Obed Minchakpu has served in various capacities in the media industry for over three decades, beginning in 1988. He has written widely about Science and Technology, the Economy, Politics, and Christianity. He was the Editor of Today’s Challenge Magazine, a Christian News magazine published by the Evangelical Church of West Africa, ECWA (now Evangelical Church Winning All), and afterwards the Editorial Manager at ECWA Productions Ltd. He has also served as a correspondent for different Christian news media across the world, including Christianity Today, Charisma and Christian Life, Prism Magazine, Ecumenical News International and others. He’s an award recipient from the Evangelical Press Association (EPA), and is a graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism in Lagos; Jos ECWA Theological Seminary; the University of Jos; and the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria; where he studied Theology, Physics, Journalism, and Mass Communication.
As Muslims across the globe celebrate this year’s Muslim festival of Eid el-Adah, also known as, Eid-el-Kabir, on Sunday, 16 June, 2024, Nigeria’s Christian and political leaders have extended hands of fellowship to Muslims in the country, calling for reconciliation, understanding, and peaceful coexistence.
As the world celebrated Father’s Day on June 16, Nigeria’s Christian and other leaders also joined the celebrations by highlighting the sacrifices and achievements of fathers in the country’s religious, socio-political, and economic development. Messages to Nigerian fathers were sent by Christian leaders as well as the country’s political leadership, including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, members of parliament, and governors.
Nigeria is currently on a lockdown as workers in both public and private sectors embarked on indefinite industrial strike nationwide on Monday, 3 June, 2024, in order to demand for increased wages due to soaring inflation in the country’s economy. Airports, seaports, hospitals, schools, colleges, and most industries in the country have all been shut, leading to a critical situation in all sectors of the nation’s economy.
United Methodist Church’s (UMC) General Conference held in Charlotte, N.C. USA, from April 23 - May 3, 2024, has left behind ripples and discordant voices from Africa about the Church’s position on same sex marriage and the ordination of gay persons into the church’s pastoral ministry.
