Desmond Elliot, a Nollywood actor who is representing Surulere constituency in the Lagos state house of assembly, says there’ll be no Nigeria in five years if the vices of social media aren’t tackled, The Cable reports. The film star had earlier denied claims by Harvey Olufumilayo, a Twitter influencer, that he pushed for a bill to regulate social media — sparking controversy on Twitter. But on Thursday, a video of Elliot speaking at a recent plenary — where he addressed the vices of social media — surfaced and went viral on the microblogging platform. In the video, the lawmaker reacted to the unrest…
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Femi Adesina, Presidential Media Aide, says poverty was not responsible for the widespread looting of public and private property witnessed in some parts of the country but due to the chaos that trailed the ENDSARS protests. Adesina said the crisis that followed the protest gave opportunity for the looters to carry out their actions. The Presidential Media Aide stated this when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday, monitored by The Cable. “Criminality is criminality. Would it justify armed robbery because the man was poor? Would you justify armed robbery because the man didn’t have money?”…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state, has told the world that, He does not know who deployed soldiers to the streets of Lagos.He does not know who gave them orders to go to the Lekki Toll Gate.He does not know why they shot anyone.He does not know who gave them orders to shoot anyone. He may well be telling the truth but if he is why did he not step out immediately and go to the scene of the shooting to protect his people? Why did he not act like a man? Why did he not call…
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former finance minister, has been elected as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). More details soon.
The Network for Best Practice and Integrity in Leadership (NEBPRIL) has condemned the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for placing a fine on Channels TV, African Independent Television (AIT) and Arise Television for “unprofessional coverage” of the ENDSARS protest. The group said the fine by the commission was an attempt to “muzzle free press and cow the media from informing the public about the goings-on in the society and to chiefly hold the government accountable to the people”. This was contained in a statement issued by Victor Afam Ogene, the group chairman and a former member of the house of representatives,…
Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kogi State, has said that the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the Nigeria Police Force notorious for rights violations in the country has dampened the morale of police officers, Sahara Reporters reports. Yahaya said hoodlums have taken over the streets due to the absence of SARS. Speaking on Channels Television on Tuesday, he said, “Now SARS has ended, police morale has been dampened, they have gone off the streets, and the hoodlums have taken to the streets. Who do we report to?” Earlier in October, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, announced the…
Things went out of hand very quickly with the emerging Nigerian “revolution” when on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, soldiers stormed the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza in Lagos, and started shooting. We were told they shot in the air. But the reports have been conflicting and troubling. The protesters insist that persons died, and that the attack was pre-meditated. The state authorities insist that persons were injured and that there were no corpses; may be just one. They made it sound as if one person dying was nothing to worry about. Nigeria is a country of over 200 million people. When…
After initial denial by the Nigerian Army that its officers were not at Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos, where peaceful protesters were shot and killed last Tuesday, the military has come out to say its officers were only ensuring compliance with a curfew put in place by Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, earlier that day, Sahara Reporters reports. Soldiers killed over 10 peaceful demonstrators and left scores more injured. The Nigerian Army has now said its officers were simply ensuring compliance with the curfew put in place in Lagos State. In a statement credited to the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, the…
My dear Asiwaju Tinubu, Even if the whole country is cowed and mesmerised by you and applauds your callousness, vanity, evil, subterfuge, deceit, ruthlessness, obsessive ambitions, lack of fear of God and doublespeak, I FFK, the Voice of the Voiceless, the Servant of Truth, the Lover of God, the Beloved of the Lord, the Otunba of Jogaland, the Sadaukin Shinkafi, the Odum Agu and the Odugwu Eze will not. Your spell cannot silence, bind or blind me like it has done to others. I see you for what you are and your vain and boastful words here have confirmed it.…
Yoruba Nollywood actress, Eniola Kuburat has passed on. Kuburat was said to have died after a brief Illness. Kunle Afod, her colleague in the industry, shared the news of her death via his verified Instagram handle on Friday. “RIP, Mrs Eniola KuburatOne of the yoruba nollywood Actress After a brief illness,” the actor wrote.
Nigerian footballer, John Ogu has called on his fellow Super Eagles players to boycott the upcoming African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) qualifier games as a show of empathy to victims of shooting of unarmed ENDSARS protesters at Lekki Toll Gate allegedly by security operatives in Lagos. The 32-year-old midfielder made the call during an interview with BBC World Service radio, adding that it is the best thing to do to get the government attention to the plight of the citizens. “What is the point in representing the country if this is what the politicians, the people we’re representing, can do…
The leaders of Odi, a community in Bayelsa state, have asked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo to apologise for the killing of their people by the military 21 years ago, The Cable reports. Obasanjo had reportedly ordered the military into Odi in November 1999 following a conflict in the Niger Delta region over the control of resources. In some accounts, the military claimed that it was ambushed on its way into the community. However, lives and property were lost in the process. The Odi leaders asked for the apology in reaction to a statement credited to Obasanjo. The former president had asked President Muhammadu…