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Easter Message: Nigeria Must Rise Again, Says CAN

NewsDeskNgApr 5, 2026April 5, 20260

CAN expresses optimism Nigeria will overcome challenges, urging leadership responsibility, unity, and renewed hope among citizens. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed optimism that Nigeria will rise again and overcome its challenges if the right actions are taken. The organisation urged leaders to recognise that the current situation...

CAN, Abia advert agency at loggerheads over signpost tax on churches

NewsDeskNgOct 23, 2024October 23, 20240

The Abia State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described the state government’s policy of compelling churches to pay signpost tax as a delicate issue that can affect the image of the state. CAN in a letter addressed to the Governor, dated October 22, 2024, expressed its...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents kill three in Yobe

NewsDeskNgJun 7, 2024June 7, 20240

Three passengers have been killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on the Biu-Damaturu road in Yobe State. It was gathered that the assailants abducted the victims on Wednesday before later killing them. According to a relative of one of the victims, the incident occurred near Kamuya, a border community between...

Xmas: God will not abandon you – CAN tells Nigerians

NewsDeskNgDec 24, 2022December 24, 20220

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has told Nigerians not to lose hope, adding that God has not forgotten them. CAN President Archbishop Daniel C. Okoh, in a statement he signed on Saturday, reminded Nigerians of the unfailing and never-ending love of God. He noted that this period is significant...

Provide good leadership for unity in body of Christ – Niger CAN chair urges leaders

NewsDeskNgNov 25, 2022November 25, 20220

Niger State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Most Rev Yohanna Dauwa Bulus has called on co-ordinators, secretaries and other officials of the association to provide good leadership to ensure cohesion in the body of Christ in the state. Speaking while declaring open a two-day capacity building and...

Strategic Policy Document Of CAN Has Been Captured In Our Manifesto – SDP Presidential Candidate

NewsDeskNgNov 23, 2022November 23, 20220

Presidential Candidate, of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo has said that CAN’s Strategic Policy Document has been captured in in the SDP Manifesto while assuring that his party will be truthful to Nigerians, while ensuring freedom of worship and a promise to instill patriotism in Nigerians, entrenching...