35-year-old actor, Michael B. Jordan has scrubbed Lori Harvey clean from his Instagram, exactly two weeks after she erased every trace of their relationship from her own account.
The duo who began dating since fall 2021, ended their relationship in June. Before Lori removed all traces of Jordan from her Instagram feed, Jordan still had photos on his account of him and Harvey stepping out for Vanity Fair‘s Oscars After-Party, where they made their red carpet debut in March, as well as a photo from February of Harvey sporting an all-white look that he captioned, “I love her .”
The model’s father, “Family Feud” host Steve Harvey, confirmed the two broke up via his morning radio show on June 6.
Steve said;
“Look, as long as everyone can walk away in peace, be friends … I ain’t heard nobody say they busted no windows or nothing.
“As long as you don’t put your hands on my daughter, I don’t give a damn what you do.”
Steve did hint, however, that dating in the public eye may have contributed to the couple’s demise. He also said that he still has love for the “Black Panther” star.
He added;
“He’s still a cool guy, you know, from what I know. It’s a breakup. I’m pretty sure they’ll be fine. People break up all the time.”
On Sunday June 20, Jordan was seen enjoying a night out as a newly single man at West Hollywood’s Delilah nightclub. He was photographed flashing a peace sign from behind the wheel as he arrived at the venue, wearing a white tank top and silver chain necklace.
Barely 24 hours after the police summoned Portable for questioning over an alleged assault, the singer’s driver has reportedly crushed a commercial motorcyclist to death in Ogun State.
The singer was said to have sent his driver on an errand on Tuesday June 21, when the incident occurred. The victim of the accident which occurred at Iyana Ilogbo along Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, reportedly died while he was being rushed to the hospital.
The naming ceremony of the singer’s baby also took place on Tuesday. Police Spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident but said it was a case of accident.
He said;
“The accident occurred at Ilogbo area in Ogun state where one of Portable’s aides hit a motorcyclist and the man did not survive as he died on his way to the hospital.
“We are not sure if the driver in question was drunk or not”
The police had on Monday June 20, ordered Portable to immediately report himself at the nearest police post or be arrested. This followed a case of an alleged assault on his former Disc Jockey, simply identified as DJ Chicke.
Disgraced American stand-up comedian/actor, Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a teenager at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1975, a jury has found.
The victim, Judy Huth testified to the civil trial that Cosby, 84, had forced her to perform a sex act on him at the venue when she was 16 years old.
Jurors in Los Angeles County ruled in favor of Judy Huth, who is now 64, awarding her $500,000 in a legal defeat for the once-beloved comedian and star of The Cosby Show.
Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Huth, who he reasonably believed was under 18, and that his conduct was driven by unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in a minor.
In court filings and in testimony at the trial, Huth said she and a friend met Cosby at a park, and that the actor later took her and her friend to the Playboy Mansion. She testified that Cosby, who was 37 at the time, assaulted her, forcing her to perform a sex act without her consent, a claim the actor has denied.
Huth, who first filed a lawsuit against Cosby in 2014, initially said the incident took place in 1974 when she was 15, but later concluded she was mistaken about the year and that it happened in 1975.
The decision brings to a close one of the final remaining legal claims against 84-year-old Cosby, who more than 50 women have accused of sexual assaults over nearly five decades.
Less than a year ago, Cosby walked free from prison after his sexual assault conviction was thrown out after more than 50 women came forward with abuse allegations against the man once known as America’s Dad, charges he denies.
The civil case against Cosby in Santa Monica, California, was the first to go to trial and represented one of the last remaining legal actions against him. Filed in 2014, it was delayed for years by Cosby’s criminal proceedings.
Ms. Huth’s suit alleged that he brought her and another underage friend to the infamous mansion, lured her to a bedoom, and forced himself on her. When she resisted, he forced her to perform a sex act on him, she testified.
In tears on the stand, Ms. Huth told the court she felt “mad, duped and foolish” after the incident, as her lawyers presented a photo of her and Cosby inside the mansion.
Cosby was not required to appear in person at the trial and never did, but the court saw a 2015 deposition by Ms Huth’s attorneys, in which the comedian said he did not remember her and would not have pursued sex with a minor.
Lawyers for Cosby sought to poke holes in Ms Huth’s claims, noting she had initially said she was 15 at the time of the incident, but changed that detail weeks before the trial.
They claimed Ms Huth had offered her photo with Cosby to tabloids and others in search of a payout.
Jurors were also shown a videotaped 2016 deposition of late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner – a close friend of Cosby in the 1970s – who said it would have been “very unusual” for underage girls to be allowed inside the mansion.
Known to millions for his portrayal of TV dad Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show, the comic has faced accusations of sexual assault, misconduct and rape stretching back to the mid-1960s.
In 2018, he was convicted of drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004 and sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.
The conviction, however, was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last year. He was released from prison after serving nearly three years.
We can’t justify subsidy removal, Western countries subsidising fuel too – Buhari
Fuel scarcity worsened in Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and other parts of the country on Tuesday, resulting in motorists spending hours at filling stations.
For oil marketers, the solution to the worsening fuel queues across the country is for the Federal Government to approve an increase in the pump price of the commodity.
Although some marketers had already raised the price of fuel in their outlets, they admitted that the move had not been approved by the government, noting that dealers could be sanctioned for selling above the regulated rate.
The approved pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, is N165/litre, but marketers are currently kicking against this rate, saying that it is no longer sustainable going by the global crisis in the energy sector.
A retail outlet located in the Kubwa Village Market, Abuja, dispensed petrol at N195/litre to motorists and still had queues.
Heavy fuel queues were seen in the few filling stations that sold petrol at the approved rate on Tuesday. Some of them included: the NNPC close to Gwarimpa on the Zuba-Kubwa expressway, Total filling station opposite the headquarters of NNPC, Nipco filling station on Zuba expressway, among others.
“The solution to this crisis is to increase petrol price and have it approved because the cost of diesel used in transporting these products to retail stations has risen from about N250/litre a few months ago to around N850/litre currently,” the Deputy National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Zarma Mustapha, told one of our correspondents.
The IPMAN official explained that the widespread queues in Nigeria were related to the global energy crisis that had dragged on for about four months since the Ukraine/Russia war started.
“Because of that crisis, the prices of crude have increased astronomically and Russia, being the largest producer of diesel globally, is inaccessible. So, people are not having access to purchase diesel, knowing full well that our refineries are not working,” Mustapha stated.
He added, “We solely depend on imported diesel, so based on that, the scarcity of diesel has become worse, which is the major product we use in transporting fuel to filling stations.
“The marketers have engaged the government in trying to see how best we can cushion the effects of the rise in diesel price. But, unfortunately, the price has continued to rise and based on that the government made an upward review of the bridging claims.”
He noted that despite the little upward reviews of the bridging rates in May and June this year, the adjustments were still not enough to cover the cost of transporting products.
Mustapha, however, stated that marketers were engaging the Federal Government, adding that it had been confirmed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited had enough stock.
The spokesperson for NNPC, Garba-Deen Mohammed, told our correspondent that the national oil firm was working out something with respect to the development and promised to revert. He, however, had yet to revert up till the time this story was filed in.
Motorists lament 100% fare hike
This came as passengers in Lagos expressed concern over the hike in transport fares as a result of fuel scarcity in the state.
One of our correspondents observed the situation in some parts of the state and gathered that transport fares had increased by 100 per cent in most parts of Lagos.
Moradekemi Kolawole, a commercial bus passenger, said, “This is too much. You can’t believe that instead of the usual N200 from Ogba to Ikeja, I paid N400. Now I’m going to Berger and the drivers are saying it is N300 instead of N150.”
Another passenger, who only identified himself as Dele, said, “I came in from Magboro to Secretariat today and I am now going back. I have already spent N800. And before now, it was just N400.”
A commercial bus driver, Dimeji Olaiya, explained that the scarcity of fuel had led to the increase in transport fares and stated that the situation might be worse in the next few days.
“This is not the first time we are experiencing this. Yesterday, I got to the filling station around 6 pm and left around 10:30 pm and I couldn’t still get petrol at the normal price. So, how do you expect me to carry passengers at the normal price? It is not going to work,” he said.
It was also observed that some filling stations began to hoard products as those that dispensed petrol had to increase the price of the commodity in Lagos.
Also, the Nigeria Customs Service of FOU Zone A, Ikeja, dispensed auctioned petroleum products at higher prices.
It was gathered that petrol was sold to buyers at the operational warehouse of the unit on Monday.
One of our correspondents, who visited the location on Tuesday morning and posed as a buyer, was told that the product was no longer available.
A female trader close to the warehouse, who bought the product and resold it on the black market, told The PUNCH that “the fuel won’t be available again until next Monday. Everything has been sold yesterday. They sell to people only on Mondays.”
When our reporter insisted on waiting to see if the products would be dispensed, the female trader said he should not waste his time, as she would not sell until the following Monday.
Another lady, simply identified as Joy, said, “If you had come yesterday, you would have got fuel. People were many yesterday, as they sold from around 8 am to 10 am. If you want to come around next Monday, you have to arrive early to register your name. The officers sell to people who register their names. And once you do that, you will have to wait for a while before they start to call names.”
The PUNCH learnt that the business had been on for a long time and not as a result of the fuel scarcity. Like other contrabands, seized petroleum products are brought to the warehouse and sold at auctioned prices.
Joy told The PUNCH that a keg of 25 litres was usually sold at N3,000, but the price was hiked to N4,000 when it was sold on Monday.
Commuters stranded
Commuters were left stranded in various parts of Lagos due to the fuel scarcity and commercial bus drivers used the opportunity to increase transport fares.
At Jakande Estate, passengers were made to pay N300 to Oshodi, compared to the normal fare of between N150 and N200. From Oshodi to Obalende, passengers paid N500, compared to the usual fare of between N300 to N400 when there was no fuel scarcity.
At Obalende, many commuters who were either heading for Falomo, Lekki, Victoria Island or the Ajah axis of the state were seen stranded at various bus stops.
Some of the commuters who eventually got vehicles to their destinations had to pay between N500 to N700 to Lekki and Ajah, compared to the usual price of N200 for Lekki passengers and N400 for Ajah passengers.
A commuter, who simply identified himself as Seun, noted that even before the fuel scarcity, commercial buses had been collecting N500 to Yaba from Obalende, compared to the normal price of N200 in the evenings.
Seun said, “I pray I am able to get to Obalende by 4 pm today because I don’t know how much they will charge, with the way they are carrying passengers to Lekki, for N500.”
Black market booms
Black market players took advantage of the fuel scarcity, selling as high as N300/litre in Lagos, Abuja, Nasarawa and other states.
“There is no fuel at all. So, we have to buy from black marketers for N300/litre,” one of the conductors plying Cele to Berger, Mowe, and Ibafo in Lagos told one of our correspondents on Tuesday.
Petrol is yet to be deregulated and the current official price puts the product at between N162 and N165/litre.
Independent marketers, who started implementing a new price unapproved regime of between N170 to N190/litre at the weekend, insisted on Monday that it would be difficult for them to sell at the official pump price.
National Operations Controller, South-West, IPMAN, Mike Osatuyi, had told The PUNCH in a telephone interview that the scarcity was no fault of oil marketers, adding that they could no longer sell at N165/litre.
“It is what they give us that we will sell. And we’ve had a short supply for some days now. It is a monopolistic market because NNPC is the only supplier. Currently, our members buy at N164 – N165/litre. How much are we expected to sell after adding transportation costs?” he asked.
“Moreover, the high price of diesel, which currently stands at N820/litre, has compelled us to spend as much as N500,000 and N800,000 to take a tanker of the product from Lagos and Ibadan,” he added.
The association had also, in a press statement on Monday, said its members could no longer sell below N180/litre.
The IPMAN, in a statement by its Lagos State Depot Secretary, Akeem Balogun, said, “With the current price, there is no way we can sell less than N180/litre. Members are hereby advised to sell at a sustainable price within their environment. Just make sure that the price is on your pump.
“Kindly contact the secretariat should you have any authority challenging your operations.”
A source had on Monday attributed it to NNPC’s reduction of product supply.
“We had a meeting with PPMC two weeks ago where we were told that the volume of products we were loading was too high. So, NNPC has reduced the volume it gives to us,” the source said.
Nigeria consumes an estimated 60 million litres of fuel daily. However, findings showed that by PPMC’s record, marketers loaded as much as 106 million litres per day as of April.
“So, PPMC kept lamenting and asking us where the extra products go. Of course, we all know that they go to neighbouring countries where they are being sold at higher prices. Apart from the fact that diesel price for transporting products is on the high side, fuel is a product highly subsidised by Nigeria, and Nigerians are not allowed to enjoy the benefits,” the source said.
Diesel is a deregulated product, and checks as of Monday showed that the product was currently sold at between N780-N820/litre.
A former chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and Chairman/CEO, 11 Plc, Tunji Oyebanji, told The PUNCH that the scarcity was temporary.
“As of last week, there were some talks about low stock and suppliers not giving products, but, I think it’s a temporary glitch because NNPC told us they had sufficient stock of fuel,” he said.
The Executive Secretary, MOMAN, Clement Isong, declined to comment.
An oil and gas engineer and principal consultant for Lonadek Services, Dr Ibilola Amao, said there was a need for fuel tankers to be tagged with Global Positioning System devices in order to track the movement of products.
“It is not rocket science to acquire data and statistics from measurement systems and pumps.”
The Federal Government definitely knows where the leakages are. If every tanker is tagged with GPS-sensitive devices, the culprits who are costing Nigeria a lot in foreign exchange losses can easily be identified,” she said.
Marketers differ on N1bn payment to NNPC
The Kano State branch of IPMAN has refuted claims that over N1bn was paid for petrol by its members and the product has not been delivered since October 2021.
Recall that the Chairman, IPMAN, Lagos Satellite Depot, Ejigbo, Mr Akin Akinrinade, had made the claim while speaking to journalists in Lagos on Monday.
However, in a statement in Kano on Tuesday, IPMAN, Kano Branch Chairman, Bashir Danmalam, said the claims about the N1bn paid to Pipelines and Product Marketing Company were baseless as there was no iota of truth in it.
He, therefore, challenged all those making such claims to produce relevant receipts for the payment of such money to enable the union to take up the matter.
He recalled that in about February 2021 following the outbreak of COVID-19, the NNPC introduced customer express whereby payments for the purchase of products were done online, adding that the NNPC then set up a committee which ensured that all those with tickets who paid manually were given the product.
He said, “I was a member of that committee that supervised the supply of the product to those marketers who paid manually before the introduction of customer express.
“So, we should stop politicising the issue of the petroleum business. To my knowledge, the only products not delivered by the NNPC are on the recent payments made.
“NNPC has since stopped collecting money from marketers except through the customer express when it’s sure of having the products in any depot across the country.”
He, therefore, called on the Federal Government to prevail on the management of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to ensure that all private depot owners sell the products at the approved government price.
According to him, the failure by the management of NMDPRA to check the excesses of private depot owners was responsible for the flagrant and indiscriminate increase of the ex-depot price.
He said the Federal Government should be commended for the recent upward review of petroleum products transporters’ freight rate as the gesture was aimed at checking the challenges associated with the transportation of petroleum products across the country.
Danmalam said unless and until the NMDPRA ensured private depot owners sold the product at the approved government price, they would continue to dispense the commodity at higher prices.
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Tuesday, arraigned one Kayode Odeyemi, a 62-year-old retired former Deputy Comptroller of Correctional Service, before a High Court in Bwari, Abuja, for land fraud.
In a statement by the anti-graft agency’s Director of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC said Odeyemi was arraigned for offences bordering on land fraud.
The statement read, “Kayode Odeyemi, a 62-year-old retired former Deputy Comptroller of Corrections, was arraigned before Justice M.A. Madugu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari, Abuja, on a two-count of offences bordering on land fraud.
“Count one reads, ‘That you, Kayode Odeyemi, sometime in December 2019 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, by pretence and with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N6,500,000 from Joseph N. Emelieze, paid into your First Bank account number 2015894843, under the pretence that the said payment was meant for the purchase of a plot of land situated at Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, a fact which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.’
“In count two, Odeyemi is accused of defrauding Joemelyz Global of the sum of N2,200,000 which was paid into his Wema Bank account number 0121093181 for the purchase of a plot of land at Sabon Lugbe, Abuja.
“However, Odeyemi pleaded not guilty to both counts.
“Justice Madugu adjourned the matter till September 19, 2022, for commencement of trial and granted the defendant bail of one million naira with two sureties in like sum, one of whom must be a civil servant residing within the jurisdiction of the court.”
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory Command, Babaji Sunday, alongside a representative of the State Security Service, addressed over 150 chairmen of commercial motorcyclists’ units and associations across Abuja during a meeting held at the Command’s Headquarters, on Tuesday.
In a press statement by the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Omotayo Oduniyi, said the CP charged the commercial motorcyclists to turn a new leaf, work in synergy with the police to fish out the bad eggs among them, obey traffic rules and eschew the habit of resorting to violence at the slightest provocation.
The statement read, “The recent spate of the outbreak of violence largely traceable to commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada riders, has become a menace occasionally playing out as self-help in obtaining justice known as jungle justice, vandalization of government and private properties, and sundry antisocial behaviours demanding an immediate redress.
“CP Babaji warned that, forthwith, sanctions according to the rule of law will be meted on erring persons.
“During the meeting, some of the chairmen in attendance, who spoke on behalf of the commercial motorcyclists, promised to play by laid down rules.
“The CP, however, reassures the good people of the Territory of the Command’s unflinching commitment to rid the Territory of criminal elements and bring crime and criminality to the barest minimum.
“Members of the public are, therefore, urged to remain vigilant and report any suspicious or abnormal occurrence to the Police.”
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Command, has said it would commence a four-day vehicle inspection starting from Thursday, June 23 to Sunday, June 26, 2022.
The command said it had concluded arrangements to carry out the exercise which would be its second quarter free safety checks on vehicles across all FRSC formations in the state.
It noted that the effort is to prevent breakdown of vehicles across the state, adding that the exercise would assist motorists detect different faults in their vehicles.
The FRSC Sector Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, disclosed that at the end of the initiative, a checklist ticket would be issued to encourage motorists fix any defects detected in their vehicles afterwards.
Ogungbemide, who also urged motorists to always comply with traffic rules and regulations, made this known in a statement by the Command’s Public Education Officer, Olabisi Sonubi, on Tuesday.
He further explained that the exercise would include vehicles parked at worship centres and motor parks.
Ogungbemide said, “As part of FRSC’s corporate social responsibility activities lined up to forestall incessant breakdown of vehicles on the road, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos Sector Command has concluded arrangements to carry out its second quarter free safety checks on vehicles within the state.
“The exercise is expected to start from Thursday, June 23 to Sunday June 26, 2022 simultaneously in all FRSC formations across Lagos.
“The Sector Commander, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, said all commands within the state will commence the four-day free exercise from June 24 to assist motorists in detecting faults in their vehicles. Ogungbemide said the exercise is an initiative of the Corps and a checklist ticket will be issued at the end for follow-up and to encourage the drivers fix any defect discovered in the process.
“He further stated that the operation will be carried out by operatives including Special Marshals throughout the duration of the exercise as vehicles stopped will not be issued tickets of offence except for crash causing offences.
“The exercise will also include checking of vehicles parked at worship centres and motor parks. Ogungbemide also advised motorists plying the roads to always obey traffic rules and regulations.”
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday, warned men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Edo State Command, to shun acts capable of working against the Federal Government’s efforts to ensuring that Nigerians could procure international passports with ease.
He said the ministry under his watch would not hesitate to deal with officials of the service engaged in any illegal dealings, noting that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was desirous of improving service delivery in the country.
Aregbesola, who stated these on Tuesday at the official roll-out of the Enhanced e-Passport in Benin, Asaba and Warri as well as the commissioning of the Passport Office, said 10,000 e-passports were available on the platform for applicants and noted that the ministry was committed to changing the perception of service delivery for the better.
“For our men who are quick to tell people that there are no passports just to exploit them, those who give unkind and harsh treatment to passport seekers will be dealt with henceforth.
“President Buhari’s desire is to ensure that Nigerians get their international passport both home and abroad. So, what we are doing now is to remove all the obstacles,” the minister said.
He added that the enhanced e-passport carries 25 additional security features and is rated to be among the best in the world in terms of durability and quality.
The Acting Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Idris Jere, said with the unveiling in Edo, other states in the South-South have migrated to the enhanced e-passport.
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, who accompanied the minister to the commissioning, said the unveiling will bring relief to passport seekers and ease the application process.
He said the state government would join the ministry in fighting touting in passport applications.
Amara Kanu, the well-known wife of former Nigerian player Kanu Nwankwo and mother of three grown children, recently resorted to her verified official Instagram account to share fresh cute images of him enjoying fun in London. She elicited varied comments from her admirers after releasing new photographs for their viewing pleasure. Take a look at the photos she shared via her IG page below:
Amara, the devoted wife of the ex-Super Eagles captain and former Arsenal footballer, was photographed working out in identical white and black gear and white sneakers. The outfit suits her well and has received a lot of favorable comments from her fans and social media users who have seen the photos.
While sharing the post on her IG page, she captioned the photos with the following words,
“It’s sports baby”
As expected, shortly after the post surfaced online, fans and well-wishers slipped into the comments section to react from a different perspective. Take a look at some selected screenshots of fans’ reactions below:
We have gathered for all BBN fans, who didn’t follow the just concluded reunion show, some crucial revelations made (by your favourites) regarding certain issues that has stirred huge reactions on the internet before now.
Check them out;
Relationship
It is no news that Emmanuel and Liquorose have gone their separate, but the surprising thing was the reason for their break up.
This is to say that, Liquorose revealed during the show, “That she walked in on Emmanuel with a girl in a room and lights were off.”
This is coming after Ebuka Obi-Uchendu started an episode of the show by running the housemates a clip featuring Emmanuel and Angel, in what looked like a flirtatious moment.
Moreover, Boma also claimed that the reason why he went after Tega knowing full well that she was a married woman (as asked by Ebuka) was that: “He knew what no other housemate knew and that was the fact that she was separated.”
Strategy
It will surprise many fans to know that, majority of the housemates claimed that Whitemoney was the most scripted housemate, after Ebuka had asked them to write on a board the most ‘scripted’ contestant.
Majority of the housemates including Queen, JMK and Beatrice wrote down the name of the winner of the show, Whitemoney.
Beatrice explaining why she wrote down Whitemoney said that during the show, “he used to care about everyone, check on them especially when anyone is sick, but after the show, he was nowhere to be found.
He stopped checking up on people and was never available for anyone. It felt all that he did in the house was just strategy.”
JMK explaining why she wrote down Whitemoney agreed with the reasons Beatrice dropped. According to her, “WhiteMoney after the show stopped caring about others.”
She added that “no matter how busy a person was, he or she still has time to check up on people they care about.”
Queen on the other hand stated that “Whitemoney totally changed after the show.”
According to her, “during the show, they used to be very close but after the show, he became a different person,” among others.
In reaction to these allegations, the season 7 winner said he had warned the housemates that he won’t reach out to people who don’t do same to him.
Meanwhile, Tega agreed to Boma’s aforementioned statement and also claimed that; “Maintaining the status of a married woman was only a strategy in the house.”
US comedian, Dave Chappelle has decided against having his name attached to a new performing arts theater at his old high school, following student backlash to his controversial Netflix comedy special, “The Closer”.
According to the Washington Post, Chappelle made the announcement at the theater dedication ceremony Monday night, June 20 at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, in Washington D.C.
The event had been delayed since November after students at the school criticized the comedian for The Closer, which featured a number of jokes seen as transphobic and homophobic.
At the dedication ceremony on Monday, June 20, Chappelle spoke about the rift between him and the student body, making it clear he was “hurt” by the backlash.
Chappelle said, “No matter what they say about The Closer, it is still [one of the] most-watched specials on Netflix,” adding that it was a “masterpiece.”
Chappelle described himself as “maybe a once in a lifetime talent.” Speaking to the student backlash, Chappelle said “these kids didn’t understand that they were instruments of artistic oppression.”
He added, “The more you say I can’t say something, the more urgent it is for me to say it.”
Instead of featuring his name, Chappelle said the venue will be called the Theater for Artistic Freedom and Expression.
After the initial Duke Ellington backlash in November, Chappelle returned to the school to discuss the controversy around his special with nearly 600 students. Politico reported at the time that the comedian was met by hostile students, and was accused of endangering trans lives and told that he was handling the storm of criticism like a “child.”
Chappelle is Duke Ellington’s most famous former student and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the school.
He has also brought various actors and comedians to the campus, including Bradley Cooper and Chris Tucker.
Hollywood actor and director, Ben Stiller met with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Monday June 21st.
He visited Ukraine as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and met with Zelensky after touring occupied settlements in the Kyiv region, the Ukraine leader’s official website said in a press release.
In a video posted on Twitter, Stiller and Zelensky warmly greeted one another before they sat down to discuss the suffering of refugees in the war-torn country displaced by an invasion by Russia and its military.
“You’re my hero!” a beaming Stiller said at one point as his visit marked World Refugee Day.
Stiller was accompanied by UNHCR representative in Ukraine Karolina Lindholm Billing, who accompanied the Hollywood actor as he walked through ruined residential areas of Irpin, where they talked to people who survived the occupation.
“It’s one thing to see this destruction on TV or on social networks. Another thing is to see it all with your own eyes. That’s a lot more shocking,” Stiller told Zelensky.
“What you saw in Irpin is definitely dreadful. But it is even worse to just imagine what is happening in the settlements that are still under temporary occupation in the east,” Zelensky said in response.
Zelensky also emphasized the violation of the rights of Ukrainians forcibly deported to Russia, including children.
In late February, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion in Ukraine, which has since escalated into a global crisis.
Madam Caroline Madu, the mother of the late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, yesterday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, that the gospel singer had only ulcer, and that Osinachi’s husband, Peter Nwachukwu, called her (Caroline) a witch and threatened to kill Osinachi.
The 61-year-old Caroline Madu, who appeared as the first prosecution witness before Justice Njideka Nwosu-Iheme, yesterday, told the court how Mr Nwachukwu beat the late songbird and how her plans to rescue her daughter failed.
According to Madu, the last time she set eyes on her daughter was about a year ago when she went for a programme in Enugu, where she (mother) resides.
She told the court that Peter never allowed Osinachi to visit Enugu and even pick up her calls.
She said: “It is about a year since I last saw her. She came for a programme in Enugu and I went there to see her. I have never gone to her house since she got married.
“When I was sick she said she would have to beg her husband first before she can come and see me.
“My daughter’s husband did not allow me to visit them. He used to call me a witch. I have been begging her to come, she said if she comes he would kill her and that she has to ask her husband first, that her husband would not allow her to come out, if she does, he would cane her.”
She recalled going to church with them one day and after the service, Peter drove off with the kids leaving Osinachi and her stranded.
The singer’s mother, who spoke in Igbo language but translated by Iheohara Chukwuka and Ufomadu Justina, accused Peter of coming to steal her child.
During Osinachi’s pregnancy, the mother said her husband would beat her and when she asked her to come and see her, the singer’s husband would refuse.
The mother said the situation forced her to send her elder daughter, Favour Madu, to go and bring Osinachi home.
The move was successful as Osinachi stayed a year and three months before Peter sent some pastors to plead with her family to take her back.
According to her, Osinachi agreed, telling her family: “What God has joined together, no man should put asunder.” The late singer was said to have returned to her husband, who then resumed the beating.
He slapped, poured water on her — Victim’s sister
She further told the court that when Osinachi gave birth to her third child, Chinedu, she called that she was starving and didn’t have what to eat.
She said: “When she called, I immediately called my child, Chibuzor, to go and see her. Before then, I had gone to Abakpa market in Enugu to send foodstuff to her.
“Chibuzor only stayed for four days and started crying. Chibuzor said Peter did not allow him to rest, and that he was always disturbing him.
“I begged Chibuzor to stay for a week to help his sister, Chibuzor said he wanted to return home as he was not comfortable.
“Chibuzor said one day Osinachi told him to wash the children’s clothes but Peter refused and poured water on Chibuzor, telling him not to ever touch his children’s clothes.”
Meanwhile, she said when she asked Osinachi for monetary assistance, Madu claimed the late singer could not give her as all her income was deposited in Peter’s account.
Osinachi had only ulcer— Mother, sister
On Osinachi’s health status, Madu maintained that her daughter only told her that she had ulcer, whereas the husband had claimed she died of lung cancer.
Under cross-examination by Peter Nwachukwu’s counsel, I. A. Aliyu, Favour said she never knew if Osinachi suffered from another ailment.
Upon hearing about her daughter’s death via radio and television on April 8, the grieving mother said people started coming to her house crying and around 7 pm Peter used Osinachi’s number to call to tell her about Osinachi’s death.
Also, in her examination-in-chief by prosecution counsel, Aderonke Imana, sister to Osinachi, Favour Madu, maintained that she never knew of any other sickness Osinachi suffered from, aside ulcer.
“My sister was sound when she got married to Peter. It was only ulcer I knew Osinachi was suffering from, and the sickness was as a result of her husband starving her and the children,” she stressed.
No joy in the marriage
Narrating to the court the relationship between Osinachi and the family, Favour said: “My relationship with my sister was not okay because the husband would not allow her to associate well with me.
Anytime was on phone with her and her tone changed, that means the husband was around. Then I would ask if the manager was around.
That’s what we call him because he was my sister’s manager. So she couldn’t relate well with me because of the fear of her husband.
“We only talked on the phone, not always, we did not see because the husband won’t allow us to visit or call.”
“The relationship wasn’t good because the same man did not allow her to do anything for my siblings. This happened when my father died. They were coming to my father’s village in a car together, He was the one driving and he was driving recklessly, with the whole family in the car.
“Because of the way he was driving, Osinachi said he should take it easy because he was carrying the whole family in the car, he slapped my sister and poured water on her inside the car.
“Coming to the burial, my sister, Osinachi, could not sleep even a day in my father’s house. Peter took all of them to a hotel, while we were there we couldn’t even relate well with Osinachi and her children because of the husband.
“The relationship was hell. No joy, no peace, he beat her like an animal. He did not want her to do anything with our family.
“He insulted her anywhere with slaps and kicks. There was nothing like joy in the marriage.”
The remaining kidnap victims of the Kaduna-Abuja train attack by terrorists on March 28 are reportedly very sick and may die soon if government fails to act very fast.
The alarm was raised by Malam Tukur Mamu, the lead negotiator that mediated and successfully secured the release of 11 of the victims from terrorists recently.
He added that they were vomiting blood and that snakes were attacking them.
Mamu said the remaining victims in captivity may die in weeks due to constant snake bites and other life-threatening illnesses.
Mamu, who called on the government to act fast in rescuing the victims, said: “Most of the remaining victims may hardly survive the next few weeks due to their deteriorating health condition and the inhuman condition they are subjected to in the forest.”
He, however, threatened that “with the window of mediation I succeeded in opening and for building limited confidence between the government and the abductors, coupled with the success of securing the release of the 11 victims, I have done my part and I will no longer be part of any engagement regarding this issue for personal reasons.”
Mamu, who is the media consultant to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, noted that the remaining passengers in captivity were not beaten nor molested by the terrorists, adding: “Efforts to rescue them must be treated as a national emergency if the government wants most of them to come back alive.
“I am alerting the leadership of the country, particularly the security agencies and concerned Nigerians that something very urgent must be done to save the lives of the remaining suffering victims.
“This is no time to politicise the issues. The lives of very promising, innocent Nigerians are involved in this. Their health condition is deteriorating by the day.
“Even animals without proper care will hardly survive in the environment they are forced to live in for nearly three months now. I believe the government is aware and has taken note of the testimony of the 11 victims that were secured.
“It makes me sad when an issue like this is not treated with the seriousness and speed it requires.
“Government must activate all avenues of diplomacy. It must be top of its priority now. We must not be distracted by prioritising 2023 as I am sadly seeing now, while there are visible and glaring threats of losing the remaining victims.
Some are vomiting blood
“In addition to lack of diagnosis and treatment, coupled with poor nutrition, poor sanitary condition and how they are exposed to unbearable forest life, most of the innocent hostages have lately developed series of life-threatening complications with some vomiting even blood.”
“The condition of those with already underlining illnesses is fast deteriorating. The Federal Government should act fast before it is too late.
“I feel frustrated and I feel the pain whenever I give updates and publicity to this lingering issue. The purpose is not meant in any way to embarrass the government or to create a panic situation among the loved ones of the victims, but for all those concerned to be alerted about the real development, about the real situation on ground for urgent collective efforts.
Snake bites
“Apart from illnesses threatening the lives of many hostages, snake bites that affect so many of them have been consistent lately.
“I can confirm to you that snakes are many in that forest. Some of them are victims of snake bites as they appear frequently at night. They only depend on the local solution to treat it.
“If we can tolerate corrupt officials that are stealing billions every day as a result of which poverty and insecurity increase, for me it is not out of place to use negligible part of such stolen resources to secure the release of such victims whenever the need arises.
“And if for any reason the government did not act promptly, since it has been alerted, they must be prepared to take full responsibility.”
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said, yesterday, that plans were underway to further generate revenue through non-aeronautical means.
This move, according to the FAAN, is geared toward the improvement of major facilities at the airport with further improving customer’s relationship.
This came on a day Anambra State government said it was ready to commence international flight operations in its airport.
Speaking during the Miami-Dade County Business Development Mission Business Meeting in Lagos, Managing Director, FAAN, Rabiu Yadudu, noted that despite recent challenges, the agency had been striving to fulfill its mandate.
He said: “FAAN has in a number of ways explored non-aeronautical modes of revenue generation and is consistently seeking new avenues for expansion instead of depending mainly on aeronautical sources of revenue.
Anambra airport ready for int’l flight operation — Govt
On her part, Anambra State Commissioner for Transportation, Mrs. Patricia Igwebuike, said: “Anambra International cargo and passenger airport is a brand new airport, and in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration, Miami-Dade should be looking at Anambra Airport.
“Coincidentally, in Anambra State, we have the largest market in West Africa. We also have a huge automobile parts dealership in the state.
“We are ready for flight operations from across the world to Anambra, we have the facility.”
Also, Miami Dade Commissioner, District 2, Miami Florida, Jean Monestime, said: “We came here to establish a new relationship with Nigeria.
“We are also encouraging the trade team to visit Miami as a tourist, for commercial trade by using our airport or seaport, so that the bilateral trade between us can increase.”
EVERY country which is on the path to a brighter, better and bigger future needs only to listen to the sound the gavel makes in its temple of justice to divine whether the footfalls speak of progression and retrogression. That divination, felicitous or ominous as it sounds, can tell such a country all it needs to know for the signs scripted in its stars.
Courting the courts: In 1999, Nigeria returned to the shining path of democracy, many years after a military-led diversion raked in disastrous consequences for the country. At hand to administer the constitution and to serve as the threshold of tears where the unjustly treated could cry cathartically against their oppressors were the courts once described by a former Justice of the Supreme Court as the “last hope of the common man”.
While the Nigerian judiciary had largely cowered under the clubs of military dictatorship, the burning hope was that under the plentitude of rectitude and certitude that the beatitudes of democracy bring, the courts would again resume their duties as fearless arbiters.
But even from the beginning, problems were etched into the bench from which justice was to be dispensed, and it was the problem of funds, of money. When money is not used in unobtrusive and inoffensive ways to court justice in court, justice, like a beautiful bride, can get quickly expensive.
What sort of justice can be dispensed from crumbling courtrooms swarming with rats and reptiles, where creaking furniture are home to who-knows-what? What sort of justice can be dispensed from the hearts of ministers left vulnerable to financial inducement?
Calling the shots: Nigeria‘s skewed revenue sharing formula, determined to a large extent by legislations from legislators whose expertise is in self-service and dexterity with the rubber stamp, kowtows to the lavish demands of the executive which has do-nothing ministers as prominent members.
This bilious bromance between the legislature and the executive sees the executive take the largest chunks for itself, and leaving the smaller chunks for the legislature.The judiciary is left with nothing but scraps at the end of the day.
Thus, while a legislator gets millions monthly for doing barely more than observing ample snooze time in the hallowed chambers, the Chief Justice of Nigeria takes home just under N2 million a month for doing far more brutal brainstorming and barnstorming work. The plight of those who also answer ‘My Lord’ at the lower rungs of the judicial ladder in courtrooms thick with darkness and despair is even more concerning.
Clipped wings: In a country where mischief and even malice thickens a lot of the national plot, a lot of premeditation goes into the pay judges get. It is also no coincidence that in 14 years, there has been no increment whatsoever in the remuneration of judges in Nigeria. The calculation when the covens where Nigerians are eaten alive convene must centre a lot around the thoughts that “if the judges are pressed for funds,then they will do as we say”.
That some of the judges continue to be owed their retirement benefits long after they leave office must be interpreted as some form of punishment for the heroic shift they put in in a country trampled under the bootheels of corruption and bad leadership.
So, judges are left to work in difficult conditions under which their independence and impartiality cannot be fully guaranteed. The fact that the judiciary has been systematically starved of funds for many years can only be interpreted as devilishly deliberate. It appears that the guard dogs who mount the gates of justice are deliberately neutered so as to perpetuate their impotency. Or could it have anything to do with how judges are recruited in the country and the fact that many of them sell their birthrights even before same are fully theirs?
Unequal scales: The courts were recently approached to decide on the issue of comparatively poor remuneration of judges in a country where practically everything is poorly done. The National Assembly, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, and the National Judicial Commission are defendants in a suit where Sebastien Tar, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, is seeking enhanced salaries and emoluments for judges in the country.
A pipe dream?
The battle at the National Industrial Court has only just begun but the court would most likely lean towards the Claimant. When that happens, the question would then be whether the judgement will be enforced to the letter or whether it will be just one more example of a defanged judgement.
In any case, it is only fair that those who are expected to be fair and just while dishing out justice should be fairly remunerated so that while they work, they will not lose their focus to the lure of filthy lucre.
Members of the Association of Technology Inclined Visually Impaired Persons of Nigeria have accused security guards attached to the Federal Civil Service Commission, Abuja, of brutalising them during a peaceful protest.
Pictures and videos obtained by PUNCH Metro showed the moment the protesters were dragged by the guards and beaten.
Our correspondent gathered that members of the group held the demonstration to persuade the commission to heed their request for employment.
The President of the association, Tolulope Aluko, said they had been seeking employment from the commission since 2020.
He said the group also approached the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, which wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission on their behalf.
He said, “We visited the commission in July last year and we were told to come back. We came back again on April 11, but they didn’t answer us.
“When we came today (Tuesday), they said we should come back, but we refused to leave. We started protesting peacefully. The press came, but immediately they left, the security guards started beating us and destroyed our things.”
Aluko noted that among their members seeking employment were first degrees, masters, and PhD holders.
A victim, Akinyemi Akinola, told PUNCH Metro that they only wanted the government to help them due to their condition.
“We can’t drive commercial vehicles. What we can do is to get educated and see how we can contribute to the country. That’s what we came here to do only for them to wreak havoc on us. Some of us have been hospitalised. Our phones were smashed and taken away so we couldn’t record,” he added.
He said the security men shot three times into the air to scare them before picking the shells to erase any evidence.
“The operatives said they acted on the instruction given by the permanent secretary of the commission and the chairman. There was reinforcement, but when they saw that we were unarmed, they withdrew,” he added.
A university graduate, Daniel Showumi, who claimed to have also been brutalised, said they were hoping the commission would respond to them before the guards came.
He said, “We thought if they saw us with our condition, they would help us. Some who started this journey with us in 2020 have died because of hunger. So, we decided to come there today (Tuesday).
“The security came to drag me from where I stood and started hitting me against the floor until blood was coming from my head. I escaped and he followed me. They destroyed all our things, including the food we brought.”
In a press release on April 13, the commission had pledged five per cent of the jobs in the civil service to people living with disabilities.
Contacted for a reaction, the commission’s Deputy Director, Press & Public Relations, Alaba Balogun, said he did not have the authority to speak on the matter.
He said, “It is only the authorities that can speak on this matter.”
During a second call, Balogun said the person authorised to speak on the matter had travelled.
A lawyer, Festus Ogun, said the attack on the protesters was a gross violation of their rights.
Ogun said, “It is unthinkable and wicked for security operatives to unleash terror on visually impaired citizens who were exercising their fundamental rights. We should give special treatment to these people as stated in the Discrimination against Persons with Disability (Prohibition) Act, 2018. I urge the President to bring those officers to book and the protesters should seek redress in court.”
The Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Fr Ejike Mbaka, has disassociated himself from the protests in the Adoration Ground on Sunday. The protest was against the ban imposed on Mbaka by the Enugu Diocesan Bishop, Most Rev Callistus Onaga.
Onaga, in a pastoral injunction, which was read in all Catholic parishes, chaplaincies and religious formations, had imposed a ban on Mbaka ministry.
He directed that no Catholic faithful should henceforth go there for any activity.
But less than 24 hours after the ban, some Mbaka’s followers thronged the Adoration Ground on Sunday, in disobedience to the bishop’s ban, and protested against him.
Consequently, Mbaka, in a statement, on Monday disowned the protesters and warned them to desist forthwith.
He said he received with obedience the directive of the bishop and warned his followers against any measure of violence either in action or by abusive utterances.
The statement read in part, “My attention has been drawn to activities that took place in the Adoration Ground on Sunday. I am not in any way involved in such activities.
“We received with obedience the directive issued by my Bishop, Rev Callistus Onaga, on June 17, 2022.
“May I therefore appeal to the faithful, in particular, members of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, to remain calm and united with the body of Christ in the Diocese and also refrain from any measure of violence either in action or by abusive utterances.”
“Those who take to attacking or insulting my dear Bishop should desist from such.
“The Bishop is the Shepherd of the Church in the Diocese and we remain his flock who in every way and at all times is expected to be respectful, obedient and willing to respond favourably to his apostolic directives.
“May I also remind you that all Adoration activities have been suspended until further notice.
“Adoration Ministry is ever submissive to the mother Church. I enjoin all adorers to know this and remain constantly in prayers for the manifestation of the will of God in the life of the ministry.”
Fuel queues hit major cities of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun on Monday, forcing motorists to spend hours at filling stations.
In Lagos and Ogun states, The PUNCH witnessed long queues at several filling stations such as Mobil, Capital, Fatgbems, Enyo, TotalEnergies and NNPC.
Though there were products at these filling stations, which also sold at N165/litre, motorists struggled to get gasoline with which to run their economic lives.
There were also queues in states bordering the FCT, including Nasarawa and Niger.
In the Federal Capital Territory, there were long queues at various filling stations such as the NNPC, Mobil, A.A. Rano, AYA Ashafa, Enyo, among others.
Hundreds of motorists besieged the few filling stations that dispensed petrol at various states, spending hours on queues in a bid to buy PMS.
Oil marketers blamed the development on the drop in supply, stating that the demand for petrol was currently higher than what was being provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
NNPC is the sole importer of petrol into Nigeria, shouldering this responsibility for more then four years.
Speaking on the development, the President, Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, Billy Gillis-Harry, said, “Lagos is having queues today, Kaduna is almost not having any PMS in its retail outlets.
“So, it is simply a situation of demand overwhelming supply. The supply process is not efficient to be able to meet the demands for products.”
Asked to explain whether there was not enough product, Gillis-Harry replied, “Well, clearly, if there is product, it should be delivered. However, I know the authorities are doing their best to make sure that everyone is monitored and encouraged to sell products at the approved pump price.
“But there are no products in the retail outlets, which is why there will be queues. So, it clearly shows that demand has overwhelmed supply.”
But lastThursday, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Authority had stated that there were over 32 days sufficiency of petrol by the NNPC.
Also, The PUNCH learnt that the NNPC intentionally cut down supply of products to fuel marketers.
A source familiar with the matter told The PUNCH that marketers, two weeks ago, had a meeting with the marketing arm of the NNPC and the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, where they were quizzed on diversion of petroleum products to neighbouring countries.
According to the source, the supply of products to oil marketers was subsequently reduced due to issues around product diversion.
“We had a meeting with PPMC two weeks ago where we were told that the volume of product we load is too high. So, the NNPC has reduced the volume they give to us,” the source said.
Nigeria consumes an estimated 60 million litres of fuel per day. However, findings showed that by PPMC’s record, marketers loaded as much as 106 million litres per day as of April.
“So, PPMC kept lamenting and asking us where the extra products go. Of course, we all know that they go to neighbouring countries where they are being sold at higher prices. Apart from the fact that diesel price for transporting products is on the high side, fuel is a product highly subsidised by Nigeria, and Nigerians are not allowed to enjoy the benefits,” our source disclosed.
Diesel is a deregulated product. Checks on Monday showed that the product was sold between N780-N820/litre.
“That’s why marketers find it difficult to take products to the North. I don’t know why Lagos is experiencing scarcity. Already, buying and transporting the product to my station is at N170 per litre. So, how much will I sell? That means price has increased itself. If you go to states like Ibadan, Ekiti, Akure, it’s impossible to see the price at N165 because cost of transporting one litre is already N20. So, by the time you take it to states like Ekiti, you already have it at N182,” our source added.
A former chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria and Chairman/CEO, 11 Plc, Tunji Oyebanji, told The PUNCH that the scarcity was temporary.
“As of last week, there were some talks about low stock and suppliers not giving products, but I think it’s a temporary glitch because NNPC told us they have sufficient stock of fuel,” he said.
Fuel sold at N165/ltr in places like Ikorodu, Anthony, Surulere, Ikeja, Festac, Ago and VI in Lagos on Monday, but prices were higher at Isheri and its neighbouring towns.
In a telephone interview with The PUNCH, the National Operations Controller, IPMAN, Mike Osatuyi, said the scarcity was no fault of oil marketers.
Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Akeem Balogun, in a statement on Monday, said that considering the current price, it is impossible for the product to be sold at N180 per litre.
Balogun advised members to sell at a sustainable price within their environment adding that they should ensure that the price is on their pump.
“Distinguish marketers, the Chairman and executives in conjunction with some senior members of our unit, organised a press conference where we explained our predicament with the current price of PMS at private depot. We explained that with the current price, there is no way we can sell less than N180 per litre”
According to him, “On this note, members are hereby advised to sell at a sustainable price within their environment. Just make sure that the price is on your pump. Kindly contact the Secretariat should you have any authority challenging your operations”
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