The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said women who wear makeup do not believe God did a perfect job on them.
Adeboye spoke on Saturday during the RCCG ministers’ conference held at the Redemption City, Mowe, Ogun State, as part of activities lined up for the church’s just-concluded 72nd annual convention.
Adeboye said God did a great job when God created humans, stating that women wearing make-up are expressing their disbelief in God who created them.
He said, “When you marry, you cut your coat according to your clothes. Some of you want to be like the people of the world. I can’t even imagine some of the things I see now. It wasn’t so in the beginning.
“People spend hundreds of thousands of naira on ‘shoot out’ (photo shoot). And then, on the day of the wedding, the girl put on all manner of decorations. Those who do make-up are those who do not believe God did a good job.
“When God created you, He did a great job, you are wonderful, perfectly made, and you cannot find any other fellow like you. You are special.
“When you begin to paint, and you think you can improve on what God has already done, you are a fool. You can never improve on what God has done.”
Rejoice, Ijebu. The next Awujale has been revealed by divine decree. Twice. In two different directions.
In one video, a man of God closes his eyes, and Heaven shows him Ademorin Kuye. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/ECMXe5nCjiI
In another video, a different man of God closes his eyes, and Heaven shows him Abimbola Onabanjo. Watch that one here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1V8z5NwgL4/
Same anointing. Same gasping crowd. Suspiciously similar lighting.
But there is only one Awujale stool. Not two. So I ask, with all respect: which of you heard from God, and which one only heard his own voice? When two “can’t-be-wrong” prophecies point in opposite directions, your odds don’t double. They drop to a coin toss in nicer robes.
And before you bet your house on the second vision, check the prophet’s track record. In 2021, Femi Adesina, then media adviser to President Buhari, publicly listed eight times Primate Ayodele’s prophecies “hit the crossbar.” Among them: Goodluck Jonathan would win in 2015 (he lost), the PDP would shock the APC in Lagos (it didn’t), and President Buhari would never return from medical leave in 2017 (he did). Read it for yourself: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2021/07/16/8-times-primate-ayodele-lied-using-gods-name-femi-adesina/
So when this same prophet says Heaven has picked our next Awujale, you are allowed to ask: is this the voice of God, or just miss number nine?
And here is the part neither prophet warned you about. Maybe both of them are wrong. Maybe Heaven picked neither name, and the throne will go to someone no camera has found yet. Someone chosen by the ruling houses and the kingmakers while these two were busy performing. A fifty-fifty guess assumes the answer is one of their two names. It doesn’t have to be.
Also, since when does God need a ring light? If the vision was truly free, why the staging, the camera angle, and the perfectly timed gasp?
Here is the real tell. A prophecy shouted before the kingmakers even meet is not announcing the future. It is trying to force it. That is not a vision. That is a campaign.
And now the question nobody on camera wants asked out loud. These visions were not cheap to produce. The lighting, the staging, the editing, the posting. So who footed the bill? When a prophecy just happens to crown a specific man, it is fair to wonder whose offering inspired the anointing. I am not saying any candidate paid for his miracle. I am only asking why Heaven’s picks keep matching someone’s ambition so perfectly, and inviting you to follow the money for yourself.
The Awujale is chosen through ruling houses, true lineage, and custom that has outlived every con man who ever “saw” a king for a fee. Not through whoever shouts the loudest on video, and not through whoever can afford the loudest shout.
So, Ijebu, ask the simple question. Who is right, and who is wrong? And be brave enough to ask a harder one. What if both are wrong?
One of them must be. Both of them might be.
Now somebody tell these prophets to check their messages again.
– Adejumo Olanlegbe an indigene of Ijebu-Ode writes from the United Kingdom
Nollywood stars, media personalities grace Ijebu-Ode event
The rich cultural heritage of the Yoruba people took centre stage on Saturday as the IJEBU REWA Games, Hangout and Cultural Heritage event brought together entertainment stars, media personalities, cultural groups and sports enthusiasts at Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
The event, which commenced at 10 a.m. on October 17, 2026, featured traditional Yoruba performances, sporting competitions, children’s activities and commercial exhibitions aimed at promoting cultural preservation, community bonding and grassroots talent development.
Organised by the Chief Executive Officer of Ijebu Rewa, Ambassador Sijuade Olalekan, the gathering attracted Nollywood actors, radio presenters, public figures and other guests, adding glamour to the celebration.
A major highlight was the colourful display of Yoruba cultural heritage through traditional dances and performances featuring Sango, Esu, Igunu, Eyo, Agemo and other cultural expressions. A talking-drum performance by Abike Ilu further enriched the programme, showcasing the depth and diversity of indigenous Yoruba traditions.
The sporting activities also enlivened the gathering, with competitions in table tennis, snooker, football, Ayo Olopon, draughts and various children’s games.
In the children’s competitions, Yusuf Heritage Oluwanimilo emerged winner, while Adebanjo Islamiyat Ayomide finished as first runner-up and Samson Tanimowo came third. The participants received gifts and cash prizes in recognition of their efforts and to encourage their interest in sports and recreational activities.
Among the notable entertainment personalities who graced the occasion was Nollywood actress Adebimpe Akintunde, popularly known as Wasilat Coded, whose presence underscored the event’s appeal across the entertainment and cultural sectors.
The media community was also well represented, with prominent radio personalities, including Alhaji Adesola Adetoyese, popularly known as Bakini Ile Yoruba; Mayegun Olusegun Ajayi, known as Alaseye Odu’a of Super FM, Ijebu-Ode; and Omisope Olaniyi, popularly called Baba Omi of Guts FM, Odoajogun
Others in attendance were Olalekan Balogun, Station Manager of Eagle FM, Ilese; Dayo Rufai, popularly known as Ba’royin; and Femi Adeleye, both consultants to the Ogun State Governor.
The Ogun East Independent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) was represented by Comrade Oyeyemi Adeniyi, while Alaga Gisim was among the other personalities who attended the event.Beyond cultural displays, entertainment and sporting activities, the celebration provided opportunities for local businesses, with vendors exhibiting and selling various goods to guests and prospective buyers.
In his appreciation message, Ambassador Olalekan thanked invited guests and participants for honouring the invitation and contributing to the success of the event. He described their support and participation as important to the gathering’s overall impact.
The IJEBU REWA Games, Hangout and Cultural Heritage celebration highlighted the role of community-driven initiatives in preserving indigenous traditions, encouraging youth participation in sports and creating platforms for social interaction and small-business promotion.
The event ended on a celebratory note, reaffirming the importance of preserving Yoruba cultural identity while promoting entertainment, recreation and community engagement in Ijebu-Ode.
If the blood comes through his mother’s great-grandfather, it runs on the mother’s side. If his father is also a grandson of that same man, it runs on the father’s side too. They are telling us the line comes through the mother and through the father, from one and the same ancestor.
That is not a lineage. It is impossible.
Think about what it would actually mean. For both your mother and your father to descend from the one man, your mother and your father would have to be of the same blood, from the same grandfather. Brother and sister. Close cousins of one house. No family tells that story about itself, and no ruling house is built that way.
So there are only two doors here, and both are locked against them.
Door one: they mean what they wrote, that both parents spring from the same ancestor. That is a shameful thing to claim about anyone’s parents, and it is plainly not true.
Door two, the real one: they do not actually know which parent carries the blood, so they threw both onto the page and hoped no one would read slowly. One sentence says mother. The next says father. At least one of those sentences is false. A statement that contradicts itself cannot be true. That is not an opinion. That is arithmetic.
This is the tell of a story that was invented, not inherited. A true son of a ruling house never confuses the parent who gave him his blood. He does not say “my mother’s line” and “my father’s line” about the same man. He knows. He says it once, he says it plainly, and it never changes, because he did not make it up.
And notice who is doing the talking. Not Bimbo Onabanjo, who to this day has never explained his own lineage in his own mouth. Not a recognised head of the Fusengbuwa house. A media group writes his family tree for him, and even they cannot keep the story straight for two sentences.
His father, in his own published words at eighty, placed his people in Ijebu Ogbeere and never once said Fusengbuwa. That is the one account we have in a principal’s own voice, and it points away from the throne, not toward it. And the man is alive. Ask him.
Our elders already warned us about a day like this. Irọ́ ní ẹsẹ̀ kúkúrú: a lie has short legs, it cannot run far before it falls. And they said more: bí irọ́ bá lọ fún ogún ọdún, ọjọ́ kan ni óótọ́ á fi bá a, though a lie travels for twenty years, in a single day the truth catches up with it. This lie did not even last twenty years. It did not last two sentences.
So we will not insult anyone. We will simply hold up their own paper and ask the question a child could ask:
Is it the mother, or is it the father? It cannot be both from the same man. One of your two sentences is false. Which one?
Until they can answer that without contradicting themselves, this is not a lineage and it is not history. It is a claim that could not survive its own second sentence.
Adejumo Olanlegbe an indigene of Ijebu-Ode writes from the United Kingdom.
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) postgraduate students in the Department of Mass Communication have raised concerns over what they describe as irregularities surrounding the payment of school fees and additional academic-session charges.
The students, particularly those enrolled in the Public Relations programme, alleged that they were recently directed to pay school fees for another academic session which, according to them, they had not initially planned or expected to undertake.
According to the students, the 2025/2026 academic session for postgraduate Public Relations students was understood to cover a one-year programme. They said they were therefore surprised when information from the university reportedly indicated that they were required to make additional payments for another session, alongside an increase in the applicable school fees.
The development has reportedly generated frustration among some postgraduate students, who said the additional financial burden has placed considerable pressure on them.Some of the affected students alleged that the requirement to make another payment came at a time when they had already made significant financial commitments toward their postgraduate studies.
They further expressed concern that students who are unable to meet the additional financial requirements could be forced to discontinue their programmes.“We enrolled with the understanding that the programme would run for the stipulated period. Being asked to pay for another session has created serious financial difficulties for some of us,” one of the affected students said, requesting anonymity.
Another student appealed to the university authorities to provide clear information regarding the structure and duration of the programme, the basis for the additional payment, and whether affected students were properly informed of the financial implications before commencement of their studies.The students are calling on the OOU postgraduate school and relevant university authorities to review the situation and provide clarification to affected students.
They also appealed for transparency in the administration of postgraduate programmes, particularly regarding programme duration, tuition obligations and any changes to approved fees.The students said they believe a clear explanation from the university management would help address the growing concerns and prevent further misunderstanding between the institution and its postgraduate students.As of the time of this publication, the allegations presented by the students have not been independently verified.
OOU management and the relevant authorities are urged to provide their response and clarification on the matter.
KEY QUESTIONS FOR OOU MANAGEMENT
What is the officially approved duration of the postgraduate Public Relations programme?
Why are students reportedly being asked to pay for an additional academic session?
IPERU REMO, OGUN STATE — The new Alaperu of Iperu Remo, Oba (Dr) Taiwo Adenaike Ogunbona, Fibigbuwa IV, has pledged inclusive leadership and reconciliation among competing royal princes, calling on traditional institutions, government and indigenes at home and abroad to unite for the community’s development.
The monarch made the pledge during his formal installation, where Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, presented him with the Certificate of Appointment and Staff of Office, marking a new chapter in the traditional leadership of Iperu Remo, in Ikenne Local Government Area.Oba Adenaike, whose emergence followed the death of his predecessor, Oba Adeleke Adelekan Idowu-Basibo, on February 6, 2025, said the future of Iperu depended on the ability of its people to rise above political, religious and personal differences.
He particularly extended a hand of fellowship to princes who contested the throne alongside him, insisting that the succession contest should give way to cooperation in the interest of the community.
“This is the time to put our differences aside, embrace one another, and demand for peace, progress and development of Iperu,” the monarch said.
He added that the ultimate victory would be for Iperu Akesan Land to emerge stronger, more united and more prosperous, rather than for any individual to occupy the throne.
“Our diversity in faith should never become a source of division; rather, it should strengthen our collective commitment to peace, mutual respect and the development of Iperu,” he said.
The new Alaperu also appealed to the Fibigbuwa, Agbonmagbe, Amororo (Mogunsen) and Odoru royal dynasties to sustain brotherhood and mutual understanding, stressing that their common heritage should take precedence over individual interests.
