Category: Religion
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Chris Oyakhilome; Television evangelist and charismatic pastor of Believers Love World. Oyakhilome hails from Ewu in Edo State. His father, Joseph Oyakhilome who became late in 2009 was an elder in the Assemblies of God Church in Benin. Chris, born December 7, 1963 was brought up in a strict Christian home and he became a…
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Tai Solarin; Activist and educationist. Solarin is known for his social experiments, which he deployed as a school proprietor, his minimalism, his atheistic disposition and his participation in the clamour for democracy. For announcing the military must relinquish power within six months in the mid-80s, Solarin was detained for 17 months in Jos[i]. He once…
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Oshoffa Samuel Bilewu Founder of Celestial Church of Christ, an African Instituted Aladura church identified by white garment uniform accompanied by bare footedness. His ministry which spanned thirty-eight years were defining in those years for Christianity both in the country of its origin, Benin, and Nigeria. At his demise in 1985, delegates were sent by…
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George Orji; Nigerian pastor martyred by terrorist group after his capturing at his church in Maiduguri, Borno State. George Orji was appointed as a Pastor by the Good News Church on 25th March, 1999 and posted to the Riverside Church. He served as pastor in charge of the headquarters church from June, 1999 to March,…
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Josiah Idowu-Fearon; Clergyman of the Nigerian Church, Anglican Communion, distinguished for his promotion of dialogue and reconciliation between Christians and Muslims. He is the Archbishop of the Province of Kaduna. Born in 1949, Idowu-Fearon trained for a short period as a soldier, but realising he had a calling to serve God, he left the military…
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Elebuibon Yemi; Traditionalist from Nigeria. A number of publications by Elebuibon was translated into Spanish and he was a constant invitee to foreign forums notably from North and Latin America consisting often of audiences who like his teaching or initiation into Ifa pantheon. He is a Cultural Adviser to the National Black Theatre in Harlem,…
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Bakare Tunde; Nigerian Pastor and running mate of Muhammadu Buhari in the unsuccessful 2011 presidential race. Born on 11 November 1954 to a polygamous Muslim family at Iporo Sodeke in Abeokuta, Bakare never met his father who died when he was only two. He was brought up by his mother, Abigail Ebudola Bakare. He attended…