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#RevolutionNow: Now Is The Time For The Emergence Of A New Order By Sydney Usman Godwin
#RevolutionNow protesters in Abuja
Yesterday saw young boys and girls troop out enmasse across the country to a simple and singular demand, which was and still is; ” a failing government has no reason to stay”.
Many arrested, brutalized, vehicles seized, phones stolen by security officer(s) and protest disrupted by the REGIME.
In the face of this glaring oppression, subjugation, intimidation and brutality, for the first-time in our rapidly dissipating illustrious history, i saw “young boys and girls” who were conscious enough and ready to effect a non-negotiable political revolution that will set in motion a social just system that meets the desire and expectations of the Nigerian populace, one that will create a country that works for all irrespective of social, political, regional, religious, class, ethnic and ideological affiliation(s).
I saw “young boys and girls” who are determined to end the reign of terror, tyranny, oppression, incompetence, gross ineptitude, multidimensional poverty, repression, bloodletting, poor educational system, dilapidated healthcare system, epic unemployment, bad housing scheme, degenerated infrastructure, aimless borrowing, legendary looting and exceptional insecurity.
I saw “young boys and girls” ready to design their own future, not one designed by the thieves masquerading as leaders, not one designed by charlatans who have mortgaged the future of the youths, young boys and girls who are ready to take back their country.
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Femi Ade-SIN-a who can be rightly described as the worst media aide to president Buhari, though in this camp of exceptional liars, incompetent and clueless folks whose nature are highly contagious, you won’t easily rule out the other nuisance in contention.
He said, “they were only a sprinkle of young boys and girls, carrying out a child’s play”. I laughed in Swahili then in Igala language. The child’s play attracted over 80 vans of a joint security taskforce, armored tanks and so on. Hence it was a child’s play, why then was the so much panic, tension, confusion and restlessness?
Don’t fool yourself, take a cue from the Honk Kong, the “young boys and girls” envisaged, then designed their future and got it. The Nigerian youths will design theirs and will GET IT.
The manner at which the security forces came strong on peacefully coordinated protesters yesterday, if half that might was directed by the failed REGIME to the northeast and Southern Kaduna, terrorism would had long been extinct, but instead, the REGIME prefers to pamper terrorists and grant them either a reintegration permit or a scholarship award.
The Big Brother loving Nigerian youths have resolved to take back their country, that appears to be sad news for the incompetent camp, but well….., that’s the SAD reality.
So, Mr. Femi Ade-SIN-a, in the next outing, you’ll see a youth truly ready to take back their country.
It is already an established fact, that after the thieves in power, past and present have raped, debased, degenerated, denigrated and destroyed both our common patrimony and institutions, there’s no other means to making Nigeria work other than the “young boys and girls” rising up and taking back their country.
Now is the time for the emergence of a new order.Revolution Now.
Sydney Usman GODWIN
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#RevolutionNow: CORE Demands Immediate Freedom For Bakare, Sanusi, Olatokun
L-R: BOlawale “Mandate” Bakare; Abiodun Sanusi and; Oyedele Olatokun.
The Coalition for Revolution, a political movement, has demanded the immediate freedom of a group of young Nigerians arrested by the Department of State Services during a peaceful protest organised under the banner of #RevolutionNow Movement.
CORE in a statement by its Co-conveners, Baba Aye and Gbenga Komolafe, said Olawale “Mandate” Bakare and Abiodun Sanusi, were arrested at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun State Chapel in Osogbo, during the 5th August peaceful protest, and Oyedele Olatokun, a passer-by arrested by DSS operatives.
The group demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the three arrested protesters.
L-R: BOlawale “Mandate” Bakare; Abiodun Sanusi and; Oyedele Olatokun.
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The statement reads, “And we also unequivocally condemn the brutalisation of activists who were beaten up during their period of incarceration since Wednesday, by men of the State Security Services at Osogbo. We have been able to secure the release of over 70 CORE activists arrested during the #Augsut5thProtest commemorating the 1st anniversary of the launch of the CORE #RevolutionNow campaign at Abeokuta, Abuja, Lagos and Osogbo.
“We are using this opportunity to thank the array of lawyers who were on hand to support CORE in our collective struggle for a better society, by providing legal aid which made this possible. These include members of the Revolutionary Lawyers Forum (RLF), Radical Mandate Agenda for the Nigeria Bar Association (RAMIMBA) and lawyers of the African Action Congress (AAC) party and the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN).
“In some of the thirteen states where the #RevolutionNow protests took place, the security agencies showed the necessary respect for our democratic rights as citizens to protest. The #August5thProtest took place in 13 states across the federation. While the police and state security services (SSS) personnel did their best to scuttle the protests taking place everywhere. Seeing the determination of our members, in most of these states, they eventually respected our right of way and “provided security to prevent miscreants taking over” as they said, in at least four of these states.
“However, in not less than 6 six states and the Federal Capital Territory, the security agencies acted with brutality in a manner reminiscent of the era of military dictatorship in Nigeria. The SSS command in Osun state is most culpable of this high-handed and brazen contempt for our constitutionally enshrined rights.”
My cousin was also arrested in oshogbo, his name is oyedele olatokun..pls help get info of his whereabout pic.twitter.com/zRCcBsdET1— Olatokun Oyewole (@giftedWOLEhands) August 7, 2020
CORE further called on trade unions, civic organisations and all well-meaning Nigerians and people across the world to join in demanding the immediate release of Bakare and Sanusi, whom the group gathered have now been moved to the DSS headquarters in Abuja.
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Buhari Signs Amended Companies And Allied Matters Bill Into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020.
The bill will replace the extant Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said the law will see to the reduction of filing fee and other reforms to make it easier and cheaper for small and medium-sized enterprises to register and reform their businesses in Nigeria.
He said, “The law will allow corporate promoters of companies to establish private companies with a single member or shareholder, and creating limited liability partnerships and limited partnerships to give investors and business people alternative forms of carrying out their business in an efficient and flexible way.
“Innovating processes and procedures to ease the operations of companies, such as introducing statements of compliance; replacing authorised share capital with minimum share capital to reduce costs of incorporating companies; and providing for electronic filing, electronic share transfers, e-meetings as well as remote general meetings for private companies in response to the disruptions to close contact physical meetings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Requiring the disclosure of persons with significant control of companies in a register of beneficial owners to enhance corporate accountability and transparency.”
Adesina added that the law will enhance the minority shareholder protection and engagement as well as introducing enhanced business rescue reforms for insolvent companies; and permitting the merger of incorporated trustees for associations that share similar aims and objectives.
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The Journalist As A Politician By Agba Jalingo
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I’ve been approached several times by concerned persons who feel that as a journalist, I am supposed to stay out of politics and concentrate on investigating and writing the news. They have also been a lot of preachment about how journalism and politics are parallel.
But I need to express a contrary opinion to this often held assumption as I would love to term it. I rather hold that the political tendencies of journalists is that they, like politicians, are animated by a desire to change the world for the better.
And the history of journalists directly mucking around in politics goes back more than 100 years, when American newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst, adopted the views of British editor William Thomas Stead.
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Stead, a near-worshipper of the Puritanism of Oliver Cromwell, believed in “government by journalism.” Stead formulated his views in an 1885 essay, in which he proclaimed the “natural and inevitable emergence of the journalist as the ultimate depository of power in modern democracy.”
As press scholar W. Joseph Campbell writes:
Central to Stead’s vision was the editor’s ability to frame and shape public opinion, which he called “the greatest force of politics.” Editors, he wrote, “decide what their readers shall know, or what they shall not know. … He can excite interest, or allay it; he can provoke public impatience, or convince people that no one need worry themselves about the matter.” In essence, Stead asserted, an editor, by applying “either a stimulant or a narcotic to the minds of his readers,” could bring to bear decisive influence on the important matters of the day.
This ideal has continued to inspire journalists all over the world in more than a century to ditch their pens and microphones and storm the political turf.
In recent decades in America for instance, prominent journalists like
Mickey KausPatrick Buchanan, Ron Klink, Scott L. Klug, Ralph Nader, Phil Keisling, Gore Vidal, Steve Forbes, Laura Miller, Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, Lionel Van Deerlin, Al Gore, Al Franken, William F. Buckley, Sarah Palin, Norman Mailer
Are just a few examples of prominent journalists who joined political parties and became candidates for office, taking their political complaints and policy prescriptions to the hustings seeking a place on the ballot box for voter approval.
Before them:
Former British Prime Minister and Tory Leader, Winston Churchill was a correspondent for the Morning Post during the Boar War.
Italian politician, Benito Mussolini, was editor of two socialist newspapers.
Jim Hacker former British PM was also editor of Reform Newspaper.
Michael Foot, former prominent leader of the British opposition Labor party was also editor of Evening Standard.
In Nigeria, most of the veterans of our struggle for independence were all young journalists who later transformed to politicians and joined political movements to seek office.
They include:
Herbert MacaulayNnamdi AzikiweObafemi AwolowoAnthony EnahoroErnest Ikoli
In recent decades, we also saw journalism veterans like:
Lateef Jakande Segun Osoba Onyema Ugochukwu Chris Maduaburochukwu Okolie Nduka Obaigbena
And a host of others trying their pens in the political turf.
So before you jump to the conclusion that journalists are not supposed to be in politics, you may need to ask yourself whether you are speaking ignorance or you are propounding a novel theory.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,Citizen Agba Jalingo.
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E2%80%93police ALERT: Cult Gangs Planning Attacks In Ogun State –Police
The police in Ogun State have raised the alarm of a plot by cult gangs to attack the state on Saturday.
The police said the attack was part of the unlawful act of the group in marking “8/8”.
DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson for the police in the state, said the Force will mobilise all squad in safeguarding the state and maintaining peace and order.
He said, “Intelligence report at the disposal of Ogun State Command reveals that members of various unlawful cult groups are planning to mark what they called “8/8” tomorrow; being the 8th of August 2020. The report also revealed that the event may result in bloodletting and wanton destruction of properties.
“In view of this, the command wishes to warn those having such devilish plan to have a rethink and retrace their steps as such move will be met with strong resistance from security agencies.
“To this end, all the command’s tactical squads namely SARS, anti cultists, anti kidnapping as well as all the DPOs and Area Commanders have been put on red alert to nip in the bud any act capable of undermining the security of the state.
“The full weight of the law will descend on any member of any unlawful societies who intends to use public places to perpetrate evil, as the Command will fold it hand while some misguided and unscrupulous elements attempt to make life difficult for law abiding citizens of the State.”
The police appealed to parents and guardians to steer clear of any unlawful gathering or society and also urged hoteliers not to allow their facilities to be used for any cult-related gathering as owners of such facilities will be prosecuted.
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NEMA Issues Flood Alert, Says 28 States On Danger List
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The National Emergency Management Agency has asked Nigerians to prepare for an imminent flood between the month of August and October this year.
Director, Operations of NEMA in charge of Ekiti, Ondo and Osun states, Mr Olusegun Afolayan, gave the warning on Friday in Akure.
Mr Afolayan said 28 states and 102 local government areas in the country risked being flooded any moment from now due to the impending heavy rainfall in the country.
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According to him, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency had earlier in February alerted Nigerians to an impending heavy rainfall due to climate change that will lead to flooding.
He said the agency had started sensitising residents ahead of the impending danger, most especially on how to get prepared and channel their waste properly.
He said, “And if flooding happens, it will lead to loss of lives and properties and we have to forewarn communities that may be affected.
“Those that built on the flood plains should move away in other to avoid the imminent flood disaster that is likely to happen between the month of August and October.
“Flooding is not always caused by heavy downpour alone, but when dams were opened too, it always leads to flooding.
“About 28 states and 102 local governments have been earmarked for this possible flooding.”
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E2%80%99s-attorney-general-malami-orders-inspector-general-police-provide-security-17-pro Nigeria’s Attorney-General, Malami, Orders Inspector-General Of Police To Provide Security For 17 Pro-APC Edo Lawmakers
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Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to provide security for the 17 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Edo State.
In a letter dated August 5 based on a petition to his office by Idahosa-West Chambers, Malami said that the security measure was necessary to prevent breakdown of law and order.
The letter reads, “My office is in receipt of a letter dated 3rd August, 2020 from Messrs West Idahosa & Co. requesting for the intervention of my office on behalf of its clients who are members-elect of the Edo State House of Assembly but who were excluded or prevented from being inaugurated till date since the House was inaugurated on 17th June 2019.
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“A copy of the letter is attached for ease of reference. I’m view of the forgoing and in order to ensure constitutional compliance with the dictates of Sections 91 – 96 of the 1999 constitution (as altered) and also to prevent breakdown of peace, law and order. I’m requesting you kindly provide adequate security measures for the purpose of the inauguration of the concerned members and subsequent sittings in Edo State House of Assembly.”
There has been unrest in the Assembly owing to the disagreement between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Adams Oshiomhole, former APC chairman.
Twelve members-elect out of 24 were not sworn in as lawmakers when the house was inaugurated after the 2019 polls.
However on Thursday, 17 lawmakers were inaugurated and Victor Edoror, who was removed as Deputy Speaker in 2018, emerged Speaker.
The development came three days after Yekini Idiaye, Deputy Speaker, was removed following his endorsement of Osagie Ize-Iyamu, APC governorship candidate.
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Court Slams N200,000 Fine On Nigerian Musician, Naira Marley, For Breaching Coronavirus Guidelines
A Federal Capital Territory mobile court in Abuja on Friday imposed a N200,000 fine on Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley, for violating the Presidential Task Force guidelines on COVID-19.
A four-count charge was brought against the artiste by the prosecuting team, which he denied.
The presiding magistrate, Idayat Akanni, who handed down the sentence, ordered Naira Marley to pay N50,000 on each of the four counts brought against him.
He was also mandated to publish a public apology to the Federal Government of Nigeria in a national newspaper.
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The musician had on June 13, 2020 flown into Abuja with his crew for a concert at the Jabi Lake Mall.
Earlier on Thursday, he was penalised in Lagos for the same offence.
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My 48 Hours Of Torment In Nigeria By Anonymous
I have almost fully recovered from the most gruesome, provocative, rights-violating, disrespectful, tormenting and intimidating 48 hours of my life. With a lot of tears and passion, I steadfastly say this: I will never stop living for Nigeria’s progress. I will never be intimidated to migrate from Nigeria or leave millions of Nigerian citizens to continue suffering.
I will never let anything, a few criminals in government or otherwise, overshadow the greatness Nigeria can be. I will never let anyone portray Nigeria or any African country as a lost cause.
On August 5th 2020, several hundreds of Nigerians planned safe, peaceful protests across the nation to bring awareness to the hellish sufferings of many citizens. Unknown to most, the Nigerian government had planned and mobilized brutal attacks to sabotage the protests. Protesters were approached by several policemen; no crimes committed, all protesters wearing face masks (COVID-19 mandate) and all at peace. They said we were under arrest and must follow them at once to the nearest police station. We demanded to know our offences but all we got was “Order from above”. The policemen with “order from above” proceeded to violate our peace and freedom, driving us in cramped up cars to police stations. We pleaded to be released to no avail. We were treated like criminals and ordered around for several hours. They touched our arms as they pleased and ordered us to do as they willed. We had to pay to use toilets that were the filthiest possible. We were not eventually set free till much later the next day.
I’m trying so hard to forget the entire ordeal in order to recover from the hellish pains. It’s very difficult to fully explain how heavy the torture was for no crimes committed whatsoever. Two days of my life wasted in illegal detention and watching “law enforcers” commit crimes while detaining innocent people. Many times, they told us we would never regain freedom as they continuously attempted to evoke fear in law-abiding, peaceful, progressive citizens. I learnt that in today’s Nigeria, right is wrong and wrong is right. It’s more saddening when we realize the millions of Nigerians who have spent several days, months and years in such torture and the millions that lost their lives to such wrongs.
This narrative is not just a recap of the extremely unfortunate turn of events. It’s a blatant, explicit appeal to Nigerians and the world on what we must do to save millions of Nigerians. The only healing and compensation I want is a better, more progressive, united, safer and happier Nigeria with equal opportunites for all to grow, thrive and live well. For over 5 decades no one in Nigeria, Africa, or the world at large has succeeded in overturning the criminal regime that has handcuffed several millions of citizens into poverty, suffering and brutal death sentences. Millions have had no free will, education or opportunities to attempt to achieve life goals. The system is corrupt, selfish, criminal and growth-impossible for ethical citizens. Change is a must.
Buhari as president of Nigeria may have good intentions but he cannot do much. 1. We are yet to verify some of his educational credentials and we very much question his analytical abilities and deep-intelligence required to be the number one man in a country of smart-ables. 2. He is mentally and physically old and has been very sick at certain times throughout his tenure as President. 3. There are several speculations regarding what the criminals that paid for him to be in power will do if he attempts to bring down their wealth or power. Thus, power has continued to circulate from within the same circle of people who ideally should not qualify to lead great Nigerians. Ethical citizens who make their way into these circles are either pushed out or made to abide by the “wrong is right” stronghold of corruption, illiteracy, selfishness and unwise greed.
The most important part of this write up is this: What’s the way forward for Nigeria and African countries in similar situations? We need the current set of leaders to step down now or face #Revolutionnow. We must vote and appoint only the most ethical, unblemished, progressive and well-meaning Nigerians in all positions nationwide. Year 2023 elections tagline is “No Criminals in Government” We all must want the best for Nigeria now and no later than 2023.
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Police Arrest Fake Nigerian Army Major In Delta State
The police in Delta State have arrested a yet to be named man for falsely parading himself as a Major in the Nigerian Army.
SaharaReporters gathered that the man was arrested earlier in the week along Sapele Road in the state.
He was caught with a fake military van conveying 420 packs of compressed weed suspected to be Indian hemp.
A police source said the suspect will be prosecuted at the end of ongoing investigation into the incident.
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