FUT, Minna Chairman of Council and member of Sagay panel dies from COVID-19

Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), is dead.

PCAC is headed by Itse Sagay, a PCAC is headed by Itse Sagay, a Profesaor of Law.

TheCable gathered that Odekunle, also a professor, died at the COVID-19 isolation center in Gwagalada, Abuja, on Tuesday evening.

At the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation, had said: “A good friend of this government just passed on at 6:30pm”.

It is unclear if Mustapha was referring to Odekunle or another person but he said discussions were ongoing to help the deceased hours before news of his death broke.

Nigeria is currently experiencing the second wave of the pandemic.

Mustapha had earlier said within one week since Nigeria entered the second wave of infections, 16 out of every 100 tests returned positive.

Within the past two weeks, the daily count of COVID-19 cases recorded a significant rise — increasing to more than 1,000 cases within a 24-hour period.

In  July, Odekunle made the headlines when he kicked against the arrest of Ibrahim Magu, former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He had described Magu’s ordeal as a power play by blocs in the corridor of power.

Odekunle had alleged that Abubakar Malami, minister of justice, is the arrowhead of the bloc that is not really interested in President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption fight.

A graduate of the University of Ibadan, 1968, he got his PhD in sociology and social psychiatry fromthe University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in the United States, in 1974.

Acknowledged as the first professor of criminology in Nigeria, Odekunle lectured in different universities.

Davido says he will leave music after fight with Burna Boy

Multiple award-winning singer, Davido, has taken to his verified Twitter page to state that he considers quitting music.

This comes shortly after there were multiple online reports that he had a brawl with Burna Boy at a club, Hype, in Ghana.

In his tweet, the FEM singer simply said, “I go leave this music for una.”

So far both Burna Boy and Davido’s camp have kept mum over the alleged brawl at the club in Ghana despite videos that have surfaced online.

OBASANJO MAKES SHOCKING REVELATION

 

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he would have been killed during Lt.-Col. Buka Suka Dimka coup in 1976 if not for the help of Gen. Olu Bajowa (retd.).

Obasanjo, who described Bajowa as a man with conscious Yoruba culture, spoke on Sunday at Igbotako in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State during Bajowa’s 80th birthday celebration.

Bajowa became a General when he was 38 years old and retired from the Nigeria Army at 40.

Gov. Akeredolu and Ooni  Ogunwusi 

Obasanjo, who was chairman of the occasion, recalled that if Bajowa had not invited him to his son’s naming ceremony, he would have been nailed by the coup plotters because the person that was shot with the late Head of State, Gen. Murtala Mohammed, was mistaken for him.

He said: “I want to say something about Olu, either he knew it or he didn’t know it. When Dimka coup came, if Olu had not been what he was and what he is, I would have gone with the coup.

“Let me tell you the story. Olu is very respectful. He is very conscious of our culture. He had a child, a boy, and wanted to name the child after me. He had to call me early in the morning that Dimka struck.

“And because Olu said he was coming, I had to wait a little bit. I waited beyond the time I would have gone out.

“Olu then came, he made the request and I granted the request.

  The Bajowa's and Gov. Akeredolu 

“So, I was a little bit late in going on the route that I normally took to work. And Reinumuje went ahead of me and they thought it was me and they shot his car. They shot his car; Murtala was shot.

“Indirectly, that is how Olu Bajowa saved my life. Bajowa is an honest man, a thorough man and he is a well brought up man.”

Obasanjo said Bajowa performed creditably during his military career by displaying gallantry during Nigeria Civil War while leading 11 Battalion.

Bishop of the Anglican Diocese, Igbotako, Reverend Olaoluwa Oluseyi Pirisola, urged Bajowa to make the rest of life the best.

   

He enjoined him to support the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as serve him more diligently for the rest of his life.

The event was attended by many dignitaries from different parts of the nation.

They include Admiral Akin Aduwo (retd.); the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II; Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Victor Kiladejo; the Abodi of Ikale land, George Babatunde Faduyile, and several royal fathers from Southwest.

The New Patriots: Nigeria’s most significant social impact film of 2020

 

 

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We take a critical peep into a Rotimi Adelola produced film titled The New Patriot — an action-parked language film set in the fictional Aruguna nation.

Ediale Kingsley, After  the seeing the movie, believes the project is Nigeria’s best social impact piece of artwork delivered by the creative industry of Nigeria.

The star-studded flick has Akin Lewis, Lateef Adedimeji, Bimbo Oshin, Dele Odule and Taiwo Ibikunle and other talented thespians on it’s roll call. While speaking with the producer, it was revealed that the production was deliberately prepared to be more than a piece of art.

Although a prince of Araromi-Obu, Dr. Romiti was born in Ondo city.

Rotimi Adeolu, a prince from the ancient kingdom of Araromi-Obu displays his wealth of academic excellence on the pre-production of this movie.

And now that the film is ready to be consumed by cinema goers. It’s safe to say what they will be seeing is a carefully blended thriller of action based tale deliberately plotted for social impact.

The year 2020 was one of loud and urgent calls for societal change, as the world’s racial and economic divides were starkly exposed by both the COVID-19 pandemic and America’s most unconventional presidential campaign of our lives.

A temporary poster.

The Patriots Movie puts the issues that traumatize, divide, unite and inspire us squarely at the heart of the project’s narratives. While it offers the usual pieces of entertainment and artistic performance that blockbuster films are known for.

Dr. Rotimi told Ediale that he is dedicated to the idea that good cinematic projects can promote discussion and action on social change issues via impeccable storytelling. And this very project ticks all the boxes: brilliant writing, exciting and creative filmmaking, and emotional connections to the issues that, for better or worse, are central to the way we live now and want to live in the future.

The New Patriots movie explores the disenchantment of youths with the mismanagement, bad governance and endemic corruption in Aruguna (fictional Republic), a populous third world nation, after a covert team of vibrant youths led by Lateef Adedimeji deploy unorthodox means to tackle the mindless, corrupt and deadly powerbrokers in their country. This unorthodox strategy creates tension nationwide.

The movie becomes a motion blueprint of how the Government of Nigeria (for example) can channel the civil unrest of the Youths towards benefiting the general greatness of the nation.

Actors On Set.

Since we are still in the midst of a the global pandemic, with rumours of the protests refuelling these recommendations shown in the movie can definitely become a proper guide for Nigerians.

According to the producer, the movie is not yet in the cinemas, and also hasn’t been programmed on any TV or cable network. However, the move towards seeing the movie hitting the cinemas, first quarter of 2021, as first call of distribution is already in the works.

The film is directed by Adebayo Tijani, Terry Ayebo is line producer and the script writer is Adeniji Akanni.

Dr. Rotimi, an alumnus of the Harvard-Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston,. USA, holds a Ph.D. in Organisational Psychology from the University of Ibadan. He also holds a M.sc. in Psychology from the University of Lagos and a B.sc degree (2nd class upper) in Social Sciences from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University).

He attended Mainframe Media And Film Institute owned by Tunde Kelani in 2017 and was trained as a Film Producer. The New Patriots is the second movie by his production studio called Number 9 Film Studio.

Enjoy some pics from set and location:

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