Month: March 2025

Cleaning Anambra: Soludo’s Campaign and the Need for Vigilance

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There are many ramifications to the widely shared video of Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo scolding a preacher in a marketplace on Saturday, March 8. To the best of my knowledge, no other governor in Nigeria has done so. To the best of my knowledge, Soludo is the first governor and public official to personally take to the streets to advocate against noise pollution; I would be happy to be proven wrong. Instead, northern Nigerian states are declaring school holidays due to the Ramadan fast, and these governors will tolerate…

Embrace Jesus’ model, Idowu Iluyomade tells business owners

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Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, the founder of Family Fellowship and the former pastor of the City of David branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, has emphasized the need for business leaders to adopt the Jesus model in their day-to-day interactions in the marketplace. He provided the advice at the Family Fellowship service on Sunday, March 9, which was hosted at the Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island in Lagos. Since the start of the week, snippets of the message have been posted on his Facebook wall nonstop. His social media…

Bose Odueke’s ‘Steps To Your Personal Financial Freedom’ Now Available in Canada

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Steps To Your Financial Freedom, a new book by certified financial advisor Bose Odueke, has been released. On March 8, the book was introduced at a lively event in the Grand Ovation’s Party Room in Mississauga, Canada. The compilation provides practical advice on how individuals can take charge of their financial destiny. Speaking about the endeavor, the author, Mrs. Bose Odueke, stated that she was motivated to write the book by witnessing others in her community face financial difficulties. “Despite years of commitment, I have witnessed many hardworking people—including those…

Olufemi Emmanuel Named Acting Provost of WATS

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In Ipaja, Lagos, Dr. Olufemi Emmanuel has been named Acting Provost of the West Africa Theological Seminary. Major General Kayode Oni (Rtd.), the chairman of the Governing Council, announced the appointment during a service held in the seminary on Wednesday, March 12, following a recent joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the Governing Council. As the acting provost of the WATS, which is connected to the Universities of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Asbury Theological Seminary, USA, he formally presented Dr. Emmanuel to the WATS community. The appointment of Dr.…

Bishop Wale Oke: PFN to Confront Heretical Preaching

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Bishop Wale Oke, President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has stated that church leaders who preach messages that do not align with the body’s commonly recognized teachings will not be able to continue their business as normal in the days ahead. He announced this at the fellowship’s inaugural press conference following his reelection to a second term in office. Oke, who attended the conference with the fellowship’s executive members, stated that the PFN is aware of preachers who are spreading ideas that are against the Bible and that…

JFC’s Strategies to Combat Online Gender-Based Violence

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Journalists for Christ International Outreach has offered methods for lowering tech-facilitated gender-based violence in Nigeria as part of its own commemoration of International Women’s Day 2025, which is marked today globally. JFC’s latest social media trend monitoring, according to Otufodunrin, found a significant number of cases of tech-enabled gender-based violence against women and unwarranted sexist remarks. JFC’s investigation, supported by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the German Protestant Agency for Diaconia, Bread for The World, found that attacks against women online are increasing. Otufodunrin claims that women…

Korede Komaiya’s N1.5 Billion Rolls-Royce Gift Sparks Online Backlash

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Korede Komaiya, the presiding pastor of The Master’s Place International Church in Warri, Delta State, has come under heavy fire from online users for claiming to have been one of the people who gifted Bishop David Oyedepo a Rolls-Royce as a gift and for converting his annual income into a daily one. Komaiya was one of four people who donated money to buy Bishop Oydepo’s Rolls-Royce for his 70th birthday last year, according to a social media post by Church Gist. He claimed that out of the N1.5 billion the…

Pastor Mrs. Oyemade’s Glorious Farewell, Husband Expresses Gratitude

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Following a brief illness, Pastor Mrs. Elizabeth Abosede Oyemade, wife of Bearer of Light Ministry founder Dr. Sam Oyemade, passed away recently at the age of 53. To pay their last respects to her, friends, family, and pastors from a variety of denominations—especially the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria—gathered in the YMCA Hall in Agege, Lagos, on Friday, March 7. The service lasted for around two hours. Nonetheless, the testimonies of the late teacher of the word, who so skillfully supported her husband’s vocation, greatly consoled many. who said she was…

Pastor Adeboye: Why I Don’t Desire to Live Past 100

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Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has stated his thoughts on how long he wants to live and has flatly rejected pleas for a life expectancy of more than 100 years. During a speech, the celebrated monk recounted that some of his followers prayed for him to live to varying ages. In response to their prayer for him to live to be eighty, he answered, “Amen.” In addition, he accepted their wish that he would live to be ninety years old.…

Adeboye: My Close Brush With Death 7 Years Ago

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When Pastor Enoch Adeboye began his ministry by reliving his near-death experience seven years prior, the Special Holy Ghost service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God took a new turn in the early hours of March 8. He claims that the incident took place during one of the church’s go-a-fishing events that year. He claimed that after the show, he was so worn out that he realized his body could not support him any longer. I was on the verge of death and was unable to raise my body.…