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  • Bribery video: Ganduje denies collecting bribery from any contractor

    Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Friday, has denied collecting bribe from any contractor.

    Testifying before the house, Ganduje said the allegation labeled against him are injurious.

    Ganduje said the video clips released by the publisher of Daily Nigerian was aimed at tarnishing his image politically.

    Speaking on behalf of the Governor, the Commissioner of Information, Mr Muhammad Garba, said he was at the assembly Complex to represent the governor due to the options provided by the committee in its letter.

    The Governor, in document presented before the committee had denied collecting the bribe from the contractor as alleged by the publisher of the online Newspaper.

    According to the document, the Governor stated that such had never happened with him and will never happened even in the future time.

    The Governor in the letter called on the public to discard such allegations as it did not happened, and also called on such publishers to avoid such publications that can tarnish the image of leaders.

    “Such untruth publications was done to the Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi the II and also to the former Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau”, Ganduje said in the document.

    Also commenting on the issue, the Commissioner of Justice Barrister Ibrahim Mukhtar and also the State’s Attorney General commended the way and manner the committee is handling the issue by given fair hearing to the both parties.

    According to him, the Governor has options as stated in the letter presented to him on the invitation, as the committee given an option for him to send a representative or send a written document as provided by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    The Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Baffa Danagundi commended the the represantative of the Governor for honouring the committee’s request.

    Danagundi said the committee will throughly watch the video on Tuesday in the presence of the representatives of both parties but not publicly.

    Recall that the state House of Assembly, under the leadership of Alhaji Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, constituted a committee on October 15 to establish the authenticity of the videos.

    An online newspaper, DAILY NIGERIAN had on October 14 and 15 exclusively published two videos of showing Mr Ganduje allegedly receiving bribe in dollars.

    Consequently, the publisher/editor-in-chief of DAILY NIGERIAN, Jaafar Jaafar testified before the committee on October 15 where he insisted that the videos were genuine, and expressed readiness to swore by the Quran to convinced doubting Thomases.

    The three paragraphs letter sent to the governor titled “invitation to respond to an allegation of bribery against H.E Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, requested the governor to appear on Friday.

  • Gandujegate: 'Video showing Kano Gov. receiving bribe is original' Publisher, Jaafar tells investigative panel

    The Publisher of the online Daily Nigerian newspaper, Jaafar Jaafar, has appeared before lawmakers at the Kano State House of Assembly investigating the bribery allegation against Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
    Recall that the media space was recently awash with published stories from the videos, sourced from Daily Nigerian, which showed the Kano governor receiving bribe in dollars at different instances. The total bribe is said to be about $5 million from persons believed to be contractors to the state.
    Although the state government has claimed the video was ‘cloned’ our experts confirmed the authenticity.
    Mr Jafaar also stood by the content of the videos when he appeared before the lawmakers at a public hearing on Thursday.
    During his cross-examination, he refused to disclose the source that provided him with the video-recording of Mr Ganduje while collecting the bribe.
    Earlier, Amnesty International had requested that the Nigerian government ensures the security of Mr Jafaar.
    Below is the statement Mr Jafaar made before he was cross-examined by the lawmakers. He also presented material evidence, a hard disk, and other stuff.

    STATEMENT BY PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF DAILY NIGERIAN AT THE INVESTIGATIVE HEARING OF KANO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON GOV. ABDULLAHI GANDUJE’S BRIBE-TAKING VIDEOS PUBLISHED BY THE ONLINE NEWSPAPER
    I, Jaafar Jaafar, am a member of the Board of Directors of Penlight Media Limited, the publishers of DAILY NIGERIAN do hereby submit this statement in answer to the invitation extended to me by the Investigation Panel of the Kano State House of Assembly.
    Introduction
    1. The DAILY NIGERIAN made a series of publications pertaining to the receipt of several videos of His Excellency the Executive Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje collecting of bribe/kickbacks from some contractors in Kano State.
    2. Consequent upon the publications, we received an invitation dated October 18, 2018 with reference number KNHA/ADM/VOL .I/04 from the Kano State House of Assembly requesting us to appear before it in the conduct of its constitutional functions as contained in Section 129 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
    3. The invitation letter also requested that we submit a written statement containing the incidents pertaining to the investigation.
    4. Below is the narration of our understanding of the events as it relates to the videos.
    The videos
    5. More than two years ago, a contractor friend of mine complained to me that the governor had been receiving kickbacks, ranging from 15 to 25 percent, for every project executed in the state from contractors.
    6. We then agreed to plant spy cameras on his kaftan lapel so that he can capture the brazen act in hard evidence. He captured at least 15 clips, nine of which fully showed the governor’s face, body and hands collecting bundles of dollars.
    7. Before DAILY NIGERIAN publishes stories, pictures or videos on its website (www.dailynigerian.com), the editors subject them to rigors of verification to establish their authenticity or otherwise.
    8. In the case the video clips in question, our in-house technical expert, the editor-in-chief and editorial adviser certified that the videos were original and not doctored contents.
    9. Experts from Amnesty International Nigeria, BBC and PREMIUM TIMES also watched the clips and certified their authenticity before we went to press.
    10. The first video was published on October 14, 2018 comprising two clips that occurred on two different dates as shown on the videos themselves. The video showed the governor receiving bribe from a contractor in foreign currency specifically the monies were United States Dollar denominated. The video also showed his Excellency tucking these monies under his flowing gown and putting them inside an envelope.
    11. We are willing to share the content of the video without any form of editing to assist the committee in its investigation and to share the full clips of the others that were published to the Committee in the cause of the performance of their legislative function
    12. We thank the Committee for deeming it appropriate to invite us to make representations before it in respect of this matter
    13. Thank you.
    Jaafar Jaafar
    Editor-in-Chief
    Daily Nigerian

  • Cameroonian govt dismisses video on shooting of unarmed people

    The Cameroonian Government dismissed as “utter manipulation” a video displaying Cameroonian soldiers in brutal killings and wanton molestation in the Far North region of the country.

    The video released on Aug. 10, showed soldiers firing automatic weapons at unarmed people assembled face down and sitting against a wall.

    Communications minister and government spokesman Issa Bakary said” “the government condemns this gruesome, unbearable and unsupportable situation.

    “At the same time while some accusing fingers are pointing at our army, from the same video you have another voice which says that this gruesome killing was perpetrated by another army in another nation.”

    Tchiroma’s reaction followed a report by an international NGO stating that the shocking killings were committed by Cameroonian security forces during a military operation in the village of Achigaya in the Far North region of the country.

    Cameroonian army is a responsible, discipline and people-friendly force, Tchiroma said but announced that an enquiry into the crime is in progress.

    “A commission is on right now leading a thorough investigation in order to find out the perpetrators of the gruesome killings.

    “If it happens that they are Cameroonians, then they will be taken to the court,” said Tchiroma.

    On Aug. 11, Cameroon arrested seven soldiers suspected of having shot dead at close range two women and two young children in the Far North after denying the crime was not committed by Cameroon security forces.

  • TNG INVESTIGATION: Over 200 killed! Footprints of Plateau bloodbath in 10 minutes [Video]

    TNG INVESTIGATION: Over 200 killed! Footprints of Plateau bloodbath in 10 minutes [Video]

    Over 200 persons killed! The Berom community in Plateau State are still counting their losses in the mayhem that befell them on Friday, June 23, 2018.

    Many have been eternally separated from their loved ones, parents have had to bear the agony of burying their children, houses, cars have been razed, farms destroyed, churches, and other sacred meeting places and officials were also not spared in the wave of violence.

    Here is the highlights of the Plateau bloodbath in 10 minutes:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHt6IiXG_Lo&t=45s

  • Why you should keep your gadgets away when charging [Watch video]

    Why you should keep your gadgets away when charging [Watch video]

  • CHOGM18: Question provoking Buhari’s #LazyNigerianYouths comment [Watch video]

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the country’s young population he said just want government to hand them everything on a platter.

    President Buhari was fielding questions at the Commonwealth Business Forum 2018 when he made the comments that hatched the #LazyNigerianYouths trend on Twitter…

    Anthony Okolo questioned the president about the Northeastern region of the country, which actually prompted his reaction.

    See video…

    https://youtu.be/zzsxim-q-eo

     

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  • Video of Sen Omo Agege being led into police hilux van

    The Senator representing Delta Central, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege who allegedly led hoodlums to cart away the national assembly’s mace has been arrested by the Nigerian Police.

    Recall that the senate through its spokesman, Abdullahi Sabi, has described the incident as a treasonable felony and vows the incident will be treated as such.

    Watch video:

     

  • TRENDING: Video of JAMB official’s confession on how snake swallowed N36m

    The video of a staff of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Philomina Chieshe who claimed that a snake sneaked into a vault and swallowed N36 million, has surfaced online.

    In the video which was exclusively released by The Sun, Chieshe told board members that the money got missing in a “mysterious” way.

    A team of auditors had been dispatched to different state offices of JAMB to take inventory of the sold and unsold scratch cards and recover whatever money that might have either been generated or mismanaged during the period of the sale of scratch cards.

    She said, “It is a mystery. I myself, whenever I am taking the money to the bank, I am not able to account for what I got, until my house help, when we went for confession, fell down and confessed in Jos when prayers started,” Chieshe said in the video.

    “And she said a lot of things that she is the one behind what is happening to me at the office.

    “That there is a snake that comes mysteriously whenever I open the safe and swallows the cash.

    “Mysteriously, nothing was amounting to what I was having.”

    Amused by her account, members of the investigating board asked if it was the scratch cards or the cash that the snake swallowed.

    Chieshe replied “exactly”, the snake swallowed the cash.

    Watch the video below:

  • Video: Timaya fires back at Eedris, calls him “lazy, dirty ‘Igbo’ smoker”

    Dance hall artiste, Timaya has fired back at Eedris Abdulkareem, who described him [Timaya] as an ingrate in an explosive interview with Goldmyne TV.

    In the interview, Eedris has called Timaya an ingrate saying that he helped Timaya become who he is today and he has refused to help other artists save for Patoranking.

    Here is Timaya’s reply on Instagram:

    I tried so hard to resist responding to an EMPTY BARREL…But i am sick and tired of all this misconceptions…Sometimes you just need to tell people the HARD TRUTH. F**K U EEDRIS ABDÜLKARİM.

  • Norwegian vocalist gets death threats for using black actor in video

    Popular Norwegian songstress, Sophie Elise Isachsen has said that she got death threats and racist abuse after her new music video in which she used a black actor.

     

    According to her, she was terrified when offensive comments began pouring in online in reaction to the love story between herself and her co-star in the video to her single All Of Your Friends.

     

    Isachsen in the video acted out a passionate relationship with a partner, played by a black actor, while she sings about getting her retaliation by sleeping with the ex’s friends.

     

    In her words: “I’ve been a public figure in Norway for about six years so I am used to getting a lot of hate. But I really didn’t think people would care about the guy’s skin colour in my video.I actually didn’t want to remove the comments because I wanted people to see that this type of thing still goes on”.