₦airaland Forum

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Ashabbiiee:
Minister Fashola, stop saying what you dont know.

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maynation:
Fashola is now SanwoOlu's spokesman.

However, speaking with Daily Independent on Tuesday, Akin-George Fashola, the Director of VIS in Lagos said the agency is set up to ensure sanity on the roads and not a revenue generating agency.

witworth:
Its better to tell people to be careful than assure them that everywhere is safe and everything is fine all in the name of avoiding public panic and instability.

That's this part of the statement.

He appealed to Lagosians to further complement the efforts of the security agencies by being observant, always, reporting any influx of unfamiliar people to law enforcement agencies because “security is the responsibility of all”.

The Commissioner added that unusual movements should be reported to the Lagos State Government through its Emergency Toll-Free Lines – 767 or 112.

RichDad1:
True. And they’re always neutralized before wrecking any havoc.

They succeeded once (https://www.nairaland.com/1811922/lagos-bombing-hide-it-people#24675789), but thankfully the security services have foiled all their other attempts.

This is not the first time that Boko Haram has attacked or planned an attack on Lagos. They detonated a car bomb in Apapa in 2014 and they've planned many attacks since then, but the security services have foiled their attacks.


https://www.nairaland.com/1811922/lagos-bombing-hide-it-people#24675789

https://www.nairaland.com/1251533/boko-haram-planned-bomb-third-mainland-bridge#15151448

Tweets by the Chief Press Secretary to the Lagos State Governor

Gboyega Akosile @gboyegaakosile

PRESS RELEASE
LAGOS SAFE FOR ALL LAW-ABIDING RESIDENTS, VISITORS – SANWO-OLU

Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated the government’s commitment to the safety of residents and visitors to the State, following the arrest of some Boko Haram suspects.

The Governor, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, praised the gallantry of officers of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army who foiled an attempted attack on one of the universities in Lagos.

Referring to the operation that led to the arrest of the Boko Haram suspects by the military operatives, the Commissioner maintained that the security apparatus of the State has strategies in place to forestall any threat to the peace that exists in Lagos.

Omotoso assured citizens that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will continue to provide the equipment and resources that are necessary to fortify the security machinery of the State, saying “Lagos remains safe and residents should maintain peaceful co-existence with one another”.

He appealed to Lagosians to further complement the efforts of the security agencies by being observant, always, reporting any influx of unfamiliar people to law enforcement agencies because “security is the responsibility of all”.

The Commissioner added that unusual movements should be reported to the Lagos State Government through its Emergency Toll-Free Lines – 767 or 112.

https://twitter.com/gboyegaakosile/status/1191566411820404737

sinceraconcept:
I so much love Dangote as well,he has always been a role model to me,i respect his business sense and humility but I can never treat him like he's God the way many Nigerians do,even if I meet him in real life, I would treat him the way I treat other good hearted elderly men and never treat him preferentially because he's rich

What's strange is that you suddenly appeared on this thread and started insulting people for no reason. I've not seen anybody treat Dangote like a god on this thread. People only expressed surprise that some other people do not know a famous person. There's nothing strange about that, neither is there anything strange about the fact that some people do not know him. Nobody has treated Dangote like a god.

But you suddenly appeared and started insulting people and their parents, saying things about the way people treat their parents and accusing people of treating Dangote like a god, when you do not even know these people!

BlackLaw:
e don tey wey NTA dey show one 4 oclock match every saturday na.. They usually show the lowest profile match.
Abi dey stop to show those matches at some point?
I don't understand Mr. Lying Mohammed

They were showing the games courtesy of Kwese Free Sports. Kwese had the rights at that time. However, Kwese TV collapsed around June or July and NTA hasn't been showing the games since then.

Now the NTA have partnered with a private Nigerian company to get the rights.

hisgrace090:
Ibb is the builder not mutala Muhammed.

Where was Alhaji Shehu Shagari on December 31st, 1983 and where did Brigadier Bako die?

Also, where was the venue of the 1982 Independence Day parade?

Who built the Akinola Aguda Lodge and who rebuilt it?

When was the Old Parade Ground built?

When was the Eagle Square built?

When was the National Assembly built?

When was the Apo Legislative Quarters built?

I watched Bournvita Match of the Day on the NTA in the 1980s (it was shown at 10pm). The opening montage had a clip of an old man at a stadium. The man was gesticulating as if he was the one playing the ball on the pitch.

Some league games were shown on the NTA in the 1990s, courtesy of Pepsi. Highlights were also shown on some sports shows that were sponsored by Pepsi, e.g. Pepsi The Best of Football (hosted by Godwin Dudu Orumen).

Some games were also shown in the 2000s, when the league was sponsored by Globacom.

Rainbow219:
Good development. I use to watch some Saturday 3 o'clock matches for last season. But I don't know why they aren't showing this season

They took the signals from Kwese Free Sports last season, but Kwese Free Sports collapsed in June or July.

752hub:
But NTA currently shows 1 EPL match per week on Saturday, whats new?

Here's what's new.

NTA previously picked the signal for those games from Kwese Free Sports. Kwese Free Sports owned the rights.

However, the Kwese company collapsed around June this year.

Now a private Nigerian company (Integral) has partnered with the NTA to buy the free to air rights.

Chu2k2:
Kogi, Nasarawa, and Niger States

Kogi and Nasarawa states did not exist in 1976.

drealzum:
It was part of old Plateau state that comprises of Nasarawa. Then some parts were cut from Kogi like Abaji area council with Ebiras.

There was no Kogi State in 1976.

mcayomind:
naptu2....... where art thou?

People are mentioning states that did not exist when Abuja was created. Abuja was created by Murtala Muhammed, who also created 19 states.

Abuja was carved out of Niger state and Niger State was carved out of Kwara, Benue-Plateau and North-Western states.

The first time that I witnessed this system was in 1985. A private company called DBN bought the rights to the FIFA Under 16 World Cup in China. They then partnered with the NTA (by buying airtime) and sold advertisement spaces in order to recoup their investement.

It's business.

If you want the NTA to show the NPFL, you should buy airtime on the NTA, buy the TV rights from the NPFL and sell advertisement spaces in order to recoup your investment.

As I said before, it's business.

grandstar:
I don't think this is right. They should be more focused on developing the local league

The problem is not with the NTA, rather it is with the league.

The NTA has tried to buy rights to the league several times. They even signed a partnership with the league (https://www.nairaland.com/4041271/nta-signs-broadcast-production-agreement). However, it often seems like the League Management Committee prefer that Supersports shows the games. Besides, the league is not very organised (witness what happened to the league in 2018).

However, the NTA also shows Nigerian league games. I watched the last game of the 2017/2018 season (between MFM and El-Kanemi) on the NTA (Supersports showed the game in Jos).

Besides, the league currently has no title sponsor. Nigerian league games were shown on the NTA when Bournvita (1980s), Pepsi (1990s), Globacom (2000s) sponsored the league. The Aiteo Cup has recently been shown on the NTA also. The fact is that someone needs to pay for the NTA's airtime and there's nobody to do so at the moment. Integral has paid for the NTA's airtime and they intend to recoup their investment by selling advert spaces. It's business.

I'm shocked that people are surprised by this news. There's nothing surprising about this. In fact, it's normal.

The EPL usually sell two packages of rights. There's the package for pay TV and there's a package for free to air TV. This has been the situation for many years.


The package for pay TV grants the TV company the right to show many EPL matches a week.

The package for free to air TV grants the company the right to show one EPL match a week.

During the Obasanjo era (when Frank Nweke Jr was minister of information), the government convinced the EPL to separate the Nigerian market from the rest of Africa and so these rights are for Nigeria alone.


NTA has previously held the right for free to air TV stations in Nigeria (that was when HiTV had the rights for pay TV).


That package was later bought by BON (Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria).

Later on, Kwese Free TV bought the rights and they granted DBN and NTA the right to also show the game.


Kwese Free TV and the whole Kwese company stopped functioning a few months ago (they weren't making money) and nobody was broadcasting the free to air package.

Now the NTA has done what they usually do. A private marketing company has bought the rights and is selling advertising space to companies in order to recoup their money. They've partnered with the NTA and the NTA now has the free to air rights again (for the first time in more than ten years).

There's nothing strange about this.

(TV Africa once held the free to air rights for the whole of Africa. That was in the late 1990s and early 2000s and NTA and many other Nigerian stations showed the games courtesy of TV Africa. Supersports had the pay TV rights at that time).

samuelthaking:
They have no license, they have been liasing with kwese free sports for over a year, that channel shows a game during the weekend which could be useless games like stoke vs Birmingham etc, Nigeria is a scam, imagine an information minister saying this trash.
Those using star times would attest to my claims

Kwese Free Sports no longer exists.

iaamxavier:
On my way to the South east today

I saw High way patrol officers using a Toyota Prado SUV

Like 3 at different check points

Like a whole Prado I shock oo LOL Hope it's not what I'm thinking sha

But sadly it's already dilapidating and the maintenance culture is zero

There's nothing new about this. The Federal Highway Patrols also used Toyota Prado when Obasanjo was president.