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  • Church dedicates auditorium

    The Planning Committee of Christ Spiritualist Church (Incorporated), Aladura, National Headquarters, will embark on a week-long crusade and revival ahead of the dedication of the new church auditorium.

    The ceremony will end on April 29.

    The event, which will hold at 21, Branco Street, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, will begin from 2pm.

    Speaking on the ceremony, Most Snr. Apostle Tunde Oshin said there would be a week-long revival, including a concert.

    He said personalities expected at the event included Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, His Eminence/Special General Baba Aladura Prophet Mathew Ola Obe, among others.

  • Baptist Church opens new auditorium at 20

    The Fellowship Baptist Church in Agungi, Lekki Lagos, a member of Nigeria Baptist Convention, has dedicated an ultra-modern 900-seater auditorium to commemorate its 20th anniversary.

    The edifice was dedicated by President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev Dr Olasupo Ayokunle.

    Ayokunle, who is also the President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, urged the church to raise faithful followers of Christ.

    Ministering on the theme Christ’s desire for His church today, Ayokunle challenged leaders to be task- oriented.

    He also called on citizens to obey law and order, adding that the church must not worship affluence as it’s a temple of God.

    Ayokunle said: “We must rise to build our nation together if we don’t build it angels will not build it for us.

    “Those developed nations were built by people. They were jungles before but human beings transformed them.

    “Leaders must be task- oriented, must not be looters and followers must be effective by obeying obey law and order and it will be better for our nation.

    “If we love one another it will be better for us. All the violence and blood shedding will stop. We need to know that we don’t have another nation.”

    The Special guest of honour, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, said the church must be committed to God.

    Obasanjo, who was represented by Deacon Victor Durodola, said: “This is an area given to idol and to have a church here is a testimony of God’s wonderful deeds.

  • Catholic Church dedicates 10,000-seater auditorium

    The 10,000-seater ultra-modern auditorium of St. Michael Catholic Church Alapere has been dedicated.

    The colourful ceremony witnessed members adorning different ceremonial dresses with the Boys scout band at hand to render danceable songs.

    The auditorium is an architectural masterpiece with ecclesiastical and liturgical finesse.

    Cutting the tape to declare it open, Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Lagos, Most Reverend Alfred Martins, admonished members not to treat anything of God with levity.

    He advised them to respect and honour the church in all their actions.

    Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Lagos, Very Rev Monsignor K. Asuquo Aniagwu, and the Dean of Maryland deanery, Very Reverend Father Anthony Fadairo, supported the Archbishop with a lot of priests from within and outside Lagos.

    The Parish Priest, Reverend Father Sebastian Ngene, was full of appreciation to all who worked tirelessly to see the vision manifest.

  • Auditorium named after Oyinlola

    Auditorium named after Oyinlola

    Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola yesterday called on universities to impact positively on the society, rather than just admitting students and awarding certificates.

    The governor gave the advice at the fourth and fifth convocation ceremonies of the University of Osun at its main campus, Osogbo.

    He named the university auditorium after former governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola.

    Aregbesola held that university education should  impact on the society, adding that the country is beset with life threatening challenges, which are defying solutions.

    The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Jelil Oguntola Alamu, said the university has sustained its reputation as an institution established to promote academic excellence and sound moral education.

    Alamu said the university has become a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN).

    “My greatest joy today is the relative peace and high level of academic excellence attained by the institution since I became the Acting Vice Chancellor.

    In his valedictory speech, the overall best student for 2013/2014 session, Adeyemo Kazeem Adekunle, thanked the government for establishing the university.

    Adekunle, with a CGPA of 4.7 from Civil Engineering Department, said the school will continue to serve humanity in numerous significant ways as long as it exists.

  • Foundation plans N10m auditorium for Ekiti College

    Foundation plans N10m auditorium for Ekiti College

    An education-focused non-profit foundation, Dr Florence Bola Ala Foundation, has unveiled plans to build a multi-purpose, state-of-the-art auditorium, initially valued at N10 million, for the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

    The Foundation was set up in memory of late Dr Florence Bola Ala, the first woman Dean of the College.

    The foundation announced the plan to donate the N10 million auditorium at the 22nd convocation of the college while also presenting cash prize awards to deserving graduating students.

    Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, praised the initiative and urged other individuals and organisations to emulate the foundation.

    Fayose who is the visitor to the college, noted the need for support of well-meaning individuals and organisations for the development of education, while reiterating the commitment of his government to providing necessary resources to sustain the reputation of the state as a fountain of knowledge.

    Handing over cash prize award of N20, 000 and book each to three students of the School of Education and Early childhood Care Education, Mr Abayomi Adeyeri, a member, board of trustees of the foundation, and chief marketing officer of Flobal Trust Limited, said the foundation was committed to partnering with the college in achieving its mandates.

    Adeyeri said the foundation will sustain and build on the initial cash prize awards and further undertake significant special projects of value to the college, including the proposed auditorium to immortalise the late Dr Ala, who was his mother.

    Registrar of the college, Mr Gbenga Ojo, wo received the prizes, appreciated the gesture and expressed the institution’s readiness to partner with the foundation.

    Other dignitaries at the convocation were Chief Afe Babalola, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah, who was awarded a fellowship, the newly installed Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Samuel Adu, and two members of board of trustees of the foundation, Mrs Omoefe Siakpere and Mr Olusoji Fagbemi.

    Florence Bola Ala Foundation supports individuals in need, especially in the area of education.

    Late Dr Ala started teaching at the tertiary level as an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Ibadan in 1981.  She also taught at the Oyo State College of Education (1982- 1983) and the Ondo State University (1984-1987). She joined the services of Ondo State College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti between 1987 and 1990 and she was the first woman Dean there. She thereafter went to the University of Maiduguri in July 1990, where she was a Reader/Associate Professor, until her death.

    The late Ala published more than 10 articles in reputable journals within and outside the country and has about 20 published books that she wrote or co-authored. Her numerous Nursery books published by Evans easily come to mind.

  • Foursquare unveils Kubwa auditorium

    Foursquare unveils Kubwa auditorium

    Twenty-four years after building its first auditorium, the Foursquare Gospel Church, Kubwa District Headquarters has unveiled a new auditorium.

    The 1200-seater capacity church is located at 222 Bakori Road, Phase 2, Site 2, Kubwa Abuja.

    Chairman, Building Committee, Mr. Bekwele Ikpa said it took about three years and nine months before the structure was completed.

    In his opening remarkS, the Senior Pastor, Rev. Ishola Omigade said the church’s popularity as a result of its strong evangelism made it famous, necessitating a modern, bigger place of worship.

    He commended the church council for supporting the project despite initial resistance from members.

    “The original idea of the council and the rebuilding committee was that we were going to modify the old church building using the existing walls, hence the rebuilding committee. But it eventually dawned on everyone that the old foundation would not hold the magnitude of the new structure that we had in mind, so we jettisoned the idea and put up the new foundation,” Omigade said.

    Ikpa also stressed that the church council, “did not do any launching neither did we solicit for funds from members of the church. It took so long because we actually did it in phases because of children school fees.”

    Present at the event was the church General Overseer, Rev. Felix Meduoye among other men of God.

     

  • Students renovate lecture auditorium

    Students renovate lecture auditorium

    In what could be regarded as uncommon demonstration of patriotism, students of the Centre for Continuous Education (CCE), the University of Jos, have given back to their institution even before graduation. They dubbed it pre-Alumni activities.

    The final year students of the centre decided to breathe life into one of the old structures in the institution by renovating the centre’s auditorium located at the Old Campus of the university along Muritala Muhammed Way, Jos.

    The students chose to renovate the multi-purpose auditorium which has not been renovated since its construction years back.

    Incidentally, the structure is located at the university’s temporary site when it took off in 1975 and has continued to be used for multi-purpose functions even after the university was moved to its permanent site along Bauchi Road.

    Currently, the centre serves as the university’s Consultancy Services block where diploma programmes are held.

    The centre which has since then produced several of thousands of diploma students in the fields of Accounting, Banking and Finance, Mass Communication, Marketing, Purchasing and Supply, Community Development and Public Administration, among others, has remained dilapidated despite that huge sums of money accrue from the diploma programmes.

    Incidentally, the auditorium which is used as lecture hall for these students is also used for matriculation ceremonies, seminars and other ceremonies organised by the university.

    Worried by the state of the facility, the final year students of the 2013/2014 session, decided to pool resources to give the auditorium a facelift. They taxed themselves and contributed what they described as seed money of over N1 million. The Director, Advancement Office of the university, Yakubu Gomos said the effort of the students was part of the leave-a-legacy programmes introduced by the university in 2007.

    Gomos, who coordinated the renovation project said: “The Advancement Office had initiated what we call ‘Leave-a-Legacy’ programme since 2007. It is a programme where students are encouraged to develop the idea of doing something for the school that prepared them for life.

    “With this programme, final year students do contribute funds and use the total funds collected to carry out one project of their choice within the institution. The ‘leave-a-legacy’ programme was originally meant for students running degree programmes, but we decided to extend it to non-NUC students who undertake diploma programmes at the old campus of the university so as to also give them sense of belonging to the university family. So, these students voluntarily contributed their little fund and before you know it, over N1 million was contributed for the project.”

    Continuing, he said: “The idea behind the ‘Leave-a-Legacy’ programme is to bring the final year students together to make positive impact on their school. It is pre-alumni activities to prepare the final year students to develop the idea of helping the school after their graduation as they join the alumni of the school.

    “It is another means of building the alumni from within. This means that before the students graduate, they are acquainted with the challenges which the school is experiencing and they will begin to think of how to help whenever they are fully established in their life after school.

    “The funds are collected by the students themselves. They also choose the project they want to embark upon to be supervised by the Advancement Office which coordinates the activities of Alumni of the school. At this stage, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Hayward Babale Mafuyai coordinates the execution of the project.

    “This yearly project has gone a long way in assisting the institution to solve some of its infrastructural challenges since 2007 when it was established.”

    Contributing, the Director of Centre for Continuous Education (CCE), Prof. Mark Lere said: “I am impressed with what these students have done. They have left a legacy behind because they have graduated. Before now, the students used to do such things in their respective departments, but this time around, they decided to do something that the entire school will benefit from.

    “Before the students embarked on the renovation of the auditorium, the hall was completely dilapidated; the roof was leaking because the entire ceiling had worn out, making students to run out of the class as soon as the rain begins, the windows were broken, just as the doors had given way.

    “The hall was virtually without seat. The students were not finding it comfortable any more. So, they were mobilised by the Advancement Office to carry out the renovation.  After the renovation, the hall appears new and attractive to them. So, if these students continued this way each year, the face of the centre will change for good.”

    President of the students’ union of the centre, Patrick Yilshap, who graduated from the Mass Communication Department, said: “All the final year students were involved, they contributed funds so that we could leave a legacy behind. We chose to renovate the auditorium because that was the only hall in the school that can take as much as 500 students at a time. The Vice-Chancellor gave his approval and the auditorium is now a new place to behold.”

     

  • Baptist church’s 21-day vigil

    The annual 21-day vigil of Alafia Oluwa Baptist Church, Alfonso road, Sasa, Ibadan has commenced.

    The theme of the vigil, which kicks off by 11pm in the Church auditorium is Power to Recover.

    The host Pastor, Rev Amos Ajibola, said the programme was aimed at empowering people to overcome challenges of life.