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  Comments follow Justin Welby’s criticism of the BBC over its handling of the Jimmy Savile abuse cases Survivors of sexual abuse by Church of England figures have accused Justin Welby of “breathtaking hypocrisy” after the Archbishop of Canterbury criticised the BBC for the way it handled abuse by Jimmy Savile. Welby said the BBC had not shown the same integrity over accusations of child abuse that the Catholic and Anglican churches had. In a statement, six survivors of abuse by powerful church figures rejected Welby’s comments and said the record of the church and Welby himself was one of “silence, denial and evasion”. Their statement said: “Speaking from our own bitter experience, we do not recognise Archbishop Welby’s description of the integrity with which the Church of England handles cases of abuse in a church context. “Far from the ‘rigorous response and self-examination’ he claims, our experience of the church, and specifically the archbishop, is of lon...

         PRIMATE OKOH INAUGURATE ANGLICAN CABLE NETWORK TV NEW BOARD. T he Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion Most Revd. Nicholas D. Okoh has charged the members of the newly constituted board of the Anglican Cable Network Nigeria (ACNN TV) to lead the communion to a quality station which will make ACNN TV a household name in the country adding that the Lord is in need of it. He said this at the formal inauguration of a nine-man board for the Anglican Cable Network Nigeria (ACNN) held at the Chapel of the Advent in the Primate’s office. According to him, the Church believes in quality this is more so that in October this year the Anglican Church will be 500 years old. He said there is no reason why the Anglican Church cannot do things based on “old age integrity.” P rimate Okoh went down memory lane and recalled that many brilliant ideas were brought but the cost was prohibitive and at a stage there was contemplation of taking a loan, until a ...

INTRODUCTION T he General Synod of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) met under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the leadership of the Most Rev. Nicholas D. Okoh, Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria with his wife, Mrs. Nkasiobi Okoh, President of the Women and Girls’ Organisations in attendance at St Paul’s Cathedral Church, Diobu PortHarcourt, Rivers State from 18th-22nd September, 2017. One Hundred and Seventy-Four Bishops, Two Hundred and Sixty-Four clergymen and Two Hundred and Forty-Four members of the House of Laity were present. At the opening ceremony, the General Synod welcomed His Excellency, Barrister (Chief) Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, The Executive Governor of Rivers State of Nigeria, his wife Hon. Justice Suzzette Eberechi Nyesom-Wike, the Deputy Governor, Dame Dr Mrs Ipalibo Jarry-Banigo, the Hon. Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Ikuinyiawaji Ibani and the former Secretary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olu Falae. ...

F ormer Nigeria’s External Affairs Minister, Odein Ajumogobia, SAN, has been appointed the new Chancellor of Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). T he Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, the Most Rev’d Nicholas Okoh, who presented and introduced the New Chancellor at the Third Day of the 12 th General Synod of the  A nglican Communion, holding at St Paul’s Cathedral, Port Harcourt, described Odein Ajumogobia as now ‘Minister of God.’ T he Primate also announced the election of Bishop of Diocese of Kwara, the Most Rev’d Olusegun Adeyemi as the New Archbishop of Kwara Province. The Most Rev’d Okoh, said the new Archbishop takes over from the Most Rev’d Michael Akinyemi who retired. Bishop of Diocese of Kwara, the Most Rev’d Olusegun Adeyemi as the New Archbishop of Kwara Province D elegates at the Synod warmly acknowledged the two appointments with great applause even as the Primate prayed that God should guide the new appointees in the discharge of t...