Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as T. B. Joshua, is dead.
Born on June 12, 1963, he was a televangelist and philanthropist.
He reportedly died in Lagos on Saturday evening shortly after concluding a programme at his church.
TB Joshua was the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a Christian megachurch that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos.
Emmanuel TV is one of Nigeria’s largest Christian broadcast stations, available worldwide via digital and terrestrial switches.
According to Wikipedia, Joshua was known for his popularity across Africa and Latin America and his social media presence with 3,500,000 fans on Facebook.
His YouTube channel, Emmanuel TV, had over 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers and was the world’s most viewed Christian ministry on the platform before it was suspended.
The cause of his death was unknown as of the time of this report, but his body had been reportedly deposited at the morgue, preparatory to an autopsy.
Mr Joshua reigned for several decades as a fiery preacher on television, using his platform to attract a large number of Christians from across the world.
In 2014, his church was at the centre of a multi-national investigation following the collapse of a section of his church headquarters in Lagos, which left dozens killed and many more injured.
Mr Joshua denied allegations of negligence and a trial over the incident was still underway prior to his demise. (Leadership newspaper with additional report)
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