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CAN Raises Alarm Over Rate Of Drug Addiction In Kaduna

October 5, 2020 3:42 pm

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter, has raised the alarm over a continuous rise in drug abuse and addiction among youths in the state.
The State CAN Chairman, Rev. John Hayab, made this known to newsmen in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area, NAN reports.

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Hayab said that the menace of drug abuse was fast eating deep into the fabric of the society, adding that swift and decisive action must be taken to savage the situation.

‘CAN in Kaduna State is saying no to drug addiction

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Gov Fintiri Hails CAN Chairman For Disclosing COVID-19 Status

August 24, 2020 11:37 am

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has commended the state Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Stephen Mamza, for publicly declaring his COVID-19 positive status.

Stephen Mamza who is also the Catholic Bishop of Yola announced on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, thus becoming the first prominent person in Adamawa State to publicly declare his status.

Governor Fintiri while commending Bishop Mamza’s openness said his action would spread the message to the doubting masses, against the backdrop that many people in the state still do not believe in the reality of COVID-19.

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Insecurity: CAN Declares 3-Day Nationwide Prayer

CAN To FG: CAMA Law Is Satanic, It’s A Time Bomb

August 20, 2020 12:54 pm

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA), saying appointing a supervising minister to suspend church trustees and appoint new one is Satanic.

CAN said the new act would snuff life out of the church and rank the church as a secular institution under secular control.

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo had condemned the CAMA law and rejected it in totality.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on August 7 signed into law, the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020. The bill which has been passed by the National Assembly …

Insecurity: CAN Declares 3-Day Nationwide Prayer

Southern Kaduna Killings: People’s Right To Life Eroded – CAN

August 17, 2020 6:41 am

The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Dr. Sopu Ayokunle, has reiterated that every human being has the constitutional right to life and so the people of Southern Kaduna.

He added that in a constituted authority, people should be protected, stressing that it was so with the people of Southern Kaduna.

Speaking at an interdenominational service organized by CAN leadership in Kaduna to pray for the restoration of peace in Southern Kaduna, the state and the country as a whole, the CAN President expressed dismay that in this modern world, senseless killings were the order of the day …

COVID-19 Rules- CAN Cautions Churches, Members

COVID-19 Rules: CAN Cautions Churches, Members

June 10, 2020 12:09 pm

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kaduna State chapter, has enjoined Christian faithful to use the reopening of places of worship in the state to exhibit good conduct by strictly observing all the protocols including the washing of hands, social distancing, wearing of face masks and other rules associated with the curbing of the spread of COVID-19.

The state chairman of CAN, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, in a statement made in Kaduna, on Wednesday, said, CAN Kaduna state wishes to appreciate the state Governor and the State Standing Committee on COVID-19 for allowing places of worship to reopen from Sunday …

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Insecurity: Enough Is Enough – Ayokunle, CAN President

February 8, 2020 3:40 am
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has warned that insecurity has pushed Nigeria to the tipping point even as he said CAN would no longer take further attacks on its members. Ayokunle who spoke exclusively with Saturday Sun in Abuja, declared that despite all the suggestions that CAN had given to the government, it appeared that the government was not taking any of them.

He concluded that having been given everything to curtail the insecurity in the country, excuses were no longer permissible within the prevailing circumstances, saying that enough is enough.

Asked what

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MURIC

MURIC Blasts CAN, FFK Over Denial Of Suspected Bomber

February 5, 2020 11:33 am

An Islamic rights group, Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has insisted that the suspected suicide bomber caught at the Living Faith Church in Kaduna State on Sunday is a Christian.

DAILY POST reported earlier that the Kaduna State Police Command yesterday announced the arrest of a suspected suicide bomber inside a church in Kaduna State

The Islamic group said it pitched its camp with the Kaduna State Police Command, insisting that the suspect was indeed a Christian by name Nathaniel Samuel

There has been intense controversy over the

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Dapchi girls

Presidency To CAN: No Ransom Was Paid For Dapchi Girls

February 5, 2020 11:29 am

The Presidency has denied claims by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), that the current administration paid ransom for the release of Dapchi girls because the majority were Muslims.

Special Adviser to the President Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement urged CAN to desist from disinformation which can further divide Nigerians. He added that the  letter and spirit of the Holy Bible does not support discord, which CAN’s allegations are liable to cause.

The statement read: “We are again constrained to react to unfounded allegations by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) about the payment or non-payment of …

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Nigeria Now Records More Mass Burial Than Celebration

February 2, 2020 1:10 pm

Benue State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Akpen Leva has lamented that the country now organises more burials than celebration.

Leva stated this on Sunday when he led Christians in the state to match round the premises of NKST, Lortyer in Makurdi, the state capital to protest incessant killings of Christians in the country.
The state CAN chairman who was addressing Christian adherents during the rally said Christians have lost faith in the Nigeria nation as nowhere is safe anymore.

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