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Nigeria’s D’Tigers Honor Late Popular Singer, Sound Sultan

Nigeria Basketball players, D’Tigers has honour late renowned rapper, singer and songwriter, Sound Sultan with their warmup shirts.

Society gazette reports that the late singer, Sound Sultan died on Sunday at age 44 and was buried in the United States of America according to Islamic rights.

In the video shared on social media, the players were seen rocking shirts embroil with the late singer’s face against their game with Australia

They also had dedicated their victory over Team USA to Sound Sultan, who was a huge fan of Basketball and contributed a lot to the Basketball scene in Nigeria before his sudden death.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has extended sadness whilst sending his heartfelt condolences to the Fasasi family over the death of Sound Sultan

The Governor urged the deceased family, friends, associates, fans and entertainment practitioners to take the death of Sound Sultan as an act of God.

He said: “Sound Sultan’s death is painful. He was a bundle of talents, who used his God-given gift to advance the course of mankind. His music, artistry and interest in sports were all donated at every point for the development of humanity.”

Sanwo-Olu added that: “No doubt the death of a loved one is usually painful because it is irreparable but we must always take solace in God especially if the deceased had lived a good and fulfilled life, just like the late Olanrewaju Fasasi, who was a celebrated singer, comedian, rapper, songwriter and actor during his lifetime.

“Sound Sultan will be sorely missed by his family, friends, fans and the Nigerian entertainment industry as one of the pacesetters of modern hip hop music in Nigeria.

“Sound Sultan who was notable for using his music to speak against poverty, corruption, bad governance and societal ills in Nigeria, has left a vacuum that would take some time to be filled”.

“I sympathise with Sound Sultan’s widow, children, siblings, family, fans and colleagues. I pray that God will grant the late Olanrewaju Fasasi eternal rest and grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”

Yoruba Nation: Nigeria Intelligence Services Locate Sunday Igboho

The hideout of Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho, has been discovered by the Intelligence community in Nigeria.
Recall that the Department of State Services invaded that residence of the Yoruba Nation agitator in the Soka area in Ibadan, the Oyo capital.

According to the secret police, weapons found in his residence include assault rifles, bullets and machetes.

Meanwhile, two of his aides were killed and twelve other associates, including a woman, are being detained.

A source close to federal authorities in a discussion with Daily Post on Tuesday night, said the government already identified his hiding place.

“Many people are yet to fully understand the meaning of Federal Government. Few days after Igboho’s place was breached, intelligence services detected his exact spot.

“No one should underestimate the powers that the government of any country wields. If this secessionist thinks he’s hiding, that thought should be erased.

“The Federal Government of Nigeria knows where he is but they are restraining from taking him in due to tactical reasons.”

The source when asked what he meant by “tactical reasons”, said the government is being careful not to increase the tension in South-West and the country.

It was disclosed that the Yoruba Nation agitator is still in Nigeria and keeping safe.

“They want to arrest him. He is laying low which is the right thing to do. We continue to monitor developments”, he added.

Pandemonium In Ladipo Market as armed men in military uniforms run riot, Shoots Sporadically

There is pandemonium at the popular Ladipo market, Oshodo-Apapa expressway following sporadic shootings by some armed men in military uniforms.

An unconfirmed report said three people were shot dead during the shooting.

Reports said an unspecified number of people were wounded while most of the auto parts dealers took to their heels in different directions.

As of the time of this report, the cause of the shooting was not known.

Details later.

Real Reason Why Senate Rejected Lauretta Onochie As INEC Commissioner

The Senate on Tuesday gave reasons for rejecting the nomination of Lauretta Onochie, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Society gazette reports that the Senate gave its reasons in a statement titled, ‘Senate confirms five nominees as INEC Commissioners, rejects Lauretta Onochie’, by Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate.

According to the statement, Lauretta Onochie’s nomination was rejected because of her partisanship and breach of the federal character principle.

The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano South), was quoted as saying that the committee also received several petitions against Onochie’s nomination.

He disclosed that the petitions against Lauretta Onochie were against the backdrop that her involvement in politics and alleged membership of a political party.

The lawmaker explained further that her nomination violated the Federal Character Principle as there is already a serving National Electoral Commissioner from Delta State, Barr. Mary Agbamuche-Mbu who was screened and confirmed by the 8th Senate.

“In the case of Ms. Lauretta Onochie’s, having studied her curriculum vitae and other relevant documents, followed by exhaustive interaction around the petitions against her nomination which she responded to accordingly, including attesting that she is not a registered member of any political party”, Gaya said.

According to the lawmaker, the Committee bound by the provisions of Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amendment) on Federal Character Principle, refused to recommend Onochie for confirmation.

“Therefore, based on the provisions of Section 14(3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) on Federal Character Principle as earlier stated, and in order for the Committee and the Senate to achieve fairness to other states and political zones in the country, the committee is unable to recommend Ms. Lauretta Onochie for confirmation as a National Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission,” he explained.

Paternity Mess: FCMB Finally Replaced Suspended Nuhu Adam With First Female Managing Director

Yemisi Edun, who took over the reins of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) in an acting capacity in January after the immediate past Managing Director Adam Nuru proceeded on a leave, has been appointed the tier 2 lender’s new chief, the FCMB Group said Tuesday.

She becomes the first female CEO of Subomi Balogun-backed FCMB, the appointment having received the blessing of the industry regulator, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the financial services group said in a note to the Nigerian Exchange Limited seen by PREMIUM TIMES.

In January, the bank’s board appointed Ms Edun, who was the bank’s executive director/chief financial officer at the time, to hold the fort for Mr Nuru, to allow for an investigation into a paternity scandal involving the former CEO, Moyo Thomas, a one-time FCMB employee and Tunde Thomas, her late husband.

The high-profile misconduct probe, the culmination of a petition signed by over 1,400 Nigerians, followed an allegation that Mrs Thomas, who had informed her husband of her decision to leave for the United State with the kids, called Mr Thomas on arrival that none of the two kids, who had known the 45-year-old as their father, was his

– PREMIUM TIMES

41 Confirmed Dead, 5 Injured As Fire Guts COVID-19 ICU Centre In Iraqi – [Photos]

An inferno has caught up with a hospital in the southeastern Iraqi city of Nasiriya.
Society gazette learnt that at least forty-one patients died in the fire incident with at least 5 people critically injured.

Confirming the horrible occurrence in a statement released to newsmen today, Dr. Ammar al-Zamili, the spokesperson for the local health department, said the fire incident happened on Monday night, July 12.

The inferno, Naija News understands was suspected to have started after oxygen tanks exploded in an ICU treating Covid-19 patients,

Al-Zamili said: “The civil defense teams managed to control and put out the major fire that broke out at al-Hussein hospital in the city with the help of health workers and neighborhood volunteers,”

Health officials, however, could not confirmed the exact number of people including patients that were inside the building when the fire broke. It, however, noted that an evacuation operation is underway. Al-Hussein Hospital was set up to treat Covid-19 patients at the start of the pandemic and has quarantine stations on site.

In April, at least 82 people were reported dead in a huge fire at a Covid-19 hospital in Baghdad. That fire had started after oxygen tanks exploded in the Covid-19 ICU.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi will hold an emergency meeting with a number of ministers and security commanders “to find out the causes and repercussions” of the deadly fire, the PM’s office said Tuesday morning, July 13.

Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Mohammed al-Halbousi tweeted that the fire shows a failure to protect lives “and it is time to put an end to this catastrophic failure, and Parliament will shift today’s session to examine options regarding what happened.”

Source: Naija news

Buhari To Have Security Discourse Dinner With 109 Senators

President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8pm meet with the 109 Senators of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This follows a resolution of the Senate on April 27, 2021, mandating the leadership of the upper legislative chamber to schedule a meeting between the president and the 109 senators to discuss the high rate of insecurity across the country.

The meeting was conveyed in a letter received from the State House and read during plenary on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The invitation letter for the scheduled meeting from the statehouse reads, “I write to inform the Distinguished President of the Senate, that President Muhammadu Buhari will host a dinner of Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Tuesday, July,13, at 8 p.m.

“The venue is at the State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.’’

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read the President’s letter on the floor of the Senate at the commencement of plenary.

Lawan asked his colleagues to arrive the Senate wing of the National Assembly for take off to the Villa by 7pm.

Six Men In Police Net After Inserting Long Stick Into Anus Of A 16-Year-Old Suspected Thief

Six adults have been apprehended in Ghana for allegedly inserting stick into the anus of a teenage boy suspected to be a thief.

It was gathered that the individuals were arrested after they were caught on camera while carrying out the condemnable act.

Reports revealed that authority arrested the men at Agogo in Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Identity of the suspects are revealed as follows: Kwasi Marfo (24), Boakye Danquah (65), 53-year-old Osei Bonsu, 26-year-old Kofi Asiedu, 30-year-old Obeng Mensah and a 79-year-old man.

The video was captured by those who claimed to have caught the boy stealing in their neighborhood.

The 79-year-old man in the video who was the first person to be arrested by the police following a missing person complaint filed by the boy’s family, aided the police in the arrest of the remaining 5 people who participated in the stick insertion.

However, in their confession upon arrest, the suspects claimed not to know the 16-year-old boy’s whereabouts, alleging that they untied him and left him to go after the stick was inserted into his anus.

While the boy has now been found by the police and is receiving treatments from a hospital, the men are still in police custody assisting in investigations

At Last! Senate Rejects Onochie As INEC Commissioner

The Senate on Tuesday said the nomination of Lauretta Onochie, an aide to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was rejected because of her partisanship and breach of federal character principle.

In a statement titled, ‘Senate confirms five nominees as INEC Commissioners, rejects Lauretta Onochie’, by Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate, on Tuesday.

The statement quoted Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano South), as saying that the committee also received several petitions against the nomination of Onochie.

He disclosed that the petitions against Lauretta Onochie were against the backdrop that her involvement in politics and alleged membership of a political party.

He explained further that her nomination violated the Federal Character Principle as there is already a serving National Electoral Commissioner from Delta State, Barr. Mary Agbamuche-Mbu who was screened and confirmed by the 8th Senate.

However, the Senate confirmed five other nominees followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on INEC.

The Red Chamber also suspended the nomination of Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam (North Central) for further investigation by the committee.

Those confirmed include Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru (North-West), Prof. Muhammad Sani Kallah (Katsina), Prof. Kunle Cornelius Ajayi (Ekiti), Dr. Baba Bila (North-East), and Saidu Babura Ahmad (Jigawa).

On the nomination against Prof. Sani Muhammad Adam, the committee recommended that “his confirmation be stepped down pending further legislative action by the committee.

“Accordingly, the Senate while confirming the five nominees, adopted the recommendations of the Committee by rejecting Onochie’s nomination and stepping down that of Professor Adam for further action.”

– PUNCH

Meet The Black Man That May Likely Take Over As General Overseer Of TB Joshua’s SCOAN

It is no more news that the founder of the synagogue church of all nations (SCOAN), Prophet TB Joshua has been called to glory and was buried on Friday, 9th Of July, 2021 amidst tears.

His death was one that shook the entire world due to the impact he has made across the globe with his humanitarian gestures and prophetic ministry.

During his lifetime, His church was a refuge for international visitors, presidents, governors, world leaders, businessmen who sought miracle and God’s direction in their endeavors in life. His death can be best described as a colossal loss for the world.

Now that Prophet TB Joshua is dead, there has been confusion and uncertainties on who takes over as the general overseer of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) because someone has to lead in order to preserve the memory and continue the legacy of Snr Prophet TB Joshua.

Some days before the burial, several publications shared that the elders in the church have selected the widow of the late prophet, Mrs Evelyn Joshua as the new leader of the church though this was denied totally by the church, while stating that the church has not yet made such decision.

However, digs by Society gazette has revealed that one of the disciples of the late man of God, Prophet Raccine is likely to be the successor of Prophet TB Joshua at SCOAN.

Prophet Racine has been with Prophet TB Joshua for many years and has been actively involved in the ministry of SCOAN. Several times, He has represented TB Joshua in events, preached on his behalf and by all indications, one can tell that Prophet TB Joshua literally poured himself into Prophet Racine.

During the one week long burial ceremony of the man of God, Prophet Racine appeared in almost all the programmes mostly taking the closing prayer or opening prayer even on the day of the burial. During the thanksgiving service on Sunday, He unveiled a book written about Prophet TB Joshua too. All these could be to prepare him for the huge role he is about the play in the ministry of Prophet TB Joshua even though he might not be aware yet.

More than every other disciple, Prophet Racine is more popular and more featured in the services held at the synagogue church of all nations, let’s keep fingers crossed.