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US election: Trump raises alarm over voting machines Afolabi Gambari

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epublican Party’s candidate in yesterday’s US Presidential election, Donald

Trump cited voting machine malfunctions, even as he again refused to say whether he would concede the election if he lost. “There are reports that when someone votes Re-

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publican the entire ticket switches over to Democrat,” he said, stressing, “It’s the machines.” There was in fact a single report out of Lebanon, CONTINUED ON PAGE 4>>

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he new panel constituted to hear all appeals emanating from the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will on Thursday, decide on whether or not it has jurisdiction to preside over all the appeals before it. The three member panel, presided over by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa, fixed the date after counsel to the concerned parties concluded arguments in respect of their applications at the resumed hearing yesterday. Justice Salauwa, who thanked all the parties for their cooperation, reaffirmed the commitment of the panel to speedily dispense all the cases before it in a manner that justice will be served on everybody. He said: “I want to thank all the counsel for CONTINUED ON PAGE 2>>

FG re-arraigns Kanu, 3 others for treasonable offences P.7 Hillary Clinton greets supporters after casting her vote in Chappaqua, N.Y. (Inset) Voters line up at a polling site to cast their ballots, in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn in New York, United States, yesterday. PHOTO: USA TODAY

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their cooperation which has made the sittings hitch free so far. “We want to assure you that we will not waste time in dispensing this case as we all have, waiting for us, our primary assignments in our respective divisions.” It would be recalled that PDP chairman in the state, Prince Biyi Poroye, had filed a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the panel to go ahead in hearing the matter. Poroye through his counsel, Ben Nwofor, SAN, had hinged his prayers in pursuance to Section 36

of the 1999 Constitution and Order 7, Rule 1 of the Court of Appeal. He told the court that the decision to set up a special panel to hear the motion was against the decision of the rules of the court. He said: “The decision to set up a special panel was made by the Court of Appeal president on administrative ground. “She ought to have asked for our response upon getting the request for the constitution of the new panel.” He urged the court to refuse the application on grounds that it was quasi

criminal in nature. But opposing the application, counsel representing Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, Chief Wole Olanipekun, prayed the court to dismiss the motion on the basis of the motion itself. He said there was no counter affidavit before the court to challenge their submissions, and that the appellant in a letter asked the president of the court to constitute a new panel. He submitted that the court could not act in speculation, adding that since the President of the Court of Appeal is not a party before the panel,

its decision could neither be set aside nor appealed against. He urged the court to refuse the application on the grounds that it was a deliberate attempt to truncate justice and subvert judicial process. The panel also yesterday, heard two applications filed by the Ahmed Markafi-led faction of the party against Benson Akingboye in the just concluded elections in Edo State. While one of the applications bothering on the Edo election was adjourned indefinitely, following a pending motion

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Senate probes alleged N12.4bn contract scam in CCB George Oji ABUJA

enate has directed a comprehensive investigation into allegation of contract scam involving the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB. Specifically, the Senate has directed investigation into the alleged misappropriation and abuse of due processes in two separate contracts amounting to N8bn and N4.4bn for the purpose of building and acquiring permanent official residences for the bureau. The investigation is to be undertaken by the Senate joint committees on Procur ement; Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions as well as the committee on Federal Capital Territory, which was given

two weeks within which to report back to plenary. The lawmakers’ decision followed the adoption of the prayers contained in a motion sponsored by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West). In his lead presentation, Melaye alleged that CCB gave an approval for the revised contract sum for construction of one block of nine-storey building from the originally valued sum of N3.5bn to N8.7bn. He said the Bureau later abandoned the N8bn project, after it had spent some N1.470bn on it to initiate the process of procuring another one at N4.4bn. “The Senate is invited to note that the Code of Conduct Bureau, after spending over N1bn on the

construction of the office complex headquarters with complete approval by the FCDA, with design by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, and supervision ongoing by the FCT, has opted to purchase a completed nine storey building located in the Central Business District of Abuja just as the abandoned one is also located in the same Business District. “The Bureau, apart from the ongoing construction project of the headquarters, which was evaluated and awarded in the sum of N3,509,327,405, out of which a total sum of N1,407,263,884, so far, representing 16 per cent of the contract sum has been paid, while the cumulative job done as at to date is estimated at 10 per

cent. “In spite of the due releases to the Bureau, in the 2016 budget, the Bureau went for the sum of N4.4bn to buy the nine storey building,” Melaye said. The lawmaker said the action of CCB in the whole exercise is not expected of an institution that is supposed to protect and watch over the finance of the society by checking corrupt practices in the public service. Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at yesterday’s session, however stopped senators from contributing to the debate on the motion because according to him, any debate on the issue could amount to pre-judgment. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

on the case at the Supreme Court, the other application was adjourned till Thursday. Fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the matter was adjourned, counsel to Poroye, Nwofor, said the matter could not go on until the issue bothering on jurisdiction raised by him was resolved. In a related development, Plateau State governor and Chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Campaign in Ondo State, Simon Lalong, yesterday said his party would accept if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it could conduct the November 26 gubernatorial poll in Ondo State for security reasons. Speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Lalong said his party was ready for the election. Lalong was reacting to threat by Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, that election could not take place in a situation where the state was in crisis. He said: “I don’t like joining issues with the incumbent because he is not contesting election; he is not the candidate for Ondo (governorship election). “I have said here that if they have issues within their party, they should go and resolve that issue within PDP, this (election) is not a PDP matter, in that election it’s not only PDP that is contesting election, other political parties are engaged in contesting the election and the Chief Electoral Officer is the INEC. “If INEC comes and says we are not going to conduct election because of some security issues we will accept, but as far as we are concerned, we are not worried about what other political parties would say. “For APC, we are ready to contest the election. We have a candidate and we are going into the elections in November.” Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to do their utmost in en-

suring violence-free elections in Ondo and Rivers states. A statement issued yesterday by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said Buhari spoke at a state dinner in Benin, Edo State on Monday. The president said the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Ondo and national and State Assembly rerun elections in Rivers would serve as a litmus test for the general elections in 2019. “What happened in (the last elections) Kogi, Bayelsa and Rivers states disturbs me a lot. “I think we should go beyond these actions. Why do we kill each other? Putting tyres on people and setting them ablaze. “I have told law enforcement agencies, if we can’t conduct an election in one state then we should forget about 2019,” the president said. Acknowledging the role played by outgoing Governor Adams Oshiomhole in ensuring the success of the APC in the last gubernatorial elections in the state, Buhari challenged the Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, to continue in Oshiomhole’s footsteps of providing purposeful leadership in terms of quality infrastructure, education and social services. “The publicity your predecessor has given his performance is going to stretch you to the limit. “Considering what he has done, you have to continue in his footsteps. We wish you the best of luck and will do our best to support you,” the President said. On the current economic challenges in the country, the president assured Nigerians that his administration was working hard on diversification of the economy to limit the country’s overdependence on oil over the years. “This country has incredible mineral resources. All we need is to believe in ourselves so that we can have and leave a better Nigeria for our children and grandchildren,” the president said.

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Judgegate: FG files 9-count charge against Ngwuta Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

ederal Government yesterday filed a 9-count criminal charge of money laundering and corruption against Justice Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, a serving justice of the Supreme Court. The 65 years old jurist is currently on suspension. Following allegations of corruption against Justice Ngwuta, the Department of State Services, DSS, started investigation into his activities, which culminated in the execution of a search warrant in his official residence on 8th October 2016. The defendant, in the information filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja by

the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, was alleged to have retained in his possession N35, 358, 000 contrary to the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended). It was also alleged that the defendant retained in his possession $319,596.00 and 25, 915 pounds, all of which, according to the prosecutors formed part of the proceeds of unlawful act contrary to the Money Laundering Act. The sums, including 280.00r, currency of The Gambia were recovered from the judge. The search, according to the prosecutors, also revealed four diplomatic passports, one official and two standard Nigerian

passports all in the name of the defendant. The accused judge was alleged to have obtained multiple passports, contrary to Section 10 of the Immigration Act, 2015 and punishable under the same Section. He was alleged to have made false statement to the passport office con-

cerning his date of birth for the purpose of procuring an additional Diplomatic Passport for himself. He was also alleged to have in his possession two valid Diplomatic Passports, thereby committed an offence under Section 10 of the Immigration Act. One of the counts reads:

“Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, adult, “M”, 65 years of No. 2 Yellow Houses, Supreme Court Quarters, Off Shehu Shagari Way, Central District, Abuja, on or about the 8th day of October, 2016 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, retained in your possession the sum of N35, 358, 000.00, which

sum forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) Of the Money Laundering ( Prohibition) Act 2011 (as amended)”. The case is yet to be assigned to a judge as at the time of filing in this report.

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Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, that between 5 and 6 machines had malfunctioned and switched a straight-Republican ticket to a straight-Democrat ticket. The problem is a familiar one, and is just as likely to switch votes from Democrat to Republican as otherwise. The board of elections in Lebanon said it had repaired the machines, which were brought to their attention by voters who saw that their vote had been registered incorrectly by the touchscreen voting machine. “This happens every election,” Computer Science Professor at Stanford University, David Dill, who had spoken out against voting processes that rely too heavily on technology, especially in the voting booth, said yesterday. “It’s admitted by the local officials, who say they’ve fixed the problem.

“Touchscreen machines have a reported problem of vote-flipping. The usual explanation for this is that the machines are calibrated wrong so when you touch it in one place, it registers in another place.” Votes tilting to Democrats–Trump In a curious twist yesterday, Donald Trump h claimed that voting machines in various places switched votes from Republican to Democrat. The billionaire said he would have to “see how things play out” before accepting the results of Election Day, pointing to possible irregularities as he once again warned of a rigged system. “We are going to see how things play out today. Hopefully they will play out well and hopefully we won’t have to worry about it, meaning hopefully we’ll win,” Trump said, adding, “I want to see everything honest.”

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He said: “Distinguished colleagues, I want to advise that since it is still an allegation, if we subject this to debate, it may be prejudicing the outcome of the investigation. “This Senate recognises the absolute need

for the Bureau to have a befitting office. I think the issue now is whether there is an ongoing project being abandoned in preference to purchasing an existing one. We are here to ensure that public finances are appropriately spent.”

L-R President Muhammadu Buhari, Edo State govenor, Adams Oshimhole and Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, cutting the tape to commission the Edo University, Iyamoh, as part of the two days working visit to Edo State, yesterday.

Army kills 2, repels attack by Niger Delta Avengers

he Joint Military Force deployed to the Niger Delta, Operation Delta Safe said it successfully repelled an attack by Niger Delta Avengers at a gas facility in Delta State and killed two pirates in ongoing operations in the region. This was made known by spokesman of the Joint Force Lt-Col. Olaolu Daudu in a statement made available in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State yesterday. Daudu said that the operations were carried out between Saturday and yesterday. “Troops deployed at Delta State while on watch at the Nigeria Gas Company Outpost in Batan/Egwa Area of Warri South West Local Government of Delta State encountered suspected militants who claimed to be members of Niger Delta Avengers. “They came in two 200 Horsepower Speed capacity boats but were subsequently engaged and repelled. Effort is ongoing to apprehend the criminals. “Troops also rescued a passenger boat from sea robbers at Idoro River in Ozobo Community, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State. “While trying to escape, the sea robbers’ boat collided with that of the passenger boat and capsised.

“Four of the suspected sea robbers were arrested. However, four locally made double barrel guns belonging to the suspects fell into the river. “Efforts are ongoing to recover the guns while suspects are in custody for further investigation,” Daudu stated. He also said that troops on patrol at Asugbo Tibigbene and Beneth River, Warri South Local Government Area impounded a wooden boat carrying 53 drums of illegally refined substance at

Asugbo. Also, troops while on clearance operation at Yorkiri, Obotobo, Chamomi Creek Okerenkoko and Open River, arrested a Cotonou boat conveying Jerrycans for possible loading of substance. The spokesman said that in another development troops arrested a 21-year-old man, Usman Jafar, an indigene of Adamawa State, who had been parading himself as a serving soldier. The suspect allegedly

robbed Atima Aghogho along Ajanuga Road and the following items were also recovered from him, one fake Nigerian Army Identity Card, one First Bank of Nigeria ATM Card and an iphone belonging to one of his victims. “Following a tip off, troops in conjunction with members of Petroleum Task Force conducted a raid at Ifieporo community in Warri South Local Government and discovered an area used for storage of stolen petroleum products.

Bandits kill 36 miners in Zamfara

olice in Zamfara State yesterday confirmed that several people were killed by gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers at a mining site in Gidan Ardo village of Bindin district of Maru Local Government Area. State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Shehu Muhammad, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Gusau, said investigation into the killing had just begun. He said the anti-terrorism squad of the command had already been deployed to the area to join the Army in trailing the gunmen and gave assurance that they would soon be arrested. Eyewitnesses in the area said the gunmen, numbering

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over 70, rode into the mining site at about 3 p.m. and shot anyone in sight, killing over 40 persons and injuring several others. The gunmen were said to have carted away most of the mineral finds and also killed some of those that were in the mining pit. It would be recalled that armed bandits resumed their illicit activities in full swing after period of peace following the launch of a military offensive tagged: “Operation Harbin Kunama” by President Muhammadu Buhari in July. Meanwhile, President Buhari has condoled with the government and people of the state over the killings.

The President, on his twitter handle yesterday, condemned the incident, saying he was being briefed by Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on the on-going investigations into the incident. He gave assurance that the Federal Government would work closely with the state government to find lasting solution to the problem of armed banditry in the state and beyond. The twitter message reads: “I commiserate with the government and people of Zamfara on the cold-blooded murder by armed bandits of 36 persons at Bindin in Maru Local Government Area.

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Where possible, Consumers shall be advised when they make a complaint of the expected actions and timing for investigating and resolving the complaints. In the event that Vitel Wireless regards the complaint as frivolous or vexatious, the Consumer shall be informed accordingly and if dissatisfied the Consumer shall have the further recourse described below. In any event, no Consumer complaint shall remain unresolved for more than three (3) months. Vitel Wireless shall implement processes to provide Consumers with sufficient information and the means to inquire on the progress of complaints. Such processes may include complaint reference numbers or other identifiers in order to facilitate timely and accurate responses to subsequent enquiries by Consumers. A periodical analysis is done by technical and service departments to point out the different categories of encountered problems. The goal is identifying the root cause of encountered problems and to resolve them. The customer shall receive communication from Vitel Wireless when additional information is required during the troubleshooting process if necessary and also when the complaint is resolved.

6.3 Special Needs Vitel Wireless limited will ensure that Customer Service agents are well aware of how to handle and escalate cases involving clients with special needs. Vitel Wireless shall ensure that all the service centers are easily accessible to clients with special needs who prefer to visit these centers 6.4 Recording Complaints To help us respond efficiently, our General Manager keeps a record of any complaints received. This may include taking written notes of relevant telephone conversation and making copies of any written communications. We will treat the records as confidential and will handle them within the relevant data Protection, privacy and confidentiality legislation that apply in Nigeria. Please keep a note of the date (s) and time (s) when you have spoken with us about your complaint; whom you spoke to and what they said or promised to do. If the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) becomes involved in resolving a dispute with you, we may provide them with copies of records we hold about your complaint. We will normally keep records for three years after a customer disagreement or complaint. 6.5 Responding to Complaints We will do everything we can to resolve complaints, disagreements or disputes as quickly and efficiently as possible. Our customer service manager will investigate your complaint and discuss a course of action with you to resolve the matter quickly and to your satisfaction. 6.6 Handling Complaints Upon receiving a report, Vitel Wireless shall confirm both customer and technical information necessary for a timely and efficient response. The customer shall receive communication from Vitel Wireless when additional information is required during the troubleshooting process; or is responded to and/or resolved. 6.7 Resolving Complaints While we intend to do everything we can to resolve complaints, disagreement or disputes, sometimes a satisfactory conclusion cannot be reached. This may be because you are dissatisfied with the outcome, or we have exceeded our target time for resolving a problem. If so, you can take the matter further by referring it to the Customer Affairs Bureau of the NCC. 6.8 Charges Complaint handling processes shall be provided free of charge. However, Vitel Wireless may impose a reasonable charge for complaint handling processes where investigation of the complaint requires the retrieval of records more than twelve (12) months old, and where that retrieval results in any incremental expense or significant inconvenience to Vitel Wireless. Any such charges shall be identified and agreed to by the Consumer before being incurred. 6.9 Further Recourse Vitel Wireless shall advise Consumers that, in the event they remain dissatisfied with the outcome of a complaint they may refer the complaint to identified persons or departments, within the NCC. NCC will act impartially and try to find a fair outcome for all parties if it decides that we have not adequately resolved the matter. If the NCC believes we have acted reasonably, you will be informed of this. However, if the complaint remains unresolved, you can ask the matter to be referred the NCC will take the complaint forward in whatever manner it considers appropriate. Nothing in this scheme or process prevents you seeking resolution through the courts. You can write to: The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) Plot 423 Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, FCT Nigeria. Tel: +234-9-4617000 e-mail: info@ncc.gov.ng website: www.ncc.gov.ng 6.10 Action on disputed Charges Vitel Wireless shall avoid imposing any disconnection or credit management action regarding any service to which a complaint or billing dispute relates while the complaint or dispute is being investigated. Vitel Wireless shall inform the Customer that while the complaint or dispute is being investigated, the Customer is obliged to make payment of any outstanding amounts other than the amount that is specifically in dispute. Where Vitel Wireless Limited intends to take disconnection or credit management action against a Customer regarding any amount that has been subject of a complaint or dispute, Vitel Wireless will specifically notify the Customer before taking the intended action. 6.11 Changes to Complaint Handling Process Vitel Wireless shall update any information regarding their complaint handling and tracking processes as appropriate, including information provided to Consumers or the Commission Retention of Records 6.12 Retention of Records To help us respond efficiently, our Customer Services keeps a record of any complaints we receive. This may include taking written notes of relevant telephone conversations, and making copies of any written communications. We will treat the records we keep as confidential and will handle them within the relevant data protection, privacy and confidentiality legislation that applies in Nigeria. Please keep a note of the date(s) and time(s) when you’ve spoken with us about your complaint; whom you spoke to; and what they said or promised to do. If the Nigerian Communications Commission (“NCC”) becomes involved in resolving a dispute with you, we may provide them with copies of records we hold about your complaint. We will normally keep records for three years after a customer disagreement or complaint. 7 CODE COMPLIANCE Vitel Wireless shall: (a) Develop appropriate policies and procedures for ensuring compliance with this Code (or any individual consumer code approved by the Commission. (b) Ensure that the compliance policy, procedures and applicable code provisions are publicized to employees and other representatives of Vitel Wireless; (c) Develop appropriate procedures or programs to educate employees regarding code compliance issues; (d) Implement appropriate management structures and practices to monitor compliance with the policies, procedures and code provisions. 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L-R: Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, University of Ibadan (U.I.), Prof. Gbemisola Oke; Professor Emeritus, Prof. Oladipo Akinkugbe; Chairperson, Research and Development, U.I., Prof. Olanike Adeyemo; Group Managing Director of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, Mr Paul Gbadebo; Vice Chairman, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Dr Tunji Olaopa; Vice Chancellor of UI, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, at the U.I. Research and Development Fair in Ibadan, yesterday. PHOTO: BODE-ARE/NAN L-R, Inductee, Mr Joshua Dauda, Director, Library Services Federal Ministry of Education Mr Lawrence Ogundana, Representative, Minister of Education Mrs Justina Ibeh and Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Librarians Registration Council of Nigeria Prof Michael Afolabi during the 7th Induction and 3rd Conference of Certified Librarians in Nigeria in Abuja yesterday. PHOTO: ROTIMI OSASONA

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Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Sen. Aisha Alhassan (2nd, L) and Wife of Bauchi State Governor, Hajia Hadizah Muhammed, presenting some relief materials to the leader of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Alhaji Shehu Buba, in Bauchi, yesterday. PHOTO: Deji Yake /HB/BJO/NAN

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FG urged to reverse release of suspected Kano religious killers

hristian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has urged the Federal Government to revisit the murder of Mrs Bridget Agbahime, whose alleged killers were released unconditionally by a court. Secretary of CAN in Enu-

gu State, Dr Joseph Ajujungwa, made the call in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday. The statement said that by their action, the court and Kano State government would embolden religious fanatics to freely attack Christians under the cover of reli-

gion. “It is indeed with shock that we received the news that the five suspects standing trial over the murder of Agbahime, wife of a pastor from Imo State, have been discharged and acquitted. “We are so much shocked

that the Kano State government, through its attorney general, could make a nocase submission on a matter as grievous as this. “An innocent woman was murdered in cold blood and we had expected that the government would prosecute

this matter judiciously. “This development is indeed an invitation to anarchy and highly dangerous to the already tense situation in the country,’’ it said. The statement noted that the government’s apparent failure to serve the course

of justice in the case would leave the life of Christians in the hands of hoodlums. “We are calling on the Federal Government and the South East governors to rise up to the occasion and find a way of reversing this grave injustice,’’ it added.

Oronsaye: Court counsels prosecution on line of questioning

ederal High Court, Abuja has ordered the prosecution in the ongoing trial-within-trial of Mr Stephen Oronsaye, a former Head of Service, HoS, to focus on how a witness’ statement is obtained, not its content. The ruling followed an objection raised by Mr Oluwale Aladedoye, counsel to Osarenkhoe Afe, the second defendant, during cross-examination by the prosecutor, Mr Oluwaleke Atolagbe, regarding the line of questioning. Oluwale had objected to Atolagbe asking the defen-

dant questions regarding the content of the statement, saying the only questions relevant were those related to circumstances surrounding how the statement was obtained. Justice Gabriel Kolawale in his ruling agreed with the defendant that questions with regards to content were not relevant. Kolawale said the questions that were relevant for the purpose of the trial-within-trial were questions that were limited to the circumstances surrounding how the statement was obtained and not the content of the

statement. He adjourned till November 23 for continuation of the trial-within-trial. Kolawale had ordered a trial-within-trial to ascertain

the veracity of the claim of the second defendant that his statement was obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, under duress.

The first prosecution witness, Miss Roukayya Ibrahim, an operative of EFCC, however, told the court on June 21 that the statement written by Afe on February

24, 2011 was obtained from him without duress or oppression. Oronsaye is standing trial for money laundering, fraud and breach of trust.

Don’t succumb to pressure on petrol price hike, NUPENG tells govt

igeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday cautioned the Federal Government not to succumb to pressure from some groups to increase petrol pump price for now. South-West chairman of the union, Tokunbo Korodo,

gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. Korodo said there was pressure on the government to increase the pump price of petrol from some groups. He said any increase in the price of petrol at this time would be resisted by the labour unions.

According to him, any adjustment of the pump price will give the current administration a bad name with the challenges Nigerians are facing. He urged government to fix the economic challenges by selling off its unviable assets, adding that the masses were going through rough

times. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Monday debunked rumour of plan to increase the pump price of petrol. Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Mr Garba Deen Muhammad, said the corporation was not empowered to increase prices of fuel.

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‘Nigeria’s projection as 3rd most populous nation by 2050 dangerous’ Marcus Fatunmole and Ajibola Winner

igeria’s projected rise as the world’s 3rd most populous nation could be a disaster if the current issues affecting the nation’s demography are not addressed, experts warned on Tuesday. The population experts believe huge demography of the nation is a blessing if its potentials are adequately harnessed for development. They also believe if uncontrolled births, massive unemployment, poor health and education, crimes among other ills persist, the nation may head for the rocks with its projection as one of the three nations with highest population, worldwide. Addressing a gathering of health and population experts at the 4th National Family Planning Conference in Abuja, Chairman,

Foundation for Development and Environmental Initiative, Prof Akin Mabogunje, said: “If we continue on our present mindless trajectory of population growth, the way forward is clear. It is the way to deepening poverty and irredeemable immiseration for the masses of this country…A country that is obsessed with just the number of its population can discover that it is simply breeding and breeding into accelerating poverty. “This is why countries that are serious about dramatically raising the level of their development had to intervene policy-wise and practically in determining the acceptable level of the fertility of their women folk, limiting it as in the case of China until recently, to not more than one child per woman through her child-bearing. In his remark at the lecture for the event, which was organised by the

Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, PPFN, National Population Commission Chairman, Eze Duruiheoma (SAN) said: “With an annual growth rate of 3.2 percent, the basic question is whether we have the capacity to manage the population effectively and cope with the negative consequences of rapid population growth. “We are in 2016, and 2050 is some 34 years and Nigeria is expected to be the 3rd largest population in the world moving from its present 8th position. This movement upward in the global demographic ladder is a very huge challenge, and all hands must be on deck to ensure that we adopt the right attitudes and take bold decisions that will ensure that the quality

of lives of Nigerians is not comprised b this high population growth rate. “Though 2050 is still far, but the right time to act is now, and today’s actions will have great implications for the future and the welfare of the future generations. We must ensure that the fertility rate is reduced through expansion of access to reproductive health services and information. We must also work consciously towards improving the maternal and child health situation and ensure that the right of the girl child to live a meaning life is enhanced.” The experts want increase in the uptake of family planning as one of the way to manage the nation’s population, even as they called on government to expedite actions in pro-

grammes that would improve the quality of lives of people in the country. Delivering the lecture, the Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed, pledged government’s commitment to exploring the potentials of the nation’s demographic for national growth. She attributed rampant crimes and other ills in the country to unemployment, illiteracy and other problems facing the nation. Meanwhile, the Federal Government is targeting 500 percent use of family planning commodities in the country in the next few years, Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, said at the event. This is even as he announced an increase in government’s annual contribution to family planning

commodities in the country to $4million from the current $3m, next year. He urged that stakeholders should prioritise adoption of family planning by couples, as according to him, the programme is capable of substantially reducing high rate of maternal deaths in the country. He also pledged government’s commitment to increasing investments in public health programmes in the country, adding that doing so would help reduce both poverty and deaths. The minister also launched the ‘Christian Perspective on Maternal health’ and promised that government would support the review of the Islamic version of the document, with the aim to further enlighten the public on the gains of family planning.

Police to deploy sniffer dogs in crime-fighting George Opara ABUJA

nspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said that animals would be deployed in rural areas to deal with flashpoints as trained sniffer dogs would help in checking crime and criminality across the country. Also canines and their handlers would be dispatched to places with high incidence of cattle rustling to forestall possible clashes between herdsmen and farmers. The police chief said this yesterday during the passing out parade of 19 Nigeria Air Force personnel from the Police Dog Breeding Training Centre, Dei-Dei, Abuja, and inauguration of three air-conditioned dog trailers. DIG Joshak Habilia Idris, in-charge of operations who represented the IGP, in his assessment of a dog’s capacity said a trained dog could do the job of 20 personnel and that the sniffer dogs were indispensable to the nation’s security architec-

ture. Besides, Joshak disclosed that the IG has approved the deployment of K9 (police animal department) section to flash points across the country to reduce cattle rustling and prevent illegal arms and drugs trafficking. “The training of the Air Force personnel is part of the collaborations between the police and other security agencies and other security services are free to use the K9 facility for training.” Charles Ugomuoh, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Force Animal Branch, said four officers and 15 other ranks were trained for three months on the patrol dog handlers’ course for the establishment of the NAF K9 unit. He added that the trainees were exposed among other things to the international best practices in dog handling, K9 security deployment and seminars at the University of Abuja, shooting range practices with their dogs in operation.

L-R: Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Mohammed Abba; Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi and Commissioner for Environment in Niger, Dr Aliyu Tanjwaji, at Muye Kafinkoro Artisan Mining site in Niger State, yesterday. xxxxPHOTO:AMINU GARKO/HB/BJO/NAN

Saraki received salary after leaving office as gov —Witness Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

tar prosecution witness in the trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki over false assets declaration, Michael Wetkas, yesterday insisted that Saraki continued to receive salary from Kwara State’s coffers even after he ceased to be governor of the state. Wetkas, who was being cross examined by one of the counsels to Saraki, Paul Usoro, told the Danladi Umar-led panel that Saraki, a two-term former

governor of Kwara State, is facing trial over alleged falsification of assets and anticipatory declaration of assets before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Abuja. Yesterday’s proceedings ended a 14-day long cross-examination of first prosecution witness which spanned over five months. At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Usoro announced that the defence has come to the end of the cross-examination of the witness after about 30 minutes of further cross-

examination. Usoro said the length of the cross-examination was not to buy time or delay proceedings but was dictated by the complexity of the case. Prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), had at the proceedings on Monday complained that the defendant was taking much time for the crossexamination. The crossexamination started June before the judiciary vacation, he had noted. However, while responding to a question Wetkat said he did not in-

vestigate the account of Kwara State government. He also confirmed that he did not speak to the defendant throughout his investigation. While adjourning the matter, the tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, said the tribunal would not be able to continue with the case this year because of its busy schedule. He adjourned the matter to January 11, 2017 for possible re-examination of the witness by the prosecution and continuation of trial.

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CJN, NJC and allegedly corrupt judges T he Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, at the swearing in ceremony of two newly appointed Justices of the Supreme Court, Amina Augie and Ejembi Eko, Monday, gracefully revealed that the National Judicial Council (NJC) had reconsidered its position on some judges facing corruption charges. Mohammed who also heads the NJC said the latter had asked the affected judges to step aside when it was confronted with proof of evidence against them. Seven judges, among them two justices of the Supreme Court - Inyang Okoro and Sylvester Ngwuta - were between October 7 and 8 this year, arrested for their alleged involvement in corrupt exploits during a sting operation carried out by the Department of State Services (DSS). Though news of the arrest of the judges did not initially go down well with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), the association, nonetheless, wasted no time in making a case for the judges being investigated to step down until the complete establishment of their innocence. The NJC, however, rejected the calls by the NBA and others for the judges to step aside.

The Council in a statement said: “The National Judicial Council is not unaware of the judgement of the court of public opinion on the recent events between the DSS and the judiciary; and the various views expressed by legal practitioners, academics, politicians and the general public, particularly the current position of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association… “The current position of the Nigerian Bar Association vis-à-vis its recommendation that the affected judicial officers involved in the on-going investigation of judicial officers by the DSS be requested to proceed on compulsory leave until the conclusion of all disciplinary proceedings against them, is unacceptable to the NJC; as it breaches the 2014 Revised Judicial Discipline Regulations formulated by NJC pursuant to Section 160 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended”. But the CJN said on Monday that the NJC reversed itself following communications it received from the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, that he was embarking on the prosecution of the affected judicial officers for the offences disclosed against them from the evidence on the ground. He said the latest NJC decision that judicial officers standing trial would cease to perform judicial functions until their innocence was established was meant to

judges, public reaction to the sting operation largely favoured confidence in any plaudits for the security operatives considering how disapjudge is eroded, the pointed Nigerians have become judiciary should with the litany of grave allegations of perversion of justice take extra pains to and corruption dogging the rebuild it Nigerian bench and sections of the senior bar. We agree with preserve the independence of the the CJN when he said “a comjudiciary. mon thread that runs through The NJC deserve commendaall judiciaries is that judicial tion for not remaining rigid officers are traditionally acfor too long in facing up to the corded the highest dignity and needful, since it would amount respect by all” because justice to a mockery of justice for the is rooted in confidence. indicted judges to be holding Nevertheless, when public court when serious allegations of confidence in any judge is compromising their sacred offices eroded, the judiciary should through corrupt self-enrichment take extra pains to rebuild it. were still hanging on their necks. Shielding such a judge and Reports claimed, for example, permitting him or her to still that documents linking one of the be holding court as if nothing embattled judges to estates worth happened is an insult not only over N1.5 billion were recovered on public intelligence, but on from him. At the residence of the dignity and respect of such another judge, at least $400, 000 judges whose conduct would and N39 million cash were recovremain suspect until their inered, in addition to documents of nocence is proven beyond all landed properties, while it was reasonable doubt. It is on this also alleged that the DSS raided note that we again salute the the residence of one of the judges NJC in its latest decision. We in Port Harcourt in search of $2 urge the Attorney-General of million believed to be proceeds of the Federation and Minister corruption in the judge’s possesof Justice, as well as the secusion. rity agencies to now ensure Of particular note, however, a diligent prosecution of the remains the fact that despite the affected judges, without which initial rhetoric of the CJN, NJC, all the fuss about their arrest the NBA and a couple of Nigewould become mere sabrerians on the DSS arrest of the rattling.

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ON THIS DAY November 9, 2005 Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people and injuring 115 others. The explosions at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the Radisson SAS Hotel, and the Days Inn started at about 20:50 local time (18:50 UTC) at the Grand Hyatt. The three hotels were often frequented by foreign diplomats. The bomb at the Radisson SAS exploded in the Philadelphia Ballroom during a wedding.

November 9, 2007 The German Bundestag passed the controversial data retention bill mandating the storage of citizens’ telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause. This implies the storage of call detail records (CDRs) of telephony and internet traffic and transaction data (IPDRs) by governments and commercial organizations. In the case of government data retention, the data stored is usually of telephone calls, etc.

November 9, 2012 At least 27 people were killed and dozens others wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The riot broke out during a search for illegal arms. This prison riot was the worst in Sri Lanka’s history since the 1983 riot, also at Welikada Prison, which left 53 prisoners dead. Welikada Prison which houses around 4,000 prisoners has witnessed a number of violent riots in its history.

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N5.1bn Armsgate: Absence of EFCC prosecutor stalls trial Wale Igbintade

bsence of prosecuting lawyer for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, yesterday stalled further hearing in the criminal trial of Waripamo-owei Emmanuel Dudafa, the former Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan. The EFCC lawyer was said to be before the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal for an appeal filed by Rickey Tarfa, SAN, against the judgement of a

Lagos High Court. Dudafa and one Iwejuo Joseph Nna, also known as Taiwo Ebenezer and Olugbenga Isaiah, are standing trial before Justice Mohammed Idris-led court, on alleged N5.1bn fraud. The two accused persons were alleged to have used four companies namely; Pluto Property Development Company Limited; Avalon Property Development Company Limited; Seagate Property Development Company Limited; Rotato Property Development Company Limited and Ebiwise Resources Limited. At the resumed trial of

the accused, Dudafa’s lawyer, Mr. Gboyega Oyewole, informed the court that he was surprised when he came to court and he did not see his client and on enquiry from prisons officials, he was told that he was seriously sick and could not be brought to court. But Dudafa’s sickness had been brought to the attention of the trial judge,

Justice Muhammad Idris, through a letter written by the EFCC seeking for an adjournment. The EFCC’s letter, authored by Oyedepo, had asked the court for an adjournment to enable him attend an appeal filed by Mr. Tarfa against the commission in suit number CA/497/2016. He therefore urged the court to adjourn the matter

till Thursday, November 10, 2016. Though he did not oppose the adjournment sought for by the prosecution, Dudafa’s lawyer, however, informed the court that the prosecutor ought to have called and informed him of the development rather than him hearing it in court. Consequently, Justice Mohammed Idris granted

the prosecutor’s application and adjourned the matter till Thursday, November 10, for continuation of trial. Dudafa and Nna and the five companies are standing trial before the court on 23-count charge bordering on the alleged offence. It would be recalled that the duo had pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against them.

Octogenarian, 3 others to die by hanging for murder Boladale Bamigbola OSOGBO

n octogenarian, Pa Oluwafemi Fagbemi, and three others have been sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court for murder. Others facing the hangman’s noose alongside Pa Fagbemi are Tobi Ojo, Famutuwa Femi and Tope Olatunji. Justice Kudrat Akano, in her judgement, passed a guilty verdict on the men, having established that the accused conspired and murdered one Jacob Ajayi for ritual purpose. The convicts have been standing trial since 2012, facing two-count charge of conspiracy and murder contrary to sections 324 and 319 of the criminal

Code Cap 34 Volume 2 Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2002. Prosecuting counsel from the state’s Ministry of Justice, Mr. Abiodun Badiora, while addressing the court, said the convicts committed the crime on 13th of April, 2012. According to him, the headless body of the deceased was recovered from a pit toilet with his genitals and part of his legs severed. Counsel to the convicts, Mr. A.O Oluwole pleaded with court to show mercy on his clients. Justice Akano, however, found the four men guilty of the two counts preferred against them and sentenced them to 14years jail term for conspiracy and passed death sentence on them for murder.

National Vice-President of (MACBAN) Alh. Yusuf Husaini Bosso, 2nd right, Oyo State Chairman. Alh. Yakubu Muhammed right, VGN group leader S.A Olajide speaking and representatives of the D.P.O in Ojongbodu Police Command and others during the peace meeting.

MACBAN, VGN, police set to curb crime in Oyo State

ivisional police officer (D.P.O) of Ojongbodu Police Command in Oyo West Local Government Area of Oyo State Mr. Balogun has received National Vice-President and Oyo State Chairman of Cattle Breeder Association of Nigeria porpularly known as (MACBAN) , Hausa leaders, Vigilante Group of Nigerian (VGN) , Nige-

Restriction: LAGBUS franchisees reach truce with Lagos, resume operation Francis Suberu

agos State government yesterday revealed that it had brokered peace with the aggrieved franchisees operating the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, services in the state, saying normal operations had since resumed. It would be recalled that over 15 passengers sustained varying degrees of injury while about 10 BRT buses

were vandalised on Monday when staff of LAGBUS suddenly down tools following the restriction order by government on the movement of LAGBUS branded buses on Ikorodu corridor, a stretch of BRT lane running between Ikorodu to CMS. While speaking with journalists in his office yesterday, LAGBUS General Manager, Mr. Idowu Oguntona, said the management of LAGBUS Asset Management and stakeholders had brokered truce and resolved

the crisis ignited by the ban. Oguntona explained that special efforts were taken to assure LAGBUS staff that they would not be at the receiving end in terms of their monthly pay due to the new directives. He said the management had earlier anticipated that there might be some impacts on the revenue of the company as a result of the ban but had quickly put measures in place to ensure that captains of LAGBUS buses were not worse off.

ria Police Force and other Sister Security agencies on the way forward on how to subdue criminal activities in Oyo State in general . Crime including kidnapping, armed robbery, cow stealing is believed to have been common among Fulani/Hausa Indigenes, but has now been extended to Yoruba tribe. In his Speech, the National Vice-President of Miyeti Allah, Alhaji Husaini Yusuf Bosso stressed on the need to work with police, VGN and other security agencies so as to achieve the desire result

by bringing into book any tribe that is caught with crime without discrimination as this will teach anybody planning to commit crime the lesson for others to learn. He further seeks the co-operation of all traditional rulers and Religious leader’s to make the plan to come into reality. Alhaji Husaini discloses the approval of Oyo State Commissioner of Police in the creation of Miyeti Allah, group as all hands must be on deck to work together with police. He explained how the commissioner commended the activities of Miyeti Allah,

Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and that of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria Police is yielding result adding that efforts are ongoing in collaboration with Police and other security agencies to fish out anybody that knows any of his siblings is into criminal activities. In his own submission, the Oyo State Chairman of Miyeti Allah, Alhaji Yakubu Muhammad implored parents to always watch movement of their wards. He thanks the VGN groups for their co-operation with Miyetti Allah and police to curb crime in Oyo State.

Antibiotics abuse killing half of Nigerian population

early 50 per cent of Nigeria’s 180 million people are prone to deaths as a result of abuse and subsequent resistance to antibiotics use, experts have revealed. Equally, a total of 80 per cent of the population are deemed to be at risk of the misuse, underuse, overuse, inappropriate use, overdose and under dose of antibiot-

ics. This was the position of a gathering of professionals at the 20th All Fellows Congress of Faculty of Pathology, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Lagos. Chairman, Faculty of Pathology, Dr. Kenneth Iregbu, described antimicrobial resistance as one of the greatest threats to man’s existence with the urgent need

to take its awareness to even the grassroots. A professor of medical microbiology, ABUTH Zaria, Adebola Olayinka, while delivering the lecture titled: “Antibiotic use and Antibacterial Resistance: A vicious cycle,” warned that when anyone abuses the intake of antibiotics, a resistance to the drug occurs, nullifying the healing effect.

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Bribery: A’Court hears Tarfa’s appeal Jan 19 Wale Igbintade

ourt of Appeal, Lagos Division yesterday fixed January 19, 2017 to hear an appeal filed by embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa challenging the refusal of a Lagos High Court to quash the bribery charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC had arraigned Tarfa on March 10 on the allegation that he offered N5.3m gratification to a judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, in order to compromise the judge. The anti-graft agency alleged that Tarfa trans-

ferred the money in several tranches to the judge between June 27, 2012 and December 23, 2014. But Tarfa, through his defence team, comprising about 34 SANs, filed a motion on notice, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the case. However, the trial judge, Justice A. A. Akintoye, in her ruling dismissed the application and held that she has jurisdiction to entertain the case. Dissatisfied, Tarfa filed Notice of Appeal and urged the appellate court to allow his appeal and set aside the ruling of the lower court. At the appellate court yesterday, appellant’s lawyer, Biodun Owonikoko (SAN), informed

the court that record of appeal had been compiled and transmitted adding that the appeal is ripe for hearing. Also, EFCC lawyer, Rotimi Oyedepo, informed the court that the commission had filed its briefs and was ready to argued the appeal. Consequently, the presiding Justice, Mohammed Lawal Garuba, fixed January 19 for the hearing of the appeal. Tarfa had urged the lower court to quash the 27 counts filed by EFCC, claiming the anti-graft agency had no statutory power to try Tarfa on those charges. They had argued that the proof of evidence supplied by EFCC failed to support the charges, describing the charges as incompetent and an

abuse of court processes. They prayed for an order of the court restraining the EFCC from further investigating or prosecuting Tarfa in relation to the subject matter. But Justice Akintoye said she found enough substance in the proof of evidence placed before the court by EFCC to warrant calling for the trial of the case. “There are alleged crimes and the applicant has allegedly committed those crimes by the proof of evidence filed before the court. I hold therefore that the information filed before this court disclosed a prima facie case which must be addressed,” the judge held. In refusing Tarfa’s

claim that the charges amounted to a violation of his rights, the judge referred to provisions of the EFCC Establishment Act which imposed on the anti-graft agency “the statutory duty, obligation and mandate to investigate and prosecute all cases of economic crimes.” The judge upheld the argument of EFCC that a court of law could not restrain a statutory body from performing its statutory duties. She held: “There commission is therefore duty-bound to perform its statutory duty without interference from external body, including but not limited to the court. “This court will, therefore, not restrain the Economic and Fi-

nancial Crimes Commission from performing any of its statutory duties in respect of anyone including the applicant in this case. I hold that this court has the jurisdiction to entertain the information/ charges dated March 10, 2016.” Justuce Akintoye said Tarfa’s application failed and refused all the prayers sought. In the 27 counts filed against him, the EFCC, among other things, also accused Tarfa of supplying false information to it. The EFCC alleged that Tarfa gave his age as 43 when he was indeed 54, an act the EFCC claimed to be an offence under section 38(2) (a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act 2004.

Police detain 2 over cattle rustling in Ekiti Abiodun Nejo ADO EKITI

Commuters queue to board Oshodi – Obanlede Bus Rapid Transit,(BRT) buses as striking workers returns to work, yesterday. PHOTO:ADEMOLA AKINLABI

olice in Ekiti State have detained two men for allegedly stealing five cows at Ifaki Ekiti in Ido/Osi council area of the state. Commander of Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Mr Akin Olorunloni, said the culprits were apprehended along Ifaki-Iworoko Road around 3.30a.m yesterday. According to him, the culprits, numbering seven, in a white Toyota Hiace bus, were on their way to Iworoko Ekiti when men of the vigilante no-

Honor Ajayi by embracing unity, Alaafin charges Yoruba Kemi Olaitan IBADAN

laafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday, said one of the greatest tributes that Yorubaland and its leaders could pay to the memory of Afenifere leader, Chief Olanihun Ajayi, is for them to be united. The monarch said this in a statement personally issued and signed by him entitled, ‘Tribute to Sir Olanihun Ajayi.’ He said Ajayi’s death was a sad loss to Yorubaland and the people of the

country. He said, “The best way to celebrate the departed soul of the great man is for Yoruba leaders, irrespective of their political differences, to hold firmly the symbol of unity that binds them together as a people of common ancestry and heritage.” Oba Adeyemi who referred to the departure of the Yoruba leader as an “exit of one of the great political titans of our time,” said Ajayi “lived a life full of selfless service to the people.” While eschewing his virtues, he traced the

Afenifere leader’s political odyssey, stating that he benefitted humanity while alive. “The late Chief belonged to a political dynasty which bequeathed a legacy of social welfarism through transparency, honesty and political faithfulness to the people of Yorubaland, nay the old Western Region. ‘‘It is no surprise that this legacy made the old Western Region the reference point for service delivery in public office, to the rest of the country,” he said. The monarch also

traced what he called the travails that Ajayi and his dynasty passed through before they became icons. “There is no doubt that the dynasty and its members from inception passed through many travails and political vicissitudes. Like many of his peers, he remained unwavering in his resistance to any kind of political intimidation,” he said. The Alaafin added that Ajayi’s doggedness in the cause he believed in made him unrelenting up to his last breath in the pursuit of a unity of purpose for the Yoruba nation in the

political landscape of the country. “He (Ajayi) belonged to the political school of those who believe that for our federalism to be meaningful, our unity must be predicated on our recognition and appreciation of the diversity of our culture, hence his steadfastness in the call for our political restructuring,” he said. While praying for the repose of his soul, the monarch prayed that the services and expectations of Ajayi’s Yoruba race would not be in ruins even in his grave.

ticed their suspicious moves and gave them a hot chase, as they fled into the bush in different directions. Olorunloni, who said two of the rustlers were arrested in the process and taken to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at Ado Ekiti police headquarters, disclosed that the bus driver with the stolen cows. The vigilante boss said: “They stole the cows at Ifaki Ekiti here at a grazing site and moved towards Ado Ekiti. My men who were on night patrol suspected the move and gave them a hot chase. Though, we could not arrest all of them, but those apprehended confessed that they were in the town to steal those cattle. They confessed to us that five cows were in the bus and the police have taken up the matter.” Police Public Relations Officer for the state Command, Mr Alberto Adeyemi, confirmed the arrest, saying the two men were helping the police in their investigations. Adeyemi said: “They were arrested and brought here by our men after committing the crime. The suspects said two of those that had fled were from Edo State and others were from Ekiti. “The suspects are giving us useful information on how to arrest those that had escaped as soon as possible,” he said.

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FG re-arraigns Kanu, 3 others for treasonable offences Doosuur Iwambe ABUJA

ederal Government yesterday rearraigned the selfacclaimed leader of the

Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, and three others before Justice Binta Nyako on an 11-count charge bordering on treasonable felony, illegal possession of firearms

Five remanded for vandalising Enugu power sub-station Emmanuel Ezeh ENUGU

ive persons have been remanded in Enugu prison over the vandalism of a power sub-station belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. They were docked before an Enugu magistrate court on charge No. 619c/2016. The case was consequently referred to the Enugu State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, for further advice. The accused persons are Emeka Okoye, 21; Victor Agu, 25; Ikem Okefi, 25; Chinedu Agwara, 21; and Onyebuchi Nweke, 22. They were reported to have carried out the attack on a “High Street” 500KVA 11/0.415KV distribution substation, at Okpara Avenue, Enugu State. According to EEDC head of communication, Mr.

Emeka Eze, the vandals, who were apprehended as they were burning off the insulation of the armoured cable to gain access to the copper wire, were immediately handed over to the police for prosecution. Ezeh said: “The management of EEDC frowns at the increasing rate at which some few elements in our society chose to inconvenience others by vandalising electrical installations provided to serve the general public. “In October 2016, the utility company recorded no fewer than 18 distribution substations that were vandalised. “This has been a recurring act, which has not only affected the company’s revenue drastically, but also its operations; thereby making it difficult for the company to effectively attend to the growing needs of its customers.”

Three in court over 75-yr-old man’s killing Aliuna Godwin ABAKALIKI

hree persons have been arraigned in Abakaliki Magistrate court for allegedly masterminded the killing of a 75-year-old man, Simon Okorie Njoku, who hails from Amaeze village in Ishiagu community, Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State. The suspects: Uchenna Anyim, Paulinus Ossi and Uzoigwe Ndubuisi are all from Ishiagu community, and were accused of hitting the victim on the head with a stick on April 30, 2014, which later led to his death. Anyim and his cohorts were arraigned on a twocount charge of conspiracy and murder. The offence is punishable under section 319 and 324 of criminal code laws of Ebonyi state of 2009.

The charges state: “that you Uchenna Anyim, Paulinus Ossi and Uzoigwe Ndubuisi and others at large on April 30, 2014 at Amaeze Ishiagu community in the jurisdiction of this honourable court did conspire amongst yourselves to commit a felony to wit; murder and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 324 of the criminal code law, CAP 33, vol. 1 laws of Ebonyi state.” The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the offence after the charges were read on their hearing and understanding. Ruling on the matter, the trial magistrate Stella Ogoke ordered that they be remanded in prison custody. “The accused persons did not take his plea as this court lacks the jurisdiction to try them” she noted.

and terrorism. This is the fourth judge that is hearing the case involving Kanu since he was charged to court earlier this year by the Federal Government. It would be recalled that Kanu was first arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Ademola, Ahmed Mohammed, John Tsoho and now Nyako; all of the Abuja division of the Federal High

court. Justice Ademola, who was the first judge to hear the case returned the file to the Chief Judge for re-assignment following accusation by the defendants they would not get a fair hearing from the court. On his part, Justice Ahmed Mohammed relinquished the case after Kanu alleged likelihood

of bias because of his Northern origin. Justice John Tsoho also suffered the same fate, and returned the file to the CJ after Kanu petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, alleging bias. However, Kanu who was arraigned alongside Onwudiwe Chidiebere, Benjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawusi pleaded not guilty to all the charg-

es when read to them. The trial judge, Nyako, after taking their plea of not guilty, ordered that they be remanded in Kuje prison custody till November 17, when their bail application would be heard. The Federal Government added five fresh charges to the six charges to the amended charges it filed on November 7.

L-R: President of Enugu Chamber Of Commerce, Industries, Mines And Agriculture (ECCIMA), Rev. Ugochukwu Chime; Director-General of ECCIMA, Sir Emeka Okereke; and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cheif Dubem Onyia, during Enugu Housing Development Forum in Enugu, yesterday. Mike Agada/BJO/NAN

Mayhem as policewoman assaults lawyer Chris Njoku OWERRI

Magistrate court in Mbaitoli magisterial district holding at Nwaorieubi, Imo State on Monday turned into confusion as a female police inspector, Juliana Oforji, battered a counsel to a defendant, Mr. Ezume Samuel, for alleged uncomplimentary remark against her. Ezume, acting on charge No. MNW/71C/2016 involving the commissioner of police Imo State versus one Charles Agaziem (m) aged 54 was in court to defend Agaziem who was alleged to have, on August 18, 2016, by 7am, at Ahama Amawuihe Ubomiri, in the Mbaitoli magisterial district with intent to intimidate one Longinus Eluchie (m) pointed a machete on his face and thereby committed an offence punishable

under section 86(1) of the criminal code cap “C 38” laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004 as applicable in Imo state of Nigeria. Ezume, who is of the Iwuorie and Iwuorie law consult, 133 Ikenegbu layout Owerri in defence of his client, vehemently contended that the charge against the accused person was not competent, as according to him, section 86 (1) of the criminal code under which the charge was brought talked of intimidation with intent to break or injure a dwelling house which was radically different from the charge before the court. “Your worship, the charge before you is talking of pointing a machete and a combined look at 86 (2) of the criminal code will also show that the section is talking of dwelling house. It is trite law that no person shall be tried for an offence not defined in a written law.

“The charge before your worship is radically different from sense of words used in section 86 (1) of the criminal code. We refer your worship to SI.153 (1) of the criminal procedure Act”. According to Ezume, hardly had the case been struck out when the prosecutor accosted him, held him and threatened to beat hell out of him. In his words: “When the case was struck out because of its defectiveness, I was coming out of the court room and was discussing with my client. But unknown to me, the prosecutor was following me behind and when my client noticed that she was approaching me with three hefty men, she quickly rushed at me, held me and began to beat me merciless. In the process, she tore my shirt.”

The pandemonium attracted the attention of other lawyers around who queried the female police officer; “are you crazy, why are you beating and bullying a lawyer?” Having noticed what was going on, the magistrate quickly intervened and demanded reasons for her uncivilised and unruly conduct. She replied that “he (lawyer) called me a mad woman.” This angered all lawyers, who witnessed the ugly incident and all dismissed her defence as baseless and ridiculous, demanding that justice should be done to serve as a deterrent to others. However, when contacted the Divisional Police Officer of Mbaitoli, CSP William Osuji claimed ignorance of the incident but promised to investigate the matter.

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Nigerians paying for mistake of mono-economy -Buhari ...advocates multi-party democracy

E zekiel Isesele BENIN

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike (L), inspecting the on-going construction of Nkpogu Bridge in Port Harcourt, yesterday. PHOTO: CHIDI OHALETE/ NAN

Supreme Court upholds Dickson’s election

•Victory well deserved, says gov D oosuur Iwambe ABUJA

he Supreme Court yesterday upheld the election of Seriaki Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the validly elected governor of Bayelsa State. The seven-man panel of the apex court, led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, in a unanimous decision, dismissed the appeal filed by All Progressives Congress, APC, and it’s candidate in the governorship election, Timipre Sylva, on ground that it was lacking in merit. Justice Muhammad, who delivered the summary of the lead judgment, however, said that he would give reasons for his decision on November 18, 2016. The apex court delivered the judgment after hearing all the various cases filed with respect to the dispute over the governorship election in the state. It would be recalled that the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had earlier dismissed the petition filed by Sylva to challenge the outcome of the election. Not satisfied with the verdict of the tribunal, Sylva further appealed to the Court of Appeal in Abuja which also dismissed his case. The appeal court, in

a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of justices, dismissed the joint appeal of APC and Sylva. Justice Rotimi Bada, in the lead judgment, held that the appeal lacked merit, even as it upheld the July 26 verdict of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which declared Dickson the bonafide winner of the governorship contest. Still not satisfied, Sylva went further to the Supreme Court to challenge the decision of the appeal court. Also yesterday, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, who is also a member of the Supreme Court panel, dismissed a crossappeal filed by Dickson challenging some aspects of the judgment of the Court of Appeal on the dispute over the election. Other members of the panel also agreed with Justice Kekere-Ekun. In another lead judgment, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola also dismissed the preliminary objection filed by PDP against the appeal filed by Sylva. Other members of the panel agreed with the lead judgment. The panel members also promised to deliver a detailed judgment on November 18. The appellants had, through their lawyer, Mr. Sebastine Hon, SAN, prayed the apex court to

set aside the decision of the tribunal, sack Dickson and order fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State. Sylva, who is a former governor of the state and his party, among other things, contended that the tribunal misled itself, misapplied the law and came to a wrong conclusion in its verdict when it declined to void the election which they said was fraught with manifest irregularities. Meanwhile, Governor Dickson said the Supreme Court ruling was well deserved.

According to him, the victory is a further confirmation of his overwhelming triumph at the polls. Reacting to the victory, Dickson commended the judiciary for rising up to the occasion by standing firm and reaffirming the earlier decisions of the tribunal and the Appeal Court, which had also dismissed the petition of Chief Sylva. Governor Dickson used the occasion to express his gratitude to the people of the state for their unwavering support before, during and after the last governorship election in the state.

resident Muhammudu Buhari yesterday blamed the current economic challenges facing the nation on over dependence on sales from crude oil by past governments. He equally advocated for a multi-party democratic system as the best form of transition for Nigeria given the plethora of existing interests and ethnic groups. President Buhari stated this in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, where he commissioned the newly built Edo University, Iyamho, established by Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s administration. “We have made terrible mistakes for allowing ourselves to be cornered into a mono-economy and we are now paying dearly for our mistakes. “The situation that we have found ourselves now is because there was no savings. There was no infrastructure. We thank God for saving us from this disaster,” he said. He stated that his administration and indeed All Progressives Congress, APC, had recorded some level of success in

Suspended Edo monarch drags Oshiomhole, others to court E zekiel I sesele BENIN

uspended Edo traditional ruler, the Onogie of Uromi, Anslem Eidenojie II, has dragged Governor Adams Oshiomhole and eleven others before a Benin High Court over the one year suspension order slammed on him by the state government. In suit No FHC/B/ cs 152/ 2916, the plaintiff through his counsel Mr. Benjamin Iruobe, wants a declaration of the court that the action of the state governor amounts to abuse of power, unconstitutional, reckless and unlawful. In the suit, the plaintiff also demanded for

the sum of N1bn as compensation for reparation over the assault, torture, arrest, detention and harassment against him by the respondents in the course of their unlawful acts. He also prayed the court for an injunction restraining the defendants by themselves, agents, servants and or privies or such other persons from oppressing him or imposing any inhibition or restrictions on his freedom of movement or agents and family in respect of this complaint. The plaintiff wants a declaration by the court that his arrest, psychological torture, detention and embarrass-

ment inflicted on him by the respondents from 10 a.m. till 7.00 p.m. on the 4th day of November, 2016 was unconstitutional, unlawful, actionable and without a just cause. Eidenogie, who noted that the woman, (Mrs. Betty Okoebor) whom he had “altercation” with was ready to withdraw her complaint against him, said the 5th respondent, an investigation police officer confided in him that he had instruction from above that the woman could write a withdrawal letter since she did not want him (Onogie) prosecuted as the contending issues had since been settled at the palace.

areas of security, economy and anti-graft war. He also attributed the economic morass and infrastructure deficit the nation is going through to the profligacy and misplacement of priorities by past governments, which led to the depletion of the treasury. He said: “Now, we have to go back to the land, solid minerals, and do a lot of savings so that we can leave a lot of savings for our children and grandchildren,” President Buhari commanded Governor Oshiomhole for the quality of projects done in the state in the last eight years. “The quality of the projects I was made to commission is very, very solid, whether it’s the roads, the educational institutions or the hospital. Certainly Governor Oshiomhole is lucky to last his two terms and to engrave his name in a golden historical plate. “I believe the roads and the bridges will bring more people to live more comfortably and securely. He has done well for the people. He built a good hospital, again he served the people. “I congratulate the incoming governor; I thank him for his stamina going through the primaries and going through the elections and importantly, winning it.” In his welcome address at the commissioning of the 7.5km Ujogba/ Igueben / Ugbegun Road, Governor Oshiomhole posited: “When I was campaigning in 2007, I found that these roads were so bad that moving from one local government area to another was very difficult. Life was impossible and I do remember the terrible potholes. “We have built roads that connect all the five local governments in Esanland; from Ujogba in Esan West to Ugbegun in Esan Central to Igueben in Igueben Local Government. We have built roads connecting to Ewohimi in Esan South East, down to Ewatto, to Emu and so many others.”

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Police: Afenifere rejects LGs as basis of recruitment

Osun 2018: APC quakes as Adeleke joins the race Boladale Bamigbola OSOGBO

he first civilian governor in Osun state, Otunba Isiaka Adeleke and his party, the All Progressive Congress, APC, jarred into life the rather dull political ambience of the state, when the duo openly “clashed” over the 2018 governorship ambition of the politician fondly called “Serubawon” by his admirers. “Serubawon” a Yoruba appellation is literally translated as “scared them”. To say this appellation was what Adeleke, who is presently serving in the upper legislative body of the country, representing Osun West Senatorial District, did to his party, is no doubt echoing the obvious. Before the action of this Ede-born flamboyant politician and business man that set Osun political space on “fire”, insinuations have been flying around that Adeleke, a politician known with a trademark of cone-shaped cap, was not considering vying for the ultimate seat in Osun come 2018. This, according to Adekele’s special adviser on media and public relations, Olumide Lawal, forced the clarification from his camp. The strong-worded statement signed by Lawal practically declared the readiness of “Serubawon” to once again take a shot at the oval office in Abere White House. Lawal, in the said statement accused some unnamed people as brain behind an online publication where Adeleke was declared uninterested in the 2018 governorship race. Though he added that his principal in September last year dismissed harbouring gubernatorial ambition, but said circulating a release issued last year September as if it was a recent statement, smacked of mischief. “Now, I should state emphatically and unequivocally state that Senator Isiaka Adeleke, is fully set to partake of the Osun 2018 governorship race and this is authoritative. And by God’s special grace and mercy, he will coast home to victory, as a trusted and tested hand in the political firmament of Nigeria. “The Senator has been silently doing his homework and consulting widely to ensure that success comes his way effortlessly by the support of the vast electorate in Osun State, who are genuinely clamouring for him to come back and use the red biro to contribute further to the development of Osun State and complement the good works of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. “If therefore, there are some people expressing misgivings in some quarters by the September 15, 2015 publication under reference, they had better go back to the drawing board and tell the people, what they have to offer them. There is no stopping the coming out of Senator Isiaka Adeleke from exercising his constitutional right to seek for any elective office in the land, just as others are entitled to. “The fact remains that Senator Isiaka Adeleke is tenacious and resilient in his bid to serve his people at the Bola Ige House, come 2018, without for now, losing his focus as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, without let or hindrance. “The man of the people is appealing to all would-be aspirants for the Osun

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The fact remains that Senator Isiaka Adeleke is tenacious and resilient in his bid to serve his people at the Bola Ige House, come 2018, without for now, losing his focus as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, without let or hindrance 2018 governorship race to play the game according to the rule, without any bad blood, cheap blackmail and character assassination, which are unnecessary. For the umpteenth time, Senator Isiaka Adeleke, will soon hit the ground running with a big bang with his governorship ambition and there is no stopping an idea which time has come,” Lawal concluded. Obviously, this open declaration coming about 24 months before the incumbent governor will end his term, did not go down well with the APC “leadership” in the state. A stronger and caustic reaction dressed in the toga of general warning of the ruling party to those planning to succeed the incumbent governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, within its fold, which on second look, appeared a “missile” aimed at the camp of Ede-born Adeleke was released. The APC in its statement instructed that any party chieftain intending to become governor of the state in the future should put that aspiration on hold, “because it is absolutely inappropriate at this juncture”. The Osun State APC Chairman, Prince Adegboyega Famodun, in the statement said the party would not take kindly to any violation of the instruction, as according to him, there were more important things to do in service delivery to the people of the state adding that “what is most important for the party now is for everyone to join hands with the governor to solve problems confronting the state.” The statement further reads: “the governor of the state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola is right in the middle of his second term, grappling with the difficulties of

economic recession. This is not the proper time for any aspirant to divert attention from the serious business at hand. “Everybody with governorship aspiration should put it on hold until such a time that the party will consider appropriate. Only then will it make political sense for anyone to come out and talk about governorship aspiration.” Since the return of democracy, SenatorAdeleke has never hidden his interest to return to the seat of governor which he left in 1994 after 22 months in the saddle. In 1999 and 2003, Adeleke contested for governorship seat on the platform of All Peoples Party, APP. It was really difficult for many Adeleke’s supporters to understand when a statement issued over a year ago suddenly “resurrected” and travelled with the velocity of a supersonic jet, telling everyone that he was not interested in succeeding Aregbesola as governor. It would also be recalled that before dumping PDP, the party that gave him platform through which he got elected into the Red Chamber just two months before the testy August 8, 2014 governorship election, Otunba Adeleke, had a prolonged battle with the PDP standard bearer for the poll, Otunba Iyiola Omisore, owing to the fallout of the governorship primaries of the party. Adeleke and many of his followers were of the opinion that the primary conducted by a panel led by former Kebbi state governor, Senator Adamu Alero, was heavily skewed to favour Omisore’s emergence. The calculations then was that should Adeleke yank off PDP gubernatorial ticket, ex chairman of House of Representatives committee for Defence, Hon. Oluwole Oke, who hails from Osun East

Famodun Senatorial District and was also contesting for the PDP’s ticket would peer Adeleke for the main election. On the day the primary was held, Adeleke did not show up at the venue and for up to eight weeks after the event, he was shouting on top of his voice that the primary was not going to stand owing to obvious flaws in the delegates’ lists adopted for the exercise. Because the matter was not addressed to his satisfaction, he dumped the party and joined efforts that returned Aregbesola for second term in office. But with his declaration against the stand of his party, will Adeleke and APC relationship ever be the same again? Does APC position on the matter represent Governor Aregbesola’s view about how his successor should emerge? If yes, does that mean Aregbesola and Adeleke are no longer on same page? Will the threat of sanction from APC stop Adeleke and others from going ahead to pursue their ambition? These and many more are some of the questions that events of the coming days will answer. Despite the directive of party that whoever wants to succeed Aregbesola must keep such ambition in the cooler, many aspirants eyeing the APC ticket have continued mobilising support from major blocks within the party. Specifically, many governorship aspirants from Osun West Senatorial District in the fold of the ruling party have been discreetly strategising towards ensuring APC zone its ticket to the district to make sure one of them emerge the candidate of the party. Some of those believed to be nursing governorship ambition from the West Senatorial District within APC are, Rt. Hon. Najeem Salaam, the current speaker of Osun state House of Assembly, Prof. Mojeed Alabi, the member representing Ede/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency in House of Representatives, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, incumbent secretary to the state government and Senator Isiaka Adeleke. It is not immediately clear if Dr. Peter Babalola,( Peter Power) who currently chairs the state’s Local Government Service Commission, will be interested in APC guber ticket, but going by feelers coming from some of his allies, the ex chief of staff to Osun state governor may also be considering joining the race.

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he recent relationship between the executive and the legislature can at best be described as cat and mouse and at worse, highly severed. But the fact of the matter is that right from the commencement of the present administration of the All Progressive Congress, APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the 8th National Assembly; all has not been very cordial with these two arms of the Government. Two factors can be broadly isolated as responsible for the frosty relationship that has existed between these two critical arms of Government. The reasons are basically; the manner of the emergence of the leadership of both arms of the National Assembly and the cutting of the artery that feeds corruption in the National Assembly by the Buhari administration. It is no longer news that the leadership of the two chamber of the National Assembly emerged against the wish of the leadership of the ruling APC. While in the senate, the Senate President, Bukola Saraki emerged following the ‘criminal’ understanding he entered into with the minority senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, whereby he conceded the position of the Deputy Senate President to the opposition PDP, in the House. Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara who emerged as the Speaker of the House also leveraged from the support of the opposition members of the PDP. Even the Deputy Speaker of the House, Suleiman Lasun was also a product and beneficiary of the backing of the members of the PDP. As a result of the circumstances of their emergence in office, the leadership of the National Assembly struggled in the first year of the present administration, to please or cow toe to the executive. The lawmakers received and tolerated all manners of shabby treatments from the executive without much complains, including in a few instances, the usurpation and trampling upon the constitutional responsibilities of the legislature. The lawmakers literarily lived in awe of President Buhari. The situation was not made any better when the Federal Government commenced the criminal trial of the Senate President at the Code of conduct Tribunal over alleged false assets declaration and money laundering while Bukola was in office as the governor of Kwara State. The very degrading and intimidating manner of the arraignment and trial of Saraki by the Federal Government, all the more cowed the lawmakers in no small measure. Government was again also to drag both Saraki and Ekweremadu before a Federal Capital territory, FCT High Court over the alleged criminal falsification of the senate standing rules 2015. While these developments were on, the executive was able to hold the lawmakers in absolute control and check. However, with the withdrawal of the charges against Saraki and Ekweremadu by Government and the relaxation of the trial of Saraki before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, respite appeared to have come the way of the lawmakers. Recently, the lawmakers seemed to have suddenly and from nowhere, woken up from their slumber. And as if the scales blurring their sights and senses were suddenly let off, the lawmakers are now in a killer mood, ready to confront the government without let or hindrance. In the senate, it appears the senators are ready to do battle with the executive as they oppose almost all the request from the President without birthing any eyelids. For instance, towards the end of last year when the President forwarded a list of 46 career ambassadorial nominees to the senate for screening and confirmation, the senators boldly threatened that they would not touch the list because four states were left out of the list. It took several appeals and the summons of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation before the senators could carry out the screening of the nominees. Even when Buhari last month sent in another batch of the political nominees of the ambassadors, the senators did not waste time to vote against the consideration of the request from the President. Even though the lawmakers had complained that Imo State and the Federal Capital Territory were left out of the list, observers believe that the lawmakers were merely venting out their anger with the President.

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Buhari The senate did not also waste time to drop four of the nominees to the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC for lack of compliance with the requirements of the Commission’s act by the President. When the senate took this action, observers tried to compare it with the confirmation of all the ministerial nominees at the inception of the current administration by the senate despite the fact that about five of the ministerial nominees clearly failed to meet the requirement for confirmation. While all these differences were yet to be amicably resolved, the senators are still sitting on the request of the President for the confirmation of the acting chairman of the Economic and financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu and other members of the Commission, which request was sent by Buhari to the lawmakers since July. Political observers of the relationship between the parliament and the executive have also raised concerns over the recent and brazen amendment of the Code of Conduct bureau, CCB and Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT acts by the National Assembly, in the face of the obvious illegality of the action of the lawmakers. It is believed that the amendment of the two acts by the lawmakers sign-posted the frustrations faced by the lawmakers and the enthusiasm to get back at the executive. Unfortunately, this has left indelible stain on the intellectual capabilities of the lawmakers and their ability and competence to legislate for the country. Last week, the lawmakers again, turned down the request of President Buhari to borrow $29.96 billion from external sources to fund the nation’s ailing economy. Even though the lawmakers justified their action on the fact that the request for the borrowing by the President did not contain details of the borrowing and repayment plans, observers believe that the real reasons for the refusal of the request was that the lawmakers were acting out their frustration and anger against the President. The question is why are the lawmakers angry with the President? The reasons are simply not far-fetched. National Assembly watchers believe that over the years, particularly since the commencement of the present democratic dispensation in 1999, the National Assembly runs and functions on corruption. And for the first time, Buhari is the only President who has mustered the guts to cut the string or conduit pipe that services the corruption in the National Assembly. Since the advent of the Buhari administration, the National Assembly have had its budget drastically cut or reduced, and worse still, the allocations to the assembly has never been fully disbursed to it by the Buhari Government. So, the frustration of the lawmakers draw or stems from the fact that Buhari has, since assumption of office last year, continued

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Dogara to starve them of the loose funds usually available to them. What is even more is that, Government has also tightened the noose around the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government (MDAs), another key source that supplies funds to the lawmakers during their oversight activities. Observers believe that right now, with both the leadership or executives of the APC and PDP in disarray or lacking serious control, the organs of discipline or control that checks the lawmakers are clearly lacking, thus allowing the legislators the leeway to act in manners that they deem fit. Unlike in the past where there was strong internal leadership control in the National Assembly, particularly in the senate where the former Senate President, David Mark exercise firm control of the senators, there is no such control presently in the red chamber, as Saraki whose survival rests greatly on the whims of the senators, cannot act as an effective control or discipline of any of the senators. Ditto also for Dogara in the House. National Assembly observers opine that the present confrontational approach of members of the National Assembly towards the executive, particularly the senate, is largely driven by frustration, caused by lack of opportunities to line the lawmakers’ pockets. The strategy is to force the executive to the negotiation table. Unfortunately, those who are familiar with President Buhari express doubt about the workability of this style of mercantilist strategy as the President can hardly fall for such a plot.

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Economic Recession: Paradigm shift as remedial mechanism C arl U megboro

IGERIA’s economic downturn is no longer strange with many economic activities grounded and unprecedented job losses in banks, multinationals and other key sectors. To combat the predicament, the federal government since inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration prioritized anti-corruption and diversification of the economy to agriculture and mines. No doubt, the actions are long overdue; however, a paradigm shift from export of crude oil to that of its by-products and finished products as preliminary policy against the anomaly is indomitable. The reason is not far-fetched; the global crash in the price of crude oil did not affect the prices of its by-products and finished products. From OPEC’s chart on Thursday 22nd September, 2016, daily basket price of crude stood at $43.27 per barrel against a benchmark grudgingly proposed by the Nigerian gover nment. Deductively, since the price of crude oil, the nation’s major source of revenue crashed and remains on decline, meanwhile the country is endowed with crude oil in huge magni-

tude, strategically, the focus should have been to divert to export of its by-products and finished products like petroleum, kerosene, naphtha, gasoline, diesel, asphalt base, heating oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by setting up refineries and processing-plants which apart from keeping the economy buoyant will overwhelmingly boost employment rather than the insufferable downsizing in all sectors and even absolute winding up of multinationals who couldn’t cope with the adverse condition. Gover nment’s directive mandating banks to shun retrenchment of workers amidst economic crisis but overlooked cutting down expenditures especially remunerations of the legislators and executive excesses, particularly PresidentialAir-Fleets is awkward. Besides, employers only maintain a workforce vis-à-vis resources at its disposal. Imperatively, the colossal element; imbalance of trade has not been measured. To continue to export crude-oil which the country solely depends on at low prices only to import on high demand, its finished and by-products at exorbitant prices is illogical and a gaffe, and naturally will lead to economic depression in any country,

The present challenges should generate sustainable opportunities instead of more calamities or the blame mantra going on even if a developed nation. Interestingly, despite the global crash on crude, all its by-products and finished products have remained vendible with stable rise in prices. This ought to invoke a state of emergency on oil sector to fix the existing refineries and set up new ones across the nation, and above all, a comparative advantage since the country has crude oil; the major raw materials it needed. The present hullabaloo in the midst of plenty is uncalled for. Admitted, the previous administrations failed woefully in taking sen-

Challenge of professionalism in consulting

rofession is popularly regarded as a for m of employment, especially one that is possible only for an educated person (such as law or medicine) that is respected by the society as processing an honourable behaviour. Professional is highly regarded by the society to be of high morals, ability and competence both mentally and physically. Ideally, professional bodies by their very nature have some attributes that confer on them a wide scope of objectives and goals too vital to any nation. The professional has, therefore, chosen his profession for the reason of ennobling it for the benefit of mankind. Professionalism is showing a sound workman’s command, a social contract between the professional and the society. The high standard expected from a person who is well trained in a particular field is linked to requirements of ethical conduct. So, to that extent that a violation of an ethical virtue could bring disrepute to the industry or nation at large, the regulatory organ must therefore act decisively on issues bordering on professionalism such that a breach is met with commensurate penalty. The contextual use of the ter m ‘’consulting’’ should be well understood. Whilst consulting is often cited as an ethic profession, it is not strictly itself a profession. Rather, it is a means for practising a profession as do professionals in employment or priests in the temple of justice. Put another way, anyone who provides services on a temporary or

Professionalism will continue to be a far cry until there is a modicum of sanity project basis is providing a consulting service whether or not he bears the title consultant. Of course, good consulting can be hindered by unprofessional conduct. Nigeria is a corrupt nation because our value and belief systems are wrong. It is incumbent on professionals to imbibe and propagate the culture of right values. Unfortunately, after a deep and sincere introspection, we as professionals have failed the nation. At no time in the history of Nigeria’s existence as a nation has it been exposed to a more sustained professional abuse, rising wave of fraud, corporate failures and drift towards severe and massive fall in people’s standard of living than today. And at gover nance level, lack of purposeful professionalism appears to be at the heart of our crisis of perfor mance in virtually every area of public policy. I have also over the years reflected on and contemplated about our society, its ethic and its ethos. Yes, it is a notorious fact that our society has been spiteful of high virtues of probity and personal integrity. Worse still, deification of nouveaux riches very greatly un-

der mines professionalism and vigorous intellectual labour. In saner climes, excellence is promoted through ster n insistence on virtuous deeds. There is no gainsaying the fact that our work ethos appears to encourage only the lazy and dishonest pimps in the society. However for the ideal professional, obsession with excellent execution remains the hallmark of professionalism. In this regard, excellence is not just about doing the right thing or doing it exceptionally well, it is where they are tied to cultivate a culture of excellence. The activities of this stock of compromised professionals who no longer hold the sanctity of the profession in high esteem, has in fact, become a stumbling block in the development of the nation. In the light of truth mazzling and lie vending, contract and payroll padding and other for ms of intellectual gangsterism, I wonder if any illicit fund flow, money laundering and so on especially involving state funds could take place without a relevant professional as party! Emboldened by mute indifference of critical strata of the society, graft and similar scandals does not amount to shame. It is for people with conscience and who lament for Nigeria as the butt of all jokes among its peers. I will not stammer in stating categorically the so-called ‘’bad eggs’’ in the professions

sible actions in the midst of plenty, nevertheless, the change mantra should imply the present administration taking the bull by the horns by doing things rightly and differently for desirable results. On meeting the refineries mostly in coma and inadequate, the rightful action prior to diversification or perhaps alongside ought to be diverting to export of crude oil-finished and byproducts. Conclusively, government should straightaway put actions in place to suspend its export of crude and work towards a diversion to export of crude finished and by-products. If not, the continued exportation of crude at this agonizing state is wasteful and devoid of economic know-how and foresightedness. The present challenges should generate sustainable opportunities instead of more calamities or the blame mantra going on. To solely diversify the economy to agriculture and others but persistent export of our crude oil at pitiable prices is not far from what the previous administrations did, hence untenable, inefficient and may remain counterproductive. Umegboro, Public Affairs Analyst, writes from Igboekulie

now pose the greatest challenge and should be of very serious concer n to all Nigerians. But, what are these gover ning, supervising and oversight bodies vested with supreme powers to set standards, control and regulate the practice of such professionals doing? Very unfortunately, Nigerians have become complacent and passive onlookers to hubristic comportments, veiled complicity and inertia. By the way, such grand indiscretion breeds tendencies which unwittingly create a state of anomie where array of reprobates and the so-called sacred cows live eminently above the law. Meanwhile, the dichotomy over ‘the letter and spirit of the law’ and ‘the intent of the law’ exacerbates the rift between the settled interest of justice and variable interests of those that strut its hallowed chambers. Professionalism will continue to be a far cry until there is a modicum of sanity. And, I dare say with the development of this nation in stasis, it is the Nigerian economy and ordinary people who ultimately suffer the consequences of failure to muster the strength to uphold extant laws. Okocha, an independent consultant writes from Lagos

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Niger state PDM enmeshed in crisis

Priscilla Dennis MINNA

he Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM in Niger state is currently enmeshed in crisis that has culminated in the sack of the state secretary, Alhaji Adamu Musa Nasko by the National Working Committee, NWC,. But, Nasko described his removal from office as a ‘huge joke’. The entire state executive was sacked by the NWC of the party and directed that a fresh congress be held to elect new state executive members. Nasko was accused among others of inciting members of the party against the chairman and also organized unconstitutional vote of no confidence to be passed on the chairman. It was reliably gathered that Musa Nasko was said to have usurped the office and powers of the state chairman and designated himself

as the chairman of the party in the state, in addition to writing letters ‘in that usurped capacity to individuals soliciting for assistance for the party’. Against this backdrop, it was gathered a National Vice chairman of the party was sent to the state to investigate the allegations and the panel found the allegation to be true. It, therefore recommended for the sack of Musa Nasko and the entire state executive committee of the party. The sack letter which was signed by the National Secretary of the party, Hon. Ifeanyi Igwe and copy made available to our reporter in Minna disclosed that the secretary was ‘suspended from the party or three months’.

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Survey reveals about half of all Nigerian children experience physical violence before age 18 Less than half of all who experienced violence tell someone Now, UNICEF calls for prevention, implementation of CRA

Franka Osakwe

ew weeks ago, National Mirror discovered a 12-year-old house boy known as Peter who had his left eye severely injured by his ‘madam’ simply for not washing a kettle properly. Peter, who resides with his madam at No. 14b, Olu Akerele Street, Balogun Bus Stop off Awolowo Way, Ikeja. could not utter any word when questioned about his injury. A resident, who gave her name simply as Tayo, told National Mirror that Peter has always been subjected to constant beating whenever he does something wrong: “we always hear the woman shouting and beating the boy every now and then” However, house helps are not the only victims of physical violence. Parents at times met out violence against their children all in the name of discipline. One particular case which occurred last month, was the story reported in a national newspaper, of a 37-year-old man, Rasak Adekoya, who allegedly beat his 10-year-old son to death in Ago Iwoye, Ogun state, for stealing a mobile phone. Another woman in Delta State, had also stripped her 9-year-old son naked, flogged him mercilessly with a cane, for stealing N50 from her bag. Data from UNICEF reveals that 8 out of 10 children in West and Central Africa have been disciplined in a violent manner. Explaining the implication of physical violence on children, Deputy Director, Planning and Research Department, National Population Commission Abuja, Mr. Unogu Sylvanus, said victims of physical violence often end up with mental distress and thoughts of suicide. Speaking during a media dialogue on ending violence against children campaign held at Ibadan recently, Mr. Unogu also explained that physical violence is associated with the use of substance among males.

“Adults are significantly more likely to perpetrate physical violence against their intimate partner if they experienced physical or sexual violence in childhood For female children who experienced sexual violence, they are always associated with higher risk of STIs, mental distress and thoughts of suicide”, he said. About half of all Nigerian children experience physical violence before age 18, according to the 2014 National Survey on Violence Against Children. While presenting the data from the survey, Mr Unogu revealed that most Nigerian children experience violence at a very young age. “More than half of the children first experienced physical violence between the ages of 6 and 11. Approximately 1 in 10 children first experienced physical violence under the age of 5. A third of girls experienced their first incident of sexual violence between 14 and 15. Almost a third of boys experienced their first incident of sexual violence at 13 years and younger. 26% of females and 9.6% of males reported that their first sexual intercourse under the age of 18 years was forced. Approximately half

of children first experienced emotional violence before the age of 12”, the survey states. Unfortunately, majority of children who experience physical violence do not disclose or tell anyone. According to the survey, less than half of all who experienced physical violence tell someone. In fact, it stressed that sexual violence had even lower rates of disclosure - only 38% of girls and 27% of boys tell someone when they are sexually violated. Even when they do tell someone, they are more likely to tell a relative or

a friend rather than go to a service provider or authority figure. In order to encourage children to speak out and increase access to service, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria, Sharon Oladiji, said there is need to develop public health messages on violence against children and implement a public campaign to promote awarenessraising about the negative impacts of violence on children’s health. She called on the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development to complete the mapping of child-protection services in Nigeria and promote awareness of available child protection services, to children, families, and communities. She stressed that the Ministry of Education need to introduce and strengthen Guidance and Counselling units in all primary and secondary schools to support children on issues related to violence and increase awareness of available support services. “The Ministry of Health need to strengthen the implementation of school health programs and services, in order to address issues of violence against children. It should also integrate free-ofcharge violence-against-children-related health services (e.g., counseling, postrape care) for victims under the Primary Health Care component of the National Health Insurance Scheme. “The Nigeria Police Force should implement the “Speak Out!” communications campaign to encourage reporting to the Police while the justice sector should establish and strengthen complaints mechanisms for children in all forms of detention. The Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) can also create and promote safe spaces (children’s clubs, youth clubs, and child parliaments) for children in communities to speak out (CSOs)”, she said She also called for the implementation of the Child Right Act CRA and the VAPP in all states. In 2003, Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act to domesticate the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Although this law was passed at the Federal level, it is only effective if State Assemblies also enact it. To date, only 16 of the country’s 36 States have passed the Act. According o experts, if the CRA is adopted by all states, Nigeria will be able to deal with several issues hindering the protection rights of children.

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Diabetes: Nigerians not using enough insulin therapy —Dr. Adeyemi-Doro As the 2016 World Diabetes Day is marked globally next week, the problem of diabetes, its complications and management will again be brought to the front burner in all countries. Studies have however shown that while Nigeria’s response to the disease is not so poor in terms of monitoring and surveillance, management remains a key problem due mainly to weak financial support. A medical doctor and former Medical Affairs and Regulatory Global Projects Manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company, Dr. Kunle Adeyemi-Doro in this interview with SAM EFERARO confirms that Nigerians are not using enough Insulin therapy, an important part of diabetes treatment which plays a vital role in preventing complications and keeping individual’s blood sugar within target range. EXCERPTS

t what point should the doctor consider the use of insulin for a patient? The decision needs to be based on the individual patient’s specific requirement but typically when a person is diagnosed, he probably already lost half of the normal body insulin production and I think the best way to decide is to start him on tablets and if the tablets are unable to bring down the blood sugar down to normal then you may have to place him on insulin. When this takes place vary from person to person. This is because when an adult with diabetes comes to the hospital, you cannot really say how long the person had it. He may have had it for six, eight years before he came to the hospital so it’s hard to say exactly where a person is in terms of his need for insulin so the best thing we do is that if the blood sugar is not very high, you can start him on tablets and see if that will bring the blood sugar to normal, normal being the fasting less than 110 and after meal blood sugar of probably less than 140 and then what we call the HBA1c of

less than 7. If the tablet is not able to get the patient to normal within a three month period then you should consider insulin. From your experience in this country, will you say insulin is being well utilised by Nigerians living with diabetes? No, in fact we are significantly under using it. We have a good number of patients who should be on insulin who are not. There was a survey done in seven teaching hospitals in Nigeria called “the diab test” study and what it showed was that almost 70 percent of patients were not controlled by tablets and most of them were on at least two tablets which means that they were not controlled on two tablets more likely than not , that most of them should have been placed on insulin. And these are specialist hospitals, not health centres so we are grossly under utilising insulin. Insulin is simply to keep the blood sugar normal to prevent complications. It is the most effective glucose lowering agent which your body naturally produce. You just have it replaced by injection because your body is not producing enough. So it is still

not used properly I mean when you have an overdose of insulin and you have a major hypoglycaemia and you are unconscious. Any patient who has that will automatically be afraid of insulin. So there’s need for it to be used appropriately. The individual the most effective glucose needs to understand how to lowering agent to keep the use it properly because if it s not blood sugar normal. What about its side effect? I So why do you think is hear it makes the patient add not so well accepted in Niweight. geria? Yes. It has its side There are a number of effect which is reasons for this. One why the dose is because it is an must be titrated injection and Dr. Adeyemi-Doro properly to inpeople don’t clude proper like having to meal plan and physical activity so that you inject themselves for the rest of their life. In can minimise weight gain. The other side efthe past, the injection could be quite painful fect is that if it is not used properly, there’s a but now it’s much better because they have risk of blood sugar dropping too low and the the pen and the tiny needles that are painperson fainting or becoming unconscious. less and that makes it more acceptable for Most of the cases, in fact all the cases I’ve a patient to inject himself. Two, there’s the seen resulted from improper use. When I thinking among many patients that when was in the LUTH (Lagos University Teachthey are placed on insulin it means their ing Hospital), there was a patient, a middle condition is very bad and they are about to aged man who needed insulin because tabdie. It’s a wrong concept but it happens belets were not working any more and we had cause the doctor tends to keep the insulin till to place him on insulin after a lot of discuslate so the patient comes in very bad and the sion and debate. We directed him to the phardoctor knows he has no option but to use it macy to buy insulin, the needles and so on so and because he’s using the insulin at a late we could teach him how to inject. He said we complicated stage, probably a number of shouldn’t worry and that he had a nurse who patients do die and relatives would notice would teach him. Two days later, I saw him at that the person was placed on insulin and he the Accident and Emergency ward lying on a died. Thus, they associate insulin and death stretcher. He had taken an overdose of the inand so if such a relative now develops diasulin and went into coma. If he had allowed betes, he doesn’t want insulin early because us to educate him on the use of his insulin he’s thinking it’s near death. The third reathat wouldn’t have happened. Patients need son is that doctors tend to wrongly threaten to be educated properly on how to use insupatients – if you don’t exercise properly, you lin, when to use it, where to inject it and how don’t follow the right diet, you will have to be to store it – and this is important because inplaced on insulin as a “punishment” which sulin is a protein. If it is exposed to the sun, it is wrong because patients would naturally will be destroyed. If it is frozen in the fridge, need insulin because of the way the disease it will not work as well. There’s an appropricontinues. Diabetes is caused by your body ate temperature it needs to be stored. Insulin not producing enough insulin or the insulin needs certain amount of education. The payou produce is not effective. These are some tient must check his blood sugar at certain of the common misconceptions and misuntime to ensure his blood sugar is within the derstanding. Another thing is if insulin is appropriate range.

WHO out with ways to stop surgical infections

s the World Antibiotic Awareness Week begins next week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released guidelines on how to stop surgical infections to save lives, cut costs and arrest the spread of superbugs. According to the new guideline, people preparing for surgery should always have a bath or shower but not be shaved, and antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, not afterwards The “Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection” includes a list of 29 concrete recommendations distilled by 20 of the world’s leading experts from 26 reviews of the latest evidence. The recom-

mendations were also published today in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases” and are designed to address the increasing burden of health care associated infections on both patients and health care systems globally. “No one should get sick while seeking or receiving care,” said Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Innovation. “Preventing surgical infections has never been more important but it is complex and requires a range of preventive measures. These guidelines are an invaluable tool for protecting patients.” Surgical site infections are caused by bacteria that get in through incisions made during surgery. They threaten the lives of millions of patients each year and

Prof Ladipo, ARFH boss urges govt to revisit population policy Marcus Fatunmole and Ajibola Winner ABUJA

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contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance. In lowand middle-income countries, 11% of patients who undergo surgery are infected in the process. In Africa, up to 20% of women who have a caesarean section contract a wound infection, compromising their own health and their ability to care for their

babies. But surgical site infections are not just a problem for poor countries. In the United States, they contribute to patients spending more than 400 000 extra days in hospital at a cost of an additional US$ 900 million per year.

resident and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), Prof. Oladapo Ladipo, has called on the Federal Government to revisit the national population policy that requires that each couple in the country has only four children, saying family planning should be by choice. This is even as he appealed to couples to adopt family planning to enable them give birth to children they can cater for, and raise families that will become assets to the nation. Prof Ladipo stated this, Monday, at the Fourth Nigeria Family Planning Confer-

ence in Abuja. “We have a population policy that currently encourages four children per couple. I think that policy needs to be revisited by government. And, we all sit down together to do what is rational. I will not support legislation. Family planning should be free. It is by choice. But, everybody should recognize that everyone has the right to family planning,” he said. He explained that the country had failed to grow, despite its huge population, and that population is made to be a burden rather than asset. According to him, some parents who are supposed to leave a legacy of wealth for their children die and force their offspring to live in poverty because the children are not planned.

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Again, CBN cautions Diaspora Nigerians on illegal IMTOs’ patronage ….affirms 35 licensed IMTOs NIYI JACOBS

he Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday warned Nigerians in Diaspora against sending money through illegal International Money Transfer Operators, IMTOs. In a statement signed by its Acting Director, Corporate Communication, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, the apex bank hinted that its attention had been drawn to the increasing patronage of illegal Money Transfer Operators by Nigerians in the Diaspora for the purpose of home remittances and advised Nigerians in foreign countries to do their transactions only through licensed operators. Okorafor stated that the unscrupulous operators, who lure unsuspecting customers with ridiculous exchange rate, use Naira accounts opened in local banks ostensibly for legal business to pay out the proceeds to the beneficiaries while channeling the foreign currencies to fund the parallel market. He clarified: “This practice has led to non-reporting of such transactions to relevant authorities thereby undermining effective surveillance of the sector as well as leading to discrepancies in statistics on the transactions between countries of origin of remittance and the destination country, Nigeria.” The apex bank’s communica-

tion chief therefore advised Nigerians in the Diaspora not to patronise unlicensed International Money Transfer Operators, as they stand the risk of losing their hard-earned money. This is even as he urged Deposit Money Banks, DMBs, to ensure painstaking conduct of “Know Your Customers’ Business”, KYB, in order to prevent the use of accounts for illegal transactions and avoid regulatory sanctions, adding that such accounts, when discovered, will be blocked and the operators handed over to appropriate law enforcement agencies for prosecution.

Specifically, he disclosed that for the avoidance of doubt, as at November 9, 2016, the CBN authorised licensed international money transfer operators to include, Aftab Currency Exchange Limited, Aws Malta Limited, Caperemit UK Limited, Cashpot Limited, Centrexcard Limited, Colony Capital Limited, Cp Express Limited, Daytona Capital Management Limited, DT&T Corporation Limited, Etransact Limited, Fiem Group Llc, Dba Ping Express, First Apple Inc., First Transfer Inc., Foren Money Limited, Funtech Global Communications Limited, GDM

Transfer Pty Limited, Homesend S.C.R.L, IDT Payment Services Inc., and Moneygram. Others are, Nouveau Mobile Limited, Pagatech Limited, Refitok International Limited, Ria Financial, Sanaa Capital, Llc (Money4 Diaspora Services Llc) Small World Financial Services Group Limited, Tcf Limited, Trans-Fast Remittance Llc, UAE Exchange Centre Llc, Venture Garden Nigeria, Vtnetwork Limited, Wari Limited, Weblink International Limited, Western Union, Wi-Pay Global Llc, and WorldRemit Limited.

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Heritage Bank-Lagos State Skoolim Brand Ambassador, Mary Onyali; Heritage Bank Executive Director Mary Akpobome and the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Solomon Dalung congratulating a winner after decorating her with a medal at the closing ceremony of the just concluded Heritage Bank-Lagos State at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos last weekend

Nigeria plans to raise N120bn in treasury bills UDO ONYEKA

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he Central Bank of Nigeria has said it planned to sell N119.92 billion ($376.22 million) in short-dated treasury bills at an auction on November 16. According to the CBN a total of N32.43 billion will be sold in the three-month papers, N22.82 billion in six-month bills and N64.67 billion in one-year bills, adding that payment for the purchases would be made on Thursday. Nigeria issues treasury bills to fund the budget deficit, manage banking system liquidity and curb rising inflation. The 2016 budget deficit was estimated at N2.2 trillion, of which around N900 billion is expected to

come from local borrowing. It would be recalled that in October the Central Bank of Nigeria sold N123billion worth of Treasury bills to mop up liquidity Data obtained from the CBN website showed that it auctioned N91 days bill at 13.5 per cent worth N45.18billion, N182 days bill at 16.8 per cent. The auction was bided through the Primary Dealer and Market Maker. According to Capital Bancorp, the pooling of bids is necessitated as a result of challenges encountered by the PDMMs in processing a single client’s Treasury bill bid from start to finish on the CBN platform. Earlier, the apex bank had on August 3, raised N245.18 billion ($773.44 million) worth

of T-bills to settle short-term obligations. The CBN issued N45.18 billion in threemonth debt, N80 billion of six month paper and N120 billion of one year bills in a Dutch auction. The main investors in government securities are mainly pension funds and commercial banks which control more than 60 per cent of the market, followed by insurance funds and a few micro-finance institutions. Yields on fixed income securities have been rising in recent months with the CBN mopping up naira liquidity to try to lure back foreign investors who sold naira assets following the plunge in the price of oil, Nigeria’s economic mainstay

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Executive Discourse

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

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Repositioning NIMN ‘ll impact on Nigeria’s Mr. Tony Agenmonmen, who until recently was Senior Strategy Manager at Nigerian Breweries Plc, is no doubt a marketing professional, having nurtured great brands such as Star and Legend brands into what they are today. In this interview with DAVID AUDU, he talks about his desire to transform the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, NIMN, if elected as its President as well as how repositioning the Institute could help in building the required marketing professionals base required to boost the nation’s economy in the years ahead . Excepts: You recently retired in a company where you were said to have spent a greater part of your working career. How was the experience? It is almost 32 years which is just like yesterday. If I have to live a work-life again, I would love to live a life of a marketing man but it comes with its challenges. Obviously, working in such a big company and building some of the biggest brands in Nigeria comes with challenges and fun. I remembered they great work we had to do on Star to bring it to where it is today, the same thing with Legend by taking it from where it was to be a big challenger in the stout market and so many other brands that I worked on. I remembered a lot of activations such as Megajams, the Gulder Ultimate Search and all the attendant challenges. It was fun and challenging, I enjoyed lot of it because it was fun and i benefited immensely from the experience. At a time when you were supposed to retire to your home, you have decided to take up another challenge by vying to lead the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, NIMN. What inform this decision? When I retired from Nigerian Breweries, I made it pretty clear that I was not going home to relax finally. Coming to the National institute of marketing of Nigeria to head it is not sudden. It is something that has been a burning desire for sometimes now to contribute

my quota to the development of the institute. I believed the few things that we have been able to do for brand which should be able to replicate them in the institute. The institute appears to be a bit colourless not only in terms of its image but also in reckoning in the league of other professional bodies, What plan do you intend to bring to bear to change that perception if you eventually emerge to lead the institute? I must confess there is really nothing on ground per say. We really need to start afresh. If I were to evaluate the situation using the proper marketing language, I would say the equity of NIMN is weak. But all the great marketers know that that in itself is not something for you to throw up your arms in surrender. The brand is there, same with the people and the resources. All that is however required is to replicate what we did in turning some product into great brands in

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the institute. At least we have managed brands into greater height. I remembered that at appoint Star was in the number one position. So, if we can turn Legend which was nowhere to a big challenger in the market, turning the institute around for me with great professionals around us, for me is a piece of cake. I don’t see anything stopping us from achieving that

For me, I think we should be at the

forefront of delivering quality marketing professionals. And for those of us who have been long around, if you ask what are the most difficult challenge affecting companies, it is getting quality marketing hands to work on their brands.

dream. What we need to do is to find out what has been lacking, particularly with the quality of people around who are vying to contest in the council, I am sure that in no distant time, you will be very proud of NIMN. I can sure you that by the time we are finished, we would not be talking about an institute that is not known. We actually really want to play in the “champions league”. You are coming from a private sector background where things seem to be work differently, how prepared are you to contend with a system that seems to be driven with a public sector mentality? It is important for me to dwell more on the equity challenge. I think part of addressing the equity challenge of the various stakeholders is to look at whether each of them has anything they can look forward

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economy positively —Agenmonmen to in the institute today. For me, the answer is no. Let us start with the students in various tertiary institutions studying marketing. We have not offered them anything. We don’t give them any assistance in terms of training. We do not organize programmes where they can come in, listen and learn. From experienced marketing professionals. If I looked back, when we were in the university, the most attractive thing we used to talk about then was to say, this is my association. Each department in our various institutions has their own and you are very happy to be part of it. Today, I don’t think that sense of pride exist among marketing students. So, we want to build that pride back into the system. We want to do it in such a way that they are proud to be members of this institute. Besides, look at the million of marketing professionals working in different sectors of the economy, what are we giving to them? The answer is we are not giving anything. We want to restore the glory such that our AGMs become a sort of carnival where professionals from different parts of the country participate. But if people don’t believe in the institute, they would not come. If you have to travel from far and wide to attend such function, it has to be worth a while. So, we need to give them a value proposition. In the past, the backbone of the institute used to be corporate organization, if I may ask, what are we giving them? For me, I think we should be at the forefront of delivering quality marketing professionals. And for those of us who have been long around, if you ask what are the most difficult challenge affecting companies, it is getting quality marketing hands to work on their brands. For me, NIMN should be at the forefront of driving professionalism with that experience and we intend to do that. Coming to the issue of civil service mentality, I think it is about change of management. I think the people that would probably be most affected are the staffs that are used to the old ways of doing things. However, what I keep telling people is that would you prefer to come to work every day, sitting down reading newspapers and at the end of the month, your salaries

companies can embark on consumer promotion without any fear of molestation. Now talking about making changes in the institute, it is important to state that I have been an integral part of the institute for many years. You would recall that I contested for the position of president few years ago. Even though I lost, I was called upon to contribute my quotas in some of the committees. And when the position of the Second vice president was vacant, I contested and won. Since then, I have been making my input. I think at the national level, marketing can also be embraced if we follow the principles and get marketing ideas into the consciousness of our political leaders. If they can run a few of their programmes with marketing consciousness, the country will be better for it. But on our part as an institute, we need to get our act together before we can get into relevance of any national discourse.

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are not paid. Or you wake up in the morning, looking up to a great day at work. At the end of the day, your salary is paid and you are happy. I am inclined to believe that there is nobody who just wants to go to work and lazy around. We are going to bring an attitude that would engender both challenges and fun in the institute. How do you intend to tackle the challenge of other agencies who are usurping the powers of the institute, especially, the lottery board? For me, my attitude to such issue is not about any

confrontation. You don’t win battle like that by just sheer bravado. I think we will need to sit down with them, because I believe most of the issues they are raising are borne out of misunderstanding. I remembered that at a time I was also involved when the lottery board said consumer promotion is lottery. To get it clear, consumer promotion, all over the world, is a basic marketing function. For me, we need to sit the lottery board down and educate them so that they will know what it is all about. I will ensure that the issues are resolved such that our member

I think at the national level,

marketing can also be embraced if we follow the principles and get marketing ideas into the consciousness of our political leaders. If they can run a few of their programmes with marketing consciousness, the country will be better for it.

What is the philosophy behind this campaign? For me, transparency and integrity will be watchword. In the next two years, we intend to take the institute to greater height in what has not been witnessed before. What has been you link with the institute before seeking this exalted office? As a young marketer, I have always been part of the institute. At a point, I was part of NIMARK, one of the factions that broke out from the institute. But when it came to the need to resolve the impasse, I was also part of those who advised to reconcile both parties. We step down from the Council in order to have a unified institute. Upon reconciliation, I contested for the position of President which I lost to the incumbent. Rather than embark on protest as it is common in the political arena, we resolved to work with the President. I was given the responsibility by the outgoing President to work on several committees which I did. He also asked me to use my private sector influence to give the institute a visibility which I did. One of the things I am proud of today is that we are now a member of Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria, APBN.

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Experts chart roadmap to Nigeria’s transition to green economy

Index sheds 1.9% as bears sustain hold on market

UNDP rekindles Boko Haram-ravaged communities’ hope through solar power S

everal months after Hong, one of the seven local governments in Adamawa State that was overran by armed insurgents was liberated, some of the communities are yet to return to full normal life. Olufemi Adeosun, in this report, writes on the efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to bring succour to the people in those areas. One of the challenges confronting rural communities across the nation is meeting their energy needs. Remote and detached from the national grid, they labour on a daily basis to meet their energy requirements by relying on traditional methods with all their attendant environmental and health implications. This was the untold story of the peasantry life of the people of rural communities in Hong Local Government of Adamawa State, North-East, Nigeria made worse by the insurgents, who overran them, killed some of them, razed their houses, destroyed their farmlands, forced them to seek refuge at the various Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) camps across the nation. However, it was a bid to help the resettlement programme of government in these liberated communities that the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) conceived the idea of solar systems to meet the sustainable energy needs of the rural dwellers in 12 communities of Fa’a Gaya, Gaya Silkami, Garaha Mijili, Dilwachira, Gashala Mamud, Mutuku, Shashau, Garaha Lari, Garaha Banga, Kubutafa, Pella and Kwakwa. The N192million project being undertaken by the UN agency in partnership with the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), involves installation of solar PV systems/equipment for water borehole pumping, installation of off-grid solar home systems with mobile phone-charging, construction and installation of solar PV in Primary Health Centres and installation of two solar streetlight at strategic locations in the benefitting communities. Apart from this initiative, UNDP had recently signed an agreement with the Bank of Industry, under its solar energy partnership programme for the implementation of the second phase of the pilot project which entails provision of long-term financing for the installation of off-grid solar home systems in select rural communities. Some of the villagers who spoke to journalists during assessment tour of the twelve communities expressed gratitude to the UN agency for the project, noting that the facilities provided for them had improved their living conditions since they returned home early this year. For instance, at Banga, a village which bor-

Sola Power Panel ders Sambisa Forest, the village head, Mr. Rufai Jotktan, narrated the life changing experience of his people. According to him, apart from the fact the solar lamps provided for them help to safe cost being expended on kerosene lanterns, villagers now have unprecedented access to clean and uninterrupted water supply. Also in Garaha Larh, one of the benefitting communities, Headmaster of Larh Primary School(the only surviving school in the village), Mr. Thomas Hassan, said the facilities, especially solar lamps, had helped to increase literacy level in the village. He explained that could now read for longer hours. He said: “I must first of all place on record our gratitude to UNDP for facilities provided for us. It does not only give us sense of living, it shows that some people somewhere still care about our plights. Some of the facilities have helped in no small ways to improve the lives of the people in the communities where this project is being executed. “For us in Gahara Larh, it has been a life-

changing experience, particularly for our children who can now have access to lamps to read for longer hours, for our women who can now have access to maternal care through the provision of solar power refrigerator for the storage of vaccines in our health centres, and for the solar borehole water facility which now enable us to have access to sustainable clean water. Also speaking, the spokesman of the local vigilante group, known as civilian JTF, Mr. Rajan Mathair, noted that the provision of the solar streetlights had improved security system in the community, stressing that his men could now engage in light surveillance with ease. Mathair who maintained a stoic posture to repel any future Bomo Haram attacks, said they could now sight enemies from afar through the aid of the streetlights, unlike before when insurgent lurk in the dark to unleash carnage on the communities. The Adamawa State, Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Julius Kadala described the solar project as timely, adding that the lives of the people had already transformed.

The effects are so pronounced in Hong because, personal houses were burnt, government buildings razed to the ground and farm produce destroyed

in large numbers.

You have seen it for yourselves

because you have visited the villages to have first hand information on the level of carnage perpetrated against our people.

On whether it is achieving the target of impacting on the lives of the people, he said,”It is really achieving that aim. Hong is the worse hit out of the seven local governments that were affected by the nefarious activities of the armed insurgents. “The effects are so pronounced in Hong because, personal houses were burnt, government buildings razed to the ground and farm produce destroyed in large numbers. You have seen it for yourselves because you have visited the villages to have first hand information on the level of carnage perpetrated against our people.” He, however, maintained that much was still to be done to rehabilitate the people. For instance, he said that most of the houses burnt down were yet to be reconstructed. On why some still stay away despite efforts to rehabilitate them, he said,”A number of people are returning back to their communities. But some of them have no house to return to. Some of them have no schools that their children will go back to, and some have no relations anymore to return to. “So there are a lot challenges preventing their ultimate return. For instance, some of them still need mental rehabilitation because they are yet to overcome the psychological trauma they went through during the reign of terror. The commissioner, who hails from one of the communities, Kwakwa, nonetheless said the UNDP solar programme, was aiding the return of some of the villagers from the IDPs camps, explaining that the communities welcome returnees on a daily basis. He said most of the victims in various IDPs in the state were from the state, arguing that most of them came from Cameroon and neighboring state, like Borno. The Director, Energy linkages & Consultancy, ECN Engr. Okon Ekpenyong, detailed the involvement of the agency in the project. According to him, while UNDP provided the funds for the execution of the project, ECN, provided the needed technical expertise as the implementing agency. He said, “In ECN, our focus is on energy sustainability and UNDP is also focusing on sustainable energy for us. We both decided that the best way to address the energy access of these ravaged communities is to come up with this project. “Since we cannot reach all the communities, we decided to choose one local government where we know. Hong is one of the most affected local governments and those communities are the ones that are most affected.”

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Energy Week

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

FG set to privatise more NIPP plants – NDPHC CHIDI UGWU Abuja

he Managing Director of Niger Delta power Holding Company (NDPHC), Mr. Chiedu Ugbo, said the agency had obtained approval to resume the privatisation process of the 10 gas power generating plants built under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) which had been stalled since 2013. Ugbo, who gave the hint at a power forum in Abuja, said the privatization process will be restarted, but under a new arrangement, adding that the process would now be concluded in phases, starting with three of the plants – 634 megawatts (MW) Calabar, 506mw Geregu and 513mw Omotosho power plants. “The privatisation of our power plants are still on course with three power station taken together in the first round, specifically, this process will continue with the conclusion of on-going privatisation of Calabar, Geregu and Omotosho power stations while the Vice President and Chairman of the Board directed that Egbema power station be sold ‘As-Is’,” said Ugbo. The NIPP privatisation which was kicked off on November 11, 2013, was stopped mid-

The Corporate Affairs Manager Mr. Albert Mabuyaku, addressing the interviewees during the Skills Acquisition Programme Selection exercise at Total Blending Plant Kaduna recently.

way on the basis of mixed transaction flaws that included non-availability or completion of some of the plants, as well as uncertainty of gas supply arrangements to the plants, amongst others. Ugbo, however indicated that once the three are successfully privatised, the agency will move on to the others, but added that a decision on 150mw Omoku will be taken after an ongoing project audit on the plant is concluded. “Decision on Omoku power station will

be taken after the conclusion of on-going project audit of the plant. All these strategies are designed to enable the management complete all the projects under phase one and deliver power to Nigerians. “In a similar vein, management plans completion of Gbarian power station by firing the second unit to bring available capacity to 225mw as well as completion of Alaoji Combined Cycle Phase, this will bring additional capacity of 270mw with one block steam cycle,” Ugbo added.

Firm targets 100 megawatts from solar projects CHIDI UGWU Abuja

solar energy developer, Phanes Group, has unveiled plans to codevelop three 100 megawatts gridconnected solar PV plants in Nigeria. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Martin Haupts, said the projects span three locations namely, the Mando area of Kaduna, Birnin-Kebbi in Kebbi and Sokoto in the North-West part of the country. According to him, the latter – in Sokoto – benefits from one of the highest irradiation levels (2210 kWh/m2/year) in the country and is backed by one of the 14 recently signed government Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with utility-scale solar power developers – which will collectively add around 1,200 MW of solar capacity to the grid. He explained that the first 50 MW of Phanes Group’s Sokoto project will be gridconnected as early as the first quarter of 2018, adding that the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2018. The Kebbi and Kaduna projects will be delivered under the Hasken-Rana brand (meaning ‘sunshine’ in Hausa) – a joint venture between Phanes Group and its Nigerian partners, and are due for completion before the end of 2019. Haupts explained: “Nigeria’s policy makers have worked proactively to address the nation’s immediate and long term electrification challenges through the introduction

of attractive clean energy policies, and we are beginning to see the fruits of those policies. “Despite its challenges, Nigeria’s potential for solar development is unquestionable and from a standing start it may soon emerge as solar leader among its sub-Saharan African peers, “These new commercially viable projects demonstrate the strength of public, private partnerships whilst setting Nigeria on positive to course greater energy security and

economic development – a model for African solar deployment,” he added. According to Federal Government’s target, 75 percent of the nation will be grid connected by 2020 at a rate of 1.5 million households per year. In addition to grid extensions, Nigeria will also seek non-grid solutions from renewable sources such as solar, wind and medium hydro to ensure communities across the country have equal access to a secure power supply, phasing out expensive diesel powered generators.

PTDF-trained oil industry welders graduate CHIDI UGWU Abuja

he Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) said it has awarded certificates to 130 Nigerians who successfully completed in-country training on International Institute of Welding Diplomas in Advanced and Specialized Welding Processes (IIWDASWP). The Head, Press and External Relations of PTDF, Mr. Kalu Otisi, in a statement noted the the beneficiaries got the certification at the end of a three month PTDF sponsored in-country training in high-end welding processes where their competency levels were tested and certified. According to him, the development has pushed Nigeria steps further towards attaining self-sufficiency in the required

manpower for all welding processes in the oil and Gas industry and allied subsectors. He said that the 130 graduates who received their international proficiency certificates in advanced welding processes at the Nigeria Institute of Welding Centre of Excellence Training Centre, Benin, is as a result of the progress made by the PTDF in the creation of the relevant indigenous manpower in welding through

Oil prices steady on U.S. election …as Barkindo urges OPEC members on output cut pact

il prices were little changed on Tuesday, paring earlier gains in line with U.S. stock markets as voters head to the polls to elect the next president of the United States.

Commodity

Units

Price

Change

% Change

Time(ET)

Crude Oil (WTI)

USD/bbl.

45.25

+0.36

+0.80%

1:02 PM

Crude Oil (Brent)

USD/bbl.

46.30

+0.15

+0.33%

1:02 PM

TOCOM Crude Oil

JPY/kl

30,250.00

+160.00

+0.53%

1:07 PM

NYMEX Natural Gas

USD/MMBtu

2.67

-0.14

-5.15%

1:02 PM

Source: Bloomberg as at November 8, 2016

its Welders Training and Certification Programme in 2009. He disclosed that graduates were certified for flux core welding, tungsten inert gas welding, metal inert gas welding, metal active gas welding and oxy-acetylene gas welding.

In a swell of investor risk appetite, U.S. stocks racked up their biggest one-day gain since March on Monday, but this boost, which lifted oil, copper and European equities earlier on Tuesday faded. The most recent polls have put Democrat Hillary Clinton ahead of Republican rival Donald Trump in Tuesday’s election. Clinton is seen by investors as offering greater certainty and stability. Brent futures edged up 8 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $46.07 a barrel at 11:27 a.m. EST (1627 GMT). U.S. crude rose a penny to $44.90 per barrel. “We expect markets to take a pause today across the financial spectrum as election results are awaited,” Jim Ritterbusch, president of Chicago-based energy advisory Ritterbusch & Associates, said in a note. (Source – Reuters.com)

Environment & Wildlife

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Experts chart roadmap to Nigeria’s transition to green economy TOLA AKINMUTIMI

nvironment and conservation experts have said that for Nigeria to transit to a green economy, there is need for the enforcement of existing legislations on sustainable environment. The experts, who gave this consensual opinion at a stakeholders’ workshop with the theme ‘Environmental and Social Impact Assessment – For the Transition to a Green Economy in Nigeria’ organized by Community Conservation and Development Initiatives (CCDI) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the

Federal Republic of Germany in Lagos, noted that the country had been unable to address most of its environmental challenges due to poor enforcement of existing laws enacted to preserve the environment. The participants, who were drawn largely from a broad spectrum of relevant sectors spanning the academia, MDAs, civil society organizations and professional groups, noted that in order to reverse the ugly trend of pervasive environmental degradation in the country there was the need to entrench a culture of sound environment management practices across all institutions and sectors in

the country. In his presentation at the forum, the CCDI’s Executive Director, Mr. Ako Amadi, who provided the background for the workshop, said that it was not enough for governments to sign agreements only but there was also the need for the political will to convey the intention of governments to the people through advocacy and other public awareness strategies. Amadi, who strongly believes that moving the country to a green economy is feasible, however explained that there were some fundamental issues to be critically looked into for the realization of this laudable

FG urges states, LGs to register artisanal miners .....as Minister canvasses safer mining environment

he Federal Government has restated the urgent need for states and local governments to commence registration of artisanal miners operating in their domain in the bid to ensure safer mining environment and improve revenue. He also urged states to domesticate the Child Right Act, so as to discourage the use of children for illegal mining activities. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made the call on Tuesday at Muye Kafinkoro Village, Paikoro Local Government Area, Niger State, where he had gone to visit a mining site, where illegal mining activities recently claimed four lives. Fayemi, who was accompanied by the Minister of State for

Mines and Steel Development, Hon Abubakar Bawa Bwari, lamented the unfortunate incident, where a mango tree fell and killed four out of about a hundred local miners looking for gold dust in an illegal site, located in the earth of the village. The minister noted that environmental degradation and unhealthy practices that characterised illegal mining activities would be curtailed if artisanal miners are properly registered into groups within their localities. He therefore urged states and local government authorities to champion the registration process for local miners, adding that it is only through this approach that their operations could be monitored, guided and

supported for optimal contribution to the economy and for a safer mining environment. “It will also help them to work and earn money legitimately so that mining can become job creating and revenue earning work.”, he added. The Minister explained that many of the artisanal miners were ignorant people, who were out to eke a living, and in the process got involved, unconsciously, in some other nefarious activities. The Minister noted that illegal mining activities remained a major threat to big miners. He said in organising and formalising activities of artisanal miners, the country would also be protecting the big miners and assuring them that Nigeria is a safe mining destination.

Drought poses risks to global food production –UN SYLVA EMEKA-OKEREKE

s flood is ravaging the world, the United Nation, UN, has raised concerns over the effects of such natural disaster, saying it would reduce global food production. It also noted that nearly 800 million people are chronically undernourished as a result of drought,

Drought

land degradation and declining soil, listing some causes include unsustainable water use, fertility as well as biodiversity loss, thus requiring long-term solutions to help communities increase resilience to climate change, according to statistics from the United Nations UN said the livelihoods and well-being of hundreds of mil-

lions of people are at stake due to these global challenges. It however heightened the fear that such land degradation could reduce global food productivity by 12 per cent, leading to a 30 per cent increase in world food prices in the next 25 years. Ranking among the greatest environmental challenges of all time, the UN described desertification as a persistent degradation of dry land ecosystems by human activities, including unsustainable farming, mining, overgrazing and clear-cutting of land, caused by climate change. It would be noted that June 17 every year has been set aside to promote public awareness of desertification and drought as well as the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD, in those countries experiencing serious drought or desertification.

agenda. According to him, there is also need for government officials to speak with one voice on the country’s programmes and initiatives being uindertaken to secure the environment for sustainability of lives and fauna. Specifically, he decried what seemed a contradictory stance of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, and his Environment Ministry’s counterpart where the former was quoted as saying that Nigeria will go ahead to use it coal despite concerns raised by World Bank just a few days after the Minister of Environment had given the country commitment to go green. Similarly, he also decried the increasing spate of gas flaring in the Niger Delta region despite government assurances to reduce the menace in the oil producing region. In her paper, the Director, Karunya Consulting, Zoe Parr Kennaugh, titled ‘Key Social components of Environmental Impact Assessment: Ecosystem Services, Livelihoods, Cultural Heritage and Stakeholders Engagement’canvassed the need for disclosure to and inclusive-

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ness of host communities before execution of projects. The expert lamented that most communities at the area of impact were not often consulted before locating projects capable of affecting benefits derived from the ecosystem in their communities. Similarly, Assistant Director, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), Mrs. Regina Folorunsho, also noted that one of the ways to ensure seamless transition of the country to a green economy would be engagement of experts at all levels of policy formulation and implementation at all levels of governance in the country.

Bat fatalities at wind farms prove unpredictable

ostly ecological impact assessments (EcIAs) completed prior to the building of wind farms have failed to protect bats from fatal collisions with the spinning blades. Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on November 7 say that, for reasons that aren’t yet entirely clear, that’s because surveys of bat activity conducted only before building begins are poor predictors of future bat fatalities. “The findings highlight the difficulty of establishing with certainty the effect of major developments before they occur,” says Fiona Mathews of the University of Exeter, UK. “This is a real problem for the planning system. In most countries, the system of Environmental Impact Assessment is based on the assumption

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that accurate assessment of risks can be made in advance and so appropriate steps [can be] taken to avoid any adverse effects -- or if the bad effects cannot be mitigated, then the development should not be permitted to go ahead. Our work highlights that this can be difficult to achieve in practice, as animals do not always behave the way we might anticipate.” Mathews and her colleagues surveyed 46 wind farms across the UK for bat fatalities over the course of a month as part of a study to determine the impact of wind turbines on bats. Because it’s extremely difficult to find dead bats, her team relied heavily on search dogs to locate casualties, she explains. They also used audio analysis to characterize bat activity. (Source – sciencedaily. com)

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Shippers Council rakes in N5.2bn in 9 months FRANCIS EZEM

he Nigerian Shippers Council has disclosed that it generated a total of N5.2 billion for the first nine months of the year covering January to September 2016. Executive Secretary/CEO of the Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, told Senate Committee on Marine Transport on oversight functions visit to her agency that part of the revenue emanated from statutory allocation from the Office of the AccountantGeneral of the Federation Others components of the revenue include accruals from fees such as the Port Development Levy, earnings and sales, incomes from conferences and seminars. While giving a breakdown of the 2016 budget performance, he told the committee that, the sum of N4.04 billion went into expenditure, which covers capital expenditure, personnel costs and

recurrent expenditure. “In 2015, the sum of N6.88 billion was collected as revenue by the council, while N408million was remitted into the Federal Government’s sub-treasury. Additional responsibilities arising from the council’s role as an interim regulator of the port has increased activities of the council”, Bello said. “The court cases challenging the council’s responsibility as the economic regulator of the ports have also adversely affected the council. For instance, the 2015 capital budget which did not perform optimally partly due to the strict adherence to public procurement processes in compliance with the Public Procurement Act 2007 also affected the council adversely”, he had also told the Senate committee. He however said that as part of measures to fulfill the core mandates of the council, it has rigorously pursued the training and development of members of

SON nabs steel firm over substandard products

...intercepts another truck-load of fake electrical products ABOLAJI ADEBAYO

he Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has nabbed a steel and iron company - Yongxing Steel Co Ltd located at Ugua Community, Benin, Edo State, on allegation of production of substandard products. The company was discovered to be dealing in the production of substandard iron steel rods. The SON’s team led by the Head of Inspectorate and Compliance Directorate Engr Bede Obayi, Obayi listed the company’s irregularities to include, non-performing Universal Testing Machine, and that the chemical composition of the steel products failed test. He said the minimum standard length of steel bars in accordance with the Nigerian Industrial Standard was 12 meters, but the company’s products showed serious non-compliance with the standard as most of those produced in the company were not up to 12 meters. He added that the company lacked skilled staff members to man production to meet standard requirements. Other shortcomings of the company according to Obayi was that mechanical properties had poor yield strength, no evidence of control on non-conforming products to protect the consumers from buying substandard steel bars, adding that the testing machine were kept under non-conducive environment. In a related development, the

agency stated that it had intercepted and confiscated a truck load of energy saving bulbs suspected to be substandard products. The SON’s enforcement official said the products failed parameter tests prescribing the number of hours the bulbs would last before expiration. The team led by Engr Bede Obayi, discovered that there were false declarations on the wattage of the said products. Addressing journalists on the seized commodities, Obayi said the bulbs could not meet 20 per cent of the rated value of tension test confirming that they were substandard, adding its marking details which help in traceability of the products in circulation was another issue of concern as it was not specified.

staff. Investigations showed that the council’s personnel budget did not perform optimally due to the fact that the new salary structure on which the budget was predicated was yet to be implemented, even as activities relating to the implementation

of the ICTN Advanced Cargo Declaration partially started in 2015. The NSC-boss however expressed appreciation to the committee, which he said has substantially helped the council in attaining lofty heights it has attained within the short period

L-R: Ag. Managing Director, FBN Capital Limited, Margaret Baale; Deputy Managing Director, FBN Merchant Bank, Taiwo Okeowo and Country Manager, SDP Services, Vikram Singh, during the 6th FBNQuest Investor Conference that in Lagos recently.

ISA 701 implementation key to reliable financial reporting – FRC UDO ONYEKA

he Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has charged the nation’s auditors to communicate Key Audit Matters (KAM) to intended users as stipulated by the International Standards on Auditing (ISA) 701. The ISA 701 deals with the auditor’s responsibility to communicate Key Audit matters in the auditor’s judgment as to what to communicate in the auditor’s report and the form and content of such communication. Addressing stakeholders of the financial sector at a brainstorming session organized by the Council in Lagos, the Executive Secretary of

the FRC, Mr. Jim Obazee, said the need for implementation of ISA 701 was borne out of the realisation that reporting results alone is no longer sufficient in auditing but the need to analyse and evaluate the quality of processes and controls used to report the results. “Entities are required to provide financial stakeholders with fair, transparent and reliable financial results and secure the attestation of the information. “Internalisation is beginning to change all of these in a new direction. In addition to financial results, entities are now required to analyse and evaluate the quality of the processes and controls used to report the results, he said.

NAMA seeks stakeholders’ buy-in on AIS automation OLUSEGUN KOIKI

he Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, has called for the cooperation of data originators and other stakeholders in the industry to ensure a smooth take-off of the Aeronautic Information Service, AIS, Automation project. The on-going project, NAMA said is expected to be completed by December 2016. A statement by the Acting General Manager, Public Affairs, NAMA, Mr. Olajumoke Adetona hinted that the project would be

of time. While pledging that the council will continue to carry out its activities within the ambits of the law, he told the lawmakers that the council has also strictly complied with the due process, especially in terms of advertising its projects.

installed in 11 locations across the country. Adetona quoted the Acting Managing Director of the agency, Engr. Emma Anasi, as listing key agencies or data originators to include, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and Nigerian Air Force, NAF among others.

Anasi explained that the agencies would need to enhance their data collation, origination, processing, storage and exchange system to meet the requirement for data integrity, accuracy and availability under the AIS Automation. He maintained that on completion, the facility would link Nigeria to a centralised aeronautical database, which would be connected to the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, AFI Region Centralised Aeronautical Information Data Base, AFI-CAT.

According to him, KAM are those matters, in the auditor’s professional judgment, were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period. He explained that KAM were selected from matters communicated with those charged with governance about certain matters relating to the entity, the audited financial statements or the audit that was performed. “ISA 701 includes judgementbased decision-making framework, which is further broken down into matters communicated with those charged with governance, matters that required significance in the audit of the current period,” he added. The FRC CEO observed that the overall objective of communicating KAM is to enhance the communicative value of the auditor’s report by providing greater transparency about the audit that was performed. Obazee however noted that there are circumstances where a matter determined to be KAM is not expected to be communicated in the auditor’s report and such instances include; where law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter, or where the auditor determines that the adverse consequences of the disclosure would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefit of the communication.

Capital Market

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Index sheds 1.9% as bears sustain hold on market Johnson Okanlawon

rading in equities painted a mixed picture on the Nigerian Stock Exchange yesterday as investors pay close attention to the US presidential election. The All Share Index depreciated 523.27 points, or 1.9 per cent to close at 26,364.27 points, compared to the decline of 0.35 per cent recorded the preceding day to close at 26,981.60 points. Market capitalization shed N180billion to close at N9.075trillion, compared to the depreciation of N32bil-

lion recorded the preceding day to close at N9.255trillion. GlaxoSmithKline Plc led the gainers’ table with 75 kobo or five per cent to close at N15.75 per share, followed by Chemical and Allied Plc with N1.62 or five per cent to close at N34.02 per share. Airservice Plc added 13 kobo or 4.89 per cent to close at N2.79 per share, while Eterna Oil Plc gained 14 kobo or 4.35 per cent to close at N3.36 per share. Unity Bank Plc appreciated two kobo or 3.33 per cent to close at

62 kobo per share, while Guinness Nigeria Plc was up N2.50 or 2.91 per cent to close at N88.50 per share. However, Champion Breweries Plc shed 25 kobo or 9.47 per cent to close at N2.39 per share, while Forte Oil Plc depreciated N5.98 or five per cent to close at N113.72 per share. UACN Plc was down 93 kobo or five per cent to close at N17.67 per share, while WAPCO Plc dropped N2.74 or 4.99 per cent to close at N52.14 per share. Okomu Oil Plc dipped N2.30 or 4.89 per cent

to close at N44.70 per share, while Dangote Cement Plc lost N2.30 or 4.89 per cent to close at N164.01 per share. The market breadth remained in bear’s camp with 18 symbols in the loser’s chart as against 10 gainers. Volume of trades increased by 64.3 per cent Market indicators from 115million shares Gainers Gainersand andLosers Losers Start through End Date traded in the previous StartDate Date07/11/2016 07/11/2016 through End Date 08/11/2016 08/11/2016 All-Share Index 26,364.27 points Print PrintDate Date08/11/2016 08/11/2016 session to 189 million Market capitalisation 9.08trn shares traded, while value recorded 1.60 bilGainers for for Equities Equities Gainers lion naira as against 2016-11-07 2016-11-08 2016-11-07 2016-11-08 S/N Symbol Closing Price(N) Price(N) Closing Closing Price(N) Price(N) 1.16 billion naira, repS/N Symbol Closing GLAXOSMITH 15.00 15.75 11 GLAXOSMITH 15.00 15.75 resenting a 38.3 per cent CAP 32.40 34.02 22 CAP 32.40 34.02 AIRSERVICE 2.66 2.79 incline from the previ33 AIRSERVICE 2.66 2.79 ETERNA 3.22 3.36 44 ETERNA 3.22 3.36 ous trading level 5 UNITYBNK 0.60 0.62 5 66 77 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13

Naira exchanges at N305/$ on apex bank’s intervention

aira fell briefly to a new low against the dollar on the official market yesterday but rebounded after the central bank pumped $1.5 million into the market to stabilise the battered currency. The currency weakened to a record low of N375.50 to the dollar, according to Thomson Reuters data. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, later sold around $1.5 million to some commercial lenders, helping the naira to close at the previous day’s rate of N305.

The naira had briefly touched a rate of 365 on August 18 but quickly reversed its losses to close at N324 per dollar at the official window. An official at trading platform FMDQ confirmed a single trade worth $10,000 had been made at a rate of 376.63 early on Tuesday but gave no further details. The CBN said in June it would float the naira but has since kept it stable at around 305 versus the dollar via daily interventions. Liquidity on the of-

ficial market remains limited and dealers said importers seeking dollars need to go to the black market, where the local currency traded at N465 on Tuesday, slightly up from 470 a dollar previously. Meanwhile, the CBN has provided a total sum of $660m to the manufacturing sector in the last one month. The amount, the apex bank said, was made available to the manufacturers through the interbank market to source for raw materials and spare

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could happen as soon as 2017 and Canada Goose, which is backed by Bain Capital, plans to seek a valuation of about $2 billion, they said. Representatives for Canada Goose, CIBC, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs declined to comment. A representative for Bain didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. Canada Goose was founded in a small warehouse in Toronto in 1957 as Metro Sportswear Ltd., specializing in woolen vests, raincoats

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parts to boost producLosers for Equities Losers for Equities 2016-11-07 2016-11-08 tion capacity. 2016-11-07 2016-11-08 S/N Symbol Loss(N) % Change Closing Price(N) Closing Price(N) S/N Symbol Closing Price(N) Closing Price(N) Loss(N) % Change The CBN explained 1 CHAMPION 2.64 2.39 -0.25 -9.47 1 CHAMPION 2.64 2.39 -0.25 -9.47 2 FO 119.70 113.72 -5.98 -5.00 that it was committed 2 FO 119.70 113.72 -5.98 -5.00 3 UACN 18.60 17.67 -0.93 -5.00 3 UACN 18.60 17.67 -0.93 -5.00 to ensuring that manu4 WAPCO 54.88 52.14 -2.74 -4.99 45 WAPCO 54.88 52.14 -2.74 -4.99 OKOMUOIL 47.00 44.70 -2.30 -4.89 facturers of goods for 56 OKOMUOIL 47.00 44.70 -2.30 -4.89 DANGCEM 172.43 164.01 -8.42 -4.88 67 DANGCEM 172.43 164.01 -8.42 -4.88 which Nigeria did not CCNN 4.94 4.70 -0.24 -4.86 78 CCNN 4.94 4.70 -0.24 -4.86 DANGFLOUR 3.92 3.73 -0.19 -4.85 enjoy comparative ad89 DANGFLOUR 3.92 3.73 -0.19 -4.85 NAHCO 2.68 2.55 -0.13 -4.85 vantage were able to get 910 NAHCO 2.68 2.55 -0.13 -4.85 UBN 4.51 4.30 -0.21 -4.66 10 4.51 4.30 -0.21 -4.66 11 UBN WAPIC 0.52 0.50 -0.02 -3.85 letters of credit to im11 0.52 0.50 -0.02 -3.85 12 WAPIC AFRIPRUD 2.60 2.50 -0.10 -3.85 port the required mate12 2.60 2.50 -0.10 -3.85 13 AFRIPRUD FLOURMILL 19.70 19.00 -0.70 -3.55 13 19.70 19.00 -0.70 -3.55 14 FLOURMILL MAYBAKER 0.89 0.86 -0.03 -3.37 rials for their business. 14 0.89 0.86 -0.03 -3.37 15 MAYBAKER AIICO 0.60 0.58 -0.02 -3.33 The CBN had intro15 0.60 0.58 -3.33 16 AIICO TRANSCORP 0.91 0.89 -0.02 -2.20 16 0.91 0.89 -0.02 -2.20 17 TRANSCORP GUARANTY 21.86 21.40 -0.46 -2.10 duced restrictions on 18 OTC OANDO 4.30 AS AT NOVEMBER 4.22 8, 2016-0.08 17 GUARANTY 21.86 21.40 -0.46 -2.10 FX FUTURES OPEN CONTRACTS (4:30PM) -1.86 the sourcing of forex 19 OANDO NPFMCRFBK 1.09 1.07 -0.02 -1.83 18 4.30 4.22 -0.08 -1.86 20 Contract ACCESS 5.48 Settlement 1.07 5.40 Value of Open -0.08 -1.46 Tenor 19 NPFMCRFBK 1.09 -0.02 Current Rate -1.83 for 41 items from the Contract (Month) Date Contracts ($’mm) ($/₦) 21 ACCESS VITAFOAM 2.42 2.39 -0.03 -1.24 20 5.48 5.40 -0.08 -1.46 395.27 1 NGUS NOV 23 2016 23-Nov-2016 300.50 interbank market, the 21 VITAFOAM 2.42 2.39 -1.24 438.21 -0.03 2 NGUS DEC 21 2016 21-Dec-2016 295.50 148.33 endeavour had yielded 3 NGUS JAN 25 2017 25-Jan-2017 290.50 Page 285.50 1 of 179.54 Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © FEB 22 2017 4 NGUS 22-Feb-2017 positive results. 206.17 5 NGUS MAR 22 2017 22-Mar-2017 Page281.50 1 of Published by The Nigerian Stock Exchange © 6 NGUS APR 26 2017 7 NGUS MAY 24 2017 8 NGUS JUN 21 2017 9 NGUS JUL 19 2017 10 NGUS AUG 16 2017

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Now, it’s ‘Heal the Land’ event While a few centres have surfaced in the Lagos metropolis in recent times, Nigeria is still lagging behind when it comes to functional art spaces that would spawn creativity and engender rewards

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Arts Lounge Exhibition unveils plight of the less-privileged

Addressing shortage of art spaces in Nigeria

NGOZI EMEDOLIBE

s the clamour for alternative sources of income, other than crude oil continues to reverberate, the Nigerian government could learn a lot from the experiences of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The city, while recovering from the devastations of World War2, embraced arts in such an astonishing manner that it put her on the global cultural map in record time. The preponderance of artistic endeavours in the city is a testimony to this: Rough estimates suggest that around 5,000 artists, 1,200 writers, 1,500 bands (pop, rock, and world music), 500 jazz musicians, 103 professional orchestras and music ensembles, 1,500 choirs, 300 theatre groups, and 1,000 dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance live and work in Berlin! All these coupled with low rent has made the city a destination of choice for creative minds. This cannot however be said of Nigeria, in spite of her rich cultural heritage which is enough to support a vibrant art scene. At various fora, stakeholders in the sector have decried the lack of art spaces and how it is affecting the creative industry. For a new artist, with limited funds, hosting an exhibition can be a lot of hassles considering the cost of art spaces; which has been driven out of the reach of beginners. Arts Lounge gathered that a standard space for exhibition in Lagos can go for as much as N1m! This can be deduced from the fact that most of the galleries are located at the highbrow area of Lagos- Ikoyi and Victoria Island. Oliver Enwonwu, of the Society of Nigerian Artists, SNA, who also runs a gallery in Ikoyi says it is a factor militating

National Theatre in Lagos against not only younger artists but the entire visual arts sector. According to him, there is a total lack of art spaces to host international exhibitions. “Obviously, we do not have enough art spaces in the country. The space is usually physically limited, when you look at it, which is why on most occasions you would see the organisers attaching tents during events. In other countries, their centres come as one whole arena, housing everyone. There are some works that cannot be contained in the spaces we have here. Even at the National Arts Gallery, you will notice that its space is not enough to contain all the works that should be there”. Another visual artist, Archie Abia, said he set up his gallery, Win Arc specifically to contain the lack of art space as an artist. “It was the lack of such centers that made me open Win Arc, as a way of contributing my quota to the promotion of art. I believe we need the input of multinationals and government to change this. Private individuals who have interest in arts could also come in to help, because the sector needs it”. Perhaps, this lack of enthusiasm in the corporate world in this regard could be seen in the non-availability of residencies

and fellowships in Nigeria for artists. This according to Abia has portrayed an embarrassing picture. “You hardly hear of residencies or art fellowships being sponsored in Nigeria for Nigerian artistes, but you hear of Nigerians being sponsored to fellowships abroad on the bill of the foreign donors. The worst is that the whites who come to Nigeria for short researches on our arts do so with grants from their place”. For people in the theatre industry, it is the same ugly situation. There is virtually an absence of a standard arena to host plays that would attract huge audiences. Worse still is the absence of conveniences in some of the centres available in the country as observed by Barclays Ayakoroma, a playwright and the boss of the Nigerian Institute of Cultural Orientation, NICO, during this year’s International Theatre Day hosted by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners, NANTAP in Abuja. Ac-

cording to him, “a good number of theatres in Nigeria have very poor facilities, such as lack of rest-rooms, water including lack of comfortable seats for members of the audience, who pay to watch performances. This gives rise to situations where members of the audience are uncomfortable, or stand all through productions. Thus, they naturally express their discomfort by running side commentaries on shows, making unnecessary noise and disturbing the peace of the production. Naturally, such members of the audience and those who feel greatly disturbed will bid eternal farewell to the theatre after that type of experience. The National Arts Theatre, which is the primary centre for the performing arts in Nigeria, located in Iganmu – Lagos, was constructed in 1976, during the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, for the hosting of the 2nd World Blacks and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977. Its exterior is shaped like a military

Nigeria needs a place where people can come and see our works. It is a shame that Nigeria does not have a befitting national gallery

hat. It has a 5,000-seater Main Hall with a collapsible stage, and two 700 to 800 capacity Cinema Halls, all of which are equipped with facilities for simultaneous translation of eight languages, among others. Unfortunately, most of the facilities in the theatre are broken down, and the edifice is a shadow of its original self.” The literary landscape shares in this same predicament. Uche Umez, author of ‘Dark through the Delta and Aridity of Feelings’ said the trend is building a generation with tube mentality. “Here in Nigeria, we keep lamenting that nobody is reading. How can people read when the spotlight on literary activities is so dim you can’t even feel your knees? Private companies as well would rather dole out millions in sponsorship to small-minded reality shows that nearly every youth has become hooked on, like crack, and now half of the youth aspire to become instant celebrity – how small-minded can we get? I don’t know but we are nurturing a demographic with tube-mentality, simply one-dimensional.” Of course, people are looking the way of government to help ameliorate this imbalance. Emmanuel Adejuma, an artistic director and choreographer with the House of Dance decried the situation in comparison with the opportunities available for his mates in other places like Europe. “Even the government is not helping matters. There is no organisation that can say I am sponsoring this or sending this person for residency to go and learn more on art and culture, while it is normal in Europe. All of these we do on our own. We go abroad in search of knowledge and to upgrade ourselves, and all these things cost money. Over there, they promote their own culture through proper funding.” Frank Okonta, a gallery owner shares this same view. “Nigeria needs a place where people can come and see our works. It is a shame that Nigeria does not have a befitting national gallery.” But things may indeed not be looking up for the industry considering the attention available for the culture sector in recent times, as the government searches for ways to augment incomes from the oil sector.

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FAR AND NEAR

Exhibition unveils plight of the less-privileged ADA DIKE

he opening of the maiden edition of photography exhibition by two documentary photographers took place on October 31, 2016. The exhibitors, Adigwe Fruithloop Ndubuisi who specialises in documentary photography and portraits and Ralph Eluehike, a documentary photographer and photo journalist, used the exhibition that took place at Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University, Ajah, Lagos, to draw the attention of governments at the local, state and federal levels as well as the rich to the untold hardship many Nigerians face in order to survive. The title of Ndubuisi’s work is “Country Folks”. He revealed that he grew up in a remote area in Ejigbo, Lagos, that was what pushed him into photography.

“I use my works to bring out people in remote areas so the world can see them and help them. They are living under one Dollar per day in this country. They are striving to surNdubuisi’s photograph vive even as they are going next five years, I see the industry turn through pain of hardship. They are strugaround for me. I can’t really explain it but, gling that they become somebody great,” I know something good will come out from says the 26-year-old native of Obior, Aniomy profession.” cha North Local Government Area, Delta Ndubuisi attended the Niger Delta UniState. versity , Bayelsa, where he studied Fine “ I live and breathe photography. It is and Applied Arts. At 300 level in school, he my passion and what I love doing. In the

Now, it’s ‘Heal the Land’ event REGINA OTOKPA

hammadu Abubakar III, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Abdulsalami Abubakar, Aliko Dangote, enowned producer, actress and Pauline Tallen, Sen. Ahmed Markarfi, Gov. President Love to the World and Mrs. Rochas Okorocha, Prof. Attahiru Initiative, Josephine Jega, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and seven Anumbor, is taking her pasyear old Shise Alagh. sion for giving back to society According to her, the award was to another notch with the bridge challenge Nigerians to change their negabuilders award and tive attitudes, and contribute from heal the land event. different spheres of influence to The award accordpromote national development. ing to her, acknowledgShe said: “The heal the es the efforts of 20 noland event seeks to remedy table Nigerians and the undeniable feeling of six states, towards insecurity, discontent promoting peaceful and hopelessness that coexistence across the has resulted in violence, country. destruction of lives, property In collaboration and infrastructure, as well as lack with the National Oriof religious and ethnic tolerance entation Agency (NOA), and the lack of interest towards Josephine listed some of Josephine Anumnation building which almost evthe recipients to include; bor, coordinator of eryone has developed. the Sultan of Sokoto, Mu- Heal the Land event “The bridge builders awards

will be given to individuals and states who have distinguished themselves in the promotion of peaceful coexistence, religious tolerance and hospitality across the nation.” She added that six states: Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Kebbi, Plateau and Sokoto states, have also been recognised for consistent maintenance of peaceful coexistence. Director Orientation and Behavior Modification with NOA, Musa Chantu, noted that the Bridge Builders award was needed to shift attention from negative to positive activities within the country. “We are into the collaboration because we believe in the objective of the award, to celebrate people who have put in quality efforts for the country and humanity. “We want to take our attention from the negative scenarios to talk about the positive. We have to reward good works to get the change that we desire. Nothing can work except we change the things we do,” he added.

Jemiriye Adeniji, a rising spectacle in America EMMANUEL OZOEMENAM

ften, it is said that Nigeria is a country blessed with young talents, but, while many of them are not, usually, recognised back home, they get accepted and celebrated in their respective fields, whenever they are outside the shores of their home country. Recently, at a one-day performance, entitled Spirit Voyage, held at the August Wilson Centre, Pittsburgh, USA, one of such young Nigerian talents, Jemiriye Adeniji, a singer, was a spectacle to behold during her performance. The show, was organised by the Black River African Dance Conference in the large auditorium of Pittsburgh Foundation. It was a night of African music and captivating dance performances from countries, includ-

ing Mali, Senegal, Guinea and Ivory Coast. It was a day of African cultural brotherhood, and with Afrocentric musical renditions, drums of various sizes, the performers created sounds that drew a large audience to the theatre. The poet sensation, Vanessa German, and a multidisciplinary art maker was the first to take the stage and, later, heralded Jemiriye’s entry, along with a large number of choristers to back her up. The Nigerian singer did not disappoint the audience. Her powerful vocal renditions expressed the beauty in African cultural heritage, as she dished out pulsating songs with her scintillating voice. This sensational singer is already a household name in USA and had featured in the Take Me Out to the Ballgame, during the 2015 Jackie Robinson celebration in Philadelphia. While the show lasted, the major question from some of the people in the audience

was ‘where is she from?’, and those who had watched her performance in the past, readily, answered with pride, ‘she’s a Nigerian’. With a highly commendable performance that night, it was glaring that Jemiriye, continually, works hard to manifest her calling with her captivating use of her vocal power to keep her audience glued to their seats, asking for more. Hitherto, written off in Nigeria, she got to her turning point in the United States of America. Jemiriye, who is very proud of her cultural background, is always happy to be associated with promoting Africa’s rich cultural heritage, especially, her Yoruba culture and helping young talents. According to her, “I am happy for what God has helped me to achieve today. I am very happy to say ‘Thank you, God’ because even those who always think I am fooling myself, are now surprised at what God is do-

specialised in Photography and Graphic Design. He graduated in 2014. His role models in art sector are Karly Tailor and Kelechi Amadi Obi, A documentary photographer and photo journalist, Mr. Ralph Eluehike, also a street photographer has been doing photography professionally for eight years. He partnered with Adigwe whom he has working with for some time. “If you go through our images, there is some kind of similarity. We shoot almost alike. Being someone I know and feel I can work with, we both decided to hold the exhibition since we have couple of good works and a project we are working on. We were motivated by a good friend of ours, Mr. Jess, who encouraged us till now.” The titles of Eluehike’s works are divided into three, namely: “Domestic Work: Lights and Shadows; Where we live and Deception.” “Domestic Work: Lights and Shadows , as the name implies, I am trying to bring to limelight what goes on in homes, to let them know that there are some persons in homes who do work, by the end of the day, they suffer seriously. They are neglected, not well catered for, some of them actually go through series of violence including rape. If they tell their pains and the horror they encounter, you will know that many things are happening at homes. I showcased them with images staged and some not staged. In one of the images, two young ladies were standing with a covering on their heads. There is a rope tied with two clothes on them. These two girls symbolise domestic workers. It shows how humiliated they are. The covering of their faces depict that they have ideas and dreams that are impeded and blocked. They have hurdles to cross to achieve their dreams but their ideas have been captured by individuals who are more powerful than them in terms of social status.” Eluehike hails from Umunede, Ika North East Local Government Area, Delta State. graduated from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State in 2007. He studied Geophysics. The exhibition will end on Friday, November 11, 2015.

ing for me’’. The graduate of Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Ogba, Lagos, Nigeria, was, actually, not recognised back home, but, her vocal prowess came to the fore when she got to the States and since then, she had performed in Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, South Africa and many states in the United States of America.

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ynergy and collaboration among stakeholders and development partners are necessary to address the challenges of providing social and infrastructural needs for the people of the Niger Delta region. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, made the remark in Owerri, Imo State, at a workshop for the validation of the report of a baseline survey of social and infrastructural resource base in the Niger Delta region. The minister advised the workshop participants to review the report of the survey critically with a view to come out with a final document that could be used to attract interests and funds for the provision of social and infrastructural facilities in the Niger Delta region. The workshop was organised by the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs in collaboration with the United Nations

Development Programme. The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and the United Nations Development Programme commissioned a consulting firm, the African Centre for Shared Development Capacity Building, to carry out the baseline survey. Pastor Usani commended United Nations Development Programme for funding the survey of the baseline report and the workshop for the validation of the survey, adding that the support would fast track developmental efforts in the Niger Delta region. The minister noted that when the survey on the baseline report was finally ratified and okayed for use by stakeholders it would help reduce duplication of projects by government agencies, stakeholders and development partners in the Niger Delta region. He requested that the United Nations Development Programme should also help in training staff of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs

in some critical areas of its operation in the Niger Delta region. Pastor Usani advised that government agencies, stakeholders and development partners in the Niger Delta region should always carry along benefiting communities of projects for them to have a sense of belonging in the developmental efforts. The minister disclosed at the event that President Muhammadu Buhari had given approval for the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to supervise the activities and programmes of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). In his remark at the event, the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Omoleye Daramola, commended the consultant of the project, Prof. Olu Ajakaiye, for the survey and stressed the need for such a research to be done periodically in order to appraise how far the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, other government

FG tasked to advocate use of family planning methods Adeola Tukuru ABUJA

inistry of Women Affairs and Social Development, National Population Commission, State Ministries of Women Affairs of Osun, Kwara, among others have called the federal government to sustain engagements with community, religious and other opinion leaders in the communities to advocate for the use of family planning methods in their communities. They stated that that would address cultural and religious barriers to family planning. The 131 participants at the just concluded women preconference meeting for the 4th National Family Planning Conference with the theme, “Women and Family Plan-

ning in Nigeria: A Critical Requirement for Harnessing Demographic Dividend for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”, reaffirmed commitment to the guiding principles of national unity, healthy living, tolerance, mutual respect, non-discrimination, peace and development. The participants at the women pre-conference included representatives from government institutions such as Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, National Population Commission, State Ministries of Women Affairs of Osun, Kwara, Lagos, Delta and Katsina states; institutions and platforms such as Market Women Association of Nigeria, Abuja Association of the Deaf Women’s Wing (AADWW), Deaf

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Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN), Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD), Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Country Women Association of Nigeria (COWAN), Women Living in IDP Camps; Development partners such as Marie Stopes International (MSION), Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP), DKT Nigeria, Well-being Foundation Africa; as well as print and electronic media. They noted the national, regional and international commitments made by the government of Nigeria towards improved access to family planning and addressing unmet needs.

agencies, stakeholders and development partners had done in the provision of social and infrastructural facilities for the people of the Niger Delta region. In a goodwill message at the event, the Statistician General of the Federation, Dr. Yemi Kale, who was represented by Alesanmi Folorunso, said that the report would bring to limelight some of the hidden truths about the Niger Delta region which had been buried in political bias

and tribal sentiments. He noted that statistics were numerical facts that could not be controverted, adding that without valid statistics no one could make wellinformed decisions that would catalyse social and economic development as well as plan for the future generations of the Niger Delta region. Dr. Kale noted that a validation workshop of that nature gave relevant stakeholders the avenue to make valid inputs in the process of data

production so that when the final report was produced, it would receive the acceptability of all. Prof. Olu Ajakaiye, while presenting an overview of the baseline survey of the social and infrastructural resource base in the Niger Delta region disclosed that the survey focused on: EducationPrimary/Secondary schools; Health- Primary/ Secondary facilities; Water and Sanitation; Transport- Road, Air, Water/Maritime; Power.

L-R;. Project Supervisor, Engr Abimbola John; Airport Manager, Engr Nwogbu c. Amaechi; Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), Engr Saleh Dunoma and Gm. Mechanical, Engr. Ephram Nwodo, during the inspection tour of the new Terminal at Port Harcourt International Airport, yesterday.

NCCE generates N10m in 10 months–Official

rof. Bappa-Aliyu Muhammadu, Executive Secretary, National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), says the commission generates about N10 million between January and now. Muhammadu made this known when the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), paid an oversight visit to the commission on Monday in Abuja. Muhammadu said that the fund generated internally was part of the achievements recorded by the commission between January and now. He explained that the

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money was generated from the three years renewal of lease for communication mast space, NCCE clinic capitation fee, sales of boarded items and rent of halls. “The revenue is used to augment insufficient overhead appropriated to the commission such as payment of outsourced services, maintenance and fuelling of generating plants, payments of electricity bills, water and waste disposal.’’ He said the commission planned to accredit Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Minna and St. Augustine College of Education in South West before December. Muhammadu said the commission had embarked on monitoring of learning in National Certificate of Education (NCE) awarding institutions in enhancing the quality of graduates. He explained that the monitoring programme focused on Mathematics and Integrated

Science, adding that it was aimed at assessing the students before graduation to ensure quality education in the subjects. The executive secretary also said that the commission was presently expanding and improving on the Information Technology facilities in the commission and all colleges in the country. According to him, over 15 colleges of education had been accredited this year and resource visitations carried out in nine colleges. Muhammadu said that provisional approvals had been granted for the establishment of four new colleges in Oyo, Gombe, Benue and Enugu states. He explained that the commission had set up standards for the management and disbursement of public funds to ensure transparency, accountability and compliance in all the federal colleges of education.

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World Bank supports Nigeria’s fight against corruption Gloria Usman ABUJA

he World Bank has stated its commitment to continue to support Public Complaints Commission (PCC) and other Nigeria’s anti corruption agencies in its current fight against corruption. Briefing journalists after

a closed door meeting with some delegation from World Bank, Commissioner, Public Complaint Commission (PCC), Emmanuel Ogbile, disclosed that the commission was in need of support and expansion in areas that the organisation was lacking to move the struggle forward. According to him, the World Bank team had been

in Nigeria since October and had sought to have audience with the various agencies of government within the anticorruption family of which Public Complaint Commission is one of them. Ogbile said areas of discussion included corporation and collaboration to support, advocacy and strategy developments on what the World

Bank could do and how it could support Nigeria’s anticorruption family in terms of pushing the struggle forward. The PPC boss posited that “we also talked about the need for capacity development for the staff of Public Complaint Commission especially in terms of providing support to enhance the capacity in terms of investigation and general

development of staff to be able to move forward from where we are now to deliver to Nigeria better evidence of giving us the opportunity to serve.” “This is to enable Nigerians benefit and also have the knowledge that Public Complain Commission exists to

serve the interest of the people, especially the aggrieved ones,” he said. He however said that the World Bank was behind the number of supports that had already been given by various agencies.

Group calls for citizen’s participation for better Nigeria Gloria Usman ABUJA

s part of efforts in reclaiming Nigeria values, a non-governmental organisation has called on all citizens for a participatory role to make Nigeria better. Executive Director, Reclaim Godly Values Foundation, Ayodele Edwards, made this call yesterday at a one day National Responsibility Conference in Abuja. Edwards said the responsibility of reclaiming back the values of the country should not be left to the government alone, adding that Nigerians

needed to start doing right on their own. He stressed that if integrity, cooperate social responsibilities, peaceful co-existence and moral integrity were included at home, in a short while Nigeria would become a better place. Also speaking, President, National Council of Women Society, Mrs. Gloria Shoda, who was represented by former president of Association of Women Journalist (AWJ), Evelyn Onyilor, said foundation of the family is rooted in culture, noting that family should inculcate culture in the children to avoid a problematic society.

FG to establish vehicle emission testing centres utilised. A cross-section of participants at the Sensitization Programme on Continuous Audit: A tool for Ensuring Transparency and Accountability in Government Financial Business, in Abuja, yesterday. Jones Bamidele/NAN

Minister tasks NDDC board on equity, fairness Chidi Ugwu ABUJA

inister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, has enjoined the newly inaugurated board and management of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to prove the confidence reposed in them by President Muhammadu Buhari by carrying out their assignments with equity, justice and transparency. Usani gave this charge at the inauguration of the Board and Management of the Commission in Abuja, recently. “The position of this government is to guarantee accountability, transparency, equity and to make the citizens feel the impact of governance,” he reiterated. The minister stressed that the challenges of Niger Delta people was too crucial to be treated with levity. “I am formally inaugurating this board on behalf of Mr. President in the spirit of service and a call to duties”, he added. In his remarks, the Min-

ister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Omoleye Daramola, said the call of this team by the president was a call to serve the nation and not their individual pockets. Prof. Daramola called on them to improve on the ongoing efforts of the Federal Government to develop Niger Delta communities so as to end agitations in the region. He added that the NDDC board and management should ensure that they serve the country without any prejudice to the extant rules and laws of the nation. The new chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for their appointment, saying, “we are determined to change the story of Niger Delta by making Niger Deltans feel the impact of setting up the commission.” In a related development, the new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NDDC, Nsima Ekere, pledged the dedication and commitment of the commission under his leadership to

arresting the challenge of the region, while calling for innovation and efficiency from all stakeholders in handling the affairs of the commission. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Alo William, said President Buhari, as part of his commitment to ensuring total development in the Niger Delta region, on 31st October, 2016 announced

that NDDC be reporting to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. This, he said, would give room for proper coordination of activities in the region. However, the outgoing acting Managing Director of the commission, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, disclosed that Niger Delta region had a lot to benefit from the new board and management.

he Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, says the Federal Government has concluded plan to establish emission testing centres for regular testing of vehicles plying the nation`s roads. Mohammed made this known at the 10th National Stakeholders` Forum tagged: “Air Quality: Aspects of Control and Regulation,” organised by the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Abuja on Monday. She expressed the hope that there would be 90 per cent reduction in vehicular emission if the centres were established and effectively

Meningitis: Commissioner tasks parents on routine immunisation

he Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Sulaiman Alege, on Monday in Ilorin advised parents to vaccinate their children against cerebro spinal meningitis. The commissioner told newsmen that vaccination was the most effective way of preventing the disease. This was coming on the backdrop of predictions by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency that increase in temperature heralding the end of the rainy season could lead to incidences of meningitis. Meningitis is a bacterial or viral infection that causes

inflammation of spinal cord and brain. “Parent must always take their children for routine immunisation. Children under the age of five especially should be immunised to limit the risk of meningitis,’’ he said. Alege said the state government had been sensitising the public on how to prevent contracting meningitis. He advised the people of Kwara state to always ensure proper ventilation of their homes and maintain personal hygienic. According to him, meningitis spreads most easily

in crowded and poorly ventilated areas. “Staying in overcrowded and poorly ventilated rooms increases the risk of having an outbreak of meningitis. “Keeping the homes properly ventilated is important to prevent an outbreak of meningitis, especially in homes where there are children because they are more susceptible,’’ the commissioner said. He urged people to visit a medical practitioner if they noticed symptoms like severe headaches, stiffness of the neck, and fever among others.

She explained that the National Vehicular Emission Control Programme (NVECP) was designed to control emission from automobiles. “When the programme is fully operational, it will involve the establishment of testing of vehicles plying the roads. “The programme will involve various stakeholders at federal and state levels and it is envisaged as a public-private partnership arrangement that will create new jobs across the country, ‘’ she said. The minister said that a similar programme had also been designed to address emission from stationary sources, particularly the power generating sets. She also said that the government would set a functional inter-agency committee to drive the process. Mohammed called on stakeholders to join hands with the government to reduce the growing incidence and menace of air pollution. According to her, we must all work together to get it right, we must take possible actions and involve an enduring legacy to improve the air quality in both rural and urban areas. “We must build synergies, partnerships and take joint measures against the emission of air pollutants and greenhouse gasses, ‘’ she said.

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I, formerly known and addressed as FELICIA UBANATU, now wish to be known and addressed as FELICIA ENE ABAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as CHIKA ABUCHI HENRY, now wish to be known and addressed as HENRY JOHN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as UMENNAIHE SOLOMON CHIBUZO, now wish to be known and addressed as ALAGBOGU CHIBUZO SOLOMON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. Bank: First Bank and general public to please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AGUGUA IFEOMA FAVOUR, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ALILIONWU IFEOMA FAVOUR. All former documents remain Valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as GBADAMOSI RAFIU AYINDE, now wish to be known and addressed as BADMUS RAFIU AYINDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS OTELE TOYIN BIMBO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AKINYEMI TOYIN BIMBO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME That on my BVN, my company name appears as TAO ARE DEBORAH while my name appeared on other documents as ARE TIMOTHY SUNDAY. That I am the same person that owns the company and bear ARE TIMOTHY SUNDAY, TAO ARE DEBORAH and TAO AARE (NIGERIA) LIMITED. That I confirmed that my name as ARE TIMOTHY SUNDAY born on the 15th day of January, 1957. General public and Authorities Concerned take note. CHANGE OF NAME IDEHENRE: I, formerly known and addressed as AUGUSTINE OREVBIE IDEHENRE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as NWOKORO AUGUSTINE OREVBIE OLUFEMI. All former documents remain valid. Prudential Guards Ltd, Union Bank, Access Bank, FCMB, IBTC Pension Manager and general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS OLAGBOYE TOLULOPE OYEFUNKE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ONI TOLULOPE OYEFUNKE. All former documents remain valid. General public note. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known as ADEYEMI BALIQEES ADENIKE now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADEYEMI BILIKISU ASAKE. All former documents remain valid. Zenith Bank and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as BECKY AKUBADA, now wish to be known and addressed as AKUBADA BECKY OMOTAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MUSA OLAMILEKAN WARIS, now wish to be known and addressed as MUSA WARIS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AMARACHI SILVIA UZOR, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AMARACHI SILVIA UZOWULU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as ADEGOKE ADERONKE KEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as SHOBOWALE ADERONKE KEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

That I am the same person bearing GIDEON ROSEMARY and DANLADI MARY. First Bank plc and general public should please take note. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MR. AKINFENWA SUNDAY AKANI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MR. AKINFENWA SUNDAY OPEYEMI ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. SKEY BANK AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as OLUWOLE MOORE SHUKURAT FOLAKE, now wish to be known and addressed as QUADRI SHUKURAT FOLAKE. All former documents remain Valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I,formerly known and addressed as MRS. IDOWU SELIAT ADEBISI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS.HAMED SELIAT ADEBISI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS AYELABOYE OLUWATOYIN DUPE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. MICHEAL OLUWATOYIN DUPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I, formerly known and addressed as ADEWA-FABORO OYETUNDE ADETOKUNBOH, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADEWA-FABORO OYETUNDE. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as SHEHU BALA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ABDULLAHI ISIAKU SHEHU. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

OKOTIE: I, formerly known and addressed as OKOTIE MARY, now wish to be known as FAFOLUYI MARY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as AKINOLA GBENGA OLAYINKA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as AKINOLA GBENGA GABRIEL. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as CHARLES KAREEM-KOMOLAFE, now wish to be known and addressed as MR CHARLES OLUMUYIWA KAREEM-KOMOLAFE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. LOSS OF DOCUMENT

I, AZOLO NONSO GODFREY stands on behave my wife AMAKA EZENNAERIKA, that these documents where stolen by unknown people. Nigerian international passport, travelling documents, jewelries, laptop HP,cash and other valuable items. Authorities concern and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as OLAYINKA BODE ANIMASAUN, now wish to be known and addressed as OLAYINKA OLABODE ANIMASAUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as IDAA BLESSING, now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWU BLESSING. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. ADDITION OF NAME

Formerly known as FIDELIS UGONNA GIFT, I want to add to my name GOD’S, now wish to be known and addressed as FIDELIS UGONNA GOD’S GIFT. All former documents remain valid. Bank and the general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as OLUSEGUN EMMANUEL, now wish to be known and addressed as OLUSEGUN EMMANUEL SUNDAY. All former documents remain Valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as OSHINGBADE AUGUSTA ESEYEME, now wish to be known and addressed as MISS JAMES AUGUSTA ESEYEME. All former documents remain Valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as OLANIYAN SOLOMON FEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as OLANIYAN SOLOMON OLUWAFEMI. All former documents remain valid. First Bank plc and general public should take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

This is to inform the general public that my name was mistakenly written as OKPARA JOSEPHAT OKECHUKWU instead of OPARA JOSEPHAT OKECHUKWU, that my correct name is OPARA JOSEPHAT OKECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. Banks and general public take note.

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I, formerly called JIBRIN ILELIGWA RUTH, now wish to be known and addressed as IORON ILELIGWA RUTH. All former documents remained valid. The public should please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT SOLOMON TAIWO AREGHAN AND LUCKY SOLOMON AREGHAN REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID . FBN PLC AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as UKA JIMMY UKAEGBU now wish to be known and addressed as UKA JIMMY ABARIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public to please note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to con firm that I, LAMIDI GANIYU ODUNIYI is the same person as GANIYI ODUNIYI. All documents bearing these names remain valid. General Public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEKUNLE ADEBOWALE ENITAN, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEKUNLE OLUWASEUN TEMITOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AS MISS AJIJOLA BOSEDE GRACE.NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN $ADDRESSED AS MRS. EGUABOR BOSEDE GRACE.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BOWEN TEACHING HOSPITAL OGBOMOSO $ GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known, called and addressed as RACHEL ADETORO OLOBA now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS. OLADIPUPO RACHEL ADETORO. All former documents remain valid general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as OLOLADE ALLI now wish to be known and addressed as ALHAJA TAIBAT OLOLADE BARUWA. All former documents remain valid. General public to please note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ODUNEWU HAWAU OLUWATOYIN, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. BELLO HAWAU OLATOYIN. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESODUN OLAYEMI MAYOWA, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESODUN OLAYEMI SUNDAY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly addressed and known as MISS ADEMOKOYA DAMILOLA RACHEAL now wish to be called and addressed as MRS DAMILOLA ALEXANDER-POPOOLA. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as SUKURAT ARANYO OMOLADE now wish to be known, addressed and called as SUKURAT ARANYO ANIFOWOSE. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME This is to inform the general public that my name OJO AYOMIDEA was wrongly written during BVN Registration but now wish to be corrected and known, addressed and called as OJO AYOMIDE ADETORO henceforth. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTB) and general public should please take note.

NDUBUISE: That I was wrongly addressed as NDUBUISE OKEKE born 10th January, 1979 now wish to be correctly known and addressed as NDUBISI OKEKE born 5th August, 1979. All former documents remain valid. U.B.A Plc and general public should please take note.

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Formerly known and addressed as ABIODUN ABOLADE, now wish to be known and addressed as ABOLADE MUSODDIQ ABIODUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

This is to inform the general public that I, ESSIEN IMO OFFIONG was born on the 23rd day of May 1973 not 21st day September 1977. All former documents remain valid. Nigerian Immigration Service, UNICAL, NYSC, STANBIC and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly Known and addressed as MISS ADEAGBO ROFIAH OLUKEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OYEDOKUN ROFIAH OLUKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, Formerly known and addressed as MISS MOSES OLUBUKOLA ESTHER, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SOYINKA OLUBUKOLA ESTHER. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME I,ABDULRAMAN ONIKOSI ABDULGANIU OWOLABI and AFOLABI GANIU OWOLABI and ABDULGANIYU TAJUDEEN OWOLABI is one and same person. I now wish to be known and addressed as ONIKOSI ABDULGANIU OWOLABI.All documents bearing these name remain valid.Banks and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

AJETTAH: I formerly known and addressed as AJATTAH ESTHER, now wish to be known and addressed as OKORO ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

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Formerly known and addressed as EMMANUEL KAFISEWON OLAYEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as KAFISEWON EMMANUEL MAYOMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME I formerly Miss OYEFUNMIKE ADEWUNI ABENI TITILOYE,TITILOYE OYEFUNKE, TITILOYE FUNKE ABIODUN,OYEFUNKE ABIODUN TITILOYE, am the same person bearing MRS.OLADOSU FUNKE ABIODUN,now wish to be addressed as MRS.OLADOSU OYEFUNKE ABIODUN.All documents bearing these names remain valid.O.S.L.G.S.C.and general public take note. RECONCILIATION OF NAMES

I formerly known and addressed as MR. OLADIPUPO KING ADEFEMI is same and one person bearing OLADIPUPO ADEFEMI OPEYEMI and OLADIPUPO KING ADEFEMI as one person. All former documents bearing this names remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IMOHIMI ORUDURA JACOB IS THE SAME PERSON AS IMOHIMI JACOB ANTHONY ORIDUPA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TO PLEASE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS IDAKWO OILONYE EVELYN, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ODUMEKE OILONYE EVELYN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKABUIKE CHINAZOM KINGSLEY, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IMO KINGSLEY CHINAZOM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS SALAUDEEN OMOLARA HALIMAT now wish to be known and addressed as MRS JIMOH OMOLARA HALIMAT. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as AGU VIVAN CHINENYE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHIEDOZIE VIVIAN CHINENYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as ADEYEMO OMOTEMITOLA FAOSIYAT, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEMO TEMILADE FAOSIYAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

This is to confirm and certify that IJANIYI GBEMILEKE EMMANUEL and IJANIYI GBEMILEKE GBENGA is one and same person. All previous documents relating to the above mentioned names remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OJO JIDE, now wish to be known and addressed as OJO OLAJIDE ODUNLAMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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Formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEYERI AISHA ADEYINKA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ABDULAZEEZ AISHA ADEYINKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note CHANGE OF NAME

I, Formerly known and addressed as MISS POPOOLA BUKOLA ADEOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OMIFENWA BUKOLA ADEOLA. All former documents remain valid; Eco Bank Plc., general public should please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

AKINTOMIWA FISAYO OLUWATOSIN SAME PERSON AS TUNDE TOSIN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINTOMIWA FISAYO OLUWATOSIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

ITIMI: I formerly known and addressed as ITIMI OKEOGHENE LOVE, now wish to be known and addressed as OGHATE OKEOGHENE LOVE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MUSTAPHA UTHMAN ABOLAJI, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNTOLA UTHMAN AYINLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS IDOWU RHODA OLUSOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ADEPARUSI RHODA OLUSOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as ABDUL RASHEED KASALI., now wish to be known and addressed as ABDUL RASHEED KASALI WALE. Former documents remain valid. General public note. CHANGE OF NAME

OKOKO: I formerly known and addressed as IFEOM OKOKO, now wish to be known and addressed as IFY IKE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AKOMOLAFE IYABO ESTHER, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. BOLARINDE IYABO ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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Formerly known, called and addressed as MISS ABALAERE SMOOTH now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS ABALAERE FREDRICK UJOBOLO. Former documents remain valid. General public note. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known, called and addressed as AKODA EGHOMWARE now wish to be known, called and addressed as EGHOMWARE ODIRI OROGO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ADEBOWALE MUINAT OLASUNKANMI now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBOWALE MUINAT OLAMIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public to please note.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME OLUWAYOSE: This is to confirm that the names ROTIMI STEPHEN OLUWAYOSE and ROTIMI FAYOSE refer to the same person. But now, I wish to be known and addressed as ROTIMI FAYOSE. All former documents remain valid. Concerned authorities and the general public please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MOHAMMED MUSA SALIHU now wish to be known and addressed as APOSTLE ENEOJO PETER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS. OYETUNJI OLUWADAMILOLA LYDIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AYODELE OLUWADAMILOLA LYDIA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWATOMISIN OLAMIDE AJANI, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUWATOMISIN OLAMIDE OMORODION. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and called as MISS POPOOLA KAFILAT OLAMIDE now wish to be addressed, called and known as MRS ALABI KAFILAT OLAMIDE. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as OJINI THERESA UCHE, now wish to be known and addressed as NWAEBICHI THERESA UCHE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as EJIOFOR PATRICIA UCHECHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHINWEZE PATRICIA UCHECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, FAYOMI MORUFAT FUNKE. ( Nee SOKUNBI ) is the same person known and addressed as FAYOMI MORUFAT AJIHUN. All former documents remain valid. ECOBANK Nig. Plc.and the general public should take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MRS SOFILE REBECCA EYITAYO, now wish to be known and addressed as MISS CRAIG REBECCA EYITAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKINYELE ABIODUN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TAIWO ABIODUN MARY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS RAJI RASHIDAT OLUWATOYIN. Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SODIPO RASHIDAT OLUWATOYIN. Former documents remain valid. General public note. CHANGE OF NAME

OBERORI: I formerly known and addressed as EJUMUDO OBERORI CHRISTY, now wish to be known and addressed as EJUMUDO OBAROMERA CHRISTY. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

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Formerly known and addressed as IBRAHIM LATIFAT MAYOWA now wish to be known and addressed as RAJI LATIFAT MAYOWA All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

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I formerly known and addressed as NGWU CHIKA OKONKWO now wish to be known and addressed as JOHN LIBERTY CHIKA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as EUCHARIA KELECHI NWACHUKWU now wish to be known and addressed as EUCHARIA PATRICK MICHAEL KELECHI. All former documents remain valid. General public to please note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, formerly known and addressed as OYELAKIN KABIRU ADEDOTUN, now wish to be known and addressed as OYELAKIN KABIRU ABIODUN. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS. TAIWO DEBORAH now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SAKA DEBORAH OLUWAFUNMILAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS OLAJIDE SINAT now wish to be called and known as MRS YUSUFF OLAJIDE SINAT. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note.

Formerly known and called as MISS AJAYI CHRISTIANAH FUNMI now wish to be addressed and called as MRS AKINBADE CHRISTIANAH FUNMI. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) and general public should please take note.

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CORRECTION OF NAME This is to inform the general public that my name DELE BABALOLA was wrongly written during BVN Registration but now wish to be corrected and known, called and addressed as BABALOLA OLADELE AREMU henceforth. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, First Bank of Nigeria Plc and general public should please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MRS BEKINBO YINKA ETELA now wish to be addressed, known and called as MISS OGUNNIYI YINKA CHRISTIANAH. All former documents bearing the above names remain valid, general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as CHRIS AKACHUKWU AUSTIN and CHRIS . O. AMAZU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MUSTAPHA SHAKIRA BIOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as RAJI SHAKIRA BIOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, PATRIC MOSES OJEKA. is the same person addressed and known as EGBE MOSES OJEKA. All former documents remain valid. All Banks and the general public should take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as OWOLABI MERUS ABOSEDE LYDIA, now wish to be known and addressed as OWOLABI ABOSEDE LYDIA. All former documents remain valid. First Bank and General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to notify the general public that, CHINASA ANGEL OKONKWO is one and same person as CHINONSO ANGEL OKONKWO And my date of birth is 02-10-1990.all documents bearing CHINASA CHINONSO ANGEL OKONKWO remains valid, banks and general public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS ADUWO IGE AJOKE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS KALIA IGE AJOKE. All former document remain valid general public should take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as RASAQ RIDWAN OLAMILEKAN, now wish to be known and addressed as RASAK RILWAN AKORODE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

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Formerly known and addressed as CHIOMA LOVETH ONYINYECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as ANUNOBI LOVETH ONYINYECHI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as OGUNMEFUN OYINDAMOLA RUKAYAT, now wish to be known and addressed as AROWOLO OYINDAMOLA RUKAYAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS SALAKO IDAYAT FOLASHADE, now wish to be known and addressed aS MRS ADENIJI IDAYAT FOLASHADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

I, Formerly known and addressed as MISS JIMOH TAIWO AMINAT, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. AKINSOLA TAIWO AMINAT. All former documents remain valid; National Youths Service Corp (NYSC), general public should please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as MISS BOSE TITILAYO AYOMIDE OSAGIE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AKINBUSOLA BOSE AYOMIDE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and general public take note. CHANGE OF NAME

AKPOSI: I formerly known and addressed as TOLOMONE ULYSSES AKPOSI, now wish to be known and addressed as TOLOMONE ULYSSES AKPOYERINBULOUKAEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note. CHANGE OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as BAMIDELE BOSE, now wish to be known and addressed as OYERINDE ABIBAT IDOWU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

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EU lauds Kaduna over business reform programme A za Msue, Kaduna

s part of its drive to attract and retain private sector investments, Kaduna State has launched a Business Licensing Reform, BLR, programme. The BLR programme is designed to boost the state’s economy by reducing the time and cost investors incur to secure business permits and to ensure that legislations and regulations promote competition and a conducive business climate. The BLR is an European Union-funded intervention aimed at complementing ongoing support to improve the business and investment environment in Kaduna State. It aims to streamline and improve the existing processes for business licenses and permits. The BLR programme is

designed to foster job creation and income generation by migrating between 100,000 - 400,000 enterprises into the formal sector, promote inclusive economic growth, reinvigorate labour-intensive manufacturing, and facilitate private sector participation in economic development. It is being implemented in partnership with the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA) and the state government’s Ease of Doing Business Committee. Launching the programme in Kaduna today, deputy governor Barnabas Bala said Kaduna is committed to realizing the objectives of the BLR programme as part of its broader campaign to improve the ease of doing business in the state. The deputy governor explained that the state’s hopes for job creation and improved internal revenue generation rest on how well

....to register 800,000 businesses

it attracts and retains private investments. “Government can directly employ only a few persons. In fact, as ubiquitous as the machinery of government appears to be, those who work for the state government constitute only about one per cent of the population of the state. “Therefore, the opportunities to meaningfully employ and engage the vast majority of people of working age are to be provided by private

enterprises and businesses, suitably encouraged by the policies and incentives of government,” he said. The deputy governor gave assurances to the audience that included representatives of the EU, DFID, business owners and the press that the government is determined to succeed with the BLR programme. The EU Representative, Juan Ortega, gave reasons for partnering with Kaduna State government on the

business licensing reforms. He said: “Kaduna understands very well that economic development and wealth creation is mainly driven by the private sector. “Kaduna State is taking substantial steps in reforming its economy, such as the establishment of theN1.5tr Kaduna State Economic and Investment Development Plan. “Kaduna is one of the most dynamic states in the country and is well positioned geo-

graphically along the major trade corridors in Nigeria.” In her remarks, the National Team Leader of GEMS 3, Ana Vinambres said: “GEMS3 commenced the Business Licensing Reform in Kaduna State in May 2016, with the overall objective to improve the business and investment environment through the improvement and implementation of regulatory frameworks and process for business registration.

Kogi Assembly demands oil-producing tag Wale Ibrahim, Lokoja

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ogi State House of Assembly has adopted a resolution to write a letter appealing to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the state as an oil-producing state. The House also resolved that the state government set up a department to coordinate oil activities in the state and called on the national boundary commission to fasttrack it’s assignment on the border demarcation between Kogi and Anambra states. These resolutions followed a motion moved by John Abah of Ibaji constituency appealing to the state government to expedite action in ensuring the declaration of Kogi by the federal government as an oilproducing state. He explained that the federal government has fully drilled four oil wells from its exploration activities within Kogi, Edo and Anambra states. Abah pointed out that two out of the four wells are located in Ibaji. Elder Friday Sanni from Igalamela Odolu constituency, who seconded the motion, said the matter before the house deserves a courageous decision for it to stand the test of time, recalling that 10 oil wells were also discovered in Igalamela Odolu between 1980 and 1984.

On his part, Friday Ali-Ofu (PDP) said if adequate action is taken, the state government will get 30 percent derivation, and urged the executive to put pressure on the federal government to recognise Kogi as oil producing. Haruna Idoko, representing Idah constituency, admitted that the motion would bail the state out of the present economic hardship. Deputy speaker Ali Aku added that Kogi has more than 50 percent of the oil wells located in neighboring states of Anambra, and called on the federal government to review the status of the Confluence State, describing it as injustice if the state is not given due consideration. An ad-hoc committee was suggested by Mr Toyin Lawal to get more details about Igalamela andIibaji for the house to know its next line of action. Osuyi Godwin representing Ogori and Victor Omofaye of Ijumu, adding to the prayers of their colleagues, advised the house to meet with the Minister of Petroleum to lend weight to the letter that would be sent to the petroleum ministry by Kogi governor. The speaker, Alfa Imam, while commending the mover of the motion said it was unfortunate that Kogi was slow in pushing for it to be included among oil-bearing states as it would benefit the people.

L-R: Wife of the Governor of Sokoto State, Hajiya Mairo Tambuwal; wife of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Mrs Gimbiya Dogara; Special Adviser to the Wife of the President, Dr Hajjo Sani; and Sokoto State Commissioner for Women Affair, Hajiya Kulu Sifawa, during a courtesy visit to Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III, during the inauguration of Mrs Buhari’s Medical Outreach in Sokoto State, yesterday. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD BELLO/NAN

Erosion threatens access road to Mambilla power project Justin Tyopuusu, Jalingo

gully erosion has washed off over a hundred metres of the only road leading to the Mambilla Plateau hydro-electric power project around Leki Taba in Sardauna local government area of Taraba State. The Mambilla Hydro power plant has the potential to generate over 3050 megawatts of power, amounting to more than half of the current national grid being consumed in the country. But Taraba governor, Darius Ishaku, while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Jalingo, appealed to the people to remain calm as contract for the immediate rehabilitation of the portion of the road has already been awarded to PW construction company, with work to commence immediately to avoid further damage. Ishaku, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mijinyawa Hassan, explained that a portion of the road of up to several hundred of me-

ters was also under imminent threat of being washed away as the embankment on the affected area has collapsed. According to him, the state government had to intervene and award the contract in spite of her lean resources to avoid total collapse of the road. “Although it is a federal

highway, waiting on the federal government may delay the project and further prolong the sufferings of the people who may be cut off from the rest of the country as a result of the destruction done by the erosion.” National Mirror reports that the state government

has already awarded the contract for the rehabilitation of the Bali-Serti-Gembu road to PW construction company as the road leads to some of the country’s famous tourist sites of Gashaka Gumpti National Park and the famous Mambila Plateau which is the highest peak in the country.

Church kicks against Sharia law’s inclusion in constitution amendment James Abraham, Jos

hurch of Christ In Nations, COCIN, has kicked against moves by the National Assembly to include Sharia law in the ongoing amendment to the 1999 Constitution. President of COCIN, Rev. Dachollom Datiri, said the church opposed the bill that has passed second reading in the National Assembly because it does not take into consideration the secularity of the Nigerian nation. According to him, the committee handling such must

look at it critically and consider all non-Muslims who will be affected by the bill if passed into law. “It is clearly unconstitutional to force someone to adhere to a law that infringes on their religious freedom,” he warned. The cleric stated this yesterday during the 91st General Church Council (GCC) held at COCIN Headquarters Church, Jos. He also decried the conversion and marriage of minors by some alleged leaders of the country as barbaric and inhuman. “This action by some prominent leaders in

northern Nigeria is shameful, barbaric and inhuman,” he stated. Datiri called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to prevail on such leaders to do the right thing as civilised, reasonable and honorable persons.

The church further commended the effort of the Plateau State government for placing a total ban on the existence of a violent religious group in Jos, the state capital. He said the move has portrayed Plateau State as a peace-loving government.

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Fraud fallout: I’m not afraid to go to jail –Zuma Afolabi Gambari

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outh Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has said he is not scared of going to prison, days after an investigation found evidence of possible government corruption. It was Zuma’s first public speech since an anti-corruption report asked for a judicial inquiry. Zuma, 74, is accused of an improper relationship with wealthy businessmen, although he has denied any wrongdoing. Thousands of people took to the streets in major South African cities demanding his resignation. The 355-page report entitled State of Capture focused on allegations that Zuma allowed the

South African President Jacob Zuma

Guptas, a wealthy Indian business family close to the president, to influence cabinet appointments. The Gupta brothers have not

commented, but they have previously denied any wrongdoing. Zuma, who spent 10 years as a political prisoner on Robben

Island with Nelson Mandela during apartheid (white minority rule), told a cheering crowd in his home province of Kwa-Zulu Natal: “I’m not afraid of jail. I’ve been to jail during the struggle. “There’s no longer any space for democratic debate. The only space there is for court arguments by lawyers. That’s not democracy.” Zuma, who is also the leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC), has been dogged by corruption allegations for more than a decade. He had tried to block the release of the report, but dropped his court bid. He faces a vote of no confidence in parliament next week. He survived two similar votes earlier this year.

Malema challenges apartheid-era laws

outh African opposition figure Julius Malema is challenging an apartheid-era law used to prosecute him over calls to occupy whiteowned land. Malema is accused of urging his supporters to occupy white-owned land in a speech he gave in June, in contravention to the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act. A judge has agreed to postpone his trial while he challenges the act in the Constitutional Court. Land reform is still a highly sensitive issue in South Africa. Twenty-two years after the end of white-minority rule, most of the country’s best farmland is owned by a few thousand white farmers. Outside the court Malema told supporters: “What we are calling for is peaceful occupation of the land and we don’t owe anyone an apology for that. “The land must be expropriated without compensation. “European colonisers found peaceful Africans here. They

Opposition leader Julius Malema

killed them. They slaughtered them like animals. “We are not calling for the slaughter of white people, at least for now.” Malema, who is the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), told supporters in Newcastle in June that white people can’t claim to own land because it belongs to the country’s black majority. The opposition figure is trying to exploit the vacuum left by

the governing African National Congress (ANC), which has been paralysed by infighting and renewed pressure on President Jacob Zuma to resign over alleged corruption. But the applause that Mamela’s receives at rallies can be misleading-in this year’s municipal elections, his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) won only 8 per cent of the vote, compared with the 54 per cent and 24 per cent of the ANC and Demo-

cratic Alliance respectively. The judge told a packed court in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, that Malema’s lawyers must return to court on December 7 and provide proof that he has filed his case to overturn the law with the Constitutional Court. Back in 2014, Malema told his supporters they should go and occupy vacant land in a speech at a party conference in Bloemfontein, south-west of Johannesburg.

Nigeria: A forest of thousand demons Continued from back page

“They are ‘abiku’ and will never get away. They go and they return” “I blame Buhari for encouraging such a motley crowd of court jesters” “Except, of course, that Buhari himself is one of them. He is an ‘abiku’” “I don’t understand what you mean” “Buhari himself has been in and out of the corridors of power since God-knows-when. He had been Federal Commissioner; military Head of State, PTF chairman, and now civilian President at seventy-something years of age, when he should have been enjoying his retirement” “Birds of a feather, you must be saying” “Exactly! “Trust the North for their understanding of the power game. Buhari promised them nothing. He even said he was not in a hurry to solve the Niger Delta problem” “Once the black gold is flowing in the right quantum by force or by cajoling, why

the hurry?” “To me, the meeting was an anti-climax of sorts. I had thought some speeches that would resonate well would be made and then some documents would be signed” “Thank God, Femi Fani-Kayode is out of circulation. If not, I shudder to think how he would describe the meeting between the children of Futa-Jallon and those of the Niger Delta” “Are his own bail conditions as stringent as those of your brother?” “I expect them to even be worse. By my own reckoning; he is the Number Three persona non grata of the Buhari administration” “And who are the others?” “Sambo Dasuki is Number One; Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state, is Number Two” “I understand Fayose’s high rating and Fani-Kayode’s for their acerbic criticism of Buhari, but not Dasuki’s” “Dasuki reportedly maltreated Buhari while leading the soldiers that arrested the then military Head of State in 1985.

Also, you have not appropriately dissected the criticisms of Dasuki by Northern leaders. His sin is not just that money meant for arms was diverted but also that he is an ‘Akotileta’ of a son They should be given the same Dasuki treatment in a uniformly fought war against corruption. Many of them have even bagged mouthwatering appointments” “But Buhari has said he is not interested in probing election funds...” “That is what he is stealthily doing and cleverly limiting to PDP while turning blind spot to APC’s own campaign funds also procured from the same public treasury” Oro p’esi je! LAST WORD: Before they bring back toll gates, our rulers should read the Yoruba novel “Agbalowomeri, Baale Ojontolo”. They should also study the story of King Solomon’s son, Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 10: 1 – 16). turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058

“There is no giving up on this pursuit of a new order as well as the pursuit of sustaining the new order” –Tanzanian President, John Magufuli

WORLD BULLETIN Brexit appeal gets date The government’s appeal against the High Court ruling that MPs must vote on triggering Brexit will be heard in the Supreme Court from December 5. It will last four days, with the decision expected in the new year. Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is clear she expects to start talks on leaving the EU as planned by the end of March. Campaigners say MPs and peers have to scrutinise the government’s plans beforehand, but ministers say they can decide without this happening. The High Court ruled last Thursday that Parliament should have a say before the UK invokes Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which triggers up to two years of formal EU withdrawal talks. Labour has said it will not attempt to delay or scupper this process if a vote goes ahead. The prime minister has promised to invoke Article 50 by the end of next March.

Mugabe earns student arrest

Witnesses said yesterday that a student was arrested at the weekend by unknown people for protesting during a University of Zimbabwe graduation ceremony featuring President Robert Mugabe. According to the witnesses, the graduating student held a placard complaining about joblessness in the country. Such stunts have become common at graduation ceremonies at this southern African country’s oldest university. Unverified pictures circulated on social media with a student holding up a placard during the ceremony. Police said they were unaware of the incident. Activists flooded social media calling for the man’s release. Mugabe capped over 3, 000 graduating students. Zimbabwe is facing rising joblessness due to a devastating economic downturn.

Girlfriend abuse irks Harry Prince Harry has confirmed US actress Meghan Markle is his girlfriend, in a statement from Kensington Palace attacking the media for subjecting her to a wave of abuse and harassment. The statement issued by the prince’s communications secretary said: “His girlfriend, Meghan Markle, has been subject to a wave of abuse and harassment. “Some of this has been very public-the smear on the front page of a national newspaper; the racial undertones of comment pieces; and the outright sexism and racism of social media trolls and web article comments.” The statement said the couple were a few months into a relationship and it was not right that Markle should be subjected to such treatment. “But the past week has seen a line crossed,” the statement added.

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This is to certify that my correct name is SAMUEL FIBIAN DOLA not ADELEGAN DOLA henceforth my name will be spelt, called and addressed as SAMUEL FIBIAN DOLA. Eco Bank Plc, and general public take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

This is to certify that my correct name is ADELEYE ABIODUN ADEJUWON not ADELEYE ADENIYI henceforth my name will be spelt, called and addressed as ADELEYE ABIODUN ADEJUWON while my correct date of birth is 22nd December 1985. skye Bank Plc, and general public take note CHANGE OF NAME

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Impressive turnout in historic but tensed U.S. election Y esterday’s election in the U.S. witnessed impressive voter turnout with Americans reaching the polling stations as early as 5:30 a.m. Polls opened at 6 a.m. (noon Nigerian time) but voters arrived as early as 5:30 a.m. eagerly waiting to vote while at about 11 a.m., about half of most of the precincts visited had gone half-way in the ballot cast. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and rival Republican Donald Trump voted at separate New York polling places about a mile apart. Clinton arrived in Chappaqua, New York, around 8 a.m. to cast her ballot, shaking hands with supporters at her polling place afterwards. Trump also voted after

11 a.m. at his polling station at Public School 59 in midtown Manhattan. Vice President Joe Biden cast his vote in Wilmington, Delaware, just after 8 a.m., while President Barack Obama voted early in Chicago. Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine and his wife arrived on foot at their local polling place in Richmond, just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday. “Just turn out and participate. I think the sign of a vigorous democracy is one where a lot of people participate. We just went over 200 million registered voters in the country for the first time. “All the early vote signs are very strong in terms of people energy and desire to participate. But I just hope that carries through the day,” Kaine said.

CHANGE OF NAME I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESED AS MISS OGUNSOLA FOLASADE DORCAS, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. ONI FOLASADE DORCAS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID G.T BANK, STERLING BANK, FIRST BANK, ADELEKE HIGH SCHOOL EDE AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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DANIEL: Formerly known and addressed as MISS DANIEL ELIZABETH OLUBISI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AJAYI OLABISI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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I formerly known and addressed as MISS BOJE OLUSOLA OLUBUNMI But now wish to be known and address as MRS ALADE OLUSOLA OLUBUNMI. All former documents remain valid , Ektit State Teaching Service Commission and General public take note.

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REZHIE BENE FARMERS ASSOCIATION BASSA This is to inform the general public that the above named Organization has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.Luka Zamfara 2.Sunday Audu 3.Emmanuel B. Zamfara 4.Hwenke Tuhu

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.To improve the economic base of an individual Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within twenty-eight (28) days of this publication. SIGNED: HWENKE TUHU Secretary

Elections officials said that no major threats or violence had been recorded in the relatively peaceful poll. Mrs Linda O’Dell, Chief Election Officer at Old Courthouse Way Community Centre, Newsport News at the state of Virginia, said the centre did not anticipate any violence at the polls. “When each voter comes in, they are checked in and given a ballot paper so they go to the polling booth to mark the bubble but if they mark more than one bubble, we just mark all the bubbles and declare the ballot paper invalid. “Then we give them an-

other ballot paper. They go back and mark again and take to the voting machine. Then, they get the ‘I Voted’ sticker. “Those who can’t come into the booth, because of age or disability, we have an official who will go out with the envelope containing the ballot paper to them outside but the official will not help them to fill it. “The official then comes in to feed the ballot paper into the voting machine and it is automatically counted. We have about 2,000 voters that have cast their ballot already,” she said. Ms Joyce Gunderlach, Chief Election Officer at

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Kiln Greek precinct in Newport News, said: “We have over 4,000 voters in this precinct and about 2,000 have voted at about 11 a.m. “We opened the poll by 6 a.m. but people got on the line by 5:50 a.m. because they didn’t turn their cloak back by one hour on Sunday. “Each voter is given a ballot paper and after filling the bubble, you put your ballot paper in the ballot machine; it may take some time because the machine has to scan the ballot paper.” Most African Americans, who disclosed the candidates they voted for at Newport News, said CHANGE OF NAME

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The general public is hereby notified that the above named Ministry has applied for registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja, Under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990. The trustees are; 1. Pastor Otote Taiye - President 2. Pastor (Mrs) Otote Elizabeth - Vice President 3. Pastor (Mrs) Arodoye Anita - Member 4. Otote Gift Osayamen - Member 5. Osawe Amen Susan - Secretary Aims and Objectives. 1. To do the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 2. Prayer for family liberation. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to The RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within twenty-eight (28) days from the date of this publication. Signed: Pastor Otote Taiye I. President

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CHALLENGED GIRLS INITIATIVE THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.Khadeejat Aliyu Yahaya 2.Abubakar Mohammed Sammako 3.Alhaji Usman Abdu Aliyu 4.Okere Margret Chinyere

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This is to inform the general public that I, AROMIRE OMOWUNMI BUKKY was officially married to MR.FATAI AROMIRE and henceforth wish to be known and addressed as MRS AROMIRE OMOWUNMI BUKKY. All former documents remain valid, general public should please take note.

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they voted for Clinton but majority of the elderly White Americans voted for Trump. Ferdinand Kelley, an Octogenarian White woman, said she voted for Trump because “he is focused”. However, Roseline Green, an African-American said that she voted for Clinton because “I voted for issues and I know the values that I stand for. “There is no perfect candidate and no one can be your saviour,” she said. THe results of the elections are expected to be ready an hour after each precinct has concluded voting at 7 p.m. (1 a.m. Nigerian time).

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Registration Under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, 1990. THE 1. 2. 3.

TRUSTEES ARE: ENGR CHUKWUEMEKA ANOSIKE ENGR UKOHA PROMISE .E. BARR OBODO ANTHONY NNABUIKE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.To equip the girl Child socially and materially for the Challenges ahead 2.To Make the less Privileged girl child empowered

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.To carter for the welfare of its members in particular and the general public in general. 2. To have powers to promote peace among members. 3. Enlightment on vital issues of social importance

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within twenty-eight (28) days of this publication.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

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Battle of Uyo:

Beat Algeria, Osinbajo charges Eagles …Shehu, Ideye, Balogun undergo fitness test

uper Eagles’ preparation for their all important 2018 Russia World Cup qualifier against Desert Foxes of Algeria got a boost yesterday when the

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo paid a surprise visit to the team’s training in Abuja and tasked the players to beat visiting Algeria in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Satur-

day. Osinbajo was accompanied by Sports Minister Solomon Dalung and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

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trained with the rest of the squad. All attention was on the former Nigeria U-20 shot stopper and nothing was left to chance by his trainer himself a former Eagles’ goalkeeper and captain. Ezinwa has since maintained his readiness for the big clash. “I have understudied Carl Ikeme and I will give my best for my country to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, if I am opportuned to be in goal,” he had said last week after it emerged that Ikeme had been ruled out with a hip injury. The 28-year-old, who played

alongside the likes of Brown Ideye and Elderson Echiejile at the 2007 FIFA U20 World Cup in Canada. “I am not under pressure because it is something I have been doing for some time now and I am confident I will prove myself again,” he added. Ezenwa has been in fine form after he posted five-star displays for the NPFL All-Stars on a playing tour of Spain in August, a performance that attracted interest of Spanish second division club Cadiz.

Ezenwa braces for Algerian attackers ABUJA

ndications emerged yesterday that FC IfeanyiUbah goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, will take the place of injured Carl Ikeme for Saturday’s clash against Algeria after he was put through special drills in the team’s evening training yesterday. Eagles’ goalkeeper trainer Alloy Agu pushed Ezenwa through, while the other goalkeepers Daniel Akpeyi and Dele Alampasu

“The President is very much aware of the finances of the NFF and that was why the government intervened for the away game in Zambia,” Osinbajo said “You should be patriotic and go out there to beat Algeria as we will support you to qualify for the 2018 World Cup,” he added. The Nigerian government made available the sum of N100million to help offset some of the bills for the visit to Ndola, Zambia, early last month. Osinbajo, who also addressed the Super Falcons who are preparing to defend their continental title in Cameroon this month, pledged the government’s support in their quest to remain African champions. Meanwhile, the Super Eagles technical crew yesterday concentrated on the fitness level of

Nigeria defenders Leon Balogun and Shehu Abdullahi as well as striker Brown Ideye ahead of theWorld Cup qualifier.. The trio trained away from the main squad at yesterday’s morning’s session in Abuja. “They are nursing minor knocks,” a team official simply disclosed. The players were in action for their respective European clubs at the weekend. Shehu scored for Cypriot club Anorthosis in a 3-0 home win over Doxa only to be replaced four minutes later. Ideye scored his seventh goal for Greek champions Olympiacos in a 3-0 win over Athens bitter rivals Panathiniakos before he was replaced in stoppage time, while Balogun played the full game as Mainz 05 were battered 3-1 at RB Leipzig.

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Turkish court acquits German footballer

Turkish court has acquitted a German-born former international footballer, Deniz Naki, who was charged with promoting the Kurdish PKK rebel cause. Naki, 27, was prosecuted for a message he posted on Facebook after scoring the winning goal for the Turkish club Amed SK, in a crucial match in January. He dedicated that victory to victims of the Kurdish conflict. He is Alevi-Kurdish and moved to Turkey in 2013. He was accused of spreading terrorist propaganda for the banned PKK group. Turkish forces have been battling the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in eastern Turkey since a ceasefire collapsed in July 2015. Turkey, the EU and US consider the PKK to be a terrorist organisation. Germany’s Bild daily reported that the court session lasted just 35 minutes and that even the state prosecutor called for the case to be terminated. The charge could have resulted in Naki getting five years in jail. He argued that his Facebook post was intended as a message of peace. He is currently under a 12-match ban imposed by the Turkish Football Federation for “ideological propaganda” linked to the Kurdish conflict.

Klopp keen to create history

iverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has urged his players to write their own chapter in the club’s rich history rather than be burdened by tales of its past glories. It has been more than 26 years since Liverpool won the league title so the expectations on Klopp’s side are growing following Sunday’s 6-1 win over Watford which saw them advance to the top of the Premier League table for the first time since May 2014. The Reds came close to being crowned champions three seasons ago, eventually being pipped to the silverware by Manchester City, As it stands, Liverpool are the leading goal scorers this term, having lost just once in 11 matches, and while Klopp is keen for the glory days of the 1970s and 1980s to return, he also wants his players to be given the freedom to “look optimistically in the future”. “It’s a really good moment and I know that everybody compares with the past, especially at Liverpool,” Klopp told Liverpool’s website. “Three years ago, 10, five, 25 years ago - but this team is new, we are new. Our story started a few months ago so you cannot compare us with anyone else.” He concluded.

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Ozil is an overrated player –Cundy

rsenal star Mesut Ozil would not get “anywhere near” Chelsea’s squad, according to former player Jason Cundy. Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 The World Cup winner has drawn plaudits this season with the famed assist-maker notching seven goals in 14 appearances for the Gunners, with only Diego Costa from Chelsea’s current crop bettering that return. However, Cundy has been less than impressed and pointed to Ozil’s much-lauded solo effort against Ludogrets as garnering unnecessary hype given the level of opposition the “Bulgarian farmers” posed. “When I say this I don’t say it lightly but Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil is the most overrated player in the Premier League,” Cundy told Football Fan. Zone. “Every week I get Arsenal fans bringing him up to me, telling me how good he is and that he’s world class, but he’s not. “If you want to talk about world class, let’s look at someone like Luis Suarez for example, he’s the standard and Ozil can’t be mentioned in the same breath as the former Liverpool man. “Last week we were forced to bow to the midfielder because he scored a wonder goal against a bunch of Bulgarian farmers to complete an Arsenal comeback but why was Arsenal losing 2-0 in the first place”, he asked.

Wrestle Force Tourney: LOC plans wrestling academy Ifeanyi Eduzor

hairman of the Local Organisation Committee of the forthcoming Intercontinental Wrestle Force Championship, Otunba Dengel Anifowose said that proceeds realized from the championship will be used to set up a wrestling academy where budding talents will be discovered and nurtured as future champions. The Intercontinental Wrestle Force Championship is being packaged to celebrate the achievements of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State since he assumed office. The tournament will be held across 14 centers in the three Senatorial Dis-

tricts of Lagos from 4-18 December, 2016. He stated this yesterday when members of the committee paid a visit to the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Honourable Anifowoshe Wasiu Abiola in his office to solicit his support for the championship. Speaking at the occasion, he said that the competition needs the support of every citizen of Lagos State because it is an event meant not only to celebrate the Governor, but showcase the rich tourism potentials of the state to the outside world, as more than 49 international wrestlers across all continents of the world will converge in Lagos for the tournament. “We are here to officially inform you that the championship aimed at

Akwa Ibom agog for dreamland football championship

rrangement have been concluded for the kick off of the third edition of the dreamland football academy cup 2016 for under 17 - 23 players. President/ Chief Executive Officer of Dreamland Football Academy, Ndudi Edede told National Mirror that this year’s edition is being organized in collaboration with Akwa Ibom State Football Association and Ituen Sports Academy, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. “The tournament is for 16 teams and will be staged from November 11-17, 2016. “It is also designed for players who

are between the ages of 17 and 23 and it will be an opportunity for players to exhibit their talents and for premier league managers to get quality players”, he explained. According to him, they are expecting foreign scouts from Slovenia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Spain just as he announced that some of their technical partners for this year’s tournament are B4sports, Slovenia Lucufreyer Management group, Academico Juvenstude Alcochet of Portugal, CS Blue Angel Cristian- Brasov of Romania and Noor Sports International, Cairo, Egypt amongst others.

celebrating our hard working Governor is around the corner and to seek your support for the successful hosting of the tournament. “This championship apart from celebrating the Governor’s achievement is being organized to keep to the Governor’s vision and cardinal objective of developing sports at all levels and our plan is to incorporate wrestling into the sports programme of the state as well as use the proceeds from the tournament to set up a wrestling academy”, he stated.

In his remarks, the Commissioner commended members of the LOC for their efforts at reviving professional wrestling in the country with a promise to give the committee all necessary support for the programme to be a success. “I must have to commend the LOC for their plans to use wrestling and celebrate out hard working Governor and I will give you my maximum support to ensure that the tournament achieves its objectives”. He concluded.

Pioli appointed Inter coach

nter Milan have appointed Stefano Pioli as head coach following the recent sacking of Frank de Boer. The 51-year-old Pioli, sacked by Lazio in April, has signed a contract with the Serie A club until June 30, 2018. Inter won the Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia treble under Jose Mourinho in 2010 but have not been able to recapture that sort of form since, often languishing in mid-table. Inter, enduring their fifth consecutive season without Champions League football, confirmed the appointment in a statement. In his previous job, Pioli led Lazio to a third-place finish in Serie A in 2014/15 but was less successful last season and was fired in April after an embarrassing 4-1 defeat by neighbours AS Roma.

Pioli A central defender in his playing days, Pioli’s first job as head coach was with Serie B side Salernitana in 2003. He moved to Modena, another second-tier side the following year, and got his first chance in the top flight with Parma in 2006. He was sacked after six months with the team one place off the bottom and went back to Serie B where he coached Grosseto, Piacenza and Sassuolo. Chievo brought him back to Serie A in 2010 and he moved to Palermo the following year but lasted just 90 days at the notoriously volatile club.

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Senate Committee on Privatization bemoans state of National Stadium

NSA 2016: Organisers unfold fresh package

Ifeanyi Eduzor

embers of the Senate Committee on Privatization have expressed shock at the state of the National Stadium Lagos with a declaration that the stadia need a complete turnaround. Vice Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abdulahi Yahaya told National Mirror after he led some members of the committee to inspect facilities at the stadium that it is worrisome that such a national edifice has been allowed to deteriorate at an alarming rate. “Looking at the state of the stadium, one will know that it is a national edifice that needs adequate attention and we are not happy with the way we saw it. Senator Yahaya who was accompanied to the visit by Senator Shaaba Lafiaji and the Acting Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprise, Vincent Akpotaire noted that having seen what is on ground, they will engage stakeholders to look at the best way government can rehabilitate the stadia. “Looking at the amount of resources that has gone into this national edifice, we are not happy with the way we saw it because it is one national institution that must be taken care of and as such we shall write our report based on what we saw. “We are going to present our report to the Senate and engage stakeholders from both government and private sector to look at the place and fashion out the best way government can rehabilitate the facility and put it to adequate use”, he concluded.

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L-R: Chairman of the NSA Panel, Mr. Ikeddy Isiguzo; and members Chief Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo and Ejiro Omonode

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xecutive Director, Unmissable Incentives Limited, Mr. Kayode Idowu, said yesterday in Lagos that special recognition will be accorded past sporting heroes at the 5th Nigeria Sports Award billed for December 2 at the Eko Hotel & Suites on Victoria Island. According to Idowu, the recognition is auspicious and aims at adding colour to the event.

“The awardees are exclusive to us as organisers and they will be known on the awards night,” Idowu explained, adding that the suspense was intended to arouse interest among stakeholders in the country. “It is a fact there are many sports heroes who had served Nigeria in various capacities and we are convinced that the six awardees that we have selected will be acceptable to all Nigerians,” he said. Idowu, however, expressed dismay at the poor turnover of sports

accomplishments in the Nigeria in the outgoing year. “The fact that we will be having only eleven awards categories for the 2016 awards says everything about the downturn. But we are certain that all the awardees would be deserving of their honours,” he further said. Among the eleven categories include Coach of the Year, Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, Special Sports Person of the Year, Team of the Year and Journalist of the Year (radio, print and television).

2016 Keffi Polo: Nasarawa ready for Ranch Tournament

rrangement is in advanced stage as the Keffi Polo Ranch in Nasarawa State prepares to host its 2nd International Polo Tournament from November 15 to 20. Proprietor of the ranch and former member of the House of Representatives from Nasarawa State, Hon. Ahmed Wadada, said yesterday that top Nigerian polo patrons, players, professionals from Argentina, South Africa and the United Kingdom, as

well as national professional players would compete at the week-long competition. Wadada also said the ranch would attract socio-economic growth to the state, even as a percentage of the proceeds would be channeled to supporting education and orphans. The Wadada Education Foundation has since awarded scholarship, constructed and renovated classroom blocks in schools across the Na-

sarawa West Senatorial Zone. Tournament Manager, Bashir Mohammed, disclosed that 16 teams that comprised defending champion Keffi and Fifth Chukker team would compete in the high-goal President/ Governors Cup. “Six medium-goal teams will battle for the National Assembly/Atiku Abubakar Cup, just as eight equally matched low-goal teams will contest for the Emir of Keffi/Oba of Lagos Cup,” Mohammed said. The inaugural edition saw crowd favourites Keffi Ponys win their first major title on home soil, carting away the event’s biggest title, the President Cup. The Keffi Ranch remains one of the must-play polo events in the country due to its unique location and closeness to Abuja with its natural appeal.

NNL: Gateway seeks fair officiating against ABS Ifeanyi Eduzor

gun State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Afolabi Afuape has charged management of Nigeria National League to ensure fair officiating in the replay of their Match Day 14 fixture against ABS Football Club today in Ilorin. The Organizing and Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), ordered Gateway United Football Club of Abeokuta to pay a N1million fine, for refusing to play their Nigeria National League (NNL) Match Day 14 fixture with ABS. Gateway refused to play the game, citing security lapses. After the mandatory 30-minute wait, centre referee Hamza Garba from Kano blew his whistle, confirming a walkover. However after considering their appeal, the Disciplinary Committee ruled that match will be replayed today at the same Kwara State Stadium behind closed doors. The game was initially decided as a walkover in ABS favour. Afuape told National Mirror that they are not concerned about replaying the match but want fair officiating to avoid giving any of the team undue advantage. “My appeal is that there should be fair officiating. We will accept any result from the match so long as the officiating is fair because that is the greatest problem affecting our football. Gateway occupied the top position in Group B2 on goal difference before the aborted match but is tied on 21 points with ABS. Winner of the rescheduled game will win the promotion ticket from the NNL B2 and play in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) next season.

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NSSM tasks NIS, varsities on way forward Saraki

Afolabi Gambari Action as this will be witnessed at the tournament

Finalists emerge in Muslim Private Schools’ Cup

inalists have emerged in the 5th edition of the 2016 annual Muslim Private schools football tournament tagged “Hijrah Cup. In an entertaining semi- final match decided last weekend, Adam Yakub School lost by 0-3 to Anwa Ul- Islam College just as Ansar –Ud –Deen Grammar School defeated Al Faruq College by 1-0 in the junior category of the championship. Semi- finals of the senior category saw Anwar-Ul-Islam Col-

lege recording a 4-1 victory over Qiblah Mind College in a one sided affair while the match between Al- Faruq College and Ansar- Ud- Deen Grammar School ended in 0-1 victory for the later. Tournament initiator. Prince Adewale Atiba of Atico Global Concepts Limited told National Mirror that he is impressed with the spirit of sportsmanship exhibited by the students even as he assured that the finals will witness a carnival like championship.

I’m happy that the championship which is aimed at encouraging healthy rivalry among Muslim students in Lagos State has been keenly contested and all the players exhibited good spirit of sportsmanship from the preliminaries to the semifinals. “ As we prepare for the finals which will be coming up soon, I promise all the students that it will be a carnival like atmosphere on that day”, he assured.

he Nigerian Society for Sports Management (NSSM) has called on the National Institute for Sports (NIS) to be alive to its responsibilities if the country’s sports must rediscover its past glory. According to the sports body in a five-point recommendation in its equally five-point communique after its recent meeting held at the University of Ibadan recently, authorities at Nigerian universities should also synergize with the NIS with a view to harmonizing various sports policies in the country. The NSSM also stressed the need for what it called scientific training and re-training of sports personnel for effective delivery across board.

“Physical education curriculum needs to be diversified into areas of specialization that could improve the professionalization sports careers and production of sports graduates that could contribute to the nation’s development plans,” the NSSM recommended, stressing: “Modalities on how sports and recreational facilities will be maintained should be included in planning the blueprint.” The communique also stressed poor funding, little public-private partnership and absence of financial options as bane of Nigeria’s sports development. Kwara State University’s Head of the Department of Kinesiology, Health Education and Sports Administration, Prof. Mohammed Baba Gambari, is the newly elected President of the NSSM.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

The current record in bubblegum bubble is held by Chad Fell (USA), who blew with a diameter of 50.8 cm (20 in)-without using his hands to steady or stretch the bubble-at the Double Springs High School, Winston County, Alabama, USA, on April 24 2004.

Nigeria: A forest of thousand demons

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ave they released your brother, Reuben Abati?” “As at this time of speaking (Friday, 4th November), not to the best of my knowledge” “That is serious. Don’t you think he must be having a very serious case; perhaps, running into billions of dollars?” “Haba! How much is the whole ONSA bazaar - Just a little over two billion U. S. Dollars!” “Why, then, is he still languishing in the EFCC – or is it DSS – gulag?” “EFCC; they said he was yet to meet his administrative bail conditions” “Are they IMF? Why should bail conditions be made so stringent?” “It is politics. For some, the conditions are relaxed; for others, the noose is maliciously made tight” “But there is supposed to be level playing ground?” “Say that to the Marines! A hallmark of Buhari is that

rsenal forward Alexis Sanchez has picked up a “low grade muscle injury” on international duty with Chile. Sanchez, 27, will miss Chile’s World Cup qualifier in Colombia on Thursday. But the Chilean team’s medical staff says the former Barcelona play-

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he thumbs his long nose at level playing ground, due process, and rule of law” “But this is a democracy and the president himself did say he is a converted democrat” “Convoluted democrat is more like it; but the bail issue is one area where I blame Abati as the architect of his own misfortune” “How do you mean? Is he no longer your brother?” “Truth, be told all the same! When others were going into government to eat and drink like a horse, he went there speaking ‘turenchi’ and writing big, big grammar. See where it has landed him” “I see! The man must be feeling really miserable” “Not yet; his real problem will begin when his other colleagues perfect their bail conditions and he is left in solitary confinement” “Are there some others with him?” “Sure; three ex-Ministers but one of them is said to have almost perfected his own bail conditions” “How come that some are able to perfect but others are not?” “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others” “But they were all members of the same Federal Executive Council?” “That is where it ends. Some went in there shinning their eyes while others went there to count bridges” “What a pity! He has to be helped. I have two books I will love to loan him if you can undertake to take them to him” “I cannot promise but I will try” “The books are Dusan Hamsik’s ‘Writers against rulers’ and ‘Psychological Survival’ by Stanley Cohen and Lau-

I was shocked myself. People who have been in the corridors of power before

I was born:

when will they get away?

rie Taylor. We must not allow them break his will” “I understand the detainees are all in high spirit. They were visited recently by some VIPs” “I am happy to hear that. But which judge imposes stringent bail conditions on his fellow men?” “Are you in this country and still don’t know what is happening to the Bench?” “Honestly, no one can follow all the newsbreak in this country of ours. Only you journalists can because it is your job” “But you sure heard the so-called ‘sting operation’ of the DSS against some judges” “Yes, I do. What is the latest on it?” “There is no latest. On such issues, the more you look, the less you see” “That is what troubles me about this country. You can’t really put your finger firmly on any issue” “It is in the nature of things here. The judges in soup today are said to be those who smiled to the bank under Jonathan” “So it is pay-back time for them?” “Something like that; Gen. Mamman Vat-

sa said life is full of ups and downs while fortune or misfortune is turn by turn” “So this is the time for some judges who were not smiling before to smile” “Absolutely! Can’t you see the ‘Oluwole’ judgments some judges are churning out while the same DSS looks away?” “Someone said the Judiciary is divided into PDP and APC. You have PDP judges and you have APC judges” “May that not be so!” “When PDP lands in APC courts, they are done for!” “When APC landed in PDP courts in the past, what happened? Change has berthed” “But PDP was somehow mild; they allowed a semblance of neutrality” “That is the difference between their two leaders. One over-reached himself to act like a democrat and was timid while the order stands ram-rod and is audacious” “But come to think of it, if judges are corrupt, who corrupted them?” “Politicians, of course, acting directly and also in cahoots with fat-cat lawyers” “Didn’t the law say both the takers and givers of bribe are guilty?” “The law is an ass; again, who will bell the cat when those who perpetrate the corruption are the same people acting as accusers and prosecutors?” “The Judiciary appears intimidated and forlorn already” “They have been abandoned. Even their own members have turned on them” “That way, I perceive trouble. Once the Judiciary is crest-fallen, all is lost” “They should stand up and fight. Did you read Wole Soyinka’s ‘Abiku’ - ‘coming and going these repeated times...? ’” “I remember” “Those who paraded as Jonathan’s political fathers; who held high offices in his government and led his administration astray; those who wined and dined with him; whom you never could have imagined would touch Buhari with a tenmile long pole – they were all there grinning from ear to ear and filing out for photo-ops with the president” “I was shocked myself. People who have been in the corridors of power before I was born: when will they get away?” Continued on page 34

Sport Extra

Arsenal’s Sanchez suffers muscle injury er could return for the home game against Uruguay next Tuesday. “He will remain in Santiago, under treatment and in evaluation for the meeting against Uruguay,” said a statement. Sanchez, who has scored eight goals

for the Gunners this season, played the whole 90 minutes of Sunday’s 1-1 home draw against Tottenham. Fourth-placed Arsenal go to Manchester United on 19 November in their next fixture after the international break.

Sanchez

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