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NGO Battles Pastor, Accuses Him Of Impregnating Mentally Unstable

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4 years ago

July 2, 2020

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… Devil Wants To Tarnish My Image, Pastor Cries Out

Godsent Foundation, a non-profit and non-governmental organisation, has accused Founder of Christian Chapel International Gospel Centre, (name withheld) of impregnating one mentally unstable Miss Blessing who has given birth to a child.

President of the Foundation, Ambassador Dion Osagie, while addressing newsmen on the incident in Benin, said he was confident that the pastor has a link to the child given birth by Blessing, going by the way she (Blessing) repeatedly mentioned his name.

According to him, he came across Miss Blessing where she was selling sachet water on the street and decided to pick her up for rehabilitation, adding that since then she has been repeatedly mentioning the pastor had carnal knowledge of her.

He said the anger the pastor exhibited when he (Osagie) and his crew went to Blessing’s family house that is very close to the said church was suspicious, adding that he may have link to the child.

Osagie added that Godsent Foundation was poised in investigating the issue and making sure that the truth is unraveled, just as he said the Foundation would go an extra mile of carrying out a DNA test.

” We have a video of where the mentally unstable girl mentioned his name. The mentally unstable girl has a baby and she has been consistently mentioning the pastor’s name. So, we want to carry out a DNA test on the baby and the pastor to be sure he is not father of the baby. But if he is responsible, he is going to pay us all the expenses we have incurred.

” Since the case is under investigation, the proper thing is to lockup the church for now. We need to find out if the church is registered with CAC, and if it is not registered, he has no business operating,” he said.

Responding to INFO DAILY questions in an interview on the allegation, the pastor said he can never, as a man of God, do such a thing, stressing that it’s devil’s cunny way of tarnishing his image and that of other men of God.

According to him, Blessing is someone he converted alongside her sister and mother in the year 2003 when he was still youth president at the Church of God Mission, Benin.

He added that since then she (Blessing) has been in contact with him and does come to his church for some special programmes, stressing that she is not a member of his church.

He said, ” Blessing is my convert in year 2003. Then I was not a pastor but youth president at the Church of God Mission. We used to do door-to-door evangelism, and that was when we went to their house to preach to Blessings and her sister and they both joined the church alongside their mother.

” If you watch the video, she said one pastor Elijah impregnated her and not even me.

” The fact is, she is unstable mentally. The only way to get the real story is when she is mentally stable.

” On this very matter, I believe Satan has a way of tarnishing the image of God’s people. This is the handiwork of the devil. I am a focus man that aimed at bringing people out of darkness to light.”

On threat by the Foundation that they were going to carry out DNA test, the pastor said he was ready to submit himself for the test, saying ” If they want to carry out a DNA test, I will be glad and ready to submit myself for that.”

The victim, Blessing, speaking to INFO DAILY from where she is under rehabilitation and regaining her senses, denied the allegation that the Pastor slept with her or impregnated her.

She said all what she was saying earlier, was not herself but a spirit was speaking to her to utter some words and consequently speaks through her.

She said, ” He did not sleep with me but just that I was not all right and most often I used to hear a voice speaking to me to say things, and this voice started when I started working with one Alhaji in Lagos State where I defrauded him of N250,000. After the act, I have been hearing the voice. I offend people without reason.

” I don’t really know who is responsible for my child but one thing is that I slept with different men. When I went to Auchi Poly where I eventually withdrew because of my health status, I met with one Collins and we were dating and sleeping with each other.

” When I withdrew because of my health status and was selling pure water, I slept with more than 80 men so I can’t say who is responsible.”

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Economic Hardship: Pastor Suspends Collection Of Offerings Church[VIDEO]

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2 hours ago

May 19, 2024

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A pastor in Lagos state has caught the eyes of Nigerians after announcing the suspension of offering collection in his church.

In a trending video, the pastor could be seen telling his church members that henceforth, offerings will no longer be collected because of the situation of the country.

He stated that in these times that people spend more money to buy petrol and pay more for transportation, it would be unfair to collect offerings from them.

He said until the petrol price is reduced, his church will not collect money from its congregation. He called on all pastors to stop collecting offerings from their congregation.

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Shettima Launches NEDC’s School Enrollment Drive Programme

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15 hours ago

May 18, 2024

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Vice President Kashim Shettima has launched the Accelerated Senior Secondary School Education Programme (ASSEP) initiated by the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) in collaboration with the office of the VP to enhance child enrollment drive in schools within the North-East sub-region.

Speaking during the launching of the programme in Bauchi on Saturday, the VP said that consequences of the nation’s action and inaction were evident in all indices used to assess development.

He said while primary education provides a foundation, secondary education is a bridge, adding that the Northeast sub-region has been the victim of inability to enforce a uniform policy to drive school and the persistent cultural perversion to formal education in the country.

“We in the Northeast occupy a quantum of position in ranking of essential services. Education being a key sector of this country, this is especially pronounced in the post primary education, while the Northeast secondary school enrollment drive stands at 19 percent, far below the nation’s 39 percent,” he said.

Earlier, the Managing Director of NEDC, Mohammed Alkali, said that the primary education completion level of 85 per cent in the Northeast is among the best in Nigeria, but secondary school enrolment is a mere 15 per cent, the second worst nationally.

According to him, due to the challenges in the post-primary education segment, JAMB UTME applications and admissions into tertiary institutions in 2019 were the lowest for the Northeast compared to other regions.

He added that, nationally, the Northeast has the lowest number of teachers and the highest percentage 55 per cent of those available are without literacy skills.

The MD also revealed that the challenges in the post-primary education segment include weak quality indices and a wide demand-supply gap driven by economic and cultural factors.

“The Accelerated Senior Secondary Education Programme seeks to boost the post primary education rating across the North East region through improved enrolment into tertiary institutions.

“It’s also to improve skills development as well as the elevation of teacher quality. It would pay special focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and communication.

“These would foster creativity and critical thinking; motivates and inspires young people to generate new technologies and ideas to learn from inquiry-based tasks,” he said.

Alkali also explained that the programme would also raise awareness about after-school possibilities and the potential for diligent students to become successful and prominent contributors to the North East region and Nigeria at large.

He expressed gratitude to the Federal Government especially, the Vice President for the deep interest and commitment to human development in the North-East.

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Edo Police Break Silence On Operatives Fighting Dirty In Viral Video

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16 hours ago

May 18, 2024

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By Joseph Ebi Kanjo

The Edo State Police Command says a trending video showing two operatives of the command engaging in a fight is a handiwork of mischief makers.

In the video which has gone viral on the internet, two policemen are seen fighting themselves, while a voice commentary in the background claims they are from the Igueben Decisional Police Station headquarters in the state.

A writeup also attached to a version of the video sighted by Info Daily also claims that the policemen were fighting because of sharing formula of money collected from motorists on the highway. The writeup also claims that the incident happened yesterday, May 17th, 2024.

But reacting to the viral video in a statement issued by SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer, the command said contrary to the claim, the incident happened in 2020, adding that disciplinary measures were taken against the erring policemen.

The statement which issued electronically to newsmen in Benin on Saturday evening partly reads: “Edo State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that it’s aware of a video trending on the internet showing two policemen that engaged themselves in a fight in public spaces and wishes to state as follows that;

“The now trending video happened in April 2020 in a community called Ebelle in the Igueben local government area of Edo State.

“The two erring policemen, namely; (i) F/NO.491112 CPL Ozimeade Aidonojie and (ii) F/NO. 516384 PC Salubi Stephen were attached to Ebelle Police Divisional Headquarters.

“They defaulted, tried in an orderly and upon conviction dismissed from the Force for the offence of discreditable conduct contrary to Paragraph ‘E’ Sub Section 111 of the Police Act and Regulations 370 Cap. P19 of Federation of Nigeria 2004.”

Nwabuzor in the statement reiterated the state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, commitment to “making Edo State a desired secured state where the law abiding citizens and the general public go about their lawful businesses in making Edo State economic hubs of Nigeria without fear or intimidation.”