{
  "id": 843606,
  "title": "Popular Nigerian pastor abandons Christianity, turns ‘babalawo’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/popular-nigerian-pastor-abandons-christianity-turns-babalawo",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:37:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/14/popular-nigerian-pastor-abandons-christianity-turns-babalawo/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A popular Ondo State pastor, Olabanjo Felix Gold, has announced his decision to leave Christianity and embrace Ìṣẹ̀ṣe, the indigenous Yoruba spiritual tradition, declaring himself a Babalawo. Olabanjo, who previously founded Image of God Evangelical and Prophetic Ministries, disclosed the decision in a video shared online. In the recording, the former cleric introduced himself by […] Popular…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}