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  • Church holds 37th anniversary

    Church holds 37th anniversary

    The Vineyard Christian Ministries INC, has concluded plans to stage its 37th Anniversary  titled: “From Glory to Glory”.

    The five-day spiritual event will take place from today till Sunday at the ministry’s international headquarters in Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos.

    Archbishop John Alagbala Osa-Oni, the presiding cleric and General Overseer, said  this year’s celebration will feature an extraordinary gathering of anointed ministers.

    “We are bringing forth men that God has powerfully used throughout the years, spiritual giants including Pastor Fred Obetoh, Rev. Toyin Kehinde, Bishop Femi Soneye, Bishop Felix Ogadeji, and numerous other mighty men of God,” he said.

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    He explained that while celebrating the ministry’s anniversary remains central, the event primarily serves as a special thanksgiving to God for His faithfulness throughout these 37 years and it’s a journey of His grace.

    He said April 3 is  billed as the date of the anniversary, noting it was the day the ministry was established.

    The programme includes a thanksgiving service on Wednesday to commemorate God’s faithfulness, followed by a miracles and deliverance night on Thursday for supernatural healings and breakthroughs.

    Friday will feature a prophetic impartation service for destiny-changing prophecies, while Saturday is dedicated to a praise extravaganza.  

    with top gospel ministers and a  free medical outreach. The week will end with a grand finale service on Sunday.

  • CAGC Iperu 65th anniversary mega reunion begins Monday

    CAGC Iperu 65th anniversary mega reunion begins Monday

    A week-long activity marking the 65th founding  anniversary and Mega-Reunion  of Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Iperu-Remo, Ogun State, begins on Monday, January 20.

    Details of the  programme of events for celebration were announced in a statement  by the anniversary planning committee signed by the Chairman of the National Executive Central Working Committee, Mr. Dayo Akerele and General Secretary, National Executive Committee, Prince Gaffar Adesoga Owokalade.

    On Monday, current and old students would embark on awareness and Visitation from Garage to Alaperu Palace to CAGS with led screen vehicle.

    Awareness and distribution and health talk, free selected medical examination would be held on Tuesday.

    School Inter House Sports, other sports is scheduled for Wednesday, while  Thursday will feature Novelty football match between Old Students Team and School Team, exhibitions of creativities 

    On Friday, the old students will coordinate the  assembly in the morning and attend Jumat prayer. Prize giving and Gifts distribution will also be done on the same day.

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    The Grand Finale of the anniversary will be on Saturday, featuring recognition of prominent and outstanding 

    Alumni and Commissioning of projects.

    The projects include the new Apollo Gate, Health Bay, School Ambulance, School Buses, CAGSOSA exco Bus, and Alumni website.

    Thanksgiving Service and Official Inauguration of the School Chapel is s scheduled for Sunday.

  • Second anniversary expectations

    Second anniversary expectations

    Agreeably, it is unfair to judge a four-year marathon race at the first anniversary turn because those at the back end may increase their pace to become champions while some in the fore-front may lose steam and lag behind towards the finishing line. But as the African adage says, the chick that would be a magnificent rooster shows the signs early enough. So, by the second year anniversary, which is half of the four-year term, certain parameters must be in place to show the potential for regime success.   

    For this column, the two key issues the federal and state governments must face squarely in the next one year are security and energy. Should they solve those two challenges, the national economy will rebound, unemployment will dip, the value of the naira will appreciate, food security will redound, and the gross domestic product will surge. Within the energy sector the most telling challenge is electricity supply. This writer therefore urges the federal and state governments to collaborate, to change the dynamics. Already, some states have enacted necessary legislation to take their destiny in their hands, and those yet to do so, should imitate their peers.

    On its part, the federal government should redouble the effort to strengthen the national grid. It is challenging enough that our vast country is relying on a centralized grid, with all the security challenges, such a plan pose to the nation. While senior government officials are castigating the labour unions for shutting down the national grid during the recent strike action, it is hoped they also realised that enemies of the country, can exploit such centralisation to harm the country.

    So, the federal government should have a plan to decentralise the national grid, for efficiency and as a measure to forestall a national sabotage. The states can also fasten the process of decentralisation, by establishing state grid or collaborate for a regional grid. The Electricity Act, 2023, has made provisions empowering states to generate, transmit and distribute electricity within their states. The law also provides for the use and integration of renewable energy into the Nigerian energy mix, and the security of investments and regulations that can attract private capital.

    The other problematic arm of the energy sector is the supply and cost of cooking gas, petrol and diesel, which directly impacts the populace. Luckily, the chairman of the Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote, has said that the price of petrol would crash once his refinery starts operation next month. Many are concerned that similar promised crash, in diesel, has not been as dramatic as expected. So, they are asking: would the introduction of Dangote petrol, make any significant difference in the pricing?

    Nigerians earnestly hope it would. There is also the promise that the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries would soon come on stream. There are also a few modular refineries, which should add to the volume of available petrol and diesel. Hopefully, also, the much promised resort to compressed natural gas, CNG, would impact significantly on the energy mix, to further reduce the cost of petrol and diesel. The federal and state governments must do all they can, to ensure that these promises and potentials are realized, by the second anniversary of the regime.

    The security challenge facing the country, is something the federal and state governments must quickly do better than they are doing. What baffles this writer is that governors who are bearing the ignominy of insecurity, as lame duck chief security officers, are not enthusiastic about finding solution to the problem. Since the start of insurgency in the northeast, governors have always lamented that the problem bedeviling their states, is uncontrollable because they have no control over policing in their domains. Sadly, as insurgency reduced in the northeast, banditry escalated in the northwest.

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    Last week, Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State was all lamentations. Hear him: “We, as governors, don’t have control over military, we don’t have control over the police as well as the civil defence. In most case we get frustrated.” He went on: “When you need these people, they are nowhere to be found and the best thing to do is to set up that kind of security outfit.” He continued: “Sometimes, when you are really helpless, when you need them, they are not there. Even when they are there, they are given certain instruction on what to do and what not to do.”

    His lamentations are not different from that of his predecessors, across the states, whether in the northwest, or other regions across the country. It was so under presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammadu Buhari and now Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But surprisingly, the call for state police, has not gained enough traction amongst the governors. If the majority of the governors feel the need to have control over the police, why have they not encouraged their representatives, at the National Assembly, to push for constitutional amendments, to have state police?

    Governor Lawal, boasted that with the right political will, he can rout the bandits making life unbearable for the state. He said: “In two weeks, we can take care of the situation but the political will are not there” He reiterated: “We know who they are. We know where they live. It is just that there is no political will.” He affirmed: “Zamfara State has become the hub of banditry in Nigeria. If you are able to take care of Zamfara today, you have solved more than 90% issues in northern Nigeria as a whole.”

    No doubt, the hunger ravaging Nigerians would subside if the business of banditry that has overwhelmed the northern Nigeria is curtailed. Whether in the northwest, northeast or north central, bandits who rustle cattle, extort farmers, kidnap for ransom, and kill and maim for no cause, are substantially responsible for the food insecurity that is pushing our country to the edge. If the federal and state governments can decisively deal with the insecurity across the country, the nation will inexorably return to the path of growth and development.

    For this column, the twin challenges of insecurity and energy remains at the root of our present challenges, and our leaders can solve them, more so with President Tinubu at the helm of affairs. As many pundits have rightly posited, the solution to national economic growth lies with the small and medium enterprises. As evident, despite the plethora of fiscal interventions, that sector has not been able to deliver as expected. Their core underlining challenge is energy, and unless and until that is solved, no amount of subventions would make any difference.

    By the second anniversary of the federal and state governments, it is hoped they would have impacted significantly on the national energy crisis and the insecurity ravaging the country.

  • Foundation marks fifth anniversary

    Foundation marks fifth anniversary

    The Joy of Purpose Initiative Foundation, dedicated to community development, feeding of the needy, providing for widowers and empowerment, has celebrated its fifth anniversary.

    The event, at Jomafad Gardens, Isolo Lagos State, brought together supporters and beneficiaries to honor the foundation’s achievements and discuss future goals.

    The three-day celebration featured training of children in different skills like shoe making, baking, and fashion designing, which were displayed during the celebration.

    The Founder, Evangelist John Alonge, thanked everyone who contributed to making the foundation a success. He emphasised the importance of collective effort in driving positive change.

  • School outlines events for 35th anniversary

    School outlines events for 35th anniversary

    AbDek Private Schools, Somolu Lagos, has kicked off its 35th anniversary celebration with what it termed ‘Gratitude Tree/Memory Lane’, where its alumni came to relive  memories of their time in the school and its impact on their lives.

    Speaking on activities lined up for the celebration, proprietor of the school, Olugbenga Akeem Abdullai said events of celebration will span the month of April, through May to July.

    According to him, on Tuesday, April 23,  the school would visit  orphanage homes and hospitals, while on Saturday, April 27, there would be  house numbering exercise on streets within the school’s neighbourhood.

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    This will be followed by ‘Alumi Assembly’  on Monday, May  20.  Inter-school quiz competition and  talk on ‘Effects of Social Media on Pupils’ Academic Performance/Mental Health would be for Tuesday, May 21; an Alumni reunion/Cocktail party would hold Friday, May 24; Cultural Day is billed for June 9, while the grand finale and Thanksgiving/prize-giving/fundraising would be for July 18.

    Tracing the history of the school, Abdullai said he founded the school to fill a yearning gap for quality education in the Somolu area, right after he finished his second degree at the University of Lagos.

    The son of a teacher himself, Abdullai said he never bothered to look for a job when his peers were job-hunting, choosing instead to run summer schools for WAEC and JAMB students, which he kick-started in 1981/82 before establishing the school in 1989.

    “To the glory of God. Our pupils came out among the best in the common entrance exams when the result came out. We even had one of our children in the gifted children category.”

    Abdullai, however, lamented the challenges of finance, which he said was almost making parents jettison the huge admission opportunities of their wards.

  • Firm celebrates 20th anniversary

    Firm celebrates 20th anniversary

    Gogzee, a confectionery and decoration enterprise has celebrated its 20th anniversary in Abuja.

    The founder,  Dr Oghogho Mudasiru , a graduate of Dental Surgery, is passionate about cake baking and decoration. She founded the outfit in 2003.

    She was born in Ibadan on 29 June, 1970. Her primary education was at the Ridge Church school in Accra, Ghana.

    She is an alumnus of Queens College Yaba, Lagos where she had her secondary education.

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    She graduated with distinctions in Dental Surgery from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in 1995 and thereafter worked both in the government and private sectors.

    She is also a graduate of  the Rhema Bible Training College in Abuja.  As an entrepreneur with a passion for youth empowerment, she has two confectionery outlets in  Abuja  with over 35 staff members.

    She is happily married and has a  daughter.

  • Agency announces 10th anniversary campaign

    Agency announces 10th anniversary campaign

    Djembe Consultants (Djembe), an award-winning consultancy focusing on the African and Middle Eastern (MEA) regions, has announced a six-month campaign that will celebrate its 10th year anniversary.  

    Chief Executive Officer, Mitchell Prather, said the campaign will showcase a diverse team and client partners, who together have delivered innovative communication programmes in the MEA region and on the global stage.     

    According to him, since its inception, Djembe has effectively brought together a unique combination of home-grown talent from across the MEA region and a team of multi-disciplinary international communications experts.  

    ‘’The consultancy’s multinational approach, which combines local insights with global best practices, has seen it emerge as a trusted advisor to local, regional, and global organizations, helping them achieve their full potential within the MEA region and internationally.        

    ‘’This diverse client mix has enabled the Djembe team to support strategic communications and reputation management projects over the past ten years in 36 African and 13 MENA countries – in addition to global outreach in key international markets in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.    

    ‘’During the second half of 2023, Djembe will showcase a decade’s worth of success in supporting projects that have amplified a narrative of opportunity, growth, inclusion, and innovation. The celebratory campaign will highlight Djembe’s unique presence within the innovation ecosystem, showcasing the Consultancy’s work as a catalyst for growth and entrepreneurial opportunity throughout the ecosystem and across multiple industry sectors in the MEA region.      

    Prather commented on the Consultancy’s 10th anniversary: “As Djembe Consultants celebrates our 10-year anniversary, we have a great opportunity to reflect on our successes. This is a major milestone and a testament to the strength of our client offering and the extremely high calibre of the Djembe team.

    Through our deep-rooted presence across Africa and the Middle East, we have conducted extensive incubator and accelerator program workshops, mentored hundreds of start-ups and innovators, and successfully secured over three million dollars of funding for MEA start-ups. Furthermore, the Djembe team has supported multi-billion dollar client commitments to enhance trade finance and socioeconomic development.”   

    In addition to reflecting on its successes, Djembe will use its tenth anniversary to look to the future and set out its plans for the next ten years. The firm continues to secure an ever-greater breadth of mandates from MENA-based organizations, leaving it well-positioned to continue supporting the region’s socioeconomic development through its work with a rich cross-section of clients in critical economic growth sectors while advancing a social development agenda.   

    From SMEs to trade finance and development corporations, sovereign wealth funds, promising start-ups, and innovators, the strong appeal of Djembe’s determined and enthusiastic approach to developing and executing communication programs has been incredible: Djembe was recently re-selected as the agency of record for the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, which is a five-year client relationship.

    Over the past five years, Djembe has worked to promote the Zayed Sustainability Prize in Africa and its reach has been extended to promote the prize across the Middle East. 

    Djembe’s expertise has been utilized in AfCFTA and AML campaigns, investment funding, product launches, trade finance and development initiatives, and SME accelerator programmes as a well-respected advisory and award-winning communications firm in the years preceding COVID-19, Djembe has worked closely with multiple organizations to support their emergence from the effects of the pandemic.     

    Prather explained: “As soon as the pandemic began to unfold, Djembe leveraged our extensive network to join forces with organizations large and small, public and private, to focus on helping communities receive the benefits emanating from meeting the UN Sustainability Development Goals. 

    “Djembe’s extensive capabilities extend beyond supporting client initiatives to advancing a social development agenda by addressing the digital divide, increasing financial know-how, encouraging the take-up of green initiatives, promoting inclusivity, and advocating rural community development. We are delighted to be able to showcase much of this work and results during our 10-year celebrations in the second half of this year.”

    Focusing on the African and Middle Eastern (MEA) regions has announced a six-month campaign that will celebrate the Consultancy’s 10-year anniversary. 

    Its CEO Mitchell Prather said the campaign will showcase a diverse team and client partners, who together have delivered innovative communication programmes in the MEA region and on the global stage.     

    Since its inception, Djembe has effectively brought together a unique combination of home-grown talent from across the MEA region and a team of multi-disciplinary international communications experts.  

    The consultancy’s multinational approach, which combines local insights with global best practices, has seen it emerge as a trusted advisor to local, regional, and global organizations, helping them achieve their full potential within the MEA region and internationally.       

    This diverse client mix has enabled the Djembe team to support strategic communications and reputation management projects over the past ten years in 36 African and 13 MENA countries – in addition to global outreach in key international markets in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.    

    During the second half of 2023, Djembe will showcase a decade’s worth of success in supporting projects that have amplified a narrative of opportunity, growth, inclusion, and innovation.

    The celebratory campaign will highlight Djembe’s unique presence within the innovation ecosystem, showcasing the Consultancy’s work as a catalyst for growth and entrepreneurial opportunity throughout the ecosystem and across multiple industry sectors in the MEA region.    

    Prather commented on the Consultancy’s 10th anniversary: “As Djembe Consultants celebrates our 10-year anniversary, we have a great opportunity to reflect on our successes. This is a major milestone and a testament to the strength of our client offering and the extremely high calibre of the Djembe team. Through our deep-rooted presence across Africa and the Middle East, we have conducted extensive incubator and accelerator program workshops, mentored hundreds of start-ups and innovators, and successfully secured over three million dollars of funding for MEA start-ups. Furthermore, the Djembe team has supported multi-billion dollar client commitments to enhance trade finance and socioeconomic development.”   

    In addition to reflecting on its successes, Djembe will use its tenth anniversary to look to the future and set out its plans for the next ten years. The firm continues to secure an ever-greater breadth of mandates from MENA-based organizations, leaving it well-positioned to continue supporting the region’s socioeconomic development through its work with a rich cross-section of clients in critical economic growth sectors while advancing a social development agenda.   

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    From SMEs to trade finance and development corporations, sovereign wealth funds, promising start-ups, and innovators, the strong appeal of Djembe’s determined and enthusiastic approach to developing and executing communication programmes has been incredible: Djembe was recently re-selected as the agency of record for the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, which is a five-year client relationship.

    Over the past five years, Djembe has worked to promote the Zayed Sustainability Prize in Africa, and its reach has been extended to promote the prize across the Middle East. Djembe’s expertise has been utilised in AfCFTA and AML campaigns, investment funding, product launches, trade finance and development initiatives, and SME accelerator programmes as a well-respected advisory and award-winning communications firm in the years preceding COVID-19, Djembe has worked closely with multiple organisations to support their emergence from the effects of the pandemic.     

    Prather explained: “As soon as the pandemic began to unfold, Djembe leveraged our extensive network to join forces with organizations large and small, public and private, to focus on helping communities receive the benefits emanating from meeting the UN Sustainability Development Goals.  

    Djembe’s extensive capabilities extend beyond supporting client initiatives to advancing a social development agenda by addressing the digital divide, increasing financial know-how, encouraging the take-up of green initiatives, promoting inclusivity, and advocating rural community development. We are delighted to be able to showcase much of this work and results during our 10-year celebrations in the second half of this year.”

  • Old boys to hold anniversary

    As a way of giving back to its Alma mater, Stanza 789 of St Charles Grammar School, Osogbo, is seeking the support of fellow old boys across the country and in the Diaspora to execute a N15m project in the school. The project is meant to be part of the celebration of 40th anniversary of the set, which will hold its first reunion from May 10 to 12.

    Charleans 789, as they are fondly called, will rehabilitate the school’s main building, which include the dilapidated roofing sheets; replacement of the louvers windows with steel ones, carryout necessary masonry works and repaint both interior and exterior walls. The school, which was originally a Catholic school is now government-owned.

    Briefing newsmen at the Da Riggs Place, Ikeja, the Chairman of the set, Olaseinde Olusola, said: “We have been to the school to inspect their needs. We want to raise money to restore the school to its glorious old days. There are a lot of things we enjoyed which are no longer in place. So, we are using this medium to reach out to our fellow Charleans 789 Stanza to support this noble cause.”

    The set will also present awards to all living, aged and current teachers; award scholarship to deserving indigent students and payment of WAEC fees to 50 final year students.The students would be selected based on their performances in the mock examination that would be conducted in the school.

    The Co-Chairman of the 40th anniversary committee, Sina Morenigbade said the school is in a bad state with  bad roads. He said the school, which was boys only, is now co-educational and  has been divided into three  different schools since the state government took charge of the school.

    He explained that the old boys association will also invest in building students’ capacity by introducing literary debates, science club and other mentorship programmes, which the school lacks. He added that the reunion will also serve as a platform to reach out and support themselves.

  • Firm celebrates 23rd anniversary

    The board and management of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc has celebrated its 23rd Anniversary of the company.

    The Group Chairman, Akin Ogunbiyi, while addressing guests at the company’s thanksgiving service and award ceremony attributed the firm’s success to act of thanksgiving to God. According to him, it is the grace of God that has sustained the company till date.

    Ogunbiyi, who spoke on the long service award, noted that all awardees have in the time past distinguished themselves in the company, urging other members of staff against jumping from one place to another.

    He said: “For you to remain in the company means you are productive. We have a policy in Mutual Benefit. If you don’t get promoted from one level to another within three years, we just give you one-year grace then we booth you out.

    “The company is set to be the most profitable company in Nigeria, a preferred insurance company operating on basis of professionalism, ethical practice with the fear of God.

  • Opelope Anointing Foundation to mark eighth anniversary

    Some July 7, top dignitaries, including Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, are expected to storm Epe, Lagos State as popular gospel minister, Evangelist Dunni Olanrewaju, aka Opelope Anointing marks the eighth anniversary of the Opelope Anointing Foundation (OAF), an initiative designed to touch the lives, especially of the underprivileged, aside spreading the gospel through music.

    The event which will hold at the Epe Town Hall, Ita Opo, will also attract the Osun State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Titi Tomori, Elder Akin Ognbiyi; actress, Mrs Idowu Philips, popularly known as Mama Rainbow; Lady Evangelist Iyabo Ogunsola; Pastor Taiwo Idris; Bishop Rachael Ibironke and guest speaker, Prophet Caleb Olulade among others.

    Gospel musicians expected to perform at the event include Evangelist Esther Igbekele, Biyi Samuel and Seyi Lewis. The highpoint of the event will be the charity programme where the people of Epe with benefit free healthcare services, free drugs and eye test, free glasses and windows, as well as supports for the underprivileged.

    “This initiative surfaced eight years ago and I thank God that we have been able to sustain it through the support of well-meaning Nigerians,” said Evangelist Olanrewaju.

    “We have toured different states including Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, affecting lives positively in the last eight years. It is our delight to mark this year’s anniversary with the people of Epe. This is significant, because it is the country home of the Lagos State governor, His Excellency, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode and we are happy to give back to his people, as well as inaugurate the Epe chapter of the Opelope Anointing Fans Club in his source. This will in a way serve as a token of appreciation to his tremendous works in Lagos State.”

    The two-day event, which will feature the inauguration of the Opelope Anointing Fans Club, Epe chapter, on July 6, would be graced by Governor Ambode and his wife, Bolanle as the special guest of honour and chairperson of the day respectively.