The official Church Facebook page, TB Joshua Ministries has finally confirmed the news of the death of the popular Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua.

The church did not confirm the cause of death which remains unknown upto now.

Early this morning multiple sources had reported that the Nigerian preacher had died but others refuted the claims saying he was alive and well.

The church has officially confirmed the death, putting all speculations to rest.

TB Joshua made waves across Africa with people including popular politicians flocking his SCOAN for spiritual healing.

His Emmanuel TV is one of Africa’s largest Christian broadcast stations, available worldwide via digital and terrestrial switches.

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 dead and many more injured.

Mr Joshua denied allegations of negligence and a trial over the incident was still underway prior to his demise.

Recently, YouTube closed his account for repeatedly breaching its hate speech regulations after he posted videos claiming to ‘cure gays’ which was followed by complaints from users of the platform.

A YouTube spokesperson released a statement to CNN Wednesday saying that SCOAN’s channel was taken offline for repeatedly breaching its regulations against hate speech.