Adeboye stated that when he got born again, there were three major ministries that were prominent and thriving at the time, but despite the allure of joining them, God instructed him to stay in the RCCG.
“When I got born again, there were three major ministries that were making waves, and they were very good. There were different temptations to go from one to another,” he recalled.
“But God said to me, ‘Son, I brought you here. This is where you will stay. The day you leave this denomination, your firstborn will die’”, he added.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will keep their names under the rebranding.
“We’ve learned a lot from struggling with social issues and living under closed platforms, and now it is time to take everything that we’ve learned and help build the next chapter,” Zuckerberg said during an annual developers conference.
“I am proud to announce that starting today, our company is now Meta. Our mission remains the same, still about bringing people together, our apps and their brands, they’re not changing,” he added.
An activist group calling itself The Real Facebook Oversight Board has warned that major industries like oil and tobacco had rebranded to “deflect attention” from their problems.
“Facebook thinks that a rebrand can help them change the subject,” the group said last week, adding the “real issue” was the need for oversight and regulation.
Facebook has just announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the “metaverse,” with Zuckerberg emerging as a leading promoter of the concept.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to reassure consumers fearing surging winter power bills and the possibility of more small British energy firms collapsing from higher costs.
Faced with a fast-moving situation, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng was meeting with the energy industry and consumer groups.
Speaking during a visit to the United States, Johnson said “people should be reassured in the sense that yes there are a lot of short-term problems not just in our country… but around the world caused by gas supplies and shortages of all kinds”.
“We’ve got to try and fix it as fast as we can, make sure we have the supplies we want, make sure we don’t allow the companies we rely on to go under. We’ll have to do everything we can,” British media reported him as saying.
According to one of a dozen draft laws revealed in Brussels, emissions from motor vehicles must fall by 55 percent by 2030 and drop to zero by 2035.
“As a result, all new cars registered as of 2035 will be zero emission,” the statement announcing the plan said.
This would in practice mean that all cars and light vans sold from that date will be battery-powered electric cars, which currently represent less than a tenth of new registrations in the EU.
The European Automobile Manufacturer’s Association (ACEA) said it supported efforts to make the EU carbon neutral by 2050, as envisaged by draft climate laws.
“However, banning a single technology is not a rational way forward at this stage,” it added, referring to plans to reduce road traffic emissions to zero by 2035.
Executive director William Todts warned: “The problem is carmakers will only have to start selling those cleaner cars in 2030.
“Our planet cannot afford another nine years of big talk but little action from the auto industry.”
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in jail for murdering African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.
“The sentence is not based on emotion or sympathy,” said Judge Peter Cahill, handing down the term at a Minneapolis court after prosecutors sought a 30-year sentence.
He added in a short address that it was also not based on “on public opinion,” but on the law and the facts specific to the case.
This was announced in a statement titled, ‘Prophet TB Joshua – June 12th 1963 to June 5th 2021,’ issued on the verified Facebook page of his ministries.
The cause of his death was not revealed. However, the statement said the clergyman spent his last moment on earth in the service of God.
“On Saturday 5th June 2021, Prophet TB Joshua spoke during the Emmanuel TV Partners Meeting: “Time for everything – time to come here for prayer and time to return home after the service.”
“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.
As Prophet TB Joshua says, “The greatest way to use life is to spend it on something that will outlive it”.
“Prophet TB Joshua leaves a legacy of service and sacrifice to God’s Kingdom that is living for generations yet unborn.
The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations and Emmanuel TV Family appreciate your love, prayers and concern at this time and request a time of privacy for the family.
“Here are Prophet TB Joshua’s last words: “Watch and pray.”
“One life for Christ is all we have; one life for Christ is so dear,” the statement read.
Four students of Idito Secondary School in Lagelu Local Government area of Oyo state were reportedly killed in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
The Nation learnt that the students were going to school on motorcycle, when the truck crushed them along Iwo-road, Ibadan express way.
The state police public relations officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ibadan on Monday, said the Divisional Police Officer in the area had sent the signal to the state command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
Fadeyi said, “It is true. The DPO told me that the incident happened when the driver of the truck was trying to avoid killing some sheep and rammed into the students on the Okada. Police have moved to the area to ensure life and prosperity were not vandalised by the angry students.”
News Correspondent reports that the students of the school moved to the nearby park and vandalised vehicles in the area.
Eyewitness told newsmen that parents of the students have stormed the schools to pick their children, but it is unclear whether the four children belong to same parents.
Ogun State Government says it has suspended the Commissioner for Environment , Abiodun Abudu -Balogun , from office for alleged sexual harassment of an underaged girl .
The government said the suspension will last pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into the allegation .
The Commissioner was alleged of sexual harassment by a 16 – year- old Barakat Melojuekun.
A statement issued in Abeokuta by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr . Tokunbo Talabi , said the suspension of the commissioner is to enable him to cooperate fully with the independent investigation being carried out by the Police .
The statement read “ whilst taking cognizance of the principle of a suspect being presumed innocent until proven guilty and the public statement issued by Hon. Abudu -Balogun denying the allegation , as a government with zero tolerance for gender – based violence and indeed any criminality , the suspension is a further demonstration of the commitment of Prince Dapo Abiodun Administration to fairness , equity, justice and the rule of law , no matter who is involved .
“ The government assures the public that it will do everything to ensure that justice is served in this case .
In the meantime, the suspended Commissioner has been directed to hand over to the Permanent Secretary , Ministry of Environment . ”
Argentina has became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, after hours of debate in the Senate.
Hundreds of thousands of illegal abortions are carried out every year in the nation of 44 million, and pro-choice campaigners have long-urged authorities to put an end to dangerous backstreet terminations by legalizing the process.
“It becomes law,” said Senate president Cristina Kirchner, after more than twelve hours of debate.
Thousands of pro-choice activists cheered in the streets of the capital after the bill was approved 38 to 29, with one abstention.
It legalizes voluntary abortions at any stage up to 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Ahead of the vote, pro-choice and anti-abortion demonstrators had gathered outside parliament despite coronavirus fears.
“This fight was born in the streets,” Silvia Saravia, a pro-choice activist, told AFP.
The vote overturns a similar one in 2018 which, although also passed the lower house, ultimately foundered in the Senate by 38 votes to 31.
As you begin to set goals for the coming year, it’s important to contextualize them.
Whose support would you need to reach your goals? What specific items would come handy? And where would you need to be or go to connect with the resources you need?
If you only write your goals without contextualizing them, you’d be planning half-prepared.
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