BREAKING NEWS: Sammie Okposo Is Dead!!
Veteran Nigerian Gospel Musician, Sammie Okposo Is Dead. According to reports reaching us, It was said that the singer slumped and died this morning.
Sammie Okposo (30 May 1971 – 25 November 2022) who according to reports slumped in the early hours of today the 25th day of December 2022 was an international Nigerian gospel artist, a music producer, psalmist, and CEO of Zamar Entertainment. He released his first album Addicted in 2004 and has released a couple of others including his most recent one titled, The Statement released back in 2018, an album produced by the Grammy-winning Kevin Bond.
The list of his collaborations with many other artists in the gospel and soul music fields is endless has performed his craft all over the world.
The news of the singer’s death came as a shocker especially give that he was still actively updating his followers on Social media even as recent as yesterday
See clips of his recent posts on Instagram below;
Likewise on Twitter;
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>THEY ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS<br>THEY ARE USERS @ Lagos, Nigeria <a href=”https://t.co/Vi2iFatdwg”>https://t.co/Vi2iFatdwg</a></p>— Sammie Okposo (@sammieokposo) <a href=”https://twitter.com/sammieokposo/status/1595367105171492866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>November 23, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
- 1. Addicted
- 2. Naija Praise
- 3. You Can Make It
- 4. Good God
- 5. Nobody Can Say No
- 6. Oluwa E Tobi
- 7. Lift Him High
- 8. Don’t Hate
- 9. Mighty God
- 10. Love Is Supreme
- 11. Sing Halleluyah (Live)
- 12. Many Reasons
- 13. God Can
- 14. Because of You
- 15. Na Only You
- 16. God Do Am
- 17. A Marvelous Thing
- 18. He Knows
- 19. Thank You
- 20. I Do
- 21. Shine and Proud
- 22. By My Side
- 23. Unconditional Love
- 24. Na So
- 25. Jesu
- 26. Baba Ye
- 27. Oghene Doh
- 28. Good God (Bonus)
- 29. Hold to His Hand
- 30. It’s My Turn
- 31. Sing Your Praise (S.Y.P.)
- 32. Everybody Look
- 33. A Prayer
- 34. Nija Praise
- 35. Oboto (Jiro Oghene)
- 36. I Love You Jehovah
- 37. Welu Welu
- 38. Na Only You I Know
- 39. Jawa Chineke
- 40. No Wahala
- 41. The Glory Is Here (Live)
- 42. You Are Wonderful
- 43. That’s Why You Are Called Jehovah
- 44. Praise Party
- 45. My Miracle
and many more…
Sammie Okposo’s musical works were also highly recognized and rewarded as he had quite a whole lot of award to his name, see below;
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Fame Music Awards | Most Promising Male Artiste | Won |
| 1997 | The Movie Awards, Nigeria | Best Sound Track | Won |
| 1998 | Best Sound Track | Won | |
| 1999 | Best Sound Track | Won | |
| 2000 | Best Sound Track | Won | |
| 2001 | Amen Awards, Nigeria | Best Gospel Artiste | Won |
| 2002 | Power of Music and Praise Awards | Best contemporary gospel Artiste | Won |
| Gospel Artiste of the year | Won | ||
| 2003 | Kora Awards, South Africa | Best Male Gospel Artiste in Africa | Nominated |
| 2005 | Amen Awards | Best Male contemporary gospel Artiste in Nigeria | Won |
| CNA Awards | Best remix Album | Won | |
| Teen choice Awards | Artist of the year | Won | |
| 2006 | Afro Hollywood Awards UK | Best Gospel Artiste in English | Won |
| Nigeria Movie Awards | Gospel Artist of the year | Won | |
| Best Sound and Music Score [Amazing Grace] | Won | ||
| Kora Awards, South Africa | Best Male Gospel Artist in African | Won | |
| 2007 | Nigeria Entertainment Awards, New York | Gospel artist of the year | Won |
| 2008 | Nigerian Music Video Awards | Best Gospel Video | Won |
| Nigerian Music Awards | Best contemporary Gospel Artiste | Won | |
| 2010 | God zone award | Excellence in Entertainment | Won |
| 2011 | Nigerian Music Video Awards | Best music video producer | Won |
| 2012 | Inside Out media awards | Positive impact awards | Won |
| Pastor Bimbo Odukoya foundation awards | Best male Christian artiste | Won | |
| African Gospel Music Awards U.K | Trail blazer award | Won | |
| Real Soccerfest and CAN | Grass root ambassador of the year | Won | |
| 2013 | Crystal Awards, Nigeria | Album of the year (The Statement) | Won |
| Artiste of the year | Won | ||
| Nigeria Entertainment Awards, New York City | Best Gospel Artist | Won | |
| Gospel Music Awards, Nigeria | Best Indigenous/Traditional Song Nigeria | Won | |
| Album of the year | Won | ||
| Nigeria Gospel Music Awards, Nigeria | Artiste of the year | Won | |
| 2014 | Africa Gospel Music Awards (UK) | Music Video of the Year (Who Tell You Say) | Won |
| SABC Crown Gospel Music Awards (SA) | Best of Africa Gospel | Won | |
| NMVA Nigerian Music Video Awards | Best Gospel Music Video (Who Tell You Say) | Won | |
| 2015 | African Entertainment Legend Awards | Gospel Artiste of the year | Won |
| The Beatz Awards | Best Music Producer | Won | |
| Best Afro High life Artiste | Won | ||
| Trumpet gospel music awards South Africa | Best worship song | Won | |
| 2016 | Trumpet gospel music awards South Africa | Best worship song | Won |
| Atlanta Georgia USA-Trail Blaizer Award | Best of African gospel awards | Won | |
| 2017 | African Gospel Music and Media Awards,UK (AGMMA Awards) | Male Artiste of the year | Won |
Rest In Peace Late Mr. Sammie Okposo, we pray that God grants you eternal rest and give your family and loved ones the fortitude to bear the painful loss.
