An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced six persons including a pastor to death over their involvement in bank robberies which took place in Akure and Idanre in 2011. The convicts are; Pastor Adewale Adelu, Ikechuckwu Maduagwu, Fayemi Olubusuyi, Ropo Adeleye, Dele Otopka, and Bayo Omotosho. They were found…
A United States-based pastor has claimed God instructed him to steal more than $1million from his Christian community in a cryptocurrency scheme. Eli Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, are accused of creating and selling their cryptocurrency, known as “INDXcoin,” to Christians in their hometown of Denver, Colorado, allegedly telling potential investors that the Lord…
The police in Ogun state have arrested one Pastor Clinton John of the Mega World Healing Ministry, Giwa Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area of the state for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl. In a statement released, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Omolola Odutola, said John has allegedly been having unlawful…
A gang of armed robbers stormed a church mid-service to rob before abducting the deacon. In a viral video, the pastor of the Ghanaian Church of Pentecost, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, is seen preaching from the pulpit when the armed men made their entrance. Armed with pistols, they forced the church members…
A resident pastor of Living Faith Church, Aloko- Oganenigwu in Dekina LGA of Kogi State, Jacob Wodi Hulobu, was reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen who invaded the town on Sunday, April 2. DailyTrust reports that the pastor and some of his members were said to have escaped the attacked which occurred during the…
Gunmen, believed to be kidnappers, on Friday invaded Grow Home Estate in the Chikakore area of Kubwa, a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and abducted several residents. SaharaReporters, at the scene of the incident on Saturday morning, gathered that the gunmen invaded the estate, opposite Champions Church, around 10pm on Friday…
A Jos-based pastor, Albarka Bitrus, has been arrested by operatives of the Plateau State Police Command for stagging his own kidnap and demanding ransom from members of his congregation. The command’s spokesman, Alabo Alfred, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday said that the clergyman was arrested alongside his collaborators following intelligence reports after…
A pastor, Adewunmi Awotidoye, has been hospitalised after being attacked by armed thugs who invaded a Celestial Church of Christ in the Jakande area of Lagos State. Truetells Nigeria gathered that the thugs, who were armed with guns and machetes, stormed the church on motorcycles during a service. They were said to have beaten up…
The Church paid me N1.5 million to rape and kill Uwaila Vera, her suspected killer has said. TrueTellsNigeria reports that a supposed official of Department of State Service (DSS) identified as Peter Kalusky, has taken to the micro-blogging site, Twitter to reveal that Uwa’s killer who is known as Chibuzor, has accused a pastor of…
South African pastor, Reverend Bassie Jackals, died while delivering a hot sermon at African Methodist Episcopal Church in Kuruman, Northern Cape on Sunday January 19th. A video circulating online, showed the moment the pastor slumped while preaching in his church. He was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead. A post-mortem carried out…
