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NIB, Afreximbank sign €100m loan facility for infrastructure Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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L-R: Afreximbank Executive Vice President, Amr Kamel; Head of Lending, Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), Thomas Wrangdahl and President/CEO of NIB, Henrik Normann, during the signing ceremony to finance various infrastructure projects in African countries...on Tuesday.

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railways and harbours.

Afreximbank’s Head of Communications and Marketing, Obi Emekekwue, told The Daily Times on Tuesday that the loan programme would allow NIB to support export projects that include service and equipment deliveries from the Nordic and Baltic countries.

All projects considered for financing will be analysed by NIB from a sustainability perspective for their impact on productivity as well as any potential impact on climate change mitigation and the environment.

Henrik Normann, NIB President & CEO, said that they were pleased to announce their cooperation with Afreximbank in facilitating investments in African countries.

The Executive Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Banking, at Afreximbank, Amr Kamel, said that the facility would enhance Afreximbank’s capacity to implement its current strategy, which prioritises industrialization and export development, by providing medium to long-term financing for trade enabling

infrastructure projects in member states.

“We are confident that the facility will have a significant impact on the Africa continent in terms of industrial development.

“We are delighted that the Nordic Investment Bank has chosen to partner with us in the pursuit of Africa’s industrialisation and export development.

This collaboration will contribute to fostering sustainable economic growth and development in Africa, among other development outcomes,” Kamel added.

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L-R: President Muhammadu Buhari and BOT Chairman, Nigerian Consolidation Ambassadors Network (NCAN), Hon. Farouk Adamu Aliyu, during the presentation of Expression of Interest Form and Nomination Form to the President by the group at the State House, Abuja...on Tuesday.

Dogara to seek re-election, silent on party’s platform Henry Omunu, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday accepted his constituents request to re-contest for the Bogoro/Dass/ Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State even as he was silent on which party’s platform he would contest the 2019 general elections.

Addressing hundreds of his constituents who thronged his Abuja home, the Speaker said he was already contemplating stepping aside, having represented the constituency for almost 12 years.

Dogara however, said he was overwhelmed by the show of support and solidarity by his people who travelled from Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa Balewa local government areas in Bauchi State to Abuja to impress on him to run again.

He said, “Some people said they will retire us from politics, but we want to inform them that only God and the electorate can retire us.”

The speaker added that “because you came, because of your sacrifice,

I want to announce to you that I will run to once again represent our constituency. I will soon come to meet you at home to make this formal.

“I am shocked and surprised because I never thought or imagined that when I woke up today, I would see this mammoth crowd in my house.

“I am seeing faces of people we started this journey with since 2007.

I pray God will reward you for this sacrifice.

I was almost tired, having been doing the same thing for almost 12 years now.

“But in recent days, I started hearing some rumours and some people were already celebrating that I won’t run again. Nobody can impose leadership on you. Only you, our people, can choose who will represent you.

“I want to assure you that whatever you want us to do, that is what we will do. Those who have said that they will retire us from politics, I want o tell them that we have just begun.

“We will continue to attract development to our area; build roads, hospitals, schools, and create opportunities for our people to thrive.”

Speaking earlier,

leaders of the group, Alhaji Murtala Miyetti Allah, Mrs Keziah Dare and Mr Bulus Iliya Bully, said they came on behalf of the people of the constituency to appeal to the speaker to seek re-election.

They said they could not afford not to have him represent them again, given the giant strides he has achieved in the last 12 years.

“I cried bitterly when I heard that you won’t contest again but I am very happy now, having seen you. Please continue to represent us, you have done so much for our people.

You empowered women and youths”, said Mrs Keziah Dare.

On his part, Mr Bully said that “the people you are seeing are here because you have done well for us. We never expected the kind of development we are experiencing in our area”.

Alhaji Murtala Miyetti Allah made a passionate appeal to the speaker saying, “Please, help us by returning to the seat so that you will continue with the good works you are doing. We are calling on you with a loud voice.

Please listen to us, wipe away our tears. Do not quit yet.”

L-R: Deputy CEO, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, Anuradha Gupta; Director, Division of Administration, United Nations, Clemens Adams; Director General, World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus; GAVI Champion for Africa & Founder, Avon Medical, Dr Awele Elumelu and CEO, GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, Dr Seth Berkley, at a conference to champion increased vaccine coverage, targeting underimmunised nations, in Geneva…on Tuesday.

L-R: Chairman, Global Banking Education Standard Board, Dr. Segun Aina; Past President, CIBN, Prof. Segun Ajibola; Registrar/CEO, CIBN, Mr. Seye Awojobi; MD/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Ifie Sekibo; President/ Chairman, CIBN, Dr. Uche Olowu; Managing Director/CEO, Nigerian Economic Summit Group, Mr Laoye Jaiyeola and Chief Compliance Officer/Senior Manager of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Wumi Adeniyi, during the CIBN’s 11th Annual Banking and Finance Conference sponsored by Heritage Bank Plc in Abuja... on Tuesday.

L-R: Acting Director General, Department of State Service (DSS), Mr. Matthew Seiyefa; Director General, Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, Mrs Sharon Ikeazor and Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu shortly before President Muhammadu Buhari received Audit Report from Presidential Audit Committee on Recovered Assets at the State House in Abuja...on Tuesday.

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Paris Club Refund to states: FG lists conditions for final disbursement of $2.689bn Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Federal Government has listed the conditions that the 36 states of the federation must put in place before they can receive the $2.689 billion final tranche of the Paris Club Refund as approved

by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Daily Times recalls that the issue of Paris Club loan over-deduction had been a long standing dispute between the Federal Government and the State Governments which dated back to the period of 1995 to 2002.

On Tuesday, the Federal Ministry of Finance, in a statement, said that the clarifications on the Paris Club Refund approved for the 36 States became necessary to ensure the money is used in a

proper way.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the final approval of US$2.689 billion is subject to the following conditions: Salary and staff related arrears must be paid as a priority; commitment to the commencement of the repayment of Budget Support Loans granted in 2016, to be made by all States; clearing of amounts due to the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative; and commitment to clear matching grants from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) where some states have available funds which could be used to improve primary education and learning outcomes.

It added that the payment of the approved amount is to be made in phased tranches to the states.

“In response to the dispute, President Muhammadu Buhari directed that the claims of over-

deduction should be formally and individually reconciled by the Debt Management Office (DMO). This reconciliation commenced in November 2016.

“As an interim measure to alleviate the financial challenges of the States during the 2016 recession, the President had approved that fifty percent (50%) of the amounts claimed by States be paid to enable the States clear salary and pension arrears.

“This was released between 1st December, 2016 and 29th September, 2017. This refund was part of the Government’s fiscal stimulus to ensure the financial health of SubNational Governments” the statement added.

The ministry said that the DMO led the reconciliation process under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun

Addiction to social media Card reader not encourages fake lifestyles–Expert provided for in Raises the alarm of negative aspect leading to insomnia Electoral Amendment Act – Presidency

A Lead Trainer for CodeforAfrica, Mr Blaise Aboh, has disclosed that addiction to social media encourages false lifestyles and other vices.

Aboh, who is also the founder of Orodata Science, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja.

According to him, many young people especially ladies have adopted false lifestyles because of the social media.

He said, “Instagram is filled with a lot of fake people living fake lives; a lady would travel to Dubai with a whole lot of clothes and take pictures in different places.

“When they are back in Nigeria, they post these pictures week in week out and they post certain things that

are out of the way to show the fake lives.

“Many of their friends not knowing that it is all lies go into unholy things in order to meet up with them; this is another negative aspect of the social media.

“Another thing is the way we have some conversations where people based on their own opinion say things just because they have the platform.

“They are not experts in that area but because they have so many followers, and some people who don’t know any better would take that information and begin to live their lives that way.

According to him, people’s addiction to the social media through mobile devices also exposes them to health hazards that otherwise could have been

avoided.

The expert said another negative aspect of the social media is that it could lead to insomnia.

“You find a situation whereby people are staying up late at night because of this endless scrolling syndrome. “ Instagram is the worst because they scroll and scroll and they don’t even get to sleep.

“Apart from that, when people scroll on their phones, they are slouched and bent toward the phone; so over the time, it causes a strain to the back and this causes back pain.

“So there is an increased back pain due to the use of mobile devices, so in as much as we have the merits of social media and mobile devices, the development has its consequences, ’’ he said.

Tunde Opalana, Abuja

In an apparent bid to further defend the refusal by President Muhammadu Buhari to give assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment), the Presidency has said the Card Reader was not included in the latest Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018.

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, who made this clarification in a statement in Abuja, said it is necessary to guard against false allegations by

Globalisation aiding outbreak, spread of disease across borders – Health Minister Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has identified globalisation as a key factor leading to outbreak,threats and spread of disease across national borders.

While calling for urgent collaborative response, Adewole who spoke as a Guest lecturer at the National Institute of Security Studies, Usuma Dam, Abuja explained that public health threats are many, diverse, multiplying and moving faster beyond borders as well as presenting new challenges.

Speaking on the topic:Globalization of Public Health Implication for National Security, Adewole said that global health, according to Institute of Medicine is ‘’ health problems, issues and

concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries and are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions”.

The Minister also disclosed that Public Health emergencies could affect the psychological wellbeing of a population, affect social activities and social unrest like the 2017 Monkeypox outbreak and vaccination rumour which affected educational activities in some parts of the country and the orphans created by the increasing mortality of HIV/AIDS which could lead to youths involvement in crime.

In this light, Adewole stressed that Public Health disasters, if not properly managed, could expose the country to increased level of attacks small scale (petty

stealing) to large scale (terrorism), challenge a country’s security by exerting enormous pressure on the country’s economy and severely affect national defense.

Harping on the Public Health National Security linkage, the Minister maintained that Infectious diseases and Public Health were National Security issues as well as a worldwide problem; therefore, every country such as Nigeria must be at alert.

He warned that no blood sample should be allowed to be taken out of the country under any guise and all security agencies needed to be interested in Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), share intelligence amongst themselves; give attention to capacity building and collaborate with each other.

Adewole further called for

adequate strengthening of public health preparedness, planning and timely response as they were ultimate goals to minimize global public health threats.

He also appealed for appropriate funding which he said remained the panacea for a safe country adding that Federal Ministry of Health and her agencies were ready to be partners in progress.

In her remarks, the Director, Medical services, Institute of Security Studies (ISS), National Headquarters, Dr. Ann Okorafor, appreciated the minister for his unflinching support to the Institute and making out time to lecture the 57 participants of Intelligent Management course, syndicate two, drawn from 53 strategic agencies in the country.

opposition politicians that the card reader provision in the Bill was one of the reasons the president withheld assent to it.

According to him, the card reader provision addressed by section 49 of the Principal Act was completely, expressly and unequivocally excluded.

“It is not in anywise, part of the provisions of the bill forwarded to the President on August 3, 2018, and could therefore not form part of the consideration of the President,’’ he said.

He agreed that though there was card reader provision in the two previous amendments of the Bill, but it was never mentioned as a subject of disagreement between the president and the National Assembly.

He said: “For further clarity, the Bill of February 20 had 43 clauses, and the revised Bill of June 27 had 41 clauses.

“The current further revised Bill of August 3, which now excludes the card reader, has just 15 clauses in the absolute wisdom of the National Assembly.

“And the President has no constitutional or legal authority to add or remove any provision to or from what the National Assembly has transmitted to him.’’

The president’s aide noted that by withholding assent to latest transmission that excluded the card reader provision, Buhari had actually preserved the card reader.

This, he explained, was an opportunity for the lawmakers to restore the card reader provision when reconsidering the Bill “in its absolute legislative discretion’’.

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Gas explosion: Death toll rises to 14 as Gov Al-Makura condole with victims UK agency blames incident on lack of safety consciousness

Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The death toll from the gas explosion on Monday at Monaco gas station in Lafia, the Nassarawa State capital has risen to 14 while victims with severe injuries have been transferred to National Hospital for additional medical services.

Nasarawa State Governor Tanko Al-Makura also confirmed

the casualty figures on Tuesday when he personally visited the scene of the incident to assess the level of damage.

Describing the incident as “unfortunate” Al-Makura condoled with the families of those who lost their lives, and assured them that the state government would do its best to ensure that the survivors of the fire outbreak get the best of medical attention.

He said: “Last night, I got a report that six people died as a result of the burns sustained from the incident, but this morning, I was told that three more people had been confirmed dead.

“We were able to transfer 17 victims, who had over 60 per cent burns out of the 37 persons affected to the National Trauma Centre in Abuja, but three among them later died.

“Shortly before I arrived

here, another child died while being removed from a pregnant mother, who also suffered severe burns.

“So, at the moment, we have recorded nine deaths as against the large figures being speculated in the media.”

He said the remaining 14 casualties currently at the National Trauma Centre were responding to treatment.

Al-Makura said: “I have

We’ll deprive looters proceeds of their crimes, says Buhari Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration is committed to depriving looters of public assets the fruits of their crimes.

Buhari described asset recovery as an anti-corruption tool, urging the National Assembly to take all necessary steps to pass the pending Proceeds of Crimes Bill.

He said this on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while officially receiving the report of the three-man presidential committee set up to audit recovered funds.

The President said that the bill when passed and assented to, would revolutionise the nation’s asset recovery and management

architecture”.

Buhari had on November 22, 2017, inaugurated the committee comprising Mr. Olufemi Lijadu, Mrs. Gloria Chinyere Bibigha and Mr. Mohammed Nami.

The committee was given the mandate to carry out a comprehensive audit of assets and funds recovered

by Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria from May 29, 2015, to November 22, 2017.

Although details of the report of the committee were not released, the President promised to implement its findings and recommendations.

He described corruption as constituting “a threat to the wellbeing, national security, and

economy of Nigeria”, adding that his administration “will not allow the wanton diversion and embezzlement of public funds into private pockets”.

Buhari said: “Thus, we intend to continue taking all necessary measures to deprive looters of public assets of the fruits of their crimes.

“It is in keeping with the Anti-corruption Policy of this Government, and in line with global best practices that this Committee was set-up to review our asset recovery and management practices in order to evolve a proper management, transparency and accountability culture in the management of recovered assets.

“Given our history of impunity, much of Nigeria’s

wealth has historically been squandered or stolen; leaving us with inadequate infrastructure for our growing population and economy. Asset Recovery is thus one of the essential tools for fighting corruption and we must, therefore, take issues of managing such recovered assets very seriously.

“We must utilise proceeds of our recoveries optimally to address our economic and social problems, and loopholes for stealing public funds must be blocked. To this end, let me assure Nigerians that the findings and recommendations of the Committee would be carefully examined and given due consideration with a view to implementing the recommendations.”

directed that all the victims be given the best treatment available and for those in critical condition, requiring to be moved abroad, the Nasarawa State Government will take care of their bills just to ensure they live”, he added.

The governor called on residents of the state to obtain proper approval before siting their structures anywhere in the state in order to avert a repeat of such ugly occurrence.

He said: “I have called for a meeting with the committee on development control for us to review approvals for siting all businesses that pose danger to the people, especially gas stations.

“We have agreed that existing stations must comply with the safe distance specifications.”

He also said that he had directed the state fire service to cordon-off the area for the next seven days to ensure that it is totally safe for habitation.

He said: “We discovered that gas was still leaking from the tanks and we are making contact with the Department of Petroleum Resources and other agencies with the necessary equipment to assist in evacuating gas from the area.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) also reports that Monaco gas station in Lafia was on Monday morning engulfed by fire when the tanker offloading the liquified gas suddenly went ablaze.

Dogara Dalhatu, the Chief Fire Officer of the Nasarawa State Fire Service, who confirmed the incident attributed it to a spark around the vicinity where the gas was being discharged.

Dalhatu, however, said the inferno has been put under control by men of the fire service.

He said that about 10 vehicles, five motorcycles and three tricycles were destroyed by the fire.

Meanwhile, the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA-UK) has attributed the gas explosion to lack of safety awareness and training on parts of citizens and employers.

Speaking through its Regional Administrator to Nigeria Mr. Emmanuel Uwalaka, OSHA-UK warned Nigerians to be watchful of any activities happening within their environment, adding that most of the victims of the Lafia gas explosion were passerby and onlookers.

Uwalaka, who described the incident as a serious tragedy, said that there were principles and procedures that guide people in ensuring safety both at work places, homes and streets.

The safety expert urged Nigerians to keep off from fire accident scenes, if they were not providing solutions to avoid more casualties.

He noted that there was urgent need for training and retraining of members of staff of all organisations on safety measures to avoid fire incidents and other forms of work place hazards.

According to him, the fire incident at Lafia petrol station is a clear indication of lack of Self Safety Measures (SSM) within the citizens.

“There is the need to ensure safety in everyday life and a procedure and principles guiding it.

“Nigerians must learn how to act and behave safely when conducting their daily operations.

We must start to take occupational safety very serious “Few months ago, several vehicles got burnt after a petrol tanker explosion in Lagos due to safety negligence and lack of precautionary measures.

“Employers of labours must stop killing Nigerians” he added.

PDP presidential ticket: I won’t step down for Atiku, am in politics before him, says Lamido Tunde Opalana, Abuja

Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara (standing left) during the visit of his constituents, asking him to re-contest in 2019 in Abuja... on Tuesday .

Aspirants get new dates as PDP reschedules timetable for election primaries Tunde Opalana, Abuja

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled the timetable for the party primaries of the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship, and the Presidential elections.

In a statement made available on Tuesday by National Organising Secretary of the PDP, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), the party stated that all aspirants for the state House of Assembly, House of Representatives, Senate, Governorship and the

Presidential were notified that their screening and primaries elections have changed.

Aspirants for the National Assembly, governorship and presidential seats now have till Monday, September 17 to obtain expression of interest and nomination forms while the last day for submission of completed forms slated for Tuesday September 18.

Screening of National Assembly, gubernatorial and presidential aspirants will now take place on Thursday, September 20, 2018 while delegate lists will be published

on Monday September 24.

Primaries for states house of assembly election has been rescheduled from Saturday September 15 to Tuesday October 2 while appeals arising from the primaries will be held on Thursday October 4.

House of Representatives primaries will hold on Sunday, September 30 while appeal will be held on Tuesday, October 2, Senate primaries to hold on Friday September 28 while the appeal will hold next day, Saturday September 4.

Governorship primaries will now hold on September 26 and

appeal on September 28.

Finally, presidential primary of the PDP will hold on Friday, October 5 to Saturday October 6, 2018.

The party added that the “clarification is sequel to enquiries from the public and vast majority of Nigerians who are now rallying on the platform of our repositioned PDP to vote out the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) and return our nation to the path of national cohesion and economic prosperity, come 2019.”

As the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tinkers with the idea of picking a consensus presidential candidate, an aspirant and former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido has slammed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for reportedly asking him to drop his ambition.

Atiku was reported to have asked Lamido to step down for him in the presidential primary.

The former Vice President was said to have made this appeal at the PDP secretariat in Dutse, Jigawa State during his visit to the state as part of his tour to rally for support ahead of party’s presidential primaries.

Referring to Lamido as his younger brother, Atiku related the incident with what happened in 1993 election under the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Katsina State when the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua stepped down for his elder brother Gen

Shehu Musa Yar’Adua.

In a response to Atiku’s statement through his media aide, Adamu Muhd Usman, Lamido said, “While it is true that he is older than me agewise, I’m seniour to him politically because I was in the House of Representatives in 1979 when he was an employee of Nigerian Customs Services. And if age is the criterion for standing election then he should drop out for Buhari ” Adamu said despite all odds, Lamido has been patient, loyal, committed and consistence.

“Even if Lamido did not shows interest to contest, PDP should have called Lamido to be the flag bearer and if there is anyone the other aspirants should step down for, it should be Sule Lamido because he has the good and political will, experienced and capacity to confront the ruling party, APC. Also if Lamido is to step down, why would he aspire in the first place? Sule Lamido is out to run for the president come 2019 God willing”, Adamu stated

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Short News 2019: Ekere may emerge APC consensus guber candidate in A’Ibom 3 robbers killed in Umuahia Isaac job, Uyo Indication has emerged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom state may settle for the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Obong (Dr.) Nsima Ekere as its consensus candidate for the 2019 governorship election.

This came to the fore yesterday at the grand solidarity/reception rally organized by the people of Akwa Ibom South (Eket) senatorial district for President Muhammadu Buhari and Ekere at the QIC Primary School, Eket town.

Leaders of the party across the three senatorial districts of Uyo, Ikot Ekpene and Eket had bought and presented the nomination and expression of interest form to the NDDC boss yesterday at the event.

The rally was attended by APC supporters from the three federal constituencies of the senatorial district and graced by bigwigs of the party including Senator Godswill Akpabio, Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate),

Senator Ita Enang, Chief Don Etiebet, the Managing Director of the Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone Authority (OGFTZA), Mr. Umana O. Umana among others.

Leader of the party in the state and national caucus member, Chief Don Etiebet, who presented the forms to Ekere said leaders of the party across the state decided to purchase the forms for the NDDC boss because they wanted him to replicate his sterling performance in the commission when he becomes governor in 2019.

Etiebet said that though the APC in the state was yet to agree on direct primary or consensus arrangement for picking its governorship candidate, the stakeholders and member of the party in the three senatorial districts have endorsed Ekere for governorship.

He reaffirmed the readiness of the party to oust Governor Udom Emmanuel of the PDP from the Hilltop Mansion next year, adding that the state will give President Muhammadu Buhari over one million votes to return him to power for a second term.

“Today I am saying that the APC is the only party in Akwa Ibom state. I am saying this because the actors that

made PDP the only party in the state have all left PDP and they are here on this podium.

“So we are going to return more than one million votes to President Buhari and all candidates of the APC. I want to acknowledge and appreciate my brother Senator Godswill Akpabio who had thrown the killer punch to bury the PDP in Akwa Ibom state”, he said.

Also speaking, Senator Akpabio promised to canvass for votes across the state for the APC, assuring that Akwa Ibom state would give Buhari over one million votes to return him for a second term in office.

In his response, Ekere expressed appreciation to leaders of the party for purchasing the governorship nomination and expression of interest forms, adding that he has accepted their directive for him to contest the governorship.

The NDDC MD promised that he would do just term in office if elected as governor next year to give room for Uyo senatorial district to produce and take over in 2023 in the spirit of power rotation among the three senatorial districts of the state.

Prince Nwankwo, Port Harcourt Three armed robbers disguised as touts “Agboro’’ at Abia Tower between Okigwe and Aba Road in Umuahia, Abia state met their waterloo on the early house of Monday.

The three robbers as early as 5:30 am stopped a commuter Bus returning from Okigwe to Aba, at the Okigwe Road, near NNPC mega filling station, by Nkwoegbu road, commanded everybody to come out and lie down, without knowing that one of the passengers was a soldier, with a Pistol.

The soldier delayed, loaded his gun as he was coming down and shot two of the robbers who were armed, the third one ran away, but unfortunately for him, he was shot on the leg , while the other two robbers were already dead from bullets pumped in their chest.

Borno Gov orders recruitment of 2,000 teachers, 300 others Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima has given approval for immediate recruitment of 2,000 teachers who will teach in more than 40 newly built and other reconstructed schools, Architect Yerima Saleh, the State’s head of service has announced.

Saleh, in a public announcement, said forms are already available at the State civil service commission in Maiduguri which applicants can obtain and apply within a deadline of two weeks.

He explained that of the 2,000 vacancies for teachers, 800 holders of degrees especially on science subjects and English Language as well as 200 holders of National Certificate of Education will be employed as permanent teachers.

He noted that additional 1,000 persons comprising former school principals, teachers or retired civil servants interested in teaching are to engaged as volunteer teachers who will also be paid “reasonable remuneration”.

Kaduna Govt warns residents against flooding Former Group politics Editor, LEADERSHIP Newspapers and Ondo State Commissioner for Land and Housing, Mr. Donald Ojogo, displaying his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest for the post of Ondo State federal House of Representatives at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja... on Tuesday Photo: Temitope Balogun

Oyo 2019: Communication gap caused demolition of Ayefele’s property – Alao Akala Tom Okpe, Abuja Former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Alao Akala said gap in communication between Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi and the owner of fresh FM, Ibadan, Yinka Ayefele, caused the demolition of the property.

Akala stated this at the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists shortly after he returned his nomination and expression of interest form to contest governorship election under the party platform in the 2019 general election.

Recall that the Oyo State Government had on Sunday, August 19 stormed and demolished the Music House from which the Fresh FM belonging to the wheel chaired ridden popular Gospel Musician, Yinka Ayefele operated.

The former Governor said: “I think the radio station demolition was just due to communication gap between the government and the owner of the station.

“I want to tell you that the feud has been resolved and I want to put it on record and I am not lying, I will tell you the truth. I own a radio station in Oyo State too. Similar letter was written to the radio station and it was submitted to me.

“When I saw it, I said look, go to the local level, I am talking

about the management of the radio station; settle your issues. It was the same date; the same thing was on my own. I think it was just lack of communication and that has been resolved”, he said.

Responding to a question why he wants to come back as Oyo State governor, Akala said, “I came back because people want me to come back. And I came back also because I want our party to win Oyo State.

I don’t want Oyo State to go to any other party and I had said it when I was declaring my ambition that, it is because we don’t want to toy with our chances”.

Otunba Alao Akala was a one time Deputy Governor and later Governor of Oyo State between 20032006 and 2006 -2011 respectively.

The Kaduna State Government has called on the communities along the flood- prone areas of the state to be wary of being caught by flooding this wet season.

The General Manager, Kaduna Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA), Mallam Abdullahi Rigasa, made this appeal in Kaduna on Tuesday at an interaction with newsmen.

According to him, Kaduna Township has experienced flash floods at more than 30 locations in five Local Government Areas in August alone.

He predicted that rainstorm would equally be heavy in September as experienced on Monday. ‘‘It is no longer safe for residents living along River Kaduna, as the river is already overflowing its banks,’’ he said.

I burnt my boss’s credentials for refusal to increase my salary – Convict A 25-year-old store keeper, Abubakar Hussaini, who was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, said he burnt his boss’s credentials for his failure to increase his salary.

Hussaini said the complainant, Mr Jack Jiang, a Chinese, promised to increase his salary, but failed to do so.

Hussaini who pleaded guilty to charges of criminal trespass, mischief by fire and theft, begged the court for leniency.

The judge, Abdulwahab Mohammed, however, sentenced Hussaini to 12 months imprisonment, but gave him N20,000 option of fine.

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Direct primaries, democracy and good governance (1)

Babafemi Ojudu

Much has been made of the recent insistence of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on direct primaries as the preferred format for electing flag bearers for the upcoming State and national elections slated for 2019.

While a lot has been said in the sphere of the preference of individual stakeholders, not much reference has been made to the groundbreaking and earth shattering reforms to our politics that this signals from our leadership to the generality of our party members and Nigerians.

First, it must be clarified that our party’s constitution accords the National Working Committee the right to freely determine which method to utilise in electing our party’s flag bearers.

Based on our constitution, this can be direct (by all party members), indirect (by delegates chosen by party members and including statutory delegates based on prior political office(s) held) and by consensus.

Hence, the preference for the direct primary as stated by our president and supported by the National Caucus, as well as the National Working Committee, is not only constitutional but also just.

Second, the All Progressives Congress is toeing the path of internal party democracy and empowering its members as the majority party to make their voices heard in who represents them at the polls. There is no doubt that given prior experiences, especially in the past three years when fair-weather friends of our party hijacked our structures, and knowing fully well that the party is popular with the people, it is high time the party reformed and insists on choosing only loyal members to bear its flag in 2019.

Third, directly electing representatives ensures the party can run shadow elections and determine who is truly popular among the people. It ensures only truly popular and/or hardworking candidates, who value the people they seek to represent – and such value is reciprocated with votes – are able to emerge.

The case for direct primaries is that it is generally less prone to manipulation by godfathers and sitting governors (especially) – this is true and everyone including our governors must celebrate this.

It is good for the governors, because they won’t be governors forever and it pays to be loved and cherished by your people. This must not be feared but embraced. The fact that a popular governor gets to exercise an oversized influence in choosing his successor is good for succession planning, and not the reverse. This case has already been proven in Osun State, where our party is now coasting to victory against the disgruntled opposition!

An emerging argument by the advocates of indirect primaries is that the logistics of organising one, especially the fact that reliable party registers do not exist, is a curious one. After all, congresses that elect party delegates for their stated preferred method of indirect primaries also have party members participating, how reliable then is the outcome? Rather than complain about the anomaly of temporary party cards, we can digitise our register and conduct ourselves in manners worthy of democrats.

From my vantage position, I can assure that digitised party registers, and membership cards, will be ready early enough before the primaries kick off.

Registering our party members and putting the power to elect their flag bearers in their hands naturally can become a recruitment tool for our party, especially as we welcome defectors and prepare to welcome even more as the knife fight among contending interests with the opposition begins to materialise.

Speaking about democracy, there is no doubt that a party that cannot exhibit internal democracy is bound to die. This was what killed the opposition which gloried in fixed elections, godfatherism and “turn-by-turnism” and unity lists, which were products of smoke filled backroom deals, even at their last convention, among others; all processes that disenfranchise the unconnected, women and the youth.

APC should lead by example, and is already doing so thanks to the president, vice president, our party chairman, and other leaders who sacrificed so much to build the party. Primaries will become fairer, less expensive, less contentious and more accessible to all, if we pursue the direct primaries option, while they ensure that the hope of Nigerians in our democracy is

restored.

I should know as I have gone through it myself. A situation where hard work, popularity, passion and commitment do not count; a situation where only what counts is the use of money, security forces, and some evil and devilish oath-taking, which is employed to compel some party fat cats to vote against their conscience. These do not augur well for our democracy.

A situation where a governor and his appointed executive in the State decide who is able to get a nomination form and who it should not be sold to, is no democracy.

A situation where a governor is instructing the headquarters of the party not to sell the nomination form to a sitting senator to return to the Senate cannot in any way be described as a democracy.

This is no fiction. Our temporary wielders of power are making this and other ridiculous anti-democratic moves.

Members who did not support particular governors at previous primary elections are being told they cannot contest and therefore nomination forms should not be sold to them.

Stories are being told of governors and their wives putting forward their relatives and maids as consensus candidates for our party, thereby depriving loyal and committed party members tickets to represent us at the general elections.

But thank God, unlike in the past, our present chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is resisting the anti-democratic forces and has the backing of our president and vice president, both of who have insisted they want all party members to vote in their primary elections. Some governors are also toeing this path of honour. The governor of Kano needed no convincing when immediately the decision was made, he consulted the party hierarchy and announced Kano will go with the people and the party.

Our governors should demonstrate leadership in the quest to strengthen our democracy. No one is elected for life. The governors of today will be become the exgovernors of tomorrow. Those who are Alphas and Omegas and deciders of our fate today should ask the governors of yesterday how they are fairing in the hands of their

anointed godsons of today. Many of them can no longer visit their states without scores of security personnel; afraid not of the people per se but of the man they forced into power against the wishes of the people.

If a just system is not put in place, the governors of today will become victims of an unjust system tomorrow.

If for four or eight years you have presided in your State, appointed people as commissioners, board members, dished out favours and ruled over the airwaves and your voice has been the loudest in the entire State, why for God sake will you be afraid of subjecting yourself or your anointed to a popularity test among members of your party who will, in any case, still be called upon to come and vote at the general election?

Why must party members be good only to be herded to rally venues to chant your praise songs, dance and break the head of opposition members when there are fights and yet their votes are not good enough to nominate you or your favourites to bear the party flag at general elections?

We must be embarrassed when party leaders argue against registering new party members. What manner of a democrat will not want to recruit more members into his party?

If general elections were meant to determine the person who can best serve a constituency, then a direct primary, in my opinion, will elect the best person who will be most capable of winning a popular vote.

This will save the winner the embarrassment of having to be looking for billions of naira to bribe voters including our party members as we have recently witnessed.

Thank God our leaders, President Muhammadu Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Aremo Olusegun Osoba and Chief Bisi Akande among others have publicly expressed their belief and commitment towards empowering our teeming party members by getting them involved directly in electing our party flag bearers. Their thoughts and mandate are being executed by the unflinching commitment to the same ideas by Chairman Oshiomhole. This will be an unmistakable legacy.

To be continued

Defections and the march towards 2019 polls (1)

Jaye Gaskia

This piece is intended to be the first instalment in a series that will be looking at how we might address issues plaquing our country, using the context of the looming 2019 general elections, as canvass to begin to set the agenda for National Rebirth and Social Transformation.

Let me begin with my conclusion, which we shall get back to later. Within the current state of our national jurisprudence, the current manner of political defections and decamping, which I have termed as political vagrancy and vagabondage, are both illegal and unconstitutional.

The season is upon us again, when as part of the frenzy associated with upcoming general elections, Nigeria’s Ruling [Political] Class embark on their seasonal political migrations from their previous roosting grounds to their desired nesting grounds.

These seasonal political migrations, it must be underlined is based on, and driven, only by self-serving interests, and motivated by greed, and the desire to preserve their ability and capacity to continue to have access to, and unrestrained leverage over our treasury and our common patrimony.

We must remind ourselves that these defections and decamping are not on account of our collective interests, but much more about the self-preservation of the individual politician[s] concerned.

What is the current context with respect to defections? Just as it was on the eve of the 2015 general elections, so it is now on the eve of the 2019 general elections. We are once again witnessing mass defections and cross-defections across the establishment political spectrum.

On the road to 2015, this mutually antagonistic cross defections took place against the backdrop of the unravelling of

the national ruling class consensus, which found expression in the simultaneous implosion of the PDP and the cobbling together of the APC. And on the road to 2019? This is taking place against the backdrop of the hollowing out of the now ruling APC, and the even more precipitous cobbling together of the inherently unstable coalition of discredited establishment forces called the CUPP. For to be sure, the failure of the PDP that led to its ouster from power, and the unfolding failure of the APC that is engendering the clamour for a third force; are not just the failures of the Ruling class factions and fractions cohering around the PDP and the APC; But in fact these sequential and contiguous failures is the most glaring manifestation yet of the collective class failure of Nigeria’s ruling class.

But let us get back to the subject of Political Vagrancy, vagabondage, and nomadism. Our ruling class has not outgrown the infancy of the bourgeoisie at the dawn of capitalism. As capitalism was evolving and being ruptured through revolutionary processes from the womb of feudalism, its emergent ruling class was compelled accumulate capital in a primitive, that is unfettered and unregulated by law, way and manner.

Our ruling class is still trapped in this age of the infancy of the class, that of primitive accumulation. It is a situation in which the state becomes the instrument with which to dispossess the collective and transfer collective wealth into the hands of private individuals through the direct appropriation of socially generated wealth by private persons who control the instrument of the state.

The 1999 CFRN as amended was well

aware of this primitive accumulation motif of the ruling class, hence the inclusion of Chapter Two of the constitution as constitutional framework for putting an end to the primitivism of the ruling class.

It is this inherent and congenital tendency towards primitive capital accumulation; manifesting as pervasive corruption nurtured by impunity; that is also the driving force behind the vagrant, vagabond and nomadic nature of the politics of this ruling class.

It is why they undertake these seasonal migrations, in search of where to feed and satisfy their greed.

So when you are rooting for this or that establishment politician; this or that establishment political party, as they defect from one party to another; the question to ask is: “Are they doing this in my interest?” “Are they doing this because of us? Or because of their insatiable thirst and hunger?”

Now we know they are not acting in our interest, we know they are acting only to safeguard their own interests, which is to remain politically relevant and continue to be positioned in a manner that enables them persistent access to, if not control over our treasury and collective wealth.

But under the current state of our jurisprudence and laws, is decamping from one party to another in the way and manner in which it is being done, legal, and constitutional? Is it desirable, and good for our democracy, for the process of democratic consolidation?

I will argue that this phenomena that I call “Political Vagrancy And Vagabondage”, in the way and manner that is presently unfolding, is neither legal, constitutional, nor desirable.

First, it is clear from extant legislation,

that a defection can be perpetrated without penalty, only if there is a crisis in the party of the decampee, a crisis that must be such that it has paralysed the party and made it incapable of functioning.

Second, it is also very clear, that given this proviso, only a court can pronounce on the determination of the status of a party has having become paralysed and incapable of functioning.

In the current situation, as argued by Femi Falana [SAN], none of these two conditions exist with any of the major political parties in the country. None of the parties are currently paralysed by crisis of such magnitude that they have become unable to function as political parties. And neither are any cases in court seeking for courts to make such a determination.

To these extents therefore, I am in full agreement with the positions canvassed by the learned SAN, and my Elder.

But, even more importantly, I argue that political defections as are presently being done are unconstitutional.

By our constitution and existing laws, it is political parties that context elections, not individuals; and as the Supreme Court has determined in the case involving Rotimi Amaechi, where he was substituted as the candidate of the party; the mandate won in any election, is the mandate of the party, not the individual.

This decision of the Supreme Court, has the validity of a law, as are unchallenged court judgements.

Furthermore, other cases have since been decided, which have led to courts ordering that the mandate of the party which has won the election be given to the rightful candidate of such party, as determined in the judgement of the various courts. To be continued

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Editorial Commentary 2019: A brief manual of Nigerian politics Times Guest Columnist Reuben Abati

The political primaries are scheduled to hold between this month and the next and definitely by the end of October 2018, the hustling and jostling in Nigeria’s political arena would have begun in full earnest. The elections will be held in February 2019. For the benefit of any outsider who may never have witnessed Nigeria’s general elections, the type that is ahead, I offer in this brief note, a description of what to expect, what is already happening in the context of the character, content and style of Nigerian politics, what will happen and what may happen after the elections.

Note this: Very few Nigerian politicians would easily admit that they are in pursuit of their own vaulting ambition, with an eye on profitable return on investment. They are likely to tell you that they are in the race, because they have been approached by members of their community, or certain interest groups to seek elective office, to seek another term, because they are so good, so indispensable that either the constituency or the people will have problems should they decline. “My people asked me to do this…” is a common refrain in Nigerian politics. To cite a familiar example, President Muhammadu Buhari has been told that there is no “alternative” to him in this country of about 200 million people, by the people who surround him. And he believes them!

For years, we have therefore had too many unwilling candidates who were pushed into public office, not because they had anything to offer but because other people found them useful. There are others who are in politics and who actually go on to win elections just because they have an influential parent, a powerful Godfather, or a sellable family name, or enough war-chest to buy everyone that is available for purchase in the electoral value-chain. In the majority however, you will find those who will claim that they are responding to a Divine call. They have been told by a pastor (especially a General Overseer of one of these miracle-dispensing churches) or an imam (sorry a Sheik in Mali, Senegal, Niger, Guinea Bissau, and incountry, a Sheik in Ilorin, Osogbo, Bauchi, Maiduguri). They all rely on these pastors or imams or the covenants that they enter into in fraternities and cults.

Election season is boom-time for these Nigerian spiritualists and the others our politicians consult overseas. A Nigerian election is not only a do-or-die battle on the physical plane, it is spiritual war. It is time for the spiritualists to eat. And they have started by telling their clients that they are the anointed ones of God. I am not making this up. These merchants of electoral victory are on the internet, especially You Tube, using technology to dispense the gospel. They claim to know who will be the next President or that next Governor or lawmaker; they manage to give only such vague hints that would draw the politicians to their doorsteps.

If the politician is a newcomer to the game, there are consultants who claim to know the best pastors and imams, and in case you have not noticed, this is that type of season when prayer mountains, night vigils and special prayer rooms have become extra-ordinarily busy. Every election season, sacrifices are

offered – someone who should know has said that there are more cases of kidnapping whenever Nigeria goes to the polls – human beings are offered as sacrifices to all kinds of small gods.

It is all about money and power. The spiritualists are bound to remain in charge before, during and after the elections.

Spiritualists dictate the manner of governance and politics in more ways than you can ever imagine. If you disagree, please argue with the paper you are holding or your laptop or ipad, or phone. One spiritualist somewhere in Anambra state recently reported that he was attacked and his car and his body were riddled with bullets. He came out of that encounter unscathed. According to him, the bullets could not penetrate his body.

In the Nigeria that I know, and given the season that we are in, that was an excellent marketing strategy. You may not believe the man of God, but he will receive visitations from hundreds of politicians and their thugs who devote substantial time and attention to the search for spiritual fortification. In this same country, one famous politician used to go about with a live tortoise strapped around his neck, nestling comfortably under his agbada! We are in the age and season of bullet-proof, miracle-seeking politicians.

Money. This is an important part of the game. The extant Electoral Act (2010) in Nigeria is very specific about campaign finance and the exact amount that a politician is allowed to spend to seek particular offices, the source of the money, the exact amount that can be contributed by entities or individuals to campaigns and the general role of money in Nigerian elections.

The law states that a presidential candidate can only spend a maximum amount of N1 billion, a governorship candidate, N200 million, a senatorial candidate, N40 million, House of Representatives candidate, N20 million, State House of Assembly, N10 million, chairman of local government, N10 million, and councillorship, N1 million.

Campaign finance regulations are the most abused in Nigerian elections. The aspirants and candidates do what they like, the regulatory authorities look the other way, before, during and after elections. It is all about money on all sides. Election time is an opportunity for every one involved in the election value-chain to make money.

There are some candidates who will be honest enough to say that they sold their houses and vehicles and shares and other possessions to be able to get involved in the process. But there are others who will disclose that they are so broke they have had to take bank loans. And there are others who will claim that they had to go cap in hand to their friends and associates to help them out with funds. There is something common to them all: they incur debts ahead of the election. Should they be lucky enough to win, they have to settle the IOUs that brought them to power. This is the root of corruption in Nigeria that has not yet been addressed. If persons are allowed to violate the electoral law on campaign finance, and get away with it, they will do worse. The rule of law is violated; personal interest is allowed to pre-dominate.

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2019 polls and Electoral Act impasse

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head of the 2019 general elections, political activities have picked up with political parties and aspirants for the various elective positions at the state, and federal levels putting finishing touches to their strategies to emerge victorious in the elections.

But we are worried that the ground norm which will regulate the conduct of next year’s poll, which is the Electoral Act has yet to become a legal instrument following the withholding of assent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the amendments proposed to the extant Act by the National Assembly.

Twice now, the President has refused to sign the amendment to the Electoral Act into law, first by opposing the sequence of elections as ordered by the National Assembly, and secondly, objecting to sign the amendment into law based on what he termed drafting issues in the document forwarded to him for assent.

What this means is that in the event the amendments to the extant Act fails to become law, then the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will have to rely on the provisions of the extant law with its perceived imperfections in conducting the 2019 elections.

We therefore, caution that the Presidency and the National Assembly should put their houses in order and do everything humanly possible to resolve the current impasse over the Electoral Act (amendment bill) to save the electoral process and democracy in Nigeria.

The declaration by the Presidency on Monday, that the Card Reader was not included in the latest Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill is baffling.

If card readers would not be used for the polls, then what becomes of the permanent voters’ cards (PVCs) that INEC is issuing to potential voters.

According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, it was the omission of the card reader from the amendment bill that informed Buhari’s not assenting to the bill.

He said, “For the avoidance of doubt, I hereby state expressly that the card reader provision addressed by Section 49 of the principal Act was completely, expressly and unequivocally excluded.

“It is not in anywise, part of the provisions of the bill forwarded to the President on August 3, 2018, and could therefore not form part of the consideration of the President.”

That it takes the Presidency almost a month to detect that the amendment bill didn’t provide for the use of the card reader in the general elections and that it had drafting issues leaves room for speculation in certain quarters that there is an alleged grand design to consign the Electoral Act (amendment bill) to the dustbin and ultimately, jeopardize the conduct of free, fair and credible elections in 2019. But we are of the opinion that there is no evidence to back such a bogus claim.

We therefore urge concerned stakeholders to prevail on the Presidency and the National Assembly to end the avoidable logjam and uncertainty surrounding the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill by doing all within their powers to end the current impasse and restore the grey areas in our electoral process and save the nation’s democracy in the national interest. A word is enough for the wise.

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Insurgency: Minister tasks media Short News Kebbi APC adopts on reduced spate of killings Tom Okpe, Abuja The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has challenged the media to ensure proper reportage of the falling spate of killings in the country as there has been drastic reduction recently.

The Minister made the assertion in Gusau, Zamfara State on Monday at a Special Town Hall Meeting on Security.

He said: ‘’Let me say straight away that the killings, resulting from farmers-herders clashes, cattle rustling, trans-border crimes and banditry, among others, have fallen drastically. Unfortunately, this has not received the kind of media coverage that was given to the killings. I appeal to the media to correct this”.

Alhaji Mohammed said the drastic fall in the killings resulted from concerted and committed actions by the Federal

Government to curtail the farmers-herders clashes, cattle rustling and other acts of banditry.

He listed such actions as: the deployment of Joint Military Intervention Force (JMIF), comprising Regular and Special Forces personnel from the Army, Air Force and Navy; working in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Security (DSS), and Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

The measures also include the establishment of the Army’s 2 Battalion Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Kanfanin Doka Village, Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State; the establishment of a new Area Command and two additional Divisional Police Headquarters in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, and the establishment by Nigerian Air Force of Quick Response Wings (QRW) in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States,

Others are the deployment of Special Forces to these Quick Response Wings; the inauguration, by the Nigeria Police Force, of a new Mobile Squadron in Takum, Taraba State and Operation ‘Whirl Stroke’, operating in Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and Zamfara states, to tackle the menace of armed herdsmen, cattle rustlers, communal militias, kidnappers and other bandits. ‘’I have no doubt that the good people of Zamfara can testify to the drastic reduction in the activities of cattle rustlers and other bandits in the state since the Federal Government deployed a -1000 - strong military force, comprising the army, air force, police and the civil defence, to launch fierce attacks on the bandits terrorizing the villages and towns of Zamfara State,” he said.

He assured that the situation will continue to improve until the violence stops, pointing that the killings have nothing to do with ethnicity or religion.

indirect primaries Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi

The Kebbi state secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ahmed Musa Jega has said that the state unanimously agreed to adopt the indirect primaries for the forthcoming primaries in the state.

According to him, the decision was reached at the party’s stakeholders meeting in Birnin Kebbi where all concerned brainstormed and arrived at the decision which does not contradicts the party constitution, as it has been provided that consensus and indirect primaries are allowed if the need arises.

Jega denies rumour making the round that APC is giving preferential treatments to some aspirants in the state, saying “the party’s door is open for all aspirants regardless of affiliation or connection from any quarters”.

Kwara PDP assures contestants of level playing ground Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has assured contestants in the forthcoming election under the party’s platform of a level playing field with the aim of ensuring fairness to all.

The State PDP chairman, Engr Kola Shittu said this in Ilorin yesterday, while receiving the nomination form of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, the Executive Governor of Kwara State, who indicated interest to contest for the senate at the National Assembly.

Engr Shittu noted that with the calibre of people who came to submit the form on behalf of Governor Ahmed, he has no doubt the contestant has a good base and wished him best of luck in his aspirations.

L-R:Representative of the President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop Peter Ogunmuyiwa; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Mrs Adejoke Orelope -Adefulire; representative of the minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Nasir Adamu; and the representative of the Sultan of Sokoto/ Emir of Lafiya Dr. Shehu Yamusa during the faith - based organisation summit in Abuja ...Tuesday Photo: Temitope Balogun

NEMA expresses doubt over cause of Abuja earth tremor ... Advises communities in Niger, Kwara to shun river banks

Joseph Inokotong, Abuja Few days after some Abuja residence experienced earth tremor in areas such as Mpape, Maitama, Gwarinpa and Kubwa, the FCT National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Agency (FEMA) has expressed uncertainty over the cause.

The Director-General of NEMA, Mr Idris Abass, said on Tuesday in Abuja, that the agency was yet to establish whether it was man-made or natural.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised communities in Niger and Kwara, living on downstream of Shiroro, Kainji and Jebba Dams to stay away from river banks.

In another development, NEMA Operational Head in charge of Niger and Kwara, Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, gave the advice in Minna on Tuesday.

He however said that if it was a natural phenomenon, nothing would stop it because it could only stop on its own.

Abass said “Like the information we earlier passed, it only happened for a while and stopped, but today we are happy to

report that there is no case of the tremor again.’’

The D-G said that it had not been established whether the tremor was manmade or natural, stressing that if it was natural, it was bound to happen again after 12 years.

“If it is caused by the activities of those who are blasting and drilling boreholes around the areas, it can also reoccur,” he said.

Abass however said that the activities of the drillers had since been stopped, adding that if it was man-made it should not reoccur until their activities returned.

The NEMA Operational Head in charge of Niger and Kwara, Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi said that the warning became necessary as a result of consistent rise in the water levels on the Niger and Benue which he said could cause more spillage of water from the dams.

Kafindangi said the warning followed the recent flood alert by the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) indicating that all indices before the release of water from Lagdo Dam that caused the 2012 flood in kogi and other states of the federation had manifested.

‘‘This time it is in a higher magnitude.

“NIHSA has warned that some parts of the country, including some states in the North would continue to experience down pour.

“Niger and Kwara are among the 12 states identified by NIHSA to experience flood based on their projections and these two states are within our jurisdiction,” he said.

The head of operation mentioned the communities to include: Gurmana, Galadima Logo, Beri, Bida, Elogi, Mokwa, Borgu, New Bussa in Niger.

He said communities such as Patigi, and Lafiagi in Kwara would possibly be affected as well as other communities downstream of Jebba and Kainji Dams.

Kafindangi also advised the communities to restrict children and other members from swimming and fishing on the rivers.

He also said that the agency would meet on Wednesday with stakeholders in disaster management to proffer ways to reduce effects of flood disasters.

Kafindangi, however, appealed to residents of both states to desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainage and water ways to avert flooding.

Shehu Sani, 14 APC aspirants reject indirect primaries in Kaduna Sen. Shehu Sani and 14 other aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected indirect primaries adopted by the party in Kaduna State.

The aspirants led by Sani, in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, and demanded direct primaries.

The State Executive Committee of the APC had announced it would use indirect primaries or delegate method to select candidates for the 2019 polls.

But Sani and the 14 other aspirants in the three-page letter said indirect primaries would short-change them.

According to them, the indirect method was a “direct antithesis to the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to fight against corruption at all levels.’’

16,552 Pilgrims now back home says official September 11, 2018 1:34 pm by hassana.yakubu - Saudi Arabia -

‘16,552 pilgrims now back home’ A total of 16, 552 pilgrims have so far been transported back to Nigeria from Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Tuesday .

According to the NAHCON 2018 Hajj Pilgrims’ Return to Nigeria update, the pilgrims were transported back in 54 flights as at Tuesday morning.

It said pilgrims on the morning flights included 436 from Kebbi and 315 from Yobe.

The pilgrims from Kebbi departed Jeddah at about 10:44 am, while the pilgrims from Yobe left Saudi Arabia at 8:45am.

The commission said the operation was going on smoothly and assured the remaining pilgrims that they would be returned home as planned.

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I intend to restructure Nigeria in phases - Atiku Short News Yakubu Salisu, Kano Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, vying for the presidential seat in the forthcoming general elections under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he intends to restructure the country in phases if he emerges winner.

He made this known in Kano yesterday during a rally organized by the Atiku Campaign Organizations.

According to him, “What l am advocating for is that the restructuring of the country, should be carried out in phases, rather than being total, because the power at the centre is too heavy, which needs to be slim down.

“By restructuring, I mean devolving powers to the states or geopolitical zones as the case may be so that they can assume greater responsibilities of their respective states or zones.”

Atiku accused the APC of being ignorant as his position on the issue of restructuring, dates back to the reports of constitutional restructuring of 1994.

He said “At the moment, the Federal Government has too much on its plate and it is not able to pay attention to all parts of the country.

“My believe is that by devolving more powers to those states or regions, they are closer to the people, particularly in areas like education, health, infrastructure, etc. I want

to see a lean Federal Government, a small Federal Government” he advocated.

He suggested that, the functions of the Federal Government should be limited to issue, bothering on defence, immigration, currency and the Central Bank.

“A small Federal Government which will deal essentially with matters like defence, foreign affairs, currency, Central Bank and immigration, are what I advocate for,” he stated.

“So, if we give you more powers and resources to develop your respective states then you should hold your states responsible not the Federal Government that is what I mean by restructuring,” he affirmed.

2019: ‘I will change bad representation of Hong constituency’ Tom Garba, Yola A practicing journalist vying for the seat of Hong Constituency of Adamawa State House of Assembly, Mr. Edward Wubundani has vowed to change the present narrative of representation, which he described as “bad representation’’.

According to him, Hong Constituency deserves better representation and good leadership, which is still far from the reach of the electorates.

Edward said this ahead of All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries coming up in September.

He disclosed this to journalists at the APC State Secretariat when he purchased his nomination and expression of interest forms to contest in the 2019 general elections of the constituency.

Flood destroys 1,000 buildings, crops in Edo Flood submerged no less than 1,000 residential houses in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo following Monday’s heavy down pour in the area.

Hectares of farmland with cash crops and property worth millions of naira were also destroyed.

The affected produce included cassava, yam, maize, groundnuts, plantain, among others.

The communities affected are: Anegbette, Udaba, Osomegbe, Ugochi, Ofukpo, Agbaburu and Ifeko.

Some of the victims blamed the flood on the surge of River Niger.

The Village Head of Udaba, Chief David Inetape, expressed shock over the incident, saying that the entire communities were now flooded.

122 aspirants jostle for 24 Bayelsa Assembly seats Akam James, Yenagoa

L-R: Abia state governorship aspirant, Prince Paul Ikonne receiving his nomination / Interest forms from the Director of Organisation, All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Abubakar Kari at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja ... on Tuesday

Enugu APC insists on indirect primaries .Says those against are enemies of party Moses Oyediran, Enugu The Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) says there is no going back on its decision to adopt indirect primaries and consensus for election of its candidates for the 2019 general elections.

The party explained that it lacked the financial weight to conduct direct primaries, hence its decision to adopt the indirect primary option, describing those kicking against indirect primary option as enemies of the party.

Throwing his weight behind the decision of the Enugu APC chapter, the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu disclosed that about four hundred million naira will be required to conduct successful direct primaries.

Okechukwu said though the Enugu APC under the leadership of Dr. Ben

Nwoye was not afraid of the direct primary option, he explained that the party cannot afford the money that would be needed for the option.

Speaking with journalists after a meeting of stakeholders of the party in the state, the Enugu State Chairman of the APC, Dr Ben Nwoye disclosed that after state chapters were directed by the national leadership of the party to adopt the option they will use for the primaries, he swung into action and convened a meeting of the state working committee where all they looked into all the options.

Nwoye said at the end of the meeting, the state working committee chose the indirect primary option for the conduct of the primaries of the party.

Dismissing the recent adoption of direct primaries by some people under the auspices of Enugu State APC Stakeholders, Nwoye said the National Secretariat made it clear to state chairmen of the party to go

to their respective states to choose the option they would use for the primaries.

Nwoye therefore urged party faithful to disregard the outcome of the meeting, arguing that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema who convened the meeting lacked the powers convene such meeting.

He said it was unfortunate that few weeks to the primaries of the party, some people led by the minister have intensified efforts to remove him for his selfish interest, alleging that they were seeking dissolution of the State Working Committee of the party despite the fact that the primaries were around the corner.

Meanwhile, stakeholders of the party met at the Enugu APC Secretariat yesterday and endorsed the decision of the party in the state to adopt the indirect primary option for election of flag-bearers of the party for the 2019 general election.

A total of 122 aspirants from the eight Local Government areas of Bayelsa state have been screened to contest for the 24 seats in the State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), primaries, as three aspirants fail the screening.

Out of the numbers cleared 17 aspirants are incumbent lawmakers while the remaining 105 are first timers by the result pasted by the party at the secretariat in Yenagoa.

Southern Ijaw Local Government Area has the highest number of 37 aspirants and 16 from a single constituency where the current speaker of the house is representing.

APC 2019: ‘Consensus candidate will ensure victory in Abia’ Tom Okpe, Abuja Former governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2011 election and governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia state, Prince Paul Ikonne, has said that if all the stakeholders and the party could settle for a consensus candidate, his party’s victory will be made easy in the 2019 general election.

Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja after he obtained his nomination and expression of interest forms at the APC national secretariat to contest the party’s Abia governorship seat, Prince Ikonne explained that the people of Abia knows that he actually win the election in 2011, assuring that his government, “will put Abia where it belongs”.

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Boat mishap: Pregnant woman, son, Short News 7 others feared dead in Niger State FG deports 36 Indians, 2 Saka Bolaji, Minna

Niger state Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) on Monday, disclosed that a pregnant woman, identified as Ramatu Mammam, her two year old son, Saminu and seven other persons were feared death in a boat mishap.

The Director General of the Agency (NSEMA), Alhjai Ahmed Inga disclosed that the deceased were said to have boarded the boat from Shata Sabo in Shiroro local government area when it capsized midway into their journey to Shata Soho in Bosso local government area.

It was learnt that nine of its 11 passengers died at about 10 am.

Among those who lost their lives according the Director General were a mechanic, one John Moses and two of his apprentices, Khalifa Danladi, 14 and Ubale Usman 16.

The trio were said to be based in Nangawu community also in Bosso local government area and were going to repair a broken down vehicle when they met their death.

The other passengers on the ill-fated boat, Alhaji Inga explained, were one Malam Muhammad Safir of Fulani extraction whose age could not be immediately ascertained; Malam Salihu Aliyu, and 72 year-old man simply referred to as Makadi.

Alhaji Inga said two of the passengers including the boat’s

driver whose identity could not be ascertained, survived the accident but that the driver is in critical condition.

The director general added that even though the load was beyond the capacity of the boat which he explained was very small.

However, he attributed the cause of accident to flood wave.”

They were already on the water when flood wave hits the boat forcing it to capsize”, He said local divers were mobilised to the scene shortly after the accident but only the remains of the pregnant Ramatu was recovered with her son strapped to her back.

He said divers are still searching for the reaming passengers.

Koreans for visa violations Bisi Oyindemola, Abuja The Federal Government has ordered the immediate deportation of 36 Indians and two Koreans.

The Indian nationals allegedly entered into the country with fake visas and counterfeit immigration stamps, while the Koreans failed to regularise their stay upon the expiration of their contract with Zamfara State Government.

The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), who signed the deportation order in his office in Abuja on Tuesday, said the directive was pursuant to Section 45 (2, 3 and 4) of the Nigeria Immigration Act, 2015.

A statement by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Umar said the affected nationals included An Sik and Jon SU Gyong of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The Indian nationals are Mr. Sajji, Mrs. Sajji Arvini, Mrs. Sunil Babujumma, Mrs. Meemi, Mr. Papachi, Mr. Deva Mr. Rajani, Mrs. Kiran Shivachadra and Mr. Shivachadra, among others.

He reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to empowering the Nigeria Immigration Service to enhance enforcement of the nation’s immigration laws.

The minister advised all foreign nationals to operate within legal provisions, noting that the nation will not compromise on its immigration laws.

World Mental Health Day: Lanre Olusola begins war against depression, suicide Renowned Life Coach and Psychotherapist, Lanre Olusola popularly referred to as The Catalyst recently kicked off a campaign focused on avoiding and overcoming depression and suicide that is often its final consequent.

Operating under the theme, ‘Boost Your Dose of DOSE,’ the campaign was designed to last for 37 days, a period Olusola says is an approximate duration to form and change behaviour and habits.

According to him, the project was created in reaction to the recent increase in depression, suicide and other related mental health challenges in Nigeria and all around the world, adding that mental health statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that every 40 seconds, someone somewhere in the world (including Nigeria), commits suicide. 1 in 4 persons globally will suffer from one form of mental health challenge or the other in their lifetime” Olusola said.

L-R: Chief Press Secretary to Niger State Governor, Jibrin Ndace; Senate spokesman, Senator Abdullai Sabi; and Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello, during submission of the Governor’s nomination of interest form in Abuja...on Tuesday

Senate spokesman, confident of APC victory in 2019 Tom Okpe, Abuja Chairman, Senate Standing Committee on Media, Abubakar Sabi is confident that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC will secure victory at the 2019 general elections.

Sabi stated that APC has performed well and fulfilled most of its promises that made Nigerians voted for the party in 2015 noting that, same feat would still be repeated.

The Niger North Senatorial District Representative seeking re-election said, “now that we are seeking re-election, it is obvious that when we go back to the field we should be able to tell our people what we have done for them.

“On this note, I am very confident that by the special grace of God, I have served my people diligently as their representative to ensure that, dividend of democracy gets into Niger North Senatorial District.

Let me say that I am confident that the same feat would be repeated”.

The Senate spokesman who declined comments on the planned impeachment of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, however said APC Senate caucus is now more strengthened to protect and project the interest of the party.

Meanwhile, a Governorship aspirant of the APC from Enugu State has noted that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has never won a free, fair credible election in the state saying that the state has been unfortunate with governors.

Barrister Ejikeme Ugwu stated this at the party national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday when he came to obtain his nomination and expression of interest forms to indicate his aspiration for the Governorship race in the 2019 general elections.

He said: “For the 16 years rule of the PDP in the state, we

have been so unfortunate with governance that none of our elected Governors had shown us the dividends of democracy especially with infrastructural development. Our incumbent cannot boast any infrastructural development in the state.

“I will turn the tide of the state immediately I become Governor. We will turn around the state to enable the people enjoy the dreams of its founding fathers”.

The aspirant noted that come February, 2019, the bad governance of the PDP in the state will be over adding that, “We are ready and prepared to occupy to serve the people and not to be served”.

He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the good work he is doing especially his fight against corruption, insecurity and revamping of the national economy which is the dividend this administration has rendered.

CP Lagos assures politicians, parties of adequate security during rallies The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Edgal Imohimi, has assured politicians and political parties in the state of adequate security at their political rallies.

Edgal made the promise on Tuesday, during his meeting with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Heads of Departments at the Command’s Headquarters, Ikeja.

The commissioner, according to a statement by the command’s spokesman, CSP Chike Oti, said all that was required from the politicians was to inform the police ahead of time about any rally.

According to the police boss, this will enable the Command to provide adequate security to forestall any breach of the peace.

2019: APC gives conditions for consensus candidature The All Progressives Congress (APC) says that consensus will apply only when no other aspirant signifies interest through purchase of its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms for the position in question ahead of its primaries.

APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, made the clarification in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said the clarification became necessary following the announcement of consensus candidates for elective positions for the 2019 general elections in some of the party’s state chapters.

“The attention of the APC has been drawn to announcements of consensus candidates for elective positions in some states, it is therefore, pertinent to make some clarifications to enlighten party faithful on the procedure for nominating candidates,” he said.

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Air Peace flays expert over comments on acquisition of B777 aircraft Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

L-R: Chief Executive Officer, Sterling Bank Plc, Abubakar Suleiman; Managing Director, Daria Media, Kadaria Ahmed and Kaduna State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Muhammad Sani, during the closing ceremony of Kaduna Book and Art Festival (KABAFEST) in Kaduna powered by Sterling Bank...on Tuesday

How PenCom recovers N14.76bn outstanding contributions, penalties Motlani Oseni The acting Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Aisha Dahiru-Umar, says its appointed recovery agent recovered N14.76 billion outstanding pension contributions and penalties.

Dahiru-Umar disclosed this at a one-day interactive session with the Organised Private Sector (OPS) on “Challenges and Future Outlook of the Pension Reform Act (PRA 2014)” in Lagos on Tuesday.

Dahiru-Umar, represented by the Head, Compliance, PenCom, Mr Aliu Bwala, said the figure comprised N7.53

billion principal contributions and N7.23 billion as penalties respectively.

The acting DG also said the entire amounts were credited into the workers’ Retirement Savings Accounts (RSAs).

According to her, the penalty is meant to compensate the workers for the income that would have been earned, if the principal contributions were remitted as and when due.

“The recovery exercise which has been largely successful has boosted the confidence of contributors and encouraged employers to embrace the CPS. “We would like to again thank NECA and its members for their cooperation in the course of the recovery exercise.

The director general said the pension industry had transited from a deficit of over N2 trillion in 2004 to accumulated pension fund asset worth over N8.23 trillion, with registered membership of 8.14 million as at July 2018.

The commission was saddled with the responsibility of supervising the transfer of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) contributions of employees into their respective RSAs under the CPS. The DG said only 136,377 NSITF members had applied for their contributions to be transferred into their RSAs to date.

“That number is a far cry from the over 1.2 million workers that transited

from the NSITF Scheme to the CPS. “To address the challenge of contributor apathy, the commission had severally featured advertorials in National Dailies requesting NSITF contributors to apply for the transfer of their contributions into their RSAs. “I implore all employers to encourage their employees who have contributed to the NSITF Scheme to liaise with the PFAs and, in particular Trustfund Pensions, for guidance on how to have their contributions transferred to their RSAs. “Members who contributed to the NSITF Scheme can also visit the commission’s website for the guidelines on the transfer of NSITF contributions”, she added.

Build vibrant economy driven on wheel of SMEs, Heritage Bank MD tells banks The MD/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Ifie Sekibo yesterday tasked commercial banks to intervene in building a formidable economy driven on the wheel of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) because there is lots of value and opportunities in the SMEs sector.

Sekibo who stated this on the side line of the on going 11th Annual Banking and Finance Conference of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) with the theme, MSMEs: ‘The Game Changer for Economic Growth and Development,’ explained as a way of cushioning the effect of capacity building and fund management, introduced the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Investment Protection Fund to assist the growth and rejuvenation of the sector.

According to Sekibo, Heritage Bank remains poised to collaborate with

operators of MSMEs to grow them into generational conglomerates.

He stated that it was the desire of the bank for Nigerian businesses to be listed on the stock exchange and eventually become global brands and household names.

Sekibo, noted that surviving in the face of all odds as a business in Nigeria with the present economic situation would not be an easy feat, adding that tenacity remains key characteristic of a sustainable business.

According to him, notable businesses such as Quaker Oats and KFC went through trying times, overcame them, and are now global brands.

“We believe that businesses like yours are the backbone of the economy because you create jobs and play a huge role in moving our country out of this present recession. I encourage you to rise up to this challenge facing every Nigerian entrepreneur and make our

economy vibrant again,” Sekibo said.

Also, he said Heritage Bank would support operators in the MSMEs sector to broker new deals and partnerships, adding that a contact today could lead to a business opportunity tomorrow.

He said the bank would create a platform to propel a network of fast growing businesses and urged them to seize the opportunity, network with others as well as engage the bank’s SME consultants in their bid to build and develop sustainable businesses.

Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, who represented Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said it was no longer possible to achieve a robust growth trajectory as well as realise the much desired inclusive growth without proper attention to the Micro Small andd Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sub-sector of the

economy.

He said the sector not only contribute significantly to the economy but also serve as an impetus for economic diversification.

Osinbajo, however, stated that government is currently working round the clock to put the country in its rightful place in the world economy.

He said this will be achieved through the provision of key physical infrastructure, technology and innovation as well as conducive atmosphere for small businesses to thrive.

President/Chairman Of Council, CIBN, Uche Olowu, insisted that projected economy goals for Africa, particularly Nigeria would remained unrealistic if challenges affecting the contribution of MSMEs to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with the sector is not prioritised.

Air Peace has condemned the Secretary General of the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASTRI), Mr John Ojikutu for alleging that domestic airlines’ outright acquisition of aircraft is a “clever way for (sic) capital fight”.

Ojikutu made this disclosure while speaking on the operations of domestic airlines, and was quoted saying: “Something could be wrong with the decisions of those Nigerians in choosing outright buying (of aircraft).

“Believe it or not, it is a clever way for capital flight. Imagine an airline with two B777 paid for outright without designated routes! The cost of each of these aircraft is not less than $150 million.

“Even if the routes are certain, a better option would have been wet lease of about six months that would allow Nigerians to be trained, transferred to the aircraft and thereafter converted to dry lease for another six months. If the routes are unprofitable, the airline can go for outright purchase.”

But reacting to the comments in a statement issued by its Corporate Communications Manager, Mr. Chris Iwarah, Air Peace said Ojikutu’s position was an undisguised attack on its image as a responsible corporate citizen working flat out to contribute to Nigeria’s economy and do the nation proud through efficient domestic, regional and international air services.

The airline dismissed Ojikutu’s views on outright purchase of aircraft and the option of wet lease as a product of ignorance and envy. Air Peace recently took delivery of its second Boeing 777 aircraft for its planned longhaul operations.

“While we have no problem with people expressing differing opinions on the airline business, we find it quite irresponsible for Ojikutu to allege that our decision to make Nigeria proud with the recent acquisition of two Boeing 777 aircraft was a ‘clever way for (sic) capital fight.

“This is a deliberate attempt to present us before members of the public as a fraudulent organisation working to sabotage and subvert the current efforts of the Federal Government to place the nation’s economy on a sound footing. Even worse, he claimed that a Boeing 777 is sold for no less than $150 million.”

He added: “Nothing can be further from the truth. And it is quite disappointing that a self-proclaimed aviation expert can make this kind of ignorant guesswork in an era where proper information is just a click away.

It is no longer a secret that the socalled security expert has put himself at odds with the success of Air Peace and in satisfaction of his desire to bring domestic airlines down for his foreign paymasters and collaborators to continue to pillage the economy of our dear nation.

“It is elementary knowledge that the option of wet lease has brought a lot of Nigerian airlines and their counterparts elsewhere down. We begin to wonder the motivation for Ojikutu’s comments.

When Air Peace went public with the number of aircraft in its fleet, the same so-called security expert doubted it and tried in vain to discredit us as purveyors of falsehood. Now that the aircraft are coming in, he is changing the rhythm of his attacks.

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C’ River traders want FG to double N10, 000 collateral-free loans Motolani Oseni Traders in the popular Watt Market in Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday commended the Federal Government for the N10, 000 interest-free loans being given to boost their trades, but pleaded with the government to double the facility.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday unveiled the Federal Government’s programme tagged: Trader-Moni, in Cross River State where several traders were given N10, 000 each, which is to be paid back in six months.

Beneficiaries of TraderMoni have six months to repay the loan with flexible options of N85 daily or N430 weekly.

According to Vice-President, “We will give them more as they begin to repay the N10,000. If they repay the N10,000, they will be given N15,000.

And if that is repaid, they would be given N20,000. Then it goes up to N50, 000 and N100, 000.”

An elated trader, Atim Ededem, said, “I’m very happy to have registered and this is one of the most visible signs of government that we have seen.

“So, I think in future, government should go through our market unions and possibly double the money. On the whole, this is a very welcome development.”

Another trader, Joy Unasi, said, “I think it is a very good development and will go a long way in ameliorating our plight. It is better than collecting money from conventional sources where the interest will make it discouraging so I really commend government for this. However, we would appreciate it if they double the money from N10, 000 to N20, 000 in future.”

Yet another, Godwin Ikpot, said,

“At first I thought it is one of these 419 schemes and did not believe it until when the vice-president came to our market. This is the first time in my life that I have seen the vice president, Osinbajo and any doubt I had about trader money has been dashed.

“In fact, I registered after the vice president left so this is a very good development and I think for some businesses like mine which is meat, government should increase the money for us because we would be able to pay back.”

A foodstuff dealer, Eshiet Udom, said, “I have registered for the money and since it is collateral free, then it is very good for market people like us.

But I think beyond this, government should look at the condition of the market because it is not very conducive for us. I think with the coming of the Osinbajo and the governor, our fortunes will change for the better.

Food, beverage manufacturers promote cleaner environment Ladesope Ladelokun The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA), the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for the food and beverage sector, has affirmed its commitment to cleaner environment with plans to embark on a clean-up exercise on used postconsumer waste at the Arena market in Oshodi, Lagos along with its collection partner Recycle Points.

The activity, which will take place on September 14, is in commemoration of the annual World Clean-up Day, which falls on September 15.

During the exercise, which is also aimed at intensifying awareness on environmental pollution, volunteered staff from members of the Alliance will be engaged in cleaning of refuse sites, walkways and drainages filled with post-consumer waste at the market.

This is another demonstration of its commitment to a cleaner environment after the recently signed memorandum of understanding with Ministry of Transport and Environment, Lagos State to rid the waterways of plastic waste.

The Alliance consists of Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, The CocaCola Company Nigeria.

The clean-up programme would be

used to canvass crucial issues relating to proper disposal and recycling, healthy lifestyle and other measures aimed at curbing environmental pollution.

FBRA is calling for sectoral action under the platform of a PRO to ensure that companies collectively engage in the recycling of their packaging wastes to demonstrate its shared concern for a cleaner and healthier society.

Founded in 2013, FBRA has received commendation from the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA), the environmental regulator, for progresses made towards EPR enforcement.

Africa not ready for super fast 5G network – MTN’s CEO Africa is not ready for nextgeneration 5G network but would likely be ready to embrace the super-fast technology in about five years from now, MTN’s chief executive officer said on Tuesday.

Rob Shuter told Reuters at a telecoms conference in Durban that his position was due to the fact that most phones in Africa worked fine on just 3G. 5G networks, now in the final testing stage, will rely on denser arrays of small antennas and the cloud to offer data speeds up to 50 or 100 times faster than current 4G networks.

Besides, 5G networks serve as critical infrastructure for a range of industries.

“This is the technology that would be used for very specific cases.

“It would not be a technology for everybody because most people don’t need it, your phone works fine on just 3G. “You also need the equipment itself.

So right now there is no 5G handsets and even the routers that can receive 5G network are very few and very expensive,” Shuter said.

Many of MTN’s users in emerging markets across Africa and the Middle East are still awaiting 4G and are likely to have to get by with 3G connections for years more.

“What we are doing now is to learn from the technology and get our network ready for it but I think 3G is much more relevant in most of our markets,” he said.

Shuter declined to comment on his company’s multibillion dollar dispute with Nigeria authorities because the matter is before a court in the West African country.

MTN operates in more than 20 frontier markets including war-ravaged Syria and Afghanistan, which accounts for a third of its annual core profit.

Partnership with labour promotes good governance, says Ambode Joy Obakeye Lagos State Governor Akinwumi Ambode has reiterated the role labour plays in promoting peaceful and effective governance.

Ambode stated this during 4-day training for heads of labour unions, organised by the state’s Ministry of Establishment, Training and Pension, facilitated by Rosette Consulting Firm.

The Governor, who was represented by the commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pension, Dr. Akintola Oke, explained that the training, which would be continuous, will, among other things, help effective bargaining between labour and the state on workers’ welfare.

In his speech, entitled Trade Unionism, Collective Bargaining and Leadership for Trade Union Leaders,

the governor said: “The training aims to identify approaches and practices around the world which enabled unions and public sector employers to engage in negotiation on conditions of workers on a fair footing, and with minimal disruption to public services.”

On his part, Mr. Idowu Adelaku, state Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, said the training was commendable, while calling for the implementation of the minimum wage. Others who spoke at the workshop were Mr. Ogunyemi Frances, Chairman, Training Congress, Lagos State; Mr. Rasak Adio-Falade, Chairman, Lagos State Public Service Joint Negotiating Council; Mr. Ayorinde Ezekiel, Deputy Director, and Acting Head, Labour Management Relations, Micheal Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies.

Industrialisation: We are building local production to expand regional market share - Obaseki The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration’s economic reform is focused on growing stronger local capacity to undertake the production of goods and delivery of services, on an unprecedented scale, as the state heads into an industrial era.

The governor, explained that the administration’s high premium on economic diversification and transformation, empowerment, job creation and labour absorption, would ultimately translate to inclusive growth and a significant reduction in the number of people living in poverty.

In a ststement obtained by The Daily Times, Obaseki added that strong industrial base, skills transfer is assured, to increase the range of domesticallymanufactured goods, develop niche products through which Edo State can achieve a national, regional and global competitive advantage.

“This will increase the share of made-in-Edo products in the national and regional market; improve the sector’s productivity and value addition; promote and sustain indigenous technological practices and innovations,” he added.

Obaseki noted that the underlying philosophy of his strategy is to create a

web of related economic development infra and superstructures as well as growth enhancers that would launch the state into an era of sustained industrial activities.

To illustrate, the governor said: “We have repositioned institutions like the Government Science and Technical College, formerly Benin Technical College and other institutions that will supply the skill set that will be needed in the Benin Industrial Park, the Benin River Port and at the modular refinery.

“The Benin Innovation Hub is providing in-demand skills, industryrelevant knowledge and unlocking the creativity and innovativeness in our youth.

“The feedbacks we have received from the innovation hub are heartwarming and Edo State is fast becoming the centre for highly sought after 21st century Information and Communication Technology-based skills and innovations.”

“The strategy he further said would exploit the strengths and opportunities arising from the regional integration and globalisation, and position the industrial sector to become the leading investment destination in Africa and take advantage of investment flows currently moving towards the ‘last frontier’.”

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (middle); Past President, Institute of Directors (IoD), Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere (left); 1st Vice President, Chief Chris Okunowo and others during a courtesy visit to the governor by the Governing Council of IoD, at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja... on Tuesday.

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Winners of Mike Okonkwo National Essay contest get cash reward, other prizes Stories: Esther Taiwo It was a happy moment for winners of the 15th annual Mike Okonkwo National Essay competition for secondary school students as they were awarded various prizes for coming tops in the competition recently.

The competition, according to its organiser, Bishop Mike Okonkwo of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), is aimed at developing youths’ intellectual capacity and prepares them for future leadership.

Onitilo Deborah, who represented New Chrisfield College, Ikorodu Lagos, emerged the overall winner having scored 63 per cent in the first round and 52 per cent in the

second round of the competition.

Ashley Davidson of Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Ikeja, Lagos, scored 62 per cent and 49 per cent in the second round to clinch the second position while Esigbone Omagbemi Ferdinand of Roshallom International Secondary School, Lagos came third with 60 per cent in the first round and 47 per cent in the second round.

For emerging the over-all winner in this year’s competition, Onitilo Deborah went home with a cheque of N100,000, a personal Laptop, a trophy, a plaque, while her school got three sets of Computers and a printer.

On her part, Ashley Davidson, who came second, went home with a cheque of N75, 000, a plaque and his school got two sets of

computers and a printer. For coming third position, Esigbone Omagbemi Ferdinand got a cheque of N50,000, a plaque and a Computer set for his school.

Winners of the 15th Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition for Secondary Schools were presented with their prizes at the annual lecture held at Shell Hall Muson Center, Onikan, Lagos recently.

The event themed, “Nigeria’s Unity: Matters Arising,” was chaired by Chief John Nnia Nwodo, President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide while the lecture was delivered by Barrister Femi Falana (SAN).

Mike Okonkwo National Essay Competition began in 2004 as contribution to the development of the country’s education sector.

Prof. Obashoro John (middle) flanked by some of old people during a programme on ‘Care of the Skin at Old Age’ in Lagos.

Young authors receive awards, kudos from stakeholders The founder of Jordan Hill Creative Writing and Young Authors Club, Mrs. Adeola Eze, recently held an award for children during the just concluded the young authors’ camp meeting which she hosted.

She said the gesture is a big step towards encouraging children and youths to be engaged in value-driven activities, stressing that Nigerians look forward to some or all of such youths and children getting endorsement deals for their achievement.

Eze said this at the launching of Children Books authored by two children between the ages of 5 to 8 who are members of the Young Authors Club by Jordan Hill Creative Writing as she urged parents and educationists to get children away from distractions and get them to spend quality time reading and writing which are the true activities of a great leader, adding that the vision of Jordan Hill is to bring back the reading culture among young Nigerians.

“The real goal of Jordan Hill is to engage the young ones in value-driven activities, nurture and raise children who would spend their time on activities that add value. We want to raise children who would not be distracted with various modern world distractions but would find time to give attention to what will take them

in the right path. This is what drives us at Jordan Hill because right now, as it seems, there is a gap in our educational sector that we all as parents and educationists need to fill up to right some of the wrongs in our society”, she said.

She said the children were engaged in writing exercise at the just concluded Creative Writing Young Authors camp meeting which was held every Saturday for three months.

Part of what the children learnt was how to use the Thesaurus so as to avoid repetition of common nouns and phrases.

“They also learnt how to use adjective to describe someone and something. All these are geared towards making writing an interesting exercise to our young ones having discovered that the writing culture is dwindling due to advent of technological devises such as television, handsets, computer and so on”, she said.

Eze said the camp also exposed the young authors to how to plan their time such that when it is time for them to read their books, they don’t need anyone to remind them.

She said the camp also encouraged the use of laptops to type their stories and bring out morals in the children.

Mr. Etienne Young, one of the parents whose child launched a book on collection of poems,

said the idea to encourage young authors is quite inspiring.

He urged parents to always try as much as possible to discover the hidden in their children.

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Don advocates care for older persons

A dermatologist and Head of Dermatology Department, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Dr. Olushola Ayanlowo, has stressed the importance of care for older persons in the country.

The dermatologist, who was the guest speaker at the 11th annual lecture of Oluwayemisi Obashoro Foundation (OLOF), said Nigerian government has failed in its duty of taking care of older persons in the country unlike abroad where their welfare is given cognisance.

“Peace has eluded the country due to the fact that elders whom we are supposed to consult for ideas that can move the country forward, government has neglected them, many of them have sacrificed for this country by serving it during their youthful days and when they are supposed to reap the fruits of their labour after retirement, their pensions are being denied”, she said.

She warned that if government does not pay attention to the welfare of the older persons then there would be no one to look back to at critical periods.

Addressing the old people at the event on the topic: ‘Care of the Skin at Old Age’, Ayanlowo described the skin as the largest organ of the body and the most obvious hence the need to care for it.

Speaking on the functions of the skin, the guest lecturer said it helps regulate the body temperature, acts as sensory organ to feel among others.

She said aging of the skin can be modulated by environmental factors, chronic exposure to ultra violet radiation of the sun, hormonal changes such as menopause in women.

“Skin gets thinner as we grow old and easily gets damaged as well as bruised. It also experiences loss of collagen which makes the skin saggy, wrinkly and prolonged healing”, she said.

The dermatologist spoke further on factors predisposing the elderly to skin diseases to include change in environment and social circumstances, poverty, poor nutrition, home care and disability.

On how to care for their skin, the don suggested eating good quality food especially balanced diet, modifying the environment to suit skin type, avoid conditions that will promote excessive sweating and avoid over bathing which can degrease the skin.

She also warned old people to avoid overuse of Paracetamol which can damage their lever, adding that itching can predate very serious skin disease and a pointer to serious disease of internal organs such as kidney, liver or thyroid.

The convener of the lecture, Prof Oluwayemisi Obashoro, a Professor of Adult Education at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), said the annual lecture was instituted to mark her birthday by taking care of the aged by giving them useful information on how to care for themselves during old age in order for them to age gracefully and not become a burden to family members and a nuisance to the society.

Train students on leadership, ex-VC tells varsities

Former Vice Chancellor of Covenant University and first Professor of the university, Prof.

Aize Obayan, has charged universities to not only offer qualitative knowledge based curriculum but also train students to be relevant to their time and to the society.

Obayan stated this while delivering the 15th inaugural lecture of the University titled “Lengthening Cords and Strengthening Stakes: Leadership Praxis and Transcendence in Counseling Practice” at the University Chapel in Otta, Ogun State, recently.

According to her, students should be taught to rise to the

call of responsible leadership in whatever vocation they find themselves.

According to her, leadership praxis goes beyond the titled leader, nominated, appointed or leadership that comes as a result of ascendancy to a position via promotion or installation.

“Leadership Praxis is the practice and engagement with the leadership process; it is the art of leading as different from the positional labels of being a leader”, she said.

The Don referred to knowledge as the foundational stake in leadership as it does not only introduce a person to the practice and how to be a leader, it also determines one’s effectiveness as a leader.

The inaugural lecturer said Nigeria and the nation states of Africa require visionary, transformational and servant leader.

“Covenant University has given expression via its visionary mandate which is to be a leading World-Class Christian Mission University and its Motto of Raising a New Generation of Leaders, speaks to the rise of a revolutionary army”, she said.

The former vice chancellor highlighted some of the crucial challenges of leadership and governance to include absence of a consistent and committed drive to enhance a leadership agenda that will be embraced and manifested by the entire system.

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I’m interested in Reps seat because Lagos needs more strong voices at Federal –Toke Benson Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyika is the Assistant Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State chapter. She is also an aspirant for the House of Representatives to represent Ikeja Federal Constituency. The lawyer, business woman and mother of four speaks about her ambition and why she is the best for the job in this interview with PATRICK OKOHUE. You are contesting to represent Ikeja at the House of Representatives, why Ikeja?

I have resided in Ikeja for over a decade now. I came back into the country from the US in 2006 and I have lived in Ikeja ever since, until about a year ago. I play my politics in Ikeja, I do my business in Ikeja. And most important of all, Ikeja is the capital of Lagos State. I would want to represent the capital of Lagos State. It’s strategic, very strategic.

Why do you want to represent the capital, what’s your interest?

There are some anomalies right now going on in Lagos and there are some issues that need to be brought on the front burner in Lagos. I believe that Ikeja should be the one spearheading those issues, so fortunately I have lived in Ikeja, I play my politics in Ikeja, and there is no other place better than Ikeja to represent.

What would those issues be?

Those issues bother on Lagos being the commercial capital of Nigeria. It’s the most populous state in Nigeria whether you want to compare it to Kano or not.

Then the issue of 37 LCDA’s and the 20 local government areas. Personally, I believe Lagos represents the diversity of Nigeria should actually have about 60 local governments directly from federal instead of the 20 local government, that we then have to do other 37 administrative areas, because what is the reason for the 37 LCDA’s in the first place, it is to break down governance, to make sure governance gets to the people and which other way but to have it federally recognised by our constitution. Right now, Lagos is being shortchanged in my opinion because Lagos only collects revenue for 20 local governments. I will put the issue of the local governments aside, I’ll go on to the revenue, about 65 percent of the VAT collected in the federation comes from Lagos. Do we get it back? I might begin to sound like my South South brothers and sisters on resource control. Why isn’t Lagos getting a special percentage of that VAT? Those are the issues on the front burner that we need to address right now. I would also be interested in the issue of the girl child.

There are indications that the current occupier of the seat, Abiodun Faleke is interested in going for third term, how prepared are you to confront him?

To me, the sit in Ikeja is vacant. We have an incumbent who has been in Kogi since 2016, who personally I do not think is representing Ikeja right now because Kogi is Central Nigeria, Lagos is South West Nigeria. There is no way you can be partisan or political in Kogi at the same time in Lagos. So if the incumbent have moved to Kogi since 2016, it means Lagos has lacked representation in the last three and half years. I think such anomalies are issues that actually need to also be dealt

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with in our constitution, in our laws. We had the NBA conference about a few weeks ago and the issues of that came up, how a person can move from one part of Nigeria even though we want Nigeria to be one, I mean diversity of culture, diversity of ethnicity, it is immoral, it is illogical, it is absurd for you to have a candidate in Ikeja in 2015, in Kogi in 2016 and then in Ikeja in 2018. So our laws need to be reviewed to deal with such anomalies. So right now, there is no occupant of that sit for Ikeja at the House of Reps. That’s my opinion.

Do you believe in the issue of special status for Lagos state, if so, then how do you intend to deal with it?

I do believe in special status for Lagos.

Those are part of the things I said I put in my letter of intent. Lagos like I said is the commercial nerve center of Nigeria.

When Lagos coughs, Nigeria catches cold. Lagos is too diverse, ethnically diverse. The issue of special status could also be brought into the issue of resource control that I about. We need to have a convergence of ideas on how to promote Lagos as a special entity within Nigeria. You know we used to be the protectorate of Lagos, but we no longer are the protectorate of Lagos. But we still cannot take out that federality out of Lagos, because if I ask everybody here, we are probably all from different states, different ethnic backgrounds. So obviously for Lagos to be recognised as a special state, revenue comes into play.

I tell friends and colleagues when we get into arguments that look, the resources and the infrastructure in Lagos State is over stretched. Lagos is probably the most indebted state in the whole of Nigeria.

The infrastructure is dilapidating, the major roads are constantly being

overhauled because of the movement of goods and services. I will take the issue of Apapa, Oshodi Express Road, for as long as I can remember, we’ve always had an issue with that road because everything that comes into Nigeria comes in through Apapa and it moves to the rest of Nigeria.

So why are we being neglected, I don’t think it is illogical addressing the issue of Lagos as a special entity within the entity of Nigeria.

Do you think the laws on sexual abuse adequate, because sexual abuse and molestation against the girl child seem on the increase?

I won’t say it’s on the increase. I would say because of social media we are getting more aware of things that are happening within and around us. It has always been around us. I wouldn’t want to address the issue of marital age in the North where they say according to Islam

they can marry at age 13. To me, my 13 year old is a baby. I would hate to see a man touch my 13 year old. So the laws are actually there, but then we have to go to law enforcement. If a woman walks into a police station and says a man touched me, the first thing the police officer is going to say is you were badly dressed.

You were dressed inappropriately. So how then do we begin to address such issues? We need a reorientation of our law enforcement. Women would go in there, women are actually ashamed to say I have been abused, I have been inappropriately touched, talk less of the children. The mothers don’t even want the world to know that somebody has touched my children in a wrong way. So it has to do with our psyche as a people, our religious beliefs. We mix religion, culture and our laws, and there is supposed to be a separation between the state, and religion. In Nigeria, it’s all so interfused that we can’t separate those things. So first of all, law enforcement, Lagos is doing a whole lot addressing such issues. Lagos has trauma centers, they even have rape kits I’m aware of, so when a woman is abused or a child is abused, the first point of call, make sure you get a rape kit asserting that that child or woman has been inappropriately touched, then prosecution. So it’s law enforcement. It’s not that the laws don’t exist, the laws are there, it’s enforcing the laws like so many of our other laws, traffic laws in Lagos are violated daily.

Cars are out there, we have been forced to actually reduce enforcement of laws for elections which isn’t supposed to be so. So it’s not the laws, the laws are there, it’s enforcement.

Looking at Nigeria’s political space today, it will be very difficult meeting the 30 precenet women affirmation. You venturing into that, how do you intend to encourage people of the same stock with you to meet up with that challenge and how are you also prepared because

Right now, Lagos is being shortchanged in my opinion because Lagos only collects revenue for 20 local governments. I will put the issue of the local governments aside, I’ll go on to the revenue, about 65 percent of the VAT collected in the federation comes from Lagos. Do we get it back? I might begin to sound like my South South brothers and sisters on resource control. Why isn’t Lagos getting a special percentage of that VAT? Those are the issues on the front burner that we need to address right now.

politics here is dominated by men, do you think you have the capacity to displace these people you want to contest with?

You know because I’m a lawyer by training, when it comes to capacity, I think it shouldn’t be an issue for me to discuss, because we are all gentlemen at the bar and I have been trained to believe that whatever you can do, I’m superior to you. Fortunately, there was a conference of female political aspirants in Abuja last week which I attended; it was organised by the office of the First Lady in collaboration with some NGOs. We were privileged to have the President as a special guest of honour and the party chairman, I think the chairmen of political parties, the chairman was there, the chairman of my party Comrade Adams Oshomhole was also there. The President has affirmed that 30 percent would be given to the women. The First Lady was actually asking for 50 percent but the President said let us start with the 30 percent. My chairman Comrade Oshomhole said something which I hold tight. It was a lengthy quote, but I’d just take the last one where he said, ‘ignore a woman loose an election, ignore a woman loose a nation’. And he said charity begins at home. In his home state, they don’t joke with him. They have women as local government chairmen, they have women as party chairmen, they have women commissioners, I met a young lady a few weeks ago who is actually the commissioner for environment and special duties. She used to be a special assistant here in Lagos, and right now she is the commissioner for environment and special duties.

We have gone past the age of women being women affairs commissioner. I wouldn’t take the job of women affairs commissioner because to me it’s like, it’s not only about empowering women, it’s reducing the capacity of women that’s the way I view it, reducing the capacity of women. Why can’t a woman be minister or commissioner for education. Women are more passionate about a lot of issues and at the end of the day you find out women actually over performing in their area of expertise. If you tell a woman go and be, well fortunately in the judiciary in Lagos, we have mostly female judges so Lagos is faring well with that, but in the executive I think we only have about four commissioners, women affairs of course even though in places like Adamawa, a man is the commissioner for women affairs and the First Lady also made an example that I think in Kano State, the committee on WAPA is filled with men. Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation is filled with men, so how then do they begin to address issues that would relate to women or what women really need, so to me it’s about capacity, it’s not about the gender anymore. We’ve moved past the issue of gender. It’s now about capacity.

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ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE 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; TRUSTEES.

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CHRISTUS CHRISTIAN VITA GLORIOUS CHURCH INT’L.

VINE YARD HOUSE OF GOD ASSEMBLY INT’L.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C IF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE 1,OMOREGIE NOSAKHARE 2,OMOREGIE RUTH OSASU 3,ABU EUNICE ONYENMWEN

TRUSTEES 1. EGBOJA LINUS GODWIN. 2. LINUS RUTH OJOCHIDE. 3. OKPOKUDU SUNDAY. 4. ACHENEJE JOEL EVANGELIST

TRUSTEES: 1) EVANGELIST JOHNRICH SULE - PRESIDENT 2) MRS STELLA JOHNRICH - VICE PRESIDENT 3) JAMES JOHNRICH - TREASURER 4) PST MIKE DANIEL - MANAGER 5) PREVAIL EMMANUEL- SECRETARY

SISTER’S HEART FOUNDATION

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1,TO EMPOWER WIDOWS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN ENHANCE THE FEELING OF INDIVIDUAL SELF WORTH AND GIVE THEM ACCESS TO SKILLS THAT WILL PROMOTE SELF DEPENDENCY. 2,TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MISSIONARIES IN REMOTE VILLAGES: ESPECIALLY TO THOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 3,TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN AFRICA.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 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.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF GOD. 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 J.O.ABU ESQ SOLICITOR

SIGNED: VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ

SIGNED. VICTOR C ORIZU ESQ.

SALANKEN GUSAU BABBA FOUNDATION

GLOBAL COMMUNION OF PENTECOSTAL BISHOPS ASSOCIATION EFFURUN

DUAGHTERS OF GRACE INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

NAME OF TRUSTEES: 1. HAMZA ADO GUSAU 2. ADO HAMZA FATIMA AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO FOSTER UNITY AMONGST MEMBERS. SIGNED: OMAR NEEMAH 08034326438 COREHEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR THE VULNERABLE

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1.ARCHBISHOP DR. GBOLO ERI-ELIJAH TEMEKOGA -PRESIDENT 2. ELIJAH PAUL TAMARAGAIBI-SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN MINISTRY.

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. AMARA HEPHZIBAH OBINUCHI. 2. ECHENDU AGHOGHO. AIMS & OBJECTIVES: 1. GIVING HELPING HAND TO WIDOWS AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PILOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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: TRUSTEES.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

PETU YOUTHS FORUM

CHRIST-PATTERN RESURRECTION POWER CHURCH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC) FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES & ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

TRUSTEES (1)TYUNGU, JAMES IMOTER -CHAIRMAN (2) NGUOR ANDREW MNEUTER-SECRETARY. (3)TYUNGU, VERONICA KENGER -MEMBER. (4) ALOHO, DORATHY YUA AHON- MEMBER

TRUSTEES 1. ODUNAYO ADEYEMI 2. ADETUNJI ADEBAYO 3. AYODELE OLORUNWA DAISI 4. OMOJOLA TUNDE KUNLE 5. AKINLALURE MOSES ADEWALE

TRUSTEES. 1.PASTOR ADEYEMI- BISILEKO, J.S. -PRESIDENT. 2. DEACON TAIWO ADEWALE - VICE-PRESIDENT. 3 MR. ADEYEMI-BISILEKO, GBOYEGA DEMI -GENERAL SECRETARY 4. MRS (DR) ADEYEMI-BISILEKO OLUYEMISI OLAYEMI - FINACIAL SECRETARY 5. DEACONESS BAMIGBADE COMFORT OLUWATOYIN - TREASURER

AIMS/OBJECTIVES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE VULNERABLE IN THE SOCIETY

AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE OF PETU YOUTHS

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.

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

PROJECT I GIVE INITIATIVE

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. JOSHUA, HOLYGIFT NADUM - CHAIRMAN 2. EKUNDAYO, AUSTIN SESAN 3. FOSTER, REMEX ENOCH 4. NWIBE CHIOMA JULIET AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO GIVE TO THE LESS PRIVILEDGED. 2. TO SPONSOR THE EDUCATION OF THE LESS PRIVILEDGED CHILDREN. 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: CHAIRMAN

COMMITED INVESTMENT RECOVERY VENDORS ASSOCIATION 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. AWOGHOKIGHO AMOS KIGHO -- CHAIRMAN 2. EGBULEFU CHIKEZIE GABRIEL -- SECRETARY 3. IGURUBE OKE--OGHENE -- VICE CHAIRMAN 4. EJIYERE GRACE OGHENEROBOH -- ASSIST. SECRETARY 5. OSITA ONUBAH -- FINANCIAL SECRETARY 6. JETEVU PATRICIA ASANWARA -- TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF 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: CHAIRMAN

OZUITEM YOUTH FOUNDATION

AIMS/OBJECTIVES 1, TO PREACH THE AUTHENTIC, PROPHETIC AND INSPIRATIONAL WORD OF GOD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY USING BIBLE BASED STANDARDS. 2 TO ENGAGE IN GLOBAL EVANGELISM, CRUSADES, OUTREACH, SOUL WINNING AND APOSTOLIC PRAYER CONCERTS WORLDWIDE. 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 OSHINMI ALIMI GLOBAL SERVICES 08028330387/07064643291

POWERLINE INTERNATIONAL WORSHIP CENTRE

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

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 ARE: 1. MATTHEW KALU ONYEMAUWA .. CHAIRMAN 2. SUNDAY OKORIE 3. NWABUEZE OGBONNAYA ... SECRETARY 4. ANYALECHI KENNETH CHIKEZIE 5. ROBERT EZE MARTINS 6. TINA ARIBA 7. ARC. (CHIEF) JOHN AZUBUKO IHUNWEZE 8. DANIEL ONWUSORO MADUBIKE 9. ROBERT AZUBUKO UDAH

TRUSTEES 1. REV UGWU JONATHAN TOCHI. - GENERAL OVERSEER 2. PASTOR MRS. UGWU FAVOUR NKIRU. - SECRETARY 3. ENG. UGWU JOSEPH CHIBUEZE - MEMBER

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CARE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO CATER FOR THE WALFER AND INTEREST OF THEIR MEMBERS. 3. TO BE THEIR BROTHERS’ KEEPER. 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. SIGN: BARR PETERSON IHUNWEZE

PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS CHURCH THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CHURCH HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, DECREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ETTA, SUNDAY CHARLES, 2. CHARLES, NANCY SUNDAY 3. OQUA, AUGUSTINE EDET ASUQUO 4. ERIM, MICHAEL MANYO 5. EKPENYONG, EKPENYONG EDEM AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH SALVATION TO SOULS, TEACH THE WORD OF GOD, INTERPRET DREAMS, DELIVER THE AFFLICTED AND HEAL THE SICK AND OTHER SPIRITUAL CHALLENGES. 2. TO CREATE AND FOSTER AN ATMOSPHERE FOR A GENERAL SPIRITUAL REVIVAL FOR THE NATION AND TO ORGANIZE CRUSADE, RALLIES, RETREAT, CONVENTION AND ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL AID IN FOSTERING EVANGELISM 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 BARR. GODWIN OGUGUA ONU OKAA, PLASTIC, & ASSOCIATES ONITSHA.

DESTINY CHANGE EVANGELICAL 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 TRUESTEES 1. PST ISAIAH ADEWALE AREMU - CHAIRMAN 2. ABIGAIL OLUWASOLA AREMU 3. OLUREMI THOMAS OLANIRAN -SECRETARY 4. BARR. SAMUEL OLATUNJI OJO 5. ENOCH ADEOLA AREMU 6. GIDEON ADEKUNLE AREMU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO TRAIN AND EQUIP INDIVIDUAL IN THE USE OF EVANGELISM STRATEGIES AND PRAYER STRATEGIES. 2. TO ENDEAVOUR THROUGH PRAYER AND TEACHING AND TO ACTUALLY SEEK OUT AND SEND LABOURERS INTO GOD’S HARVEST FIELD. 3. TO UPHOLD CHRISTIAN ETHICS AND INTEGRITY AND TO FOSTER THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN VALUES. 4. TO MAINTAIN CLOSE RELATIONSHIP AND COOPERATION AMONG MEMBERS, CHURCHES AND MINISTRIES AND OTHER APPROVED CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS. 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: SAVAGE OLUWATOBI, ESQ F.B.A. NABENA & CO 09020008919.

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SOUTHGATE COURT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION ABUJA 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 RUSTEES 1. ISMAILA ADAMU SAIDU 2. MURTALA ADAMU SAIDU 3. ALIYU USMAN JIDDA 4.NURA UMAR 5.ABDUL-KAREEM MOMODU 6. UMAR LAMORDE

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CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA INITIATIVE

GUZAPE II ISLAMIC COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

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

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. MR WAHEED AKANNI SERIKI 2. MRS OLAJUMOKE SHERIFAT SERIKI 3. MR MIKAEL IDOWU NOIBI 4. DR. OLANREWAJU DAVID OGUNMODEDE AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: TO ENLIGHTEN NIGERIAN POPULACE ON THE EFFECT OF CORRUPTION IN THE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF ITS 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.

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

APOSTOLIC WOMEN NOW AND NEXT GENERATION MINISTRY 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. ADEBUSOLA RACHEL JEGEDE 2. OLUWATIMILEHIN TIMOTHY JEGEDE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CARRY OUT AND PROMOTE SKILL ACQUISITION AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN WITH A MISSION IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, POLITICS AND BUSINESS. 2. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE MENTORING PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN WITH A MISSION IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY 3. TO PROMOTE TALENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN 4. TO PROMOTE AND ENGAGE IN PEACE BUILDING PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES THROUGH TRAINING ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS AND INTER RELIGIOUS HARMONY 5. TO PROMOTE AND RECOGNISE THE VARIED ABILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MEMBERSHIP AND TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAREER AND LEADERSHIP ASPIRATIONS OF WOMEN 6. TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR WOMEN AS A TOOL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND PROMOTION OF SOCIAL COHESION.

ETERNAL INHERITANCE CHURCH OF CHRIST 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. REV. BORIRE IDOWU FESTUS (PRESIDENT).

2. EVANG. (MRS) BORIRE MARY OMOSENI. 3. OWAMOBOYE FOLARIN JOHN (SECRETARY).

4. AKINNEHIN BABATUNDE SAMUEL. 5. AKINDUTURE ADEKUNLE EMMANUEL. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY 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.

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 BY EDNA AIGBEDION.

SIGNED: SECRETARY.

NIGERIA & ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT & HONOURS FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION WITH THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, UNDER ‘PART C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) EMEKA METHODIUS UGWU-OJU - CHAIRMAN 2) NDIDIKA AMECHI OBIOHA - SECRETARY 3) OBODOECHINA UKPABI ASIKA 4) SULEIMAN BARAU 5) MOHAMMED SANUSI DAGGASH 6) PETER OLATUNDE BAMKOLE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION WHICH ARE NON-PROFIT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. TO BRING TOGETHER KEY LEADERS FROM THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL SECTORS OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY TO ENCOURAGE THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE FEDERATION. 2. TO ENGAGE IN MOBILIZING NIGERIAN ENTREPRENEURS TO LEAD THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE CURRENT RECESSION. 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.

DIVINE MANDATE LIFE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION

GREEN ORANGE CLUB INTERNATIONAL

TRUSTEES: 1. IKPEFUA EDWIN EGBO 2. NWOKENYE KESTER 3. OTIKPERE CLEMENT ORITSHEGBUBEMI 4. IYERE ODIGIE HARRISON 5. IBADIN PHILIP BONAVENTURE 6. OGWARA GODWIN 7. AKPOREHE PAUL VICTOR OGHALE 8. ACHONWA EMMANUEL AKOBUNO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF ITS MEMBERS 2. TO CARRY ON CHARITY WORKS 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

YOUTHS AFLAME NETWORK INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION. THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘ C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990 .

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1. BASSEY BRIGHT JERRY -CHAIRMAN. 2. ASANGA ASANGA EYO -VICE CHAIRMAN. 3. NWOKEOCHA PRINCESS BASSEY -SECRETARY. 4. UABOR PRISCILLA ISIBHAKHOMEN -TREASURER. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ; 1. TO RAISE LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS. 2. TO FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS ABUSE, POVERTY AND SOCIAL VICES. 3. TO SUPPORT YOUTHS ECONOMICALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE 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: TRUSTEES

TRUSTEES: 1. BADAMASI ABDULMALIK 2. BADAMASI IDRIS MOHAMMED 3. BADAMASI SANUSI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE AND CARRY OUT ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES IN PURSANANCE OF ISLAM AS A COMPLETE WAY OF LIFE BY ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING ISLAMIC PLACES OF WORSHIP TO PRAY TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH IN AN ISLAMIC WAY 2. TO ESTABLISH AND MANAGE ISLAMIC CENTRES AND SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE ISLAMIC RHGIOUS EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND OTHER ACADEMIC COURSES 3. TO PROPAGATE AND PROMOTE ISLAM THROUGH PUBLISHING ISLAMIC BOOKS, LITERATURE AND TO MAINTAIN A LIBRARY FOR THESE PURPOSE 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: MICHAEL ANDZA ESQ

ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL FASHION PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA 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). MR. FRED EBOKA 2). MR. EMMANUEL OLAMIDE BALOGUN 3) PRINCE AKANNI OYEFUSI 4) MR. MATTHEW AJAYI 5) MRS NKECHI NJOKU FAJUYI 6) BABATUNDE OLAYEMI OLUSHOLA 7)MS TAIRE IDOMI. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: A. TO ADVANCE THE PROFESSION OF FASHION DESIGN THROUGH EDUCATION, INFORMATION, DISSEMINATION OF IDEAS, FASHION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY; B. TO ADVANCE AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION THAT SUPPORTS AND GUIDE ALL MEMBERS ON FASHION DESIGN AND ALLIED ART PRACTICES, GARMENT MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGICAL SKILL IN FASHION DESIGN PROCESS; C. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR FELLOW FASHION DESIGNERS WHO ARE PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR CAREER IN FASHION DESIGN FROM THE LEARNING TO EARNING STAGE OF FASHION DESIGN CAREER; D. TO PROMOTE ALL ASPECTS OF FASHION DESIGN, DESIGN CHANGES IN SOCIETY, CULTURE AND TRADITION THAT AFFECT FASHION DESIGN AND THE ABILITY TO ENHANCE CREATIVE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND MENTORSHIP; E. TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY NIGERIA CITIZENS BOTH HOME AND ABROAD, THAT ARE FASHION DESIGNERS TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CREATIVITY TO BOOST THE FASHION DESIGN INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA. F. TO PARTNER WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FASHION ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE WORLD FASHION ORGANISATION (WFO), FASHION GROUP INTERNATIONAL (NEW YORK), BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL (LONDON, UK) ARAB FASHION COUNCIL (LONDON AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES), DUTCH FASHION FOUNDATION, ASSOCIATION NATIONAL POUR LE DEVELOPMENT DES ARTS DE LA MODE ‘ANDEM’ (PARIS) AND AMONGST OTHERS IN PROMOTING THE WORLD OF FASHION DESIGN BOTH IN NIGERIA AND INTERNATIONALLY G. TO STRENGTHEN THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ROLE OF NIGERIAN FASHION ON A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. H. TO PROMOTE NIGERIAN FASHION INTERNATIONALLY, DISSEMINATE FASHION CULTURE IN AFRICA AND OTHER CONTINENTS AND POSITION THE AFRICAN WORLD ON THE INTERNATIONAL MAP OF FASHION. 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: OLANREWAJU ADEBAYO, ESQ. -

AVEABA CHARITY FOUNDATION

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CATHERINE OLUWAFUNMILAYO

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IDORENYIN ITA BASSEY

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My name was wrongly written as NNABUIFE LILIAN NKECHI and 16th August 1976 as my date of birth instead of UDEMBA NKECHI LILIAN and 15th August, 1978 as my correct date of birth. I now wish to be known and addressed as UDEMBA NKECHI LILIAN. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note

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CORRECTION OF NAME This is to inform the general public that my name was mistakenly written as OSUNTOKI OLUWAKEMI on my BVN instead of JESUWUNMI OLUWAKEMI MARIA.That my correct name is JESUWUNMI OLUWAKEMI MARIA as used on my Driver’s Licence.

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AHUNNA NZELALU

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STEVE PALMER

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UDOH MARTHA KEKESHI

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US defense chief to visit Macedonia, concerned about Russian ‘mischief’ US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday he would visit Macedonia before a Sept. 30 referendum on changing the country’s name, also expressing concern about suspected Russian interference in the vote, which Moscow denies.

Macedonia scheduled the referendum on the government’s deal in June with neighboring Greece to change its name to the Republic of North Macedonia which would open the door for it to join NATO and the European Union.

“I am concerned about it... The kind of mischief that Russia has practiced from Estonia to the United States, from Ukraine and now to Macedonia, it always has adapted to the specific situation and it’s always beyond the

pale,” Mattis, who will visit Macedonia over the weekend, told reporters.

Mattis said he wanted to make it clear the United States supported the Macedonian people.

NATO invited Macedonia to begin accession talks with the alliance, but said it would have to change its constitution and adopt the new name first. The EU has also said it would set a date for Macedonian accession talks pending implementation of the name deal.

Moscow’s ambassador to Skopje has criticized Macedonia’s ambitions to join NATO, saying it could become “a legitimate target” if relations between NATO and Russia deteriorate further.

Greece, a member of both NATO and the EU, has refused to accept the Balkan country’s name, saying

it implies territorial claims on the Greek province of Macedonia and amounts to an appropriation of its ancient civilization.

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s government, elected in 2017, pushed for an agreement with Greece.

Nationalists, including President Gjorge Ivanov, oppose the deal saying it is against the constitution.

In July, Greece expelled two Russian diplomats and barred two other people from entering the country, accusing them of having meddled by encouraging demonstrations and bribing unidentified officials to thwart the Macedonia agreement.

Russia has denied wrongdoing and responded in kind with expulsions of Greeks.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Philippines’ Duterte alleges coup plot based on tip from a foreign power

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

OLATUNDE AMOS

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday revealed what he said was a plot to unseat him hatched by the opposition, Maoist rebels and a group of former soldiers who had mounted failed coups in the past.

In a conversation with his lawyer, shown on national television, Duterte said he had asked the military to “declassify” information about the plot which he said was gathered by a third country he did not identify.

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sympathetic to us,” Duterte told Salvador Panelo, presidential legal counsel, in an hour-long conversation.

He said the Communists, politicians opposed to him and a group of ex-servicemen, including a senator he wanted arrested after revoking his amnesty, “were in constant communication.”

Duterte said the “connection will be shown, maybe any day now.”

Last week, Duterte withdrew a 2010 amnesty granted to his most vocal critic, Senator Antonio Trillanes, a former junior naval

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officer who led two unsuccessful coup attempts 15 years ago, and ordered his arrest.

Trillanes’ party-mate, Congressman Gary Alejano, who also took part in the failed coups, denied the president’s accusations they were plotting his ouster, saying they were only doing their work as “members of the opposition under the checks and balance system of our democratic government.”

Alejano said the president was trying to “divert the attention of the people from the present economic woes they themselves have failed to address.”

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Duterte also warned soldiers against “colluding” with Trillanes’ group as coup rumors swirled in the capital early on Tuesday after army trucks and armored vehicles were seen rolling down Manila’s main roads.

The military quickly denied there were “sizeable movements of military aircraft or armored vehicles.”

“There is no cause for alarm,” military spokesman Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo told reporters, adding these were “routine movements that are properly coordinated.”

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H o t e l s - L e i s u r e -To u r s - R e s t a u r a n t s

Cubana Suites

20 Yedseram Street, Maitama, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION Cubana Suites offers rooms with modern interior decor. The rooms are equipped with tile flooring, an air conditioner, work desk, telephone, flat screen TV with cable channels, a fridge, armchairs, balcony with a view of the pool and an en-suite bathroom with toilet paper, towels and linen provided free.

Interesting Places To Visit Near Cubana Suites Millennium Park (4.5 km)

Silverbird Cinemas (5.5 km) National Mosque Abuja (5.0 km) IBB Golf Course (7.5 km) Aso Rock (7.6 km) Terms and Conditions Check-In: From 09:00 am Check-Out: Until 12:00 pm Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Children: Children are permitted to stay for free.

Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, and Cash Payments only.

Cubana Suites is a budget hotel in Jabi, Abuja

Kryxtal Suites

120, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2

HOTEL INFORMATION

Kryxtal Suites Wuse 2, is an exclusive boutique hotel located opposite GLOBACOM Headquarters in Abuja and a few seconds from KFC. This hotel is very well appointed and its one of the reference points in the Wuse area of Abuja for visitors and Abuja residents. It is situated at 120, Aminu Kano Crescent, Opposite Glo Office, Wuse 2, Abuja, Nigeria.

Ecowas Court (0.7 km) City Park (0.6 km) Globacom Office KFC

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 12:00 PM (ID Required) Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Children: All children not older than 12 are allowed to stay for free.

Interesting Places near Kryxtal Suites Wuse 2 Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Cameroon Embassy (2 km) Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard are Afro-Asia Garden (0.4 km) accepted here.

Kryxtal Suites is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

House 14

14 Kudang Street, Off Moronvia Street, Wuse 2, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION House 14 has a total of 27 uniquely well-furnished and comfortable rooms which are of different categories.

Terms and Conditions Check-In: From 1:00 PM (ID Required) Check-Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Interesting Places To Visit Near Children: All children are allowed House 14 (Max. Age: 18).

JD Leisure park (900m) Pets: Pets are not allowed with Federal High Court (1.6km) exception of service dogs.

4U Supermarket (3.6km) Payment: Cash, Visa, MasterCard, IBB Golf Club (9.1km) and AMEX accepted here.

House 14 is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

Grand Cubana Hotel No. 6 Ebitu Ukiwe Street, Jabi, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION Grand Cubana Hotel offers a budget friendly accommodation in a very scenic environment at No. 6 Ebitu Ukiwe Street, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria. It is appropriate for both business and leisure travellers.

O’neal Centre (1.1km) Rock of Ages Mall (2.6km)

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 3:00 PM Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Children: All children are allowed to Interesting Places To Visit Near stay for free.

Grand Cubana Hotel Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Utako Motor Park (0.7km) Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard Patsy Plaza (0.35km) are accepted here.

Grand Cubana Hotel is a budget hotel in Jabi, Abuja

Kryxtal Lounge, Apo Beside AP Filling Station, Near Apo Legislative Quarters Apo.

HOTEL INFORMATION Kryxtal Suites and Lounge Apo is an exclusive hotel located near the popular Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja. The hotel is tastefully finished to create a home away from home for visitors and Abuja residents.

At Kryxtal Suites Apo we have 26 exclusive room types on 2 floors to cater for our guests.

Facilities Spacious suites and rooms

Uninterrupted power supply Banquet hall 24 hours internet service Numerous satellite TV channels Standby car hire service Laundry service Restaurant and bush bar, niteclub, sharwarma, barbeque and conference hall.

CHECK – IN is at Anytime CHECK – OUT is from 12.00 Noon.

Kryxtal Lounge is a budget hotel in Apo, Garki District, Abuja

Treasures Suites

Plot 66, 1st Avenue by Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Opp Federal High Court, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION

With facilities uniquely designed to cater to guests comfort at every level, Treasure Suites is located at Plot 66, 1st Avenue by Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Opposite Federal High Court, Abuja, Nigeria. It boasts business related amenities such as a business centre and 2 meeting rooms.

Turf Arena (1.5 km) Durban Neighbourhood Park (0.95 km) Silverbird Cinemas (2.0 km) DHL Express (1.8 km)

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 12:00 PM (ID Required) Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Children: All children are allowed to Interesting Places to Visit near stay for free.

Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Treasure Suites Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard Federal High Court (1.1 km) are accepted here.

Harrow Park (1.8 km)

TREASURES SUITES is a budget hotel in CBD, Abuja

Barcelona Hotels, Abuja

23 Blantyre Street, off Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II HOTEL INFORMATION Barcelona Hotels, Abuja is a 4-Star hotel. It is situated in the heart of town and enjoys proximity to a number of public and private owned institutions.

Barcelona Hotels, Abuja offers a number of spacious and tastefully designed rooms which come in the categories: Standard, Superior, Executive, Executive Twin, Diplomatic, Ambassadorial, Ministerial, Barcelona, Senatorial and a Presidential Suite. Each of these rooms comes with top quality facilities such as flat-screen television with a full cable subscription, sofas, luxurious bed, wireless internet connection, luggage storage and en-suite bathroom with shower facilities.

Barcelona Hotels Abuja also offers guests banquet, event and conference halls; a rooftop sit-out with a breathtaking view of the environs; a restaurant that offers a wide range of tasty dishes plus continental breakfast; an adequate parking space; a 24-hour power supply; gym facilities; a swimming pool and guaranteed security.

Barcelona Hotels is a budget hotel in Wuse 2, Abuja

Caledonian Suites, Abuja 21 Usuma Street, off Gana Street, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION Hotel size: This hotel has 34 rooms Arriving/leaving: Check-out time is noon Required at check in: Credit card or cash deposit required Government-issued photo ID required Minimum check-in age is 18 Travelling with others Children: No cribs (infant beds) Internet Free WiFi in public areas Free WiFi in rooms Transport

Parking Free self parking What’s around Caledonian Suites Landmarks Federal Secretariat Millennium Park Nigerian National Mosque National Assembly Aso Villa Ecowas Secretariat World Bank National Hospital Abuja

Caledonian Suites is a budget hotel in Maitama, Abuja

Kapino Suite

128 Aminu Kano Cres, Wuse, Abuja

HOTEL INFORMATION Kapino Suites is a hotel brand created with the client in mind. Our aim is to provide the most comfortable, memorable and delightful stay for our customers. Kapino Suites was established in 2014 and is located in the heart of Nigeria

O’neal Centre (1.1km) Rock of Ages Mall (2.6km)

Terms and Conditions Check In: From 3:00 PM Check Out: By 12:00 PM Cancellation: Cancellation policies vary according to room type.

Children: All children are allowed to Interesting Places To Visit Near stay for free.

Grand Cubana Hotel Pets: Pets are not allowed.

Utako Motor Park (0.7km) Payment: Cash, Visa and MasterCard Patsy Plaza (0.35km) are accepted here.

Kapino Suite is a budget hotel in Wuse, Abuja

SPORTS TIMES Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, September 12, 2018

US Open: Cartoon on Serena Williams stirs controversy

A cartoon that was drawn by an Australian cartoonist, Mark Knight, about Serena Williams’ reaction at the US Open on Saturday has become the subject of a trending conversation on Twitter.

Knight’s cartoon was published in Australia’s Herald Sun on Tuesday. It depicted the tennis star having a tantrum on the court at the US Open after she lost to a first-time winner, Naomi Osaka.

Condemnation of the cartoon has come from American civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson, British author JK Rowling and other social media users.

There are, however, others who believe that the cartoon was drawn in good faith and aptly captured the scene at the US Open.

According to Guardian UK, the cartoonist said, “I’m upset that people are offended, but I’m not going to take the cartoon down.”

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“I can’t undraw the cartoon. I think people have just misinterpreted. Maybe there’s a different understanding of cartooning in Australia to America. It was a cartoon based on her tantrum on the day and that’s all it was.”

Bernice King, the chief executive of the King Center and daughter of Martin Luther King Jr, said the Herald Sun’s stance was “unfortunate”.

It was “without consideration for the painful historical context of such imagery and how it can support biases and racism today”, she said. “Why wouldn’t a human being care about that?”

Rev Jesse tweeted: “This despicable cartoon tried and failed to diminish the greatness & grace of @serenawilliams.

Racism in any form is unacceptable. Push On @serenawilliams! #KeepHopeAlive!”

NYG: Don’t cut corners, sports minister warns athletes, coaches The Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Barr.

Solomon Dalung has warned athletes and coaches of the 31 States participating in the 4th National Youth Game not to cut corners in all the sporting activities.

Dalung who gave the warning while declaring open the 4th National Youth Game, 2018 at the main bowl of University of Ilorin , said any athlete or coach caught in the act of using inducement to get to the top was only damaging and destroying his own future career, adding that wining laurels should

not be the highest priority, but the discovery of greater talents that can represent the Country in the nearest future.

He further said the NYG has always been fertile ground for the cultivation of various talents that eventually represent the Country in Botswana and the just concluded 2018 All African Youth Game in Algeria, saying that NYG would continue to remains a production of formidable athletes that can represent the Country at any International level.

“Sport occupies a cardinal

place in National Unity and socioeconomic growth of any Nation and i want to assure you that NYG will continue to remain a factory producing a formidable athlete that can represent the Country at any International Sporting events.

I hope that this year’s National Youth Game will produce more success stories than the previous one” he said.

Speaking in an interview the Director, Ogun State Sports Council, Mr. Adesola Faleti said the National Youth Game has been a Platform for various States

to showcase their talents, adding that many Ogun State athletes were called to National Camp through the NYG, some of whom have represented the Country at both National and International level in all sports.

Faleti said some of the talents discovered during the NYG were able to represent the Country at the just concluded 2018 All African Youth Game in Algeria and Ogun State was able to win 3 gold medals in weight lifting thus making the State and the Country proud.

...Akwa Ibom, Kwara in football final clash NFF confirms Ademola Lookman has Team Kwara has set the match had ended 1-1 Ibom in the final match of up a final encounter against Team Akwa Ibom having defeated Team Lagos 4-2 via penalties in the football event at the ongoing 2018 National Youth Games in Ilorin.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that

during regulation time.

In the first football game, eight-man Team Akwa Ibom beat Team Anambra 3-1 also on penalties after a goalless draw during regulation time.

Team Kwara will now face its counterparts from Akwa

the tournament scheduled for 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

NAN reports that six states registered for the football event, but two withdrew due to financial constraints, leaving the number that registered to four.

Ivan Rakitic: Luca Modric deserves 2018 FIFA Best Player award Croatia and Barcelona star Ivan Rakitic believes that his international teammate, Luka Modric is heads and shoulders above every other player in 2018 and should be crowned the 2018 FIFA Best Player.

Modric has already bagged UEFA’s Player of the Year award and won the 2018 FIFA World Cup MVP in Russia after leading Croatia to the reach the final where they lost to France.

He is on the three-man shortlist for FIFA’s The Best honour after also helping Real Madrid to a third successive Champions League title.

Barcelona superstar and fivetime Ballon d’Or winner Messi, however, was controversially overlooked by FIFA – former Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah also in the running.

Rakitic is team-mates with

dumped England for Super Eagles Everton winger, Ademola Lookman, has switched his international allegiance from England to Nigeria.

According to OwnGoalNigeria, a top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), confirmed that Lookman has made the decision to represent his father’s country.

“Based on our discussion with his management team and his parents, he will represent Nigeria. He has decided to play for Nigeria.

“Lookman never shut out Nigeria completely but we have to be careful because of

the experience with Tammy Abraham.

“Coach Gernot Rohr has always wanted Lookman.

Now with the retirement of

Victor Moses, he will add to the options available to the coach on the flanks. An announcement will be made soon,” he said.

Liberia vs Nigeria: Onyekuru, Simy score as Super Eagles win

Messi and is under no illusions about the 31-year-old’s standings in the game but the Barca midfielder insists Modric – who won the World Cup Golden Ball – is deserving of this year’s honours.

“There are seasons that you can be better or not,” Rakitic told reporters ahead of Croatia’s Nations League clash against Spain on Tuesday.

“For me in general the best player of the world and maybe the greatest of all time is Leo Messi.

It’s easy, you take a boy, and nine of 10 boys are gonna say the same.

“But I think it was the year of Luka, sincerely, I think it’s something that Leo and all the people know, he [Modric] deserves all the awards.

“Sincerely if he received the award of the best European player… I don’t know what he has to do to be the best player of the world, with all he did.

“I don’t need to help him as a good friend of him as I’m, he made everything on himself, nobody gave him anything. For me it’s clear that he has to be Luka [for The Best award].”

Nigeria has defeated Liberia 2-1 in an international friendly on Tuesday night.

The game, played at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, was arranged in honour of the country’s president and 1995 FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah.

Henry Onyekuru, who is currently on Galatasaray, opened scoring for the Super Eagles, firing into the top corner to make it

1-0.

Gernot Rohr’s men extended their lead before half time, with Simeon ‘Simy’ Nwankwo heading in Oghenekaro Etebo’s corner kick.

The hosts pulled one back from the penalty spot in the second, but it did not stop Nigeria from claiming their second win in three days, following their 3-0 win over Seychelles in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier last Saturday.

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