kuna” an Igbo word for Prostitutes. She asked the Christian …

Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero has spoken up against the kidnapping and selling of Northern children in the southern parts of the country.   Addressing newsmen on Saturday, January 6, the Emir who was represented by Dan Malikin Kano,  Amb Ahmad Umar, stated that the emirate would no …

A Nigerian lady, Mariam Oyiza Aliyu, who left Islam, has described polygamy as a religion legalized ashawo  “Polygamy is just religion legalized ashawo” she wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday November 23.    The post Polygamy is religion legalized ashawo – Nigerian woman who left Islam says appeared first on Linda Ikeji …

Performer faces as many as 12 years in prison after their punk rock rendition of the Lord’s Prayer went viral. A drag queen in the Philippines has been arrested after their recital of the Lord’s Prayer dressed in an outfit resembling Jesus Christ triggered outrage in the mostly Catholic country. …

Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) – For the last 30 odd years, I have maintained that religions matter. I noted the reasons for why they matter, and always listed how they matter —as social service providers, as first …

Nigerian megastar Olamide has returned with a new single titled ‘New Religion’. Olamide’s one of Nigeria’s most reliable hitmakers and most awarded artists, and he’s set to delight listeners with his highly awaited ‘Unruly’ album.

The National Population Commission (NPC) has said that the May 3rd population and housing census will not canvass questions on religious affiliation.   NPC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Isiaka Yahaya who was reacting to an audio tape going viral on WhatsApp that religious affiliations of respondents will be canvassed, …

Nigerian psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society, Oyinkansola Alabi, has said she does not belong to any religion.   “I don’t belong to any RELIGION because religion is a CULT,” she said in a Facebook post on Monday, January 30.   “A cult followership that suspends thinking, and …

Nigerian playwright and novelist, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Sunday, recalled how over a hundred secondary school girls were abducted in Chibok, Borno State years ago and how a Christian girl, Deborah Samuel, was killed recently in Sokoto State by her colleagues in the name of religion. Soyinka described the events …