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Ada Ehi becomes the second Gospel artist in Africa to hit 100 million views on YouTube

Ada Ogochukwu Ehi, simply known by her stage name Ada Ehi, is widely known and celebrated for her vocal dexterity, inspirational songs and top notch music videos. With her hit record ‘Only You Jesus’ surpassing the 100 million streams mark on YouTube, Ada Ehi now joins famous gospel artist Sinach as the only African gospel acts to hit 100 million view on YouTube.

Since arriving on the scene, Ada Ehi has gone on to become a star with a sizeable fan base which is evidence in her Youtube channel that currently boats of over 360,000 Million views and 1.46 Million subscribers.

The talented Ada Ehi was recently awarded The Achievers award in the UK and she also won CLIMA AWARDS as 2022 best collaboration song ‘Congratulations’ featuring Buchi.

After over 6 years of its release ‘Only You Jesus’ remains fresh and appealing to listeners which has contributed to its steady rise in number.

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Education / Gospel / News

Pastor Oyakhilome Foundation inaugurates 100% free school in Lagos

The Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International on Sunday inaugurated its 100 per cent free school in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State.

The free school project of the Foundation in Ibeju-Lekki is built under the auspices of the Inner City Mission for Children.

It is the fourth in Lagos State and 10th in Nigeria.

The Chief Sponsor of the project, Pastor Deola Phillips, who spoke on behalf of co-sponsors at the inauguration, said that the 100 per cent free school project was to ensure that indigent children had access to proper education.

Phillips, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Love World Incorporated, said that education remained a core focus area for the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International.

She said that in Nigeria, the estimated number of out-of-school children remained unacceptably high, as reports had it that poverty was a major reason why millions of them had never seen the four walls of a school or had dropped out of school.…

Gospel / Movies / News

Popular Pastor gifts homeless veteran Nollywood actor Kenneth Aguba free accommodation

It was recently revealed that the veteran actor has been homeless for a while. Following the reports of the news, Chinyere who is the senior pastor at Omega Power Ministry reached out to the homeless actor, stating that the actor will be given accommodation in one of the ministry’s free estates in Rivers State.

In a series of posts shared via the official page of the church on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, the veteran actor was welcomed to Port harcourt while his accommodation was sorted.

“The veteran Nigerian actor Kenneth Aguba who was recently found homeless has been found by the General Overseer of OPM, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, he has been given an accommodation at one of the OPM free estates, he is now at the OPM free hospital for medical checkup. God is great,” the post read. Aguba went viral on social media after a Twitter user revealed that he had been living in a dilapidated building after becoming homeless.

Popular for playing comic and ‘red cap’ chief roles, Aguba has been in over a dozen Nollywood home videos.

Since the viral photos, the Actors Guild of Nigeria has come under intense criticism, with disturbed fans questioning the Guild’s mandate.

While the AGN is yet to react to Aguba’s viral photos, its national president, Emeka Rollas has made recent moves to address crowdfunding for veterans in distress.

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Gospel / Music / News

Gospel singer Mercy Chinwo is engaged

The music star took to her Instagram page on Thursday, June 23, 2022, where she shared the big news. “I am blessed to be blessed with @theofficialblessed ❤️ The thoughts of doing the next phase and the rest phase of my life with you makes the blessing more real💃 I love you Sweet❤️,” she wrote.

The music star’s soon-to-be husband, Blessed, also shared the big news via his Instagram page.

“I’M THE MAN THE LORD SHOWED MERCY! @mercychinwo thanks for saying YES! I LOVE YOU DEARLY !😍😍😍😍😍 Ecclesiastical 9:9 Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your REWARD for all your earthly toil. #Mercyisblessed,” he captioned their pre-wedding photos. Blessed is a pastor at the WaterBrook Church and The Upperroom. He is also an IT professional.

Chinwo is a Nigerian gospel musician, singer and songwriter.

She won the Nigerian Idol Season 2 in 2012.

Chinwo released her first single, “Testimony“, in 2015, and “Igwe” a year later.

She has also had a stint in acting.

She landed her first film role in Yvonne Nelson’s film, House of Gold where she acted as Lucia, starring alongside Yvonne Nelson, Majid Michel and Omawumi among others.

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Crime / Gospel / News

Osinachi: CAN petitions IGP, seeks investigation of her husband

The Youth Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, over the alleged murder of a gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu, by her husband, Peter Nwachukwu.

The National Chairman of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, authored the petition made available to newsmen on Monday.

The petition reads: “We humbly write on behalf of YOWICAN, the umbrella body that coordinates and oversees the affairs of all the Christian Youths in Nigeria, over the sudden death of Osinachi Nwachukwu.

“Prior to her demise, the deceased was a gospel minister, a singer and an artiste. She was a devoted Christian and worshipped at Dunamis International Church, Airport Road, Lugbe, Abuja, and was 42 years old as at the time of her death. “The deceased, Osinachi Nwachukwu was married to Peter Nwachukwu (the prime suspect) who also doubles as her manager, and with whom she had four children, all minors.

“Information reaching us from reliable sources, including friends and close family members, has it that Osinachi Nwachukwu died as a result of injuries owing to domestic violence in the hands of her said husband, Peter Nwachukwu.

“We as well gathered that the act of domestic violence has persisted unabated and has been largely kept away from the Christian fold and the general public before this unfortunate episode that led to her death, owing to the severe injuries she sustained, which mostly affected her vital organs.

“Our prayers: It is in the light of the foregoing that we as leaders and representatives of the Christian youth body, of which Minister Osinachi Nwachukwu was a dedicated member, hereby petitions that you use your good offices to cause an in-depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate death of this renowned music evangelist in order to ensure justice for late Minister Osinachi Nwachukwu, especially the purported role played by her husband that led to her death in order to ensure that she gets justice, while bringing the perpetrators to book. Thank you Sir, in anticipation of a speedy investigation.”…

Gospel / News

Why we established Political, Governance Directorate — RCCG

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has underscored the need for people, especially Christians, to rise and vote during elections and not only to pray.

Pastor Timothy Olaniya, Deputy Rector, Redeemed College of Technology, Redemption Camp, made the call on Sunday.

Olaniya spoke during a seminar organized by the Directorate of Politics and Governance, RCCG, Oyo Province 1.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seminar held in Ibadan and had as its theme: “Nigeria Politics and Governance: The Church Approach.” Olaniya, also the Pastor-in-Charge of RCCG Lagos Provincial 12, remarked that the era was gone when the church would only pray and relax without taking further steps to vote.

He said: “The church has prayed and will keep on praying as part of its Christian responsibility for the nation.

“But after praying, we cannot just sit down.

“Prayer will not use leg to go and collect PVC and vote.

“It will take people to rise up and do so.

“Christians should rise.

“Let’s see how God will use us to rescue our country.”

Olaniya said the RCCG was following the directions of the Christian Association of Nigeria and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to raise a department for politics and governance.

He added: “The Foursquare Gospel Church, Deeper Life, Redeemed Evangelical Mission and others have also started to establish the department.

“All over the 36 states, we have gotten the Directorate already under the CAN and PFN, not only the RCCG.”

He spoke on the need for the country to have leaders who are ready to serve selflessly with contentment, like Daniel in the Bible.

He said: “We need people who will make a difference, be trusted with money and power without compromise.

“Christians in politics must do the work righteously and maintain their integrity.

“More importantly, we must not leave prayers outside what we do to be divinely guided.”

Olaniya called on Christians to remove the mindset that politics was a worldly and dirty game, calling on them to participate, vote and be voted for.

Also, the Pastor …

Gospel / News

Why I dedicated a white garment church – Pastor Adeboye

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has offered reasons why he dedicated a white garment church last September.

Adeboye offered the reason for the dedication of the church on Sunday during a special sermon titled: “Going Higher (Part 54).”

The Man of God, who recently turned 80, had come under scathing criticism for dedicating the Lagos Cathedral of the Love of Christ Generation Church C&S (Worldwide), founded by Reverend Esther Ajayi.

Speaking on the event on Sunday in his sermon, Adeboye said: “In Acts 11:1-18, after Peter came from the house of Cornelius, the great apostles gathered together, called him to a meeting and challenged him: ‘What were you doing in the house of a gentile? We heard that you went there?’ “They didn’t tell us all that they said but they probably told him” ‘You went to the house of a gentile because he was rich.’

“Peter had to say that the spirit made him go.

“Whether you believe it or not, I got quite a lot of queries recently from well-meaning Christians: ‘Daddy GO Sir, we learnt that you went to a white garment church to dedicate a church. You of all people?’

“I said the spirit made me go. I was obeying the spirit.

“Years ago, I think 1982 or so, I was invited to one little white-garment church.

“It wasn’t a big one.

“I went because they said they have heard about me and I should come and preach.

“I got to the door, they asked me to remove my shoes.

“I did, because the spirit made me go.

“There was a man in the church, an Engineer, that God knew He was going to need in the building of a campground that we had not even located at the time.

“I went, I preached, he (the engineer) gave his life to Jesus.

“He came to the Redeemed Christian Church of God and he became the Engineer who started the work of the camp.

“He was the second-in-command to …

Entertainment / Gospel / Music / News

Popular UK based pastor sprays Davido pounds in nightclub

Controversial United Kingdom-based pastor Tobi Adeboyega has been spotted spraying Nigerian music star, Davido, pounds in a nightclub.

Dressed in a baseball jacket and several gold necklaces the pastor was seen dancing with the music star as he performed his latest single, ‘Ke Star‘ featuring Focalist.

Adeboyega is the founder of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nation), also known as the NXTION Family, a Pentecostal Church based in London, England. The flamboyant pastor has been caught in several controversies within and outside the church.

In 2021, the pastor took to social media, where he shared videos of his exotic cars.

Adebgoyega lives in a mansion valued at £2.5 million and drives flashy cars, such as an orange and a yellow Lamborghini, a black Mercedes Benz G-Wagon SUV, a black Brabus and a black Range Rover SUV.

These cars according to TheWillNigeria, cost between $150.000 and $2 million apiece.

This new video is coming days after Davido performed at his sold-out concert in the UK.

The concert had several Nigerian artists like Patoranking, CKay, Teni, Adekunle Gold, Zlatan, Vict0ny, Pheelz and a host of others perform at the 20,000 O2 Arena, venue of the concert.

Other African artists who performed at the show include Stonebwoy and Focalist.

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Gospel / News

Sammie Okposo returns to Instagram, says he is now free from the power of sin

Nigerian gospel singer Sammie Okposo has returned to Instagram, days after deactivating his social media pages.

The popular music star came under the spotlight a few weeks ago after he was caught in a cheating scandal.

In a post shared via his Instagram page on Monday, January 31, 2022, the music star said he is now free from the power of sin.

“I am the righteousness of God in Christ. I am born of God the life of God is in me; Christ in me the hope of glory I am free from the law, from the power of sin. I am no longer bound by the fear of men,” he wrote.

“God’s grace is available sufficient and working for me. Jesus already saved me not because of any works of righteousness that I have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit.”

It would be recalled that the gospel singer had taken to his Instagram page where he apologized to his wife for cheating on her.

Okposo’s apology came barely 24 hours after a lady by the alias African Doll accused him of impregnating her.

According to the lady, she met the singer in Dallas, United States of America, during one of his tours.

They became close and started an affair which led to the pregnancy.

Things became sour after she informed the gospel singer that she was pregnant.

Sammie Okposo is a gospel singer and minister with several hit songs.

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Gospel / News

‘TB Joshua asked Nigerians to pray for 2023’

• Shocked worshipper relives last moment before collapse
• Buhari, governors, church leaders mourn
• Losing a loved one is never easy, wife mourns

A carnival was expected this weekend on Nigeria’s Democracy Day, June 12, to celebrate the 58th birthday of Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua against his wish, but in a twist of fate, the ‘Man’ in the Synagogue breathed his last on Saturday night, seven days to his birthday.

It was a throng of shocked worshippers and well-wishers who gathered yesterday, at the Ikotun location of the sprawling Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), where they stood nonplussed, gazing into space. Some, finding it hard to absorb the news knelt at the entrance to the church in silent prayers as many others betrayed emotions and wept uncontrollably.

The news of the popular televangelist’s death had filtered in at midnight and by dawn of yesterday, the church in a Facebook post said: “God has taken his servant Prophet TB Joshua home – as it should be by divine will. His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God. This is what he was born for, lived for and died for. His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God,” the church wrote without giving further details.

According to a source who pleaded for anonymity, the cleric had urged members and indeed all Nigerians to pray for the country, especially as the country moves towards the 2023 general elections.

The source said: “He asked the church and indeed Nigerians to pray. According to him, politicians have plotted some evil plans ahead of the elections. He gave series of prophecies. At some point, he started speaking in parables. The message he preached was centered on time, and he took his Bible reading from Ecclesiastes 3, noting that there was time for everything – ‘time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.’ It was as if he knew he will die.”

The source continued: “When he finished speaking, he handed …

Gospel / News

Nigerian prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua Dies at 57

Nigerian evangelical preacher Temitope Balogun Joshua has died from an undisclosed cause, his church said on Facebook. He was 57.

The preacher, popularly known as TB Joshua, founded The Synagogue Church of All Nations, a Christian megachurch in Lagos.

The father of three was one of Africa’s most influential preachers with millions of television and social media followers. More than 15,000 people from Nigeria and abroad attend his Sunday services.

“God has taken his servant Prophet TB Joshua home … His last moments on earth were spent in the service of God,” the church wrote on its Facebook page on Sunday, without giving further details.

One of the pastor’s lawyers Olalekan Ojo also confirmed his death.

“I confirm that the man of God, pastor TB Joshua passed away on Saturday after his evening programme,”

the preacher was one of the most respected pastors in Africa’s most populous country.

“He rose to prominence in the 1990s at a time when there was an explosion of televangelism in Nigeria and many parts of Africa. He was one of the most followed preachers in Nigeria and [across] Africa,…

Gospel / Music

Here I Am By Crystal Download/Lyrics

HERE I AM BY CRYSTAL

Hey hum Hey hum
Hey hum hey hum
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Hey hum hey

Here I am
Here I am
The worshipper you seek
The worshipper you seek
Here I am
Here I am
The worshipper you made
For your pleasure

Chorus
I bring glory to you
I draw men
Lord, To you
To love you the way you want
To serve you the way you want
I bring glory to you.

Here I am
Here I am
The worshipper you seek
The worshipper you seek
Here I am
Here I am
The worshipper you made
For your pleasure

Chorus
I bring glory to you
I draw men
Lord, To you
To love you the way you want
To serve you the way you want
I bring glory to you.

To love you the way you want
To serve you the you want
I bring glory to you
To love you the way you want
To serve you the way you want
I bring glory to you

HERE I AM[PROD BY PMYNOR]Download
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Gospel / Music

New Music: Rapture by Crystal

Rapture known as the second coming of Jesus will occur as the scripture has foretold.
Thessalonian 4:16:17
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord”.

This song “Rapture” is basically to encourage Christians to remain steadfast in their commitments to the Lord. A reward awaits you brothers and sisters.
Only those who have personally identified themselves with Jesus as their personal Lord and savior will be Raptured. 
Roman 10:9″That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved”.
Only Jesus can save, I invite you to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life by praying thus:
O Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!Congratulations!

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Gospel / Music

Download Right Now By De-Ola

Adeola Adebisi Oyinbo known as De-Ola is a prolific worship minister, singer and song writer whose unique voice and beautiful ministrations has consistently been blessing lives and marked with awesome testimonies. 
Her career over time has taken her to different countries where she has shared the stage with amazing music ministers like Sinach, Joe Praise, Frank Edwards etc and has often ministered at International stages. 
De-Ola has an amazingly beautiful sound out now Titled “RIGHT NOW” produced by the prolific MAYO MUZIQ which declares  to everyone listening that in God’s presence everything is available for everyone to receive laced with contemporary sound that will get you dancing as you declare the lyrics of the song. 
This new sound is addictively beautiful so as you listen, declare and share with your loved ones.  

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Gospel / politics

TB Joshua Foresees Interruption Of Nigeria’s Democracy, Calls For Prayer

Pastor T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations in Lagos, Nigeria has called for urgent prayers for Nigeria against “interruption of the democratic practice” in the nation.
Speaking to congregants on Sunday during a service beamed live via the Christian television network, Emmanuel TV, the cleric stated he had received a revelation concerning Nigeria on three different occasions, prompting him to make it public.
Joshua said: “I was in my vision and God told me to tell the nation and leaders to pray against the interruption of the democratic practice.
“The President’s heart is like a stream of water in the hands of God and He can control it whenever He wants.”
Speaking in his customary parabolic fashion, Joshua then reminded congregants of the prophecy he gave in 2016 where he candidly stated Nigeria’s future was “crying for help”.
“You must join me in prayer for the nation because two believers are better than one,” he stressed before enjoining congregants to rise and pray.
Worshippers then joined Joshua in asking for God to give President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria’s leaders “a greater understanding of God’s heart, discretion to guide their hearts, understanding that will protect them and wisdom that will rescue them”.
. Contributed by Ihechukwu Njoku, a freelance Nigerian journalist.…