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Nigeria @ 50 What we want from government–Nollywood stars and stakeholders

Segun Arinze, national president, Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
“I want government to create an enabling environment for Nollywood to thrive, make laws to protect the industry and establish the much-talked MOPICON, to help regulate the industry. They should also help in the fight against piracy by creating a strong and formidable enforcement agency.”

Paul Obazele, national president, Association of Movie Producers (AMP).
“The government should help us fight piracy and create a film fund and above all, reduce interest rates for filmmakers. They should also tap heavily into the enormous potentials inherent in Nollywood by investing heavily and ensuring that we have an enabling environment to operate in.”

Zik Zulu-Okafor, ace filmmaker and former national president, (AMP).
“Let the government speed up the process of actualizing the Motion Pictures Council of Nigeria (MOPICON), to regulate the industry and ensure best practices. It should also create some incentives to inspire and encourage private sector investment in movie theatres, an initiative that will turn Nollywood into a truly multi billion Naira industry and create unprecedented employment opportunities for thousands, if not millions of our jobless youths.”

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Jonathan urged to withdraw from 2011 race

President Goodluck Jonathan has been advised to withdraw from contesting in the 2011 election on moral ground and as a show of respect to the zoning principle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

This was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary General of the Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum, a socio-cultural and political group, Mr. Akin Malaolu. He stated that it was imperative for Jonathan to withdraw in view of what he described as the present political troubles and gloomy forebodings for the country.

“We almost cannot believe the lack of matured thought behind the recent statements by our dear President Goodluck Jonathan over his interpretations in respect of zoning arrangement in his party constitution and we receive the news with hilarious laughter.

“The sum total of our appeal is that our President should please withdraw from the race both on moral ground and as a show of respect to the zoning principles of his party in the midst of the present political troubles and gloomy forebodings for the nation. “We shall not appeal to our president further on this matter as we commence our own campaign trail for quality leadership in the whole of Yorubaland and the nation.

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Nigeria at 50: Not golden enough

On this day exactly 50 years ago, the Union Jack, emblem of British suzerainty over Nigeria, was lowered for the last time, and in its place was hoisted the green-white-green flag, symbol of a newly independent country.

As it fluttered proudly in the early morning breeze, patriotic fervour and bright hopes for the future were kindled in the hearts of many Nigerians. The future could only be written in gold.

Today is that envisaged Golden Jubilee. With pomp and circumstance, we are marking our 50 years as an independent country. Yes, 50 years is worth celebrating, either in the life of an individual, or a nation. It is a landmark, a milestone. No wonder it is usually referred to as golden year. Rolling out the drums may not exactly then be a ridiculous or unconscionable act, as our country turns 50.

What are the reasons Nigeria has to celebrate? A myriad, really. We have fought a bitter civil war, in which more than one million civilians lost their lives. Today, that we are still a united entity is cause for cheer. Tribes and tongues truly differ, but in brotherhood we still stand. Our union may seem flimsy and tenuous most times, but the fabric still holds, with more than 300 different ethnic nationalities cohabiting in one federation. It surely calls for rejoicing.

Again, like a dynamic organism that a nation is, Nigeria has grown by leaps and bounds between 1960 and now. Quite a number of changes have been recorded on the economic, political, and social scenes. We may not be able to beat our chests yet, saying we have arrived, but our economy in 1960 was basically agrarian. Today, we have recorded some strides in manufacturing and in the service sectors.

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Soldiers take over Aba as Gov Orji revokes amnesty amnesty

Combined team of soldiers, naval police, the anti-terrorist and anti-robbery detectives have taken over major streets and corners of Aba, the commercial capital of Abia state.

They are combing every nooks and cranies in an effort to rescue 15 pupils of Abayi International School who were kidnapped last Monday on their way to school, by armed men , suspected to be kidnappers.
The action followed the revocation of the amnesty package offered the kidnappers by the state governor, Theodore Orji who was heavily touched by the actions of the kidnappers.

The Governor had last night lamented why the kidnappers would not accept his offer of peace, adding that the amnesty offer did not mean that government was weak. Rather, he said he was only trying to avoid collateral cosequencies that would befall innocent citizens when government match them force with force.
Daily Sun learnt that the Federal Government had deployed the combined team of the military and the police to comb the city and surburbs to rescue the abducted children.

It was also gathered that the combined team is close to identifying the hideout of the kidnappers and where they are keeping the kidnapped children , adding there are hopes that the children will soon be released.
A reliable source also told Daily Sun that the kidnappers were considering releasing the children as they were under serious pressure from the military men who have been combing every bush around the local area.
The kidnappers were said to have been calling those who they were bent on negotiating with, on the way on the way forward

Story From CHUKS ONUOHA, Umuahia.
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NIGERIA @ 50 Marking Nigeria at 50, celebrating Abuja

As Nigeria celebrates its 50th anniversary as an independent nation, there is no doubt that one privileged landmark gloriously dotting the country’s historical and political evolution within the past 50 years is the conception, planning and actualization of the Abuja Federal Capital dream.

It is noteworthy that when Nigeria got her independence on October 1st 1960, that epochal ceremony took place in Lagos, the coastal city at the Southwest tip of Nigeria on the immediate shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean. Sequestered settlements that make up the marshy city, some almost lying below sea level, perch on islands and mainland on the border area between Nigeria and the French-speaking Republic of Benin.

When Nigeria got her independence, there was no thought whatsoever about the capital city moving from Lagos to another place. But as Nigeria trudged on as an independent country, the need for the development of a new Federal Capital began to manifest and that was how Abuja came into being. Precisely on 3rd February 1976, the Head of State, Gen Murtala Muhammed announced the choice of Abuja as the new federal capital of Nigeria.

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NIGERIA @ 50 My life as an Oct. 1 child –Yemi Farounbi

You were born on October 1 and Nigeria got her independence on October 1, how do you feel sharing birthday with your country.
In the very early years, it was a right thing to me. I felt like a unique, and patriotic person.

I also felt as a chosen one to share birthday with my country, Nigeria. But these days, it is not like that because Nigeria as a country does not feel proud to celebrate. I think it is better to celebrate May 29, than October 1. Actually, we have not fulfilled our mission. We have our destiny to realize.

How did you celebrate October 1, 1960
I remember that we were given special food like jollof rice, snacks and Mirinda soft drink. So, we really celebrated it.
Situation report of what Nigeria was before independence.

Nigeria was a good country. We had access to good education. Wherever you were in Nigeria, there was only one way to education. There were no private schools, it was public schools for all of us. I remember that in my class, children of ministers in Western Nigeria were in my class. We shared the same wooden bed. Then, it was fun. That has changed.

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NIGERIA @ 50 Independence anniversary Military intervention our undoing –Amaechi, first aviation minister

Chief Mbazuluike Amaechi, Nigeria’s first Aviation Minister is popularly known in the political circle as “the boy is good.” The elder statesman was in the forefront of nationalist struggle for Nigeria’s independence. He spoke about the struggle for independence, military intervention and the imbalance in the political leadership of the nation among others.
Excerpts:

The boy is good
You were too young to know that. That was the name they gave me in my active days as a Zikist nationalist, as a young NCNC field man and as a politician. At that time I was really known more by that name than my real name.

Even now though I am neither a boy nor look like a boy, it has continued to influence my real name. They still call me by that name. The young ones cannot understand why a man of my age should be called a boy. That was just it.
The way it started was in 1957 during one of the series of conferences for negotiations for independence. A meeting was to hold at the residence of the British Governor of Nigeria, Sir James Robertson at Marina in Lagos. The leaders of the three main political parties in the country then were to come with their delegation for one of the sessions of the conference.

Story By DAVID ONWUCHEKWA, Nnewi
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How area boys saved our lives, by survivors of collapsed building

Can anything good ever come out of Nazareth? This biblical question was answered in Lagos early in the week. Street urchins, otherwise known as area boys, came in handy during rescue operations at the scene of a building that collapsed in Central Lagos on Monday.

Survivors of the ill-fated four-storey building on Alli Street, by Tinubu Square, Lagos Island are attributing their lucky escape to the courage displayed by the area boys.

Among the 23 who survived with various degrees of injuries are traders, children and elderly men and women. They asserted that they would have died but for the timely intervention of the social miscreants who literally became emergency rescue operators. The street urchins used their hands, shovels as well as iron cutters to rescue the trapped victims.

Though no lives were lost in the incident which happened at about 5:20 pm, three people were killed in another building which collapsed in Mile 12 area of Kosofe Local Government. 10 were rescued from the debris.
Daily Sun learnt that the building had been marked for demolition after part of it was demolished to pave way for a major road construction project. One person reportedly died on the spot while two others were said to have died at an undisclosed hospital where they were rushed to for medical treatment.

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Aiyegbeni ‘ll get back on track, says Piennar

Everton midfielder, Steven Pienaar, has backed his teammate, Yakubu Aiyegbeni to get back among the goals and fire David Moyes' Toffees up the table.
South Africa star Pienaar and Nigeria striker, Yakubu both arrived at Goodison Park in the summer of 2007 and enjoyed hugely successful debut seasons on the blue half of Merseyside, finishing top of Everton's assists charts and goal-scoring charts respectively.
Pienaar also believes that last weekend's clean sheet - Everton's first of the season - was indication that the Toffees are rediscovering the defensive solidity that has been key to their success in recent seasons.
The Liverpool Echo quotes Pienaar as saying of Yakubu: “We all know Yak is a proven goal-scorer.
“He is slowly getting back to where he was and the more games he plays the sharper he will get.
“Hopefully, he will get his goal soon and that will kick-start things for him.”
He continued: “If you don’t concede goals you're not going to lose.
“For the guys at the back it was a boost that it was the first clean sheet of the season against Fulham and they played well.
“The Newcastle game was disappointing. We let a lot of people down and we know it.

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Kidnap menace: Aba residents flee

Despite the heavy presence of soldiers stationed in some crime flashpoints, residents of Aba and environs are leaving the town in droves with most of the popular motorparks in the commercial city on Thursday filled with apprehensive passengers fleeing the city for fear of insecurity.

At most of the parks visited, some transporters, drivers and union leaders complained of shortage of vehicles to handle the unexpected influx. At the Peace Mass Transit and Imo Transport Corporation (ITC) parks, many passengers with their children and luggage queued up awaiting the arrival of vehicles for Enugu, Onitsha and other routes.

Mr. Lucky Nnamdi, one of the passengers at the ITC Park said he ran out of their residential home with his three children on the outskirts of Aba and had stayed as a refugee with a relation inside the town for about two weeks.

He said his experience had been horrible and that was why he was leaving the city. He said a situation in which the banks were not working, shops, schools and some markets closed down, the people had suffered enough. He said it was better for him and members of his family to die in their hometown and be buried there than outside.

Story From OKEY SAMPSON, Aba
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It’s time for reflection –Atiku

Former Vice President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of the 50th independence anniversary for a sober reflection.

In an independence anniversary celebration statement released by his campaign office yesterday in Abuja, Atiku regretted the fact that Nigeria had not been able to fulfil its manifest destiny.
“I clearly understand why many Nigerians are frustrated and disappointed about our performance as a nation in the last 50 years. There is a wide gap between our potential and our achievement. We have no reason to be poor given our resource endowment,” Atiku said.

“It is sad and unfortunate that we have not been able to tackle basic issues such as the provision stable power, quality education and healthcare, good roads, affordable housing and food security as well as security of life and property,” he added.
Atiku said that our founding fathers would be disappointed at our slow, unsteady march to development and progress. He cited the absence of good leadership as a critical factor in uninspiring performance as a nation since 1960.

Story From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja
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Voters’ registration: INEC to recruit 24,222 ad-hoc staff in Kano

The Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) has said it plans to recruit and train about 24,222 ad-hoc staff to man the 8074 registration units in Kano State for the purpose of the voters’ registration exercise.

Disclosing this in Kano, on Thursday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Danyaya, said a total of 8074 DDC machines would be put to use for the exercise, which would take place in 8074 polling units in the state.

Presenting a keynote address at a stakeholders’ Forum organized by his commission, Alhaji Danyaya said the commission’s headquarters in Abuja was making necessary arrangements to ensure the availability of adequate registration materials before the commencement of the registration exercise.

He said they would depend on ad-hoc staff, adding that most of the staff would be recruited from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), students from the universities as well as staffers of the federal agencies in the state.
The REC further disclosed that the headquarters had plans to provide additional vehicles to the state, adding that there would also be a comprehensive repair of the old vehicles with a view to ease the movement of registration materials and officials for the exercise.

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Nigeria @ 50: Kanu, Ajunwa, Igali get special anniversary awards

Sports circle is not left out of the Golden Jubilee celebrations, as three great Olympians and Sports icons were among those recognised by the Federal Government.

Those honoured at an elaborate ceremony held in Abuja include Nigeria’s most decorated footballer, Nwankwo Kanu, Policewoman Chioma Ajunwa and Dr.Daniel Igali, who were Thursday night in Abuja conferred with the Special Golden Jubilee Independence Anniversary Awards by President Goodluck Jonathan.

President Jonathan bestowed the honours on the distinguished sportsmen for their various outstanding roles and contributions to the development of the country through sports.
The gesture by Mr. President is a significant and important to the sporting family in Nigeria because often times, athletes perform at the optimum level with little or no recognition for their efforts.

Chioma Ajunwa it would be recalled in 1996, came from a four-year suspension and was nothing short of spectacular. Less than two months after her return, she finished fifth in her semi-final of the 100m at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games on July 27 and then in the long jump final on August 2, she produced an amazing first round leap of 7.12m to win the gold medal.

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7-point agenda: CBN commits N1.25trn –Sanusi

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is committing not less than N1.25 trillion in addition to the overall implementation of the Federal Government master plan for infrastructural development under the government’s seven-point agenda to help address the problems posed by infrastructural decay and other issues in the country.

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the apex bank, disclosed this in Katsina on Thursday at the graduation and annual lecture series of the Katsina Vocational Centre established by the retired Inspector General of Police, Alhaji M. D. Yusuf.
The CBN boss, who was the guest speaker at the event, in a paper entitled: Nigerian Youth: A Threat to National Economy, said the bank had established N500 billion Power Infrastructure and Aviation Fund, N200 billion Fund for refinancing/restructuring of banks’ existing loan portfolios to manufacturers, N200 billion Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Credit Guarantee Scheme and N200 billion Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme.

The bank had recently released N150 billion credit facilities to the manufacturers at a fixed rate of seven per cent through the Bank of Industry. Sanusi said: “The banking sector reforms is on-going while the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has been signed into law and will soon commence operations.” He gave assurance that all these were targeted at issues affecting the actual harnessing of the investment potentials of the economy and the creation of employment for the youths.

Story From ANDY ASEMOTA, Katsina
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Jonathan addresses the nation today

President Goodluck Jonathan will present a special presidential address to the nation to mark the country’s 50th independence anniversary.

In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ima Niboro, said the presidential address would be broadcast before a cross-section of young Nigerians drawn from various walks of life at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“This is a unique departure from the old practice where presidential broadcasts are pre-recorded and relayed to the nation. All television and radio stations may wish to hook up with the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria for the broadcast,” the statement read.

Story From JULIANA TAIWO, Abuja

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