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December 31, 2021

Civil Defence officers revolt over deduction of N5,000 from their salaries for ‘useless’ name-tag

Officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps are protesting at the corp’s headquarters in Abuja and its formations across the country over a N5,000 deduction in their December salaries

Abubakar Audi/NSCDC Officiers
December 31, 2021

Pastor Odukoya suffers another bereavement, loses twin sister

The clergyman’s twin sister died just weeks after his second wife, Pastor Nomthi Rosemary, died of cancer on November 9, 2021.

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya and his late twin sister Kehinde Hassan
December 31, 2021

Taliban forbids trimming, shaving of beards, says it’s un-Islamic

This decree is contained in a copy of the instructions signed by the extremist minister Sheikh Muhammad Khalid Haqqani.

December 30, 2021

India: Hindu leader Maharaj arrested for insulting Mahatma Gandhi

The Indian police booked Mr Maharaj for hate speech after complaints were lodged against him for abusing late civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi.

Kalicharan Maharaj, Indian Police, Mahatma Gandhi
December 28, 2021

New Year: Ghana to jail pastors who predict doom in 2022

“A person found guilty under these laws could be liable to a term of imprisonment of up to five years.”

Some popular Ghanaian pastors
December 27, 2021

Boxing Day: 1,547 Nigerians test positive for COVID-19

On Monday, the National Centre for Disease Control stated that Sunday’s infections were recorded in nine states and the FCT.

December 26, 2021

President Buhari mourns Archbishop Tutu

The president said that Desmond Tutu’s position as head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission provided healing and direction for his country and the world.

Desmond Tutu and President Muhammadu Buhari
December 26, 2021

Kaduna: Muslims attend Christmas service

Last year, the number of Muslims that attended the church services outnumbered the number of Christians.

Christians and Muslims
December 26, 2021

Atiku, world leaders shower tributes as Desmond Tutu passes on at 90

Peoples Gazette had earlier reported that Mr Tutu, a retired Anglican archbishop, died on Sunday morning in Cape Town South Africa.

Desmond Tutu
December 26, 2021

Buhari regime’s silence emboldening bandits, terrorists: Kukah

The clergyman says the Buhari regime is “totally oblivious to the cherished values of the sacredness of life.”

Bishop Matthew Kukah