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  • Police arraign NFVCB Executive Director for allegedly stealing generator set

    Police arraign NFVCB Executive Director for allegedly stealing generator set

    Adedayo Thomas, the Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censor Board (NFVCB), who police accused of stealing a generator set, has appeared in a Wuse Zone 6 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja.

    According to a First Information Report (FIR), made available to NAN on Thursday, the police charged Thomas with stealing.

    The police prosecutor, Mr Godwin Ochai, informed the court that the defendant allegedly carried out the act on Feb. 6, 2017 at the Lagos Zonal office of the board.

    According to Ochai, the defendant dishonestly broke the fence of the zonal office of the board, took the 500KVA generator set without the consent of the office.

    The prosecutor added that the defendant also did not inform the Federal Ministry of Information which was the parent ministry of the board before carrying the object.

    Ochai said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 286 of the Penal Code and also punishable under section 287 of the same law, CAP 705 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), 2004.

    Meanwhile, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge and was admitted to bail to the tune of N200, 000 by Senior Magistrate Ahmed Ndajiwo.

    According to the Magistrate, the defendant is to produce a reasonable and reliable surety who must be resident within the court jurisdiction with a define address.

    The Magistrate said that the address of the surety must be verified by the prosecution counsel and adjourned the matter till Jan. 28.

  • Censors Board invades Alaba, seizes pirated copies of movies

    The National Film and Video Censors Board has snatched many copies of Nigerian movies and duplicating machines from pirates in Alaba market.The items seized were revealed on Monday at a news conference in Lagos.

     

    The NFVCB worked in partnership with the Movie Producers Association during the task.

     

     

    The invasion follows an amendment to the NFVCB bill of 2016 signed into law by the Acting President in March 2017, which states that the release of illegitimate works attracts a maximum of three years jail term or a fine of N500,000.

     

    Stakeholders like Alhaji Abdulrasaq Abdullahi, Chief Eddie Ugbomah, Saint Obi, Yinka Ogundaisi, Gab Okoye, Funke Akindele and others attended the briefing.

     

    The board’s Executive Director, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, said, “The raid is the first in the series of national enforcement against unclassified, unapproved and operating an unlicensed film and video distribution and exhibition business which will be carried out in Nigeria through the National task force.

     

    “This is a subtle signal to persons distributing unclassified film and video works, persons distributing film and video works not registered for distribution in Nigeria, persons operating film and video distribution business without appropriate licence, persons distributing film and video works on premises not licensed and all persons profiting from the sweat of film and video creative directors without proper right assignment that they should find other business as the Board under my watch will not rest until we get rid of them from our industry.”

     

    Big budget movies like ‘Wedding Party’, ‘Jenifa’s Diary’, ‘Wives on Strike’ and A trip to Jamaica were among the movies pirated.