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  • Osinbajo drops two ICPC board members under probe

    Osinbajo drops two ICPC board members under probe

    Acting President, Yemi, Osinbajo, has dropped the two new members nominated to be on the board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission who are said to be undergoing investigations by the same commission.

    Osinbajo had last week named a new chairman and board members of the commission.

    Recall TheNewsGuru.com had earlier published a report on Friday, in which two of the board members are currently being investigated by the ICPC.

    The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, disclosed on his Twitter handle on Sunday that the nomination of the affected persons was being stepped down.

    Akande said it had been confirmed that the two nominees were being investigated by the agency they were nominated to serve.

    He said the situation presented a conflict of interest.

    Akande wrote, “We are stepping down two of the new ICPC board nominees who have ongoing investigation issues with the commission as this presents a conflict.

    “While the existence of allegations or petitions against someone shouldn’t necessarily disqualify them (six) from considerations for appointments, this case presents a peculiarity as we have confirmed that the agency in which they are to serve is indeed investigating the two of them.

    “A basic check showed no court convictions against them. But when weighty petitions come up, this administration will always do the right thing.”

  • Nollywood unions acquire insurance deal for members

    Nollywood unions acquire insurance deal for members

    Nollywood unions have signed a life insurance, healthcare and pension deal with an insurance firm. The motive behind the acquisition of the Insurance deal for members is to enable them to lead a better life, especially when they have health challenges that make them appeal for donations from the public.

     

    The 13 unions – Association of Motion Picture Entertainment Editors of Nigeria (AMPEEN); Creative Designers’ Guild of Nigeria (CDGN); Cinematographers’ Society of Nigeria (CSN); Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN); Film & Video Producers’ and Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (FVPMAN); Independent Television Producers Association (ITPAN); Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN); National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP); Screenwriters’ Guild of Nigeria (SWGN); Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Producers Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) and United Movie Practitioners’ Association of Nigeria (UMPAN) – cover most of the enumerated Nollywood practitioners and this is the first time the industry is making such a grand move.

     

     

  • DSS arrests high profile Boko Haram members in Kano

    The Department of State Services (DSS) in Kano yesterday arrested top Boko Haram commander, and 20 others suspects.

    The Director, Kano local office of DSS, Alhassan Muhammad, told newsmen in Kano that a 48 hours operation stopped what would have been a bloody Eid-el-Fitr in Kano.

    Muhammad disclosed to newsmen that the combat operations was jointly carried out by the police, and his men led to the arrest of the unit commander of Boko Haram who was also in charge of Kano, Kaduna and Sokoto.

    He explained that the commander also arrested alongside 30 other suspects while planning coordinated attacks during Sallah festivity in Kano and other major Northern cities.

    Alhassan said, “we have in our Custody about 30 suspected Boko Haram terrorists including a sector Commandant whom we arrested at Rijiyar Zaki and Dorayi areas of Kano in just two days”.

    He added, “our joint intelligence gathering and the synergy that existed between all the security apparatus in Kano give a moral buster to our giant efforts in tracking every suspicious movements and make it highly difficult for the terrorists to make any impact.”

    The Director revealed that “arms and ammunition, primed Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs were recovered from the suspects’ hideouts in the state.

  • MMM: RCCG warns pastors, members against participating in Ponzi scheme

    MMM: RCCG warns pastors, members against participating in Ponzi scheme

    The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has warned its Pastors and members against investing in the several Ponzi schemes that now abounds in the country.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that a popular Ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mondial Movement (MMM) recently crashed while investors’ hopes of a good life was dashed during the last yuletide season.

    A memo issued by the General Secretary of the church, Pastor Johnson Odesola, to all Pastors in charge of regions and provinces, threatened disciplinary actions against defaulting members.

    According to the memo, the doctrine of the church does not support get rich quick schemes.

    The memo reads partly: “Please be informed that the doctrine of the church does not support get rich quick schemes, gambling, betting, etc in any form.

    “God is and remains our supplier by the application of biblical principles of working diligently with our hands.

    “All senior pastors are hereby authorised to ensure no one uses the pulpit or any platform of the RCCG to promote any such schemes.”

    Recall that TheNewsGuru.com had earlier reported another clergy, Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries, OFM, fired one of his Pastors, Joseph Aiyedun, for using the ministry’s name to participate in MMM.