President and Founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has justified the recent sacking of some pastors of the church, saying they were “unfruitful”. Reacting to the issue on Wednesday, Oyedepo said, ”When we employed 7, 000 pastors at once, social media was dead. We have more employees than most states in Nigeria and we have owed them or taken bank overdraft once. ”The pastors were asked to go because they were unfruitful. Many of the churches built can never pay for the church building in 30 years. We have no…
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Ex-Governor Abdullahi Adamu of Nasarawa says nobody but God can change the National Assembly’s decisions on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and the electronic transmission of election results. Mr Adamu is an APC senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District. On July 15, 52 APC senators voted against the e-transmission of election results, including Mr Adamu, granting the powers to the NCC and the federal parliament while 28 PDP senators voted for it. A total of 28 senators were absent during the voting process. On July 16, the House of Representatives passed the PIB, allocating three per cent, against 10…
Member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has warmly felicitated Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN on occasion of his 65th birthday. Adefisoye sent his birthday wishes to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Oluyemi Fasipe on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. “I find it a privilege to celebrate the faithfulness of God in the life of my leader, father and unique role model. We are learning from you and we will definitely hold on to your legacies of rare courage, robust development and exemplary…
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, has completed a brief trip to space, nine days after Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, became the first billionaire to travel to space in his spaceship. Bezos, the 57-year-old businessman, alongside four other persons, on Tuesday, took off in New Shepard, a rocket named after Alan Shepard, the first American in space. The spacecraft, built by Blue Origin, a rocket company owned by Bezos, rose from the company’s launch site in Van Horn, Texas, shortly before 9:15 and returned safely just after 9:30 Eastern time. Blue Origin has launched New Shepard 15…
Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), has prayed for God’s intervention to enable bandits to lay down their arms and repent for peace and stability of the country. Mr Abdulsalami, who midwifed the fourth Republic, offered the prayers on Tuesday in an interview with reporters shortly after observing rakaats prayers for Eid-el-Kabir in Minna. “I prayed to Allah to touch the hearts of these bandits so that they can denounce banditry, kidnapping, cattle rustling and other criminal activities,” he said. He said peace and stability would ensure meaningful development of the country. The former Head of State,…
Igboho was arrested while he tried to catch a flight to Germany with his wife. Yomi Alliyu, the lead counsel to the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, otherwise known as Sunday Igboho, has said that it was the International Criminal Police Organisation which arrested Igboho alongside his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Alliyu revealed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to him, the Federal Government of Nigeria through INTERPOL got Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, who is a German citizen, and his wife arrested on Monday night at an airport in Benin Republic, one of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries in…
Bola Tinubu, APC national leader, has called on Nigerians to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari to enjoy a better Nigeria. The ex-governor of Lagos also asked Muslims to dedicate themselves to greater adherence and obedience to the compassionate and spiritually nourishing commands of God. Mr Tinubu, in a statement on Monday in Lagos, urged the people not to forget the poor and vulnerable among them. He encouraged the Muslim faithful never to forget the reason for Eid-el- Kabir and to reach out to give solace and succour to those unable to help themselves. “I extend my warmest greetings to our…
The Deji and Paramount Ruler of Akure Kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, Odundun II felicitates with Muslims in Akure Kingdom and across the globe on the celebration of this year Eid-el-kabir. Oba Aladetoyinbo urges Muslim faithful to use this occasion to pray for the peace, security and prosperity of our dear state and nation at large. There is no doubt that this season teaches us the need to be selfless and obedient to the dictates of the Almighty Allah. Oba Aladetoyionbo therefore urges Leaders at various levels of government to be more selfless, prudent and ensure that the people are made…
As Muslims celebrate Eid-el-Kabir, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) says hunger looms in Nigeria as food prices are “beyond the common man.” On Monday, the northern group urged Nigerian Muslims to seize the opportunity of the religious holidays to pray for peace to reign in the country. In a statement issued in Kaduna through its national chairman, Audu Ogbe, the forum also called on believers of other religions to join in the struggle for lasting peace. “This is a call to national duty that goes beyond religious boundaries,” it said. ACF stated that Nigerians were celebrating the occasion with…
The honourable member representing Ondo West constituency 1 at the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Tomide Akinribido has urged the federal government of Nigeria to encourage peaceful co-existence across the country through its policies,programs and general activities. In a Sallah message which was released by his media aide on the occasion of the Muslims’ festival of Eid-el Kabir, Hon. Tomide Akinribido enjoined the Nigerian government to show greater zeal in promoting unity and justice and de-escalate the current tension among the various ethnic groups in the country. While noting that the country is currently on a critical…