Author: The Nation

Media personality Toolz Oniru-Demuren has faulted Pastor Faith Oyedepo, wife of Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church Worldwide over her testimony on how she miraculously avoided miscarriage.

She advised people who experience bleeding during pregnancy to go straight to the hospital rather than try what the cleric did.

A few days ago, Faith recounted how her pregnancy was sustained by her husband’s “bold faith”.

In a tweet thread, the wife of the founder of the Living Faith Church recalled how she saw blood flowing from her nearly four decades ago when she was pregnant with their first son.

Faith said she told her husband that she “had a miscarriage” but the cleric boldly responded, “you can’t have a miscarriage” before asking to be served his meal.

According to her, her husband’s bold declaration “activated the spirit of faith in her and the pregnancy was sustained.”

She admonished Christians on building their faith in God so that they can also enjoy miracles on daily basis.

“I remember when I was pregnant with our first son, one day I saw blood flowing from me and when my husband returned home, I told him that I had a miscarriage. Boldly, and without any hesitation, he said, “You can’t have a miscarriage!”, and then asked to be served his meal.

”That statement activated the spirit of faith and the pregnancy was sustained. You need to accelerate your operation of the spirit of faith daily, and then you will find the miraculous a daily occurrence for you,” Faith Oyedepo tweeted.

But Toolz who expressed how ‘annoyed’ she was over Faith’s testimony, urged women never to ignore bleeding signs during pregnancy

She argued Nigeria accounted for one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world because the people would rather listen to speeches like Pastor Faith’s, ignoring medical intervention.

“Pls don’t do this. If you’re bleeding from a possible miscarriage go to hospital. Last thing you should be doing is making food for anyone,” she said.

The OAP added: “I’m so annoyed! Nigeria has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world, and someone is here saying ignore bleeding during pregnancy and enter kitchen.”

While social media users engage in a comparison debate of Gabriel Oche Amanyi aka Terry G to his younger colleague, Habeeb Okikiola Omolalomi aka Portable, the former has cautioned against it.

Terry G fondly called the ‘Akpako master’ was widely known for his eccentric dress sense, controversial lyrics, perhaps awkward identity and mannerism.

He was also considered the ‘weirdest and craziest singer’ in Nigeria at some point until he seemingly went off the radar.

Then came along the ‘Zazu’ crooner with even more ‘crase’.

With all of his mannerisms, looks, expression, constant use of curse words and so much more, many began to reconsider Terry G’s ‘craziest/weirdest musician’ title.

The comparison contest of Portable and the ‘Ginjah master’ became more intense with recent events following the former’s declaration of himself as a ‘baboon’ who lived in the zoo as captured in a viral video he made when police invaded his bar to arrest him.

As the debate continues, one Victor Babatunde demanded apology from people who compared Terry G’s ‘crase’ to Portable’s, suggesting the self-styled ‘wahala’ musician had monopoly of madness.

Babatunde tweeted: “Those of you that compared Terry G’s madness to Portable should apologize right now!!!”

However, Terry G went under the tweet to warn individuals never to compare authenticity to imitation when it came to the business of ‘madness’.

Akpako master wrote: “In this craze business please never you compare original to photocopy because una mind go dey soon”G.”

Veteran comedian Basketmouth announced his intention to quit the industry in the next five years when he clocked 50.

According to Basketmouth in an interview with Hitz1039fm, he desires to experience something new and would love to be remembered for something different other than comedy.

However, the actor noted he would still be cracking jokes but solely for fun and not for business.

“For the past six years, I’ve just been floating. So last year, I told myself and my team that you know what, I’m coming back to comedy and I’m going to do five years and I’m quitting. Yeah, I’m quitting in five years. I’ve got five more years to do this and I’m done.

“There’s a plan. The way I’ve planned my life, I was like okay when you get to 50, you drop the mic.

“Definitely, I’ll be cracking jokes every now and then but it’s not going to be the professional thing for me. So if you see me doing a gig it’s just maybe I’m doing pro-bono but I’ll not charge anybody to perform again. You understand? Because I’ve made enough, I won’t say I’ve made enough but I’ve committed myself to the act long enough that I’m like take a break or quit and whatever you’re doing from now till the end of time, you’re just having fun.

“I’m into TV right now, movies, series, and all that; concert production. That’s where I want to try. I want to start a new journey. I want to experience something new.

“At the end of five years, that’s like 31 years in the game. That’s a lot of time. That’s pretty much out of my life. So I want to do something else and I want to be remembered for other things other than you know.”