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One killed, many injured as masquerades invade church during service in Anambra State At least one person died yesterday while over 22 other persons sustained various degrees of injury when masquerades in their numbers invaded the Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry, Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The masquerades, who were said to be celebrating a festival known as Uzo Iyi, invaded the worship ground, beating up members and also attempting to whisk away the spiritual director of the centre, Rev Fr Emmanuel Obimma. According to reports, three of the masquerade members were arrested by operatives of SARS upon complaint from the church that they were extorting worshippers coming to the church. The leadership of the church called in the SARS operatives to help their internal security to protect worshipers, but upon arriving, the operatives arrested three masquerades who were involved in the extortion, but their colleagues attempted to stop them from taking...

Port Hacourt-based church vows to use its offering and tithes to send withheld Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu, to school + build a three bedroom house for her parents A Port Harcourt based church, Omega Power Ministries, has offered scholarship to Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi school girl who is still in Boko Haram captivity after she refused to denounce her faith as a Christian. The church says it will use its offering and tithes to buy land and build a house for her parents if they chose to relocate to Port Harcourt. See the chuch's post below...

PRAYER ALERT: GIRL—KIDNAPPED BY BOKO HARAM—STILL HELD BECAUSE SHE WILL NOT RECANT HER CHRISTIAN FAITH; CHURCH CALLS ON NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT BUHARI TO WIN HER RELEASE "They said she was a Christian, that's why they could not release her. They said she cannot be released until she becomes a Muslim. And my daughter said she would never be a Muslim." -Leah's father, Nathan Sharibu Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria retained the only Christian among more than 100 kidnapped girls who were freed last week, prompting the head of her church denomination to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to obtain her release. Boko Haram refused to release Leah Nathan Sharibu, 15, because she would not renounce her faith and convert to Islam, according to released Muslim girls. The Rev. Jeremiah Gado, president of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), said in a press statement on Friday (March 23) that her parents are members of the ECWA congregation in Dapchi, Yobe ...