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  • Cleric tells Nigerians to seek and rely on God

    Cleric tells Nigerians to seek and rely on God

    Founder of Ori-Oke Agbara Jesu, Osengere, Ibadan, Oyo State, Apostle Elijah Adeiwa, has urged Nigerians to put their faith in God, to overcome challenges.

    He said lack of trust in God is causing poverty, bad governance and injustice.

    Speaking in Ibadan ahead of a Prayer Congress for December 5 at Osengere, Ibadan, he said Nigerians should return to God in sincere fellowship, prayers and devotion, for a quick recovery and restoration.

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    Adeiwa, speaking on 2025, warned leaders, actors, and content creators against pride, arrogance and others.

    “The positions, skills, education, wealth and everything you have today are made possible by God. Don’t be arrogant. Do good today for a positive legacy and posterity,’’ he said.

    The cleric invites the faithful to his December 5 prayers, on healing, breakthrough, turnaround, promotion, freedom from family curses, delays, disappointment and hardship.

  • Convention highlights how God’s help can secure peace, prosperity

    Convention highlights how God’s help can secure peace, prosperity

    Unity Evangelical Ministry (UEM), Olowora, Ojodu-Berger in Lagos State, held its annual convention from July 31 to August 4.

    At the event: ‘Wonderful,’ in the church’s headquarters, worshippers from Lagos and Ogun states were enveloped in an atmosphere of worship, prayers, deliverance,  and dancing.

    It was presided over by Senior pastor, Femi Akande, and other men of God.

    This year’s was different as other activities were incorporated into the programme. “It will remain fresh in the minds of those present,“ said Deji Oyebanji, an attendee.

    Speaking at the thanksgiving service, Akande said the celebration was about reflecting on God’s benevolence, goodness, and mercies, and more.

    Pastor Femi, as he is fondly called, noted that the purpose of the church is to contribute to expansion of Christ’s Kingdom by getting men “breaded, buttered, bettered, bolstered and boosted.’’

    “We achieve this purpose and mission by evolving a system of hunger for the word. We believe God’s word is the ultimate mechanism to get life work and drive it into success and fulfillment,” he added.

    Speaking further, he said life is interesting and worthwhile when God is given the driver’s seat. This is appropriated if His ideas, principles, and ways are embraced (Job 22:23-30).

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    In his sermon, Pastor Mike Ikechukwu stressed the need to leverage God’s help to secure rest, peace, and prosperity.

    Using  Bible’s King Asa as reference, he said where truth is taught, believed, and engaged in a nation, church or family, permanent victories are consistent blessings. He quoted Second Chronicles, verses 14 to 16, to buttress his message

    The convention also featured a seminar and exhibition: ‘Attracting God’s wonder through praise and worship,’ ‘Preparing for marriage,’ ‘How to succeed in business,’ and ‘How to make pastries.’

    The Choir and children groups thrilled members. Testimonies of healing, deliverance, and breakthroughs were given.

    Akande said the theme of the convention was wonderful as God’s name is wonderful.

    He recalled years back travelling to Ekiti State.

    “I was travelling from Lagos to Ekiti State years ago. The driver was driving between Osun and Ekiti, there was this narrow bridge; repaired now. The bridge was so narrow that it couldn’t take two cars  same time. When you are approaching, you have to slow down.

    “We were on the bridge first. By the time we entered, there was no vehicle coming but half way, we saw a trailer from Ekiti side. Whether he didn’t see us, I don’t know. whether the break didn’t work, I don’t know, but he was coming with speed, and we had to choose between whether we wanted to die through collision or plunge into the river below. There was no time to pray.

    “Fortunately, the driver didn’t look back because I was shaking. But when he could talk, I had cooled down; he turned to me and said, Pastor, what happened, I said Jesus expanded the bridge, and he said, wonderful. He kept saying wonderful till we got to Ekiti and I said that’s God’s name.”

  • Celebrating God’s love through music, testimonies, and empowerment

    Celebrating God’s love through music, testimonies, and empowerment

    It was an unlimited atmosphere of worship, prayers, deliverance, and dancing, as the Unity Evangelical Ministry (UEM), Olowora, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos, held its annual convention from July 31 to August 4.

    The Five-day event, themed: ‘Wonderful,’ had thousands of ecstatic worshippers from Lagos and Ogun states throng the church’s headquarters.

    The event was presided over by the Senior Pastor of the church, Pastor Femi Akande, and other anointed men of God.

    Men, women, youths, and children of the church were beautifully dressed, dancing to songs from the choir as they worshipped God. The church was filled up such that some congregants had to remain standing while the service lasted.

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    Besides the singing and dancing, this year’s convention was different as other activities were incorporated into the programme. “This year’s event will remain fresh in the minds of those of us who were present at the convention. It was an event with a difference, ” said Deji Oyebanji, one of the attendees.

    Speaking during the thanksgiving service, the Senior Pastor of the Church, Femi Akande, explained that the celebration was not just about singing the church’s praise but reflecting on God’s benevolence, goodness, and mercies since the inception of the church.

    Pastor Akande, as he is fondly called, further noted that the purpose of the church is to contribute its quota to the expansion of Christ’s Kingdom by getting men “breaded, buttered, bettered, bolstered and boosted.

  • Is belief in God a delusion?

    Is belief in God a delusion?

    • By Oluwole Osagie-Jacobs

    Does God really exist? This question has engaged the intellect of many exploring the existence of God. Humans have expressed a belief in the existence of a supreme being responsible for creation from the beginning of time. Foremost religions like Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and African traditional religion, are informed of the existence of a supreme being and have a template for his worship. Theism, “the belief in a god or gods,” is in the history of ancient civilizations. God featured in the works of many English writers from Christopher Marlow to T.S Elliott. Shakespeare’s mature tragedies have vivid accounts of belief in a God that shapes destinies.

    Atheism, defined as “Denial of or lack of belief in the existence of a god or gods,” became prominent during and after the Age of Enlightenment. Great thinkers and philosophers like Friedrich Nietzsche, Ludwig Feuerbach, Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Tai Solarin etc were renowned atheists. When agnostics (those who believe it is impossible to know whether God exists or not and for this reason we should suspend belief) are included, atheists in the world are now about 500 million.

    Atheists affirm that there is a lack of compelling evidence to prove the existence of God. They find it difficult to reconcile a most powerful and good God with the existence of gratuitous evil. Earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones, hurricanes, diseases, pestilence, etc, have claimed the lives of many people. Consider children born with genetic diseases like cancer, sickle cell anaemia, autism and cerebral palsy. In my large family, we lost a lovely son to sickle cell anaemia at the age of fourteen. On his sick bed and in severe pain he assured us that Jesus would heal him. A few hours after these reassuring words he gave up the ghost. My family would live with this painful loss till the end of our lives. A few years ago in Benin – City, an eight-year-old girl on her way to Church for morning mass was overpowered by four men and raped to death.

    Many would ask why a most caring and good God didn’t save her from this calamity. There is also the puzzle of the prosperity of the wicked which atheists find difficult to align with a God of justice.

    The notion of a God responsible for creation has been seriously challenged by the evolution theory of Charles Darwin. In his book, ‘On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection,’ published in 1859 he explained how plant and animal species branch off to become entirely new species. The study of fossils and genes ignited interest in the evolution theory. Richard Dawkins, an evolution biologist, in his book, ‘The God Delusion,’ said living organisms; bacteria, plants, insects, and birds, share a common ancestor. He stated that the chimpanzee is most closely related to humans. In other words, we are all cousins to the chimpanzee and distant cousins to the antelope further down the evolution chain. The facts of the theory have been well articulated that they are convincing to many including renowned scientists. It is important to state that evolutionists have claimed ignorance of the origin of life. They admit that natural selection proceeds from the single cell whose origin they have been unable to account for. Claiming ignorance of the origin of the cell is without doubt a submission to the lordship of a superior intelligence.

    As a Christian and a firm believer in God, I would advocate for a more pragmatic approach to the propagation of religion. Modern science has shattered into rubbles many of the foundations upon which our faith is erected. Many are now interrogating the basis of their faith. Cynical toleration of untenable dogmas is becoming a thing of the past. For instance, adherents of Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are required to believe in the existence of a devil who is God’s creation. They are required to believe that the devil visited the Garden of Eden in the form of a snake to tempt the first humans; Adam and his wife, Eve. They are taught that the devil lured Eve to eat the forbidden fruit and by this act, the whole of humanity was damned. They are required to believe that the savage butchery of people, sometimes of a whole community by the prophets was done by the express command of God. They killed many, including smiling infants. Sometimes ladies were spared and taken as booty of war. They are taught to believe in hellfire. They are told of the existence of angels, witches, and wizards. But these infinite verities need a piece of stronger evidence for their existence than the mere mention that they exist. A Pope encountered a master artist painting the interior of the dome of a Cathedral in Rome and noticed that angels were painted with shoes on their legs. The Pope barked at the artist, “Have you seen angels with shoes?” The artist responded with, “Your Holiness, have you seen angels without shoes?”

    Children born in this modern high tech world can only believe by evidence and not by faith. They don’t believe in the supernatural. They are unlike me rooted in mysticism from my birth. In 1967, my mother took me to some prophets in Okoja quarters in Ikare, Ondo State, who downloaded my entire life history in less than thirty minutes. The predictions by a lady prophet had been confirmed in every detail. The stunning accuracy of the predictions is more confounding than the Internet and Artificial Intelligence.

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    The modern child would not believe that my grandmother, an Olokun (Water goddess) priestess in Benin – City, could with incantations alter the position of a child in the womb for safe delivery. I witnessed this many times during her lifetime. Therefore, it is easier for me to believe in an unseen God and witches.

    The modern child will find it difficult to accept the inconsistencies and illogicalities in revealed religions as divine inspiration. They would not believe in the virgin birth. They would not believe in a moving sun like Prophet Joshua. They would not believe that Methuselah lived for 969 years. They would not believe that the earth is about 8,000 years old when there is proof that some rocks have existed for about 500 million years.

    In teaching the scriptures it should be emphasized that the holy books like the Bible and the Quran were written by human beings. God might have inspired them but in doing that he allowed for their preferences, biases, predilections, idiosyncrasies, and fantasies. This would explain the observed inconsistencies and illogicalities recorded in the holy books.

    There is no better way to prove the existence of God than the use of science. Albert Einstein said, “I don’t believe in a personal God; it is sufficient to stand in awe at the structures of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it”. He further said, “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” Thomas Paine, an apostle of deism (belief in God but not in revealed religion) made sense when he said the word of God is the creation we behold. It cannot be forged or counterfeited. The French philosopher and deist, Voltaire, shared this view.

     Astronomy has revealed the solar system with millions of galaxies arranged in astounding order that cannot come out from chaos. There must be an intelligent designer. There are about 200 billion stars of which the smallest is as big as the earth. Is that not bewildering? The human body consists of about 30 trillion cells and each cell has a life of its own. Is that not amazing? The human brain is made up of about 100 billion nerve cells (neurons). Does that not indicate that we are wonderfully made? Considering the mountain ranges, ebbing sea, and accuracy in the movements of bodies in the solar system, what else do we need to prove supreme intelligence? According to Prof. Fred Hoyle, “The chance that higher life forms might have emerged by chance is comparable to the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junkyard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein.”

    There must be a creator with supreme intelligence whose origin is beyond the ken of mortals.

    • Osagie-Jacobs, an Economist and Chartered Accountant, wrote from Abuja.
  • Cleric urges Nigerians to seek God’s face

    Cleric urges Nigerians to seek God’s face

    The Convener of Young Ministers’ Retreats Global, Pastor Daniel Olawande, has called on Nigerians to seek the face of God and divine mercies over the challenges facing the country.

    He said the country was passing through socio-economic challenges and advised Christians to be steadfast in seeking God’s intervention.

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    The coordinator of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Youth Evangelists spoke at Ekiti Fire Conference 2024 held at Ekiti Parapo Pavilion, New Iyin Road, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.

  • To the ones who blame God

    To the ones who blame God

    You need to get something straight: Our brains aren’t for decoration; they’re put there for us to use to change our circumstances, to change this world, and to resolve challenges. 

    In Elif Shafak’s ‘The Forty Rules of Love’, a character, Shamz of Tabriz, tells another character, Aladdin, that God is the best storyteller. It is a loaded statement. Looking at our world, it is not difficult to see the stories God is telling using you and me as the characters. God is not dictatorial in the stories He tells with us. He allows our leaders to play critical roles in our unfolding stories and we can see the results of that.

    Some people, some nations, some companies and some continents have beautiful stories to share with the world. Other people, other nations, other companies and other continents have tales of shame to entertain the world with: tragedies and tragi-comedies are all they have got to offer.

    Our dear Nigeria does not lack gold, it does not lack oil and gas, it has tantalite in abundance, and some of the best waterfalls in the world are within its confines. Scenic beauties, such as the Mambilla Plateau and Farin Ruwa Falls, friendly soils and a people ready to give their best are other resources Nigeria is blessed with.

    Do we need to talk about brilliant souls scattered all over the world and doing wonders in their adopted nations? Is there really any need to talk about a young population that understands the ins and outs of technology and can manipulate it to our advantage? Is there any need to point attention to the fact that when our average brains go abroad for education, they turn out in flying colours?

    But as blessed as we are with these brains, these beauties and these resources, we are also blessed with leaders who, at the sign of a headache, have taken the next available flight to London or New York for medical examination. We are also blessed with a political class that steals with their future generation in mind; we are fortunate enough to have men and women in positions of authorities all because they want to decorate their garages and wardrobes with the best in automobiles and jewelleries; and we are blessed with leaders who will tell us to pray over a problem or challenge we elect them to resolve.

    Imagine if prayers can end a situation where one of three Nigerians lives in poverty, which represents thirty-two per cent of the population. Imagine if prayers can stop thirty-seven per cent of children from suffering malnutrition. Imagine if prayer can make a thing of the past, half of the Nigerian population who use unsafe or unimproved sanitation. What if prayers can take Nigeria away from being 43rd on the sustainable development goal index? What about praying away the fact that poverty is concentrating in fast-growing countries like Nigeria and, by 2050, more than 40 per cent of Nigerians will still be under poverty’s jackboot? If only we can use prayers to get over our slot as the country with the second-highest number of deaths of children under the age of five? Alas, prayers cannot do all these!

    At a point, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says no fewer than 250,000 children in Nigeria die on their first day of life. The figure is the second highest in the world, according to the 2017 multi-indicator cluster survey. A child born in Nigeria today, no thanks to this situation, is likely to live to the year 2074, while a child born in Denmark is likely to live until the 22nd Century! The quality of life is a different kettle of fish. Most of these children regrettably die from preventable causes such as premature births, complications during delivery, infections like sepsis, malaria and pneumonia. Prayers cannot stop this, only policies and programmes can.

    Nigeria needs more investment to grow its economy at a higher rate to be able to lift 100 million people out of poverty. Prayer cannot do it. Nigeria is only growing at about two per cent and, if our country continues this way, there will be more people in poverty.

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    The investment we need is almost double what we have now. Nigeria must connect with people who want to invest in it. Agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure are areas where we need investment. We should remain open for business until we have reduced poverty to the barest minimum.

    We must have at the back of our mind that the global market for foreign direct investment is highly competitive and, to tap into it, we must position ourselves strategically. We must change the perceptions that we are all about oil. We must tell people that Nigeria is also about tech, agriculture, services and manufacturing.

    We must take advantage of the fact that we are critically important as Africa’s largest economy. We must use our longstanding relationships with countries, such as the UK, the U.S. and others, to pull in the needed help. We must correct the notion that our economy is difficult to operate in. To make investors have confidence in us, we must respect agreements. Contracts must be sacrosanct, a situation where change of governments lead to policy somersault must be ended.

    If we fail to do the necessary things and continue to look up to God for miracles, we will wait till eternity. He has given us the brains to play a part in telling our story despite being the best storyteller. Prayers can only help to make our work better. Praying without doing the required work is a bloody waste of time. By doing the required work, we are playing our best in the shape our story will take.

    My final take: It is true God is the best storyteller, but this is not a role He plays with arrogance. He gives us brains and expects us to use this brains to introduce nuances in the stories of our lives. But, most times, we just fold our hands, expecting Him to do what He has given us the capacity to do. So, when we fail, we are the failures and God has absolutely no blame.

  • ‘Utilise God’s gifts in Christ’

    ‘Utilise God’s gifts in Christ’

    The Bishop of Diocese of  Lagos, Church of Nigeria,  (Anglican Communion), Rev. James Olusola Odedeji, has said that the birth of Jesus Christ has brought to the world amazing gifts from God.

    Hr urged Christians to utilise  the gifts, which he identified as life, His Presence, name, His Word, Holy Spirit, deliverance, among others.

      The clergyman said the gifts are important not only to survive here on earth but to secure eternity.

     Odedeji’s message was contained in his sermon at Christmas Day Holy Eucharistic Service at Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, Ikeja.

       Preaching on theme: Amazing gifts from God to mankind, Odedeji took his text from Isaiah 9: 6 and 7.

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      He defined gift as something special and valuable given to someone, adding that a gift can be considered amazing depending on who presents it; the knowledge the presenter has of the receiver’s need for the gift; and how long the gift will remain valuable to the receiver.

       He said: “Just as many think during this season on the gifts to give to friends and families, so also God thought of how to bless mankind and he decided to give mankind his only begotten son as a ransom for our sins; He gave not just a son, but His only begotten son.”

      The gift of Jesus Christ, he said, meets man’s needs for salvation, man having fallen out of grace due to his sin in the Garden of Eden.

  • Nigerians should have faith in God

    Nigerians should have faith in God

    Nigerians have been urged to have faith in God to overcome wickedness in various forms.

     General Overseer of The Word of Eternal Life Revival Ministry, in Oke-Afa, Lagos, Pastor Titus Nwakaeze, said Nigerians should hope and believe in God to rescue His people from suffering.

     Nwakaeze noted with the economic, political and security situations everywhere, faith in government and God may be irresolute.

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     He said the only way to ensure stability is to look up to God for deliverance. We need His power, mercy and protection to overcome bad governance, kidnapping, banditry.

     “Without faith in God, evil forces will intimidate humans. This explains why we need His power to which every other surrenders. God provides spiritual and physical stability.”

     Nwakaeze noted faith as supernatural confidence is provided for man when self-confidence is untenable, and is what we need to conquer adversaries. This connects to supernatural wisdom, stressing with prayers, God attends to our difficulties.

  • Why I don’t believe in God or any religion

    Why I don’t believe in God or any religion

    Prof. Douglas Anele, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), in this Interview with Victoria Amadi, speaks on why he does not believe in God or religion. This, in spite of his recent battle with cancer and close shave with death.

    Tell us, why do you insist there is no God?

    The reason is not farfetched. I don’t see any reason to believe that there is a supernatural being conceived in spiritual term, that is responsible for creating the universe, creating human beings. Religion started in remote past when human beings evolved from primate family, moving around the environment. They don’t have adequate scientific explanation. The use of imagination conceived some concept on creation. Human beings projected best part of their qualities to an imaginary being. So, it’s a projection. The basis of the whole thing is fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of death, anxiety. That’s what we call, angst. That you are worried to be anxious but cannot pinpoint the cause. I agree with those who see the concept of God as a projection of the best quality of human beings, an imagination.

    What would you then say about people who pray to a god?

    Again, the reason is not farfetched. I don’t see any reason to believe that there is a supernatural being conceived in spiritual term that is responsible for creating the universe and human beings. It’s just like saying it rains every Sunday. Because you have that belief, this Sunday you went out and it rained. Would you assume that because you went out with an umbrella, it’s a position that it rains every Sunday? Therefore, the statement that it rains every Sunday is true? No, what about people like me who don’t pray? Yet, your life is good. I achieve my aims and objectives. Those who tell you God answers, they will not tell you when God doesn’t answer. Sometimes you prepare for a thing to happen, when you add prayer to it and it happens, you now assume that prayer is responsible. I don’t think so. Most of the people who believe in God do not know the extent of the universe discovered by contemporary astronomy. If they know and internalise this knowledge, they will know that religion is just a small entity compared to what we know about the universe.

    At what point did you stop believing in the existence of God? Is there a specific incident?

    I was once a Scripture Union member. I was lucky to be brought up in a home where my parents were Christians but not the dogmatic type. They never compelled us to go to church. I never saw my father go to church. He does his praying and singing in his house. If that is an example of Christianity, then, it’s a very good one, because he never compelled. By the time I was in third year in secondary school, the whole Christianity thing wasn’t making sense to me anymore. I started asking myself why will a God create hell where people would burn. What’s the essence of living forever? Luckily, I ran into a book, ‘Why I am not a Christian’ by Bertrand Russell, from a family friend. When I read it, I was shocked. It was an eye opener. Luckily, I found myself in Philosophy (class), which opened my mind to universe of ideas. The thing with philosophy is that if you’re a believer, you may find fairly manageable reason for believing. If you don’t want to believe, you will find excellent reason not to believe.

    People think that something happened to me; nothing happened.  Luckily for me, my parents were able to provide for the basic needs of the family. I was not raised in poverty, neither was I raised in wealth. I did not have problem of paying school fees, nor eating. It was just that the whole idea was not making sense to me. I stopped.

    Tell us about this book, ‘Why I am not a Christian’. What is in it that shaped your mind?

    The book is from one of the greatest philosophers, Bertrand Russell, who was also brought up in a Christian background. However, at the age of 18, he abandoned Christianity. The argument is that there is no good reason for being a Christian, for believing there is a God, immortality and the likes. The book also talks about religious dogmatism. The author also showcases examples where Christianity has been harmful to human civilisation. Aside from the book, I have seen good reasons to think that he is right. Although I have a sister who is a strong Christian, I believe she doesn’t know the extent of my disconnection from Christianity. She may think I’m still a Christian, but very soon, I’m going to let her know I’m totally off Christianity. I remember sometime ago, before I fell ill, she was inviting me to come home, for prayer, but I didn’t listen to her.

    There is this belief that most philosophers who don’t believe in God, do not end up well; how true is this?

    What about the many Christians who don’t end up well? The uncertainty of life can happen to anybody, anytime. How can one believe that a being, born by a virgin, died for the sins of the world, and resurrected on the third day? That is madness. Biologically, it’s impossible for a virgin to give birth to a child without sexual relationship. These are the things any sensible human should think of before believing these fallacies. That is madness. It’s just like when a popular pastor said he was travelling one time and his fuel tank was leaking, and there was nowhere to buy fuel, but they still travelled kilometers with it. How can you travel kilometers without fuel? It’s not possible. You’re defiling the law of Physics and Chemistry. I believe every believer is insane.

    What do you have to say about Islamic religion?

    Christianity was as bad as Islamic religion before the Martin Luther reformation of 1495; Islam also needs to go through such reformation. I have a book by Dr. Spencer: ‘Did Mohammed exist?’ Muslims should go and get the book and read it. What they do with religion, both Islam and Christianity, is to catch them young. Decisions are made for people when they are kids, such that when they grow, they think they are acting free; no, they are not free. Such a person is not free, but acting based on what has been impacted into him as a kid. Religion to me, is being silly. When I see people going to church or mosque, praying; I see them as insane. I tell my wife this too every time.

    Does your wife have issue with you not being a Christian?

    While my wife and I were dating, she would come to my house. I am a very organised person. I arrange my things orderly, even my clothes, before going out, but I noticed that my things got scattered when I came back. One day, I asked her, ‘what are you looking for scattering my things?’ She said she wanted to confirm her intuition, that she didn’t believe anyone would wake up in the morning and not pray, or go out and come back and still not believe that there is a God. I told her she should have asked me, that there’s no need searching for what does not exist. So, she knew of my stand on religion during courtship, although she always believed I would one day convert. However, I don’t see that happening. Even, last year that I was sick with cancer, a lot of them were on my case, that this was the time to turn to God. But I told them that even if I was a believer, my illness was enough to make me an unbeliever, because why would a God allow me go through such a terrible sickness. Moreover, that was the time lecturers were not being paid and I was having to spend millions on medication.

    Have you experienced societal stigma because of your stance?

    Yes, somehow; but I don’t care. There are people who look at me as an unbeliever and conclude that I’m capable of doing  

  • I need God to fight for me, says skitmaker KieKie

    I need God to fight for me, says skitmaker KieKie

    Famous content creator and show host, Bukunmi Adeaga Ilori aka Kiekie is saddened by her daughter’s preferred choice of word as the infant was seen repeatedly calling out ‘dad’.

    She said despite carrying her for nine month enduring so much pain, she chose the husband over her.

    In a heartfelt video she shared on Instagram, Kiekie seemed ‘frustrated’ as she was attempting to persuade her young daughter to address her as ‘Mummy,’ only for the toddler to repeatedly opt to call her ‘Dad.’

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    In a moment of emotion, Kiekie jokingly remarked that she may have to send the girl to go and stay with her paternal grandparents.

    Kiekie firmly warned against any attempts to persuade her to change her mind on her decision, while expressing hope for divine intervention.

    She said: “Ahhhh! After the labor of labor!!! Nobody should beg me. Come and carry your baby outside. I know God will fight for me till then.”