Category: Worship

  • How my fortunes changed after Ebuka Obi prayed for me – Nwole

    How my fortunes changed after Ebuka Obi prayed for me – Nwole

    A former member of the National Assembly, Hon. Dr. Uche Nwole, has recently testified at Zion Prayer Movement Outreach (ZPMOM) about how his Christian ministry and business witnessed a positive turnaround after he joined the Evangelist Ebuka Obi-led prayer ministry.

    Hon. Nwole, who represented Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003, told the audience at Zion City at Okota, Lagos, that he flew in from the United Kingdom to testify to what God did in his life through Evangelist Ebuka.

    He said when he noticed all his family in the UK were addicted to the ministry online, he started praying and challenged God with an offering and asked that if Evangelist Ebuka was a true prophet, God should make him mention his name in his prophecies. This became a reality on February 9 this year when Ebuka prophesied about him during his online Open Heavens programme.

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    He stated that the Evangelist also mentioned something only a few people who knew him were aware of – a family deity which he was supposed to serve but because he rejected it and founded a church, his business and ministry became crippled.

    Hon. Nwole confirmed to the congregation, however, that after the prophet mentioned his case and prayed for him, things started turning around for good.

     “This convinced me that the prophet is real and I came down to Nigeria to step my foot on Zion ground and confirm to everyone that Evangelist Ebuka is a rare gift to the world”.

  • Oyegbami, Adegbite assure Nigeria will be great again

    Oyegbami, Adegbite assure Nigeria will be great again

    The National President, of Ministers of God Prayer Network International, Bishop Bola Oyegbami has assured  Nigerians that the country will prosper again.

    She gave the assurance at the end of seven days of prayer for peace in Nigeria which took place in Lagos where the Lagos State Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman,  Bishop Stephen Adegbite also emphasized on   the need for the prayer on peace and stability in Lagos State and Nigeria at large.

    Oyegbami also hinged the prayer for the nation on the need to align the throne of the presidency with the throne of God to enable the government actualise its plans to take Nigeria out of the woods and move the nation forward.

    “We believe when any matter is settled in the spiritual realm, the actualisation in the physical would be easily implemented.

    “For us to prosper in Nigeria, we must discourage the exodus of our youth.

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    “The fact is that Nigeria will not develop and prosper if our youthful tech., savvy population leave the country daily as it is apparent that our demographic dividend is gradually disappearing with the ‘japa syndrome’.  Our skilled youth professionals leaving the country to develop another country is nothing but a brain drain.

    “The essence of this seven days prayer and fasting is also to call on God to repair all those foundations of people that are in government for prosperity to come to our nation spiritually because spiritual must be taken care of before the physical,” she said.

    Adegbite who was represented at the event by CAN Chairman, Ikeja South, Ambassador Enoch Adesola advised Nigerians to always say good things about Nigeria because every negative pronouncement about the country will bounce back on them.

    He advised the government to make the country conducive for the youth and create an empowerment that will discourage them from running away from their country.

    He advised the government to stop importation, adding that Nigeria has enough resources to develop and produce what the populace needs.

  • Cleric to FG: work for interest of Nigerians

    Cleric to FG: work for interest of Nigerians

    The Presiding Shepard of Harvest Centre Mission), Prophet Wale Ojo David has advised President Bola Tinubu and his cabinet ministers to carry out their work in the interest of Nigerians.

    David said this in a statement issued to The Nation yesterday in Lagos, said that the choice of President Bola Tinubu is God’s choice for Nigeria and that Mr. President is a man of honor with a high vision and has full understanding by the grace of God to examine the crises and weaknesses of Nigeria today, to rescue our Nation from the high cost of items.

    “Mr. President that the good people celebrate today not in Lagos only but, across the globe should work more as Nigerians need a better transformation that will come as a new story according to the word of God”, he said.

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    This is because of the erroneous motive we now have that the high cost of items can never go down but rather will continue to increase.

    “Mr. President that the good people celebrate today not in Lagos only but, across the globe should work more as Nigerians need a better transformation that will come as a new story according to the word of God”, he said.

    David urged Nigerians to continue to pray as stewards for more strength and wisdom toward building a better country, stressed that all the leaders and government functionaries should also work against wrong policies that can fight for the people’s comfort in Nigeria.

  • 2024: Tinubu’ s govt will make reasonable landmark – Olujobi

    2024: Tinubu’ s govt will make reasonable landmark – Olujobi

    Nigerians have been advised not to despair despite the challenges  facing the country.

    Speaking during a session with the press in Lagos on the state of the nation  and the prophecies  for 2024, the Founder of Wisdom Church of Christ International, Prophet Bisi Olujobi, said 2024 would be a better year for the nation.

    According to him, while 2024 will  start on a platter of uncertainties, he said the economy would eventually pick up and “this will favour a lot of Nigerians as Tinubu’s  government will score a reasonable landmark in this regard.”

    He described as normal criticisms that President Tinubu is currently getting from some quarters, especially regarding his policies  adding that “if you do good, people will criticize you, if you are not doing good they will criticize you, that one is a normal thing. But what we believe as prophets is what God said to us.

    “Nigerians should be hopeful, the man is going to work.”

    Narrating his experience on the events leading to the pre -2023 presidential election, he said “I remember what God revealed to me about him (Tinubu), I was praying for him. I could remember the time, I did three days dry fasting for him, it was not that he came or he should come and give me money, no! but I was only doing according to what God revealed to me not according to what I was going to gain. The Lord will bless him and be with him. “Things are going to work well in this country.

    “They will criticize him that is normal, there is no government that will be on the throne that they will not criticise.”

    Olujobi disclosed that his prophesies of the result of 2023 election that  Tinubu would be first, Atiku would be second, Obi third and Kwankwasi fourth, came to pass but this did not go down well with some people. ” I was threatened, they said they were coming to burn my church, they came here to set fire on my church, they told me on the phone that they were coming, they said why was I supporting Tinubu, maybe he has given me something.

    “I still remember some people that waylaid me on the street because of Tinubu.

    “I have never met the man one on one, discussing with him, no, but I just said what God told me then

    “Thank God they did not poison me, they wanted to poison me that time, the Lord revealed it to me, thank God for the prayer we prayed then. I could remember 31 people gathered together praying for him,

    “They asked me reasons for praying for Tinubu, and I told them you are not the one that made him, the maker is God, let Him judge. We thank God that he got to the place. And the Lord will be with him. But  he needs  to pray more, he should not rely on people because there are some cabals that will operate beyond his own capacity, he will get to a point where he will be fed up with the cabals. They will force him to do what he does not desire to do.”

    The cleric advised former Vice President Atiku not to bother to contest election again, saying”Alhaji Atiku Abubakar should not waste his time and money as his political career profile has expired spiritually. I remember  I recently told some of his spiritual confidants who came to me for spiritual counsel that the man has no political future again as far as Nigeria is concerned, he should be advised to retire as not to  suffer more ridicule and defeat.”

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    He also revealed that the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki will bounce back politically, ‘he will be courted as a new bride. The chance is still available for him if he can pray. If Saraki can start working now, the room is already open to become president in the future.I’m not saying he going to become president now.

    He should not relent on his efforts, he is still young, there is still hope for him.. He needs to work more because the mark of God is upon him. This country should not underrate him.’

    On Wike,  Olujobi said the Lord revealed to him that the minister would  still encounter more heavy betrayals, all his efforts to use federal connections would fail him as I had initially forewarned. They will betray him, there is nothing he can do about that one will surely come. “He just needs to be careful so that he will not lose his life, I pray that the Lord will be with him. He needs to be extraordinarily careful.”

    The seer also revealed that while one of the biggest Pentecostal churches in the Southwest will disintegrate, the leader of the church is likely to pass on if he does not seek the face of God.

    Naira Marley, Wizkid, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, David  Adeleke, Rotimi Akeredolu, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, all need to seek the face of God over one challenge or the other.

    He also disclosed that Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State will stand as a heavy force in the north, “the man will make heavier remarkable political feats. But he needs to pray and be wary of women.”

    Speaking on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, he said the commission will have a remarkable score as more secrets would be revealed.

    He warned that some prominent traditional rulers in the Yorubaland will join their ancestors, saying if they can pray, they could have their lives elongated.

    On the new Kogi governor, Usman Ododo and his Zamfara State counterpart,  Dauda Lawal, he said they need lots of prayers.  If they pray very well, the Lord will still show mercy on them.

  • Catholic senior priest harps on merits of thanksgiving

    Catholic senior priest harps on merits of thanksgiving

    THE Parish Priest, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Lagos, Gbaja, Surulere, the Very Reverend Monsignor Bernard Ayodele Okodua, has harped on the importance of thanksgiving to God, saying it is good to do so.

     He stated this last Sunday in a message to the parish’s Adult Harvest and Thanksgiving.

    He said the yearly event was an opportunity for them to show gratitude to God for His goodness in the outgoing year. 

    The senior cleric said: “Every day is a new gift of God and as long as we are alive, we must show gratitude to God for his love, mercy and faithfulness.”

    He said the ceremony also gave them the chance to reflect on the event’s  of the outgoing year and thereby appreciate how closely God Almighty has journeyed with us, protecting us,  encouraging us as we struggled through the ups and downs of our daily life, and blessing our little effort with success.”

    The Very Monsignor Okodua., who noted that comfortable living had been difficult in the outgoing year, said: “But it is not the end of life.The Lord does not abandon those who put their trust in him. Nothing remains the same for ever.”

      Assuring Nigerians of better days  ahead, he said: “After the current dark clouds of pain and anxiety, there will certainly be bright sunshine of joy and relief, in peace and prosperity.”

     Explaining the theme of the harvest “The Lion of the Tribe of Judah is with us…Do not dear,” the Edo State indigene noted that great empires, which had dominated the international scene had crumbled and vanished but that “only God has remained supreme and immovable as the Rock of Ages and, with him on our side, we fear no adversaries”.

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    Chairman of Harvest Committee, Dr. Celestine Chukwunenye thanked God for the success of the harvest, noting that the year had been rough and tough. 

    Chukwunenye, who is also the Chairman of the parish’s Catholic Men Organisation (CMO), also thanked the Very Revd. Monsignor Okodua for approving the theme, which he described as apt, timely and scriptural in view of the economic situation of the country. 

    Chairman of the Bazaar Sales, Sir Kola Olowu urged members of the parish as well as guests to donate generously to the Lord.

     “If we give with joy,” he said, “joy will be our reward. May the Lord visit you with His divine blessings.” He said the funds realised from the harvest would be deployed to developing the church.

    Sir Kola donated N1million; Dr. Chukwunenye  ‘N.3million’ while the Chief Launcher Mr. Dominus Ojero 25 bags of 25kg rice.

  • Travis Greene, Tope Alabi, Yinka Alaseyori, Dunsin, others for The Experience 18

    Travis Greene, Tope Alabi, Yinka Alaseyori, Dunsin, others for The Experience 18

    The annual gospel concert, “The Experience“, is set to return for its 18th edition on Friday, December 8, 2023, at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos. 

    According to the organisers, this year’s theme, “Jesus, Our Way Maker”, marks a significant milestone, inviting thousands to partake in a night of music, worship, and communal celebration under the stars.

    In a statement, the organisers said: “In a world seeking harmony, “The Experience” a distinctive platform for unity, bringing together individuals from diverse social and economic strata coming together in a chorus of praise.”

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    The concert will feature a line-up of gospel music’s finest worship leaders, including Sinach, Travis Greene, and Donnie McClurkin, Ehi, Tope Alabi, Dunsin Oyekan, Onos Ariyo, Prinx Emmanuel.

    Others include Nathaniel Bassey, IB Quake, Adeyinka Alaseyori, Beejay Sax, Moses Bliss, William McDowell, Muyiwa Olarenwaju, Tim Godfrey, Timi Dakolo, Mr. M & Revelation, LMGC, and Naomi Raine.

    It said: “The Experience is a musical experience that transcends social and economic strata. These ministers will lead the audience in a powerful display of sounds, using their songs to create an atmosphere of worship.

    “The Experience 2023” is more than just a concert; it’s a manifestation of the unifying power of faith. It promises to be a night where worshippers unite and hearts are drawn closer to the essence of divine grace.”

  • Church holds youth convention in Calabar

    Church holds youth convention in Calabar

    City Gate International Church  Annual Youth Convention ends today at Pyramid Hotel and Suite Highway, Opposite, INEC, Office in Calabar.

    Tagged: ‘Digital Youth in the 21st Century,’ will bring together youth from across the country and will feature seminars, business sessions, drama, word rendition, and song inspiration.

    In a statement issued by the Presiding Bishop of the church, Bishop Robertson Akwazi , the programme aimed at empowering Christian youths with the information, boundless opportunities, and other basic services that digital platforms offer today’s youths.

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    He said that “the world has changed. Time has changed – the speed at which we live life has accelerated superbly. We now have interactive teaching and learning, more simulations than ever before, more things to do, to read, to watch, to experience.

    He noted that youths in the twenty-first century know more and have access to vastly greater quantities of information than ever before. They have lots more information at their fingertips than those teaching them. 

    Akwazi posited that “if our young people in the church in this present day will live and have the ability to become catalysts for change in the world and also prepare for the next generation, we must encourage them to creatively harness Information technology via the internet, narrative theology, and non-didactic teaching methods for their spiritual growth and overall development.”

  • C&S Ayo Ni O General leader dies at 73

    C&S Ayo Ni O General leader dies at 73

    The General Leader and Chairman of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church (Ayo Ni O), Surulere District, Lagos, Senior Special Apostle Sunday Funsho Korode is dead. He died at the age of 73.

    The church, in a statement, said its leader died on Sunday, November 26, without stating the cause of his death.

    Korode took over the mantle of leadership from the late General Leader, Prophet Gabriel Fakeye on the 25th of August in 2015.

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    Announcing the death of their leader, the church said: “With gratitude to God for a life well spent; a life of devoted service, commitment and total submission to His will, the elders and entire membership of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Surulere District and the illustrious Korede family of Omu-Aran, Kwara State, announce the transition to glory of our Chairman/General Leader, son. Senior Special Apostle Sunday Funso Korede on Sunday, November 26, 2023, aged 73.”

    Describing the late Korode as a true prophet of God, a special and invaluable gift to his family, the Christian world, and the church where he initially served as a choir leader for 44 years, the statement added: “His passage fills our hearts with deep sorrow.”

  • SCOAN holds thanksgiving service

    SCOAN holds thanksgiving service

    Thousands of worshipers will converge at the Synagogue Church Of All Nations SCOAN today, for its second-year Thanksgiving service.

    The anniversary is the commemoration of the commencement of church services after the passing of its founder, General Prophet, Temitope Joshua.

     The anniversary would be held simultaneously all over the world.

    Speaking on this year’s anniversary, Pastor Evelyn Joshua stated that the Thanksgiving service would be for the celebration of God’s faithfulness and glorification of His Holy Name for His goodness and wonderful works in SCOAN.

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     “God has been tremendously good and faithful to us in SCOAN. He has been doing wonderful works in our midst all over the world for the glory of His Holy Name and better humanity as He anchored it through His servant, Prophet TB JOSHUA”, adding that “it’s another moment of rejoicing in God’s presence, acknowledging His grace, mercy and favour as our refuge, shield and fortress”.

    This anniversary according to Joshua is also another time of specifically reaching out to the needy of different segments of society in God’s ineffable love and will as He has commanded us.

  • Adeboye, Makinde, Aboyeji ask Nigerians not to despair

    Adeboye, Makinde, Aboyeji ask Nigerians not to despair

    The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye has charged Nigerians not to despair or lose hope as the glory of the country will be restored soon, and there will be rest on every side.

    Adeboye made this known at the 68th annual Convention of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, held recently at the Foursquare Camp Ground, Ajebo, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.

    The programme tagged: ‘Rest on Every Side,’ had thousands of Christian faithful from across the country, featured prayer sessions, word rendition, prophetic ministration, novelty match, and the launching of a Police Station at the Foursquare Camp Ground.

    Adeboye, who was represented by the Continental Emeritus and Former National Overseer of RCCG, Pastor Joseph Obayemi, said that “for Nigeria, God is wiser than men, and as the Heaven is higher than the earth so God’s thoughts are higher than man. No matter what is happening in Nigeria, Nigeria will still have her glory and God will restore the country to a glorious height.”

    He reiterated the support and partnership of the church in instituting developmental strides across the country, which according to him has helped to alleviate the sufferings of the homeless, destitute, drug addicts, and hapless citizens across the country.

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    The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde implored Nigerians to remain steadfast, believe in God, and work hard in our quest to move the nation forward.

    Makinde, who spoke through his Chief of Staff, Segun Ogunwoye said, ”Yes, we know that things are difficult with the subsidy removal, and floating of the exchange rate, but we are saying that we should be steadfast, believe in God, and work hard to move the nation forward.”

    Makinde called for greater synergy between the religious institutions and the government in moving the state and the nation forward.

    The General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Pastor Sam Aboyeji, who was elated at the success of the programme with records of testimonies and healings, said that there was hardly any area of life in this country that there is no turmoil, chaos or crisis. The only solution to it is the rest that comes from God.

    He charged Nigerians in dire need of rest to recognize God as the only person who can give rest. “As a nation, we need to call on God and desist from evil. God is a God of mercy, he will forgive us and come to take over this nation and give us rest on every side.”