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A total of 238 students of Covenant University in Ota, Ogun, on Friday graduated with first class honours’ degrees at the institution’s 2017/2018 Convocation. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor (V-C), Prof. Aaron Atayero, disclosed this during the university’s 13th Convocation, the Conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degrees and presentation of prizes to its deserving students in Ota. The university graduated 1,887 students for 2017/2018 Academic Session. They comprised: 238 first class honours, 746 second class upper honours, 452 second class lower, 86 third class and 365 post- graduate students. Miss Salami Toluwani, from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, College of Sciences emerged the best student with a Cumulative Grade Point of Average (CGPA) of 4.99. Atayero said that the graduates were not trained to seek but to provide employment and where they get employed, they should distinguish themselves as attested to by employers’ of labour. “All over the worl...

A pastor at Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Mr Olapade Okunola has emerged the gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party, after winning the primary election, ahead of the September 22 Osun governorship election. While announcing the results on Sunday in Osogbo, Alhaji Dokun Babarinde, who is the returning officer, , said Okunola polled 141 votes to defeat his closet rival, Mr Babatunde Loye, who polled 58 votes. Babarinde, who is also the South-West Vice Chairman of the party said another aspirant, Mr Bunmi Ibiloye, polled 12 votes. He said that 215 delegates were accredited, while 211 delegates voted and four others abstained. Babarinde urged the winner to be magnanimous in victory. In his acceptance speech Okunola appealed to his co-contestants to support him in winning the election. Also speaking, Chief Segun Fanibe, the Accord party State chairman, congratulated the winner, saying all three contestants are qualified to govern the state. Fanibe, implo...

Father Ejike Mbaka has reportedly launched attacked President Muhammadu Buhari in a Sunday message titled ‘Disaster is Coming’. Mbaka allegedly lamented over the President’s performance adding that a Supernatural disaster was coming. Below are a few things he said; The cleric said, President Buhari, a former coup plotter has no reason not to stop the ongoing killings in the country. He has no reason to not have identified the killers. According to him, had it been that it was Imams that were killed in Benue or Plateau, he would have attended the burials. He has no reason not to have attended the burials of those killed in Benue. Supernatural disaster is coming. Angels are already warming up. Nigerians should not worry. One day there will be vacancy from Abuja. The jet will park and nobody will use it unless they repent. He said that Buhari has declared 2019 presidential ambition as if he knows what will happen between now and Christmas. He said he is just a micr...

The Senior of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr. Paul Enenche has slammed political leaders who place their ‘tiny’ position above God. Dr. Enenche, while speaking at the 4th service at Area 1, Abuja, headquarters of his church, affirmed that God would judge any leader who is laughing over the shedding of innocent blood in Nigeria. According to the fearless and fiery preacher, some people consider it as an achievement to snap picture with president and governors, while their states and communities are soaked in blood. He asserted, “”Daniel was a political office holder that stood up and said NO to an ungodly law. Commitment to the defence of the cause of God in the earth means that you are not going to watch the kingdom of God confronted and molested on the earth and do nothing. “It is an absolute abomination for the cause of God to be confronted and you are quiet. ”…It is a shame for anybody to take his political position higher than his spiritual positio...

To what degree can we rely on God to help us? Is He really someone we can turn to at all...in times of crisis as well as times of calm? Who is God? God is the Creator of the universe who yearns for us to know Him. That is why we are all here. It is His desire that we rely on and experience His strength, love, justice, holiness and compassion. So He says to all who are willing, "Come to Me." Unlike us, God knows what will happen tomorrow, next week, next year, the next decade. He says, "I am God, and there is no one like me, declaring the end from the beginning." 1 He knows what will happen in the world. More importantly, He knows what will occur in your life and can be there for you, if you've chosen to include Him in your life. He tells us that He can be "our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble." 2 But we must make a sincere effort to seek Him. He says, "you will seek Me and find Me, when you searc...

Bishop David Oyedepo has reacted to the "persistent killings" in the country » . While speaking out against the "uncontrollable and persistent killings of fellow citizens across the country," the founder of the Living Faith Church International, also known as Winners' Chapel, announced a seven-day prayer and fasting. Why Nigerians need to fast and pray for the country During the Sunday service, Daily Post reports that he urged the congregation to partake in the fast from today, July 23–29, 2018 in order "to rescue the terrorized soul of Nigeria." In his words, "All of us, who have eyes can see Nigeria requires divine intervention urgently to avert the looming catastrophe hanging over this nation. A flood of evil is determined to work against the nation by the powers of darkness, but God forbids that Christians would be found sleeping. "Remember, in the days of Noah while people went about eating and drinking, getting ma...

Bishop Taiwo Akinola, of the Rhema Christian Church, has spoken about the alleged plans by the government to Islamize Nigeria. He spoke on Saturday at a conference organised the Christ Global Network, CGN. Akinola who spoke with reporters after the programme stressed that fresh people with fresh ideas and innovations should be encouraged to participate in politics. He said, “Younger people must be encouraged to get involved in governance to inject new thoughts, new ideas, new sensibility into our polity. We have been having recycled beings all these while.” Asked if he believed that killings in different states of the federation mostly in the Middle Belt, were geared towards Islamising the country, he said, “I don’t like using that word. It has been bastardised. “This is my conviction, Jesus said I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. So my position on that is that even if it’s, at the last minute, heaven will sound and rescu...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY 24TH JULY 2018 THEME: OTHER END-TIME SIGNS. MEMORISE:  And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: Acts 2:17 READ: Acts 2:17-21 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall c...

Evangelist Franklin Graham says his Festival of Hope will go on in the United Kingdom despite backlash and a local bus company banning ads for the event. The Festival of Hope is scheduled to take place Sept. 21-23 in Lancashire and feature a Gospel message from Graham along with music from The Afters, Rend Collective and Michael W. Smith. Earlier this month, Blackpool Transport – which runs buses in the area – announced it was removing ads for the festival following a social media protest that highlighted some of Graham’s pasts statements about homosexuality and other issues. Jane Cole of Blackpool Transport told local media that the removal was the “result of us listening and acting on customer and public feedback.” “Blackpool Transport is a proud ongoing supporter of the Pride and LGBT+ communities and in no way did we intend to cause any distress or upset,” she said. “All buses carrying the advert will remain off the road until they have been removed.” Gra...

Hillary Harris of Eau Claire, Wisconsin was almost ready to move before she discovered something amazing about the house next door. The woman’s neighbor is long-lost sister she’s been searching to find! The house beside Hillary shared a driveway with hers and there had been a constant stream of renters coming and going from the home. Some of those tenants were less than desirable and Hillary was fed up with it all and ready to move. Until her daughter befriended the woman who moved in next door. When Dawn Johnson moved in, Hillary was downright cold to her. “She would not acknowledge me whatsoever," Dawn said. But for some reason, Hillary's 7-year-old daughter and Dawn struck up an unlikely bond. This led to Hillary's husband getting to know their new neighbor. After starting a conversation, he found out that Dawn was from Greenwood, Wisconsin. When Hillary was an infant, she had been adopted and her adoption papers showed that she had a sister nam...

Chinese authorities bulldozed a registered church building July 17 without warning to make way for construction of a new neighborhood and train station. International Christian Concern (ICC) reported that more than 70 police officers and workers showed up to take down the Liangwang Catholic Church building in China’s Shandong province. They lacked the proper documentation, but it didn’t matter. Church officials Gao Rongli, Zhang Siling and Li Xiangmei – who were inside the building -- had their phones confiscated and destroyed. It took only 15 minutes to demolish the building using bulldozers and pickaxes, according to ICC. Officials spared nothing, destroying the altars, benches and furnishings. “The disproportionate manpower used to demolish this church goes to show that China is fearful of Christians,” said Gina Goh, ICC’s regional manager. “The government knew that the demolition in the name of urban zoning would be met with resistance, so it ensured succes...

Praise is celebrating the goodness of God in songs, clapping and dancing. Excellence is surpassing others. Praise for excellence is celebrating God's greatness in songs, clapping and dancing in order to draw His attention to your affairs. To excel, you must take control of the events in your life. Responsibility is the price for success. Necessity enhances responsibilities. Make it a habit to be the best in whatever you do. To excel in life, your effort is required. You must subject yourself to rules and laws in order to excel - Daniel 5:2. To excel, you need to respond positively to the law of responsibility - 1 Corinthians 9:27. To be irresponsible is to have no place on earth; you must be discipline to be a leader. Self-control is very essential to excel; avoid wastage. HOW TO EXCEL: 1. Be excellence-driven. Make high quality your goal. 2. Execute any assignment promptly. 3. Make a disciplined lifestyle your goal. 4. Remove rewards until the job is done...

South African Grammy Award winning choir, Soweto Choir is set to release a new album titled FREEDOM to mark the posthumous birthday of Nelson Mandela. The former South African president who died on December 5th 2013 at the age of 95, would have turned 100 on July 18th. The choir which emerged on the global music scene in 2002, will release the much-anticipated album on September 14th. According to the choir: The significance of Nelson Mandela’s 100th commemoration to South Africans is, firstly and foremost a reminder of the role played by Nelson Mandela in moving South Africa from a position of being an undemocratic, oppressive society to one of a peaceful co-existence for all racial groups. Mandela represents love, peace, forgiveness and strength to the choir. He is a symbol of inspiration to the Choir. Freedom is the sixth Shanachie Entertainment recording, and it is a fascinating collection of freedom songs from South Africa and beyond. The choir which w...