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Girl-child education gets a boost:

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10 primary schoolgirls bag scholarships To study science, technology g 3 to varsity level Emir Sanusi wants stakeholders to collaborate for poverty eradication

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo, Lagos The Association of Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has awarded scholarship to 10 girl-students of Kofar Kudu Primary School, located inside the Emir of Kano’s palace to study science and technology from primary to university level.

President of the association, Engr. Felicia Nnenna Agubata, said the association had

deemed it fit to empower primary school girls to study engineering right from primary school in order to help them build career on technology.

Speaking at the event, which took place at the school premises, Engr. Agubata noted that there was lack of women engineers in Nigeria, especially northern Nigeria.

Agubata added that was the reason the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Nigeria needs $1trn to modernise energy, infrastructure g3 – Osinbajo

Atiku picks Peter Obi as PDP presidential running mateg 5

Fire guts Overland Airways’ aircraft inside hanger in Lagos g 16

16 arrested over killings, selling of human parts for rituals g 6

Yinka Davies speaks on importance of Nigerian g14 national anthem

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association decided to inculcate the passion of the profession in the minds of the girls from the grassroots.

According to her, there was the need to empower girls right from the young age with the aim of encouraging them to become future engineers.

She said: “The aim of this programme is to ignite passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in the mind of young girls.

“This will help them showcase the socio-economic value and application of engineering in the day to day life.

“There is also the need to catch the girl child right from the young

age with the aim of encouraging them to become future engineers in order to build a career in this regard,” she added.

The president maintained that the association was working assiduously in creating awareness for the girl-child in a bid to make them embrace engineering courses as a career.

Agubata stressed that the 10 selected girls from Kofar Kudu Primary School would be awarded the scholarship with the aim at moving the sector forward.

She urged parents and stakeholders to encourage schoolgirls to study engineering, science and technology in order to become future

engineers for the socioeconomic well-being of the country.

In his remark, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, explained that available records showed that 50% of the poor people in Africa were living in Nigeria hence the need for all stakeholders to collaborate efforts in ensuring that poverty was eradicated in the country.

He appealed to government at all levels to expedite action in curtailing the challenge.

He also commended the association for the initiative, pointing out that the effort would provide succour to women, who were mostly prone to poverty in the country.

Osinbajo: Nigeria needs $1trn investment to modernise energy infrastructure Mathew Dadiya.

Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria requires about $1 trillion investment to modernise its energy infrastructure.

Osinbajo stated this on Friday while declaring open the National Energy and Climate Change summit at the Old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, in Abuja.

He added that government was doing a lot to attract domestic and foreign-direct investments into the energy sector.

The Vice President, who was represented at the occasion by Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, also disclosed that that the nation’s energy and energy-related policies were not only geared towards energy supply security but to also mitigate global warming.

Commending the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, FMST, for organising the summit, Osinbajo said government had increased transparency and openness in governance to support private investment.

He said: “This important event will provide a highlevel forum to discuss energy and climate change as they relate to economic development and

environmental protection.

“I am happy that this summit is taking place at a time the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, FMST, is working hard to help move our economy away from being resourcebased to an economy that is knowledge-based and innovation-driven.

“I am hopeful that at the end of your deliberations, you will be able to provide solutions towards improving sustainable energy supply and access in the country. I am happy that the International Energy Charter, IECh, a reputable inter-governmental energy organisation that has the main objective of promoting multi-lateral framework for cross-border cooperation in the field of energy development is here with us.”

In his address, Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of Energy Commission of Nigeria, ECN, Prof. Eli Jidere Bala, said in line with its mandate, ECN instituted the summit to serve as a forum where national issues on energy in all its ramifications were discussed, with a view to facilitating the monitoring and assessment of performance of the energy sector in the execution of government policies on energy.

In his remarks, European Union head of Cooperation to Nigeria and ECOWAS,

Kurt Cornelis, said the EU had so far committed 150 euros to support Nigeria through several projects cutting across the electricity value chain of the Nigerian electricity sector as well as the off-grid sector.

He said: “Just to mention a few, the EU from this envelope, is co-financing phase 2 of NESP with 20 million euros as well as a support to TCN with 25 miliion euros grant to construct the Kura-JoganaG w i wa - D a u r a - K a t s i n a double circuit 330KVA transmission line and substations which will also help evacuate the 1000MW Jigawa solar city project.”

He also stated that the focus of the EU was to increase support to Nigeria’s Climate Change initiatives by working hand in hand with the Federal Ministry of Environment on a new change action to start next year and continue to sensitise and raise awareness at the highest levels about the need take concrete measures to fight climate change.

He commended the Federal Government for having the political will to promote the use of renewable energy technology in the overall energy mix of the country and promised the continued support of the EU and ECOWAS to the country in ensuring that those without energy access got connected in the shortest possible time.

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L-R: Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar; mother of abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hon Khadijah Ibrahim and others during the visit of Federal Government delegation to Leah Sharibu‘s mother in Dapchi, Yobe State... on Friday.

L-R: Official of Media Women Forum, Regina Chris Ogbodo; Founder, Adorable Foundation International, Princess Ada Okeke Amam; Convener, No Woman No Vote Forum, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa; and Dean of Coordinators, Africa Women in Leadership Organisation, Mrs Maureen Omeibe, during the inauguration of No Women, No Vote campaign in Lagos... on Thursday.

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Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Abayomi Olonisakin (left), at the meeting of Chiefs of Defence Staff from Africa for the African Union 11th Ordinary Meeting of the Specialised Technical Committee on Defence, Safety & Security (STCDSS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia... on Friday

L-R: Executive Vice President, Concept Engineering Company, Atlanta Georgia, Dr. Kudo Eresia-Eke; Chairman, Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika; MD/CEO, Lifefount Hospital and Foundation, Dr. Yemisi Adeyeye, during the FirstBank Entrepreneur Mindset session, in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

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Atiku picks Peter Obi as PDP presidential running mate Tunde Opalana, Abuja

After much speculation, former Anambra State State Governor Peter Obi, on Friday, emerged the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

Obi was picked after a meeting with Atiku and some party stakeholders at Atiku’s residence at Oba Akenzua Street, Asokoro, Abuja.

Obi’s choice was confirmed in a statement by Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Director General, Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, who said, ‘The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has chosen former Chairman of Fidelity Bank Plc and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, as his running mate for the 2019 presidential election.”.

According to Daniel, “Obi’s choice was largely influenced by his youthfulness, vast knowledge of global and local economics as well as being a financial expert, all experience which Nigeria is in great need at this point in time”.

He added that Obi’s choice will be able to steer the nation back on the path of progress, economic prosperity and unity.

Obi’s name has featured prominently among few names being considered for the Vice President slot. Others were former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former

governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and current President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina.

Peter Obi served two terms as Anambra State governor from 2006 to 2014.

Born on July 19, 1961 in Onitsha, Obi attended Christ The King College, Onitsha for his secondary education. He bagged B.A Degree in Philosophy from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

A thoroughly trained financial strategist, he attended Lagos Business School, Harvard Business School, London Business School where he studied Financial Management/Business Policy and later Marketing Management, Institute for Management Development Switzerland where he studied Senior Executive Programme and Kellogg School of Management , USA where he studied Advanced Executive Programme and Global Advance Management Programme.

After leaving office as the Executive Governor of Anambra State, he was appointed Honorary Special Adviser to the President Goodluck Jonathan on Finance, a position he held till May, 2015.

He was a member, Presidential Economic Management Team till May, 2015.

He was member of Federal Government Committee on Minimum Wage, Federal Government Committee on Negotiation with Labour on

Subsidy, Federal Government Committee on Mass Transit, Federal Government Committee on Natural Resource, National Economic Council Committee on Power Sector Reform, National Economic Council Committee on Sharing of MDGs Funds, National Economic Council Committee on Accurate Data on Nigeria’s Oil Import and Export, Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council, Sub-Committee on Needs Analysis of Public Universities in Nigeria and National Economic Council Review Committee on the Power Sector.

While in office as governor, he served as Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (2008-2014) and Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum (2006-2014).

As a critical player in the nation’s financial and economic sector, he was a former Chairman, Board of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), former Chairman, Fidelity Bank Plc., former Chairman, Guardian Express Mortgage Bank, Ltd, former Chairman, Future Views Securities, Ltd., former Chairman, Paymaster Nigeria Plc., former Chairman. Next International (Nigeria) Ltd, former Director, Guardian Express Bank Plc., former Director: Chams Nigeria Plc., former Director, Emerging Capital Ltd and former Director: Card Centre Plc. He is a member of the British Institute of Directors (IOD), Nigerian Chartered Institute of Bankers and Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).

Youth Devt: Gov Bello calls for cultural, religious and parental guidance to curb youth restiveness Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Worried over the increase in the level of youth restiveness Nigeria, Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has called for increased parental, traditional as well as religious guidance in curbing the menace of youth restiveness in Nigeria.

The Governor made the call when he received participants of National Defence College, NDC Course 27 on GeoStrategic Study Tour to Niger State from the National Defence College, Abuja.

The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Jibrin Baba Ndace and made available to The Daily Times on Friday said, “for the society to be free from this menace, parents, religious as well as traditional leaders in the state have to be on guard to monitor and correct unhealthy behaviours and practices among youths.

“Youth Restiveness is a

challenge to the society, and with the rate at which young people are engaging in violence in the society today parents need to be held responsible over their negligence towards the responsibility of their children.”

“It is also a fact that drug abuse contributes to this behaviors of the youths.

It is therefore necessary for all youth development stakeholders to focus on eradicating the menace of drug abuse as it is the major contributing factor to all criminal acts.”

Governor Sani-Bello further stated that prayers, prompt action to information as well as crisis management among others are the measures Niger State Government is employing to reduce youth restiveness in the state. Adding that with the establishment of grazing reserves in the state, the government has been able to bring about relative calm on the farmers and herdsmen clash in Niger State.

“We need to challenge our youths to be productive by taking advantage of our large population to achieve success. Niger State has a focus on eradicating youthful exoberance, with the adoption of the anti-thuggery law in the state, we hope to bring an end to political thuggery in Niger.”

Earlier, the leader of the team, Course 27 on GeoStrategic Study Tour to Niger State, Commodore Solomon Agada, disclosed that their visit to Niger State was part of the course tradition of visiting states within and outside the country for first hand information on contemporary issues.

He added that his entourage have had meaningful interactions with the state government officials, security agencies, the youths and other stakeholders and that the report gathered from the tour would be presented by the participants on the 16th of October at the College in Abuja.

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19 killed in Abia pipeline explosion The Abia State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the death of 19 persons, following Friday’s pipeline explosion in two villages in Osisioma local government area of the state.

Benito Eze, state commander of the organisation, confirmed the number of casualties to reporters in Umuahia, the state capital.

Eze said 16 persons, including one woman, died in the explosion that occurred around 2:47am at Umuaduru village in Umueze autonomous community.

He also said three others died in the fire that occurred at 3am in a private residence at Umuimo village in the area.

Narrating the incident, Eze, who said he visited the scene around 4am, described the incident as unfortunate.

He said that the Umuaduru incident happened when some youth in the area where scooping petroleum products from vandalised pipelines.

He said, “I learnt that they were scooping petroleum products when a spark occurred, leading to an

explosion that left 16 natives dead.”

Eze added that the fire at Umuimo happened when a woman, identified as a food vendor, got up at about 3am to start cooking for the day’s business.

“I gathered that the family stored petrol in the house and that it caught fire when the woman wanted to set up fire for cooking.

“The fire razed down the whole house but the woman and her husband did not die but managed to escape with burns.”

The civil defence official said the couple had been taken to a hospital for medical attention.

NAN learnt that three military personnel were among the deceased.

Eze, however, declined confirmation, saying that “investigations are still ongoing to ascertain whether they were among or not.”

He said the command had deployed its personnel to cordon off the scene to forestall more casualties.

NAN learnt that the fire was later put out by men of the state fire service.

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NGE President urges female politicians to start career at grassroots The President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Mrs Funke Egbemode, has urged female politicians in Nigeria to begin their political careers early at the grassroots.

Egbemode who made the call during an interview with journalists in Asaba on Friday at the ongoing 14th All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) said that Nigerian women needed to be groomed politically at the local level to equip themselves better for political contests at higher levels, especially with their male counterparts.

The president of the guild noted that the male politicians did not get to where they were overnight, urging women to remain focused and determined in their political pursuits.

She said that women should not wait for the election period before participating in politics, but must be part of election process from the beginning to the end.

Egbemode said most women

vie for elective positions few months to elections, adding that they must join political parties and be ready “to play the group matches before the finals.

“When you just decide to play politics few months to general election hoping to start the match with the quarter finals such matches cannot be won,’’ Egbemode said.

She also advised women in politics to take advantage of the media and get exposed to the electorate, pointing out that male politicians utilised the media to their advantage.

She further urged the Nigeria Association of Women Journalist (NAWOJ) to continue to work harder and stay focused on ensuring that the members remained professional in practice.

The NGE president also advised young female journalist who wished to remain in the practice to strive to marry the right partners who would encourage them to fulfil their dreams.

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16 arrested over killings, selling Short News Bayelsa Dep Gov visits IDP Camp of human parts for ritual Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force on Friday paraded 16 suspects allegedly involved in killings of innocent persons for rituals in Ankpa town and environs.

The suspects include the killers of a Police Inspector, Abdul Alfa at Ejule Police outpost in Ofu LGA Kogi state while on foot patrol on the 28th November, 2017. The suspects snatched the Police Inspector’s rifle and killed him.

The police said that victim’s private parts were removed by their killers for ritual purposes. The Police also discovered from information gathered from spirited individuals and residents that the gang was responsible for kidnapping, gruesome murder, and ritual killings of innocent people in Kogi State. That the gang also targets travellers passing through Kogi State.

According to the Police, the confessed gang leader Yakubu Hamidu ‘M’ 39Yrs – (Vigilante Commander of Ankpa), a native of Ankpa and the vigilante leader in the community along with his vigilante guards are the hit-men responsible for the killings of several victims and removing

their organs mostly male and female organs including other body parts such as the head, kidney, and other vital body organs and sell them to personalities within and outside the State for rituals.

Hamidu and his members, now in Police custody have confessed to the crime and admitted that they were sponsored and working for one Abdulahi Ibrahim Ali a.k.a(Halims) and Alhaji Shaibu Adamu a.k.a Aye -Marina whom they sold the body parts of their victims to at huge sum of money.

That the gang leader Aye-Marina’s driver known as Zakaru receives the body parts from Yakubu Hamidu.

The police said that also in it custody is one Abdulahi Ibrahim Ali a.k.a (Halims) who volunteered statement to the investigators that he used the proceed of the crime to build several properties including big hotels and several filling stations in Kogi State While Alhaji Shaibu Adamu a.k.a Marina who is without any known profession or any known means of livelihood own mansions and four filling stations in Ankpa, KogiState and another four at Onyangede in Benue State with the proceeds of the crime.

The suspects also admitted before the police to the killings and removal of

body parts of the following victims (i) James M (other names yet to be known) (ii) Christopher (other names yet to be known) (iii) Mohammed (other names yet to be known) (iv) Small Case (Real name unknwon) (v) Omu (other names yet to be known) (vi) Inspector Abdul Alfa (who was ambushed and axed on his head from behind to death) by Julius Alhasan and his gang.

Yakubu Hamidu, Julius Alhasan, Shehu Haliru, Ubile Attah and Akwu Audu have confessed to the gruesome killing of Inspector Abdul Alfa attached to Ejule Police outpost in Ofu Local Government on 28thNovember, 2017. They also admitted to having carted away the Police rifle in his possession. The above mentioned exhibits were recovered from their possession on arrest.

The paraded suspects are Abdulahi IbrahimAli a.k.a (Halims) ‘M’ 35Yrs a native of Ankpa – Principal SuspectsALHAJI Shaibu Adamu a.k.a AYE-MARINA ‘M’ 43Yrs a native of Ankpa - Principal SuspectsYAKUBU HAMIDU ‘M’ 39Yrs – Gang Leader (Vigilante Commander of Ankpa), a native of Ikanekpo in Ankpa Local GovernmentUBILE ATTAH ‘M’ 21Yrs a native of Ugwolawo in Ofu LGA who led and masterminded the killing of the Police Inspector.

Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, retired Rear Admiral Gboribiogha JohnJonah, on Friday described the military as a vital element in the management of natural disasters like flooding, erosion and outbreak of diseases in the country.

Retired Rear Admiral John-Jonah, who stated this while on a visit to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs Camp at Igbogene in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state, lauded the Nigerian Air Force for carrying out medical services for over four hundred flood victims in the state.

He explained the military has the necessary training and equipment that can be mobilized at the shortest possible time to intervene in disaster management, noting that, the state government is grateful for the collaboration.

His words: “On behalf of his Excellency, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Rt. Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson I want to thank the Chief of Air Staff immensely and I want the AOC to pass this message to him.

The scale of assistance that is being rendered is unexpected. This is a completely filled hospital with all the skills that are required to carry out any medical feat.

Iyayi, Ayida: Obaseki condoles with families The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has condoled with the family of the late industrialist and philanthropist, Dr. Iyayi Efionayi (MFR), JP, whose passing was announced on Thursday in Benin City.

Obaseki also expressed his sincere condolences to the family of the late exsuper secretary of the country, Allison Ayida, who died at age 88.

“My sincere and deepest sympathies go to the family of Dr. Iyayi Efionayi and I pray that the Almighty God grants his soul eternal rest,” the governor said.

He noted that “Dr. Iyayi led a humble and great life that is worthy of emulation. He was a trailblazer on so many fronts; in business, philanthropy and community service.

“He created jobs for thousands of Edo people and residents and supported the church and the less-privileged in several ways. His passing is a great loss to the state and our great country.”

According to report, Allison Ayida, who grew to the top of the Nigerian civil service and was described as a super permanent secretary, died on Thursday at Saint Nicholas Hospital, Lagos.

He served in the then Ministry of Economic Development where he helped to reshape the country’s post-war economy.

Cancer: Nigerian-based NGO wins international award

Suspected criminals who allegedly specialised in killings, selling of human parts for rituals during their parad in Abuja...on Friday.

Health commissioner decries increase in liver cancer cases in Gombe The Gombe State Commissioner of Health, Dr Kennedy Ishaya, has raised an alarm over the rising cases of cancer of the liver in the state, describing the development as worrisome.

The commissioner told journalists in Gombe on Friday that based on the information gathered from public and private hospitals across the state, at least a death associated with cancer of the liver occurred every week.

Ishaya said that the information also revealed that no age group was exempted from the affliction, as the disease incidence cut across all ages, sexes and social classes.

He said that the Ministry of Health was now working assiduously to ascertain the causes of the illness, as well as its preventive

measures.

He said that the ministry had inaugurated a food security unit, which would collaborate with the state Ministry of Agriculture to examine the types of food preservatives, artificial ripeners, sweeteners and chemicals used for crop processing.

“This is with a view to ascertaining their metabolism in the body and knowing if they are capable of inducing liver diseases, including cancer of the liver,’’ he said.

Besides, the commissioner said that the state government had also released funds to immunise the citizens against hepatitis, especially health workers and food vendors who were more vulnerable since it was an infectious disease.

“The whole concept is that if you have

hepatitis viruses in your system, they may remain quiet; they may become active and even lead to the development of cancer of the liver,’’ he said.

Ishaya, nonetheless, appealed to health facilities across the state to expand their clinical investigations to find out the localities of cancer of the liver patients as well as the kinds of chemicals they used for spraying their farms or preserving their crops.

He said that the investigations would further enrich their knowledge on how to tackle the growing menace of cancer of the liver in Gombe State in a pragmatic way.

He also appealed to intending couples to go for hepatitis screening before getting married.

Project Pink Blue, an NGO, has won the 2018 World Cancer Day Spirit Award at the just concluded World Cancer Congress at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

Its Executive Director, Mr Runcie Chidebe who announced this in a statement made available to the Daily Times on Friday in Abuja noted that the award was presented by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to recognise cancer organisations that demonstrated collaborative spirit in their fight against cancer.

He noted that out of over 100 cancer organisations across the world, only four finalists were shortlisted for the award.

“The Cyprus Anti-Cancer Society, Cyprus; Liga Portuguesa Contra o Cancro, Portugal; Project PINK BLUE, Nigeria and Shwe Yaung Hnin Si Cancer Foundation, Myanmar, were the four finalists for the award.

“We were all faced with extensive external judging panels and interviews before a winner was selected.

“But this is an inspirational and courageous award which means that my team and I have to do more.

“We have to touch more lives and advocate for better cancer care in Nigeria,” he said.

Traditional media urge to be innovative to survive The Nigeria print media have been advised to be innovative in order to revive their dwindling fortunes in the face of challenges of unfavourable economy and advent of the new media.

Mr. Victor Ifijeh, the Managing Director of the Nations Newspaper, gave the advice on Friday in Asaba, in a paper he presented at the ongoing 14th All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC).

In the paper titled, “Traditional Media: Challenges and Prospect” he said that the greatest challenges facing the print media in Nigeria were harsh economy and the emergence of the new media.

Ifijeh, represented by Mr. Festus Ariye, Sunday Editor, Nations newspaper, said the print media could revive their fortunes by looking inwards and go on innovations in terms of content and marketing.

“In Nigeria today, there have been great decline in the area of newspaper sales and marketing and this development can be attributed to the state of the economy.

“Also, there is the challenge posed by the emergence of the new media. Blogs and other social media platform have, to a large extent, dominated the news wave.

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Land encroachment: Lugbe residents seek FG’s intervention Idu Jude, Abuja Worried over the incessant land grabbing in Abuja, residents of Lugbe, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory have sought the intervention of the Federal Government and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to tame the tide.

The land dispute is between the Lugbe Community Residential Development (CRD) and the River Park Estate owners in the community.

The CRD site situated along the Airport road which covers about 474 hectares of lands was acquired by members of the public since 1996 with its own layout separately.

However, a developer of River Park Estate on October 9 allegedly moved in with armed men and police officers as well as bull dozers to unleash mayhem on the innocent residents of the community.

Expressing their grievances through a peaceful protest, the residents appealed

President Muhammadu Buhari, the FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello and other appropriate authorities to come to their aid.

Speaking on the development, one of the affected victim simply identified as Mr. Rufus Olatunji lamented that he bought land from the FCDA in 2010 without any premonition of crisis.

He said, ’’ I went as far as Abuja Geographical Information System (AGIS) to confirm the genuineness of the land paper. I am just surprise that a developer from nowhere will come and grab my lad.

“My challenge is that a man whom we did not know before now encroached on our land with the effort to sell to the developers of the River Park Estate which has been a serious challenge because of the man’s influence in the society. ’’He brought his boys to unleashed mayhem on us during one of our landlords meetings.

Even mobile policemen accosted those armed men to the extent that I escaped by the whisker because I was attacked’’ Olatunji added.

Also, Mr. Stanley Nwaokike who spoke

on behalf of the protesters said that he has been living in the estate for the past 10 years after he legally acquired the land from Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). ’’Early in 2014, we discovered that River Park started encroaching into our area, bulldozing and falling trees and what actually got our attention was one of us who was building then got his building demolished, so because of that outrage we all rushed there and we were able to meet the tractor man, policemen and officials accosting them to demolish houses and we told them that this place was not River Park area.

“We brought our own layout and asked them to bring their layout but they came with layout which we don’t know where it came from and we were able to tell them that their own layout was not registered with the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). They (Police) started beating few of us who were there and started trying to cow us back to our various homes so that they could continue. We have suffered serious from this man since we started.

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Short News 2019: Atiku, Obasanjo not threat to Buhari, APC – Senatorial aspirant Tom Okpe, Abuja A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Comrade Daniel Onjeh, has said that both Atiku and the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement is not a threat to both President Muhammadu Buhari and the party.

Onje described the recent political wrangling surrounding the emergence of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as presidential flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as ‘deranged views of lunatic fringe’.

Onjeh made the remarks in a press conference at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja on Friday said that, “Atiku is not a threat to President Buhari’s re-election in 2019”.

The Benue state zone C, senatorial aspirant who described President Buhari “as an epitome of integrity, transparency, and accountability”, argued that these qualities informed the adoption of the President by the African Union as the continent’s anticorruption champion.

I never said I made First Class – Kachikwu The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has described as false and baseless report making rounds that he claimed graduating from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), with a First Class degree.

The minister made the clarification in a statement signed by the Director of Press in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr Idang Alibi, in Abuja, on Thursday.

Alibi said at no time did Kachikwu claim that he graduated with a First Class from the UNN. He said that the minister graduated from the institution with a ‘Second Class Honours (Upper Division) degree from the Faculty of Law in 1978, and also emerged the best student.

“The assertions in the publication are wrong and baseless and a careful check with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources would have cleared this misrepresentation.

“By every measurement index, the Minister has performed outstandingly in his school work and has records to show for it,” he said.

He further stated that the ministry observed that Kachikwu’s Wikipedia page had been tampered with recently, by unknown persons, and might have been reedited for sinister purposes.

Expert warns on dangers of indiscriminate dumping of waste

Outgoing President, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Mohammed Safiyanu, during the hand over to Comrade Ben Nnabue, at the National Secretariat of the union, Ikeja...on Friday.

Obaseki, others hold security meeting, read riot act to criminals * Assures of adequate security for Oba Ewuare II’s 2nd anniversary

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government will not relent in its effort to flush out criminal elements from the state, assuring that security has been beefed up with relevant agencies to ensure the safety of life and property in the state.

Governor Obaseki who said this after a meeting with heads of security agencies in the state, including the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, and Head of the Department of State Security (DSS) in the state, noted that the state was firming up security to curb criminal activity across the state.

The security meeting followed the receipt of intelligence on plans by those who do not

mean well for the state to disrupt the peace and scale up their nefarious activities as the year comes to an end.

“I have met with the Commissioner of Police and the DSS boss over the increased spate of cult activities in the state and we are deploying resources to ensure that those fuelling the crimes are brought to book. We are committed to a safe Edo State and will not tolerate any criminality,” Obaseki said.

He assured that adequate security measures have been set up in preparation for the 2nd coronation anniversary of the Benin Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolo kpolo, Oba Ewuare II. “I am very much committed to stemming

the increased criminality perpetuated by cult groups and gangs in the state.

“As a state that is forward-looking and desirous to attract foreign investment, I want to reiterate that we have exited the days when cult activities held sway in society.

“We have beefed up measures to check the reported cases. The new security architecture is taking shape to ensure that the people are safe,” he added.

He assured that preparations, especially those pertaining to security, are being finalised for the 2nd Coronation Anniversary of the Oba of Benin, noting that a combined team of security operatives will be deployed to ensure adequate security for the ceremony.

Dr Garuba Yakubu, Head of Historical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State, says there are several health implication of indiscriminate dumping of refuse around living environments.

Speaking with newsmen in Keffi on Friday, Yakubu said that indiscriminate disposal of refuse would become breeding ground for mosquitoes which can cause harm to human health, adding that it will affect the lives of residents negatively.

The health practitioner called on Nigerians to avoid indiscriminate dumping of waste in the interest of their health and for the overall development of the country.

“There will be swarming of flies carrying infective pathogens; this may also attract rodents with increased cases of disease like Lassa fever.

“It can also attract reptiles like snakes with accidental bites.

“Waste disposal affect the environment and can constitute eye sore to dwellers and visitors which may make such environment lose its esthetic value.”

He said the greatest danger lied in the decomposition of the waste that usually results to air pollution.

He added that the soil might also become polluted and contaminated with unwanted chemicals and heavy metals.

NSCDC arrest 3 suspected vandals in Niger The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly vandalising Federal Low Cost Housing estate transformer belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Suleja.

The Commandant of the Corps in the state, Mr Philip Ayuba, disclosed this in an interview with the Newsmen in Minna on Friday.

Ayuba said that the the corps’ Anti-Vandal Team in Suleja arrested the suspects at the transformer site that was feeding the estate.

He said three suspects had since confessed to the crime,adding that they would be arraigned in court after the conclusion of investigations.

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Obasanjo lobbying US authorities to withdraw Atiku’s ban, APC alleges Tom Okpe, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of lobbying the United States government to withdraw the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s entry ban to the country.

The APC in a statement released by its spokesman, Yekini Nabena, on Friday, said that the party came across credible reports that Obasanjo made moves towards securing US Visa for Alhaji Atiku.

The statement reads: “We have come across credible reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made moves to secure United States entry visa for the presidential candidate of the Peoples

Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, whose candidacy he endorsed on Thursday.

“It is learnt that that the former President who during and after leaving office insisted on Atiku’s unsuitability to govern Nigeria based on his knowledge of the latter’s extensive corrupt practices while he served as Vice President, is lobbying US authorities to withdraw the ban reportedly placed on Atiku from entering the United States following a 2005 $500,000 bribery scandal that involved Atiku, his fourth wife, Jennifer and former United States Congressman, William Jefferson”.

“Recall that the former president while in office had deployed enormous resources of the country on a global dragnet coordinated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in getting Atiku prosecuted for corrupt enrichment and money laundering.

“A report by the United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Senator Carl Levin reported that Atiku used offshore companies to siphon millions of dollars to his fourth wife in the United States, Jennifer, while still the vice president of Nigeria between 2000 and 2008”.

The party stressed that the report further stated then President Bush had on the strength of his report, barred Atiku and other corrupt politically exposed persons from being issued visa to the United States, a reason for which he has been unable to travel to the United States till date.

“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s intervention in Alhaji Abubakar Atiku’s ban from the United States of America is evidence of Obasanjo’s legendary hypocrisy and self-serving interest in national affairs”, the statement noted.

Short News Buhari mourns NRC Chairman, Usman Abubakar Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his deep condolences to the Abubakar family over the death of Alhaji Usman Abubakar, Chairman of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC).

The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday.

Buhari, who was represented at the burial of Abubakar at the National Mosque in Abuja by his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and some officials from the presidency, said he would personally miss the wise counsel of the deceased.

He said, “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, the government and people of Katsina State following the irreparable loss of this selfless and patriotic Nigerian.”

The President prayed to Allah to grant him (Paradise) Jannatul Firdaus.

PCN seals 518 patent stores, chemists in Kebbi Aliyu Haruna, Kebbi In a major crackdown on unregistered patent stores and chemists in Kebbi Stat, the Pharmacist Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed off 518 medic shops for failure to register with the professional body.

The Director, Inspection and Monitoring of PCN Mrs Anthonia Aruya disclosed this to journalists on Friday during a briefing adding that the operation was to compel the shops owners to comply with operational guidelines in order to rid the society of quacks and fake drugs.

She noted “some of them cannot read or write in English, how can they read prescription from doctors to know the right drug for the patient.”

She warned that the council would not hesitate to prosecute defaulters because they are backed by decree 91 of 1992 and Nigeria Act P1, LFN, 2004.

The PCN boss thanked the Kebbi State Ministry of Health and the security agencies for their contributions.

Man, 21, in court over alleged theft of property worth N430.000 Residents of Benin City at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, along Asoro Slope, Ekehuan Road, in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State.

ASSAPIN holds first AGM, commends FG’s stride on Agric Mathew Dadiya, Abuja Association of Small Scale Agro Producers In Nigeria (ASSAPIN) has commended the Federal Government for the giant stride it has achieved in the agricultural sector of the economy.

ASSAPIN gave the commendation during its first Annual General Meeting held in Abuja recently.

National President of the association, Joshua Jonathan said that the present has done much in the area of agriculture noting that under the leadership of the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development ASSAPIN participated fully in some of the programmes.

Mohammed Ibrahim of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), said that the Ministry congratulated and commended the officials and members

of ASSAPIN for holding her first Annual General Meeting at the time the present administration was making effort of diversifying the nation economy from oil based to agriculture and solid minerals.

Ibrahim said that ASSAPIN mobilizes and empowers the small scale-holders farmers for self-reliance in promoting federal government diversifying approach in a key area, particularly in Agriculture.

He said that government facilitated stakeholders’ workshop on understanding and mainstreaming the Finance Investment Implementation Plan of the Agricultural Promotion Policy into the process of developing the 2nd Nigeria Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP2).

He further reiterated the Ministry’s commitment towards supporting Small Scale Farmers which have been able to accomplish a reviewed and redesigning the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) to Agric Input

Management Support Scheme (AIMSS).

OXFAM Nigeria, represented by Mr. Abdulaziz Musa congratulated ASSAPIN for organizing the AGM saying, “No doubt, Oxfam and ASSAPIN have been partners in progress working with Small Scale Farmers, adding “Oxfam is looking forward to seeing how it will support ASSAPIN in the years ahead.”

A representative of the National Assembly (NASS) Mr. Abdulaziz Yusuf, Deputy Clerk House Committee on Agriculture also commended the leadership and members of ASSAPIN for attaining such feet.

He assured that he would ensure that ASSAPIN- National Office is carried along within the ambits of his jurisdiction on matters that will facilitate the well-being of small scale farmers at the National Assembly, especially the very active National Programme Coordinator who is up doing, accordingly.

A 21-year-old man, John Daniel, was on Friday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly stealing Elemax generator and other valuable items valued N430.000.

Daniel of no fixed address is facing a two-count charge of stealing and conspiracy.

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, told the court that the accused and others still at large, committed the offences on Sept 25 at about 2.20 p.m. at Kajola Iboro Village, Atan Ota in Ogun.

Gbesi said that the accused and his accomplices conspired to steal Elemax generator and other valuable items worth N430,000.

The accused and his accomplices were caught in the act of committing the offence by the neighbours and handled over to the police, ‘’ he said.

He said that the offences contravened Sections 390 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Vol. 1, Laws of Ogun, 2006.

Civil servant gets N50,000 bail over cruelty to son A Sokoto Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday granted bail of N50, 000 to a civil servant, Kasimu Sidi, on trial for allegedly being cruel to his son.

Sidi, who resides at Tundun Wada area of Sokoto, pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of cruelty to children levelled against him.

Chief Magistrate Abubakar Adamu granted the defendant bail of N50, 000 and adjourned the case until Oct. 15, for hearing.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Umar Rabiu told the court that the case was reported at State Intelligence and Investigative Department, Sokoto by the complainant, Asmau Suleiman, of Minanata area of Sokoto metropolis on Sept. 26.

He said Sidi, who had been separated for two months with the complainant, allegedly went to her family house and forcefully took his 11-year-old son who was in her custody.

The prosecutor added that the defendant took the boy to his house knowing that the boy was disabled thereby depriving him of motherly care.

The offences contravened Sections 238 of the Penal Code.

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Abduction: Religious leaders call for release of Leah Sharibu *Wants FG to secure her release without further delay

Tom Okpe, Abuja Christian and Islamic clerics has called on the Federal Government to release the remaining girl in the hands of the abductors (Boko Haram), Leah Sharibu saying that everything possible should be done without further delay.

The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Northern Nigeria, Reverend Yakubu Pam and the Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters, Sheikh Mohmamed Khalid made the appeal at the Interfaith Initiative for Peace (IIP) Conference on religious Harmony in Nigeria: Towards the 2019 General Elections, initiated by his Eminence John Cardinal Onaiyekan and the Sultan of Sokoto, his Eminence Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the co-founders of the forum on Friday.

Leah Sharibu and one hundred and

ten other girls were abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi in Yobe State on the 19th February, 2018.

While one hundred and five girls were released and five reported to have died, Leah Sharibu is the only Christian girl still left in the custody of the abductors (Boko Haram) for failing to renounce her Christian faith.

The Presidency had in May, 2018 reassured that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration will spare nothing to ensuring that the abducted Dapchi Christian girl and other girls abducted by Boko Haram regained their freedom.

However, Rev. Pam who urged the federal government to secure her release said; “We are here today, the two major religions in Nigeria, Christianity and Islam. The leaders are here and traditional rulers are also here to discuss about peace ahead of the 2019 general elections and we also find it very important today to address burning issues that has been disturbing the peace of the country which is the abduction of

some of our innocent teenagers and young ladies, particularly Leah Sharibu and others.

“We are here as religious leaders and traditional rulers to appeal to the conscience of the abductors of these innocent girls. We want to appeal to them, please for the sake of God, and release these innocent girls. They are very innocent and I believe that by doing this Nigeria will appreciate”.

On his part, the Chief Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters, Sheikh Khalid also said the abductors of Sharibu are on their own and do not represent Islam.

“We are here to speak on behalf of the bodies of the two main religions, Islam and Christianity. We want the world to understand that these people that are holding our children and other people in captivity are not representing Islam, they are on their own.

Islam is not asking them to abduct anybody and the Muslims are going to join hands with anybody to do anything possible to secure Nigerians from these agony’’ the Imam added.

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Short News Anambra Vigilante picks one-year old boy abandoned in the Bush Nkiru Nwagbo, Awka The Chairman of Adazi Nnukwu Vigilante group in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Frank Okonkwo has reportedly picked a year old boy abandoned in a bush opposite Holy Trinity Church in the area.

The boy who was allegedly abandoned in the bush was picked by the group around 4pm on Thursday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Haruna Mohammed while confirmed the story to our reporter said, “Vigilante Chairman attached to Adazi-Nnukwu town, One Frank Okonkwo, brought to Neni division a male Child of about one year old alleged to have been abandoned in the bush opposite Holy Trinity House Adazi -Nnukwu.

“The Baby is dark in complexion and without a tribal mark. Effort is ongoing to trace his biological parents in order to reunite him with the family.

“The Command enjoined members of the public with useful information that could help trace the parent of the child to report at Neni division or call this Police emergency number 07039194332.” he added.

Police arrest ATM fraudster, recover 12 stolen ATM cards

The Enugu State Police Command, on Friday, said it had arrested an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) fraudster, one Obinna Okafor, who operates in banks within Enugu metropolis.

About 12 ATM cards of different banks and individuals were recovered from the suspect, currently residing at Cater Street in Ogui axis of Enugu metropolis.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said the suspect was caught red-handed on Wednesday by police operatives of the New Haven Division.

“The suspect was nabbed by police operatives on duty at the ATM point of the Ebeano branch of an old generation bank, following an alarm raised by a female victim.

“The victim alleged a fraudulent and smart exchange of her ATM card with a fake one by the suspect.

“After securing the pin number of the card, he attempted to escape, but the victim raised an alarm, which attracted the attention of police operatives on duty.

NDLEA arraigns 2 over possession of 76kg psychotropic substance Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha Jonah (3rd left) presenting a treated mosquito net to one the of Internally Displaced Persons during Nigerian Air Force, Mobility Command Medical Outreach at the Igbogene IDP Camp, Yenagoa, while Group Captain. Azubuike Chukwuka (left) and the Air Officer Commanding Mobility Command, AVM. Napoleon Bali (2nd left) look on.

Frank Nweke tasks FG to focus on education reforms Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Worried over the increase rate of school children in Nigeria, the Former Minister of Information Frank Nweke Jr has called the Federal Government to focus more on reforming the education sector rather than placing attention on oil.

Speaking during a reunion of the Old Girls’ Association of the Federal Government Girls’ College Yola, said that a country can be resourceful only when it can offer best quality education.

Daily Times recalls that the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) had said that over 13.5 million’ Nigerian children are outof- school.

Hammid Bobboyi, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, said that over one million children have been forced out of school by insurgency in the North eastern part of the country as well as other crisis in other parts of the country, making the 13.5million figure of out-of-school children unreliable to work with for planning and policy making.

Meanwhile, who was represented at the reunion by Michael Magaji, the National

President, Federal Government College, Jos Old Students’ Association, said that it is only with quality teaching that Nigerians would be able be to generate wealth.

He said with the best quality education, Nigerians were capable of generating wealth if the right knowledge was impacted on citizens.

“We must look at education reform and position it for the 21st century.

Education is not just in the content but in delivery.

“If you want to know how resourceful a country is, you should first Count its highly effective teachers and how involved the parents are,” he said.

Lamenting the 13.5m figure of the out of school children, Nweke described the development as a social and moral gap as well as threat to the society.

Nweke said that the role of the association is to help set an agenda for the young students who are coming up.

“This reunion is aimed at creating value in the education sector and also giving back to the school. “’The message today is how the association would help mentor the young students in school and also train the teachers’’, he said.

Earlier, Dr Antonia Obike, a representative

of the old girls in Diaspora, said that they were willing to support education to strengthen the system.

Obike said the old girls in Diaspora were resolved and prepared to give back to the system that made them professionals in their various fields.

Also speaking, Mrs Christy Bature, a representative of the Class of 84, said the association and reunion was all about supporting each other.

Current principal of the FGGC, Yola, Hajia Zulaika Usman Momodu, expressed gratitude for what the association was doing.

She urged that the next reunion of the school be held in the college, so that the students could have an encounter with the old girls to mentor them and encourage them to aim higher and contribute their quota to nation building.

“I have seen their co-operation and really want to encourage them to continue.

“This year alone they installed fans in all the hostels and embarked on many other infrastructure developments in the school.

The high point of the event was the election and swearing in of the New Exco Members, where Aishatu Mohammed, emerged as the new president of the association.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) on Friday, arraigned Taibat Bello (female) and Idris Alhassan at the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice John Tsoho for possession of 76 kilogrammes of ephedrine.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty to possessing the substance which is said to be psychotropic.

The two-count amended charge read in part: “that you, Taibat Bello, female, on or about May 9, at Ekeson Motors, Utako, within the jurisdiction of this court, had in your possession 51kg of Ephedrine a psychotropic substance. “(You) thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 20(1) (e) and punishable under section 20 (2) (a) of the NDLEA Act. “That you, Bello, Idris Alhassan, and one man known as uncle B, now at large, on or about May 9, at Madalla within the jurisdiction of this court, conspired to conceal 25kg of Ephedrine.

“This was by moving same from a restaurant owned by you, Bello in Madalla to a tailoring shop to prevent detection and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 14 of NDLEA Act.”

World Egg Day: PAN urges Nigerians to eat eggs to fight diseases The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has advised Nigerians to eat an egg a day to fight diseases such as hypertension and arthritis.

The South-West Zonal Chairman of PAN, Mr Olabode Adetoyi, who spoke while fielding questions from journalists in Lagos on Friday in commemoration of the World Egg Day, said that Nigeria currently produces about 10 billion units of egg annually which is the cheapest source of protein.

According to a publication by Health 24, deficiencies of protein and essential nutrients have a particularly detrimental effect on the ability of the body to fight HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB).

Eggs are naturally nutrient-dense food.

Adetoyi said consumption of egg was good for growth, immunity booster and healthy living as a large egg contains about 13 minerals, vitamins, Choline, zinc and iron.

“Consumption of egg is good for the body because it contains all the essential vitamins, minerals, Choline, zinc, iron, and all these are necessary for the body building, growth and good health.

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EU commits N400m to assist 60,000 Short News flood victims in Nigeria

Bauchi apologises to civil servants, pensioners over closure of micro finance banks

Adebisi Oyindamola, Abuja The European Union on Friday said it will assist sixty thousand flood victims in three states worst hit by flood in Nigeria.

The EU explained that the financial commitment in the sum of N400million (1 million Euros) would be expended on providing shelter, Medicine and basic items to the most vulnerable affected victims of flood in Kogi, Anambra and Delta states.

In a joint media parley in Abuja by the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA and the EU Ambassador Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ketil Karlsen stated that the EU would also support government efforts with technical expertise in forecasting and preparedness against future occurrences.

“The European Union in partnership with Nigeria has mobilized €1 million to the

ongoing efforts by government equivalent to N400 million to provide relief for an estimated 60,000 people in three of the nine states already declared as states of emergency.

“We have made sure to provide technical expertise that is already on ground helping, and we have also provided detailed satellite maps to aid management of the situation”.

The ambassador disclosed that the adverse effects of climate is taking a toll on many countries in the world especially countries like Nigeria which according to him required international support to manage the situation.

“We also encourage the government to redouble its preparedness efforts, because more can be done in order to proactively prepare for what we know will occur again,” he stated.

Ambassador Karslen reiterated the EU’s commitment to strengthening national institutions’ resilience capacity, and promised close supervision and monitoring of the utilization of funds and aids to the people who

needed them most. on his part,the Director General NEMA, Mustapha Maihaja said flooding has displaced over two million people, out of which 199 lost their lives and 307,554 hectares of farmland destroyed.

He revealed that reconstructing communities already submerged is a huge task the government cannot achieve alone.

“The assessment of the farmlands could not be completed as many of the farmland were still under water, and the number of the affected keeps increasing as the water is creating more havoc as it flows down’’, he stated.

NEMA boss added that the Agency required the assistance of EU in majorly areas of technical expertise, provision of prevention infrastructure, and forecast among others.

Maihaja assured that federal government is doing its best in ensuring adequate welfare of victims of the flood, while appreciating the EU for prompt response and support to the agency.

Samuel Luka, Bauchi The Bauchi State Government has tendered apologies to the State Civil Servants and Pensioners who are still awaiting their September salaries and pensions following the closure of six micro finance banks in the state by the National Deposit Insurance Commission (NDIC).

The state Head of Civil service, Alhaji Liman Bello who tendered the apologies while addressing Newsmen on Friday stated that government had already paid the money to the liquidated banks and appealed to the affected staff and retirees not to panic as NDIC has taken over the banks.

According to Liman, forms were currently being distributed to the affected persons so that they would submit new account details through which they could be paid their last and subsequent month’s entitlements.

“The affected Civil Servants and Pensioners should open accounts in banks of their choice and submit the details to their ministries, departments and agencies or the state pension board and local government pension board in the case of pensioners.

If they already have alternative accounts, they can also submit them so that they can claim their monies and be paid in subsequent months without problems”. He explained.

Daily Times reports that the liquidated banks include, Garu Microfinance bank, Guddiri microfinance bank, Darazo microfinance bank, Misau microfinance bank, Warji microfinance bank and Itas Gadau microfinance bank located in different local governments of the State.

Monitoring: PCN seals 343 pharmacies, PPMVs in Kebbi The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) has sealed 343 pharmacies and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Kebbi State for improper handling of controlled substances, unhygienic environment and poor documentation.

The Council’s Director in charge of Inspection and Monitoring, Mrs Anthonia Aruya, disclosed this at a news conference in Birnin Kebbi on Friday.

Aruya said that it was the council’s 34th inspection and monitoring outing covering 29 states.

She said that 518 premises were visited in the state, comprising of 20 pharmacies and 498 patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs).

“At the end of the exercise, 343 out of 518 premises visited, made up of five pharmacies and 338 PPMVs were sealed.

“Twenty-two compliance’ directives were issued to three pharmacies and 19 PPMVs. “The directives were issued for various offences ranging from improper handling of controlled substances, unhygienic environment, poor documentation to dispensing of ethnic and prescription drugs without the presence of a pharmacist,’’ the PCN director said.

R-L: Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke; Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State; Most Rev. Ernest Obodo; the Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Most Rev. Antonio Filipazzi; Catholic Archbishop of Benin and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Most Rev. Augustine Akubueze; Ex-Governor Peter Obi, and the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, during the Episcopal Ordination of Most Rev. Obodo as the Auxiliary Bishop of Enugu Diocese.

World Food Day: FG committed to zero hunger by 2030 – Lokpobiri * Decries herdsmen/farmers crises

Tom Okpe, Abuja The Federal Government has assured of its commitment to the goal of zero hunger by the year 2030 promising to increase the present tempo of strong agricultural activities in the country to attain this objective.

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri made this commitment on Friday, while speaking at a Symposium to mark the 2018 World Food Day Celebration in Abuja with the theme: “Our Actions are Our Future: A Zero Hunger World by 2030 is Possible”.

Lokpobiri who stated that the goal of zero hunger by 2030 is achievable opined that “in the next 12 years, Nigeria will join the League of Nations who would be able to feed the world adding that this projection can only be attained if all Nigerians see and treat Agriculture as serious business rather than mere occupation.

The Minister also wanted Nigeria to take advantage of its rapidly growing population to seriously invest in agriculture with the private sector taking the lead in this national project; while the Government provides the enabling environment since it is proven that Government is not proficient in business management.

“We commend Kebbi, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Ogun and Benue states for their huge investments in agriculture; also, other states of the federation to emulate the worthy examples of these states; the goal of achieving the objective of attaining zero hunger for our beloved country can only be achieved through collaboration and collective efforts of the three arms of government and the private sector”.

According to the minister, “if Nigeria is able to feed itself, it would have been able to solve the issue of hunger and malnutrition in the black race and by extension Africa, which is a bold step in guaranteeing food for all in the world”.

While observing that the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against hunger, a development that has led to decline in the number Of the poor and the hungry people in the world, he however regretted that this success is being threatened by high growth in global population.

“Prolonged crisis in some crises points especially incessant clashes between herdsmen and farmers especially in the North Eastern part of the country are also serious issues of concern,” the minister said.

In her remarks, the Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma stated that the FAO, for the past forty years in Nigeria has been working closely with the Government of Nigeria to advance sustainable agriculture and food systems, with great optimism towards achieving Zero Hunger in the country.

He said: “Achieving Zero Hunger is FAO’s shared commitment, whichcan be achieved through a right based approach”.

Mobile court convicts 37 motorists in Jos A mobile court conducted by the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday convicted 37 motorists for various traffic offences in Jos. Mr Andrew Bala, the Public Education Officer of the command told journalists that the exercise was held at the British-American junction.

According to Bala, the motorists were convicted over offences such as seat belt violation, lack of vehicle particulars and speed limit device, as well as use of cell phone while driving.

Others according to him include underage driving, use of expired tyres, and drivers’ license violation, among others.

The official explained that the court allotted fines to the sanctioned motorists and had their vehicles impounded until the fines were paid.

Bala called on motorists to obey all traffic rules and regulations, and ensure their vehicles were in good condition to avoid being embarrassed by officers of the corps on highways.

Bus conductors association of Nigeria hails Buhari’s empowerment of down-trodden The Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) has lauded President Buhari’s empowerment of the down trodden in Delta.

The association’s National Liaison Officer, Mr Isreal Adeshola, gave the commendation when the Buhari Campaign Organisation (BCO) inaugurated the Delta executives of BCAN. Adeshola said that BCO was sincerely committed to ensuring that the quality of life of an average Nigerian and indeed, the future generation was secured and adequately protected.

He said that BCAN was convinced beyond doubts that the only way they could guarantee better future for tomorrow was through good governance and sincere leadership.

He said that the only way to achieve this was for all to collectively ensure that President Buhari was returned in 2019.

He therefore, called for unity and oneness among all and work as a team.

The National Coordinator of BCO, Alhaji Danladi Pasali, said that Buhari was committed to the welfare of all down trodden.

Pasali said that in less than two months, more than 300, 000 would have been empowered in the state.

The inauguration ceremony was witnessed by the National Director, Communications and Strategy, Malam Gidado Ibrahim and the Delta Chairman, Empowerment and Endorsement, Mr Anthony Umunna among other national and state liaison officers.

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Being raised by a single mum made me appreciate women more - Teddy A Former Big Brother Housemate and CEO, Alpha record/Alpha Apparel, a clothing line, Tope Adenibuyan, better known as Teddy A/BadMan, is sure ladies man. Teddy A became more popular after participating in Big Brother Naija show and his love tangle with fellow housemate, BamBam. Since coming out the house, Teddy has featured in a couple movies and has two singles to his credit. In this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, he reveals working on set of Unsane movie, life as an actor & recording artiste, how he manages the ladies, fatherhood, and being raised by a single mother amongst others. Enjoy…

What role are you playing in the coming movie ‘Unsane?’

I am playing the character John Okafor, a very bad guy, rich, arrogant and involved in so many things illegal and ended up doing something’s that are really bad but ended up with some repercussions.

You given the role of a bad guy to play; what came to mind when you got the script?

Sincerely, nothing serious came to mind because as an actor when a script is given to you; you own up the character and interpret it the way it deem fit. Today am playing the bad guy role, tomorrow it could be a pastor or lover boy role. As an actor your ability to fit into different role gives you an edge; I want to be a round actor who can play any given character.

Is this your first major movie appearance?

Not at all, this is my fourth movie appearance since the conclusion of Big Brother Africa What is experience like been a recording artiste and an actor?

It is not easy but off course you all know am into fashion, music, acting; for me all form of creative art is an venue of showcasing oneself because presently the only thing I cannot do is to draw but trust me if I have the drawing ability too; I will also be drawing. Every stages of creative art that I am involved in has its own experiencing which I am currently enjoying to the fullest.

In all which do you find more fulfilling?

Music of course is what I find more fulfilling because that has always been first love but of course acting on the other hand is what I also want to be involved in but I wanted the right time to do it, I did not want to come out as an actor and will storming different auditions location trying to get roles and been paid peanuts. So I decided

to wait for that moment when bigger opportunities will come and filmmakers will want me to be a part of their project.

After Big Brother a lot of people would have thought you will have put out several materials musically?

Well what a lot of our fans/listeners don’t know is that producing a song takes a lot of creative process that’s why since the end of Big Brother I put a song titled ‘Down’ and now am working on releasing another song ‘Balance’ featuring Bisola Aiyeola and Iyanya.

One song since leaving the Big Brother house, don’t you think you are hindering yourself?

You think it’s easy to putting out materials; first you have think of putting out the right material that people like with a message in it. I don’t want to be your regular kind of artiste. Truth be told, I have songs but then again the last song I dropped was about a month ago, so that’s a enough time before Big Brother ended, I took my time so that the whole BBN happening was over and people are ready to meet with the brand Teddy A. Why the choice of Bisola and Iyanya on the new song?

I felt they are the ones who would do justice to the material, Bisola is a talented artist who can sing and has an amazing voice and Iyanya of course is a great musician. Trust me the song is a jam and people are going to like it.

You floated your personally owned record label ‘Alpha Records’, how is the label doing at the moment?

It’s going well and presently I am the only recording artiste on the label; we putting out music and setting up the label for me was not just about showing off having in mind that involving in such requires certain structure and standard.

I have a done a few of my own personal shows and listening parties under the supervision of Alpha records; however I do not have any artiste signed up for

Teddy A

now but as we expand and grow, we might be considering that too.

You and fellow BBN housemate BamBam seems to be the only couple relevant since the end of Big Brother as others have been involved in one controversies or the other; how have you been able to manage yours?

First of all, I do not like to talk about my personal life but then as far as drama; I am not the dramatic type who likes controversies because I am all about work, making money, taking care of family because those are all

that matters at the end of the day and am sure BamBam sees life this way too and that was why it was easy for us to connect in Big Brother. I don’t know what is going on as far as other housemates is in terms of relationship like you say but then everyone needs to be focus on why they went into the house in the first place which is to be bigger and better and your pocket are happier. If you want to go ahead and have relationships that’s fine, if you have issues with one another; settle it; just handle your home well.

With several controversies, fights

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going on in the social media space of your other Big Brother housemates, has it ever occur to you to call them to order?

Remember in the house I did lot of advisory role with some of the housemates and that was because we were all in the house together but presently everyone is in pursuit of his/her goal; I am not in their lives, everyone is busy.

We connect with one another at our leisure time but at the moment am not in the position to advice anyone unless if am been reached out to and I will render my own advice; they are all grown up men and women.

How have you been managing the ladies knowing that you are a public figure now?

For me, I like to make them know they are fans because you really don’t let that get into your head because the same people that are talking now; don’t even know you like four years ago, so I don’t see their comments as anything, I see it as grace because you can be the finest guy and you won’t have any comment on your social media pages but the fact that I receive their comments alone gives me joy and further shows that you are been appreciated.

How do you feel when you read negative stories about your brand; For instance, a lady once accused of sex on the plane?

You will recall that when the said lady accused me having sex with her on the plane, I never reacted to it because I know there was no iota of truth in it and few days after the news went viral, the same lady came out to say her social media page was hacked.

You see if the story was true then and had reacted; it will soon be trending till now but the fact is since BBN, I have prepared myself for any eventuality so most time when I see these stories; I laugh about it.

You an Alpha male factor and ladies love that; what is your social media DM like?

My DM is active What kind of pictures you do get on a regular basis?

Laugh!! Am I supposed to reveal that to you, well I get pictures of Jesus Christ most of time. But seriously you don’t want imagine what my direct messages look like.

2018 is almost ending, what other expectations in terms of work should we anticipate for?

As you can see am currently rounding up on the set of Unsane movie, I have several movies featuring this year and to top it all I have got many approaches from directors who want to work with me, I have a new song coming out, couple of shows, my clothing line will releasing beautiful collections amongst others.

Don’t you think your involvement in movies will affect your music career?

Like I said earlier music is my first love and nothing changes that but the truth is as man I feel you should be able to multitask and be able to joggle and balance this things well. It’s all about scheduling; for instance, I may decide that for a whole week I want to be in the studio to knock out every song I am working on, collaborations and when I have movie project to work on, I schedule my timing too. At the end it’s all about prioritizing your time.

Aside the regular roles you have played; what other dream roles do you look forward to act?

Any other role will suit me well, I

e n i g a m i o t t n a You don’t w s M D a i d e m l a i c what my so A y d d e T e k i l k o lo look forward to a fulfilling and challenging role to play; something that will task me as a person, Will you act nude?

How much are they paying me?

Is that supposed to be criteria?

There has be criteria on ground and more importantly, they have to be money involved Like how much are you looking at?

Let’s wait till then, bring the script and we take it from there.

How is fatherhood treating you?

Fatherhood is great, I am enjoying every bit of it and I currently miss my son because I have not seen him in a while because I am here in Nigeria.

How many tattoos do you have?

Currently I have about fifteen tattoos

Are they symbolic?

Definitely they are all symbolic and one of the symbolic one is the baby in the cloud tattoo because I had it when my baby was on the way.

With the numerous tattoos you have, ear piercings; have you ever been harassed by SARS? Not at all

because before now I was reckless with women and as time went I realized that it was not the actual thing I want for myself because it does not really work for me. People have seen me how I treat a woman and that was since more while in the house because I had an interest.

Would it be right to say you are mummy’s boy?

Every man is mummy’s boy; I was raised by a single mum and I feel like any man who is close his mother eventually knows how to treat women right.

Don’t you feel sentimental towards your dad at the moment?

Not at all because whatever issues you have with your dad should not be because of your mother and if any issue arises; you should sort it out. Everyman, every parent has a story, so I think you need to take time out to find out what exactly happen because you need to make findings from both parties.

You been raised by a single mother, what are those things you learnt about the strength of a woman?

Been raised by single mother made me appreciate woman better

As a man, what do you think is your selling point?

I don’t know, I guess my whole being is what they appreciate and they pretty much compliment everything.

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Ex-beauty queen, Ibidunni Ighodalo, in joyous mood Stories by Isaac Oguntoye Just like the popular saying that love conquers everything. This assertion is what best describe what the former beauty queen, Ibidunni Ighodalo is presently enjoying in her marriage.

While most other childless women are despised like the dehydrated sea of infertility and scorned like the postmenopausal part of the earth, Ibidun’s husband and her in-laws accord her utmost loyalty and love. Even when the decision to go for IVF, she was not only encouraged but supported all through.

It is for this reason that Ibidun celebrates her in-laws. She appreciates their support and love towards her knowing that several other women in her shoes are going through hell in the hands of their husbands and in-laws.

They make life unbearable for the woman, not putting into consideration her personal struggle and suffering.

Ibidunni who runs Elizabeth R, an upscale events planning company, has revealed how she and her husband, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of Trinity House Church, Lagos, adopted two kids, a girl and a boy.

Her social media handle, she reiterate on her journey and how God has been so kind to her saying “Where do I start?

You are such a loving and kind Father it’s incomparable. Your wisdom and might is unrivaled as is your knowledge.

You know the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end because time truly exists in you.

You knew me before you formed me and you knew my life’s journey and you prepared for me every step of the way…. My choice of a life partner though questioned by many was a divine masterpiece by you… You already saw the struggles and you knew the perfect fit for me… you knew who could handle the storms of life with me and you blessed me with a wonderful husband, friend and lover. Ever so supportive and loving. Supportive through almost a dozen episodes of IVF, never wavering, there for every test and doctors appointment. With all the societal pressures and shaming you held me and comforted me in my low times.

Even when that did not work out you

were already planning something mind blowing. How else could I explain the burden you laid on my husband heart to establish an orphanage even before our marriage? This same orphanage gave me my beautiful daughter who again has your hand in her life. Born on the same day as myself and named by her dad after me (such prophecy) and brought to the orphanage.

Even when I did not recognize your hand it was there till our eyes saw that which was always in front of us. Again ever supportive, my husband was in support of our choice to go in that direction. The way you piece our lives jigsaw puzzles astounds me continually papa. Out of the blue a call comes to my phone and my darling aunt says I’ve seen your son. Come and pick him….

Not a clue to the process I started in faith and you made a way and Zenan became ours…. Even when I’m not thinking about myself you are thinking about me and putting my thoughts in the hearts of people. Seeing my son is a moment I would never forget. The bond was instant, and love was in full flow. How could I ever have orchestrated my life as perfectly as you have done. I’m so glad I have you papa because your ways are not my ways and your hand is evident in my life….”

A good move for a couple who has not produced their biological kids, Ibidun seems to have taken a step most African family fear to tread.

In an interview i n

Thisday of September 4, 2016, she opened up on her search for a child.

According to the former beauty queen, having prayed and sought different avenues for a medical solution and with the problem not willing to be wished away, Ibidun decided to be happy.

Then, she posted the second part of her revelation: “Thank you Father for making a way, for guiding me, for holding me, for giving me joy, for sending me peace and for completely showing my family Favour. Papa my prayer would not be complete if I don’t ask you to open the eyes of my other women trusting you for the fruit of the womb to have an open mind to different ways of becoming a ‘MOTHER’. So many children are out there looking for love and a home to call their own. I pray they experience the joy of motherhood as I do now and open their hearts to you to listen to as many options as you have provided…..

Adoption does not mean you have failed them but is a way of showing what blessings you have in store for them if only they will yield to You…. a blessing which is priceless… I thank you for my two adorable kids, I could never trade them for anything in the world…. looking forward to your instruction on looking after more children”

Ibidun family

Aare Adams’ position on restructuring Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has reaffirmed his belief in restructuring, saying it is time for the Yoruba nation to adopt a new paradigm shift, taking into consideration all the issues that affect Nigeria as a nation.

Speaking recently at a two-day Summit and interactive session of the Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) in Hamburg Germany, Adams said: “As the 2019 general elections draw nearer, there is need for the Yorubas to adopt a new paradigm shift.

He, however, frowned at the desecration of the sanctity of the traditional institution by some people who, he said, arrogate to themselves the position of a Yoruba Oba in the Diaspora.

‘Our traditional institution is sacred and we won’t allow anybody to tarnish the image, even as we urge all the Yoruba Obas in their respective states to condemn the abominable act”.

Aare Adams, who had earlier met with the Nigeria Ambassador in Berlin, Mrs. Mobolaji Sakirat Ogundero, said part of the contending issues discussed at the summit include restructuring of Nigeria, as well as decentralization of both security, monetary, education and infrastructure, which allows the federating unit to develop at their own pace. ‘’The word restructuring simply means re organization, not disintegration, our position on this is clear and that is Nigeria cannot afford to isolate itself from the rest of the world. For years, patriotic Nigerians have been agitating for restructuring, but a few elements in the country are against it. As far as I am concerned, those calling for restructuring should not be seen as enemies of state but partners in progress.’’, he said.

Aare Gani Adams All members of the group from across the 84 countries in the world, as well as other prominent Yoruba groups were present at the Summit. President of Isokan Omo Yoruba in Germany, Chief Adewole Albert, was also in attendance.

Bolanle Ambode

We are committed to zero infant mortality in Lagos – Bolanle Ambode Wife of the governor of Lagos State, Bolanle Ambode, has said that no effort would be spared to achieve zero infant mortality in the state.

She made the commitment during the donation of two transport incubator ambulance to Gbagada General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity, by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), as part of their health intervention project for this year.

A transport incubator ambulance is specially designed to transport premature babies to standard medical facilities, equipped with Intensive Care Unit, ICU. Bolanle noted that members of the committee were touched by the high mortality rate of pre-term babies, occurring before they could access intensive care.

The transport incubators according to her, would provide a womb-like environment for the baby, with the right temperature and life-saving gadgets, to help the newborn hang unto life till it gets to the ICU. She said, The special ambulance can also be used to convey infants with severe post birth complications and others in serious emergency situations. The women of COWLSO reckon that with this intervention, many more newborns, infants and children in Lagos State, will be saved from avoidable deaths with attendant happiness to their parents.

The Committee also donated two hearing defect management equipment, Portable Otoread OAEs, to Alimosho and Shomolu General Hospitals, also as part of their intervention effort.

Speaking further, she observed that COWLSO was constrained to continue its previous intervention in early detection and management of hearing defects, because of the serious consequences of hearing loss in children.

She recalled that the committee two years ago had upgraded the Ear, Nose and Throat Department of the Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan, subsequently followed with

the donation of Portable Otoread OAEs equipment to Badagry, IfakoIjaiye, Ikorodu and Gbagada General Hospital.

The objective according to her, was to enable early screening of newborns for possible hearing defects, to eradicate the worrisome menace, which comes with a network of consequences like delayed language development, academic under performance, social isolation and higher risk injuries among others.

The governor’s wife stressed that the incubator ambulance must be made available for use by other government hospitals.

In his address, the commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, noted that the Ambode Administration had always promoted the use of appropriate modern technology for delivery of qualitative and affordable healthcare to the people.

According to him, the donation of Transport Incubator Ambulance to two state general hospitals will help to reduce the neo-natal morbidity and mortality indices of the state significantly.

He commended the committee for their continual intervention in the healthcare sector, stressing that it had impacted lives, given hope to the downtrodden, empowered women and protected the environment in the state.

The commissioner urged the lucky beneficiary hospitals, to make good and optimal use of the modern equipment, towards achieving the health objectives of the state government.

The chairman of Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr. Bayo Aderiye, represented by Dr. Oluwole Tokunbo, copiously commended COWLSO for the series of health interventions over the years.

The medical directors of Gbagada General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity, Dr. Tayo Lawal and Dr. Muyiwa Eniayewun, unanimously thanked COWLSO for the kind humanitarian gesture, noting that it had closed the gap of challenges in the health sector, as it affects children

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Felabration 2018: No sacrifice is too big for Fela – Rex Suru US-based Nigerian reggae artiste, Rex Suru, born Rex Olisuru Ogunniyi, has arrived the country to be part of this year’s Felabration, a music festival in honour of late Afrobeat founder, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Rex Suru, who spoke with our reporter has expressed why he came all the way from the United States of America to be part of the annual musical fiesta, which begins on Monday, October 15, 2018 to October 21, 2018.“No sacrifice is too big for the late founder of Afrobeats. I was part of it last year and thank God here I am again. Fela is a huge influence on many artistes.

He had influenced my own music in many ways even though he did Afrobeats and I do Afro-roots reggae.

The similarity is in the rhythm and the message. There are connections, a little connection, though it is different but it is similar especially in the onsession. I love Fela’s music because it is mostly on-sessions, the rhythm is percussion rhythms and it is the same with mine but his is Afrobeat while mine is Afro roots reggae. We have dynamic rhythm sessions and our sessions seem to go with the highlife style of presentation and also stage presentation. Fela influenced me a lot on how to talk, he called his yabis. I don’t yab but I try to speak like him in

Rex someSuru ways. He is part of an influence in my life and so is Bob Marley. So, we are just going to combine these two great vibrations into what we are doing including what I have as an original of mine then we will see how it goes .I intend to bring a little Fela into Felabration in some styles which I admire of him,” he said.

He also pointed out that he’s not doing for the money as whatever he is being paid cannot take care of expenses he has incurred in flying from the US to Nigeria, as well as paying his band.

“I got paid last year and I expect

to get paid this year as well. Even if they don’t pay I’m still happy to give Nigeria what I have. Everything in life is not about the money but about the joy of presenting what you have to the people and if they enjoy you then you have accomplished the main goal but it is also good to be paid because there are a lot of people involved in this performance and not just me. But Fela is too huge to be expecting monetary gratification,” he pointed out.

Rex Suru, who has been doing music close to 30 years prides himself on being the creator of his genre of music known as ‘Afro-roots reggae’ and has four studio albums to his name The name of my band is the Cherubim Vibes, but I go simply by the name ‘Rex Suru and the Vibes’. ‘Vibes’ as in vibration, while ‘Cherubim’ means angels. I’ve been doing this music for over 25 years. I have a very deep passion for what I’m doing. Music has been the essence of my adult life and I sincerely believe, without any shadow of doubt, that the heavenly realm is trying to use me as a medium to deliver positive messages.

I’m not saying I’m a messenger, but that’s the vibration that comes through me. Doing music of joy, praise and unity among the human race,” he said.

2Baba, Falz, Timi Dakolo, Kenny Blaq, Annie Idibia, others gather for Buckwyld ‘n’ Breathless #Powerof1 Stories by Mutiat Alli Legendary music icon, 2Baba, alongside popular rapper/actor Falz, Nollywood star, Annie Idibia, comedian Kenny Blaq, singer Timi Dakolo and other industry hot shots were gathered for a press conference put together by Buckwyld Media Network.

The conference was held to provide valuable insight for the much-talkedabout upcoming movie ‘Power of 1’ and the seventh edition of the annual concert Buckwyld ‘n’ Breathless #Powerof1 scheduled for Saturday, October 20, at the prestigious EKO Convention Center, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Power of 1 is a movie which is a phenomenal work of art; aimed at entrenching in the hearts of Nigerians; the acceptance of the power of an individual effort to make a significant difference in our society.

The Izu Ojukwu directed blockbuster ‘Power of 1’ would debut its trailer at the concert; on the 20th of October at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. Fans will get a first glimpse of what to expect from the highly anticipated movie which boasts an impressive cast of stars which include Alexx Ekubo, Ramsey Nouah, Jide Kosoko, Annie Idibia, among others.

Speaking on the concept of ‘Power of 1’, CEO Buckwyld Media Network Efe Omorogbe stated that one of the foremost purposes of the movie is to reawaken civic responsibility in every Nigerian – with the aim of effacing the mentality that the action(s) of a single

person does not hold much value.

Veteran singer 2Baba; speaking on the theme #Powerof1 for the upcoming concert stated that the idea is to create something impactful, which would have a perpetually lasting effect, as he looks forward to being able to brag about Lagos, Kaduna, Port Harcourt and other states in somewhere as exotic as Miami.

The icon went on to add that; the concert and movie are avenues which would be used to inspire the younger generation; imbuing in them; the belief that one person’s actions can go a long way in bringing positive change to Nigeria as a whole.

Other notable guests in attendance

conference include Brand Manager Star; Onyebuchi Nwangwu, Wasiu Ola Abiola; Head of Sponsorship NBC, Edi Lawani, Ndidi Obioha; co-executive producer of #Powerof1 and a host of others.

Supported by Star, ‘Buckwyld n Breathless #Powerof1’ concert promises classic performances from some of the most distinctive acts in the industry – with several exhilarating surprises specially packaged for the excitement of lovers of good music. Although the premiere date of ‘Power of 1’ movie is yet to be announced, Buckwyld Media Network has assured attendees it would be revealed in the not too distant future.

at the press Eddy Lawani, Efe Omorogbe and 2face Idibia

Wale Rubber

Yinka Davies

Yinka Davies, Thin Tall Tony, Wale Rubber star in Nigerian National Anthem theme play Nigeria’s National Anthem has continued to inspire patriotism since its adoption as the country’s national hymn in 1978. The two-stanza song will get a gripping theatrical make-over in a new stage play entitled ‘The Anthem’ on Sunday, October 14 at the NAF Events Centre, Kado, Abuja.

‘The Anthem’ is endorsed by the National Orientation Agency and Small Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) as part of the 58th Independence Day Celebration and almost 20 years of continuous democracy in Nigeria.

Produced by WR Productions, the stage presentation is brought to life by a star-studded line of thespians that

include Yinka Davies, Wale Rubber, Dayo ‘Doxa’ Benjamins-Laniyi, Lovette Otegbola, Chimela Azurunwa, Ben Ogbeiwi and Thin Tall Tony.

Speaking about the production, Producer and writer, Funke Sodade described the play as an inspired production that all Nigerians must see.

“The Anthem’ is a very rich story about Nigeria that draws characterisation from the National Anthem. We are delivering an epic tale that portrays a utopian Nigeria where fault lines do not exist. In between rehearsals, it’s been an inspired atmosphere even among the cast and crew. We are pumped up about what Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike are about to see in ‘The Anthem’.

I will marry Genevieve Nnaji if - Ruth Eze Few months ago, top Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji made history with her latest movie, Lion Heart, first African movie bought over by Netflix.

Since this new feat, Genny as she is fondly called by Nollywood lovers, has been getting lots of commendations and well wishes from her friends and colleagues.

One them is Ruth Eze, a budding actress who confessed that her love for Ms Nnaji could make her go extra miles.

Hear her: “Genevieve inspires and motivates me. She makes me believe tomorrow will be better and greater than my today. She’s hardworking, and she does not believe in noisemaking but action. That is also the kind of person I am. I love her so so much. In fact, if I were to be a man, I will marry Genevieve. I don’t know what we’ve done to deserve somebody like her in Nollywood. She has made us proud, even Nkem Owoh calls her Manwoman, she’s just everything, I am so happy for her, and I pray God to continue to give her the strength to do more great things,” she gushed.

Continuing, Ruth listed the good lessons she has learned from the lifestyle of the Nollywood Queen.

“Have learned to be a strong woman, to believe in myself and to keep few friends. To be focused, dependent, strong and always staying true to myself; never follow the crowd.

Also never ever wanting to be like anyone else”

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NSE: Beverages, banks lift capital market indices by 0.12% Motolani Oseni

Globacom’s representatives at the International Day of the Girl Child, Mrs. Justina Abdulateef (3rd left), and Mrs. Temitope Oke, (3rd right) with some of the secondary school students who participated at an event sponsored by the company to mark the Day at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island... Lagos on Thursday.

Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) sustained a positive growth on Friday, with Nigerian Breweries, International Breweries, Unilever, Zenith International Bank, and Access Bank lifted the nation’s capital market indices by 0.12 per cent.

For instance, Nigerian Breweries grew by N3 per share to close at N88 per share, International Breweries followed with a gain of N1.50 to close at N32, while Unilever appreciated by N1 to close at N43.50 per share.

Zenith International Bank added 15k to close at N22.20, while Access Bank advanced by 10k to close at N8 per share.

Consequently, the All-Share Index rose by 39.18 points or 0.12 per cent to close at 32,456.98 against 32, 417.82.

Also, the market capitalisation which opened at N11.835 trillion grew by N14 billion or 0.12 per cent to close at N11.

849trillion.

FG recovers over N6.5trn in cash, physical assets Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP) says it has recovered over N6.520 trillion in cash as well as physical assets.

It is, however, worthy of note that the total sum recovered was in N4 billion and $7 million in cash and physical assets in the special panel various operations.

SPIP Chairman, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, disclosed this in a statement made available in Abuja on Friday.

Obono-Obla said the 7 million dollars was recovered from the previous management of the Nigeria Export and Import (NEXIM) Bank who had “illegally placed” it in Heritage Bank.

The naira component of the recoveries, according to him, include N533 million and land valued at N1.5 billion also from the former NEXIM management.

The assets, according to him, have since been returned to the bank.

Obono-Obla said SPIP also recovered N24 million misappropriated by some directors of the National Theatre, and

two hectares of land worth N2 billion, belonging to the National Council for Acts and Culture.

Also recovered is part of the Agura Hotel belonging to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), according to the chairman.

“The property illegally annexed by some so-called influential persons with untouchable connections for over 20 years, has since been returned to the NPA. “The panel is investigating the failure of a contract awarded to a company to dredge Calabar Channel, after the company had received 12 million dollars,” he said.

Obono-Obla said the panel also recovered 86 assorted vehicles valued at N500 million from a director in the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.

“Other assets recovered from him are six houses in highbrow areas of Abuja and a large farm also in Abuja,” he said.

Reaffirming the panel’s commitment to its mandate, Obono-Obla advised public servants to desist from converting the official property to personal use.

The then Acting President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurated the SPIP in August 2017.

Lagos to partner FBRA to rid environment of PET waste Ladesope Ladelokun The Lagos State government has indicated interest in partnering with the Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) on the eradication of used Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles that have been blocking drainages and canals.

The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Babatunde DurosinmiEtti, disclosed this through the Assistant Director of Environmental Services, Mrs. Tolulope Adeyo in an interview in Lagos recently.

Adeyo said the issue of waste has been of great concern and that any initiative to eradicate it, like FBRA’s waste collection and recycling scheme, is quite appreciated.

Adeyo said the government has created an enabling system for organisations working through a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) like FBRA, to thrive to attain a common goal

of keeping the environment clean.

She stated that the Ministry is very much concerned about the sustainability of the environment and has therefore urged citizens in the state to join hands in the cleaning and proper disposal of waste, especially PET bottles to avoid environmental and health hazards associated with it.

“We have lots of materials that we use daily that get into our waste stream due to industrialisation and commercialisation.

And because of the poor attitude of companies, wastes are being disposed indiscriminately, particularly plastics and PET bottles. Considering the havoc this cause during the rainy season in several parts of the state, the government has made giant strides in combating waste and is very much eager to collaborate with the private sector in ensuring a cleaner and healthy environment,” she affirmed.

Adeyo commended FBRA, which is the PRO of companies in the food and beverage sector, for its laudable role in ensuring that used PET bottles are

mopped up through its partner, Recycle Points.

With Recycle Points as collection partner, FBRA has made preparations towards cleaning of 500 tonnes of PET bottles monthly for one year for recycling.

This figure, which will further increase to 3,000 tonnes monthly after the first phase in 2019, will see Recycle Points using its numerous collection points as hubs for agents within the value chain to deposit PET bottles to be recycled at Lafarge plants shredding facilities across the country based on FBRA’s agreement.

On the eve of the World Cleanup Day on September 15, a volunteer staff of FBRA member-firms led traders and other users of Arena Market in Oshodi, Lagos in collecting waste from used PET bottles towards a cleaner and healthier trading environment.

The initiative, which received the collaboration of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment, was organised in collaboration with Recycle Points.

The chairman of FBRA, Mrs. Folasade

Morgan, said the campaign was used to enlighten traders, shoppers, as well as members of Nurses of-air Foundation on crucial issues relating to proper disposal and separation of waste, recycling, healthy lifestyle and other measures aimed at curbing environmental pollution.

The Alliance has been adhering to the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy of the government, which transfers significant responsibility to producers for the entire life-cycle of their products, especially at the post-consumer stages.

It has a membership drawn from responsible and forward-thinking companies. These are Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, The Coca-Cola Company Nigeria, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Seven-Up Bottling Company Limited, and Nestle Nigeria Plc. Given its advocacy, it has received commendation from NESREA, the regulator of the environment, for its significant progress towards EPR compliance.

On the other hand, Nestle topped the losers’ chart, dropping N30 to close at N1,400 per share.

Flour Mills trailed with a loss of N1.15 to close at N20.80, while Cadbury declined by 80k to close at N9.50 per share.

Honeywell was the most active stock, exchanging 22.92 million shares worth N29.62 million.

FBN Holdings followed with an account of 14 million shares valued at N135.64 million, while Zenith Bank traded 13.63 million shares worth N300.65 million.

Ecobank sold 11.62 million shares valued at N203.27 million, while Guaranty Trust Bank traded 11.56 million shares worth N422.74 million.

In all, a total of 162.41 million shares valued at N2.24 billion were exchanged by investors in 2,922 deals.

This was in contrast with an exchange of 148.53 million shares worth N2.86 billion achieved in 2,857 deals on Thursday.

FirstBank promotes innovation in banking through Fintech summit Motolani Oseni In line with its corporate strategy to drive transformation through its products, processes, and services, FirstBank has announced a 3-day FINTECH summit themed the future of banking – the role of AI and big data.

The event is convened to increase technical support and collaboration with the tech community while deepening the Bank’s technological inclusion framework to improve its product offerings and services delivery experience.

The FirstBank 2018 FINTECH summit is scheduled to kick off with a 2-day coding competition – Hackathon – billed for Thursday and Friday 11th and 12th October 2018 while the summit holds Wednesday 17 October 2018 with over 700 Fintech players, key stakeholders and tech lovers in attendance.

The Hackathon is projected to focus on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. 10 teams will be contesting for the grand prize of N3million in a competition to show off their technological and artificial intelligence capabilities with the second and third best teams carting away the sum of N1.5million and N750 thousand respectively.

The 10 teams will also have an opportunity to showcase their solutions at the Fintech summit scheduled for 17 October 2018.

To attend the main event on 17 October 2018, interested participants should interact with the Bank on Instagram - @ firstbanknigeria; twitter - @firstbankngr and First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Facebook.

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Facilitate market for locally made moringa products, farmers urge government Ladesope Ladelokun The Moringa Farmers’ Cooperative Society has called on governments to facilitate a market for locally made moringa products.

The Chairman of the society, Mr. Adebipe Ojediran, made the call on Friday when the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Inspection Team paid an inspection and evaluation visit to Life Builder Centre at Ijaye Community in Oyo State.

The GEF supports the centre, an NGO, with a grant of 100, 000 dollars to implement environmental related-project.

The project, which started in 2014 was tagged: “Adaptation to Climate Change Through Biogel Production from Moringa Oleifera in Oyo State.”

Ojediran, who described Nigerian made Moringa as an organic product, called on governments to ensure increased demand for local production to sustain the livelihood of rural communities.

“But what I see is that selling of the product is low, which hinders demands and sustainability.

“If the farmers get Moringa leaves and seeds, nobody to buy on a regular basis, they will be discouraged to continue planting Moringa.

“Presently, we have only a company called Vidsa Multiventures Ltd. and it is demanding for Moringa leaves.

“If the company is not making money out of it, it will be reluctant to take more leaves,’’ Ojediran said.

The chairman also urged the Federal Government to ban the importation of sub-standard Moringa products.

“In the market, we have so many imported Moringa products, although they are not as good as our product, you know that Nigerians prefer to have something from outside.

“I will like to suggest that the Federal Government should protect locally made Moringa product.

“If the manufacturers in the country are protected by banning Moringa product entering the country, then the farmers will benefit because the home manufacturers will demand more leaves and stems.

“But for now, the demand is not sustaining the farmers’’, he said.

Mr. Daniel Maliq, a Moringa farmer, underscored the need for industries and other relevant companies to buy Moringa product.

“We need industries that will be taking Moringa leaves from us. If they can take the leave every seven weeks, it will be better and we, as farmers will be happy because it will sustain our livelihood,” he said.

Wema Bank opens branch in Lagos, Ogun, Ekiti Wema Bank has announced the opening of three new branches located in Lagos, Town Planning way ilupeju, Lafenwa in Ogun State and ABUAD, Ado Ekiti with a grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting held at the ilupeju branch, 48a, Town Planning Way Ilupeju.

Present at the opening ceremony, the new Managing Director of Wema Bank, Ademola Adebise stated, “the opening of the new branches will help strengthen Wema Bank’s presence competitively at the various location to easily provide our products and services to the residents and business owners of these vibrant areas.”

The new Lafenwa branch now located beside Oando Filling Station, Bridge Street was relocated from 1, Lagos/Abeokuta road while the ABUAD branch Opposite Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti was relocated from the Talent Recovery Centre, Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti.

The bank assures that the managers and their teams are available Monday through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m to assist existing customers as well as those who would like to learn more about Wema Bank products and services. All branches are also fitted with ATM galleries that are accessible 24/7.

To find the nearest Wema Bank branch to you, you can use the branch locator on the Wema Bank website at www. wemabank.com/branch-locator.

Damaged Overland Airways aircraft at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos... on Friday

Fire guts Overland Airways aircraft inside hanger in Lagos A turboprop aircraft belonging to Overland Airways was on Friday severely damaged by fire while parked at the airline’s hanger at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

The ATR aircraft, with registration number: 5N-BPE, was being powered by the Ground Power Unit (GPU) when the incident occurred.

However, there were no casualties due to the swift response by the firefighters from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

Mr Sam Adurogboye, the General Manager, Public Affairs, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), said that the regulatory authority had been notified of the incident and was awaiting the airline’s report.

He, however, added that “it was a minor incident and there were no casualties. We are still waiting for more details from the airline.”

Also, the Spokesperson for the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Mr. Tunji Oketunbi, said the bureau’s investigators have been deployed to the scene to ascertain what led to the incident.

Unions end siege as Bi- Courtney recalls 27 sacked workers As airlines, other businesses lose over N300m

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2) and agitating unions have reached an agreement ending the two-day siege that has cost airlines and other businesses lose a minimum of N300 million.

BASL acceded to the demands of the three unions that shut down their operations as both parties signed the agreement that snowballed into the current picketing.

In a letter signed by the Group Executive Director, Roger a whittle and Group Head a Human Resources, Ola Azeez, addressed to the unions titled: Re:15-Day Ultimatum to Recall and Reinstate Workers the management of BiCourtney agreed to the unions’ demands as follows: “Staff of BASL are free (as they have always been) to exercise their right of association by indicating their willingness to join any of the aviation unions. The management shall deduct and remit check off dues as required below.”

“The 27 members of the union who were laid off shall be recalled without loss of pay or service and deployed to where their services are required within the Resort Group. After that, the company intends to declare them redundant and is willing to discuss their redundancy benefits with the unions in accordance with Section 20 of the Labour Act” The Air Transport Services Senior Staff

Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) shut down the operations of the terminal.

According to the unions, until the 20 sacked workers of BASL were reinstated the industrial action will continue indefinitely.

The workers were sacked in February for indicating interest to be part of one Union or another and this did not go down well with labour as they took the matter up negotiating to get them recalled.

Before the agreement was reached it was learned that airlines operating from MMA2 to various destinations in the country include Dana, Aero, Arik, Med-View, Azman, Max Air had lost over N300million in revenue.

One of the airlines’ officials, who craved for anonymity, said: “For now, we have lost over N63million to the ongoing industrial action and losing much money in an industry where airlines are still grappling with a myriad of challenges is unacceptable and disappointing, to say the least.

We do not know how the situation will be in the coming days and we might have no other option than to downsize if the action stretches for too long.”

However, with the agreement reached, the airlines that relocated would move back to their base and recommence services from there.

At the negotiating table were the Nigeria Police, Department of State Security (DSS), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Nigeria Drug a Law Enforcement Agency

(NDLEA), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the warring parties.

Meanwhile, Dana Air has resumed flights at MMA2, with the introduction of cash top-up for Guests.

The airline in a statement signed by its Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa said, “we have resumed flights from MMA2 following the agreement reached by MMA2 and the Aviation Unions today.”

‘We thank the Management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited BASL, operators of MMA2 for considering the economic implications and for putting the national interest first in resolving the industrial action.

‘We also wish to thank our teeming guests for their total understanding and cooperation in the course of our temporary relocation to the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) and we hope to continue offering the best of our services which we have come to be known for.”

Kingsley noted that as a result of Dana Air’s core values of improving customer experience, and knack for customer-centric innovations, the airline has also introduced a ‘Cash Top-Up’ concept for members of its loyalty and reward program Dana Miles.

According to him, ‘the Cash Top-up allows our Dana Miles members to top-up their miles with little cash to enjoy the hospitality of our economy or Business Class cabin. Our interested Dana Miles members are advised to visit our website: www.flydanaair.com or do an email toDanamiles@flydanaair.com, 72 hours before their preferred flight.’’

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Our mission at Legacy is to enthrone godly leadership in Nigeria – Martins Chief Kenny Martins is a politician and an activist. He is also the Grand Patron of Legacy Initiative International, otherwise simply known as Legacy, a group that has saddled itself with the responsibility of returning Nigeria to a path of godliness in leadership. The group is working with religious leaders across board to enthrone a set of political leadership in the country that will emerge with the fear of God in mind. In this interview with PATRICK OKOHUE, Martins speaks on how his group is working round the clock across the country to achieve its goal.

There is so much uncertainty in the politics of the country and you recently launched a new group, Legacy Initiative International, aimed at redirecting the peoples’ outlook on politics, approaching politics with the God factor in view, what do you aim to achieve with this?

Well, in your introductory statement you said that nobody knows the direction that the politics is going, well I will say that the politics is going towards 2019 election and there is a lot of clamour, we got here because of the clamour for change, but as we speak there is still further clamour for change, but change in which context? Because if it is just change in the context of political parties you will see that won’t take us far, because we have had almost 20 years of democracy now and we have had two major parties that have come into contention and taken power, yet our clamour for change has not abated, which means something is just not right, so we believe that this evasive solution since independence will not be solved by further political party change, but it can only be changed by a comprehensive national re-orientation, redefinition of leadership qualities and those who will be entrusted with power.

Until this is done we can’t get it right.

Fortunately or otherwise, you cannot manufacture new Nigerians, that means the actors cannot change, so we believe that the only thing that we can bring that can change the situation is for Nigerians to finally turn to God and find God fearing leaders, those who will think of God first, the nation and the people next and then think of themselves in the context of rendering service and delivering the dividends of democracy. There is no doubt that democracy is the panacea, that is what we know.

Since independence we have tried regional governance, having regional leaders, we have tried military government who rule by decrees and in the last 20 years we have tried democracy, full blown democracy, but nothing has changed, instead we are worse off in 2018 than we were in 1960.

That is why we have gone round the country and talked to those we consider the custodians of the

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people’s conscience and belief, that is the religious leaders, both Christians and Muslims and told them that we all know what is wrong with this country, we don’t need to start doing catalogues or start writing thesis over the problems of Nigeria, we all know them, we live them, we dream them, those problems, but can we proffer enduring solutions, can we work out a template whereby if our leaders get to power they will

learn to deliver.

What separate Nigeria from the United Arab Emirate for example, when Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo and Gen. Murtala Mohammed dreamt of the relocation of the national capital to Abuja, the same time, the leaders of those emirates got together, Dubai, UAE and the rest of them and they also dreamt of a nation where everything works. Today for instance Nigeria is closer to Abuja that works in

terms of infrastructure, security and other things, but have we been able to create a country that works?

No. We can also see the standard of roads built in Abuja today.

There was a little time towards the end of Abacha’s government when there was effluence, which was waste on the street, it was quickly corrected and by the time Abdulsalam came in and Obasanjo came in that was totally eliminated, all the waste in Abuja flows down

When you look at all these countries that are working and that have worked, you can cite UAE, you can cite Saudi, they run based on the fear of God. Even America, the constitution says a nation under God, you hear a million times in their constitution and their national dynamics they don’t hide the fact that it is a godly nation. Go to the UK, you cannot separate the state from the church, from the royal house you cannot, in our own case we have pretended and tried as if God does not matter and that is a mistake.

to one central place, kilometers away where it is processed. I don’t know about Abuja now and boreholes, as for power that is a national problem. In essence if Dubai can work from scratch, UAE can work from scratch where they now have Qatar Airline, Emirate Airline, Ethiad Airline, all of them coming out of that same decision, that time that those two leaders took that decision, while we took a decision for just Abuja, now our national airline is gone, our security is gone, our infrastructure is gone today, what is wrong? It is simple, it is the quality of leadership, we have resources as they have, we have the manpower like they have, we as a people have the dreams, the yearnings and aspiration like the rest of the league of nations globally, but how come we cannot realise our own dreams?

That is why we are challenging these crops of leaders, the Christians and the Muslims to look at power and good governance, not about partisan politics, no they will not be part of PDP, APC or whatever, but let them join in choosing the right leaders when these parties have come up with their candidates. You can see the problem of choosing leaders in this country, you do not have to be a President until you have a billion dollars, that cannot work, you cannot think of being a governor until you have at least N100billion, that cannot work, you cannot think of being a senator until you have at least N10billion, that cannot work, ditto for councilors and local government chairman. When those people get to power the first thing they want to do is to recoup their money, so we believe that with these kinds of leaders, the Christian and Muslim leaders looking into all these parties and interrogating the candidates chosen, who can be pointed at the grassroots, those the people believe in and they can assist in the emergence of these ones into position of leadership.

But, when it gets to a point that people raise their hands in surrender and say God help us, it seem defeatist, have we gotten to that point? Secondly, when you talk of turning to religious leaders, it is generally believed that Nigerians are very religious

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‘Our mission at Legacy is to enthrone godly leadership’ Continued from 17 people, but not necessarily godly, how do we reconcile this?

When you look at all these countries that are working and that have worked, you can cite UAE, you can cite Saudi, they run based on the fear of God. Even America, the constitution says a nation under God, you hear a million times in their constitution and their national dynamics they don’t hide the fact that it is a godly nation. Go to the UK, you cannot separate the state from the church, from the royal house you cannot, in our own case we have pretended and tried as if God does not matter and that is a mistake. We are a very highly religious country, from the mosques, the churches and its various denominations, very religious, but it also says in the Bible and also in the Quran, faith without action is zero, so it is time we bring the practicality of those things we preach in the pulpit into governance, let us create a template through these men of God of what it takes to run this country and what we expect of our politicians, let them be governed, let be interrogated, let them be measured, let them be scored and marked by those templates against their performance. As neutral arbiters, as conscience of the nation, let those leaders score those people and where they have done well allow them to go on and show them red card when they are not performing, let us have for ones the dynamics of this country, let us have consequences in politics, for now there is no consequences in politics. If you become a governor and you rob your people, the worse that can happen is you lose election, you will not even lose your election, you won’t lose that second term, you will just pack your bags and baggage and defect to another party and take the things you have taken to offer the people peanuts and because they don’t have guidance, nobody is chaperoning their choices and motives and they are hungry they take your N10,000, N5,000 to N2,500, like some people paid so much money in recent elections up to N500,000 to voters and delegates and they vote and sell you their conscience for the next four years and you rob them for another four years under another party platform or same party and nothing happens.

So, let us start questioning and querying our leaders, not necessarily the ICPC, EFCC, Police, SSS, no, let’s leave all those ones, let them face the more challenging issues of security, let us become the conscience of the nation, which is what Legacy is saying, let us by ourselves query these people and we can only do that by putting the right people in power abinitio, those you have tried and trusted. But when

you have people, charlatans, not charlatans because they are poor, not charlatans because they lack quality upbringing, not charlatans because they are not educated, no, but those who have predetermined before coming to power and offer billions to win the election, because they are determined to recoup it billions of times over, we need to put a stop to that and there is a way we can do it.

There is a concern because in recent times, perhaps some of the political leaders pre-empted this kind of idea, because you see them going to some of the popular religious leaders, going to camps and all that to kneel before those ones for prayers and when that happens there members seem to see it as endorsement, so how do we ensure that with what you are spearheading, that politicians don’t take advantage of the people because of their religious beliefs?

We will even encourage those politicians to come to all those camps and get the religious leaders to endorse them, but when you come you are presented with a template, with a charter of the people. You have come now for endorsement, we are praying for you, but as we are praying for you, this is what it takes and when you get there and you fail we will be watching you from this church as your constituency, you will never get our votes again if you fail us.

Before now they just pray for them and they go and you don’t even have a way of talking to our people to vote for them, but now those religious leaders are saying we cannot be giving you our blessing without some conditions, even in the Bible there are condition, when God said you shall be my people, it said provided you shall do this and do that, so it is now we input those proviso, but these religious leaders are now saying, we shall bless them, we shall anoint them, but we shall also put a caveat, that you are going but these are what we expect of you and if you fail you should not expect our blessing next time. Because you can’t change

two religious bodies will happen, because in the Christian world we have talked with people like Bishop Oyedepo, Baba Aladura of C and S, Prelate of Methodist, Primate of Anglican, the Cardinal of the Catholic church, Arch Bishop Onayekan and so many others, the CAN president, the PFN president, a lot of all these people, we have been in Ibadan, in Abuja, we have gone round the country and incidentally we even have very vibrant and viable diaspora arm, because those externally are enamored by what is going on and they believe there is a possibility of is a critical change and we are building that critical mass that will finally deliver the true change in this country in terms of selection of true and effective leadership, so we are working on that.

the actors, you can’t manufacture new people and the churches cannot become political parties, no. Four of you can come and the church can now decide that based on this and this we pray for all of them and they will say it openly, that based on ABC, X is the best as God is leading us and as we have seen, so our people, we blessed all of them but X is the factor. So, it is time the church, the Mosque takes decision and even traditional religion people are saying they should not be left behind, as they believe their own get results faster, so it is getting interesting.

So, the leaders of faith, those leaders who are godly are now getting together to say we will not stay aloof, stand back and look from a distance, we shall monitor what is going on, because ultimately we are responsible to God and to the people, just as the leaders are responsible to God, this time it is even higher, because

they are responsible to God and to their own conscience, so they can’t stand it anymore because the cry of 200million people is getting to them, things are not working, Nigeria of 2018 is worse than Nigeria of 1960, its worse than Nigeria of 2000, its worse than Nigeria of 2012, why?

You talk about a template, how well are you mobilising with the religious leaders across the divide to put together this template, because there is need for a unified template or isn’t that right?

Yes, we have gone very far, we have had rubbing of minds with most of the critical leaders of the church and also among the Muslim world, the likes of the Sultan of Sokoto, the Etsu Nupe, the Emir of Kano, the Emir of Zaure, very eminent people like that and they are all waiting for when this round table between the

Now those religious leaders are saying we cannot be giving you our blessing without some conditions, even in the Bible there are condition, when God said you shall be my people, it said provided you shall do this and do that, so it is now we input those proviso, but these religious leaders are now saying, we shall bless them, we shall anoint them, but we shall also put a caveat, that you are going but these are what we expect of you and if you fail you should not expect our blessing next time

How ready are you to protect your vision to ensure that politicians don’t infiltrate your ranks to sing their praise to the leaders of these groups to ensure that when it is time for endorsement they are favoured?

We have conveyed a round table of Christian leaders and we will soon convey a round table of Muslim leaders, thereafter there will be joint meetings of these two leadership groups on a table and we name that table altar of spirituality and on this altar of spirituality these people will agree on a template that they are all commonly working on, of the their expectations of the political class and political leadership in terms of goods delivery, dividends of democracy, performance and all these indicators will be spelt out, leaders will be expected to adopt this charter.

What do you want to buy over in that and even if by any chance you buy it over and you come and lie that you will perform, you are going to take the position and time does not last, four years is already up now for the people in power, so if you think you have fooled them your performance will reveal who you are, the opinion of the people and the leaders will say who you are, your own constituency will reveal who you are and once you have failed them there will be no decamping anymore, because it will be tough for you to decamp from party ABC to party XYZ because you have failed on ABC platform, you won’t be able to take your loot into another party because the people will say no we want somebody else, so I believe it is a near full proof approach to ensuring emergence for a crop of leadership that can be called truly tried, tested and proven, whose ultimate aim is to deliver to God, to the nation and to the people and naturally by themselves, that is why we talk about legacy, what legacy are you planting and leaving behind, what legacy?

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SNA Lagos chapter marks “October Rain” Stories: Chris Onuoha The Society of Nigerian Artists, SNA, Lagos State chapter has consistently lived up to its billings engaging art practitioners, members and the general public to discern the evolving phenomena in art practice.

This state chapter, which has stood out as a touch bearer to the SNA national’s visionary art movement charted a course with an annual art stampede called “October Rain.”

From its inception, the initiative has assiduously welded the body into a formidable group that has given art and art practice a meaning in the country and beyond, bringing out the vibrancy, recognising the founders and icons of the movement and as well placing Nigerian Contemporary art in the global view.

Last week, the chapter unveiled the 2018 edition of the “Rain.” At the briefing attended by the members of the planning committee headed by Michael Fasakin, chairman of the organising board alongside others, reiterated its stand to push the initiative higher.

The 2018 October Rain will open from October 20 running till 26 holding the Thought Pyramid Art Center, Norman Williams, Ikoyi, Lagos.

The Lagos State chapter Chairman, Idowu Sonaya sounding very optimistic stated that this year’s annual event is unique: in the sense that a greater homage is paid to the first president of the Society of Nigerian Artist, Prof Yusuf Grillo and another big name Abayomi Berbers.

Addressing the media, Sonaya stated; “It is great pleasure for me to see that the annually organised October rain exhibition by the Society of Nigerian Artists, Lagos State chapter is again being sustained. Moreover, it happened to be our second major event after my administration took over from Dotun Alabi’s administration in April this year.

The first was the ‘SNA Week,’ which was organised in August 22 to 25, in honour of the ace painter, Kolade Oshinowo as a continuation of his 70th birthday anniversary.

“For three consecutive years, we have been organising the October Rain in honour of our elites in the visual arts community. In 2016, the Rain was centred around the Late Sammy Olagbaju. In 2017, it rained as a mark of honour on Late Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi. This year’s rain will eventually fall torrentially in honour of two Nigerian Artists Icons, they are Prof.

Yusuf Grillo and Prof. Abayomi Barber.

Prof. Yusuf Grillo is being honoured for his iconic roles in visual art education and visual art practice in Nigeria. Moreover, it is meant to celebrate his unflinching support to the development of SNA as a professional body over the years at both national and state levels. It is noteworthy to mention that Prof. Grillo was the first and founding President of SNA National in 1963. Prof. Abayomi Barber in his own class is being honoured as he clocks 90 years old, on October 23, 2018.

He was born on October 23, 1928. He is

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highly regarded for his pioneering role in starting a visual art training school at the University of Lagos in 1973, with Muri Adejimi as his first student. It is a great joy that University of Lagos is today blessed with a vibrant faculty of Creative Arts.

“On the other hand, this year’s October Rain has recorded over 100 artists as participants who happened to be icons in their own right, with over 100 artworks. The list ranges from the Legends to the Masters. We have such legends as Kolade Oshinowo, Banjo Fasuyi, Bruce Onabrakpeya, Nike Okundaye, David Dale and Abayomi Barber on display. We also have works from various contemporary masters of our time, they include, Abiodun Olaku, Bunmi Babatunde, Sam Ovaraiti, Olu Ajayi, Kunle Adeyemi, Mufu Onifade, Oladapo Afolayan, Dotun Alabi, Damola Adepoju, Idowu Sonaya, Ajayi Porter, Bolaji Ogunwo, Udenta Omoligho, Stella Mofunanya, Micheal Fashakin, Anthony Nwalupue, George Taylor and many other masters, both young and old.

“October Rain exhibition has served as platform for young artists to launch themselves into stardom over the years.

It has maintained a reputation of high level of professionalism in creativity and craftsmanship. These qualities are evident in the works that will be on display via thorough scrutiny executed by the exhibition committee jury. I am very sure that those who would walk into this exhibition space at The Thought Pyramid Art centre on October 20, 2018, will be filled with plethora of pleasure,” concludes Sonaya.

Yabatech and University of Munichen Germany takes art of fashion to African cities Yaba College of Technology, Lagos in collaboration with Institut Fur Kunstegeschichte, Munichen, Germany will be engaging fashion designers, scholars and professionals in a research project workshop tagged; “Workshop on Fashion and Style in African Cities: Lagos and Douala Project.” It is scheduled to hold at the School of Art, Design and Printing, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos and will be running from October 16 to 18, 2018.

The research workshop, a collaboration between the two institutions with participants drawn from some African cities comprising Lagos, Accra and Douala will see designers and scholars engage in an incisive discourse patterning the evolving trend in fashion industry in the Sub-Saharan Africa.

According to the local organising committee headed by Dr. Kunle Adeyemi, Dean, School of Art, Design and Printing, Yaba College of Technology in a press release stated: “The workshop is to discuss fashion and style in this cities: fashion and style that have evolved focusing on historical, environmental and political perspectives. The panel of discussion which will be led by the notable speakers from Germany and United States will also analyse how these key areas has influenced

the fashion and style across Sub-Sahara Africa. The speakers are Professor Kristin Kastner; Professor Kerstin Pinter; Alexandra Weigand from Institute Fur Kunstegeschichte, Munichen, Germany and Professor Victoria Rovine from Department of Art and Art History, Adjunct Faculty, Department of African American & Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. Others include Professor Frank Ogiomoh, University of Port Harcourt; Okechukwu Nwafor, University of Michigan; Basile Ndjio, University of Douala, Cameroon; Odessa Legemah, Fashion editor, Berlin; Dr. Kunle Adeyemi, Dean, School of Art, Design and Printing, Yabatech, Mike Omoighe, HOD, Fashion Design Dept, Yabatech, FADAN president among other scholars from Yabatech and Nigerian Universities.

According to Dr. Adeyemi, there will be seminar session, keynote speeches and a closed session by the panelists that will analyze and compile the discourse into a communiqué for research purposes. The concept will have contents that will include intimate internal discussions, joint readings, presentations, public lecture for researches, academic and industry.

Students from Universities of Lagos, Port Harcourt and Delta States will be participating.

Also there will be a film screening session tagged: “Eko for show: a history of Lagos fashion by Bolaji Kekere Ekun to hold at JazzHole, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi while the lectures and speeches take place at Yusuf Grillo Auditorium, Yabatech.

He also stated that the driving vision behind this project is to know the focus of fashion and styles particularly in our cities and be able to as a researcher take those findings down and build on the success that were achieved and also look for new ground for other meaningful development in that sector. The workshop will however, boost the newly created Fashion and Design department in the School of Art, Yabatech.

Dr. Adeyemi also noted that fashion being a major aspect of human existence, there is need to discuss its relevance and develop the industry to grow. According to him, “Fashion is a major aspect of human life. Christians call it raiment. When Philosophers talked about the needs of man, they mean ‘food, shelter and clothing.’ If it is one of the core need of human existence, then we need to discuss it over and over to show its relevance and development as a money spinner to boost our economy.”

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Gernot Rohr: Super Eagles need all 6 points against Libya Having missed out of the last two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations back-to-back in 2015 and 2017, Super Eagles Franco-German Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, insisted yesterday that Nigeria must pick all six points at stake in the AFCON 2019 qualifying clash with

Libya to stand any chance of topping the group.

Eagles are playing Libya’s Mediterranean Knights on the Match-day Three of the AFCON 2019 at the Akwa Ibom Stadium in Uyo on Saturday and follow up with the reverse fixture in Sfax, Tunisia four days later.

But after rounding up the team’s Thursday training in Uyo, Rohr made it clear to Eagles that nothing short of outright victory in both matches will be good enough for Nigeria’s aspiration to return to the summit of football in the continent.

“I believe we have the players here to earn a decent result and then go and give their all in Libya for another credible outcome.

“We need the points now; we cannot pretend about that. If we pick the points in these two games, we will be very close to the AFCON ticket,” stressed the gaffer who is going to miss

the presence of his inspirational captain, John Mikel Obi. He admitted that it was great that after Nigeria dropped all Match-day One opening round three points to South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, Super Eagles went to Seychelles to grab maximum points.

“It was good winning in Seychelles the way we did.

We got the result we needed and it should serve as a good motivation to continue winning when we play Libya,” Rohr noted.

Also speaking on similar note, President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, called on the three-time African champions to give joy to the country’s teeming football lovers by pocketing all the three points on Saturday.

“It is important that we win in Uyo on Saturday in order to fly with the same momentum to

Tunisia for the return leg.

“Victory in Seychelles last month has restored our campaign and we must capitalise on the good feeling to get close to a ticket. Victory in the two matches will not only take us closer to 2019 AFCON ticket, it will provide us with the verve we need to go and win in South Africa in November.”

South Africa defeated Nigeria 2-0 in Uyo on the opening day of the qualifying series in June 2017, and it is a result that still rankles with the average Nigerian football fan.

Meanwhile, group leaders Libya has now opted to fly into Nigeria today as against the earlier plan of arriving Uyo yesterday.

The delegation is scheduled to arrive the Ibom International Airport in Uyo aboard a chartered aircraft this morning.

Referee Jean-Jacques Ndala

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Ngambo, alongside compatriots Olivier Safari Kabene (Assistant Referee 1), Nabina Blaise Sebutu (Assistant Referee 2) and Malala Kabanga Yannick (Reserve Referee) – all from the Democratic Republc of Congo arrived Lagos yesterday and will be flown into Uyo this morning.

The match commissioner, Mr. Andy Quame from Liberia, as well as South African Dan Van Vuuren (security officer) and Malian Koman Coulibaly (referee assessor) will also arrive in Uyo today.

Ahmed Musa: I shunned offers from European teams in favour of move to Al-Nassr Former Leicester City forward Ahmed Musa has hit back at critics of his move to Saudi Arabia outfit Al-Nassr following calls for him to be dropped from the national team of Nigeria, where he is the first vice captain.

Musa made a big money to Saudi Arabia based Al-Nasr from English Premier League outfit Leicester City after his exploits for Nigeria at the World Cup in Russia ‎despite Nigeria exiting the tournament at the group stage.

He finished as Nigeria’s top scorer at the tournament with two goals

from three games and according to the forward he could have remained in Europe after the World Cup but decided to move to Saudi Arabia.

Offers poured in for him from teams in Europe but the 25 year old said he decided to move to Saudi Arabia on his own and defended the move by saying football in Asia is on the rise.

Furthermore he insist that it’s all about playing well wherever you play if you want to get called up to the national team, suggesting that one must not play in Europe to ‎get invited to the senior national team of Nigeria.

‎”My move to Saudi Arabia is not much a big deal for me. I had so many offers from teams in Europe but I decided to go to Saudi Arabia.

Football is not only played in Europe, Asian football is doing very good. It’s all about doing very good”, Musa said.

“It’s not about playing in Saudi or in China that will make the coach call you. If you are doing well then you will be called. Now that we are here the focus in on getting a good result against Libya and hopefully we will get the results we need from both games”.

Henry Onyekuru determined to Kennedy Boboye quits as Plateau United coach make Nigeria proud Nigeria international Henry Onyekuru is eager to make his country proud as the Super Eagles gear up to face Libya in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Uyo on Saturday.

Gernot Rohr’s troops play host to the Mediterranean Knights in a Group E showdown at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium this weekend, before the reverse fixture in Algeria on Tuesday.

The Super Eagles suffered a surprise 2-0 defeat at home to Bafana Bafana last year before a 3-0 thumping of the Seychelles last time out.

They now set their sights on a Libyan side rocked by their coach’s departure days before back-to-back matches against the West Africans.

“We know what the coach wants from us which is to give our very best against Libya, that is exactly what we intend to do in both games,” Onyekuru is quoted as saying by NFF’s official Twitter page.

“We will work very hard to win and make our nation proud.”

Onyekuru is currently on-loan at Turkish giants Galatasaray from English Premier League club Everton.

Coach Kennedy Boboye has parted ways with Plateau United, according to a report.

The gaffer quit his post after the expiration of his two years contract.

According to Boboye: “I have parted ways with Plateau United, my two years contract has elapsed.

“It is really a great feelings to work with such big team like Plateau United, a wonderful experience I must say, it’s sure going be a memory that will not fade all through my life time.

“I cherish every moment spent as a head coach in Plateau United.

“Not forgetting the high point of my career with Plateau United by winning the league title

as a coach.

“I want to thank the technical director coach Ahmed Ibrahim for the wonderful support giving to me all through my stay with Plateau United and also the General Manager Mr Pius for his kind gestures.

“I can’t forget the players who stood by me.

They were my driving force because without them I wouldn’t have achieved these much.

“I also say a big thank you to the wonderful fans of the club for their relentless support.

“We are like a family, in the rain, in the sun, in every stormy challenges, we stood firm with each other, having our hand together to fight to reach our goals and dreams together.”

George Weah watches on as Liberia lose 3-1 to Congo in Nations Cup tie

Liberia’s President George Weah watched on as his country’s national team lost 3-1 to hosts Congo in 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying.

The former world footballer of the year played in an international friendly for Liberia in September.

It was a first win in Group G for the Red Devils and lifts them to four points, leaving Liberia bottom of the pool with 1 point after three matches.

The two sides meet again in

Monrovia on Tuesday.

DR Congo and Zimbabwe are the other two teams in Group G and they play on Friday in Kinshasa and then on Tuesday in Harare, both nations have four points from their opening two game.

Weah watched on as Merveil Ndockyt converted a cross on 15 minutes to give the hosts the lead at half-time in Brazzaville.

Norway-based Sam Johnson levelled two minutes after the

break with a powerful shot that was warmly applauded by Weah, whose played for Monaco, Paris SaintGermain and AC Milan.

However Congo’s win was sealed with goals from two Princes – Ibara headed home after 62 minutes and Oniangue in the final minute of the game.

Liberia defender Kemoh Kamara also attracted attention by wearing gloves despite the temperature being 31-degree Celsius (87 Fahrenheit) temperature.

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Thierry Henry in advanced talks with Monaco over head coach role Thierry Henry is expected to agree a deal to become Monaco head coach within the next 48 hours, Sky Sports reports.

Talks are at an extremely advanced stage and though a deal is not fully concluded yet, both parties are hoping to settle on terms over the weekend.

Monaco sacked Leonardo Jardim on Thursday with the club 18th in Ligue 1 and having won only once this season.

Other names on Monaco’s shortlist were former Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte and River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo.

Since winning the French title in 2017, Monaco have raised almost half a billion pounds by selling players such as Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City), Tiemoue Bakayoko (Chelsea), Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid), and Fabinho (Liverpool).

Henry, currently assistant manager of the Belgium national team, started

his playing career at Monaco in 1994 and he was part of the side that won the French title in 1997 under Jean Tigana.

He ruled himself out of the running to replace Steve Bruce as Aston Villa manager before Dean Smith was appointed earlier this week.

Usain Bolt scores two goals for Central Coast Mariners in trial Usain Bolt has marked his first start for A-League side Central Coast Mariners with two goals against Macarthur South West in a preseason friendly.

Bolt, the 100 metres world record holder and eight-time Olympic gold medal winner, joined Central Coast on trial in August in a bid to win a contract.

He scored his first in the 57th minute, putting Central Coast 3-0 up with a powerful left-footed finish.

And his second goal came in the 68th minute when Bolt capitalised on a defensive error to tap home from

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“My first start and scoring two goals, it’s a good feeling,” Bolt said after the game. “I’m happy I could come here and show the world I’m improving. I’m keen to be a Mariner, to play my best and get into the team.”

The A-League season begins next weekend, with Central Coast away to Brisbane Roar on the Sunday.

Bolt retired from athletics after the 2017 World Championships and has been eager to forge a new career in professional football.

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Novak Djokovic wants tennis Super World Cup Novak Djokovic wants to see a tennis “Super World Cup” and strongly suggested that he will join Alexander Zverev in skipping the new Davis Cup finals.

A new-format Davis Cup finale is slated for a week in Madrid in November 2019, but it has been controversial with some fans and players.

Zverev, the world number five, said at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday that he will not compete in the men’s team event because it comes at the end of a long season.

Third-ranked Djokovic agreed on Thursday that the timing was “really bad”.

He is backing instead the rival ATP World Team Cup, set to take place weeks later at the start of the 2020 season in Australia.

Speaking in Shanghai, the 31-year-old Djokovic said there was

“confusion” with the two competing events coming so close together and being so similar.

Asked if he would compete in the Davis Cup, he replied that “I’m not 100 percent sure at the moment”.

“I just feel like the date of the Davis Cup is really bad, especially for the top players,” said Djokovic, echoing the strong sentiments of Zverev a day earlier.

“Between the two, I will prioritise the World Team Cup because that’s a competition of ATP. “But also I think and I hope that there will be a larger discussion between the players to understand how we are going to approach these two competitions.

“Or hopefully we can make it to the point where we can have one big ‘Super World Cup’, if you want to call it (that), or whatever it is, because that’s the best thing for our sport.”

Yokohama to host 2019 IAAF World Relays Japan will now host two of the biggest events on the athletics calendar in successive years after the choice of Yokohama for the 2019 IAAF World Relays.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said in a statement on Friday that its Council voted this week to award the 2019 edition of the World Relays to Yokohama.

Already preparing to host the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan will now welcome the athletics world a year earlier.

It will host the IAAF World Relays at the Yokohama International Stadium on May 11 to May 12.

After The Bahamas Government confirmed that it would no longer be able to offer the financial guarantee necessary for the event in Nassau, the need for a change arose.

Several member-federations then contacted the IAAF directly to express their interest in hosting the 2019 World Relays.

Following very careful consideration, Japan was considered to be the preferred location.

The first three editions of the IAAF World Relays, in 2014, 2015 and 2017,

were held in the Bahamian capital, which proved to be an exceptional host of the new event.

Speaking on the development, IAAF President Sebastian Coe thanked The Bahamas for its key role in establishing the World Relays as a successful competition.

He then welcomed Yokohama as only the second city to host the event.

“I am delighted that Yokohama has stepped in to host our youngest World Athletics Series event and I am confident that they will do an outstanding job in spite of the short preparation period,” Coe said.

“Several of our member-federations expressed interest in hosting the popular IAAF World Relays next year and I thank them for their efforts.

“This confirms the appeal of what is a very entertaining team-based competition with a unique spirit.

“Japanese crowds are renowned for their enthusiastic support and I am sure they will give our athletes a tremendous reception next year.

“This will also be a great opportunity for our athletes to experience the culture and conditions of the host nation little more than a year before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

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