An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Thursday sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward. The trial judge, Justice Gabriel Ette, found Prince Emmanuel Umoh, who served at the Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa…
Apostle Sunday Abang has been arrested after he was reportedly caught attempting to steal church equipment at the Apostolic Church in Afaha Akai, Akwa Ibom. Abang hails from Uko Ukim, Udung Uko Local Government Area of the state. According to eyewitnesses, the cleric was intercepted within the church premises while allegedly trying to make away…
Suspected bandits have attacked Ejigba town in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Sunday morning, local sources have confirmed. Eyewitnesses told Egbe Mekun Platform, a community news outlet, that the assault occurred during a church service at a new Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church. Adegboyega Oguns, who was present at the church,…
Gunmen have reportedly attacked Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where a priest of The United Church of Christ in Nigeria (UCCN) was killed. The UCCN, also known as HEKAN, has since condemned the attack. The terrorists were said to have invaded the community and unleashed mayhem on innocent and…
A 63-year-old pastor, Luke Eze, has been arraigned for alleged rape of two sisters (names withheld), aged 16 and 19. According to SP Daniel Ndukwe, Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, State Headquarters, GRA, Enugu, the suspect was arrested on September 11, 2025, by operatives of the Iwollo Police Division of the Command, following…
A 42-year-old pastor’s wife, Mrs Sanmori Taiwo, and her 62-year-old husband, Pastor Sanmori Joshua, have been arrested for fake kidnap. Mrs Taiwo was said to have faked her kidnap to extort N10m from relatives abroad. The Ondo State Police Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, in a statement on Wednesday, said the drama played…
Pastor Ifediorah Joseph who was caught in a viral video flogging children in his in Rivers State has said his actions were a directive from the Holy Spirit and not a personal action. He disclosed this after he was arrested by the police he was caught flogging children under the guise of spiritual cleansing. The…
Sunday Ogbogho, a pastor with one of the popular Pentecostal churches in Asaba, Delta state, has been arraigned in a magistrate court for allegedly assaulting his tenant, Mr Kenneth Orusi. It was gathered that on July 27, 2025, Mr Ogbogho who is also a landlord allegedly attacked Mr Orusi who is a journalist and inflicted…
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Church A pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has absconded with $8,000 belonging to the church. The RCCG pastor also abandoned his wife in South Africa to marry another woman in the United States. The wife of the RCCG General Overseer, Pastor Folu Adeboye, disclosed this…
A devastating incident has left the Eche Ezama community in Ibagwa Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, in sorrow following the alleged murder of four siblings by a local clergyman. The victims—Kamsiyochukwu Ezema (7), Ezinne Ezema (6), Ujunwa Ezema (5), and Chinedu Ezema (2)—were reportedly attacked with a pestle inside their home….
