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  • AAU to honour Oyakhilome, others

    AAU to honour Oyakhilome, others

    •First VC is first Professor Emeritus

    Founder, Believers Love World (BLW) popularly known as Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, is to be conferred with a honorary doctorate by the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, his alma mater.

    Pastor Oyakhilome would be honoured with the Doctor of Science at the 19th Convocation of the university on Saturday.

    Others to be honoured are Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, who would be honoured with Doctor of Letter, and business mogul, Chief Lee Ikpea, who will bag the Doctor of Business Administration.

    Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Cordelia Agbebaku, who announced this at a pre-convocation  briefing, said a former Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. John Osemeikhian, would be installed as the first Emeritus Professor of the institution.

    Agbebaku said a total of 8,167 graduands from the 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 academic sessions would be presented with certificates, first degrees and higher degrees during the event.

    The VC said Prof. Gregory Akenzua would be installed as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of the university.

    She ruled out arsonists’ attack on fire that gutted some of the university buildings recently, blaming it on electrical surge.

  • Oyakhilome denies adultery allegation

    Oyakhilome denies adultery allegation

    The founder of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has denied the allegation of adultery in the divorce suit between him and his wife, Anita.

    His counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), described the allegation as “wicked and malicious”, saying it was intended to bring his person and the church “to public opprobrium and ridicule.”

     Pinheiro, in a statement yesterday said the adultery allegation “currently circulating in the media is nothing but a complete distortion of facts in the pending proceedings in the United Kingdom.”

    The statement advised media establishments to verify the authenticity  of their stories before publication, saying unless they desist from making such further publications, they would take appropriate legal actions against them to protect Oyakhilome’s  reputation and that of the church.

    The statement titled: “In the matter of malicious falsehood against Rev. Chris Oyakhilome and the Christ Embassy Church” said: “The attention of our client, Rev. Chris Oyakhilome and the church, the Christ Embassy, has been drawn to the wave of false, malicious and fabricated stories being published in the print and electronic media about his person, the church and a matrimonial cause between him and his wife.

    “Our client is seriously concerned that under the guise of reporting a divorce proceeding involving him, publishers resorted to an unjustified and malicious attack on his reputation for reasons not unconnected with the respective publishers’ selfish motives of prospect of materials and financial advantage attendant to the wide circulation their distorted and fabricated stories would enjoy.

    “The publishers decided to fabricate facts including (but not limited) to allegation of adultery against our client, with the wicked and malicious intention of bringing his person and the church to public opprobrium and ridicule.

    “It is our client’s instructions to inform the public and particularly warn the concerned media houses that the news or story circulating in the media is nothing but a complete distortion of the facts in the pending proceedings in the United Kingdom, to the knowledge of the publishers.

  • Oyakhilome endows hall, donate generator to alma mater

    •VC: first huge  donation by  an individual

    Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State enjoyed its first huge endowment last week when Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, President of Believers’ Love World (Christ Embassy), handed over the keys to a 650-capacity ultra-modern auditorium and a 100 KVA sound proof generator to Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

    The Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Cordelia Agbebaku, said it marked the first time an individual would donate such an “edifice to the university since its inception”.

    Oyakhilome, an alumnus of AAU, said he was encouraged to undertake the project by the determination of the leadership of the university to provide for the needs of the students.

    He said: “It is to use this as the first phase and to serve as a catalyst for others to join hands in developing the country. The problem is not the management of our natural resources but managing the potentials locked up in the minds of our teeming youths whose education cannot be separated from the aspiration of the country.”

    Oyakhilome sought permission from Governor Oshiomhole to “provide solar-powered lantern to each student resident in the campus and solar-powered street lightings.”

    He praised the governor for his developmental strides in the state, saying such will galvanise others to strife for more.

    Responding, Oshiomhole commended the pastor for his “vision and commitment,” describing him as a global icon.

    “Pastor Chris is not just a good ambassador of the university, but of the state and the entire country. We are here, not only to commission a building but to attest that by his conduct, he is giving to others,” he said.

    Agbebaku said she was not surprised by the gift, giving Oyakhilome’s antecedents.

    “This is not surprising because the donor as a man of God, knows the importance of being a cheerful giver, aside from being an alumnus of this university,” she said.

    Agbebaku also expressed gratitude to governor Oshiomhole whose support, she said has continued to spur development in the university. She also praised the release of N300 million by the governor out of the N500 million he promised to give to the university in late 2013.