12 December 2021
We suspended 'Eternals' in Nigeria due to 'gay kiss'
Adedayo Thomas, made this known at the Blue Pictures Entertainment Next Gen Mini Conference. He said: "I am a liberal person but I am standing before you as the executive director of the NFVCB and everything about the law has to be effected. he also confirmed that the controversial kissing scene between two gay characters influenced the suspension.
"I had to stopp it before it was released because there is a gay kiss, man to man kiss and that is against the country's ethics. It is against our cultural and moral values. at that point, Disney said they were not going to do anything about it and I refused to budge and when I didnt budge, other countries too joined and we succedded because Disney had it edited out."
Filmone Entertainment, which is the sole distributor of Disney-owned movies in Nigeria released a statement, following the suspension, stating that the film has returned to the screens. The distribution company has, however, refused to issue a statement on the circumstances leading to the film's suspension and subsequent censorship.
'Eternals' continues to ignite debates especially in countries that are hostile to LGBTQ rights.
5 December 2021
Justice for Sylvester
Today I join other Nigerians to demand justice for the 12 years old student of Dowen College, Lagos, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr who died from the injuries he sustained from being bullied in the school by other students. this is an extremely sensitive topic and I want everyone to be open-minded.
I personally went to a boarding school and seniority in boarding school was always a thing but it only revolved around fetching water, cutting grasses, sweeping portions, and kneeling down. I am of the opinion that what happened to this poor 12yr old is a reflection of our society. you see, children in general, are very fast learners and they learn from what they see and hear around them most especially from their parents. because I do not understand why 5 senior students will go into a hostel and beat up a junior student kick him, step on him, give him a chemical substance to drink, and then threaten if he or any of the witnesses say anything other than the boy was injured in a football game would be in trouble. this is what they have seen done before and the people that did it got away with it and that is why they have the guts to try it.
today I stand with the word and I say that these boys must be brought to book and they need to face the law! they must serve time for this wickedness.
theses are the aledged faces of some of the senior students that bullied Sylvester.
I watched the emotional interview of the father on BBC and punch and I was heartbroken. I am not here to assign blames but I have questions......
I understand that because the boy was scared for his life and that is why he did not say the truth about what happened early enough but looking at that boy I believe that the first action of the person the father sent to pick his son should have been to take him straight to the hospital. the school sickbay must have called because the boy needed more medical attention but he was taken home and didn't get the medical that he needed.
my conclusion is that not that this boy was bullied but our society killed this boy. i remembered the father said they had a doctor do xray of the leg because he said he was injured from playing football........common which doctor gets a report of symptoms of fall/injuries from football and bleeding from the mouth and doesnt suspect internal injury and done a full xray?
like i said earlier, the society cut this boy's life short but that not withstanding, bulling and acts of wickedness needs to stop and the boys that perpetrated this evil must be brought to book.
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