Television miracles banned
• Superstitious Folly
[Nigeria's National Broadcasting Commission], the body which regulates broadcasting, says some of the miracles shown on television are false and stations can broadcast miracles only when they are verifiable.
Christ Embassy, a Nigerian church where miracles are everyday happenings is suing.
But some Nigerians like Ayodele Ojo say they are glad that television viewers are no longer inundated with church serivces showing miracles.
"The truth of the matter was that the airwaves became polluted with miracle programmes," he said.
One Nigerian miracle worker has a warning.
But Temitope Joshua, a "prophet" notable for performing miracles on television, says: "No-one can stop the work of God."
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Perhaps it for this reason that some Nigerians see churches in the country as business ventures.
This has led some to call for churches to start paying taxes.