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Saturday, February 06, 2016
76 Nollywood Movie: Rita Dominic, Ramsey Nouah, Ibinabo, Chidi Mokeme Star In Old School Movie
Feb 6, 2016 – 76 Nigerian Movie: Rita Dominic, Ramsey Nouah, Ibinabo Fiberesima, Chidi Mokeme Star In Old School Movie
A new movie from the stable of Adonis Productions is set to take Nigeria by storm.
The movie titled 76 starring Ramsey Nouah, Ibinabo Fiberesima, Chidi Mokeke and many others will hit cinemas across Nigeria before June 2016.
It is centered around the story of a young soldier from the Middle Belt who gets entangled in a romance and eventually marries a student from the South-Eastern part of Nigeria.
Their budding romance is threatened by endless military postings, and they face the ultimate test when news of the soldier’s involvement in a botched coup attempt hits the headlines.
Watch the short trailer
See more photos from the movie set below
It looks promising…
Murder case: Families of accused lawyer, deceased clash in court
* Warders smuggle accused out in private car
Ola Ajayi, Ibadan
FAMILIES of a woman lawyer, Mrs Yewande Oyediran, who was accused of killing her husband, late Oyelowo Oyediran and that of the deceased, yesterday, clashed within the premises of an Ibadan Magistrate Court after the arraignment of the accused in an Iyaganku Magistrate Court.
Mrs Oyediran allegedly stabbed her husband to death after a domestic fight on February 2, 2016.
This came as warders smuggled the accused out of the court premises in a blue Primera car other than the prison van they used to bring her and other accused persons to court.
After waiting fruitlessly for journalists to leave the court premises so she could board the prison van, the warders had to push other accused persons into the waiting van and sped off.
However, Saturday Vanguard gathered another exit was prepared Mrs Oyediran, who was taken out of the court in a private car.
This, they did to act according to the dictates of the family of the accused who insisted that her photograph must not be taken.
On arrival at the court, a woman dressed in black and purple blouse was the first to charge at the journalists, then followed by other relations of the accused.
The drama got to climax as a man, who is sympathetic to the accused person passed an uncomplimentary remark at a bereaved woman, who was crying all along. This infuriated the family members of the deceased who were trying to conceal their bottled anger.
The atmosphere soon became chaotic as other sympathisers were making frantic efforts to prevent a serious confrontation.
Even though, the gun totting warders had driven journalists away to a far distance, one of them with a name tag, Aborode armed with gun still came and harassed photo-journalists who were trying to capture the moment the accused person would board the prison van.
While in court, her counsel, Abimbola Oluwaseun, who led a retinue of lawyers to the court, said in his oral application, that his client should not be remanded in prison custody having gone through so much trauma.
But his plea did not make any impact on the Chief Magistrate, K.Y Durosaro-Tijani who said, “it is beyond me. I have no jurisdiction to do so.”
The magistrate then ordered her to be remanded in Agodi Prisons, Ibadan.
Speaking after the court session, a relation of the deceased, Mr. Mudasiru Oyewumi said “all we are asking for is justice.”
When asked if he knew of any serious issue between the couple, he said there was nothing except the normal husband-wife relationship.
“Unfortunately, by now she would have regrets. No reasonable woman can lift a knife against her husband”.
“Unfortunately, by now she would have regrets. No reasonable woman can lift a knife against her husband”.
A lawyer, Mr. Sina Olaniyan said it was quite unfortunate that we have found ourselves in this ugly situation. What could have prompted her, I can’t say. It is going to be a test for the judiciary because people are watching”.
Another lawyer, Mr Adeleke Bakare described the accused woman as a gentle, amiable person.
“She is somebody who fights against crime as a state counsel. At times, she takes prosecution personal to show how committed she is to her profession. I’m surprised at what has happened to her now. Somebody who fights against crime is now involved in a crime that has highest punishment.”
OPINION: The Igbos In The History Of Nigeria And The Euphemism Called Biafra By Muhammad Isa Gunda
Feb 6, 2016 – OPINION: The Igbos In The History Of Nigeria And The Euphemism Called Biafra By Muhammad Isa Gunda
Anybody that has a good relationship with National Dailies and media houses in Nigeria must have heard a thing or two about recent development in the South-East and south-south parts of the country. Once again the corporate body known as Nigeria is shaking on its legs like a toddler. Some states of South-East and South-South have cease to see any more reason to be part of Nigeria, they want to construct a country where the running of the administration from top to the bottom is strictly for the Igbos and other tribes of the South-South. They are sick and tired of the romance between Nigeria and them and so they are calling for secession again.
The question on the lips of every other Nigerian is ’Why?’ The people calling for break up failed to succinctly state their reasons, they just want Biafra and are ready to die for their sweetheart. I tried to do some homework in other to know why this people are agitating for Biafra again, the answers I discovered was that the Igbo feel they are been marginalized and excluded from power. I blush after I discovered their reasons for the agitations. Anyone in full possession of his brain will want to agree with me that this is laughable. Are you people serious? Anybody with a high sense of perception and deep knowledge of Nigerian history knows the crime committed by the Igbos to Nigeria.
The history of Nigeria since independence is too recent, too well-documented to be rewritten with impunity as a political tragedy because many real-life participants are still very much around. It was only in the 1960’s that the Nigerian Army was predominated by officers of Igbo tribe. It was only in 1966 that a group of these Igbo officers decided to destroy the peace of the then six years old baby called Nigeria and wage war against other tribal groups. That was when five officers of the rank of Major decided to kill the premiers of North and West while letting the Premier of the East and Igbo Senate President go scot-free, to assassinate the Prime Minister who was a Northerner and execute the Finance Minister who was from the Mid-West; to execute top most senior military officers from North and West while letting most senior military officer and army commander who was an Igbo go scot-free. All the prominent civilian and military leaders from North and West were executed.
The Igbo Senate President, acting for the Igbo President in his absence was, by the constitution mandated to swear-in the most senior NPC Minister as the Prime Minister. He did not, instead, having consulted his Igbo President hand over power to the Igbo GOC in fragrant disregard for the provisions of the constitution. The speech of Nzeogwu, the magazines and newspapers published during the Ironsi government, his declaration of a unitary state, all of these are too documented to be rewritten.
The Igbo people were responsible for first military coup in Nigeria; they were responsible for the first attempt at ethnic cleansing; they were responsible for the first violation of constitutionally laid down secession procedures; they were responsible for the destruction of the federation and the creation of the unitary system of which they are now victims (since the initial objective was for the Igbos to dominate others); they were responsible for Nigeria’s first civil war.
In the face of all these facts, it makes no sense for the Igbos now to cry for exclusion from power. Granted, the Igbo people as a whole must not be punished for the actions of some. Which is actually why the Igbos have their son from Delta State as the Group Managing Director of NNPC, the only state-owned company that operate in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry. Granted, there can never be full reconciliation without justice and equity. Granted, the Igbo people, like all Nigerians have the right to fight against perceived injustice. The way to do this is by integration into the country, by joining broad-based parties and establishing a system that guarantees all individuals and groups their rights and liberty. It is not by following a man that obviously will lead them to defeat.
It is doing no good to the image of Igbos in the eyes of ordinary Nigerian to see those agitators carrying banners, roaming and taunting the streets of Aba, Enugu and Warri. One must admit that, even though Biafra was crushed to dead by Gowon’s Military Administration, the spirit of Biafra is still hiding behind the cold eyes of some Igbos. But ever since the present administration of Buhari came to power in May this year, the topic of Biafra became popular. The sole beast that woke the spirit of dead Biafra is a radio station called Radio Biafra.
I learned that the founder of the radio station is an Igbo man based in U.K. I immediately stand still the moment I found that out, looking disappointed and a face full of pity for my brothers and sisters in the South East under the hot sun, sweating and shouting like a hungry mad woman all because of announcement over the radio by a man based in U.K. This completely destroy the rest of respect I have for the Igbo people.
How can you allow a man sitting comfortably in his office in U.K push you into fire? The scenario is similar to using remote controller to forward, pause or play a movie on your television set, accept that this is not a movie. The Igbos are known to other Nigerians as businessmen and women, as astute when it comes to business running and also very hardworking people. How I wish they will keep these attributes to themselves and stop following some guy that is wasting their precious time for nothing.
Nigeria today have a lot to worry about today. Still battling with the terrorism, a battered economy almost into recession, inflation in the economy is almost double digits at about 9.4%, unemployment estimated at 40%, drastic fall in economic growth from 7% to as low as 2%, mighty fall in national income as a result of falling crude oil price in the world market, all is certainly not well Nigeria at the moment. These are the problems affecting us all as a people. Nigeria need our unity more than ever in face of all these economic problems.
These problems alone in my opinion are enough to give any country insomnia. I beg of the Igbos with all my heart to not plus our problems by calling for Biafra again. Because they bought their position today with the roles they played in the past. If they are looking for who to blame for their failures I will advise they look in the mirror.
[About the author: Muhammad Isa Gunda Writes From Gombe, Email: muhammadisagunda@gmail.com]
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