VIOLA DAVIS REJECTS TARGET’S APOLOGY OVER “BLACKFACE” HALLOWEEN COSTUME. (PHOTO).

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  Viola Davis Rejects Target’s Apology Over “Blackface” Halloween Costume Viola Davis has rejected Target’s apology after the retailer pulled a controversial kids’ Halloween costume that critics said evoked racist minstrel and blackface imagery. Target removed the $25 "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown" costume from its Hyde and EEK! Boutique line after backlash over the design’s exaggerated features, which many linked to Jim Crow-era minstrel and blackface tropes. The retailer took down the item and issued an apology, saying they “got this wrong” and acknowledging the deep hurt caused to Black customers and employees. Davis, however, turned down the apology. She argued that Target failed to grasp the historical weight and dehumanizing impact of the imagery. “...I do not believe that you understand the impact... the pain... the dehumanization of the above,” Davis said, adding that the incident showed the company was “not on her side” and that such imagery contribu...

EFCC ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ALLEGED $5M,N800M CYBER-SECURITY SOFTWARE INVESTMENT SCAM. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.



EFCC Arraigns Man For Alleged $5m, N800m Cyber-security Software Investment Scam

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 9, 2023, arraigned one Sennaike Opeoluwa before Justice O.A. Okunuga of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a six-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and possession of false documents. 

Opeoluwa was arraigned alongside his firm, Sennaike Consulting Limited for allegedly fraudulently obtaining the sums of $5 million and N800 million from unsuspecting members of the public.

He pleaded "not guilty" when the charges were read to him.

In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Ahmed Yerima, prayed the court for a trial date and for the remand of the defendant. 

The defence counsel, Akeem Akinroye, made an oral application for the bail of his client, arguing that "he doesn't constitute a flight-risk". 

Justice Okunuga, however, noted that the court was a court of records. 

The defendant was ordered to be remanded at the Correctional Centre, pending when a formal bail application would be brought before the court. 

The case was adjourned till June 28, 2023 for trial. 

One more photo below. 

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