The Creative Industry Group has reacted to the news going around, about the authenticity and legitimacy of functions of the group, by Nigerian singer Felix Duke, describing his foul cry as laughable and petty.



In an attempt to undermine the credence and integrity of Performing Musicians Employers' Association Of Nigeria, PMAN, and its leadership, Felix in a muddled up press statement, regarded himself as President, and unilaterally ascribed offices to his friends and loyalist, who, out of desperation, failed to do due diligence before camping with an imposter.



In a statement released on Friday, February 19, 2021, the group’s spokesperson, Nosa Omoregie, described the release as petty and laughable, lacking substance worthy of promulgation, adding that it further revealed the ruthlessness and desperation of Mr. Felix Duke to rip the industry off its hard-earned integrity and credibility.



He wrote:



We know that the President of PMAN, Pretty Okafor may not indulge in any sort of roforofo bad mouthing with traducers. More important is the peaceful, sophisticated, and a valued pastime that the union has guarded jealously since he assumed the office. We know Pretty will not dignify Felix with a response and by the formidable unity among members of PMAN, no one will engage Felix in the same reductionist mentality.



However, as members of the CIG who have been observing the trend of events as they unfold, we will not hesitate to sound a note of warning to the imposter and his team of traducers who have been jumping from corporate offices to public office holders, begging for money to run paper-projects.



It's about time Nigerians got to know the crux of the matter as Felix and his team of lairs have had their cup full, and it’s about time they were treated to a whiff of their game.



For the record, this matter shall be addressed once and for all.



It is pertinent to know that while the executives of PMAN were fighting the tough battle with the outgone management (Tee Mac and Tony Okoroji) Felix Duke who was with unsuspecting Pretty Okafor and other progressives, was planted by Tony Okoroji,Tee Mac, and Oritz Wiliki to snitch about every step taken by the team. This was confirmed by a credible source from Tony’s camp. PMAN was warned to be wary of a snitch, but we would discard the information as irrelevant, as trust and transparency is our key motivation.



CIG was initiated by Pretty Okafor, but the appointment process was subject to a collective decision. While Pretty Okafor suggested Felix as the coordinator of CIG, the likes of Asha Gangali, Ruggedman, Zakky Azzay, and Felix’s best friend, Sunny Neji, expressed their reservations, knowing how greedy and over-ambitious he can be. Pretty Okafor prevailed on others to make Felix Duke, the coordinator of CIG on grounds of age and experience, a decision he would regret with every fibre in him.



Felix Duke went all out to town to start begging for unsolicited supports from corporate organizations and was receiving funds in millions into his private account, but could not account for a dime.

He continued to use the platform for personal-vested interest and co-opted his girlfriend in the scheme.



The last straw was when he mobilized and staged a meaningless protest against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in connivance with people who are not members of the CIG. Please note that no executive or member was informed before Felix Duke connived with Charlyboy and Oritz Wiliki to stage the 2019 protest, but he went ahead to execute the protest in the name of CIG.



The news got to other members of the executives who tried to call him to order, but he remained adamant.

His excesses became unbearable and an emergency meeting was convened by the group executives and PMAN to address the situation.



At the meeting, Felix Duke was directed to STEP DOWN and HAND OVER to Michael Ugochukwu Stephens popularly known as Ruggedman while the activities of CIG are being probed, a directive he blatantly refused and almost got into a physical fight with Ruggedman.



Felix Duke’s best friend, Sunny Neji, who was also at the meeting looked him in the eye and told him, “Felix, you have disappointed all of us, please step down”. Other notable witnesses include Zakky Azzay, Ruggedman, Asha Gangali, Tunde Omitogun, Pretty Okafor, and others.



Felix Duke later stormed Pretty Okafor’s private residence with his girlfriend the following morning to beg him to retain the coordinating capacity of CIG, noting that he was invested so much in the group.

Unlike Felix Duke’s personified credence to CIG, Pretty Okafor told him that the decision of who leads CIG is not a unilateral matter, but a collective decision of executives.



Today, Felix Duke has decided to create CIG within the figment of his imagination and has gone about to solicit funds from unsuspecting organizations with no verifiable project on sight.



His desperation to steal and destroy were exposed when he wrote his usual letter of support to the “Ministry of Tourism” with fake documents and the executive of PMAN was called to verify the authenticity.

Felix Duke is unlettered and lacks the requisite intelligence to actualize anything other than to beg for money. He did not inform his handlers of the risk of forgery and impersonation he's robbing them into, these are crimes that are punishable by the court of law.

Felix has claimed that the Creative Industry Group is a registered organization that also has its Trademark name registered at the Ministry of Trade and Investment. That is true. But we challenge him to present the documents before the public to back up his claims.

Will he presents the same FAKE registration sheet of paper presented before the honourable Commissioner for Information and Tourism, Folorunso Folarin-Coker, which was utterly rejected?

Felix is morally bankrupt.



Mr Felix Duke was asked to step aside and hand over to Ruggedman, due to his high-handedness and inability to account for the fund, he raised in the name of the group.



His camp has continued to concoct lies so often that anything they said in defence of Felix and his regime is greeted with derision and laughter. They constantly lie and every Nigerians can see through their lies, especially when their version of events and statements are contravened by Felix Duke.



Every discerning mind will wonder why Felix has never been granted an interview to speak extensively about the Creative Industry Group or how he’s related to the movement. How does he manage a group he knows nothing about its history and core value?



Felix has gotten into the mud. That is his habitat, he belongs in the mud. Like the dirty-smelling pig, he’s used to fighting publicly and fighting dirty. So he jumped into the mud first.



“He also referred to the substantive spokesman as ‘One Nosa Omoregie’ like a stranger who just came into the picture. Let it be on record that Nosa was and has been part of the team from the day Creative Industry Group got its name at Shadare’s Gbagada residence in 2016.



“We do not expect anything less from Felix order than to direct his lawyers to challenge the audacity of CIG to operate without him in the picture. Certainly, he will not want to risk jail term by presenting fake documents to the court of law.



“We will also advise his handlers and cohorts to tread carefully, as Felix is only acting in ranting in ignorance.” He wrote.

A CALL FOR POWER ROTATION AND NOMINATION OF PRINCE. TONYE PRINCEWIL FOR RIVERS STATE GOVERNOR 2023.

Our dear good People of Rivers State, We the amiable members of Rivers Women Development Forum Worldwide here by wish to officially bring to your notice our collective resolution to fight for rotation of Power in Rivers State, which truly gives everyone a sense of belonging in our dear Rivers State.



It is time to produce a Governor from the Riverine part of Rivers State for the sake of fairness and equity. Every reasonable indigenous Man or Woman that is from Rivers State knows that it is time for Power to rotate in Rivers State from upland to Riverine Part of our beloved dear Rivers State.



Justice is the proper ordering of people and things. All races and religions include a definition of justice in their codes of law and conduct. Justice is, in fact, the glue that holds societies together. Justice includes the notion of upholding fairness and equity. A call for rotation of Power in Rivers State from upland to Riverine is a long over due call for Justice. We must not allow selfish Politicians to continue to do what will divide us than unite us. It is unfair and wicked to think of retaining Power in upland come 2023. Rivers Women will reject and resist any ill attempt to deny Riverine part of Rivers State the opportunity of Producing a Rivers State Governor from Riverine part of our dear Rivers State. Behind the concept of justice lies the notion of balance that people get what is right, fair and appropriate. We all feel we deserve equal and impartial treatment. Therefore, our call for rotation of Power is a good step towards the right direction.



Interestingly, we are pleased to officially announce that after deep Political analysis and consultations, we collectively resolved to call upon Prince. Tonye Princewill to run and contest for Rivers State Governorship come 2023. He took on Odili before wike even contested for Governorship. He is intelligent and smart. He was not among the 2019 contestants that had different crisis and Political challenges. He's a known brand and a Man with the experience since he took on Sir-Peter Odili way back. Prince. Tonye Princewill is the right choice that can easily win Power for the Riverine interest. We have chosen him and will drag him out to contest come 2023.



Signed.



Miss Blessing Castro.



Spokesperson:

Rivers Women Development Forum Worldwide.

The Nigeria Creative Industry Group CIG has condemned the act of Multichoice after paying the sum of N120 million to Tony Okoroji’s defunct Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON),, and has demanded that matter be investigated by law enforcement agents.
Speaking to newsmen on Monday, February 8 2021, Nosa Omoregie Oloto, the association spokesperson stated that the decision of Multichoice Nigeria Limited to deny Nigerian Musicians of their hard earned royalties by making illegal payment is both cruel and irresponsible and should be probed into by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.
He wrote;
The Creative Industry Group has been sufficiently briefed about the irrational decision of Multichoice to pay a defunct organization, the sum of N120 million naira for the royalties that are supposed to go to music artistes and content creators.
Multichoice as a reputable brand cannot claim to be ignorant of the fact that COSON’s licence has since been suspended by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) over 3 years ago after failing to submit to Forensic Audit as its members were not satisfied with the Organization for objectionable and questionable practices.
We want to put it on record that CIG is following the event as it unfolds and will not hesitate to mobilize for a wholesale boycott of subscribers if it refuses to admit guilt and do the needful.
As a frontline movement I the creative industry, we will not accommodate any form of fraudulent practice at the detriment and expense of our creative minds who have worked hard to disburse creative materials that Multichoice has decided to misuse.
It is disheartening that Multichoice went ahead to file Notice of Appeal in matter that is obviously anti-progressive to the collective interest of creative industry that it solely depends on for content acquisition.
We are also aware of some elements who believe they can dictate to the Supreme Court to rule in their favour and upturn the N5.9 billion judgment against Multichoice Nigeria Limited., and we shall be waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court on the matter.
The music industry has grown tremendously over the last few years to the admiration of local and international audiences, fans and players. We cannot afford to allow ourselves be portrayed as a bunch of jokers or renegades, who can be used and dumped by content merchant who sees creative minds as transitory elements”.
The group calls on Nigerian government and law enforcement agencies to rescue the creative industry from the clutches of Multichoice and its allies in the industry.
“We also call on all genuine right owners to condemn and resist this crass attempt to blackmail and intimidate artists.”, he added

Distinguished eastern women group, Nkata Ndi Inyom Igbo (NNII) has congratulated the new leadership of Ohaneze Ndigbo, urging him to be receptive to new ideas and focus on the challenges ahead.



This is contained in a statement signed by the BOT chairperson, NNII, Regina Amadi-Njoku.



According to the group, Ohaneze Ndigbo remains one of the highly revered titles that has conserved the formidable unity among the sons of Igbo across the country and in the diaspora, urging the new Ohaneze to live up to expectation as his predecessors to protect the collective interest of Ndigbo.



The statement further noted that the challenges ahead are very enormous especially as the nation is battling the surge of herdsmen in the south.

While reiterating the position of the group, Amadi-Njoku maintained that NNII has been, and will remain a formidable group of influential women who eschew partisan alignment with any individual or group at the expense of our most cherished pastime as a people with value and respect.

“The challenges facing the Igbo nation in Nigeria today created the consciousness that a properly primed Ohaneze leadership can provide a potent negotiation tool for Ndi Igbo.



“As a Pan-Igbo group, we at NNII wish to appeal to you to show that you are NDI NDU UZOR in the real sense. The real leadership of Umunne must come with the family spirit of Ndigbo. We pray that you take time to heal the pre-election rancor and misunderstanding which is not unusual in any human interaction. We believe that a peaceful ala Igbo is a precursor to development and progress.



“We all know that NKATA is the Igbo way of bonding and discussing socio-political, cultural, and economic progress and therefore suggests it should be your mantra. We want the new leadership to return to the long-held Igbo values of community, the Onye Aghala Nwanne Ya and the Igwe Bu Ike spirit Ndigbo succeeds with and is known for.

The group advised the new leadership to remain focused and avoid being used by any group or individual in settling old or personal scores as that will derail Ndigbo from achieving their goals.

“We want a leadership that represents the interests of all Igbo stakeholders, big and small of Alaigbo development, and inclusive of women participation in governance and development. We want a leadership that would put up our course in a Nigeria that does not see any leg of the tripod holding the country as inferior to the other.” the statement added

The group also advised the new leadership to remain receptive to new ideas as challenges ahead would be more of ideological wars than initially thought, and to ensure the unity of Southwest towards 2023 agenda.

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QUESTIONABLE PAYMENT OF OVER N120 MILLION BY MULTICHOICE NIGERIA LIMITED AND COLLECTION BY TONY OKOROJI’S DEFUNCT COSON.



QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTION UNCOVERED!!



It is regrettable that a major broadcaster in Nigeria like MULTICHOICE NIGERIA LIMITED has chosen to deny Nigerian Musicians of their hard earned royalties by making illegal payment of over 120 Million to Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), a proscribed and unlicensed entity, to the detriment of Nigerian and Foreign Artists and Right Holders.



We have it on good authority that COSON is not a CMO and has no power to collect any royalties on behalf of Nigerian Musicians. So what was the money paid by Multichoice to COSON meant for?



Note that COSON’s LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND REVOKED by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) as far back as 2018 for refusal to submit to Forensic Audit as its members were not satisfied with the Organization for objectionable and questionable practices.



It is pertinent to further note that Multichoice decided to collude with a nonexistent Organization (by Law and as pronounced by the Court) even in the clear evidence which are abound and DSTV cannot claim ignorance of the Law as it stands today and for all time in Nigeria.



We believe this is one of the financial crimes in which the EFCC should also be interested.



This we are aware may not be unconnected to the Multichoice Nigeria Limited vs Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) case in which the Court of Appeal confirmed the Judgment against Multichoice and the order of court for Multichoice to pay N5.9 Billion to MCSN.



We have been following events and we know that Multichoice has filed its Notice of Appeal and for this reason we would not want to comment on the case that is still in Court and would allow the Supreme Court determine the case on its merit.



However, we are aware that some individuals have been boasting that they can move to “walk the corridors of the Supreme Court in Nigeria” with a small fraction of the judgment sum and get the Judgements of the Lower Courts (Federal High Court and Court of Appeal) set aside in the N5.9 billion judgment against Multichoice Nigeria Limited.



We have been informed that they have also continued to boast that the case will take another 10 years or more before it would be heard thereby wanting the world to believe that the Nigerian judicial system is slow or does not work. We would like them to know ahead that COPYRIGHT is a “Choose in Action” (as pronounced by the Supreme Court) and as such the court is the ONLY place this issue can be resolve and rightly so. Therefore PMAN will not sit and watch MULTI CHOICE DEFRAUD right owners by colluding with a Revoked and proscribed Collective Management Organization like the defunct COSON . PMAN strongly believe in the Judiciary and the Temple of Justice.



Our Judges are upright and would not compromise the name that they have built over the years for such injustice as it affects the musicians of this Great country Nigeria.



This case is definitely more than an Election or Political case as the Lives of our musicians and Youths who are laboring every day to showcase Nigeria in good light through Music are dependent on their ROYALTIES and they should not be allowed to continue to wallow in poverty by these “CABAL” in the Industry. We trust the Supreme Court would give this case the Urgency it deserves and save the Talented Nigerian Youths from the hands of these slave drivers.



We hereby give notice to Multichoice that should there be any slight unethical move by anyone or lawyer or any attempt to subvert justice to the detriment of Nigerian Musicians , PMAN will act swiftly in the best interest of Nigerian Musicians and would no longer tolerate where users of. copyright works and imposters continue to destroy and defraud our Industry thereby killing creators who are dying daily from abject poverty and hunger due to these malevolent acts against practitioners in Nigeria.



Multichoice has continued since inception and establishment of its business in Nigeria to exploit our common wealth just like other known South African companies without paying due royalties to the creators of the contents in Music practically.



It is a known fact and as confirmed by the Managing Director of Multichoice, Mr. John Ugbe, that Multichoice had over 9 Million votes in the recently concluded Big Brother Naija Season 5 which amounts to over 27 Billion Naira made during the show apart from the monies made through sponsors and advertisements. Despite all the gains, MULTICHOICE has refused to pay the Musician whose Intellectual works they have continued to exploit and infringe daily in their operation and broadcast



PMAN calls on ALL relevant authorities particularly the NCC and the NBC to further investigate and prosecute anyone found wanting especially as it concerns the illegal operations of COSON as a CMO against the Copyright Act 2004 LFN at Section 39 and unlicensed broadcasts of music contents by any broadcaster in Nigeria as provided in the National Broadcasting Commission Act and Codes.



Pretty Okafor

PMAN President.

Builds a Coalition of Political parties and partners with Labour leaders, coalition of civil Societies, concerned professionals, Youth and women groups to take ownership of the party to rescue Anambra in 2021 to assure a transformational ADC Governor takes charge to create prosperity for the people.



Labour champion Chairman Comrade Sir Charles Onyeagba inducted as BOT member of the African Democratic Congress ADC.



Inaugurates 2021 Anambra Governorship Selection Committee with Comrade Sir Charles Onyeagba and Hon Eminent Uzoukwu as Co-chair, and Comrade Donatus NKEBISI as Secretary. Other members of this all important committee are Engr Toni Uche, Pastor Frank Agumadu, state Woman Leader Mrs Ifeoma Okaforocha and Mrs Honor Umeh.



Honorable Patrick Obianyo JP becomes the Caretaker State Chairman of ADC with a formost civil society leader and a member of Concerned professionals Engr. Tony Aniebue mnse as state secretary.



As ADC strategizes to win the 2021 Anambra state election that holds in November this year, the NWC has in consultation with multiple stakeholders across the state and in Diaspora concluded to build a synergy that will deliver the people from the current state of bad, visionless and corrupt leaders.

A release from office of the National Chairman ADC Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu states that Anambra labor leaders, and well meaning civil servants have all identified with the ADC transformational mission in Anambra state. Chief Nwosu said that the ADC South East strategic committee led by Barr Ignatius Nlem, the Zonal Chairman South East ADC, Engr Toni Uche and Pastor Frank Agumadu "has been in consultation with numerous other stakeholders within and outside Anambra state to build a strong coalition to free Anambra state from the evil grips of bad Governance orchestrated by a few clique of greedy willy-dealers who have cornered the wealth of the people into their private estate"

The national Chairman said with authority "As I speak with you, Labor, Civil Societies, Concerned professionals and youths and women groups in Anambra have taken ownership of our party ADC. All the groups did their own due diligence of all the parties in Anambra and Nigeria before the decision to embrace ADC." The era of stealing government funds, no local government election, and land grabbers in government is over. Like Nigerians, Anambra people have said they need a new party, and ADC has been chosen.

According to the the release personally signed by the national Chairman, a former Nigeria Labour Congress NLC Chairman in Anambra state, Comrade Patrick Obianyo JP has been confirmed as the Acting state Chairman of the party, while one of the foremost civil society leader who is also a member of Anambra Concerned Professionals, Engineer Anthony Aniebue mnse becomes state Secretary. The position of the woman Leader and youth leader remain unchanged.

The release further states "the change became necessary in order to fully integrate all the stakeholders into the party and to give impetus to the fact that ADC welcomes all good persons as our DNA leverages on inclusion and the power of ALL."



The release concludes that the ADC Elections and INEC Liaison office, headed by High Chief Anayo Arinze will reel out the guidelines for the party internal processes within the month of February.

"In consolidating its mission to rescue Nigeria, the ADC National Convergence and Operation Rescue Nigeria team, led by the national Secretary Alhaji Said Baba Abdullahi and Dr Bamidele Ajadi, Amb Esther Audu, Dr Chike okogwu, Elder A, Omonhinmin, Mallam Ibrahim Suleiman, Dr Peter Edeh, Hon Patricia Yakubu, Dr John Kome and Comrade Mrs Stella Chukwuma will storm Anambra to inaugurate Anambra its wing led by Comrade Donatus Nkebisi and Engr Tony Uche. ADC is poised to take over the reign of political leadership in the country beginning with the Anambra Governorship election 2021. The #A New Nigeria is Possible project, begins in Anambra pronto and by 2023 ADC will take the mantle as President of Nigeria to fully consolidate the Super Power Nigeria project driven by ADC global vision." The release from Chief Nwosu concludes in a high tone and reiterated the urgency of the moment by calling party faithfuls and good Anambra people to hit the ground running

Renowned custodian of African cultures, who equally is the traditional title holder of The Erelu Oodua of Aye kingdom and Irawo Oni of Yoruba land, Erelu Tinuade Mabel Onaneye has on Tuesday 26th of January 2021 declared her support for notable Yoruba activist and fighter, Sunday Adeyemo commonly called 'Sunday Igboho' whose arrest has been allegedly ordered by the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu last week.



She made the declaration from her base in Texas, United States in a press release she signed and made available to the general public at the early hours of Tuesday.



Erelu posited Sunday Igboho has done no wrong for challenging the killer herdsmen and taking the battle to their homesteads. She accused Buhari of being biased and turning deaf hear to the cries of Yorubas who have been victims of the activities of these illegal squatters and murderous herdsmen.



She had wondered why the Presidency suddenly swung into action when the Fulanis in Igangan under Ibarapa council area of Oyo State cried out for help. She said it was clear indication Buhari is running Fulani's agenda and was using the herdsmen to initiate their plans, citing the case of military men who stormed a community in Ogun State and flogged the residents for rejecting the herders.



'I and millions of other Yoruba sons and daughters in the diaspora are fully in support of Sunday Igoho and other Yoruba groups fighting to rid our forests and farmlands of these evil people. If Buhari dares arrest him, he should prepare for what he never expected from us.' Erelu declared.



In conclusion, she calls on all Yoruba leaders, Kings, Chiefs home and abroad including the Governors, not to see this as Sunday Igboho's battle alone, rather all hands must be on deck to end the activities of these killers masquerading as herdsmen. Peace to Yorubaland

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Lagos East Senator, Tokunbo Abiru has reacted to the allegation going round that he influenced the selection process if the Governing Council in the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Lagos State University, LASU.

There have been rumours that the 9th senate member, prevailed on Lagos State Governor to cancel the first selection process that the Governing Council had initiated to allow the senate decide the next VC.



In a statement released on Sunday, 24 January 2021, the red chamber lawmaker stated categorically that, the appointment of LASU VC, like other tertiary institutions nationwide, should be based on competence and due process, he maintained that Joint Council and Senate Selection Committee, that is saddled with the responsibility are capable of delivering on their mission without external influence



Read full statement below

My attention has been drawn to a viral video on the decision of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to cancel the process that the Governing Council of Lagos State University (LASU) initiated in synergy with the LASU Senate to select the next Vice Chancellor of the university.



In a 10-minute video published on @baloguneko Instagram handle, one Abisoye Oyeyemi Oshodi wrongfully alleged that I prevailed on Mr. Governor to cancel the first selection process of the next LASU VC. He also alleged that I told Mr. Governor to screen out indigenes of Ikorodu Division contesting for the vice chancellorship position of the university. He claimed that I gave this advice on the ground that Ikorodu Division was only interested in the governorship seat and not the VC position.



All these claims were nothing, but mere figments of Mr. Oshodi’s imagination. They do not in any way represent the truth. I neither prevailed on Mr. Governor to cancel the process first initiated by the Joint Council and Senate Selection Committee to select LASU’s next VC nor ever influenced him to zone the position out of Ikorodu Division for any reason. As a matter of fact, I did not play any role in the whole process.



For the purpose of record, I worked in public and private sectors for 32 years before I joined partisan politics. For this period, I was a promoter of good corporate governance hinged on competence, due process and transparency. Even though I am now in partisan politics, I still believe these values should be at the core of operations in all public or private institutions.



Coming from this background, I strongly believe the appointment of LASU VC, like other tertiary institutions nationwide, should be based on competence and due process. This is the position I have always held, especially in this era when we consciously look forward to our universities to lead the path to sustainable development in all facets of life.



Senator Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru, FCA.

(“Tokunbo Abiru”)

Senator, Lagos East,

Federal Republic of Nigeria

January 24, 2021

The highly revered international cultural icon, who doubles as the traditional title holder of Erelu Oodua of Aye kingdom and Irawo Oni of Yoruba land, Erelu Tinuade Mabel Onaneye has on Friday 22nd of January 2021 submitted that the Fulani herdsmen have turned Yoruba farmlands into "EVIL FOREST" and killing fields one cannot go without fear.



She made the submission during a press release she signed and made available to the general public at a brief visit to her hometown, Aye in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.



Erelu expressed worries over persistent attacks against farming communities in Yoruba lands, especially Ondo state and the infiltration of Fulanis into Aye Kingdom, many of who denied being Fulanis but call themselves Tarabas yet look no different from Fulanis and know every nooks and cranny of the communities.



“Some of the Fulanis engaged in Okada riding business, they knew everywhere, the Fulani people had already invaded the South.







“Please be bold, be strong, stand your ground, ignore Garba Shehu and whatever he represents, and give Leadership to your people as security of life and property is paramount to Governance and it is the first responsibility of government. Kindly Insist on your stand sir, the good people of Ondo State are with you irrespective of political leanings”, Erelu told the royal fathers.







“We have had enough of Fulani Herdsmen onslaught on our people in Ondo State. From Ifon to Okeluse, from Ofosu to Okeigbo, from Lipakala to Aponmu, from Ikakunmo to Oyin, from Ikaram to Ishua, from Idoani to Oba Akoko, the story is the same, nowhere is safe anymore. These people have overstayed their welcome and usefulness, it is not acceptable for strangers who are doing their own private businesses to come to our land and continue to destroy our crops, kidnap our people, collect a ransom and kill our people in our own land with our police and security helpless most of the times.







“We know that not all herdsmen are bad but since they all look alike and since the good ones and have refused to identify the bad ones and point them to the Security Agencies, they should all leave our forests, for now, to pave way for profiling in the future”, she submitted.



She added that it is devastating how murderous herdsmen painted the once peaceful, picturesque domains into human abattoirs. She acknowledges the current role of the administration of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in ending the menace in Ondo State.



“Gov. Akeredolu, the Balogun of Yorubaland, be bold, be strong, stand your ground, ignore Garba Shehu and whatever he represents and give Leadership to your people as security of life and property is paramount to Governance and it is the first responsibility of government.



'I join hands and hearts with millions of the Yoruba sons and daughters in the diaspora so throw our support behind Governor Akeredolu's decision to rid our farmlands and forests of illegal squatters and herdsmen.



“On this note, I give kudos to him for standing his ground not minding the cost and the threat from the Presidency, unlike other southwest Governors, who for political reason and for fear of losing 'Presidency favour' chose to shy away from doing the needful!' Erelu commented. Good job brother Aketi.”, she concluded.

Koko Master DBANJ, Clarence Peter and K-switch endorsed Ned Nwoko Malaria Eradication Project.


One of the finest hip-hop sensation and export out of Africa, Dapo Oyenbanji popular known as DBANJ with the top notch video music Producer, Clarence Peters were on a courtesy visit to the Billionaire Philanthropist and Antarctica explorer, Prince Ned Nwoko.

The Koko master was thrilled with the bold vision and strategies by Prince Ned Nwoko foundation to eradicate malaria in Africa starting with Nigeria.

He pledged his support in fight against the scourge of malaria in Africa. Prince Ned shares his vision of malaria free Nigeria and that it’s possible if we join our hands together to get a vaccine, clean up Nigeria and fumigate the entire country.

The project coordinator of Ned Nwoko Malaria Eradication Project, Mr Chukwuebuka Anyaduba also shed more light on other agenda of Prince Ned Nwoko foundation which includes Tourism, Culture and environment. Project Tourism and the Stars University being the first Sports University in Africa are one of the legacies of former lawmaker, Ned Nwoko to impacts Africa.

The passing of renowned medical practitioner, Dr. Adebiyi Edun has been described as an exit of an icon, whose contributions have had a major impact on the development of medical practice.



He was a doctor, a healer, teacher, researcher, and inventor. His passion to eradicated disease and contribute to the body of medical knowledge drew him to join the world of medical practitioners.



Born on Friday 9th December 1955 at Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos Island to the family of Late Mr Albert Adedeji Edun and Late Mrs. Gladys Ayodele Edun, Adebiyi Edun had his primary education at Christ Church Cathedral Faji, Lagos from 1961-1967. He proceeded to Kings College, where he earned his Secondary School Certificate between 1967 and 1973.



He gained admission into the prestigious University of Ibadan for a Pre-Med degree between 1974 – 1976 after which he was accepted into the medical program at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan Medical School from 1976-1979 where he obtained an M.B.B.S (1979).



While at the University of Ibadan, Adebiyi, was very active in his department and was an embodiment of excellence. He assisted many of his classmates through extra tutorials and extra classes anchored by him.



After his mandatory National Youth Service, he started his career as a Senior Medical Officer at Eko Hospital, Surulere, Lagos between 1981 and 1983. He also served as the Medical Executive and Deputy General Manager of Health Aid Limited from 1985 to1987. He launched his own private company B.E. Medical Services and served as the Managing Director/CEO from 1987 till his demise.



Through his work at B.E. Medical Services, he worked on various health projects as Principal Consultant on several projects across various states in Nigeria financed by international organisations such as the World Bank, Department for International Development UK (DFID), UNFPA, Scottish Overseas Health Support, and British ODA, USAID, United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP) etc.





He also worked as a medical consultant on several local projects for the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Health such as the Drafting of Procedural Manuals for National Health Insurance Scheme (1999) and was the National Consultant, National Health Insurance Scheme – Federal Ministry of Health, Lagos.



Dr Edun attended several medical conferences in several countries including Germany, Ireland, England, Scotland and the United States of America.



Dr Adebiyi Edun’s pure love and passion for God was seen in the way he utilized his knowledge of medicine by providing free health services in his neighbourhood, churches and at health outreaches across the country. In spite of his outstanding achievements, Dr Edun never attributed them to be his own works, but he ascribed it all to the grace of God.



Dr Edun was a great gift from God with a very large heart for family, friends, colleagues and even strangers. He was a very disciplined, hard-working and self-motivated person who was not intimidated by the challenges of life. He was very kind, generous and helpful to everyone who came his way.



He had a formidable geo-political and social network, nationally and internationally. He possessed considerable material wealth. And he possessed ample personal attributes of kindness, generosity and tolerance, amongst many others, to make his sojourn an outstanding success that it turned out to be.



He was not only a successful medical consultant but was also a fervent Christian who served the Lord with his gifts and abilities. He was designated a Pastor-In-Charge in The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, a post he held for seven years.



He married Iyiola Olatokunbo Edun (nee Oshinowo) in 1983, they have four children from their union.



Dr. Adebiyi Edun passed away on Wednesday 13th January 2021 at the age of 65 years. He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren . He was very much loved and will be greatly missed by them and by his many friends, associates, colleagues, and loved ones.



Dr Adebiyi Edun provided an invaluable service that helps better the world we live in. He made communities healthier and helped countless beneficiaries to strive for wellness.



He will be remembered for his remembered many research projects, perseverance, and compassion.



We commiserate with the members of Edun’s immediate family, the entire extended family at home and in the diaspora, and indeed, our nation Nigeria. We take solace in the fact that he lived well and has left a precious heritage of which we can be forever proud.



May his great and kind soul rest in perfect peace.

Promises to Launch the African Ijele state and cosmopolitan business hub in Anambra state.



To run the most effective campaign code named Operation Akanchawa for All & African Ijele hub. To Kickstart with townhall conversions immediately.



Names Comrade Onyeagba, Hon Eminent and Engr Tony Uche Governorship search team.



From the Office of the national Chairman.



This is our time, Creating the African Ijele & A Cosmopolitan Business Hub, A Vision Developed in conversation with the Youth and Women; a release by National Chairman ADC Chief Ralphs Okey Nwosu.



All protocol.



For many months a select committee of ADC South East leaders have been in conversation with Anambra youths and women mainly and a myriad of other stakeholders. We have weaved their thoughts and aspirations into an endearing fine web signposting a clear vision of the new Anambra state. Our party ADC believes in the uniqueness of each of the states and LGAs in Nigeria, and dig down the SWOTs to create that vision that privileges the people and resonates with ADC global vision of Nigeria, the Super Power economy. Therefore ADC is happy to say we have the Big Anambra vision for a great new state, the African Ijele and Cosmopolitan Business hub. This shall be formally launched when the campaign officially begins.



As we prepare to foist a New and great Anambra state, our party, the African Democratic Congress ADC has zoned the 2021 Governorship candidature to Anambra South Senatorial Area of the state. As you are aware, ADC stands for equity and justice. Our HANDSHAKE symbol represents inclusion and commitment to deep diversity values. The Anambra North Senatorial area produced the incumbent governor who will be rounding up his second term in office by February 2022. The central Senatorial was in office for eight years before him.



The NWC of our great party has designed the DNA that guides our party and shapes our conscience. In as much as most of the current Aspirants from Anambra South contested the elections within the last 16years with Aspirants and candidates of the Central and North Senatorial zones, ADC is a disciplined and Responsible organization governed by principles of equity and natural justice. The decision to zone the Governor to Anambra South Senatorial is of the disciplines inherent in our DNA.



The African Democratic Congress in the South East zone has been strategizing for this election, as well as the national body. I can say with confidence that this is our election to win and Anambra government house Awka, will be a HANDSHAKE state. The party will present a youthful multi-talented, dexterous, service-driven, disciplined servant leader to occupy Agu-Awka house.

For us, it is no longer time for opportunistic maniacal money-bags politics and propaganda syndrome of the incorrigibles. The people have become more aware and ready to chart a new path. ADC party has designed the pathway to prosperity, security and to creating the African Ijele in Anambra state within the next few years. Akanchawa for all means prosperity for all, not only the for a few. Our vision of a cosmopolitan hub of tech-preneurs, education, trade, distribution, art and entertainment, science and healing hub is clear and well aligned with the mission to create 100billion dollar economy and 2million new jobs are well thought out. In the spirit of ADC, the young men and women will arise and shine while allowing no one to intimidate them or anyone in the state ever again.

The era of whining, ruing and complaining in Anambra and all over Nigeria is over so long as the people align with us to usher in the orchestra that showcases the Super Power economy and development that we in ADC have envisioned of Nigeria.

We shall Kickstart the triumphant Anambra election, and creation of the African Ijele with series of the town hall meetings starting from the first week of February.

With ADC, Anambra will put an immediate end to the rancorous propaganda regimes and hypocritical one-man-show and husband and wife martial government in the state for a more egalitarian people centered model.



ADC government will conduct the first free and fair local government LGA elections in Nigeria and will ensure those local councils are given the freedom and latitude to play their roles as the government closest to the grassroots and the people. The state Assembly will become more robust and Anambra will become a flagship state where democracy and government work well and in alignment to deliver for the people.



Ralphs Okey Nwosu

National Chairman ADC.

The family of Edo born business mogul and philantropist, Capt Well Idahosa Okunbo, yesterday described as malicious and wicked rumour that Capt Hosa has passed on.



The Chairman, Ocean Marine Solutions Limited who had travelled to the United Kingdom on his routine medical checkup.



According to a statement signed by Dr Tinyan Okunbo, on behalf of the Okunbo's family said their son, father and benefactor shall live beyond the rumor and warned rumor mongers to desist or face the wrath of God's almighty.



The statement reads: " Our attention has been drawn to the malicious and malevolent rumour making the rounds that our son, brother, father, grandfather and benefactor has gone to be with Lord.



"We hereby rebuke this rumour that originated from the pit of hell, and hereby state unequivocally, that Capt Idahosa Wells Okunbo is well, hale and hearty"



"Our brother, son and father will surely live beyond the rumour and God will judge those who delight in peddling fatal wishes on the innocent".



"We take solace in the fact that similar rumors in the past have been said of great men who had always proved the evil intentions of these wicked hearts wrong, and invariably lived beyond their expectations".



"For instance, Nigerians have not forgotten the case of Namadi Azikwe from whose case, we now draw inspiration that our brother, son, grandfather and benefactor will live to the fullness of his age and beyond in the mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. He is already testifying to The glory of God in his life and only God and God alone will take the glory in Jesus mighty name Amen and Amen".

The movement for the materialization of the Electronic Voting System in Nigeria appears to be gaining nationwide commendation and increasing endorsement by the general public.



The administrative structure of the movement has thus been unveiled as follows:



The Administrative Structure:



(1) Founder, National Coordinator: Ibibi Tienabeso Esq.



(2) Brainstorming Team.



(3) Action Plan Implementation Team.



(4) Legal Team.



(5) Funding, Support and Sponsorship Team.



(6) Media and Publicity Department.



(7) Experts and Specialist Department.



( Nigerian Celebrities For E- Voting Drive Partnership Unit.



(9) Local Councils and Community Mobilization Unit.



In a statement made available to the Press, Ibibi Tienabeso declared that the drive for the implementation of the electronic voting system in Nigeria is indeed a patriotic mission. It is a vision that requires the input and commitment of all Nigerians. “I therefore ask and appeal to all Nigerians to support the movement and crusade for the actualization of the electronic voting system in Nigeria. I especially urge our legislators not to relent in their efforts to make the Electronic Voting Bill a law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Live transmission of the results electronically must of necessity be a part of the law”.



“I also wish to use this opportunity to invite all Nigerians that feel they can play any role in the realization of the electronic voting system in Nigeria, to look at the structures as unveiled and indicate where they can fit in, to help and be a part of this history making patriotic mission”.



The Numbers to call for enquires are 0705 679 0400 and 0814 003 7167.



“All Nigerians are invited to join this noble campaign for the electronic voting system in Nigeria”, Ibibi Tienabeso Esq. stated.

City People Magazine, Nigeria’s leading celebrity journal has announced plans to commemorate its 25th year anniversary this year with various programs and activities. Citypeople which is the oldest surviving celebrity magazine in Nigeria was founded in November 1996 by a veteran Journalist, Seye Kehinde, who rose to become the Editor of Tempo Magazine in his early 30s.

Citypeople which was established 25 years ago to mirror the lifestyles of Celebrities in Nigeria has over the years grown to become the undisputed leader in the soft-sell sector.

In a statement recently released to in Lagos signed by the Publisher, Dr Seye Kehinde, and the Company said, “In the spirit of our Silver Jubilee anniversary, CityPeople has lined up special programmes that will run from January to December 2021 to commemorate a major milestone.

“The programmes, which will run across all media platforms, aims to celebrate the enduring City People brand as well as icons and personalities who have made a monumental mark in various industries from Politics, Entertainment, Sports, Society, and corporate leaders.

“We shall be looking back on our editions in the past 25 years to celebrate men and women of substance who have also remained relevant and in the spotlight for the last 25 years and still counting.

“We shall be producing 25 Special pull-outs to be spread over the next 12 months for our teeming readers.”

The statement adds that the vision for the establishment of the company was to be the largest circulating celebrity magazine in Nigeria that will provide useful information that will touch the lives of its readers positively and it has kept faith on that.

Kehinde noted that with the unrelenting mission to enthrone a people-centred reporting of events, City People has remained the pride of celebrity journalism published under the company name, Media Techniques Ltd, as the magazine is the only soft-sell journal in Nigeria with offices and correspondents in major geopolitical zones of the country including Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Benin, Kaduna, Kano, Abeokuta, and Port-Harcourt.

“Citypeople has stayed true to the vision of its founder over the years not only through its soft-driven style but also by keeping the people properly informed about social activities within and outside the country.

“City people put the conventional daily newspapers on their toes, projecting the areas of journalism that reflect the lifestyle of people who are making the headlines, the publisher maintained.

He concluded: “The weekly magazine has done so well in the last 25 years and has remained on the vendors stand every week without fail. Citypeople has also survived the challenges that hit the print media in the wake of social media in the last 10 years.”

When conducting a study, it is important to have a sufficient sample size in order to conclude a valid research result. The larger the sample, the more precise your results will be. If your sample size is too small, it will be difficult to identify significant relationships from the data.

Normally, statistical tests require a larger sample size to ensure that the sample is considered representative of a population and that the statistical result can be generalized to a larger population. It is a good idea to understand how to choose an appropriate sample size before you conduct your research by using scientific calculation tools.

Twitter user, Bolanle Cole with use id @TD Cole Esq. has posted a long thread on how a the current MD of First City Monument Bank, Adam Nuru, had two kids with a female staff of the bank, who was married to another man named Tunde Thomas, a innocent husband who had believed the two kids were his.



In a long thread on Twitter, Cole narrated how Moyo Thomas was having sexual relationship with her boss, and having babies, but deceiving her husband to be the father of the kids until she flew abroad, only to shock the man that the kids were not his, a sad information that eventually to Mr Tunde’s life before Christmas of 2020.. Read details as posted by @TD Cole Esq

Tunde Thomas (alias Tunde Gentle), 45, died about two weeks ago from heartbreak. The two kids from his marriage were indeed fathered by a man without scruples or conscience, the current MD of FCMB, Adam Nuru who was his wife’s boss (MD) in FCMB. Tunde’s wife, Moyo Thomas.



(Nee Ojo), a useless an unconscionable adulterer was engaged in an office romance with her MD, a relationship that was well known throughout the organization as the lack of shame and decorum in both lovebirds made them to get carried away and to throw caution to the wind.



FCMB, an organization without proper rules or governance looked the other way while the open and unprofessional romance was going on between the MD and a subordinate staff of the same organization, a married woman.



Governance Officer and Chief Image Maker of FCMB spared no thought for the husband of this lady who was bringing up his (Nuru’s) two children while thinking they were his. He also did not think of the organization he was leading while engaging in this foul conduct, the scandal with which no ethical organization would want to be associated.



Tunde was so in love with & attached to his wife & children that he spent most of his resources on them. He took them to London & Dubai on holidays. He also spared no penny in putting them in the best schools.



At the height of the shameful relationship and when the older child was about eight ( years old, the lady suddenly resigned from FCMB and travelled to the US with the two children, ostensibly on holiday. It was when the school session started in Nigeria and the children were not returned that Tunde started asking questions and the lady finally summoned the shameless courage to tell him the children were not his own.



She then went to the extent of filing for asylum in the US on the ground of marital violence in Nigeria, against a man known to all men by his gentle and easygoing disposition. Her aim was to get the Green Card and to also get Tunde to be barred from entering the US, so she would not have to confront him to look him in the eye and tell him to his face the evil that she had done to him.



Within a few months of hearing this news, Tunde suffered a stroke at about the age of 42. He recovered from the stroke but became a shadow of his former self. He would often shed tears from the blues.



Recently, he tried to pick up the pieces of his life and started another relationship with a lawyer lady. Tunde had invited some friends to accompany him to visit the lady’s parents on 26th December. They were planning the materials to take along for the visit but alas, it was not to be. Tunde got home from work in the night of 15th December only to collapse by his staircase and die immediately. Autopsy report puts the cause of death as heart failure.



The wicked souls, Adam Nuru and Moyo Ojo (later Moyo Thomas) have done their worst, the death of an innocent man, and their hands are dripping with his blood.





God will demand it of them.



In the meantime, the family and friends of Tunde Thomas (alias Tunde Gentle) hereby wish to bring this shameful conduct to the knowledge of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the board and management of FCMB and to members of the public.

We use this medium to call on FCMB to separate and detach its brand from this evil man, Adam Nuru, immediately. If this notice is ignored and Adam Nuru is at his desk in another two weeks from 30th December 2020, we will be left with no option than to vehemently call the attention of the public to the abysmal lack of ethics in the organization and to advise the members of the public to withdraw their funds and banking business from FCMB.

A word is enough for the wise.



N:B Tunde Gentle was buried 30th December 2020.

He had worked in Oceanic Bank back in the days. He was one of the most gentle and yet, most friendly of all individuals, as many would testify of him.



He died as an Executive Director in an asset management company, GDL Asset Management Company Ltd.

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He was survived by an aged mother and siblings.



May his truly gentle soul rest in perfect peace.



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The senator representing Lagos East senatorial district, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, Thursday, canvassed support for the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), noting that 2021 would be the beginning of economic recovery and transformation.



Abiru, a former Executive Director, First Bank and the immediate past Chief Executive Officer, Polaris Bank, disclosed the plan to inaugurate an endowment fund in the first quarter to complement the efforts of the federal and state governments in skill acquisition and capacity development.



He disclosed the plan in a two-page message, ‘Welcome to Year 2021’ he sent to his constituents to mark the advent of 2021, thanking God that they “are alive, hale and healthy to witness the New Year amid hope and optimism.”



Abiru, specifically, acknowledged the effort of the federal government to implement its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) valued at N2.3 trillion and the Government of Lagos State for rolling out different initiatives to improve the quality of life in the state.

He, therefore, promised that he would always join hands with his colleagues in the Senate “to provide necessary legislative support required towards repositioning our economy in the New Year.”



Before the end of the first quarter, the lawmaker disclosed that he “will formally inaugurate an Endowment Fund, a personal empowerment initiative set up for the indigent brilliant students, the aged, the youths and the vulnerable, including persons with special needs.



“The Fund will complement the efforts of the federal and state governments in the areas of skill acquisition and capacity development,” Abiru promised his constituents a new dawn in legislative representation in the district.



He, however, noted that 2020 was possibly the most challenging year in the recent times, citing the outbreak of COVID-19 that plunged the economy into a recession and the eruption of EndSARS protests that called for a more accountable, transparent and citizen-focused policing structure.







The lawmaker also noted that the year would remain unforgettable for the people of Lagos East, first due to the passage od Sen. Adebayo Osinowo, Chief Lanre Rasaq and Hon. Tunde Braimoh at the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.



He prayed that God Almighty “will continue to comfort and uphold the families of the deceased.”



Abiru recounted that the year would remain unforgettable citing a 87.19% landslide recorded in the senatorial contest and 82.61% in the state legislative race with the support of his constituents across Lagos East.



Despite all its low moments, the lawmaker observed that there “are causes to appreciate God for all the events of Year 2020. We are alive, hale and healthy to witness the New Year amid hope and optimism.



“For this reason alone, I rejoice with you all, believing that Year 2021 will, by the grace of God be the beginning of our economic recovery and transformation.

“As we step into the New Year amid great expectations, let me first assure that I shall, by God’s grace keep and fulfill the promises made during our electioneering campaigns.



“As a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I have the onus of making laws, exercising legislative oversight and quality representation for my constituents for the purpose of good governance, a duty I pledged to discharge to the best of my ability,” he assured his constituents.

Senator Tokunbo Abiru representing Lagos East at the red chamber, on Saturday, 26 December 2020 expressed grief over the death of Revd Timothy Oyasodun popularly known as Iyo, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, and said he was an accomplished man of God and leader per excellence.



Abiru in a condolence message, titled Oyadosun A Committed Progressive, to family and friends of the deceased, said death is an inevitable end but quickly reminded the bereaved family to take solace in the fact that the departed gentleman lived a selfless life

He wrote:

This morning, I woke up to learn about the sad and sudden passage of Revd Timothy Oyasodun popularly known as Iyo, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State.



This sad news was a rude shock, not just to me, but also to all progressives in Lagos East considering the role the late reverend played in the just concluded senatorial bye-election and series of discussion we held on how to move Lagos East APC forward after the bye-election.



Revd Oyasodun’s death, no doubt, is a great loss to the entire progressive family in Lagos State, especially in Bariga LCDA and Somolu Local Government Area (LGA). But we all submit to the decision of God our Creator to call him home at the early hour of December 26, 2020.



On behalf of Lagos East APC, therefore, I condole with the entire family of late Oyadosun, Chairman of Bariga LCDA, Hon. Kolade Alabi; Chairman of Lagos APC, Prince Babatunde Balogun, all members State Executive Committee (SEC) and State Working Committee (SWC).



While still alive, Revd Oyasodun devoted his life to serving God, humanity and Lagos APC at large. Before he emerged Chairman of Bariga APC, Revd Oyasodun had served as Secretary-General of SDP in Somolu and Kosofe LGAs.



Revd Oyadosun had also served as Secretary-General of UNCP in Somolu LGA; Secretary General of Apex Leaders, Somolu/Bariga Alliance for Democracy and Secretary-General of Apex Leaders, Somolu/Bariga APC.

May Almighty Allah repose his soul and grant his immediate and political family the fortitude to bear the loss.



Senator Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru, FCA.

(“Tokunbo Abiru”)

Senator, Lagos East,

Federal Republic of Nigeria

December 26, 2020

The Iru Progressive Vanguard, IPV, has reacted to the news going round, about popular Lagos businessman and respected prince, Aremo Adesegun Oniru, alleging that he was blocked by a number of folks who identified themselves as family members, as an attempt to undermine his popularity and acceptability that he enjoys among the people Iruland, describing the news as laughable and petty.

In a statement released on Wednesday, December 22, 2020, the group’s secretary, Olamide Adedoyin, described the story as petty and laughable, lacking substance worthy of promulgation, adding that it shows the current leadership in Iru has no meaningful purpose and direction for the people of Iru, aside to sit and monitor the esteemed Aremo Adesegun Oniru and his family.

“We are still trying to process the idea of a king, having absolutely no ambition, aside from his desperation to stain the reputation, integrity and legacy of the immediate past Oniru and his family.

It is important to state that we are not in any way surprised by the disastrous direction of Gbolahan, and we do not expect any good to come out of a man who claimed to be king but goes about posting and pouting on Social media with his directionless friends who also claims to be "royal fathers"

"These are the same so-called kings who could not mute a sentence to address the rampage that greeted the historic #EndSars protest by the youths, or even come in defense when their patron-client fathers were in the eye of the storm.
“A man who thrives on falsehood and reeks of sulfur is not fit to be a king. Gbolahan is morally bankrupt.

“Gbolahan is the least honest, least humble, and least qualify for the stool, he occupies, little wonder why he’s been overwhelmed by the demands of royalty, as his evident high-handedness and inability to unite families and communities within Iru.

“His camp has continued to concoct lies so often that anything they said in defense of Gbolahan and his regime are greeted with derision and laughter. They constantly lie and every true-born son of Iru can see through their lies, especially when their version of events and statements are contravened by Gbolahan.

"This report has confirmed that Gbolahan is slowly becoming a monster in Iruland.
In their desperation to publish the lies, the promulgators failed to state the facts that the Aremo only went to the palace to retrieve his staff that was violently abducted by Gbolahan’s thugs and taken to his palace
“It is laughable that despite occupying the stool illegitimately, these traducers still find it difficult to sleep at night. They still keep vigil over Aremo's matter. They want to know where he’s been, what he ate, whom he visited. They are Aremo-phobist apologist.

“Aside from the evident revelation that the pseudo-royal junkie is a thug, which he has shown on several occasions, he lies, punts, and disgraces himself and degrades the highly revered Iru stool every time he talks.

His priority is to leave a legacy of sorrow, tears, and blood like Oyenusi, Shina Rambo, Anini, and Evans the kidnapper.
Every discerning mind will wonder why Gbolahan has never granted an interview to speak extensively about Iruland or how he’s related to that land. How does he rule a community he knows nothing about her history and core value?

“Unlike Gbolahan, Aremo will not get in the mud with the pigs, he has royal blood flowing through his veins, and he will not dignify them with a response or engage in the same degrading mentality. Aremo has maintained his silence for six months since Gbolahan hijacked the throne, and not a fang from him will move Aremo. Adesegun is a phenomenal leader.

“Aremo Adesegun is well-bred, learned, and sophisticated. Prince and his siblings have no reason to jump into the mud to fight but to objectively lay matters bare.

The group called on the people of Iruland to be vigilant, watchful, and be wary of the enemy within, who has lobbied himself to become an unpopular king and encourage them to join hands and resist Gbolahan's draconian reign of terror.

How Foreign Airlines Staff Treat Black Women Should Be Addressed - Edun

Mrs. Iyiola Olatokunbo Edun is the administrator of a foremost citadel of learning in Lagos State, Grace Schools. A seasoned administrator, she has been working at the school for over 35 years. She has battled all odds to take up the responsibility in 1984 and take Grace Schools to the next level.
Edun, in this interview with Adelowo Adebumiti spoke extensively about the condescending gesture towards black women and the gap that reflects the intersectional reality of their daily lives.

How Airline Staff treats black Women
All over the world, as a black woman, you are seen as uneducated, poor, even if you have the means. I travel business class. Whenever they announce that business class should begin boarding, even the airline staff will ask me if I was traveling business class. I will respond, "do you have any problem with that?" I entered a plane some time ago, and I put down my bag in the overhead bin. I asked the air hostess where the toilet was. She immediately pointed to the back, and I wondered if the front restroom is only for the pilot? So I went to the rear restroom at the back of the plane. A minute later, I wanted to go back to my seat, and she was shocked that I was heading for the business class. Then she apologized, "I'm sorry, I thought you are going economy." It happens to me all over the world. One day in Amsterdam en route to Atlanta, I can also remember the priority line and economy line. I went to the priority line. Suddenly one of the KLM Airline Staff, a man, pointed at me and shouted at the top of his voice that I should go back and line up the passengers on the economy line. I felt confused, embarrassed, and saddened.
I went back and queued in the economy line. I walked up to him at the front of the line. I told him that if you know that everybody will line up together, why were you saying one is a priority and the other economy? He had assumed that I was traveling economy because of my simple clothes and the fact that I was a black woman. But that's what I face a majority of the time. It happens because you are black, you are a woman, and they don't expect that you even have the money to travel business class. Even when you enter the plane, sometimes people sitting in the business class will wonder, "they will soon send her back", "maybe she made a mistake." So that's an experience as an African, a black, and a woman. We are not rated highly. We are at the bottom of the food chain! I am so happy for Kamala Harris because we black women are always looked down on most of the time. Ms. Harris has been able to prove herself that despite all the odds stacked up against her as a woman of colour, she has been able to hold her own! Emerging as the Vice President of the United States of America is not a mean feat! Kamala Harris' achievements are highly commendable.


Being a Black Woman Puts You At Disadvantage

Let me share another experience with you in Genoa, Italy. We were sitting down, and there was the announcement that the people on the priority line should stand up, and I did. There was a white lady who walked up to me. She probably thought she was trying to help by telling me that the announcement was meant for those in the priority category, so I should not stand up to queue. She assumed that I was going economy! I replied to her that "I know." So you are already at a disadvantage if you are black and a woman.
You don't usually have such issues in Nigeria. However, it is when you get to Europe or America that you encounter such problems. I also encountered a similar situation in Canada where the KLM airline staff at the business class counter instructed me to go and check-in at the economy counter as I tried to make my way to check-in at the business class counter. They did not even bother to speak to me or see my traveling documents!


How To Change The Perception


I'm very assertive. Whenever anyone asks me, "are you sure you are flying business class," I always reply, "Do you have a problem with that?" Sometime in March, when I was traveling at Atlanta airport, my son and I went to the airport and were in the priority queue. Again, an airline staff pointed at us, trying to inquire if we missed our way. I told him, "yes, we are on the priority queue, so what? So, I asked him why he did not ask the white lady in-front Of me why she was queuing up in the priority line?



Making a Case For The Girl Child

Our young girls need to be more assertive. They should not feel that they are second class citizens. I don't feel like a second class person even if some people try to make me think so! I believe that women should be able to speak up to defend their space in society. Nobody will do it for them.


The role of the school


Yes, when I attended university in the U.K., one of the lecturers referred to me as "that black girl." He talked about how I used to walk tall and talk boldly. The lecturer felt this way because of my carriage and confidence in all that I do. Sometimes, the family you come from has a high impact on how you see yourself.
My mother didn't make me feel as if I am second class to my brothers. I think she had more confidence in me. So, I got my confidence from early childhood and my father's family. They had influential women and held their own in society.




Can you tell us a bit about your background?
My father Olorunmo Oshinowo, was a pharmacist. My mother, Grace Bisola was an Educator.
I can trace back four generations on both sides of my paternal and maternal family.


My Paternal Grandmother Moriamo Ibidere Oshinowo was a big-time textile merchant. She was an itinerant trader who traveled around Yoruba land to display and sell her goods on designated market days. Market days varied from one part of Yorubaland to the other. She had three daughters and two sons. Her daughters also helped her with her business. Her days active trading days were in the 1920s- the 1950s. I never met her because she died many years before I was born. You know this Yoruba belief about re-incarnation. My aunties believed that I was their mother, who came back and never Could call me by my name. Anytime they saw me, they used my grandmother's Oriki (panegyrics) to address me. They said, I'm like her; she was tall, kind, quiet and unassuming, and would not take rubbish from anyone trying to push her around.
My father's family was very tolerant when it came to religious practices. My Grandmother Moriamo was the High priestess of the Etunweren Shrine in Ikorodu. Her husband Sanni, was an Imam. Her three daughters were Muslims, and her two sons were Christians. They all lived in harmony; no one tried to impose their religious beliefs on one other! It was a case of live and let live! I suppose I am also very tolerant of other religions. I believe people should be allowed to worship God in whatever way they feel comfortable. That was why I never had qualms about praying and lighting incense in a Buddhist Temple in China Or turning prayer wheels at a Hindu Temple in Nepal!

Before my grandmother died, she divided her textile business into three and shared it amongst her daughters.

The middle daughter Sinotu Oshinowo, diversified her textile business and started the famous Oshinowo Transport Service. She was very successful at it, and she had a long-standing business relationship with Leyland Motors in the U.K. They were the makers of a majority of the buses she used for her business. Part of my Master's thesis centered on the life of Sinotu Oshinowo. My Master's thesis talked about the Yoruba market women and colonialism's impact. So I had to look at traditional pre-colonial society and why women were the traders in the colonial society. And why was it that women sell certain things that men could not sell?
You can never see a man in the market sell pepper; neither can you see a woman sell beef or any other type of meat. However, women could sell the intestines of animals. The men would catch the fish, but it's a woman that will sell it. In Yoruba markets, all the people who sold the same thing always sat together. You will see oil stalls, pepper stalls, or garri stalls. So, that was what my Master's thesis was focused on, and also how colonialism has affected women. As a result of colonialism, Yoruba men have gone into trading, which was the exclusive preserve of women in pre-colonial society.
In pre-colonial times, the Yoruba men were predominantly farmers, hunters, Iron smiths, Ifa priests, etc.





Your upbringing reflected in your confidence as a woman. What role do you think schools can play in building up the girl-child?
Schools should encourage the girl child. They must be enabled to be assertive and hold their heads up high. They should also be tutored to be independent, well behaved, and respectful.


We have introduced etiquette lessons here at Grace Schools for more than 20 years now. It is not in the Nigerian curriculum. But we introduced it. I always tell the girls that there are so many things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder, like destructive behaviour, all other vices.


Many big names finished from Grace school, such as the Ekiti State first lady, Bisi Fayemi, Bollywood star, Funke Akindele, and head of DSTV, Chief Dewunmi Ogunsanya. How do you feel when you see these people doing exploits?


I feel delighted seeing these people as alumni. When I started, I didn't begin at the top; rather, I started as a nursery assistant. I taught Year 2, Year 3, and Year 6. These were called Primary classes at that time. Some of the children I taught, their children are here now. So whenever we have a PTA meeting and I see some of them, I feel so happy. So I'm pleased about seeing their children here.


How has COVID-19 affected the education sector, particularly the payment of school fees?



COVID-19 affected everybody; now people have clarity because they realised that they attached importance to useless things. During the pandemic, I notice that most of the time, you can't even tell when it is evening or day because there's nowhere to go. You sit in front of the television, watching News. You hear reports about hundreds of people in Spain, Italy, the U.S., and the U.K., dying daily due to Coronavirus.
So life is vanity. Most people, even women, who couldn't do without going to the hairdressers, can't go to the salon or do their nails. They could not wear fancy clothes and Jewellery. A lot of business suffered losses, but the only profits that most companies have made or we made is to stay alive during the crisis. The most significant gain is that you are alive. We thank God we didn't have it as bad as it happened in Europe and other places. Although they were not expecting that, they were expecting thousands dying on the streets, but we thank God we didn't have such things. Then, we had to go on lockdown in March, and the last fees that came in were in January, and we had to pay the staff salaries from March to September. Even when we were going in March, not all the students had paid their fees, because we were just about to start the exams. So, it was tough.


In several places, there is tension about the second wave of COVID-19. Should Nigerians be concerned?



Yes, it is happening in Europe. I hope it does not happen here. Our people are becoming complacent. Many people have stopped wearing their facial masks on the streets!



To what extent do you think the pandemic has helped Nigeria to embrace digital alternatives?





Actually, before the lockdown in March, we had an excellent system here. We were already used to the online course, so it didn't come to us as a shock. We could cope because all the things were already in place. But the only thing was that, because we had to do the online school, the teachers couldn't come here, so we had to pay for data. Sometimes, data is about N600,000 or N700,000 per month. That is how we were able to cope. And the parents didn't understand it at the beginning. They were complaining that they couldn't hear what the teachers were saying during the online lessons. The choppy communication was not our fault. It was due to network problems. In the end, the parents and children were able to get used to online schooling's intricacies. Many people now realized what teachers go through teaching children because some had to supervise their children, so they won't end up visiting other websites. Also, it made the students more academically independent. Some of the children started doing interviews. Can you imagine they have their own YouTube channels? It was awe-inspiring; it made them more independent.


Grace school has a strong alumni base. How supportive are they?



Well, not as much as I would have loved, but we are moving. When we celebrated the 50th-anniversary, Chief Dewunmi Ogunsanya, the head of Multichoice, was here. He supported the school in a big way. We have a few of them who support once in a while.




What should Nigerians be expecting from Grace School in the coming years? They should expect intelligent, confident, well-rounded children who can hold their own anywhere in the world.
They should also expect children who are multi-lingual, fluent in English, French, Mandarin, and some of our Nigerian Languages.




Grace School sometimes ago partnered with an institution in Canada?


Yes, with a Canadian school. We should have started in September, but we were slowed down by the COVID-19 effect. By God's grace, the announcement for admission will start by May 2021.



Can you take us through the process?



Ok, it's a diploma program. You'll do the first year here and then go to Canada to conclude the rest. We have built a separate wing for the diploma school from scratch.


When you look back on your journey so far, is there anything you'd wish you did differently?





Initially, I didn't want to be here. Well, I have always wanted to be a professor, because I like to read. I have always wanted to be like Prof. Bolanle Awe, a professor of history. I suppose now, it's not too bad, in the sense that I'm able to influence more people, children, and more young adults that I wouldn't have if I were a professor.



Let talk about your love for Ankara.
I have always loved Ankara. I love our local fabrics. Even in my A level days and university days in the U.K., I wore Ankara a lot.
Now I wear Ankara, even to work!
People in Francophone West African countries wear Ankara almost all the time. Some sew them into western-style and wear those styles to work. The men wear Ankara shirts on top of their jeans or regular trousers. The women wear theirs as Skirts and blouses.



In Paris, I noticed that a majority of the Immigrant African women were all wearing Ankara. They looked very dignified in it. In Paris, I first saw African women on France's street, selling Roasted corn on the pavement by the roadside as they do in Africa. They usually wrap the roasted corn in a newspaper.

In General what inspires you when you see children?


I love kids. You can judge a person from how they treat the weakest people in society, especially children, women, and senior citizens because they are the most disadvantaged.


Grace school as an educational institution, do you have any sustaining program?


Yes, we do a lot of charity work that we don't amplify.
For years we have given scholarships to scores of children from indigent families.





What is your philosophy of life?





I think you should be nice to everybody. Don't look down on anybody. Treat everybody with respect. We are all equal before God, so that's how I deal with people. I treat everybody with respect. Whether young or old, male or female, black, white, or whatever color.

Senator representing Lagos East at the 9th senate, Tokunbo Abiru has congratulated Senator Oluremi Tinubu on her recent conferment of Honourary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration by the prestigious Lagos State University.

In a statement released on Friday, December 18, 2020, Senator Abiru said that the conferment is an affirmation of her motherly role in Lagos, and it will serve as a reminder of the confidence of Lagosians in her capacity to continue to lead her constituent towards its manifest destiny of greatness.

He wrote:

I rejoice with Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu (OON) on the conferment of Honourary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration on you by Lagos State University ,Ojoo.

This is one of the several honours you have received in recognition of- related issues, which have been central to your political advocacy.

You are an astute administrator and a major voice for the vulnerable members of our society. In demonstration of your commitment to this cause , you established the New Era Foundation (NEF) in Year 2000, a social development vehicle that empowers women; develops youths; funds education of vulnerable children; and also redirects their focus to the path of greatness.

This latest honour attests to your commitment and passion to human capital development and emancipation of the vulnerable.



On this note, Her Excellency,I congratulate you on behalf of the people of Lagos East, and pray Almighty God will continue to give you the grace and wisdom to impact on society.

Congratulations once again on this laudable achievement.

Sen.Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru, FCA,

(Tokunbo Abiru) Senator, Lagos East,

Federal Republic of Nigeria

December 18, 2020.

By Kay Aderibigbe.
The recent spring of protests that took place in various parts of Nigeria in October this year showed that the Nigerian people, when pushed to the wall, are not that docile as being repeatedly painted by the media and even some NGOs. Lagos state, being the epicenter of the protests witnessed a ghastly massacre of some youths who were legitimately at the forefront of the protest. Despite being bunches of spontaneous groups, the protesters, though, encountered stiff oppositions from both government-hired thugs and law enforcement agents at different locations but they remained resilient, organized, resolute, and focused on their sole purpose of ensuring that Federal government bring those bad eggs in the police to book and also reform the police force.
The government did not want the protest in the first place, as such, it became utterly expedient to secretly buy off the agitators. When all efforts to bribe the arrowheads of the protests and few notable ones among them proved abortive the government immediately blocked the bank account that was being operated with fiat money for the purpose of financing the protest but the youths forged ahead and prevailed in sourcing finance through digital currency.
From the viewpoint of the civil liberty movement or theories of civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to political authority, one will realize that the youths reasonably conducted themselves. Probably this was due albeit, to some factors such as: the evident 'unity of the elites' despite the regression of Nigeria as a country, absolute poverty that ravaged the land, the continuous defense of the police force and crude deception being perpetrated by its hierarchy; and also, the need to make a statement by the Nigerian youths that religion or ethnicity could be sidelined for the purpose of a collective political struggle. The aforementioned reasons could be said to have motivated the psyche of the protesters.
Initially, police brutality, impunity and the overbearing influence of police officers over the common man was identified as the bases for the protest. Instead of the government to reckon with the yearnings of the people, it was the usual absolute silence that ensued from the government. To add insult to injury, the police authority also remained adamantly deceptive and apparently unwilling to sincerely effect changes despite the hue and cries of the protesters.
Consequently, the protest got needlessly prolonged and it was eventually hijacked by hoodlums who took to the streets on the premise that 'if government forces could kill armless protesters in cold blood then it sounds justifiable to vandalize police stations and loot private property in order to get even with an almighty Nigerian government that doesn't seem bothered by virtually anything'. I became sad and had to posit that . .."this development on its own is an alarming negative social logic which requires oriental societal discursive differentiation in order to positively drill the minds of our people".
The very crisis that erupted after the Lekki shooting revealed the volatility of our social formation and the precarity of the Nigerian state - as it is evident in the porousness of our security architecture, the depth of poverty, social degradation and above all, the non-identity of the teeming foot soldiers that could be deployed to wreak havoc at any time. It is axiomatic that the unrest which followed the Lekki masacre necessitated the national broadcast reluctantly delivered by Mr President. One of the psychological implications of such a presidential broadcast on the mentality of an average Nigerian is that the government doesn't care about or entertain legitimate political advocacy.
What then is the link between the cruel quell of the October protest and the future of legitimate advocacy or civil society/liberty movement in Nigeria?. How does it relate to insurgency?. Well, a short delve into agitations that turned to militancy between 1999 and now should suffice in this regard.
For instance, the Niger/Delta militant groups started as peaceful protesters on the streets of riverine area of Southern Nigeria in the year 2000; but they were molested, imprisoned and killed until they metamorphosed to deadly gang of kidnappers and terror-unleashing armed groups who could snap or cut short the lifeline of the Nigerian economy at any slight provocation.
The same dreaded Boko Haram group started as an islamist fundamental social group, until their leader Muhammed Yusuf, was killed and his farm destroyed by the government forces in 2009. In fact, the Nigerian government dishonored ICJ's ruling on compensating Yusuf's family and they also failed to disintegrate his followers by engaging them through productive activities.
Groups of disjointed bandits that are terrorising most parts of Northern Nigeria in the recent time were once laymen, farmers and herders. But they got frustrated out of failed secret promises by the political elites who created and used them as instruments of destabilization. As such, they became monsters and chose to wield the arms they got from politicians for kidnapping and reckless killings.
Since 1999, the Nigerian government has been offering amnesty to militant groups; talking about cease fire; paying ransom; rehabilitating and promoting welfare packages for terrorists. All these were even institutionalized through the establishment of agencies such as the NDDC- Niger Delta Development Commission, NEDC- North East Development Commission and even ministries.
It seems that Nigerian government prefers a situation where the state assumes a 'caretaker role of terrorists' instead of addressing the reason(s) for which the group sprouted in the first place. If not so, how come the government makes use of iron hands against political agitators and eventually turn around to be welfaristic towards the same agitators when they have already become public enemies?.
A critical appraisal of government performance in handling the problem of insurgency since 1999 could lend credence to what has been described by some analysts as 'a systematic encouragement of militancy activities by the government of Nigeria in order that government officials could make more money through huge budgetary allocations for insecurity being a national problem'. A comparison of military rule to the era after 1999 will substantiate this claim. The military, despite its command nature and autocratic model of governance still, to a reasonable extent, listened to civil society groups. Though it wasn't a norm for people to take up arms against the military during its heyday, it is also a truism that the military did not in any way encourage militancy or insurgency, either for political gains or financial rewards.
We have realized that the Nigerian state in all ramifications is such a typical example of the Marxian instrument of oppression and a kind of overarching agency that was put in place in order to ensure the continuous domination of the society by some notorious selected few. In fact, the Gaetano Mosca's elitist theory is the best description that captures the Nigerian political narrative since the return of democracy in1999 because power has resided with a clique of privileged classified few while majority wallow in abject government-policy-induced penury.
The very act of suffocating the masses by the government/elites through re-engineering of the socio-economic systems (social inequality and oppression) is directly proportional to all public agitations. It then becomes intrinsic that people ask fundamental questions as to why, what, when and how would they fare. When the state forcefully gag and hunt down agitators as it is seen in the case of #ENDSARS promoters hence, the need to seek options for the sustenance of such political struggle; which invariably could be pivotal to the transformation of legitimate advocacy to militancy or insurgency.
An enigmatic dilemma is in the making in Nigeria but we are not taking it seriously. Why did I say so? Religion and ethnicity does not matter to these protesters. They are in fact, acephalous in nature - no leader. They have a common enemy - bad governance. They speak the same language - change of situation. They use the same weapon - technology. They have the same history - things will get better. Their primary aim is not political power. They are not afraid of death because the economy itself is killing their morale daily. They don't take bribes. Above all, they are capable of transmogrifying to an anonymous enemy of a bad government that can carry out asymmetric warfare in the name of the course they believe in.
It will be in the best interest of the country and the political elites to reasonably adjust the blade of the guillotine they normally use in beheading non-state actors and those with dissenting thoughts. If the government of Nigeria did not desist from using force in quelling political advocacy the masses will be forced to speak in the language the government understands. If the government, through blatant intolerance and suppression of fundamental human rights eventually creates monsters out of the volatile hordes of Nigerian youths, then, we should all be ready to witness the birth of a new pariah state.
The truth is, there is no way the Nigerian army can cope with a generation of tech-savvy militants that might likely emerge from the ongoing behavioural class war. Most importantly, we should also bear in mind that every group, either real or imagined, always has some leftists elements!

There are certain works that draw universal acclaim, with a combination of cinematography techniques, communication skills, and willingness to push limits with experimentation that make for a great leading movie director.
These attributes define Tosin Igho, a young man who has employed a unique blend of collaboration and leadership to make blockbusters.

Igho is currently one of the leading movie directors in Nigeria’s movie industry. He’s at the top of his game and has been for over 10 years. Respect for the story drives his style in every film.

The composition of his shots is visually stunning in every one of the films in a body of work that transcends genre, style, and theme. He remains at the top of any list of the best cinematographers.

Though he has nothing left to prove as a craftsman, Igho continues to up the game in Nollywood and beyond.

Tosin took over from his father, Peter Igho, as an executive producer. He succeeded in the show business and now at about the same age, has a solid number of credits under his belt.

At the AMVCA Awards in 2020, Igho picked up an award for Best Picture Editor for his work ‘Seven’, which stars Efa Iwara, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Sadiq Daba, Patrick Diabuah, Daddy Showkey, and a few others. On the same day, his father also bagged the highly revered Industry Merit Award.

The duo made AMVCA history as the first father and son to win the AMVCAs on the same night.

Tosin Igho has a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Effects from the prestigious AFDA in Cape Town, South Africa. He would go on to bag another degree in Cinematography and Film Production. He is the chief executive officer of a popular film company, IGHO Films and managing director of Remote Pictures.

Some of Igho’s major television content includes 'Once Upon A Time', 'The Eve', 'Seven', 'Judging Matters' and 'Love Come Back'. He is currently working on 'Nneka The Pretty Serpent', which is set to hit the cinema on December 18.

His technical adaptability from project-to-project and strong communication with directors define his work.

One of his most recent films, Seven, confirms that Tosin Igho is one of the best movie directors out of Nigeria and Africa by extension.
He has also graced a variety of films with his bold, dark-chiseled signature.

Group Managing Director of Suru Group, Edward Akinlade has called on Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to address the issue of traffic gridlock in the state. In a statement released and made available to the media on Monday, December 14, 2020, the real estate player, shared his frustrating experience on Lagos road after spending about 4 hours on Third Mainland Bridge, against the regular 7 minutes. He submitted some workable recommendations that can save Lagosians from needless traffic.

He wrote:

10th December 2020

The Executive Governor of Lagos State,

Lagos State House,

Alausa Ikeja,

Lagos.

Your Excellency,

INCESSANT TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION ON LAGOS STATE ROADS AND WAY FORWARD

Your Excellency, My name is Edward Akinlade the Group Managing Director of Suru Group Limited. This is to bring to your attention that as a concerned citizen and indigene of Lagos State, I am starting a one man protest against traffic and congestion on Lagos road . It is no longer news that several business and contract opportunities has been lost as a result of the congestion and traffic on Lagos Roads which has a negative impact on the business economy of the state and if this is not addressed it has the possibility of affecting the revenue of the state .

Your Excellency, I am aware of the ongoing road projects in different parts of the state, under your leadership this may not necessarily reduce the gridlock in the state. On this note I hereby recommend that the State Government should introduce congestion charges as being operational in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Wales where I come. This congestion charges will be applicable to motorist, and enforceable from Monday to Friday, this will thereby reduce the influx of road users who have little or nothing to do on the road. The motorists should be compelled to pay the sum of N1,000 per trip which can be activated with car registration numbers with payment done via designated Bank in Nigeria. If N1,000 charge does not reduce the influx of road users the State can increase to N5,000 /N10,000 or as the State deems fit.



Your Excellency, I strongly believe that the traffic will drastically reduce to a barest minimum.

Your Excellency, I have vowed that unless the above suggestion is acceded to I will continue on this protest which has brought me to your doorstep as every time I am held up in traffic it removes a day from my life span. It is high time we consider a different method in reducing Lagos gridlock which has now become a logo which Lagos State is known for.




Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation and approval of my request.

Yours faithfully,

MR EDWARD AKINLADE

08028788888

Says Our Government Already Sold Nigerians to second slavery.

The highly revered international cultural icon, who is the traditional title holder of EreluvOodua of Aye kingdom and Irawo Oni of Yoruba land, HRH Erelu Tinuade Mabel Onaneye has on Tuesday 8th of December, 2020 berated the Nigerian Government at all levels and traditional rulers for the system failure and all the ugly incidents happening in Nigeria. Safety, security, hunger, starvation, and diseases.

The renowned social crusader, Erelu Tinuade made the declaration from her base in Texas, United States through a release she signed and made available to the press and general public via her media aide, Saint-Olawale Jimoh on the beautiful Tuesday morning at about 9 am. Erelu condemned the unbearable shapes that events are taking back home and wonder if one can still call Nigeria a home country.

'No right-thinking Nigerian anywhere in the world will be comfortable hearing those horrible stories and happening from Nigeria. For instance, take a look at the recent massacre of about 110 rice farmers in Borno or the never-ending killings of innocent Nigerians in Southern Kaduna. The economy is collapsing and we are sliding back into recession for the second time. A Dollar now goes for about N510 judging by the current exchange rate. What about the outrageous amount of money being bandied about and stolen from the Niger Delta Development Commission? In the midst of all these, kidnapping and rapping haven't stopped yet we have a government at all levels.'She lamented.
'Regrettably, our traditional rulers who are supposed to call these politicians and government to order are shying away from the truth because of what they will eat. Today they're all equally bearing the brunt of their inaction and negligence. In Odigbo, the Olori and the two grown-up daughters of the king were abducted and abuse by herdsmen. Around the same time, another highly respected monarch, the Olufon of Ifon in Ondo state was brutally shot and killed by those suspected to be hoodlums or kidnappers. The citizens are no safer, All these calls for sobber reflection.' She continued.

Erelu Tinuade didn't fail to also mention the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria. She challenged all the 36 State Governors to publicly declare how many jobs they created since assuming office saying all they do is paying lips service to employment generation. She opined there no more office job for graduates except factory works owned by the wicked Chinese and Indian employers who enslave our youths for peanuts they call salaries and you dare not challenge them because they have the support of our government, another second slavery.

Erelu Tinuade concluded by calling on all Nigerians back at home to get ready for another national protest to reclaim our land and hold our leaders accountable for all the negligence and recklessness as she believes it's the only way to restore sanity into the country and our economy.

As the euphoria generated by the peaceful conduct and the unassailable victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress,APC, in the recent by-elections in the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe 2 of the Lagos State House of Assembly, continues to reverberate throughout the nation, the eloquent message therein should not be lost on all and sundry.

Since the inception of the Sanwo-olu administration, the Lagos state government has hit the ground running in a dogged determination to fulfill its part of the social contract.

It came up up with the ingenious THEMES agenda which encapsulate the essence of the desires and expectations of Lagosians. The THEMES agenda which is an acronym for Transportation and traffic management, Health and Enviroment, Education and Technology, Making Lagos a 21st century economy, Entertainment and Tourism, Security and good governance, remain the guiding principles of the Sanwo-olu government.

The commitment to complete all inherited projects has been upheld in the successful completion of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport road and the near completion of the Agege Pen cinema fly-over.

The commissioning of 37 newly constructed roads and 500 others rehabilitated by the Public Works bureau are also note-worthy.

The procurement of 8 boats for water transportation and the recruitment , training and deployment of 1000 officers were geared towards the improvement of public transportation.

The commitment to construct the 4th mainland bridge which is making remarkable progress with the shortlisting of 8 of the 30 firms that expressed interest, will no doubt be the legacy project of the present administration. As characteristic of the present government, the community engagement to seek support and cooperation has commenced in earnest.

The various interventions by the state government in the health sector by providing various diverse free treatment for thousands of beneficiaries and free surgeries in pediatric, eyes, orthopedic , nose and dental ailments were most impactful.

The construction of the mother and child hospitals at Igando and Eto-osa also boosted the health sector.

Undoubtedly, our enviroment has improved as a result of the re-organization of the Lagos State Waste Management Agency and the operations of the Private Sector Participation in waste management. The Olusosun landfill site was expanded to 42 acre for ease of waste disposal.

The education sector has received the deserved attention with recruitment and training of 3,000 teachers, construction of new classrooms and the provision of furniture and free meals for pupils.

The signing of agreements with private investors to construct 8272 units of hostel will enhance the status of the Lagos State University as the leading state owned tertiary institution.

The administration also set up the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) with the start-up fund of $687,000 to drive the investment in research and tech-focused solutions across the six pillars of the administration’s THEMES agenda.

The various empowerment and poverty alleviation programs were geared towards addressing the peculiar challenges of the moment.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought out the inherent leadership qualities of Mr Governor who acted as the Incident Commander in words and indeed.

The provision of the requisite medical needs- isolation centers, laboratories and other incentives to set the ideal standard for government response.

The various provisions of far reaching palliatives to cushion the effect of the lock-down occasioned by the pandemic, despite the fruitfulless efforts to politicize it, showed the human face of our government.

The endsars protest , which started as a legitimate demonstration of democratic rights, but ended with orchestrated violence on public and private properties, afforded the governor an opportunity to keep faith with the people.

He identified with the protesters and couriered their demands to Abuja.

The Lagos State government was also the first to set a judicial panel of enquiry to put together the pieces of the unrest for posterity and seek justice for the victims .

The sponsored attacks of the government in the traditional and social media as a result of the protest has called to question the intentions of some faceless activists.

However, the response of the Lagos State government to re-focus by having an inventory of the losses, providing support for the victims and quickly set in motion the machinery to rebuild is a lesson in commitment, passion and never say die spirit.

The Lagos East Senatorial and Kosofe 2 House of Assembly

by- elections presented an opportunity to access the performance of the present administration and most especially its response to the unexpected challenges.

While our opponents focused on unimpressive rhetorics which failed to impress the electorates, we presented candidates with impeccable pedigree who will undoubtedly compliment the progressive governance in the state. The failure of the the campaign of calumny, once again , demonstrated the political sophistication of Lagosians who saw through the facade of deliberate misinformation, deceit and propaganda.

Through their votes, the electorates in the Lagos East Senatorial district acknowledged and appreciated the various developmental projects in their part of the state. The Dangote refinery, the Eleko to Epe round about , the Ikorodu road reconstruction and the Lekki deep sea port etc are projects that provided employment opportunities for the people and will most certainly change their socio-economic landscape when completed.

We appreciate the tremendous support of all the electorates who gave us the unprecedented 89% of the total votes cast.

We wish to assure you of our renewed commitment to good governance that will be impactful on all and sundry.

Perhaps, we should also commend our opponents whose sheer falsehood and desperation served as additional impetus to work diligently for the victory.

Our government is mindful of the need to redouble our efforts to address the various areas of challenge as an appreciation of the renewed confidence.

While we acknowledge the right of the opposition to lament and sulk, it should be noted that consistent reality check is a recipe for political progress.

Seye Oladejo

Lagos State APC Spokesman.

· Adjourns hearing till January



A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu to prosecute the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the December 5 bye-election in Lagos East, Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi for alleged forgery and perjury.



The presiding judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke gave the order on Tuesday following a motion filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State, asking the court to compel the IG to investigate and prosecute Gbadamosi.



Before the order was granted on Tuesday, counsel to the APC, Mr. Olukayode Enitan (SAN) told the court that he had filled motion exparte, affidavit in support, statement in support, verifying affidavit and written address as part of conditions to grant his application.



In addition to these court processes, the counsel added that he had equally filed exhibits in support of the affidavit and further affidavit already filed before the court



The counsel, also, argued that all the conditions necessary for the grant of the application had been fulfilled, thereby requesting the court to grant the motion.



After listening to the argument of the counsel, the presiding judge agreed with learned Silk and consequently granted the application while he adjourned hearing of the originating summons for Mandamus till January 28.



In Suit No: FHC/L/CS/1661/2020, the APC had applied for the issuance of a prerogative Writ of Mandamus to compel the IG to discharge his public duty to investigate the PDP candidate for allegations of forgery, perjury, fraud and failure to participate in the mandatory national youth service.

Pursuant to Order 34 Rules 1 and 3 of the Federal High Court (Civil Procedures) Rules, 2019, the APC had, through its counsel, filed an application asking the court to investigate and prosecute Gbadamosi.



It had argued that the allegations “are offences under the provisions of Sections 465, 467 and 117 of the Criminal Code Act, 2004 and the National Youth Service Corps (Amendment) Act, which according to the party, placed duty upon the IG to investigate and prosecute the PDP candidate.”



Consistent with the Criminal Code Act and NYSC Act, the APC had contended that the IG “is under a duty to investigate and prosecute Gbadamosi for the offences of forgery, perjury, fraud and failure to participate in the National Youth Service as contained in Form EC9 and CF001 he submitted to INEC.”



The party had justified its claims on the ground that the PDP candidate had committed several offences bothering on forgery, fraud and perjury, for which the IG ought to investigate and prosecute him.



It had averred that the IG “is by virtue of the Police Act duty bound to investigate complaints and petitions lodged at his office. The petition was received and duly acknowledged November 11, 2020.



“Despite being in receipt of the petition, the inspector-general has failed, neglected and or refused to commence investigation of the PDP candidate as requested.”



On these grounds, the APC said it was aggrieved; now seeking to compel the inspector-general “to perform its statutory duties under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Police Act.”



In another litigation with Suit NO: FHC/L/CS/1659/2020, the APC sued Gbadamosi and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for allegations of forgery, perjury, fraud and failure to participate in the one-year mandatory national youth service.



The party had, in its writs of summons, claimed that it discovered certain discrepancies in the certificates, which according to the APC, were indicative of the fact that the WAEC certificate Gbadamosi submitted to the INEC might have been falsified.



It had claimed that some of the discrepancies observed in Gbadamosi’s WAEC certificate include the number of subjects the PDP candidate allegedly sat for “is different from the number of subjects he sat for as contained on the website of WAEC.



“Also, the grades he claims to have received via the certificate is different from that contained on the official website of WAEC,” the APC declared in its writs of summon.”