Oluwasegun Adesuyi, Author at SocietyGazette.com

Lagos Announces Movement Restriction For Local Government Elections

The Lagos State government has announced the restriction of human and vehicular movement on Saturday to facilitate the conduct of the planned local government polls in the state.
According to a statement on Thursday by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, the restriction of movement will be in place between 8:00am and 3:00pm.

He explained that this will enable the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) to conduct elections in the 20 LGAs, and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).

He urged all eligible voters to participate in the exercise.

“The restriction is to enable the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) conduct hitch-free elections into positions of Chairmen and Councillors in all the 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas.

“The restriction will facilitate the ease of movement of the electorate, election materials and LASIEC officials for the sanctity of the election, effective monitoring and enhanced security.

“All eligible voters are urged to participate in the elections, which require the cooperation of all residents,” the statement noted.

Meanwhile, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has refuted claims by former presidential media aide, Reuben Abati that a drug dealer is financing the group’s operations and activities.

IPOB on Thursday said Abati has insulted members of the group by suggesting a drug dealer is bankrolling their activities.

Earlier, Abati had reportedly said the group’s finances are linked to a drug dealer who was recently arrested by security operatives in Imo State.

In response, IPOB publicity secretary, Emma Powerful in a statement said the group’s activities are not funded by a drug dealer or any single individual but with voluntary contributions from members of the group.

Breaking: Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Igboho Arrives Court De’appal De Cotonou Ahead Of Trial

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Igboho, has arrived at the Cour De’appal De Cotonou, ahead of his arraignment by the authorities of Benin Republic for immigration-related offences.
A source that spoke with SaharaReporters on Wednesday said, “Igboho may be arraigned for passport-related offences in the Benin Republic tomorrow. His Nigerian lawyers are here already. Yoruba leaders in the Benin Republic have been supportive as well.”

It was gathered that the Yoruba Nation agitator was accused of illegally owning a passport of the Benin Republic.

Recall that Igboho was arrested at Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou, Republic of Benin, with his wife on their way to Germany on Monday night.

Igboho had been declared wanted by the Department of State Services in July after the secret police attacked his residence in Ibadan.

Some Yoruba people resident in and around Cotonou on Thursday matched to the court ahead of Igboho’s trial.

They called for Igboho not to be returned to the country, saying that he had committed no offence.

Video: Pastor Okays Lovemaking Before Marriage, Says It’s Not A Sin

Pastor Olakunle Beloved Jesukale, the general overseer of End-Time Revival Evangelical Ministry, has okayed lovemaking before marriage.

Society gazette reports that Jesukale in a video now viral on the internet faulted those saying having sex before marriage is a sin.

According to the self-proclaimed pastor, sexual intercourse before marriage is no longer a sin. Adding that tho who condemned the act do not believe in the finished works of God.

Jesukale stressed in the barely 3 minutes video that Jesus Christ has destroyed sin; hence he does not believe in the existence of sin any longer. The Pastor insisted that he believes in extreme grace.

He said: “Sex, whether it is before marriage, after marriage or during a marriage is no longer a sin.

“Sex, whether it is done before, after or within the marriage, is no longer a sin. Any preacher that says it is a sin is an enemy of the finished work, and it is not real.”

“If you are just holding yourself, saying that it is when you get married that you want to have sex, you are just discomforting yourself for nothing.

“It has nothing to do with righteousness or purity because Jesus has already renewed our mind to the understanding of what Jesus has done.

“This sin has been destroyed. This sin that people call sin is no longer sin because of what Jesus has done on the cross.

“Sin has died and so there is no sin anymore because, before God, Jesus has become that lamb of God that taketh the sins of the world completely so that people can live a life of liberty and peace. That is whenever you have sex with someone, you enter into a covenant binding you are that person.

“So because of that religious mentality in those days, they felt that since it is a covenant, you must definitely have it with somebody you have a covenant with. If you are just holding yourself, saying that it is when you get married you want to have sex, you are just holding yourself for nothing.

“It has nothing to do with holiness, righteousness or purity because Jesus already nullified sin on the cross. He already removed it once and for all and that is his truth about grace.”

Watch the video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5V9LBr4ZlU

Reactions As Nigerian Graduating Student Rocks “Cheated In Every Exam” T-shirt

A final year student of the Federal University of Technology Minna (FUTMINNA), has rocked a shirt that reads, “Cheated in every exam”, for his signing out.
This is coming after a UNIBEN student pulled a similar stunt and is currently under going investigations

Peace Ufuoma a student of UNIBEN is currently being investigated by her school authorities for wearing a shirt that said, “Aggressive malpractice brought me this far”.

Her department has already established a committee to probe her results after a video had gone viral on social media which featured the young lady, Peace Ufuoma, wearing a shirt that reads ‘aggressive malpractice brought me this far’.

In a meeting on Tuesday, July 13, the management of the institution begun investigating all the results of the lady and a report is to be given within a week.

Amidst all these dramas, another photo surfaces online of a young male graduate of a yet to be identified University boldly showing this sign-out shirt which read, “Cheated in every Exam”.

According to a report by Siggy, the school authorities have started to take the “Uniben move”. They might have to start investigating into his record to find loopholes.

Blasphemy: Sheikh Abduljabbar Seriously Ill, Bleeding From Anus In Detention— Lawyer Cries Out

Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, recently arrested and detained by the Kano State Government over alleged blasphemy is reportedly experiencing medical issues in detention.
The lawyer to the Kano based cleric, Rabiu Abdullahi noted that his client’s health condition has been confirmed by a medical consultant from a government hospital in the state.

It was gathered that the cleric will undergo some tests before the exact ailment can be determined.

Abdullahi while speaking with newsmen on Wednesday confirmed that he has been placed on some medications by health personnel to manage the situation.

“Yes, he is not healthy. He is in a serious health situation because he is even bleeding from the anus.”

“A medical personnel has confirmed that he is not healthy. He asked if he was having health issues before he was arrested and he said no. If he was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer and he said nothing was wrong with him before his detention. He was also asked if he had ever had this type of bleeding before and he said he never experienced it in his life.”

“The doctor then advised him on what to do and prescribed some drugs. This is pending the outcome of some tests that will confirm his exact condition,” he stated.

Concerning whether they are suspecting any foul play from anywhere to get him eliminated, the lawyer said, “Even if there is any foul play, we cannot say it because we have no proof. We only want the world to know what is happening and judge for themselves.”

‘Money! Nonsense, We Have Never Lacked it’ – Bishop Oyedepo Finally Breaks Silence On Sack Of 40 Pastors

Founder and Senior Pastor of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, has finally reacted to the reports that he sacked some pastors of his Church for not generating enough income in their branches.
One Peter Godwin, a pastor of the church had claimed that Oyedepo sacked him and other pastors for failing to make enough money. According to SaharaReporters, Godwin stated, in a video, that he was employed on the 28th of August, 2020.

Godwin who claimed to be a former pastor said he alongside forty of his colleagues were invited by the state pastor on July 1, 2021, and were all sacked over low income in their branches.

Reports has it that the video has generated reactions from Nigerians as some berated Bishop David Oyedepo, while others said the action was in line with the gospel of Christ.

Reacting to the development in a statement on Wednesday, Oyedepo described the reports making the round as ‘nonsense’.

He said the only criteria for their sack was how many souls had been won in the church. Oyedepo maintained that the pastors were sacked because they were unfruitful. According to him, the Church has never lacked money and yet have never prayed for it. “We are just simply obeying God and He is backing up what He is asking us to do. Awesome God,” the Bishop said.

The statement reads: ”When we employed 7000 pastors at once social media was dead. We have more employees than most states in Nigeria and we have owed them or taken bank overdraft once.

”The pastors were asked to go because they were unfruitful. Many of the churches built can never pay for the church building in 30 years. We have no patience for failure here.

”We have built more than 1,000 Churches in rural areas where in the next 30 years, they can never generate such fund, with each costing more than 14 Million Naira. We are hunting after souls, not income.

”People are confused about our Ministry. I learnt some fellows said, “you know, they are not bringing income, that is why they asked them to go.”

”We asked you to go because you are unfruitful. Unfruitful! Blatant failure. Doing what there? We have no patience with failure here.

”When we employed 7,000 people at a time, Social Media was dead. We have more employees in this Organisation than most of the States. No one is owed a dime salary and we don’t borrow, we don’t beg. Ask our bank whether we take overdraft. We are covenant bound, working in the light of God’ Word. Enjoying an open Heaven.

”Money: NONSENSE! We have never lacked it and yet we have never prayed for it, we are just simply obeying God and He is backing up what He is asking us to do. Awesome God.

”Now the next set is about to be flagged off, just certifying the landed property issues, nothing else. We have no lack of anything. The world is confused. Walking in the light of God’s Word. Please obey God to the full and watch out for His manifestations in your life.

”Well, you don’t need so much Mathematics to know a thousand buildings; that is not 1000 Naira each, that is not 10 Million (Naira) each, that is not 12 Million (Naira) each, that is not 14 Million (Naira) each. Some are 35 Million (Naira). At a go!

”We have never seen it ourselves. We just watched God doing it. The only criteria: How many souls have they gotten there? Then, build for them. How many souls? Not once: “how much money do they have?” Oyedepo asked.

”You want to see what we see, go and do what we do. But if you are not saved, there is nothing you do that matters,” he said.

Ooni of Ife Reportedly Welcomes Secret Baby With Another Woman

A popular blogger, Gistlover has alleged that the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi has secretly welcomed a new baby with another woman.
This is coming a few months after Prophetess Naomi Silekunola, the Ooni of Ife’s wife, Oba Adeyeye Ogwunsi, on 15th April, turned a year older, and a dinner party was held in her honor at the palace.

In a video that emerged online captured the moment the queen was eulogizing her husband and jokingly prayed for the monarch to have more queens while she was giving her vote of thanks.

According to the popular Instagram blog, Gist Lover, the Ooni of Ife has wives living in the place with him asides from the Queen and the baby was birth by one of them.

The blog claims thus below:

“According to our source, the Ooni of Ife has 3wives in the palace and they want to keep it off social media as Naomi is the only one allowed to use social media as the Queen of Ooni, all other wives were warned severally to meshionu (keep shut). Queen Naomi has not been finding it easy either as she battles several side chics of the King from all angle…All of us at GLB celebrates with the Ooni of Ife on the arrival of his new born. I come in peace.”

My Village People Are Angry – Cubana ChiefPriest Who Gifted Former Boss, Obi Cubana 46 Cows Cries Out

Celebrity barman, Cubana ChiefPriest has taken to social media to cry out after his village people expressed their anger towards his kind gesture to his former boss, Obi Cubana during the weekend.

Society gazette reports that Cubana ChiefPriest had earlier gifted his former boss, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, 46 cows.

This comes as a kind gesture and offering to the billionaire businessman, Obi Cubana who lost his mother in December 2020 and laid her to rest on Friday, 16 July in grand style in Oba, Anambra state.

Days after the gesture, Cubana Chiefpriest via his Instagram has cried out about how his village people are displeased with him for not extending such a gesture to them. He was stated that he’s now obligated to bring 46 goats as an appeal before he’d be allowed to enter his village again.

Taking to his Instagram to narrate his ordeal, Cubana Chiefpriest wrote; ‘My Village People Dey Para For Me, Dem Say If I No Bring 46 Goats Come Back From Oba Make I No Enter Village Again, Dem Say The Goats Belong To Them, Say Make I No Use Their Tradition Play #DrEzeMuo💀 #CelebrityBarMan’

I don’t Have Soap To Cut For Any Youth Looking for Quick Money, Work Hard – Obi Cubana

Chairman of Cubana Group, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has stated that he does not have “soap” to cut for any youth looking to make quick money.
Society gazette had reported the lavish display of wealth in Oba last Friday Obi Cubana buried his mother was in grand style.

Obi Cubana, who reportedly lost his mother in December 2020, laid her to rest on July 16th 2021 in Oba, Anambra state.

The funeral’s preparations caught the attention of many after the club owner received 246 cows from his friends.

Obi Cubana also bought a diamond chain and pendant from a popular jeweller, Efobi Stephen, which had his late mother’s face engraved on it.

Many youths have since taken to social media to hail the nightclub boss asking him to “cut soap” (which means introduce them to ritualists) for them.

Speaking in an interview with BBC News Pidgin on Tuesday, Obi Cubana advised youths to work hard and earn a better life.

While urging youths to work hard to make their money legitimately, the businessman stressed his belief in the power of prayer, God, hard work and investment in quality circle of friends.

“We didn’t plan for one-fifth of the crowd at the funeral,” he said. “But see what happened at the burial. People have been saying that Obi Cubana has money, which money? They need to know people who have money in Anambra and in Nigeria. It is not about money but goodwill. What happened that day, money can’t buy it. See the mammoth crowd, yet nobody was raped, no car was stolen and no one was attacked. It can only be God.”

“I do pray before I leave the house. I pray because if you don’t pray your body will be naked and prone to different attacks,” he added.

Obi Cubana said, “If you are in your 20s, work now. I am 46 years (old), I have done my first half. I don’t know why someone who is just 20 years (old) will say he has not made it when he still has 50 years 60 years ahead.

“There is no soap to cut for anybody, there is no soap anywhere, work, pray, be good, make your own soap.”

2023: Nigerians Eagerly Waiting For Buhari’s Tenure To End – PDP Replies Shehu

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that Nigerians are already tired of the Muhammadu Buhari presidency and can’t wait for his tenure to end in 2023.
The PDP in a statement on Tuesday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said anything that will keep the Buhari government in office longer than May 29, 2023, will be firmly resisted.

The PDP was responding to an earlier report in which the presidency had admonished the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to forget about returning to power when the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari expires in 2023.

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made the submission while speaking on Tuesday after the Eid-el-Kabir prayer in Abuja.

According to him, President Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have done so much for Nigerians that the citizens will not vote for another party come 2023 when he leaves office.

He told the PDP and other opposition parties to forget about displacing APC as the ruling party in 2023 because Nigerians will not forget the legacies of the Buhari administration in a hurry.

Replying in a statement titled ‘Buhari Presidency’s 2023 Comments Smacks of Self-Succession Plot’ the PDP said the position of the president’s spokesperson is provocative and suggestive that Buhari wants to cling to power.

It added that Nigerians have suffered enough hardship under the Buhari government and deserve something better.

The statement reads: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the assertion by the Buhari Presidency that Nigerians will be waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari “to show the way in 2023” has further heightened public apprehensions of self-succession plot by the cabal in the Presidency.”

“Nigerians were jolted when President Buhari’s spokesman, Shehu Garba, publicly announced in Daura, Mr. President’s hometown, that President Buhari “constitutes a political obstacle” which those who seek to succeed him, come 2023 “cannot dismantle.”

“Such statement by the Presidency, which is in its last lap of the second and final tenure in office, is not only provocative but also smacks of plots to derail our constitutional democratic order.”

“Perhaps the comment by the Buhari Presidency explains why there have been heavy onslaught against our institutions of democracy as well as the Electoral Act.”

“Our party and indeed the majority of Nigerian across board and even across party lines caution President Buhari’s handlers to note that such plots cannot stand as it will be firmly resisted by the people.”

“Shehu Garba should be bold enough to announce that President Buhari will be on the ballot for another term in 2023 and watch how Nigerians will respond.”

“The 1999 Constitution (as amended) is clear on the tenure of office of the President and such cannot be extended under any guise or conditions whatsoever.”

“It is imperative for Shehu Garba to note that Nigerians have been subjected to the worst forms of hardship under the Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration and will never allow anything that will keep this administration in office a day beyond May 29, 2023.”