News Focus

IPSO eyes up religion coverage as new centre seeks funding

by
Jonathan Elliott
- 23rd February 2017

News categories are changing, say sociologists. Image: Shutterstock

The Independent Press Standards Organisation says it’s a ‘no-brainer’ to improve religious coverage. Step forward the Religion Media Centre. Can it deliver? Jonathan Elliott investigates.

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‘Disgraceful’ Church of England leaves persecuted Nigerians to their fate

by
Jenny Taylor
- 15th February 2017

A young girl in her Sunday best at Sho village, Barkin Ladi in Plateau State displays a Fulani bullet scar. Photo: Stefanos Foundation

DOUGLAS Murray visits Nigeria’s killing fields and tells LAPIDO he believes distaste for Nigerian Christianity is undermining its advocacy. Photo: Stefanos Foundation

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Nigerian pastors offer prosperity to lure the poor to church

by
Olabisi Deji-Folutile
- 8th February 2017

WHY do pastors organize programs promising to liberate people from poverty? “That’s how programs sell...You have to tell people what they want to hear,” a pastor tells OLABISI DEJI-FOLUTILE.