Fayose berates DSS over PDP ex-governorship aspirant, Gbadamosi’s arrest

Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned the arrest and detention of a former governorship aspirant of the party in Lagos State, Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi, by operatives of Department of State Security (DSS), describing the arrest and detention as a continuation of the tyranny and barbarism of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government.

The governor, who decried the unwarranted arrest of Nigerians for merely expressing themselves on social media, warned that “nothing must happen to Mr Gbadamosi because up till today, the DSS has not told Nigerians why he (Gbadamosi) was arrested and being kept incommunicado, without access to his wife and doctor.”




In a statement issued on Saturday by is Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said the DSS must begin to act responsibly by desisting from treating Nigerians as if the country was under military dictatorship, adding that;




“It is only in a banana republic that someone will honour invitation of security agency, only for him to be bundled into any available plane and moved from Lagos to Abuja without telling anyone what his offences were.” He called for immediate release of Mr Gbadamosi, whom he described as a prominent and law abiding Nigerians that has contributed immensely to the economy of the country, saying; "If they have any issue with him, let the DSS charge him to court."The governor maintained that it was worrisome that the DSS has turned itself to an instrument of oppressor that is more interested in bullying any Nigerian who writes on social media against the APC led government than securing the country and its people.




Governor Fayose, who called on the international community, especially the Amnesty International to beam its searchlights on activities of the DSS, said; “So many Nigerians are languishing in the DSS detention across the country, with many of them being detained for as long as 18 months.




“For instance, the head of Nigeria's Islamic Movement (IMN), Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has been in detention since December 2015 despite that the court ruled that he should be released. Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has been in detention since October 2015 while former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has remained in DSS detention since December 2015.

“This to me is unacceptable under a democratic government and the international community must save Nigeria and its people from this tyranny.”

Founder of 'world's cheapest smartphone' firm arrested over fraud allegation

Mohit Goel, the director of Ringing Bells, the Indian firm which claimed to be selling the world’s cheapest smartphone, has been arrested on allegations of fraud.
The Indian Police Service arrested him after one of the phone’s distributors claimed it had not received handsets it had paid for.
The distribution company, Ayam Enterprises, who is accusing Ringing Bells of not fulfilling all of its orders. said it paid 3m rupees ($45K) after Mr Goel persuaded it to distribute the phone.


Police spokesman, Rahul Srivastava who confirmed the arrest to the BBC, and said that Mr Goel would appear in court on Friday, March 3, 2017.
'A number of similar complaints have been filed against him from other parts of the state. We want to investigate these claims thoroughly.
It's important for us to expose these scams because innocent people end up losing their hard-earned money.' He said


However, Ringing Bells which has been described as a 'ponzi scheme', first started taking money for the phones in February last year and promising delivery by June.


Many customers reportedly got their phones, while some didn't.


As some point, the demand for the cheap handset, which is sold through its own website, caused the company’s servers to crash.

Obama's former Chief White House photographer shades Trump's adminstration

President Barrack Obama's former Chief official White House photographer, Pete Souza, shared the photo above and wrote: "President Obama meets in the Situation Room for the first time with his national security team on Jan. 23, 2009. During eight years I documented probably more than 100 meetings in the Situation Room. Not sure if it gets much use now."

Photos: What happened when Toke stormed London on the 'On Becoming' tour

Author Toke Makinwa kicked off her 'On Becoming' European tour with a fan meet & greet for her UK fans Friday night at Revolution in London. The sold-out event doubled as a book-reading over cocktails and canapés. Toke said to the packed crowd:



“Although I never planned to write a book, sharing the 'On Becoming' project has brought me so much fulfillment. It has created a platform for me to connect and empower people with different experiences around the world”.
The event rounded up with a book signing session where guests got a chance to get a selfie with the media personality.

Cristiano Ronaldo warns girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez’s male friend to ‘be careful’ on Instagram

There are so many things we know Cristiano Ronaldo to be, but never did we expect him to be the jealous type. His girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, who he's been dating for some months now, uploaded a photo of herself and her male friend chilling together, but it seems the Real Madrid football star isn't too happy with his girl spending time with a male friend as he commented 'cuidado' a Spanish word which means 'be careful' or 'watch out' in English.

He also added some laughter smileys after the comment, so maybe he was just joking after all. Ronaldo, officially unveiled Georgina to the world as his woman during the FIFA Best awards last month, as she accompanied him to the event .

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