₦airaland Forum

It's funny how some half educated people quickly display their knowledge. IMDB is a database and as such can contain any movie even if it was made in heaven. Will you also ask those adding incomplete information in wikipedia to stop until they get the whole facts right with the corresponding pictures?. Isn't that why they always say that wiki is not reliable? Again,most of those nollywood movies were not added on IMDB by Nollywood. Those sites are only after google traffic, the more they see the traffic on particular movie, the more the movie is likely to be listed . You can see some Nollywood actors/actresses on IMDB with no accurate biographical information and picture and I've personally seen some listed as male when they are female. Don't they also have crappy American movies on IMDB? . Is nollywood going to take the bullet for a white man's mistake because he/she is trying to load up their company's Dbase for business purposes?.
Half education is very dangerous.

Prof. Condemns Gay Son’s Church
Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - By Tokunbo Olajide, Olugbo Soretire & Simon Ateba


Professor Augustus Olakunle Macaulay, father of gay pastor, Rev. Roland Jide Macaulay, has distanced himself from the son’s gay ministry.

Prof. Macaulay, at a press conference this morning, in Ojodu Berger, Lagos, admitted knowing that his son is gay, but added that he never knew that he is the pastor of a gay church.

At the press conference, held at the United Bible University, where the professor is the director of studies, he dissociated his theology school from the House of Rainbow, Macaulay’s gay church. The theology school, he claimed, only hosted the praise night of Jide Macaulay’s church. He said he never knew that his church was a gay church. “I have never had anything to do with homosexuality or lesbianism and will never, by the grace of God.”

Even though the father of the gay pastor condemned the son’s ministry, he added that he will never deny him as a son.

“Roland is my son and I cannot deny him because he is a gift from God. I love him and respect him. I personally relate with him as a father and not with the church he controls.”

He said since P.M.News reported the scandal, the family has been in emotional trauma and that his son has not been located since then. On 12 September, PM.News undercover reporters exposed the activities of the gay church, House of Rainbow, which operates from a two-bedroom apartment in Block 145, Jakande Estate, at the Oke Afa area of Isolo, Lagos state.

During the investigations that lasted for several weeks, PM.News reporters discovered that scores of homosexuals, bisexuals, lesbians, and ‘transgender’ people regularly congregate at the assembly, touted as the first gay church ever in Nigeria to worship God.

It was also observed that, Rowland Jide Macaulay, a 42-year-old self-professed ‘reverend’ and UK-trained lawyer, who presides over the ministry, attended mainly by top fashion designers, models, celebrities, activists, among others, misinterprets the Bible, by quoting several portions to justify the practice of homosexuality and bisexuality, which the holy book abhors.

Weekly, the preacher, who wears rough curls, and dresses flamboyantly, claimed that being gay is “totally acceptable in God’s sight.”

Macaulay says that his mission is to draw about 14 million gay people he claims exist in the country, to the fold. The gay ministry also plans to further promote the movement, with its plan to sponsor five interested people to study theology, in line with the gay doctrine.

The story first hit the newsstands on 11 May, this year, when Jide Macaulay was one of the guests at the recording of a television show called Moment With Mo, anchored by celebrity presenter, Mo Abudu, at the City Mall Studio, Onikan, Lagos.

During the Television show, the self-acclaimed man of God shocked Nigerians when he declared that homosexuality is not against the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ.

The gay pastor and several other homosexuals and lesbians in the studio on that day took two good hours explaining comfortably to Nigerians that being homosexual does not make one a sinner. Reverend Macaulay disclosed that he has been a gay since he was 14 years old and had several intercourse with different men.

When asked if the Bible does not preach against sodomy, the act of having sex with another man through the anus, the “man of God” said it was not in the Bible.

He said the case of sodomy in the Bible is an isolated one and must not be taken out of context. He admitted that he practices sodomy and was comfortable with it as a gay. He further explained that marriage in the Bible has nothing to do with sexual orientation, but love and trust. Macaulay disclosed that he is a trustworthy gay.

The gay “man of God” explained that he does not feel attracted to women no matter how beautiful they may look, but on the contrary, has strong feelings for handsome men.

While other gays and lesbians in the television studio did not want their faces to appear on television, Macaulay said he is happy being the face of the faceless.

After the television show, Reverend Macaulay told P.M.News that he is bold to talk about his homosexuality because “that is who I am.”

Another young lesbian, who did not want her face to appear on television, said she was introduced to lesbianism by a female friend at a tender age. She disclosed that she has dated many girls and had sex with most of them. She also said she has strong feelings for girls and does not feel same for men.

When asked if she would like to quit lesbianism, she said never. She added that now that she is a lesbian, she can never become heterosexual again.

The City Mall edifice, on 11 May, looked like a rendezvous for gays with several homosexuals and lesbians freely and openly holding hands and kissing in public

This is why i suggest that Nigerian women should do back ground check very well before dating a man.

More Nigerians going mad –Psychiatrist
Sunday, September 14, 2008 - By Bolatito Adebayo

On a visit to a hospital in Lagos recently, this reporter was somewhat surprised by the unnecessary attention from patients. One of them, a middle-aged man with a bandage on his head, stood directly behind the reporter like a sentry on duty. Unnerved by his intimidating presence, the journalist (a woman) asked if there was any problem only for the patient to request to use the reporter’s phone. He did that twice after saying good morning.

Not long after, a young man in his late twenties looking frail and gaunt came into the room and wasn’t sure what to do. He seemed lost in his own world and would mutter to himself intermittently. And yet a third approached saying: “Madam Can I use your phone?’

“Sorry I’ve no credit on it?”
He walked back to his seat and he kept on staring into space, after a while he came back and asked. “Madam are you sure you don’t have credit on your phone?”
Unable to bear the harassment any longer, the reporter stood up almost in a hurry. It dawned on her that all the while she had been speaking with mentally ill patients and they were not visitors after all.

Welcome to the world of the mentally ill.
In Nigeria, there are many health problems but those with mental cases are usually not mentioned. Instead, they are wished away. On the contrary there are several mental health problems around and there are several people affected by them. Some of these people function well and are not aware they are ill. These disorders range from small disorders to full-scale disorders.
Dr. Olatunji Aina, the Head of Department, Clinical Psychology, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, sheds more light on the mental health of the average Nigerian.

“A person is considered mentally ill if his behavior is different from all other people in the society or culture. Also, a person is considered to have mental disorder if his behavior is not a matter of choice but innate and irresistible, if his behavior causes others discomfort and his physical reality is impaired.”

Types of mental illness
There are different types of mental illness such as mood and anxiety, organic brain disorder, psychotic disorders and many others. The most common ones are neurotic disorders such as anxiety, phobias, substance abuse, paranoia, internal heat, sensations and strange movements in the body without any organic reasons. Psychiatrists also handle cases of epilepsy because there are some cases of epilepsy that are pure behavioral manifestation.

Myths
Dr. Aina faults the beliefs of most Nigerians towards mental disorders. He says: “In this part of the world people see psychiatric cases as spiritual attacks. Some believe they are chased by demons, or witches and wizards are responsible for their state of mental health. So when a patient is mentally ill instead of seeking for medical help they go to spiritualists; medical care is usually seen as the last resort. In most cases the situation would have become deplorable. Moreover, millions of Nigerians believe that a typical mentally ill person must be in rags and must eat from the dustbin. But that’s not true. Actually, that is only a minor representation of the percentage. There are people out there who work in offices and are highly placed that have one mental illness or another. Some are not even aware of their mental condition because it’s at the mild stage”.

Men who patronize prostitutes
According to him, prostitution is a societal problem and it is as old as human race. It is an act that is not sanctioned by the society so it is done in secrecy. According to research, there are reasons people do it. Some believe that they would have variety of sexual acts from prostitutes while some say they do it because they are shy to make advances to other women. While some believe that prostitutes are better and more experienced in bed than their wives at home. Others believe that they have more room to experiment. But these might be a mental problem when an individual can’t resist the urge and it becomes habitual. Though there are some psychiatric behaviors that have manifestation of sexual perversion, patronizing prostitutes might not be the only one. There are cases of pedophiles, that is having sexual preferences for children, which is criminal. Voyeurism, which can be described as deriving sexual pleasures from peeping at naked women or women’s under wears, having intercourse with animals or objects and many others.


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Economic factor
“Poverty is number one cause of psychiatric problems. In a society where we can see extreme display of wealth and extreme poverty, there is bound to be insecurity in human behaviour. Because of the large scale of the poverty, there are many people with illness they cannot take care of and so it results to mental illness. For instance, many people see malaria as a very simple sickness but it is very complex. There are manifestations of mental disorder in malaria. If malaria is not properly treated it could result into a serious mental problem.”

Availability of psychiatrists
“It’s true that the numbers of psychiatric doctors available are few compared to the population we have in the country. The number is grossly inadequate. Another factor responsible for these is the brain drain. Most of these doctors travel abroad to seek greener pasture.”

Stigma
“In Nigeria stigma is a very crucial problem because when people develop mental illness they are hesitant to see specialists and afraid of what the society would say. It is very normal to say: “I want to see my surgeon,” or “I want to see my gynecologist,” but you hardly find some one say “I want to see my psychiatric.” Even if a patient that is already certified mentally ill right returns home people tend to read meaning to every move he makes. The society should stop the stigmatization and let these people be.”

Symptoms
“There are different symptoms peculiar to different categories but the most common ones are anxiety, becoming obsessive with something which is not reality, becoming paranoid believing everyone is against you, delusions, hallucination, eating disorder, lack of hygiene, mood swing, decreased interest in doing things, insomnia, substance abuse, avoiding social interactions, etc.”
Can mental illness be cured?
“Absolutely yes. Science has established care for them.”
Who needs a psychiatrist?
“Every person who has psychiatric problems and every one should be on the look out, especially for the mild symptoms.”

Treatment
“There are different treatments available for mental illness. For some it might be counseling and therapy, with some it might be medications and therapies. A short term or long term hospitalization could be necessary for people with severe cases.”

People are just frustrated in Naija by extreme poverty.

WICKED NEIGHBOUR!, Baths co-tenant with boiling water
: Thursday, October 09, 2008 - By ADEOLA ADETUNJI, Abeokua


If Mrs. Taiwo Adesina had any premonition that calamity was lurking around for her on Sunday August 17, 2008, she would probably have gone into hiding.

But fate played a joke on her by not giving her any inkling and later that day her beautiful skin, which used to be a pride to her, was turned to an eyesore after her neighbour poured hot water on her.

A little quarrel between Mrs. Adesina and her neighbour, Mrs. Joke Akerele Olota, had left indelible marks on the back of the former.
Akerele-Olota, a 32-year-old mother of four, after bathing her neighbour with hot water, attributed her action to the devil “through uncontrollable anger.”


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The neighbour who is now standing trial at an Abeokuta Magistrate Court for assault occasioning harm, said that she did not intend to fight Mrs. Adesina “but her daughter insulted and disrespected me.”
Narrating what led to her action, she said she had urged Mrs. Taiwo’s 15-year-old daughter, Zainab to wait for her to get down from the stair case first “but she did not only refuse, she also disrespected and insulted me.”

After this assault, Mrs. Olota claimed that Zainab ran into her mother’s room and she ran after to beat her in the presence of her mother. “The little quarrel immediately degenerated to exchange of works between Zainab’s mother and I.”
The accused further told the court that what prompted her to pour hot water on her co-tenant was the devil. “Please forgive me, it’s the devil’s handiwork. I would not have done this, but for the devil which pushed me into it.”

She claimed that Zainab’s mother had been nice to her since providence brought them together in the building located in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Touched by her plea, Mrs. Adesina told the court that she was no longer interested in the case and also pleaded for forgiveness for her co-tenant.

Her words: “I have forgiven her. She is my younger sister’s mate. I thank God I am still alive today. Her father-in-law, who is the landlord, is good to me; likewise the husband.”
Meanwhile, Justice Modinat Sobogu who granted the accused bail for N50, 000 advised her to always be of good behaviour and refuse to be used again by the devil. She later adjourned the case to October 13, 2008.

this thread has been ruined. deepzone you definitely haven't changed.

I have oh. Everything on nairaland nowadays sounds tribal but Deepzone will ignore them all and stay fly.

Gotcha!

Men are such sore losers. Why is it so difficult for them to take a no for an answer?.

[size=14pt]Jilted Man Bathes Girlfriend With Acid[/size]
Posted To The Web: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 - By Tunde Lemuel & Assoh-Emeka Samuel

Man’s inhumanity to man was again manifested on Sunday night, when a jilted man, said to be a KAI official, Segun Adegbose, gave his 23-year-old girlfriend, Miss Kafaya Dauda, an acid bath.

Speaking with P.M.News at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Kafaya said, “It all happened between 10 and 11p.m., on Sunday. I came back from the mosque and after I had changed my clothes, I decided to relax.

“I was later woken up by Segun who queried my refusal to pick his calls. I told him that my phone was in silent mode. He screamed and made so much unnecessary noise over the issue before he left.

“I was still resting when I noticed that someone had entered the room again. I discovered that it was Segun. But before I could raise my head, he poured something on my face. I screamed when I felt a burning sensation on my skin and realised that I could not open my eyes again. He fled immediately.”

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He is still on the run. Kafaya added that she and Segun were lovers, and that they started dating in March, this year. She, however, ended the affair when she discovered that Segun’s character was not different from that of a tout.

This infuriated Segun, who is from Ikorodu and lives somewhere around Olusosun bus stop at Ojota, while his mother lives in Ikorodu.

Kafaya, a resident of 5, Ali Lane, Off Ogba Road, Lagos, further said: “At the beginning of our relationship, Segun told me that when the girl he was dating before he met me tried to jilt him, he had threatened her with an acid bath.”

According to the victim’s neighbours, Kafaya is a nice girl. Her neighbours have been trooping to the hospital to sympathise with her. She is a fashion designer and owns a shop in Ogba.

Immediately they heard of the incident, a group of women in the area raised about N59,000 to cover part of her medical bill.

Kafaya, who hails from Saaki in Osun state, stays with a woman known as Mummy Rhoda, a midwife and the owner of a trado-medical centre at the same address.

Mummy Rhoda said, “Kafaya has been living with me since her childhood. Her parents are in Saaki. So, I have been taking care of her. I was not around when the incident happened. I don’t know this Segun, though I knew that she was dating somebody.” A concerned neighbour, who craved anonymity, said Segun called Kafaya’s present boyfriend on phone this morning (yesterday morning) and threatened that he would be the next victim. The matter has been reported at the Isokoko Police Station, Agege. At the time of filing this report, Segun’s whereabouts remained unknown.

[size=14pt]UNHOLY BAPTISM, Policeman’s wife bathes nursing mother with hot water and pepper over N200 debt[/size]
Posted To The Web: Thursday, October 09, 2008 - From CHUKS ONUOHA, Umuahia


Patience Uchendu

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A-25-year old nursing mother in Umuahia, the Abia State capital has been bathed with a mixture of hot water and pepper while she was breastfeeding her baby by the wife of a police constable, for daring to ask for N200 debt owed her by the assailant.

The victim, Mrs Patience Uchendu from Okauga Nkwoegwu Ohuhu, in the Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State fainted following the attack and was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, where she was revived hours later by medical doctors.

Narrating her ordeal to Daily Sun, Mrs Uchendu said the bone of contention was the cost of a bottle of kerosene and some packets of noodles, which Mrs Cynthia Bassey, wife of Police Constable Bassey Udoh bought from her.

The assailant had allegedly promised to pay for the items within a week but did not fulfill her pledge. “And because she (Cynthia) worships with me in the same church, I did not ask for the money until after one month. When I eventually asked for the money, she started abusing me, asking why I should disturb her because of common N200.

“She stormed out of my shop and went back to Nkwoegwu police post where she resides with her husband who works at Afugiri police station.

“She did not come back until some days later. One early morning, she came to my house,fully prepared for a fight instead of paying the N200 debt she was owing me.
As she stepped into my house , she started raining abuses on me, calling me all sorts of names and I told her that all I needed from her was for her to pay that money.
“She was actually poised for a fight and started insulting me, telling me that she would beat me like a child before my husband.

“It was then, my husband asked if she was really serious that she would beat his wife before him and she said ‘yes’ and my husband asked her to go that we didn’t have power and connection to make trouble as we are civilians. She angrily left and my husband soon after left home for work.

“When she noticed that my husband had gone out, she came back and hit me with a big stone while I was carrying our seven months old baby. I restrained myself since I already knew that what she was looking for was trouble. When my husband came back from work, I complained to him and he took me out for treatment. The next morning, she came back to meet my husband in the house. She told him that we fought yesterday and that I picked her headtie, which she had come back to take or else the fight would continue.

“My husband still pleaded with her to go because he did not need any trouble and she left.
“Then, my husband left home to buy pap for our little baby. And she came back. I never knew she had gone home to boil water and mix it with pepper. I had my back to her and the gate and was breast-feeding my baby not knowing that she was coming behind with hot water mixed with pepper. The next thing I noticed was a shadow that flashed and as I wanted to turn a hot liquid was poured on me from my neck downwards. I fell down and lost consciousness.That was the much I knew until I woke up in the hospital.

“It was my husband that told me later that Cynthia took to her heels immediately she saw that I had fainted.

Speaking on the matter, the victim’s husband, Mr Uchendu Iroka confirmed that he went out to buy pap for their baby, adding, “When I returned not up to an hour later I met my wife lying on the ground.
“People gathered and were trying to resuscitate her to no avail. The skin on her back up to the buttocks had peeled off. I asked to know what exactly happened to her.

My children told me that Mrs. Udoh came with hot water mixed with pepper which she prepared in her house, poured on their mother and left . As I drew closer her, behold I noticed particles of the pepper on the injury inflicted on her back. Then, I rushed her to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia where doctors battled for hours to save her life. I later went to their (Cynthia’s) house but I could only meet her husband, Udoh Bassey Udoh, a police constable attached to the Ohuhu Division Station, Afugiri, Umuahia.

“When I greeted him he could only answer, have you finally come? I asked him if we are quarrelling, he replied “No” and still asked, have you come at last? I decided to leave their house and rushed to State , Umuahia, where I lodged the complaint, in the office of the Assistant Commissioner.
“The police arrested the woman and released her some days later. While my wife is still on bed at Bathley ward of Federal Medical Centre, Udoh promised that he was going to offset the hospital bill, but has not fulfilled his promise.

Reacting, husband to the accused , Mr Udoh who said that his wife was not around for comment told Daily Sun that the Uchendus were their family friends.
He said what happened was the handiwork of the devil, adding that agreement had been reached for peaceful settlement under which he had even committed money for the treatment of the victim.

It's like my ignore button is not working because this stalking is getting out of hand.

With the millions of Yorubas in Nigeria, they have no excuse using someone else for the role of a Yoruba person. Case Closed.

My point exactly. There are many ibo actors that cannot speak yoruba that rehearsed their script and delivered well in yoruba language. I still remember one of them that said so in an interview.

And they were just elected Yesterday? Shocked Shocked Sad
what would happen if he stays for the full term?Hes not guilty yet,but if hes tried and found guilty,he should be meant to repay back every dime he and his cohorts have stolen and even more.My only fear though is,would anything good come out of it Undecided
I weep for my state

All of them are thieves.

what happened?

I thought you changed, with these you tribal posts

where is the moderator even, its getting boring now

Grow up Agbaya!!!

Should we stop reporting issues concerning our criminal leaders?

Money laundering: ICPC steps up probe of Abia State gov, Theodore Orji
By Davidson Iriekpen, 10.09.2008

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has stepped up investigations into money laundering allegations brought against the Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji.



The ICPC had last month invited and detained the Accountant General of the state, Mrs. Bridget Onyema, for two days and later granted her administrative bail.

The arrest was in connection with a series of petitions sent to the commission on vast sums of money totalling N1.9632 billion million, transferred under the guise of travel estacodes for the governor, his deputy, their wives and families, as well as 23 other persons who swelled the governor's entourage to the World Igbo Congress held in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, September.

The recent arrest and release of Abia State schedule officer in charge of external transactions, Mr Charles Agbara, it was learnt, was in connection with Mrs. Onyema's inability to produce the formal approval for basing estacode calculations for the governor, his wife and children, the deputy governor, his wife, children as well as their family members.

The petition among other claims is calling the attention of the commission to what it described as a high-level scam perpetrated by the Orji administration in the award of a contract for the construction of Abia Refinery to a non-existent US company for $100 million.

Also a socio-political group, the Abia Elders Forum, has called on the state government to respond to a claim by an Internet news service, which reported that a Memorandum of Understa-nding (MoU) was signed between a delegation of Abia State officials led by the governor and a group known as Nevada Petroleum Resources, Inc. in Tampa Bay, Florida early September 2008.

The Abia Elders Forum said it was curious that while the NNPC was building three new refineries at the cost of N800 billion, the Abia State Government claims, it was constructing a 20,000-barrel capacity refinery at $100 million.

According to the Forum, "Can the Abia State Government show evidence of a refinery licence from the Department of Petroleum Resources as is the case with other state governments? Abians also want to know at what stage the refinery project currently stands."

ICPC's Resident Consultant, Media and Events, Mr. Folu Olamiti, had earlier said it was true that the commission arrested Onyema.

"I can confirm to you that Mrs. Onyema, the Abia State Accountant-General, was arrested by the commission and after her interrogation, she was asked to go and be reporting to the commission," he said.


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Oyebola’s killer found guilty
• Receives sentencing today
10.09.2008

Thursday, October 9, 2008

A man has been found guilty of the murder of a former champion boxer in a row over smoking at a London nightclub.



Kanyanta Mulenga, 23, from Putney, shot James Oyebola in the neck and leg in July 2007 at Chateau 6, in Fulham in south-west London. A jury at the Old Bailey heard how Mulenga, who had denied murder, fired at Mr Oyebola, 46, after he asked a group of men to stop smoking.

Prosecutor Jeremy Donne described the attack as "particularly senseless".

Mr Oyebola, a former British heavyweight boxing champion, died four days after the shooting in July 2007, which happened three weeks after the smoking ban began in England.

Father-of-three Mr Oyebola asked a group in a "perfectly pleasant way" to extinguish their cigarettes in the club's garden area, which counted as enclosed premises because it had a roof, the court heard.

A witness said Mr Oyebola, who was 6ft 9ins tall, was then jostled by three men.

"He thought it looked like a giant against kids," said Mr Donne. Mulenga then fired off four shots with a converted replica Baikal automatic pistol.

Two bullets hit Mr Oyebola - one causing superficial injuries to his right calf and another entering the back of his neck, piercing a major vessel supplying blood to the brain.

He died in hospital without regaining consciousness.

Judge Peter Rook warned Mulenga that he faced life imprisonment.

He had been jailed for 30 months in September 2005 for possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply, the court heard.

Mulenga was remanded in custody to be sentenced today.

Outside court, police read a statement from Mr Oyebola's family that said: "There are no winners today.

"Those central to the case have lost someone or something. Many lives have been changed forever."

They added: "We do not hate this young man found guilty today; on the contrary we feel sorry for both him and his family."


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Thursday, October 9, 2008
FG orders EFCC to withdraw suit against Jimoh Ibrahim

By Sebastine Ebhuomhan


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, informed an Ikeja High Court that the Federal Government had instructed it to discontinue the case of alleged fraud filed against a Lagos-based businessman, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim.




The EFCC which is prosecuting the case, told Justice Joseph Oyewole that it had received letters with a directive to withdraw the case.

Lawyer to EFCC, Mr. Muslim Hassan, told the court that the agency was in receipt of a letter from the Attorney-General of the Federation and a discharge letter from the National Deposit Insurance Commission, asking it to discontinue the case.

But Hassan did not produce or read the letters in court just as the absence of the defence lawyer helped to reinforce the information.

Ibrahim, who is the Chairman of NICON Group of Companies and Chief Executive Officer of Global Fleet Limited, was not present in court.

But a copy of the NDIC letter obtained by our correspondent reads in part: “Consequent upon a letter of discharge issued by Trade Bank Plc, dated January 5, 2006 absolving you of any liabilities in respect of your company, VGC Communications Limited, of any indebtedness to the bank, we the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation being liquidator of Trade Bank Plc, hereby reconfirm the afore-stated letter of discharge.”

The letter was signed by Mr. B. A. Teriba and copied to the office of the AGF and the Chairman of the EFCC.

In another letter dated September 6, 2008 and addressed by the AGF, Chief Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), to the EFCC Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri, the AGF directed the EFCC to terminate the legal action against Ibrahim.

After listening to the EFCC lawyer’s submission, Justice Oyewole directed him to file appropriate papers at the next adjourned date to show that the power of the AGF to discontinue the case had been exercised.

The court consequently adjourned the case till October 30.

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There's an effort to elect an unknown random person as President, and it's someone we know! Watch this online video about the surprising new nominee:

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=46832&altf=Tfvo&altl=Ptfxb

Jot back a note to let me know what you think!

Are you sure this man won't be a victim of a hit and run driver, Overzealous policeman, Armed robbers turned assasin or stray bullet.

The guy should watch out oh.

Remember the case of one newspaper guy in Nigeria like 2 year ago Agbeyegbe or something like that

Chai Nigerians. You are suspect number one if something happens to him.

I have never eaten anything as such.
Ma lips are blessed and won't be lured into eating anything that murky.

Stop lying Hannibal. Nobody is giving you a fine for eating them.

I have never worn a G string in my life and never will either, hate them things.

Keep it alive, sweetie. You are better off without them strings.

265 topics? i am not sure even Seun has managed such feat lol.What an idle wench

same goes for you that reads them. You must be more idle than the wench.

Why una dey laugh? when we are still dealing with Nigeria@1, ibime came out from nowhere with images. He may go satellite soon if we don't put him in check.

Sorry, na time, [b] we are written a proposal to the united nation incase the nigeria senate and house of rep do nothing about the issue [/b]as alternative. So that we can present documentation and it took us time and i was busy and we have not finished yet.

look at Deepzone typing "Ibo'' all over the place when she knows the real thing is "Igbo".

Old habits die hard. I've been corrected on this issue 5 million times here but i just can't stop.

nonsense!
there are yoruba films and there are Hausa films.
Igbos are not falling over to act there
Nollywood developed from Igbo films.
Igbo story lines and igbo expressions are still being used.
People will always complain when they can go develop their own industry and leave Igbowood rather than complain to high heavens
Aba made,Igbo jeep,Igbo computers,Igbo this Igbo that
why are mainly Igbos selling spare parts and electronics ?
so so complaints Angry
haba!
should we die for that soured akamu called Nigeria and Nigerians
leave us alone Angry Angry Angry
leave us alone Angry Angry
Tyler Perry did it in America when he was denied a place in Hollywood.
He started "atlantawood"
anyone that feels discriminated against should start their own industry.
This is afterall a private enterprise
they don't have to do quota system and represent all the geopolitical zones of Nigeria
they are businessmen
and have a right to do what's best for the business
obviously they are selling
I've seen several movies wih tons of non Igbos .
Nonsense!!
anyone disturbed should stop buying the movies.
end of story!

I've said this before remember but my point now as a nollywood lover is that there should be diversification. Yorubas make up about 40% of ibo movies fan base so they can't afford to lose that audience for real. They can afford to lose their Liberian, Ugandan, Carribean, Ghananian etc fans but not home fans. Yorubas already have a stake in the ibo movie industry by the virtue of fan base and it's in the best interest of the movie makers to mark down the proportion of ibo actors and actresses in order to accommodate others. As a matter of fact, Nollywood should be casting indigenous Liberians or Ugandans in their movies by now. Even NBA signed Yao Ming mainly because they want to sell the NBA to Asians. Beckham came to the galaxies because MLS wants to increase it's viewership. So, don't think that the future success of Nollywood relies on the ibos alone, without the yoruba support, they may be back to square one. If major Yoruba actors and actresses continue to complain like this, people may start taking them more serious. Personally, i used to see the complaints as a mere ranting from a frustrated man/woman but not the established actors too. Nollywood employs one or two hausas in their movies which may be okay considering that their northern fans are not as large as the western fans. One word is enough for the wise.

Mr Egwutu(Obamaist)
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He loved Obama so much that he nearly died for him.

Rukayat Akinsanya, also known as Rukky Sanda, is gradually being ranked among the most promising acts in Nollywood. Rukky, who started acting in 2004, has accused practitioners in the industry of tribalism.

Though she is a native of Ikorodu in Lagos State, her versatility has earned her more recognition in the English movie industry than the Yoruba sector.

The Banking and Finance graduate of the Lagos State University, disclosed that she initially had a pleasant experience in the industry until when she suddenly realised that tribalism actually exists.

She said: “When I had my first audition, I got a role instantly. That was with Sunny Mac-Don, but what I have realised recently when I came fully into acting is that there is an issue of tribalism.

“But I think this is uncalled for because I have been given roles several times and later rejected simply because I’m of the Yoruba stock. I think that is really wrong. People don’t have to be rejected because of their tribes. This has really affected me,” she lamented.

NollywoodReel gathered that the humble and friendly Rukky has featured in over 14 movies since she joined the motion picture industry in 2004.

Some of the movies in which she has featured include Angel and The Beast, My Precious Son, Strength Of Love, Legal War, Desperate Girls, Weeping Tiger and Heaven’s Gate.

By Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare and Bunmi Obarotimi

Femi Omokhafe Ogedegbe hails from Dagbala, Edo State. An actor, producer and director with about 16 years experience in the movie industry, Femi has featured in several Nigerian home videos. In this interview with Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare and Bunmi Obarotimi, the hunk who has appeared in Okoto Ife, Haunted House, Omo Alhaja, Desperadoes, Ogidan and others, speaks about his life, career and happenings in the movie industry. Excerpts:

What made you take up acting?

I started acting around 1987 when I joined Miliki Olumegbon’s theatre group. His father was one of the legends of the Yoruba film industry and we used to go to secondary schools to act. We later ended up in NTA Channel 7, Lagos, for a youth programme called Ogbon Ewe. I stopped but later returned to the industry in 1996 to act in an English speaking video film.

What’s the name and what led to the first film you acted in?

The very first film I took part in was Back to Africa. Some Nigerians based in the United States came to Nigeria to shoot the film and a friend, Jude Ossai, invited me to participate. We went for the audition and I got a minor role. Since then, I have been in the industry.

What is your greatest challenge in the industry?

We face many challenges in life but it depends on the way you handle it. Before I joined the Yoruba movie industry, it was difficult for a non Igbo to get a role in the English speaking Nigerian films. Take it or leave it, the English speaking Nigerian film industry is owned by Igbos who favour their own. Sometimes when you go for auditions, it seems non Igbos can’t speak good English the way they do although there are some Igbo directors and producers that see you for what you are. Thank God I have been nominated as the best upcoming actor in Nigeria and that means I am good. I have directed films in South Africa and Tanzania and people appreciate what I’m doing.

Which film is the most tasking you have ever featured in?

I will pick three films: Haunted House produced by Prince James Uche and directed by Sola Akinbo; In the Line of Duty produced by Infinity Merchant and directed by Izu Ojukwu and Desperadoes produced by Solid Production and directed by Izu Ojukwu. In these three films, I almost lost my life. There was a time when I was regarded as the best stunt-man in the Nigerian English speaking film industry. Then, I was slimmer and agile and I used to do stunts a lot. I almost lost my life in the process of doing stunts in these films and even people around thought they had lost an actor but thank I’m alive.

When was the most depressing period in your acting career?

The most depressing period in my acting career spread over a period of three, four years. Then, I could not feed myself, cloth myself or even get a decent place to live because I could not do what I love doing best because one Emeka would be given a role I’m supposed to get due to the fact that I answer to Femi, not Emeka. This was the most depressing period of my career and it caused me to diversify. I started producing and later proceeded to study directing. I did not just jump into acting like many, rather I undertook courses which I registered for on the internet and I understudied the best in Nollywood which further enhanced my directing ability. People like Izu Ojukwu, Andy Amenechi and others don’t care where you are from; if you are good, they pick you.

What do you think caused this tribal segregation in the movie industry?

The average Igbo man is more interested in making money and this could be traced back to the days of Living in Bondage. The film made so much money that the Igbo boys selling electronics started selling video and because there is money to be made, Igbos rushed in to make money. This made the movie industry more popular in the Eastern part of the country; locations were picked in the East and this added to the number of Igbos that moved into acting.

That is the reason why at any audition, you will find about 30 Igbos as against 10 from the other tribes. And I think they feel more comfortable shooting videos with someone with whom they share the same mother tongue. At some auditioning, you‘ll just realize that Igbo language, most of the time, becomes the auditioning language. Even on occasions when you have the Omotolas, the Ramsey Nouahs and other artistes that are not Igbo featuring in the film, the credit list at the end of the video will be about 90 per cent Igbos. It will be all lies if anybody told you there are no favoritisms in Nigerian English speaking films.

Does the same thing apply in the Yoruba movie?

Though I’m a Yoruba man, I have been acting English movies all my life. When I joined the Yoruba movie industry, they welcomed me whole heartedly. Once you are able to speak the language well; they even see it as a marketing strategy to bring a non-Yoruba to act in Yoruba film. The Yoruba film industry presents a level playing field for all so far you can express yourself well in the language.

Is there much disparity in the fees of actors in the two industries?

I think the fees of the highest paid artistes’ ranges from NI00,000 to N170,000 in the Yoruba industry, while in the English speaking Nigerian film industry, they pay as much as 1.2 million naira for a five days job.

The two associations that can be said to constitute the Nigerian movie industry are the ANTP and AGN, what are these two associations doing to address the discrimination in the industry?

I am the vice-chairman, task-force of the Actors of Guild Nigeria (AGN) headed by Ejike Asiegbu and a member of the ANTP headed by Prince Jide Kosoko. Since I’m not at the helms of affairs, it will be difficult to bring the two together even though Uncle Jide is like a father to me and Ejike is like an Uncle to me.

I can’t force them to unite because they would like to remain their own bosses but I’m working on a Yoruba movie which will be premiered very soon and I’m hoping to use the film that features both Yoruba and English speaking actors like Mercy Johnson, Kelvin Ikedugba, Prince Jide Kosoko, Lola Alao and others to close ranks between the two associations as I will be inviting the two presidents to the premiere and actors from the two associations as well. It would have been the best if the two associations could unite or while maintaining their independence, form a Board of Directors that will be overseeing daily activities in the industry.

Are you married?

I am still searching

How are you coping with female fans?

I’m coping well. They are not disturbing me and I’m not disturbing them, we get along just fine. I’m not one of the actors that female fans harass sexually.

What is your take on the issue of sex for role?

We all know it goes beyond the Nigerian film industry. Even outside the industry, people pay in different ways to land jobs. Some pay with their body while others pay using other means. However, one thing I know is that every role I give out in my movies is based on merit. I’m a business man and I don’t mix pleasure with business; when it is business it remains business. If I want to take you to bed, we can do that at another time but the issue of sex for role is existing and not only in the movie industry but in many other establishments out there.

Can you give a quick rundown of some of the film you have produced?

I produced Cyclo which was directed by Aquilla Njamah, Temiko, a film on HIV/AID titled Love the Cure and the latest one titled Orun-Gbeja, that is Heaven Vindicates.

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