Bode Gbadebo

Online Editor, LEADERSHIP Newspapers

['Fisayo Soyombo @fisayosoyombo]

Good morning, @customsNG.

The three men you see in this video were involved in alerting your men to the smuggled rice and petrol seized by your men overnight last Tuesday to Wednesday in Oja-Odan.

Can you then explain how the identities of these men who tipped you off about the crime became known to smugglers, consequently earning them the beating of their lives?

What does it say about your supposed anti-smuggling war that tipping you off is no different from tipping smugglers off?

Who are the Customs officers who snitched on their colleagues and on these men?

Will you ever find the thugs who dehumanised and tortured their fellow humans in this manner or will they go scot-free?

Not like we don’t know the answers; there’s a reason I rechristened you the Nigeria Customs Smuggling!

WARNING: Some viewers will find the following videos disturbing.

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@DaveTorty Fake

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@General_Somto Fake people everywhere

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@Clinic4Journos @masondan @nigeriaLNG @araisokun @PeluAwofeso @AnyasoCynthia @negusa_nagast @etuka_2 @NdubuisiOrji7 @samson_lydia @EnergyFuse_Ella @EllaAnokam @missvivabrown @Ganzy1 @glomayen01 @UNEvans @BennethJoshua1 @masondan Helping to change our stories. Guy man!

[TheJournalismClinic @Clinic4Journos]

#NLNGChangeYourStory #digitaljournalism training, sponsored @nigeriaLNG

Day 2 workshops & class work loading ...

@samson_lydia @AsiwajuBode @Cristianiesjane @glomayen01 @EnergyFuse_Ella @IgonorDorcas @EllaAnokam @etuka_2 Are you ready?

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

Nice one

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

With the UK-based multimedia journalist/Resource Person @masondan ready for action at the NLNG ChangeYourStory training at @Clinic4Journos

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@Clinic4Journos @araisokun @masondan @AnnePalmerIkuku @Aremoyemi @nigeriaLNG @yatiki77 @PeluAwofeso The privilege is my pleasure

[TheJournalismClinic @Clinic4Journos]

@AsiwajuBode (LEADERSHIP) will be at the next #NLNGChangeYourStory #digitaljournalism training, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited

He is looking to the series of workshops to improve his mastery of #multimedia reporting in a fast-changing media landscape.

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@masondan @Clinic4Journos Can't to meet you and learn

[Dan Mason @masondan]

Really excited to be heading for #Abuja next week for a special edition of #NLNGChangeYourStory, after a great training programme in #Lagos for 29 journalists. It's all about mobile, multimedia and using the power of journalism to make a positive impact. Bring it on!

[TheJournalismClinic @Clinic4Journos]

We're glad to have @Ganzy1 (Vision FM) join the next cohort of #NLNGChangeYourStory #digitaljournalism training, sponsored @nigeriaLNG

With the training, he hopes to learn how to tell multimedia stories in more compelling and immersive ways.

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@Clinic4Journos @KehindeAkintol3 @nigeriaLNG @araisokun @AnnePalmerIkuku @Aremoyemi @yatiki77 @masondan Can't wait to meet you at the @Clinic4Journos Mr Akintola

[TheJournalismClinic @Clinic4Journos]

We're glad to have @KehindeAkintol3 (Nigeria Tribune) as a participant at the next #NLNGChangeYourStory #digitaljournalism training, sponsored @nigeriaLNG

Being at the workshop, he says, will help his investigative skills and equip him to impact journalism in Nigeria.

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

@Clinic4Journos @nigeriaLNG @araisokun @Aremoyemi @AnnePalmerIkuku @yatiki77 @PeluAwofeso @masondan Fantastic!

[TheJournalismClinic @Clinic4Journos]

And come August we'll be having the second cohort, comprising journos, selected from different media houses across the country -- spanning print, online, radio and television... /3

[TheJournalismClinic @Clinic4Journos]

In June, we hosted a group of Nigerian journalists (picture attached) to a days-long #digitaljournalism training, sponsored @nigeriaLNG

This news report summarises it well enough... /2

#NLNGChangeYourStory

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[Reno Omokri @renoomokri]

If you want the Naira to appreciate in value, do these twenty things.

1.Instead of MTN, Airtel or Etisalat, use Glo
2.Instead of Mercedes, Range Rover, or Honda, buy Innoson
https://t.co/BQnll70RVa Air Peace over Air France, KLM, or Lufthansa
https://t.co/LbIiI1rlfg at First Bank, UBA, GTBank, and Zenith over Stanbic
https://t.co/3KqOm2fGWm AriseTV, Channels and NTA over Multichoice DSTV
https://t.co/wED9RQUb8W Dangote and Ibeto cement, and avoid Chinese brands
https://t.co/zASZwbJaGL and buy Enyimba FC, Kano Pillars, and 3SC over Manchester United, Barcelona, PSG, and Napoli
https://t.co/n33INSX9vb music of Nigerian origin from streaming sites instead of downloading foreign artistes
9.Patronise DAKOVA, Mai Atafo, Mudi Africa, and JADZ Couture (maker of my babanriga and agbada. Show her some love on [phone]) over Armani, Gucci, Balenciaja, and Louis Vuitton
10.Drink palm wine over champagne, Hennessy, Scotch Whiskey, and Irish Cream
https://t.co/SZXZHMh47p with your local market woman instead of at Shoprite
https://t.co/OthgOyg8lB and eat only made in Nigeria rice, and let Thailand eat their rice
13.Consider cassava bread over bread made with foreign-grown wheat
https://t.co/mUcJDDwper Zinox PCs, laptops, and tablets
15.Instead of Birdseye custard, Quaker oats, and Kellogg's cereals, drink akamu, pap, and ogi
16.Leave KFC, and patronise Mr Bigg's, Tantalizers, and Mama Put
17.Stop using Holland Wax, and imported George and wrapper. Use Kaduna textiles, aso oke, Akwete cloth, and other local textiles
https://t.co/J1X7XsWXBF less Hollywood and Bollywood movies, and go for Nollywood and Kannywood
https://t.co/ZGU2LIJBwR and honeymoon in Obudu Cattle Ranch, Yankari Games Reserve, Ikogosi Warm Springs, and attend Argungu Fishing Festival
20.Reject imported frozen fish, meat and dairy products and buy fresh produce from local producers

Nobody is coming to save Nigeria. It is only Nigerians that will save Nigeria. Local brands may or may not be as good as foreign ones, but with continued patronage, they will improve in quality. Buy them, and your Naira will rise along with your personal happiness and the international rating of the green Nigerian passport. Your value is tied to Nigeria's value. Buy Nigerian and Nigeria's foreign reserves, trade balances, and debt to GDP ratio will automatically improve.

#TableShaker

[Bode Gbadebo @AsiwajuBode]

Going To Shanty Town - A town without a hall.

[hope eghagha @heghagha1]

While the world, including Nigeria, fittingly celebrated the passing of football icon Pele, here is one-time goalkeeper of our National Team from 1966 to 1983, Peter Fregene AKA The Flying Cat languishing in penury!