{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_u2vrdpgrscexnm23lo3a","title":"Church, mosque have contributed to Nigeria’s retrogression — Verydarkman drags pastor Osayi Arome","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/church-mosque-have-contributed-to-nigerias-retrogression-verydarkman-u2vrdpgrsc","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_u2vrdpgrscexnm23lo3a","seq":229957,"kind":"article","title":"Church, mosque have contributed to Nigeria’s retrogression — Verydarkman drags pastor Osayi Arome","url":"https://thisday.com.ng/church-mosque-have-contributed-to-nigerias-retrogression-verydarkman-drags-pastor-osayi-arome","summary":"Social media activist Verydarkman has criticised a preaching by cleric Osayi Arome, arguing that excessive reliance on prayer and religious revival could discourage Nigerians from pursuing innovation and practical solutions. Reacting to Arome’s comments about the calling of Nigeria being revival, Verydarkman said religious institutions had contributed to what he described as the country’s lack […]","published":"2026-09-27T09:55:27Z","seen":"2026-09-27T10:49:18Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","name":"thisday.com.ng","domain":"thisday.com.ng"},"via":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","topics":["breaking"],"authors":["todaynews"],"entities":[{"id":"Q124436420","name":"VeryDarkMan","type":"person"}],"story":"st_u2vrdpgrscexnm23lo3a","category":"arts-culture-entertainment","category_p":0.25999999046325684,"category2":"politics","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.6100000143051147,"political":0.1899999976158142}]}