14th January 2016: The World Health Organization finally declares West Africa Ebola-free. The epidemic was reported to have originated in Guinea in December 2013 with the first case in Nigeria reported in July, 2014 from a Liberian traveler-Patrick Sawyer who had arrived Nigeria and went to Canaanland, Ota before eventually being admitted at a hospital in Obalende, Lagos. Amidst so much uncertainty, panic and fear over Ebola, Bishop David Oyedepo had declared in September, 2014, from Psalm 91 that “Ebola is cursed and goes back to the sea. The presence of the Ark of the Lord in West Africa rejects it. The Apostolic unction on my life rejects it.” Shortly afterwards, testimonies emerged of Ebola recoveries even without a vaccine ready.
14th January 1501: Martin Luther, Theologian and Founder of Protestantism, enrolls to study at the University of Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany aged 17.
14th January 1739: George Whitefield is ordained to the Anglican ministry. He was the Preacher who sparked America’s first Great Awakening. Whitefield became famous for his open-air preaching after ‘jealous’ ministers denied him the use of their pulpits.
14th January 2018: Archbishop Dr. Silas Owiti passed on. He was the Founder of the Voice of Salvation and Healing Church International, Kenya
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