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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday, took the evangelism programme, ‘Let’s go a fishing,’ to Orile-Igbon in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Adeboye, whose chopper touched ground around 12:33 pm at the palace of Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oba Francis Alao, paid homage to the paramount ruler and prayed for him and the entire family.
He, thereafter, headed to Olugbon High School for evangelism.
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The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A Adeboye has noted that if rapture fails to take place soon, he would die on a Sunday after eating pounded yam.
The RCCG General Overseer, made this assertion at the ongoing Holy Ghost Congress of the church in Ogun State, said he would die the way one of his uncles died after church service.
While recounting how his uncle died, he was in the house after dancing during a church service and gave up the ghost without being sick.
He said the uncle died inside a toilet while the wife was preparing his meal.
“After she finished pounding the yam, she knocked at the door of the toilet, when they opened the door, my uncle was gone; no sickness, no ache, no pain.
“I know somebody will say if we are never sick, how are we going to die and go to heaven? You don’t need to be sick to go to heaven”.
“If the Lord tarries His coming, I will go on a Sunday after a good meal of pounded yam,” he said.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), says the church has spent N61 billion on intervention projects across the country.
Enoch stated this during the inauguration of Enoch and Folu Adeboye Dialysis Center at Immanuel General Hospital, in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom on Monday.
Adeboye, represented by Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, Intercontinental Overseer, Christian Social Responsibility (CSR) of RCCG, said the centre had been equipped with three brand new dialysis machines, water treatment plant and 130 KVA generator.
“We have spent over N61 billion on intervention projects in Nigeria,”Adeboye said.
He noted that no fewer than 154 million people had benefited from the various intervention in the last five years.
He added that RCCG had 1,200 functioning dialysis machines in their health facilities across the country.
“The initial beneficiary states are Ogun, Lagos, Oyo, Ondo, Bauchi, Borno, Anambra, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Abuja.
“This dialysis center will be the 27th in the series of our specialised medical intervention; Intensive Care Units, dialysis centres, cancer screening centres, Primary Health Centers donated by the Love Foundation,” he said.
He explained that the foundation had established intensive care centers in states including Lagos, Plateau, Ogun and Ondo.
“Today we are dedicating this dialysis centre and decision to invests in establishment of dialysis center all over the nation as part of the foundation’s initiative for the needy.
“We have 48,000 operating dialysis centers all over the nation and present in 197 nations of the world,” he said.
He lamented that the foundation had 225 centres of dialysis in the country, adding that yet, the numbers could not address the problem of 220 million people in the country.
Love Foundation is a charity arm of the Redeemed Christian Church of God involved in various intervention projects in the areas of Socials, Education, Health, Media, Business, Art and Culture, Governance and Sports.
He thanked Gov. Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom for siting the dialysis center in Eket in particular and Akwa Ibom at large.
Gov. Eno , who inaugurated the dialysis centre, said that similar dialysis centres would be established in each of the 10 federal constituencies in the state.
“I am directing the Commissioner for Health, with critical stakeholders, to ensure they provide in each federal constituency in the state a dialysis centre.
“Commissioner should guarantee me that between now till June 2024, all the 10 dialysis centers will be ready because we need to ensure that we get these facilities across to our people who have to travel too far to do dialysis,” the governor said.
Eno noted that his administration had invested heavily in Primary Health Centres, saying that for the additional centre being inaugurated today, the state government had already approved staff to be deployed to Immanuel General Hospital.
He explained that staff deployed to the hospital would be trained in the 10 federal constituencies in the state.
In his remarks, Prof. Augustine Umoh, the Akwa Ibom Commissioner For Health, explained that one of the ways to manage kidney ailments was through dialysis.
He said that the state government had dialysis machines in Ibom Specialist Hospital in Uyo and General Hospital at Away in Onna LGA.
The Board of Trustees of the Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede, in Osun, has appointed Prof. Shadrach Akindele, as the fourth substantive Vic-Chancellor of the university.
Akindele, a full-time pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and a Professor of Forestry, would serve for a single term of five years.
Mr Adetunji Adekeye, the Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs Directorate of the university, in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo, said Akindele’s appointment followed a rigorous recruitment exercise carried out by a professional recruiting firm and topnotch academics.
He said that the recruitment was done in line with global best practices in headhunting for strategic positions in higher education institutions.
Adekeye also quoted Pastor Olukayode Pitan, the university’s Board of Trustees Chairman, as saying that the appointment was expected to usher in an era of innovation and academic excellence.
Pitan said that with a remarkable track record in higher education and a deep commitment to fostering learning and research, Akindele was poised to make a lasting impact on the university and the broader academic community.
According to the statement, Akindele attended the University of Ibadan where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Resources Management in 1985.
After completing his National Youth Service Corps programme, he returned to the same University for his postgraduate studies and earned a Master of Science degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Biometrics in 1987 and 1990, respectively.
Akindele began his academic career as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Ibadan in 1987, and moved to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), as an Assistant Lecturer in 1988.
At FUTA, he rose through the ranks to become a professor in 2005 and had served in different capacities both within and outside the country.
The statement also said that Akindele was ordained a full Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 2009 and had continued to serve in various departments of the church.
He is married to Pastor (Mrs.) Hannah Oluwatoyin Akindele and they are blessed with children.
“His vision for Redeemer’s University is to promote a vibrant educational community where staff and students are supported to serve God in order to achieve academic excellence.
Akindele is deeply committed to student success, and his tenure is expected to usher in new opportunities for research funding, international collaborations, and a strong emphasis on community outreach,” he said.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG has unveiled its football club named Dove FC.
General Overseer of RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye unveiled the club at the Redeemed Camp in Lagos State at the weekend as part of the church’s evangelism campaign to bring the youth out of criminality.
The players were selected from the six regions of the country and are between the ages of 16-21 with the aim of preparing them for a possible professional career.
Speaking at the event, Pastor Adeboye admonished the players to deemphasize money to the service of God. Adeboye stated that “Winning is by God’s divine and not by might. To be a winner, you must have God by your side.”
Prince Dapo Ajibade, the chairman of Dove FC, also explained that the establishment of the team is for the church to break new grounds.“By the special grace of God and with the support of the GO, Dove FC will expand to become the biggest brand in the world,” he said.
A High Court sitting in Ogbomoso in Oyo State on Wednesday nullified the selection and installation of Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.
The presiding judge, Justice K.A. Adedokun, nullified his selection and installation while ruling on an ex-parte motion filed by Prince Kabir Olaoye, one of the contenders to the stool.
Olaoye, a former pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and international businessman, was selected few weeks ago by the kingmakers as the new Soun of Ogbomoso.
His selection was then approved by the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on Sept. 2, and he was installed by the kingmakers on Sept. 8.
The stool had become vacant after the demise of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, in December 2021 at the age of 95 after he reigned for 48 years.
However, Prince Kabir Olaoye had dragged the matter to court, saying Afolabi Olaoye was not eligible for the position of Soun of Ogbomoso.
Justice Adedokun, in his ruling, went on to restrain Gov. Makinde, the Attorney-General and the Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Matters in Oyo State.
He said: “Either by themselves, agents or officials, they are restrained from presenting any instrument of office in any form of ceremony or issuance of certificate of installation to Afolabi pending the hearing and final determination of the mandatory injunction already filed before the court.”
Kabir Olaoye had contended that the selection of Afolabi Olaoye did not follow due process and the Ogbomoso Chieftaincy Declaration.
He then prayed the court to nullify the selection and installation, as well as order the kingmakers to commence a fresh selection process.
The judge then nullified the selection and installation of Afolabi as Soun of Ogbomoso and granted Kabir Olaoye’s prayers for a fresh selection process.
A High Court sitting in Ogbomoso in Oyo State has upturned the appointment of the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Oyo State High Court upturned the selection of Oba Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso on Wednesday and ordered a fresh process.
Recall that Ogbomoso kingmakers shunned court order to install Olaoye as Soun in September, following approval given by the State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde.
The deposed Soun, who is a former Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), passed through the necessary traditional rites before his installation as the paramount ruler of Ogbomoso.
He was proclaimed as His Imperial Majesty Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, the Orumogege III and the 30th Soun of Ogbomoso.
TNG reports position of Soun of Ogbomoso became vacant following the demise of Oba Jimoh Oyewumi, Ajagungbade III, in December 2021 at the age of 95 after reigning for 48 years.
The selection of a new Soun had since become a court tussle.
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has assured his congregation that he won’t die now.
Speaking at the International Youth Convention of the RCCG 2023 tagged ‘ Enlarge’, at the Redemption City on Friday, Adeboye, who was reacting to the comment made by his son, Leke that what will RCCG look like after the exit of his parents because of the unruly behaviour of the youth says ‘ I won’t die now, you can be rest assured’.
On the question of who succeeds the reverred televangelist who was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Times Magazine in 2009, he said the youth ain’t seeing nothing yet.
“When my father in the Lord ( Rev Josiah Akindayomi) was alive and whenever we had a successful programme, people will say what will become of RCCG after his exit, and he would says the one after me will be greater than I. You will be greater than me, ” and the congregation chorused amen.
Earlier in the programme, Leke had caused a stir when he said he was afraid of the future of RCCG after his parents’ exit.An emotional Leke went to knelt before his father , Pastor Adeboye, fondly called Daddy GO.
In the process, Pastor Adeboye became emotional and wept before one of the leaders came to pray for Leke on behalf of the youth.
Prince Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, popularly known as Pastor G, has formally handed over the mantle of leadership as the Senior Pastor of RCCG, Jesus House DC, to take on the stool of the Soun of Ogbomoso land.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the newly appointed Soun of Ogbomoso land handed over as the Senior Pastor of RCCG, Jesus House DC to Pastor Olumide Ogunjuyigbe on Sunday.
Pastor Ghandi officially handed over to Pastor Olumide, his assistant of 22 years, who will now take over as Senior Pastor of RCCG, Jesus House DC.
Recall the Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, had approved the appointment of Prince Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso land.
TNG reports the new Soun of Ogbomoso land disclosed that the General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye approved of the transition.
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has predicted that the Naira will bounce back and be greater than United States dollars.
The Naira currently sells at 920 to one US dollar.
In recent times, the naira has experienced free fall in the parallel market.
Sequel to the upward slide, businesses and the cost of living of Nigerians coupled with the fuel subsidy removal have been badly affected.
Tagged ‘uncommon miracle’ Pastor Adeboye made the prediction at the RCCG’s monthly thanksgiving service on Sunday and it was televised on Dove TV.
According to the revered Clergy, there was a period when Naira, competed favourably with United States dollars.
He said, “The days when Naira will be stronger will come back; those glorious days will return when that happens you will know.”
Adeboye noted that miracles connoted something that is unique, stressing that a lot of times they may not be comprehensible by many.
He explained how God granted him usual testimonies, some of which many people couldn’t believe.
“Miracle is totally unusual. God can give you a miracle that will be difficult to share,” Adeboye added.