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36—Vanguard, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 What feminism means to me- Genevieve Nnaji Veteran Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji has finally joined the league of women who have been publicly sharing their take on feminism. The award-winning actress who was a guest speaker at the London School of Economics Africa Summit said for her, feminism is all about human rights. “My own feminism is just human rights. I’m a woman who has rights to her own choices; I can do whatever I want whenever I want. It’s just that simple if I were a man it would be the same thing. At the end of the day I was born alone, I’m going to die alone, I breathe alone. So I definitely have the right to how I want to live my life”, she said. Genevieve Nnaji’s view on feminism totally differs from that of other female celebrities who have embraced it. In the last few years, we’ve seen how this very sensitive and controversial topic has sparked off a lot of conversations. The last time a female celebrity talked about taking a walk away from the feminism dream, her views weren’t really well received by foot soldiers of the cause. Tiwa Savage joins Burna Boy as Star Lager brand ambassador •Tiwa Savage •Genevieve Self-styled queen of afro-pop music, Tiwa Savage has been unveiled as brand ambassador for Star Radler. The announcement was made at a special event hosted at Muri Okunola Park during the weekend. She becomes the first female to be officially signed on as an advocate for the beer brand, as she joins an elite bracket of superstars to be associated with Star. Back in January, Burna Boy was announced as the first ever brand ambassador for Star Lager and the pop star’s unveiling was followed by a commercial which earned widespread acclaim. Now with Tiwa’s unveiling, fans of the afro-pop sensation will be eagerly anticipating the creative ways the brand intends to exploit this landmark relationship. Following the success of Fifty and The Wedding Party, Chief Daddy, the much anticipated EbonyLife Films production, is finally available on Netflix. The Niyi Akinmolayan movie which is the third EbonyLife Films to be acquired by Netflix was third highest grossing movie in Nollywood box office history and No. 1 Nollywood film of 2018. To celebrate this feat, Funke Akindele, Ini Edo, Dakore Akande, Uti Nwachukwu, Kate Henshaw and many other top stars stepped out in dashing white outfits for a party at RSVP lounge, Victoria Island. The Executive Producer, Mo Abudu expressed excitement that the African diaspora can finally gain access to Chief Daddy on Netflix. “We are extremely thrilled by this wonderful opportunity to bring another great movie to the global audience even while it continues its spectacular run at the cinema. We are pleased by the opportunity that this Netflix partnership provides to meet the huge interest in the diasporan community in Chief Daddy. Thank you Netflix for a partnership that continues to afford us the opportunity to tell our own unique stories in our own unique way; to bring joy and laughter to millions”, she said. •Waje Waje, Banky W, Falz, others task federal government on SARS brutality By Tolulope Abereoje Following the unfortunate death of one Kolade Johnson in Lagos on Sunday, March 31 st , 2019, after he was shot by members of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, the ‘End SARS’ campaign has officially resumed. Talk about being at the right place at the wrong time, Kolade’s only offense was going to watch a football match when trigger happy SARS In 2018, Tiwa bagged a landmark achievement in her music career when she became the first African female to win a BET award. Speaking at the unveiling, Tiwa expressed excitement at becoming the first female brand ambassador for the Star brand. “Star is a great brand and I’m thrilled to have joined the Star family. I’ve always loved the Radler brand and it’s an amazing opportunity to be the official face of the brand. The taste is quite exquisite! The Star brand is all about inspiring people to dream for bigger, greater things. Every Nigerian is somewhat aspirational, and this is a theme I try to imbibe in my music. I can’t wait for what the future holds with Star as I urge everyone to be on the lookout for us.” MO Abudu’s ‘Chief Daddy’ makes Netflix •MO Abudu operatives allegedly came to arrest someone and started shooting sporadically. P o p u l a r N i g e r i a n celebrities like Banky W, Waje, Frank Donga, Sean Tizzle, Adesua Etomi and Patoranking have joined millions of Nigerians in mourning Kolade who is said to be the only son of a widow and they have in their various notes expressed their displeasure in the actions of uniform men; tasking the federal government to do something quick about the brutality and incessant killings meted out on Nigerians by the squad. “This post is for our leaders. We’re tired of hearing about victims of police brutality but never hearing about the criminal, reckless police officials being brought to justice”, Banky said while condemning the incessant innocent killings. “We now live in fear”, Waje said. “What’s the difference between these SARS guys and armed robbers and assassins?”, Falz quizzed. How Nigerian celebrities wrecked my club business – Club owner By Tolulope Abereoje The once healthy relationship between Richard Nnadi, owner of popular Lagos night club, Escape, and Nigerian celebrities has gone sour following the closure of his club over celebrities’ refusal to pay up debts running into the sum of N120 million. While lamenting the painful closure of his once thriving nightlife business, Nnadi blamed Nigerian celebrities for wrecking his business. “Other club owners won’t say anything because they are still in the business but I am out and never going back so I will take this for the rest of us that can’t speak. Footballers, musicians, big brother housemates, politicians and even slay queens. I am coming for all of you because April 1st is a day for fools,” he blurted out in anger. According to the nightlife entrepreneur, the highest amount owed at the club is N6.6m and those drinks were taken in two nights. In a radio interview, Nnadi disclosed that Davido, Bobrisky, Falz, Lati (Davido’s personal security), Sujimotors are all on his list of good customers who never owe. He however disclosed that the least amount owed is N10,000. Speaking further, he stated that he had to go public with his ordeal because it had become a norm for celebrities to buy drinks on credit. He claims to have solid proofs including signed receipts and screenshots of celebrities who are still owing him. However, after threatening to name celebrities owing him, Nnadi revealed that some of them have begun paying up. “Debts are been paid and others have been calling to make payment plans. Hopefully we won’t need to drop names because I would hate to destroy people’s lives the way they feel they have slowed down mine,” he said. •Richard
Vanguard, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 — 37 Case against Innoson: Our position — GTBank GTbank has pledged to continue to provide best-in-class customer experience services to its valued customers, notwithstanding Nigeria is moving close to a major cholera outbreak if urgent sanitary measures are not put in place at the Internal Displaced Camps in the North-east, the Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, has warned. The Non-Governmental Organisation in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES, yesterday, warned that if urgent actions are not taken, the overcrowded camps, coupled with the shortage of sanitation and hygiene facilities will cause another cholera outbreak in the country. The region since 2009 has been under siege due to the activities of the Boko Haram insurgents who are seeking an independent Islamic state. The insecurity has displaced over two million people. The majority of the population who fled from their homes are living in highly congested displacement sites which You're on your own, Ebonyi APC tells campaign DG By Dennis Agbo E N U G U — GOVERNORSHIP campaign council of the :Vanguard News Innoson Nigeria Ltd, claim against the bank, noting that there was no cause for panic. GTbank in statement, said “The attention of Nigeria moving towards cholera outbreak in IDP camps – NRC are well below international minimum standards. They also lack access to basic amenities including water and latrines. This led to a major cholera outbreak last year. INTER HOUSE SPORTS: From left— Mrs Ezinne Onoh, Proprietress, The Brains Premier College, Ago Palace Way, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos; Mr Nwogoh Lawrence, Chairman of the occassion and Mrs Flora Umukoro, former Chairperson, Parents Teachers Association, at the Annual Inter House Sports of college, held within the school's premises, weekend. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ebonyi State has distanced itself from statements credited to its :@vanguardnews :@vanguardnews NEWS HOTLINES: 08052867023, 08052867058 GTBank has been drawn statements circulating in the news and social media in respect of a purported enforcement of a judgment of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, at one of its branches in Anambra State. “The bank as a lawabiding corporate citizen is taking all necessary legal steps to address the situation and to ensure that no illegal or fraudulent execution is carried out. “It is important to state that the judgment allegedly in issue is in respect of garnishee proceedings against the account Director General, Senator Anthony Agbo. Agbo in a media report was quoted to have lashed on the governorship candidate of the APC in Ebonyi State, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji, whom Agbo accused of masterminding the abysmal performance of the APC in the last governorship election in the state. However, two members of the campaign council, Aro Nweke and Paul Okorie have replied Agbo’s statement, saying the failure of the party in the election is the making of the campaign DG himself. They said the DG has no right or power to speak for the entire body without their mandate. “Agbo is the DG of the body but not the body. If he has spoken and said he spoke for himself, of the Nigerian Custom Service board domiciled with the bank and not against the bank as an entity. “The bank remains committed to providing the best-in-class customer experience to all its valued customers. “While we humbly urge the public to disregard the purported story, we also deem it highly imperative to feed our customers with some basic information on the true status and essence of the case/ruling in question. “We promise to keep the public informed on the status of things.” that would be acceptable. But for him to go to the public and make statements attributed to the council without the consent of the body actually questions his reputation and the role he played in what actually resulted in the poor performance of the party,” both Nweke and Okorie said. They clarified that the campaign council met in Enugu where the issue arose that the council should make its position known on what transpired during the election, but that the meeting concluded that since Agbo mooted readiness to prepare the statement, he should do so after another meeting for all members to make their inputs and deliver same to Senator Ogbuoji first and later, to party elders before it goes public. Senate Presidency: APC unfair to S-East —Coalition of Igbo youths By Ugochukwu Abaribe ABA—The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, has said that the All Progressive Congress, APC, was unfair to Ndigbo by refusing to zone the senate presidency position to the zone. The group lamented that the APC has continued to deny the Southeast a fair share even when the zone recorded a massive support by electing more senators and members of the House of Representatives than it did in 2015. It urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to ensure that the party does not deny any zone its due in the sharing of national positions. In a statement signed by its President, Chief Goodluck Egwu Ibem; Secretary, Dr. Igwe Kanice and Publicity Secretary, Hon. Joshua Nnamani, the group vowed that Ndigbo would no longer allow By Peter Okutu ABAKALIKI—A pro Buhari group, Initiative for Demonstrating Change in Nigeria, yesterday, called on all members-elect of the National Assembly to support the decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to elect Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as Senate President and Speaker of the Federal House Representives respectively. Speaking to newsmen in Abakaliki, the national coordinator of the group, Comrade Chinedu Ogah noted that the contributions of Lawan as the Majority Leader of the Senate for the unity of the country projected him as a core APC loyaltist and man of the people. Ogah who delivered his Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State with the highest votes in the South East to President Buhari called on all members of APC to imbibe the party’s discipline to sustain Adams itself to be relegated to the background. “Looking at the manner in which the APC has been sharing its position, we make bold to say that the party has been too parochial. It has failed to act as a true national party. The APC has been unfair to Ndigbo. In 2015, the APC said we didn’t elect a senator who could have been made senate president. Now, in 2019, the APC recorded victories in the South East . "Instead of zoning the senate presidency position to the South East and anointing one of the ranking senators, the APC is again giving reasons. “How can the APC zone the senate presidency to the North West where it adopted Senator Ahmed Lawan, leaving out the Igbo which is one of the major tripods on which the Nigerian federation stands? We will not allow this great injustice to stand. There are qualified Igbo senators from the APC such as Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu who has the capacity to excel." ...As group backs Lawan, Gbaja for NASS leadership Oshiomhole’s legacies in the party. He maintained that the choices of Lawan and Gbajabiamila are square pegs in square holes for the legislative fortunes of the country. The group urged members-elect of the APC in the two chambers of the national assembly to display total loyalty to the supremacy of the party to avoid the repeat of the scenario of the 8th Assembly. Ogah also called on members-elect of other political parties to put the interest of the country above party politics and forge a common front that would promote cohesion and unity in the nation’s legislative arm. He said: “Ahmed Lawan has displayed maturity as the true leader that will unite the national assembly. He is a lover, an intelligent, humble and believer in one Nigeria. We should elect him as the Senate President because he has displayed love that he does not put party interest above national interest.”
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