There are many reported cases of religious organisations in Nigeria and elsewhere encouraging their members not to take medicines for their ailments but rely on faith healing instead.
Abdullahi Ibrahim, 21, and Khadija Ali, 20, are accused of allegedly stealing a motorcycle belonging to a Muslim cleric.
The police command in Abakaliki, said that the priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike, was released unhurt by the kidnappers.
The clergyman, who frowned at negative comments by some politicians, said that even though tribe and tongue may differ, Nigerians are one.
The primate urged all Nigerians to support the federal government’s reforms to rebuild the economy.
He said experiences garnered in surmounting challenges in the past three years would be used to entrench a system that would ensure the smooth running of the commission.
On June 25, Peoples Gazette reported how zealots killed Mr Buda over an allegation of blasphemy, a development that attracted widespread condemnation from Nigerians.
She stated that the NAHCON zonal coordinator for Kwara, Ibrahim Fijabi, said that 272 pilgrims arrived with him.
CAN president, Daniel Okoh, on Wednesday in Abuja, described the attack on worshippers as “an assault on religious freedom in Nigeria.”
The executive director of MURIC, Ishaq Akintola, labelled the report as an imperialist agenda in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
