Prophet Fire Oja, the founder of the Holiness of Christ Zion Ministry, has hit back at critics following his failed prophecy that the Black Stars won’t qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
In a viral video that resurfaced following the Black Stars’ qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Prophet Fire Oja claimed in 2024, during the 31st watch night service in December 2024, said Ghana’s World Cup qualifying campaign in 2025 would fail.
However, many football fans have mocked Prophet Fire Oja’s prediction and celebrated the Black Stars’ achievement.
Speaking in a self-recorded video after his failed prophecy, the Prophet claimed that the Black Stars team is in his palm and he tunes it to wherever he wants it to be.
Prophet Fire Oja stated, “The Black Stars team is in my palm; I tune it to wherever I want it to be. Put that in your memory. I am saying the team is in my palm. Whether you like it or not, it is in my palm.
The big men, if they are watching, will say you don’t know the prophet. Be there joking with things, and continue bashing me. What I am saying is, go and put it on social media, so people will bash me.
I will give you content to post. I like the trend more than food. Yes, the Blacks stars team is in my palm. I am repeating it”.
The Black Stars on 12 October 2025, officially qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup after finishing the qualifiers as leaders in their Group.
Ghana defeated Comoros 1-0 at the Accra Sports Stadium, with Mohammed Kudus scoring the only goal in the game.
After 10 games in group I, the Black Stars topped the table with 25 points, Madagascar second with 19 points, Mali third with 18 points, Comoros 15, Central African Republic 8 and Chad in sixth place with 1.
Ghana joined the list of qualified countries on the African continent, with Coach Otto Addo now becoming the first Black Stars coach to reach two consecutive FIFA World Cup tournaments.
Additionally, President John Dramani Mahama has said that Ghana’s infamous Brazil 2014 World Cup campaign dented the country’s reputation.
It will be recalled that in 2014, Ghana’s World Cup campaign was marred by controversy when players refused to train ahead of their crucial final group game against Portugal over unpaid appearance fees.
The then-Mahama government had to fly $3 million in cash to Brazil to settle the players before kicking off the move, which caught global headlines.
The Black Stars of Ghana eventually lost that match 2–1 and failed to advance beyond the group stage.
President Mahama admitted that airlifting cash to Brazil to pay players their appearance fees badly hurt the country’s reputation.
Speaking in an interview to Sporty FM in Accra, President Mahama stated, “Brazil 2014 dented Ghana’s reputation, but that is all behind us now”.
“We’ve encouraged the GFA to ensure that payments due to the players are processed as quickly as possible. To ensure Brazil doesn’t happen again, there must be discipline and transparency.”
Mahama further explained, “We believe this campaign should be more disciplined and transparent. Often when decisions are made and funding is opaque, it creates all kinds of rumours and misconceptions in society”.
“The players have accounts now. We can pay their money directly instead of flying cash to them. That’s why I say the lessons of 2014 have been learned, and I believe this will be a smoother, more disciplined, and transparent campaign.”
Watch the video below:
“The Black Stars team is in my palm; I tune it to wherever I want it to be.” – Prophet Jedidia Henry Kore, popularly known as Fire Oja pic.twitter.com/DRLgYHTzQf
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) October 14, 2025