Apostle Johnson Suleman responded to Leo Igwe, the director of Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AFAW), who challenged him to treat a COVID-19 or HIV patient and receive a $1,000 reward.   Igwe, holding a doctoral degree in religious studies from the University of Bayreuth, issued an open letter to Suleman, challenging him to demonstrate his healing gift under agreed medical and scientific conditions. He specifically asked Suleman to heal a person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 and receive a reward of a thousand US dollars. This challenge was prompted by Suleman's recent video where he urged the Nigerian government to allow pastors with healing gifts into isolation centers to pray for and heal COVID-19 patients.   Apostle Suleman took to Twitter to respond to Leo Igwe's challenge. ...

The approval of $3.4 billion emergency support for Nigeria by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will aid in addressing the severe economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sharp decline in oil prices. The approval was given by the Executive Board of the IMF on April 28, providing financial support to help limit the decline in international reserves and offer funding to the budget for specific spending increases aimed at containing and mitigating the economic impact of the pandemic and the sharp fall in international oil prices. The IMF highlighted the severe impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, combined with the sharp fall in international oil prices and reduced global demand for oil products on Nigeria’s economic activity. The financial support will contribute to addressing large...

The challenge set by Leo Igwe, the Director of Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AFAW), to Apostle Johnson Suleman involves the miraculous healing of a COVID-19 or HIV patient, with a reward of $1,000. In response to Apostle Suleman's remarks urging the government to allow pastors to pray and heal COVID-19 patients, Leo Igwe wrote an open letter challenging him to demonstrate his spiritual abilities in a controlled medical and scientific environment. According to Igwe, such a challenge has become necessary as faith healing claims have not been openly contested. He emphasizes the importance of testing the much-avowed healing gifts and abilities of pastors, given the outbreak of COVID-19. The challenge to Apostle Suleman is not only limited to healing COVID-19 patients but also extends to ...