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INEC defines road map, takes major decisions To issue Permanent Voter Cards May 23 Voter registration begins May 28 in 10 states Registers UPN as 26th political party Saminu Ibrahim, Abuja

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head of the 2015 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has engaged another gear in its preparation to conduct a poll that would be devoid of rancour. Thus, it took a few decisive steps yesterday, announcing the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) nationwide, a major exercise in the process. Expected to be in three phases, the exercise is scheduled to fall between May 28 and June 1, but would be preceded by a nationwide distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). According to INEC Bulletin number 630 released yesterday in Abuja, under Phase I, the nationwide CVR wouldtake place in Taraba, Gombe, >>Continued on Page g 3

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Anxiety over Borno school girls 10 days after abduction Cyril Mbah, Abuja

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here were indications yesterday that the Nigerian military is worried over the fate of some students of the Chibok Girls Secondary School, Borno State, who are still being held by suspected Boko Haram insurgents 10 days after they were abducted from their campus. Headquarters, yesterday, expressed concern over plans

Army fears Boko Haram may execute students by some parents of the abducted girls to storm the forests in search of their wards as the military has thus far failed to rescue the students. Military sources described the plan by the parents as a “dangerous suicide mission,� warning that it would compound the situation as the army would be confronted with a larger security problem in the event that the par-

ents fall into Boko Haram trap and are either kidnapped or killed. Sources said the military also expressed concern that the Boko Haram might carry out their threat of executing the girls if their guardians embark on the search mission, warning that the insurgents are not known to make empty threats. The insurgents had threat-

ened during the week to kill the more than 100 girls still in their custody, warning that their parents would meet the same fate if they do not discontinue their proposed search mission. It was gathered that the parents had hired more than 100 commercial motorcyclists and civilian JTF for the search and rescue mission, after an >>Continued on Page 2

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Nigeria gets $1.14bn grant to combat 3 diseases

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inister of State for Health, Dr Halliru Alhassan, says the Global Funds Grants has allocated $1.14 billion grant + killer diseases. Alhassan made this known yesterday at the 2014 World Malaria Day in Dange town, Dange/ Shuni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The minister, who said the diseases were HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, added that the grant was for 2014 2016. The theme for 2014 celebration was: “Invest in the Future: Defeat Malaria Together We can�. He said 44 per cent of

the grant was allocated to malaria, which constituted a major public health problem to Nigerians, noting that the Federal Government was concerned about the development. “Over 90 per cent of the population of Nigeria is at risk as Nigeria contributes 25 per cent of the malaria burden in Africa. The burden still persists despite govern" * # els. Over N480 billion is lost annually through absenteeism from work and school, prevention and treatment,� he added. According to him, malaria contributes 30 per cent to childhood mortality and 11 per cent

maternal mortality in Nigeria. Alhassan said further that Nigeria was employing some plausible # contain the menace of malaria across the country. In his speech, Governor Aliyu Wamakko, said that the state government was aware of the human and socioeconomic consequences of the malaria burden. Represented by Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, Commissioner for Health, Wamakko said “the state government has since introduced a free medical care programme for pregnant women and

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troduced and sustained the rural medical care programme with over 230 primary health centres built across the 23 local governments of the state,� Wamakko said. The Chairman of Dange/Shuni Local Government Area, Alhaji Magaji Bodai, advised the people of the area to ensure personal and environmental hygiene to keep mosquitoes away from their surroundings. Dr Abubakar Mainshun, who spoke on behalf of the donor agencies, expressed regret that malaria had remained a major challenge causing 261 million illnesses and 655,000 deaths globally, each year.

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World Bank to support Nigeria’s projects with $8bn T he World Bank said it has earmarked $8billion (about N1.3trillion) to support Nigeria’s job creation, social service delivery and governance projects in the next four years. This was contained in the Bank’s statement issued yesterday in Abuja. It said that the bank would grant the support through a Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) where it was expected to increase its development assistance to the country. The statement said that two billion dollars (about N322 billion) would be spent annually during the period through the International Development Association (IDA) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The bank explained that the CPS, which would run from 2014 to 2017, had introduced a change in Nigeria’s borrowing status. It said Nigeria was declared credit worthy for

blend status from July 1. ``This CPS has been prepared in the context of the World Bank’s renewed commitment to the twin goals of reducing extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in Nigeria and globally. ``It is fully aligned with Nigeria’s development agenda, Vision 20:20:20 and its medium-term strategy for realising that vision, the Transformation Agenda,’’ it stated. The statement said that

the CPS programme was structured around three areas of promoting diversi by reforming the power sector, enhancing agricultural productivity and increasing

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delivery at the state level “to promote social inclusion�. “The CPS will also strengthen governance and public sector management, with gender equity and

sential elements of governance,� it said. The statement quoted the bank’s Country Director in Nigeria, Ms Marie MarieNelly, as saying, “the CPS seeks to address inequali-

ties in income and opportunities for the poor and vulnerable. “This will be done by ! " # tive mechanisms for social service delivery, including social protection programmes, education, health and water service delivery.� The World Bank’s Task Team Leader for the CPS, Mrs Indira Konjihodzic, was also quoted as saying % &

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Confab sub-committee resurrects ‘IBB’s National Guard Force’ to protect border Another scraps local govt as third tier of govt Mikail Mumuni, Editor, Nation’s Capital & Nnah Douglas (Abuja)

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he National Conference sub-committee on National Security yesterday submitted an interim report to the principal committee headed by former Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Gambo Jimeta, recommending the establishment of a National Guard Force that would be responsible for border protection, internal conflicts and special operations. Reports indicate that Nigeria’s porous and largely poorly policed borders have being responsible for the entry of illegal aliens, with some allegedly indulging in criminal activities such as terrorism. The idea of a National Guard was first mooted during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.). Human rights and pro-democracy activists however opposed it, saying it was part of the grand design of the General to perpetuate himself in office. The Sub-committee on National Security, which has Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf as chairman, also recommended the creation of a Ministry of Homeland Security Services to replace the existing Ministry of Police Services. It equally made a case for the adoption of community policing, though some members said to be opposed to it believe that if accepted, it would pave way for the creation of state police. Also recommended by the sub-committee is a Welfare and Disciplinary Commission to handle issues of motivation and discipline among personnel of security agencies. The submission of the report was done behind closed doors for security reasons. In Jimeta’s opinion, the report holds a lot of promise as a good policy document on national security. Deputy chairman of the main Committee and former Director General of the defunct Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO), Chief Albert Horsfall, however, described the report as a preliminary document that would enable the Committee fashion out a blue-print that would in turn enable the security forces perform better than they have done so far. He said the report, if adopted, would guide the operational commanders in carrying out their assignments successfully. He added that the current security challenges need overhaul of the existing security practice and architecture. Going down memory lane, Horsfall cited situations that brought about security chang-

es all over the world. Using the September 9, 2011 attack on the United States as a case study, Horsfall submitted that the attack changed the structure and approach to national security worldwide. The former DG stressed that security failure in Nigeria was as a result of improper coordination among the relavant agencies, explaining that security issues arising from the local government, the state and at the federal levels have not been properly coordinated by security agencies. He pointed out that unlike the envisaged chain of operations, everybody seems to be taking decisions without relating with the next level but that if properly handled, the flow of the chain could solve the community policing issue being discussed by the Committee. Bello, the sub-committee chairman said he was confident that if what they submitted is accepted by the main Committee and the Conference in plenary and eventually implemented by government, it would solve 90 per cent of the security problems in Nigeria. The main committee on National Security has 24 members - 11 retired military personnel, nine of them generals and three retired top police officers. They include retired generals Zamani Lekwot; Alani Akinrinade; Muhammed Dan-Ali; Geofrey Ejiga; D. O. Idada Ikponmwen; Alex Mshelbwala; Paul Omu; Jeremiah Useni; Tony Nyiam; Joe Orji and Canice Ohadomere. Besides the former IG, other retired police officers serving in the committee are Assistant Inspector General of Police Bashir Albasu and former Commissioner of Police, Samuel Adetuyi. The remaining 10 members are former members of the National Assembly, former ministers, accomplished lawyers, former top security officers, among others. Another committee that has gone far in collating its reports for plenary is the Committee on Political restructuring. After extensive deliberations, members agreed that Nigeria shall retain a Federal system of government. They agreed that the core elements of the Federation shall be as follows: * There shall be a central government with States as the federating units * That Local Governments shall no longer be third tier of the Federation * That States that wish to, may create Local Governments, which shall be under the jurisdiction of the States

* That the number, structure and form of Local Government shall be determined by the States * That any group of States may create a self-funding Zonal Commission to promote economic development, good governance equity, peace and security in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal republic of Nigeria * That without prejudice to States constituting the federating units, States that wish to merge may do so in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Provided that: (a). A majority of two-thirds of all members in each of the

Houses of Assembly of each of the States, in which such merger is proposed, support by resolution, the merger, and (b). A referendum is conducted in each of the States proposing to merge with 75 per cent of the eligible voters in each of those States approving of the merger, and (c). Each House of the National Assembly, by Resolution passed by a simple majority of membership of each of the Houses, approve of the merger. The Committee is cochaired by General Ike Nwachukwu and Hon. Mohammed Umara Kumalia.

INEC takes major decisions on 2015 polls Continued from Page 1 Zamfara, Kebbi, Benue, Kogi, Abia, Enugu, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states. Further to the Decision Extract released by the Commission and following its meeting on April 17, the CVR will be preceded by a nationwide distribution of PVCs in the aforementioned 10 states from May 23 to 25. “Though the dates of the CVR of the outstanding phases and states are yet to be released by the Commission, each phase of the CVR will be preceded by the distribution of PVCs. “The decision to stagger the CVR exercise and the distribution of PVCs were informed

by lessons learnt by the Commission from the recent CVR exercise and distribution of PVCs in Ekiti and Osun states,” it added. In a related development, the Commission also announced that it has approved the registration of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), “the applicant having met the legal requirements for registration at its meeting held on Thursday, April 17, 2014.” In a statement issued yesterday by INEC’s Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, the Commission said the registration of the UPN brings to 26 the number of political parties in Nigeria.

L-R: Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State; wife, Deaconess Roli; General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi and his wife Esther, during a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House, Asaba.

Blame Nyako for insecurity in Adamwa, says ex-MILAD Dungs F Gyang Bere, Jos

ormer Military Administrator of Delta State, Col. John David Dungs(rtd), has blamed the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, for the continued rampage of the murderous Boko Haram sect in the northeastern state. Dungs advised Nyako not to blame President Goodluck Jonathan for his failure to address the killings in Adamawa State, describing the governor’s letter to the Northern States Governors Forum on the state of insecurity in the country as “irresponsible”. Dungs stated this in an interview with Saturday Newswatch in Jos, pointing out that President Jona-

than should not be blamed for the insurgency in the country. For Dungs, some prominent Nigerians had vowed in 2011(when Jonathan won the presidential election) that they will make the country ungovernable. According to Dungs: “Governor Murtala Nyako is (like) a drowning man; I will advice him to % >% and go back to his farm. He should not set this country ablaze because he is inciting the public against the government of the day; the government that assisted him and made him what he is today. He is not a politician; he was just brought from nowhere and forced on the people by Obasanjo’s

regime and his second tenure was facilitated by the political party otherwise he wouldn’t have been in power. Generally, Adamawa people don’t want him as governor because he has been a dictator.” Speaking further, Dungs said: “We should call a spade a spade; you do not expect the President at the Federal level to work for him; you do not expect the military at the Federal level to do that for him, but they can only assist. If Nyako has been governing well and opened up and created employment for the citizens of his state, they would have reduced some of the killings. Instead of blaming Mr. President, they should blame them-

selves. “Some of the governors have cornered all the local government resources through the Joint Account, so what will he blame the President for? They (governors) are the ones to be blamed for the insecurity and not Mr. President.” Col. Dungs further advised that there should be no designated cattle routes in the country, saying that will create an avenue for the Boko Haram to unleash terror on the entire country. According to him, the herdsmen should have their cattle ranch where the cows will be fed. The gesture, he believes, will create employment and symbiotic relationship between the herdsmen and the local farmers.

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resident of Control Parking Association of Nigeria (CPAN), Otunba Olusegun Olanrewaju, has faulted the judgement of an Abuja High Court against the city’s Park and Pay policy, describing it as strange. The policy required motorists in Abuja to pay

$ designated areas, but Justice 4 3 # 3 QR that although the policy may be laudable, it was not backed by law. The judge made the pronouncement while

' $ " 8 8 which approached the court to challenge the legality of the policy. The defendants in the case included Minister of the Federal Capital Territory operators of the scheme. Speaking with Saturday Newswatch yesterday on the judgement, Otunba Olanrewaju said the judge

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defendants in a case instituted by a legal practitioner, Mr. Emeka Uchegbulam, seeking to outlaw the scheme. ^ $

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Japan invests N5bn in water project Justina Asishana, Minna

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portable water supply. The Minister disclosed this at the commissioning $ of drilling equipment and

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Agency (JICA) assisted rural water supply programme in Minna, Niger state. She said eight states had to reach out to more rural communities made them extend the programme to states of Niger, Kebbi, Taraba,

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which are being distributed to +Q!YA ! Emphasizing the importance of water in strengthening the social and the country, she called on

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FG restates commitment to maternal,child health Toyin Adebayo Abuja

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NBA expresses doubt over confab’s success Ayodele Olalere

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he Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja branch, has [ success of the ongoing National Conference. At a press conference VDQ_ 8 Week of the branch held $ $ 8 # Chairman, Monday Onyekachi Ubani, on behalf of the branch said that based on the calibre of people at the conference, it does not seem that the conference would successfully address issues confronting the nation, and to the problems. “One of the reasons the $ this conference is the recent decision by delegates that for any decision to be # RD` delegates must agree on the issue. That percentage $ with the high percentage of

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+ this country,� the branch said. It added that “the conference may turn out to be the reign of terror of the minority especially when the issue of restructuring + the majority may likely be resisted by these set of < from the current madness in the land.� The branch said the fact that the Conference ‘lacks legal backing remains its albatross’ and that the presence of politicians among the delegates has made Nigerians to lose

meaningful would come out of it, adding that for its outcome to be useful, it must be subjected to a referendum of the people 7 # said in spite of these challenges, the Conference still presents ‘the greatest opportunity for Nigeria to be brought back from the brinks of collapse and failure to address problems confronting the country at the Conference; the country might disintegrate completely.’ The branch further said for the country to come out of its quagmire, it must be restructured and practise true federalism. “The branch insists that the restructuring of Nigeria so that the country can operate true Federal system

for such multi ethnic and $ like ours. We feel strongly that the best system that will reduce tension and $ $ a proper federal system of ! %

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$ to go their separate ways.� In the area of insecurity, the Bar said for the federal

$ tackle the rate of insecurity, it must reach out to the nooks and crannies of the $ economic situation of the country and make political < ! On the ongoing strike by

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Transport ministry staff evacuated over fire incident Toyin Adebayo, Abuja

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that the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris A. Umar directed that management should resume work on Monday as a safety measure, and to allow taking of

! The entire premises was a ghost of its usual self when Saturday Newswatch $ A!AD $ $! Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister, Mr. Innocent Ebirim, when contacted on phone said there was no # or property. “It was a minor # $ has been brought under control,� he said.

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Community petitions Chevron as oil spill spreads Sylvester Idowu, Warri

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il spill has ravaged B e n i k r u k r u Community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The community has therefore, called on the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, (NOSDRA) to compel Chevron Nigeria Limited to come to the aid of the people of the area. Mr. Victor Eseimieghan, chairman of Benikrukru community told newsmen in Warri, yesterday that the oil spill occurred on April 13,

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get Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to come to the rescue of the community has proved abortive. He claimed that no fewer than 500 barrels of oil were spilled, and implored the NOSDRA to wade into the < ! “An oil spill from Chevron facility is currently ravaging our community. The location of the facility is Abeteye-Escravos 18� pipeline at Saghara II creek in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta ! women have been rendered jobless and Chevron has

< since a joint investigation (JIV) was conducted,� Eseimieghan said. According to him, while members of the community were still waiting endlessly for Chevron to comply with an earlier oil spill, “There is yet another spill at AbeteyeEscravos 18� pipeline Saghara II creek on 13 April, 2014. A JIV was carried out on April 14, 2014, and Chevron < $ to have a spill of over 30 barrels of crude oil. The yardstick for determination of the actual quantity spilled is only known to them. The entire environment is covered

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aredevil armed robbers who have been terrorizing Delta State, have killed the chairman of the Red Bar Vigilance Group, Warri,

Mr. Godwin Masajuah Migaga, popularly called 4 ! He was said to have been trailed by the robbers/ assassins that were driving in two blue and

ash passat cars without registration numbers. Migaga, who was driving a Sienna car was trailed by his assailants up to Otokutu, and

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Amaechi’s wife denies ever being housemaid Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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ontrary to rumours making the rounds that the wife of Rivers State governor, Dame Judith Amaechi, had spent her childhood years serving people as a house maid, the ^ / 8 $ has cleared the air, dismissing the rumour. Dame Judith Amaechi made

$ $ the ‘Celebrity Read a Book Session’ with selected schools at the 2014 UNESCO-Port Harcourt Literary and Book Festival. Clarifying her status during her formative years, Mrs. Amaechi told a curious student who wanted to know if she was once a house maid before her present position as wife of the state governor, that such rumour was $

the peddlers’ imaginations. Dame Amaechi said: “There is nothing wrong in being a house maid. It is a process and path to success, but I want to state emphatically and unequivocally that I was never and had never served as a house maid to anyone. It is unfair; this is falsehood, and our children must be insulated from lies and propaganda. Let’s learn to train them on the path of truth, integrity and righteousness.� Debunking the rumour further, the governor’s wife who went down memory lane said that though she lost her mother at age four, God was able to open another window of opportunity for her, having been properly raised by her auntie. She said: “My mother died when I was four. My aunty, Mrs Ndukwe, an educationist, who is

my mother’s sister took over my ! Š the north before coming back to Port Harcourt where she worked at the Ministry of Education. “I had the privilege of < $ school: that is the Port Harcourt Primary School. I made one of the best results, sat for entrance examination into the Unity

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he Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), an umbrella body of Ijaw youths worldwide, with crude oil, and aquatic has expressed anger over life has come to a standstill. what it called “senseless “To show the insincerity killings� of Nigerians and

) Ijaw Indigenes residing in dug outside the right way the Northern states of the could convince any doubting country by the Boko Haram Thomas how economical sect. they are with the truth. For The group particularly the avoidance of doubt, called on the Federal over 500 barrels are spilled Government to stop further within the environment. It is deployment of her Ijaw expected that the company youths on National Youths should send relief materials Service Corps (NYSC) and

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} troubled northern states. the community and the The Spokesman of IYC, inhabitants, but rather than Comrade Eric Omare, doing that, they have insisted on carrying out clean-up Yenagoa at the end of the and repairing their ruptured National Executive Council pipeline,� he said. (NEC), yesterday said the poor security situation in the northern part of the country and the gruesome killings of innocent Nigerians including persons of Ijaw extraction is becoming unbearable and provocative. Omare announced that after careful deliberations on the rising insecurity and the wanton killings of innocent Nigerians and Ijaws in the northern states, the leadership of IYC have decided to call on the Nigerian Army, Customs, the Nigerian Council on Legal Education, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and other services not to deploy Ijaw indigenes to the troubled

Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (centre), commissioning a 15KVA electricity project in Abonnema, Rivers State.

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Boko Haram:Group decries deployment of Ijaw to North

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Royal Clinic Mofor, Udu Local Government Area, where he gave up the ghost. # | Area Commander swung into action with the assistance of the Ughelli vigilance group and one of the robbers, Henry Mukoro, notoriously called, Kala, was arrested, and he has confessed to the crime. )

incident, the Delta State Police Public Relations # 44^ # 4 Celestina Kalu, said the arrested robber also confessed that the gang earlier killed the chairman of Udu Central Vigilance group, one Mr. Prosper, who was shot dead in one of the beer parlors at Express junction about a week ago. The PPRO warned criminals to vacate the state in their own interest or meet their waterloo

north. He said while military men posted to Niger Delta region under the Joint Military Operation tagged Operation Pulo Shield are enjoying themselves in the < oil and gas operations in the region, their counterparts posted from Niger Delta to the north have become victims of the senseless < $ Boko Haram sect. “The IYC leadership met, and after careful review of the situation in the northern parts of the country resolved that the board of the NYSC should stop henceforth the posting of Ijaw people to the north. No Ijaw graduate should be posted to northern part of Nigeria. “Also, the Nigerian Council on Legal Education should not post any Ijaw to the Nigerian Law School in Kano and Adamawa. Ijaw people in the Nigerian Army, Customs and other services should no longer be posted to Northern Nigeria.� “We will not accept situations where they post their people to the creeks of the Niger Delta to be enjoying oil money while they post our people to the north to be killed by Boko Haram. If the northern political leadership because of power want to kill the entire north, let them kill themselves but our people should not be their scape goats.�

Uduaghan decries dropout rate, urges religious leaders to intervene Sylvester Idowu, Warri

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overnor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State yesterday urged religious leaders to convince parents to take parental upbringing seriously. The governor made the call in Asaba when he played host to the General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church Worldwide, Pastor William Kumuyi. The wife of the governor, Mrs Roli Uduaghan, and other top government functionaries were present at the occasion. Governor Uduaghan who frowned at the rate of out- of- school children in the country, stated that it is a challenge for religious leaders to convince parents to ensure that their children have a proper upbringing, noting that the rate of criminality among young children could be linked to lack of parental care. “We hear that about 40 percent of children that are supposed to be in schools in the country are not in schools and for us in Delta State, it is about 10 percent, and we are also very worried that we still

have people who are not in school. So we set up the ‘EduMarshal’ to ensure that every child that is of school age gets back to school,� the governor said. “We have discovered vices among children <

lack of parental care; I want to beg you as a spiritual leader to admonish parents to be more responsible to their duties as criminality starts from the child’s upbringing�, he added. Dr. Uduaghan reiterated that his administration was working to ensure that no child of school age was out of school, disclosing that primary and secondary education are free in the state while over 280 from his administration’s scholarship programme ! While urging Pastor Kumuyi to pray for the state and Nigeria as a nation, Governor | < the achievements of his administration in the past seven years to the handiwork of God, 9 :" God is working in Delta State.�

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Ex-NDDC commissioner alleges threat to life after criticising Gov Peter Dada, Akure

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or allegedly criticizing the state government on an electronic medium recently, a former commissioner representing Ondo State at the board of Niger/Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Benson Enikuomehin, has alleged that some persons were after his life . This was contained in a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, dated 17th April 2014, which was made available to Saturday Newswatch in Akure, the state capital yesterday. The former Commissioner,

who was once a Chieftain of the ruling Labour Party (LP), said in the petition that he had in recent times called on the Ondo State Government to account for a total of N48billion accruing to the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission(OSOPADEC) in

$ ! According to him, the criticisms against the government, especially on the last bye election in Ilaje/EseOdo Federal Constituency had caused some unknown people to be calling him on phone, threatening to kill him. He said in the petition : “Sir, my sincere and objective criticism of Dr. Olusegun

Mimiko led administration has now placed my family, my life and that of my property under serious threat and possible elimination. “For more than a week now, I have received numerous brimstone. Being a leader and an illustrious son from the oil producing area, I own it a duty both to my conscience and my God, to do what is right, just, fair and in the best interest of the two local governments. “As at now I had to relocate my families from Akure, while I am a fugitive in an undisclosed location,� He then appealed to the IGP to provide him with at least four armed mobile policemen

to secure his life and that of his family. Meanwhile the state government in its reaction to the allegation, described the petitioner as a man seeking political relevance and an opportunist. According to the State Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade, Enikuomehin was on a voyage of seeking political relevance, as the state government had nothing to do with his present condition. He said, “It will not be proper for us to glorify Enikuomehin with a response, because he was not a contestant or any major factor in the last bye election in the state.

L-R: Chairman, Ogun State Internal Revenue Service, Mr. Babajide Odubanjo; Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, during an appreciation ceremony for tax payers in Abeokuta... recently.

‘Nigerians should fight for themselves’ parties. He lamented that the grassroots in the s e n a t o r i a l country which God has aspirant, Chief blessed with abundance Samuel Olusola Ajayi, candidate of the because the wealth of People for Democratic the nation are not evenly Change (PDC) for the distributed. Lagos-West Senatorial Commenting on the District in the forthcoming high spate of insecurity 2015 elections, has urged in the country, he said +

the only panacea for for themselves so they the security crisis in would be free from the the country is for the government to be more who do not have their responsible to the citizens interests at heart. by taking good care of Ajayi, a banker- them. ‘‘If you satisfy turned politician said the less privileged in yesterday in Lagos the society there will be that the country is not less kidnapping, armed making any appreciable robbery and terrorism,’’ progress because the he said. resources of the country Ajayi, a former member are concentrated in the of the PDP and APC said hands of a few politicians his party; PDC is a party who are capitalists. that believe in the welfare According to him, the of the people. He said, dominant political parties ‘‘we want people to eat in the country, Peoples and still have money in Democratic Party, PDP their pockets. We have and the major opposition a good programme for party, All Progressive our people. There will be Congress, APC are all free education and free capitalist parties. medical care for people He said Nigerians need under the ages 1 and 15. to rise and vote wisely Such good programmes in the coming elections made late Obafemi because, according Awolowo very popular in to him, the resources those days. I’m a product of the nation won’t of free education. go round under such Bayo Amodu

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Dana Air bags domestic airline operator of the year award Biodun Akomolafe

Baby factory victims reunite with home states Bianca Iboma

Ogun State Commissioner Š 3 Social Development, Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi said shortly after their rescue, her ministry had receive various calls from the girls respective states government who express willingness to have them reunited with their family members. The Commissioner while

handing over the cash gift of Governor Ibikunle Amosun he Ogun State

# government has would continued to interface commenced the with her counterparts in the process of reuniting the States to monitor and follow nine victims rescued from the Akute baby-making process. factory and three others “We are returning you rescued from Adigbe with back home because your their respective families and parents and your respective states. state governments have

you back, after we have exchanged correspondences Ayodele Olalere challenging the judgment. disobeyed the judgment. with them, your parents Reacting to the ruling, “Though the respondent have been calling to have he execution of a Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, the (Adegboruwa) has alleged you back, and in as much judgement on Lekki/ counsel who instituted the that the applicants have as we want to continue Ikoyi toll fees earlier suit said he was ready for disobeyed the judgment taking care of your overall delivered by a Lagos Federal the appeal. “We will pursue of the court, a party cannot welfare in Ogun state . High Court which declared the appeal. The ruling is just be held for disobeying We want the respective collection of fees on the bridge temporary; it is not a reversal an order he is appealing state governments of the illegal, has been put on hold, of the judgment of the court,� against,� the court held, victims to continue with This follows the granting Adegboruwa said. adding that the application the reintegration process of an application for Stay of The state government by the state government in order to ensure proper Execution of the judgement 3< $ ( $ monitoring, Governor $ 8 in the state, Mr. Ade Ipaye, requirements, as its appeal Amosun had directed that government by Justice Saliu who are both the 3rd and and Adegboruwa’s cross Social Workers from the Saidu, yesterday. The state 4th respondents in the main appeal against the judgment ministry should follow-up # presented “arguable grounds and monitor their complete application on March 28, a for stay of execution on the of appeal.� reintegration back into the day after the judgment was grounds of its appeal against Justice Saidu added that society� she disclosed. delivered. the court’s judgment. the facts presented before Sonubi also appealed With yesterday’s ruling, The court rejected the court by the applicants, to the ladies to put the toll collection will continue Adegboruwa’s submission were in his view, “special and ugly development behind on the bridge, pending that the state government exceptional circumstances� them and rather see it as a the determination of was not entitled to be granted which warranted the launching pad for achieving government’s appeal the application because it had granting of the application. greatness later in life.

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The victims include the two ladies who had earlier been delivered of their babies and other victims who claimed to be indigenes of Imo, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross Rivers and Ebonyi states had been handed over to their various 8 ! Addressing newsmen at a farewell ceremony before they departed Abeokuta,

Court orders stay of execution on Lekki/Ikoyi bridge judgement

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ana Air, has added yet another feather to its cap as the airline has been adjudged as the “Domestic Airline Operator of the Year 2013� by the Transport & Logistics Nigeria Limited, organizers of the Transport Stakeholders’ Excellence Awards. Dana Airline emerged after a thorough screening by a team of assessors and the result was subsequently $ opinion survey. The transport and logistics award is an initiative designed to reward, celebrate, encourage, and project transport stakeholders who have contributed $

the advancement and development of logistics and transport in all ! Dana Air was presented with the coveted plaque at the Awards ceremony which held at the Lagos Sheraton Hotels & " < by numerous high Honorable Kayode

Opeifa, the Lagos state commissioner for transport as special guest of honor as well as representatives of the Osun State Governor and the permanent secretary federal ministry of transport. Commenting on the award, the Chief Operating 3 Manager of Dana Air, Mr. Yvan Drewinsky said: “It’s gratifying that the airline has continued to < < and has again been voted as the airline of the year by stakeholders in the transport and logistics sector. More importantly, Dana Air takes this award

from our discerning customers and we want to re-assure them that we $ at building a world class airline in Nigeria�. Mr. Drewinsky noted that the vision of Dana Air is to become Nigeria’s most reliable and customerfriendly airline, and also stated that the airline will not rest on its oars but rather strive to continually look at new and exciting ways of exceeding the aspirations of its guests.

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Police officer rapes girl, 13, at gun point Cyprian Ebele, Onitsha

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13-year old girl, (names withheld) was raped at gunpoint by a randy Police sergeant, (names withheld) in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area, Anambra State. Saturday Newswatch gathered that the culprit, at gun point ordered the girl who was returning from school for sex. The policeman however, disclosed that it was never at gun-point, noting that “it was on a mutual understanding and never by force.� The victim, a daughter

of a popular pastor in the area, did not immediately inform her parents of the gory incident until weeks later when she lost her menstruation hence the bubble burst. According to the girl, the police man allegedly threatened to kill her if she $ $ the rape scandal. She however, reported her missed menstruation period to her mother who after interrogation and # > $ $ ' < $ underage girl who !

The policeman reportedly denied raping her, and was allegedly backed by his boss, the 4 (DPO), in charge of Ukpor Police Station, Mrs. Ndidiamaka Oguamalam. The development prompted the parents to <

human rights group and the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Usman Gwari. ) > $#

policeman was said to < action and agreed to take care of the pregnancy till

the delivery of the baby as well as to be paying N20,000 monthly to the family of the girl. Saturday Newswatch learnt that the father disagreed with the arrangement, demanding for immediate N300,000 < ! )

incident, the State Police Public Relations ? 44^ @# & ! Emeka Chukwuemeka said investigation was ongoing, adding that the CP would not tolerate any policeman denting the image of the force.

Group charts contingency plans for disaster management in Enugu Keneth Ofoma, Enugu

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non-governmental organisation (NGO), West Africa Network for Peace building (WANEP) Nigeria, has commenced a comprehensive contingency

$ co-ordinate humanitarian intervention in Enugu State in the event of a disaster. The South East zonal chapter of WANEP Nigeria in Enugu, yesterday hosted a three-day workshop with critical stakeholders towards drawing up the contingency plan. Speaking at the workshop at Bridge Waters Hotel, Enugu, with the theme, “Strengthening Humanitarian Coordination through Developing Community based Contingency Plan for 2 )

Humanitarian Intervention in Enugu State�, National Coordinator of WANEP, Mr. Ifeanyi Okechukwu argued for a planned programme of action to ameliorate disaster $ ! Okechukwu, represented

by Mrs. Bukola AdemolaAdelehin explained the need for well-planned humanitarian intervention coordination as responsibilities

# and the displaced persons during emergencies. Stressing that disaster was everybody’s business; He

by stakeholders in disaster management. The south east National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) zonal coordinator, Dr. Bandele Onimode in a goodwill message described disaster management as security issue, and posited that in as much as

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which is to help displaced persons during disaster.� According to him, stakeholders in risk/disaster management should be apprised of the importance of developing community based $ coordination on humanitarian intervention in the state and beyond.

Anambra to distribute three million mosquito nets

A Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, being welcomed by Ita Ekpenyong, Director-General, State Security Services, to the headquarters of the agency in Abuja...yesterday.

Customs impounds contraband worth N280m Emma Mgbeahurike, Owerri

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ederal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Zone‘C’, Owerri has made another major breakthrough for

> year in its determination to reduce the scourge of smuggling in the zone. The anti- smuggling unit which covers the southeast and south-south states of the federation, made 50 seized Duty Paid Value (DPV) of about N240million and under payment recovery of about N40million, totalling N280 in 13 arrests. The record was against the 36 seizures made in > VDQA! Giving the breakdown of the seizures, NCS explained that the unit impounded 28 assorted vehicles with DPV worth N50.8million, 4x20� containers of 1,758 bags of 50kg rice each with DPV of N21.7million; three truck load of poultry products with 3,759 cartons with DPV of N36million. Others were container loads with 860 bales

of printed wax textile materials with DPV of N101.5million; truck of 1,497 pieces of used tyres with DPV of N25.4million and; 163 cartons of tins of

vegetable oil with DPV of N3.3million. The Customs Area Controller, Victor Dimka disclosed that a formidable mechanism has been put

in place to ensure that smugglers and those with the intent to indulge in the act are dealt with and compelled to face the full wrath of the law.

Commissioner clears air on double land allocation Kenneth Ofoma, Enugu

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nugu State government has given the controversial land earlier allocated to two organisations to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The Commissioner Dr. Chukwuemeka Ujam was hitherto accused of reallocating a piece of land belonging to the south east ” +2&3

! Joseph’s vocational institute, Enugu. But while clearing the air, Ujam in a statement said the double allocation was made in error, “but when it was discovered, the $ ) Occupancy (C-of-O) to NEMA

with the understanding that another piece of land would be re-allocated to St. Joseph’s vocational institute,� he said. A source close to NEMA had hinted that “after paying all the necessary and relevant land fees to Enugu state government, NEMA was occupancy (C of O) No, 039348 on March 21st, 2011, “But surprisingly, on July 2nd, 2013, we noticed that there was an encroachment on the land, which we immediately reported to the ministry of lands,� it said. The source added that despite government declaration that the land belongs to NEMA after the formal complaint, the encroachment continued. “As a way of halting further

n a m b r a Commissioner for Health, Dr Josephat Akabuike, announced yesterday that the government will soon distribute three million longlasting insecticide treated nets to tackle malaria. Akabuike told newsmen in Awka, as part of the 2014 World Malaria Day celebration, that the nets had life span of three to four years as the nets distributed in 2009 have expired. He said the state government had since 2009 distributed more than two million nets to families to reduce infant and maternal mortality, disclosing that the prevalence of malaria has dropped in the state. He said the ministry of

health in partnership with the World Bank and the Federal Ministry of Health under the Roll Back Malaria programme had not relented ! Akabuike explained that

malaria included awareness creation on the use of Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACTs) for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, saying “Government has been able to distribution more than one million ACTs and 797,512 Sulfadoxine/ Pyrimathamine (SPs). “We also engaged in indoor residual spraying and support in the reduction of >

526 public health facilities in the state,’’ the commissioner said.

16-years crisis ends as regent appoints palace secretary, inaugurates council

encroachment, NEMA, mobilised its contractor to site on 6th of December, 2013, for the commencement of work, Cyprian Ebele, Onitsha but sadly, the contractor, he 16-year old crisis rocking Mbosi < # community, in Ihiala seriously beaten, and arrested Local Government Area by some armed hoodlums, of Anambra State is said believed to be working for the

< trespasser at the site.� inauguration of Oluoha However, Ujam, who in Council by the regent, refuted allegation that he Okey Onuakalusi and the revoked NEMA’s C-of-O, > of a palace secretary, Ichie said it was not true that his Emma N. Adiole, a lecturer ministry allocated the land at the Federal College to two entities as claimed of Education (Technical) by the NEMA, explaining, Umunze, by the Oluoha in “What happened was that a Council had been set up. Onuakalusi, will now certain St. Joseph’s Institute

that was previously allocated community for the next the plot but revoked in 2003, three years. The Regent while trespassed into the land and inaugurating the council started developing it.�

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urged the members to join hands in moving the community forward and prayed for peace, unity and harmony to prevail in Mbosi. He assured the people that he would accommodate all parties, irrespective of their stands before the court decision of March 28, 2014. The former Palace Secretary Ichie Emmanuel Nwagbara appreciated the members of Oluohain- Council for giving him the opportunity to serve in that capacity, assuring the council that he would continue to play advisory and fatherly role to ensure the success of the Regent and members of the Oluoha- in- Council.

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Top Story Oko masquerade crisis lingers as monarch abdicates throne

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Saturday Newswatch, April 26, 2014

NSE Daily Summary (Equities) at 25/04/14

Equity sustains bearish trend, ASI records 0.29% Loss Abiodun Awogbemi

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rading activities and equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market closed on a negative trend as All Share Index (ASI) declined by 0.29 per cent to close at 38,898.14 basis points, compared with the depreciation of 0.46 per cent recorded previously. Its Yearto-Date (YTD) returns currently stood at -5.88 per cent. Market breadth closed positive as livestock leads 20 gainers against 19 losers topped by Redstarex at the end of

yesterday’s trading Market turnover closed negative as volume traded depreciated by 40.19 per cent against 33.28 per cent upbeat recorded in previous session. Skyebank, FBNH, and Resortsal were the most active to boost market turnover. FBNH and Zenthbank top the market value list. The breakdown of the price movement chart showed that insurance sector recorded 0.79 per cent to emerge as the most supportive sectoral performance among others while the banking

sector was the most hit with -1.76per cent loss recorded in yesterday trading. Also, the livestock sector in > recorded positive growth of 20.0 per cent in its revenue with positive growth of 16.4 per cent < * > # negative growth of 3.0 per cent in its revenue with positive growth of 59.4 per cent as NB recorded positive growth of 6.8 per cent in its revenue with positive growth

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GAINERS: TOP-5 GAIN

PZ SEPLAT FLOURMILL STANBIC LIVESTOCK

36.00 597.01 67.35 22.75 3.15

37.00 598.00 68.00 23.00 3.30

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LOSERS: TOP-5 GAIN

CAP OKOMUOIL ZENITHBANK ACCESS REDSTAREX

42.00 36.33 23.50 8.87 4.47

40.26 35.03 22.35 8.44 4.25

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90.00 0.91 8.49 3.00 1.56 0.80

90.00 0.90 8.44 2.94 1.56 0.78

90.00 0.91 8.44 2.94 1.56 0.79

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8.90 18.97 79.00 40.26 8.81 0.50 0.50 49.20 0.50 1.32 0.70 2.20 1.90 228.00 8.08 9.40 6.16 1.11 0.50 3.79 13.60 2.20 13.87 3.57 2.04 2.88 0.50 69.50 148.99 70.00 27.33 190.00 4.00 0.58

8.90 18.97 79.00 40.26 8.81 0.50 0.50 49.20 0.50 1.30 0.64 2.20 1.90 227.91 8.08 9.24 6.10 1.11 0.50 3.79 13.50 2.20 13.19 3.51 1.95 2.88 0.50 68.00 148.99 70.00 27.20 190.00 3.95 0.58

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26.01 0.55 0.58 0.50 69.90 1.21 0.50 1.65 3.15 2.31 1.78 122.10 51.72 0.50 0.50 4.80 11.51 148.00 1.14 0.78 1100.00 0.88 15.96 0.51 36.33 1.57 4.20 43.00 0.58 36.00 4.47 0.50 0.62 1.25 597.01 3.60 0.50 22.75 2.35 161.20 3.64 2.13 1.97 25.00 59.01 6.85 2.29 10.19 47.15 13.44 0.50 4.15 0.53 4.01 112.50 0.72 1.00 23.50

26.00 0.54 0.58 0.50 69.90 1.21 0.50 1.65 3.30 2.39 1.78 122.10 51.72 0.50 0.50 4.80 11.51 150.00 1.19 0.80 1100.00 0.88 16.00 0.53 35.08 1.57 4.20 43.00 0.60 37.00 4.26 0.50 0.62 1.25 598.00 3.70 0.50 23.00 2.35 161.20 3.64 2.13 1.97 24.85 59.01 6.91 2.36 10.19 47.04 13.44 0.50 4.15 0.53 4.00 112.50 0.73 1.00 23.50

25.80 0.53 0.58 0.50 69.90 1.21 0.50 1.65 3.00 2.24 1.78 122.10 51.72 0.50 0.50 4.80 11.51 148.00 1.09 0.76 1100.00 0.88 15.95 0.53 35.03 1.57 4.20 43.00 0.60 37.00 4.25 0.50 0.62 1.25 598.00 3.52 0.50 23.00 2.27 161.20 3.60 2.13 1.97 24.85 59.01 6.75 2.25 10.19 47.04 13.44 0.50 4.15 0.53 4.00 110.87 0.70 0.97 22.35

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2,676,867 798,191 25,000 68,974 49,035 360 70 135,550 2,364,471 535,623 166,892 16,755 981 34,805 10,000 472,930 304,790 1,899,899 580,408 1,884,500 147,833 31,000 1,471,640 2,168,000 470,533 500 200 104,130 306,005 720,307 403,544 20,000,000 54,022 272,013 47,845 89,785,819 2,000 338,929 14,424,763 10,813 14,124,130 3,000 9,361 416,293 87,746 10,320,255 3,888,925 139,682 4,039,725 1,000 656,850 15,000 30,501 497,028 471,808 5,237,258 3,058,521 14,449,490

69,484,568.00 427,741.22 14,000.00 34,487.00 3,328,290.25 414.00 35.00 217,255.00 7,302,673.50 1,209,575.50 285,504.97 2,046,745.62 48,206.34 17,402.50 5,000.00 2,266,761.75 3,495,035.25 284,313,664.00 652,423.62 1,470,091.62 162,099,344.00 26,040.00 23,522,130.00 1,149,040.00 16,575,254.00 785.00 880.00 4,467,790.00 183,603.00 26,596,122.00 1,715,877.00 10,000,000.00 32,272.98 341,265.44 28,677,672.00 327,132,384.00 1,000.00 7,801,772.00 33,112,360.00 1,764,519.00 51,161,316.00 6,600.00 17,598.68 10,296,690.00 5,071,817.00 71,088,136.00 8,885,238.00 1,376,557.62 190,120,112.00 12,770.00 328,425.00 59,250.00 16,148.53 1,988,782.25 52,992,076.00 3,741,066.25 3,016,280.25 332,529,088.00

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Politics CONFAB, last opportunity to avert revolution – Okoye Barrister Festus Okoye is the Executive Director, Election Monitoring Group (EMG). Also a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, Okoye told Saturday Newswatch that the Confab is critical to the survival and development ofNigeria, stressing that no fundamentalist position will pass through the forum. He spoke with BABA NEGEDU, saying this is the last opportunity to avert a revolution in the country. Excerpts:

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n spite of the controversy surrounding the Confab, it has eventually started. As a delegate, do you think it could solve Nigeria’s problems? The outcome of the National Conference will not solve all the problems confronting this country. Nigeria has a lot of challenges, but my expectation is that at the end of this conference, we would have succeeded in understanding the challenges facing this country. Secondly, at the end of the conference, there is a possibility that we would have been able to put together a template of how to tackle the mirage of challenges confronting the country. So for me, the National Conference will fundamentally be an avenue and a platform for Nigerians to understand each

and commitment to the entity known as the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It will also serve as a platform for us to dissect some of the problems confronting us and how to make projections to deal with them and other future challenges. So I will like to say that it is important for the Nigerian people to moderate their expectations from the National Conference that is ongoing. If we moderate our expectations, we will not be disappointed at the end of the day, because there are people who believe that the National Conference will solve all the challenges facing the people of Nigeria. My take on that is that it will not solve the major problems but it will assist us to understand them; assist us put in place mechanisms to deal with them and also help us to navigate the challenges of the

future. That is what the National Conference will do. Nigerians are saying that many of the delegates are the cause of the present woes in the country; do the same people, therefore, still have what it takes to articulate solutions to the problems? Let me say that the National Conference will be a conference of redemption. Some of the delegates to this conference are part of the problems and challenges we are facing in this country. So there is the possibility that some of them will want to redeem themselves; there is the possibility that some of them will like to confess to the Nigerian people how they ran down our public institutions and how they messed up the economy. It will $ to redeem themselves. I think the National Conference allows us to do some things. One, to maintain the status quo and allow the country to keep on drifting; or carry out a quiet revolution that will lead to a quantum leap in terms of our economic and political development. So if we have a quantum leap in terms of our economic and political development, that will be to the glory of the people of Nigeria. But if those who participated in bringing the country to where it is today insist that their positions are right, that Nigeria cannot move forward without them and they refuse to confess and redeem themselves, what will happen is that we may likely have a revolution, which context and complexion nobody can predict. I think we have an opportunity

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Politics CONFAB, last opportunity to avert revolution – Okoye - whether it will be a revolution based on the principles of # ' equity or one with a violent toga whose context and complexion nobody can determine. So I think the people at the conference know that they are at

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by majority of the delegates with open arms. So I think when

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positions held by persons, regions and groups, can there be any compromise? I believe that at the beginning

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the report of the conference to the National Assembly. In fact, some are calling for a referendum on it. What should be the ideal thing, in your opinion? I was a member of the 2

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2015: Oro won’t miss governorship chance Apostle Etim Ante is the international president of Essu Nlap Oro, a socio-cultural organisation in Akwa Ibom State. As former chairman of Mbo Local Government Area of the state, he is appealing to Akwa Ibom people to pick the next governor from the Oro nation in the spirit of equity and fairness, also as the oil wealth of the state is derived from the area. He also alleged before BASSEY ANTHONY formation of the Akwa Ibom Union project as it does not represent the interest of all ethnic nationalities in the state.

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2015: Oro won’t miss governorship chance Continued from Page 17

ready for 2015. As a stakeholder, what is your take on this? The only opportunity that I had to

$ was at the town hall meeting. At that meeting, every person spoke in one direction - that Oro is ready. What manner of preparation will one need again, or could be more serious than that? Secondly, all preparations are tilted towards succeeding Akpabio. Politicians from Oro nation are ready. If you want me to mention their names, I can do that. Some are even working with the governor; some of them are serious businessmen. In fact, they are there in numbers. Are we

* 2 3 # who is working with the governor and is a good student of the governor, learning the ropes of governance? Are we talking about Barrister Ekpenyong Ntekim who is also working with the governor? Are we talking about Barrister Asuquo Okpo, an oil magnet? Are we talking about Chris Abasi Eyo? These people and many others are ready and are both loyal to the present administration and the party. But he has said that Akwa Ibom people would not elect a governor on the platform of ethnicity. How will you reconcile that with your insistence that an Oro man must be the next governor? We want Akwa Ibom people to choose their governor because we do not want Oro governor. What we are saying is that we want a governor for Akwa Ibom people but from Oro extraction. We want Akwa Ibom people to look at the Oro nation and chose the person they believe will be Akwa Ibom governor and not Oro governor. All we want is an Akwa Ibom governor from Oro extraction. But some senatorial districts are threatening war if they are not allowed to produce the next governor in 2015. Also, will the Oro nation go to war if it does not pick the governorship ticket? Oro cannot go to war because Oro people are peaceful people. Moreover, the God of justice will not allow Oro to miss this turn. The ticket is for Oro and when God says yes, no one will be there to say no or deny us the opportunity to take a shot at the Hilltop Mansion in 2015. We are therefore pleading with Akwa Ibom people for their support. We are not ready for war. We do not believe in war to get there. So, there will be no war at all. Moreover, an Ibibio man was there, there was no war; an Annang man is currently there and there is no war; and an Oro man will be the governor in 2015 and there will be no war. During the town hall meeting, a former deputy governor in the state, Obong (Ambassador) Etim

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to poor representation by some House of Assembly members from the area. What is your take on this? Well, it is absolutely true in the sense that we have not heard about any representative at that level pressurising the government to look into the state of infrastructure in Oro. We do not even hear of any one presenting a bill in that regard to the House of Assembly. Maybe, they are just there seeking for the enrichment of their pockets. Or maybe; they are just afraid of speaking out. On the other hand, it may be that they are not making much noise to have it put in the budget. I am aware that there were some roads in Oro that have been approved by the government but are not funded. So, we cannot condemn them in entirety. However, to be very frank, I have to commend

( 3 Ăˆ though we are still expecting more in Oro nation. In terms of roads, there were virtually no roads before he came on board, but today, we have about 34 roads. What do you think should be the criteria for any person wishing to contest for the state Federal Assembly and National Assembly seats? That is the problem we are facing right now. That is even the problem we are having in the Oro youth leadership. Oro youths want quality and good representation

comfortable. But we are telling them to let those who can speak be encouraged to and get something for Oro. Persons like Robinson Uwak. He is representing us very well. He single-handedly < to Oro and Oro people are not left out in the scheme of things at the National Assembly. Besides there is no month that the young man does not come home; he is in tune with his constituents. We also have a few of our representatives that are making impact in the state Assembly. So we encourage such people. But those who cannot move a motion or even second a motion, we do not want because it will amount to embarrassment for the Oro people. Do you support the second term bid of Mr. Robinson Uwak? I cannot on my own give him a second term. However, one good term deserves another. The young man has performed creditably well. So, anybody that is after his pocket or will not make good representation even in the state House of Assembly cannot go further. If he likes, let him be a personal friend of President Goodluck Jonathan or his wife, Patience, as some of them are claiming. Oro youths are not bothered.

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Akpabio Apostle, what do you think if an unpopular aspirant emerges as governor in 2015? God forbid. The God of Oro nation will not allow that to happen. Again, politics will not in anywhere destabilise us. In 2015, if an Oro man is elected and you are given an advisory role in that government on how to harness the potentialities of the state, what would be your advice? In the modern world, any development that is coming from the sea is a very meaningful one. Good enough, God through Governor Akpabio has given us an international airport and seaport is in the making. At the end, Akwa Ibom State will be a desired destination. I will therefore advise the next governor to develop the waterways from Ikot Abasi to Eastern Obolo, Ibeno, Udung Uko, Mbo up to Ishiet in Uruan Local Government Area.

We want Akwa Ibom people to choose their governor because we do not want Oro governor. What we are saying is that we want a governor for Akwa Ibom people but from Oro extraction

Governor Akpabio has tried to open roads for development on the hinterland and if the state is to really industrialise from the coastal lines of Akwa Ibom State, it will be very good to get a seaport that will aid such serious economic boom. I want to frown seriously at the abandonment of the seaport by successive government in the state. Tthat has caused the people a great deal in terms of unemployment. Again, people would wonder while Port Harcourt in Rivers State and Lagos are so well developed. Even at that, Lagos still wants to have more seaports. So, any development that is coming from the seaport is very meaningful. I do not know why we chose to abandon seaport development. Is it because the governors in the past were not from where there is sea? If that is the case, let a governor that is from the coastal areas emerge in 2015, so that we can develop seaports and create more employment for the people. Again, let the press also contribute in ensuring that they report more on the need to develop the coastal area. The press is not doing enough to report the need for coastal areas’ development. Therefore, I charge the press to do more on that. What advice would you give to Oro youths? My advice is that they should embrace peace, continue to support the Governor Akpabio’s administration and that of President Jonathan. Oro people are not known to be violent and contrary to many security reports, Oro youths are peaceful. They did not in any way do things that could embarrass the governor. We also want to have one of our own as governor and would not want people to insult him. Oro youths have proved some people wrong as there was no crisis during the town hall meeting as had been rumoured.

The opposition now has an ache to contend with: Fayose. 7

} as they imagine. He is the man to beat. If the opposition thinks it is business as usual, it should begin to understand that Fayose’s popularity is cause for concern in the normal run of things. You do not discountenance a man who has been there as governor and who enjoys the goodwill of the electorate; it would be suicidal to even contemplate. Driven by the desire for enduring change, Fayose said his passion is “to lead the people of Ekiti State to a greater land of my dream.â€? He is yet to renege this ardent commitment to his promise of a brighter dawn for Ekiti State. An unalloyed commitment to an ideal such as this, that hold the social contract sacrosanct is # < one’s human shortcomings. This is what sets the man apart from the league of contestants in the governorship race in Ekiti State. As a former governor, he $ Ă? while on the saddle. This is expected in any given system. It is this breed of Ekiti citizens $ with his re-emergence. The truth is that it was Fayose’s decampment to the Labour Party that gave Governor Fayemi the leverage to wrest power. So, it is logical that Fayose is the only person who can unseat the governor. 3

< well for Fayose politically, is the recent endorsement of him as the leader of the people in Ekiti State by Dayo Adeyeye via a decamping rally. This is a good omen for the PDP in the state. It is indicative of the shape of things to come after

$ governorship elections. The allegation in some quarters that Fayose was responsible for the killing of perceived opponents while in

! 3 know, no court in the land has convicted him of any crime bordering on murder. The allegations are mere campaigns of calumny targeted at the smearing persona of a silent achiever - one who is poised to bring positive change to the poor masses in Ekiti State. Let us all embrace that change now for a viable posterity. *Olusoccer is the publisher of Abuja-based Kakaaki magazine.

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Improve LAGBUS/BRT services at Ojodu Berger axis

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Changing face of Islamic terrorism By Onyiorah Chiduluemije Paschal

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how me just what Mohammed brought that was # $ $ inhuman, such as his command to spread by sword the faith he preached� – Manuel 11 Palaeologus. "

*$” 2 & 4 ) $ 4 ; $ $ < of His Holiness, Benedict XVI as captured in his famous ^ 3 QV# VDDÉ# $ portray the unmistakable correlation the religion of Islam may [ some way or to some degree as terrorism – which at times is mildly disguised, depicted or referred to as Jihad/holy war. 5 &

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: 2,256 reads: “There is no compulsion in religion�. But the > 9 $ understood and accepted by all Muslim faithful as what is truly obtainable in practice? While this is most unlikely to be

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& $ disposed to accept the use of any form of compulsion as a method for the propagation of Islam under any circumstance, yet it is arguable that the religion of Islam itself does not actually seem to discourage the naked, cruel and continuous ! # / $ Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and a host of others that are

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Opinion

Writers tackle touchy Nigerian issues By Elvis Iyorngurum

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et against the background of the ongoing National Conference, it was more than a coincidence that the March 29 edition of the Guest Š # } the Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF), took on touchy Nigerian issues.

with one of her new singles, “Fire Down Below.� It was a good teaser to set the mood for an encounter with fun and excitement, and it enthralling as the audience sat

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$# it was quite a burden for him as a child, he is grateful today because it $ # > $ intellect. After the writers did their bit, Zainab Sule took her turn with a set of enthralling songs. The Unijos graduate of Mathematics and web $ to as Nigeria’s queen of soft rock. 3 # the audience sought to know how

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Poverty is prosperity By Olaniyi Olayemi

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ric Arthur Blair (with the pseudonym George Orwell) succinctly captured the confusions of a totalitarian regime in his blockbuster novel NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR. Big Brother was the party that held sway in Oceania,the

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used these antithetical mantras to brainwash the gullible people of Oceania: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Mercenaries were used to abrogate “the enemies of Big Brother� in the dreaded “room 101.� Understandably, the people kowtowed willy-nilly to the party’s repressiveness.

Though a seeming democratic country, Nigeria can be said to be similar with Oceania in certain ways. We’ve been made to believe every now and again that our economy is growing. In fact, the hitherto unknown StatisticianGeneral of the federation gave a revelation that Nigeria has emerged as the number one economy in Africa, and invariably, the 26th in the world. We’ve been also made to know that Nigeria is the most desired African destination for foreign investors. Our ears are dull of hearing all these economic rhetorics. They are ever expanding, but like the people of Oceania, most of us are unable to protest. If we do, our penance will be paid in “room 101.� I’ll like to tell the honourable

Statistician-General that given the depth of our debilitating poverty, such news shouldn’t be given # %

that Nigeria - the largest economy in Africa - has an unbeatable and “enviable� record of having the highest number of out-of # % & !

comprehension how the largest economy in Africa cannot provide these children with basic education. In a documentary I watched, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Akinwunmi Adesina, quipped that Nigeria would import air if there was a way it could be packaged. Nigeria (permit me to say again: Africa’s largest economy) imports just about anything you can think of. It is the world’s number one importer of tomato paste and

arguably, rice. Its government-owned enterprises are ever fraught with administrative problems. None of them seems to be ' # We were told recently that the government has plans to privatise # * !+

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same thing replicates in the power sector. It is glaring then that the same confusion that prevailed in Oceania in George Orwell’s 1984 prevails in Nigeria today. Though, we haven’t used any contradictory slogan as they did in Oceania, it is safe to say then this mantra quite suites us: POVERTY IS PROSPERITY. Olaniyi wrote via olayemz@yahoo.com

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Business & Economy

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Poor standard of living despite GDP rebasing Most Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the new economic status bestowed on the growth of the economy through the much publicised Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rebasing of the economy. Nigerians, including manufacturers and other stakeholders in business, seem nonchalant about the status as it has no known positive impact on the citizenry. ABIODUN AWOGBEMI reports.

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s the nation’s economic stronghold announces its GDP rebasing and the subsequent strengthening of the economy, making it the biggest economy in Africa, many Nigerians seem unconcerned about the growth and development of the economy apparently becuase of its failure to make positive impacts on the lives of the citizens over the years. Recently, Nigerians heard that the country’s economy has jumped above that of the South Africa, previously rated above it by ‘The Economist of London’ as Africa’s largest economy with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at $354 billion. Shortly afterwards, Nigeria’s Statistician General, Dr. Yemi Kale, announced that the country’s GDP had jumped to N802trillion from N42.4trillion prompting many analysts to question the rationale behind the overnight growth. According to an analyst, Malhfouz

Adedimeji, there could be economic growth, but growth and development are not the same. Adedimeji also questioned how an economy can grow by almost 90 percent overnight, whereas the bone of contention between government and citizens lies between growth and development. For the government, the fact that the economy is growing is cheerful, but to the citizens, there is nothing commendable in growth without development. He agreed that in economic terms, growth brings development, but development is not about growth. Growth is quantitative while development is qualitative, as it is not all growth that is positive. Adedimeji asked what happens to poverty, unemployment and inequality if the concentration is on economic growth, and

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# government should be pre-occupied with how to reduce poverty, unemployment and wide inequality and corruption in all strata of the economy. The President of Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Remi Omotosho, said the value of the rebasing should be based on < # < ” of the economy and its various component # < relativities and the gaps that require policy < ! Omotosho said the rebased GDP underscores the need to improve on ' $ governments with regards to implications for the ratio of non-oil revenue, infrastructure spending, capital expenditure and private sector credit. He cautioned that due to weak economic revenue base of government, and to increased borrowing, there is need for more work to be done to make the economy stronger by improving on the ratios. Omotosho said the lower debt to GDP ratio should not be the reason to increase borrowing and throw up the issue of growing inequality in the economy which has its implications for the economic and social stability. Another entrepreneur, Mr Remi Bello + } while our current global ranking on the basis of GDP is 26, the ranking in competitiveness [ QVD Q_Y #

the ranking in Human Development Index is QUA VQD ! Investigations by Saturday Newswatch revealed that majority of Nigerians do not know or care about the growth or otherwise of the economy, what is uppermost for them is survival. A business owner, Mr. Chukwudi Ugomaechi, took a swipe at the GDP and rebasing, asking if the grammar can put food on his family’s table. “Throughout my university days as an Economics student, I never heard of the term ‘rebasing’, even the much talked about GDP is of no relevance to # $ standard of living as a Nigerian, and I know same goes for millions of people like me. Yes, the GDP may be strong on paper, but it has no direct and positive impact on the people. Ugomaechi said there is a disconnect between the people and government, and the gap between the poor and the rich is widening daily without respite for those down the ladder, asking how possible it is to rate the economy with all these irregularity. “Those foreigners who are assessing the economy are doing so based on what they see on paper, and not the reality on ground. If the economy is growing, where do we place the corruption in all the sector, the kidnapping for ransom and bunkering and ‹= No one is interested or cares about a rebased and large GDP, but a rebase from hunger and poverty, dilapidated infrastructure, unemployment, insecurity and inequality, and many more vices Continued on Page 23

Portugal: Advanced economy with high living standard Pg. 75

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Business & Economy

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Business & Economy Kaduna, Katsina Customs generates N1.3bn revenue in 3 months

Who benefits from‘backward integration policy’on cement? T In the 80s, a bag of cement was sold for less than N10. In the 90s, it was sold for about N350 per bag, but since the mid 2000s, the price has peaked at about N1,700 per bag, much as Nigerians are been told that the country is now self ! " #$%& the product to other African % & ' * & +%- " & & %/ + " - + 4 + backward policy� of the Federal %" & 6 + % :; < = ! the cement manufacturers and *%" & 6 > %:: <%& %& ' JOHNMARK UKOKO reports.

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ement is one of the major products needed in house and road constructions. While the price of the product is very low in most European and Asian countries, + $

a bag. While the country’s minimum wage is a meagre N8,000, a bag of cement currently stands at between N1600 and N1800 across the country. In the late 1990s through to mid 2000s when the product was imported into the country, a bag of cement was sold for about N1000. The high cost of the product in addition to other building materials has made it impossible for the masses to own their own homes. This has led to the astronomical hike in house rents across the country. Saturday Newswatch investigations in some developing areas in Lagos and Ogun states have shown that landlords and property developers no longer build what in the local parlance is known as ‘face me I face you’ rooms, and boys quarters which many youths in the time past start with before they move to self # } [ $ ! Recently, cement manufacturing giant, Lafarge West Africa Portland Company (LAFARGE-WAPCO) Plc, held its “Consumers forum�, in Lagos to appreciate the company’s dealers and the loyal consumers. One of the fall out of the forum is the agitation by many consumers that the local cement manufacturing companies are ripping + # remain static at about N1800 across the country for the past three years. Many are of the opinion that the local the detriment of Nigerians, adding that the high cost of cement and other major building materials have worsened the housing # $

solace under bridges. Some Nigerians who spoke to Saturday Newswatch at the forum are calling on the government to encourage competition in the cement industry, as the few monopolists government have created in the sector are not ready to lower the price of the product. A respondent, Oshoma Sylvester, who owns a site at Ifo town, Ogun State, disclosed that the few local cement manufacturing companies has kept their factory price at N1500, per bag, as they have done in the last three years, when they announced that the country has become #

import cement to bring the price of the product down, to enable average workers own roofs over their heads.

Oshunkeye Sylvester, who lives at Akute, area of Ogun state and works in Lagos mainland added that / #

$ + prices of building materials in recent years. In his words, “In the 60s to late 80s, Nigerians workers where building their houses with

< $ ! Today, many workers’ salaries are not enough to take them home. So, how do you expect them to raise a roof over their heads many years after graduation and honest living. This is part of the reasons many Nigerian workers have to indulge in one illegality or another to enable them buy car and build a house to live in. Government, here, do not build houses for its citizens as is the case in other climes.� Responding to allegations by some Nigerians that cement manufacturers are afraid of competition, The chairman of LAFARGEWAPCO Plc, Chief Olusegun Osunkeye, said that his company is not afraid of competition. The LAFARGE-WAPCO boss said competition is the only way to bring the bests out of the industry, adding that lack of competition is hampering the industry and the $

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It amuses me when cement manufacturers and senior members of the Federal Government beat their chests about the huge volume of local cement production. They say we now produce enough and even export to more than 15 countries in Africa and beyond

cement is the best and of the highest quality, therefore, has no reason to fear any competition from any quarter. According to him,� our company is not afraid of competition from any quarter. Nigerians < what anybody says. In fact, Larfage-Wapco see competition as the only thing that can bring the $ # $ competition is healthy.� The industrialist stressed, that the company pride itself as the cement manufacturer with

# < to the innovative value adding and consumer centric culture of the parent company which has $ $! Olusegun Osunkeye commended the present government’s “backward integration policy� which he claimed has consolidated the growth and gains of cement industry which production capacity has gone up. In his words, “we at Lafarge-Wapco must commend the Federal Government’s backward integration policy. The policy has gone a long way to consolidate the growth and gains of cement industry where production capacity has moved from two million metric tones in a day a decade ago to over 28 million metric tones installed capacity as at the end of 2013.� While commending the government over the “backward integration policy� many Nigerians are not celebrating. As the astronomical increase in the volumes of cement production in the $ cement manufacturers while the price of the product has gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians. Mr. Olalere Fakoya, a civil servant in one of the states in the south-west berated the government and local cement manufacturers $ +

of the product. Fakoya alleged that senior members of the government are shareholders in the local cement manufacturing companies, hence their inability to call the local cement manufacturing companies to reduce the price of cement and other building materials, adding that the increased in the volume of production has not led to more Nigerians building their own homes. In his words, “it amuses me when cement manufacturers and senior members of the Federal Government beat their chests about the huge volume of local cement production. They say we now produce enough and even export to more than 15 countries in Africa and beyond. 7 +

$! 7 $ Nigeria was still importing the product, the price was about N1000, per a bag. Now that we are told we are exporting the product to more than 15 countries the price is now between N1650 and N1800. per bag depending on locations.� Fakoya stressed that the local cement producers formally blamed the deplorable nature of the country’s road, as the reasons why the price of the product has gone beyond the reach of many Nigerians, adding that the Federal Government and many states [ # adding that the improvement in the road condition has not led to the downward price reduction of the product. In his words,� few years ago the local manufacturers blamed the deplorable roads condition as the main reason why the price of cement was very high in the country. They say the price of a bag of cement in the factories is about N1500 to N1550, but the cost of transporting the product to the consumers have increased the price to between N1650 and N1800 per bag. Now that the condition of the most of the roads have improved why have the price not reduced?� He alleged that cement are cheaper in those countries where the products are exported

he Kaduna andKatsina command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NIS) has announced that it generated N1.3 billion revenue between January and March of this year. Its controller, Alhaji Yerima Abubakar, disclosed this in Katsina during a news conference on the activities of the command. He said that the revenue was an improvement over the revenue generated in the past. Abubakar also said that the command made 60 seizures with Duty Paid Value of N73 million during the period under review. He said that the seized items included bags of rice, 176 set of blankets, cartons of prohibited drugs, cartons of spaghetti and vegetable oil, among others. Abubakar said most of the seizures were made during the Easter holidays because some smugglers thought that customs officers would not operate during the holidays. “By these seizures, it has proved that our officers are at alert and ready to do their job at any time; we are always ready for the smugglers. “I wish to emphasise that our doors are always open to facilitate legitimate trade to genuine importers in accordance with the international trade laws,’’ he said. Abubakar said that achievements were also recorded through the cooperation and support of other security agencies in the state.

Expert decries dwindling insurance patronage An Insurance Consultant, Dr Steven Abumelem, has decried the dwindling patronage of insurance by Nigerians. Abumelem, in an interview with the newsmen in Abuja, noted that the advantages inherent in insurance far outweighed the disadvantages. According to him, insurance provides the dependable platform for strategic risk management. ``Indemnity is the surer way to secure the future. Risks to your business can arise for many reasons - interest rate or price increases; your competitors’ activities, injuries through hazards in the workplace and natural disasters or terrorist activities. Managing those risks is an important part of running your business.’’ He explained that risk management is a process whereby one makes a realistic evaluation of the true level of risk to one’s business and develops and implement strategies aimed at minimising and managing them. Abumelem stressed that the people must take advantage of insurance instead of relying on families and government to provide succour during disasters. “A society that promotes insurance, promotes self-reliance, enterprise and development. Nigerians must be encouraged to sign up to the various insurance policies available.’’ According to him, before signing up to any type of insurance policy, it is required to evaluate its suitability and value in terms of one’s individual circumstancesss.

April 26, 2014

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Sports/News

No disparity ...Between home and foreign-based players –Oboabona

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5 / % 3 World Cup in Brazil, Rizespor FC of Turkey defender, Godfrey Oboabona, says there is no disparity in Super Eagles camp whenever home and foreign based players converge to honour the national call. The former Sunshine Stars player maintained that there’s no discrimination in the national team as home and

foreign-based players are seen as one body by the head coach, Stephen Keshi. “The coach hates the tag of home or foreign-based in camp. He always makes us look as if we are one body. He keeps us together under one roof to make ' ! 7 and foreign players, so we the players never operate on that level,� he said. :% national team before

% was not regarded as a local player because we all play the same level of football in the national team. There’s no home or foreign based departments in the national team, and when you visit

players for the Mundial but recently, the Technical ) < kicked against the list, as they argued that certain players should be in the list. " < mandated him to prune down the number to 30 before May 10 to beat % 3/ ! Oboabona is hopeful that his name may be preparations to play in soccer’s biggest football * ” ! Last weekend, his club won 3-1 against Kayserispo in the Turkish League, but it was reported that he scored one of the goals. Speaking on the match, the goal was later credited

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the World Cup list. Nigerian players in the “Our coach always < # 9:&$ season was so good for to pick a World Cup shirt. % ( He said we players need for making it possible to constantly strive for excellence in our respective

[ ! %/ good relationship with clubs to earn the grace of going to Brazil to represent Fenerbahce striker, Nigeria. He said no one can Emmanuel Emenike and '

other Nigerian players in pick a shirt, adding that we the Turkish League. We have been going along need to work very hard to well. There’s no problem. #= ! We are happy.� Keshi had listed 38

Keshi must be objective in selection process –Nakande ...Tips Eagles to advance in W/Cup Group F obvious that we are going to have people objecting to some of Mark Ogagan Keshi’s decisions on former Golden the selection of players Eaglets star, but even the coach Salisu Nakande, himself has a duty to all has urged Super Eagles Nigerians to be fair and Head Coach, Stephen objective in the selection Keshi to be objective process. and fair in the selection “If he does this of players to represent and upholds those Nigeria at the FIFA principles the better it World Cup finals in is for his image and of June. the team as a whole,� Reacting to news Nakande said. regarding a delay in He noted that there the release of Nigeria’s are forces ‘trying provisional squad ahead to influence a lot of of the Mundial, the exthings’ in the selection youth international said process, but believes the since the buck stops country will be better at the coach’s table, off if Keshi stands his the onus is on Keshi to ground. uphold the ideals of fair “Look, let’s be play and ensure that realistic. There’s only the best get to wear nowhere in the world the Nigerian jersey. where the selection “From what has been of players is not happening so far it’s

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may not be the best in terms of tactics, his man-management skills can do a lot to uplift the team. On Nigeria’s chances at the group stages of the World Cup in Brazil, the one-time Plateau Highlanders winger affirmed that the trio of Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran cannot stop Keshi’s team from going through to the Round of 16. influenced. But I believe “Look, I am only in the coach not to allow concerned about what outside influences to will happen from the becloud his sense of second round. As I judgement. see it, Nigeria has the “If Keshi is allowed pedigree to dispose to do the job without of their first two interference, I see no opponents and book reason why Nigeria a place in the next cannot go far in the round. What happens competition. He has the afterwards is anybody’s respect of the players, guess,� he said. and even though he

Nwanu predicts great outing for Eagles ...calls for caution

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igeria exinternational, Chidi Nwanu, has predicted a splendid outing by the Super Eagles if the entire loopholes that breed rancour between the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Head Coach, Stephen Keshi are amicably sorted out before the % 3 World Cup in Brazil. Nwanu pointed out that the squad on ground is capable of surpassing the record of the glamorous 1994 2 are well handled. He believes that the team has the advantage of having a mixture of young and experienced players that complement each

of play. He, however, called for caution as the misunderstanding continues to take its toll on Nigeria’s preparation and planning for the tournament. “Our bane is self } ' these years. Those that are supposed to close ranks and work with one accord engage in ego trips which the $

the end of the day. “This is the time to ensure all the components that are instrumental to the overall success of the team in the global football showpiece are harmonised and strengthened. Only such step would be for

and numerous fans that < outing from their idol side,’ he counselled. The former central defender added that if all these avoidable avenues that cause distractions are $ and the crew given a conducive atmosphere to concentrate on the ' < team together at their ! “We should try and learn from the past and get our acts together this time around. The squabbles on who gets into the World Cup

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that causes internal misunderstanding should be wiped out. 3 neither for Keshi nor for those that instigate them. The country and

such circumstances. We should work together for a common goal,� he appealed.

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League Watch

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NNL suspends 3 Remo players, warns DSS N o fewer than three players of Remo Football Club have been suspended for the rest of the season following their alleged involvement in the physical assault of the match officials after the Week 10 Nigeria National League (NNL) match even as the club has also been slammed with huge fine to serve as deterrent to other teams that will bring the game to disrepute. The affected players are Henshaw Blessing, Victor Mbaomah and Adebanjo Jacob who were sanctioned for running foul of Article 6.0 (2) of the rules of the league 2013/2014 season just as the club has been

fined the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200, 000) only which NNL said must be paid before Remo versus Bendel Insurance home match for contravening

Article 6.0 (1). The club will also face another sanction from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Meanwhile, NNL has warned the management of DSS, Kaduna to pay up its fine to the account of the league organizer or risk. The club was fine the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200,000) only for the molestation of match officials in DSS versus Jigawa Golden Stars Week 10 tie. Secretary of NNL, Lawrence Katken who signed both letters to the erring clubs warned of heavy sanctions if they fail to comply.

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eartland technical adviser, Kelechi Emeteole, has queried the League Management Company (LMC) over the approval of Krisdera Hotel Stadium pitch in Omoku, Port Harcourt, for Premier League matches. Krisdera Stadium in Omoku is the adopted home ground of Glo Premier League campaigners Nembe City. The Naze Millionaires were held to a 1-1 draw by hosts Nembe City in the midweek Glo Premier League match

day 8 encounter at Krisdera Stadium. The home side scored the match opener from the penalty spot in the 12th minute through Job Ayuba while Heartland’s Togolese import, Shauibu Badarou, levelled score for his side. Emeteole, who seemed to disagree with the assistant referee’s denial of his side’s second goal in the added time, said the Krisdera Hotel Stadium pitch is a huge embarrassment

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specialists but we could’ve earned a deserved win but for the assistant referee who decided to deny us a good goal in the extra time. “The centre referee okayed the goal but later agree dwith his assistant to nullify the goal perhaps for reasons they themselves could explain. “However, the pitch is nothing to write home about, it’s absolutely terrible. I just wonder who approved the pitch for the Premier League matches. “It’s a poor advertisement to the league as both teams struggled throughout the game, playing against themselves and the terrible pitch. “The pitch made it too

$ the players’ performance in the encounter. “However, I think 1-1 draw is <

going into the next game, at least, it has given us hope and assurance that we’re alive,� said Emeteole to supersport.com. The point at Nembe City has increased the former Federation Cup winner’s points haul to six from a possible 24 in the eight +

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& # ; # has explained reasons for joining Enyimbaon a three month loan deal. The former ^ < $ famous for his red card following a challenge on Vasilis Torosidis in Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat to Greece at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa. According to him, he joined the Peoples Elephant because of their achievements in African football. “I came here to play. I chose Enyimba because I want to focus only on football. I don’t want anything to distract me,� Kaita said. “Other clubs wanted me but I chose Enyimba because it’s the biggest club in Nigeria. They have won the Champions League twice. Nobody else has done that so for me, this was the best place to come. “I’m here just to push and to play football. I still had two-and-ahalf years left of my contract with Tavriya, but I cancelled the contract because my leg was worse than I thought. “I wanted to go for surgery and give myself enough time to recover. And after the surgery, I went to Olympiakos Nicosia before I decided to come to Enyimba.

“I can’t say for now what happens after the three months. But we will see. I still have a lot to

! % ' $ see what happens after. “For me it’s not about money, it’s about football. When you make

$# you never know what will happen tomorrow,� he concluded. Kaita was part of the Super Eagles team that won a silver medal at the 2006 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations held in Egypt and Angola respectively.

Jatau tips Badarou for stardom

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ormer league top scorer, Ishaya Jatau, believes Togolese import, Saibou Badarou, will make an impact at Heartland. Jatau, who recently joined lower division side, DSS, was at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium to watch Badarou play for Heartland and the striker scored on his debut. “Foreigners have excelled at Heartland (formerly called

Iwuanyanwu Nationale) and I see Badarou as a player who will < ! “Badarou is new in the Glo Premier League, so I expect Heartland to give him time to adjust. He’s a good striker who will score goals for Heartland,� Jatau said to supersport.com. 5

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Sports/EURO League

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Chris Hughton’s exit was greeted with incredulity far beyond Norfolk; presumably the same conclusions will be drawn now the most successful club in the Premier League era have followed City’s lead and opted to promote an internal candidate to replace an unpopular manager. One who increasingly had lost the faith and support of the ' $! 3 / } produced two vibrant displays but no tangible rewards for his club. That alone underlines why one must temper the inevitable sense Giggs’ elevation is desperately poor timing for the Canaries; it simply increases the degree of $! The Welshman will be a unifying force for a

there are no guarantees he can engineer an immediate uplift for a squad who have largely failed to deliver since Ferguson’s departure. Man United’s axing of Moyes at this stage of a season listing to an aimless conclusion is nothing more than a token gesture. Norwich’s managerial change was designed to avert a headlong descent to the Championship. That is why Adams and his players still have more to play for than their counterparts this ! ^ " the visitors of a chance to increase Moyes’ discomfort after that damaging defeat

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Saturday Newswatch, April 26, 2014

Sports/Style

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Saturday Newswatch, April 26, 2014

Sports/Wrestling

Is Batista dumping WWE after Extreme Rules?

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hristopher Daniels is one of the TNA originals that the company was built on, but much like AJ Styles, Daniels is on his way out of TNA Impact Wrestling. PWS reported that agent Bill Behrens just sent out the word that Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian are taking independent bookings. The wording indicates that they can appear on DVD, Internet pay-per-views and television. When wrestlers are under a contract with TNA Impact Wrestling, they cannot appear for another promotion on television, pay-per-view or DVDs. That means that, when their contracts expire in the next few weeks, they likely won’t re-sign. They will join Chris

long-time Sabin and AJ Styles as long time TNA competitors to leave the company. AJ Styles had been with TNA Impact Š when they aired as a weekly pay-perview. Chris Sabin and Frankie Kazarian debuted shortly thereafter, interesting both with the same nickname – “The Future.� Daniels was involved in one

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Honor. Finally Finally, team titles in Ring of Honor it said that Daniels was also available to appear as Curry Man and that Kazarian was available for bookings as well. While TNA Impact Wresting is losing their biggest stars, that are busy signing smaller, less expensive, names to long-term contracts. The biggest signing was James Storm, who is also a TNA original, but seems content in the company. They also signed Robbie-E and Gunner to multi-year deals and just announced that TNA signed Rockstar Spud to a multi-year deal as well. While Spud is entertaining, the choices show the directing TNA Impact Wrestling is headed.

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Foley not signing new WWE Legends deal W WE Hall of Famer Mick Foley has posted the following on Facebook in regards to why he’s not signing a new WWE Legends deal: “To deal..or not to deal - that is the question. As some of you may have heard, at this point, I am opting not to sign my Legends Marketing Deal, which gives #WWE the right to market my likeness on video games and ! %/ more detail about this in the next week or so, but it would be fair to say that, despite strong sales, I $ two video games to be extremely weak - in the 25% range of what most talent was expecting. Last year, the explanation had

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Saturday Newswatch, April 26, 2014

Sports/Golf GolfWatch

IBB Golf Club holds AGM today

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Marriage: Why I played hard to get

–Beauty therapist, Angel Angel Mbanaja is young and vivacious. In spite of her youthfulness, Angel has, through hard work and creativity, launched herself into the class of women to reckon with in business. She now runs a world class beauty salon - De Chic Beauty Home Ltd. - which won the Best Salon Award in the SouthSouth zone last year. She also runs a school of cosmetology as well as a state-of-the-art gymnasiu, all in Port Harcourt. In this chat with AMAKA AGBU, Angel reveals the secret of her success in the business world and how she got entangled with the love of her life. Excerpts:

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adam, from your looks, you are very young and already in the class of women of substance. May our readers meet you? My name is Angel Mbanaja. I studied marketing at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu. That was my educational background until I trained in Cosmetology in the United States of America. So I am now a Cosmetologist. I veered into cosmetology because that is where my love and talent lie. When exactly did you start this business? I started this business in 1994, precisely on February 29. My business is now 20 years and some months old. How did you start the business? Like every other person starts a business. Initially I didn’t really go for training. But later I went to a Cosmetology school " >% @ " " then gradually expanded to two rooms, and after some years I got into four rooms. You know, I have been planning to run a big shop. After ten more years, we now included a beauty lounge, ' " & % ; products. My education in marketing and cosmetology helped me a lot to widen my scope in the business. Twenty years down the line, we have gone very far. What is the name of the business? It is called De Chic Beauty Home Ltd. It is a limited liability entity. How did you come by this name? The name came to me when I was in my teens and I have always loved being a chic. I like making myself look beautiful. I don’t know if I actually know what chic means, but I have always known that being a chic makes you feel that you are elegant and good looking and so I just love that name. I used to think that one day when I have my own business, I will give it that name ‘De Chic’. That was how I came about the name. How was the beginning? You know in businesses some start I started small and I was just there. I was just feeling alright, appreciating the little I got. I wasn’t really looking for much ! % I just enjoyed making myself and others look beautiful. It was a job that I loved from the depths of my heart so I just didn’t care for the money. Making people beautiful thrills me and I discovered that I was talented in it. Anyway, with time I realised that I needed money to make the business function well. So that " & % ; & + % Cosmetology school, a beauty academy as well as a gymnasium.

Yes! If you enrol with us and after one year of intensive ' % % % Do you award diploma? Yes! How would you consider your performance so far in the ! what do you think the future holds? The future holds a lot for me. I know I still have a lot of steps to take. I know what I have achieved now compared to my previous days and years. It has turned out good anyway and I

hope for more. " We have about 25 workers now. I know we used to havee more than that in the past years. But it looks like business is slowing down a little bit. Some of the workers dropped and I didn’t bother to replace them because we needed to put certain things in order. De Chic is the biggest name in beauty homes in the SouthSouth part of the country. So how did you raise it to that height? The big name is just the big work. The name does not just X " % %

+ " ' % ' % another. In our kind of job, you must satisfy your clients for them to come back. It is not a buying and selling business. It is something that you need to create. You must be creative to succeed in this business. If you keep creating, people will keep asking your customers ‘where did you get this from’ and they will come and patronise you. They always want to come back to us. That is how we made the name big. What class of clients do you have? Looking at your business environment, especially the new area, it looks as if there is a particular class of people that come here? I don’t really look at people to consider their class or what & & % & ! ! #

% ! % & we have come up such a long way that we don’t have cheap clientele in our place. We are in from the average class of people upwards, not people that actually do not know how to take care " ! !

# % therapy. What essentially are the services you render to your clients here? We have a lot of essential services. The salon is a full option % ! % " [ # \ ' ; \ ' " & and I think that was actually the thing that made De Chic image soar three to four years ago. We became so popular that every beauty conscious person craved to patronise us. We localised the lace wig and that helped my business a lot. We make the & ! \ [ ' ' ' \ all that. We also do hair and a lot of other things like all kinds of body piercing, tattoo, etc. I can’t really count all, unless I start reading them out. But I tell you it is a full option salon. There is no time you come here and ask for something and you don’t get what you actually want. The gym is also there to make you come to good shape. The school is also there to give you and your loved ones the opportunity of specialising in cosmetology. ] " " % & ;" % do cosmetology. Some actually come here to take a short term

% " & ;%! " % % option salon. I can see that you have put in a lot of hard work to get this place to this level. What do you have to tell other women especially those who depend on men or their husbands Given the situation in the world, I don’t think women %!! ! % with being house wives. I encourage them to go out there and

It was the African man’s way o! But it was a private affair, just between us. And I like private things. I remember him saying: ‘I want to marry you. Will you marry me?’ I didn’t accept because we had not been seeing each other too often look for the jobs they love and embrace them. But in as much as you are doing that job, your husband should always come ] " " ' " % " she loves, something that she can be proud of, something that she can even do for free. A job you can do for free means that you have passion for that job. You can also make money out of that job that you love. They say that an idle mind is a devil’s workshop so you should be able to discover your talent or calling and go ahead and do it. I advise women not to depend on anybody whether a man, a friend, a brother, or a sister, or anybody. Be your own self. How do you feel being a CEO, the person who calls the shot here? Yes, I just feel that I am supposed to be carrying people along. A lot of people think that when you are a Chief Executive ^ % % + * % & % !% " # & % employees. The workers are just your assistants. They are not the ones doing your job for you. You are the one doing your job and they are merely assisting you. You know, being the CEO calls & * " % % " and cross your legs. You should show your workers by example that you love your job. If you don’t do your job, your workers will know that you don’t know your job and they will begin to call the shots for you. You should be an epitome of hard work and resilience, showing your workers the example to follow. You should show them that you love your job and do it well for others to copy from you. # $

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" " pay them salaries from six months to one year upfront for them to leave my place and work for them. For me it is still a good thing. It doesn’t really bother me. I have the training expertise. ! ! _ " " # " " come here with nothing. They become my students and when >% >% & "! " keep teaching them until they become very good. If a member " # !! & " remuneration, I might give them a salary increase. But if you don’t tell me and just leave, I don’t mind. I pray for you to excel in your future endeavours. If it is better for you somewhere else, why not? I allow them to go do their thing because I am capable of doing my own thing and I do my own thing. I believe I can % #' " % " business. It is my business and it is my knowledge that I always impart on them. Is poaching the greatest challenge you have in the business? X & " # " mostly happens when I am not around like when I travel to the US for my study. But it is not the greatest challenge. In fact I don’t even know what the greatest challenge I have here is, apart from just running my business and paying my bills, maintaining my >% !" " " so whether there is a challenge or no challenge, I am not really seeing it. Do you go to the homes of your customers for home services? Yes, we do. It depends on the price because it is never the same price as when you come to the salon. If the price is good, we do. When you come to the salon, it is never the same price. What about taxations from government, associations, and at times touts who harass business people for multiple levies? Is that situation not challenging? No. They don’t because as a shop owner you are supposed to join a union. If you have a business you should join a union. The situation you are talking about was in those days when my business just started when we were going from one local government to the other to pay our levies and taxes. But now we have Pillars Association. I pay my levies through the association. Even if it is high I pay it there and I don’t experience any embarrassment from anybody. People don’t come here to harass me anymore. If you come here and drop your form I will take it to Pillar and if Pillar says don’t pay, I don’t pay. That is just all.

Are you married? Yes, I am married. When? 2006. How did you meet your husband? I met my husband when I was travelling to Port Harcourt. I was coming to Port Harcourt to visit some friends. So we met at the airport. We were both coming from Lagos.

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Who proposed to the other? I think it is the man who proposes to the woman. He proposed to me. Sometimes a woman proposes marriage to the man! Don’t you know? No! I have never heard that. It is the man that should propose. If a man does not actually want you, you cannot marry him. So he has to want you before you can marry him, so he has to propose. He should be able to decide that he wants to marry a particular lady, and that he wants to live with her. Did he propose with a ring or the typical African man’s way? How romantic was the environment and the proposal? ] " * { % ! # ' just between us. And I like private things. I remember him saying: ‘I want to marry you. Will you marry me?’ I didn’t accept because we had not been seeing each other too often. He would come from the US and spend some weeks and go back, and then return after six months, just like that. So when he told me that he wanted to marry me, I felt that I had not really known " % >% ! & ! >% think it over. He just came in from the US. Then after about two weeks he was still asking me what my response was. I still did not respond. The third time he came, he told me that I had to respond. He said that he wanted to know his standing, if I was going to marry him or not. I should just say it. He said he could not be coming all the way from the US every time because of a girlfriend. He could do that for a wife, but not for a girlfriend. He told me that I had to choose if I actually wanted him or not. That was when I now said ok, I want to marry you. The summary of what you are saying is that you really played hard to get? Not really hard to get. You know men. I was just taking my time. I didn’t want to make mistakes. That’s just it. And I wanted to look at him and say to myself that this is the man I really wanted to live with for the rest of my life. I have to tolerate him for better or for worse. I have to make sure I love him for who he is. I have to love him the way he is. I have to convince myself that I have to do that so that I could be able to say yes from the bottom of my heart. Some other young women would have jumped at such a proposal immediately, knowing that the man leaves abroad, particularly the United States of America. Don’t you think you took a chance waiting for too long to say yes? It is not that it took long like that. Just like I told you, I was working and I loved my job. The only thing that can be on top of my job is my husband. I need to take time to know who I actually want to love, whether I can tolerate that person to the end, for better or for worse as they say. I have always been for that better or for worse so when it comes to worse I will always look at him with the same love. So I have to tell myself that I would be able to love this man so much that even if he turns to vegetable I will still be able to love him. So that is why I was taking my time to consider if I would still love him at all times. I was convinced that he was the person I loved and would want to spend the rest of my life with before I accepted. How did you formalise the marriage after the proposal? Yes. After my acceptance, it didn’t take us two weeks to go and do the traditional marriage. Soon after, we wedded in the court. Where there objections from either family? No. All of them came together to support us. Are you from the same locality? " " + ' + & & | } " ] ] " _ " ~ ' ] % |}]' " State. To you what is love like? Well, I think love is how you feel for somebody and how you can understand and tolerate the person. I really don’t know how to describe this love that I have for my husband. I think tolerance, understanding, and respect are essential ingredients of love. Any challenge so far between you and your husband in your marriage? I have not seen any challenge. When I told people when >% ' & € % ! ! >%  * % % >% ^ " " certain things that the other doesn’t like. As women we just keep

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My husband didn’t propose, we just... – Lagos Princess, Tokunbo Eko

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My husband makes me feel like a woman – Olori Tokunbo Eko Olori Tokunbo Eko is a fashionable woman, a role model for the younger generation in her chosen profession. Her life, which began about 51 years ago in Lagos, in the royal family of Ladega in Ikorodu, has been eventful and inspirational. Interestingly, Olori became a full blown princess when she got married to Prince Adewale Eko, also from the royal family of Eko-Akinsemoyin, in the Bamgbose area of Lagos Island. In her preparation for the challenges in life, Tokunbo took advantage of Western education in Lagos before proceeding to the London College of Journalism, United Kingdom, to study Mass Communication. Back to Nigeria, she practised in The Punch and Vanguard Newspapers before taking up Lagos State Government job as a

FUNSHO AKINWALE, Olori Tokunbo Eko literally laid bare her life, and the secrets of her 22 years marriage.

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ately, you seem to be less visible on the social scene, what could beresponsible for this? I still attend parties, but I must confess that I have been selective about the ones I attend these days. As one grows older, one has to cut down on some unnecessary things of life because of age. I must tell you, I still attend parties when I feel it’s really important for me to do so especially if it concerns relatives or close friends.

What were you doing before venturing into beads and fashion business as well as being a civil servant? I’m a trained journalist. I read Mass Communication and Journalism from the London College of Journalism, Fleet Street, United Kingdom. I worked at Punch and Vanguard newspapers before I traveled to study and on my return, I went back to Vanguard before taking up an appointment with Lagos State government. How would you describe your days as a journalist? It was a wonderful experience for me because of my passion for Journalism. Actually and initially, I never planned to be a professional journalist, what happened was that I joined Punch when I was about traveling abroad to study. It was during this period that my interest grew stronger. I was then a Judiciary Reporter, covering Yaba Magistrate Courts. I was inspired more working with media gurus like Tayo Kehinde, Sola Odunfa, Sam Amuka and I even worked with Chief Aboderin (now deceased). So it was a sweet experience working with these big horns in the media industry then.

How would you compare journalism of your time with today’s? Journalism of our time was something we did with a passion. There was much dedication and commitment to the job. In fact, you would fall in love with what you are doing because of the experienced people around you. I still remember when I was transferred to the Public Opinion desk under Ayo Opadokun as head, I got to meet people, interacting, sharing ideas and knowing what was going on around me. In those days, it was something we did with dedication and with all seriousness. We made sure we got our facts right, % % % % anything without getting their facts right. The way we practice journalism now is unprofessional, that’a why I’m not impressed at all. Some of them like casting bogus headlines; some do it to victimize ! ! % ' % around newspaper and magazine houses but it’s now the order of the day. Journalists no longer do thorough investigations in getting their facts before going to press. Though the problem is from the new crop of reporters we have now, some of them are so lazy, they will just sit down at one pepper soup joint and write rubbish about people. That, ultimately, directly or indirectly sends or gives a wrong or negative signal or name to the profession. At times, it saddens me and I begin to wonder: is this not the constituency I belong to where people are just not doing things right? My candid advice to the publishers is to upgrade their mode of reporting, avoid unbalanced story. Journalists should be well paid; by so doing it will strengthen and empower them professionally because in our days, we were

well paid with several packages. I remember in Vanguard, if I went for any major assignment, I would ! ! the task ahead. Who is Olori Tokunbo Eko? *" " a royal family of Ladega family in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. So by birth, I’m a princess and married to a royal family of Eko -Akinsemoyin family from the Lagos Island, Bamgbose area, to be precise. That is why they call me Olori Tokunbo Eko. And you know ' " # ‚ % chose to be called Olori. My late father-in-law and the late king of Lagos - Oba Oyekan - contested for the throne before it eventually fell on Oba Oyekan. Tell us about your husband That is one person I love talking about all the time. My husband is an unusual man. I say unusual because in this part of the world, you hardly get somebody like him. My husband is a very caring and loving man. He is a loving father who tells his children all the time either at home or not that he loves them. And this gladdens my heart each day because you hardly see men these days doing that. He is a special person to me. He is a disciplinarian, an embodiment of positive, inspiring virtues. He is a man every woman out there will like to have any day, anytime because of his personal merits and character. If I come back to this world again, I pray I meet him. At times, if I’m in the kitchen cooking or busy doing some house chores, he would just be pampering me and praising me. Only few men do that to their wives in Nigeria and even in some parts of Africa. I would say he is the replica of my late father in terms of caring, understanding and good conduct. He makes " & " _ ' ' % would want to do everything to make him happy as well because as they say, respect is reciprocal. All in all, I thank God for giving me a man like my husband.

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% %" % % * % % % can look good. I’m a creative person. I create most % When your husband showed bring out my looks. You can wear very expensive up in reality after seeing

% * ! ! ' him in your dream, % % % # !! did the love develop % & " % ' & immediately? ! ! % !! " % No, the love didn’t develop immediately ' % * "

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" % *" Have you ever % % „ % * ! been heart % " " X broken? Yes, it’s bound " "! line. There are many advances but you should let to happen in % " & % ] every woman’s times, people complain that anytime I attend events, " & %!' ; & ! & eye contacts. But that is the truth because I only go ! " ' ! " " " husband. Every one What is the most treasured item in your wardrobe? I treasure all my things because I shop with has his or her own pasts, but you just have caution. I don’t buy what I don’t need. I avoid the " % ‚ % " % _ % " " wardrobe. Would you say love has been fair to you? | " What determines what you wear? Occasions and my mood determine what I wear & } ] " * each day. about all the money in the world but ! " [ % How old are you? happy home, it will radiate and show in you. I will be 51 years old next month. How romantic is your husband? You don’t look it? He is very romantic. Like I said earlier, he likes [ & } { " How old was your husband then? He is 10 years older than me.

How did you meet him? I met my husband in my " X place I met him. Believe it or not, I don’t need to impress anybody. When I saw him in my dream, he was like a guardian angel to me. In the dream, I saw him seated very close to me and staring at me and I concluded that he could be my guardian angel until it came into reality. The day I saw him physically, I was so shocked because someone brought him to " % " " " X ƒ " " " & ! ! & ] ' whole thing started. How did he propose to you? It was not a proposal like that; we started on a ! " % % ! ^% ! % ‚ \! % into place without much ado. It was not a proposal % " ; !' strongly believed and knew that we were meant ] ' married and started our lives together. How old are you in marriage? We are 22 years in our marriage and it’s still waxing stronger as ever. It’s even getting stronger now that we are getting older and I pray my % " " & % marriages these days don’t last long due to one issue or the other. It’s all about being patient and } € % %

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What would you not like to be caught with? I wouldn’t like to be caught wearing clothes that will expose my body all in the name *" One must always dress in an appreciative manner so that people will respect you.

Olori Tokunbo Eko is known to be a fashionable woman. How did you develop love for fashion? * ! ' " | & ; ' % " " " " " " look good. We try to look good on what we have, no matter the

What kind of relationship do you have with God? I have a very cordial relationship with God. ] ! ! % " * " I pray that God should give me the strength and grace to serve Him better. As a wife, mother and a professional, are you ! ! % " doing great. That is the % " " " % {

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Feminine story

Why sex is not on my mind now – Miss Benue, Ruth Agbo

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an you share your background with us? I am Ruth Agbo, a graduate of Theatre Arts of the Benue State University. I am from Benue State and also the current Miss Benue State. Apart from acting, I’m also into modeling. I recently joined Nollywood and even starred in few movies including Black Gold, Fate, among others.

What made you choose acting as a career? I love acting; it’s what I derive joy from. It makes me happy and I really want to go far with it. I will be combining it with other things such as modeling and pageantry. These are things that give me joy; they have become part of me. I’ve been modeling since 2007, when I was still in school. Modeling has been paying my bills since 2008. I was even traveling around the world for shows. Combining that with % % ' wait until after graduation in 2012, before joining Nollywood. As a graduate of Theatre Arts, what do you think makes a good actress? @

' ' ' % to love what you do. When you love what you ' % % % inhibition. Your success is already 50% guaranteed if you believe in yourself. Apart from God’s factor and my natural talent, I think I am excelling in modeling and pageantry because I believe in myself. These # ; " ! In modeling, you advertise what you wear, so that people will see how good it looks on you and be convinced to buy it. Pageantry has to do with ; % % ‡ ! "' % €>% ; & * „ % to go through series of tests, after which you can be crowned. I passed through all those stages to emerge Miss Benue. Are you married? I’m single, though in a relationship at the moment. I’m not yet ready for marriage. There are still lots of things I want to achieve before I get married. On the other hand, I think my man also has lots of vision for himself before marriage. So I believe there is time for everything. What really attracted you to him? He has a good heart; he is caring and God fearing. He is unique in his own way and I am very cool with him. " It’s over a year now. That means you’ve once been heartbroken (Laughter) I really don’t want to talk about my past relationships. We broke up based on mutual understanding. It wasn’t just working so we decided to go our separate ways. I think the relationship lasted for about three years before it collapsed irretrievably. Till today, we are still best of friends. ! No, he wasn’t.

How does it feel knowing that you are not getting & It all depends. Sometimes it may be the lady calling # " " ' " " Whichever way, once a relationship doesn’t end in acrimonious way, I don’t think there is anything to be worried about. Does that mean you still miss your ex? Yes, I do. But there is no way I can go back to the relationship. I’ve already moved on. Once in a while, we still communicate. Where do you see yourself in the next few years? I see myself being married with kids while at the same time doing so well in Nollywood. I also see myself empowering people through my charity organization because I am passionate about helping the less privileged ones. What were you rewarded with as the winner of Miss Benue? I got a car and a cash prize of N500,000, alongside ! ~ "! # " " things. It was really fun. I was still a student then, so I think that was the biggest money I ever earned. Since then, things have really been working well for me, and I thank God for that. What is your philosophy of life? !% } % %! Godly way. I was this kind of child that grew up knowing that no matter what, nothing can take the place of God in my life. I grew up in that environment so such philosophy of life has been part of me. My upbringing really shaped my life. What does sex mean to you? Sex has to do with two people who are in love with each other. Is it something you do every day? No! How can I indulge in it every day? I hardly have time for that. As a single girl that lives alone, I think more of something that will add value to my life. I don’t even let people know that I live alone, to avoid male friends taking advantage of me. I give people the impression that I live with my aunt, because I cherish my privacy a lot. Are there people you look up to in Nollywood? Yes, there are many of them. Genevieve Nnaji is one of them. I love Mercy Johnson, Joke Silva, Patience Ozokwor. I also love Desmond Elliot. He is one actor that I cherish so much. I admire his his personality. If you were to date anybody in the industry, who could that be? I think I would go for Desmond Elliot. I’ve had an encounter with him. He is a very calm and humble person. I admire him a lot. What did you tell him the last time you met? I’m not that kind of person that screams and do silly things when I meet someone I admire. I don’t do that. ! " & "

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What will you say has been your biggest achievement at 28? My daughter is what I can tell you is the best thing I have achieved at 28, because every time I see her, I am always excited.

Now that you are out of school, what are your plans for the future? I am going straight into business. I love clothes, that is why I plan to open a boutique soon

Back to the financial cost of your birthday, how much did you spend in total for your birthday? For drinks and every other thing, I spent over N500,000 but my boyfriend and other friends really made it happen on that day and I am glad.

Did she get you a gift on your birthday, and if she did what was it? She sent me a very special gift, but I am sorry I cannot talk about it on the pages of newspapers.

Talking of the love you have for your sister, how come she was not at your birthday party? She really would have loved to be there, but she was out of town for a business engagement; that is why she was not there. She called and wished me well though.

You look a lot like your elder sister Fathia, will you one day want to also act? I love what they do on screen and I enjoy watching them and I love my sister so much. I’m proud of her talent, but for me and acting is a no-no. I cannot act and I do not desire to go into it.

What is his name and do you have any special thank you you want to say to him? Not at all, please let’s not talk about him. The only thing I want to say is that I appreciate him and all my friends.

You are a fresh graduate with no job yet, how did you raise that huge amount of money? Oh, my boyfriend got the dress for me, and I am glad he did.

You had a unique outfit to celebrate your birthday, how much did you spend on it? Both shoes and my dress cost a hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000).

Do you have any special tattoo done where only your boyfriend can see? Not at all, the tattoos you see are the only ones I have.

You seem to love tattoos; how many do you have? I have five tattoos on my body.

ow do you feel at 28? I am so happy and grateful to God for this day, and I wish to say thank you to all my friends who made my day.

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eaconess Doshima Yemisi Suswam, wife of Governor Gabriel Torwua Suswam of Benue State, has debunked the news that she is eyeing one of the senatorial seats in Ekiti State. The elegant lady, who is passionate about her pet project - SEV-AV - told newsmen recently that her passion is committed to her SEV-AV project as well as assisting and supporting her husband in his future pursuits, as he rounds off his 8 years tenure in 2015. An architect by training, Yemisi is also desirous of improving the lives of the jobless, youths, widows, orphans and the less privileged. The Benue First Lady is known for adorning simple attires made from local fabrics or dressed up in glamorous ensembles. She was only recently rated by style aficionados as Nigeria’s current most glamorous First Lady.

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uess who’s been hit recently by cupid’s arrow? David Adeleke, the one popularly called Omo Baba Olowo - Davido - has been spending more time with Adeola Bamisile, daughter of the former Chief Judge of Ekiti State. They are so fond of each other, as we were told. But not giving the distance between them a chance to dampen their feelings, the lovebirds have been spending quality time chatting with each other to prove that distance is not a barrier to matters of the heart. One of the sources who revealed the story of their love said the two have been acting like newly found lovers on a regular basis. Even after hectic Easther shows, the love bug-bitten Davido reportedly made out time to chat and crack jokes with Adeola, the lady that makes his heart skip a beat, just to ensure that her Easther holiday was fun-filled, a source pany of the Skelewu crooner and is never claimed. Meanwhile, the Lead University law willing to let go his company. Davido was graduate, Adeola, who is said to be currently said to have won Adeola’s heart because pursuing a masters degree programme in the of his funny conversation and the sweet United Kingdom, has been enjoying the com- nothings he often tells her.

Davido dating Ekiti ex-CJ’s daughter, Deola Bamisile

agos social circuit will be literally shaken to its foundation when Wemimo, grand daughter of the late sage Obafemi Awolowo plans to wed her hearthrob, Olufemi. Wemimo is the daughter of Tokunbo AwolowoDosunmu. Date is May 10, when the prettty girl will walk down the aisle with her Harvard graduate. The wedding, expected to be a gathering of who-is-who in government, captains of industries and chieftains of the political class, will take g place at Archbishop Vinning Memorial Church, while thee reception will take place at Haven Events Centre, all in Ikeja GRA, Lagos.

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inging duo - MamuZEE Twins - were recently attacked by suspected armed robbers along Gwagwalada road, in the Federal Capital City, Abuja. The incident occurred while they were returning from the Immigration office. According to eye witness account, the gunmen shot at them and shattered their car’s wind shield. The twins returned home the next day, after receiving treatment at the hospital. Right now they are reportedly doing fine.

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esigner Clement Enajomo Enajomo, CEO of Mudi Africa Africa, gathered friends last week to honour Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi. The event was held at the corporate headquarters of Mudi Couture in the Anthony area of Lagos. The event attracted Super Eagle’s assistant coaches, Daniel Amokachi, Ike Shorunmu and Valere Houandinu. Also present were Dede Mabiaku, sports presenters Deji Omotoyinbo, Deji Tinubu, Moziz Praiz (Mudi Ambassador) Classic FM’s OAP, Jimi Disu, Publisher of Yes Magazine, Azuh Arinze, Rapper 2shotz, Bunmi Davies and Stand-up comedians, Bovi and Buchi among others.

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emale music act - Gift Uwama- aka Muma Gee, and her actor husband, Prince Oluemebe Eke welcomed a set of twins, - boy and a girl recently - in Port Harcourt. The singer, however, explained why she chose to give birth in Nigeria instead of traveling abroad like most of her colleagues do. “I am a great woman and I wasn’t born abroad. I was born in Rivers State. So my children will also be great. The hospital is in Rivers State. I am not one of those who would travel abroad and spend a lot of money to deliver their babies. I have told myself I will deliver in Nigeria and the children and I will all succeed here.� On how she feels about her new baby, Muma Gee said: “I am excited. I am elated. I am very happy and thankful to God Almighty. Words are not enough to express our feelings. I will say I am overwhelmed. It is like: ‘God, is this me? Are these beautiful babies for us? How did this happen? What have we done to deserve this miracle?’ I was not initially expecting twins. All I knew was that I started getting bigger and bigger. And people would see me and say, ‘oh, you are looking so beautiful’. I didn’t believe I was going to have twins. We thank God.�

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scar award winning actor, Cuba Gooding Jr’s wife of 20 years has filed for separation citing irreconcilable differences. Reports have it that Sara Kapfer, Cuba’s long time and high school sweetheart, filed for divorce early this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The two got married in 1994 with three children to show for it. Sara wants joint legal and physical custody of their kids and isn’t asking for child support.

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training. For now, I am jut relying on my innate skills,� she said. Speaking further, Adunni, the beautiful mother of two, said she loves to wear whatever looks good on her and feels comfortable in. “It could be something a little bit revealing, edgy and chic. I like to be in vogue,� she concluded

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exy diva - Adunni Adewale - aka Adunni Ade is a new face in Nollywood but someone who has deeply fallen in love with the entertainment industry. Born in Queens, New York, USA, to a Nigerian father and American/German mother, she had her elementary education at Chrisland School, Ikeja, and post-elementary education at Bells Secondary School, Ota. She afterwards relocated to America where she studied Accounting at the University of Kentucky. Growing up, Adunni wanted to be a model, actress and singer but she concentrated more on modelling than any other thing, so she joined the bandwagon and was on Tyra Banks America’s Next Model. Then, it was just mere passion, but today, what she took as mere passion has formed the bedrock of her relevance. She didn’t realize or recognise her love for acting until a few years ago. “I only started acting professionally about a year ago when I started my skits online. I have always had it in me. I only decided to explore it when I was ready to delve into it. I did not get any training in acting. I have the talent but if the opportunity comes, I will get additional

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sked recently if he could slap his father Adebayo Salami as required by a movie script or director, Femi Adebayo, a trained lawyer, ˆ ‰[ & # " " ^ ' # [ ! family when we are at work. This is because I see him as a senior colleague (My Oga at the top), o and whatever we are supposed to do on set, we do it; that’s theatre. I once had scenes that I acted as an armed robber and went to rob my father. I had to slap him and also had to do it well without any inhibitions,� he pointed out laughing. Ever the thorough father that he is, Adebayo said his dad would scold him if he fails to interpret the role accordingly. “If I don’t play the role well, he (my father) will get upset and tell me to slap him well, saying: ‘It is your work’. He also debunked the rumor that he was quitting acting to join politics. “Acting came naturally to me

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I can slap my dad Oga Bello – Femi Adebayo

bout two years ago, Nollywood’s indisputable screen goddess, and A list act, Stephanie Okereke-Linus, took the creme-de-la cremee of the entertainment and business industries includig President Goodluck k Jonathan to Paris, France, to witness her wedding with Oil and Gas mogul, Linus Idahosa? Recently, Steph, as the screen diva is fondly called, sent a warm and touchy love shout out to her husband Linus. Obviously still enmeshed in the love stream, she eulogized him and even vowed d to love him till eternity.

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wo seminal figures redefined juju music in Nigeria. They are Evangelist Ebenezer Obey and King Sunny Ade (KSA). From generation to generation, they churned out great songs that wooed both the elite and plebeians, and have to their credits, evergreen songs and albums. Interestingly, as both icons are getting older, a dynamic act, Dele Agbeyo a.k.a. Dele Gold, has acquired the expertise, creative energy and mastery of these legends to create a peculiar style that is a seamless fusion of both Obey and KSA. Listening to Dele Gold’s sophomore album Eekun Ewole, one would encounter a perfect mix of praise, wisdom, proverbs, confession, commentary, accolades, figure of speech that carries deep spiritual and secular imports. His blend of bass guitar and extensive use of keyboard compliment the drums and vocal strength to bring out melodious tunes. For Dele Gold, his songs, he said, come launch the album, which witnessed a constellafrom his unique personal experience with the tion of stars including gospel sensation, Atorise; people he interacts with and what he sees aroundaward-winning Juju act, Abel Dosumu, aka him. Last week, he took to the Centre stage to Mega 99 and others.

eading entertainers including Tuface, MI, Wande Coal, 9ice, Julius Agwu, Alli Baba, Okey Bakasi, Lafup, Femi Adebayo, Fathiaa tal Williams Balogun, Jaywon and capital ans Femi, among others, thrilled their fans edy at last week’s GbengaAdeyinka comedy show held in Ibadan, Oyo State. Thee fourth edition of ‘laffmattaz’ in the State, the show has been hailed as thee m largest collection of talents to perform he in Ibadan.“Because of the fact that the Show is now a very important day on the showbiz calendar in Ibadan, we want parents to feel comfortable ren. watching this Show with their children. ut Ibadan residents were surprised about the quality of entertainment they witnessed. to. ‘Laffmattaz’ concert series is a premium quality brand that tours thesouthwest region of Nigeria, taking first class comedy and music to people outside Lagos,� Adeyinka said.

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nkara are vibrant patterns of very rich colorful designs. It is mostly made of 100% cotton or cotton poly material. Originally, the wax resist dyed fabrics were largely produced in Nigeria. They became extremely popular over time and were initially worn as every day casual of the person wearing it. Nowadays, they are primarily made in Ghana and have a strong cultural, social and economic importance. This fabric is not only for the mamas in the village or for tying “rapa� on your waste at home. If you think outside the box, you can do all sorts of fabulous things with it. The Ankara material has gone through many phases. From women’s meeting uniforms, to decorating tables, decorating cots for babies and aso ebi in recent times. Today, ankara has gone beyond ‘just a material for dresses’; You can save the planet and recycle with any ankara piece. Don’t throw away those old shoes of yours again. Cut down on the expenses for new shoes, bags and accessories. Revamp with any pretty ankara fabric, do the Naomi Campbell walk in them and be as chic as ever.

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things confident people don’t do ighly confident people believe in their ability to achieve. If you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else put their faith in you? To walk with swagger and improve your self-confidence, watch out for these fifteen things highly confident people don’t do.

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Highly confident people know that they are not competing with any other person. They compete with no other individual except the person they were yesterday. They know that every person is living a story so unique that drawing comparisons would be an absurd and simplistic exercise in futility.

1. They don’t make excuses Highly confident people take ownership of their thoughts and actions. They don’t blame the traffic for being tardy at work; they were late. They don’t excuse their short-comings with excuses like “I don’t have the time” or “I’m just not good enough”; they make the time and they keep on improving until they are good enough.

9. They don’t find joy in people-pleasing Highly confident people have no interest in pleasing every person they meet. They are aware that not all people get along, and that’s just how life works. They focus on the quality of their relationships, instead of the quantity of them.

2. They don’t avoid doing the scary thing Highly confident people don’t let fear dominate their lives. They know that the things they are afraid of doing are often the very same things that they need to do in order to evolve into the person they are meant to be. 3. They don’t live in a bubble of comfort Highly confident people avoid the comfort zone, because they know this is a place where dreams die. They actively pursue a feeling of discomfort, because they know stretching themselves is mandatory for their success. 4. They don’t put things off until next week Highly confident people know that a good plan executed today is better than a great plan executed someday. They don’t wait for the “right time” or the “right circumstances”, because they know these reactions are based on a fear of change. They take action here, now, today – because that’s where progress happens. 5. They don’t obsess over the opinions of others Highly confident people don’t get caught up in negative feedback. While they do care about the well-being of others and aim to make a positive impact in the world, they don’t get caught up in negative opinions that they can’t do anything about. They know that their true friends will accept them as they are, and they don’t concern themselves with the rest. 6. They don’t judge people Highly confident people have no tolerance for unnecessary, self-inflicted drama. They don’t feel the need to insult friends behind their backs, participate in gossip about fellow co-workers or lash out at folks with different opinions. They are so comfortable in who they are that they feel no need to look down on other people. 7. They don’t let lack of resources stop them Highly confident people can make use of whatever resources they have, no matter how big or small. They know that all things are possible with creativity and a refusal to quit. They don’t agonize over setbacks, but rather focus on finding a solution. 8. They don’t make comparisons

10. They don’t need constant reassurance Highly confident people aren’t in need of hand-holding. They know that life isn’t fair and things won’t always go their way. While they can’t control every event in their life, they focus on their power to react in a positive way that moves them forward. 11. They don’t avoid life’s inconvenient truths Highly confident people confront life’s issues at the root before the disease can spread any farther. They know that problems left unaddressed have a way of multiplying as the days, weeks and months go by. They would rather have an uncomfortable conversation with their partner today than sweep an inconvenient truth under the rug, putting trust at risk. 12. They don’t quit because of minor setbacks Highly confident people get back up every time they fall down. They know that failure is an unavoidable part of the growth process. They are like a detective, searching for clues that reveal why this approach didn’t work. After modifying their plan, they try again (but better this time). 13. They don’t require anyone’s permission to act Highly confident people take action without hesitation. Every day, they remind themselves, “If not me, who?” 14. They don’t limit themselves to a small toolbox Highly confident people don’t limit themselves to Plan A. They make use of any and all weapons that are at their disposal, relentlessly testing the effectiveness of every approach, until they identify the strategies that offer the most results for the least cost in time and effort. 15. They don’t blindly accept what they read on the Internet as “truth” without thinking about it Highly confident people don’t accept articles on the Internet as truth just because some author “said so”. They look at every how-to article from the lens of their unique perspective. They maintain a healthy skepticism, making use of any material that is relevant to their lives, and forgetting about the rest. While articles like this are a fun and interesting thought-exercise, highly confident people know that they are the only person with the power to decide what “confidence” means. How confident are you? Score yourself...

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PAThis i G SAs for E LE AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK ‘GIANTS OF HISTORY’WRITTEN BY LATEEF IBIROGBA IN LAGOS RECENTLY

LAGOS STATE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, MRS. NGOZI BRAIDE CELEBRATED HER BIRTHDAY RECENTLY IN LAGOS

L-R: Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and Commisssioner for Information, Oyo State, Prince Gbade Lana. Celebrant, Ngozi Braide (3rd right) with colleagues and crime editors.

Chairman, Mushin Local Government Area, Hon. Adepitan Olatunde and Chairman, Badagry West Local Ccouncil Development Area, Hon. Bamgbose Houtougou. PHOTOS: SAMUEL ALUKO

AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK ‘YORUBA ELITES AND ETHNIC POLITICS IN NIGERIA’WRITTEN BY PROF.WALE ADEBANWI IN LAGOS RECENTLY

Ngozi Braide, (3rd left) with friends and relatives.

AT THE NIGERIAN 2014 ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE HELD IN LAGOS RECENTLY

L-R: Prof. Agboola Ibrahim Gambari, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Bisi Akande, Chief Olusegun Osoba and Rev. Tunji Adebiyi. L-R: CEO, COSON, Mr. Chinadu Chukwuji, Mr. Lawrence Ani Wilbert, Mrs. Ita Hozaife and Mr. Oje Uwnigboge.

Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi and Dele Alake.

PHOTOS: SAMUEL ALUKO

Chief Rotimi Aina-Kusoro (L) and Mr. Cornell Udofia.

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AT THE PRESENTATION OF GIFTS TO WINNERS OF MULTICHOICE ‘MARCH MADNESS PROMO’ HELD AT MULTICHOICE HEAD OFFICE IN LAGOS RECENTLY

Public Relations Manager, MultiChoice Nigeria, Mrs. Caroline Oghuma and winner of 8.1KVA generator, Mr. Olakunle Banjoko.

DURING AN AWARD PRESENTATION TO HON. ADEBAYO BELLO BY THE LAGOS STATE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH HELD AT THE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT IN LAGOS

L-R: Special Adviser to the Chairman on Market and Revenue, Hon. Olanrewaju Omotola; Special Adviser on Budget and Statistics, Hon. Adeyemi Nurudeen; Hon. Adebayo Bello, National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), EgbeIdimu branch, Comrade Simeon Olayinka and Lagos State Neighbourhood Watch, Area ‘A’ Commander, Olusegun Oshinfade

Winner of 8.1KVA generator, Mr. Chibuzor Olisaka and Marketing Manager, DStv, Mrs. Chioma Afe.

PHOTOS: SAMUEL ALUKO

AT THE ETISALAT EASYBUSINESS MILLIONAIRE HUNT GRAND FINALE HELD IN LAGOS RECENTLY

L-R: Council Manager, Mrs. Morenikeji Okwuonu, Executive Chairman, Egbe-Idimu LCDA, Hon. Adebayo Bello, Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator, Egbe-Idimu, David Samuel and Lagos State Neighbourhood Watch, Area ‘A’ Commander, Olusegun Oshinfade.

AT THE WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF PRINCE & ALHAJA SEMIU OLUWA HELD IN LAGOS

Acting CEO, Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher, Winner, Muhammad Salisu Abdullahi and Director, Business Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada. Prince Semiu Oluwa flanked by wife, Alhaja Folashade Oluwa (L) and his mother, Alhaja Airat Asabi Oluwa.

Deputy Director, Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University, Mrs. Nneka Okekearu, Acting CEO, Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher, Winner, Idongesit Umoh and Director, Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-Atlantic University, Mr. Peter Bankole.

L-R: Mrs. Mosunmola Shokoya, Mrs. Wakilat Oluwa and Mr. Musibau Oluwa. PHOTOS: SAMUEL ALUKO

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My Kitchen Talking Nutrition with CHIZOBA NWOBU

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ccording to Mayo Clinic experts, there are two major types of stress. Acute stress which is the body’s immediate reaction to a perceived threat is also known as ! X & not usually problematic but if it accumulates for a long period it may cause mental problems, heart attack etc. For instance, a big dog barks at you during a morning walk; there is loss of job or a loved one; noise, a speeding car, a broken relationship, etc can cause a lot of health problems for one having stress. ‹ ' " % " cial because it can trigger one into action by energising him. Chronic stress occurs when the stressors accumulate for a longer period of time. Chronic stress response is more subtle % ! % # may be longer lasting and more problematic, the experts said. So, a major problem with eating while the body is under stress response is that one could be eating the healthiest food in the world, and yet be unable to fully digest and assimilate X % # ' response causes a number of detrimental life-challenging problems such as decreased nutrient absorption; decreased oxygenation in % ‚ tive system and that in turn is responsible for decreased metabolism and decreased enzymatic output in the gut. Many nutrients are also excreted during stress, particularly water-soluble vitamins, macro-minerals, calcium (calcium excretion can increase as much as 60 to 75 mg within an hour of a stressful event). Consequently, there is an increased cholesterol and triglycerides while the gut ! !% _ " % are also more likely to experience increased sensitivity to food, heartburn, and may likely eat high-calorie foods during times of stress, even when one is not hungry. Stress also results in elevated levels of hormone known as cortisol. When cortisols are continually elevated, they becomes detrimental to health. One of the things that cortisol does is to encourage our body to make energy from sources other than carbohydrates such ! X " tell our body to start breaking down proteins (such as our muscles) to make sugar which then enters the blood. High level of sugar in the blood causes insulin to be produced, but an elevated cortisol situation also encourages insulin. So, when stressed, we can have a situation when we may have high blood sugar levels, high insulin levels in the blood and high

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veryone wants to become better in any skill they have. Cooking is no exception. Even if you think you are hopeless in the kitchen; like everything else, practice and increasing your knowledge makes perfect. Just relax and pretend that you are playing with the ingredients and you will realize that cooking is not such a daunting task. The following are some helpful tips to becoming a better cook. 1. Add to what you know Constantly increasing your knowledge of cooking is important because you already know the basics of cooking and you are interested in improving your skills. Search for recipes on the web and in cookery books, read them through even if it is a recipe for a meal you think you have perfected. With Nigerian food recipes, and any other world recipe, there are often many ways to cook a meal and achieve the same results. So there’s always something new to learn. When you eat a familiar meal and you notice an improvement in the taste, it is good to ask the cook what he/she did to achieve that. 2. Timing This is one of the top tips of how to become a better cook because you may know all the ingredients you need, spend a lot of money on premium ingredients but get the timing wrong and all the money and time spent goes to nothing. Knowing the right time to add certain ingredients goes a long way to making your food taste better. 3. Organisation Some things need to be done before you even light up the stove for example; you can take your time and cut up every vegetable that needs to be chopped, place them in separate bowls and set aside. This is so that once it is time to add these, it will be a matter of putting them into the pot rather than hurriedly washing and cutting them up just before you add them.

or on a day you brought some work home. The less you are distracted from your cooking, the better attention you will pay to the preparation of the meal. This way, there will be no burnt/overcooked meals later! 8. Give yourself plenty of time Always give yourself plenty of time to cook your chosen recipe. With practice, you can estimate the time it will take to cook, say, a pot of fried rice before it is meal time. This way, you will not need to rush through your cooking. Also, if you invited friends over for a meal, you do not want to be dashing to and from the kitchen when you should be talking with your visitors.

4. Attention to detail Watch out for how your cooking can benefit from low, medium or high heat. Sometimes, you need high heat to get that white rice to dry quicker as medium heat will cause it to become soggy. 5. Have the basic tools you need Something as basic as a chopping board is essential in the kitchen. It will help you cut the carrots or green bell pepper better as opposed to doing these without. It may be worth investing in that expensive blender because it gives you the best tomato puree etc. 6. Plan Ahead It is a good idea to plan what you want to cook well ahead of time. This is so that you can be sure to buy all the necessary ingredients for preparing the recipe. 7. Choose your time carefully It is best to cook when you are sure you will have minimal distraction. Do not plan to cook when your favourite TV programme is on air

9. Be adventurous in the kitchen Feel free to throw a few vegetables in the frying pan to make your very own gravy. You can start by using your favourite vegetables, then eliminate and substitute later if you feel that some of them do not fit in the mix due to their taste or texture. Soon, you will be wowing your friends and family with a recipe that started as a concoction! Remember, it is your kitchen so play with the ingredients as much as you want. 10. Often does it Practice, they say, makes perfect. The more often you cook, the more you learn new and better ways of the art of cooking. The frequency of cooking also boosts your confidence in the kitchen. Let’s say you cook Jollof Rice every weekend, you will be perfecting on the different stages of the cooking such as parboiling the rice more than if you cook it only once every 2 months. We hope that at least one of the above tips will help you in your quest to become a better cook. Happy Cooking!

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Saturday Newswatch, April 26, 2014

Special Report Bassey Anthony, Uyo

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kwa Ibom State is one of the states in the country which boasts of a tall list of moribund industries. The ailing industries <

abandonment for close to 30 years < $ government to revive them. " a swelling army of unemployed youths, poverty, hunger, disharmony and an upsurge in forms of criminality in the state, the highest culprits being the youth population. Investigations by Saturday Newswatch revealled that Akwa Ibom State has over seven dead industries which are at various levels of decay. These companies, if operational, could have engaged the productive capacity of young people in the state as well as create wealth in the process. The industries which were once functional but left to criminally rot $ * < Essien Udim, Quality Ceramics in Itu, Peacock Paints in Etinan, Qua Steel Industry in Eket, Plastocrown in Uyo, Biscuit Factory and the Abestonic Industry in Oron. Most, if not all of the dead industries, were established between 1979 and 1983 during the civilian administration of Dr. Clement Isong. Isong, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was governor of the old Cross River State and had established these industries to create jobs and boost the economy of the state. While functional, Abestonic Industry, for instance, was into the

sheets; Peacock Paints was into the manufacture of a variety of top quality paints considered some of the best brands in the country. Plastocrown % $ < allied products for Champion Breweries and its products sold beyond the shores of the old Cross River State which are today Akwa Ibom and Cross River states. * < # $ ) and the Biscuit Factory were not doing badly either as they manufactured products that were adjudged some of the best in terms of global standard and as such enjoyed patronage in almost all parts of the country. However, the glorious days of these

military took over power in the early eighties. A combination of man-made factors conspired to kill the industries which were once the pride of the old Cross River State. Among the factors which led to the death of the industries were problems of poor management, corruption or fraud, erratic/poor power supply, lack of good working capital, inability to secure loans to import items needed for production, inability to obtain loans due to the iron-grip policy of the Structural Adjustment Programme of the then General Ibrahim Babangida military administration etc.

Gov Akpabio

Abandoned Peacock Paints factory

A’Ibom, moribund industries & dearth of jobs Over the years, some of the industries

! * < $ is said to have been bought by Mr. Samuel Inyang, a brother to the Senior Special Adviser to Governor ( 3 " & < # Engr. Etido Inyang. Yet, many of the industries which had the problems of obsolete machines, debt burdens, lack of patronage of their products were not <

they were left to rot away till date. For instance, one of the companies, Peacock Paints, Etinan, which operated till the late 90s, had obtained a bank loan which it could not repay. However, the company had great prospects which <

# one of who was the former military administrator of Ogun and later Rivers state, Group Captain Sam Ewang (rtd). Seeing that Peacock Paints was revivable and its products still in hot demand, the state government made

so due to some political reasons. Saturday Newswatch found out that government developed cold feet towards resuscitating Peacock Paints because one of the major shareholders, Group Captain Ewang, was regarded as an opposition party member. Consequently, the gigantic company lies fallow while weeds and reptiles have taken over its premises. However, despite government’s avowed commitment to massively industrialise the state, its indigenes, organised labour, student bodies and

the civil society groups have continued to criticise the administration of Governor Akpabio for its unwillingness to industrialise the state as well as revamp the ailing industries. Following mounting public outcry and criticisms of the administration’s lack of commitment to industrialisation, Governor Akpabio, it would be recalled, promised during his second term election campaigns that he was going to construct one industry in each of the 31 local government areas of the state. Three years into the second lap of the current administration, no

I think labour as you should expect is disappointed that the electoral promises His Excellency made to all of us, Akwa Ibom people in 2011 - that he was going to ensure that each local government has at least a cottage industry has not been 36

industry has been established. But government is saying that it never said it was going to build industries because, according to it, “government has no business doing businesses.� The state’s Commissioner for Information and communication, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, in one of his interactions with journalists last year, said Governor Akpabio did not say he was going to build industries in all the local government areas of the state, insisting that the governor meant he was going to create an enabling environment for private investors to come in to build industries and even resuscitate the sick ones. Consequently, Umanah claimed that government had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bank of Industry and that in the arrangement, the Akwa Ibom State government has contributed N2.5 billion while the bank has also contributed N2.5 billion, making it N5 billion. This money, according to him, is the seed fund which investors can access to assist them build industries. But with less than two years to the end of the Governor Akpabio’s administration, the people have expressed doubts that if the current administration would be able to live up its promises of industrialising the state. For instance, the state chapter of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have variously criticised the government over its alleged insincerity towards the issues of industrialisation, job creation and eradication of poverty. NLC state chairman, Comrade Unyime Usoro, said: “I think labour as you should expect is disappointed that the electoral promises His Excellency made to all of us, Akwa Ibom people in 2011 - that he was going to ensure that each local government has at least a < $

! And just as you have said, even to revitalise the ailing ones, we have not $ ! “We were very excited when the governor brought out that lofty plan. We thought that by this time the Peacock Paints, the biscuit company and * < $ which don’t have any serious problems Continued on page 66

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Insecurity: Lagos in frantic search for functional surveillance cameras Govt confident I Tunde Busari

t was a delight watching the replay of the much publicised robbery incident, which occurred last year at a Bureau de Change, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Governor Babatunde Fashola, during the Close Circuit Television ?))"6@ $ 3 # } # a stern warning to criminals, declaring that they have no hiding place again in the Centre of Excellence. Fashola, since he succeeded Senator Bola Tinubu in 2007, has not hidden his resolve to rid Lagos of criminals. The mass illumination of hitherto ‘black spots’ in the metropolis dealt a hard blow to the subversive elements. Lagos residents then began to enjoy easy and safe passage through those deadly areas without fear of harassment by the so-called street < $ ! Rehabilitation of those black spots, turning them to relaxation centre, has added beauty to Lagos and chased the criminals away. Yet Fashola refused to go to bed on the task. He has continued to search for a Lagos where crime rate is reduced to the barest minimum, to make the job of the police less cumbersome. To achieve this objective, installation of CCTV cameras as it is done in advanced cities of the world had

become inevitable when the governor surveillance system would be in monitoring movements of Lagosians with a view to providing a quick response to emergency situations. Interestingly, the Federal Government, under its National Public Security Communication System (NPSCS) project, was also thinking along the same line, making war against crime in Lagos a total one and giving hope of responsible governance to the people. Even before Lagos State government could roll out its CCTV cameras, the Federal Government had installed 906 units of the system in strategic locations, to complement the 1000 units which it earlier installed in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The contract was executed by a ) ) "2 at the cost of $470million (N76billion). The development was applauded by Lagos State government, which, at a stage, rose in defence of the Federal Government, to dispel the rumour that the FG had abandoned the project midway. The rumour came on the heels of yet

to Fashola who was alleged to have lamented that the CCTV project had run into crisis. The duo of Commissioner of Science and Technology, Adebiyi Mabadeje

and that of Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba, however, dispelled

# Federal Government’s collaboration with Lagos on the security project. “The project is ongoing and this is contrary to the notion that the project has been abandoned. I have been to their command centre in Ikeja. We hope to close all the open ends with the Federal Government as soon as possible, for the project to commence full operations,� Mabadeje said. Fashola, at the demonstration, also excitedly announced plans by his administration to deploy additional 1000 cameras. His plan was greeted with applause. The beef-up, the governor stated, is meant to complement the existing 1,200 as well as the 906 installed by the Federal Government. Fashola stressed that there was need to do more for the Police, in terms of # > #

< ! Like any other government project, which naturally comes under public scrutiny, the CCTV security system is already receiving punches for being regarded in some quarters as ‘elite formula’ and conduit pipe through which public funds are allegedly siphoned. According to the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), the project is a waste of public funds. The Executive Chairman of the group, Comrade Debo Adeniran, gave a

breakdown of the unit cost of the CCTV camera as N75 million, alleging fraud. “Someone should be held responsible for the failure of the project. Enough of spending billions of taxpayers’ money on white elephant project! An investigation should be conducted to expose whosoever defrauded the country to the tune of N76billionon for a project that never worked,� Adeniran ! His protestation followed the recent report on the state of the 1000 cameras in the Federal Capital Territory. It was learnt that the cameras have lately been vandalised just as others have also been knocked down by reckless drivers resulting in physical damage to the system. “Why can’t the cameras record the scenes, to help in the arrest of the culprits? Common sense based on the magic they claim the CCTV camera can perform, is that those cameras would record every detail. Again, has armed robbery incident stopped even in places where the cameras are installed? “Why did the Nyanya bomb blast catch the security agencies unawares again, even with the cameras in place? What all these questions are raising # which might be of very low quality,� Abiodun Akeem, an Abuja-based businessman pointed out. The follow-up argument takes the maintenance of the system, considering the country’s irregular electricity situation to task. ) [ electricity, the project is not only a wasting of resource, it is also a potential embarrassment and indeed a setback to the Mega City aspiration of Lagos State. ` Chief Adisa Osiefa, a public analyst and entrepreneur also argued that $

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Business & Economy

Nigeria: Rich country, poor citizens A recent World Bank report says that Nigeria is currently the third poorest nation by per capital level ratio, thereby putting paid to the earlier celebrated announcement that the country is the biggest in Africa, and the 26th in the world. The report added that over 80 million Nigerians live on less than one US dollar per day, making it a rich nation with poor citizens. JOHNMARK UKOKO reports.

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ccording to a World Bank’s per capital index ratio which says any country whose citizens live on less than one United States dollar per day is poor, the $ third poorest country in the world by the same YD + one United States dollar per day. The report also ranked Luxembourg, United Arab Emirate and Singapore as the top three rich countries in the world, while Somalia, Chad and Nigeria are ranked as the three poorest nations of the world respectively. Many economists are at a loss on how a country so naturally blessed could be ranked amongst the poorest of the poor in the world. A school of thought sees the country’s high incidence of corruption as the main reason a country so naturally endowed could at the same time be one of the poorest countries in the world. People say the country’s resources which ought to be made available to the country’s citizenry is being looted by privileged politicians, the military and top civil servants. on Nigeria recently, the chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACL), Mr, Ade Adeniran, disclosed that more than half of all the revenue the country has earned since the country’s independence has been looted by past rulers and their accomplices, notably top civil servants. Adeniran stressed that high incidence of corruption has impoverished the country despite the huge revenue it has earned from its oil and gas exports, adding that Nigeria which is the sixth largest member of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has no business been among the league of the poor nations of the world. According to him, it is sad that Nigeria which is supposed to be among the richest countries of the world has found itself among the poor nations of the world, stressing that no member of OPEC is in this league. The anti-corruption activist lamented that the country don’t know how much it earns from its oil and gas export many decades after it joined the league of crude oil exporters, adding that the rulers and multinational oil

$ # thereby enhancing the poverty incidence in the country. In his words, “Nigeria has no business being among the comity of the poor nations. Our problem arose from those corrupt rulers who ! They connive with oil companies to steal funds

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Iweala sad that Nigeria with all its human and natural endowment is in the group of the poor nations. Nigeria does not know how much it earns a day from its oil or gas supply,� he lamented. He stressed that as long as the country’s leaders and the top civil servants continue to loot the country’s resources, the country will remain among very poor nations, lamenting that the inability of the country to bring its corrupt leaders and civil servants to book have been a boost to corruption in the country. Dr. Ola Ayeni on his part said the gap between the rich and the poor is too wide, lamenting that the authorities does not seem to have the interest of the masses at heart. 7 $ < worse per day as many Nigerian graduates

$ many years after graduation. Dr. Ayeni disclosed that almost every worker $ QD #

the high incidence of unemployment, adding that many parents who have trained their children in the university have continued to cater for them many years after graduations because of unemployment. He said many Nigerians who formally earned a living as artisans are no longer allowed to perform their trade due to the worsened electricity supply across the country. “It’s not possible for all Nigerians to be $ ! % # RD of Nigerians were self employed, as artisans. Today, many artisans have abandoned their shops, due to lack of electricity supply. It is

+ today. Most of them have either become motorbike riders or have embraced crime due to the harsh economic realities He added that Nigeria has become a consuming nation due to the harsh operating environment the real sector has to operate in; many of the factories in the country have closed down, giving impetus to the poverty incident. Some Nigerians also say the inability of the government to process the many mineral < $ made the country poorer, as private miners continued to mine some of the mineral resources for their private use. They gave example of many youths in the Niger Delta region that illegally #

! It was also revealed that the insecurity and violence in the country have dealt a big blow on the source of lively hood of many Nigerians, as many business have closed down due to the high incident of violence in the country. They say no wise investor will invest their hard earned money in a country where insecurity and violence is the order of the day.

One respondent said, “the World Bank rating of Nigeria as the third poorest country ! $

ÉUD#DDD unemployed Nigerian youths vied for _UDD % ‹ QV#DDD $ UDD / civil service recently. This has shown that Nigeria is in a serious problem.â€? A sociologist, Mr. Dafe Enefe, said that the high rate of baby factories and ritualists dens across the country, in addition to the problem of kidnapping, armed robbery and high killings across the country are signs that Nigeria has gone down seriously in economic rating. He warned that Nigeria will continue to slide in global rating if the violence and high unemployment continue unabated. In his words, “Nigeria has become a country QDD daily basis much as the country is not at war. Baby factories in the country are more than the goods factories still in operations. Kidnappers are everywhere unchecked. Armed robbers have gone haywire. Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen have taken over the northern region. Our military and security apparatuses appear to have run out of ideas. Such a country’s per capital rating must go down.â€? Many Nigerians are appealing to the authorities to create an enabling environment for Small Micro and Medium Enterprises to thrive, saying it is the surest way to remove the country from the group of the poor countries. He added that if more Nigerians are earning a living through legitimate means the poverty situation will go down. Many respondents said that per capital ratio $ QĂ’RD QĂ’Ă’U many Nigerians were working and artisans and self employed entrepreneurs were earning a decent living, adding that the problem of baby factories, ritual killings or kidnapping did not exist at that era because many Nigerians were doing legitimate businesses. They were of the opinion that a situation where many graduates have either become tricyclist, motorbike riders, commercial bus drivers or embraced one criminal act or another to eke out a living does not do the country any good.

It’s not possible for all Nigerians to be employed. In the past, more than 70 percent of Nigerians were self employed, as artisans. Today, many artisans have abandoned their shops, due to lack of electricity supply. It 3 >6 < <@ functioning artisan in Nigeria today

FG registers 2.5m farmers in N/East zone

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he Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said it registered 2.5 million farmers in North-East zone as part of measures to leverage the nation’s Agricultural transformation agenda. The ministry’s Regional Director, North-East, Alhaji Arabi Mohammed, made the disclosure at the opening of the zone’s regional meeting of state directors in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state. Mohammed said more than 1.5 million of the registered farmers had VQU#DDD

fertilisers distributed by the ministry. 7 QA#DDD

improved seeds were distributed to the farmers. According to him, all the farm inputs provided to the farmers followed the 2.5 per cent counterpart funds paid by each of the six states in the zone. "

VDQV VDQ_# QA#DDD land in the zone were cultivated under dry season farming. Mohammed listed the crops grown in the zone to include rice, maize, groundnut and wheat. He urged youths in the zone to key into the programmes of the ministry to improve their living standard.

Imo Govt to revive 3 moribund firms

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he Imo State Government has announced plans to revive three moribund industries established $ late Chief Sam Mbakwe about thirtythree years ago. Mbakwe, who governed Imo state from 1979 to 1983, established more

QD % which included the present Imo, Abia and part of Ebonyi state. In a statement, made available to Saturday Newswatch, Mrs Ugochi Nnanna-Okoro, the state Commissioner for Industry and Non-Formal Sector,

as Resin Paint Industry, Aboh Mbaise; Avutu Poultry, Obowo, and Paper Packaging Industry, Owere Ebiri Orlu. The statement signed by Mr Kennedy 3 ” # 4 ^ of the Ministry in Owerri, said that the Ministry was already in contact with the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation

< ! It said that successive administrations in Imo state were unable to manage the industries established by the Mbakwe administration. ``Gov. Rochas Okorocha’s aim in reviving these industries is to enhance the economic development of Imo.’’ The statement quoted the commissioner as saying that the motive of the state in reviving the moribund industries was to create employment in the state as well as to check the involvement of youths in social vices. According to the statement, Imo government under Okorocha is < $ to expand the state’s economy and create more employment opportunities. It urged the people of the state and $

key into the vision of Okorocha’s administration to turn around the economy of the state. 7 the ministry to make dedication and honesty their watchwords, adding that be rewarded by the government.

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Business & Economy Investor advocates legislation to curb vandalism in power sector

Uncertainty trails real sector as FG lifts ban on importation of carpet T The lift on the ban on carpet importation by the Federal Government has prompted reactions from the few remaining carpet manufacturing factories. They have threatened to shut down operations if the government fails to rescind its decision. JOHNMARK UKOKO reports.

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any companies have abandoned Nigeria in the last 15 years due to various excuses. While some of the [ } $#

! Recently, the National Union of Carpet Manufacturers of Nigeria pleaded with the government to reverse its decision to lift the ban on carpets’ importation. They described the government’s action as “insensitive�, adding that the lift would impact negatively on the fortune of local manufacturing companies. The union feared that the local companies do not have the capacity to compete with carpets imported from China, Singapore or India. The union is of the view that the few remaining carpet factories have the capacities to meet the local demand, adding that the lift would do the country’s manufacturing sector no good. While the umbrella body of the carpets manufacturers were addressing the issue with government and the press, the workers went to the street to demonstrate their displeasure on the lift the government recently announced. The chairman of the workers association, Comrade Oladele Yusuf, while addressing the press in Lagos, warned that the government’s $ manufacturers, as the few existing local manufacturers would not be able to compete with their foreign counterparts, adding that the jobs of his members are on the line. Yusuf disclosed that the few remaining carpet pay rolls, while more than twenty thousand indirect employments have also been created by the local companies for other Nigerians. According to him, our members are more

! $ indirect jobs have also been created for other Nigerians in the forms of wholesalers and retailers, contractors and artisans who are regularly called to service the factory’s machines. If the promoters decide to relocate from the country, where would all these people work? 3 + 3 Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) who spoke

$ + government’s inconsistent policy have impacted negatively on the fortunes of the manufacturing sector. He said that the current government has by its actions shown that it does not have the interest of the real sector at heart, as it consistently lift ban on various sectors that was formally under ban. In his words, “It is sad that bans are being lifted everywhere. What is the rationale for the government’s action? Why exposed the

! Š the country stands to gains, as many local simply closing down their plants.� He called on the government to have a change of heart by reversing itself on the ban in the interest of the workers and the carpets sub-

Aganga sector, adding that if the government decides to go ahead to throw the country’s boarder open to carpets from all over the world, the country would be the loser in the long run. Local manufacturers in time past blamed the government for the woes facing the manufacturing sector, leading to the proliferation of foreign manufacturing companies in the country. They say the unending epileptic power situation and high cost of gas and diesel led multinational companies like Cadbury, Unilever, Michelin, Dunlop, and a host of

production bases to Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast, while leaving their marketing and sales departments in the country. A source said, “In the last 15 years, many multinational companies that have spent closed to sixty years in the country, like Cadbury, Michelin, Dunlop, Berec, Churchgate, and a host of others, have shut their shops, and relocated to the neighbouring countries. Some of the companies only maintained their marketing and sales units in the country while their manufacturing plants are operated from those countries where electricity is stable.� He stressed that it is very expensive to run manufacturing plants on generating sets, as it is the situation in the country, adding that it is sad that Nigeria has not been able to put their acts together in the area of power supply. He also lamented that various promises by the government to local manufacturing have not

For some months now, there has been the problem of scarcity of petroleum products across the country. Government continued to tell Nigerians that it is on top of the situation, yet petroleum sellers are selling far above the ;

Jonathan been met. The source continued, “The Federal Government since the late 1999 has been making various promises. The government has for the umpteenth time given various dates for the stability of electricity. Some foreign investors have since relocated their business from the country, as the promises did not come to past. Some of us have remained because this is the only country we have. If I was a foreigner, by now I would have shut down my plant.� Local manufacturers have also blamed the government for the unending petroleum products shortage across the country, adding that the prices of petrol, kerosene, and diesel have gone beyond the approved rates, adding that the government appears not to have ideas on how to end the lingering petroleum products scarcity across the country. In his words, “For some months now, there has been the problem of scarcity of petroleum products across the country. Government continued to tell Nigerians that it is on top of the situation, yet petroleum sellers are selling far ! " watches helplessly and does nothing while Nigerians are being exploited by the petroleum dealers.� Nigerians are blaming the government for $

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needs of Nigerians. Some Nigerians who spoke to Saturday Newswatch were in agreement that the government has not done much for the manufacturing sector, as many manufacturing companies have moved out of the country because of the many challenges they have had to contend with. In the view of one of the manufacturer, “this government may have have done well in some areas, but it has failed woefully in the manufacturing sector. How many new manufacturing companies have you see opening shop in the country in the past 15 years? How many of the over 100 textiles companies in Nigeria before have re-opened. 3 < ! “The epileptic electricity situation that forced many manufacturers out of the country is < $ ! " products’ scarcity has come to stay in the country. Insecurity of life and properties has gone from bad to worse in the past 15 years. Top businessmen in the Niger Delta have to provide adequate security personnel to secure

# $ high cost to their businesses. One can no longer move freely in Nigeria. Even the masses are being hunted by armed robbers, kidnappers and ritualists all over the country. The situation is so bad.�

he Managing Director of 4Power ) 8 # & & < Edevbie, has called for a strong anti-theft legislation that would curb vandalism and theft in the power sector. Edevbie made the appeal when he received members of the House

^ ) < Privatisation who were on a nationwide oversight tour to all successor power companies. Edevbie, whose consortium is the core investor in the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC), explained that workers and equipment should be protected in the industry. He said that the law would go a long way to protect power workers that were $ < of their duty. ``The PHEDC, among other critical achievements since taking over the DISCO in November 2013, has undertaken the construction of new 33KV lines at Trans Amadi Industrial area. Okrika 11KV feeder for Jokrama Communities in Ahaoda was reconducted. Also the NIPP 1 x 15MVA 33/11KV Injection Substation at Ikot-Abasi was inaugurated and general maintenance carried out on other stations,’’ he said.

Maritime stakeholders decry delay in passage of budget

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wo maritime stakeholders have said that the late passage of the national budget had negative impact on the sector. Speaking in Lagos recently the stakeholders say the late passage of the budget contradicted the aim of rebasing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which the government and some Nigerians have describe as a step in a right direction. The President of the Shippers Association Lagos State, Rev. Jonathan Nicol, urged the National Assembly to ensure the speedy passage of the budget before every year. Nicol said the delay in approving the budget for more than one quarter had kept a lot of projects pending in the maritime sector. He stressed that adjustments could be made by the National Assembly for quick passage of the budget in the future to prevent the sad experience witnessed in this’ year own. Nicol said that budget delays had negative impacts on the execution of capital projects. He also advised business owners in the country to always make projections ahead of the year and source funds toward the execution of government jobs. “We should not blame government over the delay on the budget because the insecurity in the country could be part of the delay,� Nicol said. Chief Isaac Jolapamo, President, Nigeria Ship-Owners Association , said that the rebasing of the GDP provided an insight for the development of the maritime industry. “The right thing that should be done in the country is to develop shipping activities because developing maritime starts from developing shipping activities,� he said.

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International Business

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Special Report

Insecurity: Lagos in frantic search for functional surveillance cameras

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embarking on such a project. Whenever it crosses my mind, I wonder why government would leave

and do what should ordinarily come much later as a kind of consolidation. “No such security device works in a society where electricity power supply is in the state ours. There is no short cut to it. It is either you have a stable electricity to power the cameras and other machines or the project goes the way of those before it. I don’t waste my time believing the CCTV thing because I know, without power, it is a mere cosmetic show,� Osiefa argued. However, to all the critical views, particularly on the electricity supply, Commissioner of Science and Technology said the power of the cameras is not connected to the national grid, hence non-reliance on public power source. He said that the solar energy which powers the device is more reliable, adding that it gives no room for any apprehension. “It is such a thing that even when

$ # the solar is still at its functional best. What I am saying is that, there is nothing to worry about epileptic power supply,� Mabadeje assured. The commissioner added that

the facilities is world class hence it would not soil its reputation with the contract. Managing Director of the company, Hao Fuqiang, was said to have also beaten his chest on the quality of work done on the project. He said though his company was faced with some challenges in the course of the project, it surmounted them. “Every component of the project has been completed, tested and handed over to the Nigerian government. They are all working in perfect

CCTV Camera knocked down by Danfo bus condition..and I am proud to say that ZTE has helped to build modern architecture for public security in Nigeria,� he was quoted to have said. On the contrary, failure of the security device to detect the movement of the Nyanya Park suicide bomber(s) before execution of the atrocity, which claimed several lives, however raised questions about project quality. Role of biometric system, as obtained in the United Kingdom and other world’s notable cities, is key to

$ ! Chief Oshiefa, who studied and still holidays in London, says in the absence of functional database monitoring thousands of people entering Lagos on a daily basis is a problem. Why it took law enforcement agents more than one week to arrest the Murtala Airport robbers is evidence of the failure of the project. “If there is a way every resident including visitors to Lagos are registered, monitoring them would

Already we have metal detectors, but we still need to do more to beef up security so as to prevent loss of lives and property in our motor parks

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be easy. But in a situation as we have, that will be helpful to the CCTV. But in a situation as we have it now, I am afraid,� he said. Commissioner of Science and " $ # saying the street naming embarked executed by the government was aimed at having easy access to all nooks and crannies of Lagos. “Apart from that, in this age, nothing is really hidden again. I am assuring you that there won’t be any problem in this area because we have spent quality time on the drawing board, and we are still working,� he said. Interestingly, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State chapter, has embraced the CCTV culture to strengthen security in its motor parks. Chairman of the union, Mr Tajudeen 3 # $ would also be appointed for the parks with each unit having a Chief Security

# $ training at a government appointed centre. ``We are also to ensure that we fence our parks with wiring and provide electricity to enhance security,’’ he said. Agbede also explained that the / $ ) < conjunction with the union would be visiting parks to ensure compliance with the plan. ``Already we have metal detectors, but we still need to do more to beef up security so as to prevent loss of lives and property in our motor parks.’’ The union leader said it was compulsory for members to comply with the directive, warning that the government had threatened to take over any park that failed to comply. ``As we pray for protection against bad incidents every day, we must take action on our part to guard against them,’’ he said.

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Issues as APC blocks Elechi’s N15bn bond application Kenneth Ofoma, Abakaliki

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ecently Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State, as usual, summoned a town hall meeting of stakeholders to again clarify issues and controversies. The Ebonyi stakeholders are made up of the founding fathers, especially those who struggled for the creation of the state, religious leaders, party leaders, labour unions, the academia and other members of the public. The meeting was on the heel of the state government’s application for N15 billion bond from the stock market, which has become controversial, with the main opposition party, the All Peoples Congress (APC) being vitriolic in < # >

> the 2015 general election. It said the +QÉ!U by the state government in 2010 was not properly utilised. To make good its threat, the opposition through the APC member representing Ezza NorthIshielu Federal Constituency, Hon. Peter Ede, in a strongly- worded petition, urged the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) not to grant

> :34) will take over government of Ebonyi State in 2015,� and that the party will not honour the bond repayment. " $#

< # that taking another loan in the twilight of this administration, <

/ $! % > Ê end of its stakeholders’ meeting in Abakaliki, which was made available to journalists, the party alleged that the Elechi-led administration is the worst thing that has happened to the state. %

: seven years, yet the debt owed by this government is unprecedented in the history of this state and any further loan will simply mortgage the future of Ebonyians. :Š

NSE and the banks that should they go ahead and execute this loan facility, the incoming administration will not bear the burden of repayment because Ebonyians are tired of being in perpetual bondage.� The party lamented that it was : ' +QÉ!U in 2010 that the new bond is being targeted,� alleging that the bond is being proposed for the purposes of executing the 2015 general elections by the government for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates. It called on Ebonyians to accept and embrace the wind of change of blowing through the APC,

:34) change the fortune of the state and take Ebonyians out of long = # : has brought upon them.� Earlier, the state House of Assembly had given Governor Elechi the nod to obtain the bond. It would be recalled that in September 2010, the governor > +VD which the House approved. However, the state was only able

+QÉ!U ! " bond, like the current one, raised dust. However, unlike in 2010 when

> House without hitches, the > # # by the two APC members in the 24-member Assembly. The > in the Assembly. But the House $ > amid protest from the APC caucus. Debate on the bond followed a <

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House by the leader of the House, Hon. Sam Nwali. The governor said the loan was being sought because of the need to complete various ongoing projects. He explained that $ +QÉ!U billion loan would be completed next year while that of the new bond would be completed in 84 months (seven years). A breakdown of the loan shows that N5 billion will be used to [ while completion of the Ukawu water scheme and the access road to the scheme would gulp N1 billion each. N1.5 billion is earmarked for completion of the International Market while reticulation from the Oferekpe water scheme to Abakaliki will take another N1.5 billion. Completion, furnishing and landscaping of the state secretariat is expected to gulp N3 billion just as fencing, internal roads, water and electricity into the Ebonyi State University will cost N2 billion. Hon. Oliver Nwachukwu (Abakaliki North) moved a motion and was supported by Hon. Val ? Š @ House approves the proposal. The motion was put to a voice vote and was unanimously backed by all members present at that time. But the APC minority leader, Hon. Enyi C. Enyi, representing 2”” + Š deliberations on the proposal was on. He later told journalists that the state government intends to use the money to fund the PDP campaign in 2015. 7 9 :% ' Ăˆ I tried to change their opinion during the executive session but

Nwachukwu they couldn’t understand. I see it as the money they want to use for their 2015 politics. It is most unfortunate.� It would also be recalled that in 2010, while some people, especially the lawmakers were of the view that the bond will help the state complete key infrastructural projects it started but which paucity of funds was #

> government for embarking on Ă‹ / mortgaging the future of the state. Besides, they doubted the sincerity of government in keeping with the said objectives. They also stressed that with few months to the end of the administration, the state is already under the throes of heavy debt to banks. Opposition to the bond started from the House of Assembly, while the opposition parties joined later. Enyi allegedly walked out during debate on the bond because it would cripple the incoming administration in 2015. It was perhaps in view of the mounting opposition to the proposal that the state government summoned the recent town hall meeting. Addressing the guests, Elechi explained that there was no going

I just walked out; I tried to change their opinion during the executive session but they couldn’t understand. I see it as the money they want to use for their 2015 politics. It is most unfortunate

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Edeh back on the issue, explaining that a bigger loan for the construction of Ebonyi ring road is being sought from the African Development Bank (ADB). He said that apart from the N15 billion bond, which has been approved by the Assembly, an undisclosed amount of loan that is far more than the bond facility awaits the decision of ADB team that recently visited the state for projects assessment. Governor Elechi said there is no law restricting the state from borrowing, adding that the state could borrow and borrow again, provided such funds are judiciously utilised to tackle projects central to the development of the state. He also explained that out of the +QÉ!U VDQD# +É repayment and servicing of debts and that government was only left with about N10 billion that was used to augment the execution of some ongoing key projects. 7 +_É disbursed into major projects like water schemes and the % & # $ +QÉ!_ billion (34.15 per cent) was from bond issuance, while the balance was from statutory allocations. Š ' $ # 2 said borrowing is as old as man both in business transactions and # everybody and nation, including the United States of America, needs loans to improve on very paying back when things improve.

He said when he was ) Š old East Central State in 1972, the government borrowed money to dualise Bissala Road, later renamed Independence Avenue in Enugu. He noted that the government then received bashing from critics who later enjoyed it, area then. On the timing of borrowing this time - at the twilight of his administration - Governor Elechi said government is a continuum and that what he was doing was to lay a solid foundation for succeeding administration to build on. :" +QÉ!U VDQD

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refund of old debts, meaning that we were left with N10 billion. :% & N5 billion out of a total cost of +QR!V Ăˆ of N20 billion for completion and transmission of water from the Oferekpe water scheme but it < +V Ăˆ N2.2 billion went into roads but we spent over N10 billion in overall,â€? he said. He decried the manner of opposition politics in Nigeria in modern time, saying they dish out blackmail and outright lies instead of objective criticism to < ! He said contrary to insinuations by the opposition that he has not completed any single project since inception, his administration has completed 32 out of 34 bridges, an ultra-modern digitally ready state radio and television station, ) # among others. The governor explained that the desire to borrow more money did not come from the state but its American consultants and the Federal Government after evaluating the numerous developmental projects. He said the American consultants even went ahead on their own to apply for $200 million loan in America on behalf of the state, saying that Ebonyi would access the loan when approved by the National Assembly. A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie, suggested that the state should engage media consultants, who should be indigenous, to help market the state. At the end of the meeting, another member of House of Representatives, Tobias Okwuru, moved that the stakeholders should approve that the governor go ahead to take the N15 billion bond. He was seconded by Linus Okorie while the Speaker of the state Assembly, Chukwuma Nwazunku put it to vote and those present unanimously approved it.

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Kwara gradually becoming one party State – Dara and that party is not factionalised, and you will leave you should be gentlemanly or willing enough to resign you position because you must count the costs before taking such decision.

Deacon John Dara, a former governorship aspirant in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and current delegate at the National Conference, is a native of Ipee, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The former Personal Assistant to the erstwhile Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (Rtd), in this interview with BISI ADEDAYO, x-rayed the political situation in the “state of harmony,� describing it as a state to watch in 2015 elections. Excerpts:

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ecently, the PDP revalidated members’ registration. How do you rate the exercise vis-a-vis chances of the party in 2015? I was so excited about the big response we received. It seems to me that the people of Kwara have been waiting for this opportunity to express their determination to embrace freedom, democracy and rapid development. That has resulted in tumultuous turnout not only in my local government, Oyun but the entire state. When we started, we issued 200,000 cards in the state. Within the first two days, it was exhausted and party officials brought another 300,000 cards. We and the national leadership of PDP decided to make the cards freely available for all willing member. Why we were overwhelmed with the response was because a lot of people in All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected en-mass to PDP. This has resulted in the state gradually drifting towards a one party state. So, the exercise was a great success. We are going to ensure that our party is built on solid foundation of friendship, brotherliness and team work. As a delegate to the national conference, how do you react to the criticism against the conference that it is a waste of national resources?

The National Conference is a big opportunity for Nigeria. We have been very worried about the future of our country. What the conference has done is that, through the wisdom of our President, we now have platform where all grievances and disagreements can be brought on the table. Then, we would as mature and patriotic citizens find solutions to the problems. That is well demonstrated in the first two weeks of our inauguration. It was as if the conference will come to an end and that it will signal the end of Nigeria. But we have come up with ingenious compromise that has satisfied the yearnings of every delegate from every part of the country. The implication is that at the end of this conference, Nigerians would have clarified their vision about what the future should be. Nigerians would have exercised boldness in taking the country in the direction, she ought to go. That is to say, the part we have neglected in the past, we will now embrace it and speedily move on to the Promised Land so that Nigeria will fulfil her destiny as the greatest black nation in the world and to be among the top nations of the world. Recently, Federal High Court in Abuja asked the defected 42 PDP members of the House of Representatives to vacate their seats. What is your stake on this? The implication of the

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judgment is that anyone who was elected on the platform of a party and leaves the party when that party is neither factionalized nor in the process of merging with other parties, should be ready to lose his or her seat. So we believe that the governors who are elected on the platform of the PDP and left a united PDP to another party will lose their seats just as the Senators and Reps who try

We were so excited when left PDP. We now know that evil has left our camp. Now all the good people of Kwara State are united in PDP. Kwara

becoming a one

it will also lose their seats, likewise lawmakers in the State Assemblies. That is the law. The court has only pronounced the obvious. People were living in self delusion in thinking that they can circumvent the law and get away with it. But the reality is that, if you break the law, you will pay the price. But there was actually a faction in PDP, especially as former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku led some other top PDP members and governors to stage a walk out at the PDP’s last national convention which led to the formation of a new PDP. How do you react? That was not a faction. The court rightly pronounced that PDP had no faction. You may have discontented members but that does not amount to a faction. They tried to manufacture a faction but it was nipped in the bud. And out of frustration, they opted to veer off. For ordinary members, they were free to go because a party is an association of willing members. You are free to come in and leave any time you choose to. In 2010, in protest against what was happening in Kwara State, I left PDP. I came in 2012. So you are free to leave or come back as an ordinary member. If you are elected on the platform of any party

In the last governorship election in the State, the winner of the poll scored less than 300,000 votes. Are you optimist that your party will again maintain victory in 2015? It is a simple matter. PDP has demonstrated what many have always known, that the majority of the people of Kwara State do not like the leadership of Dr. Bukola Saraki because he has become a pariah to the people of the State. Any direction he goes, the multitude of Kwara people will move away from. We were so excited when Bukola finally left PDP. We now know that evil has left our camp. Now all the good people of Kwara State are united in PDP. Kwara is gradually becoming a one party State. That is why those who were apathetic in the last election who felt that the outcome whichever way it went would not appease them, the choice that were available was not of interest to them. Most of them kept away from that election. That was why the turnout was so low. But now they have come not only with the desire to vote in the next election, but have decided to join our party. So, this figure is going to even be surpassed in 2015 because there are people who are not yet 18 years of age that would be 18 years by 2015 election time. Many of them will also vote for us. I believe that the result you will get in Kwara will show clearly that half a million people of the State at the very least are voting solidly for PDP. You watch the drama. There is excitement in the air. People are shouting freedom at last and this is why there is such a huge turnout during this registration exercise. I witnessed APC members who tore their cards in front of camera to demonstrate that they are no more in the party and they are collecting the PDP card. So Kwara is a state to watch in 2015 elections.

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Nigeria must return to basics to survive – Confab delegate Dr. Femi Obayori, a Lagos-based human rights activist, is a South West delegate to the ongoing National Conference. The environmental microbiologist is the Acting Head, Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University (LASU). He is the president of Oodua Youth Movement (OYM), a member of the Campaign for Democracy (CD) and leading ideologue in the Coalition of Oodua Self-determination Groups (COSEG). He engaged Assistant Politics Editor, MANSUR OLADUNJOYE, in a telephone chat during which he examined the President Goodluck Jonathan’s inaugural speech to the delegates, describing it as a “blank cheque� for them to rescue the nation from the brink of collapse. Excerpts:

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ow would you react to President Goodluck Jonathan’s order that the confab may discuss anything but disintegration of Nigeria? The President’s declaration is succinct, unambiguous, not convoluted, lacks prevarications and covers all grounds. It is as far as any president could be expected go in the present circumstance. The President has virtually given us a blank cheque, such that the issue of no-go-area becomes insignificant. He has asked us to go and discuss Nigeria and firm up the principles or the bases on which we want to live together in spite of our differences.

of Nigeria were caused by the wrong attitude of our leaders and followers. This, I think, is wrong. Attitude cannot be the source of a nation’s problems. The root of our problem is in property relations. The way and manner wealth is created and shared among the people ultimately determines whether or not a society will develop. In Nigeria, authoritative allocation of values is skewed in favour of a few, on the basis of class, ethnicity and religion. We need to do a deep analysis of our problems before arriving at correct decisions on the way forward. To assert that all we need do is to propose a few constitutional amendments amounts to begging the issue.

What issues do you consider ought to be given utmost attention by the conference? On page 16 of the President’s speech, the issues we are expected to consider are very clearly stated and more or less in order of priority. For me, the most important issues for us to consider at this conference are: restructuring, system of government and devolution of power.

How do you regard the fear of the minority and how would you assuage it? The minority issues in Nigeria are issues of self-determination. The people must be allowed to determine where and how they want to be governed according to the provisions of the Atlantic Charter and The Africa Charter on Human and People’s Rights. We, the Okun people in Kogi State, have firmed up our position on this. But in a nutshell, there are certain recommendations which I strongly believe will go a long way in helping to foster unity among the

How do you see the contributions of your colleagues to the President’s speech? Some earlier contributors had said that the problems

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peoples of Nigeria. The recommendations must include restructuring of Nigeria into regions in which the regions shall determine the number of states and states determine their local governments. In this sense, regions should be on the

The recommendations must include restructuring of Nigeria into regions in which the regions shall determine the number of states and states determine their local governments

basis of ethno-cultural contiguity such that each region shall be made up of a single large ethnic nationality or a group of ethnic nationalities that share affinity, history and proximity. It should also include boundary adjustment to relocate the people to their desired regions, state or local government areas as the case maybe; conduct of a referendum/ plebiscite of the people of the affected area to test their proclaimed desire by answering ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the question: “Do you wish to be relocated from ABC to XYZ?� The adoption of the parliamentary system of government, particularly because it is not as unwieldy as the presidential system and it is less expensive to operate and less prone to corruption and; rotation of executive positions among the different groups or parts that make up a state, geopolitical zone/ region or the country and the conditions that must be met should be incorporated into the constitution.

Students’abduction: Women protest in Kwara Mansur Oladunjoye

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Monarchy At 80 years, I’m no longer a guy. I thank Allah for His mercies though. At a stage, I had heart problem. In 2012, I fell on a plain surface and broke my hand. When I came back from the hospital, my age group came to felicitate with me, and I looked at myself as still being strong; this is just the grace of God

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ba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the 58th Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu Kingdom is 54 years old on the

# class paramount ruler in Nigeria. Awujale, as he is known was recalled from the United Kingdom where he was a student to formally assume leadership of the Ijebu Kingdom on April 2, 1960 when he was just about 26 years of age. Today, he is set to celebrate his 80th birthday anniversary, and believes the age has nothing to do with the situation. :3 #

! % $ put a boy of 10 as the president of Nigeria, the boy automatically becomes our father. You have advisers who can mislead you, but one must weigh the advice given before he takes

steps towards implementing it. It is a privilege for you to be called upon to serve your people. But one thing that can make you successful is to serve honestly,� he said. Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona was born on May 10, 1934 in the formidable city of Ijebu Ode. His kingdom has every reason to give thanks to the Almighty God because his reign has been a monumental success, and a pride to the Ijebu people, the several tribulations he faced till 1984

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plain surface and broke my hand. When I came back from the hospital, my age group came to felicitate with me, and I looked at myself as still being strong; this is just the grace of God.� Oba Adetona, variously < * School, Ereko, Ijebu Ode; Ogbere United Primary School, Oke Agbo, Ijebu Igbo and Ansar-Ud-Deen Primary School, Ijebu Ode between 1943 and 1950. For his secondary education, he was at Olu-Iwa now Adeola Odutola College, Ijebu Ode from 1951 to 1956. Between 1957 and 1958, he worked with the then Audit Department of the Western Region, Ibadan. He resigned his appointment

in 1958, to pursue further studies in Accountancy in the United Kingdom. Oba Adetona loathes indecency, eschews corruption like the plague and has been known to chastise corrupt leaders and quite often, publicly denounce them. “Corruption goes beyond passing money. The greatest thing this country has today is corruption, until we get over it, we can’t move forward. We must pray to God, otherwise, we will not go beyond where we are today,� he warned. Asked if there are regrets as regards his 54 years on the throne, the octogenarian said, “At 40 I ran around a lot, but now I can’t do that any longer. You must face challenges in life, but the most important thing is for God to guide you. I thank God for His grace over my life� Many wonder how a 26 year old who became a paramount ruler managed to take care of the home front and other <

stool. “In every home, there is division of labour. You don’t prepare food as a man in the house. Your major responsibility is to provide for your family, and that has kept my home going till date,� he responded. The monarch has this burning desire of an Ijebu State, to be created from the present Ogun State. This is one desire he shares with his subjects. He said: “I am very optimistic that we will achieve it. This is dear to me, and I know very soon, we will sing a new song on it.� Oba Adetona is very religious and is viewed from the perspective of a God-conscious ruler which is translated as Taqwa, the main criterion through which God values the Muslim according to the Holy Quran. Oba 3

# # ' ! He has not only been a monarch, but also the spiritual leader of his people. He has succeeded in bringing about religious harmony among his people to the extent that religion does not dichotomise the Ijebu. He declared, “Religion cannot divide us. " 7 $ 9 " $ # $ religion, and to me, my religion.�

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Multiple pleasure points for couples Such pleasure points on a woman include the vagina, clitoris, G-spot, nipples, and anus. Stimulating one or more of these points gives your spouse a great pleasure in bed. But what makes you a true “god� in the bedroom is when you learn to master stimulating more than one of these pleasure points at the same time. Stimulating certain combinations can be more complex than others, but let me give you a few easy ones to try out: Reverse cow-girl with manual clitoris stimulation Cowgirl is a sex position where the man lies on his back and the woman straddles him. Reverse cowgirl is very similar except that the woman faces away from the man. Once in this position, the man can then sit up, and with his hands, can reach around the front of her, and stimulate her clitoris manually, therefore stimulating both her vagina and clitoris at the same time. Doggy style while she arches her back Doggy style, as you probably know, is a sex position where the man enters the woman from behind, while she positions herself on her hands and the kneels. Once in this position, you get your partner to arch her back. This forces her G-spot onto your penis, and therefore in this position, you are stimulating both her vagina and the G-spot. Extra Tip: as the man, try leaning back while in this position for extra G-spot stimulation. Missionary, while orally stimulating her nipples Some women LOVE to have their nipples pleasured. If your partner is one of these women, this simple approach ALONE can give her intense orgasm. The missionary position is when the woman lies on her back with the man on top. Once in this position, lick her nipples while having sex, and she will be in for a world of pleasure. Above are just three ways in which you can use the technique of multiple

! 3 you can imagine, there are a lot more, but giving just the three above will take you a long way.

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$ $ ! 3 $ $ # observe how she reacts carefully. If she starts to wriggle, squirm and moan (in a positive way), it probably means she’s liking what you’re doing to her ... so keep doing it. Keep doing what is working until you bring her to orgasm. Then next time you take her on, remember the approach she liked. You can either use the same approach again

$ she likes so you can use multiple techniques to give her pleasure. To be continued Concluded next week

Spring-cleaning your marriage

By Amina Brai Omoike

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# $ beginning of a new quarter. This means that most people will be spring cleaning their homes. Spring cleaning is a yearly task where the home is cleaned from

< up during the winter season. It is a time to refresh the home. It is therefore, not a bad idea for our marriages also to undergo a bit of “spring cleaning.â€? Many people view spring as the time to give their homes a good cleaning. They throw away what is no longer necessary, get rid of < # and revive what they want to Ăˆ < things we even forgot we had! Over the years, marriages can < $ bad memories of being hurt. Even a marriage needs to be cleansed periodically. If not, those nasty < ' waiting to emerge at anytime to cause havoc. So, how do we cleanse our marriage? By doing those things that will make you appreciate what the two of you have together.

According to Stacy D. Phillips, managing partner at Phillips, Lerner, Lauzon & Jamra, Los 3 # $ law specialist and author of ‘Divorce: It’s All About Control – How to Win the Emotional, Psychological and Legal Wars’; there are ways to spring clean your marriage. 1. 1 Y . Couples often have opposing points of view which is normal; however, they do not always express them openly. If you really want to wipe the slate clean, choose a mutually convenient time for an open-end conversation. & $ < $ divergent points of view on the

$ ! $ not change one another’s opinions on things like how to raise the kids, where you should spend your vacation, or how to spend your discretionary income but expressing your thoughts will serve to clean out any debris, like the rubbish that often accumulates when you sweep things under the rug. 2. Clean out your emotional closet %

# talk about those feelings you have neglected to confront and share, whether they have to do with wanting more physical contact outside the bedroom or hurt feelings when he/she teases about your weight gain. Maybe it has been out of fear of disturbing the status quo of the relationship or

your inability to put your feelings into words, but now is the time. Do

$ closet full of hurt feelings. They will pile up like a closet full of items shoved away until the door is opened, and an avalanche of junk tumbles out, nearly crushing you. Your relationship could ! " $ $ with no way out of the rubble. 3. Put a fresh coat of love on all parts of your relationship- From sending special greeting cards, to surprising each other with small but special gifts, you can renew your bond by making your union brand new again! Remember those romantic feelings you two once had, and how you went out of your way to make each other feel special and loved? Now is the time to revisit that magic, and spruce up both the interior and exterior of your relationship. Every couple needs to take time out to make the old new again. Just like the paint on the outside and inside of a home, the kindness

ROMANCE TIPS / Men: Talk more. Women: Touch more. / Spend one solid hour exploring various kissing techniques. / Play the game of monopoly with a few new rules. Change boardwalk into backrub, and Tennessee into X 1 Y4 Z 1 1 pass go, you get a kiss. etc.

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Brides&Grooms and consideration that once showcased the beauty of your relationship could have cracked, peeled and faded over time. 4. Open up and breathe some fresh air into your relationshipIt is easy to become complacent with each other; take each other for granted and have your relationship grow stale. But opening one another up to some new adventures and activities like taking up dancing lessons together, spicing up your sex life and sharing some type of spiritual journey together could be just what you both have needed for some time now to punch up the oxygen level that keeps your relationship healthy and fresh. 5. Scrub the slate clean- Right now would be a very good time to take all the old hurts and resentments, and pile them on the table for sorting, many of which you can easily get rid of. It is very common for all of us to avoid the “dirtier� parts of our intimate and personal relationship like keeping $ you remain the person in charge of planning all the holidays and keeping the in-laws happy; but such feelings of inequity can mount, leading to a heap of grudges. But just like the laundry that piles up that we promise to get to later, if we don’t clean things up regularly like wash out the hidden resentments, they will accumulate, and mess up what we once regarded as brand new and special. 6. Y 1 C C [ Your love can be as strong as

Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage over husband’s rudeness to mother-in-law

A steel, but like steel it can get rusty. " $ relationship needs, and make it shine again. You will both be glad you did. Agree to spend one day just showing appreciation for one another; agree to stop with the irritating habits that bug each other; think before you criticize, and be more gentle and considerate all the way around. A relationship is like a precious metal, it can become more valuable if we take good care of it, but let it go, and it can diminish and accumulate dust that would not make it very appealing. 7. Find a safe place to store C 1 1 C as sacred, yet promise yourself you will use them from time to time. That is, put back into play

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Even a marriage needs to be cleansed periodically. If not, those nasty little things left undone just linger waiting to emerge at anytime to cause havoc

Mr and Mrs. Michael Kupoluyi, during their wedding recently in Akute, Ogun State.

Kaiama Area Court in Kwara has dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Aishat Salihu and Sule Salihu over the later’s rudeness to his mother-inlaw. 3 # # a relief for the dissolution of the marriage that was blessed with three children. She told the court that she misunderstanding between her mother and her husband. When asked on the outcome of # # ``My husband failed to show up for any reconciliation just as he fails to appear before the court today. ``My wish is to get a divorce. Even though I have something to claim from my husband, I will forgo it because of my children.’’ In his judgment, the presiding judge, Ahmed Yahaya, said ``since the defendant has failed to show up for reconciliation, it means he is no longer interested in his wife. ``The only thing the court can do is to separate them, and so I hold. The judgment is hereby entered / divorce.’’ The judge, however, ordered that

months Iddah (the Islamic period of abstinence before re-marrying). Yahaya said that any aggrieved party had a right to appeal before an Upper Area Court within 30 days.

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complainant upon the payment of the necessary court charges. ``The right of appeal by any aggrieved party is allowed before an Upper Area Court within 30 days,’’ he added. Musa was not in court when the judge dissolved the marriage.

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am 32-yaer-old woman and have been married for 10 years and I have four children. In the last couple of weeks, I have been really thinking hard on getting a mommy make over. I want my body back. I am 5 feet 7 inches tall and my figure looks great, but my boobs and tummy looks like a very old woman. My husband is very old fashioned and says that he hates the idea and if I get it we are over. He said that I don’t care about his feeling towards the surgery and I should not get it. Anytime the conversation comes up, we argue over it or he just says nothing. I am trying to gradually get him to understand that this what I want and it’s not about want just make him happy. He says he has no problem with how I look, but I just want to look my best! I have my mind already set that this is what I want and going to get. I am very confused. Bertila, Lekki Bertila, I doubt if there is any man that can truly understand what women put their bodies through to have children. Your husband, like most men, is probably scared that he would lose you once you get your self confidence back. You don’t need to undergo surgery. For your tummy, try doing sit-ups. It is really simple: lie on your back, and then start to do a sit up. Feel the middle of your belly, around your navel. If you can feel the centre dipping in (towards your back) with ridges on either side (that’s your abdominal muscles), then you have an abdominal split. If it’s slight, like one finger wide, then it’s possible to tighten it with exercise, but any more than that and it’s impossible. These exercises will also strengthen your abs. Weak tummy muscles mean your back does all the work and after a while, your back will develop pains then you won’t be able to take care of everyone! However, I have to question your husband for threatening to leave you. There should be very little for a spouse to ever even mention leaving. You simply want to spice things up a little and feel sexy again. How could that possibly be a reason to abandon a marriage? Besides, if you’re feeling sexy, he’s the one who benefits, right?

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$! " state than I do. Do I need to marry the pregnant girl? Am I wrong to marry this other woman? The pregnant girl thinks maybe if I sign my rights away and just disappear it will be best for the child. What would you advise I do, and how should this be handled? Adolph, Lagos

Adolph, Like you probably know now, breaking God’s laws generally has life-long consequences. The + & > & ::; * ] * + * &: $& * < having sex outside (before) marriage. It is even worse now since you admit that you slept with someone you don’t particularly like. It is also surprising how you proclaim love for one woman and are sleeping with another woman. I am sorry to say that you and this girl you got pregnant haven’t acted like Christians at all. Christian woman, but neither one of you are acting like Christians. To be a Christian is to follow Christ and both of you are smearing mud on Christ’s name and disobeying his commands. This only appears to < $%%& ] 6$ % 6 j ;% & :/ / : < ] & <% your sinful life. Now, you have to accept responsibility for what you have done. That is a part of changing your life /%& + < ] &'

& ;% +% :! = ! % -+ + & + < <; actually yours since you have your doubts. A DNA test can be done, even before the child is born to determine if you are the father. It costs a lot and obviously the mother must be willing to have the test done. If the child is yours, you must acknowledge paternity of the child, meaning you would have to support the child. Find out what the woman’s pregnancy is costing her and help pay some of that cost. Second, you need to decide how involved you want to be in the raising of your child. You need to sit down with the mother and talk about the future of the child. What does she plan to do? Is she planning to marry someone else? Will there be a / + & =* & + + :!> : / „ ! & ! + most places, the mother has greater control over how involved you will be in the child’s life. Third, you need to sit down with the woman you are thinking about marrying and tell her that you have been having sex and have at least one child. She will have to decide whether she wants to marry a man who has demonstrated a lack of restraint in his life. She will have to decide if she will like being married to a man who is going to be supporting another woman for the next 18 years. She will have to decide if she is willing to share responsibility for a child with another woman. You see, this isn’t | 6 ] & < - ;% ! + -%6 ;% got pregnant. The woman you marry is going to be saddled with some of the consequences of your sins. The only fair thing is to let her know what she * ] * % !" ' ! = ::; !% > 6 j ;% & : / ; 6%& %6$: !' : ;% * 6 && ! † $ $'

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Bimpe, There could be several explanations as to why your nipples hurt. When you are ovulating (about halfway between each menstruation), the areolas and nipples can be much more tender. Right before or during your period, nipples also can become sore or painful.

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Cameroon’s Lionesses invade Abuja for Falcons N / / Š / " formally begins a new life under Coach Edwin Okon with an international friendly against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon at the National Stadium, Abuja on Tuesday, starting from 4pm. )

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3 ' $ morning. The friendly international pits two of the leading women football teams in the continent against each other, as both nations look

> the 2014 African Women Championship.

The Falcons have a date against She-Amavubi of ^ # away in Kigali on May 24, " $/ expected to provide the sixtime African champions a good idea of what to expect in East Africa. Since the African Women Championship was launched in 1998, the Falcons have only failed to lift the trophy in the two editions hosted by Equatorial Guinea, in 2008 and 2012. NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, has charged the girls to not only > Namibia 2014, but to go and reclaim the title. % < 3 23 and addressed to NFF General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, the General Secretary of FECAFOOT,

Tito Vilanova dies at 45

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he former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has died of throat cancer at the age of 45. " / " < 9 “The FC Barcelona is in immense mourning. Tito Vilanova has died at the age of 45. May he rest in peace.� Vilanova took over from Pep Guardiola and managed the Catalan club for one

season, in which he won the La Liga title, before resigning due to health issues. Josep Maria Bartomeu, the president of Barcelona, expressed his " < 9 “Tito Vilanova was a wonderful person, and < at FC Barcelona. Thank you for everything you taught us. Rest in peace.�

Mr. Tombi Sidiki listed the 18 Lionesses coming as Cathy Ndjouh Bouh, Flore Regine Enyegue, Sylvia Augustine Ejangue, Raissa Tchouano Feudjio, Amarielle Ysis Sonkeng, 8 3 < + # ( 5 < + # Periale Ndengue, Yvonne

) 8 # ( < Agathe Ngani, Annecy Kamdem Nguiadem, Edith Genevieve Ngo, Gabrielle Onguene Aboudi, Ajara Njoya Nchout, Adrienne Mihamle Iven, Menene Meyong, Francine Edoa Zouga and Ndoum Carine Yoh. 3 $ are Mrs Celine Eko (HO # 2)3 "@# & Medouane Alvine (Ministry of Sports & Physical Education), Mr. Albert Ayomba (FECAFOOT), Mr. Enow Ngachu (Head Trainer), Mrs Azang Anong ? $ " @# & ! ' 3 (Preparatory Trainer), Mr. Assimba Clement ?( / " @# & ^ < 2 ?"

@# & ! Gouanfo (Physiotherapist), Mrs Rose Vianey Kankanou (Physiotherapist), Mrs + | ?4 @# & 3 2 < (Team Administrator), Mr. Rigobert Georges Okala (Nutritionist) and & 2 ?^ Counsellor).

Odemwingie reveals Solskjaer influence

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igerian striker, Peter Odemwingie, has revealed that current ) ) $ # ( ' } to leave the club and join Stoke City in January. Odemwingie scored once in 15 league games for the Bluebirds; a side he joined on September 1, 2013. He has since moved to the Britannia Stadium where he has < QV 4 < ! The 32-year-old has now revealed that he would have still been playing his football at ) he had with Solskjaer who replaced the man that brought Odemwingie to the club, Malky Mackay. “I have no hard feelings. When I went everyone seemed happy. The decision for me to ) manager when he came to the ! Š < he said he was not so pleased with the defensive part of my game,� Odemwingie told www. walesonline.co.uk. Odemwingie noted that defending was not the strongest < but stated that he was never ! “I had been trying my best, although that is not the best side

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$ # I do my best and you get the ! " / % $ ! “He also said he needed a targetman and he had wingers he said he felt were stronger than me at the time. “I was happy to accept the situation that he was not too pleased. Two goals in four )

I wanted to be. I just needed the change, so everyone was happy,� he said. The former Lokomotiv Moscow man further revealed

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block his move to Stoke. :) $ to leave. They were glad to be < ; $ 5 # easy to talk. It did not take much time. “It was not really a surprise to move to Stoke because last summer a few clubs were interested in me, including Stoke,� he said. :%/ $ $ ! % % / $ enough or perform well enough for the team I will say OK anywhere to a move just for the change. :%/ $ ! 2 / # %/ $ / % want,� he said.

Airtel Rising Stars football clinic kicks off in Rwanda ‌. Arsenal coaches to coordinate Weeklong Clinic

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ix most outstanding Nigerian talents discovered during the 2013 edition of the Airtel Rising Stars U-17 National Championship will participate in a weeklong football clinicfeaturing academy coaches and a club legend from Arsenal FC of England. The six players, who will }$ + / } week soccer clinic in Rwanda, include Rilwan Adeleke (Best Goal Keeper, Male), Olu Gabriel (Highest Goal Scorer, Male) and Wisdom Uforo (Most Valuable Player, Male). Others are Augustina Boniface (Best Goal Keeper, Female), Falegon Joy (Highest Goal Scorer, Female) ; $ < ?&64# Female). The Arsenal Soccer Clinic will run from Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 2nd, 2014. The Nigerian contingent will be joined at the football clinic by their counterparts from Ghana, Zambia, Uganda and the host country, Rwanda. While in Rwanda, they will be tutored by a team of UEFA-licenced coaches and football experts from the Arsenal youth development system who will be expected to transfer their rich experience to the players. Speaking about his prospects at the Clinic, Olu Gabriel, who incidentally will be travelling out of the $

much needed exposure to improve as a player. “The clinic will provide me an opportunity put in my very best, work very hard and learn from the Arsenal coaches who are renowned for developing young players like me,� he said. Also speaking, Kafayat < # &64 at the national championship said the Arsenal Clinic will < player in the future. “Without a doubt, the Clinic will help me to learn

new things and sharpen my skills so that I can be a < $ ! % feel great and happy about the opportunity,� said the < Erinle, Kwara State. Following the conclusion of Airtel Rising Stars national championships in the respective countries, the most outstanding players in the male and female categories are sent for a week-long Arsenal soccer clinic which hold in a designated country. Past clinics have held in South Africa and Ghana with + at both events. The football clinic is part of the existing partnership between Airtel Africa and the English Premiership side which allows for technical support from the club side to the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) 3 markets which include Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda and Rwanda. On the strength of the partnership, Arsenal would provide UEFA- trained coachesto assist with training budding talents selected from each

3 3 countries. The Arsenal Clinic is the culmination of regional and national tournaments in 15 countries in the African continent. It is part of the Airtel Rising Stars program, a pan-African soccer talent initiative that is focused on identifying and nurturing soccer talent from the grassroots onto a national stage. Touted as the biggest tournament in the continent, the Airtel Rising Stars < QY#DDD $ teams and 324,000 youth players across 16 countries. In addition to galvanising the biggest turnout during the championship stages, the program has also broken new ground by introducing girls to a pan African tournament.

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Sports Update Utd remove CAF approves facilities Man ‘Chosen One’ banner for 2015 AFCON T

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onfederation of African Football (CAF) has expressed satisfaction with the preparation of host country of the 2015 Orange Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco ahead of the competition. The CAF Inspection team travelled to the competition host cities namely; Rabat, Marrakech, Agadir and Tangier on 14th to 21st of April, 2014. CAF second vice president Almamy Kabele Camara, who led the inspection mission, said that CAF was satis– — — — ˜ — — the inspected facilities (stadiums, hotels, roads, and telecommunications). The Moroccan government, represented by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Karim Aqary ˜ – — — ment of the authorities to ensure every effort is not spared to make AFCON 2015 a success. Mr Agary also revealed that it was decided to work on improving the infrastructure of the stadium in Rabat in keeping with

the high standards set at other venues. At each stage of the inspection visit, the CAF delegation met the administrative and municipal authorities of each of the host cities of the competition to lay the foundations for a partnership to ensure the — — ™š› —œ˜ ship competition which will be played under the theme of the “Celebration of Africa�. To enhance cooperation and coordination of the smooth running of the tournament, Morocco has created a platform where the Ministries of Higher Education, National Education and the Youth and Sports will work together with their representatives and those from host cities and football leagues, all pooling their resources to make it a successful ™š —– ˜ Meanwhile, CAF on 21st April, 2014 signed the Framework Agreement on the organization of the competition with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) in Rabat, Morocco. CAF was represented by its 2nd Vice Presi-

dent, Almamy Kabele Camara and FRMF by its President Fouzi Lekjaa at the signing of the 78 page document which lays out among others things, the legal framework for collaboration between the two institu �— – — — sibilities of each stakeholder and actions to be executed in areas such as marketing, media, transportation, lodging, ticketing, accreditation, —˜ —– ˜ CAF and the Moroccan AFCON 2015 LOC will meet again in Cairo Saturday, April 26, 2014, on the eve of the AFCON 2015 qualifying draw.

WAFU B event: Benin stops Golden Eaglets

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he Golden Eaglets failed to book their ticket for the Final Match of the WAFU B Tournament on Friday following a 3-1 penalty shoot-out loss to Republic of Benin-after both neighbours had played out a pulsating 1-1 draw. Golden Eaglets’ secondhalf substitute, Suleiman Abdullahi cancelled Benin’s Adaomu Nassiru early minute lead and a winner did not emerge in regulation and extra time Golden Eaglets started the game without injured – —ž — chael who was replaced by Dayo Femi. But as early as the second minute, Femi was punished for ball ˜ — —œ

ed Nassiru ghosted past him to score the opening goal of the match. Few minutes later, it was the turn of the Eaglets on the other end when Joshua Auta nearly grabbed the equaliser but his shot was cuddled by the Benin’s goalkeeper. The Nigerians were undeterred despite good possession of the ball by the Beninois and about a quarter of an hour, Orji Okonkwo latched on

to a through pass from Kehinde Ayinde. The languid striker out-paced two defenders and shot straight into the net but his joy of grabbing an equalizer was short-lived by Nigerien referee, Lalidia Souleymane who ruled otherwise. Jack Ipalibo also went close in the 37th minute when he drove through the pack but saw his pile driver missing the target. Towards the end of the – — ˜ �— — ˜ — — gerians who were on the receiving end and were twice saved by the bar in the 42nd and 4th minute. In the second half, Coach Emmanuel Amuneke brought in Suleiman Abdullahi for Dayo and his inclusion brought some order to the ˜ — – — — Golden Eaglets’ skipper, Kelechi Nwakali was hacked down in the box in the 63rd minute but referee Souleymane did not call for any infringement. But ™

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The Organising Committee of the Africa Cup of Nations will among

— —˜ – — –cial dates of the qualifying tournament schedule ˜ — —– ˜ — ˜ment. —– ˜ — ˜ —

— take place on November 26, 2014 in a city that will be named during next week’s CAF meetings in Cairo.

he last visible evidence of David Moyes’ miserable reign at Manchester United was removed on Thursday as the infamous ‘The Chosen One’ banner was taken down from the Stretford End at Old Trafford. Moyes was sacked on Tuesday after just 10 months in charge of United and the much-maligned Scot is quickly being erased from the club’s history. After being hand-picked by his predecessor Alex Ferguson to take over at United, Moyes was hailed by supporters as the chosen one, a reference to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s self-styled nickname ‘the Special One’. Stretford End Flags, a group of fans who decorate Old Trafford’s most famous stand with banners praising current and former players and managers, paid for ‘The Chosen One’ mural, written in red capital letters with an accompanying picture of Moyes, to be made to welcome their new manager

from Everton. But as results turned sour for Moyes, with United tumbling down the Premier League while crashing out of the cup competitions, some fans called for the banner to be removed and it was reported that the makers were considering taking it down. In the end, the banner remained in place for the whole of Moyes’ dismal spell at the club, but within 48 hours of his exit it had been taken down ahead of Saturday’s home game against Norwich, which makes the start of Old Trafford icon Ryan Giggs’s spell as interim manager until the end of the season. Stretford End Flags are considering donating the banner to the National Football Museum in Manchester. “It’s something we’re going to think about carefully. We may offer it to the National Football Museum or auction it off for charity,� the group’s co-founder Andrew Kilduff told the Manchester Evening News.

Mighty jets,Tornadoes in titanic battle

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t promises to be a battle of promotion-thirsty clubs when the second placed Mighty Jets Football Club host old rivals, Niger Tornadoes in Jos, the capital of Plateau state as the Nigeria National League (NNL) enters week twelve of the current season. The Tin City club is two points behind Division A leaders, Wkki Tourists of Bauchi which has 21 points and will welcome backbenchers DSS of Kaduna at home. — — — —

— — —œ — over Tornadoes no matter the turbulence in the sky in Jos to

maintain stability and land safely. Another cracker will be the encounter between third placed Abuja-based Spotlight FC which will host Kwara United FC working hard to return to the elite division following their relegation last season. The Afonja Warriors the team is known to its fans has been talking tough on the tie. Meanwhile, all eyes will be on the Star Match of Division B between promotionchasing Shooting Stars and Gabros International at the Adamasingba Stadium,

Ibadan this weekend. Both teams are desperate to go back to the premiership football where they once held ˜ — — —

—– — — the last whistle for the three points at stake. In Lagos, the age-long rivalry between First Bank and Stationary Stores aka Flaming Flamingoes will be rekindled when both square up at the impressive Agege Stadium near Ikeja, Lagos. The two clubs need the threepoints at stake as anything short of victory will hurt their ambition to gain promotion at the end of the season.

Demichelis has World Cup doubts Amuneike produce a winner even after 30 minutes of extratime and the Beninois triumphed in the ensuing penalty shootout; the Golden Eaglets would now face the loser of the — – ˜ — ˜ — between Mali and hosts, Togo on Sunday. In attendance at the match were Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Togo, Ambassador Mathew Sunday Adoli and his counterpart in Benin, Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin and his wife; Alhaji Yussuf Fresh, a board member of the NFF and Leader of Delegation to Togo; Mr. Patrick Pascal (special assistant to NFF’s President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari) amongst others.

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igeria might play her Group F cracker against Argentina at the Fifa World Cup without one of the Albiceleste in-form defender after Martin Demichelis revealed he might not be included in the squad for Brazil. The Manchester City defender, who has been in good form in recent weeks feels the tournament has gone him by. Demichelis, 33 last played the last of his 37 caps in 2011 and feels it’s too late for him to force his way into coach Alejandro Sabella’s side. “I feel prepared. As a defender, I’m at the right age,�he told Argentine TV channel TYC Sports. “Where do I see myself during the World Cup? I’m 95 per cent sure I’m going to be on holiday.� Demichelis last played for

Argentina in a 1-1 draw with Bolivia in November 2011 and was generally blamed for the goal scored by Bolivia on match day. The former Malaga defender has made 30 appearances in all competitions for Manchester City, but despite his belief that he can do a job for Argentina, he does not expect to be picked, but will be ready if he does get the call. “I feel prepared for

returning to the national team,�Demichelis added. The former Bayern Munich man was in the heart of the Argentine defence when the Super Eagles clashed with the South American power house. A Gabriel Heinze solitary goal in the 6th minute, was all that separated the two sides in a game that Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama was voted Man of the Match for his stunning saves and heroics between the sticks for the Super Eagles. Nigeria will once again clash with Argentina for the — — —– —˜ ˜ ances for Nigeria in Group F of the 2014 Fifa World Cup in June. Iran, whom Nigeria will start her campaign against on June 16 and Bosnia-Herzegovina are the other countries in the group.

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key note speech at the SE/SS Professionals of Nigeria Development Forum 2014 held on Friday 25th April 25, in Asaba, Delta State, by Mazi Sam I. Ohuabunwa (OFR, MON; President, Nigerian American Chamber of Commerce. INTRODUCTION I am thankful to our Great God, the Merciful God of Nigeria, for bringing us here today. That we have a country called Nigeria today is essentially by His grace, because we have done so much against this nation, both by our actions and inactions, that it could have been dead. I am grateful to the leadership of this great bridge building organisation - South East, South South Professionals of Nigeria for the invitation to be part of this important dialogue. Let me start by asking the permission of the Estate of the late Dim Emeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi and the former Biafran Leader, to borrow the title of my speech which was the title of a speech he made in 1967 at the heat of Nigeria’s political crisis. “ON ABURI WE STAND� Mr. Chairman; Your Excellencies, the choice of this title is not to evoke memories of the Nigeria-Biafra war, because for many, the memory is mixed. The reason I choose this title is that, the spirit of the cure of Nigeria’s lingering problem is encapsulated in that historical document drafted at a time like this, when our country was in dire distress. In my Book: Nigeria, Time for the Evolution of a New Nation, I had surmised that Nigeria has underperformed over the 54 years of its existence as an independent nation or over 100 years since the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern protectorates. We have wobbled from one crisis to another and have been quite % !% % " %! quently that we often get distracted and in the process undermine our progress. Can anybody calculate the amount of resources we are currently wasting on containing the insurgency by Boko Haram or dealing with the current unwarranted killings in the middle belt of Nigeria? Trillions of Naira! If this kind of resource is invested in developing our infrastructure or our social welfare system, the country will have been much farther in its economic development and the improvement of its human development index. What is wrong with Nigeria? Pre-Independent Nigeria enjoyed relative peace and progress. Nigeria, after Indepen

' " which derived essentially from the focus of the Regional governments which exploited their comparative advantages to drive their respective economies. However, the fault lines of the political arrangement began to be visible as evidenced by the 1964 general elections. Nevertheless, the political leaders then managed the cracks with maturity, given the high level of independence they maintained with the regional autonomy. The scramble for power at the centre was not as rabid. If it were, Ahmadu Bello would not have preferred to remain as a Regional Premier than become Prime Minister at the Federal level. Nigeria became destabilized in 1966 when the Military abolished the regions and concentrated power in the central government. That was when Nigeria ceased to be a Federal Republic in its true sense. Indeed that was when the Federation ‘died’. Much of Nigeria’s instability since then has been due to the stress of running a Federation that is highly unbalanced. Indeed we became a Federation without real federating units. And the Federation has been struggling since to create federating units, which is a reversal of the normal order of things. Since then, the centre has failed to hold. Today, what are the federating units? The states or the local governments, or both? Now with the death of the regions, the central government took over all the assets and hopefully the liabilities as well of the original and proper federating units and began to determine who gets what, setting up the biggest scramble for power as whoever occupies the centre determines what everybody else gets.

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‘On Aburi we stand’ It led to a series of coups and counter coups. Thereafter, we began to have elections that were rigged and manipulated; elections that have become so violent that those who lose resort to all kinds of subterfuge and sabotage including insurrection as we are currently witnessing. The scramble for power at the centre has led to a rise in corruption as many people try to get some pieces of the assets willy-nilly, by crook or by fraud. In the meantime, the surrogate federating units called States can neither stand on their own nor fend for their citizens adequately. Every month, they carry their begging bowls to Abuja and when they come home, they split what they got somehow. Some are well fed but many are hungry. Those that are hungry make # ! " \ ! cry of marginalisation, poisoning the minds of the citizens against the rest of the nation. Some think that the way out is either to ask for more states or more local governments or higher derivation, failing which they form militant groups or militia or terrorist groups that try to get their own ‘fair share’ of the Federal wealth through essentially criminal activities. When people are struggling for new states, you would think they have been enemies forced to live together over many years, further polarizing the people. The growing divisions among our peoples today has arisen from the splitting of the country into states and the demand grows! The way out To us, there is nothing really wrong with Nigeria except its structure and administrative arrangement, which has spewed several other problems that are now threatening to destroy the entire country. Nigeria was largely in this situation in January 1967 when the Military leaders of Nigeria and their advisers met in Aburi, Ghana, at the invitation of General Afrifa, and agreed that it was better to decentralise and survive than to sustain the centralization and collide and be destroyed. The Aburi accord, which essentially called for a restoration of the structure and autonomy of the Regions that existed before 15th January 1966 would have saved Nigeria from the interminable political crises it has faced since then and certainly would have prevented the civil war, if General Yakubu Gowon and his advisers had kept faith with the accord as fashioned out in Aburi. Therefore, it is the considered opinions of most of our people in the various conversations that we have had over the last several months that to stop the drift and political instability that

has dogged us since 1966, we have to return to where ‘the rain started to beat us’ captured stringently by the spirit of the Aburi accord: First is to return to the original regional political structure. Where that is not feasible, then we need to adopt the six geo-political zones structure that we currently associate with. This is a fundamental step that we must take. The current fragile 36 State structure will not work and we need to understand that, no matter our sentiments and attachment to it. _ ' # zones to work out their own constitution, Re-Federate, and then evolve a new constitu ” # ' ” tion as constituted now may have to dissolve relinquishing power to allow a new Federation to emerge with the geopolitical zones becoming the federating units. With this move, so much will be achieved in one fell swoop. Power will automatically devolve to the federating units, which will now decide what roles and power to give to the Centre. That is how a true Federation is organized so that we can restore stability, orderly and sustainable growth. Thus the following will be included in the new Constitution of the New Federation: 1. The federating units will have the freedom to create their own States, Provinces, Districts or Local Governments or whatever administrative

Those that are hungry make little effort to help themselves except to raise the cry of marginalisation, poisoning the minds of the citizens against the rest of the nation. Some think that the way out is either to ask for more states or more local governments or higher derivation

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and political structures that are agreed. 2. There will be individual property rights and this should cover resources of land and whatever is below the ground, including mineral resources. The properties and resources will have to be taxed by the regional or zonal governments, which will pass an agreed portion of the tax to the Central Government. By the way, that should be the name of the government, not Federal Government. It should be the Central Government. By so doing, we will whittle down free money available to the governments and leave the money in private hands and operate with tax revenue. Not only will the scramble for political power decline, corruption in the Public sector will also decline. Additionally, the governments will have to work for their money. They will compete for investors and tax payers. It will change Nigeria and clean its image. 3. To deal with security, we should have at least three tiers of Police namely Regional, Central and the Local (State, Province or District). It has been proven beyond all doubts (reasonable and unreasonable) that only a Central or Federal Police formation is grossly inadequate for a large country like ours. There will, of course, be one Military formation for the entire Federation along with a short exclusive list for the Central Government. 4. There should be equal citizenship rights for all Nigerians wherever they may decide to live. All discriminations about State of Origin, Ethnicity or Religious persuasion should cease. Because if we want a united country, people should be free to live, work and procreate and die wherever they desire. That is what is applicable in progressive countries. 5. We may have to rethink our system of Governance. Having tried both Parliamentary and Presidential, it is certain that the Nigerian mood is more amenable to Parliamentary system. It is more participatory, more accountable and less expensive. 6. We should adopt a unicameral legislature to save cost and remove too much delay in law making. If possible, make legislative work part time, so that the legislators can practice their ! " & % 7. We need to make the private sector the dominant sector in the economy and drastically reduce the size of the governments –Regional, Zonal or Local. There should total Privatisation and complete Deregulation. The private sector should be assigned the role of developing infrastructure and supplying goods and services to the economy since much of the national wealth will be left in their hands, while the government should use the tax revenue to focus on social well being - Security, Education, Healthcare, Environment, Population control and Regulation. CONCLUSION Nigeria is a country blessed by God with "% % % ! # parts of the country. After 54 years of Independence, Nigeria has failed to realize its full potentials. Much of the time it has had to deal with one crisis after another, distracting the country from focusing appropriately on sustainable growth and development. Our thinking, sup! % ' "% problems have arisen because of the structure of the Federation where the ‘tail seems to be wagging the dog’. Since 1966, Nigeria has been running an inverted Federation - which is very unstable - thereby stirring up several problems wrong image. The kernel of our proposition here today is that, we need to restructure the Federation. Indeed we need to Re-Federate. Surely, that will not solve all of Nigeria’s problems. But it will be a major step to restoring our nation to a true Federation and eliminating most of the contradictions and irritants that have bedeviled us since 1996. I believe that with the current National Conference going in Abuja, the opportunity has presented to correct this anomaly and begin the process of regaining our nation which the Military hijacked in 1966.

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