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Redeemed Church Leaders Caution Pastor Adeboye Over City of David Parish Saga

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9 months ago

March 6, 2024

Sources have disclosed that the controversy surrounding the alleged plan to take over the Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG, City of David in Lagos by the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and hand it over to his son has continued to brew seriously underground within the founding members and leadership of the Church.

It will be recalled that the alleged issue to axe the Senior Pastor, City of David, Pastor Idowu Iluyomade and Wife Dr Siju Iluyomade over the latter 60th birthday celebration after the demise of top member Herbert Wigwe has evolved over divergent opinions on whether the birthday was appropriate or other otherwise.

However, sources close to Pastor Adeboye had revealed that Pastor Adeboye had prevailed upon to jettison the idea of replacing Pastor Iluyomade and his wife this period on, just based on celebrating a Birthday.

The G.O. according to information, had wanted to rescind his earlier decision but was again misguided by some of his allies whose eyes were already on the Trinity Towers building.

The source said “We were surprised that the heat is still on, some members had again with G.O. last week with the hope that matured reasons will prevail afterward, only to hear again that Daddy G.O. is still insisting on replacing Pastor Idowu.

The Iluyomades and congregation have put in enormous strength together with the grace of the Lord to place City of David where it is today having started from scratch since 1995.

It will be inimical, and counter-productive to take such a drastic step this period if we don’t want implosion. We don’t need to follow social media court, but sit in a roundtable and iron out any issue we perceived gone wrong” the source who is also a Pastor admonished.

Also, an influential member of RCCG who we don’t want to mention his name had pointed out last week while in a meeting with some of the Church’s members, according to him “ If the church as a while had wanted to rely on or moved with regular criticisms in the social media, Daddy G.O would have been queried and even deposed by now.

The social media had written severally on him taking over RCCG from the founder to become his property, the social media had written severally that he ought to have retired, social media has continued to shout on him buying any Jets for personal and business from coffers of the Church, social media still accusing him of been political and tribalistic, that by now he should be leading a protest over a dire situation of the Country just like he did against former President Goodluck Jonathan, but they are saying it’s because he supported the Presidential election to emerged”

He warned that should the RCCG have based decisions on public opinion only the church would have suffered the consequences just the way it heading now.

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NECO accredits more foreign schools for SSCE, BECE

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6 hours ago

November 24, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has given accreditation to more foreign schools to write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

The Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Mr. Azeez Sani, disclosed this in a statement.

The newly accredited schools are in Niger Republic and Equatorial Guinea.

“NECO Accreditation Team visited the Schools to assess their readiness to write the SSCE and BECE.

“The Accreditation Team inspected classrooms, laboratories, libraries, computer laboratories, workshops, examination halls and sport facilities to determine their adequacy and suitability for NECO Examinations.

“After a thorough evaluation and comprehensive assessment, the schools were granted full SSCE and full BECE accreditation status,” the statement said.

The statement added that the accreditation of additional foreign schools is a testament to NECO’s commitment to providing quality education and assessment beyond the shores of Nigeria.

“With its expanding global presence, NECO is poised to become a leading examination body in Africa, offering opportunities for students worldwide to benefits from its expertise, thus contributing to the advancement of education in Africa and beyond.”

In another development, the statement disclosed that candidates are participating in the on-going NECO SSCE External in Diffa, Niger Republic.

“The UNHCR School, Diffa, Niger Republic is the first NECO SSCE External Centre outside Nigeria.”

NECO examinations are now written by candidates in Benin Republic, Togo, Cote’ d’Ivoire, Niger Republic, Equatorial Guinea and Saudi Arabia.

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Guardiola suffers worst defeat of career as Tottenham hammer Man City 4-0

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6 hours ago

November 24, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, suffered the worst defeat of his managerial career as they lost 4-0 to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday night.

The Premier League champions were already on a run of four consecutive defeats ahead of the visit of the North London side.

James Maddison scored twice in the first half to set Spurs on their way to a sensational win.

Pedro Porro drilled in a third, before Brennan Johnson got on the scoresheet late in the game.

The result leaves City in second place with 23 points. They could go eight points behind Liverpool by the end of this Game Week.

Guardiola takes his men to Anfield next weekend.

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FUOYE Re-Marks Exam Papers of Student Failed By Lecturer Over Sex-for-Grade Scandal, Secures Justice

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6 hours ago

November 24, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

The Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, has cleared a female student, Ramota Olahanloye, to graduate following the re-marking of her final-year examination scripts.

Olahanloye had alleged that a lecturer, Dr. Anthony Agbegbedia, demanded sexual favours from her, and when she declined, he deliberately failed her in two final-year courses.

In a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser on Media to the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Wole Balogun, the university confirmed that Olahanloye’s allegations were investigated, and her scripts were re-marked.

“The young lady’s scripts were re-marked, and she performed fairly better than the scores initially awarded by Dr. Anthony Agbegbedia,” the statement read.

According to Balogun, the university management approved Olahanloye’s revised results, which qualified her for graduation.

“The university management has given executive approval for her results to be processed. She has since commenced her final clearance from relevant units of the university,” the statement added.

Balogun also disclosed that Agbegbedia had been sanctioned by the institution for his misconduct.

Olahanloye expressed her joy over the resolution of the case, saying, “I am happy that I have gotten justice, and I really appreciate the university Vice-Chancellor for setting up the committee that investigated the matter.

“I was shown my entire results, including the graduation list with my name on it. I have started my clearance as a graduating student of the university, and I am truly happy.”

Her father, Rasaki Olahanloye, also lauded the university for its commitment to justice.

“I can confirm to the world that FUOYE has served justice to my daughter. I was shown her upgraded results after her scripts were re-marked, and it is clear that she passed.

“The university fulfilled its promise to ensure fairness, and I appreciate the VC, Prof. Sunday Fasina, and the committee members for ensuring my daughter gets justice,” he said.