The Most Revd Peter Akinola, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, today opened a Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) national workshop on HIV/AIDS strategic planning and policy development in Abuja, Nigeria.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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."
Eight priests and seven deacons were ordained recently by the Bishop of Ijebu Diocese, Anglican Communion, the Rt Revd Professor Akinyele Omoyajowo.
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.
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. Yet God's grace led me to have an interview with His Grace, the Most Reverend Peter Akinola, Primate of Nigeria, said to be the fastest growing Province in our Anglican Communion, just the next day, St David's Day.
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.
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.
News has reached the Anglican Communion Office that the Bishop of Kaduna, where fierce fighting has erupted between Muslims and Christians, is literally confined to his home with his family and six other bishops. The bishops were on their way to a synod to elect a new primate.
The Church of the Province of Nigeria is a growing Church. It now has 58 dioceses and recently decided to create three Provinces within the Church. The new Provinces each has its own Archbishop. The new Provinces will be inaugurated on 3 October and the Archbishops will be presented.
Last month, the Rt Revd Samuel Elenwo, Bishop of Niger Delta North, was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted burglary at his official residence in Port Harcourt.
The Rt Revd Samuel Elenwo, Bishop of Niger Delta North, was shot and seriously wounded during an attempted burglary at his official residence in Port Harcourt just before Christmas.
