The police command in Kaduna has confirmed that two persons were killed and three others kidnapped by suspected bandits on September 15, in a community in the state.

The command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Kaduna.

Mr Hassan said that the incident took place in Dogon Noma-Unguwan Gamu community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state.

He said that the bandits invaded the community at about 6:30 a.m., killing and abducting the victims.

The spokesman assured that the bandits would eventually be arrested to face the wrath of the law.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it was able to restore bulk power supply to Sokoto State by 6:00 p.m. on Friday.

Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday.

Ms Mbah said that the company was working to restore supply to Kebbi and other areas affected by the unfortunate Birnin Kebbi Substation fire incident that occurred on Thursday.

She said that the bulk power supply to Sokoto was reinstated through the Talata Mafara Substation.

“Our engineering team, along with the Managing Director, Sule Abdulaziz, and the Executive Director, Transmission Service Provider (TSP), were on-site, putting in every effort to reconnect Kebbi and its environs to the grid through another substation.

“Also, our engineers are actively working on transferring load to the 150 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) and 60 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) power transformers in the substation, which were fortunately unaffected by the fire incident.

“Additionally, cables are being rearranged, and reinforcement teams from other TCN regions have equally arrived at the substation with the necessary materials to expedite repair work,” she said.

Ms Mbah said that the restoration of bulk supply to Sokoto was achieved due to the commitment of TCN’s boss, Sule Abdulaziz, who pledged to ensure the restoration of bulk supply through the Talata Mafara substation.

She said that Mr Abdulaziz also pledged to collaborate with the engineers to temporarily back-feed Kebbi while connecting the 150 MVA power transformer as a permanent solution to the bulk power supply in the area.

“TCN greatly appreciates the patience and understanding of the government and people of Sokoto and Kebbi States and environs.

“We are fully committed to expediting work at the substation to ensure stable and reliable bulk electricity supply to all the affected areas,” she said.

In the midst of the online frenzy surrounding the death of Mohbad, former Marlian Music Record label dancer Lil Smart has expressed concern and fear for his life.

In a chat with singer Davido’s crew member, Dre, Lil Smart alleged that two former colleagues were driven mentally ill by Naira Marley’s violent lifestyle.

“Broo I’m scared, they killed my Mohbad. The only one encouraging me and giving me hope as we left that devilish label. Do you know, two people ran mad before I left?” Lil Smart said.

Dre assured him not to worry and took to Instagram saying, “God knows I won’t start what I can’t finish, may your spirit not forgive all of us if we don’t make you happy Mohbad.”

Sometime in January, the famous dancer revealed that he left the record label because he was not appreciated.

According to him, Marlian Music started with just one duplex but when Naira Marley began building houses, he refused to give him a room to stay, leading him to squat with friends.

The United Kingdom has said that its visiting visa will now cost N112,000 from its previous N14,000 and student visas will now cost a whopping N477,000 as opposed to N123,000.

The recent increase earmarks an over 600 per cent increment in visa prices by the UK. The UK government explained that the increase would enable it to pay for “vital services and allow more funding to be prioritised for public sector pay rises.”

In a statement published Friday on its website, the UK Home Office said the increase in new visa fees is “set to come into effect next month.”

The statement added that, “The changes mean that the cost for a visit visa for less than six months is rising by £15 (N14,592.70) to £115 (N111,878.28 ), while the fee for applying for a student visa from outside the UK will rise by £127 (N123,537.58) to £490 (N476,677.59), to equal the amount charged for in-country applications.”

The new changes also affect the majority of fees for entry clearance and applications for leave to remain in the UK, including those for work and study.

The recent changes are coming less than six months after the UK government increased the cost of visa applications and health surcharges In July, the UK government announced a 15 per cent increase in the cost of work and visit visas. It also announced a 20 per cent increase in cost of study visas, priority visas and certificates of sponsorship.

“If we’re going to prioritise paying public sector workers more, that money has to come from somewhere else because I’m not prepared to put up people’s taxes and I don’t think it would be responsible or right to borrow more because that would just make inflation worse,” Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister, had said in July.

The recent statement by the UK Home Office explained that the income from fees plays a vital role in its ability to run a sustainable immigration and nationality system.

“Today’s changes do not include the planned increase to the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) which are scheduled to be introduced later in the Autumn,” the statement added.

The new visa prices would become effective from October 4, and are subject to parliamentary approval.

The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies has conferred the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, with the Fellowship of the National Institute of Labour.

Similarly, the NCC Director, Human Capital and Administration, Usman Malah, was honoured with the NIL fellowship.

This was made known in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, on Friday.

According to the statement, the Director-General of the Institute, Issa Aremu, while speaking at the event held in Abuja recently, stated that Danbatta was acknowledged for his outstanding contributions, along with those of his team, to enhance the Commission and the overall workforce of the nation.

Aremu said, “We have witnessed the amazing transformation in terms of broadband penetration, Internet subscribers and many other achievements recorded under the leadership of Prof Danbatta as the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC and how the telecom sector, regulated by the commission he leads, have improved national productivity.”

Malah who represented Danbatta at the event stressed the importance of jointly backing efforts that improve the welfare of Nigerian employees by expanding their access to cost-effective telecommunications services.

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has arrived New York ahead of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

A statement by the Presidency reveals that Mrs Tinubu will also be speaking at “the Nigeria Economic Trade Summit, Africa First Ladies Peace Mission side meeting on Gender Actions for Peace, DUSUSU Foundation, among other high level meetings where she would be participating.

“The PUNCH reports that President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday depart Abuja for New York, USA, to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly with a focus on strengthening Nigeria’s economic ties and attracting foreign direct investments to the country.

Nigerian skit maker Adebola Adeyela, popularly known as Lizzy Jay Omo Ibadan, has cried out in a video via her Instagram account claiming that a yet-to-be-identified individual is threatening to leak her private video.

She narrated that she was terribly ill a few months ago and had skin rashes in major parts of her body, haemorrhoids, and bleeding.

Adeyela explained that after explaining these issues to her doctor, who is also her trusted friend, she had to send him screenshots of a video she made rather than having a physical examination.

She, however, revealed, “In the past few days, someone has been commenting on my page talking about having my nudes. He is trying to post the video of my most vulnerable moment.

“She claimed that the person had also threatened to post her nudes on social media, sent her mail with screenshots of the video, and called her via a private number.

She dared him to follow through on his threat, saying that she won’t give him money and she’ll find him with her last kobo.

She further claimed that the man trying to blackmail her hacked into one of her email accounts and used it to gain access to her Snapchat.

Following a resurgence of attacks in the northern region, Mali’s ruling military government has cancelled plans to celebrate its Independence Day on September 22.

The council of ministers announced in a statement on Wednesday that the anniversary will be “celebrated in sobriety and in the spirit of national revival.”

Junta leader Assimi Goita commanded the administration to use the monies set aside for this year’s celebrations to aid those hurt in recent violent attacks.

The council also considered the prospect of calling up reservists to defend against extremist assaults.

Despite the presence of Russian Wagner Group mercenaries, security is deteriorating in the north and centre of the country.

Nigeria’s public debt stock increased from N49.85 trillion ($108.30 billion) in the first quarter of 2023 to N87.38 trillion ($113.42 billion ) in the second quarter of 2023.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this on Friday in its Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt Report for Q2 2023 released in Abuja.

The report said Nigeria’s public debt stock, which included external and domestic debt, grew by 75.27 per cent in Q2 of 2023.

It said external debt stood at N33.25 trillion ($43.16 billion) in Q2 2023, while domestic debt was N54.13 trillion ($70.26 billion).

“However, the share of external debt to total public debt stood at 38.05 per cent in Q2 2023, while domestic debt was recorded at 61.95 per cent,’’ NBS stated.

In a breakdown by states, the bureau said Lagos State recorded the highest domestic debt of N996.44 billion in Q2 2023, followed by Delta at N465.40 billion.

The report showed Jigawa recorded the lowest domestic debt at N43.13 billion, followed by Kebbi at N60.94 billion.

In addition, it stated that Lagos recorded the highest external debt, with $1.26 billion, followed by Kaduna State, with $569.38 million.

“Borno recorded the lowest external debt with 18.75 million dollars, followed by Taraba with 21.92 million dollars,” the NBS stated.

Suspected armed bandits have reportedly launched an attack in Giyawa village, Goronyo Local Government Area of the state killing four persons while eighteen others were reportedly abducted.

Goronyo is one of the local governments in the troubled Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto State.

While confirming this incident, Sokoto State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Ahmed Rufai said that eighteen persons were initially abducted by the assailant.

He also said seven of the abducted victims later escaped and returned to their community where many residents have fled for safety.

Though other sources from the affected community claimed that over thirty persons were abducted, but the police maintained that only eleven persons were still with the attackers.

He assured that the police are on the trail of the assailants and are making efforts to ensure normalcy is restored in the affected community and environment.

Meanwhile, some of the residents of the community who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone disagree with the figures of persons abducted putting the figure at about 30.

Inuwa Yusuf, a resident of the area while speaking with our correspondent said, “It is not true, we have about thirty people kidnapped by these bandits who also rustle our livestock and made away with large numbers of them” he added.

Traders in the popular phone and digital market known as Tarmac in the Panseke area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, were on Friday morning thrown into confusion when heavily armed policemen storm the market and asked the traders to vacate the premises on account that there was a court order for them to leave.

When Punch Metro visited the market, it was observed that there were heavy presence of policemen while the traders hanged around the vicinity of their shops that were under locks and keys.

Some of the traders who spoke with our correspondent noted that there had been recurring cases of land grabbers coming to asked them to vacate the market which has put their business at risk.

A trader, Akeem Oyeyemi, said that the police came in the early hours of Friday to send them out of their stores after showing them a court order which they were not privy of.

“What happened was that this morning around 5am, we receive a call that about 200 police men have invade tarmac with about 20 cars which our chairman also informed us that we should start coming. At around past 6am, we were all gathered here and went to the Olubara’s palace.

“From the palace, we came back here to meet the police to ask what happened. On getting here, the police showed us a court order asking them to lockup Tarmac but we told them that there was no notice of any court order given to us because we believed that if there will be need to lock this place up, we should be informed but we did not know anything.

“So we decided that we should be allowed to open our stores but the police started shooting which made everyone to run for their lives. Till this moment we were not allowed to open our stores,” Oyeyemi said.

Another trader who spoke on condition of anonymity noted that there had been a recurring issue of land grabbers coming to the market to asked them to evacuate the market.

She said, “This is not the first time some people who are land grabbers has been coming to this market to ask us to leave but we will later heard that our leaders has settled with them. The thing is becoming worrisome and it is affecting our business.”

Effort to get the reaction of the chairman of the market association, Ifebola Togunwa, proved abortive as he did not responded to calls and messages sent to his number.

When contacted via WhatsApp chat, the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, asked if our correspondent was at the scene of the incident which our correspondent replied affirmative and even send pictures of the scene to but she was yet to respond after reading the message till the time of filing this report.

The PUNCH had on Wednesday reported that Ogun State House of Assembly alleged that policemen in the state are in connivance with some land grabbers to illegally arrest and detain innocent members of the public.

The Speaker of the Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, who noted that hundreds of innocent residents of the state had continued to languish in various detention cells of the police both at Alagbon in Lagos and the Force Headquarters in Abuja had appealed to the Inspector General of Police to wade into the illegal arrest and detention

Three days after the sudden death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka MohBad, his records have continued to dominate the Apple Music chart.

Four of MohBad’s records, at the time of this report, hold the number one, two, four, and five positions on the chart.

The 2022 single ‘Peace’ currently sits in the number one spot. ‘Ask About Me’ in number two, ‘Beast & Peace’ in number four, and ‘Feel Good’ in number five.

MohBad died on Tuesday, September 12, at the age of 27.

His records have continued to garner massive traction following the announcement of his untimely death.

The John Odigie-Oyegun Public Service Academy has trained 250 Edo State government officials in the use of Artificial Intelligence to enhance their operations.

The training which took place from September 13-14 at the Academy in Benin, was meant to empower civil and public servants in the state with the latest trend in organising and discharging their duties in a fast-growing and technology-driven world.

According to the Director General of JOOPSA, Imuwahen Ajoonu, all the modules in the course have been designed to introduce the Edo State Civil and Public Service workforce to Artificial Intelligence.

She said, “Artificial Intelligence, the world over, is transforming the way governments operate and provide services to citizens. Indeed, understanding the fundamentals of AI remains essential for government officials to make informed decisions, develop effective policies, and harness the potential of AI technologies for public good.

“The aim of the course is to empower civil and public servants with the requisite knowledge to enhance government operations, provide better services to citizens, make data-driven decisions.”

She reiterated that since AI can analyse vast amounts of data quickly, identify trends and provide insights, it could help government make more informed decisions, especially in areas like policy development, resource allocation, and crisis management.

She added, “Artificial Intelligence can also automate routine and time-consuming tasks, allowing government workers to focus on more complex and value-added activities. This will not only increases efficiency but also leads to cost savings in the long run.

“In line with Governor Godwin Obaseki’s E-Governance drive, the AI training programme is geared to, among other things, support workers to make more data driven decisions, resulting in transparency accountability and value-for-money outcomes.”

At the inaugural session of the programme, the lead Facilitator Professor Yinka Omorogbe (SAN) demonstrated to participants that everyone in Government could leverage Artificial Intelligence to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of government operations.

He noted that government workers trained in AI could harness predictive analytics to anticipate trends and issues, adding, “For example, AI could predict traffic congestions, allowing city planners to optimize traffic management, or it could be deployed to forecast disease outbreaks, enabling health agencies to allocate resources more effectively.”

The United Nations is urgently seeking more than $71 million to assist those most in need after deadly flash floods swept Libya over the weekend.

Hurricane-strength Storm Daniel slammed into Libya on September 10, killing at least 4,000 people, with thousands more still missing.

In a flash appeal Thursday, the United Nations Humanitarian Agency (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) said it expects the toll to rise.

The city of Derna, one of the hardest-hit locations, was reduced to a wasteland after two upstream dams burst Sunday.

OCHA said estimates suggest 30 percent of the city may have disappeared and with most roads collapsed local authorities are calling for a sea corridor to be established for relief and evacuations.

The entire seaside town of Sousse meanwhile remains submerged.

Calling the situation “catastrophic”, OCHA said its humanitarian partners need $71.4 million to respond to the “most urgent needs of 250,000 people targeted out of the 884,000 people estimated to be in need”.

On Wednesday, UN OCHA head Martin Griffiths had announced an immediate emergency fund of $10 million.

“Entire neighbourhoods have been wiped off the map. Whole families, taken by surprise, were swept away in the deluge of water,” he said in a statement.

“Getting lifesaving supplies to people, prevent a secondary health crisis, and swiftly restore some kind of normality must override any other concern at this difficult time for Libya.”

The United States, European Union, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and several other countries have also already sent or pledged aid, while foreign rescue teams have been deployed to search for survivors and recover bodies.

An European Union regulator fined a Chinese-owned social media platform, TikTok, 345 million euro over child data breaches on Friday.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said in a statement that it has handed down the “administrative fine”, which is equivalent to $369 million, over the breaches it uncovered in a two-year inquiry.

The watchdog, which plays a central role in enforcing EU data rules, gave TikTok three months to make the appropriate changes.Ireland’s DPC also play a key role in policing the bloc’s strict General Data Protection Regulations.

The watchdog in September 2021 began examining TikTok’s compliance with GDPR in relation to platform settings and personal data processing for users aged under 18.

It also looked at TikTok’s age verification measures for persons under 13 and found no infringement, but found the platform did not properly assess the risks to younger people registering on the service.

The DPC highlighted Friday in its ruling how children signing up had TikTok accounts set to public by default, meaning anyone could view or comment on their content.

It also criticised TikTok’s “family pairing” mode, which is designed to link parents’ accounts to those of their teenage offspring, but the DPC found the company did not verify parent or guardian status.

Ireland is at the centre of the GDPR regime because Dublin hosts the European headquarters of TikTok and the likes of Google, Meta and X, formerly Twitter.

TikTok, a division of Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is extremely popular among young people with 150 million users in the United States and 134 million in the European Union.

In response to Friday’s fine, TikTok said it “respectfully disagrees” with the verdict and was “evaluating” how to proceed.

“The DPC’s criticisms are focused on features and settings that were in place three years ago, and that we made changes to well before the investigation even began, such as setting all under 16 accounts to private by default,” a TikTok spokesperson told AFP.

Students of the Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha, Anambra State, have begun a peaceful protest over the flood that has taken over the institution and paralysed both academic and non-academic activities.

The President, Student Union Government of the institution, Chigozie Onyenyili, who spoke to journalists at the school gate before the protest began on Thursday, said students had remained awake every night because their hostels were flooded.

He said the flood which began after a downpour which destroyed property belonging to students, including beds and learning materials.

Onyenyili noted that the perennial flooding in the Federal Government-owned institution was worsened because contractors from the government destroyed their existing drainage in a bid to build a new one, without providing alternative measures to mitigate the flood.

He said, “Flooding has been an issue in the institution, but it was worsened because the government recently commenced flood control process by removing an existing drainage inside the school, but they didn’t put the necessary measures in place to mitigate flood.

“They commenced flood control during the rainy season, but now, they have abandoned the work, and as we speak, the entire institution is flooded. Students’ belongings are being destroyed; our beds, mattresses, learning materials, laptops, pots of soups have been washed away.

“We are embarking on this peaceful demonstration to draw the attention of the government towards our plight. The management of the institution has done its best, but we need the government to step in and continue the job which they have abandoned.

“The two machines the government brought for the job are not working and there is a need for them to bring in more personnel to commence the work so that normal activities will resume at the institution.”

During the peaceful demonstration in the community, some students of the institution were seen scooping water out of their various rooms from their hostels, while some were also trying to salvage some of their property like laptops, phones, clothes and beds from the flood.

Another student, Nkiru, who took our correspondent near the affected hostels, also lamented that the flood damaged their laptops, mobile phones, learning equipment, beds, and carried their pots of soup away.

“The flood suddenly submerged our beds and we have remained awake every night. This flood has subjected us all to pain. Other students, whose valuables are inside, have abandoned them because there is no way in and the flood has filled the whole place.”

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Owoh Ugochukwu, blamed the Anambra State Government for the development.Ugochukwu noted that the state government channelled water coming from Obosi, Nkpor and Onitsha-Owerri Road and environs down to the school without providing adequate measures for enough drainage.

He said, “The flood issue has lingered for some years now, but the school authorities are doing their best. The flood is as a result of the state government channelling water that comes from Obosi, Nkpor, Onitsha-Owerri Road and environs down to the school.

“As we speak now, the water has covered the buildings in the school and the buildings are sinking. The students’ hostels, school mosque, church and lecture halls are under the flood. The student beds, mattresses, learning equipment and pots of soups are swimming in the flood all over the places.”

The Federal Government has said that the nationwide blackout witnessed on Thursday is due to a fire incident and an explosion on the Kainji/Jebba 330kV line 2.

Power consumers, however, kicked against the un-ending excuses of the government as regards power generation and supply in Nigeria, despite privatising the generation and distribution arms of the sector since November 2013.

The PUNCH reported on Thursday that there was widespread blackout across the country following the total collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid early Thursday morning.

The report stated that the grid collapsed totally around 12.40am on September 14, 2023, leading to the massive loss of supply to power distributors nationwide.

Multiple sources in the power sector, as well electricity distribution companies confirmed the development, as the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc had issued a notice titled, ‘Notice of Total System Collapse.”

In the notice, it said, “The EEDC wishes to inform its esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40am today, September 14, 2023.

“This has resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network. Due to this development, all our interface TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria) stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states.

“We are on standby, awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre, Osogbo.”

The notice was signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh.About a week ago, the Transmission Company of Nigeria had celebrated what it described as 400 days of power grid stability in Nigeria, as it claimed that the grid witnessed no collapse all through the 400-day period.

But giving details of what led to the collapse of the grid in a Facebook post on Thursday, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, explained that a fire outbreak at Kainji/Jebba located in the North-Central part of Nigeria caused the blackout.

The President, Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, and coordinator, Power Sector Perspectives, Kunle Olubiyo, said until the root causes of grid collapse were addressed, the situation would continue.

“As long as we refuse to address the fundamental root causes of system collapse, distortions, instability and related concerns, the recent feat by TCN shall be a spike or flash in the pan.

“Particularly, coming at time when there is low generation, low load dispatch and low energy utilisation. So it might not be out of place to describe the feat (by TCN) as a fluke.”

No fewer than 586 Nigerians were killed while there were 369 cases of abductions across the country in August.This is according to the 2023 Nigeria Security Report by an Abuja-based security outfit, Beacon Intel.

According to the report, obtained by our correspondent on Thursday, the killings occurred in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory while abductions took place in 24 states.

The report stated that 41 Nigerians were killed via ambush; 256 killed by crossfire; 67 died during raids, while 118 Nigerians were killed by unknown factors.It also revealed that 89 persons were killed in individual attacks, while 15 Nigerians died in detention.

A breakdown of the recorded fatalities showed that 47.95 per cent occurred in the North-East (281 fatalities), 16.55 per cent occurred in the North Central (97 fatalities), 9.90 per cent in the North-West (58 fatalities), 8.87 per cent in the South-West (52 fatalities), 6.48 per cent in the South-East (38 fatalities), and 10.23 per cent in the South-South (60 fatalities).

In total, 76.40 per cent of the fatalities for August 2023 affected the northern half of Nigeria, the report said.

The document revealed that the top three states with the highest fatalities were Borno with 252 fatalities; Plateau with 31; and Niger with 26 fatalities.Furthermore, the report revealed that in August, 181 cases of abduction took place in the North-West; 70 in the North-East, 16 in the North Central and South-West, 31 in the South-South, and 11 in the South-East.

The Chief Executive Officer, Beacon Intel, and a security expert, Kabir Adamu, urged the Federal and State Governments to address the root causes of the challenges “including weak state institutions, drug addiction, socio-economic grievances, poverty, unemployment and the effects of climate change as well as the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

“Additionally, there is a need for governments at the federal and state levels to halt the ability of the gunmen to move between locations and to block their supply chains for weapons and essentials including petroleum for their motorbikes and access to drugs.”

Mrs Bola Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged women to rely on God whenever they are going through tough times.

The ex-first lady made this known at the 55th birthday ceremony of Reverend (Mrs) Fola Achudume held on Wednesday at the Victory Life Bible Church auditorium, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

She pointed out that when an individual relies on God, especially during trying times, the impossible becomes possible, imploring people to be patient and focused wherever they find themselves.

She further advised people, especially women not to be envious of one another but rather see ways they can lift others.

“It is only when people take time to know the purpose of creation that they can appreciate the essence of life and human existence.

“The wife is a reflection of her husband, saying that women who get married to famous men must have it at the back of their minds that the spotlight is always on their husbands,” she added.

According to her, Reverend (Mrs) Achudume has not only carved a niche for herself in Christendom but has also done a lot in the areas of women empowerment and advocacy.

Chief (Mrs ) Obasanjo who described the Birthday Girl as a perfect match and pillar of support to her husband urged the womenfolk to always be submissive, as well as respect, honour and be there for their husbands and children at all times.

Award-winning Nigerian production designer and art director, Mr Pat Nebo, has died.Shaibu Husseini, a movie journalist and juror at the African Movie Academy Awards, made the announcement in a post on his X account on Thursday.

Husseini said, “I have been reliably informed that foremost Nigerian Production Designer Pat Nebo has passed on. He has been bedridden for a while now. Journey well Master of the Craft of film production design.”

Nebo is credited as a production designer on acclaimed Nollywood productions like October 1, ’76, Being Mrs Elliot, Okafor’s Law and Citation.

He also worked as the art director for The Figurine, Phone Swap, and Half of a Yellow Sun.