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befell St. Philips Catholic Church Amaka, Ozubulu last Sunday, the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi on Wednesday released the names of victims who died in the attack as well as those of victims that sustained various degrees of injuries.

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Trouble started when the gunmen rode into the church in a Lexus SUV during a 6.30 am Mass and one of them entered the church and shot at close range to an elderly man, later identified as Aloysius Ikegwuonu, while his wife was shot on the right arm, others remained in the vehicle outside providing the needed exit cover for the sniper.

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5 months after, NBC yet to obey court order on Fanta, Sprite Continued from page 1 and that such soft drinks should not be taken alongside Vitamin C, as they become poisonous if taken together, the company is yet to comply with the order.

Indications show that the Nigeria Bottling Company Plc, manufacturers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks, has not complied with the court’s order mandating it to include a written warning label that the content of the bottles cannot be taken with Vitamin C. The court had in March this year, ruled that high levels of benzoic acid and additives in Coca-Cola soft drinks could pose health risk to consumers when mixed with ascorbic acid, commonly known as vitamin C. Following the alleged health implications, Justice Adedayo Oyebanji of the Lagos High Court ordered NAFDAC to compel the NBC to include a written warning that the content of the bottles cannot be taken with Vitamin C. Although legal hostility between a Lagos business man, Dr. Emmanuel Fijabi Adebo, NBC and NAFDAC is pending at the Court of Appeal in Lagos as Adebo and his company, Fijabi Adebo Holdings have filed a notice of appeal against the judgment of the lower court, the NBC and NAFDAC have also filed notices of appeal against the same judgment.

In the notice of appeal filed before the appellate court on behalf of Adebo by his lawyer, Mr. Abiodun Onidare, he is contending that the trial Judge failed to award damages and grant the reliefs that were prayed for by the petitioner against

NBC by ignoring the facts and the evidence before the court that the NBC was liable to Adebo and other consumers of its products especially its Fanta and Sprite which were held to contain excessive benzoic acid and sunset yellow and declared unfit for human consumption by the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council’s Trading Standard Department of Environment and Economy Directorate, United Kingdom.

The development was also corroborated by Coca Cola European Union, being the food regulatory bodies of the United Kingdom and Europe on the NBC’s Franchise consequently negligent in the duty of care to petitioner and other consumers.

But the NBC in its notice of appeal filed before the appellate court by its lawyer, Mr Tunde Busari, SAN, is urging the appellate court to set aside or strike out the portion of the judgment directing NAFDAC to mandate NBC to include a written caution on bottles of its soft drinks containing benzoic acid and that the said soft drinks should not be taken alongside Vitamin C, as same becomes poisonous if taken together, on the grounds that the said pronouncement and others were not sought for nor prayed for by the petitioner but nevertheless, the lower court proceeded to grant the said relief which were not sought by the said petitioner, thereby ordering the company to take a step detrimental to its business and well-being.

NAFDAC in its notice of appeal filed by Professor Taiwo Osipitan, SAN, is urging the appellate court to dismiss the amended

statement of claim of the petitioner on the grounds that the award of damages of N2million is gratuitous as the petitioner did not claim the said amount or any sum of money from the company.

Meanwhile, Adebo and his firm in a counter affidavit in opposition to the application filed by both NBC and NAFDAC before the lower court to stay the execution of the judgment delivered by the court, is urging the court to dismiss the two applications on the grounds that the safety of lives of the people of Nigeria is of paramount consideration to the honourable court and hence the need to provide all possible equitable remedy to safeguard the public.

The Daily Times recalls that a Lagos High Court, Ikeja in a judgement delivered by Justice Adedayo Oyebanji ordered NAFDAC to forthwith mandate the NBC to include on all bottles of Fanta and Sprite

soft drinks manufactured by the company a written warning that the content of the said bottles of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks cannot be taken with Vitamin C as same becomes poisonous if taken with vitamin C. The court also declared that NAFDAC has failed the citizens of this great nation by its certification as satisfactory for human consumption, products in which in the United Kingdom failed sample test for human consumption and which become poisonous in the presence of Ascorbic Acid ordinarily known as Vitamin C, which can be freely taken by the unsuspecting public with the Fanta and Sprite. The court also awarded a cost of N2million against NAFDAC. When the consignment of the soft drinks arrived in United Kingdom, fundamental health related matters were raised on the contents and composition of

the Fanta and Sprite products by the United Kingdom Health Authorities, specifically the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council’s Trading Standard Department of Environment and Economy Directorate.

The findings of the said United Kingdom were also corroborated by the CocaCola European Union and the products were found to have excessive levels of “Sunset Yellow and Benzoic Acid “which are unsafe for human consumption.

Due to the irregularities and harmful content of the soft drinks which can cause cancer to the consumer, the claimants could not sell the Fanta and Sprite products resulting in appreciable losses, as they were certified unsuitable for consumption and were seized and destroyed by the United Kingdom health authorities.

The claimants alleged further that NAFDAC failed to carry out necessary tests to determine if

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non-governmental organization, the SocioEconomic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has accused former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan of squandering over N11 trillion meant to provide electricity for the people.

The trio former Nigerian presidents were accused in a report released today by the organization.

The report says: “The total estimated financial loss to Nigeria from corruption in the electricity sector starting from the return to democracy in 1999 to date is over N11 Trillion. This

represents public funds, private equity and social investment (or divestment) in the power sector. It is estimated that it may reach over N20 Trillion in the next decade given the rate of government investment and funding in the power sector amidst dwindling fortune and recurrent revenue shortfalls.”

According to the report titled ‘From Darkness to Darkness: How Nigerians are Paying the Price for Corruption in the Electricity Sector,’ was launched on Wednesday at the Westown Hotels, in Lagos.

The report, which was presented to the media by Yemi Oke, an Assistant Professor, Energy/Electricity Law, at the Faculty

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the soft drinks were safe for human consumption.

The NBC also denied that it was negligent in the manufacturing of its products as alleged as stringent quality control procedures were adopted in its production process to ensure that its products are safe for consumption of the final user.

The bottling company further denied that the damages alleged by the claimants were occasioned by its negligence or any fault from the company as the level of the chemical components in its soft drinks is safe for consumption in Nigeria.

In her judgement, Justice Oyebanji said: “It is imperative to state that the knowledge of the NBC that the products were to be exported is immaterial to its being fit for human consumption. The court is in absolute agreement with the learned counsel for the claimants that soft drinks

of Law, University of Lagos, revealed that “the country has lost more megawatts in the post-privatisation era due to corruption, impunity, among other social challenges reflected in the report.”

It says: “The muchpublicised power sector reforms in Nigeria under the Electric Power Sector Reform Act of 2005 is yet to yield desired and/or anticipated fruits largely due to corruption and impunity of perpetrators, regulatory lapses and policy inconsistencies. Ordinary Nigerians continue to pay the price for corruption in the electricity sector – staying in darkness, but still made to pay crazy electricity bills.”

Mr. Femi Falana SAN who chaired the report launch said, “This report is a must read, and I promise to lead in the follow-up litigation efforts to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations of the report.”

The report launch was also attended by Babatunde Irukera, the Director General/Chief Executive of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC), and Mr Ibrahim Magu, the Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who was represented by Mr Osita Nwajah, the Director Public Affairs at EFCC. They promised to work to ensure the full implementation of the recommen-

dations contained in the report.

Other dignitaries at the event included eminent legal practitioner, Mr Babatunde Ogala; Dayo Olaide, Deputy Director Macarthur Foundation; Eva Kouka, the Program Officer Ford Foundation; Motunrayo Alaka, the Coordinator Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism; representatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC); the National Human Rights Commission, and the media.

The report accuses Dr. Ransom Owan-led board of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) of allegedly

“settling officials with millions of Naira as severance packages and for embarrassing them with alleged N3Billion fraud. The authorities must undertake a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation as to the reasons why corruption charges were withdrawn, and to recover any corrupt funds.”

It also called for the reopening and effective prosecution of corruption allegations, including the alleged “looting of the benefits of families of the deceased employees of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) levelled against a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Power, Godknows Igali.”

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Ozubulu Tragedy: Catholic Church releases names of victims Continued from page 1

An eye-witness stated that after killing Ikegwuonu, the gunman shot at the ceiling and opened fire on other worshippers who scampered for safety in different direction It was also disclosed that late Ikegwuonu is the father of Chief Aloysius Ikegwuonu, a businessman from Amakwa, who built and donated the church to Nnewi Diocese and his son may have been involved in an unfinished business transactions with the assailant.

According to sources,

the gunmen were looking for his son, Aloysius, who was said to have returned to the village on Saturday and zoomed off same day but the assailant felt he slept over in the village and perhaps in the church as his car was used by late Ikegwuonu for the early Sunday mass.

But the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi in a statement signed by Bishop Hilary Odili Okeke, bishop of the diocese, disclosed that the death toll in the attack has risen to 13.

Soliciting for funds to assist the victims, the diocese said it has opened a bank

account in that regards and encouraged Catholics to contribute to the fund.

The statement reads in part, “Anybody, parish, institution, company, society, association or group that would like to join the diocese in providing assistance to the victims and their families can send their contributions.

“We shall keep accurate records of contribution and distribution of the funds.”

The diocese also gave the names of the 22 surviving victims as: Ikegwuonu Caroline;Nwakile Anthonia; Okoye Odinaka; Okoye

Patricia; Isaac Chinedu; Oramadike Chinagorom; Oramadike Chinecherem; Udegbunam Chidimma; Ndulue Samuel; Udegbunam Obiageli; Ugochi Obiajulu; Chukwueloka Chineze; Oramadike Chioma; Azuka Basil; Oramadike Chiamaka; Uchechukwu Chukwueloka; Nwanya Ngozi; Ngwuta Chinemelum; Asomba Chukwudum; Nnudule Leonard; Muomah Michael and Oramadike Favour.

The diocese further disclosed that two of the injured victims have been discharged while others are in different wards in

the hospital.

The statement named the dead as Cyprian Ikegwuonu; Hyacinth Oramadike; Cecilia Ewin;Eunice Akanigbo; Rose Okoye; Anulika Obunadike; Uchenna Obunadike; Anthonia Ufondu; Oluchukwu Uhelu; Christiana Igbeja; Udeze Pauline; Victoria Uzokwe; and Florence Nweke.

Meanwhile, Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has stated that the state government will not rest until those responsible for the dastardly act are apprehended dead or alive. He also stated that

the killing cannot pass as terrorism or ethnic agitation but violence between two persons with common business interest.

He said, “Ozubulu killing is not the kind of terrorism done by Boko Haram, it is not from people agitating for separation.

Ozubulu killing is a feud between two gangsters that started somewhere outside Nigeria, and they fought themselves over here. Both of them are from that village. Very soon, am very confident that we are going to pick up the guy that did that thing dead or alive.”

Lagos Police rescues man chained by 85-year-old grandmother Joy Anyim

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ÏÏÏ The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday rescued a young man allegedly chained for more than one year at No. 18 Damigoro Street in the Mushin area of the state.

It was gathered that the young man, identified as Bolaji Sholola, was kept under lock by his 85-year old grandmother.

Sholola, who is alleged to be mentally ill, was said to have been feeding and doing other human activities on same spot for the said period.

The grandmother, on her part, alleged that the action

was consented to by other family members.

However, the area commander for the Area D police command who was also on the ground for the rescue mission condemned the action.

The victim has also been taken to the Psychiatric Hospital in Yaba by the police for immediate medical attention.

When contacted via text message for more information on the incident, the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole was yet to reply our correspondent as at the time of filling in this report.

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manufactured by NBC ought to be fit for human consumption irrespective of colour or creed.

“It is manifest that NAFDAC has been grossly irresponsible in its regulatory duties to the consumers of Fanta and Sprite manufactured by Nigeria bottling company. In my respective view, NAFDAC has failed the citizens of this great nation by its certification as satisfactory for human consumption, products which in the United Kingdom failed sample test for human consumption and which become poisonous in the presence of Ascorbic Acid ordinarily known as Vitamin C, which can be freely taken by the unsuspecting public with the company’s Fanta or Sprite.

As earlier stated, the court is in absolute agreement with the learned counsel for the Claimants that con-

sumable products ought to be fit for human consumption irrespective of race, colour or creed.

“By its certification as satisfactory, Fanta and Sprite products manufactured by NBC without any written warning on the products that it cannot be taken with Vitamin C, NAFDAC would have by its grossly irresponsible and unacceptable action caused great harm to the health of unsuspecting public, the court in the light of the damming evidence before it showing that NAFDAC has failed to live up to expectation, cannot close its eyes to the grievous implication of allowing the status quo to continue as it is.

For the reasons herein adumbrated in this judgement, the court hereby orders as follows: That NAFDAC shall forthwith mandate NBC to, within 90 days hereof, include on all the bottles

of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks manufactured by the company, a written warning that the content of the said bottles of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks cannot be taken with Vitamin C as same becomes poisonous if taken with Vitamin C. But findings by The Daily Times showed that NBC has not complied with the said directive as none of the alleged soft drinks- Fanta and Sprite has such warning label on it. The court had ordered Coca Cola to comply not later than June, 2017.

There has been widespread public fear that Fanta and Sprite produced by NBC Nigeria failed the UK benzoic test and therefore harmful to consumers.

Though the matter is not over yet as NBC and NADFDAC have appealed the judgment respectively, one would have expected that since this has to do with hu-

man life, the beverage company would have obeyed the court order by now pending when the appeal is heard and determined.

The soft drinks giant said the claims were inaccurate and unsupported by science.

But Nigerians are worried why the products that we consume are considered substandard in Europe.

More so that the judge also said that soft drinks manufactured by NBC ought to be fit for human consumption irrespective of colour or creed.

However, both Benzoic Acid and Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) are ingredients approved by international food safety regulators and used in many food and beverage products around the world.

These ingredients are also used in combination in some products within levels which may differ from one country to another as

approved by the respective national food and drug regulators in line with the range prescribed by CODEX, the joint intergovernmental body responsible for harmonizing international food standards.

But the concern is that benzoic acid according to European and American drug agencies, can form the carcinogen benzene when combined with ascorbic acid (Vitamin C).

Benzoic acid, according to findings, is a white, crystalline powder with a faint, non-offensive odour.

Though it serves as preservative, if used excessively causes cancer and has been linked to asthma problems and increased levels of hyperactivity in children.

It is also used in the manufacture of a wide variety of products such as perfumes, dyes, topical medications and insect repellents.

Sunset yellow also used

in the production of CocaCola products is said to be a dye that can be found in foods like orange juice, ice cream, canned fish, cheese, jellies, soft drinks and many medicines. But some say it can also be dangerous for human health as it causes urticaria, rhinitis, allergies, hyperactivity, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting in some individuals.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has warned that Fanta and Sprite should not be used to take any medicine.

Minister of Health, Prof.

Isaac Adewole, said the two beverages, manufactured

by NBC are safe for human consumption but cannot be taken with any drug.

The judgement was on a suit filed by a Lagos-based businessman, Emmanuel Adebo, and his company, Fijabi Adebo Holdings Limited, against NBC Plc and NAFDAC.

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Three LUTH doctors infected with Lassa Fever Angela Onwuzoo

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Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, on Wednesday said that three of its doctors who had had contact with one of the two dead Lassa fever patients at the hospital have tested positive to disease.

LUTH’s Chief Medical Director, Prof. Chris Bode, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Lagos yesterday, said the three doctors were among the 100 contact cases being monitored by the hospital.

Bode said the infected health workers took part in the management of one of the two dead Lassa fever patients.

The LUTH CMD had on Tuesday told journalists that two Lassa Fever patients died at the hospital within few days of admission where they were being treated, thereby putting

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over 90 people that came in contact with them at risk.

Bode, however, urged Nigerians not to panic as the situation was under control.

“If we defeated Ebola fever that is 100 times deadlier than Lassa fever, we can effectively defeat the disease and other hemorrhagic fever. There is no need to panic. We only need to control it . It also occurs in other West African countries like Ghana and it is not the first time we are having cases of Lassa fever in the country,” he said According to him, each of the dead Lassa fever patients were managed in other facilities before bringing to LUTH, “that is why we have about 100 people under surveillance.

“The LUTH personnel who came in contact di-

rectly with the first patient were close to 100 and they were swiftly informed and each one is still being followed up for any early signs of Lassa fever. Of the 100, three persons who developed symptoms tested positive and have been on admission and receiving treatment in our Isolation Ward here in LUTH,” he said He further explained: “Each of these two cases had been managed in other facilities till very late before they were referred to LUTH. The dead bodies were handled professionally and disposed properly according to international standards.”

Bode noted that the infected doctors were being cared for by a corps of professional and volunteer doctors, nurses, pharmacists, microbiologists, epi-

demiologists among others while those under surveillance were each given a thermometer to check their temperature twice a day and report to the hospital whenever they recorded elevated temperature for immediate action.

To effectively manage this situation, Bode pointed out that training has commenced for health workers in the hospital while additional space had been readied for any likely cases from within or without the hospital.

Revealing that other hospitals in the state have been contacted to be on the alert and report suspected cases, Bode said LUTH is working in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Health for proper tracing and followup of contacts in addition to managing suspected cases.

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FG seeks N100bn from China to fund ICT Infrastructure Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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Federal Government has said that it will enter into negotiation with the China Exim Bank for the full funding of the national Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructural backbone project popularly called NIPTI 2, domiciled within the Galaxy Backbone.

Galaxy backbone is a Federal government owned agency which engages in service wide connectivity of all government offices agencies, ministries and

departments across the country.

Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu revealed this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

Shittu said that the project, which would be fully funded by the China Nexim bank, would cost N100billion. He also said that there has been NIPTI 1 project which was 80% completed and covers most of the southern states with a data

centre project.

The minister explained that the NIPTI 2 was the concluding component of the project to ensure the entire country was fully covered by fibre optics connectivity.

He said; “Connecting the whole of the country’s by way of the federal government ministries, agencies and departments.

“The China NEXIM bank has graciously supported Nigeria, they funded phase one and they are funding this phase 2. By this approval, the ministry of finance will enter into negotiations

for the full implementation of the funding proposal with us. Essentially the funding will cost $328million; approximately N100 billion.

“When concluded, it will not only cover federal ministries, department ,agencies and all government’s parastatals but there will be enough for commercialization to the private sector particularly GSM companies and other ICT industries . So, we hope that Nigeria will be making a lot of money from this particular facility when completed.”

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FG approves MTEF for 2018-2020, reduces borrowing by $3bn Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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Federal Government has approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy paper for 2018-2020.

This is even as the federal government has disclosed that it is planning to reduce its borrowing by $3billion.

The MTEF is a macroeconomic projection of the federal government for the next three years. It is also contained in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP).

The approval was made on Wednesday during the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Speaking after the meeting, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, said that the federal government was committed to achieving a 7 percent growth rate at the end of the three year plan by 2020.

Udoma said; “Today, Council approved a memorandum that was submitted by my ministry and approved the 2018-2020 MTEF, as we know we have been having extensive consultation in the last few weeks with the governors,members of the public, leadership of the National Assembly about the MTEF. “So, we submitted it and was approved by council. The highlight of it is that we have committed to achieving a 7% growth rate by 2020 at the end of the three -year plan in accordance with the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

“MTEF is based on the economic recovery and growth plan and in terms of the trajectory of getting the 7%, we have approved a slightly different trajectory in the sense that by next year our target 3.5% in 2018, in 2019 it will be 4.5% growth rate and of course in 2020 it will be 7% growth rate.

“In terms of crude oil production, our estimate projection for next year is 2.3 million barrels per day.

We expect it to be broken down to 1.8million barrels per day regular crude and 500 thousand barrels per day in terms of condensate.

The price we projected for next year is $45. We are also committed in the MTEF to explore ways of raising additional revenue to reduce debt service to revenue ratio.”

Meanwhile, the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has said that the federal government has reduced government’s borrowing by $3billion.

Adeosun told State House Correspondents that as part efforts to restructure the country’s debt portfolio, the Council has also approved the memo she submitted in that regard.

She noted that with the approval, government would be able to finance treasury bills as they mature, adding that the government would financed treasury bills in dollars up to $3billion.

She said, “As the naira treasury bills mature, we will be issuing dollar instrument.

“We are not increasing our borrowings we are simply restructuring,instead of owing naira we will be owing dollars and the advantage to that one is cost reduction, the average rate we borrow internationally doesn’t exceed 7% . Our treasury bills were paying between 13.6 and 18.5.

“We got an approval in June to restructure our debt profile, we will borrow less in naira and more in foreign currency because it’s cheaper and we want to prevent crowding out the private sector, we want to create room for the private sector so that they can borrow and create more jobs.

“We are trying to relieve the pressure on debt services . As you know there are a lot of controversies that our debt profile is very high.

And one of the things we are trying to do to relieve is to refinance.

“The second thing to extend the maturity. all our treasury bills mature maximum 364 days. We will be taking that borrowing to 3 years and the expectations is that as the economy recovers and grows, we will be in a much better position to repay instead of rolling over the debt which we are doing at the moment.

“So that was the approval that was given and that is part of our overall strategy which aims to reduce borrowing.”

8 News Taxi drivers shut down Akure in protest over increase in ticketing fee ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

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Taxi drivers in Akure, the Ondo state capital under the aegis of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have protested over the astronomical hike in the price of ticket from N200 to N350.

The commercial drivers who mobilized themselves as early as 8 am Wednesday expressed their grievances with the leadership of the NURTW in the state over the increase.

Many of the drivers were seen forcing their members to drop passengers’ from their vehicles so as to join in the protest.

Humans and vehicular activities were paralyzed at the ever busy Oba Adesida road as the commercial drivers blocked all the adjourning routes to the streets.

Their action prevented the free flow of traffic for several hours while chanting solidarity songs as they accused their leaders of impunity and corruption.

The taxi drivers asked for the immediate downward review of their ticket fee of N350 which they claimed also included the Local Government ticketing fee.

The protesting taxi drivers specifically said they did not want to collect Local Government ticket any longer.

The drivers demanded that the union should make an upward review of the current transport fares per drop from N50 to N100 since it was jacking up the ticket fee.

A driver, Mr. Femi Adebayo, accused the leadership of the union of being corrupt noting that taxi owners are already tired of their policies in the state.

“We are saying capital NO to increase in ticketing fee because this would further put hardship on the passengers in this current economic undertone” he said.

Also some of the passengers kicked against the high cost of the tickets and said they would resist any form of increase in transport fare which was being orchestrated by the NURTW. A passenger, Wunmi Adefarasin, noted that increasing transport fare will further put hardship on residents who patronise commercial vehicle owners in the state.

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Protest rocks UNTH over alleged retrogressive policies Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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rocked the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu as Medical Laboratory Scientists under the auspices of Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, UNTH branch, marched round the hospital with placards chanting solidarity songs over alleged retrogressive policies in the institution.

The protest march, which terminated in front of the office of the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Christopher Amah.

The protesters, numbering about 300, had placards some of which read: ‘Say no to illegal privatisation,’

‘Quackery by non scientists in UNTH must stop,’ and ‘ICU stop over charging our patients.’

The chairman of the association, Mr. Francis Aneke, while addressing representative of the CMD, said they had to register their displeasure over attempts by the management to render them redundant.

Aneke said that the management had embarked on actions that could impugned on the excellent services rendered by the hospital, adding that such had made life miserable for most patients.

He said that a situation where management would approve the operation of a privately owned laboratory within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital

stood against everything the institution represented.

He said that while the laboratory unit of the hospital was starved of funds, the private laboratory was flourishing as patients were given specific instructions to patronise it.

He said that the UNTH lab had no water, light and reagents to make them function effectively.

“There is an illegally operated medical laboratory in the ICU which conducts tests at exorbitant costs.

“Patients are given specific instructions by doctors and nurses to patronise this laboratory yet they accuse us of not yielding revenue for the hospital,” he said.

Aneke alleged that an electrolyte uria creatinine and liver function tests

which cost N2,000 each were done at N6,500 each at the privately operated laboratory in the ICU. “The management has refused to recognise the department of medical laboratory services and appoint the most senior laboratory scientist as head in line with the Feb. 17, 2017 judgement of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, “ he said.

Aneke called on the management to take necessary steps toward redressing the issues as well as stop the operation of the private laboratory.

Responding, the Chairman of Medical Advisory Committee of UNTH, Dr. Obinna Onodugo commended the protesters for their peaceful action.

L-R: Vice President, Indirect Sales, Wole Abu; Senior Manager, Acquisitions, Pat Olutayo and Vice President, Direct Sales, OladokunOye, all of Airtel Nigeria at the launch of Airtel Smart Connect 4.0 in Lagos…recently.

Men of God have solution to Nigeria’s problem - Cleric Tom Garba, Yola

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overseer of the Deeper Life Bible Church in Adamawa state, Pastor Adeniyi Hassan, said Nigerian pastors and other men of God have solution to the nation’s problems and challenges.

Hassan, who was speaking to newsmen Wednesday in Yola on preparations for the

apostolic visit of the General Superintendent of the church, Pastor W. F. Kumuyi to Yola, said that with divine intervention, everything is possible.

“Men of God have solution to the nation’s problems,” Hassan said while urging the stakeholders of the state both government and citizens to have faith in God and bring their problems

and challenges to Ribadu Square on Friday where Kumuyi would hold a crusade.

Hassan said the crusade titled ‘A night of greater wonders,’ would be another greater opportunity for the people of Adamawa state who would be hosting Kumuyi for the third time since 2015.

“He (Pastor Kumuyi) is coming for

salvation, healing, deliverance and prosperity for all.

“The last time he visited and prayed for the state, positive things happened and is still happening to the state. This year’s visit will bring greater things.

“So let us bring people with all kinds of challenges for solution,” Pastor Hassan said.

Ambode employs 250 persons with disabilities into civil service Benjamin Omoike Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday announced that in line with the promise he made at a recent town hall meeting held in Ojo, the state government would soon distribute letters of employment to 250 persons living with disabilities- who would be deployed to the state civil service as well as the local government areas and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).

The governor also in furtherance of his promise to run an all-inclusive government, distributed various assistive technologies, mobility aids and financial grants to 2,000 persons living with disabilities and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) involved in taking care of such categories of people.

Items distributed included brand new 30-seater Hyundai and 12-seater Hyundai buses, 500 white canes, 1 index express embosser with duxbury braille translation software, 10 accessible desktop computers with jaws screen reader, 20 tactile metric sets, 100 Taylor frames, 60 magic white boards, six magnetic boards, 300 wheel chairs, 50 special wheel chairs (Rough Riders for people with Spinal Cord Injury), and 25 computer sets for people living with hearing impairment.

In addition, 10 NGOs dealing with issues of disability in the State were given N500, 000 each as grants, while 500 people with disabilities received N100, 000 each as financial empowerment.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony held at De Blue Roof, LTV8 in Ikeja, Governor Ambode, who was represented by the State’s Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, said the development was a major testament to the commitment of his administration to demonstrate in practical terms the commitment to ensure an all-inclusive government and to empower persons living with disabilities to become wealth creators and employers of labour.

He said: “To reinforce our determination to support persons living with disabilities to realise their dream, a N500million Trust Fund was established last year on the first anniversary of this government for the welfare of persons with disabilities in Lagos State.

This was followed with the inauguration of a board to ensure judicious management of the Fund.

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Group begs Amosun not to relocate Poly from Ipokia Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

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A group, the Ipokia Youth Development Council (IYDC), has appealed to the governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, not to bow to the pressure by rescinding his administration’s decision to locate the proposed Ogun State Polytechnic in Ipokia town.

The Council said it found as disturbing and unbelievable, a newspaper publication which purportedly quoted the governor as saying the proposed polytechnic would now be sited in Idi-Iroko area of the state.

But the council argued that such would negate the laws that established the institution.

This position was contained in a release signed by the IYDC Publicity Secretary, Dare Olawin, and made available to journalists, on Wednesday, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

The group further stated that it was aware of the ongoing intense lobby by certain individuals to ensure the institution takes off in Idi-Iroko and possibly site it there permanently, insisting such would go against the law which established the school with express emphasis on Ipokia.

It, however, recalled how Ipokia, in 1982 during late Olabisi Onabanjo’s administration, failed to get the proposed College of Education to be situated there

which was duly gazetted, due to the sudden takeover of government by the military in 1983.

The development, according to the release, has made the town, the only local government headquarters in the state without a government educational institution.

It added such has also continued to put Ipokia youths in shackles of illiteracy and poverty.

The release reads in part: “We also wish to inform Your Excellency that all efforts made by Ipokia Community during Governor Gbenga Daniel’s administration to relocate the Tai Solarin College of Education at Ijebu-Ode to Ipokia Township following the upgrade of the College to a University of Education, proved unsuccessful.

Instead, the College was relocated to Omu, Odogbolu local government.

“Similarly, the Government Model School earmarked for Ipokia township being the local government headquarters, is now situated in Idi-Iroko. Thus, Ipokia township remains the only old local government headquarters without a government educational institution.

“Indeed, to ensure the safety of staff and students, it will not be advisable to locate the polytechnic in Idiroko, a border town prone to sporadic shootings between customs and the smugglers.

Delta invests N1.7bn in underground drainage system Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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The Delta state Commissioner for Works Chief James Augoye has revealed that the sewage underground drainage system with two point five diameter, worth 1.7 billion naira connecting DLA, Jesus Saves and Agric roads in Asaba was awarded last year by the Okowa administration to curb the menace of flood in the State capital.

Chief James Augoye stated this Wednesday when he featured on the Hot FM, radio program the People’s Parliament.

He said they are two discharge points which are Marble Hill and Cornerstone connected to Iyiabi river across the Asaba Benin expressway.

Chief Augoye appealed to residents of the state

capital to be patient as the incessant flooding would soon be a thing of the past.

While noting that work cannot commence on the DLA /Jesus Saves axis until the underground drainage is completed, the works commissioner said the state government has contracted a firm to do a study of the DBS road which is the lowest point of Okpanam road.

Chief Augoye stated that he has also instructed the contracting firm handling the Okpanam road project to place caution barriers at the Manholes on the Okpanam road walkway to avoid people falling in during floods stressing that covering up the manholes would make clearing the drains impossible.

L-R: Secretary to Oyo State Government, Mr. Olalekan Alli; Commissioner for Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, Prince Oyewole Oyewumi; State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, during the minister’s twoday working visit to the state… recently.

Lalong bows to pressure, says Plateau can now conduct council polls Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos ÏÏÏThe Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) can now go ahead to conduct the Local Government Election, says the state governor, Simon Lalong.

Lalong stated this on Wednesday in Jos when he signed two bills passed by the Plateau State House of Assembly into law.

This is coming after series of pressure mounted on the state governor by the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP), for refusal to conduct the LG polls, alleging that the governor is scared of losing at the polls.

Recall that couple of weeks back, the PDP had dragged Lalong to court, challenging him to conduct the polls, an act that

led the governor to swearin the just appointed LG boss (Transition Caretaker Committee), at midnight for fear of getting a court injunction.

However, Lalong has said that the local government elections were not swiftly conducted by his administration because of the faulty of law establishing the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission.

The governor said that there were so many flaws in the formal law making it difficult to conduct a proper election acceptable by the people of the state.

“What is worth doing is worth doing well, there were so many flaws in the outdated law.

“We have amended the law and addressed the flaws and PLASIEC can now go ahead and conduct

the council elections.

“Local government elections are very key to people and no responsible government would deliberately refuse to conduct elections at that level of government.

“This is because the people elected at that level of government like the counsellors are very close to the people at the grassroots,” he said.

The governor boasted that his party was prepared to participate in the elections and urged the umpire to hold elections without further delay.

Lalong further stated that the new PLASIEC law has also provided for the creation of development areas which he promised the people during his campaign.

He announced that the development areas would

be created after the council elections.

The governor who also signed the amended law establishing the Plateau

State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS) into Law said that the new law would boost revenue generation for the state.

Lalong said that the harmonised law would help in collection of taxes at both state and local government areas.

He stated that areas of conflicts in the just repealed PSIRS were addressed in the new law.

Mr Jonathan Mawiyau, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice presented the synopsis of the bills before they were assented to by the governor.

Former Senate president warns leaders against depression Moses Oyediran, Enugu Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani has warned those in position of authority against making life miserable for people, saying the idea of not paying workers salaries and promptly be jettisoned.

Nnamani gave the advice while addressing members of the public during the stakeholders meeting in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu state during which two more development centres were created to make it four in the council.

The former senate pres-

ident said the creation of more development centres was to make rural dwellers have a sense of belonging in the day-today administration of the council.

He commended the caretaker committee chairman of Enugu south local council, Hon. Sunday Ugwu for excellent service he had so far rendered to the people. He said Ugwu was able to achieve much within the short period because he allied himself with the noble objectives of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. “The governor wants development to reach everywhere in the 13 wards that make

up the local government.

The governor is interested in what is happening in our area. He has equally emphasized that all local government areas must pay their workers. That’s why we have to work as a team to the progress of the area for others to learn from us”. He, however, expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of buildings erected at the secretariat by previous administrations.

He encouraged the chairman to continue to pay his workers because the era of subjecting local government workers to unnecessary hardship

through non-payment of salaries has gone. “Any person who finds himself in a position of authority should do well to change the lives of the people. The time of owing salaries has gone. There must be regular payment of workers salaries. Those who are aspiring to be chairmen of various councils should learn to be humble and render quality service because the position is for quality people”, he said.

Senator Nnamani also commended Hon. Onyinye Ugwu for her good representation in the state house of assembly.

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Protesters want Buhari to do the right thing Myke Uzendu.

L-R: Past Governor, Rotary Club of Jos, Duke Doghor-Agbabi; President, Rotary Club of Naraguta Jos, Theresa Eyetan; Assistant Governor, Rotary Club of Jos, Mr. Julius Enwerem and others, during the President’s Installation ceremony in Jos, Plateau State… recently.

OPC, Fasehun condemn Anambra killing, urge govt to invite INTERPOL Patrick Okohue

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The Yoruba sociocultural group, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has condemned Sunday’s killing of about 11 worshippers in Saint Philip’s Catholic Church at Ozubulu in Anambra State, demanding that those behind the cold blooded slaughter be immediately unearthed and brought to justice.

In a statement issued in Lagos Tuesday, and signed by the Founder and President of OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun, the group described the massacre as shameful and sacrilegious.

“The killing of these innocent worshippers is one incident too many,” he said.

“Happening in that serene rural environment, it demeans all Nigerians.

It shows that nowhere in this country is safe. There is total breakdown of law and order in Nigeria as a whole.”

He urged investigators to solicit the assistance of the International Police.

“Perpetrators must be speedily brought to book.

If there is an international connection to this callousness, as Governor Willie Obiano and the Commissioner of Police have said, then the assistance of Interpol must be solicited in order to extradite those concerned back to Nigeria for investigation, prosecution and conviction.

OPC commiserated with the Ozubulu community and the families who lost their beloved ones in the dawn attack.

The organisation lamented that Nigerians lived in constant fear from assassins, kidnappers and

insurgents.

“This country has now entered a state of anomie where life is short and brutish. Nowhere appears to be safe: Not Lagos, not Port Harcourt or Akure or Maiduguri or Jos,” OPC said.

“If Nigeria is at war, let us know. Government may just as well declare the entire Nigeria a war zone,” OPC further said.

“As far as OPC was concerned, the spate of killings was not only evidence of the palpable insecurity throughout the country but a failure of Intelligence.

“Nigeria has become unsafe for citizens and foreigners as well. Those in government appear to be playing politics with the matter of security.

They are toying with Nigerian lives. There is too much insincerity. Instead of getting on with the

job of providing security, authorities are making concerted effort to look good on paper, in the social media and in the mass media,” he said. “Government must call its security operatives to order.

They must be proactive in their commitments and be honest to Nigerians,” Fasehun said.

Fasehun stressed the need for Nigerian security agencies to be proactive in order to pre- empt and prevent the wanton killing of innocent citizens.

Furthermore, according to him, it was a shame that thousands of Nigerians, using hunger and insecurity as excuses, daily risked their lives in the desert and on the high seas, while attempting to cross into Europe.

Fasehun said: “Let us bear in mind the old saying, East or West, Home is best.”

New Kogi Assembly Speaker solicits support of other arms of government Idris Ahmed, Lokoja

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new Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Matthew Kolawole has pledged for the cooperation of the Executive and the Legislative arms of government in order to harmonious deliver the dividend of democracy to the people of the state.

Kolawole who made the pledge when he

paid a courtesy call on the Special Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Engr.

Abubakar Ohere, said harmonious relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government is very paramount especially at the present critical economic situation, adding that the cooperation is the only way the state can witness rapid development and easy

passage of bills for the benefit of the masses.

The Speaker also assured the Special Adviser that his office will always collaborate with the ministry of local government, saying the ministry provide the easy access to reach out to the general public which he noted formed the chunk of the society.

He promised to extend similar visit to other government agencies , parastatals and lo-

cal government council with a view to encourage them to come up with executive bills to enhance good governance which he added is paramount to the present administration.

In his response, the Special Adviser , said the ministry will always avail itself of the ideas, creativity and wealth of experience of the new speaker, assuring him of the ministry’s cooperation at all times.

After an agonizing experience of the previous day, the Anti-Buhari protesters converged Wednesday, insisting that President Muhammadu Buhari’s 94 days absence has turned the country into a ‘joke of Africa’, insisting that Buhari should do the right thing by either resuming or resigning.

The day three protest which was devoid of clampdown from the Police saw protesters trickled into the Unity Fountain and kick-off the days sit-out activities, despite the morning showers while the Police observed from distance.

The scores of police personnel that invaded the venue the previous day with hot water dispensing vehicle, battle ready anti-riot police men with tear gas canisters,were replaced soldiers and sizable number of police men and horse riders.

The Police team led by

Supol Hyehira was seen directing protesters to the car park and he had a hand shake with Charley Boy and other members of the “Return or Resign” group and even showed them the appropriate locate from where they could commence their days business.

Aisha Yesufu, a member of the Bring Back Our Girls group (BBOG), who joined the protesters decried the degree of intolerance from the police on the protesters, saying that the movement was just to restore sanity in the polity and ensure that President Buhari should toe the path of honour.

“When we have our policemen brought at the Unity Fountain to stop protesters from peacefully protesting and not fighting criminals, and not fighting terrorism and not fighting kidnappers, all we are doing is that we are telling the terrorists and the kidnappers that they can have a field day to come at us and attack us.

NUJ Correspondents Chapel to prioritise training, retraining of ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

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The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ondo state, has said it would encourage its members to always acquire training and retraining in the profession.

Ojo Oyewamide, the newly inaugurated chairman of the chapel made the promise Wednesday in Akure.

Mr. Oyewamide said he was prepared to secure admission for any interested members of the chapel and sponsor them to acquire higher qualifications to promote professionalism.

Daily Times reported that the new chairman spoke further during the inauguration of the new executive members of the chapel.

Other members of the executive committee are Olabode Olatunde of Unique FM, Secretary; Bola Oriola of Daily Trust, vice chairman and Iyiade Oluseye of Alaroye, treasurer.

Oyewamide said the sponsorship would enable members who had obtained various certificates in other disciplines but lacked professional certificates in mass communication or journalism to make up.

“We will give pride of place to training and retraining of our members.

The Chapel will liaise with

some institutions within and outside the state to secure admissions for our members who are willing to pursue more qualifications.

“We are going to try to have a training and retraining fund for our members.

This new leadership will work on idea of this fund.

“We envisage a situation in which the chapel will have a handsome pool of funds set aside from which our members can be helped.

“We will see how to put together events where this pool of funds can be raised for the good of our members. A board of trustees will be set up to administer the fund,” he said.

He promised that he would operate a participatory administration where all members would contribute towards the development of the chapel.

The chairman assured members that their welfare would be taken care of, urging them to adhere to the ethics of the profession.

He commented the members for giving him the mandate to run the affairs of the chapel for the next three years.

The Chief Press Secretary to Ondo state governor, Segun Ajiboye who was at the inauguration, commended the chapel for the peaceful change of leadership.

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Politics Do we necessarily need to restructure to guarantee good governance?

Yes we need restructuring. But we need to ask the question, the People calling for restructuring, what do they know about restructuring? What is their motive?

As we all know, the core North never supports restructuring of Nigeria, example was shown in the way the lawmakers voted. Because we know the British constituted the country in their favour, so the North can never allow restructuring.

These guys would never allow anything to affect what they are enjoying, they would never allow it. But Nigerians should realise that power is never served fully prepared, you have to take it with force. Although the Senate President said the process is still on and the Majority Leader said they should not have put everything together, I think what they did is a disservice to Nigerians.

What we need in this country is a revolution, not necessarily a violent one. Look at the state creation for example, Kano State have be carved into three states, with each having about 50 local government area while Lagos remains the same and we are trying to have some here, but the Supreme Court said we cannot.

The argument of some of the lawmakers is that before you devolve power to the states you have to change the revenue sharing formula?

That is rubbish, it is not the issue, what has devolution of power got to do with that? What we are asking is that devolve power so that the states can tap their resources, pay royalties and use the revenue to take care of their needs, pay salaries rather than go to the central and beg all the time. The problem is that it is the unitary system that we have been practicing for a long time and the country cannot move forward, that is holding us back.

Would the recent amendment aid our democratic process?

The amendment process is laudable, but the first thing should have been amending the constitution, you cannot be clever by half. Bear it in mind that they need to bring the amendment to the states, remember some time ago the states assembly rejected financial autonomy because the state governors control all the money and they tell them how to vote.

As for the local government election, like we all know all parties in power win local government elections, because they are in control of the state electoral body, it is a sign of weakness in the system.

The independent candidacy is good for our democracy, because here people would say they are born for the party. That would

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Only restructuring, internal democracy can guarantee good governance-Aderibigbe Dotun Aderibigbe, a seasoned grassroots politician, is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. In this interview with INIOBONG IWOK, he assesses the recently concluded constitution amendments by the National Assembly and the anti-graft war of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

ADERIBIGBE

move us a long way forward, but we need voters’ education if we are to get it right.

There has been call for the scraping of the NASS or we have a single House do you

agree?

Look I am a student of relativity, the other day Senator Adeola Olamilekan was saying this is the best senate we have had in recent time; we have passed over 95 bills. That is the way he sees it. How many days do they even sit?

Most of the people in the House of Representatives do not know why they are there. A lot of them are there for their pocket.

We are playing with our democracy, we are not practicing democracy in Nigeria. We need to domesticate our democracy to suit our needs.

Most of the People don’t know why they are there. If we are to curb corruption it has to start

from the National Assembly. Look how much they send on constituency projects, what is constituency project?

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar recently identified lack of internal democracy in political parties as reason for bad governance, do you share that view?

Those talking have personal ambition; it is not a new thing.

A lot of them talking are part of the problem, it has always been like that. It is endemic, they do it every time. Internal democracy died during Funsho Williams contesting at AD primaries. The whole thing starts from choosing the delegates.

Is over monetisation of the political process part of the problem?

Yes that is true, but it does not bother me, until people start emerging though the right process there would not be responsive governance. The people know who they want, what we are even saying is that if you are to impose: come to the grassroots and hear from the people, what they want.

In some cases like the recent LG election the people don’t even know all the candidates not to talk of them coming out to debate in the Media. So the people don’t

come out to vote because they don’t see the right people they know on the ballot. Our political process is not issues driven, we don’t campaign here.

Do you believe in the anti graft war?

We don’t have any anti graft war. We voted for Buhari because of his personality, unfortunately we have not seen altruism in the process. We hear there are cabals in Aso Rock and everyone is fighting for his interest. I think the anti graft war should start from NASS. Nigeria is in a mess what we need is to strengthen our institutions.

There has been decline in the number of women holding elective positions and the affirmative bill was rejected, what is your view?

When you say politics is dirty and people are not coming out that is the problem. We need to change the perception we have in the country, that all women who go into politics are promiscuous, the issue is the perceptions. A Nigerian man would never allow his wife to go into politic, thinking that where she has gone for 1 am meeting all the men have slept with her.

In the just concluded local government election in Lagos State, they said women should not buy form, that theirs was free, how many women are there now as chairmen? It is not about the affirmative bill, people need to change their mentality.

Kogi APC: NWC will not tamper with party structure –Senator Kadiri Tom Okpe, Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) led by Chief John OdigieOyegun has said the party will not dissolve the party structure in Kogi State.

This revelation was made by the party chairman when stakeholders in the state chapter led by serving Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District and former Senator Alex Kadiri met with the party leadership at the party secretariat in Abuja on Monday.

Speaking after the meeting with journalists, Senator Alex Kadiri said: “We met with the national chairman and his team and were assured that the National Working Committee will not tamper with the APC in Kogi State. That is very important to us. We got an affirmation

from the chairman that it is not in their agenda in the (NWC) meeting tomorrow.

“The executive of the APC at all levels in Kogi State will not be dissolved because there is a procedure for the dissolution at the state level even at the national level.”

Kadiri also said they disabuse the mind of the national chairman over the fact that people have accused some persons of moving funds from Kogi to Abuja saying, “the chairman has assured us that his hands are clean on this matter and we believe him.

“That the Tony Momoh led reconciliation committee has actually submitted their report and will be considered by the National Working Committee at their meeting tomorrow; because APC members in the state are anxiously waiting for the outcome of that report.

“It is that report that has made the leaders of APC to be calm and not to do anything that will disrupt the party. And it is not our intention to destroy this party. But we have always said this that politics is a game of interest and relevance. If your interest is not being protected and people do not find you relevant, then there’s no point being there.”

Speaking on the recall of Senator Dino Melaye from the hallowed chambers, the member of the sixth National Assembly, Senator Kadiri said: “We are satisfied with the position of the national chairman that he will never do anything to frustrate the leaders of the APC in Kogi State. And I can assure you that on our part, all the serving senators in APC, all the former senators from Kogi State including Senator Ohiare, Abdul Abubakar and myself are all

behind Senator Dino Melaye in this fight.

“We believe that his fight is just, we believe that it is not right for APC to fold its hands and see the only APC Senator left in Kogi State be taken out of the Senate chambers. We believe that we must fight to keep our senator in the National Assembly. We also believe that the process of recall being orchestrated is all based on falsehood.

Dead persons names are there, people who do not have PVC to vote were there and I hope you remember that total votes cast for all those who ran for Senate for Kogi West in the last election came to about 133,000, but those who claim to have signed petition to withdraw Dino from the National Assembly are around 188 thousand. It is an exercise in futility. He has done us proud and we will stand by him,” he added.

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Nigeria cannot move forward without restructuring – Ohuabunwa Sunday Nwakanma – Umuahia The Senator representing Abia North Senatorial district, Mao Ohuabunwa has said that Nigeria cannot move forward without restructuring, and that there is no going back on that.

Speaking in Umuahia, the Abia State capital after inaugurating the local government areas chapters of his campaign organisation, Follow Better Organisation (FBO) said he is a proponent of restructuring, noting that it was regrettable that majority of federal lawmakers had voted against devolution of power to states.

He added that there was the need to further engage in dialogue and full explanation of the need to restructure the present political setup which has become an anomaly.

He expressed his belief that what happened on the floor of the Senate was that, there was a “misunderstanding” of the concept of restructuring and true federalism,” hence the need to carry some of our colleagues who didn’t understand what devolution of power is along,” adding that devolution of power was just an aspect of restructuring as being canvassed.

“So many things where put together, but what we intend to do when we return is engage our colleagues, explain to them and if possible split them into bills, but that is just revolving of power.

“For us total restructuring is the answer, because I have told people that we were practicing democracy before the military dictatorship. The structure today was not the democratic structure our founding fathers used,” he said.

According to him, “What we have today is a military structure. If we don’t review those structure to align with democratic tenets, it will not work and that’s why we say, because of the plethora of agitations here and there, the only

OHUABUNWA way out is for us to look back and see what our founding fathers who started democracy bequeathed to us and if we don’t do that we are missing it. We have to go back to those democratic structures for us to move forward.”

Ohuabunwa noted that the political structure in place now is a product of military rule which operated under unitary system of government and that Nigeria, having come out of that era, there was no way a democratic system of government could work effectively with the unitary structure, stating “now that we have democracy we should use democratic structures.”

According to him, the suitable structure was not

farfetched as the founding fathers of the Nigerian nation had in their wisdom laid down the suitable structure in the First Republic hence the present crop of political leaders should go back and adopt the original structures of true federalism.

He said on restructuring, “It is not secessionist, it is not separation, it is not disintegration but what we are saying is we must restructure for Nigeria to move forward and there will be competition amongst the states.

On the autonomy of the local government areas, the Senator said “We have granted the Autonomy to local government areas, where we believe that local government is the grassroots, so that people will begin to have value for democracy and enjoy their democratic dividends, and they will begin to hold their local government chairmen accountable for their campaign promises.”

On the issue of primary healthcare in the country he said “I’m the chairman Senate Committee on Primary Health Care and Communicable Diseases, but I have told them that the Federal Government has nothing to do with primary health care and primary education.

These should be the functions of the local governments and at worst the state.

“It was the military that ran a centralised kind of government that lumped everything together and that is why we are having problems today hence the reason why governors run to Abuja every 30 days to share money and states are not producing anything.

“Look at what happened in Kebbi State with production of rice. Can you believe that Kebbi can feed the whole of this nation and still export? Yes restructuring will give them the opportunity to run their business, so that is why we must go back to make them understand that restructuring is in the interest of all of us.”

Enugu PDP endorses Ugwuanyi for 2nd term Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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The Enugu State Executive Committee (SEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for re-election in 2019.

The SEC, which is the highest decision making organ of the party before the State Congress also approved September 9 and 16, 2017 for the conduct of the Ward and

Local Government Primaries of the party respectively to elect candidates for the November 4, 2017 local government council elections in the state to be organised by the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC).

Rising from its meeting, which was attended by Gov. Ugwuanyi, members of the National Assembly from the State, Board of Trustees, national, state and zonal party executives, local government party chairmen, among others, the party in a communique stated that the decision to endorse Gov. Ugwuanyi for second term in office was “because of his outstanding achievements and commitment to peace and participatory democracy.”

It disclosed that “the activities for the primaries will commence on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 with the sale of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms at the party secretariat and end on Friday, August 25.”

The party also passed a vote of

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confidence on Gov. Ugwuanyi “for his sterling performance in office and visionary leadership in piloting the affairs of the state, especially in this period of economic recession.”

It “pledged the unalloyed support of the party leadership at all levels in the state for the governor and his administration’s people-oriented programmes and grassroots development initiatives, which have entrenched peace and good governance as well as impacted positively on the lives of the people of the state.”

Part of the communique reads: “The meeting of the State Executive Committee of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State chapter, was held today, Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at the Party Secretariat at G.R.A, Enugu.

“The meeting deliberated extensively on issues concerning the growth and development of the party in the state.”

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Ekanem who is a member of the state executive of the party added that it was obvious that the voting was based on regional lines, noting that the North do not support restructuring because they were afraid.

He berated the lawmakers for putting their personal interest above national interest, adding that the decision has painted the country black.

The South- South leader in the state urged the National Assembly members to urgently reconsider the bill on restructuring and save the country from collapse, adding that national interest should be the major consideration in any decision.

He said “It is a personal thing, the South wanted it, the North did not and that formed the way they voted. I have said it if we don’t restructure now the country may collapse.”

“The decision of the House is a setback to Nigeria and it is not in the best interest of Nigeria, infact it has painted us black in the international community,” Ekanem said.

Speaking further on the decision of his party on the council election tribunal, he said the PDP was still studying the Tribunal and had not decided yet if to file petition.

He stressed that the PDP had instituted legal action against the State Independent Electoral Commission and the state government for hurriedly passing three bills on the eve of the last council election.

“We have taken them to court for hurriedly passing two bills days before the election. Our party is still studying the situation and we have not decided yet if we would go to that tribunal.

“The election was a sham; Tinubu had already said that he would sweep the pool so the result was pre -determined,” Ekanem added.

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Reviving Nigeria’s extractive industry

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hat Nigeria is undergoing wrenching economic dislocation is no more in doubt.

This parlous predicament is as result of years of economic mismanagement and dwindling oil revenue. Because of this, most economic activities are halting with attendant unemployment among Nigerians. Experts posit that the country’s present situation would have been avoided if it had not relied only on oil as its economic mainstay but diversified into agriculture and mining.

The mono-culture nature of the country’s economy has left it at the whims and mercy of price fluctuations in the world’s crude oil markets. Incidentally, all indicators point to the fact that price of oil would remain depressed for a long time. That is why the call for a revival of the mining and minerals sector should be heeded.

Economists, geologists and surveyors agree that Nigeria is blessed with enormous mineral resources such as coal, lignite, barite, marble, clay, tantalite, cassiterite, gold, lead, zinc, dolomite, limestone, kaolin, gypsum, bentonite, uranium, phosphate, iron-ore, feldspar, copper, barites, tin and bauxite. They also posit that these minerals would not only fetch the country bountiful financial returns from their extraction, refining and sales, but also generate hundreds of thousands of jobs for Nigerians. Before the discovery of oil in 1956, the country depended on coal for generating much of its electricity and rail transportation. In addition, products like iron-ore, tin, lead; zinc and bauxites were exported for much needed foreign currency.

There was time when Nigeria was the world’s largest exporter of columbite. Today, all that remains are relics of these once mighty industries and a sad reminder of their neglect by successive administrations. For too long, the federal and state governments have ignored well-reasoned calls for the immediate exploitation of solid minerals,

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which, unlike oil that occurs in a few enclaves, are available in commercial quantities in every state.

Estimates put Nigeria loses at more than N10 trillion annually in unexploited gold alone. Now, minerals mining accounts for only 0.3 per cent of GDP. Moreover, the domestic mining industry is underdeveloped; leading to the country having to import commodities such as salt or iron sheets and billets that can be produced locally.

Paradoxically, most bitumen used in road construction in Nigeria is currently imported.

Government’s lack of attention is responsible for the unregulated mining activities and illegal smuggling of the products across the borders by unlicensed miners and artisans. Nigerian Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative (NEITI) audit report on solid mineral operation, shows there are six buying centres, nine dredging companies, 11 exporters of solid minerals, 14 medium scale mining companies, 35 commercial quarry, 54 construction quarry, eight quarry for manufacturing, bringing a total of 157 activities in the solid mineral sector of the economy.

What the country now needs is a comprehensive mining policy that will facilitate massive private domestic and foreign investment. In economic development, mineral resources are the foundation upon which an industrialised economy is built, and industrialisation is essential if Nigeria is to reduce over-dependence on oil –which, despite the revenue it generates, provides employment for less than six per cent of the country’s labour force.

In pursuit of this objective, there is the need to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow states to control their own minerals. The placing of mining on the Exclusive List is responsible for the little or no interest in the development of the sector.

The reality of dwindling revenues and the prospect of resource control should be a powerful incentive for states to press for the immediate expansion of mining.

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STATEMENTS BY THOSE WHO MATTER

Pastor Tunde Bakare

Pope John Paul II

What God purposed and did before time cannot be destroyed by time, because once upon a time, there was no time at all.

Christianity is called to offer a genuine ‘DNA’ for a universal humanity; a Trinitarian vision and life that can animate a civilisation of love.

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Understanding farmers-herdsmen conflict and way forward

N Abdulrahman Usman Leme

igeria has experienced a considerable increase in natural resource conflicts since the early 1990s. The increasing clashes between farmers and pastoralists have recently become worrisome, especially in wetland areas of the Middle Belt, North Central Nigeria. As expected, most media outlets both local and international have cashed in on the stories around the unfortunate conflict with highly exaggerated accounts motivated by ethnic and religious undertones.

This has led to increased misunderstandings and level of distrust among Nigerians.

Centuries back, many of the low-lying areas next to rivers in Nigeria were hardly used by farmers because of some wide-range of reasons. One of such was the exposure to diseases like river blindness and malaria. Another is the problem of erosion peculiar to these riverine areas. These areas instead were mainly used for grazing by nomadic herders and fishermen.

However, the increase in Nigeria’s population led to a need for much greater use of these lands, especially for food production.

During Nigeria’s colonial era, large irrigation schemes to ensure freshly planted food crops became popular. These schemes however became unsustainable forcing successive governments to find alternatives. The need to have substi-

tutes necessitated the introduction of the Fadama projects in the early 90s to support traditional small-scale farmers. Fadama is a term denoting irrigable low-lying plains. The idea was to promote low cost technology for irrigation under the World Bank financing. The Fadama cultivation was promoted throughout the northern region.

The expansion of the project coincided with large-scale urbanization and a growing demand for horticultural products in all regions. This spread various types of dry season cultivation in many states and ultimately set the stage for the recurring farmers and herders’ clashes. The farmers, usually desperate to meet the growing demand for food items in growing urban centers and to feed their families took up more of the riverbanks to farm. Doing this meant they encountered struggles with the other users, especially the herders and even the marginal fishermen. The herders’ frustration and hostility came mostly from finding the grazing routes and access to watering points covered by tomatoes, cucumbers, vegetables and other crops planted by the farmers. This led to misunderstanding and clashes leading to loss of lives and property.

At what point did it become a fullblown war?

Prior to 1999, security was considerably firmer than it is now. One of the weaknesses of civilian rule from 1999 till date is the poor and inadequate response to the security of lives and property. Internal crises were containable under pre- de-

mocracy era. Now, the police and/ or security outfits are required to contain what initially used to be settled by village heads. The advent of democratic rule seems to have opened the gate of ethno-religious conflicts which manifested around the Farmer-Herder conflicts. Some politicians have cashed on the land use conflicts to feather their nest.

For example, in Mambilla Plateau of Taraba state, herders and farmers have lived peacefully together for centuries. There was never a history of any clash between the neighbours until around the years 2001 and 2002, and both crises are believed to have been politically motivated.

Smarting from the latest round of the clash, which started on June 18, 2017 after ethnic Mambilla militias descended on Fulani communities, people are still counting their massive losses due to unprovoked attacks on their lives and property. A number of people for example, are still missing. Again these attacks were alleged to have been carried out at the behest of some political elements.

In the early years of return to democratic rule in Nigeria, Plateau State also witnessed ethno religious crisis. Many of the settled and transhuman pastoralists were caught up in the crisis between the urban Hausa-Fulani Muslim and the Christian tribes; which set the stage for subsequent conflicts that lasted many years. The situation has not been different in other states like Nassarawa, Benue and Kaduna. Again, just about the same period, we had

Turning frustration into opportunity in Nigeria

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he adage that “tough times do not last, tough people do’’ is fast becoming the experience of Nigeria in its fight against economic

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recession.

It is also relevant to confirm the saying that “God is a Nigerian’’ in the sense that the speed at which the nation is coming out of recession remains unprecedented, indicating that the hand of the Almighty is on the country.

When Muhammadu Buhari took over as President in 2015, he inherited an economy that would have made a faint hearted abandon a duty post. At that time, Nigeria was plagued with myriad of challenges which included disruptions in the oil sector as occasioned by fall in global price of oil and disrupted supply. The developments caused an acute drop in supply of foreign exchange which plunged the nation’s economy into a recession.

On assumption, President Buhari’s first action aimed at attacking recession was to insist that Nigeria and Nigerians produce what they consume and consume what is produced locally. This position formed the philosophical base of the Federal Government’s diversification policy.

Not too long after the pronouncement, results started manifesting in the agricultural sector. Latest

figures shows that the sector is leading Nigeria’s non-oil export by $105.06 billion and this stands out as a strong indication that Nigeria has started raising its head above the water of recession and that productivity as against sharing revenue from oil, is fast becoming the order of the day.

Between 2015 and 2017, Nigeria witnessed the establishments of its largest rice processing mill, the second largest single line petroleum refinery, second largest urea fertilizer plant and the second largest chemical complex. Tax incentives for three years have also been given to local industries to enable ease the process of doing business as well as provide opportunities for the creation of new jobs.

With the establishment of the largest cement producing complex in Africa, foreign investors are encouraged to buy stakes from Dangote cement. So far, private investors have subscribed to about 2.1 per cent stake in the company which amounts to about $236 million. This is an indication that the confidence of foreign investors in the Nigerian economy is on the path of growth.

Furthermore, with the Olam group investing $150 million in the establishment of the largest poultry farm coupled with an integrated feed mill in sub-Saharan Africa in Kaduna as well as another $120

million investment in Vicampro potato farm that has the prospect of generating 30,000 jobs, all is now set for Nigeria to record a quantum leap in its economic growth.

Another proof of investors’ confidence manifested when a company with French parentage, Lafarge Nigeria, the second largest cement producing factory in Nigeria, converted the loan it granted the local arm of the company into equity. This is also an indication that foreign investors are no longer in a hurry to leave Nigeria.

Economic recovery also is on upward movement with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) standing at 54.1 per cent. This means that Nigeria recorded expansion in production.

On the other hand, there is a strong indication of growth in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Financial Markets Dealers Quotations (FMDQ). A N10,000 investment in the NSE in January 2017 is capable of yielding N3,300 in six months. Such capital gain cannot accrue as interest rate when same amount is invested as deposit.

The simple deduction from these activities is that the nation is exiting from economic recession while at the same time growing rapidly. It demonstrates that the government has developed and is implementing concrete plans to attain a set target.

With a 4.3 per cent growth rate as

the infamous Sharia crisis in 2000 which contributed to the already growing distrust among the urban Hausa-Fulani Muslims and their largely Christian tribe neighbours in Southern Kaduna. This of course has negatively affected the relationship between the transhuman pastoralists and the locals in Southern Kaduna.

Part of why these crises linger on is because both the people and successive state governments failed to commit to peace. We have seen recently in Plateau State, for example, that peace can be restored when both parties are committed to lasting peace. Efforts made by the state Government, NGOs, development partners, community and religious leaders and the warring parties to ensure peace has proved to be effective; so far Plateau State has been at its most nonviolent for the longest time since 1999.

We also cannot ignore the acts of criminality and banditry being perpetrated under the guise of the “herdsmen attacks”; and our obsession with one-sided narratives.

A good example is that of the Zaki Biam killing that took place on 20th March in Benue State. The initial report was that “herdsmen” perpetuated the mass killing of the people of the town. The police however later reported after investigation that armed gangs led by the wanted militia leader, Terwase Agwaza, carried out the act.

To be continued next week.

Leme wrote from Lagos.

against the 2.8 % growth projection from the World Bank, it means that the big deal is on the way.

The recession has proved that the never-say-die-attitude of Nigerians to challenges should be emulated by other nations as all intents and purposes point to the fact that the nation is not wobbling out of its economic challenges but buttresses that good and implementable strategy, clear focus and an enabling environment are the necessary ingredients to pull such tough strings.

The feat achieved so far proves that it takes a disciplined government to take Nigeria out of a mono economy and conquer the world through economic diversification.

To further cement and improve the current achievements, the government can do more by creating business clusters, mechanic workshops and industrial estates in order to deepen the expansion of the productive sector. By the time the expansion of the productive sector has been deepened, Nigeria will once again prove to the world that converting a frustrating condition into an opportunity is its stock in trade.

Kunle Somoye, a Public Affairs analyst, wrote from Abuja and can be reached via kunle321@gmail.com ( shared with Simon Ateba News)

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Osinbajo’s vision and the climate of fear Guest Columnist REUBEN ABATI

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Osinbajo doesn’t know what he is talking about.

He should read history books.

Restructuring is not about appointment.

Only politicians talk about power and positions.

Restructuring Nigeria is about justice, equity and national progress.

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“Where have you been?”

“I have been around” “I was just wondering why you have not said anything since the Acting President proclaimed that those of you who are asking for the restructuring of Nigeria are a bunch of government appointment seekers.”

“So?” “Yes, so?”

“Well, if you must know, I actually think that the Acting President is right.”

“Chei. I don’t believe you.

Ekwetaghi m gi!”

“He is the Acting President. He should know what he is talking about. He has access to security reports. The intelligence agencies would have monitored all the persons asking for restructuring and they would have been able to decipher the truth.”

“Which security agencies? Are you talking about the same intelligence agencies that have not been able to stop kidnapping, Boko Haram and other crimes in the country? I beg, if you don’t have anything serious to discuss, let’s discuss peppersoup and jollof rice.”

“I am tempted to believe the Acting President” “Really? So who amongst the prorestructuring persons is looking for a government job? What appointment is Papa Ayo Adebanjo looking for?”

“Dey there” “Or Generals Yakubu Gowon and Ibrahim Babangida?”

“I say dey there” “Olu Falae, Chief E.K. Clark, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Ike Nwachukwu, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, Baba Bisi Akande” “You don’t know this country.”

“How?” “See, I am telling you the Acting President knows what he is talking about. Look at it this way, if tomorrow the Federal Government decides to address the issue of restructuring, it would have to set up another forum for dialogue, a national conference, it is these same people who are asking for restructuring that will be appointed to that conference. Is that not a job? Is that not an appointment?

Most of these people asking for restructuring are old people. They want another opportunity to be relevant, so they can collect sitting allowances from government.”

“You are oversimplifying a serious national matter. Many of the elderly people asking for restructuring have nothing to gain from it.”

“Dey there. What have we not seen in this country, in this same country where dead people were once announced as government appointees until someone pointed out that the appointees had died a few years ago?”

“I don’t believe that.”

“I hope you know that the Acting President is a Pastor. Pastors see visions. I believe he may have seen the vision that all this talk about restructuring is just an opportunity to make money. If the old men clamouring for restructuring do not get appointments, they will recommend their sons and daughters, and pretend that they want to save Nigeria. That may be Pastor Osinbajo’s vision.”

“God Almighty. Let me ask you, does a man like Professor Ben Nwabueze look like a man who still wants a government appointment?”

“Let me ask you, does Nnamdi Kanu look like a man who will jump at government patronage?”

“I asked you a direct question” “And I answered you.”

“What of Atiku? He has been Vice

Osinbajo President. He can’t possibly be looking for government appointment.”

“What if I tell you he is in fact looking for government appointment?”

“And what if I accuse you of blackmail?”

“My answer is that you’d be surprised, otherwise why do old men struggle for offices and even threaten to remain relevant by force? You see, the man of God knows what he knows.

Even the secessionists are looking for appointment. They are even already sharing appointments. Were you not in town when they named the Cabinet of a Republic of the imagination.”

“Biafra exists. It lives. It is not a Republic of the imagination.”

“I see you are also looking for an appointment too. If they offer you one, you’d jump at it. If they invite you to Aso Rock to come and discuss certain matters, you’d wear your bottom box and pose for photo like those Niger Delta elders did last week.”

“Osinbajo doesn’t know what he is talking about. He should read history books. Restructuring is not about appointment. Only politicians talk about power and positions. Restructuring Nigeria is about justice, equity and national progress. In 2014, we had a national conference, but some people said the appointees were chosen in darkness. Were they ghosts? Did they not collect sitting and accommodation allowances? Were they not Nigerians?

But they said it was job for the boys, instead of addressing the issues. “ “So, you want this government to create another job for the boys?”

“I don’t want this government to sweep important matters under the carpet. There are unresolved issues already well identified by the 2005 and 2014 National Conferences. Those issues must be addressed.”

“Ha. Nigeria! Only God knows the number of persons who have submitted CVs and proposals to the Federal Government over this restructuring matter. All kinds of experts seeking to profit from Nigeria’s agony, for whom every national matter is an opportunity for private profit. Osinbajo would know.

He knows.”

“I see you are determined to trivialize this subject. May be we should return to it some other day when the Acting President sees another vision.”

“The man prays and fasts a lot. I am tempted to believe him.”

“He fasts and prays. I understand then. He may have spoken out of hunger and anger. When you fast, hunger sets in, and when you are hungry, you are angry and you see visions. That is how it works! That explains for sure, why he would dismiss his grandfatherin-law who described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression. Power is such an aphrodisiac. If Papa Awo were alive, the Awo I know would have asked his granddaughter to leave the Acting President’s house right-away.”

“Forget matter. The grand-daughter

will not go anywhere. She will tell Papa Awo not to politicize her home. She will stand by her husband. Na so e easy to get better husband?”

“Are you drunk? Awo will say something, Osinbajo will say another thing and you will say you stand with Osinbajo?”

“Yes. Awo was never Vice president of Nigeria. He didn’t act as President.

What Osinbajo knows, Awo did not know it. Osinbajo is acting President of Nigeria, not acting President of a mere geographical expression. Nigeria is a legal entity. Osinbajo is speaking as a lawyer.”

“And Awo?” “Awo was a politician. He was a lawyer too. But he didn’t run Nigeria.”

“I see you will defend anything. This your Osinbajo that you says sees visions, he didn’t see the vision that two of the persons he appointed to the ICPC board had been indicted by the same ICPC? How did that escape him?”

“He is not God. Only God is all-knowing.”

“Power is dangerous. I can see that. It imbues you with the power to have an explanation for everything. I pity your likes because when Nigeria implodes, it will fall on your head.”

“Nothing is going to implode. The government will give the people what they need and matter will settle”.

“The same way they have settled the Boko Haram matter” “The Acting President has asked all service chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri and produce Ibrahim Shekau, the Boko Haram leader, dead or alive, within 40 days.”

“And I guess the Acting President is also fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, to make that happen. I hope he knows Shekau is a cat with nine lives.”

“He won’t have the tenth life in Jesus mighty name. He will be captured.”

“I know. The same way government captured his flag and Koran. I hope they will capture his wives too. I hope you know some parents are now donating their daughters to Boko Haram.”

“Why would any parent do that?”

“Clear evidence that Boko Haram is becoming a kind of revolution. Scary.

But what I don’t understand is why Boko Haram has suddenly grown new teeth now that Professor Yemi Osinbajo is in charge. Is there something else, religious and ethnic and political to this whole thing?”

“You are a useless cynic. You always find a way of turning things upside down. People like you are the problem.”

“Me?” “Yes, you” “I am a man of peace. Afterall, I am not one of those persons protesting that President Buhari must resign having stayed away from office for 91 days at a stretch, contrary to public service rules.”

“This democracy sef. What impudence!”

“The people involved are Charly Boy,

Deji Adeyanju and the #OurMumudonDo movement. They say 90 days is more than enough for any medical vacation.”

“There is no such express provision in the Nigerian Constitution. Those who protest do so in vain. The Constitution is supreme. If the President likes, he can choose to remain in medical exile till 2019, and for your information there are people who are already campaigning for President Buhari’s second term. They say he will even win the 2019 election in absentia, if necessary.”

“Toh” “In any case, the Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed has made it clear that there is no substitute for President Buhari in Aso Villa and he doesn’t’ see the hoopla. That is our position.”

“Toh. I don’t see any hoopla either but Nigerians see it. They know that there is something worse than hoopla going on in this country.”

“What can be worse than hoopla?”

“Tragedy all around. Uncertainty.

Widespread anxiety and poverty; and a tomorrow flying on the wings of fear.”

“I see a bright future instead” “I don’t. I see a cloud of danger, particularly with what happened at St Phillip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu. The Pope must be seriously worried about the situation of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. What kind of people are we?”

“The Almighty God himself must be worried.”

“I am worried too. You go to church only to get caught in a war between drug lords; eleven people died, my brother, inside church!”

“The love of money is destroying our lives. Not even holy places are spared.”

“Sad” “Sad” “We agree on this one” “We do. If we must do any restructuring, we must start with the church and the people’s minds.”

“What is bad is bad. Look at what happened in Ikorodu last Saturday.

Members of the Badoo cult went to a Cherubim and Seraphim church, joined the church’s night vigil, and killed a woman. Her head was smashed with a stone.”

“Jesus of Nazareth!”

“When human life no longer means nothing in any country, that country is in trouble.”

“I don’t like violence in any shape.

I fear for Nigeria, with all the hate speech and the violence. There is even an anti-Igbo song in the North calling for genocide against Igbos. I am afraid, but I fear more for Kenya even now as that country goes to the polls today.”

“I know. The general election in Kenya looks like a do-or-die affair.”

“It is ethnic warfare and a battle of the dynasties. I hear people are already fleeing. There is even greater anxiety in the neighbouring countries especially Uganda. Uganda started stockpiling fuel more than a month ago because if violence breaks out in Kenya, Uganda which depends on Kenya for fuel may be stranded.”

“Without meaning to sound racist, I’ll like to say we Africans don’t know how to manage power.”

“It is not an African thing. See what they have in America as President, for example.”

“I dare say Africa is peculiar. Look at Rwanda. Paul Kagame has rigged himself into power for a third term in office. I just hope he doesn’t end up like Robert Mugabe who at 93 insists on running for election again in 2018.”

“That man must be over 100 years.”

“One of these days, one African country will elect a corpse as President, and some people will manage the country on his behalf.”

“I just hope the general elections in Kenya today will be peaceful. The threat of violence has never been this high, much higher than was the case in 2007. Today in Kenya, all the 47 counties are divided along ethnic lines and with the fear of rigging, anything can happen in that country. ” “It is not the election itself, but what happens after.”

“You are right. It is always what happens after. As a Nigerian, I should know that. What happens after is not always the best.”

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Why nations should be concerned

Charcoal market

Logs of wood ready for burning

Lucy Aghedo Curiously, no country, big or small, is immune to the effects of climate change. Remarkably, despite the huge applause for the monumental Paris Agreement on climate change, the nation who ought to lead to achieve the objectives set out in it will be looked at. The effect of global warming will be huge in the future. However, this is already evident in many developing countries.

In West Africa and the sub-Sahara nations, climate change has caused a major shrinkage to lakes and rivers. This has, as a consequence, driven migration issues and has caused many conflicts. The alarming and unprecedented armed attacks in sub-Sahara Africa has reached a boiling point. If it is not curtailed and is allowed to brew further, this will throw the entire region into a conflict far worse than the Syrian war. It will have a cataclysmic domino-effect on the immediate neighbouring countries as well as Europe.

A lot of reasons have been alluded to these conflicts but if there will be consensus on these reasons then is a moot point. It is centred on one’s political affiliation and tribal alliance. However, one of the primary causes of the trouble is climate change. This by itself has mutated into other issues multiplying the causes and effects. Other related factors, but no less important, are human contribution; deforestation, hydroelectric constructions and desert encroachment to mention a few.

There is no doubt that water scarcity as consequence of the drying Lake Chad is a significant cause of the problems.

This has impoverished the region, triggering hunger and insecurity. This view has been echoed by Mohamadou Karidjo, Honourable minister of defence of the republic Niger at the Conference of Party (COP21). Hugely affected ethnic people, are the Tuareg among others.

Also, escalating the problem is the Tuareg rebellion in Mali in the quest for a separate home land. According United Nation High commission for refugees about 200,000 people are displaced and

The Great Green Wall of Africa may be the only remedy for the ever encroaching Sahara Desert

over 400 people cross into Burkina Faso and other bordering countries daily. In addition, the nomads from Libya and the environs that have streamed southwards in search greener pastures for grazing.

The main stay of the Nomads in norther Nigeria, Niger and Mali is cattle rearing. The water shortage from the Lake region, drought and food shortage has heightened migration down south where there is lush green land. Hence the Fulani herdsmen from North are moving in large numbers than ever and grazing to the detriment of other farmers. Though not without effects to the environment also: gully erosion, disease and replanting the southern part of the region with seed deposited through animal’s waists.

It is notable that strange grasses and plants has now been dominating these areas in the last two decades. These, in addition to the recent killings of farmers and their families in eastern Nigeria, Edo state in mid-west and other areas. Also reports of similar incidents in Ghana and Cameroun. It is no wonder that the situation has exasperated many.

Strangely, the barbaric attack by the so called Fulani herdsmen has not been condemned nor investigated by the government. Instead, it has either been trivialised or tribalized. While politicians and security agencies sit on the fence

and pretend nothing is happening due to sentiment. No matter how one may view the activities of the herdsmen, it is naive to blame these atrocities wholly on the Fulani herdsmen without analysing the cause of the frictions. All must look at the bigger picture to ascertain the real cause of the concern, to unmask the ultimate causes and those culpable.

Since Gaddaffi was deposed, it has been established that the region is swamped with weapons looted after the fall of Libya; The Tuareg war for separate home land, Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria and the desert encroachment resulting from drying Lake Chad due to the effect of climate change. All of which depicts the insecurity and volatile situation in the region. Therefore, to state unequivocally that one group of people is responsible for these attacks without looking at other factors is wrong. Worse still, a superficial treatment.

Fulani’s are known for their cattle rearing skills, they have done so for ages in Nigeria with little or no problem in the south in the past. They could easily be described as men walking their herds, holding sticks on their shoulders and at times carrying Bows, Arrows and Daggers. But simply for the protection of their herds from wild Animals.

Fulani Herds men were never known

to bear arms (guns). Why are AK47s being used now? The Nigeria security agents should be proactive in investigating these attacks. It might be that these incidents are not carried out by the herds men but terrorist disguised as herdsmen.

Hence It is important to distinguish between genuine herdsmen and the mischievous for the sake of peace, security and unity of Nigeria and the greater good of the region. In other to achieve this in the region, especially in Nigeria, security agencies and politicians alike must be detribalised. In so doing, they can see beyond personal and tribal interest to foster national security.

Most importantly, both the southern and the northern legislators and governors have to speak frankly and firmly irrespective of their political affiliations.

Where many worry about their political influence and party’s loyalty they forget about the electorates whom they represent. Be conscious that you are honourable to stand for a course and dishonourable when you fail your own people and yourself. Political positions are not meant for personal aggrandizement but opportunity to serve. It is just a temporal office that has been occupied by others before you and you will invariably be out of the office someday. There must be united effort in legislating a permanent solution rather the ill-willed Grazing bill before the house which failed to address the concerns and causes of the problem. The bill before the house now is cosmetic. It fails to address the problem in economic, legal or political sense.

It is only sentimental and self-serving to say the least.

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Nigeria needs fiscal discipline– Col. Ali Ï Ƒ Ɛ ƌ ƈ ƐƆƏƅƆƍƐ Ƣƣ ƌƑ ƋƆƗ ƒƆ ƈƅƋƆ

Hameed Alli with some Customs officers inspecting a contraband

Bags of rice seized by Customs

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hardly will you find ten that Nigerians will declare exactly what is in the container. What they do always is to give you false declaration. That is for those who cannot get it out without paying anything. This is all in a bid to pay the lowest duty. Sometimes, importers will give the correct value and even the correct duty to customs agents. But our agents will go and duplicate the papers, change it and give it another consignment and then connive with our own officers because it takes two to tango.”

On the role played by some customs personnel to make this evil trend thrive, the CGC said, “We are the gatekeepers, so for any container that gets out of the port as false declaration, they must have connived with customs officers. It is therefore our job as customs officers to cleanse our system.”

Calling for all to be involved in making the nation better and end smuggling, Ali said, “We must join this crusade; it is a war that cannot be won by the Nigerian customs alone. It is a war that must be fought by every patriotic Nigerian and that is the only way we can curb this menace and be able to get money and also instill the fiscal discipline that is required.

“What we need in this country is fiscal discipline, we do not have it. People do not have conscience, so how can we grow? Yes we want to be great and of course we are great because we are the largest in terms of number, but in terms of performance, where are we?

Look at all the indices by World Bank, by IMF, we are always

Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) recently disclosed that a notorious smuggling ring that specialises in bringing in vehicles through unauthorised routes has been smashed and 17 suspects arrested by men of the Agency.

Ali who briefed journalists in Lagos on the various seizures made by officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja and the CGC Compliance Team in the last one month, said the 37 exotic vehicles comprised of 8 Lexus Jeep LX 570 (2017 model), 12 Land Cruiser Jeeps (2017 model), 17 Toyota Hilux (2016 -2009 models) - with a duty paid value of N1.4b.

He also revealed that 12,081 bags of smuggled parboiled rice with a duty paid value of N149,007,658 were also intercepted by the zone.

Speaking further on the seizures, the CGC said several bales of used cloths, 130 parcels of Indian Hemp weighing 116kg each and another 45 sacks of 10kg per sack, as well as six containers carrying items ranging from used tyres, iron folding chairs without the sittings foams, packages of wooden cabinets in different sizes, biscuits, chocolates and other general merchandise were all seized.

Ali lamented the fact that the nation has become a haven for used and smuggled items due to the continuous patronage by Nigerians.

Stating the dangers of the act,

the Customs boss explained that aside from the economical implication of such unwholesome activities, especially when the nation is trying to grow her own economy and be less dependent on foreign products, the health hazards of using second hand items such as cloths and some of the prohibited items are unimaginable.

He said, “The idea behind banning used clothes or other used items is not just for the economic reasons, but also for health reasons but we still do not see it that way. We are the only ones who allow these things into our country.

We are the only dumping ground for used items, from used vehicles, clothing, engines, used tyres and some others; all find their way into Nigeria.

“Go to other countries, they don’t allow such, we are the haven of used items and it is because there is a market for it. The truth is that if we don’t buy such goods, the importers won’t bring them in. when we buy such goods, we encourage them to continue.

Most Nigerians do not even know the hazards such things pose, not just the economic hazards but also the health hazards.

Hammering on the need to deal with the issue of false declaration, Ali said false declaration has also become alarming as importers and agents now connive with customs officials to defraud the nation for reason best known to them. He stated that out of every one hundred container brought into the country; hardly would one find ten that was not falsely declared.

“Out of a hundred containers,

...another contraband seized by customs

ranked lowest because of our own attitude.

“We do not love or believe in Nigeria because these importations are not done by persons from other countries; and even if it is done, it is in collaboration with Nigerians. For anyone outside to perpetrate such act, there are ten Nigerians supporting him and that is why he succeeds. You cannot go to their own country and do this. Certainly you will be afraid. But in Nigeria, anybody can come and cheat this great nation of 180 million people.“ He also emphasised that the ban on importation or rice and vehicles through the land borders was still very much effective. “For the avoidance of doubt, the federal government policies ban on the importation of rice and vehicles through the land borders are still in force. Nigeria Customs Service remains resolute in its determination to en-

force these policies of statutory function.”

Ali commended his officers and men for their relentless efforts in the discharge of their mandate and direct that appropriate amount of force be applied in the discharge of their duties if the need arises. “NCS will continue to work towards crippling smugglers and getting them out of the illegitimate business. For those who use violence as instrument of intimidation, let it be known that going forward, NCS operatives will not hesitate to use appropriate force to deal with any threat that is intended to obstruct performance.”

The CGC was also in company of DCG Aminu Dangaladima, ACG Haruna Mamud, the comptroller in charge of federal operations unit, zone A, Comptroller Mohammed Uba, Comptroller Mohammed and Comptroller Ahmed Azirima.

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Senate, NLC condemn police brutality on anti-Buhari protesters Olufemi Samuel, Chris Emetoh and Idu Jude, Abuja

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The Senate and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday came down hard on the Nigeria Police Force, condemning it for using force to disperse a group of protesters in Abuja campaigning against the medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Though the Senate in a statement by its Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi condemned the subject of the protest which is aimed at forcing President Buhari to either terminate his medical vacation or resign, the Upper Chamber of the Federal Legislature would not support any violation of the

fundamental human rights of the people as they reportedly did Nigerians. yesterday.

Just as the NLC in a statement “The police should review signed by its Secretary Gen- their rules of engagement and eral, Comrade Peter Ezon, con- ensure that they are in line with demned the inhuman maltreat- that of modern democratic soment of Nigeria who expresses cieties. The rights of the people their opinions through peaceful should not be violated by the protest, stressing that they have police employed to protect these every right to do so as Nigerians. rights. Where the Police suspect According to the Senates that hoodlums are trying to hispokesman, “While we are op- jack the protest, it is the duty posed to the subject of the pro- of the Police to apprehend the test, the Senate acknowledges hoodlums and those who break the fact that the protesters have the law rather than generalise the constitutional right to gath- and thus brutalise innocent proer and express their views in testers. a manner that will not breach “We however urge the organpublic peace, order and tranquil- isers of the protest to join other ity. Since the ‘Our-Mumu-Don- Nigerians in praying for the Do’ protesters did not conduct safe return of President Buhari. themselves in such a manner as They should note that any morto disturb public peace, it is not tal being can find himself in the right for the police to brutalise situation where one needs medi-

Activities at Tombia roundabout abattoir in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State… recently.

cal attention and more time to fully recuperate. More so, when in the present case, the President complied with the provisions of the Constitution and all organs of government are not impaired nor hindered by his medical vacation,” Abdullahi stated.

For the NLC, using water cannons, tear gas and other offensive means by the police to disperse peaceful protesting citizens against the absence of the President is condemnable. “The right to peaceful protest is guaranteed by the 1999 Constitution (as amended). This right has been affirmed by the courts of the land.

“What was expected of the police, who have relatively done well with regards to public protests in recent times, was to sit it out with these protesters.”

The statement said that the resort to violent dispersal is not only a violation of the rights of the protesters and norms of civilised behavior, but a smirch on the record of IGP Ibrahim Idris who during his oath of office had assured Nigerians that the Police Force under his watch would police in line with democratic culture.

It further stressed that the unnecessary violence by the police has unwittingly put the discourse of the protesters demands in the public domain.

“Beyond this, it is a throwback to the dark era of Police Force when they trampled on the rights of the citizenry considered to be in opposition to the government of the day.

Glo subscribers to enjoy Free Data on August 11 National telecommunications operator, Globacom, says subscribers on its network will enjoy the Free Data Day on Friday, August 11, 2017 where eligible subscribers will get 200 MB free data to enjoy a full day of FREE browsing, chatting, streaming, downloading, uploading and lots more.

This, it said, was in fulfillment of its pledge recently to announce a day that its subscribers would be allowed to browse the net free of charge.

In a press statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday, Globacom said that subscribers should use 100MB and N150 on voice calls or N250 on voice calls between Friday 4th and Thursday 10th August to qualify.

The company had explained at the launch of Glo Free Data Day that the offer was in demonstration of its commitment towards giving more value to its subscribers.

All prepaid Glo subscribers are eligible for the offer, Globacom stated, adding that once they meet the voice and/or data usage threshold within seven days, they will qualify to enjoy the Free Data Day. With the new product, subscribers on the Glo network have an opportunity to do so much more on the internet by browsing free of charge for a whole day.

“We appreciate the essence of the internet in contemporary world. We are through this product empowering our customers

EFCC set to sponsor 20 PhD researches on corruption

Saturday’s convention’ll signal our readiness to take over in 2019, says PDP Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

ÏÏÏThe Chairman of

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Special Non-Elective National Convention slated for Saturday, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that the party’s convention will send out a strong message that the party is set to take over power at the national level in 2019.

Senator Okowa, who is also the governor of Delta state, stated this on Wednesday at the meeting of the Convention Planning Committee at the party’s national secretariat, Abuja.

The governor pointed out that the convention will be an acid

test for PDP’s readiness for the election.

The party, Okowa said, has realised the areas in which they did not meet up with the expectations of Nigerians and is now determined to make corrections and provide Nigerians with good governance, anchored on accountability, rule of law and improved welfare of the citizenry.

His words, “Yesterday, we were inaugurated with the task of organising a successful National Convention for our great party. It is our hope that the various committees will set out to work immediately as we have barley few days to go.

“As an organised party, I have

confidence in our leaders of the various sub-committees that we will be able to deliver a successful National Convention that we can all be proud of.”

“I trust in your abilities because I have seen a good number of committed party members who are dedicated to the cause of ensuring we return back to power in 2019,” he said.

Speaking on the preparations for Saturday’s national convention, Okowa said that a lot of grounds have already been covered by the National Caretaker Committee, adding that the planning committee only has few days to conclude the arrangement.

Augustine Okezie, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is canvassing for the introduction of anti-corruption courses for all University undergraduates.

The Acting Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu on Tuesday Abuja, disclosed that the Financial Crimes Commission will from January 2018 till the next 10years sponsor up to 20 PH.D researches on any aspect of corruption.

Magu who also advocated curriculum change by introducing anti corruption courses in Nigeria Universities was speaking during a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Adamu Rasheed.

He said “The EFCC wants NUC to lead in the introduction of anti corruption curricula in all Nigerian universities to be

taken by all fresh undergraduate students regardless of course or discipline.

“Whether one is studying accounting or building engineering, food sciences or marine biology, political science or pharmacy, being exposed to a rigorous and evidence-based knowledge of corruption and its consequences on polity and economy as well as individual self esteem would be beneficial to the nation ,the community and individual,”Mr. Magu added.

He added that his Commission would also support the publication of manuscripts relevant to the teaching of the anti corruption course.

Speaking on the fight against corruption, Mr. Magu the commission wants everybody to join in the fight against corruption adding that the university system is very important and that the youth remains their target.

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SIGNED: OTUNBA GBEMIGA ADEWUMI. 08062969700.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: Barr .Akor Dominic Friday

GOD’S WORD CHRISTIAN CHAPEL The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

Trustees: 1. Osia Edmus Tevbebite. (Chairman) 2. Osia Juliet Izehiese.

3. Asama Judith Funmi 4. Osagiede Osabuohien. (Secretary) 5. Nwoji Benedict.

Objectives: 1. To preach and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

2. To promote the spiritual and social welfare of members in line with Christian ethics.

3. To establish a centre for Christian Worship and activities.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication Signed: Okungbowa O. Golden. 08038490387

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. KINGSLEY IKECHUKWU OGBOSO (FOUNDER/CHAIRMAN).

2. OLUYELU OLALEKAN OLAJIDE(MEMBER).

3.OLANIRAN OMOTUNDE EUNICE (SECRETARY).

4. MIRIAM IFEOMA AKINYEMI (TREASURER).

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : 1. TO RECOGNIZE EXTRA-ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS, LEADERS AND BRANDS FOR VARIOUS COMMENDABLE EFFORTS IN THE SOCIETY AND EXEMPLARY SERVICES TOWARDS NATION BUILDING .

2. TO HELP BUILD SUSTAINABLE SOCIETIES BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF MANKIND REGARDLESS OF RACE, TRIBE, RELIGION OR COLOR. 3. TO AWAKEN A PASSION TO SERVE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

WEARS FOR AFRICAN CHILD FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADEYEMI ISAAC OLATUNDE, 2. ADEYEMI FOLUKE KAFILAT. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HIS COMING BACK AGAIN. 2. TO CLOTH EVERY AFRICAN CHILD IN DIASPORA AND TO ORGANIZE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BABATUNDE ISRAEL AJAYI - SECRETARY 08023629956.

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THE BARE NECESSITIES AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

NAME OF TRUSTEES: 1. DEACON AFOLABI JOHN ADEBISI - PRESIDENT 2. CHIEF BARUWA ISMAILA GBOLAGADE - GENERAL SECRETARY 3. ALHAJI NAFIU ISMAIL ADELEKE - TREASURER

TRUSTEES ARE 1. TOLULOPE OGUNDIPE -- CHAIRMAN 2. FOLAWE OMIKUNLE -- SECRETARY 3. BOLARINWA OMIKUNLE --MEMBER 4. DAMILOLA OGUNDIPE -- MEMBER

AIMS & OBJECTIVES: A. TO DEVELOP & PROMOTE COMMUNITIES IN IWOLAND. B. TO ASSIST THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED PEOPLE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OTUNBA GBEMIGA ADEWUMI. 08062969700.

HIGHLAND VICTORY CLUB

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) UDOH, DAVID INIOBONG - PRESIDENT (2) INYANG, AKON MFON - SECRETARY (3) UMOH, CARLOS UDEME AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: (1) TO PROMOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN DISCIPLESHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRIST KINGDOM (2) TO ENCOURAGE ITS MEMBERS THROUGH SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (3) TO PROMOTE CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP AND INTERACTION AMONG MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

PEACEMAKERS PRAYERS & DELIVERANCE MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. PASTOR OLORUNBUKUNMI .S. MEBAWONDU -CHAIRMAN 2. PASTOR AUGUSTINE BOLU -SECRETARY 3. PASTOR JOB. O. OBADOFIN -TREASURER 4. PASTOR STEPHEN ADEJOR -MEMBER 5. DEACONESS PHEBE O. MEBAWONDU -MEMBER 6. BROTHER OLORUNPOMI ISRAEL MEBAWONDU -MEMBER 7. BROTHER ANTHONY AMODU -MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

EUCHARISTIC MINISTRY FOR SACRED EVANGELISM

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: ROSY CHAMBERS 08036192114

SIGNED: SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL NEEDS TO THE SOCIETY.

LIFE CHANGERS STAR LIONS CLUB

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTESS ARE: 1. WALE AKANMU OLAOYE - CHAIRMAN 2. MOJISOLA BAKARE ASIERU-SWEET - SECRETARY 3. OBAFUNKE WILLIAMS -TRESURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE 2. TO DEVELOP THE POTENTIALS IN THEM ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

RAYMONDROSELINE FOUNDATION

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. OKONKWO IFEANYI RAYMOND - PRESIDENT 2. EWA IFECHUKWUDE GERALDINE - SECRETARY 3. IWUNDU EYINNAYA CHIENYEKWAM- TRUSTEES MEMBER AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

ST BOTTLES CATHEDRAL CLUB WORLDWIDE

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. REV, PASTOR FRANKLIN AJAGALA. 2.PASTOR LIONSONKING IFIEGBULAM. 3.PROPHETES GIFT IFIEGBULAM. 4.MRS. Theresa Nwalato AJAGALA 5. PASTOR ARU ITIRI

THE TRUSTEES ARE : (1) Chief Dr Success Awele Iwueze (Founder and President ) (2) Mr Timothy Oihoma Ede-Abel-(Secretary) (3) Mr Anya Ferdinand Ibekwe - (member)

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE : 1.TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : (1) To promote inter-ethnic and interracial understanding amongst people.

(2) To promote recreational and social interests of Members.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED : SECRETARY

SIGNED : SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.OLORIEGBE DANIELS JAFE 2.ILEVBARE RITA IZILAFE 3.OJO-MALIK FOLAREMI 4.SAMSON ATURU 5.CAROLINE OLORUMBA 6.PROF. STEPHEN ADEWOLE THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1. Vision _ To develop physical, social and economic initiatives that will enhance the well being of our people 2. Mission : To create a platform that will give opportunities for our people to improve and develop their own quality of life through co_operation and partnership Aims and Objectives: a. Communicating development, empowerment and capacity building b. Projects and programmes in learning , training , education and environmental protection c. Working in partnership to deliver and create a range of opportunities that will enable local people to develop and improved their own quality of life d. Using the available cultural tools to enhance socio_cultural activities in our community ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : SECRETARY

PAULINE DAN GATA CARE CENTRE

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. AKOKA ENOCH THOMAS 2. THOMAS PAULINA AKOKA 3.ISHAYA ADAMU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO WORK TOWARDS PROVIDING HELPING HANDS TO THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO PROVIDE CARE TO YOUNG PEOPLE BY ENCOURGING THEM TO DRIVE THEIR MINDS AND TALENTS TOWARDS POSITIVE VENTURES. 3. TO PROVIDE HELP TO THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS, DESTITUTES AND OTHER LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

LAMPESE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. OKONKWO EMEKA DANIEL 2. OKONKWO KINGSLEY 3. OKONKWO JULIET ADAKU. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE FOR EMPOWERING YOUNG TALENTS GLOBALLY. 2. TO ENCURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO HARNESS THEIR POTNETIALS AND PUT THEM TO EFFECTIVE AND GOOD USE. 3. TO GIVE BACK TO THE SOCIETY BY PROVIDING HELPING HANDS TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ASSOCIATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

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THE VOICE OF JUBILEE MINISTRY WORLDWIDE

ONIT EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. PROF. NWAFOR OBY MAUREEN 2. DR. CHIJIOKE CHISOM HENRIETTA 3. DR. OBIOJI JOSEPHINE NNEKA 4. NWOSE ADAOBI MAUREEN 5. NWAFOR EKWUTOSI LOVETH 6. NWAFOR NKEMJIKA PEACE 7. NWAFOR OBINNA CHRISTOPHER OFFORMA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To expand access to quality education especially for the rural and urban poor 2. To provide quality functional education for special vulnerable groups such as out of school youths, rural peasant women and urban female in micro- enterprises Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication SIGNED:- UJUARINZE & COMPANY ( Legal practitioners ) 08033140231

REAL WOMEN IGNITE GOLD-INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. Dr. Adebukola Idayat Adebusuyi- Chairman; 2. Mrs. Oluyemisi Atinuke Odeniyi; 3. Chief Waheed Ekun; 4. Mrs. Olufunmilayo Olufunke Brown; 5. Mr. Adefolaju Akande; and 6. Mrs. Christiana Oluyemisi Adekola-Secretary.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE : 1.To alleviate poverty and suffering of deprived groups by spreading the gospel of love, care and giving through advocacy.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : SECRETARY

EMERGING -COMMUNITIES TECH-UP ORGANISATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED MINISTRY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.APOSTLE DONALD AZUBUKE CHUKWURAH 2.MRS. CHIDIMMA CHUKWURAH 3.CHUKWURAH VIRGINIA 4.BLESSING UDEOZO 5.EMEKA CHUKWURAH

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. JOEL OGUNSOLA- CHAIRMAN 2. OLAOLUWA ABOLUWARIN- SECRETARY 3. BABAJIDE AKEREDOLU

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1.TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2.FOR ENVAGELICAL AND MISSIONARY MISSION WORLDWIDE FOR CHRIST. 3.TO SEEK FOR THE WELFARE OF CHURCH MEMBERS AND NONE MEMBERS.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1. To drive the growth of technology capital funds and infrastructure within West Africa 2. To create major technology hubs within emerging communities across West Africa 3. To drive the growth of human capital development in West Africa with focus in technology skills

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED : MATTHEW .E. ZIBRIL ESQ SOLICITOR 08057979566

SIGNED : SECRETARY

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DANIEL AGWU ABABA I formerly known and addressed as Ababa Daniel and Anawo Daniel Ogah now I wish to be known and addressed as Daniel Agwu Ababa. All former documents remain valid. General public take note VIRGINIA EZEKWUGO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHINWE EFOBI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHINWE VIRGINIA EZEKWUGO ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ABIMBOLA ADEYEMI FORMERLY KNOWN AS: MISS SIJUWOLA ABIMBOLA OMOYEMI NOW TO BE KNOWN AS MRS BEWAJI ABIMBOLA ADEYEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OYE GRAHAM

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. HELEN OYE OCHANG NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. HELEN OYE GRAHAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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ADEMOLA TAIWO BLESSING

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I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANTHONY EZE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANTHONY OKOFU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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AWMANE MCYAWHSON

ADEOLA AWAKAN

THAT I AM THE SAME PERSON AS AWMANE MCYAWHSON AND ALSO AWMANE MCYAWHSON ADIGUN AND AWMANE MCYAWHSON ORIADEOWOLAPO NOW AWMANE MCYAWHSON .

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS TO CONFIRM THAT MY REAL NAME IS AKINBOBOLA, DEBORA OLUWATOYIN AND NOT OJURI DEBORA OLUWATOSIN. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. AKHIMIE CHRISTIANA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHRISTIANA NYA EKPENYONG AND CHRISTIANA OKOHO AKHIMIE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DANIEL AKHIMIE CHRISTIANA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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OBIDIEGWU LOVETH NCHEDO

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CORRECTION OF NAME

I, ISMAIL SADIQ ABUBAKAR HEREBY NOTIFIED THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY SPELT AS MAIKANKAN SADIQ ISMAIL , INSTEAD OF ISMAIL SADIQ ABUBAKAR , ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID AUTHORITY CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE .

CORRECTION OF NAME & DATE OF BIRTH

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PETER OLUWAFEMI ZACHARIAH

ONASANWO ADEYINKA TAIWO

BROADRICK TAIWO ANTHONY

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MRS OLAITAN OLUBUSOLA ABIMBOLA

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BELLO RISIKAT AJOKE

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MRS ABDUL HAMID FATIMOH ABIODUN

OLUWA GANIAT EKWUTOSI

MRS BUKOLA KOFOWOROLA OYAWOYE

EMILERE IDOWU SAMUEL

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MRS FLORENCE MBAH TOBI

PATIENCE FRIDAY

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MONDAY ABUH

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MRS AYELABOLA IYABO JULIET

ANTHONY OKOFU

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MRS. BALOGUN BUKUNMI SARAH

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEBOLA BUKUNMI SARAH, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. BALOGUN BUKUNMI SARAH. All former documents remain valid general public take note.

MRS JOSHUA FOLASADE OLAIDE

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS DANIEL FOLASHADE OLAIDE DEBORAH, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS JOSHUA FOLASADE OLAIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

I, formerly known and addressed as OLAITAN OLUBUSOLA LADELE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OLAITAN OLUBUSOLA ABIMBOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OMOLARA GANIYAT OLANIYAN

I, formerly known and addressed as OMOLARA OWOLABI now wish to be known and addressed as OMOLARA GANIYAT OLANIYAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MBANG OFEM MBANG

I, formerly known and addressed as MBANG PETER KELECHI and OFEM KELECHI PETER, Now wish to be known and addressed as MBANG OFEM MBANG. All former documents remain valid.

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YERIMA SAMEERA TUKUR

I, formerly known and addressed as TUKUR SAMEYRAH MUHAMMAD, now wish to be known and addressed as YERIMA SAMEERA TUKUR. All former documents remain valid.

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TIJANI BASIRAT IBUKUNOLUWA

I, formerly known and addressed as TIJANI BASIRAT AYOMIDE now wish to be known and addressed as TIJANI BASIRAT IBUKUNOLUWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. a AGBOOLA OLUSHOLA OLUYEMISI I, formerly known and addressed as ADENIJI OLUSHOLA OLUYEMISI, Passport No:- A05109870, now wish to be known and addressed as AGBOOLA OLUSHOLA OLUYEMISI issued at Ikoyi, Lagos, owner of International passport number above. All former documents remain valid general public take note.

UCHENDI OBIANUJU ONYINYE

I, formerly known and addressed as ACHEBE OBIANUJU ONYINYE, now wish to be known and addressed as UCHENDI OBIANUJU ONYINYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

THE QUEST OF LIFE EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

The general public is hereby notified that the above named ministry has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for the registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) MR. JOSEPH OLUWATOYIN AFOLABI 2) MR. WILSON OLUWATOBI AFOLABI 3) MRS. RAUTHA JOSEPH MAGAJI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.To propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY VAL ORPHANAGE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.VALERIE EYOMA ASUQUO 2.OKORO LAZARUS ETO .

3.OGAR CLEMENT ADOGA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1.TO ESTABLISH /SET UP ORPHANAGES FOR THE CARE, PROTECTION, PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL AND WELFARE NEEDS OF ORPHANS IN NIGERIA .

2.TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIP TO INDIGENT STUDENTS IN NIGERIA. 3.TO HELP THE POOR ,VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION ,KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED : SAMUEL SHAGBA L.P. 09058868092. 08032625281. SHAGBA@ GMAIL.COM

THE WORD OF TRIUMPH GOSPEL CENTRE INT’L THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) PASTOR ISAIAH IGBINOBA OMOREGIE. (2) PASTOR (MRS) FAVOUR ENIYE OMOREGIE. (3) PASTOR DANIEL INAGBONODE OMOGBEME. (4) PASTOR LAWRENCE OMOSIGHO. (5) PASTOR (MRS) PRECIOUS EVBAGUEHITA ONAGHISE AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED:- SECRETARY

LOST OF DOCUMENTS THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE LOST OF DOCUMENTS BELONGING TO CHIEF OYUKI JACKSON OBASEKI (JP) SITUATED AT CADASTRAL ZONE BO8 OF JAHI, FCT ABUJA, APPROXIMATELY 1000.00 SQM. LISTED BELOW ARE THE MISSING DOCUMENTS A) OFFER OF STATUTORY RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY B) REVENUE COLLECTOR’S RECEIPT C) COMPLAIN OF DOUBLE PLOT LOCATED IN RESPECT OF ED22556 D) REPLY COMPLAIN OF DOUBLE PLOT LOCATION E) AND ALL OTHER ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS THE SAID DOCUMENTS GOT MISSING ON THE 12TH DAY OF JANUARY 2016 ON TRANSIT ALL EFFORTS MADE TO TRACE THE SAID DOCUMENTS PROVED ABORTIVE IF FOUND RETURN TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION All Authorities concerned and the general public should take note

RESCUE AND COUNSELING MISSION AFRICA THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘’C’’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1999 TRUSTEES 1. DR OPUSUNJU NWOKE -PRESIDENT 2. DR JULIANA RWELAMIRA -MEMBER 3. PRINCE DAVID NWOKE-BEN. - MEMBER 4. MATHEW GICHILE -MEMBER 5. PASTOR DANIEL IHANSEKHIEN -MEMBER 6. COL (RTD) KHALIF ADEN SHABELL -MEMBER 7. MR MUSA KALUNGI -MEMBER 8. MR GABRIEL ASUQUO UKPE. -MEMBER 9. DR EDITH EKPUNOBI. -SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE:1. TO CATER FOR THE YOUTHS AND YOUNG ONES ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED:- SECRETARY

Public Notice 24 GREAT EXPERIENCE WISEMEN CLUB OF NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL THE General Public Is Hereby Notified That The Above Named Has Applied to Corporate Affairs Commission For Registration Under Part “C” Of The Companies And Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1). HON. CLEMENT ELAHOR (2). COMRADE PRECIOUS IMOKHUEDE (3). MR. FREDRICK OJO (4). MR. KENNEDY EHIMEMAN

- CHAIRMAN - SECRETARY - COMMITTEE CHAIRMAM - DISCIPLINE OFFICER.

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: (1). TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS (2). TO CREATE AVENUE FOR MEMBERS TO MEET REGULARLY. Any Objection to the Registration should be Forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off AGUIYI Ironsi Street, MAITAMA, ABUJA Within 28 DAYS of This Publication.

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UNION OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF NIGERIA ENUGU This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration Under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CHUKWU AMECHI - PRESIDENT 2. NWABUEZE NWOGUGU - VICE PRESIDENT 3. KINGSLEY NWOBODO - SECRETARY 4. PATRICK OKAFOR - PRO 5. BARR. UZOCHUKWU C.O. - LEGAL ADVISER AIMS & OBJECTIVE 1.To take adequate steps to protect members from exploitation 2.To organize a Union for professional photographers who are engaged in creative form of photography in all its ramifications.

3.To put infrastructures and instrument in place with a view to regulate, control and promote the practice of the profession of photography in Enugu State.

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

Signed: BARR. UZOCHUKWU C.O. LEGAL ADVISER

SIGNED THE TRUSTEES

CHRISTIAN HELPERS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration in accordance with the companies and allied matters Act 1990.

1.OGBUAGU ARINZE PASCAL-VAL 2.OKOLI MOSES IKECHUKWU 3.OFILI NKECHI RACHEAL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To contribute to care-giving for the elderly, children and other challenged groups and persons.

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

SIGNED; TRUSTEES

JAKANDE & GBARA CONCRETE CASTERS ASSOCIATION

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.To protect and promote the welfare of the skilled and non skilled workers specially involved in concrete casting , pilling and all structural and foundation works in the building and construction industry in the Jakande & Gbara Community and environs in the Lekki area of Lagos State 2.To promote peace , unity , progress and togetherness among members 3.To promote good working relationship mom been concrete coasters and Estate /property owners and developers.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate affairs commission, plot 420, Tigris crescent, off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of the publication

L AS T TR UM P E T P E N TECO S TA L C H UR C H O F G O D

TRUSTEES : Ramon Adewale Daniel.

Adewale Toyin Yinka Uwamanua Nwankwo Michael Balogun Emmanuel Adebayo Oluwakemi Monisola Oniyitan Abiodun Emmanuel

SIGNED SECERTARY

PAPA-AJAO ASSEMBLY OF MUSLIMS OF LIKE MIND

TRUSTEES ARE: AIHAJI JAMIU SALIS OLOLADE ALHAJI UTHMAN ILYAS BALOGUN ALHAJI ABDUL-RAZAQ MUBASHIR WOLEOLA ALHAJI SALAUDEEN ABDULLAH BABATUNDE Aims and Objectives of the Body Are. 1.

To foster unity and progress among all Muslims within the community and beyond. lnculcating into the minds of our children the importance of the tenets of Islam and to see to it that they are carried out from time to time.

Holding Monthly meetings Annual Ramadan and Hijrah programmes at any designated place.

Engaging in all necessary Muslim activities that can protect the image of Islam throughout Lagos State ,the Federation of Nigeria and the world at large.

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

SIGNED SECRETARY

PUBLIC NOTICE

I OKON GODWIN EDET from Obufi L.G.A of Akwa Ibom state,Nigeria the biological father of OKON TESTIMONY DARA born on 18/05/2010 and OKON VICTORY UNWANA born on 28/08/2011.According to the tradition and custom of my family every female child must be circumcised not minding the damage and pains the harmful practice will cause to the organs of the female child and the practice does not align with my belief.As a result of these I did not circumcise my daughters and there have been increase threat to my life for not allow my daughters to be circumcised ,that makes me to take them away in order to escape from this horrible traditional practice.General public to please take note OKORIE LOVELINE IFUNANYA ADA

I, formerly known and addressed as OKORIE LOVELYN, now wish to be known and addressed as OKORIE LOVELINE IFUNANYA ADA. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

Aims And objects To preach the gospel of our lord to the world.

To produce Christian literature that promotes salvation of souls, Holiness of believers and sound bible teaching among churches and nations of the world. This includes christian books, magazines, tracts Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of the publication.

MRS. DURUAKU CALISTA ONYINYE I, formerly known and addressed as ONYEKWUSI CALISTA ONYINYE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. DURUAKU CALISTA ONYINYE. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT AND ADVANCEMENT

SICKLE STRONG WARRIORS FOUNDATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the above named organization has applied for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

Trustees: Yasmine Ponle Okudzeto Dr. Tunde Ayeye Aims and Objectives: The aims and objectives of SICKLE STRONG WARRIORS FOUNDATION are: 1.To work to raise awareness about the Sickle Cell Disorder to ensure that all affected persons can live normal stigma- free lives; 2.To join in the advocacy for early detection and intervention as a tool for better management of Sickle Cell Disorder; 3.To canvas for training and re-training opportunities for those involved in the care and management of Sickle Cell Disorder; 4.To deliver counselling services to affected individuals, their parents and other carriers of the sickle cell trait; 5.To liaise with other national and international bodies as may be necessary in pursuance of the aims and objectives of the Foundation; 6.To do all such other lawful things as may be considered to be incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

IHEME VICTORIA NNENNA

I, formerly known and addressed as OBASI NWAOBIARA NNENNA, now wish to be known and addressed as IHEME VICTORIA NNENNA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

SIGNED BY: UNOBE ENE SARAH (GENERAL SECRETARY)

JOSEPH FELICIA ADEYOKUNNU FOUNDATION

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Adeniyi Omotayo Olukosi, 2.Adeyokunnu Joseph Adelanke, 3. Adeyokunnu Felicia, 4.Ibrahim Tajudeen, 5.Ayoola Jolayemi.

Aims and objectives: To provide shelter and education for the less privileged in the society.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of the publication.

ADEKUNLE IFE OLUWATOYIN

I, formerly known and addressed as AWELEWA IFE OLUWATOYIN, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADEKUNLE IFE OLUWATOYIN. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

BABATUNDE OMOTAYO I, formerly known and addressed as OMALE YUNISA, now wish to be known, called and addressed as BABATUNDE OMOTAYO. All former documents remain valid.

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NKECHI MARIE EKERE EZEH I, formerly known and addressed as NKECHI MARIE EZEH, now wish to be known, called and addressed as NKECHI MARIE EKERE EZEH. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

ONAILO DAVID

ADEYEMO AYODELE SOLOMON

CHIBATA LUKE ONYENACHIYA

I, formerly known and addressed as ENEOJO. ISAH, now wish to be known and addressed as ONAILO DAVID. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formally known, called and addressed as EGUNJOBI AYODELE SOLOMON and OLUSOLA AYODELE SOLOMON. Now wishes to be known, called and addressed as ADEYEMO AYODELE SOLOMON. All former documents remain valid. General public and Banks should please take note

I, fomerly known as OKONKWO LUKE ONYENAUCHEYA, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIBATA LUKE ONYENACHIYA. All former documents remain valid. ACCESS BANK and general public take note.

MRS. MADUKA CHINWE JOY

SOLOMON CHINYERE GRACE

Signed ADEDOYIN ANDU SECRETARY 51 BODE THOMAS, SURULERE, LAGOS

I, formerly known and addressed as GILEAD ALAEZE, now wish to be known and addressed as MARTIN ALAEZE TASIE. That on my bank documents, my date of birth was wrongly written as 10th day of January, 1974 instead of 13th day of May, 1974. That my correct date of birth is 13th day of May, 1974. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of the publication.

That on my Diamond Bank Account, my name was wrongly written as GANABABA ABUBAKAR instead of ABUBAKAR BABAGANA. That my correct name is ABUBAKAR BABAGANA. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

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

CHANGE OF NAME/CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) To monitor the implementation of Women’s Rights for the attainment of equal status of women in all aspects of social political and economic development within the community and the nation at large.

(2) To co-operate with National and International NGO’s and agencies by networking and co-aligning for the achievement of specific goals for the welfare and development of women.

Signed SECRETARY

SIGNED SECRETARY

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named body has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

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

SIGNED; TRUSTEES

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) OGBO PATIENCE EGAJANYA - CHAIRMAN (2) UNOBE ENE SARAH - GENERAL SECRETARY (3) ADIO-MOSES OCHANYA RUTH ANIKE - MEMBER (4) AMALI ADOYA AMALI - MEMBER

- Chairman - Vice Chairman - Secretary - Provost - P.R.O - Treasurer

TRUSTEE ARE: PAUL ADEKPE IKWE MARK ONAH ORUHU GABRIEL OJEKA UDAMA BENJAMIN ADOGA ABINYA PETER ABINYA AHUEYI LEONARD UKE

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi ironsi street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of the publication.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To protect members and for the unity and progress of members.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1.EMEKA UDUNWA CLEMENT 2. NJOKU JAMES OKA 3. NJOKU CHIBUZO AUSTIN 4. ORIOYE ADELEKE PRINCE 5. OKOLO SUNDAY 6. OJUOLAPE IDOWU JELILI

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IGEDE LAND

- CHAIRMAN -SECRETARY -VICE CHAIRMAN - FINANCIAL SECRETARY - TREASURER - TRUSTEE - TRUSTEE - TRUSTEE - TRUSTEE -TRUSTEE

The General public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the companies and allied matters act 1990

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 - PRESIDENT, - VICE PRESIDENT, - TREASURER, - GENERAL SECRETARY, - FINANCIAL SECRETARY, - PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER

1.HON. LAWRENCE AKWUBA 2.NWAKAMMA GODWIN CHIKE 3.ALEX OFFODILE 4.GEORGE CHIDOZIE ANIJAH 5.ANTHONY AMOBI EKWEZOR 6.EMMANUEL IKEDIGBO MOUFUNANYA 7. BARTHOLOMEW ORAEKWU NNAKEE 8.CHRISTOPHER EMENEKA 9.CHRISTOPHER OGBUE 10.OBIGWE JOSEPH

The General public is hereby notified that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the companies and allied matters act 1990

SIGNED BY: BARRISTER OGE ENYINDAH

IGEDE PROGRESSIVE YOUTH ASSOCIATION

NANDO DEVELOPMENT UNION This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration in accordance with the companies and allied matters Act 1990.

MRS. EUCHARIA IJEOMA OSUJI I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EUCHARIA IJEOMA OGBONNA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. EUCHARIA IJEOMA OSUJI. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AHAMEFULA ASANKEONYEKWURU JOY C., now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. MADUKA CHINWE JOY. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as GRACE GRACE CHINYERE, now wish to be known and addressed as SOLOMON CHINYERE GRACE, All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

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AGUDA FOLARIN OLATONA

xx NWABUFO CHIBUZO ARIZECHUKWU

Formerly known and addressed as FOLARIN OLATONA OLUWATOYIN, now wish to be known and addressed as AGUDA FOLARIN OLATONA. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as NWABUFO DACBUFO CHIBUZO, now wish to be known and addressed as NWABUFO CHIBUZO ARIZECHUKWU. D. All former documents remain valid.

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OKOLIE RITA NKECHI

xx OLADEJO MODINAT AJOKE

Formerly known and addressed as OJODEH RITA NKECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as OKOLIE RITA NKECHI. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as ADEBAYO MODINAT AJOKE now wish to be known and addressed as known as OLADEJO MODINAT AJOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OPELOYERU SOLIU ATANDA Formerly known and addressed as SOLIU IBRAHIM OPELOYERU, now wish to be known and addressed as OPELOYERU SOLIU ATANDA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MISS DINAMUENI MAMBU I, Formerly known and addressed as Miss Dinamueni Mambu now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs, Adedoyin-Adeola Dinamueni.

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AKANBI LOOKMAN OLATUNJI

xx AKINYEMI MONSURAT MATANMI

Formerly known and addressed as AKANBI-OJOLOWO LOOKMAN OLATUNJI, now wish to be known and addressed as AKANBI LOOKMAN OLATUNJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as YUSUFF MONSURAT MATANMI, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINYEMI MONSURAT MATANMI. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as IDRIS MARIAM TEMITOPE, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBAYO MARIAM TEMITOPE. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. TONYE BOMA AMADI

xxCORRECTION OF NAME This is to notify the public that my name was wrongly written on my Account as WOBO NYEMA instead of WOBO NYEMACHI. My correct name is WOBO NYEMACHI. All former documents remains valid the general public please take note.

CHANGE OF NAME/ CORRECTION OF BIRTH DATE

I formerly called and addressed as MISS. TONYE BOMA KALADOKUBO now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. TONYE BOMA AMADI. All former documents remain valid. The general public please take note.

CHIDALU OBIORA GERALD Formerly known and addressed as UDEGBUNAM OBIORA GERALD, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIDALU OBIORA GERALD. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS NMOYE ADERAYO ABIADE

Formerly known and addressed as MISS ADEYANJU ADERAYO ABIADE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NMOYE ADERAYO ABIADE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

IHEANACHO FRANCIS EKENE Formerly known and addressed as FRANCIS THOMAS now wish to be known and addressed as IHEANACHO FRANCIS EKENE. That my date of birth is 01/12/1986. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

xx IKEMEFUNA IRENE IFEYINWA Formerly known and addressed as ELUMOGO IRENE IFEYINWA, now wish to be known and addressed as IKEMEFUNA IRENE IFEYINWA. All former documents remain valid.

General public take note. xx ADEKANYE OLAYINKA MARY

ADEBAYO MARIAM TEMITOPE

Formerly known and addressed as OSAGYE JOHN OTUWOSE, now wish to be known and addressed as OSAGYE JOHN OSAGEDE. That my correct date of birth is 01/12/1990 and not 18/05/1986. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AYOKU AGATHA JOHN Formerly known and addressed as AGATHA IGBINOKPOGE JOHN, now wish to be known and addressed as AYOKU AGATHA JOHN. All former documents remain valid.

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CORRECTION OF DATE OF BIRTH/CHANGE OF SURNAME

Formerly known and addressed as Alo Olayinka Mary, now wish to be known and addressed as Adekanye Olayinka Mary. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as EKOISO, now wish to be known and addressed AKPAN. My correct date of birth is 10/10/64. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OKOYE xx KAITO CHRISTABEL KANYITOCHI

ENODOLOMWANYI EMMANUELLA BRIGHTNESS

Formerly known and addressed as OKOYE KAITO CHRISTABEL now wish to be known and addressed as OKOYE KAITO CHRISTABEL KANYITOCHI. All former documents remain valid.

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OLADITI MUTIAT ABOSEDE

xx ONYESORO WINIFRED CHIDIOGO

Formerly known and addressed as MRS ADUBA MERCY ADAEZE now wish to be known and addressed as OLADITI MUTIAT ABOSEDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as Onyesoro Winifred Chinego, now wish to be known called and addressed as Onyesoro Winifred Chidiogo. All former documents remain valid.

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FAITHFULNESS SHIELD OF REFUGE MINISTRY

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1. OYEMA GODWIN TOCHUKWU 2. OYEMA ANGELA CHIDINMA 3. CHINYERE PRECIOUS UDINYA 4. CHIDERA EMMANUELA ONYEMA 5. ONINYECHI BRENDA ONYEMA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO REACH THE UNREACHED THROUGH SONGS,MINISTRATION AND PREACHING OF THE WORD. 3. TO INCULCATE THE SOUND MORAL PRINCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED BY OYEMA GODWIN TOCHUKWU

Formerly known and addressed as EDWIN EMMANUELLA BRIGHTNESS wish to be known and addressed as ENODOLOMWANYI EMMANUELLA BRIGHTNESS. All former documents remain valid.

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FRANKLIN FUNMILAYO ELIZABETH

I formerly known and addressed as FRANKLIN UMUKORO FUNMI ELIZABETH now wish to be known called and addressed as FRANKLIN FUNMILAYO ELIZABETH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AKINWANDE CHRISTIANAH OLUFUNKE

I formerly known and addressed as AKINLADE CHRISTIANAH OLUFUNKE now wish to be known called and addressed as AKINWANDE CHRISTIANAH OLUFUNKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

KHADIJAT ISAH DIJE

I, formerly known and addressed as Khadijat Shafiu Dije, now wish to be known and addressed as Khadijat Isah Dije. All former documents remain valid.

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Lassa Fever will be defeated like Ebola, says LUTH CMD Angela Onwuzoo Following the anxiety that greeted the deaths of two patients resulting from Lassa fever disease at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital(LUTH), IdiAraba, Lagos recently, the hospital authorities have urged Nigerians not to panic as the situation was under control.

Chief Medical Director of LUTH, Prof. Chris Bode, who gave the assurance in Lagos, assured that the disease will be defeated in a similar manner as Ebola was curtailed.

The LUTH CMD had on Tuesday told journalists that two Lassa Fever patients died at the hospital within few days of admission where they were being treated.

He said that what it was more important for everybody, including the health workers, to observe good hygiene and environmental practices, such as hand washing with soap and ensuring that foods are properly covered against rats .His words:“ If we defeated Ebola fever that is 100 times deadlier than Lassa fever, we can effectively defeat the disease and other hemorrhagic fever. There is no need to panic. We only need to control it . It also occurs in other West African countries like Ghana; and it is not the first time we are having cases of Lassa fever in the country. We however, should correctly inform the public about steps to take as individuals , families in homes and stakeholders in the control of this endemic ailment in our country. ” On the steps to follow to curb the further spread of the disease, he explained : “Prevention of Lassa fever relies on promoting good “community hygiene” to discourage rodents from entering homes.”

Bode confirmed that the three LUTH workers who were confirmed to have Lassa fever as result of their contact with the index case-the two dead patients were doing well and are responding well to treatment.

According to him, the other 100 different hospital workers exposed to this index case are currently being monitored and were all given thermometer to report any elevation of temperature to the hospital immediately.

He affirmed that there were adequate materials for containment of the disease, while drugs have been made available to treat anyone confirmed with the disease, adding that the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in Nigeria has also been contacted. “ The LUTH personnel who came in contact directly with the first patient were close to 100; and they were swiftly informed and each one is still being followed up for any early signs of Lassa Fever.

Of the 100, three persons who de-

. Urges Nigerians not to panic

Signs and symptoms The onset of the disease, when it is symptomatic, is usually gradual, starting with fever, general weakness, muscle and joint pains, prostration and malaise. After a few days, headache, sore throat, muscle pain, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough, and abdominal pain may follow. In severe cases facial swelling, fluid in the lung cavity, bleeding from the mouth, nose, vagina or gastrointestinal tract and low blood pressure may develop. Protein may be noted in the urine. Shock, seizures, tremor, disorientation, and coma may be seen in the later stages. Deafness occurs in 25% of patients who survive the disease.

In half of these cases, hearing returns partially after 1-3 months.

Transient hair loss and gait disturbance may occur during recovery. Patients may die from shock.

Lassa Fever carrier

cant cause of severe illness and death.

Where Lassa fever is found It is an acute viral haemorrhagic illness caused by Lassa virus, first identified in 1969 in Nigeria. It is endemic in Benin, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, with peaks in incidence closely related to seasonal patterns. However, because the rat species, which carry the virus are found throughout West Africa, the actual geographic range of the disease may extend to other countries in the region.

LUTH CMD, Prof. Chris Bode

veloped symptoms tested positive; and have been on admission and receiving treatment in our Isolation Ward here in LUTH”, he said.

He noted that with early diagnosis, Lassa fever can be well treated, because there were available drugs for it.

He reiterated that LUTH was working with officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Health to contain the present Lassa fever cases by mobilising human and material resources to trace the sources and extent of the disease; follow up on potential contacts, identify early and test suspected cases. .Below are further information

provided by LUTH that would help Nigerians understand the ailment better and know how to protect themselves against it.

Lassa fever Lassa fever is an acute febrile illness, with bleeding and death in severe cases, caused by the Lassa fever virus with an incubation period of 6-21 days. The virus, a member of the virus family Arenaviridae, is zoonotic, or animalborne. About 80% of human infections are without symptoms; the remaining cases have severe multiple organ disease, where the virus affects several organs in the body, such as the liver, spleen and kidneys. Lassa fever is a signifi-

Transmission The reservoir or host of the Lassa virus is the “multimammate rat” called Mastomys natalensis, which has many breasts and lives in the bush andaround residential areas. The virus is shed in the urine and droppings of the rats, hence can be transmitted through direct contact, touching objects or eating food contaminated with these materials or through cuts or sores.Transmission also occurs in health facilities where infection prevention and control practices are not observed.

The person at risk Lassa fever occurs in all age groups and both sexes. Persons at greatest risk are those living in rural areas where Mastomys are usually found, especially in communities with poor sanitation or crowded living conditions. Health workers are at risk if Lassa fever is not suspected or while caring for Lassa fever patients in the absence of proper barrier nursing and infection control practices.

Laboratory diagnosis Lassa virus infections can only be diagnosed definitively in a Virologylaboratory .These tests can be done at Virology Reference Laboratory at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos.

Management.

The only known specific treatment for Lassa fever is Ribavirin which may be effective if given within the first six days of illness. It should be given intravenously for ten (10) days. Supportive treatment should include; Paracetamol, Vitamin K (Phytamenadione), Heamacel, Ringers lactate, antimalaria and antibiotics- start by I.V. If patient is severely anaemic, consider transfusion.

There is currently no vaccine that protects against Lassa fever.

Prevention of Lassa fever Prevention of Lassa fever relies on promoting good “community hygiene” to discourage rodents from entering homes. Effective measures include storing grain and other foodstuffs in rodentproof containers, disposing of garbage far from the home, maintaining clean households In healthcare settings, prevention is by standard precautions where all blood and body fluids are considered potentially infectious. Standard precautions are applied to all patients at all times and in all health care settings.

These include hand hygiene, use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), waste disposal, cleaning and disinfection of medical equipment and environment, safe injection practices. In case of any suspected case of Lassa fever, notify the response team in LUTH on 08058019466, 08058744780, 07035521015 and

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Private healthcare providers, TBAs urged to intensify breastfeeding awareness Stories by Angela Onwuzoo Towards reducing the high rate of infant deaths in Nigeria, healthcare providers in the private sector and Traditional Birth Attendants(TBAs) in Lagos State, have been charged to give adequate attention to issues of breastfeeding by properly educating pregnant women and lactating mothers, who patronise their facilities of its importance in child survival and brain development.

The charge was given by nutrition experts at a One-Day Sensitization Workshop in Lagos recently, organised by Alive & Thrive (A & T), a non-governmental organisation, in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Health to mark the 2017 World Breastfeeding Week. it has the theme: “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together.”

They noted that breastfeeding helps provide babies with the healthiest start to life and that breastfeeding also acts as the

child’s first vaccine by providing antibodies.

The nutritionists said the 18 percent exclusive breastfeeding rate in the country and the 28 per cent rate in Lagos were totally unacceptable when compared with Ghana that had achieved close to 70 per cent, stressing that it would be difficult for Nigeria to achieve the SDGs by 2030 if adequate attention are not given to child survival strategies like exclusive breastfeeding.

In her welcome address, Director, Family Health & Nutrition in the ministry, Dr. Folashade Oludara,said the workshop was aimed at improving exclusive breastfeeding practices in the state through awareness creation among private healthcare providers and traditional birth attendants.

Oludara, who was represented by Dr. Eniosho Masidat, said the private sector, as well TBAs have a key role to play when it comes to breastfeeding because a large chunks of mothers pa-

Personal hygiene prevents spread of infectious diseases–Experts To reduce the burden of infectious diseases in Nigeria, which reports said were on the increase, healthcare professionals in the country and their counterparts in the Diaspora, have called on Nigerians to embrace good personal hygiene and environmental practices to halt the spread of diseases like malaria, typhoid, cholera, meningitis and Ebola, among others.

According to them, regular hand washing with soap alone, based on scientific findings would go a long way in reducing the spread of infectious diseases both at home and in the hospital environment.

The experts made the call at the First Inaugural Lecture of the Global Infectious Diseases Initiative with the theme: “Infectious Diseases; Awareness & Mediation through Collaboration” organised in Lagos recently by the initiative in collaboration with the College of Medicine, University of Lagos.

Convener of the initiative, United States based Dr. Folarin Olubowale said the initiative is a non-governmental organisation he established in Columbus, Georgia, USA, in 1997, to tackle infectious diseases across the globe and Nigeria his home country in particular, through awareness creation and collaboration among healthcare practitioners and institutions in the field of infectious diseases.

Olubowale said that improved personal hygiene and a very good environment help in controlling infectious diseases.

“Good sewage drainage system, being health cautious and regular

hand washing with soap are good interventions that could control the spread of infectious diseases”, he said.

Giving insight into what the NGO will do for the country in its fight against infectious diseases, Olubowale said they decided to do this, to bring about awareness on infections in the country and explore possibilities of collaborating with all healthcare providers who are interested in infectious disease with the aim of developing the field of infectious disease in the country.

“We want to stimulate interest in infectious disease control and to encourage upcoming physicians to be interested in infectious disease and also provide scholarship for them to be able to attend conferences abroad. We also aim to establish a centre of excellence for infectious disease in the country which will serve as a referral centre for people with complicated infections,” he said.

In her presentation which dwelt on tropical diseases, such as, Ebola, Zika and Malaria, Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Development Services, University of Lagos, Prof.

Folashade Ogunsola, urged Nigerians to test before treating malaria and to stop attributing every fever to malaria.

“The other name for fever in Nigeria is malaria. But fever is just a symptom of so many diseases. So, once somebody says he feels feverish, they will say he has malaria. And many laboratories in the country don’t know how to diagnose malaria.”

A mother breastfeeding her baby tronize them and therefore, serve as effective channel to pass the message of importance exclusive breastfeeding to babies and their mothers so as to increase the practice in the state.

According to the United Nation Children Fund

To reduce the high rate of maternal mortality in the country, husbands have been urged to support their wives in the use of family planning and should do away with the notion that family planning promotes promiscuity among women.

Cucumber is scientifically known as Cucumis sativus and belong to the same botanical family as melons including watermelon and pumpkin.

It is one of the very low calorie vegetables as it provides just 15 calories per 100 g. It contains no saturated fats or cholesterol.

Cucumber peel is a good source of dietary fiber that helps reduce constipation, and offer some protection against colon cancers by eliminating toxic compounds from the gut.

Cucumber peel is a very good source of dietary fiber. It helps to reduce constipation and indigestion and prevents stomach related diseases by eliminating toxic compounds from the gut.

It has healing attributes in relation to the diseases of urinary bladder and kidney. The water content in cucumber aids the function of kidney by promoting urination.

Studies have consistently shown that regular consumption of cucumber can also dissolve kidney stones over time.

According to recent researches, digestive problems like heartburn, acidity, gastritis and even ulcer can be cured by daily consumption of cucumber or cucumber juice. It can also treat the problem of constipation. Cucumber contains an enzyme called Erepsin which aids in the digestion of protein.

Not just cucumber and its juice, but its seeds are also highly beneficial according to studies. Cucumber seeds are considered as a

(UNICEF),at least 103,742 children died in Nigeria annually as a result of inadequate breastfeeding.

To Dr. Uche Ralph-Opara from Alive & Thrive, both the private healthcare providers and the TBAs should become champions of breastfeeding.

Ralph-Opara, who represented the Project Director of the NGO, Mr. Victor Ogbodo, said: “We would like you to walk out of this door breastfeeding champions at the end of the day; spreading the message on exclusive breastfeeding and why every mother should key into it.

Encourage women to breastfeed even when they found it inconveniencing, encourage them to keep breast feeding and not to look for the alternative.”

She revealed that Alive and Thrive is applying innovative and proven approaches to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Nigeria.

On her part, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Child Health Advocacy Initiative, (CHAI), Mrs. Lola Alonge, said that government cannot do it alone since breastfeeding statistics from Lagos and Nigeria at large is still very low.

She said: “We can sustain breastfeeding together starting from the family, community, health workers and employers. “

Cucumber is good for health, include in your diet

Cucumber natural remedy to eliminate tape worm from intestinal tracts. The seeds also have anti-inflammatory properties which are effective in the treatment of swellings of mucous membranes of the nose and throat.

Cucumbers are one of the best sources of potassium and contain 147 milligrams of potassium per 100 grams. This heart friendly electrolyte reduces blood pressure level in the body and reduces heart rate by minimizing the effects of sodium.

Cucumbers contain good amount of antioxidants like B carotene, A-carotene, zea-xanthin and lutein. These compounds act as a scavenger against free radicals that lead to ageing and other age related diseases.

Fresh cucumber extracts are also known to reduce unwanted

inflammation. It accomplishes the task by inhabiting activity of pro inflammatory enzymes like cyclooxyenase and by preventing over production of nitric oxides which leads to excessive inflammation.

Cucumber juice contains hormones. These are needed by the pancreas for producing insulin which is extremely beneficial to diabetic patients. Copper in cucumber also aids to produce healthy blood cells and improves blood circulation in the body It is also good in cancer prevention. Cucumbers are known to contain lariciresinol, pinoresinol, and secoisolariciresinol. These 3 lignans are strongly connected with reducing the risk of developing several kinds of cancer like breast cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and prostate cancer.

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Kenya’s EC to investigate Raila Odinga’s hacking claim Ï RƗƈ ƏƆƉƆƅƐ EƆ ƕ ƐƐ ô Ɔ ƏƋƕ ƋƆ Ɨ

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Raila Odinga, Keya’s opposition leader and contestant in the just concluded general election s in the country has raised eyebrow on the election’s results, as the incumbent president Kenyatta cruises in early lead.

Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta takes early lead as votes are counted after Tuesday’s general elections, while main opposition challenger Raila Odinga rejects the partial results, describing them as ‘fake’ and ‘illegal’.

Kenya’s electoral commission says it will investigate claims of hacking of its systems by the opposition leader Raila Odinga.

The Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) said during its morning briefing in Nairobi that they still have access to results from the polling stations which they will go back to during their analysis.

“The claims by the opposition is

not about the electoral process but the transmission of results. We will go back to the forms from the polling stations once we receive all of them,” IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati said.

Main opposition candidate Raila Odinga said Wednesday morning that hackers had broken into the elections database on Tuesday and breached the system.

He said that the hackers tampered with the election results after gaining entry into the system using the identity of the murdered official of the elections body.

“At about 12.37 pm on the 8th August 2017, hackers gained entry into our election database through the identity of Chris Msando who was executed barely a week ago into the account of the Mr. Chebukai Chairperson,” he said.

He explained how they allegedly entered the system and “created errors into the IEBC Core Server that allowed them to turn a democratic process into a function of a

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga

formula.”

Odinga also released results from his party agents that indicate that he is in the lead by 8.1 million votes ahead of Uhuru Kenyatta who has 7.2 million votes.

His statement was followed by agitation from about a hundred of his supporters in the port city of Kisumu who were chanting and burning tyres.

Obasanjo mediates in Zambian opposition leader’s imprisonment

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former President Olusegun Obasanjo has intervened in the political debacle in Zambia with a visit to the incarcerated opposition leader in jail.

Obasanjo visited jailed Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema in prison after seeking permission from President Edgar Lungu.

According to agency reports, the Nigerian former president went to the Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison on Saturday where he had a discussion with Hichilema who was arrested in April and charged with treason for blocking the motorcade of the president.

“I am happy that His Excellency allowed me to visit and I had a two-hour discussion with the opposition leader … I get an impression from the opposition leader

that 2016 is no longer an issue but about what happens in the future and how can we do things better,” he told reporters after the visit.

“I see that the gap between the opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and His Excellency the President is narrowing and I think that we can move the country forward and put the issues of 2016 behind us,” he added.

Hichilema was moved from a prison in Lusaka to the Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison outside the capital on June 9. His case is awaiting allocation to a High Court judge who will then set the dates for trial.

Obasanjo also met with President Lungu after visiting the prison. The details of that meeting were not disclosed.

He said he is fully committed to

ensuring peace and stability in the country and the African region starting with resolving the differences between Hichilema and Lungu.

According to local media Lusaka Times, Obasanjo said Hichilema must accept the 2016 election results and recognise Lungu as president to bring peace.

Zambia’s main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema

Ivory Coast’s 20 prisoners escape linked to court officials ÏÏÏThe state prosecutor of Ivo-

ry Coast Adou Richard Christophe has confirmed that 20 prisoners escaped custody after assaulting police officers at the courthouse in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan.

The country’s justice official said on Wednesday, the escape, was the latest in a series of attacks on police in the West African country.

The incident in which about twenty prisoners fled from a courthouse in Abidajan was an escape and not an attack, the state prose-

cutor of Ivory Coast Adou Richard Christophe said.

Africa’s news reports quoting eye witness accounts said that the escape was perfected by armed men wearing masks, as “gangsters” were seen entering the court in costumes and pulling out guns.

Prisoners who had come to the court for a hearing had their curfs unlocked by members of the gang on gun point. However, a statement by the Ivorian Justice says none of them has been found.

Meanwhile, initial investiga-

tion implicates seven prisoners reported to be among the group behind the escape. Some court officials have also been linked with the commanding officer sacked.

A series of military mutinies this year has threatened to derail a fragile peace in Ivory Coast, the world’s leading cocoa producer, which emerged from a decade of turmoil and a 2011 civil war as one of the world’s fastest growing economies.

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Zuma’s victory lifts Africa’s business confidence to 5-month high ÏÏÏ

South Africa’s economy has breathed fresh air with a jump in confidence index , following president Jacob Zuma’s success in the no confidence vote against him by the country’s parliament,.

South Africa’s business confidence climbed to its highest level in five months in July helped by a firmer currency, falling inflation and an increase in vehicle sales, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Zuma survived a no-confidence motion against him in parliament on Tuesday by winning 198 votes to the opposition’s 177 votes as African National Congress lawmakers rallied to his support.

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (SACCI) monthly business confidence index (BCI) accelerated

to 95.3 in July from 94.9 in June, the highest level since February 2017.

The business group said the main contributors to the improvement were made by higher vehicle sales, more building plans passed, lower inflation and higher share prices.

However the country’s currency, rand weakened nearly 1.5 percent on Tuesday evening after President Jacob Zuma survived a no confidence vote in parliament by secret ballot.

Markets reacted almost immediately and sending the unit near a one-month low.

At 1730 GMT the rand had weakened 1.4 percent to 13.4050 per dollar, having traded as firm as 13.1525 in the session as some participants bought options in the currency to bag profits should the motion fail.

Rwandan soldiers arrive South Sudan ahead of more extra UN troops ÏÏÏ The United Nations (UN)

has said that the first detachment of 4,000 extra troops approved by the U.N. last year to help protect the capital of Africa’s newest country has arrived in South Sudan, they are About 120 Rwandan peacekeepers.

The U.N. approved the deployment in August after days of heavy fighting in Juba between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those backing former Vice President Riek Machar.

There are already 13,000 U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan.

The U.N. Secretary General’s special representative in South Sudan, David Shearer, was reported to have told a news conference that the recruits, who arrived this weekend, would join a battalion from Nepal and Bangladesh attached to the regional protection force (RPF).

The arrival of this contingent marks the beginning of the phased deployment of the RPF,” Shearer said. More troops were also expected to be deployed from Ethiopia, he said.

The RPF is mandated to enforce peace in Juba and protect the capital’s sole international airport and other important facilities as well as stopping anyone “preparing attacks, or engages in attacks” against U.N. sites, aid workers or civilians and would confront South Sudanese government troops if needed.

“Having additional troop’s

means we can carry out more tasks related to our mandate to protecting civilian and build a durable peace,” Shearer said.

South Sudan four-year civil war triggered by Kiir’s sacking of Machar as his deputy. The men come from rival ethnic groups and the fighting, which has uprooted a quarter of the country’s 12 million people, has been largely along ethnic lines.

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ll roads will today lead to the Sheraton Hotel and Towers Ikeja, Lagos where over sixty Para-Powerlifting officials drawn from across Africa will be featuring at the 3-day International Paralympic Committee (IPC) organized seminar/workshop

Lagos agog for IPC seminar

holding from August 10 -12, 2017.

The event which in conjunction with Nigeria Para-Powerlifting Federation, is attracting forty participants from across Africa, while the remaining twenty will be coming from the host nation, Nigeria.

The participants would be

trained in four major areas of the Para-Powerlifting sport. These include, athletes, coaches, classification and technical officials.

Starting from 8am daily, the programme which is the first of its kind to be hosted not only in Nigeria, but West Africa, will enhance the potentials of Nigeria

Para-Powerlifting officials and also boost Nigeria’s chances of maintaining her number one position in Para-Powerlifting globally.

Secretary General of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation, Abulude Dayo, has appealed to the Nigerian technical officials penciled down for the event to ensure that they

WCQ: Eagles will fly over Cameroon —Ugbade Andrew Ekejiuba

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s the countdown to the World Cup Qualifier (WCQ) against Cameroon approaches, ex-international Nduka Ugbade, has predicted victory for the Super Eagles when they battle the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Uyo on September 1, 2017.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Extra Time, he stated that although many Nigerian fans have written off the team after their poor performance against South Africa in a 2018 Nations Cup qualifier, he is optimistic they will rise to the occasion by picking the maximum points in Uyo and secure at least a draw in the reverse fixture in Yaoundé.

“It is true that Cameroon are the defending AFCON champions and participated in this year’s FIFA Confederation Cup, but we have young players that can beat them here in Uyo and get at least a draw in the second leg.

“I want Nigerians to remember the same Super Eagles went to Zambia, a high altitude country and defeated them. They

can still repeat the same feat in Yaoundé.

“Although many Nigerian fans have written the Super Eagles off after their poor show against South Africa, I still believe our boys will rise to the occasion and post a good performance against the Central African country,” he said.

On the issue of the national team being jinxed against Cameroon, the former Golden Eaglets captain noted that such things happen in football at times and expects the Super Eagles to break the jinx.

“In 1934, Brazil against all expectation lost the World Cup final 1-0 at home to Uruguay and everybody thought it would never happen again, but at the last World Cup which they hosted, they also lost scandalously 7-1 to Germany. Today, Brazil are rebuilding and getting stronger which I know the present coach of the Super Eagles is doing too,” he stated.

Ugbade advised the team to avoid complacency and infighting while appealing to NFF and the Federal Government to motivate the team well ahead of the double header against the perennial rivals, Cameroon.

BRIEFS Agu joins Bursaspor on loan

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urkish Super Lig club Bursaspor have announced that they have struck a deal with Portuguese setup Porto over the loaning of Mikel Agu. The Nigeria international midfielder has joined The Green Crocodiles on a seasonlong loan. Agu trained for the first time with his new teammates on Tuesday, and could make his competitive debut for his new employer when they take on Musa Mohammed’s Istanbul Baakehir F.K. on Friday.

Ajax Cape Town sign Uzoenyi

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Okpotu, Udi win LBA for July ANDREW EKEJIUBA

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avail themselves of this opportunity since such programme comes once in a while.

Participating countries include, Ghana, Egypt, Tunisia, South Africa and host country Nigeria among others.

obi Stars striker Anthony Okpotu and Duke Udi of Sunshine Stars have emerged the Player and Manager for the month of July in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) respectively.

Okpotu and Udi were named winners for the monthly recognition organised by the League Bloggers Awards (LBA) on Tuesday for their outstanding performances in July.

The Lobi Stars forward claimed the player’s award ahead of Gombe United youngster Sani Abbani, Akwa United’s Musa Newman and Godwin Obaje of FC Ifeanyiubah.

Okpotu, who was also among the shortlists for the June award, accounted for half of his club’s eight goals in July and provided two assists. The Lobi star scored in four

consecutive matches.

He scored against the league champions Enugu Rangers and Remo Stars in home games while his other goals were on the road at Katsina United and Enyimba.

In the manager’s category, Udi finished ahead of Fidelis Ilechukwu of MFM, Fatai Amoo of 3SC and Akwa United’s Abdu Maikaba.

Udi led Sunshine Stars through six matches in July and guided them to four wins and two defeats. Only MFM FC under Ilechukwu matched the record of Sunshine Stars in that month.

However, Udi’s men won two matches on the road - defeating ABS FC 4-2 in Ilorin and Rivers United 1-0 in Port Harcourt - to help him claim the manager’s prize for July.

Okpotu and Udi will be honoured at a later date by the LBA.

outh African Premier Soccer League Ajax Cape Town have announced the acquisition of Nigeria international Ejike Uzoenyi. The former Enugu Rangers poster boy has appended his signature to a four-year deal, tying him to the Urban Warriors until 2021. Uzoenyi is very popular in South Africa thanks to his imperious display for the Nigeria squad at the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN), where he was named the Player of the Tournament. After the tourney, the diminutive winger had an unsuccessful spell at Mamelodi Sundowns before moving to Bidvest Wits.

Murray pulls out of Cincinnati Masters

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orld number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Cincinnati Masters because of an ongoing hip injury. The Scot had pulled out of the Rogers Cup with the same injury, which also hampered July’s Wimbledon campaign. The 30-year-old could lose his number one ranking to Spain’s Rafael Nadal and is a doubt for the US Open, which starts on August 28. The US Open - the final Grand Slam of the season runs until September 10 in New York.

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old medalist at the ongoing African Regional International Gymnastics Championships in South Africa, Patience Akinola, has disclosed that Nigeria’s participation in this year’s edition has exposed them to new lessons in the sport.

Akinola and 10 other kid gymnasts represented Nigeria in the yearly championship which started on August 3 and won two gold and 11 bronze medals.

Speaking to Extra Time in Abuja, Akinola said: “This year’s championship was more competitive and a lot of new things that turned out to be lessons for

us were introduced.

“We had challenges and learnt lessons from those challenges.”

She noted that she and her compatriots were victims of points deduction because they were not conversant with the new point code, but added that they will do better in future championships.

Also speaking on the team’s performance and experience, nine years old Iveren Hagher who won bronze medal said the championship has exposed them and the benefit is far more than winning the medals as they will leverage on the achievements to become champions at the Olympics.

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Juve star Lemina joins Southampton

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abonese midfielder Mario Lemina has completed a club-record transfer to Southampton from Juventus.

The 23-year-old, who has won two Serie A titles with Juventus and played in the UEFA Champions League final less than three months ago, cost the Saints £20-million (including add-ons) according to reports.

The Gabonese midfielder played for

Lorient and Marseille before joining Juve in 2015 - initially on loan before signing a permanent deal last year.

He has now signed a five-year deal which ties him to the Saints until 2022.

“I am really happy to have signed for Southampton,” Lemina told reporters.

“I think that it was the project that attracted me the most and the one my family was really behind. I am really happy to be here.”

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atford have completed the club-record signing of striker Andre Gray from Burnley in a deal that could reportedly reach a value of £18.5million.

Gray, 26, has signed a fiveyear contract at Vicarage Road

after the two clubs confirmed the switch on Wednesday.

He scored 32 league goals over two seasons with Burnley and his arrival continues a busy transfer window for Watford, who brought in another forward, Richarlison, on Tuesday.

Burnley revealed Gray had made it clear he would not be signing a new contract at Turf

Moor, with only a year left to run on his previous deal.

“The Clarets gave Gray the chance to extend his stay at Turf Moor with the offer of a substantially improved new contract earlier this summer,” read Burnley’s statement.

“However, the former England C international made it clear he would not be looking to renew a

deal which had just 12 months still to run.

“Burnley therefore took the decision to accept an offer from Watford and move forward with their own plans going into the new Premier League season.

“Burnley thanks Andre for his contribution during his time at Turf Moor and wishes him well in the future.”

Inter sign Dalbert from Nice

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nter have announced the signing of defender Dalbert from Nice on a five-year contract.

The 23-year-old completed a medical on Tuesday before finalising a move to San Siro for a reported fee of €20million.

The Brazilian is Inter’s sixth signing of the transfer window, following the arrivals of Matias Vecino, Milan Skriniar, Facundo Colidio, Borja Valero and Daniele Padelli.

“Dalbert Henrique Chagas Estevao

is now an Inter player, with the Brazilian full-back signing a contract until June 30, 2022,” Inter confirmed in a statement.

“Welcome to Milan, Dalbert and good luck for our new adventure together!”

Dalbert made 38 appearances for Nice in all competitions last season, having signed from Vitoria Guimaraes.

He could make his first appearance in Saturday’s friendly match with Real Betis at San Siro.

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onchi, the sporting director of Roma, says his club remains hopeful of signing Leicester City’s Algerian star Riyad Mahrez, despite failing with three bids.

Reports claim that Roma have recently had a third offer of £31.8m – a club record for the Serie A giants – rejected by the Foxes, following previous bids of £20m and £27m.

“I’m optimistic in life, by nature.

Rome is doing everything possible to take the player,” Monchi said at

the unveiling of another new signing, Gregoire Defrel.

“I am happy with the effort the club is making to take him. It is close to the limit. I do not think the club has often bid over €30m.

“If my memory does not deceive me, the latest offer would be the club’s most expensive purchase in our history.

“We are, therefore, engaged and expect an answer. But it is true that we are working on other solutions.”

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BRIEFS Betis clinch deal for Boudebouz Spanish side Real Betis have signed Algerian international attacking midfielder Ryad Boudebouz from Ligue 1 outfit Montpellier, the French club announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old has penned a four-year deal with the Sevillebased team, who paid Montpellier seven million euros for his services.

Boudebouz, who previously played for Sochaux and Bastia, scored 11 goals and made nine assists in the French top flight last season. ÏÏÏ Spurs in hot chase for Balde Lazio’s Senegalese striker Keita Balde has re-emerged as a potential transfer target for Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs, who have previously kept tabs on the West African, will try to make the 22-year-old their first signing ahead of the new season. Balde scored 16 goals in 31 Serie A appearances for Lazio last term and is seemingly looking for a move away from the Italian club, having thus far failed to agree a new contract - his current deal expires next year. Any deal for Balde could see Vincent Janssen head the other way, with Lazio reportedly keen on the Dutch striker. ÏÏÏ Roma in talks to sign Barca’s Munir Roma are in talks with Barcelona over the signing of forward Munir El Haddadi, according to the player’s agent. The 21-year-old, who spent last season on loan at Valencia, is not believed to be in Ernesto Valverde’s plans at Camp Nou and has been linked with a move away from Spain. Zenit and Ajax are reportedly interested in a 15million deal but Munir is said to be keen on joining Roma, who are eager to sign attacking reinforcements. His agent, Francesc Valdivieso, has confirmed that discussions are ongoing and that Munir would relish the chance to play at the Stadio Olimpico.

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FirstBank’s products target holidaying customers

Afolabi Adesola

To delight and satisfy customers, wherever they travel this summer, FirstBank is offering three Dollar card products namely - Visa Gold, Visa Dollar Prepaid, and Visa Dual Currency Card.

The bank promises customers a more exciting time this summer with its bouquet of Dollardenominated cards, which offer convenience, security, flexibility and improved spend.

According to Chuma Ezirim, Group Head, E-Business, FirstBank, the bank’s latest product offerings are positioned to support the life style and convenience of its customers, putting them first.

The bank says, “FirstBank’s Visa Gold, Visa Dollar Prepaid, and Visa Dual Currency Cards are acceptable for payment and cash withdrawals on Web, POS, and ATMs at over 118 merchant locations in over 200 countries and territories of the world.”

FirstBank Visa Gold Card is issued either as a self-funded or a cash backed revolving credit card. This premium card gives the flexibility of defining your spend limit and is eligible for discount on purchases at selected Visa partnered merchant locations, worldwide. The revolving credit variant offers up to 45 days interest-free period on utilised funds.

According to the bank, ‘The Visa Dollar prepaid card is the perfect travel card for secure and controlled spending. What you spend is limited to your predefined budget, which is paid into a dedicated card account. It is an ideal card to empower children and young adults to shop independently while on vacation; and also suitable as an Internet shopping card or international gift card for friends, associates and loved ones.

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CPC denies N17m judgment against Coca-Cola Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has denied having any link with a publication that suggested that it secured judgement in

the sum of N17 million against Coca-Cola from the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

According to a statement by the Council and made availablbe The Daily Times on Wednesday , the Director

General, Consumer Protection Council, Mr. Babatunde Irukera said that the subject of the litigation appears to be a private employment dispute between Coca Cola and Akisanya.

According to the Council, the conflict was not about, or on account of a consumer issue or failure.

CPC stated that, “Although the story factually reports CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

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Why have oil prices recovered?

Ganiyu Obaaro & Abiodun Oyindamola, with Agency report Oil prices held up for most of the first half of 2017, averaging $54/ barrel up to the end of May, following the agreement at the end of 2016 between Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and some major nonOPEC producers to restrict output.

Prices then slumped to an average of $48/b during June and July, mainly due to concerns about rising production in the US, as well as increasing supply from Nigeria and Libya, which were exempt from the OPEC agreement.

However, towards the end of July, oil prices rebounded, rising by 13 per cent from a low of $47/b earlier in the month to $53/b at the end of the month.

The recovery came despite an

ongoing ramp-up in US production and continued concerns about supply growth from Nigeria and Libya, raising the question, what was behind the recovery?

Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading crude oil producers and member of the international oil cartel, OPEC, relies mainly on foreign revenue from crude oil to power

its economy, which has recently witnessed a sharp fall, following a drop in crude oil sales.

Two main drivers appear to have given a lift to oil prices. First, crude oil inventories, which had been rising persistently earlier in

the year despite OPEC cuts, have begun to fall.

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Osho appointed AICPA Africa regional board member The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (AICPA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Babatunde Osho from Nigeria to the first Africa Regional Board with effect from August 2017.

The announcement was made public by the Regional VicePresident of the Association, Mr. Badibanga Promesse, saying, following a call for nominations and elections for the first Africa Regional Board under the Association, ‘We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Babatunde Osho and others from various countries to serve as board members for the next one year of extended term’.

Mr. Promesse disclosed, ‘I look forward to some exciting time under the Association and cannot wait to get things in motion and provide excellent services to our members and students in Africa’.

Mr. Osho, a multi-functional business professional is currently Director / CEO MTN Liberia.

The Regional Boards serve as a key conduit between the customers, stakeholders and the CGMA Board of Directors. They serve as the ‘eyes and ears’ of the profession from their individual and (geographical) representative perspective in identifying key macro and micro trends in the local marketplaces, impacting the customers and stakeholders understanding emerging issues with supply and demand of students, members, employers, universities and tuition providers.

The Boards understand the demand and potential value proposition of products and offerings along the entire value chain continuum, representing, engaging, presenting and advocating for the CGMA designation within the CIMA and AICPA membership bodies and the Association with members, customers, potential members customers, providing perspective into the development of the Association’s and management accounting professional unit’s three year strategic plan.

CPC denies N17mn judgment against Coca-Cola

NAPTIN explores €13m fund for training African power firms

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that the current Director General of the CPC, prior to his appointment as Director General, was a partner at SimmonsCooper Partners, and in that role, represented the Respondent in that Appeal (Mrs Titilayo Akisanya) in this case, which emanated from the National Industrial Court as far back as 2012.

“Our attention has been drawn to a publication suggesting that the CPC secured judgment in the sum of 17 million against Coca Cola from the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”

It noted that there was no underlying complaint or apparent statutory jurisdiction of the CPC, adding that the only child connection of the CPC to this case is that the court decision was delivered by the Supreme Court at a time after counsel of record, Babatunde Irukera was appointed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as Director General of the CPC, even though he previously argued the case before this appointment.

CPC said, Coca Cola, like any other company operating in the country, is within the consumer protection jurisdiction of the CPC, this case was not about any such issue and the CPC neither contributed nor participated in the dispute or judicial process.

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The National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) has been endorsed by the Association of Power Utilities in Africa (APUA) as a priority centre for training of workers in Africa’s power industry.

By APUA’s endorsement, NAPTIN has also been admitted as a member of the African Network of Excellence in Electricity (ANCEE), and as a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in training for the power sector in Africa, be eligible ing fund set aside by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and French Development Bank for capacity development of power firms in African countries.

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Currently, ANCEE has only eight training centres across Africa, including NAPTIN which is the only training institute from West Africa.

Following an assessment process by APUA, NAPTIN’s training centres and its faculties were prequalified and its trainers made to share their methodology of training delivery to the satisfaction of the association at a workshop in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

As a member of ANCEE, NAPTIN shall have the benefit of sharing knowledge and best practices with other training CoE in Africa, expand its course offerings; attract foreign direct investment through training patronage from other African countries; upgrade its training facility, and increase the quality of its training in har-

mony with international best practice standards expected from all CoEs. Speaking at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the development, the Director General of NAPTIN, Mr. Bolaji Nagode, explained that some of the immediate benefits of the rating by APUA was a request from APUA for it to design selected training programmes for some 42 staff of the utility companies in Ghana, as well as an opportunity for NAPTIN to select one if its staff to facilitate a training for the power utility company of Mali (Energie Du Mali – EDM).

“This admission as a Centre of Excellence didn’t come as a gift, it is like a reward for the number of years and efforts we had put in to get us to this level in terms

of infrastructural development.

We have world class state of the art equipment in all the various programmes for capacity development in the power sector, we equally have demonstration plants and we will definitely sustain standards because that is the basis of our election as a Centre of Excellence in the first place,” he said.

Speaking on what NAPTIN would benefit from its validation as a CoE in power training, Nagode stated: “This is epoch making because NAPTIN is moving into the next level of its mandate in the power sector. We have the opportunity to train workers in power utility companies of other African countries, and this will bring in lots of opportunities for us and Nigeria”.

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Remita App leveraging FinTech to broaden payments recovered?

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SystemSpecs, the innovators and Nigeria’s leading financial technology company has said that its focus now remains to deepen its penetration in Nigeria’s burgeoning Fintech market with the release of the full version of Remita app on Android and iOS. According to the innovators and Nigeria’s leading financial technology company, the release of its Remita Mobile Application on Android and iOS broadens the payment options available to consumers.

Remita App is designed to help

individuals and businesses manage their accounts across multiple banks, settle bills of various kinds and generally stay in control of their finances seamlessly.

It also comes with advanced features which are designed to protect users from fraud. It is the mobile version of the award-winning Remita payment solution which has for more than a decade helped many individuals and organisations to make and receive payments easily.

It will be recalled that its beta version was released on the Android platform in March 2017.

With the full release of Remita

Mobile App on Google playstore and Apple app store, millions of Nigerians with accounts in any commercial bank can effortlessly access their account balances on one screen, easily make and receive payments across various bank accounts, and settle bills to several merchants within the private and public sectors from their mobile phone.

Users of Remita Mobile App in addition to the features earlier made available on the app during its beta release will now enjoy a number of new features which would enable them to seamlessly make payments for others.

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than expected. They fell by an average of 6.5 million barrels each week, compared with an average increase of 0.9m barrels during the first half of 2017.

Although inventories usually fall at this time of year, as it is the driving season in the US, they don’t usually fall by as much as this. The drawdown of inventories in the US has been enlarged by targeted OPEC efforts to cap exports.

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister spoke about reducing exports to the US in May and at the end of July announced that total exports would be capped at 6.6m b/d.

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Stories by Motolani Oseni The Nigerian currency, Naira, on Wednesday, steadied at a rebounded rate of 365 to a dollar against 367 sold on Tuesday at the parallel market, even as the Investor & Exporter FX widow segment recorded an appreciable turnover figure of $162.26 million, against $96.03 million traded the preceding day.

The new traded figure, showed that 1&E FX window’s daily turnover increased significantly by $66.23million, while compared $162.26 million stood at the end yesterday trading activity to $96.03 million traded on Tuesday, data obtained from the FMDQ OTC has revealed.

Even though, the naira opened

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Naira steady at 356/$1 as 1&E FX window’s records $162.26m turnover at a depreciated rate of 367.46 against 366.70 of Tuesday, indicating a drop of 0.21 per cent, however, ended yesterday trading on a slight negative note with closing rate of 367.50 as against 367.38 on Tuesday.

However, the local currency, stood steady against two other major foreign currencies at the parallel market, closing at 476 and 428, respectively, the same rate it traded on the first trading day of the week.

But at the official foreign exchange market, the naira, relapsed from 305.50 sold on Tuesday to record 305.55 per dollar, a rate first recorded on Monday, showing a decline of 0.02 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed that the naira in circulation has recorded a decline of 5.6 per cent to N1.77 trillion in July 2017, latest The nation’s currency

in circulation continued to drop in 2017 following the apex Bank intensive effort to mop liquidity in the economy to reduce inflation and sustain its stability.

Naira in circulation according to CBN in June was N1.87tr from N1.897tr reported in May this year while it was at N1.98tr in April.

CBN early in the year disclosed that currency in circulation was N1.99tr,

the highest so far this year and Inflation rate by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has since dropped to 16.1 per cent as at June from 18.72 per cent in January.

Before now, the CBN said N2.2tr currency was in circulation for month ended December 2016, increase of about 14.3 per cent from N1.9tr reported

by CBN in November.

Naira in circulation started increasing from

July to N1.66tr as against N1.68tr recorded in August the prior year.

However, Analysts at Cordros Capital, has said, “We expect the Naira currency to remain unchanged or slightly depreciate against the currencies we track this week, given the increased demand for foreign exchange this season, albeit, the intervention by the CBN should reduce imbalances.”

Alake, FCTA support Sterling Bank’s environmental makeover The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo and the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Mrs. Folashade Joseph have endorsed the 2017 edition of Sterling Bank Environmental Makeover (STEM).

STEM is Sterling Bank’s corporate social responsibility initiative which seeks to promote practices that contribute to the sustenance of the environment on a long-term basis. It presently covers partnership with waste management agencies in 14 states, tree planting to combat desertification in parts of Northern Nigeria and an annual national cleaning exercise.

The 2017 edition of the national cleaning exercise organized in partnership with other corporate bodies and waste management agencies in states, will hold simultaneously in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Rivers, Kwara, Enugu, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Saturday, 12th August 2017.

Chief Marketing Officer of Sterling Bank, Mr. Henry Bassey, said the Paramount Ruler of Egbaland would be on ground to bless the Sterling Bank team and other participating corporate partners in his Palace before and after the cleaning exercise in Ogun State.

According to him, other notable personalities expected to grace the occasion from Ogun State are the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, the State Com-

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missioner of Environment; Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Chairman Abeokuta South Local Government; the Ogun State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director; Ogun State Health Officers as well as the NYSC Environmental Community DS. Bassey also said the Executive Secretary, FCTA, Mrs. Folashade Joseph has been invited for the occasion, adding that other top officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and those of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) have confirmed their invitations to attend the cleaning exercise that would hold in Abuja and other states simultaneously.

Other top officials expected to attend the event in Abuja are directors from the Federal Capital Territory Administration and officials of the Wuse Market/ Abuja Markets Management Limited.

Sterling Bank will be joined by British Council, KPMG, L’Oréal, Malta Guinness, Aquafina, Daar Communications, Wecyclers, Businessday, Classic FM, Beat FM, Naija FM, Shawarma & Co and Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), among others, to make the cleaning exercise in Lagos State a success.

The CMO said the Bank would use the occasion to formally handover 1,000 uniforms for street sweepers to the FCTA.

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FG to raise N62bn through Tbills next Wed The Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) through the central bank ,has concluded all plans to raise a total sum of N62.43 billion ($171m) through an auction of Treasury bills next Wednesday, 16 August 2017.

The nation’s apex bank explained that it plans to offer N32.43 billion in three-month paper and N30b on a six-month bill, while the results of the auction will be announced the same day, as allotment letters would be issued for successful bids on Thursday, 17 August, 2017.

The bank, in a statement, said all money market dealers should submit bids through the CBN S4 WEB INTERFACE between 9:00 am and 11:00 am next Wednesday, 16 August.

The CBN says each bid must be in multiple of N1,000 subject to a minimum of N50,001,000 and authorized money market dealers are to su Treasury bills are short term

debt instruments used to provide short-term funding for the government and control money supply in the economy.

Consequently, financial experts have raised concerns over the continuous sales of T bills at yields higher than the country’s inflation rate, they believed the CBN will pay between 13.42-18.54 per cent as a strategy to lure yield-hungry investors and attract dollar inflows.

However, the sales of six and 12-month Treasuries to the tune of N204.96b ($650.67m) in bills, on 19th July 2017, was evident of the experts’ claims, as latest annual inflation rate had eased to 16.1 per cent.

Traders have suggested that the sale of Treasury bills left some banks short of cash, forcing them to scramble for funds to pay for their T/bills and dollar purchases from the interbank market; regrettably, that reaction inadvertently pushed up the cost of borrowing amongst lenders.

According to renowned economist and Lagos-based industrialist, Henry Olujimi Boyo, “Ironically, despite the clearly shylock interest rates, inappropriately attached to these risk free government loans, the borrowed funds will be inexplicably simply sterilized from use

by CBN, so that the system’s perceived, excess money supply, will not increase the already pervasive, oppressive social pain of inflation, beyond the reported horrors, of the still largely remote impact of terrorism on Nigerians.

He added that these humongous CBN loans, exclude the strident, and regular incursions of the Debt Management Office (DMO) when it also borrows, for longer tenors, at equally disturbing rates of interest, to fund the projected, domestic component of the 2017, N2.85tn budget deficit; it is disturbing that a portion of these expensive debt, will simply be applied to plain consumption expenditure.

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NSE ASI hits 38,000bpts, as investors gain N49.8b

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The rally on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended to the seventh consecutive session on Wednesday, after lead market indicators recorded an increase of 0.38 per cent each.

The All-Share Index (ASI) hit the 38,000 benchmark after increasing by 144.46 points to settle at 38,144.02 points.

The market capitalisation also added N49.8 billion to finish at N13.147 trillion, following a gain of N163b recorded on Tuesday, when the market cap crossed the N13tr threshold.

The day ended with 21 gainers paired against 23 losers. Guinness topped gainers with an appreciation of 10.23 per cent to close at N87.50 per share.

Jaiz Bank added 10 per cent to close

at 88 kobo per share and Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) gained 9.97 per cent to close at N3.75 per share.

Dangote Flour and Vitafoam also added9.55 and 5.02 per cent respectively, to close at N7 and N2.93 per share.

On the flip side, Champion Breweries led the day’s losers with a loss of 9.32 per cent to close at N2.53 per share. Livestock Feeds dropped 5 per cent to close at 95 kobo while Conoil depreciated4.97 per cent to close at N32.86 per share. Continental Reinsurance and Eterna Plc declined 4.51 per cent and 4.50 per cent to close at N1.27 and N3.61 per share respectively.

The volume and value of shares

traded by investors finished higher than the previous session as investors exchange 328.7 million shares worth N6.1b in 4,983 deals compared to a total of 218 million shares transacted in 5,336 deals and valued at N5.1 billion on Tuesday.

Top five most active stocks for the day were Jaiz Bank, FCMB, FBN Holdings, Dangote Flour and Access Bank. Jaiz Bank investors traded a total of 48.5 million units valued at N42.6m. FCMB sold 47.2 million shares worth N57.6m, while FBN Holdings exchanged 25.6 million valued at N157.3m.

Dangote Flour transacted 24.0 million shares at N168.2m, and Access Bank exchanged 23.3 million shares worth N240.9m.

ChamsAccess assures shareholders of higher returns

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Shareholders in ChamsAccess Limited, subsidiary of Chams Plc have been assured of improved returns in earnings and offerings in 2017 going by the improved macro and micro economic indices and growth initiatives undertaken by the group.

The assurance was given at the company’s inaugural Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos recently by the duo of the company’s chairman, ChamsAccess Limited, Dr. Evans Woherem, and the company’s managing Director Mrs. Funke AlomoOluwa.

ChamsAccess Limited is a leading access and technology solutions company with a vision to be the go-to company for solutions in the markets it serves. Managing Director, ChamsAccess Limited, Mrs. Funke AlomoOluwa, stated that the company’s strong market positioning and industry leadership accounts for its resilience despite the external and domestic economic headwinds which unsettled Nigerian economy in 2016.

The company, she said, grew its total equity to N1, 081,338 billion in 2016, as against N960,475 million for the year 2015.

The managing Director said “After a resilient 2016 financial year, ChamsAccess is on growth trajectory and has returned to profitability in 2017 as evident in our first and second quarter results respectively. Supported by a strong board of directors, the company is breaking new grounds in high growth areas.

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From left: Company Secretary, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc, Mrs. Oluwakemi Jafojo; Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Gbodume; Group Managing Director, Mr. Patrice Alberti, and Executive Director, Commercial Sales and Marketing, Ms. Amina Maina, at the 48th Annual General Meeting of the company... in Lagos

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Custodian and Allied Insurance PLC said that its commitment to quality service delivery and unrivalled services would be buoyed by its latest award as Insurance Company of the year.

The award was given to the insurance firm by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).

The LCCI honoured the company as the ‘Insurance Company of the Year’ at its recent annual award ceremony held in Lagos.

Managing Director, Custodian Life Assurance Limited, Mr. Larry Ademeso, who received the award on behalf of the company thanked the council and management of LCCI for considering them worthy of the award.

He said the award would further propel them to improve their services to their various clients in a bid to enhance their financial performance for the benefit of their shareholders and other stakeholders in the insurance industry.

The MD, who gave a brief profile of the company said, “Custodian and Allied Limited is a holding company with leading specialist companies and brands, including Custodian and Allied Insurance Limited, Custodian Life Assurance Limited, Custodian Trustees Limited and Crusader Sterling Pensions Limited; all rendering best in class services in its versatile fold.”

“The company is managed by a board of directors comprising thorough bred professionals with proven track records in their

various fields of endeavours, who bring broad and deep insights derived from several years of fruitful and eventful years of experience to bear,” the MD said.

Ademeso said the Custodian group current asset base was in excess of N69.8 billion, adding that with a gross written premium of more than N25.7b, the group sits comfortably within the top bracket of eminent players in Nigeria’s other financial services sector of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the citadel of capitalism in Nigeria.

The group’s sole purpose is to develop, package and deliver innovative insurance products that best satisfy customer needs, whilst operating a highly profitable, efficient, resourceful and ethical organization that will survive well into the future.

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A statement signed by Honeywell’s Secretary, Mrs. Oluwayemisi Busari, and issued via the Nigerian Stock Exchange, stated that, “These changes were premised on the need to re-position the Honeywell brand in order to achieve greater alignment with its vision and strategic objectives.”

The statement further explained that the changes entail unifying all the Honeywell brands under a single, contemporary Master logo and also redesigning and modernizing product package across the B2B and B2C ranges.

The new logo, which carries the insignia of the company’s name, “H”, alongside the full corporate name, “HONEYWELL FLOUR MILLS PLC” has a brighter look

with a grainy golden design along the purple-wine looking emblem.

This is compared to the company’s current gold and black logo, which simply carries the insignia “H” sheathed within two overlapping ears of wheat.

The logo will now be seen across the company’s 14 distinct products, some of which are Flour, Macaroni, Semolina, Whole Wheat Meal, Noodles, and Spaghetti Honeywell Flour Mills Plc is a major flour milling company in Nigeria and was initially registered as Gateway Honeywell Flour Mills Limited in 1985. However, in June 1995, a change in the company’s ownership structure led to a change of name to Honeywell Flour Mills Limited (HFML).

After its initial public offering (IPO) in 2008, the company became a public liability company and was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2009.

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D aily M ark e t Ro u n d U p E Th e Nig eria n b o urse m ain t ain e d t h e positive p erf orm a nce w it n esse d since t h e st art o f t h e w e e k as t he A ll Sh are In d ex (ASI) rose 38b ps t o close a t 38,144.02 p oin ts. Co nse q u e ntly, Y e ar-t o-d a t e g ain im prove d t o 41.9 % w hile p erf orm a nce w as largely drive n by sust ain e d in t erest in Co nsu m er G o o ds a n d Ba n kin g st ocks inclu din g N ESTLE (+3.9 %), G UIN N ESS (+10.2 %) a n d G U A R A N T Y (+0.8 %). Similarly, activity level incre ased as volu m e a nd valu e tra d e d rose 50.6 % a nd 20.3 % t o 328.7m u nits a n d N6.1b n resp ectively.

B u llish Se n t i m e n t a cr oss Sec t o rs Sect or p erf orm a nce w as largely b ullish as all indices closed in t h e gree n save f or t h e In dustrial G o ods in d ex w hich close d fla t tish. Th e Co nsu m er G o o ds in d ex le d g ain ers w it h a 1.5 % a p precia tio n du e t o b uy se n tim e n t in N ESTLE (+3.9 %) a n d G UIN N ESS (+10.2 %) w hile t he Insura nce in d ex f ollo w e d, n u d gin g 0.3 % hig her as a result o f b arg ain h u n tin g in M A NS A RD (+5.0 %).

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Brands & Marketing B6 Stories by Godwin Anyebe The Executive Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has challenged the members of Outdoor Advertising Association of Nigeria (OAAN)) on the need for close monitoring and supervision to restrict advertising for such products as alcohol and tobacco, within a set of radius of schools, parks and residential areas.

He also advised them to avoid indiscriminate placement of billboards, which said defaced the environment and that members should take the extra care of the beauty and aesthetics of theenvironment.

The governor, who was represented by the state commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Barrister Mary Iyasere, made the call recently during the 32nd Annual General Meeting of the associa-

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Okowa urges OAAN on billboards’ regulation tion in Asaba, Delta State. The theme of the meeting was, ‘Managing Our Business Profitably in a Recession. ‘ He said,“Owing to the wide reach of the activities of your association, there is the important need for close monitoring and supervision to restrict advertising for such products, as alcohol and tobacco, within a set of radius of schools, parks and residential areas. It is important to avoid indiscriminate placement of billboards to deface the environment. I sincerely think that your members would always take the extra care of the beauty and aesthetics of environment.” Okowa said.

Okowa also implored the out-

door advertising practitioners to come up with suggestions for solutions to the numerous challenges that face outdoor advertising in Nigeria.

In his welcome address at the occasion, the President of the association, Mr Tunde Adedoyin, while revealing that the association has been been facing some challenges in recent times, also reeled out his scorecard in his first two years in office.

He said that his tenure has strengthened the bond of unity amongst members in relating with one another business wise and socially, set up a library within the body’s Secretariat, made efforts to conduct a detailed research work on outdoor adver-

tising industry, able to facilitate negotiations with the APC as a party to pay the debts owed some outdoor advertising agencies. He said the body worked assiduously on getting payments for debts owed members by Globacom Telecommunications Limited, as well as, brougnt on board, more quality members to the association.

Other achievements as reeled out by Adedoyin included, review of the association’s constitution, investiture of new quality and eminent Nigerians as patrons, amongst others.

The APCON Registrar, Alhaji Garba Kankarofi, who was represented by Mrs. Iyoha, reminded the members that council is ready

to continuously support the association but looks forward to the shared responsibility of ensuring that the advertising profession and it’s core principles are are extolled continually and taken to even greater heights.

While the AGM witnessed some resourceful presentations by representatives of Delta State Signage and Advertisement Agency, as well as from Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, the association also returned Mr. Tunde Adedoyin as the President for another two term; with the other members of his executive excluding the Treasurer, Mr. Atilola Williams Odudare who did not signify his intention to return.

Lagos @50: Group rejects LASAA’s request for free billboards’ exposure

Members of the Outdoor Agencies Association of Nigeria (OAAN) have rejected Lagos Advertisement and Signage Agency’s (LASAA’s) request for a free billboard exposure in support of the Lagos at 50 anniversary celebration.

LASAA had approached the billboard owners with proposal to dedicate some of their platforms around Lagos in support of the golden jubilee campaign, but it met a brick wall from members who protested that the agency had shown unwillingness to pay outstanding debt owed to OAAN, running into about N1.3 billion.

The liability accrued following OAAN’s involvement in the 2015 All Pro-

gressive Congress (APC) campaign for the Lagos State; and the presidential elections.

The outdoor members decided to donate their platforms for the APC campaign, when LASAA, through its former CEO George Noah, brokered a gentleman deal with the association with an assurance that the debt accrued will be paid once the elections were over.

While OOAN kept to their own part of the bargain by donating billboards for APC campaign, LASAA has since not been able to deliver on its own end of the agreement. This development, along with the rather unfriendly posture of the current LASAA boss, Bolaji Sanusi, have

L-R: Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director, Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Yemi Odubiyi; Managing Director/CEO, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane; Managing Director/CEO, Sterling Bank, Mr. Yemi Adeola and Executive Director, Retail & Consumer Banking, Mr. Grama Narasimhan during the bank’s monthly macroeconomic review meeting at its Headquarters in Lagos on Monday.

Providus Bank: New wave-making brand

A little over one year after it was granted a commercial banking license with regional authorization by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the shape of the Providus Bank brand is gradually emerging.

The bank consolidated itself in April with the inauguration of its ultramodern headquarters recently in Lagos and according to the Managing Director, Walter Akpani, the bank was established with a vision to build an enduring and sustainable customer-focused financial institution.

Akpani promised that the bank would focus on service excellence,

cost savings, speed, transparency and innovation.

Furthermore, Akpani disclosed that the lender will leverage on technology to beat competition, saying, the vision of the bank is to be the number one in service delivery. “We want to be a niche player and our nimble size will enhance cost saving,” he added.

With a clear vision to “building an enduring and sustainable customer-focused financial institution, with mission to provide customers with unique experience, ner and nurture the attainment of their objectives”, Providus Bank

boasts of being an innovative

customised business solutions and advanced products that will not only answer customers’ business and personal needs today, but also steer them into the future. Little wonder, then, that the bank has chosen as its pay-off line: “Future Forward Banking.”

According to the fledgling bank, delivery includes: Business Advisory, Portfolio Management, Personalised Relationship Management, Fast-tracked Service delivery and self-service solutions”.

Giving additional insight into

its portfolio, the bank states that it also provides competitive advantage in Private, Institutional, Business and Personal Banking, driven by the philosophy to create support and value for Institutions, Agencies, SMEs and HNIs. “Our business development strategy also focuses on developing expertise and collaborating to improve the non-oil (emerging) sector of the Nigerian economy, which includes, but not limited to Agriculture, Mining, Hospitality, E-commerce, and Art & Entertainment.”

“At Providus Bank, we believe that the New World of Fast, Smart, Personal and Borderless banking

relationship is here. We are therefore inspired by our Future Forward Banking ethos to make life (at work and leisure) more exciting for our partners with the use of cutting-edge technology that delivers best-in-class customer satisfaction.”

Worthy of note is the fact that the bank has, since inception, been warming its way into the hearts and pockets or vaults of its target with a campaign message that speak for itself. In its words, “At ProvidusBank we are all about using innovative product advancements to create a better banking experience.

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Azubike Nnadozie, with Agency reports Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Country Representative to Nigeria, Mr Suffyan Koroma, has said that the organisation will hold a livestock development conference in August to address challenges in the sector.

Koroma made the disclosure when he presented his letter of commission to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said the conference was part of the organisation’s support to improve the utilisation of grazing reserves in the country.

“Our support to improve the utilisation of grazing reserves

FAO to address livestock development challenges in Nigeria and stock routes to mitigate conflicts and promote commercialised stock production has led to calls for a national conference on livestock development.

“The conference is expected to come up with comprehensive recommendations to address all issues associated with grazing reserves and livestock production; this will happen sometime this month. “We are also looking at developing a national dialogue for the livestock policy development,” he said.

Koroma further said that the activities of the FAO to respond to the crisis in the northeast was “fully aligned” with the intervention initiative of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

He added that FAO supported Nigeria’s economic growth plan and agricultural promotion policy aimed at reducing food and agricultural imports and boosting exports. “The strong confidence my UN colleagues have in my technical and leadership ability led to revised implementation modali-

ties of the UN sustainable development framework for Nigeria.

“It also put FAO as the lead agency for the diversified economic growth outcome area which is a key aspiration for Nigeria within the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.”

In his response, the foreign affairs minister commended the FAO’s response to the crisis in the northeast.

He said that the resumption of the new country representative would contribute to “more holistic

approach to putting agriculture front and centre of our development goals”.

Onyeama also commended the organisation’s initiative to organise a livestock development conference adding that the transhumance crisis needed to be addressed sub-regionally.

“This has led to conflict and security issues and it is one of the items we also want to place on the sub-regional agenda of ECOWAS because it is not just a national issue.

Benue people urged to embrace dry season farming Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged the citizens of the state to engage in dry season farming.

The governor made the call on Tuesday in Makurdi while launching the unified standard weights and measures which would be used in all markets across the state.

Ortom said that research had revealed that dry season farming was more profitable than wet season farming.

He said that people should embrace dry season farming to boost their income and wellbeing.

He pledged that his administration would continue to provide the enabling environment and support for agricultural production in Benue so as to boost food security in the state.

The governor said that the unified standard weights and measures were introduced in the state in order to help farmers and buyers to get good value for their products and money respectively.

He said that the unified standard weights and measures were initiated to protect the interests of farmers and consumers.

He pledged that the government monitor and ensure its full compliance.

Also speaking, the Commis-

sioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Tersoo Kpelai, assured the people that the ministry would resist any plot to thwart its efforts to sanitise the markets.

Besides, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Benue, Mr James Anbua, lamented that some farmers were selling the farm inputs they got through the Anchor Borrower Programme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Anbua, who was represented by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agribusiness, Mr Simon Abua, warned such farmers to desist from such unwholesome activities.

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Tech-savvy farmers, new hope for Japan’s shrinking agriculture New breed of younger, business- and tech-savvy-farmers are transforming Japan’s shrinking agriculture sector with cutting edge techniques and marketing strategies, giving new hope to an industry in slow decline, media reports said on Wednesday.

Hiroki Iwasa, a 40-year-old IT entrepreneur with an MBA, grows strawberries in seven high-tech-greenhouses where computers set the temperature and humidity to optimum grow-

ing conditions and ensure the rows of bushes are sprayed with water at precise times.

He markets his “Migaki Ichigo”-brand strawberries directly to fancy department stores in Tokyo, where they go for 1,000 yen (nine dollars) apiece, to customers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, where Japanese produce has an excellent reputation.

Such changes, come as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushes

to reform Japan’s hideboundfarm-industry where small-plotholdings still dominate, the average farmer is aged over 66 and the sector’s contribution to the economy has fallen by 25 per cent since its peak in 1984.

They should also make Japan more resilient if the United States tries — as Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has hinted — to pry open markets such as rice and beef that are protected by tariffs.

FG directs agric varsities to establish colleges of nutrition The Federal Government has directed Federal Universities of Agriculture across the country to establish colleges of nutrition and medical sciences in their institutions.

Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, gave the directive during a meeting with members of the governing councils of Federal Universities of Agriculture in Abuja on Tuesday.

The minister said that the revival or establishment of the colleges was necessary to im-

prove the health status of the citizens and reduce the growing cases of ailments in the country.

According to him, most of the ailments we suffer in life have to do with what we eat or fail to eat.

“One area in which we will give you increasing support is the area of nutrition. I know some of you already have schools of medical sciences.

“You may have to re-designate these schools of medical sciences as schools or colleges of nutrition and medical sciences.

“We don’t eat well in Africa.

We eat too much carbohydrate and pay less attention to vitamins and proteins, and so most of the life expectancy issues we suffer have to do with our diet.

“Even the way we grow and process our food; the fertilisers we apply, the harvesting, the storage and packaging methods; all of them have very serious consequences on our lifestyle.

“Nobody is better placed than university professors and teachers to teach the rest of us how to eat and how not to eat.

“This is a very big subject that

I will like you to work on and those of you who already have the colleges in their institutions should revive them immediately and get them working,’’ the minister said.

Besides, the minister directed that every undergraduate in the universities should own a viable farmland in the institutions; right from the 200 level of study till graduation to make the venture practical.

Ogbeh said that the Federal Government did not have any intention to cancel non-agriculCashew-Nuts

OGBEH ture courses or expel those students who were not studying agriculturebased courses in the institutions.

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Coscharis graduates technicians from CG-Eko academy Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo No fewer than ten qualified technicians were graduated from the 2017 set of CG-Eko LLP Training Academy, which held its convocation ceremony recently in Lagos state.

Since admitting the first set of trainees in 2013, the academy has successfully turned out 41 graduates till date. Majority of the graduands have been absorbed into Coscharis Group; some were employed by other organizations, while some have become after-sales facility entrepreneurs.

For instance, the class of 2015 graduated 17 students and 15 were employed by Coscharis group.

These students have in their individual ways distinguished themselves in the various departments they have been assigned.

14 students graduated in 2016 and four were employed by the company. They too are becoming indispensable players in the after-sale department where they were assigned.

The class of 2017 has also graduated 10 students; and there are indications that a sizeable number of percentage would equally be absorbed by Coscharis.

Speaking at the Joint Convocation Ceremony of

CG-Eko LLP Training Academy Held recently in Lagos, Dr. Maduka said that the establishment of the school is part of the historical development of the Nigerian automotive industry, as the school wheels out the human resources who will drive the industry to the next level.

Maduka said that when Coscharis Motors Plc, one of their subsidiaries in the group was to venture into the business of selling brand new globally respected iconic vehicles, they were guided by the vision, ‘’to build an institution that is timeless in its relevance’’.

“At that point we knew that in order to remain timeless in our relevance to the automotive industry,

we needed to do more than selling new vehicles – we needed to also establish an after-sales support base which will help to keep our customers’ vehicles on the road, performing optimally at all times. Because of the dearth of qualified technicians in the industry at the time, we had to embark on hiring expatriates from other countries to man our after-sales facilities”, Maduka said.

The Coscharis Group boss said that as the demand for their vehicles increased, so was the demand for aftersales services. Therefore, as a forward- looking organization; and in consonance with their mission statement to plough back to the society, Maduka said Cos-

:Director General of the of the National Automotive Design and Development Council, Mr Jelani Aliyu (4th right) flanked by participants at the automotive industry inplementation and monitoring committee meeting held at Renaissance Hotel in Ikeja GRA, Lagos recenly.

IKA Germany appoints auto report Africa as authorised GeBe partner for WA IKA Germany, a leading global player in the automotive aftermarket spare parts supplies with customers in over 70 countries across five continents, has appointed the Pan-Africa automotive media agency , Auto Report Africa, as an Authorised GeBe Trader and its Agent for Nigeria and Ghana with oversight for the rest of West Africa.

The appointment is part of the move by the German company to fully launch into the West African markets with GeBe range of products, including its newly-introduced made-in-Germany GeBe premium water pumps for a wide range of vehicles. It is also coming at a time many German companies are planning to return to Nigeria because

charis decided to embark on manpower training and development of youths, to fill in the vacuum created by the dearth of qualified technicians, thereby empowering and creating employment opportunities for them.

For the graduands, this is an exciting day in their lives.

A graduand said, “Today, we celebrate our many unique characteristics that we have discovered during our time at the training academy. We have been tutored on leadership and academic skills which each of us have and will continue to nurture and develop over time. However, the greatest gift we would leave CG-EKO LLP Training Academy with is the gift of our skilled education.

of the current administration’s hard stance on corruption.

Promising to bring to Nigeria, Ghana and the larger West African markets, highest quality GEBE range of products at very competitive prices, with fast , efficient and cost effective delivery from its hub in central Germany, Head of Sales, IKA Germany, Sebastian Hoff, said his company had been missing a representation in Nigeria and other West African markets despite its popularity in other parts of Africa.

“We are set for a solid partnership! Our MD just signed your certificate, all other information, we will take step by step,” Hoff was quoted as saying in a letter sent to the Managing Editor, Auto Report Africa,

Olaolu Olusina.

Commenting on the appointment as IKA Germany’s Agent, Olusina attributed it to the grace of God and the confidence of the team in Germany.

“The appointment is not only an expression of confidence in what we are doing on this platform (Auto Report Africa.com) but also an attestation to our total commitment to the automotive industry in Africa,” he added. “We see this as an opportunity to bring quality and original European standard O.E.M automotive aftermarket spare parts to our market and rid the industry of fake and substandard products. We promise not to betray the trust IKA Germany has reposed in us.”

NADDC boss, stakeholders proffer solution for automotive industry The Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Mr. Jelani Aliyu has said that the solution to Nigeria’s automotive sector does not lie in the hands of anybody, group or individual.

Aliyu, who also pointed out that the Nigerian problem is not lack of resources or funding added that the issue with the sector has to do with lack of unbelief in ourselves.

The NADDC boss was speaking at the automotive industry implementation and monitoring committee meeting with the theme: “2017 Review of National Automotive Industry Development Plan” held at the Renaissance Hotel in Ikeja GRA recently According to the DG, most Nigerians don’t believe in themselves and therefore do not believe that they can make changes. He however, advised Nigerians that it is good they build a new psyche in the country, stressing that “we have to give all the necessary support to build local capacities. Affordability can be achieved by producing low cost vehicles.”

While admonishing

Nigerians to believe in themselves, Aliyu further emphasized that creating financing schemes with low interest rates and manufacturing of components are key and that is why NADDC is focusing in that direction by their automotive projects domiciled in Nnewi in Anambra State, Osogbo in Osun and Kaduna in Kaduna State.

Beyond forcing the government to buy made-inNigeria vehicles, Aliyu said NADDC will work together to see that they manufacture cars that would be suitable for the common man; vehicles that will sell itself and ensure that government buys locally made vehicles.

Aliyu said that NADDC is already researching on how to enhance the development of 3-wheeler vehicles which is for the common man.

On electric cars, he said that electric cars are the vehicles of the future, stressing that Nigeria cannot afford to be an island.

“We have to move forward with the world. We have to look at the electric vehicle and give incentives and support to investors.

Chevy Volts was very interesting in USA.

Kia Motors Nigeria, restates commitment to meet local demands The current economic recession has continued to dampen the spirit of industrialists and make the policy makers intensify their efforts in ameliorating the economic condition.

In an expected reaction from the economic instability, harried auto makers and some stakeholders in the country remain perturbed, as economic growth declines and consumer buying power dips to a record low.

As an advocate of the policy and a major stakeholder in the industrialization of the economy, Kia Motors Nigeria has continued to produce made in Nigeria cars from its plant in Lagos.

With a capacity to produce 27,000 cars per annum, it’s evident that Kia Motors Nigeria is committed to meeting the local demands.

On the heels of the es-

tablishments of assembly plants, Kia Motors Nigeria localized the production of its cars in the country. In a move that’s reassuring and in consonance to the policy framework by the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), Kia has remained committed to making Nigeria a manufacturing hub of automobiles in sub-Saharan Africa. The present economic challenges can be daunting, but the company remains undeterred and committed to strengthening the nation’s economy through the automobile industry. Since the inception of its plant’s operations, all Kia cars are produced locally and are manufactured to the exact standard of the brand’s global quality.

Kia’s footprint in the country cannot be overemphasized, with showrooms

spread across the states in all the regions of the nation, the company has taken its cars to the hinterlands, bringing it closer to teeming customers. Equally important, Kia’s after-sales service centres remain one of the best in the industry with its exceptional service deliveries to the customers thereby making the Kia model range of cars a preferred automobile brand in the country.

There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria’s automobile industry is one of the worst hit sectors in the current downturn as the nation’s economy is at its lowest ebb. However, a return to the hitherto influx of imported used cars will recline the trajectory growth of the industry. Reeling some appreciable gains for the past three years.

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Army Transport School lauds Obaseki, ET 2 to train Edo firemen, drivers

EDSG wades into Oghede community, ET 3 Army crisis as tension mounts Oba of Benin receives NACCIMA president, sues for greater collaboration ÏÏÏThe

Members of the Nigeria Association of the Blind, Edo State chapter, Iyamu Joseph (1st left); Secretary of the association, Lucky Imafidon (2nd left); Chairman of the association, Nosakhare Asemota (centre); Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (2nd right) and Commissioner for Women Affairs, Magdalene Ohenhen (1st right) during a courtesy visit at Government House Benin City...on Monday

Obaseki approves Agric dev’t programme for victims of human trafficking, others Stories by Titus Akhigbe Benin

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of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved an agricultural development scheme that will address youth unemployment and assist victims of human trafficking in the state.

According to the governor, about 150 returnees who are the first batch of people to benefit from the initiative will also assist in reintegrating and improving the technical know-how of other returnees to become self-reliant.

He added that the scheme would also go a long way in making the returnees responsible; build and enhance their capacity in agro-allied

business and create a template for youth empowerment.

Obaseki said: “We are focused on helping to provide exemplary standard for intending migrants and ensure there is food security as part of efforts to end severe hunger, poverty and unemployment in the state.”

Recall that the governor at a workshop on human trafficking in May this year, promised Edo people and the international community that his government would deal with the problem of human trafficking by providing the enabling environment for youths to harness their potential and end the menace of illegal migration and human trafficking in the state.

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Correspondent Titus Akhigbe

The project was recommended to the governor by the President, Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migra-

tion, Immigration, Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR), Comrade Okoduwa Solomon.

…unveils plan to set up export processing centres in Edo

ÏÏÏEdo State Governor, Mr. God-

win Obaseki, has announced plans by his administration to set up Export Processing zones in the state.

He made the announcement on Wednesday when members of the Edo State Exporters Cluster paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Benin City.

Obaseki decried the dominance of import trade in the nation’s economy and said that considering the low prices of crude oil in the international market, more investments should be in the non-oil sector.

“We promised to create 200,000 jobs and the jobs will come from the private sector. We are investing in infrastructure, especially electricity and we plan to locate industrial parks where business clusters would thrive. Our goal is to be an enabler for businesses to thrive and not invest in business ventures,’’ he said.

The governor assured the group that his administration would give them land where products such as cassava and yam would be processed for export and commended the well packaged products made by the cluster members.

He added that the planned Edo Business Bureau would be situated close to the NEPC, and would provide business information as well as fast-track business transactions in the state.

Earlier, the Edo Sate coordinator of the group, Ms Josephine Peters, said their visit was to solicit the state government’s support in the promotion of export business.

Peters further said the association was established by the Benin Zonal Office of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council in 2014 to identify and encourage value addition to products from the non-oil sector in the state for export purposes.

Oba of Benin has charged the leadership of the Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) to look into ways of developing agro-allied industries in Edo State.

Oba Ewuare II gave the charge when the National President of NACCIMA, Mrs. lyalode Alaba- Lawson in company of the President of Benin Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (BENCCIMA) paid him a courtesy visit in his Palace.

The Benin monarch expressed delight over the visit which according to him is coming at a time the Palace is seeking ways to improve on the economic status of the people.

His Royal Majesty said NACCIMA has made history by having its first female national president, and described the president as a lady of substance and intelligence.

Oba Ewuare II thanked the NACCIMA president for recognising the important role of traditional rulers in the society, and wondered why there is no role carved out for traditional rulers in the Nigerian Constitution.

The Benin monarch sued for greater collaboration between the Palace and NACCIMA and wished them well in all their endeavours.

Earlier, National President of NACCIMA, Mrs. lyalode AlabaLawson, informed His Royal Majesty that they were in Benin City for their Annual-General Meeting, hence they decided to come to pay homage to the Oba of Benin as well as solicit for Royal blessings.

The NACCIMA President said the desire to continue to drive trade and commerce in the county is top most in the agenda of NACCIMA and BENCCIMA, pointing out that Edo State being a business hub, NACCIMA will work closely with the Palace to turn the fortune of business in the state for the better.

Mrs. Alaba-Lawson disclosed that NACCIMA was partnering with international community and organisations to help train youths and artisans in various fields, and called for the resuscitation of technical colleges in Nigeria to actualise the goal of selfreliant and sustainability.

High point of the visit was the formal decoration of the Oba of Benin as a Life Ambassador of NACCIMA as well as the presentation of plaque to Oba Ewuare II.

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There are 460,000 unclaimed PVC’s in Edo - INEC ÏÏÏThe

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said the 460, 000 unclaimed PVC’s domiciled at its headquarters in Benin can change the political narratives in the state ahead of 2019 general election.

Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga, disclosed this during a courtesy call on the state Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists secretariat in Benin City.

The REC, who was accompanied on the visit by Management staff of the Commission in the state, said there were 2 million eligible voters in the state.

Effanga said the Commission has taken steps to reach out to relevant Institutions including traditional and religious institutions to use their platforms to encourage owners of the PVC’s to claim the PVC’S at designated locations.

He said a total of 4858 were recorded during the first quarter of

the continuous voter cards (CVR) as at July 2017, while, 1,467 cases of defaced cards from eligible voters in the state were before the Commission for correction.

According to him, “that 460, 000 permanent voters cards that have not been collected to correct the narratives in the politics.

“Now is the time for the collection of PVCs. Why can’t it be collected in the extra areas we have created for continuous voter registration? This is going to be very difficult to do because PVC’s are highly sensitive items due to security concern.

He, however, denied allegations of alleged extortion by some INEC officials to midwife the ongoing CVR. “The allegations that people are demanding money to register potential voters at registration points is not true. I’m not aware of that.

But if you are aware of that, please let us know. It is criminal and we will act on it”, he said.

Obaseki unveils tripartite plan to harness potential of oil palm Stories by Titus Akhigbe Benin

ÏÏÏ Worried by the dwindling con-

tribution of oil palm to the nation’s economy, Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, said his administration was set to sign a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) and private investors to add oil palm in the basket of export earning products.

Obaseki, who was at NIFOR alongside some top government officials for an on-the-spot assessment of its activities, expressed hope that it was still possible for the country to bounce back to its place of pride in the production and exportation of oil palm.

He said his administration was ready to make the paradigm shift

and go back to the old order through collaboration to boost oil palm production in the country.

During a tour of the institute located in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, he expressed sadness that the country had over the years undermined a natural resource such as oil palm which has the potential to grow the Nigerian economy.

Obaseki said: “The country is yet to maximise the potential of this institute, we should go back to the drawing board and retrace our steps and fix that which we missed years ago. We will be travelling to Indonesia in a few weeks’ time to see how the country used oil palm to develop its economy; there are areas we have comparative and competitive advantage as a country, but there are certain things that we need to improve upon.”

He further said that the state would need to collaborate with the institute in sharing expertise with civil servants in the state and urged the country to use the God-given resources for the benefit of the country and future generations.

Earlier, the Acting Executive Director of the research institute, Dr. Napoleon Aisueni, said the institute has huge potential that could be tapped into, to boost oil palm production and make the business very profitable.

Aisueni said that the institute has the capacity to produce about 10 million sprouted oil palm seeds on an annual basis and was able to raise 9 million sprouted seeds for the Agricultural Transformation Agenda. He urged every state in the country to key into oil palm production to create employment for the teeming youths.

Idahagbon hails Oyegun at 78 ÏÏÏAs

the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the first executive Governor of Edo State clocks 78 years, a chieftain of the party in the state, Mr. Soni Ehiosu Idahagbon, has described the elder statesman as a national Hero who still has a lot to offer Nigeria.

According to Idahagbon, who is the immediate past chairman of Edo State Petroleum Monitoring Committee, Chief Oyegun, a former Governor of Edo State, deserves to be celebrated given his political, economic and social pedigree in the political evolution of Nigeria.

“The APC National Chairman has sacrificed so much for Nigeria fighting to entrench democratic government in Nigeria.

This man we are celebrating has contributed so much to the development of Nigeria and has been hounded into exile during the struggle for civil rule with his role in the defunct NADECO

which spearheaded the fight against military rule in the country,” he said.

Speaking further, the APC chieftain saluted the courage of the national chairman of the ruling party, describing his character as exemplary and deserving of emulation by people.

On the current agitation for restructuring, Soni Idahagbon dismissed the notion that the APCled government has abandoned the cry for restructuring, an issue they campaigned with, saying that the national chairman recently inaugurated a committee headed by Kaduna State Governor to work out a proper blueprint for the actual restructuring of the country that will favour all segments of the country.

He therefore called on all true sons of Edo State to rally round Chief Oyegun in the task of building a virile nation for the prosperity of all.

Chief Oyegun clocks 78 years on August 12, 2017.

Obaseki names Evbuomwan MD, Edo Geographic Information Services Agency ÏÏÏThe Edo State Governor, Mr.

Godwin Obaseki, has appointed Mr. Francis Osakpamwan Evbuomwan, as the Managing Director of Edo State Geographic Information Services Agency with effect from August 1, 2017.

Evbuomwan’s appointment was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie Esq. Evbuomwan is the immediate past Commissioner for Housing

and Urban Development in Edo State and a chartered architect, certified and registered with the Architects’ Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON).

The Edo Geographic Information Services Agency is a product of the ongoing reform in land administration by the Godwin Obaseki’s administration, designed to capture and store geographic data for urban planning and other socioeconomic purposes.

Dr. Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) with Governor Godwin Obaseki (right) during a courtesy visit to the governor on Tuesday at the Government House, Benin City.

Army Transport School lauds Obaseki, to train Edo firemen, drivers ÏÏÏThe

Commander, Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport, Brigadier-General Bolaji Salami, has lauded the support extended to the school by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, despite the ownership of the institution by the Federal Government.

Salami, who paid a courtesy visit to the governor on Monday in Government House, Benin City, said: “We thank you for the assistance you have given to the school over time and hope you will continue to support the school. In addition to the support for the school, we also want you to support the Nigerian Army the way you have been supporting all other security agencies.”

Brigadier-General Salami explained that the Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport

supports the 4 Mechanised Brigade of the Nigerian Army with manpower for the security of the state; provides medical services for people in Ehor Community and supports the Edo State Fire Service in the discharge of its duties.

He assured of the school’s readiness to support the Obaseki-led administration to ensure the state is secure for growth and development, assuring that the school is ready to train officers of the state Fire Service department as well as drivers in the employment of the government.

In his response, Governor Obaseki said his administration was doing everything possible to make life more comfortable for the personnel in Army formations and other security officials

in the state.

He explained that he was not pleased with what the government saw at some of these military formations when he visited them.

“We don’t see anything wrong in building facilities and supporting the Army to make life more comfortable for their officials,” the governor said.

Obaseki further said his administration would collaborate with the Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport (NASST) to develop the capacity of staffs of the Edo State Fire Service and drivers, considering its location in the state.

He commended the Military for ensuring the security of lives and property in the state and for impacting positively on its host communities.

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Rule of Law, core to our growth strategy, says Obaseki

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Acting Director of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Edo State Directorate, Mrs. Grace Ewere Eseka, presenting her speech and other NOA publications to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, during a courtesy visit to the governor at the Government House in Benin City...on Monday.

EDSG wades into Oghede community, Army crisis as tension mounts Stories by Titus Akhigbe Benin

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State Government has waded into the crisis between the Nigerian Army at Ekenwa Barracks and their host community, Oghede, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state as tension mounts in the area, after hundreds members of the community were sacked from their ancestral homes by the Army.

The Army was said to have invaded the community last week Thursday, under the guise that the land where the community members built their homes belongs to the Army. Children and women are now seeking refuge at the palace of the Enogie of Oghede, HRH Osadebamien Aghaghowa, who has appealed to the Oba of Benin and Governor Godwin Obaseki to come to their rescue.

Enogie Aghaghowa described

the Army’s claim as false, saying that “our community gave them land years ago through the state government and it was gazetted but what they are doing now is encroaching on areas that were not given to them and sacking my people who have built houses in their ancestral homes”.

The tension in the area forced Governor Godwin Obaseki to send his Chief of Staff, Mr. Taiwo Akerele, to the community last Saturday and the two parties were summoned for a meeting at Government House.

Speaking to newsmen, Mr. Akerele, who confirmed the meeting, said: “We heard about the problem and the governor directed I should go and find out the situation and plead for calm in the area. We met with the Garrison Commander in the barracks and he showed us the map of the area allocated to them which showed clearly the encroach-

ment on their land by the community.

“And from their own account, we found out that all those houses built by the community is within the military land from the map shown to us by the military. And the worst is that it is also close to their shooting range which is dangerous. He said that was why they were given the vast land due to their operation. They said because the place was not fenced, the community people started encroaching into their land and they have built several houses around that area.

“Then after that we went to see the Enogie of Oghede and a very large crowd in his palace waiting for us. The community showed us a completely different gazette and a map which is at variance with what the military is claiming.

They showed us their own land and where the military own is.

Emulate virtues of Jesus Christ, Oba of Benin charges Christians

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N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, has admonished Christians to emulate the virtues of Jesus Christ in whatever they do.

Oba Ewuare II, who gave the admonition when he played host to the General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Rev. Felix Meduoye, said Jesus Christ was humble and disliked financial aggrandisement which has become the hallmark of many Christian leaders in Nigeria today.

His Royal Majesty, who quoted copiously from the Bible, appealed to the General Overseer of Foursquare Gospel Church and indeed other Christian leaders to endeavour to do what they preach and live in a

Christ-like manner by emulating the teachings and humility of Jesus Christ.

The Benin monarch said God is ever patient, unlike some Christian leaders of today who are in a hurry to make wealth at the expense of members of their congregation.

The Oba of Benin called on Rev. Meduoye and other Christian leaders to lead their congregation not only to seek the truth, but also to comply with what is right at all times.

Addressing the Benin monarch, the General Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Rev. Felix Meduoye, told the Oba that they were in Benin City for a special crusade, hence they decided to come

to the Palace to announce their presence in the Oba’s domain and seek for Royal blessings.

Rev. Meduoye said when people are in authority, they recognised them and pay homage to them, adding that Jesus Christ is the one that empowers anyone to serve in his vineyard.

The clergy traced the history of the church to 1923, while it started in Nigeria in 1955 and presently has over 19 million congregations spread over 143 nations in the world.

There was a special prayer offered for the successful reign of the Oba of Benin and for the unity, peace and progress of Benin Kingdom and the people.

State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration’s growth strategy designed to deliver institutional reform and economic revolution, rests squarely on the Rule of Law. Obaseki stated this when he received the executive members of the National Industrial Court led by the President, Hon. Justice Babatunde Adejumo, who paid a courtesy visit to the Government House, Benin City, recently.

The governor told his guests that it was impossible to have real democracy or industrial/ economic growth without the Rule of Law and hinted that apart from working to becoming an economic hub of the nation, his administration was committed to becoming a judicial hub also.

“As part of our strategy to make this state a judicial hub, it is in our interest to have the full complement of the judiciary structure in Edo State,” Obaseki said, and explained that to attract investment and investors into the state, there must be peace and harmony.

“The Rule of Law is core to our strategy. We want to be a major economy in the country and we must do all within our power to attract investments and investors to the

state, grow the economy and make it a major hub. We must make the state attractive both in financial and social terms, ensure the court system works and give a general sense that things work and are orderly in the state,” he said.

Earlier, President of the court, Hon. Justice Babatunde Adejumo, said the struggle to establish an industrial court in the state was nine years old and commended the Godwin Obaseki-led administration for seeing the wisdom in establishing the court in the state.

Adejumo said the court was in 28 states of the country and was ready to partner with the state and requested for a building that will house the court in the state.

“As soon as the state government gives us a building for the court and residence, we will hit the ground running to make our presence felt in the state,” he said.

“Our aim is to ensure harmonious industrial relations between the government and the employees. If the work place is not peaceful, the governor will not be able to perform. What determines the success of a state is the harmonious and peaceful industrial relations with the employees” he added.

Obaseki restates commitment to Primary Health care in Edo

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Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has restated his administration’s commitment to a strong primary health care system that will deliver quality services to Edo People.

According to him, the health care system in Nigeria would be a mirage if government did not invest in the primary health care sub-sector which is the foundation of a growing society.

Obaseki, who said this during a courtesy visit by the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuibu, at the Government House in Benin City, assured that the visit would enable the state government align with the federal agency to ensure that a work plan is agreed upon to domesticate the activities of the National Primary Health Development Agency.

He added that the state government would soon roll out its Primary Health Care models in the three Senatorial Districts, 18 Local Government Areas and 200 wards.

He maintained that the activities of the state School of Health Technology in Benin City would be reviewed to enable the state government ascertain its mode of operation with a view to strengthen its structures, while work was ongoing to fine-tune the commencement of the Community Health Workers’ Scheme.

In his remarks, Executive Director of the agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaibu, said the state was doing very well under the leadership of Governor Obaseki and shed light on the gains of the primary health care reform targeted at strengthening the management system, resources and capacity building.

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Right Groups flay BEDC over alleged estimated billings ÏÏÏRight groups under the

aegis of Edo State Civil Society Organisations (EDOSCO) on Monday protested at the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) headquarters over alleged estimated billings, highhandedness, and disrespect for Nigerians amongst others.

The protesters, who were dressed in black attire, barricaded the entrance gates to the company and displayed placards with various anti-BEDC inscriptions.

Chairman of the group, Comrade Omobude Agho, said: “As a service provider, energy is received from the national grid. So, the customers have to pay.

“But we are here to demand that electricity metres should be made available to citizens and a rejection of the sky-rocketed estimated billings”.

Agho further alleged that there were several cases of assault by BEDC on Edo customers, pointing that the one on Innocent Okpara was a case study.

He recalled that an ex-

patriate working with the electricity firm had ordered soldiers attached to them to assault the said Innocent.

According to him, it should not be like that. If we fold our arms and close our eyes, someday, the white men (expatriates) will tell the soldiers to begin to shoot at our citizens.

Reacting to the development, the Head of Corporate Affairs, Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Mr. Tayo Adekunle, said: “To us as BEDC that protest was unnecessary, frivolous and sheer disturbance of public peace.

“The issues raised are in the public domain and not peculiar to BEDC alone, but the entire power sector and they are being addressed.

“The man (Okpara) has paid. But he is yet to balance up and we are asking for a payment plan. That is the basis of their (CSOs) protest.

“They are insisting on reconnecting him when he is yet to balance up the amount he is owing”.

Obaseki collaborates with NOA, German partners on citizen mobilisation Stories by Titus Akhigbe Benin

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win Obaseki, has indicated interest to work with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and German partners, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, towards promoting citizen engagement with all arms of government in the country.

Obaseki, who made the commitment when Executive members of the NOA, Edo State Directorate, paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Benin City on Monday, said that his government would be tasking NOA to share programmes that it has developed that can be domesticated and adopted.

He emphasised the need for programmes designed for the public to be credible and able to win their trust instead of just being nice songs on television.

He harped on the critical role of public trust in governance and

tasked orientation agencies to rise to the challenge before them.

“We want to move beyond sloganeering. We have the Ministry of Communication and Orientation and we want to see some of the programmes you have designed which we can adopt and domesticate,” he said.

Obaseki stressed that it was time for hard work and urged NOA to communicate the state government’s achievements in the trending ‘Change Begins With Me’ campaign of the Federal Government. “’The Change Begins With Me’ campaign must begin with us as individuals and when we design our programmes and leave them without really domesticating and localising them in such a way that people can relate directly with them, then we will be missing the point,” he added.

Earlier, the Acting State Director of NOA, Mrs. Grace Ewere Eseka, said their visit was to intimate the governor with the pro-

grammes of the agency and seek areas of assistance.

She also called on the state government to be part of an upcoming public orientation campaign being carried out in conjunction with a German sponsor in Benin City, noting that it would provide an opportunity to share ideas on citizens’ engagement with all tiers of government, institutions and agencies, with a view to creating awareness of government business and establishing enduring culture of transparency, accountability and good governance.

The event is scheduled to hold on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Vichi Gates Hotel and Suites in Benin City and has as its theme: “Citizens’ Conversation and National Interest”.

She assured that the NOA would work with the state Ministry of Communication and orientation, to actualise the progressive initiatives of the state government.

UNIBEN Don cautions against consumption of Cadmium-laden food ÏÏÏThe

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Benin (Ekehuan Campus), Professor George Edaghogho Eriyamremu, has urged consumers of cadmium-laden catfish head and food to brace-up for respiratory tract and kidney problems.

He raised the red flag after his research finding revealed that catfish (Clarias gariepinus) gill heads’ which is the major reservoir of cadmium toxic in local ponds whose soil is contaminated by petroleum crude and other ponds around industrial areas in the southern part of the Country were poisonous.

The Professor of Microbiology (Nutrition and Toxicology), spoke against the risky behaviours while delivering the 195th Inaugural lecture series of University of Benin (UNIBEN) entitled: “Is it a myth or shift in Culture? The Environment as a judge”.

He said: “You will agree with me that the time of eating fresh river fish which was an important component of the diet of our grandparents in Southern Nigeria is fast giving way for

ice fish and even more so now those from fish ponds. The commonly farmed fish from fish ponds is the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus).

“When we go out in some miliki sessions, we order for several number of smoked African catfish specially prepared with nice tasting spices. Giving the increasing g suspicion of environmental pollution from Industrialisation, there may be environmental cadmium toxicity.

“There is a heavy mental that is very poisonous and it is called cadmium. Cadmium is present in Cigarette. It is also present where you have pollutants. When a fish grows in such water, or such soil, it can take up that cadmium. If you eat the fish, the cadmium can translate to man; And the part of the fish that concentrate cadmium is found in the kidney and the gill of a fish. That is why I mentioned it. I use to eat head of before very well before now, but I have stopped. I only eat the head of fish I cleaned up myself ”, he said.

L-R: Acting Executive Director of the Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Dr. Napoleon Aisueni; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; and the Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., during the visit to NIFOR in Edo State...on Tuesday

… approves special bursary for visually impaired students ÏÏÏGovernor of

Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of special bursary for visually impaired students of Edo State origin studying in tertiary institutions.

Obaseki gave the approval on Monday when the executive members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB) paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House in Benin City.

“Persons with disabilities are part of the society and it is obligatory on the part of government to ensure that their welfare is well taken care of,”

the governor said, and urged the association to compile the names of its members who are students in tertiary institutions for onward transmission to the Ministry of Education to enable them benefit from the scheme.

He stressed the need to have an educational system of high standard for persons living with disabilities and promised that a special education department would be established in either the College of Education, Abudu or the Tayo Akpata University of Education, Ekiadolor.

Obaseki pledged his administration’s support for people living with disabilities and donat-

ed N1 million to the association.

He assured that a brail press that would assist persons with visual impairment transcribe normal script to brail, would be established in the state.

Earlier, Chairman of the state chapter of NAB, Mr. Nosakhare Asemota, commended the Governor Obaseki-led administration for his developmental strides especially in the education sector.

Asemota said that the visit was to solicit the state government’s support in addressing some of the challenges confronting members of the association.

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A Pan through Time: Yoruba Folkloric Films

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tremendously well, gaining international recognition and talk of Yoruba folklore, wrongly called “folkloric�, without talking about the father of contemporary Yoruba theatre�.

Ogunde was a Nigerian actor, playwright, theatre

of Nigerian theatre. In his career on stage, he wrote more than 50 plays, most of which incorporate dramatic action,

success encouraged Ogunde to produce more plays and he soon left his job with the police force for a career in theatre. In the 1940s, he released some plays with political

Western Region. In the late 1970s, Ogunde was spurred by the success of IjaOminira and Ajani Ogun, two pioneer

Ogunde distinguished his group by using promotion methods such as advertisements and posters and changing the round stage used by alarinjo performers to one with a proscenium. In addition, he introduced dramatic action and realism into his plays depending on the audience for commercial support. By these acts Ogunde began the rise of modern professional theatre in Nigeria, a movement in a police constable, Ogunde moved away from his earlier focus on religious themes and started writing plays that were nationalistic or anti-colonial in outlook, a trend in Lagos during the furious forties. During this period, many of his early movies were co-directed by G. B. Kuyinu.

In early 1945, he produced Worse than Crime, a political play infused with Yoruba dance and ancient folk songs and like most of his early plays, it was premiered at Glover

improved on his use of traditional Yoruba folklore but with Bread and Bullet in 1950. During the 1950s, he toured various Nigerian cities with his travelling troupe. In 1964, he released Yoruba Ronu, a play that generated controversy and earned him the wrath of Akintola, premier of the former

motivated by the events of a general strike by labour unions led by Michael Imoudu. In 1946 he wrote and produced

theatre that women were billed to appear in a play as

with Darkness and Light, a play he vaguely remembers. story about a man who entered a contract with an evil spirit of twenty-four actors donning costumes. After the death of commemorate the life of the nationalist who died in 1946.

in Lagos and occasionally in Abeokuta, both his growing popularity in other Western Nigeria provinces made him think about traveling to other cities with his theatre troupe. cities with his group, including stops at Abeokuta, Ibadan,

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by the Ghanaian audience largely because they did not understand the Yoruba language and Ogunde was ignorant about the tastes of the audience. the craze for Aso ebi, a social culture which encourage both men and women to buy the most expensive itself to much abuse in that the occasions for celebrating marriages or funerals occur so often that one may be

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Meet Jemima Osunde, the new face of Nollywood Budding actress Jemima Osunde, has caught the eyes of Nollywood audience with her acting ability; a move that has earned her comparison with awardwinning star actress, Adesua Etomi.

Jemima Osunde potentials got her a place in the latest family comedy, My Wife And I, which hits cinemas across the country on August 25, 2017. The movie, a collaborative project of Filmone Distributions and Productions/Inkblot Productions, portrays a challenges confronting their marriage, and the eventual switch that changed many things about their lives.

Written by Chinaza Onuzo, and directed by Bunmi Ajakaiye, the movie features heavyweights in the Nigerian movie industry including Ramsey Nuoah, Omoni Oboli, Rachael Oniga, Ngozi Nwosu, Seyi Law, and Jemima Osunde who, alongside Dozie Onyiriuka, featured as the teenage kids of Ebere and

Alibaba, Dr. Yolanda George-David announce #ALSolesForSouls campaign Chairman of Aunt Landa Bethel Foundation Alibaba and ServantIn-Charge of Aunt Landa Bethel Foundation Dr Yolanda N GeorgeDavid (Ph.D.) recently announced a newly introduced campaign tagged #ALSolesForSouls #AuntLandaMarketSquare.

The humanitarian took to her Instagram page to make the announcement – in a caption accompanied by a bittersweet image of underprivileged kids, she wrote; “It is with a gladdened heart Alibaba and I announce to you; the Dr. Yolanda

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Jemima

Toyosi.

The comparison of Jemima and Adesua may not be farfetched owing to the fact that aside their excellent acting skills, they both hail from Edo state, South-South Nigeria.

Jemima, a Physiology student from the University of Lagos, having several roles to her credit, is sure set to tow the line of Adesua.

Market Square – this edition will also focus on giving hope to a surfeit of school kids who are in dire afford the resources to resume school. This campaign is tagged #ALSolesForSouls and we would be giving the kids shoes, books, food, as well as scholarships, clothes and other items that will instil a sense of hope and resilience in

them, which will in turn; revive their zeal for education.”

Aunt Landa as she is fondly called further revealed the initiative will also render a helping hand to thousands of homeless children, by providing them with and prep them for the future ahead.

Veteran comedian Alibaba also took to his page to make the announcement to his almost 500,000 fans; asserting the

provide for free. #AuntLandaMarketSquare since its inception has amassed over 13,000 market where foodstuff, healthcare, training & workshop, among others are provided for free not just to give a meaningful life to the needy but to also restitute them to be better members of the society

Banana Island Ghost movie records sales in cinemas

Lagos to host 1st Nigeria beer festival In a bid to stimulate its economic and tourism potentials, Lagos State is set to host the maiden edition of the Nigeria Beer Festival from September 25 to October 1, 2017.

The Lagos State government is collaborating with beer brewers in the country and their counterparts across the globe to create maximum excitement during the weekwith Day

the Independence Mega Concert to

independence.

The festival, which will promote responsible drinking among drinkingage (which is 18 years and above) consumers at all its touch points, will be held at the Lagos Atlantic City to give it a carnival atmosphere from Day 1 to the very last second. It will be a gathering of the largest community of beer

consumers from across the country and beyond.

The organisers of the Nigeria Beer Festival, on and One Event (001) Limited, said that the Lagos State government, which is passionate about tourism, will provide massive institutional support, particularly security, transport and related logistics.

The event, according to the organisers, will see Nigeria enrol into the league of Beer Festivals around the world, and opportunities.

Akinola Oluwaleimu, General Manager of 001, revealed that the worldacclaimed Oktoberfest (Beer Festival) in Munich attracts more than 50,000 tourists to Germany every year, while other countries in Europe and the Americas have caught the bug.

Producer Biola Alabi and actress Uche Jumbo attending to fans at the cinema Since its opening at the cinemas last Friday, the movie Banana

with Patrick Diabuah the Ghost. The Ghost has 3 days to fall in love and

house in Banana Island from the bank coming to reclaim it in 3 days. statistics are already predicting the The movie was premiered recently movie may end up beating all other in what can only be described as a movie sales records in Nigeria. dazzling night of glitz and glamour, at According to producers, the Harbour Point Event Center in Victoria reason for this high numbers is Island, Lagos. It was an elegant night of due to word of mouth from those exquisite class meets Casino Royale. who already saw the movie. “After Banana Island Ghost is written and directed by BB Sasore and is but tell their friends and families Produced by Omorinsojo Spaine and about it, so it is no surprise that Tolu Olusoga. The Executive Producers the seats at the cinemas. We are expecting even greater numbers this weekend,” Biola Alabi, the Executive Producer says.

Banana Island Ghost is an

Omeruah as Ijeoma, who is paired

Adeyokunnu, along with Co-Executive producers Dr. Ayo Osunrinade, Mr. Michael Ugwu, the founder of FreeMe Digital, Ms. Adenike Adekanbi of HTB Entertainment Studios, Mr. Niyi Toluwalope and Mr. Basheer Tosin Ashafa of Tri-Equity Capital were all CoExecutive Producers.

Following a remarkable response from guests at the premiere, Biola Alabi, Executive Producer of the movie said, “Chigul is an exceptional talent and in Banana Island Ghost, from her the audience, movie lovers all over will thoroughly enjoy watching her.”

Banana Island Ghost (B.I.G), is the BAM-NEMSIA Pictures, a coproduction partnership between Biola Alabi Media (BAM) and Nemsia Films.

Banana Island Ghost has certainly testament to all that is possible when people dare to push the limits, BAMNEMSIA has surely blazed a trail with this one, and as a movie enthusiast, the industry,” said Omogbolahan Akinwunmi, Movie Critic.