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Post Date : August 4, 2022

Kidnapped Actors Released

  Actors Guild of Nigeria have announced that their kidnapped colleagues; actors, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Agbogidi have been released by their abductors. According to a statement released by the Actors Guild of Nigeria on its official Instagram page on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, the movie stars were released unhurt and in healthy conditions. It read; “This is to gladly inform the public that the kidnapped actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel Agbogidi have been released unhurt. The elated National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas announced their release by the abductors who were touched by the spirit of God to set them free and unharmed.President expressed our heartfelt appreciation to Nollywood industry and Nigerians at large for the support and prayers during the trying period. “He urged members to be security conscious on and off film sets and always take precautionary measures on their personal security at all times. Okereke and Agbogidi were kidnapped on Friday, July 29, while they were returning from a movie set at Ozalla town in Enugu state. On Saturday, their abductors contacted their families, demanding $100,000 as ransom. However AGN President, Emeka Rollas said the guild was only able to raise N1.2 million. In a video clip on social media, he said “While talking to the abductors, we were trying to explain to them that we were putting some funds together, we were contributing. We said that we have about N1.2 million. And they started laughing at us. “They started mocking us and saying, ‘all those your celebrities posting on Instagram, why haven’t they contributed?’ The actors have however, been released but the statement didn’t say if a ransom was paid for their release.

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Post Date : August 4, 2022

Strike: Those blaming us are ignorant of our demands —ASUU

  Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Calabar zone, has said Nigerians blaming the union for the prolonged industrial action lacked knowledge about their real demands. The zonal coordinator and senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Uyo, UNIUYO, Dr. Aniekan Brown, spoke during an interview in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Brown said: “Essentially, when we opted for this struggle, we had known that it wasn’t supposed to be a case of popularity contest. “I salute the support we’ve had over the months. It was a well-thought-out decision to embark on a strike for a better future for all of us. “But my view is that anybody who will take offence with the union, anybody who is blaming ASUU today does that out of ignorance. So, I will appeal to them to take it easy and understand with us. “What ASUU is doing is a selfless struggle. For those who are blaming ASUU, our challenge is to educate them, because if they had known why we are on strike, they will not blame ASUU. He said: “That also tells you the average of education in our country, because we’ve held press conferences, we’ve had appearances on Television, Radio programmes at various stations and levels. We even interpret in vernacular, and you still find people not following.”

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Post Date : August 4, 2022

Documentary on bandits: NBC fines Trust TV, MultiChoice, TSTV, StarTimes N5m each

  The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed fines on Trust Television, MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, TelCom Satellite Limited, and StarTimes Limited for airing a documentary on banditry. Balarabe Ilelah, director-general of the NBC, announced the development in in a statement on Wednesday. Trust TV, an organisation affiliated to Daily Trust newspaper, had aired a documentary entitled ‘Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story’, in March, while the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Africa Eye released its documentary — ‘The Bandit Warlords of Zamfara’ — recently. Consequently, the federal government said both media outlets would be penalised for “glorifying terrorism”.   Ilelah said the fines for DSTV, StarTimes and TSTV was because the platforms aired the BBC documentary on banditry. “The National Broadcasting Commission, today, August 3, 2022, imposed a Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) sanction, each, on Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DSTV; TelCom Satellite Limited (TSTV); NTA Startimes Limited; for the carriage of the documentary by the BBC Africa Eye titled, ‘Bandit Warlords of Zamfara’ which glorified the activities of bandits and undermines national security in Nigeria,” the statement reads. “Trust TV Network Limited was also fined Five Million Naira (N5,000,000.00) for its documentary titled: ‘Nigeria’s Banditry-The Inside Story’.   “While appreciating the need of educating, informing, and enlightening the public on issues bordering on developments and happenings within and outside the country, the Commission wishes to seize this opportunity to advise broadcasters to be circumspect and deliberate in the choice and carriage of contents deleterious to Nigeria’s National security. “Consequently, the airing and carriage of these documentaries contravened the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, sixth edition.” According to Ilelah, the airing of the documentaries contravened section 3(1)(1) of the broadcast code which reads: “No broadcast shall encourage or incite to crime. lead to public disorder or hate, be repugnant to public feelings or contain offensive reference to any person or organisation, alive or dead or generally be disrespectful to human dignity”. NBC also said the platforms violated section 3(12)(2), which bars a broadcaster from transmitting a programme “that incites or likely to incite to violence among the populace, causing mass panic, political and social upheaval, security breach and general social disorder”, as well as section 3(11)(2), which reads: “the Broadcaster shall ensure that law enforcement is upheld at all times in a manner depicting that law and order are socially superior to, or more desirable than crime or anarchy”. “The imposed penalties on these broadcast media platforms and station is to be remitted not later than August 30, 2022. Failure to comply with this will lead to the imposition of a higher sanction as provided in the Code,” Ilelah added. “Broadcasters are enjoined to be instruments of national unity and desist from falling into antics of using their platforms to promote and glamorise subversive elements and their activities. “Please note that every broadcast station or platform is responsible for the content it transmits or transmitted on its platform, and shall be held liable for any content in violation of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.” Meanwhile, in a statement on Wednesday, Trust TV said it is studying the NBC’s decision and considering its options on the matter.   “While we are currently studying the Commission’s action and weighing our options, we wish to state unequivocally that as a television station, we believe we were acting in the public interest by shedding light on the thorny issue of banditry and how it is affecting millions of citizens of our country,” the statement reads. “The documentary traces the root of the communal tensions and systemic inadequacies which led to the armed conflict that is setting the stage for another grand humanitarian crisis in Nigeria.   “It presents insights into the intersection of injustice, ethnicity and bad governance as drivers of the conflict. “It also aggregates voices of experts and key actors towards finding solutions, including those of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Senator Saidu Mohammed Dansadau, who hails from one the worst hit communities in Zamfara state.”

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Post Date : August 4, 2022

NBA Says Atiku, Obi Will Speak At Its 2022 Annual General Conference

  The Nigerian Bar Association says two of the four leading candidates in Nigeria’s 2023 presidential elections have confirmed their availability to speak at the forthcoming Annual General Conference of the Association (NBA) in Lagos this month. The 2022 NBA Annual General Conference, with the theme “Bold Transitions”, will hold at the Eko Atlantic City in Lagos from the August 19 to 26. The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart, the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who have both confirmed their availability will be speaking in a panel session on the topic “Democratic Transitions in 21st Century Nigeria: 2023 and Beyond”.   A press release by the NBA’s Technical Committee on Conference Planning (TCCP), also said invites had been sent out to the other two candidates, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), but they were yet to confirm their availability. The TCCP said the Presidential Candidates’ session will come after the conference opening ceremony and will afford participants a rare opportunity to interact with the presidential candidates just six months ahead of Nigeria’s general elections next year. “We are excited to announce that of the four leading presidential candidates we sent invites to, two have confirmed to us that they would be available to speak at the 62nd NBA Annual General Conference holding at the Eko Atlantic City in Lagos. We await a response from the other two and we are hopeful that it would be positive,” . “It is a first in the history of the NBA Annual General Conference and it is in line with our aspiration to make the 2022 AGC a legacy conference that sets a standard that will become a benchmark for subsequent conferences of the NBA. We are looking forward to seeing participants have a robust engagement with the candidates,” the statement said.

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Post Date : August 4, 2022

Wife Seeks Divorce Over Hubby’s Inability To Provide Food

  A housewife, Rabi Mohammed, on Wednesday approached an area court in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, seeking the dissolution of her marriage over the failure of her husband, Atiku Adamu, to provide food. Rabbi said she had been married to Adamu according to Islamic Personal Law for four years. She accused Adamu of failing to provide funds for her feeding and general maintenance in the last two years. She said, ”He has not visited me in two years and does not take proper care of me. I cannot bear it anymore.” The respondent, who had been served court summons twice, failed to appear in court. The Judge, Muhammad Adamu, ordered that the respondent should be served with the court summons again and adjourned to August 15. (NAN)

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Post Date : August 3, 2022

Obi’s group knocks Tinubu over ‘Obi-tuary’ article

  The Peter Obi Support Network has slammed the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, accusing him of wishing the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and his supporters dead. The group in a statement, observed with dismay that Tinubu has refused to condemn the “obituary” column written by one of his aides, Mr Sam Omatseye, published on Monday. The statement which was signed by the Deputy Director of Communications, POSN, Mr Adegbite Adekunle, on Wednesday, said Omatseye, had in the article, wished the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his supporters dead. The group said, “If Tinubu did not sanction that article, it would not have been published. “If he did not sanction it, by now Omatseye would have been sacked or, at least, reprimanded for that satanic piece. “For Tinubu and his camp to keep quiet on this sacrilegious write-up by one of his confidants and published by his own newspaper speaks volumes. It betrays Tinubu’s endorsement of the column which has attracted widespread condemnation, except from the Asiwaju and his camp.” It noted that this is the second time in barely three weeks that the APC camp is praying for death in the Obi camp, recalling that Tinubu himself during an APC rally in Osun State on July 13 publicly declared that Labour Party’s ‘Obidients’ – as Obi’s supporters are otherwise known – would labour till death. The statement read in part, “The APC has brought in ethnicity, religion and now death wish into the 2023 campaign. It portends grave danger. “Ethnicity: He was the only presidential candidate who said, ‘It is my turn. It is Yorubas’ turn’. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and others accentuated it with their ethnic comments and actions. “Religion: He was the only one who disregarded the religious plurality in his choice of running mate, thereby making religion a talking point in this campaign season. “Repeated reference to death – He was the one who said that Labour Party supporters will labour in vain to their death. Now he has published a full-page article in his newspaper (The Nation) referring to #PeterObi as ‘OBI-TUARY’, another reference to death. In that same article, he also engaged in the demonisation of the Igbos, a clear attempt to set Igbos up for hate and attacks. “It is obvious the Tinubu’s camp is desperate and ready to fight dirty in this campaign. But this is not 2015. The people are ready to meet them squarely.” The group, therefore, challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, as the electoral umpire, not to be indifferent to the excesses of Tinubu and his supporters. “While Tinubu is free to pursue his life ambition to become Nigeria’s president by hook or by crook, he should realise that Nigeria is bigger than his selfish ambition and should refrain from unnecessarily heating up the polity. INEC should call him to order without further delay before he plunges the country into needless chaos with his unguarded utterance and hate speech,” the group added.

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Post Date : August 3, 2022

EFCC Declares Mompha Wanted

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Ismaila Mustapha, the socialite better known as Mompha, a wanted person. The anti-graft agency, in a Twitter post, called on member of the public with information on his whereabouts to speak up. “Wanted by the EFCC: Ismaila Mustapha. Anyone with useful information as to his whereabouts should contact the EFCC or the nearest police station,” the EFCC wrote. Mompha and his company Ismalob Global Investment Ltd were arraigned by the commission over alleged N6 billion fraud on January 12. A fresh eight-count charge was brought against him, including conspiracy to launder funds obtained through unlawful activity and laundering of funds received through illegal activity. Others are retention of proceeds of criminal conduct, use of property derived from an unlawful act, possession of a document containing false pretense, and failure to disclose assets and properties. He was remanded in the custody of the EFCC but later granted a bail of N200 million which he couldn’t fulfill. The bail sum was later slashed to N25 million. The EFCC had, on June 10, accused Mompha of flouting a court order by traveling to Dubai with a new passport. On June 22, a Lagos court revoked the bail granted to him after the controversial socialite’s absence for trial.

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Post Date : August 3, 2022

Bandits Kill Abducted Victims After Collecting Ransom

  The abducted student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Rachael Opadele; a Hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi and one other, have been killed by their abductors. Ms Opadele, who was working with the hotelier (Owolabi), due to the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was abducted on Friday in Ogbomoso. The victims were reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening by the kidnappers after collecting N5 million as ransom. A family source, who pleaded anonymity, said that a motorcycle operator, who carried the man with the ransom to the designated spot in the bush, was also killed, while the ransom carrier sustained injuries. The source said that the abductees and motorcycle operator were shot dead in anger, while the ransom carrier is currently receiving medical attention in an undisclosed hospital. The ransom was taken to the bush on Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway, around Igbon area. According to the source, the kidnappers became angry when they noticed the presence of soldiers at the LAUTECH area. Soldiers had stormed Ogbomoso on Tuesday in order to beef up security as a result of the increasing rate of kidnapping in the area. When contacted, SP Adewale Osifeso, the Police Public Relations Officer, who neither confirmed nor denied the reports, promised to get back to our reporter. He failed to do so hours after.   (NAN)

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Post Date : August 3, 2022

Effort By PDP BoT To Resolve Wike, Atiku Rift Fail – Report

  The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has failed to resolve the rift between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike. Rather, members of the Board, during a meeting at the Abuja PDP national secretariat, resolved to set up a committee to take up the task. Briefing journalists after the meeting, the BoT chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin said all members of the BoT are members of the committee. However, snippets at the meeting indicated that the BoT had dismissed the demand by Wike camp that the PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu must step aside. The Governor’s camp had premised its demand on an agreement said to have been reached earlier, that Ayu will step aside if a Northern emerged the PDP presidential candidate

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Post Date : August 3, 2022

Man, 50, Rapes Seven-Year-Old Orphan

  A fifty-year-old man, Danladi Daniel, who is a non-academic staff of College of Education, Akwanga, in Akwanga local government area of Nasarawa state, has allegedly defiled a seven-year-old orphan. Our correspondent gathered that the victim stays with her grandfather in Ungwar Loko, Gwanje village in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state, and is his only granddaughter. In a chat with our correspondent in Akwanga LGA, the grandfather appealed to the state government, the police and relevant authorities to urgently intervene in the matter to ensure that the perpetrator of the act is prosecuted according to the law. The victim, who has been living with her grandfather since her parents died four years ago, told our correspondent that on the fateful day, she woke up and discovered that she was the only one at home; so, she decided to sit outside their compound. She explained that one ‘Uncle Dan’, whose house is near to theirs, asked her to come and meet him, but she refused. “He left and still returned back, pretending as if he was fetching water from the well. And before I knew what was going on, he dragged me to his room, removed my pants and slept with me.” The grandfather of the victim stated that when he returned in the evening, he could not find his granddaughter at home. He said, “My belief at first was that my granddaughter was kidnapped to an unknown destination. I was totally confused and devastated when I couldn’t set my eyes on her.” “Upon searching for her within the neighbourhood as I kept on shouting her name at the top of my voice, I saw her limping out of Dan’s room. Her eyes were looking red; she was sweating. “I asked her what happened, then she revealed that my neighbour, Danladi Daniel, dragged her to his room and had sex with her. I immediately took her to a nearby health centre for a test and it was confirmed that she had been defiled. We also saw blood on her clothes and private part.” The Protection Manager, Gamun Centre for Care and Development, Mrs Blessing Tulari, affirmed that the victim was traumatized as a result of the defilement, adding that she urgently needs medical attention and care. Tulari lamented the high rate of sexual abuse against minors across the 13 local government areas of the state, pointing out that between January and July 2022, 12 cases of defilement had been recorded. The Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspect had been apprehended. “The suspect, Mr Danladi Daniel, a non-academic staff of the College of Education, Akwanga, has been arrested for allegedly defiling the seven-year-old orphan,” he stated. He added that the suspect had been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia for further investigations.

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