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Nigerian government launches investigation Into Big Brother

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The Big Brother Nigeria 2017 Housemates at the beginning of the show.

Nigerian government says it is investigating why the reality TV series Big Brother Nigeria, which was re-launched on Sunday as Big Brother Naija, is being shot in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is to investigate why the event could not hold on Nigerian soil.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, asked the NBC to determine whether Multi-Choice has breached the Nigerian Broadcasting Code in any way, by shooting the show in South Africa, as well as the issue of possible deceit, since the viewing public was never told that the event would be staged outside Nigeria.

“As a country of laws, only the outcome of the investigation will determine our next line of action,” the statement signed by Mohammed’s spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi, said on Tuesday.

Nigerians have condemned the decision by South African company, Multichoice, the organisers, the move the show elsewhere.

Multichoice, organisers of the Big Brother Naija Reality TV show, said hosting the show in South Africa would enable it achieve high production and meet timelines.

A statement issued by Caroline Oghuma on behalf of the company explained that the shooting of the show in South Africa would enable it use its fully equipped house.

“‎We have a fully equipped house in South Africa, which is used for the Big Brother shows.

“This means that we are able to achieve high production values whilst meeting tight timelines and ensuring the show comes to our viewers on time as planned, and with the same globally renowned quality.

“The house has played host to other Big Brother countries including; the general Big Brother Africa, Mozambique, Angola and now Nigeria,” the statement quoted Oghuma as saying.

Big Brother Naija debuted in 2006.

After a 10-year break, Big Brother Nigeria, a reality TV show in which 12 contestants called housemates lived in an isolated house and competed for a large cash prize, made its way to the screens again as Big Brother Nigeria.

NAN reports that the Big Brother Naija is a special Nigerian version of the continental show Big Brother Africa.

It was specially coined to suit the viewing interest of the Nigerian viewers who largely expressed displeasure over the controversial “Shower Hour” and nudity.

John Ugbe, the Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday that the return of the reality show was based on popular demand by people who wanted it back.

He said “the show has been well developed following the successes of past seasons of Big Brother Africa.

 

 

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Tycoon Lwasa cited in stolen car saga

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Badru Kasadah
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HANDED OVER: The Benz together with a motor cycle and Land Cruiser registered UAS 966W was handed over yesterday to Uganda’s Ambassador to Rwanda, Richard Kabonero by the Police Commissioner for Operations and Public Order, Emmanuel Butera, at the RNP General Headquarters in Kacyiru.

Renowned events promoter, tycoon Emmanuel Lwasa of Lwasa Events who is also rumoured to be in a relationship with musician Desire Luzinda is popularly known for his flashy cars.

Lwasa’s Mercedes Benz
Lwasa at home

However, it has turned out that one of his cars was stolen.  This all began when his luxurious car, a Mercedes Benz with customised registration number LWASA4 was intercepted at Gatuna border as some people tried to sneak it into Rwanda.

President Yoweri Museveni shakes hands with Tycoon Emmanuel Lwasa
The Toyota Land Cruiser

The Rwanda police said that according to Interpol, the car was stolen from South Africa and it was listed on a notice on the I-24/7 system, which connects all the 190 Interpol member countries.

Another of Lwasa’s cars

The Benz, together with a motor cycle and Land Cruiser registered UAS 966W was handed over yesterday to Uganda’s Ambassador to Rwanda, Richard Kabonero by the Police Commissioner for Operations and Public Order, Emmanuel Butera, at the RNP General Headquarters in Kacyiru.

The Mercedes Benz was intercepted in May, the motorcycle later in November, while the Land Cruiser was recovered in December.

They were all at the time attempting to cross into Rwanda through Gatuna border post.

Previously, Interpol also impounded cars belonging to among other people singer Leila Kayondo and Pastor Namutebi.

 

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Jammeh seeks refuge in Equatorial Guinea

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IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA? Gambian President Yahaya Jammeh seems to be pondering on what step next after he rejected presidential poll results.

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed it is hosting ousted Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh, who fled his country after West African troops threatened to remove him by force if he did not concede his election defeat.

In a statement sent out to journalists, Information Minister Eugenio Nse Obiang confirmed that Jammeh was in the country. He gave no further details.

Jammeh plunged Gambia into turmoil in December when he refused to accept losing to Adama Barrow, demanding a new poll.

But the former soldier finally relinquished power on Saturday under strong diplomatic pressure backed up by several thousand West African troops who crossed into Gambia and were poised to enforce the election result.

Many Gambians are angry that Jammeh fled into what they assume to be a luxurious exile rather than face trial for alleged human rights abuses.

Gambia’s parliament on Tuesday revoked a state of emergency that Jammeh had imposed last week before he fled, as the tiny West African country slowly recovered from its political crisis.

“The National Assembly hereby resolved … to approve the revocation of the declaration of the state of public emergency,” said majority leader Fabakary Tombong Jatta of the unanimous vote.

Barrow has not yet returned to Gambia from neighboring Senegal, where he took the oath of office on Thursday. He is due back in Gambia’s capital Banjul in the coming days.

The turmoil prompted some 76,000 people to flee to Senegal. The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said about 8,000 had returned home and more were expected to follow.

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Bill Gates could become the first trillionaire – Oxfam

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Our Reporter and Agencies
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Billionaire philanthropist Henry Bill Gates III

The world might get the first trillionaire in the 21st century. According to a hypothetical analysis by Oxfam, with an 11 per cent annual growth rate since 2009, Microsft founder Bill Gates could become a trillionaire in the next 25 years in 2042, when he is aged 86.

Oxfam, an international network of organizations collectively working to alleviate global poverty, recently published a report with findings that eight billionaires from around the globe have as much money as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world’s population.

When Gates left Microsoft in 2006, his net worth was $50 billion, according to Oxfam. By 2016, his wealth had increased to $75 billion (currently estimated at US$84b), ‘despite his commendable attempts to give it away through his Foundation’, the report says.

In addition to the charitable work Gates does through his personal foundation, he is one of the founding members of The Giving Pledge, a commitment from some of the richest individuals in the world to give away more than half of their worth.

“In such an environment, if you are already rich, you have to try hard not to keep getting a lot richer,” Oxfam notes.

 

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Kenya accused of ‘kidnapping’ Machar officials again

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COMPLICIT? Presidents Salva Kiir of South Sudan and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya. Photo/gurtong.net

Kenya has been accused of kidnapping two South Sudanese opposition figures for being vocal against South Sudan’s government, a senior rebel official has reportedly said in Nairobi.

Media sources say the official, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal, said Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri were kidnapped on two separate occasions.

The source described the reported kidnapping as ‘well-coordinated’, adding that Luak, a lawyer and activist, was picked up Monday evening at his house by Kenyan individuals who identified themselves to him as police officers, while Mr. Idri, who is the chairman of the SPLM-IO humanitarian affairs national committee, was picked up on the following morning.

The opposition official blasted Kenya for not upholding ‘international refugee law’, accusing the Kenyan government of actively collaborating with the South Sudan government to locate and kidnap any South Sudanese who opposes ‘Salva Kiir’s tyrannical regime’.

“We have overwhelming evidence that Kiir’s tyrannical regime pays some Kenyan MPs, I don’t think there is any doubt about that,” asserted the rebel official, and added: “So, the bribed Kenyan MPs covertly work with Kiir’s agents in Kenya to locate, kidnap, and deport any individual Juba sees a threat.”

The official also wondered why Kenya allows abduction of South Sudanese on her soil and accuses some Kenyan MPs of being known paid agents of Juba.

“We would like to know why Kenyan government allows her MPs to be on the payroll of a bloody regime while serving Kenyans at the same time. We would also like to know why Kenya is not protecting South Sudanese who fled the country because of the ongoing civil war,” the rebel official added.

In November 2016, Kenyan police ‘abducted’ rebel Spokesman James Gatdet Dak and deported him to Juba.

The SPLM-IO official disclosed that Luak and Idri are now being held at a jail and refused to elaborate the further.

The South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) contacted Kenyan police but was told to contact the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) instead.

 

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Barrow return delayed by chemical poisoning at Gambia State House

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Our Reporter and Agencies
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Gambian President Adama Barrow

The return to Gambia of President Adama Barrow has been delayed after soldiers serving under ECOWAS discovered that all the air conditioners in State House were loaded with a toxic chemical which was meant to poison the occupants of any of the rooms.

According to media sources, the guards who were at the State House in Banjul until Sunday morning are currently being questioned by ECOWAS military officers.

President Barrow is currently in Senegal, where he fled to after former president Yahaya Jammeh refused to hand over power following a defeat at the December 1 elections.

Meanwhile, both security and diplomatic sources said that ECOWAS forces in The Gambia have reported a large cache of sophisticated arms and ammunition missing from State House.

Embattled former President Jammeh left the country on Sunday morning after ECOWAS threatened to storm the Gambia and oust him forcefully. He has since sought refuge in an undisclosed country.

 

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Sacked ISO boss hands over office Friday

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Francisco Adongo
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Brig. Ronnie Balya. Photo credit/URN.

The former Director General of Internal Security Organisation, Brig. Ronnie Balya is slated to handover office on Friday, January 27 to the incoming DG, Col. Frank Bagyenda Kaka.

Sources told EagleOnline that the ceremony is to be presided over by Security Minister Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde. Gen. Tumukunde supervisors ISO and the Col. Bagyenda will report to him as a line minister.

Bagyenda was retired at the rank of Major and was promoted to Colonel while in retirement. He participated in the 1981-86 war that brought President Museveni to power and upon capturing power, Bagyenda was posted to Military Police before he was moved to Directorate of Military Intelligence.

Bagyenda, who hails from Ibanda district, retired from the army in the mid-1990s and went into private business (tourism sector) where he runs a tourist site in Kalangala.

He is reported to be among the officers that we are sidelined (katebe) in the 1990s.

 

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Banyenzaki rates highly in EALA race

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Francisco Adongo
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RATED HIGHLY: Former Minister for Economic Monitoring Henry Banyezaki with other EALA contestants including Fred Mukasa Mbidde, Susan Nakawuki and Mathias Kasamba.

Former Minister of State for Economic Monitoring Henry Banyenzaki has intensified lobbying amongst Members of Parliament, winning the hearts of the Buganda Caucus to have him elected among the 10 EALA representatives.

Political parties, independent MPs and special groups in Parliament are have busied themselves in efforts to fill the 10 positions reserved for Uganda.

Politicians intending to vie for those positions have started campaigns and among them is Banyenzaki who represented Rubanda West in the 9th, 10th and 11th Parliament.

Banyenzaki, who is well known for his strong opinions on public matters and led the ‘NRM rebel MPs’, says he is to champion trade, agriculture amongst the people of the East African region.

“I am convinced that EALA is a good platform for us to market what we are good at and in this case, we are better placed as Uganda to do trade and market our agricultural produce since we have an added advantage over other countries in the region. And basing on the above, I will champion trade and agriculture if elected to represent Uganda,” Mr. Banyenzaki exclusively told EageOnline.

EagleOnline understands that Banyenzaki, former Nyabushozi legislator Mary Mugyenyi, who also previously served as Minister for Agriculture and Animal Industry and former Makerere University Guild President Sarah Kagingo are rating high above other contestants in the Western Region.

A holder of a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences and Masters Degree in Sector Planning and Management, Banyezaki has held several positions of responsibilty in Uganda and eslewhere on the globe including being a Board Advisor East Africa on the American Chamber of Commerce in Texas, USA.

 

 

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Eddy Kenzo records collabo with Jamaican superstar

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Badru Kasadah
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Continental superstar Eddy Kenzo has scooped a collabo with renowned Jamaican American reggae singer and songwriter, Alaine.

We have learned the two have finished their recordings in studio and it’s a matter of time the song to hit the continent.

The song which has been titled ‘Addicted’ is set to come out in two days’ time.

Previously Alaine recorded a song ‘Nakupenda Pia’ with Kenya’s Wyre a couple of years back. The song is one of the biggest songs to have come out of East Africa.

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City socialite pays Koffi Olomide to perform at his birthday

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Badru Kasadah
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Pemba dashing money

Congolese music legend, Koffi Olomide is set to perform in Uganda soon.

But unlike his previous shows in the country that were open to the public, this will be at an exclusive party.

His services have been paid for by city socialite, Jack Pemba. We have learnt that the ‘selfie’ musician will perform in Uganda on Pemba’s 45 birthday set for February 3, 2017. Word has it that Pemba coughed Shs71million for Olomide’s services.

The last time Koffi Olomide held a show in Uganda was in 2014 at Lugogo Cricket Oval. The show was a sell-out. He was set to hold a mega show in Kenya last year though, he was deported shortly after arrival in Nairobi when he assaulted one of his dancers, an incident that attracted public outcry amongst Kenyans and human right activists.

He denied the woman having been part of his crew, maintaining she was an aggressor. He was briefly arrested and released a week later before being deported.

 

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