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  • BBC slams FG, vows to expose more documentaries on insecurity

    BBC slams FG, vows to expose more documentaries on insecurity

     

    The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reacted to the federal government proposed sanction over claims that they aired documentaries glorifying and fueling terrorism, banditry in Nigeria.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) slammed a N5million fine on the multimedia wing of Media Trust Limited for its “Nigeria’s Banditry: The Inside Story”.

    Also fined are Multichoice Nigeria Limited (DSTV owners), NTA-Startimes Limited, and Telcom Satellite Limited (TSTV) – N5million each.

    The NBC said that the fine was imposed because the media entities aired documentaries on banditry and terrorism.

    Reacting the development, BBC insiders said the Nigerian government wanted to hush the media, while also adding that they were trying to trivialize the magnitude of the security crisis that plagued the nation.

    They averred that the Nigerian government was trying to force the media to underreport the extent of damage done by non-state actors (NSAs).

    “We published another one (documentary), and will do more because it’s about the people suffering”.

    “They (government) did not impose a fine on us because they knew they could not do so.

    “What they can do is write to the agency that regulates us, the Office of Communications (Ofcom).

    “They definitely would ask Ofcom to take disciplinary actions; they cannot do anything other than that.

    “After Trust TV spoke with the victims, we interviewed the NSAs – Ado Aleru, the one turbaned, and Abu Sanni who led the Jangebe school attack,” the source added.

    It’s really disheartening that such magnitude of insecurity is perpetrated, yet, under reported and public misinformed.

    It’s appalling that wanted terrorists held celebration in broad daylight without any attempt to arrest or challenge them.

    Instead of sanctioning culpable security agencies for failure to perform their statutory function to arrest and curtail the terrorists, federal government is pontificating bout imposing fine on the media for exposing the lie, complicity, duplicity and failure of those in authority.

    The security situation has gone from bad to worse. Unfortunately, those in the corridors of power live in another world. They are the only set of people who believe that the security situation in the country has improved. Citizens of fool’s paradise.

  • “Village Headmaster” back on screen after 34 years hiatus

    “Village Headmaster” back on screen after 34 years hiatus

    After 34 years hiatus, “Village Headmaster”, the one time Nigeria first longest-running Tv drama series, has now been repackaged and will be shown on three local television stations.

    The Director-General of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Mallam Yakubu Ibn Mohammed, made the disclosure on Friday at the relaunch and private screening of the repackaged drama series in Abuja.

    He said the drama series would be shown on NTA every Sunday from 8.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m., Africa Independent Television (AIT) every Wednesday 9.00 p.m to 10.00 p.m. and WAP Tv every Friday 8.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.

    Set in Oja, a fictitious Yoruba village, Ibn Mohammed said the series is woven around the lives of the villagers from royalty to the commoners, education and so in.

    He recalled that before the series went off screen decades back, it captivated viewers and was addictive to many in those days.

    The NTA boss said the series was brought back to reenact the characters, bring back the moral values, national unity and cohesion it taught in those days.

    He thanked Chief Wale Adenuga who committed his wealth of experiences and resources for the series’ production and Globacom for its sponsorship.

    Ibn- Mohammed expressed regrets that some of the original cast of the series had passed on and not available to witness the rebirth of the iconic series.

    He said prominent among them included late Chief Segun Olusola, former Nigeria Ambassador to Ethiopia, who created the series as a member of staff of the then Western Nigeria Television, Ibadan.

    The D-G said the new cast is super-packed with the choicest names in the movie industry including some of the founding members of the series, notably, Dejumo Lewis as Kabiyesi, Alison Ibrahim as Amebo, Dan Imodu as Dagbolu and Dele Osawe as Teacher Fadile.

    Other prominent members of the cast included Popular musician 9ice, Mr Latin, Funky Mallam, Jide Kosoko, Okele, Omo Ibadan and Fathia Balogun.

    Also speaking at the event, Adenuga thanked the NTA boss and family for bringing back the series noting that the TV house inspired them from script to screen.

    Mr Wale Adedeji, representative of Globacom, said they were glad to be the sponsor of the content which celebrates culture, inspires unity and teaches moral values.

  • Shun political thuggery and social vices – NOA DG tells students

    Shun political thuggery and social vices – NOA DG tells students

    Students of the National Television Authority (NTA) TV College, Jos, have been urged to shun political thuggery and social vices.

    The Director-Genera of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) Dr Garba Abari, gave the advice at a one-day security sensitisation programme of the agency, on Thursday.

    Represented by the Agency’s Director in Plateau, Mrs Kaneng Pam-Hworo, the DG said that the programme was aimed at attitudinal re-orientation of students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

    He said it was to reawaken in the students the dangers of social vices such as political thuggery, drug abuse, cyber crimes, human trafficking, illegal migration and radicalism.

    Abari said the exercise was to encourage the students to embrace national core values while curtailing the rising trend of social vices in tertiary institutions.

    The NOA boss said it was also pertinent that students inculcated Nigeria core values of integrity, patriotism, discipline, self-reliance, dignity of labour, social justice and religious tolerance, necessary for sustainable transformation and national development.

    He said the emphasis on tertiary students stemmed from the fact that youths contribute to over 60 per cent of the labour force, which drive the process of governance and social development.

    Abari said youths are also the strength and backbone of any nation, hence the need to sensitise, mobilise and encourage them to shun all forms of social vices.

    Mr Yakubu Gomos, Director, Centre for Advancement, University of Jos, while presenting a paper, entitled “The Overview of Social Vices on Campus” said keeping away from negative peer groups is the solution to drug and substance abuse.

    He urged parents to ensure that they trained and guided their children and wards in the right way.

    According to Gomos, children should be taught the ills and dangers associated with social vices early in life.

    The Rector of the NTA TV College, Prof. Barnabas Gbam, thanked NOA for using the college for the exercise.

    He enjoined the students to pay rapt attention to the sensitisation and reorientation programme as agents of change adding that “capacity without character is futile.”

    Newsmen reports that representatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Nigeria Security and Defence Corps (NSCDC) among other stakeholders were in attendance at the event.

  • Lagos SWAN mourns ace broadcaster, Fabio Olanipekun, urges FG to Immortalize him

    Lagos SWAN mourns ace broadcaster, Fabio Olanipekun, urges FG to Immortalize him

    The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos Chapter, has urged the Federal Government to immortalize the doyen of Sportscasting in Nigeria, Late Fabio Lanipekun.
    The Chairman of the most vibrant chapter of the association, Debo Oshundun stated this in a statement shortly after the demise of the highly revered journalist on Sunday.
    According to him, Late Fabio’s feat in sports writing and development in Nigeria deserves all commendations and be accorded all respect.
    “He was an hero and should be honoured even in death.
    “We appeal to the Federal Government and the Lagos State government to immortalize Late Fabio, just as they did with ace commentators, Ishola Folorunsho and Ernest Okonkwo by naming a section of the Teslim Balogun Stadium after them.”
    Despite dropping his pen at the ripe age of 80, Oshundun commended the veteran sport journalist’s contributions saying his advice will be missed in the pen pushing profession.
    “Pa Fabio was one of those we run to for advices and now that he’s gone we are going to miss him deeply.
    “He left a big shoe that’s very difficult for anybody to step into but we pray for the repose of his soul and also pray for the family at this difficult time,” the Lagos SWAN boss prayed.
  • NFF mourns foremost broadcaster, Fabio Lanipekun

    NFF mourns foremost broadcaster, Fabio Lanipekun

    The Nigeria Football Federation has described as “most sorrowful” the death of sports broadcasting pathfinder, Adesola ‘Fabio’ Lanipekun which occurred on Sunday, 6th March 2022, four days after the latter’s 80th birthday anniversary.

    NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi, said: “To read about the death of Mr Fabio Lanipekun, only days after we celebrated him for reaching the landmark 80 years, was a painful thing. It was hard to believe. We all read the history of how he blazed the trail in sports broadcasting starting from his time at the WNTV in Ibadan, and his distinguished and stellar career at the Nigeria Television Authority.

    “He was an oracle of the industry. We are consoled by the fact that he lived an exemplary, fruitful and fun-filled life. He was a professional to the core and loved his job deeply. We pray that God will grant him eternal rest and grant the family he has left behind the fortitude to bear the big loss.”

    Mr Adesola ‘Fabio’ Lanipekun joined the octogenarian club only four days before his demise on the afternoon of Sunday, 6th March.

    He headed the sports desk of Western Nigeria Television after studying sports journalism at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London, United Kingdom and later moved to the Nigeria Television Authority, where he attended dozens of major international championships and games before retiring as Manager, Sports of Nigeria’s leading broadcasting house.

  • Buhari greets Onyeka Onwenu at 70

    Buhari greets Onyeka Onwenu at 70

    President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry practitioners and other Nigerians in sharing the joyous occasion of 70th birthday anniversary of renowned songwriter, singer and journalist, Onyeka Onwenu.

    In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja, the president congratulated the multiple award-winning artiste and actress for ”leading a life that keeps inspiring both the old and young”.

    He affirmed that Onwenu’s creativity, sincerity of purpose and diligence had continued to bring glory to the country.

    Buhari noted that Onwenu, as an NTA presenter and reporter, caught the world’s attention by putting a spotlight on corruption in the 80’s and releasing songs with great social and moral impact.

    Buhari felicitated Onwenu, a former Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of National Centre for Women Development and Chairperson of Imo State Council for Arts and Culture, for fresh ideas and institutional reforms she brought into public service.

    He also lauded her for passionately creating and pursuing a vision for a better life for many.

    The president said that Onwenu’s many recognitions and awards at home and abroad were well-deserved, noting that she directed her energy into global movies with historic contexts.

    The president also noted that Onwenu directed her energy into sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.

    He prayed that the Almighty God would continue to bless Onwenu, the singer of “One Love’’, who is also known as the Elegant Stallion, with long life and good health.

  • As Onyeka Onwenu attains the Biblical 70 years

    As Onyeka Onwenu attains the Biblical 70 years

    By Chido Nwakanma

    Congratulations to Onyeka Onwenu on attaining the Biblical three score and ten. More than congratulations, however, I write to thank Onyeka Onwenu for happening in our lifetime. It has been 42 years since Onyeka Onwenu burst into our lives on vinyl and tube.

    She is the investigative reporter at the Nigerian Television Authority that reported on “A Squandering of Riches”. It traced the paths of the wastage of Nigeria’s resources in the oil fields and boardrooms. The squandering of our riches is still the story.

    Onyeka Onwenu, daughter of Nigeria and Igboland, has played excellently on the Nigerian media, arts, and entertainment stages. She has been an advocate for women’s rights and served in politics and government.

    She lit up Nollywood with excellent performances in various roles and films. She valiantly lost to patriarchy and dirt as she sought grassroots political office.

    One of the most poignant memories I have of Onyeka Onwenu happened in 1987. I was the young Regional Correspondent for THISWEEK magazine in Port Harcourt. Onyeka the performer dazzled at the Civic Centre. Then she performed her all-time best “One Love”.

    The hall bubbled and bubbled. People left their seats. It was standing room only.

    I still feel the energy and love in that hall.

    All of us on social media are celebrating her ahead of her actual birth date. Understandably.

    Onyeka Onwenu was born on 31 January 1952. She is a singer/songwriter, actress, human rights activist, social activist, journalist, politician, and former X Factor series judge.

    The Nigerian press used the oxymoron Elegant Stallion to describe her. It resonated because of her attributes of strength, elegance and seeming male qualities.

    Onyeka served as chair of the Imo State Council for Arts and Culture and from 2013 as Executive Director/CEO of the National Centre for Women Development.

    As an employee of the NTA, Onwenu made an impact as a newsreader and reporter. In 1984, she wrote and presented the internationally acclaimed BBC/NTA documentary Nigeria, A Squandering of Riches which became the definitive film about corruption in Nigeria as well as the intractable Niger Delta agitation for resource control and campaign against environmental degradation in the oil rich region of Nigeria.[11] A former member on the board of the NTA, she has also worked as a TV presenter, hosting the shows Contact (1988) and Who’s On? (1993) both on NTA Network, her Wikipedia entry notes.

    Onyeka graduated with BA in International Relations and Communication from the Ivy-League Wellesley College, Massachusetts, and obtained an MA in Media Studies from The New School for Social Research, New York. She worked for the United Nations as a tour guide before returning to Nigeria in 1980 to complete her mandatory one-year national service with the NTA.

    Nigerians know her mostly for music. Her contributions are outstanding.

    Hear Wikipedia, again: “Originally a secular artist, Onwenu made the transition to gospel music in the 90s, and most of her songs are self-penned. She continues to write and sing about issues such as health (HIV/AIDS), peace and mutual coexistence, respect for women rights, and the plight of children. She began her music career in 1981 while still working with the NTA, releasing the album For the Love of You, a pop album that featured an orchestral cover of Johnny Nash’s “Hold Me Tight”, and her second album Endless Life was produced by Sonny Okosun. Both records were released on the EMI label.

    Onwenu’s first album with Polygram, In The Morning Light, was released in 1984. Recorded in London, it featured the track “Masterplan” written by close friend Tyna Onwudiwe who had previously contributed to Onwenu’s BBC documentary and subsequently sang back-up vocals on the album. After her fourth release, 1986’s One Love which contained an updated version of the song “(In the) Morning Light, Onwenu collaborated with veteran jùjú artist Sunny Ade on the track “Madawolohun (Let Them Say)” which appeared in 1988’s Dancing In The Sun. This was the first of three songs the pair worked on together; the other two – “Choices” and “Wait For Me” – centred on family planning, and were endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria who used “Choices” in their PSA. Onwenu’s final release on Polygram was dedicated to Winnie Mandela, the subject of a song of the same name which Onwenu performed live when Nelson Mandela and his wife visited Nigeria in 1990 following his release from prison.

    Onwenu diverted to Benson and Hedges Music in 1992 and released the self-titled Onyeka!, her only album with the label, after which she made the transition to Christian/gospel music. Her latest collection, “Inspiration for Change,” focused on the need for an attitudinal change in Nigeria.

    She is in partnership with Paris-based La Cave Musik, headed by a Nigerian cultural entrepreneur, Onyeka Nwelue and a UK-based Jungle Entertainment Ventures, headed by musicologist David Evans-Uhegbu. La Cave Musik is set to release her collection titled “Rebirth of a Legend”. In recognition of her contribution to music and arts in Nigeria, she has been celebrated by professionals like Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Laolu Akins, Charles O’Tudor, and former PMAN president Tony Okoroji among others in the arts industry in Nigeria.[16]

    In 2013, Onwenu served as one of the three judges on X Factor Nigeria.”

    Onyeka owes no one, neither Ekwe nor any other.

    She is also a Nollywood personality. Note that a personality has passed the level of a star! “Onwenu’s first movie role was as Joke, a childless woman who adopts an abandoned baby in Zik Zulu Okafor’s Nightmare. She has since featured in numerous Nollywood movies, and in 2006 she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the movie “Widow’s Cot”. She was also nominated that same year for African Movie Academy Award for “Best Actress in a Leading Role” in the movie “Rising Moon”. She was in the movie Half of a Yellow Sun with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton, and Lion Heart (2018).”

    Her musical corpus is rich and variegated.

    Which Onyeka Onwenu song touched you the most? Which one moves you even now?

    “You and 1” was the entry song for my wedding reception. I loved it that much. I stood my ground when someone on the High Table tried to change the flow I had arranged as an event planner. It caused a stir but then stirred everyone to rise and dance You and I with my partner and I. Memories.

    Then there is Ekwe. My friend Chukwuma Nwokoh loved its insouciance yet calmness in our undergraduate days. Chukwuma says now: “My favourite Onyeka song is “You and I”. Ekwe is next. Loved and infatuated on her the first time I saw her picture because of her low cut then.”

    I also consider “Bia Nulu” evergreen. Bia Nulu marked her passage into gospel music. She then sang “Alleluya” in that genre. Do you remember “Iyogogo” that reminds me of village life? Or her praise song to mothers, “Ochie Dike”? Her collabo with Phyno on Ochie Dike refreshed it and made it contemporary.

    Friend, which Onyeka Onwenu song or performance is your favourite? It is her 70th, so tell her.

    Thank you for Onyeka Onwenu in our lifetime.

  • Time to listen to the cries from NTA, By Okoh Aihe

    Time to listen to the cries from NTA, By Okoh Aihe

    By Okoh Aihe

     

    A few years ago I had the cherished opportunity to have a one-on-one discussion with a newly appointed Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) who complained bitterly that the organisation didn’t have money to fund its operations. As if the word was already hanging in my mouth I told him to count the avails within the network news, compute for only one month to know how much the station makes from the news belt alone. He was shocked but pretended otherwise.

     

    Avails are the windows of advertising opportunities in a particular broadcast belt. The advertising opportunities in the network news of NTA attract premium costing to the pains of those paying for them. Having started journalism from the Supplement Department of a frontline newspaper, the network news for me is like a little money factory. To begin to put a valuation on the capacity of NTA to make money would have to start by taking a closer look at the various programmes of the station that can generate revenue.

     

    This is why in spite of the scorn I feel for NTA I found myself in agreement with the DG, Yakubu Mohammed, when he told the House Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Values, last week, that free coverage of events is preventing the station from self funding. If I may lend him some words, it shouldn’t actually be self funding but that free coverage of activities is preventing the station from engaging in real competition in the deregulated broadcast sector.

     

    As it is NTA is not competing. It only enjoys the highfalutin proclamations of the biggest network in Africa. No claim can be more antithetical to the truth than this.

     

    “NTA is capable of making enough money to sustain itself if it is left alone — if it is not seen as a government that is there for everybody to come and collect services free of charge.

     

    “Everybody thinks that NTA is a government establishment — it belongs to all of us. So, we go to NTA, get the services offered by NTA for free. I did mention that our services attract a cost. For example, for every large coverage I do, I pay Intelsat in hard currency,” Mohamed said.

     

    Those of us who knew this a long time ago feel outraged about the mismanaged capacity of NTA. Some of us grew on the entertainment diet of NTA, which, working from different states of the federation, had flagship programmes like Village Headmaster from Lagos, Masquerade from Enugu, Hotel de Jordan from Benin City, Cockcrow at Dawn from Jos and a whole lot of other programmes.

     

    But those were glory days not fully realised. Instead, NTA missed several opportunities to perpetrate its hegemony and promote quality programming that could distinguish it as the default station in the country. Unfortunately for years NTA has lived in cabins and shacks, without a defined respectable and responsible broadcast headquarters. In the late 80s when the government allowed NTA partial commercialisation to augment its spending ability, the management failed to do a proper business plan that could lay a solid economic base for the station. They cashed in on the low hanging fruits by increasing adverts rates and exploiting private producers who wanted to run programmes on the channel.

     

    When the government deregulated the broadcast sector in 1992, NTA mocked the the new regulator and refused to recognise its authority in the broadcast industry. While subordinating journalism practice to the whims of those in government, NTA exploited its connections in high places to live above the law.

     

    In pursuit of shadows NTA hardly contemplated the quiet revolution the private operators were putting in place until its dominance would be overwhelmed with superior technology and exposure in modern broadcasting. Overnight the status of the station changed to that of an envious second fiddle.

     

    Sometimes, I look at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), with its radio and television channels, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), with radio and tv channels, the Voice of America (VOA), with radio and tv channels, just to give a few examples, I suddenly feel ashamed how we want to infest the world with our incapacity to plan and reason, or even do the right thing. Either the nation is totally unaware of existing structures in some professions or it wants to reinvent the wheel and is doing so very badly.

     

    I sincerely feel that NTA needs help, lots of help. Broadcasting is a business and those involved in it are engaged in a noble profession which helps to rid the society of some scum and misfits in whatever capacity they exist. Whether in government, politics, businesses, academia, public service, religion or even in the rabbit hole, broadcasting should play a role in making them uncomfortable and unfit for the society we seek to build.

     

    NTA should start by helping itself to provide professional broadcasting even in a government set up, not just to run government bulletins and even stories that upset the truth. NTA needs to learn a little from the VOA, how it resisted the Donald Trump administration in its fight to control the levers of the government funded station. The station had the support of the Congress. NTA must provide professional services to the nation if it must earn some respect. But it needs the support of the National Assembly.

     

    Hear the painful words of the DG. “For example, you go out with a digital camera, then you bring in pictures. In the process of transmission, you transmit using analogue equipment. At the end of the day, the pictures are not as bright as they should be.”

     

    I am of the humble opinion that no major broadcast operator in Nigeria is suffering the kind of defect and professional punishment the DG is complaining about. Little wonder then that in scale of preference, NTA is struggling up the ladder, far behind its competitors.

     

    NTA needs help. Budgeting should be sorted out and properly funded. NTA should run as a public broadcaster, funded by government or it should be allowed to run as a business and be in position to charge market rates for its services. At the moment NTA undercuts competitors while enjoying government’s subventions. However, there is a need to discuss how deregulated broadcasting works in other climes so that NTA does not continue to suffer embarrassing inconveniences.

     

    But in the immediate, NTA needs proper dressing up, in training and modern equipment assemblage, to compete. Unfortunately government’s hold on the station is so choking that it can drown even a behemoth. This is no pathway to the future for a station that once upon a time had the promise of greatness.

     

  • NTA staff stoned to death

    NTA staff stoned to death

    A Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA) Staff identified as Chukwu Odiahu has been killed in Okene, Kogi State by unknown individuals.

    Late Odiahu who works at the engineering department of the NTA boaster station in Okene was stoned to death on Tuesday evening after he closed from work.

    Although the cause of the attack on late Odiahu is yet to be known as at the time of filing this report, DAILY POST gathered that all the staff on duty have been arrested and are currently under interrogation at the Divisional Office of the Nigeria Police Force in Okene.

    A staff of NTA in Okene who spoke under anonymity confirmed the incident.

    The staff said” It is very unfortunate we all woke up this morning to see the death of one of our colleagues under the engineering department.

    ” When we closed transmission around 10pm on Tuesday, he left the office premises. Unfortunately this morning, (Wednesday), we discovered his corpse that he was killed with stones by some persons who we do not know.

    “All the staff on duty have been arrested because they are prime suspects. The incident has been reported to the Police for investigation. Odiahu is a gentleman who is committed to his duty. He died a horrible death”.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) DSP William Ovye Aya is yet to confirm the incident as he failed to pick calls or messages sent to his mobile phones.

  • JUST IN: NTA reporter kidnapped in Port Harcourt

    JUST IN: NTA reporter kidnapped in Port Harcourt

    Afemale reporter with Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Network Centre in Port Harcourt , Mrs Chidiebele Julian Nweke Onyia, has been kidnapped by yet to be identified persons.

    Available details of how she was kidnapped are sketchy at the time of filing this report.

    But according to a post by Mrs Osinachi Samuel, her colleague, the journalist who works as Production Editor was abducted around Oil Mill axis of Port Harcourt on Tuesday evening.

    “Please, there’s a Sister and Colleague in need of freedom from kidnappers. NTA Port Harcourt Reporter, Chidiebere Oyia, was kidnapped Last night around Oil mill axis, on her way from work after NTA News @7. ( She worked as the Production Editor). Please, Sirs and ma’am’s, help us with any means to find her. Please Contact Manager News or any Police near you with valid information for her rescue,” Osinachi wrote.

    Other reports, however, indicated that she was abducted along Railway crossing in Woji Community of Obio-Akpor local government area of the State at about 8 pm on Tuesday

    She was reportedly on her way home after the NTA 7 pm newscast when she was kidnapped, it was further learnt.

    Anita Josephine Ogonna, a staff of Silverbird Radio and Television in Port Harcourt and one of Chidiebele’s friends who also reported the kidnapping incident on her blog told our correspondent on phone that she is worried about the recent turn on journalists by kidnappers.

    Mrs Onyia who is married and has children is a graduate of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu.

    The Rivers Police Command has not reacted to the abduction as at the time of filing in this report.