My attention has just been drawn to a publication by a religious affairs correspondent in a British daily criticising the stand of a majority of Global South Primates and several other bishops around the world over the current departures arising from the ongoing controversies surrounding unscriptural revisionist innovations on human sexuality.
23 September 2003
The Anglican Archbishop of Kaduna province in Nigeria, the Most Revd Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has said that the political crisis in Anambra State is a reflection of a "corruption-infested society".
01 August 2003
The Primate, Archbishops and Bishops, on behalf of the clergy and laity of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), received the shocking news of the ratification of the liturgy for same-sex marriages and the subsequent same-sex marriage in the Diocese of New Westminster in Canada, under the Rt Revd M C Ingham.
25 June 2003
The Church of Nigeria has issued a statement expressing deep sadness with the recent decision taken by the Diocese of New Westminster, Canada, to officially sanction same-sex union.
02 June 2003
After visiting four dioceses of the Episcopal Church in Chicago, Southern Ohio, Houston and Michigan, Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria said that, "the church I saw is as healthy as any church can be."
14 August 2001
Eight priests and seven deacons were ordained recently by the Bishop of Ijebu Diocese, Anglican Communion, the Rt Revd Professor Akinyele Omoyajowo.
24 July 2001
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd George Carey has expressed hope that both government and religious leaders in Nigeria will work for better relations between Christians and Muslims. This sentiment came following his two-week visit to the home of 15 million Anglicans in a country of 118 million people.
06 March 2001
Ash Wednesday began for me with the power of the Book of Common Prayer's Litany of Penitence and Confession. The day lived up to its message in some ways for me and indeed I knew it was Lent.
06 March 2001
Dr George Carey has today (31 January) begun his visit first ever to Nigeria, and the first by an Archbishop of Canterbury for eighteen years.
31 January 2001
The city and state of Kaduna have been embroiled in communal violence since 21st February. Much of the infrastructure of the city of Kaduna has been destroyed; churches, mosques, homes and businesses have been burnt. 80,000 people have been made homeless, and hundreds have been killed.
19 March 2000