Nigerian stand up comedian Francis Agoda popularly known as I Go Dye has expressed concerns over the increasing rate of moral decadence going on in society, especially from Nigerian celebrities.
Naija News understands that in less than three months, the nude videos and photos of some top Nigerian celebrities have flooded the social media space sparking outrage and condemnation.
In reactions to the rise of nude photos and videos, indecent dressing of celebrities, particularly Nigerian celebrities the 42-year old veteran comedian who’s also a motivational speaker, via his Instagram page says he’s so afraid of the future generation with the rate at which things are going.
According to him, those who expressly show their nakedness were intentional about it, adding that it is not something one can find in an African parent’s DNA. He further noted we are already breeding ‘future p0rn stars’.
He wrote: “The way we are expressly showing our nakedness and sex tapes as a mistake, is intentional because is not a common mistake. You can’t find in Africa parents DNA, we follow our papa stay for one room, with 10 children, none of us see him yansh one day, am afraid because we are just breeding future porn stars. Amb Francis Agoda.”
More light has been shed on the bribery allegation involving former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, who was suspended on July 31.
Sources in police that spoke with Punch confirmed that the former deputy commissioner of police is still on suspension and had not been secretly recalled by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba.
Kyari has been under investigation over a bribery case involving self-confessed internet fraudster, Abbas Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi.
The FBI in a document had alleged that the embattled police officer connived with Hushpuppi to defraud a Qatari businessman of $1.1 million.
Recall that the IGP on Thursday noted that he has not received any extradition request formally.
The IG said, “I have not received any extradition request formally. But I have read from other places that there was an extradition request. I’ve not seen it and that is one.
“Two, when this issue of Kyari started, we took our own action by constituting a panel to look at the allegations that were made against the senior officer.
“The allegations were based on fraternising with Hushpuppi and even receiving some series of instructions on extrajudicial torture and so on. We looked into all these allegations via the committee that was set up by the DIG and we submitted our report to the SGF on the findings of our investigation.
“We just received the legal advice from the office of the Attorney General on what to do next in terms of asking the officer to account for what we have gathered in the course of our investigation.”
The Peoples Democratic Party has elected former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, as its National Chairman.
Ayu emerged early Sunday morning after an orderly election that started on Saturday and spilled over to the following day.
In his appreciation remarks soon after the declaration of the result, Ayu declared that the PDP was “back to take back power from the All Progressives Congress.”
Other members of the National Working Committee, NWC, were declared elected by the Governor of Adamawa State and Chairman of the Convention Organising Committee, Ahmadu Fintiri.
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3,600 delegates voted for new members of the NWC of the PDP at the convention.
Mr Ayu said the PDP will rescue Nigeria from the ‘terrible mess’ it has been in the past six years.
“I want to sincerely appreciate the PDP family. Today is simply a thank you address. When we started this party 23 – 24 years ago, we never in any way imagined that the journey will get us to this stage – a stage where we ruled for 16 years, we went into rough times but for anybody who will bother to see, PDP is back,” he said.
He added that the party “Is back to rescue Nigeria from the terrible mess we have been in the last six years. I want to appreciate all of you who have taken time as delegates, as observers, as supporters, as members of the media, as members of the security services, who have made this event such a wonderful event.”
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has condemns what it called unjustified and Illegal invasion of the private residence of a renowned Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Mary Odili, by alleged operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) together with Officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force.
The EFCC has however denied that its operatives carried out the raid.
CUPP called on President Muhammadu Buhari to put an end to frequent invasions of judges residences, describing it as “a brazen act of terror and intimidation.”
In a strongly worded statement sent to THE WHISTLER on Saturday morning signed by Chairman Media Committee of CUPP, Chukwudi Ezeobika Esq., it said the sustained attacks on the Nigerian Judiciary by the Mohamadu Buhari led APC Government pose a grave danger to the independence of the Judicial arm of the Nigerian Government.
“It remains inconceivable how agencies of the Nigerian government could engage in actions that violate rights, constitutionally provided for and guaranteed by the Constitution, especially those of Judicial Officers and in particular, the rights of the Justices of the Supreme Court, without regards to extant Laws.
“Having set this ugly and negative precedent with the unlawful ousting of a former Supreme Court Justice and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen in 2019, the Mohamadu Buhari led APC Government has once more shown to Nigerians and the International Community that it has no regards and or respect for the Rule of Law and the Judiciary.”
The group noted that it viewed the forced invasion and continued harassment and Intimidation of Judicial Officers
as an act of terror and call for an immediate investigation of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and all officers involved in what it described as a reckless and irresponsible conduct with a view to bringing them to Justice.
“As long as we profess to be be in a democracy, it is incumbent on all elected and appointed Officials to act within the confines of the Law,” the statement said.
It demanded an immediate withdrawal of security operatives from the private residence of Justice Mary Odili and an unreserved apology from the Nigerian government in this regards and further call on all Nigerians to stand up and defend democracy which this administration is bent on derailing.
The Abuja residence of Justice Odili was on Friday evening invaded by security officials.
The officers according to eye witnesses were dressed mostly in mufti and arrived the house following tip-off that some “strange activities were taking place inside the house”.
Within minutes, they had seized the entire perimeter of the house; using one of their vehicles with covered number plate to block the front gate of the house.
About eight of them then forced their way into the building but were unable to get to the inner room of Justice Odili.
The raid lasted over an hour; enough time to call the attention of many who rushed to the home of the justice of the Supreme Court to find out what was going on.
Confirming the incident, lawyer to Justice Odili, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome described the invasion as “unfortunate and embarrassing.
He faulted the search warrant the security operatives allegedly came with on two grounds.
First was that the document had no name on it and secondly that it had a wrong address.
According to Ozekhome, while the warrant had on it, No 9, IMO Street, Odili’s house is on No 7 IMO River, Maitama.
Ozekhome however did not rule out the theory that the invasion could have been politically motivated.
River State Governor, Nysom Wike, who was in Abuja for PDP National Convention quickly rushed to the scene almost as soon as he got wind of what had happened but declined to speak to journalists on ground.
Others who rushed to the home of Justice Odili were former Minister of Transport, Abiye Sekibo , Founder/Chairman Emeritus, DAAR Communication, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, former Deputy Speaker, River State , Austin Opara, a number of former federal lawmakers including Senator Aniete Okon, senator Mao Ohuabunwa, and Senator Lee Maeba.
Others were former Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Kenneth Kobani and Honorable Igo Aguma who narrated the gestapo manner the security operatives forced themselves into the compound; afraid that Nigeria had fallen back to those heinous days when independent judges were hounded down, harassed and intimidated.
Justice Mary Odili is wife to frontline Nigerian politician and former Governor of River State, Peter Odili and the
invasion on her home comes few hours to the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Abuja.
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari says he is unaware of any cabal in the presidency.
Adesina in a recent with Vanguard declared that President Buhari is “fully” in charge of his government.
“Well, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had been asked that question. I align with it. I don’t know of any cabal,” Adesina said.
When told by the interviewer that there are some influential Nigerians who influence things within the government, Adesina replied: “It happens with every administration. It happens in America. It happens in Canada. It happens all over the world. There will always be people. They call them kitchen cabinet in some other places. It will always happen in any part of the world. And President himself answered this question. It was at the UN General Assembly a couple of years back. He was talking to the media. And somebody asked that question. And he said, he doesn’t know of any cabal, that he was the one who went around the country to campaign. Nobody did that for him. And so, he’s the one that has a mandate and is exercising that mandate.”
Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has welcomed media mogul, Chief Dele Momodu back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Saraki in a post on his official Facebook page on Friday said Momodu has been on sabbatical from partisan politics but now that he has returned, he hopes to work with him to rebuild the PDP and meet the aspiration of Nigerians.
Naija News recalls Chief Momodu, a former Presidential candidate has officially joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement on Friday made available to our newsroom, the veteran publisher stated that he joined the PDP to contribute his quota to the growth and development of the nation.
Momodu noted that he joined the PDP in order to help the party win the 2023 presidential election and sweep away the bad policies and practices of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its government.
The statement reads: “I have consulted widely. And it is clear to me that given the dangerous and disastrous drift that our nation has experienced in the past six years, the only party from which amends can be made to rectify our situation is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“This accords with my vehement opposition to the policies and practices of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its leadership, which has denuded our country of everything we hold dear – national unity, cohesion, security, economic prosperity, educational advancement, social infrastructure, and above all, our cherished moral values.
“For these reasons, I am happy to declare that I am now a full-fledged participating member of the great and patriotic Peoples Democratic Party.”
Momodu also accused the ruling APC of destroying some of the biggest and landmark achievements recorded under the PDP administrations.
Reacting to the development, Saraki wrote: “After his sabbatical in partisan politics, I welcome Chief Dele Momodu to our great party, the PDP! It is my hope that by working with you, we will help to rebuild the PDP to meet the aspirations of all Nigerians!”
Meanwhile, a suit filed by the suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus against the party’s scheduled national convention has been struck out on Friday.
Secondus in challenging his removal from office, had approached the Appeal Court, Port Harcourt judicial division, demanding it to restrain the PDP from holding its 2021 National Convention which had been scheduled for October 30 and 31.
He also wanted the court to grant him the powers to preside over the convention whenever it will hold.
But the appellate court dismissed the suit in its ruling on Friday, clearing the coast for the conduct of the PDP National Convention billed to take place at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital city.
Former ‘Pepper Dem’ housemate, of the Big Brother Naija reality TV show, Omashola Oburoh, has revealed that he went through a terrible time while battling with depression.
Oburoh said he was dealing with serious personal issues which forced him to stay away from social media.
He said these on his verified Instagram page @Sholzy23 on Friday.
However, he told his fans that he is currently better and striving to succeed.
He said, “I want to use this medium to thank everybody who checked up on me one way or the other. I’m overwhelmed by your love and support and I sincerely appreciate it. I was dealing with some deep issues but I am making headways and better now by God’s Grace. Thank You.”
Oburoh’s post came four days after he hinted that he was going through depression and was gradually reaching his breaking point.
He had said, “They say in your youth, depression is mostly peer pressure and the strife to not want to be left behind. In old age, depression is a bucket full of regrets and it is worse than the former.
“Thank God I’m still young but a lot of pressure. I’m lonely in a world surrounded by people. Trying to keep my cool but slowly reaching my breaking point.”
A former Presidential candidate and media mogul, Dele Momodu, has officially joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement on Friday made available to Naija News, the publisher of Ovation magazine stated that he joined the PDP to contribute his quota to the growth and development of the nation.
Momodu noted that he joined the PDP in order to help the party win the 2023 presidential election and sweep away the bad policies and practices of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its government.
The statement reads: “I have consulted widely. And it is clear to me that given the dangerous and disastrous drift that our nation has experienced in the past six years, the only party from which amends can be made to rectify our situation is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“This accords with my vehement opposition to the policies and practices of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its leadership, which has denuded our country of everything we hold dear – national unity, cohesion, security, economic prosperity, educational advancement, social infrastructure, and above all, our cherished moral values.
“For these reasons, I am happy to declare that I am now a full-fledged participating member of the great and patriotic Peoples Democratic Party.”
Momodu also accused the ruling APC of destroying some of the biggest and landmark achievements recorded under the PDP administrations.
“It is deeply saddening and regrettable that some of the biggest and landmark achievements recorded under the PDP administration have been diluted, wasted, or diminished by the present APC government,” he added.
Recall that Momodu was the candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2011 presidential election where he contested and lost.
According to the election result released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), he polled 26,376 votes to rank 11th on the election table.
There’s palpable tension at the headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday morning following news that a night-long negotiation for the party’s erstwhile National Chairman, Uche Secondus to settle with the party out of court has broken down irretrieveably.
Findings by THE WHISTLER showed that while some top governors of the party were busy wooing former Ondo State governor, Segun Mimiko, to decamp to the party on Thursday, the party detailed some highly placed members to negotiate with Mr Secondus.
A source at the party’s office told THE WHISTLER that negotiation had begun before the court sat yesterday afternoon.
The judge may be mindful of this when he deferred the ruling to Friday (today), to allow for negotiation, a behind-the-scene development that worked for the parties.
But rising from the closed-door meeting early this morning, the negotiators alerted the party that Mr Secondus had demanded for a return to status quo.
This means, he should return as the party’s Chairman to conduct the National Convention on another date. This did not sit well with the party’s team who said arrangement for the convention had been concluded and delegates were already in Abuja.
As the parties could not find a common ground even though sources said PDP conceded many grounds to Mr Secondus including having a say on who succeeds River State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike and other elected positions in 2023, Mr Secondus stuck to his guns.
The development has cast dark clouds at the PDP headquarters as uncertainty sets in.
Staff could be seen in clusters discussing the likely scenario with one saying it could happen just like the botched convention of 2016 when Ali Modu Sheriff held the party to ransom.
A member of the NWC confided in THE WHISTLER that it was a dangerous situation to be in as no one knows what could happen.
However, “We still believe Mr Secondus being a party man may have a change of heart before the court sits,” he said.
He added that, “If he doesn’t, then we would take in good stride whatever happens but we hope the court verdict would be in our favour.”
One of the aspirants for one of the positions who refused to be quoted said it “is difficult to decide which way. We are hoping for the best. Our team of lawyers are doing the right thing and we believe in them.
“Besides, an out-of-court settlement can still happen. We are not giving up. Even if it goes against us, we still have enough time to address the situation.
“And trust me, Secondus would be alone in the party,” he said.
Popular Nigerian self-acclaimed prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, better known as Odumeje, has predicted that the much anticipated Anambra governorship election will not hold as scheduled.
Naija News understands that the Anambra 2021 governorship is scheduled to hold November 6.
Though there has been unrest in the Southeast region recently and many have expressed worry over the upcoming election, the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, INEC, has maintained it is ready to conduct the election slated for November 6.
However, Odumeje who is also known as the ‘Lion’ or the ‘Liquid Metal’ in a video that surfaced on the internet on Thursday, said the election is not going to hold, noting that he foresee violence.
Naija News reports that the controversial clergyman said in the video sighted on Holyghost Intervention TV, that he foresees massive killings in the state.
Odumeje who was addressing members of his church in the video said “The future I am looking at, everybody will be shocked because there will massive death. I am seeing a massive death. And it shall be gun to gun.”
He added: “I am looking at an election that will come in Anambra State. Be praying. I don’t see elections, I see deaths. I see deaths of guns[sic].”
“I don’t see the election holding. I have been praying and telling God. Because I am seeing where people kill people. Don’t say I did not said [sic] it.”
Odumeje appealed to the political class most especially those in the Southeast region of the country to listen to the pleas of the electorates.
He said: “People have decided to die fighting for their right, listen to them and settle issues, else I see mass death of both politicians, prominent men, and the masses”.
