Nigerians questioning the role of the church in society have been provided with wide-ranging answers by a new church, Givers Embassy Church, which will be opening its Lagos worship center at the NUT Pavilion, Alausa, Ikeja. The General Overseer, Givers Embassy Church Dr Edward Olutoke has decided to change the narrative. He has debunked the general belief that giving tithe or offering is an injunction that, if not observed, attracts God’s wrath. General Overseer, Givers Embassy Church Dr Edward Olutoke  For ages, Nigerians have been made to believe that the only way to gaining God’s trust, confidence and acceptance was through offerings and tithes. Worshipers in Nigerian churches give freely while contributing to the growth and development of churches. However, instead of taking care of the flock, church leaders live off the proceeds of the church that come in form of tithes, levies, sowing of seeds, harvest bazaars and other schemes that tend to demand and extract so much from thei

  The Leadership of Ohabuike Amamba, a social cultural group in Uzuakoli Bende LGA of Abia State, led by the President General, Mr. Chilasa Kanu and Secretary General, Barr. Ikedieze Ekpe paid a courtesy visit, at Abuja, to the Deputy Speaker, Federal House of Representatives, Right Honourable Benjamin Kalu representing Bende Federal Constituency.  Other Ohabuike leaders who joined in the visit today are Chief Martins Ezeala (Chairman Abuja branch), Mr. Ikechukwu Okorie (Secretary Abuja Branch), High Chief Kingsley Iheanyi Enwere, Chief Ikenna Ariwodo, Barr. Alex Ononogbu.  Speaking on behalf of Ohabuike Amamba, the PG congratulated the Deputy Speaker on his victroy at the polls, stating it was a victroy well-deserved giving his numerous developmental strides. He further congratulated him on his emergence as the Deputy Speaker of the 10th Assembly, saying it was not an easy feat. The PG presented gift items to the Deputy Speaker and stated that the eagle feather accompanying the gift i

The  House of Representatives presided over by the deputy speaker Rt Hon Benjamin Kalu on Wednesday directed the Joint Admission And Matriculation Board (JAMB) to desist from any further action on the issue of the alleged manipulation of the Unified Tartary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result by a candidate, Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma. The House also called on JAMB to lift the sanction of barring the candidate from participating in the examination for three years. and called for independent examiners to examine the girl’s script to determine her score.  The House also resolved to set up an adhoc committee to investigate the whole matter and report back in three weeks  This followed the  adoption of a motion on a call to investigate the alleged manipulation of the UTME by JAMB by Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma sponsored by Hon. Awaji-Inombek D. Abiante.   The House  also resolved to probe JAMB facilities with a view to averting such a situation in the future . The House expanded the scope of the co