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“You Will Be Forgotten Politically “—Primate Ayodele Warns Wike, Says He is Fighting God through Fubara

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6 months ago

October 16, 2024

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’They shouldn’t use Rivers as a battleground for 2027 politics. Wike will tear APC apart and there is going to be a fight between Wike and top APC members, He will be disgraced in Abuja.

‘’If he isn’t careful, he will not be part of the people that will arrange 2027 politics. He is fighting God through Fubara and if he doesn’t resist, politics will leave him and he will be forgotten. He should stop all these troubles.

‘’I know he will not listen but what will teach him will happen. In all of these, Wike will not determine who will become the governor of Rivers in 2027.

‘’The crisis will not end now but a big man will be used as a sacrifice in this war. Wike shouldn’t forget he is still coming back home, the judgment of God is coming to Rivers, it will take one and leave one,’’ he warned.

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Vatican announces date for conclave to select new Pope

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9 hours ago

April 28, 2025

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The Vatican said on Monday that the conclave to replace Pope Francis will begin Wednesday, May 7.

Cardinals are expected to convene at the Vatican to begin the process of finding a new pope, who will become the Catholic Church’s 267th leader.

Ekwutosblog reports that with the passing of Pope Francis, who presided over the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years, attention has been turned to the selection of his successor.

As part of the process, a conclave is to be held to determine a new pontiff as usually done after a pope’s death or retirement.

Pope Francis had been selected during a conclave after Pope Benedict XVI, citing age and faltering health, stepped down from the post in 2013 after eight years as pontiff.

It was the first time any pope had stepped down from the papacy in nearly six centuries.

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T.D. Jakes steps aside as lead pastor of The Potter’s House

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11 hours ago

April 28, 2025

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Bishop T.D. Jakes on Sunday, handed over leadership of The Potter’s House congregation to his daughter and son-in-law.

Jakes announced the decision months after he suffered a massive heart attack while preaching at the church.

The church said this move had been years in the making but it came just months after a near-tragedy.

“You have been faithful to God, and you have been faithful to me. “And I’m so grateful,” he told the congregation during Sunday morning’s service at The Potter’s House.

Holding back tears, Jakes confirmed that his daughter and son-in-law, pastors Sarah Jakes Roberts and Toure Roberts, will take over in July.

“I’m grateful, I’m honored, as your daughter,” Sarah Jakes Roberts said.

“I’m so happy you’re going to get some rest.”

T.D. Jakes, who founded The Potter’s House in 1996, admitted that getting hospitalized after suffering a massive heart attack on stage, factored into the decision.

“I cannot afford, especially after November, to risk something happening to me and you be sheep without a shepherd,” he added.

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St. Mary Major church: Tomb of Pope Francis opens to public

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2 days ago

April 27, 2025

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Pope Francis' tomb bears just a single-world inscription like he asked for — © Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo/picture alliance

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Hundreds of people queued to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis at the St. Mary Major church in Rome on Sunday.

Mourners began lining up to visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis at the St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome on Sunday.

The church, where the late pope is buried in a simple underground tomb, in keeping with his wishes, opened its doors to the faithful at 7 a.m. Vatican time (0500 GMT).

While many of his predecessors are buried at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, Francis chose the basilica because he revered it, oftentimes visiting before and after trips abroad or hospital stays.

Francis became the first pontiff in over a century to be buried outside the grounds of the Vatican, when he was laid to rest in a private ceremony.