Author: Bolu Akindele

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Bolu AkindeleJuly 12, 2018

Pastor Poju Oyemade’s reply to a Twitter troll is the best thing we have seen from a pastor all year

There are trolls on the loose – that’s no news. The microblogging platform, Twitter, has, in the past few years ...

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Bolu AkindeleJuly 9, 2018

Tim Godfrey’s Fearless Tour is upon us

There are a few things that make Tim Godfrey – fearlessness, energy, reckless faith, the ability to turn a bored ...

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Bolu AkindeleJuly 9, 2018

Outburst Music Group is having a live recording concert and this is why you should care

After recording tremendous success in church rotation, airplay and sale numbers with their pasts singles and album – Kerygma, Outburst ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 21, 2018

American Actor, Chris Pratt legit “preached a storm” at the MTV awards. Here are 3 takeaways from his speech

Owen in Jurassic world, Jim Preston in Passengers, Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy –  Chris Pratt is one ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 21, 2018

Leke Adeboye wants you jokers to know, RCCG’s money is for him & not for you

So here’s the thing with privilege – unlike several other things like oxygen, life and brilliance, it’s unevenly distributed. Things ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 20, 2018

Hillsong is planning a tour. And it might just be in Africa

I’d almost be safe to assume that you have, in the least, heard about Hillsong – the Christian music praise ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 19, 2018

O ye Nigerian Christian, this may be your problem

There’s the usual church scenario – Preacher teaches about hell, the pain, the suffering, the torment, the heat, whilst the ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 16, 2018

Mensa Otabil, Victor Adeyemi, Olubi Johnson, others to speak at Accelerate Conference 2018

We are gradually approaching the middle of the year and for many, mid-year is characterised by burnout and exhaust. And, for ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 12, 2018

City Church Lagos wants to educate you about being single in Lagos

Thanks to a rather geometric increase in the number of young people in Nigeria, the church is beginning to take ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 10, 2018

“We probably featured the future President of our nation” – Adeolu Adefarasin Announces ShopTalk Season 2

The countdown to the second season of Shop Talk has begun. The leading talk show has since inception, provided a ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 3, 2018

Hallelujah Challenge 2018 is here!

As an update to a teaser post done by Nathaniel Bassey on the Hallelujah Challenge 2018, he recently posted more information ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 3, 2018

On Jesse Duplantis, Gucci Pastors and the Private Jet enterprise

Everyone went wild a few days ago after a video from Jesse Duplantis, popular Louisiana-based Televangelist and founder, Jesse Duplantis Ministries ...

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Bolu AkindeleJune 1, 2018

Prophet Sam Ojo is raving mad but it’s only a reflection of the hypnotism that happens in many Nigerian Churches

The Nigerian Christianity is a largely dysfunctional one – different from the normal one we read of or even the ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 31, 2018

One year after his debut online Halleluyah Challenge, Nathaniel Bassey set to hold another

When we write about faith stories and movements in Nigeria, May – June 2017 will stand out as a time ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 30, 2018

6-year-old takes the pulpit at House on The Rock Abuja’s Children’s day sermon (WATCH)

Every year, 27th of May is set aside to celebrate Nigerian children. On this day, children are given special treats ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 27, 2018

Why does RCCG allow Nigerian cultural biases pollute its doctrines?

If you are a regular on the popular microblogging platform, Twitter, then you must have, in the least, seen the ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 26, 2018

Again! Football meets Faith. And in a grand style #UCLFinal

The Christian Faith and Football (or most appropriately, soccer) are not alien to each other. There has always been a ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 23, 2018

Folabi Nuel, Nosa, Nana Aisha, Phrance, Ikay Rocks and others to join Joshua Ville at Rock in the Park

In case that sounds familiar, Rock in the Park is the second edition of Church in the Park; a once ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 18, 2018

Adekunle Gold is having a Christian track on his upcoming album – About 30, because, why not?

One of the major streaks of successes that singer and songwriter, Adekunle Gold has experienced in the past few years ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 16, 2018

Kingsley ‘Kaestrings’ Innocent is the young wonder we never got to experience

Remember Kingsley ‘Kaestrings’ Innocent? Of course, you should. Kaestrings is the young talented musician whose song – Gashina – by the ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 14, 2018

Morning Devotion: If Yinka Ayefele featured Ron Kenoly

Today’s devotion is from the multitalented EmmaOhMaGod. Ron Kenoly might have made a great song but, EmmaOhMaGod just made that great ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 13, 2018

The Music Video of Most High by Nosa and Nathaniel Bassey is here and it’s a minimalist attempt at reviving its airplay

Christian music, like any other material or resource, generally have a church rotation/airplay span of a few months (if it’s ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 13, 2018

Nigerian artistes lead nominations for the Africa Gospel Music and Media Awards

On the 2nd of June 2018, the African Gospel Music and Media Gospel awards will be honouring the immense gospel ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 11, 2018

The problem is not Pastor Adeboye’s social media handlers. It’s him

If the internet (Twitter in particular) is anything to go by, the year has been a long, joyless and “banter-full” year ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 10, 2018

David Oyedepo, David Abioye and the untold story of Ministry Bromance

Nigeria, the Christian community especially, is such a strange place to have a system of platonic and self-sacrificing friendship between two ...

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Bolu AkindeleMay 7, 2018

“The Invasion” is another reminder that we keep recycling music ministers for our concerts

We are gradually approaching the middle of the year and that in itself is great news. It’s great news not ...

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Bolu AkindeleApril 30, 2018

Another Look at Pastor Adeboye | Why you should love the man and his work

If you are a “Gen Z”, a fan of the micro-blogging platform; Twitter, or you just love to keep up ...

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Bolu AkindeleApril 29, 2018

Y’all say Pastor Kumuyi built a 10,000 bed capacity hospital. But, where are the pictures?

“Breaking News! Deeper Life Bible Church unveils the biggest and best-equipped hospital ever built in Africa. It’s a 10,000-bed capacity ...

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Bolu AkindeleApril 25, 2018

Pastor Sunday Adelaja is teaming up with Daddy Freeze. Should we be concerned?

One of the consequences of choosing to stay too long on a point of view long after everyone seems to ...

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Bolu AkindeleApril 22, 2018

Giving it all by Jo Deep and Nosa is one of the things you should listen to today. And we mean it

You might not have heard of Jo Deep – the twenty-something-year-old musician, guitarist and errr… Pastor or Nosa Omoregie – ...

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