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FG Set to Borrow Another $1.2b from Brazil

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The Federal Government has said that it is seeking a loan of $1.2bn from Brazil to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, made this known during a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Finance in Abuja on Tuesday.

Ahmed said that a request has been sent to the National Assembly to approve the loan from the Brazilian government.

She said the loan will be used to address issues in agriculture, adding that 100,000 hectares of land will be acquired in each state for food production.

“I request for the approval for loan for the Green Imperative Programme which is for loan of $1.2bn from the Brazilian government.

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Social media regulation, waste of time

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On Monday, the Northern States’ Governors’ Forum expressed unqualified support for Aso Rock’s scheme to cudgel Nigeria’s social media ecosystem. This time, their ruse is “the devastating effect of the uncontrolled social media in spreading fake news.” They called “for major control mechanism and censorship of the social media practice in Nigeria.” The Northern governors’ scaremongering is not the first time social media would be demonised by Nigerian politicians seeking its ban. In the last five years, Nigeria’s lawmakers and the All Progressives Congress stalwarts have consistently expressed their myopias about social media.

However, two fundamentals have consistently been absent in their intervention. First, not a single one of those braying about the potentially damaging effect of social media has convincingly demonstrated how their ill-defined ‘fake news’ has directly caused any unrest or deaths. What they keep railing about is the harm it could do, not what it has actually done. They have not shown us people that have died because of social media mischief, enough to warrant regulation. However, we can show them thousands of people imperilled by their theocentric populism, extreme tribalism, unbridled corruption, and startling incompetence. Rather than confront their collective failure, ‘lazy’ politicians turned social media into an alibi.

Let us start with Simon Lalong, Governor of Plateau State and chairman of the forum, who signed Monday’s communiqué. This year alone, dozens of people have been killed in his state in a series of murderous hits. A marauding force, seemingly working from a hit-list, slaughtered many in villages. They also burnt animals, farms, and houses. Did social media fuel cause that pogrom too? Rather than confront the problems at home, Lalong joined a hegemonic bandwagon to rant about an abstract social media’s power to unleash evil. Is the actual evil that people are committing right under his nose not worse?

Then, there is Kaduna, where violence is not only a recurring event, but Nigerian soldiers also massacred hundreds of Shiites with impunity. Were those murders a consequence of what someone posted on social media? Have the herdsmen been killing and raiding villages in southern Kaduna because they read fake news on social media? In Zamfara, hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced this year alone. While the #EndSARS protests were ongoing, bandits stormed a village in Tungar Kwana in northern Zamfara and killed 20 people. Did they do all of these because of social media? I could go on and on, listing all the cases of violence that regularly happen in northern Nigeria.

The way our politicians have been crying about the power of social media and what it purports for Nigeria, one would think that we are a peaceful and prosperous country dealing with a looming threat. In reality, we are a poorly-run country with rapidly escalating poverty rates amid concomitant issues of insecurity and restlessness. For our sanctimonious politicians to be screaming about the threat social media portends while grievous evil occurs on their watch, shows their blatant disingenuity.

 Such wilful blindness, Yoruba people would say, is the character of the person that sees a road path but still insists on trampling through the jungle. I am amused by the number of the northern elites, including traditional rulers with big names, who sat in that meeting to bellyache social media. These are people who drove their Rolls Royce past the millions of almajiri children in their region, out-of-school children whose lack of preparedness for the 21st century makes them a ready tool in the hands tinpot politicians. Yet, they are obsessed with social media?

They have not even defined “fake news” and how existing laws run short of managing false statements. What is fake news, and who defines it? Before the advent of the social media phenomenon, were there not “fake news” such as rumours, conspiracy theories, and campaign promises? What exactly is new that these people keep bumping around in their starched agabada pretending they love the country enough to want to save her from dissolution? Look at the northern governors saying they want to protect Nigeria’s unity at all costs. If you care about this country that much, you would be tackling the many problems of multi-generational and multi-dimensional poverty, illiteracy, and diseases bedevilling your states. In a country where a fanatical lawyer could successfully ask the police to arrest an atheist otherwise, they would unleash violence, why wail about social media?

The second thing missing in their intervention is how they intend to regulate social media. The northern governors said they want a “major control mechanism” and “censorship of the social media practice.” Social media is not a faucet that can be turned on and off at the whim of some bureaucrats invested with power to tell us when we have had enough; its strength is the democratisation of opinion-mongering. They cannot pre-empt its mischief; they can only punish people after any damage has been done. Meanwhile, there are already laws to that effect.

How precisely can they control thought flows and on which of the social media apps? Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, or YouTube? How does a supposedly democratic country like Nigeria pull off that stunt? Countries like North Korea, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh that ban or regulate social media are not democracies. Even if Nigeria takes the China route by erecting a firewall that can block IPs, filter searches, erase content, and swamp people with pro-government propaganda, they are too inefficient to sustain it.

 Besides, people can still set up a pirate radio station and achieve the same effect. Have they heard of Radio Kudirat, and how its irrepressibility drove Sani Abacha crazy? Is that not how IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, bypasses regulators and broadcasts his rants into Nigeria? These fellows running around, saying they want to regulate social media, do not appear to understand the technology that powers social media before asking for a “major control mechanism.”

The incendiary post(s) on social media does not have an entry or exit point, so how can it be regulated? You only need to look at how a single article that linked COVID-19 in China with 5G technology posted on a nondescript blog last year generated a global phenomenon this year to see that regulating what people do on social media is a sheer waste of time. Meanwhile, I am not worried that the Nigerian government can efficiently regulate social media. They lack the capacity, and the best they will achieve is set up another bureaucracy and pump it with money. At the same time, we should be concerned about the number of initiatives in the country they will ruin in the process of trying.

These people need to give up social distancing from this nonsense called social media regulation. It is pointless and distracting. Rather than regulate social media, they should focus on inquiring why fake news thrives in Nigeria at all. They will see that part of the problem is how the Nigeria social contract has broken down, and people no longer trust their government. What they call “fake news” is one of the ways people make up for the lack of trust in official narratives.

You cannot have a society where the Lekki massacre happened, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), refused to talk about it, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, contradicted himself, the army lied and then later confessed their role, a federal minister serendipitously found a camera no one was missing at the scene of the carnage, the Attorney General of the Federation jumped in later and added another lie about hoodlums in army uniform perpetrating violence, and not have regular folks supplying their own version of fake news. Now, the latest news is that the CCTV camera at the Lekki tollgate plaza they told us was intact, for some funny reason, stopped recording just before the moment we needed it to capture. Take a look at the official reports with which we have been insulted on the Lekki massacre matter alone and ask who -between the government that uses official governing mechanisms to muddle serious national issues and the people armed with only social media- is the worse purveyor of fake news?

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Seizure of Odele’s international passport is intimidation, infringement of rights –NigerianWomenArise

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Seizure of Odele’s international passport is intimidation, infringement of rights –NigerianWomenArise
  • Calls on the government to be alive to its responsibilities to protect citizens

Condemnations continue to trail the continued harassment of #ENDSARS movement activists by agents of government, with NigerianWomenArise a group of Nigerian feminists, calling for the immediate return of Ms Modupe Odele’s international passport.

On the 3rd November 2020, Odele a US-trained Nigerian attorney and co-lead of ENDSARSLegal, an initiative which provided free legal aid to peaceful #ENDSARS  protesters had her International passport confiscated by a member of the Nigerian Immigration Service.

The action has attracted a lot of outcry internationally and from a wide spectrum of Nigerians including civil society groups.

The NigerianWomenArise in a statement titled: “Feminist Womanifesto Group (#NigeranWomenArise) Condemns the Continued Harassment on Leaders of the #Endsars Protesters and Demands the Immediate Return of the International Passport of Ms Modupe Odele (MOE)” called on the Nigerian government to protect the freedom and rights of all citizens, including Ms. Odele.

The statement which was copied to the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chairmen of Governors’ Forum, the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission, the British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, German Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Swiss Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and signed by the group’s lead Dr. Abiola Akiyode Afolabi along with about 159 other women reads:

“We, the undersigned, (#NigerianWomenArise) of the Feminist Womanifesto Group, condemn in strong terms the continued harassment on the #ENDSARS movement leaders. We, note with alarm that on 3rd November 2020, Modupe Chizoba Odele, a US-trained Nigerian attorney and the co-lead of ENDSARSLegal, an initiative which provided free legal to peaceful #ENDSARS protesters had her International passport confiscated by a member of the Nigerian Immigration Service.

“We strongly condemn the actions of the Immigration service, the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) and by extension the Nigeria government in confiscating Ms. Odele’s passport.

“We urge the Nigerian government to protect the freedom and rights of all citizens, including Ms. Odele. As a Nigerian citizen, Section 41 of the Constitution guarantees Ms. Odele the right to move in and out of Nigeria; therefore, any restriction of her movement is illegal and wholly unconstitutional. In addition, although Section 5 of the Passport Act 1985 gives the Minister of Interior the power to cancel or withdraw a passport, the section also states clearly, the conditions for such a withdrawal. Unless the Minister has been furnished with confidential information duly communicated to Ms. Odele, we see no legal reason(s) why Ms. Odele’s passport should be confiscated. Suffice it to say, that such an act, is tantamount to intimidation and infringement of her rights, both of which not only contravene the provisions of the Constitution and could cause reputational damage to Nigeria, both at home and on the international gaze. 

“We deplore, in the strongest terms, all acts of mental, emotional or physical intimidation towards the peaceful protesters, service providers for the protests, and members of the Feminist Coalition for exercising their right to peaceful protest, as accorded to every Nigerian, under Section 40 of the Nigerian Constitution. We strongly believe that Ms.  Odele and others are being targeted for the role they played during the #ENDSARS protest, and take this time to remind Nigerians that we are in a democracy and citizens’ rights to express themselves through protest are guaranteed by the Constitution. 

“We also use this opportunity to applaud the valorous actions of DJ Switch on that dreaded night now known as “Black Tuesday” and all the other young men and women for their courage and resilience.  Our growing solicitude is further exacerbated by news that DJ Switch – Obianuju Catherine Udeh – is now believed to have been forced into hiding like a fugitive, and call on the government to be alive to its responsibilities to protect citizens.

“We demand that the Nigerian government put a stop to the harassment of the members of the Feminist Coalition, DJ Switch, and the peaceful #ENDSARS protesters and ensure their safety and protection of their rights as bestowed upon them as citizens of a democratic society by virtue of our constitution.

“The #NigerianWomenArise assures Nigerian youths of our absolute support and solidarity with their ENDSARS agitation and will do all that is necessary to help safeguard their right to peaceful protests. Nigerian Women will continue to closely monitor the events as they develop and will take appropriate measures to protect and defend our democracy for peace and justice to reign.  May the souls of those who lost their lives due to law enforcement brutality before and during this protest rest in peace…”

Members of the Feminist Womanifesto Group are:

Abimbola Junaid      Abiodun Essiet   Abiola Akiyode Afolabi

Adaobi Egboka   Adekemi Ndieli    Adenike Grange

Adeola Awogbemi   Aderonke Adesanya   Aderonke Bello

Aderonke Ige   Aderonke Imana   Adetoun Ilumoka

Adiya Ode   Agatha Osieke   Aisha Haliru

Aishatu Ibrahim Kilishi    Akinola Christiana    Allisa Mimi

Amina Aliyu    Amina Aliyu Adamu  Amina Salihu

Amy Oyekunle  Angela Odah Anne Adidu

Anne Ikpeme     Anthonia Duru   Anthonia Ojenagbon 

Añuli Ola-Olaniyi    Anuoluwapo Agbaje      Ashley Dauda

Asmau Benzies Leo     Ayisha Osori   Ayisha Oyebode

Ayo Atsenuwa     Ayodeji Osowobi      Ayodele Olofintuade

Azeezat Olaoluwa       Basirat Adesina       Bella Anne Ndubuisi

Betty Abah      Bimbo Oloyede      Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi 

Bisi Aina     Blessing Digha       Bola Akanji

Bose Ironsi    Bukky Williams       Bukola Onyishi 

Bunmi Oyinsan      Celine Okoro     Chiedo Nwankwor 

Chinelo Njemanze         Chineme Ezekwenna   Chinwe Onyeukwu

Chioma Agwuegbo      Christiana Abayomi-Oluwole  Constance Ogadimma Okeke 

Constance Okeke   Cynthia Mbamalu     Daisy Funke 

Debra Ode       Doose Didi       Dorcas Iorkusa

Dorcas Kwamande     Dorothy Njemanze    Dudu Manuga

Ebere Ifendu      Ebi Emezue     Ejiro Otive-Igbuzor

Ekaete Umoh    Elizabeth Jeiyol       Emem Otuoke

Ene Ede    Enitan Okediji      Esosa Edobor

Esther Eghobamen    Esther Hindi      Esther Olufunke

Evelyn Oti        Evelyn Ugbe    Ezinwa Okoroafor

Felicia Onibon    Foluke Ademokun        Fakhrriyah Hashim

Funke Akiyode      Funke Ijayekunle       Funke Oladipo 

Funmi Para Mallam    Funmilola Oyefusi    Georgeleen Ekon

Geraldyn Debbie   Gracy Mbah      Hajara Adamu

Halima Abubakar       Hansatu Adegbite      Helen Tegtegh

Helen William      Hellen Netugu William       Ife Sarumi 

Ifeyinwa Achike      Iheoma obibi      Ijeoma Jessica Uzoeshi 

Ijeoma Thomas-Odia     Inim Ufon Etuk    Irene Ugbah

Irene Ugbah    Ireti Disu      Ireti Bakare-Yusuf

Itoro Anaba        Ivy Odia Basil-Ofili   Jite Phido

Joan Jummai Idonije    Josephine Effah-Chukwuma    Josephine Obinyan

Joy Lydia      Joy Onyesoh      Juliana Oyegun

Kadaria Ahmed         Kate Banjoko     Kate Omolola Banjoko

Kehinde Afolabi    Kemi Akinremi     Kemi Okeyondo

Kyauta Giwa      Laila St. Daniels   Lesley Agams 

Ler Jonathan       Lillian Okenwa      Limota Goroso

Lois Auta     Lois Chinedu     Loretta Ofure Enofe-Laurel

Louisa Eikhomun-Agbonkhese       Mabel Onwuemele      Mabel. A. Ade

Mairo Mandara      Mandy Asagba     Manre Chirtau

Mariam Oyiza       Mary Afan         Mary Ekpere Eta

Mary Ikoku       Mfon Usoro        Mikang Longjan

Mirabel Edozie      Miriam Menkiti     Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome

Moremi Ojudu        Motunrayo Mustapha  Mufuliat Fijabi

Mutiat Oladejo     Nana Tanko    Ndodeye Bassey-Obongha

Ngozi Iwere       Ngozi Juba    Ngukwase Surma

Niri Goyit      Nkechi Ilochi-Omekedo  Nkechi Obiagbaoso-Udegbunam

Nnenna Anozie      Oby Ezekwesili    Ogechi Hepzibah Ikeh

Ogechi Ikeh   Oguadimma ijeoma joy   Ojobo Atuluku

Okiemute Olori      Olakitan Wellington    Olanike Shobajo

Olayinka Babalola     Oluchi Okpechi  Olufunke Baruwa

Oluwafunmilayo Para-Mallam   Oluwatobi Ayodele   Oluwatoni Adeleke

Omekedo Oby    Omolayo Ojo    Onyema Afulukwe

Onyinyechi Ogadinma Nwachukwu Oredola Kayode-Sanni   Osai Ojigho

Osasumwen Edobor   Pamela Osakwe      Patricia Donli

Peyi S Soyinka-Airewele   Princess Hamman-Obels      Princess Olufemi-Kayode

Priscilla M Achakpa   Priscilla Usibaifo      Queency Patrick

Rahmat Abisola Abdullahi   Ramat Abdullahi   Ramatu Bako

Rhoda Prevail Tyoden     Roibito Ekpiken-Ekanem       Rose Gyar

Sola Folayan    Subomi Chuku       Sumbo Odebode

Suwaiba Yakubu Jibrin      Temilola George     Terfa Suswam

Theopile Madu        Titilayo Owolabi Akerele        Titilola V Adeniyi 

Toni Adeleke      Uche Hilary-Ogbonna      Uche Nwokedi

Vicky Sylvester         Victoria Bassey        Victoria Emah-Emah

Violet Ochekwu      Vivian Efem-Bassey    Wumi Asubiaro Dada

Yemi Adamolekun    Yinka Omorogbe      Yinka Shokunbi”

Zarah Ahmad                    

Being A Policeman Is The Easiest Way To Make Heaven, Says DPO Who Saved Station From Being Burnt

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Being A Policeman Is The Easiest Way To Make Heaven, Says DPO Who Saved Station From Being Burnt

Heaven is a place of uncommon bliss, a paradise. And, the journey to that ultimate heavenly abode is not just a walkover! So says the Holy Scriptures in Mathew 7:14: “strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto heaven”. 

DPO, Fegge Police Station, CSP Rabiu Garba

Based on the foregoing, not many would want to easily agree with the assertion of one of the rare distinct achievers within the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Rabiu Garba, that being a policeman is the easiest route to making heaven and reaping eternal life in the hereafter.

Garba, a multiple award winner, celebrated many times for rare display of bravery and uncommon human relations skills, is the Divisional Police Officer of Fegge Police Division, Onitsha.

The officer was recently in the news during the EndSARS Protests which culminated in the burning of several police stations as well as the gruesome killing of many policemen across the country.

The moment an irate mob of hoodlums besieged the Fegge Police Station, armed with deadly weapons, in attempt to set it ablaze, Garba, was the last man standing.

He was reported in the news as having braced up courage to walk up to the rioters and calming down their anger. And, in a twist of fate, the protesters, in their hundreds, turned around and started hailing the DPO.

This is ostensibly on account of his dexterity in deploying human relations skills and approaches to community policing with evident dividends in reduced crime rate.

Garba who is also a lawyer, was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force in 2002 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police, after studying Anthropology and Sociology at the university.

His first posting was to Rivers State and later Town Bauchi State for training. He has also had the privilege of an overseas training. 

He hails from Bauchi State and is married, with children.He served at Mopol 54, Onitsha, in 2009, and in 2014, he became the DPO, Fegge Police Division, where he is serving till date.

Garba spoke during an interview with newsmen recently on his magic wand to attaining wide public acceptation, despite his being a northerner in a core Igbo territory.

Here is what he had to say: “From discussions we had during our Aluta days in the university, people see police as a negative organization. But, for me, there is a need to intervene where there is a shortfall. 

“I took it as a challenge. We used to tell ourselves that why a particular organisation is considered bad is because the right people have not entered it. All on my own, I became a policeman. No one forced me, rather, I am here to make the change that I can.

“If you think a particular organisation is bad, why not go into it and try to effect the change that you can? Let me tell you, Police is the easiest way to make heaven. This is an organisation where you are saddled with the responsibility of protecting the lives of people. 

“It is one organisation where people appreciate you, even for routine duties, which is even something that is the basic duty of every policeman, they appreciate you for it.

“By the trainings I had received as a policeman and the study of Sociology, I know that knowledge is power, and each of my training has helped me to be able to function in the position I found myself. 

“This has helped me to associate and feel the pulse of the people. My training teaches me to know that the community you are serving, you should be able to feel free with them, if you are really serving them. You have to be able to understudy them and also be able to know the service to give them. It is the duty of the state to render them service and definitely, for you to be able to render service, you must be humble. Humility must be there for you to be able to serve them.

“In fact, I usually tell my men, if you want to shoot someone, why not put the gun in your leg first and fire it and test the bullet before you fire at other people?”

MAY THEY NOT DIE IN VAIN (2)

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MAY THEY NOT DIE IN VAIN (2)

By Sonnie Ekwowusi

The pertinent question: can social justice reign under our present lopsided federal structure? The answer is No. Something must give way before social justice begins to reign in Nigeria. We have to rearrange, repackage, retool, re-adjust or call it whatever you like our present imbalanced federal structure that prompted the #EndSARS uprising in reminiscent of the French Revolution of 1789 and other revolutions. For example, if we had had true federalism which allowed State policing, our unarmed youth protesters probably would not have been murdered at the Lekki Toll Gate by the Federal army, which, funny enough, is now denying that it committed the heinous crime. So, we cannot shy away from re-packaging or retooling Nigeria.

In response to the uprising, the government has set up Judicial Panels of Inquiry across the various States of the federation to investigate cases of brutality and submit reports to the government. This again testifies that the government is not serious. Can you name one report of a Judicial Panel of Inquiry or Commission of Inquiry that hadn’t been aborted in Nigeria? None. So, why set up Judicial Panels of Inquiry that would not yield anything? The worrisome aspect is that State security operatives are rounding off hundreds upon hundreds of alleged young looters and brutalizing them in the glare of the public without granting them bail or charging them to court as enshrined in our Constitution. Government should have itself to blame if its illegality sparks off another spate of protests across Nigeria. Sincerely speaking, I am yet to fathom how Nigerian government operates. If the immediate cause of the last protests was police brutality, why provoke the youths by brutalizing alleged young looters?. It is obvious that the government hasn’t leant any lessons from the last uprising. Before now, the government was begging the protesting youths to end the #EndSARS protests. The youths did. Now, the same government is provoking the restive youths to start another round of peaceful protests by arresting and brutalizing alleged young looters. The government should understand that it is dealing with recalcitrant, unswerving, intelligent and sophisticated Nigerian youth freedom fighters, who, unlike the current cowardly and pliable Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), will never accept tokens, cosmetics, palliatives, white-washed tombs, monetary bribes or Greek gifts in exchange to freeing Nigerian citizens from the stranglehold or iron grip of incompetent and corrupt totalitarian government. Already a group of young protesters have given President Buhari and Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai fifteen days (with effect from 29 October 2020) to fish out the soldiers who murdered the peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate failure for which the group will organize the mothers of all protests in order to prove to the world that Nigeria is not a banana republic ruled by power-thirsty tyrants. So, the government cannot afford to play its dirty politics with the embattled young millennial whose ideals and potential have been emboldened by social media.

Nolly-wood actor-turned-politician Desmond Elliot fears that Nigeria may cease to exist in five years if the strength of the Nigeria youths on social media is not whittled down in earnest. The Buhari government has also spoken in the same fashion. Sorry. It is no longer feasible for any government to regulate the activities of the young on social media and online. And, if I may ask Desmond, which comes first in terms of priority; the survival of the Nigerian youths or the survival of the contraption called Nigeria? Obviously the former comes first because without the former the latter cannot exist: without the survival of the youths to replenish the dead or dying oldies Nigeria as an entity cannot survive: it will become extinct. So, instead of worrying about the future of Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s geographical expression, Desmond and the Buhari government should worry about the well-being and future of the Nigerian youths who are not only the leaders of tomorrow, but the potential replacers of dead or dying Nigerian oldies.

Talks about re-building/renovating/repairing the public infrastructure and public utilities which were destroyed during the last protests have begun. For example, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says it will cost his government about N1 trillion to re-build/renovate/repair the damaged public infrastructure and property in Lagos which include the damaged Lagos State High Court building, Police Stations, BRT Bus stations and buses and others. Prima facie, this is laudable and praise-worthy. I really sympathize with the Lagos State government. Why, for God’s sake, should any group of protesters set ablaze the BRT buses?. But the government needs to tackle first things first. The first thing is to remedy the grievances of the protesting youths otherwise the rebuilt/renovated/repaired infrastructure and property will be destroyed again during other youth protests. An eye witness who lives on Igbosere Street, Lagos narrates that the protesters did not just set the High Court of Lagos, Igbosere, ablaze but took their time to desecrate the temple of justice and to humiliate lawyers and judges as well. How? By disparagingly mimicking what they believe transpires in Nigerian courts. First, one of the protesters chosen to play the role of a “judge” adorned the wig and gown looted from one of the Judge’s Chambers. Thereafter, he sat down to “preside” over the day’s “proceedings”. “Registrar,!, call the next case”, he bellows out. The case is called. The “judge” collects the case file from the bystander, opens it, quickly flips through the file, looks up and delivers his ruling, “case struck out”. Thereafter he lifts up the file and throws it into a waiting fire to the cheering and hailing of other protesters. In this theatric uncountable court files were burnt to ashes. My deduction from the above is that the protesters were simply venting their spleen against the collapse of the justice system in Nigeria especially the criminal justice system.

So, beyond rebuilding the damaged Lagos High Court it is imperative to rebuild confidence in the judiciary. Let the dispensation of justice be fast-tracked. A court case cannot be pending in court for 10, 12, 14 or 15 years. Hardest hit is the criminal justice system. I visit some prisons (correctional centres) from time to time. Not less than 75% of our prison inmates are in the category of what is termed the awaiting trial inmates (ATM). The other day Osaro Eghobamien SAN and I shared some thoughts on this and came up with the idea of a Mobile Criminal Court (An air-conditioned bus occupied by the presiding judge, court personnel and prosecutor and defence attorney) that could sit in prisons and hear the cases of the ATM. By the way, Eghobamien is one of the exemplary Senior Advocates of Nigeria. Presently he is executing a personal project aimed at fast-tracking the dispensation of justice in our courts. This is the spirit. It is doable. You see, let’s not be afraid of doing what has not been done before. Fixation in doing the same old things or cosmetic treatment of serious matters is a sign of failure. In my view, the cosmetic change of the name of SARS, setting up of Judicial Panels of Inquiry, arresting and brutalization of alleged looters and plan to re-build/renovate/repair the destroyed public infrastructure have not addressed the serious issue-uprising of the Nigerian youths in demand for justice, equity and fair-play in Nigeria. To achieve this, we must first rearrange the federal structure in order to make it work otherwise we should be prepared to witness another tragic uprising of the Nigerian young.

Gender: Analysing deteriorating status in Nigeria

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Gender: Analysing deteriorating status in Nigeria

Gender imbalance in Nigeria, especially the development outcomes relating to women and girls, has continued to rise enabling more setbacks in the growth of women and girls in the country ENE OSHABA writes.

The experiences of women over the years as defined typically by recurrent inadequacy in their access to critical health services, basic education, and economic empowerment opportunities, including socio-cultural injustices that they face, remains a source of great concern, raising questions whether gender equality could be achieved any time soon.

While infrastructural deficits and welfare inadequacies are apparent in various strata of life in Nigeria, Blueprint Weekend findings showed that shortages are more acute among women and girls.

An advocacy brochure titled: Gender in Nigeria 2020, published by a media research and data analytics organisation, Dataphyte Nigeria Limited, indicate that official data showed that many Nigerian citizens cannot own assets or inheritance because they are female.

The brochure also revealed that many women do not have a say on the number of pregnancies they can or want to carry; as well as that the choice on frequency of their pregnancies and use of contraceptives was still at the sole discretion of the male partner.

“Furthermore, we observed an upsurge in the number of sexual and gender based violence. Survey responses showed that while there are institutions established to give aid to victims, stigma around victims of sexual and domestic violence make them reluctant to report these incidences or seek justice in courts.

“Findings from the analyses in this report show that a typical woman and girl child in Nigeria still lacks equal opportunities for personal development as men and boys do.

“This discrimination incapacitates the girl child and indeed every female from competing for scarce opportunities under the already austere societal conditions,” the brochure explained.

This comes with grave impact on their health, welfare, and capacity for self-help, even as hindering women’s access to more rewarding vocations, overtly or subtly, does not only limit human resource potential but discounts overall economic growth and national development, it added.

Need for advocacy

Speaking to Blueprint Weekend on why the brochure was published, the Founder of Dataphyte, Joshua Olufemi, described the status of gender in Nigeria as a deteriorating situation.

He expressed disappointment on the poor knowledge and understanding of gender based violence in Nigeria, stating that men and women have in various ways encouraged and supported violence and abuse of women and girls.

According to Olufemi, Nigeria still records 80-90 per cent of violence level for women, which trickle down to toddlers, infants being abused by those who are supposed to protect them.

“In every 10 scenarios, 8 or 9 women are violently engaged and in all the situations it is because culture enables this. Again the interpretations of religious texts in some way enables violence so I would say there is 80-90 per cent  violence level for women in Nigeria.

“We have heard cases of toddlers, infants being abused by their parents, teachers and other supposed wards, to describe this in numbers I would say in every 10 scenarios 8 or 9 females are abused,” he said.

According to him, “There are instances where both men and women agree to beat a wife simply for burning food. A woman is cooking and gets busy with something else and food got burnt and women, even more than the men agreed she should be beaten or abused in any other way just for that course.

“We took up the initiative to come up with the publication as a follow-up to the last one published by the national population commission to have a current compilation of gender situation in Nigeria because the last publication was compiled in 2015 by the NDE.

“The publication will help gender advocates who rely on data or content for their advocacy, we also hope the brochure will arm activists with the kind of data they will use for work, also, policy makers can use this as a planned document to reflect on what needs to be done.”

Speaking further the founder said, “There is still lack of access in terms of Education, health, finance etc which are rights of everyone not to talk about women who holds more critical, more developmental roles in the society.”

Women’s plight

The brochure noted Nigeria’s employment and education statistics revealed gaps between the male and female genders, with females mostly at a disadvantage.

“For instance, 35 per cent of women aged 15-49 have no form of education, as against 22 per cent of the men. Similarly, most employed women earn less than their husbands do. Within the age category of 15-48, 65 per cent of women have jobs as against 86 per cent of men.

“Typically, Nigerian women marry at a younger age than men do. We noted an average of 19 years for women as against 28 years for men. Further, estimates of married people return 70 per cent for women as against 57 per cent for men,” it further indicated.

It also noted that the constraint on the level of education a girl child attains creates an artificial ceiling on a woman’s social enlightenment and economic advancement.

“Regarding sexual activities, men practice high-risk sex than women. Men in Nigeria have more sexual partners in a lifetime than women, average of four against two.

According to the 2018 national survey, 13 per cent of men have had over two sex partners compared to 1 per cent of the women within the same period.

“We also noted a trend of male dominance regarding household decision-making. Almost two-third (66 per cent) of women married don’t take part in decisions regarding their own health and major household purchases. The man also has the say on family visitations, the report disclosed.

“As for violence, 31 per cent of women were physically abused, and 9 per cent reported sexual assault. Of this number, 6 per cent of them experienced violence during pregnancy. About four in 10 women suffer violence from at the hands of their spouses.

“Correspondingly, four in 10 men believe wife battery is justifiable, that is, they have good reasons to beat their wives up when they deem necessary, while three in 10 women also share this same belief.”

Behaviour change as antidote

To ensure a positive change on the status of gender in Nigeria Olufemi stressed that men have a great role to play, saying there is an urgent need for a behavioral change to enable this happen considering that most of the violence against women are pepetrated by the men.

“The conversation starts with the men first because they hold a critical role. They are fathers, brothers, uncles and you cannot have a total conversation without the men taking the frontal position. So, aside taking the advocacy to them, involve them in some behavioural change advocacy because it is already part of the culture.

“Even me, I have to police myself in every conversation I have with my partner to ensure I’m not falling prey to what my culture or religion tells me about how to deal with my partner.

“We need a lot of behaviour change communication that has to go back to the roots and we need to ask ourselves what it means for a man to feel legitimate about beating, harassing, or not negotiating sex with his wife before beating her up. This is happening already but more men need to take frontal role in doing this,” he maintained.

Gender in 2020

It’s been argued that a lot still needed to be achieved in Nigeria in terms of equality; however, some analysts think that remarkable progress has been made so far.

Backing his argument, the founder Dataphyte said the fact that more states are against domestic violence and creating laws against it is a good example of progress recorded so far.

“I wouldn’t say we are not making progress on gender equality, I would say across the country more than 10 states are now creating laws against rape, domestic violence and that shows that advocacy is gaining grounds more than ever.

“We see how the ongoing protests gave voice not only to men but women, in fact, the iconic face if the #EndSARS protest is a female voice. That is some progress and in all of this, we can see lots of consciousness in the part of especially development circles to put gender in the agenda at every point in time.

“2020 is a year of advocacy for gender, there has been an increase amount of awareness and more women are coming out to name and shame perpetrators of violence and there is more advocacies going on so the year is a year of speaking up and this will enable policy funding for development because this has become agenda for stakeholders and decision makers.

Way forward

Continuing, the gender advocate expressed displeasure at the fact that most decisions taken on behalf of women were out of assumption as the women were usually not consulted before decisions were made for them.

“I will advise lawmakers to listen to women more, pay more attention to their plights so that they are not assuming to know the problems.

“We need to listen more so we can enumerate what the problems are to be able to change the situation. I see a lot of assumptions even amongst women who are promoting gender equality, there should be a lot of listening, being deliberate and intentional to bringing positive change,” he stressed.

Breaking: Trump declares himself winner of 2020 US election, vows to challenge official result at Supreme Court

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Breaking: Trump declares himself winner of 2020 US election, vows to challenge official result at Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had won the US election, despite the final results not yet being given, and said he would go the Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes.

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“We did win this election,” Trump said in an extraordinary speech from the ceremonial East Room of the White House. “This is a fraud on the American public.”

The Republican, who according to initial results is in a neck-and-neck race with Democrat Joe Biden, said he would go to court and “we want all voting to stop.”https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&client=ca-pub-1921891160475578&output=html&h=280&slotname=7196436968&adk=1559613581&adf=197561191&pi=t.ma~as.7196436968&w=500&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1604489965&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=500×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsundiatapost.com%2Fbreaking-trump-declares-himself-winner-of-2020-us-election-vows-to-challenge-official-result-at-supreme-court%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&tt_state=W3siaXNzdWVyT3JpZ2luIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hZHNlcnZpY2UuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSIsInN0YXRlIjowfSx7Imlzc3Vlck9yaWdpbiI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXR0ZXN0YXRpb24uYW5kcm9pZC5jb20iLCJzdGF0ZSI6MH1d&dt=1604489963353&bpp=9&bdt=3029&idt=2567&shv=r20201029&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3b24c480f88735ae-22de6a4a5ea600ae%3AT%3D1604207764%3ART%3D1604207764%3AS%3DALNI_MbvueBPoX_pbRnB1ZraWlp2PDplhg&prev_fmts=800×280%2C500x280%2C500x280&correlator=6482285867105&rume=1&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=384758251.1604207762&ga_sid=1604489966&ga_hid=1517901668&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=1108490939139056&dssz=45&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=1280&u_w=800&u_ah=1280&u_aw=800&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=20&ady=2210&biw=800&bih=1160&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21066613%2C21066819%2C21066614%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=1996610576749655&pem=480&rx=0&eae=0&fc=900&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C800%2C0%2C800%2C1160%2C800%2C1160&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=2&fsb=1&xpc=LrFKYDQwjb&p=https%3A//sundiatapost.com&dtd=2594

He appeared to mean stopping the counting of mail-in ballots which can be legally accepted by state election boards after Tuesday’s election, provided they were sent in time.

The issue could become crucial in the states still tabulating votes in a very tight contest.

Democrats are widely thought to have cast mail-in ballots more than Trump’s supporters.

Trump made his premature victory claim — unprecedented for a US president — shortly after 2:20 a.m. (0720 GMT), as states across the huge country worked to count the votes.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&client=ca-pub-1921891160475578&output=html&h=280&slotname=2539184261&adk=3923054876&adf=971233882&pi=t.ma~as.2539184261&w=500&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1604489965&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=500×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsundiatapost.com%2Fbreaking-trump-declares-himself-winner-of-2020-us-election-vows-to-challenge-official-result-at-supreme-court%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&adsid=ChAIgL-J_QUQ1fflpvXQjOZwEkwAOCs2XyAw9D-sgFJX4BIysAZNZvuEIA-6DYB5g2g2UV_hCi70rCKCnYsMPeJ4IQ1aFy4AXrPLLrbF2vD-nKMvzK84M-iIIknGua7k&tt_state=W3siaXNzdWVyT3JpZ2luIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hZHNlcnZpY2UuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSIsInN0YXRlIjowfSx7Imlzc3Vlck9yaWdpbiI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXR0ZXN0YXRpb24uYW5kcm9pZC5jb20iLCJzdGF0ZSI6MH1d&dt=1604489963362&bpp=8&bdt=3039&idt=2622&shv=r20201029&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3b24c480f88735ae-22de6a4a5ea600ae%3AT%3D1604207764%3ART%3D1604207764%3AS%3DALNI_MbvueBPoX_pbRnB1ZraWlp2PDplhg&prev_fmts=800×280%2C500x280%2C500x280%2C500x280&correlator=6482285867105&rume=1&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=384758251.1604207762&ga_sid=1604489966&ga_hid=1517901668&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=1108490939139056&dssz=45&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=1280&u_w=800&u_ah=1280&u_aw=800&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=20&ady=2798&biw=800&bih=1160&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21066613%2C21066819%2C21066614%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=1996610576749655&pem=480&rx=0&eae=0&fc=900&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C800%2C0%2C800%2C1160%2C800%2C1160&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&jar=2020-11-04-09&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=xZUOIEB1vw&p=https%3A//sundiatapost.com&dtd=2648

A record number of ballots were cast before Election Day, totalling more than 100 million, due to fears of congregating in polling stations in person during the coronavirus pandemic.

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“We were getting ready for a big celebration. We were winning everything and all of a sudden it was just called off,” Trump said without fully explaining what he meant.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0.0&client=ca-pub-1921891160475578&output=html&h=280&slotname=8290026788&adk=3340146289&adf=338514238&pi=t.ma~as.8290026788&w=500&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1604489966&rafmt=1&psa=1&format=500×280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsundiatapost.com%2Fbreaking-trump-declares-himself-winner-of-2020-us-election-vows-to-challenge-official-result-at-supreme-court%2F&flash=0&fwr=0&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&adsid=ChAIgL-J_QUQ1fflpvXQjOZwEkwAOCs2XyAw9D-sgFJX4BIysAZNZvuEIA-6DYB5g2g2UV_hCi70rCKCnYsMPeJ4IQ1aFy4AXrPLLrbF2vD-nKMvzK84M-iIIknGua7k&tt_state=W3siaXNzdWVyT3JpZ2luIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9hZHNlcnZpY2UuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbSIsInN0YXRlIjowfSx7Imlzc3Vlck9yaWdpbiI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXR0ZXN0YXRpb24uYW5kcm9pZC5jb20iLCJzdGF0ZSI6MH1d&dt=1604489963389&bpp=7&bdt=3065&idt=3439&shv=r20201029&cbv=r20190131&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D3b24c480f88735ae-22de6a4a5ea600ae%3AT%3D1604207764%3ART%3D1604207764%3AS%3DALNI_MbvueBPoX_pbRnB1ZraWlp2PDplhg&prev_fmts=800×280%2C500x280%2C500x280%2C500x280%2C500x280%2C500x280%2C500x350&correlator=6482285867105&rume=1&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=384758251.1604207762&ga_sid=1604489966&ga_hid=1517901668&ga_fc=0&iag=0&icsg=1108490939139056&dssz=44&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_java=0&u_h=1280&u_w=800&u_ah=1280&u_aw=800&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=20&ady=4012&biw=800&bih=1160&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21066613%2C21066819%2C21066614%2C21066973&oid=3&pvsid=1996610576749655&pem=480&rx=0&eae=0&fc=900&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C800%2C0%2C800%2C1160%2C800%2C1160&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CoeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=8320&bc=31&jar=2020-11-04-09&ifi=8&uci=a!8&btvi=6&fsb=1&xpc=97oX794mIQ&p=https%3A//sundiatapost.com&dtd=3471

“This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election,” he said.

Trump said “we will be going to the US Supreme Court. We want all voting to stop.”

There was immediate backlash from Trump’s own Republican backers.

“It’s a bad strategic decision. It’s a bad political decision,” Chris Christie, a Trump advisor said of the middle-of-the-night speech. (AFP)

Netflix’s Official Trailer for Citation, The Video of the Exclusive Premiere of #Citationthemovie & The Unveiling of the Citation Original Soundtrack Album

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Netflix’s Official Trailer for Citation, The Video of the Exclusive Premiere of #Citationthemovie & The Unveiling of the Citation Original Soundtrack Album

Check that you still have your reminders on because November 6th is right around the corner!

In our previous post, we shared highlights of the incredible moments at the exclusive premiere of Citation, which took place at Terra Kulture on the 31st of October. You can check out these highlights (Here)

Now that you’ve seen the pictures from the premiere, it’s time to watch these moments.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ozdWeroXXsc%3Ffeature%3Doembed

That was quite an event right? But that’s not all… as we are anticipating the 6th of November, Netflix has launched the official trailer for Citation on Instagram and Twitter, and honestly, everyone needs to see it! Check it out.

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By the time you’ve watched Citation on Netflix, we are certain you’d want to update your playlist with the original soundtracks from the movie. Here’s a snippet of what’s to come, give it a listen!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hIcmue9ijSE%3Ffeature%3Doembed

We bet you can’t wait to get a hold of this album, and you will, at any moment from now.

With the soon-to-be launched distribution channel, KAP Music, we would provide you with the original soundtracks from Citation to enable you stream this album at ease. This is definitely a great playlist for all music lovers!

However, the date for the unveiling of this album will be announced soon. Till then, follow us on @Kapmusic.ng on Instagram, @KapMusic on twitter, @kapmusic on Facebook for more updates and stay tuned as we countdown to the official release of Citation on Netflix!

Pantami urges accountants to embrace disruptive technology in execution of activities

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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has called on the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) to adopt the use of disruptive technology in the execution of accounting activities.

He made this call on Tuesday during his virtual remarks as the Keynote Speaker at the 25th Annual Conference of Certified National Accountants with the theme “Disruptive Technologies and Innovation: The Place of the Accountant.”

The minister said, “Your theme is well thoughtout and very timely. People seeing this theme can think this is some digital economy conference!

“As we develop the digital economy of Nigeria, all sectors must embrace it and integrate technology into their activities.”

Pantami further stated that the digital economy journey in Nigeria commenced on the 24th of October, 2019 following the re-designation of the Federal Ministry of Communications as the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy by, President Muhammadu Buhari.

He listed the relevant emerging technologies which the accounting profession can benefit from, starting with the letters A-B-C-D-E, Artificial Intelligence,
Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics and Ed-Tech.

Trumps heads to Supreme Court, calls votes counting fraud

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Trumps heads to Supreme Court, calls votes counting fraud

United States President, Mr. Donald Trump has announced that he will be heading to the Supreme Court to stop all votes counting in the ongoing US presidential election.

He made this known while votes were still being counted, Wednesday,  while addressing his supporters and accompanied by his Vice President Mike Pence .

He described the vote counting in the election as fraud saying he was already leading in the votes counting before the votes suddenly stopped coming.

The president and Republican candidate expressed optimism that he would win the election but pointed out that electoral fraud would not be condoned in the US election.

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