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For King & Country Snare No. 2 Debut on Top Christian Albums Chart With ‘A Drummer Boy Christmas’
The 13-track effort is the act’s first holiday LP and includes two new original songs: “The Carol of Joseph (I Believe in You)” and “Heavenly Hosts.” NEEDTOBREATHE is featured on “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and rising country artist Gabby Barrett duets on “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” The twosome have scored one Top Christian Albums No. 1 among their six top 10s: Burn the Ships bowed in the penthouse in October 2018. For King & Country’s new chart honor follows their first Billboard Music Awards win (Oct. 14), taking top Christian song for the 2019 hit “God Only Knows.” LOCKETT’S FIRST LEADER: Keyondra Lockett logs her first Gospel Airplay No. 1 as “Trouble Won’t Last” hops 4-1, up 18% in play...
Northern governors back social media regulation
The Northern Governors Forum on Monday expressed support for proposals to regulate the social media to check the spread of fake news in the country. The Forum expressed its support in a communique issued by its Chairman and Governor of Plateau, Mr Simon Lalong. This followed the governors meeting in Kaduna, which was attended by traditional rulers and other key stakeholders in the region. The meeting took note of the devastating effect of the uncontrolled social media in spreading fake news and called for major control mechanisms andcensorship of social media practice in Nigeria. It also expressed support for the reform of the police to strengthen their capacity. “Forum appreciates the major reforms going on in the Police Force and pledges to support Mr. President on this course. “The meet...
#EndSARS: MURIC kicks amid allegation of mosque burning in South East
The Muslim Rights Concern has raised the alarm over the alleged burning of mosques in the South East following the #EndSARS protest. The Islamic human rights body, which raised the alarm in a statement on Monday, said the mosques were burnt on October 31, 2020, with threat to invade the Islamic School, Afikpo, Ebonyi State. The statement said the mosques were burnt in Enugu, Enugu State amid reports that 11 Muslims were killed during the #EndSARS protests in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Orlu in Imo State, while the Orlu Central Mosque was completely destroyed about two weeks ago. The statement equally said markets belonging to Muslims in the region were also attacked and properties worth millions of naira destroyed, including whole trailers with goods. MURIC, in the statement by its Dir...
CAN accuses Niger government of not honoring agreement to employ CRK teachers
File Photo The Niger State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has accused the State Government of reneging on its agreement to recruit Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, teachers in schools. Reiterating the position of the association on the issue, the state CAN Chairman, Reverend Mathias Echioda, after the inaugural meeting of the Christian Teachers’ Forum in Minna, told newsmen that teaching of CRK has become a problem in the institutions of learning at both primary and secondary levels in Niger State. The cleric said, “The teaching of CRK is becoming a problem in our institutions of learning especially from the primary to the secondary level, as I check through the lists of schools in Niger State, I discovered that most primary and secondary schools do not have Chris...
Southern-Kaduna Christian leaders boycott peace summit
File Photo A peace summit organized in Kafanchan to find an end to the conflict in Southern Kaduna, suffered set back as Christian leaders in the area who doubted the genuineness of the occasion, boycotted the summit. Nevertheless, the peace summit still went on as scheduled with over 100 participants across religious faiths. The Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Christian leaders from the Southern part of Kaduna and the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, were earlier scheduled to attend the peace summit in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday. Friends of Southern Kaduna in collaboration with the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission organized the summit as part of efforts to find a lasting solution to the killings in Southern Kaduna. Explain...
Paris Saint-Germain star tests positive for coronavirus
Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has tested positive for coronavirus and has left the France national squad Mbappe has returned home and will not face Croatia on Tuesday night in the UEFA Nations League. He featured in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Sweden and scored the winning goal in that clash Mbappe is also set to miss PSG’s fixtures away to Lens on September 10 and at home to Marseille on September 13 according to Telefoot. A statement from the French FA told Goal. “The result of his Covid-19 test carried out by UEFA on Monday morning was found to be positive. He was placed away from the group after receiving the results, at the end of training, before going back to his own home in the evening. “Like the entire delegation, Kylian Mbappe had undergone a test prior to the games of th...
CAN: CAMA 2020 dangerous to national interest
File Photo The Christian Association of Nigeria on Tuesday demanded the suspension of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020. CAN, in a position paper, said CAMA 2020 “has the potential that can further undermine the faith of stakeholders in the Nigerian-state.” This is just as the Presidency said CAMA did not target religious organisations. It accused some politicians of latching on to the criticism of CAMA to wrongly characterise its purposes as an anti-religious law. The Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and former National Assembly Presidential Liaison Officer, Senator Ita Enang, made the clarification during a brief ceremony at the secretariat of CAN in Abuja where he received the position paper of CAN on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari. The letter sign...
Ricky Dillard Returns to No. 1 On Gospel Airplay Chart With Tiff Joy Collab ‘Release’
Plus, Marvin Sapp hits the Hot Gospel Songs top 10. Ricky Dillard’s “Release,” featuring Tiff Joy, ascends 2-1 on Billboard‘s Gospel Airplay chart dated Aug. 29, up 22% in plays in the week ending Aug. 23, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Dillard earns his second No. 1, among four top 10s, on Gospel Airplay. He first led with “Amazing,” with choir New G, for 30 weeks starting in July 2014. (“Release” is his first Gospel Airplay entry, among nine total, without a New G billing.) [embedded content] “Amazing” is the second-longest-leading No. 1 in the 15-year history of Gospel Airplay, behind only Marvin Sapp’s “Never Would Have Made It,” which controlled the list for 46 frames beginning in August 2007. Joy achi...
Colton Dixon and Wife Annie Welcome Twins Daughters
Congratulations are in order for Colton Dixon and his wife, Annie, who are now the proud parents to twin daughters. The 28-year-old American Idol alum announced the birth of his baby girls in a sweet Instagram post on Saturday night (Aug. 22), sharing a black-and-white photo of their tiny feet with hospital wristbands around their ankles. “Everyone meet Ava Dior and Athens Elizabeth Dixon,” the season 11 Christian rocker captioned the picture. The Dixon twins officially arrived on Tuesday (Aug. 18), according to People. Annie Dixon also shared the exciting news on Instagram, posting the same photo as her husband, and adding that Ava was born weighing 7 lbs., 1 oz., while Athens weighed 5 lbs., 6 oz. “Baby girls are here,” she captioned the photo. “We have take...
How to Watch the Stellar Awards, Featuring CeCe Winans, Marvin Sapp & More
This will be the second year in a row that BET has aired the show. Gospel fans, rejoice! The Stellar Gospel Music Awards are set to air on BET Networks Sunday night (Aug. 23). Kirk Franklin, Jonathan McReynolds and Koryn Hawthorne are set to co-host the two-hour virtual special, which will air at 6:00 p.m. ET, with an encore airing at 9:00 p.m. ET. McReynolds and Hawthorne are also set to perform on the show. Other confirmed performers include CeCe Winans, J.J. Hairston & Youthful Praise, Travis Greene, Marvin Sapp, Tye Tribbett, Tauren Wells, Pastor Mike Jr., Anthony Brown, James Fortune, Kierra Sheard, Zacardi Cortez, DOE and Rich Tolbert Jr. This will be the second year in a row that BET has aired the show. This year’s special will also be simulcast on BET Her. The Stellar Awa...
Frank Lampard reveals extent of Christian Pulisic injury
Christian Pulisic is set to miss the start of the 2020/21 Premier League season with a hamstring injury, Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has confirmed. The post Frank Lampard reveals extent of Christian Pulisic injury appeared first on TODAY. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Cory Asbury on Sophomore Album ‘To Love a Fool’: ‘My Goal Is to Put Real Life Into Music Form’
Cory Asbury’s second album, To Love a Fool, released July 31, is following the pattern set with his 2018 Top Christian Albums chart topper, Reckless Love. Both sets launched with a lead-off single. Reckless Love’s title-track led the multi-metric Hot Christian Songs chart for 18 weeks, and Christian Airplay for 13 frames, and Asbury finished 2018 as Billboard’s top male Christian artist. Continuing his run, the first single from To Love a Fool, “The Father’s House,” ruled Christian Airplay for three weeks in June. Asbury, who resides in Kalamazoo, Mich., with his wife, Anna and their four children, has also been part of the worship collective Bethel Music since 2015. Additionally, he leads worship regularly at Radiant church in Saginaw. The new album, which wa...
