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I Will Not Be Lenient With Pirates In 2026 – Bimbo Ademoye

David Folami — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:45:33 +0000

Nollywood actress Bimbo Ademoye has warned pirates ahead of the release of her YouTube movie “M&R.” She recently shared the message via her Instagram page, and fans have been reacting. According to her, pirates should steer clear of her upcoming project because it took a whole lot for her to come up with a good [...]

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Recording “Behind The Scenes” At The Cinema Is Piracy – Funke Akindele

David Folami — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:40:55 +0000

Nollywood filmmaker Funke Akindele has urged fans to stop recording and sharing scenes from her new movie, “Behind The Scenes.” She recently warned that piracy could hurt the project, and fans have been reacting. According to her, after seeing clips from cinema screenings circulating online, particularly from the United Kingdom, she can only stress that [...]

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Piracy Must Stop In Nigeria – NCC

David Folami — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 22:37:21 +0000

The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) has said it remains committed to eradicating piracy and stealing of intellectual properties in the nation. The Commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr. Vincent Oyefeso disclosed this today in Ilorin while speaking at the 30th anniversary of the establishment of NCC. According to him, piracy will not be tolerated and [...]

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I Will Tackle Piracy In Nigeria – Sanwo-Olu

David Folami — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 01:39:09 +0000

<img src="https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sanwowinner-640×451.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="451" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-228672" /Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said he is prepared to get rid of piracy in the state, to make sure the artistes and creative arts practitioners benefit from their work. Represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, Sanwo revealed this in a statement at the ‘Google [...]

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FG Is Committed To Fighting Piracy – Lai Mohammed

David Folami — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 03:32:06 +0000

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed noted on Monday in Abuja that the Federal Government is doing as promised and taking concrete steps to eradicate piracy of intellectual property. The minister said this when he opened the very first interface meeting of the Police and major stakeholders in the creative industry to [...]

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‘The Wedding Party’ To Lose Over N100m To Piracy?

David Folami — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 07:06:54 +0000

The Wedding Party producers have suffered a big blow as the high grossing Nigerian movie is now easily accessible to people across world. Pirated versions are now selling for N500 in Lagos, N400 in Benin, N300 in Abuja and Port Harcourt, and the cheapest price goes for N200 in Warri, Delta State. ‘500m naira is [...]

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“Game of Thrones” Battling Piracy

David Folami — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 04:26:10 +0000

Torrent Freak has released their yearly list of the most pirated television shows of 2016, with HBO’s hit show “Game of Thrones” taking the number one spot. Taking the number one spot for the fifth year running now, this year’s downloads was roughly on par with 2015 numbers, which was double of 2014’s eight million [...]

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There Is No Piracy In Nigeria – D’banj

David Folami — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 21:04:28 +0000

While speaking yesterday at the Music Week Africa conference yesterday, Nigerian music star D’banj was reported to have said that Nigeria has no piracy issues and he has never had any piracy issues. In his words, ‘Nigeria is the only country in the world that does not have piracy. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve [...]

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FG Plans To Tackle Piracy – Lai Mohammed

David Folami — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:24:59 +0000

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said his ministry would work with the relevant agencies of government to tackle piracy facing the entertainment industry. The minister who said this while meeting with some stakeholders in the movie industry in Lagos, also promised that the Federal Government would establish a national [...]

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Freeze Urges Nigerians To Burn All Pirated Products In Their Custody

David Folami — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:26:36 +0000

I watched the other night, with an immense sense of pride, the spectacularly creative piece of artwork, that has accumulated an assemblage of accolades, titled October 1 by Kunle Afolayan. I was utterly devastated that this same masterpiece suffered tremendously in the hands of pirates. The same goes for one of Nigeria’s finest comedian, Ayo [...]

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#Nigeria > Navy Takes Ownership Of New Warship To Combat Oil Theft and Piracy

Wale Adebayo — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 19:30:12 +0000

The Eastern Naval Command (ENC) of the Nigerian Navy in Calabar, Cross River, on Friday received a new warship, the NNS Centenary. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, who was on ground to receive it at the NNS Victory jetty, said the ship was the newest in the navy’s fleet. Ibas [...]

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Popcorn Time Makes Movie Piracy as Easy as Netflix

Ade Adewale — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:08:52 +0000

Not too long ago, you had to be a techno-wizard to engage in piracy. The act usually involved paying for access to Usenet’s servers, participating in complicated Newsgroups, and figuring out how to download the goods – all with usually painfully…

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Washington Federal Judge Rules an IP Address is Not Proof of Identity

Ade Adewale — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 15:50:12 +0000

A Washington federal judge this week ruled that an IP address can’t be used against you as evidence of piracy, or less specifically, your IP address can’t be used solely as evidence to drag you into a copyright infringement lawsuit. This federal…

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The Maritime Security Market 2013-2023 – Piracy, Shipping, Vessels and Seaport Security

Adewale A. — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 00:55:57 +0000

NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Maritime Security Market 2013-2023 - Piracy, Shipping, Vessels and Seaport Security http://www.reportlinker.com/p01906306…

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