Oluwasegun Adesuyi, Author at SocietyGazette.com

BREAKING! Anthony Joshua defeated By Oleksandr Usyk: how it unfolded and how the world reacted

Round-by-round analysis of how Usyk outclassed Joshua, plus what the boxing world said about the defeat

Anthony Joshua could not deal with the skilful Ukranian

Oleksandr Usyk shocked Anthony Joshua on Saturday night, defeating the heavyweight champion by unanimous decision to take his belts.

The Ukranian outperformed the Briton for the majority of the fight, showing off the skills that allowed him to dominate the cruiserweight division but going up in weight.

Here is how Joshua lost his belts – and what the reaction was to the defeat:

Round 1
Usyk settles well and lands a couple of lefts while Joshua fails to connect with anything of note.

Round 2
Joshua struggles to cope with the movement of the Ukranian who lands a couple of straight lefts, sneaking the round.

Round 3
Usyk lands a left hook which rocks Joshua. The champion became unsteady on his feet before roaring back with a right hand of his own. Another roound to the challenger.

Round 4
Joshua manages to close the space quicker in this round but still cannot land any combinations. The champion edges the round.

Round 5

Usyk’s movement slows down a touch and AJ makes it count, landing a crunching body shot which brings out a grin from the Ukrainian – the Briton’s best punch of the fight. The round ends with both fighters standing and trading in the middle of the ring.

Round 6
The two fighters exchange blows but Joshua begins to dominate the centre of the ring, working behind his jab.

Round 7
No question about the winner of this round. Usyk is back to his best in the seventh, delivering a couple of telling blows, including a jab-left hand combination which had Joshua stumbling across the ring. A couple of supremely timed counter-punches from Usyk mean he takes this round at a canter.

Oleksandr Usyk strikes Anthony Joshua
Oleksandr Usyk strikes Anthony Joshua CREDIT: PA
Round 8
Joshua lands a one-two combination which backs Usyk up – but the Ukrainian comes firing back with a couple of lovely left hands of his own. Joshua then lands a powerful upper cut and body shot before the round is out.

Round 9
Usyk’s head movement continues to cause problems. Joshua ends the round with a noticable mark on his eye.

Round 10
An even round with both fighters having their moments. Fatigue starts to set in and the champion’s eye continues to darken.

Round 11
A cagey, hard-fought round but once again the better of the work is executed by the Ukraninan.

Round 12
Usyk’s rapid handspeed on show right to the end as he lands a flurry of punches which rock Joshua. AJ ends the fight in serious trouble up against the ropes.

How the boxing world reacted to Joshua’s defeat
Former British heavyweight champion Dillian Whyte accused Anthony Joshua of lacking ambition after he lost his heavyweight titles in a crushing defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.

Usyk claimed a stunning unanimous decision win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the judges scores of 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 confirmed a dominant victory.

“I said if Joshua tried to box he was always going to lose,” Whyte told BBC Radio 5 Live.

“If he had come out and bullied him and pushed the pace and let his hands go he could have knocked him out in the first even round.

“But he came out and was being too negative he seemed like a gun shy fighter. You are the bigger man, have a go.

“I don’t know, he lacked ambition in the ring there tonight.

“The first round, Usyk landed the first strong blow and Joshua was a negative fighter. He got tagged with a left and he was worried the whole time.”

Whyte will next face Otto Wallin on October 30 at the O2, but vowed he would have a “shoot-out” with Usyk if ever given an opportunity.

He added: “I have to go through Wallin first, after we will see.

“But I tell you what, I will not be losing to an overall decision like that, I can tell you that now.

“I will go out and I will have a shoot-out – if I get knocked out, I get knocked out, but I will have a shoot-out, I am not getting out boxed over 12 rounds like that, no chance.”

Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn said the camp were “gutted” at the defeat and admitted Joshua got the fight wrong.

“We have obviously been here before, but this time we are here against a pound-for-pound great fighter,” Hearn said.

“The (Andy) Ruiz defeat was difficult to take because it was a shock to the system.

“This is one we knew could happen if he didn’t get it right, and he didn’t get it right.

“I don’t think AJ boxed a great fight tonight, Usyk boxed an excellent fight.

“It was all the things we worried about in the fight before, the over-thinking, trying to stand and box with him, and he took too many shots early.

“Usyk went through the gears and was a bit more aggressive than I thought he was going to be. He was the deserved winner tonight”

Carl Froch, the former super-middleweight world champion, felt Usyk was worth his victory.

He said: “All the boxing purists who know the game, we always knew Oleksandr Usyk could out-perform AJ, out-box him and beat him on points.

“I don’t think any of us knew he could do it in such a manner. Towards the end, he took control, then started to beat him up when he didn’t need to.

“That was a boxing match and a proper fight, which in the end Oleksandr Usyk was in control of. He deserves every credit.

“Anthony Joshua did his part, he tried to box with him and work the body at time, but it wasn’t enough, he simply wasn’t good enough.”

Former lightweight champion Anthony Crolla heaped praise on Usyk.

“AJ has brought some of the most special nights in British Boxing history. Tonight he lost to a very special fighter. A once in a lifetime fighter,” Crolla wrote on Twitter.

“I’m not going to be going home tonight, crying about it,” Joshua said. “Because this is war. I can’t sulk. That is wasting time.”

And there will be a rematch.

“Oh, 100% … 110%,” Joshua said.

Joshua later tweeted: “Keep positive even if the world’s crumbling in front of you! London I love you & thank you each and every time.”

After the fight Usyk said via a translator on Sky Sports: “This means a lot for me. The fight went the way I expected it to go. There were moments when Anthony pushed me hard but it was nothing special.

“I had no objective to knock him out because my corner pushed me not to do that. In the beginning, I tried to hit him hard but then I stuck to my job.”

Liverpool, Brentford reach stalemate in six-goal thriller

Yoane Wissa scored a late equaliser as Brentford held Liverpool to a draw in a thrilling encounter at the Brentford Community Stadium.

Wissa’s dinked finish over Alisson rescued a point for the hosts, who matched Jurgen Klopp’s team for long spells and created enough opportunities to claim all three points.

Ethan Pinnock had given Thomas Frank’s side a deserved early lead, poking home from close range after Ivan Toney flicked Sergi Canos’ low cross into the defender’s path.

Diogo Jota brought the visitors level just three minutes later, rising unmarked to head Jordan Henderson’s looping cross into the corner from the edge of the six-yard box.

Mohamed Salah’s 100th Premier League goal for Liverpool put the Reds ahead for the first time in the match, only for Vitaly Janelt to equalise once more after Pontus Jansson had rattled the crossbar.

Curtis Jones restored the visitors’ lead with a long-range drive that took a wicked deflection off Kristoffer Ajer on its way in, but Brentford and Wissa had the last word.

BREAKING! Former Lagos Governor, Babatunde Fashola Picked As 2023 Presidential Candidate

Society gazette reports that the race for who becomes the next president of Nigeria has taken a new turn as a former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola has been picked by a group of people to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.

The group, pushing the agenda ‘The Nigeria Project’ is set to launch officially on the 2nd of October, 2021 to further make its decision to pick Fashola known.

Also, the governor of Borno state, Prof Babagana has been picked as the preferred running mate of Fashola ahead of 2023.

This is coming after several individuals within the APC have shown interest in the coming election.

In addition, a flier has been going viral in the social media scene as shared below

Source: Trixxng.com

How Reno Omokri was ‘paid’ $10 million to harrass Buhari in New York – Youth Coalition

The leadership of the National Youth Coalition has alleged that the a former Special Assistant to former President Goodluck Jonathan on new media, Mr. Reno Omokri collected the sum of $10 million from opposition members and some foreign enemies to ‘blackmail’ President Muhammadu Buhari before the international community in New York.

In a statement released to newsmen in Lagos on Friday by the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Olugbenga Michael, the group accused Reno of betraying his country for a pot of soured porridge in a foreign land.

The statementread; “Reno who has no visible means of livelihood but survives on blackmailing his country and it’s leaders before the world however advised Nigerians in New York to speak the language Reno understands to him, saying Nigeria is our collective heritage and we must not allow any individual to destroy our image for selfish reasons.”

The group urged the international community to ignore Mr. Reno “because his activism does not reflect the true wishes of Nigerians or the state of affairs in the country”.

Terrorism Financiers: Malami Denies Releasing Detained Suspects

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, on Friday night, debunked the claim in some quarters that the suspected financiers in respect of whom remand orders were procured by the Federal Government have been released.

Malami insisted there was no time he ordered or facilitated the release of the suspects.

The AGF’s denial was against the backdrop of an allegation by an online medium that 300 suspects of terrorism financiers had been released.

“The report is a malicious misrepresentation of facts relating to the ongoing investigation of terrorism financing suspects in Nigeria.

“It is important to reiterate at this point that the fight against the menace of terrorism is an ongoing operation characterized by intelligence gathering, arrest, investigation, and prosecution.

“The story is inherently contradictory and substantially mischievous.

“The contradictions in the story can best be understood from the point of the analysis of the affidavit that was said to have been procured by the online medium as deposed before a court in relation to the subject matter.

“By their own showing, the Office of the Attorney General, has deposed to an affidavit on account of which an order of a court was obtained, seeking for the continued detention of those financiers that were alleged to have been in custody.

“This, by implication, established that the matter is effectively submitted to the jurisdiction of the court” the AGF submitted.

Malami posited that it was common knowledge that where a matter is submitted to a court of law, it is only through the judicial process that any subsequent action can possibly be taken. According to the Justice Minister, the question then arising from the claim is this:

“When was an application filed in court by the office of the Attorney General by which the release of the purported suspects was procured?

“It amounts to approbation and reprobation for the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to, in one breath, obtain an order seeking for the continued detention of the alleged financiers of Boko Haram and at the same time having them released” Malami argued.

Insisting that the purveyors of the publication “must have lost their sense of logic in view of their inherent illogical position” the AGF maintained that if his interest was to have the people released, the idea of approaching the court for an order seeking for extension of time to have them in custody couldn’t have even arise in the first place.

“The most important, and in fact, the interesting aspect that people would like to know about the mischief associated with the position of the online publication was “who are the custodians of these people alleged to have been taken into custody?

“One needs to know by which communication or correspondence or application was their release procured since the matter is already pending before the court of law, and they were taken to custody on account of court order.

“It does not add up for the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to procure the release of someone that has been in custody on account of a court order without approaching the court.

The public, in essence, are entitled to know which application was it that was subsequently filed to procure the release financiers. When was the application filed, before which court was it taken and which lawyer is it that has taken the application and where is the court order on which account the release was effected,” the AGF queried in a statement issued midnight, Friday, by his media aide, Dr Umar Gwandu.

Source: The Independent.ng

AAUA student hospitalized after a dog bit his penis

A Boerboel dog, named Charlie, has been arrested by the police in Ondo State for attcking a student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko.

According to report, the incident happened at one of the students’ hostels. The dog was said to have bitten the penis of the student.

The victim was subsequently rushed to the hospital where doctors are currently battling to help him.

The police were later called in to arrest Charlie.

FG bans SSS1, SSS2 students from taking external WASSCE, NECO, NABTEB

The Federal Government has banned students in Senior Secondary School one and two from applying for and taking external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, the National Examination Council, and National Business and Technical Examinations Board.

This was contained in a circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Education to principals of federal unity schools.

It was titled In the circular with no: FME/DBSE/US/DOC/III/16 and signed by the ministry’s Director Senior Secondary Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir.

The circular was confirmed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong, on Friday.

“Yes, that is true. It is aimed at making them concentrate. You also know that it is not the right thing to do,” he said.

When asked if the ban extends to private school students, he replied, “It is not about whether private or public. We are after class. The aim for doing that is clear.”

In the circular, the government threatened to expel any SSS One and Two students who sat the exams.

This, the education ministry, said would help to maintain decorum and boost standards of education in schools.

A copy of the circular obtained by our correspondent on Friday read, “The ministry’s attention has been drawn to the flagrant disregard to its directive on (the) writing of external examinations such as NABTEB (NTC and NBC), WASSCE, NECO (SSCE) by SS1 and SS2 students.

“Students who are involved in the practice find it difficult to settle down on serious studies. They become unruly and distract other students from achieving their goals.

“Any student caught to have written any of the above examinations in SS1 or SS2 classes will be expelled from the college. All students must write these examinations after they have been duly registered for the examination by the college.

“All students of Federal Unity College should adhere strictly to the content of this circular. And Principals are advised to bring the content of this circular to the knowledge of all parents of the college.”

Police Vs Motorcyclists Clash: Lagos Task Force Disowns Slain Officer, Says He’s Not One Of Them

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, also known as Lagos Taskforce has refuted claims that they were involved in any clash with motorcyclists around Ajao Estate, Lagos today Thursday, 23rd of September, 2021.

This is coming some hours after reports had it that operatives of the task force and motorcyclists had a serious clash which led to the death of an officer who was gruesomely killed, and injury of many others.

In a telephone conversation with the Public relations officer, Mr Femi Moliki, it was confirmed to TRIXX NG that the police officers involved in this clash are not from the Task force division but the metro police unit of the Lagos police command.

He shared a video with this medium, and explained that the task force unit has a branded vehicle and that the officers have their uniform which is different from that of the metro police.

Checks by TRIXX NG also confirmed that the police vehicles contained in the video has no inscription of the Task force unit neither was the slain officer dressed as an operative of the task force unit of the Lagos state police.

However, as at the time of filing this report, the Lagos state command is yet to make an official statement.

BREAKING! Popular TV Game Show ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ Is Back, As Grand Prize IncreasesTo N20 Million

The widely celebrated and highly acclaimed TV game show that keeps Nigerian families glued to their seats, “WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?” (WWTBAM), is back, bigger and better, with contestants now standing a chance to duel it out for a fantastic grand prize of ₦20 million every week, all year long.

The number one Nigerian game show based on the original British version, known casually as “Millionaire” and popularly called “WWTBAM” in the literature space, aired for over 13 years from October 8, 2004 until June 25, 2017 when it was temporarily canned.

In the thirteen memorable years of gracing our screens, the show which enthralled TV audiences far and wide with its exciting and educating editions, boasted of formidable participants, a deep wealth of knowledge and one worthy winner of the staggering prize money of N10 million in the person of Aroma Ufodike who became the first winner of the much coveted top prize of this stupendous game show.

The millionaire game show, which has an intricate set of rules, hosts a group of contestants in each episode in a preliminary round called “Fastest Finger First”; where all contenders for the whooping prize money are given a question and four answers by the host, which must then be placed within a particular order. The contestant who answers correctly in the fastest time goes on to play the main game.

Once a contestant enters the main game, they are asked increasingly difficult general knowledge questions by the host, with each question featuring four possible answers, to which the contestant must give the correct answer. Doing this wins the contestant certain amounts of money, as they advance in the game, hence increasing their prize fund.

During the game, the player has a set of lifelines that they may use only once to help them with a question, as well as two “safety nets”. These lifelines are: ’50/50′, where the computer eliminates two random wrong options, leaving the right option and the other remaining wrong option; ‘Phone a Friend’, where the contestant has 30 seconds to call one of their friends, read the question and four possible options to the friend, who then has the remaining time to offer input; and ‘Ask the Audience’, where audience members use touchpads to designate what they believe the correct option to be and the percentage of the audience choosing each specific option is displayed to the contestant.

In this suspense-filled game show where contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions with an eagle-eyed vision to win large cash prizes in a format that twists on many game show genre conventions, Hakeem Condotti, CEO of BLK HUT Media, the Licensee and production house stated: “As a company, our desire is to continuously deliver creative, intelligent and professional content to the market for the people and partner brands; and in the production of a brand with WWTBAM stature, we are able to show our range and capacity to this effect. We are proud to be bringing international quality content right to our screens again in Nigeria, be it on TV, Digital, Cable, or Mobile. As part of the much-needed COVID relief that we all need as a nation, WWTBAM is back to entertain, educate and once again, have viewers on the edge of their seats and creating millionaires every week.”

The Nigerian variation of “WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?”, a viewers’ delight bubbling with delicious elements of suspense and humour laced throughout the show, is ready to take you to a new level of educational adventure, excitement and giddiness in this newly revamped sensational game show, coming to a television screen near you.

Despite Evidence in handbook, NYSC Makes U-Turn denies express advice for corpers

In what appears to be a tardy disposition to the review of official documents, the management of the National Youth Service Corps has denied an express advice in the handbook issued to youth corps members.The handbook is titled, Security Awareness and Education Handbook For Corps Members and Staff.

The handbook, on page 56, had advised corps members travelling on “high-risk” roads to alert their “family members, friends and colleagues to have someone on hand to pay off the ransom that could be demanded” in case they are kidnapped.

The Scheme listed such roads as “Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Lokoja-Okene, or Aba-Port Harcourt” roads.

Page 56 of the handbook stating the reason for ransom
The NYSC denies giving the advice, even when each corps member has the handbook, which has also been obtained by The PUNCH from a youth corps member currently undergoing the mandatory one-year national youth service

in the Batch B Stream 1 cohort.

Source: The Punch