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Arms Theft: Portugal’s Defence Minister Resigns Over Scandal
Portugal’s Defence Minister, Jose Alberto Azeredo Lopes, resigned Friday over a scandal which has seen senior figures in the military and police forces arrested over the theft of rockets, grenades, and cartridges from a military arms depot.
Lopes said he was stepping down to prevent the Portuguese armed forces from being “weakened by political attacks,” in his resignation letter cited by the Lusa news agency.
“I categorically deny having been informed of any cover-up operation to protect the perpetrators of the theft,” he added.
Senior military and paramilitary police officials were arrested last month on suspicion of offences including arms trafficking, criminal association, abuse of power, and the falsification of documents, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The arrests come more than a year after thieves broke into a military arms depot in Tancos, central Portugal, where security cameras had been out of order for two years.
Among those picked up, according to local media reports, was Luis Vieira, head of the military police.
They got away with 44 anti-tank rockets, 150 hand grenades, 18 tear gas grenades, and 1,450 nine-millimetre cartridges.
It was only an anonymous tip-off months after the July 2017 robbery that allowed police to recover most of the haul, which was hidden on waste ground a few dozen kilometres from Tancos.
Credit: AFP
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We like what you’re doing, scatter ADC more – Gbajabiamila tells ADC Rep
Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila has urged the National Leader of the Nafiu Gombe-led faction of the African Democratic Congress, ADC and House of Representatives member, Leke Abejide to continue causing problems in the party.
Gbajabiamila, who spoke during a birthday ceremony organized by the lawmaker, lauded Leke for “doing a great job” for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Chief of Staff urged the lawmaker to ignore APC members inviting him to join the ruling party.
He said, “Don’t come to APC. Stay in ADC and scatter them. We like what you’re doing. Don’t mind former governor Yahaya Bello, who said you should join APC.
“No, no, no, stay in ADC and win your election. Also, bring Bala Gombe, and we’ll support him. Good luck in court”.
Recall that ADC has been battling internal crises, splitting the party into two factions.
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VDM announces social media break, gives reason
Social media commentator Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, has announced a temporary withdrawal from all social media platforms.
He explained that the decision followed allegations that his content has been distracting Nigerian youths from holding the government accountable.
In a video posted on his Instagram handle, VDM said his decision was aimed at allowing young Nigerians to focus fully on protests and civic responsibility.
“Because of the allegations and accusations that it is my posts that have been distracting the Nigerian youths from holding the government accountable, I have decided to not post again on social media during this period,” he said.
He challenged other influencers, celebrities, and activists to take over the space during his absence, adding, “I would expect all influencers and celebrities and activists to use this opportunity to take over let’s watch and see.”
Explaining further in Pidgin, he stressed that he would completely step back from all platforms.
“I’ve made my decision that from today I am not going to be making any post on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube everywhere.
“I am going to leave you people, I am going to give you people time. That’s why I am not going to be posting.
“All the protest you want to do, everything that you want to do to hold the government accountable, VeryDarkMan is going to be taking a back stage,” he added.
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Don Jazzy reveals his problem with Ayra Starr, other GenZ artists
Ace music executive, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has revealed his major challenge with dealing with GenZ artists under his record label.
Speaking in an episode of Who’s In The House podcast, the Mavin Records boss lamented that his major challenge with dealing with GenZ artists is their reluctance to promote their music passionately on their social media pages.
He explained that a lot of GenZ artists are adamant about flooding their pages with their musical contents because they are more concerned about the aesthetics of their social media pages.
Don Jazzy disclosed that the issue sometimes causes disagreement between him and his artists, especially the established ones.
“I fight with my artists all the time because of their reluctance to post their muscat contents on their social media pages. I’m also fighting with my niece, who is into entertainment, for the same issue.
“I don’t know who told GenZ that it is not okay to post your work excessive on social media. They want to keep a clean page and don’t want to post or promote themselves. Especially Ayra Starr, who will tell me it’s imposter syndrome,” he lamented.
The music executive urged artists to always showcase their works online at any given opportunity.
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