By A Correspondent| Close Friend to the popular Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun Joshua better known as TB Joshua, Femi Fani Kayode has dismissed as fake news reports that the celebrated preacher had died.

Last night, social media was awash with reports that TB Joshua (57) had died of an undisclosed ailment prompting scores of people to write obituaries about the popular Nigerian preacher.

One of the sites that reported about it , The People’s Gazette said they had received the news from a close family member who did not want to be named.

“The cause of death was not immediately disclosed to The Gazette, but family sources said his remains had been deposited at the morgue and an autopsy would be performed forthwith,” reported The People’s Gazette.

But Kayode took to Twitter to dismiss the reports saying TB Joshua is alive and well.