The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has apologised to Christian clerics over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. He also appealed to them to help talk to their followers about the need to forgive and give the party a chance. This was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Richard Olatunde, on Monday.
According to the statement, the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum spoke on Sunday at the 40th Holy Ghost Convention Dinner of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. The governor hinged his call for understanding on the need for power to return to the southern part of the country after eight years in the northern part.
He said, “I understand our feelings because I am one of you. I am a Christian. All of us here are worried. What will be our gain, and that, why is my party, the APC, throwing up a Muslim-Muslim ticket?
“It has been a real issue for all of us; even members of the party. We have debated it, fought it and done so many things about it. I have always said to people, that my fight was for a Southern President. Now it has come to the South-West, will I now throw the baby away with the bathwater? Can I, in all honesty, do it? Should I, in all honesty, do it?
“We call it a matter of coincidence. It is a matter of conscience. All of us are here, why don’t we look at it from one angle? The buck stops on the table of the President. Do we have a capable hand who can manage the affairs if given the opportunity? Do you have a man who is bold enough to challenge incursions into our land? That is it.
“All of us here have lived together for years, and we didn’t allow religion to cause a fight among us. We have Muslims in our families and there is no fight. We have many leaders in Yoruba land who have both Muslims and Christians in their families and there is no fight.
Six suspected contributors of Eiye cult organization have been on Sunday, September 11 arrested by Ogun state Police command whilst trying to kill a conventional ruler in his palace.
A announcement launched through SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the nation police command, gave the names of the suspects as Michael Ayodele, Monday Samuel, Ademola Matthew, Hammed Jelili, Ogundele Ojeh and Sunkanmi Fadina. He stated the suspects had been arrested following a misery name obtained at Oja odan divisional headquarters from the Oba of Gbokoto land, Oba G.O Olukunle, at approximately 4:25 pm, that a few cultists had been approximately to kill him in his palace .
”Upon the misery name, the DPO Oja- Odan division, quick mobilized his guys and moved to the palace, in which they met the hoodlums capturing sporadically in the palace.
The policemen engaged them in shootout and ultimately subdued the cultists and were given six among them arrested.
On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed been participants of the scary Eiye confraternity. They additionally knowledgeable the police that, it turned into the son of the Oba who’s now at massive that invited them to return back and get rid of his father due to an unresolved trouble the Oba has been having together along with his mother. ”Oyeyemi stated
The police spokesperson brought that Items recovered from them include one regionally made double barrel pistol, stay cartridges and one expended cartridge, at the same time as the son of the Oba who has taken to flight become stated to have escaped with any other gun belonging to the organization.
He introduced that the country Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the on the spot switch of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet research with the view to rate them to courtroom docket on the belief of the research. The CP additionally ordered a large manhunt for the fleeing son of the Oba with a view to carry him to justice.
Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin is passing thru the rugged Scottish geographical region Sunday on a very last adventure from her loved summer time season property Balmoral Castle to London, with mourners quietly lining roads and a few tossing plants to honor the monarch who died after 70 years at the throne.
The hearse drove beyond piles of bouquets and different tributes because it led a seven-automobile cortege from Balmoral, in which the queen died Thursday, for a six-hour journey thru Scottish cities to Holyroodhouse palace in Edinburgh.
The past due queen’s coffin changed into draped withinside the Royal Standard for Scotland and crowned with a wreath product of flora from the property, which include candy peas, one of the queen’s favorites.
“A unhappy and poignant second as Her Majesty, The Queen leaves her cherished Balmoral for the very last time,” the primary minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon tweeted. “Today, as she makes her adventure to Edinburgh, Scotland can pay tribute to an tremendous woman.”
Crowds covered elements of the direction because the state mourns its longest-reigning monarch, the most effective one maximum Britons have ever known. In the Scottish village of Ballater, wherein citizens regard the royal own circle of relatives as neighbors, loads of humans watched in silence and a few threw plants in the front of the hearse because it surpassed.
In every city and village the automobiles drove via, they have been met with comparable muted scenes of respect. People stood in general in silence; a few clapped politely, others pointed their telecellsmartphone cameras on the passing automobiles. Before achieving the Scottish capital, the cortege is touring down what’s successfully a royal reminiscence lane — passing thru places weighted down with House of Windsor records which includes Dyce, in which in 1975 the queen officially opened the U.K.’s first North Sea oil pipeline, and Fife close to St. Andrews University, wherein her grandson William, now the Prince of Wales, studied and met his destiny wife, Catherine.
Sunday’s solemn power thru Scotland got here because the queen’s eldest son turned into officially proclaimed the brand new monarch, King Charles III.
“I am deeply aware about this super inheritance and of the responsibilities and heavy duties of sovereignty, that have now handed to me,” Charles stated Saturday. Just earlier than the proclamation turned into study Sunday in Edinburgh, a protester seemed with a signal condemning imperialism and urging leaders to “abolish the monarchy,” getting taken away quickly in a while through police. The crowd applauded.
One guy shouted, “Let her go! It’s unfastened speech!” even as others shouted: “Have a few respect.”
It’s a signal of the way a few, which includes the previous British Empire colonies, are suffering with the legacy of the monarchy. Earlier, proclamations have been examine in different components of the Commonwealth countries, along with Australia and New Zealand. Charles, while he mourned his past due mother, changed into attending to paintings at Buckingham Palace, assembly with the secretary-standard and different representatives of the Commonwealth, international locations grappling with affection for the queen and lingering bitterness over their colonial legacies, starting from slavery to corporal punishment in African faculties to looted artifacts held in British institutions.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who had began out laying the foundation for an Australian republic after elections in May, stated Sunday that now changed into the time now no longer for a alternate however for paying tribute to the overdue queen.
India, a former British colony, determined an afternoon of nation mourning, with flags reduced to half-body of workers on all authorities homes at some stage in the country.
Amid the grief enveloping the House of Windsor, there have been tips of a likely own circle of relatives reconciliation. Prince William and his brother Harry, collectively with their respective wives, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, extremely joyful mourners close to Windsor Castle with a marvel joint look Saturday.
President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has declared 3 days of countrywide mourning following the loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II.
In a declaration on Friday, the outgoing president mentioned that the mourning length will begin at the eve of Friday, September 9, 2022, and end, at sundown, on Monday, September 12.
President Kenyatta additionally directed all Kenyan-led nation agencies, each neighborhood and abroad, to make sure that every one Kenyan flags inside their premises are flown at 1/2 of mast in the course of the 3-day length.
“The Flag of the Republic of Kenya will be flown at 1/2 of-mast at State House and all Kenyan Diplomatic Missions, Public Buildings and Public Grounds, all Military Bases, Posts and Stations, on all Naval Vessels of the Republic of Kenya, and but someplace else during the Republic of Kenya; from sunrise on nowadays till sundown on Monday, twelfth September 2022,” stated President Kenyatta.
“Our country wide flag will be flown at 1/2 of-mast for the identical duration of time in any respect High Commissions, Embassies, Consulates, Diplomatic Offices and different centers of the Republic of Kenya abroad.
While sending out his condolences to the Queen’s own circle of relatives and the humans of Britain, President Kenyatta went directly to hail the deceased matriarch as a gallant chief who will pass down in records as one of the maximum devoted contributors of the Royal Family.
“Our inner most sympathy and condolences exit to His Majesty King Charles III and the relaxation of the Royal Family. Rarely has one individual so epitomized the very excellent of humanity and management via selfless public carrier because the Late Queen Elizabeth II did in her 70 years on the helm of the UK and the Commonwealth, and in her existence of ninety six years,” stated President Kenyatta.
“In all that, as governments rose and fell, new international locations had been born, and the geopolitical sands shifted again and forth; Queen Elizabeth II remained our one steady and an unshakeable rock of determination to duty, grace, sacrifice, public carrier, and the dedication to God, Country, and Family. May God relaxation her soul in peace.”
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, died on September 8, 2022, on the age of ninety six, at Balmoral, Scotland.
Kenya is certainly considered one among 36 Commonwealth international locations for whom the Queen has served as a symbolic figurehead.
A priest in Nnewi Anglican Diocese, Rev. Barr. Ogbuchukwu Makuo Lotanna has just resigned from being a priest in the Anglican Diocese, with plans to kick off a movement that supports Polygamy.
To Reverend Ogbuchukwu, Polygamy is not bad. He said he has taken his time to discover the truth about Polygamy, which the Church has been hiding for a very long time. He claimed that he has received a divine mandate from God to kick off a movement in support of Polygamy called ‘Gideonites’ and that their place of worship will be called ‘Gideonites temple’.
Reverend Ogbuchukwu who is a legal practitioner has also advised men to marry their side chicks, instead of sleeping around with women who they’re not married to. He said that it will help in reducing sexual sins.
Reverend Ogbuchukwu also said that what God hates is unnecessary divorce, and not Polygamy.
Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, has named his former Deputy, Dare Kadiri, as one of those behind his ordeals with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
While maintaining his innocence in the recent EFCC charges against him, Oluomo said “I will want the court to decide because the hyperbolic nature of the petitions written by the impeached former Deputy Speaker, Dare Kadiri was also reflected in the charges.”
In a statement on Friday after he resumed office, following the perfection of his bail conditions, Oluomo said he was not the Accounting Officer of the Assembly, adding that the House only operates one bank account.
“By law, I am not the Accounting Officer of the House, for emphasis, the House under my leadership operates only one bank account since 2019, through which running costs and allowances are paid directly into the bank accounts of individual Honourable members and staff of the House including the petitioner,” he stated.
Oluomo clarified that “charges 10 and 11 are for the Eighth legislature before I became the Speaker.”
He added that the refusal to honour the initial invitation of the EFCC was because of the method adopted by the anti-graft agency, which he said is against section 36 of the Constitution.
“We challenged it in court, this is in the public domain as it was widely reported but the EFCC refused to wait for the pronouncement in that case before taking further steps, despite having joined issues with us in court.
“I have always been disciplined and upright in my position, conduct and dealings with people, I shall continue to remain myself with truth and honour as my goal. I thank everyone that showed love and concern in the last few days. Thanks and God bless you all,” he submitted.
Queen Elizabeth II has died at age 96. The royal family gathered at her bedside in Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch has been planning for her succession for some time. Members of the royal family, including Charles, the longest-serving heir in British history, have increased their responsibilities as the queen’s health declined.
Charles, as the queen’s eldest son, inherits the sovereign title and job as head of the Commonwealth, along with other assets such as land and property.
In the past, the queen expressed desire for Charles to take over the Commonwealth. “It is my sincere wish that the Commonwealth will continue to offer stability and continuity for future generations, and will decide that one day the Prince of Wales should carry on the important work started by my father in 1949,” she said in 2018 after he was unanimously voted to be the next head.
Charles, 73, has waited decades to become king and is the longest-serving heir in British history. He is the eldest of four children born to the queen and her late husband, Prince Philip. When his mother assumed the throne at age 25, he became Britain’s heir apparent at age 3. Charles’s titles include Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay and Earl of Carrick.
Charles married Diana Spencer in 1981, and the couple became known as the Prince and Princess of Wales. They had two children, Princes William and Harry. Charles and Diana separated in 1992. Following Diana’s death in 1997, Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles, now known as the Duchess of Cornwall, in 2005.
Charles has long campaigned for a better environment, championing global sustainability in speeches over the years. His work includes expanding education and opportunities for young people in the United Kingdom.
His full name is Charles Philip Arthur George, so he could select any of those as his regnal title. This means that Britain’s next monarch might not go by the name of Charles, or he could decide he wants to be referred to as King Philip or King Arthur.
U.S govt. concurs to lessen Hushpuppi’s sentence to 11yrs for assisting detectives clear up different crook instances . . Prosecutors withinside the United States have requested a federal choose to condemn Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas to eleven years in jail and 3 years of supervised launch for his position in a multinational conspiracy that earned him hundreds of thousands of bucks among 2019 and 2020. . .
American lawyers led via way of means of Khaldoun Shobaki withinside the U.S. Central District of California (Los Angeles) argued that Hushpuppi must additionally be requested to pay $1.7 million in restitution; $500K in fines and $one hundred in administrative fees, consistent with guidelines submitted in advance of his sentencing on September 21. . .
The improvement got here extra than years after the notorious Internet fr@ud ringleader become arrested in Dubai in June 2020 for using a couple of schemes that focused sufferers in Europe and the United States. He pleaded responsible in April 2021 after prosecutors found his involvement in a separate conspiracy to defraud a Qatari businessperson, who lost $810K withinside the system of looking to reap an elusive mortgage to installation an global school. .
The prosecutors argued that their sentencing hints have been suitable thinking about the gravity of Hushpuppi’s crimes. The authorities stated one in every of his co-conspirators Ghaleb Alaumary became sentenced to one hundred forty years in prison for violating the identical set of crook codes. . “By his personal admission, throughout simply an 18-month length defendant conspired to launder over $three hundred million,” the prosecutors stated.
The authorities stated Mr Abbas’ crook direction become premeditated, despite the fact that he had a clean hazard to pick a profitable profession as a law-abiding citizen. . .
Mr Abbas’ sentencing, the authorities argued, turned into decreased due to the fact he cooperated with detectives on our crook instances below research and prosecution in American courts.
Speaking from his clinic bed, the victim who is an international student, said he was with two of his friends when some police officers accosted them and ordered them to enter their vehicle.
He said the officers identified one of them and asked him to go while they told him and his other friend to enter their vehicle.
The victim went further, said the officers asked for their phones and they surrendered them to the officers.
According to some of his statement,
“after searching their phones and not finding anything incriminating, the officers turned to his friend and asked him why he wasn’t into “Yahoo Yahoo” He stated.
He said he mentioned one of his friend not to answer the question which lead to the officers who then started beating him.
When speaking, said the officers took them to the station, collected their phones and then threw them into the cell, He said he started becoming unconscious inside the cell and the officers then brought him out and took him to his hostel where they dumped him.
The caretaker of the hostel confirmed the incident and said the officers did not move as they saw him rushing the victim to the hospital.
Ahmed killed his Yahoo friend “Wasiu” in Modakeke because he makes massive money from fraud.
We killed our friend because he made more money from internet fraud and was always flaunting his success- 28-yr-old suspect confesses
A murder suspect, Wahab Hammed, 28, who was recently arrested by men of the Osun state police command, says he conspired with his friend, Adegoke Ayobami, 31, to kill one Oguntade Wasiu because the deceased was making more money than the two of them.
While being paraded before newsmen at the state police command on Wednesday, September 7, Hammed said he and Ayobami were friends to the deceased and also engaged in Internet fraud, which fetched Wasiu more money than the two of them.
“I am a tailor by profession and I have a shop but I also operate motorcycle for additional income. I am from Modakeke in Adesiyan compound. I also engaged in Internet fraud but I have never hit any money.
Wasiu was a friend to Ayobami. I knew him through Ayobami and he was into Internet fraud. He has been into yahoo before our friendship more than a year ago.
I and Ayobami killed Wasiu because he was always telling us about his achievements, about how much money he was making from internet fraud and how he flaunted his successes like opening a shop for his wife, buying gold and many more. All these grieved my heart and made me envy him.
And I have always wanted to collect his money so that I can use it to cater for my need.
We killed him on August 8, 2022. We lured him to a new site because he came to me that he wanted to buy a piece of land. Ayobami and I took him to a site at Modakeke. After we inspected the land, on our way back, I was in front, Wasiu followed me and Ayobami was at the back. Ayobami held him at the jugular and while he was shouting he hacked him on the head with a cutlass.
We never had a plan to kill him but to collect money from him, but Ayobami eventually killed him. I went to report myself at the police station days later.”
The Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, said the suspects would be arraigned in court after the conclusion of the investigation.
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