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ÏÏÏ The National Caretaker Committee (NCC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has joined other Nigerians in welcoming President Muhammadu Buhari

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The NCC of the PDP, while praying for the president’s complete recovery, however advised the Presidency to be more transparent in managing the health issue of President Muhmmadu Buhari.

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tickets at the Kubwa train station in Abuja may mar the good intentions of government to bring to the masses, swift, comfort and pleasurable ride.

Investigation has shown that ticket clerks attached to the train stations, especially in Kubwa, have taken undue advantage of the in-

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Osun accuses banks of frustrating tax collection Sodiq Adekunle, Osogbo

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Osun State Government has warned some commercial banks against of frustrating collection of taxes, levies and other related charges through them.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Osun Internal Revenue Service (OIRS), Mr. Dayo Oyebanji, gave the warning

at a stakeholders’ meeting held with the management of banks in the state, including the state Accountant General and Auditor General both for state and local governments across the state.

Oyebanji alleged that the unwilling attitude of some banks’ officials in collection of taxes, rates, levies and others related charges by the affected banks is frustrating and sabotaging

government’s effort to generate more revenue in the state for the purpose of infrastructural development in the state.

The OIRS boss explained that report has reached the board that some banks licensed to be collecting taxes and levies are fond of complaining of bad internet network whenever people come to pay their taxes and levies, adding that the attitude is frustrating and out

to sabotage government’s projects and payment of salaries to workers.

He said further that some banks also were found to be deliberately delaying the collection before transferring the money into the coffers of government, thereby slowing down the collection and distribution of money.

Oyebanji noted that the incessant excuses of bad internet network is not

tenable to the government, adding that banks are not expected to delay people that want to pay taxes and levies and issuance of automated revenue receipt for them.

He however charged residents of the state that anybody paying should immediately verify the validity of the receipt at the board office or any tax station of the board.

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BEDC official, father of three electrocuted in Ondo

Clashes: Ooni declares 3-day fasting, prayer for normalcy in Ife

‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

Sodiq Adekunle,

ÏÏÏ It was a sad weekend

in Ondo West local goverrment area of Ondo state as a casual worker with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, was electrocuted.

The deceased identified as Mr. Kolawole, was said to have died while connecting a faulty cable on an electric pole behind a new residential building at the Government Reservation Area (GRA) at Itanla on Ondo/Akure road.

Some residents who further confirmed the incident to the Daily Times explained that the shocking death of the BEDC official has already caused stir among residents of the community.

A close source told our correspondent that the late BEDC worker and father of three kids was a regular customer to landlords especially to the new residential houses in the area.

Following the death, sympathizers trooped to the scene of the accident discussing in groups over the untimely death of the BEDC worker.

Daily Times gathered that residents of the area are currently mourning over the death of the electricity worker who love doing his job with passion despite risk associated his profession.

Family members who also confirmed the painful death of the late BEDC worker told journalists that the members of the Electrical Contractor Association of Nigeria (ECAN) Ondo town branch, have paid their condolences.

relating to fraudulent receipt or revenue leakages should be reported to his office, immediately.

He further called on tax defaulters across the state to do the needful by paying all their outstanding revenues to the coffers of government as soon as possible, stressing that at the appropriate time, the board will not hesitate to deal with defaulters according to the law.

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Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (m); commissioner of police, in charge of Mobile Forces Headquarters, Abuja, Ahmad Bello (l); deputy commissioner of police, State of Osun/acting CP Aminu Koji (r), during a courtesy visit of the Inspector General of Police special investigative panel on Ile-Ife crisis to the governor, at the Government House, Osogbo… at the weekend.

Recession: Group empowers FCT residents

... Urges Nigerians to embrace technology Tom Okpe Abuja

ÏÏÏ As a result of the current economic recession in the country and parts of efforts to cushion the situation, a firm, Top-up Africa limited has empowered some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on how to use their mobile phones to create wealth.

The residents from various part of the city however left the venue with free recharge cards of their choice to start with.

Addressing the gathering at the weekend in Abuja, convener of Citizens Action to Take Back Nigeria (CATBAN) Comrade Ibrahim Garba Wala, who was a guest speaker at the event said technology is bringing to Nigerians a lot of solu-

tions to some of the challenges people are facing in this period of recession.

“We are busy looking for solutions for many things but many people do not know that through technology they could get solution to medical situation, security and some other challenges in our immediate homes”.

While commending the organizers for what he described as a life impacting empowerment program, Comrade Wala said lack of information has kept many people in the dark, hence the need for more of such empowerment.

“The opportunity technology is bringing to us is enough to empower millions of people. It is enough to give us solutions to various challenges of life. What Top-up Africa is introduc-

ing to us is a reality, it is not a magic but something that will be beneficial to us”.

The Business Manager of Top-up Africa, Mr. Henry Chima, said his organization is an empowerment platform; “It is a Mobil wallet that we have created which will help people who download it to sell airtime, DSTV, Internet subscription and electricity recharge to other people and make profit on it”.

He said, “This is the best opportunity now that the country is in recession, the economic situation in the country is one that people can actually use Top-up Africa to get out of it.

“With recession or not, people still make calls, subscribe for data, recharge meters and use airtime, so that is a virgin market for anybody to tap into.

“Top-up Africa gives five percent profit on every recharge you make which is an opportunity for people who do not have job and want to make more income for themselves”, he added.

He called on all Nigerians who have smart phones to immediately download the Top-up Africa to start making money instead of using their phones for unproductive ventures.

A participant, Victoria Benjamin who spoke to newsmen at the event commended the organizers of the empowerment program saying, “The event has given me opportunity to start using my phone to make money even as a student”.

She called on Government at all level to encourage this empowerment program often

Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has declared a three-day fasting and prayer period for restoration of peace and harmony in Ile-Ife. Oba Ogunwusi made the declaration through his deputy, Oba Idowu Adediwura, the Obalufe of Ife kingdom, on Sunday, in Ile-Ife. He said the royal father, who travelled to London on Saturday, sent the message to him to be delivered for all and sundry, adding that the Ooni believed that “with God, all things are possible”.

According to him, the fasting and prayer will commence from Monday, March 13 to Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

The monarch who said “a tree cannot make a forest, assured that divided we will fall and united we will stand.”

He appealed to Christians, Muslims and other traditionalist, indigenes and non-indigenes to stand up and cooperate with him to fight the devil in the land.

“Ife is a cradle of Yoruba’s, Niger Delta, Urhobo, Hausa among other tribes that live in Ile-Ife and diaspora, saying we are Nigerians, which should not forget the origin,” Adeyeye added.

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flux of passengers to form a cabal in the issuance of tickets to passengers.

As a result of the comfort and privacy offered at the first class coach, ticket clerks have started hoarding it on the pretence that there were no available seats on first class but will tell passengers that they can secure seats for them if they can bargain with them by adding extra money.

Air passengers with flight booking details were transported free of charge in a special coach. This has led to ticket clerks taking undue advantage of passengers’ influx to resolve to hoarding.

For instance, a ticket clerk may request for extra N300 outside of the normal fare of N1, 500 to produce a first class ticket he claimed

was not available.

Aside this ugly development, air passengers going to Abuja, en route Kaduna, seem to prefer the trains buses provided by the federal government on free of charge bases. As such, the railway station located at Rigasa area of Kaduna state is now a beehive of activities as passengers throng the station, led by Kaduna State security personnel known as “Operation Yaki.”

Although, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has put in place road safety facilities along Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, which were established to address the anticipated traffic challenges following closure of Abuja airport and diversion of air traffic to Kaduna airport, air passengers are yet to yield to such assurances.

For instance, few days to the clo-

sure, FRSC established eight new outposts, bringing the number of FRSC commands along the corridor to 21 with four ambulance points.

Daily Times gathered also that apart from the outposts, well trained personnel were appropriately deployed with the relevant logistics, including patrol vehicles, tow trucks and ambulances.

Some of the passengers, who spoke to our Correspondent, pointed said they prefer the trains to the buses because the former seems to be quicker, safer and more reliable.

Speaking on his experiences on the Kaduna-Abuja journey by train, a driver to a domestic airline, Umar Ahmed said arrangement by the government has been okay, so far.

“The journey is okay and I’m

most particularly happy that it is free of charge. The trains are good looking and the movement to and fro Abuja has been commendable. I appreciate efforts of the government in that regard.

The only advice I have for them is to sustain the tempo, even after the six weeks period of the Abuja Airport closure.”

Expressing satisfaction with the general level of preparedness and cooperation from the government, another air passenger, James Bako, who rode in one of the coaches from Kaduna to Abuja, said with the level of sensitisation already given to the transport operators and travellers, coupled with the facilities deployed for flight diversions, he did not envisage any major challenges within the six weeks Abuja airport would remain closed.

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ÏÏÏ Lagos Sate governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, at the weekend, said the proposed Bus Reform Initiative aimed at giving Lagosians an integrated public transportation system, would kick start this year with a sinking fund of N30 billion.

He said his administration had identified the challenges Lagosians went through on a daily basis commuting via public transportation, saying the reform was aimed at providing a viable alternative.

But in another development, the Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Rotimi Lateef Abiru, dispelled the rumour making the rounds that the State government was planning to ban commercial yellow buses known as “Danfo” within the metropolis.

Abiru, who represents Shomolu Constituency II, said there was no truth in the rumour that Governor Ambode had given the nod to the ban and that the State Assembly had supported the idea.

The lawmaker, who was speaking at an open programme, explained that Lagos had attained the Mega City status, saying the current governor would not settle for anything less than high standards of a model city for Lagos.

He stressed that one of the priorities of the administration of Governor Ambode was to create job opportunities and such a determined leader would not do anything that would lead to loss of jobs in the State.

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“Government has tried so far.

With the level of sensitisation the past few days, I don’t think there will be issues with passengers transiting to Abuja through Kaduna. Personally, I decided to use the train instead of the bus because it is faster and safer,” Bako said.

Another Abuja based air passenger and a business man, John Adim, pointed out that passengers are afraid to use the buses because of high rate of kidnappings and deadly robbery attacks along the Kaduna-Abuja highway.

According to Adim, many lives and properties have been lost on that particular road due to various robbery attacks and activities of evil men.

He however, advised the government to increase the number of security patrols in each of the road corridor, just as he warned the Minister of Aviation to ensure that the six-week period proposed for the flight diversion, was not extended.

Another passenger on the train, Johnson Okogbo, traveling from Rigasa-Kaduna to Kubwa, Abuja, after his arrival from Lagos via Kaduna, complained bitterly about the low speed of the train and the crowded nature of some of the coaches, except the first class, which attracted the highest fare of N1, 500.

Expressing his preference to travel by train than road as result of convenience, he urged the government to introduce fast moving trains into the system.

“The ride is a bit boring, I was thinking it was going to be a faster train than this but government has to improve on it by bringing in fast moving ones.”

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Wike, NDDC boss mourn late Ogbemudia Amaka Agbu,

Port Harcourt

ÏÏÏ The governor of Rivers State, Barrister Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has described the former governor of the defunct Mid-west and Bendel States, Late Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia, as a development champion, who contributed his quota to the growth of country.

Governor Wike said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, weekend, and signed by his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, that he received news of the death Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia with shock, noting that the late former governor passed away when Nigeria was still profiting from his wisdom.

He paid tribute to Dr. Ogbemudia for his commendable and distinguished service to the coun-

try as a military officer, patriotic politician, leader and sports promoter.

Governor Wike condoled with the immediate family of Dr. Ogbemudia, the people of Edo and Delta States on the demise of the former governor and prayed God to grant the family and the good people of Edo and Delta States the courage to bear the loss.

Also, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, said he received with deep sadness, news of the demise of the great Niger Deltan, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia, at 84 years.

Mr. Ekere recalled the late former governor was called upon to serve as military governor of the old Mid-west State in 1967 at only 35 years and displayed, throughout his tenure, an uncommon maturity, wisdom, courage, pragmat-

ic vision, dedication to service, and unflinching commitment to the Nigerian nation, at a time of deep national trials, helping to steer Nigeria to peace and a time of prosperity.

The NDDC boss stated that the time of the late Ogbemudia still resonated in the history of Edo and Delta States, which were carved out of the old Bendel State, as a time of great achievement and development and the Niger Delta region, in particular, and Nigeria, in general, would miss the acuity of his vision, the strength of his commitment, the nobility of his loyalty, and the beauty of his humanity.

He said the deceased left behind a great void that would be difficult to fill. “He leaves behind a body of work, a library of vision, and a roadmap of engagement with the people that cannot wholly be emu-

lated. But he leaves also a guiding light by his endearing love for his people and service to humanity, which will continue to show us all the way to go. It fills us with hope that we can duly serve our people and help fulfill their dreams.

“At the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), we will continue to take a cue from his work and his example, as well as comfort in his legacy, to continue to work to facilitate sustainable regional development and help create the new Niger Delta of which he dreamt and contributed in no small measure to actualize.

“We convey our deepest condolences to the governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Godwin Obaseki, as well as the good people of Edo State for this very sad departure. And we commiserate with Mr. Sam Ogbemudia Jr. and the entire Ogbemudia family, for

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Abuja flight diversion hits major huddle Continued from page 6 vealed that they were more women on board from Rigasa to Kubwa and Idu, just as passengers preferred the first class to the other coaches as a result of comfort and privacy.

Another passenger, Samaila Ahmed, who boarded the train from Kubwa to Rigasa, told our Corre-

spondent that government should pay more attention to the rail system with a view to improving it. He said he has been using the train since it was launched last year by the president.

It was also learnt that the train stations were becoming rowdy and disorganized on daily basis as soon as trains arrived for boarding following the influx of pas-

sengers as result of diversion of air passengers to the rail transportation.

A management staff with one of the aviation agencies in Lagos, who was on the train and does not want his names mentioned, told Daily Times that he has no business with road transportation as long as the trains were operating.

Recall that the trains

were ordered by the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in 2014 as part of his government’s resolve to better the lots of Nigerians, although the trains arrived during the Muhammadu Buhari administration and commissioned in November 2016.

Last week, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) commenced four services,

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Counter terrorism: UN trains 34 NCAA, FAAN aviation security personnel Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

ÏÏÏ In order to effectively mitigate the threat posed by terrorist organizations to civil aviation as well as combat the spate of terrorism threats globally, the United Nations Aviation School Project has commenced training of all Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel in Nigeria.

The training is currently holding at both FAAN Training School in Lagos and at the NCAA Training Hall in Abuja.

The UN-initiated programme comprises of 34 aviation security personnel from both Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). While NCAA has four (4 nos), FAAN, which provides security surveillance at all the airports has thirty (30 nos) participants.

A total number of 25 countries were considered and Nigeria was chosen for the pilot programme.

This is in appreciation of its clear and well-documented road-map on developing the aviation sector, with particular emphasis on safety and security.

The training program, in a statement signed by the General Manager Public Relations of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Sam Adurogboye, will also provide a key element for a robust national aviation security policy to meet global standards in infrastructure, safety and security.

In addition, this initiative would enhance the capacity within the UN system to help interested member states to implement the multiple dimension of countering terrorism.

The 120-day training tagged ‘’Train the Trainer’’ commenced on Monday, March 6, 2017, simultaneously in Lagos and Abuja.

The train the trainer programme is being anchored by Redline Assured Security Company of United Kingdom on behalf of the UN, while the Director General of the NCAA, Captain Muhtar Usman, is coordinating on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

The UN project coordinator is Mr. Douglas Melvin and the four Aviation Security trainers for Lagos are Neil Coull, Clare Broolley, Kelly Porter and Ish Rahman.

It will be recalled that the UN General Assembly adopted the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy on September 8, 2008. Aviation School Project is one of the programmes for implementation.

daily, with flight timings at the Kaduna airport with increase in fares. The coaches, which used to attract N600 and N900, now go for N1, 050 and N1, 500 respectively.

Investigation has however shown that majority of the air passengers, especially the domestic passengers, opted for rail despite that government had also made arrangements for transportation by road from Kaduna to Abuja on arrival of every flight.

Managing Director of NRC, Mr. Fidet Okhiria, in a telephone interview, told The Daily Times that the management will take necessary actions against anyone hoarding tickets at the railway terminus.

Okhiria said investigation will be conducted immediately and any officer found to be involved in such an act, would be dealt with.

Meanwhile, car hire operators at the airport are not finding business favourable as passengers have deserted them following availability of free bus rides provided by the government.

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ÏÏÏ Security operatives and members of civilian JTF volunteer group have intercepted a pregnant suicide bomber and another woman in Borno State.

The two female suicide bombers, it was gathered, were subdued when they refused to surrender and attempted to attack a security post.

The incident occurred in Ummarari village along Mulai axis of Maiduguri – Damboa road on the outskirts of Maiduguri.

The spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in North-East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said that the rescue workers have evacuated the bodies of the suicide bombers.

“When we got the alert on the incident, the NEMA emergency workers in collaboration with other stakeholders moved to the scene and evacuated the bodies,” Ibrahim stated.

A civilian JTF was injured during the encounter but is responding to treatment after his evacuation to the hospital, it was gathered.

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NCC, CBN secures reprieve for Etisalat on debt crisis Tony Nwakaegho

ÏÏÏ The Central Bank of

Nigeria (CBN) and telecom regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been able to get reprieve for Mobile Network Operator, Etisalat after the meeting convened to find a quick resolution to the loan default crisis between the company and some banks.

The meeting held at the CBN Office in Lagos, recently had the consortium of banks being owed and Etisalat in attendance.

The banks and the mobile network operator agreed to concrete actions for a quick resolution, thereby halting the attempt by Etisalat’s creditors at bringing it under any form of take over.

Mr Godwin Emefiele,

CBN governor, who presided over the meeting declared what needed to be done by both parties towards a quick resolution.

On its part, the NCC stated that everything necessary must be done to protect the 23 million Etisalat subscribers and the telecom industry to prevent potential investors from developing cold feet.

However, a meeting has been scheduled to hold March 16 to agree on a payment restructuring arrangement in order to ensure that Etisalat remains in business while the consortium of banks meet their obligations to their customers.

The NCC is also billed to lead the CBN in a possible meeting with Etisalat’s shareholders soon.

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (r), presenting sprayer to one of the beneficiaries, during the launching of the State’s Fadama III agric scheme in Kurfi village of Kware LGA of Sokoto State… at the weekend.

Edo, Delta to give Ogbemudia state burial

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The Edo and Delta states are collaborating to give the ex-Bendel state military and democratic governor, Dr. Samuel Ogbomudia, a state burial, it was gathered.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state who met with the Ogbemudia family to pay condolence to the family, announced this at the weekend. The decision to bury the former governor was according to his wish to be buried immediately, it was learnt after Governor Obaseki met with some family members.

Wife of late Dr Ogbemudia, Clara and his eldest son, Samuel Ogbemudia (Jnr), received Governor Obaseki at the family residence in Benin City.

The governor advised the family to respect the wishes of the late Ogbemudia and urged them to begin prepa-

rations immediately.

He also informed the family that their father would be given a state burial, while hinting that Delta State has already indicated interest to participate.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Governor Obaseki described Dr Ogbemudia as a hero of Edo and Delta state.

He said, “He is a father of modern Edo. He represents everything we have today.

The infrastructures we have today in Edo and Delta are attributed to him.

“We grew up to know him as our leader, our hero and our Governor. As a student at Eghosa Grammar School, he would come, wake us up, and lead us in morning exercise. I could not have gotten through the electioneering without his support. He adopted me. In my first meeting with him, he gave me a pack of notebooks and asked me to take notes as I go round.

Niger govt establishes media, information mgt c’ttmm Saka Bolaji Minna

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of Information, Culture and Tourism has set up a Media and information Management committee to ensure adequate media coverage of the state government developmental activities.

The Commissioner, Mr Jonathan Tsado Vatsa disclosed this to Journalists that the committee will comprise of the media executives and practitioners in the state with the mandate expand the scope of media highlights of government programmes , He disclosed that the committee will be chaired by him while the secretary of the committee will be the Managing Director of the state owned newspapers Malam Abubakar Ndaman.

Mr Vatsa noted that the committee will design a sustainable strategy that will use the restoration agenda of the present administration of Mr Governor Alhaji (Dr) Abubakar Sani Bello as a vent to adequately engage the people of the state and

keep them well informed.

The Commissioner reiterated that “this team of practitioners and administrators will lubricate the information management machine of the state, ensure that the people are well informed on our development strides, which we all agreed is unprecedented” “it is all agreed that Mr Governor is delivering in all his campaign promises, so the development of the state is going on seriously, the people must be made to know and understand these tangible and intangible development going on for them to key in , so this committee will re-invigorate the mechanism that will make the people know, understand and key into our government restoration agenda for growth and development” he stated.

While appealing to the members of the public to shun rumours, he stated that it will be counter productive if people deliberately paddle rumours to cause disaffection and apprehension hence the need to keep the people well informed.

B’Haram: Nigeria to validate action plan on extremist groups ÏÏÏ The

Federal Government has in furtherance of efforts to prevent and counter violent extremism in Nigeria, concluded plans to validate the framework and National Action Plan (NAP) for de-radicalisation and countering of extremist groups like Boko Haram terrorists.

To this end, the constituted Working Group on developing the framework and NAP for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in Nigeria will meet this week to validate the draft framework.

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), with support from Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme (NSRP), coordinated the work of the Working Group in a process that involved stakeholders from line ministries, departments and agencies, non-governmental organisations, religious leaders, youth and women

groups, and the academia.

According to the communication manager of NSRP, Mr. Chinedu Anarado, in a statement, said the framework is designed to address the conditions conducive to violent extremism, build the evidence base for prevention programmes and ensure partnerships in countering violent extremism.

Anarado in the statement disclosed that work on the document began in August 2016 with the inauguration of the group followed by a strategic workshop in October 2016.

This, he said, was followed up by key informant interviews and a review of international good practices in preventing and countering violent extremism.

“Work on the framework and National Action Plan was carried out by a technical team comprising inhouse experts and personnel from ONSA, NSRP and international consultants.

The team was led by Professor Alemika of the University of Jos,” he stated.

Similarly, coordinator, Counter Terrorism Centre (CTC), ONSA Commodore Yem Musa, said framework development process was consultative and ensured that local knowledge of the drivers of radicalisation “informed our strategy to prevent and counter violent extremism.”

Musa further said by coordinating the process, ONSA is responding to the requirement of the Terrorism Prevention Act, as amended in 2013.

He said: “We are confident that the new framework, following validation, will open up space for engagement between government and civil society, including religious and community leaders in preventing and countering violent extremism.

“Its implementation will complement the success

of our armed forces as we partner for safer and resilient communities.”

According to him, the framework set for validation defined the full range of efforts that are complementary to ongoing counter terrorism efforts.

“Through what the framework called a ‘Whole-of-Gover nment and a Whole-of-Society Approach’, Nigeria is by this framework also responding to the call in December 2015 by the United Nations Secretary General to member states to develop national frameworks and action plans for preventing violent extremism.

“The new framework seeks to deter recruitment into violent extremism; engage, rehabilitate, reintegrate persons associated with violent extremism, while countering extremist narratives through several communication platforms,” he added.

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My team will change the narratives in the Niger Delta Region ...Ndoma-Egba Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma- Egba (SAN), recently took over as chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The astute politician cum administrator wasted no time in hitting the ground running. And as a proof of his commitment to ensure that the Commission lives up to its responsibilities, he quickly unveiled a 21-point agenda that captures his vision for the region and the programs to accomplish it. In this interview, TONY AILEMEN captures his views on the strategic plans to stabilize the troubled region, using the NDDC......Excerpts.

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: As an accomplished politician and one, who is very close to his community, your decision to accept the job of Chairman, NDDC board, did not surprise anyone because many see it as an opportunity to fulfill your vision for the commission. Can you give us some insight into this vision?

My vision DDC is returning it to its original mandate of being the driver for an integrated, though diversified regional economy. When President Olusegun Obasanjo launched the Niger Delta Master Plan on March 7, 2007, 10 full years ago, he captured the essence of the plan as a “plan to facilitate the rapid, even and sustainable development of the Niger Delta region into an economically prosperous, socially stable, ecologically regenerative and politically peaceful area.” That vision remains as valid as it was then as it is now.

The NDDC is an interventionist institution set up to halt degradation and other crises resulting from exploitation of natural resources in the Niger Delta, to what extent will your headship of this organization translate into positive result for the region?

We are changing the narrative of the commission and the region by refocusing it to its original mandate. The public perception of the commission today is all about contracts. As soon as someone greets you, the next question is “chairman, when can I come for a contract?” The business or mandate of the commission will certainly involve the award of contracts but the contracts should be to achieve a strategic plan and not contracts for the sake of contracts as it appears to be the situation now.

The impression from outside is that there is so much money from the government going into the region for developmental purposes but with very little results achieved. Do you think the NDDC is well funded?

I agree that much more ought to be visible and ought to have been achieved than what we see. I keep saying that with what has been spent in the region, if we cannot look like Dubai, we should, at least, have looked like Bahrain. The commission could do more if the federal government paid its dues but the more important issue is how we spend the money we get and on what. For me if there is no master plan which is being faithfully implemented, we will continue spending without a plan and without achieving tangible results. Our spending should be strategic to achieve medium and long term pre-determined goals. Prudence and accountability should be our watch words.

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Many stakeholders had lamented what they see as contractor’s impunity in the region as contractors engaged to execute projects in the region hardly take their jobs seriously, hence the low level of contract executions. Are there measures being put in place to check this anomaly?

Contractor impunity is caused by many factors; weak systems and processes, the volume of contracts, which translate to a ratio roughly of 50 contracts to one technical staff, governance, accountability and transparency issues. More importantly is the budgeting process. Because the master plan is not being implemented, the commission’s annual budget, rather than being an incremental step towards achieving the master plan, has rather become an ad hoc exercise. You hardly find sustainable provisions in the annual budgets for a project from commencement to completion. There might be a provision in the first year of project, for the payment of mobilization and no provision in subsequent budgets for the continuation of the project. It is for those reasons that we are revisiting the issue of the master plan, to either draw up a new one or update or upgrade the existing one.

We are also introducing reforms to strengthen our systems and process, especially our procurement processes. We have engaged the Bureau for Public Sector Reforms and the Bureau for Public Procurement respectively in this regard. Our development partners, particularly the European Union, have shown interest in the master plan.

Looking at the budgetary constraints at the moment, what advice do you have for the people of the region, considering their huge expectations from government?

We have to audit our projects, prioritize

and streamline them so that we can clean up our books by removing needless liabilities.

The level of poverty in the region remains high despite several interventions from government, with70 per cent said to still live below poverty line and unemployment hovering around 40 per cent.

Can NDDC really make any impact in this regard?

These issues are being endorsed more vigorously with the acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, driving the process. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has been very visible in this, as have been the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usaniand, the coordinator of the Amnesty Program, General Paul Boroh. The NDDC on the other hand is daily involved in the resolution of the issues of insecurity, vandalisation and pacification. It will remain a collaborative effort as securing peace and development in the region are paramount.

The level of poverty in the region remains high despite several interventions from government, with70 per cent said to still live below poverty line and unemployment hovering around 40 per cent.

Can NDDC really make any impact in this regard?

We are determined to change the narratives.

Not many believed you will dump your party, the PDP, when you left. How has it been since you joined the APC. I have been at peace.

Looking back at the time you spent in the National Assembly as a Senator, what would you say was your greatest achievement in the Senate?

My greatest achievement was giving my people a voice, which actually was the only campaign promise I made. I had 39 bills, over 12 motions to my credit and I attracted 74 projects from World Bank through African Development Bank and Federal Government, Central Bank projects. I also got companies like British American Tobacco and MTN to do projects in my constituency. Most importantly, I spent every single day in the Senate usefully. I facilitated the employment of about 200 persons in federal agencies. These are all on record.

As a distinguished former Senate Leader and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) with track records of remarkable achievements, if tomorrow comes, what legacy will you want to be remembered for at the NDDC. A Niger Delta Development Commission that is a regional developmental body that will create an integrated diversified regional economy and not a commission that is perceived as a contract awarding factory or site.

Lagos lawmakers denounce ‘smear campaign’ against their leader Patrick Okohue

There is an uneasy calm in the Lagos State House of Assembly as most of the lawmakers are angry over an attempt by some persons to create crisis in the House through a smear campaign against the House and its leadership allegedly by some lawmakers having sympathy for one of those who lost out in the speakership race of the House.

It was learnt that there have been attempts in some quarters to smear the image of the House and particularly that of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa through publications of malicious stories in some online channels, most of which have turned out to be false or deliberately doctored to represent the real situation.

In one of such stories, it was alleged that the Speaker was at loggerheads with the most senior member of the House, Hon Adebayo Osinowo popularly called Pepper. The publication also alleged that the Speaker is not having a good relationship with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under which he holds the position while his aides were alleged to be owed salaries of several months.

These have however proven to be false.

In the first instance, it became obvious that there was never any rift between Osinowo and the Speaker. In fact, at the time the story broke, both Osiniwo and the Speaker were on vacation abroad.

Images of the Speaker and Pepper in the UK were released to that effect.

It has also been proven that it is the state government who pays monthly salaries of the aides of the Speaker and none of them is owed any salary.

“I’m a staff of the Speaker and I can confirm to you that I’m not being owed any salary as my emoluments are paid as at when due. Moreover, it is the state government who pays our salaries and I can confirm to you that none of us is owed any salary or allowance,” Musbau Razak, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker confirmed.

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The choice before President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country a few days ago and confessed that he is indeed very sick and not strong enough to function in the interim as President. He also disclosed that he will be going back to the UK in three weeks for further medical checkup. By this, he countered the lies told by government officials that the president was hale and healthy. In this piece, EMMANUEL IRIOGBE, examines the implications for the country by the president holding onto power.

President Muhammadu Buhari remains the only Nigerian leader that has commanded respect from both the common man (Talakawas) and the elites in the history of Nigeria since independence. He rode on this popularity to clinch the presidency in 2015, having gotten his hands burnt on three previous occasions in his attempts to become the country’s president through the electoral process.

Mother luck smiled on him when the progressives in alliance with the international community made his dream come true. He became president of the most populous black nation on earth and his victory was widely celebrated.

Soon after his ascendency to the throne, it became dogged with controversies with many in the land accusing him of favouritism. His Fulani kinsmen were seen as untouchables as atrocious acts by them in the maiming and killing of innocent Nigerians were ignored by him. The economy nosedived leaving it in a parlous state that ultimately led to recession. The blame game of heaping the country’s woes on the past administration festered for a while before Nigerians got fed up with the sing song that it was Jonathan government’s looting of the treasury that sent us into recession.

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President Muhammadu Buhari (right), meeting his ministers for the first time shortly after his medical vacation trip abroad.

Now came the sickness. President Buhari became incapacitated due to an undisclosed ailment that made him to be transported out of our shores. In a clear sign that his illness had become very serious, the president’s initial 10-day vacation he sought to be away turned into weeks. This was in clear variance with what his Special Adviser on Media, Femi Adesina, had described as a routine visit to his doctors in the United Kingdom for medical check-up, stating that the president was hale and hearty.

Then came the first postponement and tongues started wagging in the country with some persons proclaiming that the president had indeed died in London. Adesina, while trying to douse the tension in the land with regards to the true state of health of his principal, came out to state that Buhari “had planned to return to Abuja this evening (weeks back), but was advised to complete the test cycle before returning.

However, in a short statement, Adesina, in announcing a further delay in the coming of the president, disclosed that Buhari had sent a letter to the National Assembly indicating “his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.” The statement was silent on the exact date of the president’s return.

However, sources had it that the president may need to be absent from Nigeria longer than expected in order to undergo surgical procedures to address myriads of medical issues confronting the aged leader.

Then began the telephone conversations. Important dignitaries claimed to have received calls from the President.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo opened the floodgate of the lucky ones to have been called by Buhari. Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara did not only claim to have spoken with the President but embarked on a voyage to London from where they posted pictures showing them sitting with a smiling Buhari. One of them claimed that Buhari was in his usual humorous self of cracking jokes while the other claimed that a Buhari they saw was in perfect state of health. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, not to be left out confirmed that the President also called him and that he was in perfect condition. Leader of the ruling All Progressives Party, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu was also in London in company of the first chairman of the party, Bisi Akande, to see the president.

President Donald Trump of the United States of America (USA) was introduced into the whole drama as he was said to have spoken to President Muhammadu

“Ibrahim Babangida lost it all by refusing to announce MKO Abiola winner of the 1993 presidential election. If Babangida had handed over power to civilians, all his atrocious deeds to Nigerians would have been forgiven. Rather he chose to thread the part of ignominy by annulling that election”

Buhari on the same day the American leader spoke with Jacob Zuma of South Africa. The uncertainty in the land grew with the citizens insisting that their president must speak to them in order to douse the rumour of his death, instead of choosing to speak with a select dignified few. Nigerians became more befuddled and asked to hear their president’s voice, but all this to no avail.

His Vice, Yemi Osinbajo, acted in his stead this while and the man made giant strides in calming the tension in the land by paying visits to aggrieved zones like the South East where IPOB was in the forefront in the agitation for an independent Biafra nation and the Niger Delta, where frayed nerves was calmed over resource control.

Where Buhari failed, Osinbajo succeeded and most Nigerians, tired of not hearing from their president, prayed for an extended vacation for the Commander –in-Chief. Then came the news

by Adesina that President Muhammadu Buhari will be arriving the country.

Nigerians, having grown tired of the many lies surrounding the president’s health status and the likelihood of his returning back to the country, took the news with a pinch of salt.

However, when Nigerians were beginning to feel comfortable with Buhari’s absence, the man jetted into the country at 7.45am on Friday, March 10, 2017, landing at the Air Force base in Kaduna. His first speech on arrival put a lie to all the statements by those who claimed to have visited him and those that also spoke to him.

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was a young man, including the military with its ups and downs. I found out that technology is going so fast,” he said.

“Blood transfusion, going to the laboratories, and so on and so forth, but I am very pleased that we, when I say we, I mean the government and the people all over are trying to keep with technology.

“I couldn’t recall when last I had blood transfusion, I couldn’t recall honestly, I can say in my 70 years, I can’t remember this drug that Nigerians take so much, very common. I think one of our terrible things is self drug administration. We have to trust our doctors more and trust ourselves more. The places I visited they only take drugs when it is absolutely necessary, they don’t just swallow everything.”

Buhari’s confession that he was, indeed, not just being

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sick but seriously so has not in any way helped to douse the tension in the land. Though he has won the hearts of many of his critics and admirers, his health status leaves many people worried.

He has also admitted that in a couple of weeks, he will be trav-

elling back to the United Kingdom for further treatments and while in the country, he will continue to observe a deserved rest while his vice continue to rule the country.

This leaves the country in a novel arrangement where it is saddled with two presidents.

Now, the question pundits are asking is; if Buhari felt he was not medically fit to continue in office as the president, why bother to come back home.

Some mischief makers are of the opinion that he came home to stall any impeachment move by the National Assembly, who might use constitutional provisions of absence from duty for a period of time to remove him from office.

Ibrahim Musa, an Abuja based blogger, advised that Muhammadu Buhari learns from history. Hear him; “He must thread on the part of history to be remembered for good by throwing in the towel. It is obvious that due to health challenges, he can no longer continue as the President of Nigeria. History will celebrate him if he takes this heroic decision.

“Ibrahim Babangida lost it all by refusing to announce MKO Abiola winner of the 1993 presidential election. If Babangida had handed over power to civil-

ians, all his atrocious deeds to Nigerians would have been forgiven. Rather he chose to thread the part of ignominy by annulling that election. The result is the life of a recluse he was confined to live on his Hill Top mansion in Minna.

Let Buhari not thread the same path as Babangida. At death, Babangida will only be celebrated by a few elites that benefited from his regime and ignored by the common man (Talakawas}, who remain the true conscience of the nation.

Let Buhari learn from this.

“Wailers like me will celebrate him as an icon of democracy, if he chooses to resign now and allow his vice, Yemi Osinbajo, to continue where he stopped.

The days ahead will determine if President Buhari will thread the part of honour like the Brazilian foreign minister that resigned only recently due to health challenges.

There is need for regular review of nation’s electoral laws –Nnamani

Former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani is the chairman, Electoral Reform Committee. During the recent North Central Zonal public hearing on Constitutional Review by the committee in Jos, Plateau State, Nnamani gave an insight on the relevance of the Electoral Reform Committee. CHIJIOKE KINGSLEY who was there reports.

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: In the past, to amend the electoral law has been problematic, why do you think this is the case?

It is problematic because most recommendations by past committee has not been put to test, but this time around, Mr. President will like to leave an abiding legacy having been through electoral processes in Nigeria more than three times, this I can tell you because of his body language.

What aspects of the law will you say that needs reforms?

In the process of crafting a bill, everything cannot be anticipated, like in the case of Kogi State election, no one could have imagined that such scenario could have arisen that a candidate in the threshold of being sworn in drops dead. In this case what now happens, should the party conduct a fresh primary? Don’t forget that the running mate did not go to primary; it was the man who dropped dead that ran for primaries and after that chose a running mate. So like I said, those who crafted the bills couldn’t have anticipated all this because what happened was a significant one. With this you would agree with me that the electoral act need reforms from time to time, it should not be static given the changing nature of the country itself. Even the report we will come up with will eventually

require some panel beating after two or three years.

The North Central is not the first zonal hearing, from the feelers of previous hearing, are Nigerians ready for such reform?

Well, public hearing is not a political rally. It is not a situation you judge the success by the number of people in audience. You judge the success by the quality of presentation made and also by the quality of individuals in attendance. But however, we have had tremendous contribution in the three zones we have covered with Judges, Attorneys, Civil Society Organization, etc in attendance. Many of us believe very strongly that development starts from the ballot box, therefore if we respect the sanctity of the ballot box by allowing people’s vote and mandate to count and elections are won or lost at the polling unit and not at the court premises, Nigeria will be better off, not only in terms of money saved, but also in terms of the legitimacy of the election.

The sooner we get the process right such that winners are declared at the polling unit, which reflects the mandate of the people; Nigerians will have more confidence in the electoral process. Not waiting for two or three man tribunal to pronounce the winner. All the Judges that were picked recently were connected to election matters, so if we can get our electoral process right, judges will be free to

attend to civil matters and we will save so much money, because it has now become fashionable for politicians to reserve greater part of their budget for litigation and not for campaign and this is not good for our democracy.

If these reports garnered from the six geopolitical zones are implemented, will the ruling party be willing to accept this change, having been accused of wining most of its election through rigging?

The work we are doing now has nothing to do with political party, because one of the quality of a legislator, is the ability to think independently. The recommendation of the committee I am heading will be made to the executive and will pass through the National Assembly where we have representative of all the political parties. Laws are not meant for a person or a group of persons, it is rather made for all times. If you craft a bill with one person in mind, what if tomorrow, the person is no longer there, will you go back to craft another one? That is banana republic and we are more than that. The members of my committee are drawn from all works of life; some of them do not belong to any political party. So our recommendation will be a collective of what Nigerians want to see in the electoral reform, it has nothing to do with the ruling party.

There are people who do not belong

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to any political party and who will want to contest elections, but are being denied the opportunity because of the absence of independent candidacy, is your committee looking into it?

We have received recommendations on the same issue in all the geopolitical zones visited so far and the committee is analysing it, because the subject matter has been re-occurring and we are nearing a decision and the decision is also why we are having public hearing. We shall take it into consideration in preparing our final recommendation.

Not Too Young To Run Bill, what is your committee doing about it?

We are also considering the opinion and will include it in our recommendation because the agitation for it is also weighty in all the zones visited so far.

But my committee will also be looking at not only for a certain young age to be able to contest, but also to have a limit of a certain age of which if you attain you will not be able to run for a public office.

For instance, if you get to 70 years it is assumed that the law of diminishing returns sets in and with that you should not be seen running for a public office.

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Why Nigeria won’t float its currency -Emefiele Motolani Oseni

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that Nigeria may not allow free float of the local currency, the Naira, as the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has cited rising inflation as a reason why that might not be good for Africa’s largest economy.

Speaking while receiving the Vanguard Newspapers’ ‘Personality of the Year Award’ in Lagos over the weekend, Emefiele said a simple purchasing power parity analysis will confirm that the Naira is not as weak as the rate in the parallel market is suggesting.

Linking the call for floating of the Naira to Egypt’s experience, he noted that he is not convinced that Nigeria should follow suit, as that might in-

crease inflation, saying, “I have heard commentators suggest we should follow Egypt’s example and free the Naira.”

The Central Bank has faced criticisms from investors for keeping the naira at a rate some 30 percent above the black market, while entrepreneurs are forced to go amid dollar scarcity on official channels.

Commenting on calls for the free float of the naira exchange rate in order to address the gap between the interbank and parallel market exchange rates, Emefiele said: “Even if one were to allow for risk pricing and other uncertainties, it does appear that there is no basis in our economic fundamentals to support the prevailing exchange rate at the parallel market. The only logical explanation to the high rates in that

market therefore, is that a lot of illegal and criminal activities are being carried out there.

“Let me assure everyone listening that the CBN is acting in the best interest of ordinary Nigerians, regardless of the noise from the few entrenched interests whom our policies may be hurting.

Let me also reiterate the central bank’s willingness, determination, and capacity to continue to meet all legitimate transaction-based FX demands in the market. I obviously cannot be of help to people or businesses who are into speculative FX demands. My promise instead to this group, whether foreign or local, is that the CBN will make sure they lose money!”

On the challenge of rising inflation, high interest rate,

and declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Emefiele said: “In view of the fact that our current episode of inflationary pressure is coinciding with contracting economic growth, we have to recognize the dilemma it poses to policy making.

“This is because no single macroeconomic policy can address rising inflation and slow growth simultaneously, because tightening inflation may require implementing policies that might, in the short term, be inimical to economic growth, whereas, adopting expansionary policies to stimulate growth usually worsen inflation.”

“This is the reason the Monetary Policy Committee has, rather than concede to reducing rates, decided to hold its

position through the adoption of tight monetary policy and this is also the reason we have seen a deceleration in the rate of month-on-month inflation in the last couple of months “If we can approximate cost of capital as the average saving interest rate, which is about 6 percent, what then accounts for lending rates at 25 or more percent? It is cost of doing business. For example, a typical Nigerian Bank must employ the services of policemen and other security people deployed constantly to protect its branches. The bank must also provide a significant amount for reliable electricity and broadband Internet services to keep its systems running. These expenditures only further increase costs of doing business for lenders, a cost they must pass on to borrowers.”

Markafi’s caretaker committee welcomes Buhari back Ï6 Əƍ ƐƏ ƍ ƏƆ ƅƕ ƈ ƌ ƈ ƍƏƆ ƈƗƆ Ɛô Ɔ ƋƐ Ɛ ƐƑ Continued from page 1 The caretaker committee, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, pointed out that Nigerians deserve to know the health status of their president and how it’s being managed.

The statement said, “The national caretaker committee led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi, CON, on behalf of the entire PDP organs and family, nationwide, joins other Nigerians to welcome back the President and Commanderin-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari from the United Kingdom.

“We pray for the president’s complete recovery and advise the Presidency to be more transparent in managing the health of President Muhmmadu Buhari.

Nigerians deserves to know the health status of their president and how it’s being managed.

“In the same vien, we thank the acting president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, for holding forth creditably while the president was away; and urge him to continue to work assiduously to lift the nation out of this debilitating economic recession.

“To achieve this, all hands must be on deck. There is therefore the need to reduce political tension and bring all Nigerians together,” it said.

The NCC of the opposition party called on all Nigerians to continue to pray for President Buhari’s quick recovery and for wisdom for the acting president, Prof.

Yemi Osinbanjo, in the onerous task of steering the ship of state.

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Apo Six Killings: Families reject, protest court judgment Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÏÏÏ Aggrieved family members of deceased six Igbo traders in Apo, Abuja, at the weekend, protested against court judgment that set four accused persons free and condemned two to death over the killing in Abuja on June 7 and 8, 2005.

The protesters, crying for justice for their dead relations, matched from Maitama premises of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) in the Central district of Abuja.

Trial judge and FCT chief judge, Justice Ishaq Bello, had last week Thursday, sentenced two of the police officers: Ezekiel

Acheneje and Emmanuel Baba to death for the killing of Augustina Arebun and Anthony Nwokike at the Gaduwa Estate of Abuja.

The two victims had survived the initial shooting at Gimbiya Street, Garki, where their four friends they were riding in a Peugeot 406 car, died in the shooting.

The judge acquitted and discharged three police officers, including deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Alhaji Danjuma Ibrahim, who the protesters claimed was behind the killing of the four victims.

The leader of the aggrieved protesters, Chief Chimezie Ifeh, who is also chairman of Apo Trades Association, vehemently opposed the court’s decision on the matter.

Ifeh queried the propriety of the court judgment, saying,”The

real culprits of the gruesome murder of the Apo Six are left of the hook.”

According to him, “It was DCP Danjuma Ibrahim that orchestrated and executed our brothers and sister. But the same police officer and his cohorts were freed on Thursday by the court.

“We urge the AGF to appeal against the judgment and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book.”

A brother to one of the deceased Apo six victims, Mr. Edwin Meniru, told journalists that his brother’s death left the family devastated.

He disclosed that his father had died following shock from the gruesome murder of Chinedu Meniru, whom he said the father loved so much.

The protesters carried placards and banners with various inscriptions such as, “We want justice done in Apo Six killings, DCP Danjuma Ibrahim can’t go scotfree,” among others.

Addressing the protesters on behalf of the AGF, director of Legal Drafting at the Federal Ministry of Justice in Abuja, Mr. Tahir Hamzam, thanked the aggrieved families of the Apo Six for the orderly manner in which they carried out the protest.

The AGF promised to look into the grievances of the protesting families.

He appealed to the aggrieved families to remain law abiding, promising that judgment would be studied and appropriate steps would be taken to address the issues.

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Editorial Diversifying Nigeria’s sources of power

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hat Nigeria’s total power generation capacity is still below 5,000 megawatts is a well-known fact. It is, also, an incontrovertible fact that the country with 170million has the largest population in Africa Incidentally, all demographic forecasts predict the population to hit the 400 million mark by 2050, thereby making Nigeria the third most populated country after China and India. In spite of these scary forecasts, Nigeria still lags behind in the provision of power for her industrial and economic development. In fact, the country’s power output in relation to population ranks among the lowest in the world.

Surprisingly, past administrations had identified the impediments, which lack of adequate power poses to overall national development but made little or no efforts in addressing the handicaps.

This in spite of the fact that Nigeria has abundant resources such as natural gas, water, coal, solar, wind, biomass and even uranium for nuclear power. That is why the recent call by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, for the diversification of power generation in the country is very apt. According to the minister, Nigeria should extend her energy generation needs beyond natural gas, oil and hydro and venture into other alternative sources that are abundant in nature.

He said such diversification into available resources would reduce the country’s dependence on oil and gas, thereby setting the stage for sustainable development. We cannot but agree with this submission. This is because available statistics show that energy sources for crude oil stand at-36 billion barrels, natural gas-1.80trillion standard cubic feet, coal and lignite-2.7 billion tonnes, tar sands-31 billion boe, hydropower-14, 750 megawatt, solar-7.0 kwh/sq meters per day, wind 2-4m/s at 10m height, biomass 320 million hectares including unspecified quantity of uranium.

There is no denying the fact that any country desiring to industrialise, must

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have sufficient energy sources to achieve this. The problem is not the lack of energy sources in Nigeria but the political will to develop them for industrial and household use. Before the discovery of oil, Nigeria depended on coal and lignite for power generation. All that ended when oil and natural gas replaced coal, especially in the 1970’s. Even at that, generation and distribution of electricity was a Federal Government monopoly, which not only was inefficient but also avenues for rent seeking and massive corruption.

That led to outcries for their privatisation. We can say on good authority that even when such privatisation was to usher efficiency in the generation and distribution of electricity, the exercise was opaque and shrouded in mysteries.

That is why power output and supply remain at miserly level, while consumers pay exorbitant tariffs for power not consumed. Presently, energy companies are labouring under the weight of reduced power generation and lack of alternative sources to meet demands. It is therefore pertinent that such power sources as coal and solar remain the best options.

For example, Nigeria ranks as the seventh with the largest coal deposit in the world. Like her counterparts particularly South Africa, the United States of America, China, Indonesia, and Australia, Nigeria is overdue to join the comity of nations that generates power from coal. Moreover, unlike hydroelectric power station that takes from 6 to 8 years to build, coal-fire powered plants take less than three years to build.

Incidentally, about seven states have huge coal reserves with the potential to generate more that 6,000MW of electricity. It is, also, imperative that solar energy be explored as alternative source of energy, given that Nigeria boasts of unlimited sunshine all year round.

While doing so, we advise the authorities to seek out competent power providers with the competence and financial capacity to undertake such ventures.

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Skipper Eye-Q rolls out plans to improve eye care in Angela Onwuzoo

ÏÏÏ Nigeria’s health sector,

at the weekend, received a major boost as Skipper Seil Group in partnership with Eye-Q unveiled a stateof-the-art facility, known as Skipper Eye-Q Super Speciality Eye Hospital in Lagos aimed at providing a world class diagnostic, medical, surgical and optical ophthalmic services in Nigeria .

The facility was commissioned in Victoria Island by the Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade in the company of President,

Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Special Adviser on Entrepreneurship to Katsina State Governor , Alhaji Ibrahim Jikamshi; Publisher/Chairman, Daily Times, Mr. Fidelis Anosike; Chairman, Eko Atlantic Group, Mr. Ronald Chagoury, among others.

Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Founder, Eye-Q Eye Super Speciality Hospital, India Dr. Ajay Sharma, who rolled out various plans of the hospital to improve eye care services in Nigeria, said the hospital was established to assist Nigerians with visual impair-

ments regain their sight and to also save them the trouble of travelling abroad for treatment.

Sharma , one of the most renowned eye surgeons in India, said having such a facility in Nigeria was long over due considering the fact that 4.5 million adults in Nigeria aged 40 years and above, were visually impaired or blind, based on the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey conducted in 2005-2007.

He explained that in “a bid to enable more people to access medical care, the JV-Skipper Eye-Q Nigeria-

aims to improve medical services in the region. It is committed to deliver its services using the most advanced, progressive and highest standards of quality eye care at affordable price and we have a team of highly qualified and experienced ophthalmologists to provide the best possible service.

According to the World Health Organization(WHO),285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 million have low vision. WHO also

says that about 90% of the world’s visually impaired live in low-income settings like Nigeria.

Sharma therefore, said the hospital will invest $20 million dollars in eye services in Nigeria through the establishment of 30 eye centres in the next few years, which will further help the country to achieve the global eye health action plan 2014-2019, which seeks to reduce avoidable visual impairment as a global public health problem and to secure access to rehabilitation services for the visually impaired.

Already, he said Skipper Eye-Q Super Speciality Eye Hospital had started partnering with four states in the country; Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Cross River to improve their ophthalmology clinics and upgrade their facilities.

According to him, the hospital will be involved in the training of Nigerian doctors with ultra modern facilities on surgeries and different eye care so as to enhance their performance and services.

Apart from offering Corporate Social Responsibility services, Sharma also

Phasing out yellow buses: Lagos Assembly will stand with masses -Abiru Alade Tasma

L-R: Bishop Elliot Akinjinrin; Prophet Aseph Oyetakin, JP; Most Superior Senior Apostle Olusegun Oladokun; Most Rev. Apostle Samuel Ayodele, JP, and Most Rev. Apostle John Kolawole Kuboye, JP, in a group photograph after the Installation of Apostle Olusegun Oladokun as the Baba Aladura of Melototah Church of Zion at Mushin, Lagos… on Sunday.

Tambuwal flags off N1.56 be Fadama III agric scheme

ÏÏÏ Governor Aminu Wa-

ziri Tambuwal has flagged off Fadama III additional financing for the year 2016/2017 dry season intervention in Sokoto State.

The event, which held at Kurfi village of Kware LGA, will cover the 23 local government councils with a combined cost of N1.56 billion.

The programme is aimed at distribution of agricultural inputs equipment, agro-chemicals and other farm tools to ninety production clusters comprising 611 production groups across the crops value chain of rice, sorghum and tomato.

Speaking at the occasion, Tambuwal said his administration will continue to provide support to the farmers through the provision of subsidized agricultural inputs and equipment.

“We are providing enough fertilizer, seedlings, herbicide and pesticide.

Similarly, farm implements like water pumps and sprayers will be distributed to farmers at little or no cost to enable them deploy modern farming techniques in their farmlands,” he added.

The Governor said government will also continue to undertake people-orient-

ed programs aimed at supporting the entrepreneurship drive of the people.

According to him, Sokoto government has also gone into various partnerships with both national and international Partners for the conception and implementation of projects and programs that will have direct bearing on the socioeconomic life of the people.

He expressed appreciation of the state government to the development partners, especially the World Bank, for supporting the state to achieve various development feats.

While adding that the World Bank has been pro-

viding project grants to the state project office through the National Project Office, Tambuwal urged beneficiary farmers to utilize them for the intended purpose.

Earlier in his remarks, the state Commissioner of Agriculture, Umar Nagwari, said the state government has provided necessary support for the implementation of the project in the state.

Highlight of the occasion was the distribution of farm inputs to ninety production clusters comprising 611 production groups across the crops value chain of rice, sorghum and tomato.

ÏÏÏ The Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Rotimi Lateef Abiru, has dispelled the rumour making round that the State government is planing to ban commercial yellow buses known as “Danfo” within the State metropolis.

Abiru who is representing Shomolu Constituency II, said there is no truth in the rumour that Governor Akinwumi Ambode has given nod to the ban and that the State Assembly has supported the idea.

The lawmaker who was speaking at an open programme recently explained that Lagos state has attained the mega city status

and the current Governor will not settle for anything less than standards of a model city for Lagos.

He stressed that one of the priority of the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is to create job opportunities and such a determined leader will not do anything that will lead to loss of jobs in the state.

“What the Lagos state Government is planning to do is to rebrand the transportation system and also create more jobs with comforts for Lagosians and reduce the number of small buses on our roads and replace them with high capacity ones”, Abiru explained.

Federal varsity Lokoja to be centre for research on agric, mineral resources Idris Ahmed, Lokoja

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The Federal University Lokoja located in an environment that has vast potentials of agriculture and Mineral resources will be supportive to exploitation as a research oriented Institution.

Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Angela Freeman Miri, who disclosed this during her one year in office as the second Vice Chancellor of the institution said that the goal is to support the full exploitation of the agriculture ,solid minerals,oil and oth-

er naturalresources “In Lokoja and Kogi state in general solid minerals there is hardly no any resources that is not available.It is a centre of agriculture,solid minerals,oil and other natural resources.”

The Vice Chancellor regretted that with the potentials for generating power and maritime opportunities available in the zone,government either ignored or decided to over look them and therefore appealed to the Federal and state governments as well as the University Community to partner in order to achieve the goals of the institution.

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Cleric asks FG to halt Kaduna killings Alphosus Nweze, Onitsha

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The Primate of Chutch of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, has called on the Federsl Government of Nigeria to protect the lives of Nigerians across the country. by forestalling killings by illegal armed groups duchs Fulani Herdsmen. Archbishop Okoh spoke Weekend at Atani in Ogbaru Local Govetnment Area of Anambra Stste during the

dedication of Basilicica of St. James the great, Cathedral of Ogbaru Missionary Diocese.

The Primate said it was not only in Southern Kaduna that people were being massacred in this country, lamenting that everywhere in this country Nigerian citizens were mauled down every now and then.

Okoh said that against this backdrop of widespread killings pf Nigerians, the minimum demand of the church was

for the Federal Government to protect the lives of Nigerians in every parpart of the country.

He ejoinedd every Nigeria to continue to pray for the quick recovery of the President Mohammed Buhari, so that would offer Nigeria the leadership which was why he was given mandate, saying that nobody however was beyond sickness.

The Primate also called on the Government to help Nigetians escape this biting econonic recession

by initiating positive economic programmes and reforms.

Earlier in his sermon, the Primate charged priests not to approach the work of God with levity, rather they should be prayerful becsuse they were contending with so many powers.

“You cannot take it with levity.. Stand prepared by God for the work. Now that you have completed the physical building , the real work had just begun, to build men and women who are acceptable to God.

He advised the laity not to be instrument the enemy will use to disorganise the Church, stating “don’ get involved in chutch politics.

Don’t join people to do evil”.

Governor Willie Obiano in his speech commende the Primate and Ogbaru Diocese for the edifice, which he said will not only help in catering for the spiritual needs of the people but also in developong Ogbaru. He enumerated his government’s effort to lift the entire Ogbaru, including constructing a

road linking communities in the area with Rivers State through Oguikpelle.

The Anglican Anglican Bishop of Ogbaru Diocese, Rev (Dr) Samuel Ezeofor, expressing his happiness said with the completition and dedication of the Cathedral, the Lord has blessed their labour.

He said with the achievement made so far in this first decade of the creation of the Diocese, in the next ten years they would no doubt go further than this.

UCCIMA changes private businesses on trade grp registration Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

ÏÏÏ In a bid to protect and promote the rights and interest of private business owners, President of Ughelli Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (UCCIMA) Arch. Alfred Avwaruroro, has charged all private business owners to register their business in the relevant trade groups in their locality.

Avwaruroro, who spoke while addressing over 70 participants of the 19th harmattan workshop held at Dr. Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation Centre in Agbarho-Otor at the weekend, noted that in order for the private sector to drive the economy and have economic growth, all businesses must be registered in the organized private sector.

In his words; “Our economic backwardness is based on nothing less than ignorance. There are a lot of funds, CBN funds, International Organization funds that can be tapped to get a booming economy but the wherewithal to tap them is lacking because the private business owners are not aware of them.

Even when they are aware of them, the qualification of access the funds are not there.

“That is why we are preaching 100 percent collaboration. All private business owners should belong to a trade group.

What do we do in the organized private sector?

We fellowship regularly.

The various trade groups bring their reports and challenges and they can be discussed and solutions proffered.

He urged Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the executive Governor of Delta State to create a more enabling environment for business to thrive. “We appreciate the fact that he has made some efforts on road development but we still need more roads in the hinterland where agriculture is the basic industry that goods and products can get to the will be consumed.

“Okowa should also look into the issue of epileptic power supply in the urban areas. This is not good for economic growth as many businesses have closed down as a result of the cost of running generators from dawn to dusk”.

On his part, Director to the Harmattan Workshop, Prof. Sam Ovraiti stated that the workshop was a yearly gathering of artists from different part of the world to experiment and create art. “Aside those registered, we give scholarship yearly to 25 people drawn from Niger-Delta to study woodwork, stone carving, bead making, textile, painting, leather work (shoes and bags), computer, photography, and print making” continuing, he called on government and well meaning Nigerians to sponsor more youths for training in the centre because they have all the required facilities to accommodate them.

L –R: Secretary General, Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), Mr. Issa Aremu; chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Sen. Olabiyi Durojaiye and president of AANI, General Lawrence Onoja, during the ceremony for the award of dedication in public service in Jos, Plateau State… recently.

Over 12, 000 benefit from Lagos medical mission Benjamin Omoike

ÏÏÏ No fewer than 12,753

residents of Ojo, Oto-Awori and Iba local government and local council development areas,as well as Badagry, Badagry-West & Olorunda lg and LCDA of Lagos have benefited from the first and second phases of the on-going Lagos Health Mission Programme.

The medical intervention sponsored by the State Government, aims to provide free healthcare services to residents of Lagos across the 20 LGs and 37 LCDAs of the State.

Residents of the areas were screened and managed for non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

Common ailments, eye diseases and dental problems

were equally managed. The programme also offered antenatal care services as well as family planning services to persons of reproductive age. HIV screening and counseling sessions were part of the health management.

Statistics obtained from the first phase of the health mission carried out between Monday 1 and Wednesday 3 March, 2017, at the Ojo Town Hall for Ojo, Oto-Awori and Iba LGs and LCDA showed that 4119 people were attended to as General Out-Patients for common ailments and complaints, hypertension and diabetes screening and management.

358 others were also seen and attended to at the Dental Unit, 930 people were screened and treated at the Eye unit and 458 others

screened and counseled at the HIV unit.

Statistics from the second phase of the health mission carried out between Tuesday 7 and Thursday 9 March, 2017, at the Badagry LG Secretariat for Badagry, Badagry-West & Olorunda LG and LCDAs indicated that 4442 people were attended to as General Out-Patients for common ailments and complaints, hypertension and diabetes screening and management.

404 others were also seen and attended to at the Dental Unit, while 1,715 people were screened and treated at the Eye unit and the rest were screened and counseled at the HIV unit.

Expressing appreciation to the Lagos State Government, one of the beneficiaries of the programme, Mrs. Aishat Adeleye; who

was screened and managed for hypertension said that the intervention offered through the medical mission was a form of succor especially to poor residents who cannot afford the cost of accessing medical care at health facilities.

State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who spoke to newsmen on the importance of the programme noted that the

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$229,000 fraud in Foreign Ministry: SERAP gives Minister Onyeama 7 days to recall whistle-blower Whistle blower petitions EFCC over fraud in ministry

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, asking him to facilitate the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of whistleblower , Ntia Thompson, who was sacked through a post on the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA’s) notice Board for exposing an alleged $229,000 fraud in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Until his controversial removal, Thompson is an assistant director with the DTCA. SERAP further urged Onyeama to comply with the whistle-blowing policy of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and international standards, which guarantee full protection and restitution for any whistle-blower against harassment, intimidation, victimisation or any form of retaliation.

In its letter dated 10 March 2017 and signed by its deputy director Timothy Adewale, SERAP urges the media minister to note that, “By sacking Thompson, your ministry would seem to shield information on the alleged fraud that the public has a right to know. Therefore, should you fail and/or neglect to act as requested within seven days after the receipt and/or publication of this letter, SERAP will be compelled to pursue appropriate legal action against your ministry to challenge the unfair treatment and victimisation of Mr Thompson.”

The letter was also copied to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina.

SERAP further disclosed that the whistle blower has also petitioned the EFCC on the matter, saying that the

Mr Geoffrey Onyeama

anti-graft agency is taking necessary action on the petition.

But SERAP wants Onyeama to act swiftly in identifying those involved in the alleged fraud and hand them over to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for further investigation and prosecution, as well as recover any stolen public funds.

It reminded the minister that impunity for reprisals against Thompson would send a message to all potential whistle-blowers that the ministry of foreign affairs lacks the commitment to their protection.

According to SERAP, the action meted out to Thompson is a violation of his

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right to freedom of expression and outright breach of President Buhari’s whistleblowing policy, which seeks to protect individuals who make access to such allegations possible.

SERAP also urges Onyeama to take a judicial notice of the fact that the allegations of fraud disclosed

by Thompson should never be supressed or withheld as a matter of public interest, transparency and respect for the rule of law.

It added that harassing , intimidating and punishing whistle-blowers creates disincentives for public disclosure of allegations of fraud and corruption and damages an important tool of transparency and account-

ability.

The statement reads in part, “SERAP believes that protecting whistle-blowers encourages accountability, increases the costs for those who might engage in fraud and corruption, and advances the public’s right to know.

The alleged fraud involving officials of the DTCA should not be kept hidden from public view, especially given the government’s whistleblowing policy and the fact that Nigerians are entitled to a right to information of all kinds.”

“Mr Thompson’s public interest and whistle-blowing activity has made him vulnerable to attack, hostility, punishment, and other forms of retaliation. SERAP

“The right to receive information advances several principles that underlie human rights, encourage participation in public affairs, and advance the ability of individuals such as Mr Thompson to seek out information of all kinds. Nigerians should enjoy access not only to information about the policies and practices of the government, but also to information about whistle-blowing.”

argues that Mr Thompson, like any other whistle-blowers, is entitled to the right to impart information, and ought to be offered adequate legal protection because Nigerians have the right to receive information such as on the allegations of fraud involving senior officials of your ministry.”

“The right to receive information advances several principles that underlie human rights, encourage participation in public affairs, and advance the ability of individuals such as Mr Thompson to seek out information of all kinds. Nigerians should enjoy access not only to information about the policies and practices of the government, but also to information about whistleblowing.”

“SERAP notes that article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas regardless of frontiers. The

African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enshrines the same right in its article 9, which emphasizes that the freedom applies to information and ideas of all kinds. Similarly, the United Nations Convention against Corruption which Nigeria has ratified protects persons who report corruption offences.”

“SERAP has been fully briefed by Ntia Thompson and we are in possession of documents including Mr Thompson’s petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on allegations of fraud and corruption involving some top officials of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa, DTCA.” Thompson, an assistant director with the DTCA in charge of the SERVICOM Unit, was sacked on 7 February 2017 following his petition to the EFCC that $229,000 and N800, 000 were allegedly diverted by top officials of the DTCA. Although the money was withdrawn from the Nigerian Technical Cooperation Fund, NTCF, there was no evidence it was used for the purpose it was meant.

The NTCF is a trust fund domiciled with the African Development Bank, AfDB, but jointly managed by the bank and the agency on behalf of the Federal Government. According to our information, officials of the DTCA withdrew the money for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the NTCF, for which $36,852.00 was allocated. The amount was also meant for the monitoring of various projects executed from the Trust Fund across Africa. N800, 000.00 was allegedly spent for SERVICOM “sensitization seminar” in the Directorate, which the EFCC has asked the officials involved to return.

19 Times Against Corruption Alleged Sexual Gratifiation: Court Okays ICPC Investigation of UNICAL Prof.

A Federal High Court in Calabar has ruled that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has the right to investigate a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Professor Cyril Ndifon, over an allegation of abuse of office.

Justice I. E. Ekwo who delivered judgment in a suit brought against ICPC by the Professor of Law, in which he sought to restrain the Commission from investigating the alleged offence of demanding for sexual gratification from a female student of the University, maintained that it was within the purview of ICPC to investigate the case in accordance with the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.

The trial judge held that the police report which exonerated Ndifon had no bearing on the Commission’s investigation of an allegation of abuse of office against him.

He added that the offence of sexual gratification was contrary to Sections 8, 9, and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, which refer to any public officer who receives benefit of any kind in the discharge of his duties or uses his position to confer corrupt advantage upon himself.

It would be recalled that a final year law student had petitioned ICPC alleging that the Professor had sex with her in his office without her consent, after inviting her to the office to rewrite an

ICPC Compels Poly to Award Certificate to Student 7 Years after Graduation The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has facilitated the release of the Statement of Result to a former student of the Benue State Polytechnic, Mrs. Monica Kyasamkombo, after seven years delay.

Mrs. Kyasakombo who read Marketing at the Makurdi Study Centre of the Ugbokolo-based school in 2008, had her certificate wrongly withheld by the school management after completion of the programme.

Mrs. Kyasakombo, in her petition to ICPC, disclosed that she had enrolled as a Higher National Diploma (HND) student in the institution in January, 2007.

At the completion of her studies in December, 2008 the institution failed to issue her any evidence of having attended the school or completing her studies there.

Her repeated efforts to get the school to release her Statement of Result or certificate failed, prompting her to petition ICPC. Acting on the petition, ICPC launched an investigation into the matter and directed the institution to issue the petitioner her statement of result pending the release of her certificate.

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ICPC, Traders to Combat Corruption Along NIG-ECOWAS Trade Routes The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Ekpo Nta, has expressed the willingness of the Commission to collaborate with the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) to strengthen the integrity of border controls and customs administration.

The ICPC chairman, who was represented by the Director, Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Department (CMED), Mr. Akeem Lawal, made this declaration recently in Abuja at an event tagged: Policy Dialogue with Stakeholders on Combating Corruption along ECOWAS Border Routes.

The Chairman’s declaration was in response to a call made by the President of NANTS, Mr. Ken Ukoha, to ICPC and other anti-corruption and security agencies to help ensure security of lives, property and free movement of goods along the Nigeria-ECOWAS trade routes.

The ICPC chairman remarked that the Nigerian Government and relevant agencies were aware of the importance of ensuring smooth trade facilitation which would contribute to job creation and economic growth.

He added that it was on account of this that ICPC had conducted Corruption Risk Assessment in Nigeria Seaports of Apapa, Tincan, Warri, Onne and Cala-

bar as well as the international airports at Lagos and Abuja, with the objective of identifying corruption-prone processes as well as loopholes and providing workable solutions to them.

He explained that the exercise entailed strategic engagement and partnership with key ports stakeholders that included the Nigerian Shippers Council, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigerian Ports Authority, and Ministry of transport etc. to create a Ports Service Support Portal (PSSP) and to develop a Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) document in order to

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minimize or eliminate corrupt practices at the ports.

Earlier in his address, the President of the NANTS, had stated that as part of the nation’s strategy for economic transformation and development, Nigeria had adopted the Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and the Common External Tariff (CET) at the West African regional level to promote intra-regional trade, free movement of goods, services and capital for the overall benefit of her citizens.

According to him, presently the ultimate benefits and opportunities of free trade have been dwindling and are completely eluding the country in a gradual manner as they are not being maximized due to challenges and risks along border routes.

The challenges, Mr. Ukoha says, are cases of corruption involving various law enforcement agents and border officials on the one hand, and traders, transporters and clearing agents etc. on the other hand who constantly distort trade flows thereby inhibiting the attainment of the overall benefits of free trade to Nigeria.

Ex-NNPC Boss Yakubu’s Suit: EFCC Challenges Court’s Jurisdiction The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, March 9, 2017 asked Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court to strike out a fundamental rights suit brought by former Group Managing Director, GMD, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr Andrew Yakubu against the Commission for lack of jurisdiction.

Operatives of the EFCC had on February 3, 2017, stormed a building belonging to the former NNPC boss and recovered a staggering sum of $9,772,000 (Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand United States Dollars) and £74,000 (Seventy Four Thousand Pound Sterling) stashed in a huge fire proof safe following which he reported to the Commission’s Kano Zonal Office on February 8, 2017 and admitted being the owner of both the house and the money recoveredIn a dramatic turn, Yakubu, in a suit filed through his counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, is challenging his detention since February 8 and demanding the enforcement of his right to dignity of person, personal liberty, fair hearing, freedom of movement, private and family life and to acquire own property.

Aside praying the court to shield him

from further investigation by the EFCC, he is also demanding a sum of N1billion as cost against EFCC and Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, who is the second respondent, for the violation of his aforementioned rights.

Raji, while adopting his written address urged the court to grant all the reliefs sought by the Applicant (Yakubu).

He stated that “the sum total of the relief

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sought by the respondent is the release of the Applicant/Respondent as the investigation is still going on”.

Though, Raji admitted that the EFCC can investigate anybody, he, however, said such should not be an excuse for unwarranted detention especially in a situation where at the end of trial the person may not go to jail.

Raji also told the court that he was not aware of Exhibit EFCC 4 (order from Magistrate Court in Kano), adding that the Applicant/Respondent has not been brought to the court or any court of law.

He submitted that “the exhibit is irregular and constitute a gross abuse of the proceedings of this court”.

In his preliminary objection, Johnson A Ojogbane, Counsel to EFCC told the court that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit. He argued that “all the facts relevant to the Applicant/Respondent’s application took place in Kano State which is outside the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court Abuja”.

“It is not in doubt that, the acts leading to this action filed by the Applicant/ Respondent all occurred in Kano. He was never invited to the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja and never came to Abuja in respect of the instant case.

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. GLORIOUS NEEDY CARE FOUNDATION INT’L

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mrs Chima Glory Nkeiruka 2. Mr. Ihekoronye Chimaobi Ferdinard THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To Care For The Needy.

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SHITTU IBRAHIM DIKKO - CHAIRMAN 3. PROF. IBRAHIM KALIL ZUBAIRU 4. MAL. NUHU RAMALAN - SECRETARY 6. MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA 8. ABDULLAHI SANI

2. AHMED UMAR 5. SAMAILA YERO 7. ZAKARIYAU SANI

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDING PEACEFUL AND HARMONIOUS CO-EXISTING IN THE SOCIETY. 2. PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN THE COMMUNITY. 3. TO PROMOTE UNITY, PEACE AND HARMONY AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IBISO WEST (CHAIRMAN) (2) LARRY KAYODE JAMES (SECRETARY) (3) SEGUN HENRY ADEGBEMBO (4) BLESSING ALAKPA AKPOTU THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: (1) TO PROMOTE PEACE IN THE SOCIETY. (2) TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS IN THE SOCIETY. (3) TO MEDIATE IN CRISIS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SUNDAY NWABEKE 08165836609

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BOLA ADEBISI - CHAIRMAN 2. JENNIFER AGALDO - SECRETARY 3. AIMEE ADEBISI 4. JUDE ABAGA 5. VICTOR EMEKA UDEH THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE SUPPORT SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES WITHIN NIGERIA. 2. TO PROVIDE FREE WELFARE INFRASTRUCTURALS TO COMMUNITIES IN NIGERIA. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PHILIP HINGIR 2. SIMON SHAFFINDOWN 3. JAMES GHEMBER 4. BENJAMIN AKU THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. EMPOWERMENT FOR SELF-RELIANCE 2. GIVING ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS IN THEIR VARIOUS ENDEAVORS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: Barr. E. Agbo Esq.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EVANGELIST JOHN IDAPE - CHAIRMAN / PRESIDENT 2. FRANCIS SUNDAY - SECRETARY 3. JOHN FATIMO 4. NWANOZIE DEMIAN OBIALO 5. ADEYINK MICHAEL HABIB 6. FRIDAY MARIAM ELE 7. UGADA VINTUS .O 8. SALEY AWINU IDAKPO 9. EJEZIE MADUKA REMMY 10. ABUTU EMEJO THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To preach the gospel of our lord Jesus Christ.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OJEMI SAMUEL IGWUGWUA - CHAIRMAN 2. OJEMI BLESSING ONYIYE - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. AYOR ONYEKACHUKWU FRANCA - SECRETARY 4. NNYAJI JOHN OKONKWOR 5. ANYASI JOSEPH AKADUCHI THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To Preach the Word of God. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE TRIBES OF THE LORD CHURCH

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OSAGIE - Ojugo Queen Omose 2. Imafidon Joseph 3. Manson Patrick.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: By BARRISTER ADEWALE ODELEYE

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLUWASEUN O. OLANIYAN 2. OLUWARANTI I. OLANIYAN. THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO SHARE THE GOOD NEWS AND PIONEER CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES AND CHURCHES NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. 2. TO ESTABLISH A CHURCH THAT IMPACTS THE INDIVIDUAL, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO SOCIETAL TRANSFORTION. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE WORKPLACE YOUTH INITIATIVE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS ABOLANLE OLUBUNMI ADENIYI TAIWO -TREASURER 2. MRS ABIOLA TITILAYO OMOTAYO-BENSON -SECRETARY 3. MRS MOJISOLA OLATERU-OLAGBEGI - CHAIRMAN THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: Barr. Toluwa Odekhe, 08036317920.

LEGEND MINISTRY

GBOR-BEGHAYOUTHSDEVELOPMENTASSOCIATION

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

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

HERALD TABERNACLE MINISTRY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

INTERNATIONAL MISSION OPPORTUNITIES NIGERIA

AWAITING GOD MISSION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Offor O. Dennis 2. Triumph Prosper 3. Asheadzi M Obadiah 4. Luka Simon 5. Hon. Bulus C. Gwom.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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

LOSS OF DOCUMENT: THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE LOSS OF ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITH NO. La5ew-3c7ez-6cffr-e2ccu-10 IN RESPECT OF PLOT NO.717 CADASTRAL ZONE B06 WITH FILE NO. MISC 54986 AND REF NO. 241513 LOCATED AT MABUSHI DISTRICT ABUJA. BEARING MACJONES NIGERIA LIMITED NOW BELONGING TO MR OBINNA ARARAUME GOT MISSING. ALL EFFORT MADE TO TRACE THE SAID DOCUMENTS PROVED ABORTIVE. IF FOUND KINDLY RETURN TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION. ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE. OR CONTACT BARRISTER NDUBUISI AUGUSTINE OF OBINNA AJOKU & CO. WUSE II 07039860886

SOUGHT-OUT CITIES ARTS, SKILLS AND EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Eunice Nkemdilim Okoh 2. Jeremiah Amarachukwu Okoh THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To empower youths and women through free skill acquisition and vocational training.

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Oluleye Remi Michael 2. Oluwatosin Maria Ajibola 3. Segun Ajibola.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Alhaja Menmunat Haruna-Waidi 2. Mrs. Abubakar Shadiat Yetunde 3. Mrs. Arigbede Adeola Morayo 4. Mrs. Odesola Abosede Olayinka THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To empower members and women through free skill acquisition and vocational training.

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

Public Notice 22 GREAT ONICHA FABULOUS BROTHERS CLUB THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1.

PHILIP MONDAY NWACHUKWU 2.

LINUS AGWU 3.

JAMES CHUKWU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

TO FOSTER HARMONY AMONGST MEMBERS 2.

TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS 3.

TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER BY PROMOTING THE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF THE MEMBER 4.

TO EMBRACE UNITY AND LOVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. GIDEON NWANKWO

DR. JUSTIN OGBEVOEN GLOBAL INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. DR. JUSTIN OGBEVOEN 2. MRS. JOY OGBEVOEN

-CHAIRMAN -SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE 2. TO CARRY OUT CHARITABLE WORKS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

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ONUGOTU OBOWU FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. Ike Ibe 2. Professor Chidi Osuagwu.

3. Apostle Eugene Ogu Ndiuhu.

4. Chief Chika Okafor AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: OBIOMA EZENWOBODO O8O64999866.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. MR. AROWOSEGBE MICHAEL 2. MR. TAIWO ADISA 3. MR. FRIDAY AUDU 4. MR. IYOBOSA UWUGIAREN 5. MR. CHRISTIAN OKONKWO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF ITS MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: FUNMI AWOLEYE (08062302724)

EXCELLENT SPIRIT DELIVERANCE MINISTRY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE THE EFIK CULTURE AND BRING TOGETHER EFIK PEOPLE. 2. TO PROMOTE PRESERVE CULTURAL VALUE AND PRACTICES WHICH ENHANCE THE DIGNITY AND WELL BEING OF THE EFIK PEOPLE 3. PRESERVE AND FOSTER THE AGE LONG PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC CULTURE OF THE EFIK PEOPLE. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED:FELICIA ONOTU 08034535283

CONVENANT OF REMEMBRANCE ASSEMBLY The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: TRUSTEES: 1. JANE OMI WATSON CHAIRMAN 2. ZION AMADA SECRETARY 3. CARINA AUDREY WATSON MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES A. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ALL OVER THE WORLD. B. TO CREATE AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT HEAVEN IS REAL AND HELL FIRE IS REAL. C. TO PREACH AND MINISTER SALVATION, HEALING AND DELIVERANCE. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: FELICIA ONOTU 08034535283

THE CALLED BELIEVERS MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EVANG. RIGHTEOUS UZOCHUKWU IFEDUBA 2. PASTOR CHRIS ROYALSEED 3. BRO. FEMI OLUWAFEMI

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. LEBARI FRIDAY GOBARI 2. NNAAH UEBARI 3. NYEGERE SIMEON 4. ABALUBU EMMANUEL 5. NAASUA BATAM PRINCE

The aim and objective: 1. Proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ all over the world Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKO CAJETAN UDEMEZUE - CHAIRMAN 2. OKO EDITH UGONNA (MRS) - SECRETARY 3. OKO EVIDENCE SOMTOCHUKWU - MEMBER The aim and objective: 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ unto nations.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: J . E. Anaekwe & Co

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO FOSTER UNITY, PEACE, PROGRESS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG MEMBERS. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED BY: GEN. SECRETARY TEL: 08051040514

USEN EFIK INITIATIVE

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: TRUSTEES: 1. JOHN OFFIONG CHAIRMAN 2. IBOK OFFIONG SECRETARY

SIGNED: SECRETARY

CITY OF DAVID ESTATE GWARINPA HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION

ANIOMA SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PETER UGBECHI PRESIDENT 2. MOSES EZIASHI VICE PRESIDENT 3. VINCENT IJEH GEN. SECRETARY 4. AZUKA CYRI FINANCIAL SECRETARY 5. EJIOFOR ELIZABETH ADAFOR TREASURER 6. DR. LAWRENCE ATUANA MEMBER

The aim and objective: 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication

PATH TO THE SAVIOUR MINISTRY The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR ENIOLA OLUWOLE ROLAND - CHAIRMAN 2. PASTOR (MRS) ENIOLA IYABO JUSTIN 3. PASTOR DANIELS OMOKOGHOR SHADRACH SECRETARY 4. BRO. JONES AKINYIMIKA 5. ENIOLA OLUWATOSIN BLESSING 6. PASTOR ADEBAYO OJO RAPHEAL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH AND PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 3. TO ESTABLISH LOCAL BRANCHES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL WORLDWIDE. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

IKANGBA-IJEBU PROGRESSIVE FARMERS ASSOCIATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) REV. ADEREMI JEREMIAH OLUSEYE (2) MR. OMOTAYO ROTIMI BAMIDELE (3) PASTOR OHAEGBU LONGINUS (4) MR. ADEREMI ADEKUNLE (5) MR. ABASS RAFIU (6) MR. LAWAL TAOFEEK AYODELE AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. For peace unity and love among members Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLALERE DANIEL OLAKUNLE 2. BARR. OTITOOLA OLUFEMI SAMUEL The aim and objective: 1. To work with a sincere purpose to establish physical, mental and spiritual health in the larger interest of humanity Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: OLALERE DANIEL OLAKUNLE

SIGNED: Joshua O. Dangana Esq

BRIDGE OF HOPE CHILD CARE FOUNDATION

PROGRESSIVE YOUTH CLUB ABUJA

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Christian chukwuebuka Obidike.

2. Emmanuel Chidiebere Obidike

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IFEANYI NWANKWO 2. CHIJIOKE CLEMENT 3. IGWE MISHACK 4. ONU ONYEDIKA JOSHUA.

The aim and objective: 1. To care for the less privileged children.

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. To foster love peace and progress among members.

2. To assist members in their individual goals and dreams.

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

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PEACE KEEPING SAFETY AND RELIEF FOUNDATION

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to corporate affairs commission under part c of the companies and allied matters act no. 1 of 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE 1) KELANI OLAWALE ABIDEMI - CHAIRMAN 2 ) KELANI GLORIA OSAS - SECRETARY 3) KELANI PATIENCE OTASOWIE 4) OLAORE MOJISOLA AYODELE 5) KELANI OMOWUNMI OLAORE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1) TO RENDER FINANCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE NEEDY AND DISTRESSED PEOPLE DURING OR AFTER CRISES AND TO RENDER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND FREE SERVICE TO BOTH GOVERNMENT AND NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. 2) TO FIX ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS, PROMOTE EVERY ASPECTS OF SAFETY IN THE SOCIETY. 3) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES THROUGH FREE LECTURES ON GOOD MORAL AND PEACE KEEPING AND TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED GET EDUCATION 4) TO PROVIDE FREE HEALTH CARE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED 5) TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT THROUGH SKILL ACQUISITION AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATING IN CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS. 6) TO PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR ORPHANAGES AND HOMES FOR THE DESTITUTE Any objections to registration should be forwarded to the registrar general corporate affairs commission no.420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi street PMB 198 Maitama District Abuja within 28 days of the publication Signed secretary

THE ROCKVILLE CHURCH This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act, 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. LADOKUN GABRIEL FOLARIN (CHAIRMAN) 2. ADENIYI ADESOYE ADESOLA (SECRETARY) 3. EKE CHIDINMA ABIAYI THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS;To spread the gospel of Jesus Christ

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PORT HARCOURT POLO CLUB (RC: CAC/IT/NO. 5887) The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: A) CHANGE OF TRUSTEES OLD TRUSTEES: 1) Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd) - Retained 2) Mr. Wari Oruene - Removed 3) Mr. Eraldo Zanone - Removed NEW TRUSTEES 1) Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd) - Re-elected 2) King Alfred P. Diete-Spiff - Elected 3) Chief Senator Emmanuel W.T. Diffa - Elected 4) Admiral Ochegomie Promise Fingesi - Elected 5) Chief Dr. Bas Abbiye-Suku - Elected 6) Mrs. Seinye O.B. Lulu-Briggs - Elected 7) Chief Franco Falcioni - Elected 8) Chief Engr. Giandomenico Massari - Elected AIMS AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME. Any objection thereto should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28days of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

HOLY GHOST DELIVERANCE PRAYER FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affair Commission for registration under part “C” of the Company and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Apostle Umeora Obioma Emmanuel 2. Mrs. Umeora Ngozi Emelda 3. Mr. Umeora Obinna Paul

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

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE ARE: 1.To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2.To bring back people out of darkness into the world.

3.To deliver the oppressed,heal the sick and set the captive free and establish faith clinic.

Any objective to this registration should be forwarded to Registrar General Corporate Affair Commission,plot 420,Tigris Crescent,Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street,Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED BY : SECRETARY

SIGNED:BARR.SHERRY OSAKWE.

ANSWER - BY - FIRE PRAYER CHURCH This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : (1). APOSTLE AKHERE AKHILOR PAUL ROLAND (2). APOSTLE IYOHA PROMISE IDEMUDIA (3). APOSTLE OGBOMO RAPHAEL IDEMUDIA. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: (1). TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED : THE TRUSTEES.

ASSOCIATIONOFGLOBALPRIVATETRANSPORTERS THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORM THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTER ACTS NO 1 OF 1990.

NAME OF THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. RILIWAN TAIYE DAUDA- CHAIRMAN 2. AHMED ALIYU SHOLA- SECRETARY 3. ADELEKE OPEYEMI SULAIMAN- FINANCIAL SECRETARY 4. ABDULKADIR TAIYE HASSAN- TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO UPGRADE TRANSPORTATION IN NIGERIA 2. TO BRING UNITY AMONG OTHER TRANSPORT OPERATORS 3. TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE AND ORDER IN TRANSPORT BUSINESS 4. TO ABIDE BY GOVERNMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS 5. TO SETTLE GRIEVANCE AMONG MEMBERS AND OTHER TRANSPORT OPERATORS ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR -GENERAL , CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION , PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED BY : RILIWAN TAIYE DAUDA- CHAIRMAN––

JAMAHIYATU ALUL HADITH WAL-ATHAR NIGERIA This is to inform the General Public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:( 1) OLATUNJI ABDUL JELEEL ( 2) FASASI ABDUL WASIU (3) ALUGO SOLIU ADIO (4) DHOONNOORAYN ABDULWAHAAB DUROJAYE (5) RAIMI LATEEF IGE THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS;TO PROPAGATE ISLAM TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE PEOPLE Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY : SECRETARY

INITIATIVE FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH TALENTS DEVELOPMENT

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : (1). ASUELIME COLIN IGHEDOSE - CHAIRMAN (2). ASUELIME HELEN UYOR (3). EKHASOMHI ALFRED UDUIMHO. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: (1). TO DESIGN PROGRAMMES, AND IMPLEMENT SAME FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE SOCIALLY CHALLENGED PERSONS THROUGH A WIDE COVERAGE OF INTERVENTIONS AND COLLABORATIONS. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED : THE TRUSTEES.

GLORIOUS CITY REVIVAL MINISTRY, NIGERIA This is to inform the General Public that the above named Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts 2004 THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR LEO BASSSEY AKPAN - Chairman 2. PASTOR JOSEPH NSIKAK EKANEM - Vice Chairman 3. BARRISTER SUNDAY EFFIONG EKPENYONG - Secretary 4. ELDER NKAIMAHA UWEM OROK - Member 5. MR GODWIN BONIFACE UDOH - Member 6. Pastor MRS. IQUO NDARAKE IMOH - Member THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Taking the church to the world and bringing men back to Chrtist through soul winning.

Any objections to this this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguyi Ironsi Street, Abuja within 28 PAYLOAD of this publication.

SIGNED: Sunday Ekpenyong Esq. 08028258555

AUCTION SALES! AUCTION SALES!!

THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF SCRAP MOTOR VEHICLES, SCRAP MOTORCYCLES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE NIGERIA POLICE, DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, FINIMA TOWN-BONNY DIVISION OF THE RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. 1. ONE SCRAP TOYOTA HILUX REG. NO. XA 898 PBT 2. ONE SCRAP RED COLOR HONDA CAR REG. NO. AE 829 KJA 3. SEVEN SCRAP QLINK MOTORCYCLES REG. NO. QD 426 BDG, QD 612 NWA, ONE SCRAP QLINK MOTORCYCLE REG. NO. UWN 396 QC, ONE SCRAP MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT REG. NO. 4. ONE SCRAP 75HORSE POWER YAMAHA OUTBOARD ENGINE, ONE SCRAP 40HORSE POWER YAMAHA ENGINE, SCRAP THREE SPORT BICYCLES ATA, 5. SOME SCRAP TELEVISIONS, SCRAP FRIDGES, SCRAP GENERATING SETS, SCRAP HANDSETS, SCRAP AIR CONDITIONERS. 6. EIGHT PIECES OF SCRAP IRON RODS, THIRTEEN PIECES WIRE MAGA, CUTTER, TWO ROLLS OF CABLE WIRE, ONE SCRAP ELECTRIC COOKER, ONE YELLOW PUMPING MACHINE. 7. AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SIGNED:

ALH. UBALLO DANU AUCTIONEER

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Anyanwu Onuabuchi Chigozie 2. Anyanwu Irene Ebere 3. Anyanwu Esther 4. Anyanwu Daniel THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To empower youths and women through free skill acquisition and vocational training.

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

UNITED PROFESSIONAL CHAUFFEURS WELFARE ASSOCIATION This is to inform the General Public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act , 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) Godson Anyim (2) Yusuf Opeyemi Muhammed 3) Aderemi Olusola (4) Amos Olajide Abayomi (5) Eze Nkemka THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) To operate an association of chauffeurs, private cab drivers and hirers on electronic platforms in Lagos and its environment.

(2) To help foster better interpersonal relationship between chauffeurs and owners of private cars surrendered for e-taxi as well as between chauffeurs and e-taxi service platform providers such as Uber and others and between chauffeurs and the general motoring public.

(3) To protect, defend and promote the rights , well-being and the interests of all members of the association.

(4) To continually enhance the quality of life and improve the income and other working conditions of her members.

(5) To seek proper legislative measures in the interest of the association aimed at promoting public transport improvement, and to make representation at all appropriate levels where legislation or regulation may appear to be contrary to the interests of the organization.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY : E. O. Aliyu Esq. Hedgeview Legal Practitioners Business address: 36, Salawu Onikoyi Street, Barrack Shopping Complex, Opp UBA, Ifako Gbagada, Lagos.

ARAROMI-OKE IBAFO RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

The General public is hereby informed that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) REV. AMOS OLAYODE .OLADEPO (2) ALHAJI OLUWOLE LAWAL (3) MR NASIRU FASASI (4) ELDER AJIMATI AKINOLA JOSEPH (5) DR. REMI RAUF AROYEWUN

-CHAIRMAN - VICE CHAIRMAN - TREASURER - GENERAL SECRETARY -FINANCIAL SECRETARY

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO BRING INTO UNITY AND AMICABLE CO-OPERATION THE THREE COMMUNAL RESIDENTS IN THE ‘MANGO’, “RED CROSS ESTATE” AND ‘RIVER VALLEY” AREAS OF IBAFO, OGUN STATE FOR PURSUIT OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP AND HARMONY. (2) TO PROMOTE INTER-GROUP ASSOCIATION. SOLIDARITY, COMMUNAL PEACE AND BROTHERLINESS FOR SECURITY AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT , INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY ETC Any objection to the Registration of this Association should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent , Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street , Maitama Abuja , within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED BY:DR. OLUWOLE AWOLAJA, Th.D., M.A. CORPORATE ADVISOR

EBENEZER FIRE MINISTRY INT’L

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : (1). USIOBAIFO OSAIGBOVO DANIEL - GENERAL OVERSEER / CHAIRMAM. (2). USIOBAIFO CELESTINA OMUEKPEN - SECRETARY. AIMS/OBJECTIVES : (1). TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED : THE TRUSTEES.

PROCLAIMATION CHRIST MISSION This is to inform the general public that the above named Church has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES÷ 1. PASTOR ESUEFIENI JONAH GENERAL OVERSEER 2. REV. BRIGHT ABEL YOUGHA SECRETARY 3. ELDER TAMADU EZE TREASURER 4. PASTOR (MRS.) NGOZI JONAH MEMBER 5. HRH PREYE WILFRED MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST FOR SALVATION OF HUMANITY 2. TO HARVEST SOULS FOR GOD’S KINGDOM 3. TO HEAL THE SICK IN BODY AND SOUL BY FASTING AND PRAYERS, HOLY OIL, WATER AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF NATURE. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: PASTOR ESUEFIENI JONAH

Public Notice 24 YASHUA HAMASHIAH TO THE WORLD MINISTRY The general public is hereby inform that the above named Ministry has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Prof. Lion Covenant Livingstone Arikpo 2. Rev. Charles Okongoh 3. Mizam Ekpenyong Arikpo 4. Bro. James Ugah 5. Pst. Hope James Ofem 6. Rev. Peter Ejemot Bassey 7. Barr. Godwin Udo Oyong 8. Dr. Ukam Ekup AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To propergate the gospel Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this Publication.

Signed: CHAIRMAN

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BREAD MERCHANTS OF CROSS RIVER STATE The general public is hereby inform that the above named Organization has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Udoh Edet Okon 3. Ekong Martin Udo 5. Okon Aniedi Akpan

2. Ekong Ubong Etim 4. Ben Sambo Asuquo 6. Okon Aniekan Effiong

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To Cater for the welfare of the members.

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

Signed: CHAIRMAN

HOUSETOPS CHURCH This is to inform the general public that the above named CHURCH has applied to the corporate Affairs commission for registration under part’ C’ of the company and Allied Matters Act of 1990 .

THE TRUSTEES ARE :

1) MBA CHINAZA KALU CHAIRMAN 2) APOSTLE UYOR, UCHE UYOR 3) PASTOR IGWE, ONYEMEACHI PAUL 4) UDO, OGBONNA ONYEBUCHI SECRETARY 5) NWACHUKWU, STANLEY CHIMA 6) KALU, EZEKIEL AMOS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES; 1) TO LEAD PEOPLE INTO SALVATION IN CHRIST JESUS 2) PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. Any objections to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi street Maitama Abuja within 28days of this publication.

Signed : OKORO, KALU EMMANUEL Esq.

POWER IN THE WORD OF GOD PRAYER MISSION This is to notify the general public that the above named has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under the Part “C” of Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EVANG. FAWOLE CHRISTIANA MOBOLAJI - G.O 2. ELDER EAWOLE CLAUDIUS OLUTUNDE 3. FAWOLE PHILIP AKINYODE 4 OLANIYI GBENGA - SECRETARY 5 ADEWALE ADETUNJI 6 ADETUBU YUSUPH ADEDIRAN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE. 1.To raise an army of soldiers for the body of Christ 2.Raising a generation that stands for truth and fear of God 3 . To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 4. Bringing men unto the original plan of God through the spoken words of peace, hope and comfort in accordance with biblical injunction 5 To train believers in the Bible based Christian life Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED TRUSTEES

MAJESTY OF CHRIST POWER ASSEMBLY

CITY OF THE I AM THAT I AM CHURCH INT’L. The general public is hereby inform that the above named Church has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Queenthta Ada Daniel 2. Benkut Daniel Enegu 3. Charles Nkanor Ikpeme AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

Signed: CHAIRMAN

AUCTION SALES! AUCTION SALES!!

THERE WILL BE AN AUCTION SALES OF SCRAP MOTOR VEHICLES, SCRAP KEKE, SCRAP MOTORCYCLES AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AT THE NIGERIA POLICE, DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, OLU OBASANJO DIVISION, PORT HARCOURT OF THE RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND. AFTER 21 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. 1. ONE SCRAP TOYOTA CARINA CAR REG. NO. AA 909 RRT 2. ONE SCRAP DAEWOO MINIBUS REG. NO. AP 347 EKY 3. ONE SCRAP MAZDA CAR REG. NO. AG 103 RUM 4. ONE SCRAP DAEWOO CAR REG. NO. DL 322 PHC 5. ONE SCRAP GOLF3 CAR REG. NO. DU 221 PHC 6. ONE SCRAP GOLF3 CAR REG. NO. AY 983 YAB 7. ONE SCRAP NISSAN PRIMERA CAR REG. NO. KA 521 EKY 8. ONE SCRAP YELLOW KEKE REG. NO. KPR 132 QL 9. ONE SCRAP LADY’S KYMCO MOTORCYCLE WITHOUT REG. NO. 10. ONE SCRAP KASEA MOTORCYCLE REG. NO. ENU 189 QE 11. ONE SCRAP BICYCLE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. SIGNED: ALH. UBALLO DANU (AUCTIONEER)

JEUNESSE SHABAB YOUTH FOUNDATION This is to notify the general public that the above named has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under the Part “C” of Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. LAMINA TUNDE KABIRU 2. SULAIMON RIDWAN ADIGUN AIM AND OBJECTIVES. To facilitate the development of youth Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED TRUSTEES

ZAWIYAT AL-LUFU-AR-RABAANIYAT SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL This is to notify the general public that the above named has applied for registration to the Corporate Affairs Commission under the Part “C” of Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ALHAJI SHITTU NURUDEEN ABIOLA- CHAIRMAN 2. HAJIA RASAKI SULIATU AJANI 3. ALHAJA ADEBAYO GANIYAT BOLANLE 4 ALHAJA TALABI SIKIRAT ADEPINTAN 5 HAJIA IDOWU RISIKAT BABATUNDE 6 HAJIA OMOBO MEMUNAT YETUNDE - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE. 1. To propagate, disseminate and promote the pristine tenets of Islam.

2. To promote the religious, moral, economic and social advancement of its members.

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

SIGNED TRUSTEES

JOHN FATUYI FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Deaconess Oluwatoyin Fatuyi 2. Dr. Babatope Fatuyi 3. Arc. Oyepeju Fatuyi Aims and Objectives: 1. To contribute to a good educational foundation for the upcoming generation in our local community towards the manifestation of their God given talents.

2. To give educational support to indigent pupils/students to promote qualitative education in the local community ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

GREENER-HEIGHTS AGRICULTURAL SSOCIATION OF NIGERIA.

PRESTIGE FARMERS REWARD ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA

Aims And Objectives: 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2. To teach and establish converts in the doctrine of Jesus Christ.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. George Taiwo - Chairman) 2. Dada Isiaka Alao - Vice Chairman 3. Vaughan Oluwatobi Mayokun - Secretary 4. Oseni Jimoh Atanda - Treasurer 5. Rafiu Olukorede Quadri - Financial Secretary 6. Benson Segun - P.R.O 7. Kuforiji Adeleke - Chief Whip 8. Salam Bunmi - Auditor 9. Okesola Mureni Olajide 10. Olutunde Olabode AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To foster closer relationship among members.

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OMIDIJI LUKUMON OLALEKAN 2. OJELADE ABOSEDE FLORENCE 3. KUDORO SABAINA ALAKE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To increase food production 2. To promote peaceful co-existence among members.

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

Signed: Barr. Ehirim Barbara Uche.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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

Board Of Trustees: 1. OBARAFO SULEMAN MATTHEW 2. OLUTOYE SOLOMON OLORUNJUWON 3. OBARAFOR ESTHER OLABIMPE

UNITY ASSOCIATION This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and allied matters act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 . OKABE AMOS ITUMA (CHAIRMAN) 2 . ODEY EMMANUEL OHOLE (SECRETARY) 3 . UGUWUOYA ENONSET MAICHEL 4. MADU NORBERTH IFEANYI 5. ANINWEZE NNAEMEKA HENRY THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1 To promote unity and cooperation amongst the members of the organization.

2 To foster amicable settlement of disputes amongst members.

3. To promote the social, economic and educational development of members.

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

SIGNED BARR. KENNETH OKONKWO (08056646545)

A PEOPLE PREPARED MINISTRY This to inform the general public that the above named has applied for registration to corporate affairs commission under part c of the companies and allied matters act no. 1 of 1990 The Trustees Are 1. Akinola Olorunfemi Anu 2. Akinola Gbemisola Eyinade 3. Nwanze Samuel Okwudili 4. Olubummo Esther Mojisola Aims and objective 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the whole world 2. To win souls for God Any objections to registration should be forward to the registra general corporate affairs commission no. 420 Tigris crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi street pmb 198 Maitama District Abuja within 28 days of the publication Signed secretary

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

VIVIAN AKAMS UNAIDED FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 THE TRUSTEES ARE 1) VIVIAN CHIAKA AKAMS - PRESIDENT 2) CHRISTOPHER AKAMAGWUNA - SECRETARY 3) EDNA UBARIEKE - MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1) CARING FOR DESTITUTES, ORPHANS, DISABLE AND THE LESSPRUVILEDGED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SKILL CENTERS, SCHOOL MEDICALS, CLOTHING SHELTER AND FAVOURABLE PROGRAMMES ANY OBJECTION TO REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARD TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION NO. 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET PMB 198 MAITAMA DISTRICT ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION SIGNED SECRETARY

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SHITTU MOHAMMED I, formerly known, called and addressed as SHITTU ALADE BABATUNDE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as SHITTU MOHAMMED. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS AJIGBOYE TAIYELOLU ATINUKE I, formerly known, called and addressed as MISS OLUFEKO TAIYELOLU ATINUKE, now wish to be known, called and Addressed as MRS AJIGBOYE TAIYELOLU ATINUKE. All former documents remain valid.

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NWAH GRACE ANAH EYOP

ADENUGA ISAAC ADEBAYO OLANREWAJU. I, formerly known and addressed as ADENUGA ISAAC ADEBAYO, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ADENUGA ISAAC ADEBAYO OLANREWAJU. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

CHIDI AWOKE STEPHEN(STEVE) I, formerly known, called and addressed as CHIDI AWOKE, now wish to be known, called and addressed as CHIDI AWOKE STEPHEN(STEVE).

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MRS VICTORIA ONYEKA NDU

IBNOU SARR I, formerly known, called and addressed as IBRAHIM BABASARR, now wish to be known, called and addressed as IBNOU SARR. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. NICHOLAS FAVOUR FORTUNE NGOZI. I formerly known and addressed as Miss Favour Fortune Ngozi Ememandu, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Nicholas Favour Fortune Ngozi. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

SUNDAY UDUAK EMMANUEL.

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QUADRI ESTHER OLUFUNMILAYO

EKHATOR BLESSING

AKINSOLA YETUNDE OLAPEJU.

I, formerly known and addressed as PETER EKHATOR, now wish to be known, called and addressed as EKHATOR BLESSING. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as AKINSOLA YETTY, now wish to be known, called and addressed as AKINSOLA YETUNDE OLAPEJU. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

MOSES NIMFAK

OKONKWOANI BLESSING ADA

LOSS OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT

I formerly known and addressed as Musa Yakubu, now wish to be known and addressed as Moses Nimfak.

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I formerly known as OKONKWO BLESSING ADA wish to be known and addressed as OKONKWOANI BLESSING ADA .All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I, Paul Edet Duke, hereby notifiy the general public of missing of original agreement document in transit ( between Mr. Edet Okon Duke and Ekpo Oyo Ekpo Ekeng), issued 14th day of August 1987. All efforts to trace it proved abortive. General public and authorities concerned take note.

MADUKA CHIMEZIE CLEMENTINA.

MADUKA CHIMEZIE CLEMENTINA

I, formerly known and addressed as ADEBANJO ESTHER OLUFUNMILAYO, now wish to be known, called and addressed as QUADRI ESTHER OLUFUNMILAYO due to change in my marital status. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

EZIE

UZOIGWE JOSEPH

I formerly known as Mrs Victoria Onyeka Ndukaenekwu wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Victoria Onyeka Ndu. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known as SUNDAY UDUAK OBONG wish to be known and addressed as SUNDAY UDUAK EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known as Abonyi chimezie Clementina wish to be known and addressed as Maduka Chimezie Clementina.

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JOHN-JAIYEOLA AFOLASHADE ESTHER ORIYOMI

OGHENEKEVWE PHILOMINA UCHENNA

BALOGUN SEYI ONILE-ERE

RASHEED OLALEKAN OLATUNJI.

ORIOLOWO MONSUR KOLAWOLE

I formerly known as JAIYEOLA AFOLASHADE ESTHER ORIYOMI wish to be known and addressed as JOHN-JAIYEOLA AFOLASHADE ESTHER ORIYOMI. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known as Chukwuma Philomina Uchenna wish to be known and addressed as Oghenekevwe Philomina Uchenna.

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I formerly known as FAUSAT OLUWASEYI BELLO wish to be known and addressed as BALOGUN SEYI ONILE-ERE .

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I formerly known as OYETUNDE STEPHEN OYEBANJI. wish to be known and addressed as RASHEED OLALEKAN OLATUNJI. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known as ORILOWO MONSURU BUSARI wish to be known and addressed as ORIOLOWO MONSUR KOLAWOLE .All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

MRS ATOYEBI FOLAKE QUEEN

OLUMIDE OLUYELE ADEKOGBE

OKWELOGU TOCHUKWU NATHA

OLATUNJI OLARETAN OLUWATOYIN OLUTOSIN

I, formerly known and addressed as OKWELOGU TOCHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as OKWELOGU TOCHUKWU NATHA. My Date of Birth was wrongly written as 12/6/1965 instead of 12/06/1966. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OLARETAN OLUWATOYIN MOCIDER, now wish to be known and addressed as OLATUNJI OLARETAN OLUWATOYIN OLUTOSIN. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known as Eyop Grace Benson wish to be known and addressed as Nwah Grace Anah Eyop. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

MRS ASHIPA FUNMILOLA MARY

SHIMIU SEUN TOPE

I formerly known as MISS AKINSETEMINIKAN FUNMILOLA MARY wish to be known and addressed as MRS ASHIPA FUNMILOLA MARY. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

I formerly known as WILFRED RICHARD JONES wish to be known and addressed as SHIMIU SEUN TOPE . All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

OSUCHUKWU TINUOLA ELIZABETH

UCHIME EKENE CHUKWUEMEKA.

I formerly known as Miss.

OGUNTIMEHIN FOLAKE QUEEN wish to be known and addressed as Mrs ATOYEBI FOLAKE QUEEN. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

MRS. QUEEN IGHO AGBRO. I, formerly known as QUEEN AGBRO EMESIRI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. QUEEN IGHO AGBRO. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as OLAYORI TINUOLA OLUWANIFEMI TAIBAT, now wish to be known and addressed as OSUCHUKWU TINUOLA ELIZABETH. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I, formerly known as UCHIME EKENEDILICHUKWU C. now wish to be known and addressed as UCHIME EKENE CHUKWUEMEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AUWALU ISYAKU HARUNA

MUSA OKE

DAVIDS AUSTINE OKOH

I formerly known and addressed as MUSA OKE ADEMUYIWA now wish to be known and addressed as MUSA OKE. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as DAVID AUGUSTINE, now wish to be known and addressed as DAVIDS AUSTINE OKOH. I was born on the 11th day of August,1987. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AWALU ISISAK now wish to be known and addressed as AUWALU ISYAKU HARUNA. All former documents remain valid.

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ADUNOLA OYENIKE JEGEDE-FADUGBA

IFENATUORA TOCHUKWU DENNIS

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I formerly known and addressed as OBIMDI DENNIS TOCHUKWU now wish to be known and addressed as IFENATUORA TOCHUKWU DENNIS All former documents remain valid.

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DADA GABRIEL AYOBAMI

CONFIRMATION OF NAME.

I formerly known and addressed as AFOLABI GABRIEL AYOBAMI now wish to be known and addressed as DADA GABRIEL AYOBAMI. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

In some of my documents my name was written as OGBANJE ISAAC GODWIN while in some other documents it was written as OGBANJE ISAAC GODWIN APEH.I am the one bearing all the names. All documents bearing the names are valid. General public to please take note.

MRS GREG-SATI CHINASA STELLA. I formerly known and addressed as MISS OKORONKWO CHINASA STELLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS GREG-SATI CHINASA STELLA. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS ONOGOLU STELLA NGOZI I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OKAMKPA STELLA NGOZI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ONOGOLU STELLA NGOZI. All former documents remain valid.

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IBEH UCHENNA CALISTUS

I formerly known as ADEOLU OLUMIDE OLUYELE ADEKOGBE wish to be known and addressed as OLUMIDE OLUYELE ADEKOGBE. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

FASAWE ADEBOLA MARGRET I, formerly known as ODEDELE ADEBOLA MARGRET, now wish to be known and addressed as FASAWE ADEBOLA MARGRET, due to marriage.

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OLADELE OLUFUNKE FLORENCE. I formerly known and addressed as AGBOOLA OLUFUNKE FLORENCE now wish to be known and addressed as OLADELE OLUFUNKE FLORENCE. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MRS NNEJI IFEYINWA ELIZABETH

I formerly known and addressed as IBEH UCHENNA PASCAL now wish to be known and addressed as IBEH UCHENNA CALISTUS. All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as MISS EDEH IFEYINWA ELIZABETH now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NNEJI IFEYINWA ELIZABETH All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ADDITION OF NAME:

CORRECTION OF NAME:

I formerly known and addressed as OMOTOSO OLASUNKANMI now wish to add GABRIEL to my name.

Henceforth I wish to be known and addressed as OMOTOSO OLASUNKANMI GABRIEL. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

In some of my documents my name was wrongly written as MARYANN NGOZI UGWONUWE instead of MARYANN NGOZI OGONUWE. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS OKAFOR SABINA NKENWABUCH

MRS UGWUNNA OGOCHUKWU CHINWE

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EZE SABINA NKENWABUCHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKAFOR SABINA NKENWABUCHI. All former documents remain valid.General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as AGHADIUNO OGOCHUKWU CHINWE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UGWUNNA OGOCHUKWU CHINWE. All former documents remain valid.General public should please take note.

I formerly known as Olatunji Feyisola Olajide wish to be known and addressed as Maduka Chimezie Clementina.

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I formerly known as Joseph Ezie Orji, wish to be known and addressed as Ezie Uzoigwe Joseph. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

AKANBI FATIMO BOLANLE

I formerly known as Sarua Fatimo Bolanle wish to be known and addressed as Akanbi Fatimo Bolanle . All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES:

: This is to confirm that I, IDIAT AKANKE ARO is the same person answering ARO IDIAT, now wish to be known and addressed as IDIAT AKANKE ARO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

This is to confirm that I, JAMES EKUNDAYO SEGUN is the same person answering JAMES EKUNDAYO ISAAC and JAMES EKUNDAYO RHODA, now wish to be known and addressed as JAMES EKUNDAYO SEGUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OLAMIJI ADEOLA OYEYANJU I formerly known and addressed as OWOLABI ADEOLA OYEYANJU now wish to be known and addressed as OLAMIJI ADEOLA OYEYANJU All former documents remain valid.

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PROMISE EKWUEME CLEMENT-IJEH

I formerly known and addressed as PROMISE MONDAY IJEHCLEMENT now wish to be known and addressed as PROMISE EKWUEME CLEMENT-IJEH All former documents remain valid.

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OLAMIJI ADEOLA OYEYANJU formerly known and addressed as OWOLABI ADEOLA OYEYANJU now wish to be known and addressed as OLAMIJI ADEOLA OYEYANJU All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

APEH DOMINIC JEFF I formerly known and addressed as DOMINIC APEH ODEH now wish to be known and addressed as APEH DOMINIC JEFF. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MRS ESTHER CHIDINMA ACHEBE

CHUKWUEMEKA IZUCHUKWU STANLEY.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS OKOMA ESTHER CHIDINMA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ESTHER CHIDINMA ACHEBE. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as UGWU STANLEY IZUCHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWUEMEKA IZUCHUKWU STANLEY. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS. NNOLI CHIOMA FRANCISCA.

INYAMA-NNABUIHE CHIJIOKE KINGSLEY

I formerly known and addressed as MISS IFEDIORA CHIOMA FRANCISCA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. NNOLI CHIOMA FRANCISCA. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as INYAMA KINGSLEY CHIJIOKE, now wish to be known and addressed as INYAMA-NNABUIHE CHIJIOKE KINGSLEY. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

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ADEYEMI SIKIRAT ARIKE

STANLEY FIDELIS.

Formerly known and addressed as MOYOSORE AKANNI, now wish to be known and addressed as MOYOSORE AKANNI AL-AMEEN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ALAO SIKIRAT ARIKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEMI SIKIRAT ARIKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

HARRISON OKPECHUKWU OGECHUKWU

Formerly known and addressed as EDIBI FIDELIS, now wish to be known and addressed as STANLEY FIDELIS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as AKAJIAKU EZEOBA, now wish to be known and addressed as HARRISON OKPECHUKWU OGECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as BLESSING EDDYS NDIFREKE, now wish to be known and addressed as BLESSING EDWARD. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

This is to confirm that I, AMOPE OLUBUNMI is same person bearing ADENIJI OLUBUNMI AMOPE.That my accounts in GT,UBA and STERLING Banks bear the names respectively. All former documents remain valid.

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ADDITION OF NAME

EGENTI PAUL EMEKA

MRS. CHRISTY OGAGA RICHARD

JOHNSON NDIFEREKE NICOLAS

Formerly known and addressed as MISS CHRISTIANA UJIRI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHRISTY OGAGA RICHARD. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. ALOZIE CHINENYE HONEY

Formerly known and addressed as NDI INYANG NDIFEREKE, now wish to be known and addressed as JOHNSON NDIFEREKE NICOLAS. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS CHINENYE HONEY NWOKO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ALOZIE CHINENYE HONEY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADEBAYO JOSEPH MARVELOUS Formerly known and addressed as JIMOH RAHAMAN, now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBAYO JOSEPH MARVELOUS. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. OGUNDARE OLAYINKA FRANCISCA

IYADUNNI VERONICA ODEWUMI ALASHI

NDAH GRACE UFOT

TAIWO RUKAYAT OLAJUMOKE

MOYOSORE AKANNI AL-AMEEN

Formerly known and addressed as PATRICK JOHN, now wish to add AYIKE to my name and henceforth, I wish to be known and addressed as PATRICK JOHN AYIKE. All former documents remain valid.

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ODEYI SIKIRU OLAITAN

Formerly known and addressed as ABIAZIEM PAUL EMEKA, now wish to be known and addressed as EGENTI PAUL EMEKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

BLESSING NGOZI KELVIN AKE

BLESSING EDWARD

Formerly known and addressed as ODEYI OLAITAN, now wish to be known and addressed as ODEYI SIKIRU OLAITAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as BLESSING NGOZI IKECHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as BLESSING NGOZI KELVIN AKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ODEDINA OLAYINKA FRANCISCA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OGUNDARE OLAYINKA FRANCISCA All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as IYADUNNI VERONICA ODEWUMI, now wish to be known and addressed as IYADUNNI VERONICA ODEWUMI ALASHI. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and the general public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as EYO GRACE JOSEPH, now wish to be known and addressed as NDAH GRACE UFOT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. HANNA ENEFIOK NYONG

MRS. ADEDIRAN OLUWAFUNMILOLA TEMITOPE

MRS. ADEYEYE FADEKE

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ENOCH CHARITY UKAMAKA

Formerly known and addressed as MISS HANNA UDOH NYONG, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. HANNA ENEFIOK NYONG. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS GBELELA OLUWAFUNMILOLA TEMITOPE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ADEDIRAN OLUWAFUNMILOLA TEMITOPE. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as MISS OGUNDIPE FADEKE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ADEYEYE FADEKE. All former documents remain valid.

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ONYEZE RITA ONYEKACHI

MUMUNI-OLABISI ATIMAT OLAIDE

ITSEUWA AKPEDEYI GRACE

Formerly known and addressed as OLABISI FATIMAT OLAIDE, now wish to be known and addressed as MUMUNI -OLABISI FATIMAT OLAIDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ASEMOKHA AKPEDEYI GRACE, now wish to be known and addressed as ITSEUWA AKPEDEYI GRACE. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as NWANNA RITA ONYEKACHI, now wish to be known and addressed as ONYEZE RITA ONYEKACHI. All former documents remain valid.

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AMORI RALIAT ALAKE

IKE AMAKA FAVOUR

DAVID PAUL OLADIMEJI

Formerly known and addressed as AMORI ALABI ALIATU, now wish to be known and addressed as AMORI RALIAT ALAKE. All former documents remain valid.

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I, Formerly known and addressed as Ike Amaka Joy now wish to be known and addressed as Ike Amaka Favour. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ABDULWASIU OLADIMEJI, now wish to be known and addressed as DAVID PAUL OLADIMEJI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

YAKUBU RAZAK BAMAYI

AKINPELUMI BLESSING OZOZOMA

EZE CHINWENDU NWAFOR Formerly known and addressed as EZE EKE NNAFOR, now wish to be known and addressed as EZE CHINWENDU NWAFOR. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ADDITION OF NAME Formerly known and addressed as ADEMOLA OYENIRAN, now wish to add AZEEZ to my former name, That I henceforth wish to be known and addressed as AZEEZ ADEMOLA OYENIRAN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS OLUWASEUN ELIZABETH DAMMIE ADEKUNLE I, Formerly known and addressed as Miss Oluwaseun Elizabeth BAMIDELE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS Oluwaseun Elizabeth Dammie ADEKUNLE. All former documents remain valid.

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EMIMA MENA ABAFFOE ADEWOYE

I, Formerly known and addressed as Jemima Mena Abaffoe Yalley now wishes to be known and addressed Jemima Mena Abaffoe Adewoye. General Public take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as RAZAK YAKUBU now wish to be known and addtessed as YAKUBU RAZAK BAMAYI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as DANIA BLESSING, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINPELUMI BLESSING OZOZOMA. All former documents remain valid.

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0MOREGIE MODUPE BOLANLE

ABIODUN FUNMILOLA ODEDINA

I, formerly known and addressed as ADESANYA MODUPE .B. now wish to be known and addressed as 0MOREGIE MODUPE BOLANLE. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as Abiodun funmilola adeoye, now wish to be known and addressed as Abiodun funmilola odedina. All former documents remain valid.

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This is to confirm and certify that LAWAL AFOLORUNSHO REMILEKUN and LAWAL REMILEKUN FOLORUNSHO is one and same person but now wish to be known and addressed as ODUTAYO LAWAL REMILEKUN REMILEKUN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ALADE RILIWAN OWOLABI

Formerly known and addressed as JOHNSON GLORY CHIOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as ENOCH CHARITY UKAMAKA. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as ODOOLA ABIODUN OWOLABI, now wish to be known and addressed as ALADE RILIWAN OWOLABI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

FAVOUR ASUTOM

This is to confirm and certify that my name was wrongly written on my BVN as KEHINDE OLUWATOBILOBA and KEHINDE ANUOLUWAPO instead of KEHINDE ANUOLUWAPO OLUWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as FAVOUR REKPENE OTU, now wish to be known and addressed as FAVOUR ASUTOM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. BELLO OLADUNNI RISIKAT

AGUNBIADE ADEYINKA AYINDE

MRS OMOBOLA TITILOPE OMIWALE

Formerly known and addressed as MISS OLADUNNI RISIKAT OLANREWAJU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. BELLO OLADUNNI RISIKAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as AGUNBIADE ADEYINKA SIKIRU, now wish to be known and addressed as AGUNBIADE ADEYINKA AYINDE. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Omobola Titilope VAUGHAN now wish to be known and addressed as MRS Omobola Titilope OMIWALE. All former documents remain valid.

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MERCY UNYIME OBONG Formerly known and addressed as MERCY EFFIONG ISAIAH, now wish to be known and addressed as MERCY UNYIME OBONG. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MATE OYEDOLAPO DUPE

MRS IBIRONKE JOSEPHINE AYOKUNMI

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OLOYEDE JOSEPHINE AJIBOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IBIRONKE JOSEPHINE AYOKUNMI. All former documents remain valid, Lagos State government and general public take note.

MR. ADEOYE MICHEAL TOSIN

Formerly known and addressed as OYEROGBA OYEDOLAPO DUPE, now wish to be known and addressed as MATE OYEDOLAPO DUPE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MR. OJEBIYI MICHAEL OLORUNTOSIN ADEOYE, now wish to be known and addressed as MR. ADEOYE MICHEAL TOSIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ISMAILA TAWAKALITU KANYINSOLA

AFUNSHO ISAAC ISIAKA

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

I, Formerly known and addressed as Miss Oluwatobi Gbemisola ADEBAMIRO, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Oluwatobi Gbemisola AKINSETE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Afunsho Isiaka Chukwuka now wish to be known and addressed as Afunsho Isaac Isiaka. All former documents remain valid.

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This is to confirm that I, IBRAHIM KEHINDE AYODELE as well as IBRAHIM-AKINSOLA KEHINDE AYODELE. Now wish to be known and addressed as IBRAHIMAKINSOLA KEHINDE AYODELE. All documents remain valid. General public take note.

IMO PERPETUA CHIOMA

OKWUDILI PATRICIA EBERECHI

ADENIKE FOLAGBADE

I Formerly known and addressed as Okwudili Patricia Ekwutosinam now wish to be known, called and addressed as Okwudili Patricia Eberechi. All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid Relevant Authorities and the General public Please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as TAIWO OMOLARA, now wish to be known and addressed as TAIWO RUKAYAT OLAJUMOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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OGILI-EZE HENRY ONYEDIKA

MRS OLUWATOBI GBEMISOLA AKINSETE

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

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CHRISTOPHER NKENCHOR E. EMEFIEH

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MRS NZENWA OKWUDILI ROSELYNN.

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MRS ONYINYE SARAH OBIEKWE Formerly known and addressed as Miss Onyinye Sarah Okpalaji, now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Onyinye Sarah Obiekwe.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that I,LAYINDE OLATUNBOSUN OLUWANIFEMI is the same person as OLAKUNLE NIFEMI TUBOR.All documents remain valid. General public take note.

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ANIOKE CHIBUGO JACINTA

NGWU ADAOBI MARTINA.

NWACHUKWU CYNTHIA CHIDINMA.

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IDIA OHKIYAIMEH FRIDAY.

EDMOND EKWUTOSI NKECHINYERE.

ONWUDIWE GODWIN

DANIEL SIMON AMEH

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MRS AGATHA ORJIEKWE CHINWEOKWU.

OMACHONU UNEKWU RACHAEL.

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I formerly known as Thaddeus Unekwu Rachael now wish to be known and addressed as Omachonu Unekwu Rachael.

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FATIMAH KANDE HAMZA-ELAYO.

MRS SODIPE OLUFADEKE AMOKE ADERONKE,

MRS ENEZE BENITA CHINYERE.

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LOSS OF RECEIPT This is to notify the general public of the loss of Receipt and Acknowledgment of Plot N0: 2424 with file B0 60700 located at Jahi cadastral zone B08 belonging to Paul .S. Marley all efforts made to trace it proved abortive. If found please report to the nearest Police Station or contact the owner on 07069657669. AGIS AND General Public, Please take note.

MRS OKONKWO EKENE SCHOLASTICA I, formerly known and addressed as MISS IWUCHUKWU EKENE SCHOLASTICA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKONKWO EKENE SCHOLASTICA. All former documents remain valid. MDCN and General public should please take note.

MRS. MESAIYETE TEMITOPE MARIA. I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OLUMEYAN TEMITOPE MARIA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. MESAIYETE TEMITOPE MARIA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AGBANI MARY LEELEE

LOSS OF R OF 0 This is to notify the general public of the loss of R of 0 of Plot No.305, 261 and 262 with file Nos. FCT/ MZTP/LA/2003/TR327, MFCT/ZC/AMAC/KR261/ and FCT/MZTP/LA/200/AN3348 respectively all located at Karu Village Extension Cadastral Zone 09 07 belonging to Paul .S. Marley, all effort made to trace it proved abortive. if found please report to the nearest police station or contact the owner on 07069657669. AMAC, AGIS and general public please take note.

RECONCILIATION OF NAME I CAROLINE MARIA GORETTI NKECHINYERE EZEOGU ALIGBE, is same person bearing CAROLYNE NKECHINYERE ALIGBE,CAROLINE NKECHINYERE EZEOGU ALIGBE and CAROLYNE EZEOGU are one and same person. General public and authority concern please take note. Former documents remain valid.

I formerly known as FATIMAH KANDE ABDULLAHI now wish to be known and addressed as FATIMAH KANDE HAMZA-ELAYO. All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

I formerly know and addressed as Mrs Sodipe Olufadeke Rukayat Aderonke now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Sodipe Olufadeke Amoke Aderonke, all former documents remain Valid, General Public note .

MRS. HELEN OJOCHENEMI DANIEL

OLORUNSHOLA GBEMIGA.

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I formerly known and addressed as OLORUNSHOLA GBENGA JOHN, Now wish to be known and addressed as OLORUNSHOLA GBEMIGA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. QUEEN EBERE

MRS. ROSE .S. YAKUBU

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I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ROSE JOSHUA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. ROSE .S. YAKUBU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ASELEMI ILEKIMA.

JACINTA EBERE ANAJEKWU

CORRECTION OF NAME This is to confirm and certify that my name was wrongly written as AKINOLA OMOLADE AJOKE instead of AKINOLA OMOLADE RASHIDAT. That I am the same person bearing AKINOLA OMOLADE RASHIDAT and AKINOLA OMOLADE AJOKE. All former documents remain valid.

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CORRECTION OF NAME/ DATE OF BIRTH

MRS. CHIAJUYA CHIAMAKA PATIENCE

I, AMARACHI URSULA AMADI, wish to correct my name which was wrongly written as, AMARACHI STELLA AMADI, instead of, AMARACHI URSULA AMADI, in my BVN details. My correct date of birth is 23rd February, 1986, not 23rd February, 1996. I now wish to be known and addressed as, AMARACHI URSULA AMADI. All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known and addressed as MISS EKPEI CHIAMAKA PATIENCE, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHIAJUYA CHIAMAKA PATIENCE All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, AGIRI AGBANI MARY LEELEE, now wish to be known and addressed as, AGBANI MARY LEELEE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, EXCELLENT PAUL, now wish to be known and addressed as, ASELEMI ILEKIMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AJOMAFUWE-IGBRUDE, OVUEGWERIE BENICE.

MRS. RAYMOND GIFT ONYINYECHI.

QUDUS ABDURASHEED OLADAPO.

ONYEDEBELU NICODEMUS CHIMEZIE

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NWANKPA GIFT ONYINYECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. RAYMOND GIFT ONYINYECHI. All former documents remain valid.

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FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALHAJI ABDURASHEED ABORISADE NOW KNOWN AS QUDUS ABDURASHEED OLADAPO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

I formerly known and addressed as ONYEDEBELU NICHOLAS CHIMEZIE, Now wish to be known and addressed as ONYEDEBELU NICODEMUS CHIMEZIE All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

TOM GRACE TEMITOPE.

IGAH JOYCE NNEKA.

ROSE JOHN LOLA.

ADEOYE MICHAEL OLU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOM-PIUS GRACE TEMITOPE, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TOM GRACE TEMITOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAMUEL JOYCE NNEKA, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IGAH JOYCE NNEKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

Formerly Known As ROSE JOHN CYNTHIA now known as ROSE JOHN LOLA. All former Documents Remain Valid General Public Note.

Formerly Known As ADEOYE MICHAEL OLUKING now known as ADEOYE MICHAEL OLU. All former Documents Remain Valid General Public Take Note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that VICTORIA NYONG OFFIONG refer to one and the same person, now wish to be known and addressed as VICTORIA OFFIONG EFFIOM. All documents remain valid. Bank and general public take note.

CHIBUZOR JOHN CHUKWUKEZIE. I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUKEZIE CHIBUZOR, HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIBUZOR JOHN CHUKWUKEZIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC, PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EKWO FAVOUR NKECHINYERE Formerly Known As UNA NKECHINYERE, UNAH NKECHINYERE, UNAH NKECHINYERE FAVOUR now known as EKWO FAVOUR NKECHINYERE.Former Document Remain Valid Public Note.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ONYINYE ILECHUKWU 2. STELLA CHIMA ILECHUKWU 3. JONATHAN OJADA THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. Empowering the youth and the nation for a better tomorrow through free empowerment and vocational/entrepreneurship development training program.

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

UGWUANYI AMARACHI JULIANA. I formally known and addressed as Ekeh Amarachi Juliana, now wish to be known and addressed as Ugwuanyi Amarachi Juliana. All former documents remain valid.

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OLUTAYO SODIQ OLALEKAN.

MRS. ABIYE WENENDA CHINDA

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I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ABIYE GEORGE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. ABIYE WENENDA CHINDA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AKINTOLA, BOLANLE BUNMI

MRS EMMANUEL PROMISE CHIKA.

I, formerly known and addressed as AKINTOLA, BOLATITO BUNMI, with wrong Date of Birth 6/7/1973, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINTOLA, BOLANLE BUNMI with correct Date of Birth, 27/7/1973.

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CHUKWU: I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHUKWU PROMISE CHIKA,now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EMMANUEL PROMISE CHIKA. All former documents remain valid. ESUT and General public should please take note.

ADDITION OF NAME

ADEBAYO, SIKIRAT IDOWU

That I was formerly known and addressed as CHINEDU FRANCIS that I now wish to add ANI to my former name that I now wish to be known and addressed as ANI CHINEDU FRANCIS. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS BUSARI, SIKIRAT IDOWU now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBAYO, SIKIRAT IDOWU. All former document remain valid.

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NWISOGO MENEYII NWITA

ADEFILA OLUSEYE MICHAEL

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I formerly known and addressed as SEYE MICHAEL ADEFILA, Now wish to be known and addressed as ADEFILA OLUSEYE MICHAEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS. OTI UZOMA OKORO I formerly called and addressed as MISS AJUNWA UZOMA KALU now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. OTI UZOMA OKORO. All former documents remains valid. The general public please take note.

MRS. GIFT BROWN EMADU I formerly called and addressed as MISS OGWUTUM GIFT .C. now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. GIFT BROWN EMADU. All former documents remains valid. The general public please take note.

MRS ONUBA HILDA EKENECHI.

AGUNBIADE, ABDULWAASI NURUDEEN.

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formerly known and addressed as AGUNBIADE,ABDULWAASIU, now wish to be known and addressed as AGUNBIADE, ABDULWAASI NURUDEEN. All former document remain valid.

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MRS MGBADA EUNICE NONYE

ADEWUMI, KIKELOMO PRECIOUS.

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I, formerly known and addressed as OMOTAYO,KIKELOMO PRECIOUS now wish to be known and addressed as ADEWUMI, KIKELOMO PRECIOUS. All former document remain valid. General public take note.

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Kalu to Buhari : Listen to your doctors Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

Former Abia State Governor , Dr Orji Uzor Kalu has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to listen to his doctors and take his medication if prescribed by his doctors.

He said as much as he is excited over the return of Buhari to Nigeria, the president should work less and direct efforts to the economic team to fix the country .

Kalu spoke to reporters at the weekend at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on his way to Washington .

He said Nigerians were happy that the president was back to continue his good works He said: “Now that the president is back, I am very happy. We have been praying. Both Christians and Muslims have been praying

because the country have been so polarised that the fabrics of our nation have been eaten by tribalism and religion.

“So I am very happy that the president is back and the president should listen to his doctors and continue to take his medication if any.

“He should work less and put more effort on the economic team so that the economic team will be able to address the issue of the Nigerian economy. This is very important to the Nigerian people and I guess; if Nigeria economy is good, the president himself will also be happy.

“Well, I think we Nigerians should be very happy that the president is back. It is only in Nigeria where you find people wishing their leaders to die no matter what any leader has done to anybody.

“I know that the president

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has done so well in the area of defence and pursuing Boko Haram. I congratulate him as Commander in Chief; I also praise the service chiefs, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Air Staff and the Inspector General of Police as well as the Director of the DSS for their back up operation on Boko Haram. It is a collective effort .

“Now that the president is back, I am very happy.

We have been praying. Both Christians and Muslims have been praying because the country have been so polarised that the fabrics of our nation have been eaten with tribalism and religion.

“I know that the president has done so well in the area.

“Now that the president is back, I am very happy.

We have been praying. Both Christians and Muslims have been praying because the country have been so polarised that the fabrics of our

nation have been eaten with tribalism and religion “When he took over when there was a lot of doubts on the economy, he took over when the oil prices went down very sharply and whenever your expenditure is more than your income , then there is already recession. So I am not sure that recession is just going to end so soon. They need to put up a very strong strategy that will bring back Nigeria to where we are supposed to be.”

He urged the Buhari-led administration to focus more on the economy in order to turn the fortunes of the country around.

“He took over when there was a lot of doubts on the economy. He took over when the oil prices went down very sharply and whenever your expenditure is more than your income , then there is already recession

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“So I am not sure that recession is just going to end so soon. I believe now that the president is back, he should be able to fine-tune the economic team and put some recovery policies in place.

“The team should be very serious. The team should also be very out looking.

They should not take anything for granted.

“The most important thing

government should look into is the issue of electricity and internal security because internal security is very important.

“Internal security and electricity are the engine room that drives development, that drives the future of any country and I believe these things can be done,” Kalu said

CHRISTWORD EMBASSY INT’L The General Public is hereby notified that the above named body has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. Pastor Paul Unachi 2. Mrs Courage Martha Unachi 3. Mathew Unachi AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ 2. To spread the gospel across the globe Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

AWODIORAOLDSTUDENTASSOCIATIONCLASSOF ‘98.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004.

Trustees: 1. PHILIPS EKENE CHINYE. - PRESIDENT 2. AMAECHI OKECHUKWU 3. IFEOMA JECINTA CHUKWUJEKWU 4. CYPRIAN ONYEMAUCHECHUKWU OPARA 5. ABILA BARNABAS UTODA 6. PRINCE KAZEEM AUSTIN ELETU-ODIBO 7. OMOSOMI PATIENCE OBOMITHELU 8. OLUKAYODE TEKOBO 9. MADUABUCHI OKORIE 10. IFEOMA ROSEMARY OSOGBUE Aim and objective 1. To foster unity among members Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi Steert, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary

BOGIJE&EYINOSACOMMUNITYASSOCIATION

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Club has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for the under-mentioned changes in the Club in accordance with Companies and Allied Matters Act No.1 of 1990 Part C, namely: The Trustees : 1.ALHAJI MUSEDIKU SARAFA AYOKULEYIN - CHAIRMAN 2. MR. SHITTU BABATUNDE NURAINI- VICE CHAIRMAN. 3. HON. SULUKADEEN B. LATEEF - GENERAL SECRETARY. 4. MR. RASAKI WALIU OLASUNKANMI-ORGANISING SECRETARY 5. MR. OJORA MUKAILA OLAKUNLE- MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROTECT THE INTEREST OF MEMBERS. 2. TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN BIOGIJE AND EYINOSA COMMUNITY. Any objection thereto should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28days of this publication.

SIGNED: AFRIKE CHAMBERS 08066056601, 08029799759

DANIEL BOB GLOBAL FOUNDATION (CAC/IT/NO: 94057) The general public is hereby notified that the above named Organisation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Removal and Addition of Trustees under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap C20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The Old Trustees are: 1. CHIEF DANIEL ORJI-RETAINED 2. OGE GOD’STIME ROBINSON-RETAINED 3. ISIAKA FEMI-REMOVED 4. OBOH EBENEZER OSE-REMOVED 5. OLUWAFEMI ITUNU OMOLOLA-REMOVED The New Trustees are: 1. CHIOMA ORJI-APPOINTED 2. OKWUDIRI ABEL ORJI-APPOINTED 3. ROBINSON VALENTINE MMADUAWUCHI-APPOINTED 4. UMEH AMARACHUKWU MARY-APPOINTED The Aims and objectives remains the same.

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

Signed: NWOSU HENRY ESQ. 09096423491

GLORY REVEALING GOSPLE CHAPEL The general public is hereby notified that the above named has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Evang Olaloko Olufemi Adeola.

2. Pastor Shofela Ismaila Alade.

3. Pastor Mrs Afolabi Grace Omowunmi.

4. Pastor Olabisi Olushola Emmanuel.

5. Pastor Adebiyi Olasunkanmi Ibrahim.

6. Pastor Emmanuel Oluwafemi Oyeleye.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPLE Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguyi Ironsi Steert, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Secretary

UMAR ALKALI EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE The general public is hereby notified that the above named Initiative has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap C20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The Trustees are: 1. DR. UMAR ALKALI 2. ALLAMIN ALKALI 3. BISHARA ALHAJI ABATCHA 4. GREMA MOHAMMED 5. BARR. JIBRIN UMAR BOLORI 6. RUKAIYA UMAR ALKALI Aims and objectives: 1. To help the needy and less privileged in the society.

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

Signed: MUSTAPHA ABBA GAJI ESQ

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University education alone can’t give you the right job -Abebe Deborah Abebe is the President/CEO, Harobed & Associates (H&A), a management consulting firm that also runs a Career Transition Training (CTT) programme aimed at empowering unemployed youths with requisite on-the-job knowledge. Abebe said she wants the CTT programme to be a mandatory feature of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In this interview with MATHEW DADIYA, she calls on government and corporate organizations to support the project to enable youth across the federation to benefit from it. She also spoke on the education system in Nigeria. Excerpts What informed your decision to initiate the Career Transition Traning (CTT)?

We are consultants with keen interest in youth empowerment initiatives, basically helping them to plan on how to transit in their career life. Seeing the high level of unemployment in the country, influx of youth into the labour market, we decided to come up with a training program which is the CTT to help candidates actually transit into employment within a short period of time.

What are the objectives of this training program?

What happened was that we identified the gap in the system as a result of very high level of unemployment.

We did a research to find out actually why young people find it difficult to get good jobs. We met with the Commissioner, Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment in Lagos State to get more information on federal and state initiatives as to what the government was doing to create job for the youth.

We also met with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and host of youth corpers in Abuja to get a well rounded understanding of the situation and we think that gave us an insight into developing our training format to help provide a sustainable solution in reducing youth unemployment and under-employment in Nigeria.

Do you have statistics of the number of youths, who are unemployed and under employed in the country, especially the graduates?

Well, we would get the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). However, there are over 10 million youths that are under-employed, according to current statistics. These are people that have jobs that do not utilize their skills and qualifications, we also have over 60 per cent of youth who are in full formal employment, of course that is also doing a job that utilize their qualifications and skills. When you talk about unemployment we have a very high number, I am not exactly sure of the statistics at the moment but we would get it. We all know that unemployment is a huge problem, they are churning out a lot of graduates from the universities with less jobs in the labour market.

What is the motive behind this training because, there have been reported cases of graduates not having the requisite on-the -job skill or what some people described as unemployable graduates. How do you train such graduates and make them employable?

Sometime ago we had the opportunity to meet with some of these young people to find out if you don’t have the type of skill that the industry, the labour market or the employers are looking for, and we had the previlege to talk to them and we discovered the basic challenges.

We do know that there is a breakdown in the education system, the graduates they are churning out from schools are actually not employable. The reason being, they are not taught to make career choices from the university.

Right now we are focusing on youth corpers and the reason being they are actually the ones at the top of transitioning from the education into the work environment. We decided, the best thing is to train them into transitioning because a lot of efforts traditionally have focussed on educating the youth on how to perform in work places but less attention on teaching them how to actually be employable. The motive behind the training is to give them information, skills, knowledge and techniques on how to find high quality jobs.

Do you have any memorandum of understanding with the NYSC management on the career

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transition training programme?

Sometime last year, we met with the management, the Head of Skills Acquisition and entrepreneurship development department and presented our proposal to them, but then, that had been very slow because of the bureaucracy in the system weren’t able to do anything with the NYSC, so we decided to do this all alone, we went all out to get the corpers ourselves.

What is the cost implication and who funds the training programme?

At the moment, it’s a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) project; a pet-project of Harobed and Associates. We are trying to create awareness. The first group of candidates we trained was free of charge. The Nigeria Entrepreneurs Forum (NEF) and EventsRep.com only co-collaborated with Harobed & Associates on this two-week event and are not co-collaborators for future events organised by H&A. That is why it’s a CSR. But the thing is, as an organization, we are committed to this particular program and also committed to our CSR activities. We want the backing of the government as well as the private sector organizations to help gather the funding that will enable us impart these youth with the requisite knowledge and skills.

Do you have a specific number of people you target to train within a timeframe?

Again, we recognized that transitioning in education from primary to secondary school or post secondary level are very crucial, thereby emphasizing the need to supporting the youth to finding high quality paying jobs. When we established this training, we said to ourselves what is the most sustainable way of getting

this message out there? Then we asked these questions: One, is the content relevant? Does the solution actually meet the business need? Is the platform good enough to implement on a wide scale?

The fact is that we do want to implement this project to encourage a wide spread training for the youth. We have established that it is something that can be done in any locality and we have been able to customize the training to any local government area in any state of the federation, including the FCT. Basically, the Nigerian government can use this platform to let young people know what training opportunity, or what job opportunity they have in their local area. So, that is beauty of this training that we ran. We actually want a wide scale implementation.

Has there been any feed back from the first group of people you trained and what is your relationship with the corporate organizations in terms of supplying trained manpower or employable graduates?

Definitely, we have been getting a very positive feed back. The candidates are saying the training is relevant. It is something they need and want to be spread on a national basis so that youth from other parts of the country could also benefit. What we intend to do in a long run, the candidates we trained that are being accepted in the ministries and other corporate organizations, there will be a follow-up. Actually, some of them were employed on a full time and we intend to do a follow-up to ascertain the level of their productive performance.

Therefore, we want to partner with job hunters, em-

ployment agencies and some of the job centers, when they have opportunities, they let us know so we select the category of people they want from those we trained.

How many have you trained so far and what is the duration?

We have done the first training, and it is a three half-day workshop training session. We registered 100 candidates but 70 of them attended the training. The reason for this was that we organized the CSR training within a week and a lot of them didn’t have enough time to prepare for the training but those who couldn’t make it did send us mail that please, when we do have another training we should inform them. Out of the 70 persons that attended the training, only one person did not complete the workshop. Those who attended and completed the training felt it was something that will be beneficial to them, so all of them participated fully.

We are working on another training that will come up soon, the details are on our website those interested can visit the site and register there.

Were there challenges encountered during the training, especially as it concerns the trainee’s ability to comprehend subjects taught?

As said earlier, we all know there is a breakdown in our educational system. So, during the training, we noticed that some of them can’t even spring up a proper sentence. When they are speaking, they lack confidence, even with reading, they are not able to read properly. Therefore, from the feedback that we received, some of them did admit that their self-confidence was restored, as well as their self-reliance. They can now comport themselves and know how to apply for the right job.

In fact, some of them even went to the extent of saying that they now realize they were lazy, prior to the training, that the training has given them a broader knowledge on what to do to find the right job.

Although some of them are actually employable, they don’t know what to do to get the right job, but after the training they all attested to the fact that the training has molded them for the better.

What is your perception about the education system in the country?

My opinion is that, first of all, we don’t even have the right infrastructure in place, we are using outdated curriculum at the moment; some of the books that we used in secondary schools are still being used today, they haven’t move ahead yet. Also, the quality of teachers are poor, there is need for more training and retraining of teachers at all level. I think those are the major problems and the government really need to look into that and come up with a new policy that will transform the education system generally.

What will be your message to the Nigerian youth?

They should be consistent, determination is the key. Everybody wants to make money overnight. During the training I told them, look, you have to pay your dues, an you have to invest in time. They can’t stay at home and get job, you have to go out and get opportunity for yourself. It’s not actually going to be an easy road, they have to be consistent, they have to be determined and certainly they will get there.

Why do you target the NYSC? This career transition training programe that we started, is the first of its kind and we haven’t seen it anywhere. We want to see it as one of the mandatory features of the NYSC because this is a training that candidates that we trained have confirmed that they actually need it. After the NYSC what, next? They really need to know where and what to fall back to when they complete their service.

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Women’s group extols World Day of Prayer virtues

Cross section of women at the event

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Prophet Korede

The General leader of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ayo Ni o, Surulere District Headquarters, Prophet Funsho Korode, has lauded Christian women for being in the forefront of intercessory prayers for peace in the country, especially for families all over the world.

Korede stated this at the 2017 Women’s International World Day of Prayer, held last Friday at the church auditorium.

Held on first Friday of March every year in over 170 countries, the World Day of Prayer is an international Christian laywomen’s initiative, under the aegis of, Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action (IPPA).

The movement aims to bring together women of various nationalities, cultures and traditions in a yearly common day of prayer, as well as

in closer fellowship, understanding and action throughout the year.

The Daily Times gathered that the body was founded in the USA in 1887, after Mary Ellen Fairchild James, wife of Darwin Rush James from Brooklyn, New York, called for a day of prayer for home missions, and Methodist women called for a week of prayer and self-denial for foreign missions.

The chief host of this year’s event, Prophet Korode said with prayers, women were further encouraged to become aware of their talents and use them in the service of God and humanity.

Prophet Korode noted that women have been a strong pillar from the early days of the Church.

“Remember in the Bible, it was the women who first found out that Christ had risen; the Holy Book recorded many great women that stood for their families.

The senior clergyman advised that Nigerians should keep faith as there will be a great turn around for the country soon.

Also speaking at the event, the Chairperson of Women Fellowship wing of the Church, spiritual mother, Christiana Ajike, explained that the gathering was to renew their covenant to serve God faithfully to the very end.

In separate comments, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Agara of the Anglican Communion and her counterpart from Good News Church, Bishop Modupe Amu, noted that Christian women will continue to stand in the gap for the nation at large until revival comes.

The high point of the event was the presentation of a drama piece in Nigeria’s three indigenous languages, with the theme, Am I being unfair to you?, prepared by Christian Women of the Philippines.

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FM FC gaffer, Fidelis Ilechukwu was disappointed that his charges once again conceded a late goal, as they drew 1-1 with Enyimba on Saturday.

The Lagos-based side opened the scoring through Stephen Odey, before Ibrahim Mustapha leveller secured a point for the home side in the 85th minute.

The Olukoya Boys have moved up to fourth spot with the point, although that could change by the end of the weekend due to Sunday’s fixtures.

“I think it was a good game but my game plan didn’t work. We conceded again late in the match. We were meant to be beat Enyimba, it’s important to me as a coach and the team as well,” Ilechukwu told reporters.

“Part of my worry in this match is that when Enyimba made good use of the aerial balls. The pitch denied us from making good use of the ball on the ground.

All those loose balls we got were meant to be to our advantage, but the pitch just wouldn’t allow us to express ourselves.

“If the pitch was in a good condition we would have scored more goals. My game plan is to score goals in the first half and contain them in the second, while we make use of counter attacks.”

“Onuwa Chukwuka, Olatunbosun Sikiru and Stephen Odey all understand each other, which is an advantage to the team.

“Being among top teams on the NPFL log is what matters to me most and I’m hopeful that we shall sit at the top of the log by next weekend when we host Plateau United in Lagos.”

l-Kanemi Warriors captain, George Michael says his side are resolute to maintain their unbeaten home records when they welcome Niger Tornadoes to the El-Kanemi Stadium in Sunday’s clash.

The Maiduguri-based outfit are second on the table with 21 points from games, and the skipper believes every coach that visits would want to put an end to their impressive record, adding

that the presence of their fans will also cheer them to victory in that encounter.

“We have a record every coach desire to come and break, but we are focusing on the match and putting all our hearts together to ensure that we carry the day,” Michael told reporters.

“We just have to concentrate as usual, playing in front of our fans and on our home ground will motivate us to give our best in the game.”

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Anambra ranks 4th in modern family planning method- Survey AT 4 Recession is man-made, says Bishop Ezeofor

Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano presenting a cheque for N500,000 to 17 persons affected in the last fire incident that occurred at Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. The presentation was at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia..recently

I’ll continue to pursue kidnappers, armed robbers – Obiano

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Anambra State having carved a niche for his administration in provision of security in the once volatile state has sent fresh signal to criminals and their sponsors that he will not in any way relent in his fight against criminals in the state.

Governor Obiano, who spoke in Onitsha, the Anambra State commercial nerve centre, during the one year anniversary of the executives of Millennium and Importers Market, vowed that as long as he remained the Governor of Anambra State, he would continue to pursue criminals.

“They can’t come here again.

If they dare, we will show them. I have warned Landlords in the state to know their tenants. If we find any kidnapper in any Landlord’s place, we will pull down the house even if it is a skyscraper. We have a law backing us,” Governor Obiano warned.

The Governor told the traders he was feeling the pinches they were going through because he was once also a trader, having helped the mother to sell fish at Ose Okwodu market.

Consequently, Obiano said he has been working hard to reduce some of the challenges importers encountered in the hands of the Nigerian Customs and Economic and Fi-

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nancial Crime Commission (EFCC).

He said when they were seizing their foreign exchange at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, he invited the officials of EFCC and Customs to intimate them how the import business operate in Onitsha, saying that the traders usually contribute dollars among themselves and give one person to go and purchase goods for them.

Obiano said he told them it was not as if the dollars belonged to the person carrying it, rather it belonged to different traders and this timely intervention, said the Governor addressed the issue of arrest of traders for carrying dollars at the airport.

The Governor also said he had met with officials of Customs, Eastern Command and prevailed on them not to mount

road blocks or go into markets in search of smuggled goods, rather the Custom should beef up surveillance at the borders both on land and in sea, a request which Obiano said has received favourable response from the Customs.

Gov. Obiano said he had equally discussed with the officials of the Ethiopian Airlines to have an office in Onitsha and probably provide a bus to convey traders going to Enugu to board their airline.

He said he has provided N61 million to 61 registered markets in the state, which each market will use to provide projects, saying that this was the best he could do to improve the lots of the traders and give the markets face-lift.

“I can’t share cash to the traders. My opponents will accuse me of sharing money to traders for campaign.

ÏÏÏ The Anglican Bishop of Ogbaru Missionary Diocese, Right Rev. Samuel Ezeofor, has called the Federal Government to change its policies so as to reduce the hardship and suffering Nigerians are going through this period.

Bishop Ezeofor, who spoke at Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, during the dedication of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Atani, said the suffering and hardship the people of Nigeria are currently undergoing did not come upon them by accident rather it was man-made.

The Bishop, who said he also was experiencing the pains of recession, stated that he has seen what he has not experienced in the last 50 years of his life on this earth under the prevailing recession.

But in spite of all these sufferings by the people of Nigerians, said the Bishop, the leaders appeared indifferent, stating: “Our leaders should change their tactics, go back to the drawing board and bring out policies that will bring relief to the sufferings of Nigerians. We are praying that God comes to our aid otherwise Nigerians will continue to die in hunger, poverty and disease. The economy, almost everything have gone bad. This did not come on us by surprise. It is man-made.

They should change their policies”.

The Bishop said it has not been easy for them in the last ten years the Diocese was created but God has been faithful to them.

“We have gone through difficult times in the last ten years but God has been faithful.

We thank God for everything “, said Bishop Ezeofor, who hosted the Primate Church of Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, last Saturday during the dedication of the Diocesan cathedral.

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Okpoko residents pass vote of No confidence on caretaker committee ÏÏÏ The people of

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Why traders should support Obiano for second term – Ogbaru Market boss ÏÏÏ President-General of Ogba-

ru Main Market, near Onitsha, Chief Chukwuma Nwawuzie, has said that Anambra traders have no option than to throw their weight behind Governor Willie Obiano for the second term in office.

The President-General said this would allow the governor to continue to provide security as well as other social infrastructure to the state.

Chief Nwawuzie, who spoke during an interview with the Anambra Times in Onitsha, said even if it is the provision of security alone, the traders should unanimously endorse Governor Obiano because everybody who was resident in the state some few years ago knew the precarious security situation in the state, where kidnappers had no respect in abducting people.

The President-General said he was a victim of kidnapping in the state, when they abducted him along Old Road while going home, dumped him inside the boot of their car and took him to an unknown place where they beat and tied his eyes with black cloth.

At the end of the day, said the Nwawuzie, fondly called Akrika Ukpor, he parted with N3 million before they could set him free.

But Obiano, he said, came in and stopped any form of kidnapping, violent crime and indeed other forms of crime which has provided conducive business environment in the state and the residents are now sleeping with their two eyes closed.

Consequently, he said, the

leadership and members of Ogbaru Main Market are not only endorsing him but insist that Anambra people across political divides should throw their selfish interest overboard and work for the continuity of Governor Obiano for another four years in office.

“Concerning Anambra State Governorship election in 2017, we are endorsing Willie Obiano for continuity. We commend him for the good works he has been doing. He is really working in the areas of security, agriculture, prompt payment of workers’ salary and provision of general infrastructure,’ he said.

He said that the Governor has the interest of the traders at heart and that is why he even went ahead of traders to discuss with the leadership of Customs in Eastern Command and Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) not to harass traders at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport and on the high ways.

He wondered how the Customs will come to the highways and seize rice and other goods bought in Lagos and Kano but turn blind eye into the warehouses where the goods were brought into, saying that there is nowhere in this world where the Customs leave the point of entries to go to the markets and roads to seize goods.

The President-General also lauded Gov. Obiano for giving communities in the state N20 million each and N10 million each to 61 markets in the state, with a promise that any community or market that judiciously utilised their own will be given

another grant.

Nwawuzie was particularly grateful to Obiano for the construction of pedestrian bridge at Upper Iweka which is directly linked to his market, stating that his members are the direct beneficiary of that pedestrian bridge.

Talking on his achievement, the President-General said their major achievements have been providing peace and security in the market, building security gate at their boundary with Shoe Site Market, roofing of the market prayer ground as well as clearing of the gutter along Obodo-Ukwu Road from the market to the Police Station to head-off flooding during the rainy season.

He said that they have been working hard to address the vexed issue of adulteration in the market by having a meeting with the director of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) in Onitsha, where they agreed to set up a task force on eradiation of counterfeit products.

However, the President-General warned that anybody found indulging in adulteration will face the dire consequences of the law or out-rightly leave the market.

He lauded the PresidentGeneral of the Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association (AMATAS), Chief Okwudili Ezenwankwo, for the able way he has been piloting the markets in the state, saying that his combination with Governor Obiano has brought peace in the markets in the state.

Okpoko, a sprawling community near Onitsha, have passed a vote of no confidence on the Caretaker committee led by Hon. Linus Ezenwamma, who they said had been imposed on them.

The vote of no confidence came after a general meeting of the members of the community, where the people listed many issues bothering the community which have remained unsolved.

According to the former Secretary General of the community, Comrade Raphael Agu, “the leadership of Ezenwamma is being backed up by a member of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Benson Nwawulu, to undermine our agitation to conduct election since the tenure of the caretaker committee has elapsed”.

In a petition to Governor Willie Obiano, they accused

Hon. Benson Nwanwulu of making a statement to the effect “notwithstanding that the tenure of the existing office has since ceased, he was the one who appointed Hon. Linus Ezenwamma into office”.

They urged Governor Obiano to come to their rescue, stating that all was not well and whoever that complained is attacked by thugs of Ezenwamma.

According to Comrade Agu, “the leadership should also be made to render account of stewardship for the three years it ruled without election”.

In the six- page petition signed by 42 stakeholders of the community through their counsel, Chris Okoro, they accused the leadership of over staying its welcome and therefore should step down for free and fair election.

Nov. guber poll: APGA chieftain predicts victory for Obiano ÏÏÏ As

November 2017 governorship election draws near, a chieftain of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Uchenna Okogbuo, has predicted total victory for Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, in the election.

Okogbuo, who is the Deputy National Chairman, (South) of APGA, made the prediction in his Uzuakoli country home in Bende Local Government Area while speaking with newsmen, arguing that the governor has delivered on his campaign promises.

He said: “We are expecting a 99 percent vote for Obiano in that election because he is not only a committed governor, but has also become an acceptable leader. His people love him”, stating that one of the things going for Obiano is that he is building on solid foundations and structures laid and built by his predecessors in office, noting that the people are happy over that.

Okogbuo, who extolled former Governors of the state, Chris Ngige and Peter Obi for identifying and addressing the major challenges facing the state, said their unity of purpose created consistency in the development of the state.

“Obiano is building on what they left behind on ground and the people are happy for that. The electorates are happy with him, expectedly, his re-election bid will be smooth,” Okogbuo maintained arguing that through the efforts of the three administrations, the state had evolved from negative tendencies to being a model state in the country where there is unhindered economic development.

Governor Obiano, he said, is very accessible person, “one governor who, if you present him with any good ideas, he will accept and implement them for the good of the people of the state”.

The party, he said, is not scared or worried about the opposition in the state saying, “We know that the people are solidly behind him.

“Ask them any time, any day, they will tell you Obiano is the man they know.”

The APGA Deputy National Chairman dismissed the fears that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC at the federal level could use the security agencies to hijack the election, expressing his assurance that the people of the state would resist such moves.

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Structures on reclaimed erosion sites will be demolished, says Obiano

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Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has warned that structures and any other developmental projects constructed on erosion sites being reclaimed would be demolished.

Governor Obiano gave the warning while addressing community leaders in EnuguUkwu, Njikoka Local Government during the presentation of cheques to erosion affected persons by the Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) in the state.

He was represented by Mr. Ifeanyi Ejikeme, the state Commissioner for Environment, Beautification and Ecology.

He said that the directive for

people to stay off recovered areas was to enable the sites heal completely to forestall a recurrence.

The Commissioner, who is also the steering Committee Chairman of NEWMAP in Anambra State, said that previous owners could no longer lay claim to such lands as it was now under the care of the state, Federal Government and World Bank for beautification purposes.

He explained that the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) programme was designed to assist those who would lose their farmlands and economic trees in the course of civil works at the four new sites recently approved by the bank in

the state.

“The state government has fully paid the 2017 counterpart fund for the project as Anambra is the first to do so this year.

“We have come to compensate those who will be affected when the civil works begin at the erosion site here in EnuguUkwu.

“After the compensation, we do not expect anybody to go back to the reclaimed and bioremediated sites.

“It will now be under the care of sponsors of NEWMAP who could use such places for recreational or beautification purposes to enable the areas to heal.

“We shall pull down struc-

tures in such place; we have a case in hand at Awka where we intervened but somebody has already built a structure there; we are still consulting and most likely such structure will be demolished.

“Aside this compensation, we also have plans to train and issue grant to these people, so that they can get back to their normal lives,” he said.

In her remark, Mrs. RuthPeter Mshelia from the Social and Livelihood Department of NEWMAP, Abuja, urged the people to change their attitude to the environment, noting that erosion was largely manmade.

Mshelia called on the people of Enugu-Ukwu to take ownership of the project and ensure that it progressed seamlessly.

Responding, the Deputy Prime Minister of Enugu-Ukwu, Chief Clem Nwafor said

they were happy with the intervention, adding that the people had lived with the erosion menace for a long time.

Nwafor thanked the World Bank and Anambra Government for considering the plight of the persons affected and paying them compensation to cushion their losses.

He, however, urged NEWMAP to engage competent contractors who have the capacity and expertise to execute the project.

“We are calling on them to engage professional contractors who will do a good job and not political contractors, so that our people will be better,’’ he said.

The compensation was under the RAP of NEWMAP, which is the lead intervention agency in the state, jointly funded by the state government and World Bank.

Traders decry fake revenue agents at Onitsha market ÏÏÏ

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Halt killings in Nigeria, Okoh urges FG ÏÏÏ The Primate of

Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, has called on the Federal Government to protect the lives of Nigerians across the country by forestalling killings by illegal armed groups including Fulani herdsmen.

Archbishop Okoh spoke weekend at Atani in Ogbaru Local Govetnment Area of Anambra State during the dedication of Basilicica of St. James the great, Cathedral of Ogbaru Missionary Diocese.

The Primate said it was not only in Southern Kaduna that people were being

massacred in this country, lamenting that everywhere in the country, Nigerian citizens were mauled down every now and then.

Okoh said that against this backdrop of widespread killings of Nigerians, the minimum demand of the church was for the Federal Government to protect the lives of Nigerians in every part of the country.

He enjoined every Nigeria to continue to pray for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari so that he would offer Nigeria the leadership which was why he was given mandate, saying that nobody however was beyond sickness.

The Primate also called on the Federal Government to help Nigerians escape the biting economic recession by initiating positive economic programmes and reforms.

Earlier in his sermon, the Primate charged priests not to approach the work of God with levity, rather they should be prayerful because they were contending with so many powers.

“You cannot take it with levity. Stand prepared by God for the work. Now that you have completed the physical building, the real work had just begun, to build men and women who are acceptable to God.

Some traders at the Bridge Head Market, Onitsha in Anambra State, have appealed to Governor Willie Obiano to arrest fake revenue agents defrauding unsuspecting victims.

The traders, who made the appeal in separate interviews with newsmen in Onitsha, said fees ranging from N8, 600, to N13,200 were collected from them as government revenue.

They alleged that a revenue syndicate had taken over the place, defrauding them with Point of Sales (POS) machine in the name of collecting stall fees, market tax, development levy and sanitation fees.

A trader, Mr. Joseph Nwankwo, a victim, said that he discovered that they were fake agents after paying for the multiple fees on March 7.

“I was issued with POS receipt which was later discovered to be fake when an investigation was conducted.”

Nwankwo alleged that the fake agents were still collecting fees for 2016.

Another victim, Mr. John Nzeagwu, urged the state government to commence investigation into the activities of

one of the popular contractors, who was disengaged a week ago.

Nzeagwu said government’s failure to arrest the situation might result in crisis between traders and the government as no trader was ready to make double revenue payment.

According to him, the Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, Mrs. Amaka Ilobi, had last week disengaged all revenue contractors engaged by the state at the Bridge Head Market.

“Agents of the contractor now parade the market with fake POS in their bags and collect fees ranging from N8,600, N9,600 and N13,200 for quarter shops, half shops and full shops, respectively.”

Also speaking, Mrs. Grace Iloanya, a petty trader at the market said traders were already planning a protest, if government failed to arrest the situation.

Chief Sunday Obinze, the President-General of Bridge Head Market Association, told newsmen that the government had disengaged revenue agents operating in the markets.

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65-year-old man arraigned for defrauding lawyer

Bishop Okeke with (from left) Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah, Chief Victor Umeh, former State governor, Peter Obi, Transport Minister, Dr. Chris Ngige and Dr. Obinna Uzor,on his immediate left.

Anambra ranks 4th in modern family planning method- Survey

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Anambra State ranked fourth in Performance Monitoring and Accountability (PMA) 2020 survey conducted in 2016 in seven states on the use of modern contraceptives for the prevention of pregnancy and family planning.

Dr. Elizabeth Omoluabi, Principal Investigator, PMA 2020 Nigeria, made the disclosure in Awka on Wednesday at a training session for the field workers who would cover the round two of the exercise.

Omoluabi said that the PMA 2020, Anambra round one

showed that only 17.5 per cent of women in the state had access to modern family planning methods.

She said that the state placed fourth behind Lagos, Rivers and Nasarawa states.

She said that Anambra was better than Kaduna with 16.1 per cent, Taraba 9.6 per cent and Kano state 6.0 per cent of the seven states where round one of the project was carried out.

She said that the field workers, mostly Anambra ladies would carry out the survey in the round two in randomly se-

lected areas.

Omoluabi said that the survey would be presented to state government as a working tool to help improve campaigns.

“The project is being carried out in 11 countries of the world with a view to tracking family planning to know the level of usage of modern contraception in the countries.

“We are also interested in water and sanitation. In general, we are interested in heath and in reproductive health.

“Remember that Nigeria had promised the world that it is going to make family plan-

ning available to 36 per cent of its women in 2018,’’ Omoluabi said.

Nigeria, she said, was far from it, pointing out that “our role is to keep track of the promise and how far to fulfilling it.

“Every year, we report back the level Nigeria has been able to achieve this dream. This is the training the ladies are undergoing for the second round in Anambra.

“Our joy is that our survey materials are gaining credibility among states, which use it as working document.’’

ÏÏÏ A sixty-five-year old man, Paul Okechukwu, allegedly said to be notorious in reselling same parcel of land to different people at Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State has been arraigned at Nteje Magistrate Court.

The accused was slammed with two count charge of defrauding an Onitsha based lawyer, Barrister Ikechukwu Izuegbunam, the sum of N750,000 on the pretext of selling to him a plot of land at Amuche village, Nkwelle Ezunaka.

The accused was said to be a former staff of Anambra State Judiciary.

The two -count charge read: “That you Paul Okechukwu (m) on the 24th day of October 2014 at Amuche village Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi Magistrate District with intent to defraud did make false presentation of plot allocation, No 509 and plot No 511 on plot No 411 and plot No 412 situated at Imeagu Onyiliajaodu Layout Amuche Village Nkwelle Ezunaka property of one Chikamso (Nonso) Okegbo (m) of the same Umueri family Amuche, Ndino Village, Nkwelle Ezunaka and fraudulently collected the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N750,000) from on Barrister Ikechukwu Izuegbunam which you know that you are not the rightful owner of plot No 411 and Plot No 412 mentioned above on which you made the false representation and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 1 (1) (a) (3) of advance fee fraud and other fraud related offences act laws of the Federation 2006.

“That you Paul Okechukwu (m) on the same date and place in the above mentioned magisterial district did unlawfully sell plot No 411 and Plot No 412 property of one Chikamso Nonso Okegbo (m) situated at Imeagu Onyiliajadu Layout Amuche Village, Nkwelle Ezunaka and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 3 (b) prohibited fraudulent practices on land and property laws of Anambra state of Nigeria 2012”.

Erosion: 149 get N26.7m NEWMAP compensation in Idemili LGA ÏÏÏ

Nigerian Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has disbursed N26. 7 million compensation to 149 people in Umuoji and Ogidi in Idemili South and Idemili North Councils in Anambra State.

The NEWMAP paid those affected by erosion management and control works in the two communities.

A breakdown revealed that 64 people got cheques of N17.43 million in Umuoji, while 85 people in Ogidi received cheques of N9.23 million ranging from N5,000 to three million Naira.

The beneficiaries of the

NEWMAP Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) were residents of erosion devastated areas of the state whose property and farmlands will be damaged in the course of civil works at the sites.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Beautification and Ecology in the state, Dr Ngozi Ezeike, who presented the cheques, said the compensation was the first phase of RAP. Ezeike said that it would be followed by training and grants for the project affected persons.

She said the state government had paid its N500 million

counterpart fund for 2017 as a demonstration of the Gov. Willie Obiano’s commitment to tackle erosion menace in the state.

She described erosion as the second most challenging threat in the state after insecurity, and expressed the government’s resolve to address it.

“RAP which is being implemented by NEWMAP, an Anambra government projected jointly funded by World Bank is first phase of returning erosion victims to their original livelihood.

“It also includes training and grants for the people affected by erosion in the state.

“Anambra is the worst hit by erosion with about 1,000 georeferenced erosion sites out of which 15 have been approved for management by World Bank,” she said.

The Project Coordinator of NEWMAP in the state, Mr. Mike Ivenso, said the RAP activity was a precursor to the effective commencement of civil works on the site Ivenso said civil works would commence immediately due diligence checks were concluded on the RAP stage to ensure that no beneficiary was left out.

He said the compensation was worked out by a consul-

tant who took time to evaluate the cost to people using fair market price approach.

The coordinator promised to ensure that best procurement and project execution practices were deployed in the state.

Contributing, the Traditional Ruler of Umuoji, Igwe Cyril Enweze, lauded the state government and the World Bank for the intervention.

Enweze, who said the community had lived with the erosion for more than 40 years, said the RAP was a great way of cushioning the loss of the affected people.

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NIPOST generates N8.8bn in 2016

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ARM Securities explains investment in FGNSB Page B7

External reserves rises to $30bn, highest in 16 months

L-R: CEO Wassy Creations, Otunba Wasiu Taiwo; CEO ReelFruit, Affiang Williams; Executive Director,Micro Enterprises Directorate,Bank of Industry, Toyin Adeniji; CEO SecureID Ltd., Kofo Akinkugbe; CEO, PathCare Laboratories, Pamela Ajayi, and Divisional Head, Large Enterprises, BoI, Mr. Joseph Babatunde, during the Bank of Industry 2017 International Women’s Day celebration with Themed: ‘’Be Bold for Change’’ held in Lagos, yesterday. PHOTO: KOLAWOLE ALIU.

Motolani Oseni Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $30.

038billion as of March 8 to record its highest level since the November 2015 figure of $30.049 billion, latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has shown.

This is even as the nation’s apex bank in the last four weeks injected a total amount of $1.237billion into the foreign ex-

..As CBN injects over $1.2bn in four weeks change market.

While comparing the latest with the corresponding period in 2016, it showed that the reserves have jerked up by $2.156 billion, the CBN statistics has revealed.

It is worthy of note that Nigeria’s dollar reserves have increased by 15.02 percent since the start of the year, following a steady increase since January 5,

2017, which eventually hit $30.038 .995,233 billion on Thursday, March 8, 2017.

Although, the central bank has not given reasons for the sharp increase but financial experts have attributed the rise to the recovery in crude oil prices which have soared to $55 per barrel in the global market, following the output cut deal agreed between

OPEC and Non-OPEC members on January 1, allowing the CBN to boosts its foreign reserves.

However, Business Times checks observed that the last time the reserves crossed above $30 billion mark was in July 2015, where it went as high as $31.63 billion in August 2015 before it began to decline.

As of mid-February this year, the nation’s external reserves rose by $4.7billion or 20 per cent in three months.

The figure, however, further increased from $24bn on November 9, 2016 to $28.7billion on February 9, 2017.

The data also showed that within two months, the reserves increased by $3.8biollion or 15.3 per cent from $24.9billionn recorded on December 9, 2016 to $28.7bn on February 9, 2017.

The reserves increased by $2.9billion or 11.2 per cent since the beginning of this year till mid-February. Specifically, the external reserves rose from $25.8billion on December 30, 2016 to $8.7billionn on February 9, 2017.

The continuous increase in the reserves has however, positioned the central bank to lived up to its promise to provide a sustained input of forex into the nation’s economy for Nigerians who have legitimate use for it.

In the few weeks of the apex lender’s revised forex policy, it has made a positive impact on both banks and importers, as the uniqueness of the wholesale forwards was that banks were allowed to use their winnings from auctions to fund matured obligations to meet letters of credit remittances, extinguish bills for collection and other forex demands.

The CBN spokesperson, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, has explained that importers now have cheaper and easier sources of forex.

According to him, “With this development, importers who had hitherto been using bills for collection will now experience relief instead of having to patronize other more expensive sources.”

Just last week, the bank offered another $100 million for wholesale requests, out of which $70 million was sold to meet requests for business/personal travel allowances, BTA/PTA.

Microsoft urges organisations to embrace digital transformation

Tony Nwakaegho

Leading Software Company, Microsoft, has urged organisations in the country to embrace digital transforma-

BUSINESS TIMES Head Business Azubike Nnadozie Asst. Business Editor Simon Ugwu Capital Market Editor Bonny Amadi

tion in order to remain competitive, as well as ensuring business profitability and continuity.

This position was made at Empowering Digital Transformation Summit held recently in Lagos.

Beny Rubinstein, industry solutions sales director, Microsoft Middle East and Africa, in his opening address at the summit disclosed that 86 percent of Chief Executive Officers consider digital as their number one priority, as they have confidence

that technology will transform their businesses more than any other mega global trend.

Rubinstein cited the four pillars of Digital Transformation concept which are – customers’ engagement, employees’ empowerment, operations optimization and product and services transformation, adding that “Digital Transformation is a prevailing global inclination and which emerging markets are beginning to embrace.”

Uzoma Dozie, MD/CEO of

Diamond Bank, speaking in his keynote address on the role of Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector, acknowledged the significance of digital transformation for organisations, stressing that 80 percent of transactions at Diamond Bank are done outside banking halls, which has been made possible through digital technology adoption.

Dozie said: “One phenomenal feature of digital transformation is that it enables organisations to

be agile, flexible and more effective in their approach.”

John Edokpolo, head of Legal Affairs at Microsoft Nigeria, explained that while most people believe in the importance of digital transformation, they still have fears embracing same.

According to him, over 60 percent organisations believe they would have security issues when considering cloud option, although after moving, 94 percent feel more secured in Microsoft cloud than they were before.

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9 ways capital market can fund 2017 budget deficit – SEC

Afolabi Adesola

The Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a 9-point communique, highlighting the capital market’s role in supporting the mobilization and deployment of resources to fund the N2.36 trillion gap in the nation’s 2017 budget.

The communique was issued following the 2017 budget seminar held on the 9th of February with theme “The 2017 Budget of Growth and Recovery: Relevance, Implications and Perspectives of the Nigerian Capital Market.

Amidst speculations on the budget deficit to be funded through, domestic and international borrowing, the SEC said that proceeds from borrowing should not be spent on recurrent expenditure, rather such funds should be tied strictly to capital projects such as infrastructure with potential to stimulate economic recovery and sustainable growth.

According to the communique, another point the government should put into consideration is effective privatization, channeled through the capital market, in order free up resources being directed to manage Government’s ailing assets, for other critical sectors of the economy.

“Privatization of government owned assets is a quick win, having strong potential to release funds from government handouts of ailing enterprises

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (l), with the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, during his courtesy visit to the Minister in Abuja, recently. Photo: Temitope Balogun. to funding badly needed capital projects such as infrastructure.”

The communique read The SEC also said that the Federal Government should collaborate with capital market stakeholders to improve the financial performance of listed companies and by extension, the equities market. Giving the fact that government deficit financing ultimately increases cost of funds to the private sector and influences asset reallocation in favour of government securi-

ties.

It said “Key interventions should include reduction in interest rate, addressing foreign exchange challenges and provision of relevant infrastructure.”

Another point noted was that “In order for the capital market to more effectively meet the challenges of the time, there is the need to further deepen and develop it by introducing products that provide hedging opportunities for domestic and foreign investors and alternative asset

classes such as infrastructure bonds, retail bonds and interest derivatives to maximize the value of the market to investors and market operators.

The communique also said Capital Market stakeholders must become actively involved in advocacy programs to ensure that government policies do not adversely affect the development of the capital market. For example, high inflation and interest rates have the tendency to adversely affect the market,

with investors tending to prefer short-term money market instruments offering high rates of return” it said Addressing the issue of Pension funds, the SEC said PENCOM & PFAs should take active steps to encourage the creation of pension investment portfolios that are more diversified in their asset allocation by exposing younger workers to a greater percentage of equities since they have a longer time horizon to invest.

Telecom operators seek direct foreign NIPOST generates N8.8bn exchange allocation in 2016 The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), has called for direct Foreign Exchange (FX) allocation for the telecommunications sector.

ALTON Chairman, Mr Gbenga Adebayo, said in a statement in Lagos on Saturday that the sector deserved to be supported with such allocation from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Adebayo said that operators faced challenges while trying to purchase FX from Interbank Market to fulfill obligations to Equipment Suppliers and Foreign Vendors.

According to him, this situation is adversely impacting on ALTON members’ network operations and urgent assistance

is needed from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).

He said that the prevailing scarcity had made the operators not able to obtain FX for an upward period of six months, despite the submission of prerequisite documentation for such transactions.

Adebayo decried the exemption of the telecommunications industry from the CBN’s intervention window. ”In November 2014, the CBN excluded telecommunications equipment from the Retail Dutch Auction System (RDAS), where the exchange rate was N155 per dollar. ”ALTON members were mandated to purchase FX from Inter-bank at the rate of N199 per

dollar. ”The CBN subsequently introduced a floating FX regime at the inter-bank market and cleared three months backlogs at N280 per dollar, and this technically moved the exchange rate from N199 to N280 levels. ”CBN then issued another circular mandating banks, effective Aug. 22, 2016, to sell 60 per cent of all FX availability, irrespective of source of inflows, to the manufacturing sector and the balance (40 per cent ) to other sectors. ”This directive tactically closed FX inflows even from ALTON’s members, thereby exacerbating the impact of the liquid FX market on our members operations and the industry at large,” he said.

The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) generated N8.83 billion as revenue in 2016, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced.

In a report titled: ”Annual Postal Services Data 2016”, made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos, the bureau said N4 billion was generated from Stamp Duty, representing about 46.34 per cent of the total revenue generated.

Coming closer is the EMS/ Speed post service which generated N1.36 billion, accounting for 15.38 per cent, while the Parcel clearance/delivery fee earned for the organisation N726. 85 million, 8.23 per cent of the total revenue.

The NBS report shows that the international mail income

followed with N715. 73 million about 8.10 per cent.

It said NIPOST handled a total of 33,6 million mails domestically and internationally during the year under review.

According to the report, 21 million mails which represent about 63 per cent of the total mails were handled locally. ”About 7,689,093 mails which represent 23 per cent of the total mails were dispatched abroad, while 4,937,410 mails which represent 15 per cent of the mails were received from abroad and delivered in Nigeria,” the report states.

On the whole, NIPOST has a total of 1,858 post offices and postal agencies across the country.

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The Nigerian currency, the naira was seen steady on both the official and parallel markets on Friday, traded at 460 per US dollar amid liquidity boost in the Bureau De Change and parallel market segments of the foreign exchange market.

The naira was quoted at 310.50 on the official market while black market rate stood at 458. The Central Bank has been intervening on the official market in recent times, which was part of efforts to boost liquidity and support the currency.

The local currency, also appreciated against the pound sterling and euro as it traded at 545 and 470 to both currencies, respectively.

In other segments of the market, Deposit Money Banks and Travelex, an international money transfer services operator, sold the naira at 381 to a dollar.

But the country’s overnight lending rate dropped to around 12 per cent on Friday from 16 per cent a week earlier as maturing bills and government budget disbursements pumped more cash into the money markets.

Traders said the market opened on Friday with a cash balance of

B3 Money Market

L-R: Jubril Adeojo (Head, SME Assets & Intervention Funds) of Heritage Bank plc, Mrs. Ayanfeoluwa Oluwaseun (Thriving Enterprise Development Centre), Sarah Edward (Associate Consultant @ Kinetic Associates Limited) Cynthia Erigbuem (Group Head, Market Intelligence & Analytics) of the bank, during the event organized by Heritage Bank to mark the International Women’s Day tagged: “Be Bold for Change,” in Lagos.

Naira steady at 460/$1 at parallel market

N9bn, against a deficit of about N2.3bn last week.

The central bank repaid about N70bn in matured bills on Thursday to boost liquidity.

Consequently, Nigeria’s overnight lending rate

dropped to around 12 percent on Friday from 16 percent a week earlier as maturing bills and government budget disbursements pumped more cash into the money markets.

Traders said the mar-

ket opened on Friday with a cash balance of 9 billion naira, against a deficit of about 2.3 billion naira last week. The central bank repaid about 70 billion naira in matured bills on Thursday to boost liquid-

ity.

Borrowing costs in Africa’s biggest economy reflect liquidity in the money market, which tends to lead to lower or higher rates depending on the number of bor-

rowers.

The central bank sold around $200 million at a currency intervention this week to clear a backlog of dollar demand on the official interbank market.

Recession: NECA says Nigeria needs further naira devaluation … Wants free flow of local currency

Stories by Motolani Oseni

The Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has highlighted reasons why the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) needs to further devalue the nation’s currency, the naira, in order to exit current economic downturn.

Recently released data from the National Bureau Statistics (NBS) stands as an evidence that Nigeria experienced a full year recession in 2016 with the economy contracting by -1.51per cent.

With the fourth quarter 2016 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) came in negative at -1.3per cent, after the three earlier quarters had also recorded negative growth of -0.36per cent, -2.06per cent and -2.24per cent respectively.

However, poorly performance of most domestic economic sectors in 2016,

formed major reasons why the association through its President, Mr. Larry Ettah, believed that diversification of the Nigerian economy must be taken seriously while calling for devaluation of the local currency.

Addressing newsmen in Lagos recently, Mr. Ettah, stated that manufacturing recorded -4.32 percent; construction had -5.95 per cent; Trade-0.24 per cent; transport 0.39 per cent; information and communication, including telecommunications 1.95 per cent.

Also, hotels and restaurants contributed just -5.32 per cent; professional, scientific and technical services 0.80 per cent; finance and insurance -4.54 per cent; real estate -6.86 per cent; education 1.35 per cent; health -1.79 per cent; government -4.58 per cent; and arts, entertainment and recreation 3.72 per cent.

Other macroeconomic

indices also remain problematic.

Inflation has reached 18.7per cent as at January 2017 and capital market performance was and remains dismal, by all parameters.

According to him, other economies are clear and compelling to the effect that floating exchange rate systems enable economies responds best to declines in the value of their exports and provide a natural adjustment mechanism to preserve foreign exchange (Forex) reserves and change incentives and behaviour of economic actors.

“Nigeria’s attempt at a fixed exchange rate system and administrative controls or rationing of scarce foreign currency has clearly failed and produced forex market arbitrage and “round-tripping”; corruption, multiple exchange rates and acted as a deterrence to investment.

“We commend the recent reforms adopted by the CBN based on the recommendation of the Acting President/National Economic Council, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, and urge the CBN to take these reforms to the logical conclusion, which is ‘a floating exchange rate’ system,” he said.

Furthermore, he said one of the major deficiencies of the current policy is the “body language” that suggests an aversion for private capital and investment and a seeming preference for government control of the economy.

“The evidence from most of the countries examined, especially Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia and even Russia, however, indicates the opposite -most oil dependent economies have anchored their post-oil strategies on private capital and investment in oil and non-oil activities.”

“Most investors are interested in the Nigerian economy, but they have been deterred by lack of policy clarity and the confusion over forex. We understand that the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) articulates a clear policy preference for private capital and expect government to implement clear strategies for promoting such.

“Nigeria missed the opportunity of high oil prices between 2010 and 2014 failing to accumulate sufficient sovereign savings to provide a buffer against oil price shocks.

We did not learn the lesson that one major reason Nigeria avoided more severe consequences of the Global Financial Crisis and Recession in 2008-2009 was because of the over $65billion accumulated in both foreign reserves and “excess crude account” in that period.

“This failure to save was

in spite of the fact that the nation had created a Sovereign Wealth Fund through legislation. Going forward we must ensure that we save a portion of our commodity-related revenues in view of the inevitability of future declines,” he stated.

It would be recalled that Nigeria economy officially entered into recession during the third quarter of 2016, but the Federal Government has introduced ERGP aimed at growing the economy and taking it out of recession.

But for a lot of Nigerians, the devaluation of the Naira in 2016 was painful, especially when considering the negative impact it had on their purchasing power and disposable income. The situation was even worse for companies in the manufacturing, consumer goods, and aviation sectors. Most have recorded losses or at best, seen profits drop in double figures.

Capital Market B4 Afolabi Adesola The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) AllShare Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.90 percent for the week ended Friday, March 10, 2017, almost reversing the depreciation of 0.94 percent recorded in previous week.

The NSE All Share –Index (ASI) closed the week at 25,238.01, while market capitalization closed higher at N8.734 trillion respectively.

Other market performance measuring indices closed higher, with the exception of the NSE Oil/Gas and NSE Industrial Goods Indices that depreciated by 2.36 percent and 2.94 percent respectively, while the

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Week’s trading opens upbeat as indices record 0.9% growth ASEM Index closed flat.

Negative investors’ sentiment which characterize early part of the week, slowed at mid-week, as total turnover 1.024 billion shares worth N12.464 billion was traded by investors during the week in 16,400 deals.

The turnover was in contrast to a total of 1.387 billion shares valued at N13.726 billion that exchanged hands previous week in 15,422 deals.

The Financial Services Industry measured by vol-

ume remained most active with 850.758 million shares valued at N7.083 billion traded in 10,358 deals; thus contributing 83.12 percent and 56.83 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.

The Consumer Goods Industry followed with 78.421 million shares worth N3.900 billion in 2,545 deals.

The third place was occupied by Conglomerates Industry with a turnover of 46.196 million shares worth N70.668 million in 536 deals.

Trading in the Top Three

Equities by volume were Zenith International Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc and FBN Holdings Plc. They accounted for 412.251 million shares worth N4.234 billion in 4,633 deals, contributing 40.27percent and 33.97 percent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively.

Also traded during the week were a total of 1,020 units of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) valued at N51,316.00 executed in 4 deals. However, there were no trades recorded in Ex-

change Traded Products previous week.

A total of 6,686 units of Federal Government Bonds valued at N5.583 million were traded this week in 7 deals, compared with a total of 375 units valued at N447,055.02 transacted last week in 5 deals.

Nestle with a 16.96 percent growth led the week’s twenty-four equities that appreciated in price, Nestle share price closed the week at N734.99. Unilever and NEM Insurance which came second and third on

the week’s top price gainers list, also posted increases of 11.46 and 9.64 percent each to close at N32.30 and 91 kobo respectively.

On the flip side, Africa Prudential Registrars led the week’s thirty-one equities that depreciated in price. The stock shed 15.56 percent to close at N2.28 per share. It was trailed

by United Capital that lost 15.09 percent to close at N2.42 per share and Nigerian Aviation Handling Company that closed 12 percent lower at N2.20 per share.

DMO accredits 87 stockbroking firms to market FGN savings bond Amadi Bonny, Adesola Afolabi The debt Management office (DMO) has accredited 87 stock broking firms to market and distribute the federal government of Nigeria (FGN) savings bond scheduled to open for subscription on Monday March 13th, 2017.

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) revealed this recently in a statement made available to Daily Times Nigeria titled,” FG bonds will boost financial inclusion”, said that the offer will open exclusively on the NSE, adding that launch of savings bond puts Nigeria in the league of sovereigns like Sweden, Thailand, Slovenia, Indonesia, United States, and United Kingdom with thriving savings bonds.

The exchange explained “to ensure the offer reaches the last mile subscribers, the DMO has accredited eighty-seven (87) stockbroking firms of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to market and distribute the Savings Bond” adding that “Already, capital market operators are excited about the product and believe it can act as a fillip to lift the capital market particularly that has seen many retail investors depart since the downward” The retail bond, issued by the Debt management Office will be offered monthly in tenors of 2 and 3 years, with quarterly payment of interest to investors.

Executive Director Market development, the NSE, Mr. Jalo-Waziri comment-

ing on the launch of the bond said that prospective investors could subscribe for minimum amount is N5, 000.00 with additions in multiples of N1, 000.00, and a maximum of N50, 000,000.00. (N50 million).

Jalo-Waziri said that the FG bond is backed by the full faith and credit of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the bond, amongst several objectives was designed to further strengthen savings culture of Nigerians, provide opportunity to all citizens irrespective of income level to contribute to National Development and to enable all citizens participate in and benefit from the favorable returns available in the capital market.

The instruments also aims to diversify funding sources for the Government infrastructural development.

Jalo-Waziri further said “NSE Retail Bond Market was launched in 2012 with the aim of providing retail investors access to high quality debt instruments, as well as afford them portfolio diversification opportunities in an efficient and reliable way.

Prior to now, the NSE explains that the bond market was predominantly available to high net worth investors to the detriment of low income investors. With the entry level for the savings bond, even students can afford to play in the space.

The NSE Executive director explained that after the offer closes, the bond will be listed on the NSE and can be traded on our Retail Bonds Market.

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah (l), with U.K. Minister of State for Trade and Development, Lord Mark Price, after a bilateral meeting with Commonwealth Trade Ministers in London… at weekend.

Nestlé’ needs hard work for higher sales growth 2017 – Analyst

Bonny Amadi

Against the backdrop of improvement in foreign exchange availability and pricing, Nestle Nigeria has been tipped as one of the companies that need extra hard work to cushion effect of competing brands influx into the country.

Such competing brands, analysts maintained would take advantage of lesser pricing of forex to flood the Nigerian market with brands that would eat into the high sale margin recorded in 2016 by fast moving consumer goods including Nestle Plc. Capital market analysts based on the expectations made forecast of about 10 per cent sales growth by Nestle in 2017, going by improvement in forex regime which could create room for importation of more competing brands.

In 2016, Nestle recorded 20 per cent growth in sales, with advantage of price increase, however, factoring progress in forex, the company is billed to record more positive results s, which may be challenged by competing brands and pricing from expected inflow of varieties of fast moving consumer goods.

FBN Quest investment analysts, in its post release of result scrutiny noted

that given the central bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent intervention in the foreign exchange market, there is a rising possibility that imported competition could begin to stage a comeback later in the year. “Going forward, we forecast sales growth of around 10% y/y in 2017E” The analyst’s report pointed that , where the imported FMCG record great impact on the com-

pany’s products through competition, unit volume growth could be slightly curtailed, while operating expenses could rise, yet maintaining a healthy profit before tax.

“We also anticipate a gross margin contraction of around -200bps y/y to 39% and a double-digit y/y rise in operating expenses. That said, we forecast PBT growth of 19% y/y to N25.7bn in 2017E.’

ARM Securities explains investment in FGNSB Bonny Amadi Arm securities has reinforced the need for Nigerians across all income levels to subscribe for the federal government of Nigeria Savings bond (FGNSB) which opens for subscription on Monday March 13,2017.

In recent publication by its customer service, titled “all you need to know about the FGN savings bond” the investment outfit explains that buying into the savings bonds attracts several opportunities, which enhances the earnings as well as living standard of the investor.

The first auction of FGN bond scheduled for Monday, Arm explains, will be open for five days, adding that auction will hold monthly through Arm Securities, even as it cautioned that CSCS numbers used in the subscription form must be accurate, otherwise bond will default to DMO.

Daily Times Nigeria Monday March 13, 2017

B5 Insurance

Nigeria’s Insurance sector to rank among 15 global largest by 2020 The Nigerian insurance industry is positioning to be among the global 15 largest players in 2020. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) disclosed of plans to reposition the industry among the 15 largest in the world come the year 2020.

The apex said a lot of transformation was going on in the sector, as enshrined in its Financial System Stability 2020 (FSS 2020) aimed at revamping the sector, adding that it was working with the National Insurance Commission to ensure it achieve the feat. the Head, Insurance Sector FSS 2020, CBN, Christian Muo, revealing this recently , regretted that insurance contribution to GDP was still abysmally low adding that that called for urgent transformation of the sector.

Consequently, he disclosed that the apex was working to ensure that the sector become the 15 largest insurance sector of the world in premium generation by 2020. ” With FSS 2020 insurance business will change”, he assured.

Proffering solution on how to revamp the sector Muo stated that there was need first and foremost to grant autonomy to the sectors regulatory body, the NAICOM adding that NAICOM should be empowered such that it can implement and enforce compliance of various existing insurance laws.

Government he said, should live up its expectation by ensuring that its properties/ buildings are all insured even as he advocated need for recapitalization of insurance firms.

Speaking on the success story of the FSS 2020, Muo assured that implementation of the project has guaranteed reduction in insurance gap to 40 per cent in 2016 from 94 per cent in 2007.

“Since 2008 till now, which is about 8 years, we are now told that we have bridged that gap to about 40 percent. That is encouraging because there has been a lot of reforms that are taking place and these are the effects of the FSS 2020.

We will keep pressuring NAICOM and telling them this is what to do to get it right.”

Trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange

NSE Insurance index ranks next to banks in y/y performance Stories by Bonny Amadi

…As N.E.M, Continental Re top week’s gainers table

The insurance sector of Nigeria’s economy has shown signs of better investor appreciation as performance year to date has been significantly better than its performance in the same period 2016.

Trends of sectorial performances in the Nigerian capital market for the week ended Friday March 10th 2017 showed that the insurance sub sector of the finance sector continued to trail the banking subsector on positive returns to investors on weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.

The positive performance of the insurance sector since the 2017 financial year commenced, manifested in the activities and gainers table of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) last week as the sector accounted for 40

per cent representation in the top five gainers table.

NEM Insurance emerged the third highest gainer during the week with 9.64 per cent or N0.08 appreciation on its equity price to close the week at N0.91 per share, while Continental Reinsurance closed the top five gainers table with 4.95 per cent or N0.05 growth in its share price. , closing the week at N1.06 per share.

However, no company from the sector emerged among the top tend losers for the week, a development attributable to the low pricing of its equates on the Exchange.

Based on renewed investment drive in the insurance sector this year, investment in insurance stocks listed on the exchange have returned 0.51 per

cent , for a period of one month investing (mtd) having recorded positive growth of 0.4 per cent for the week ended March 10, and a 0.03 per cent growth week to date (wtd).

The highest returns on investment according to the weekly re-

Mr. Tope Smart, GMD/CEO, NEM Insurance Plc.

port of the NSE, was the banking subsector which recorded 0.74 per cent returns on investment so far in 2017 (Y/Y), the sector returned 0.74 per cent for a quarter investment period, for a month’s investment period, the NSE banking index returned -0.35 per cent while it also returned 0.10 per cent to investors for a one month investment period (mtd).

Meanwhile, the NSE Insurance index opened the week ended March 10th on 123.50 and closed at 123.54. The NSE insurance index returned higher than the banking index on month to date basis, but closed the week on -2.18 per cent year to date earnings, second to the NSE banking index which closed the week at 0.74 Per cent year to date earnings.

Why Goldlink Insurance operations was interrupted

by FIRS Indications have emerged on why the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) interrupted the operations of Goldlink Insurance Company Maryland corporate headquarters .Lagos, last week.

Operators of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, revealed that they were at the corporate head office of Goldlink Insurance to effect the action, for alleged tax matters.

Reports revealed that, the company’s office located on Emmanuel Street, Maryland had its operations disturbed for several hours last week.

It was reported that, the operatives who came in numbers and backed by armed policemen chased away workers and took over the premises.

Daily Times gathered that eye witness who monitored developments and drama that ensued could not reach any management member of the company and could not also speak with any of the FIRS operatives.

However, a close source to the company said the office has been re-opened. It cannot be ascertained how much Goldlink is owing at the time

of filing this report.

Goldlink insurance has reported negative financial statement overtime based on poor management of its accounts which prompted the intervention of the National Insurance Commission, (NAICOM).

Following restructuring to turn around the fortunes of the ailing insurance company, at the Board Meeting of Goldlink Insurance Plc which held on the 25th of February, 2016, the National Insurance Commission appointed Alhaji Mohammed Bintube, Mr. Olanrewaju Suleiman and Barrister

Tonbofa A shimi as the new Interim Management Board of the Company with effect from 25th of February, 2016.

Alhj. Mohammad Bintube was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from 25th of February, 2016.

At the same meeting, Mr. James .O.Ayo , Alhaji Sashe Dabana, Prof. Chioma Kanu Agomo, Mallam Abubakar Mijinyawa and Amb. Umar Damagum were removed as Directors of Goldlink Insurance Plc. with an effort from 25th February 2016.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, March 13, 2017

W e e kly M ark e t Ro u n d U p E q u i t i es M a r k e t Re vi e w a n d O u t l o o k Th e Nig eria n b o urse re b o u n d e d t his w e e k as invest ors t o o k a dva n t a g e o f b arg ain o p p ort u nities in valu e st ocks tra din g in t h e m ark e t. D urin g t h e w e e k, Tier-1 Le n d ers

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, March 13, 2017

B7 CSR

CSR, the Whetherheads Advertising example

Godwin Anyebe

The role of corporate citizenship is of utmost importance in emerging economies where resources are scarce and extreme poverty has created an urgent need for initiatives and partnerships that can improve the well-being of local people. This need is even more pronounced in countries like Haiti that have suffered extreme devastation. The massive earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince in 2010 — a disaster that killed more than 200,000 people, left 1.5 million homeless, and damaged or destroyed 4,000 schools — created both an urgent need for immediate foreign assistance and a recognition that the effort to rebuild devastated communities and the Haitian economy would take years. While much work remains to be done, a significant progress has been made through corporate social responsibility initiatives championed by some companies as well nongovernmental organisations.

For example, a Digicel Foundation Haiti grantee, is a small local organization whose efforts to improve education in Haiti’s Grande Anse region offer lessons for all corporate sustainability funders.

Using a community-service model, the organization engages children in school improvement projects and volunteer work. Children are encouraged to play an integral role in these projects and, through their participation, develop both a deeper sense of pride in and a sense of responsibility for their communities, which, in turn, inspires a greater commitment among them to rebuilding Haiti itself. While this kind of involvement in community service isn’t typical in developing countries, the impressive ability of Paradis des Indiens to instill a sense of pride and ownership in children is a perfect illustration of how a focus on empowering community members can lead to successful and sustainable projects over the longer term.

The foundation believe education is the best way to empower people to create change in their communities. For people who have never been to Haiti, it’s nearly impossible to understand just how basic and ill equipped the schools there are. Imagine trying to learn in a tarp-covered structure with no dividers between classrooms as your teacher struggles to be heard over the voices of other teachers nearby.

Although providing proper infrastructure, as we’ve done through more than a hundred fifty school construction projects, making it possible for children to actually hear their own teacher’s voice, may not seem like much, it has an undeniable impact on children’s ability to learn.

Understanding this fact, Whetherheads advertising group lim-

Ms. Olamide Anifowose, Power Oil health camp official, Mr.opeyemi Awojobi, Power Oil healh camp National Coordinator, Ms. Omotayo Azeez, Public Relations Manager, Power Oil, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, First Lady, Edo State checking her pulse to flag off the partnership between Power Oil health camp & Edo Women for Agric (EWA) Project at the 2017 International Women’s Day event recently in Edo State.

ited, a foremost advertising firm recently hosted the best graduating students in advertising, mass communications department in its Lagos office. The reason for this is simply to celebrate and encourage students of advertising in the department of Nigeria.

The Group Managing Director, Whetherheads advertising, Mr. Abi Iderawumi while welcoming the Head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Dr. Sunday Oloruntoba said the one million naira endowment fund was initiated in 2010 to encourage academic excellence and leadership ability among the students. The endowment fund is one of the ways the Whetherheads gives back to the society in which they do business especially the academic community.

According to him, other CSR activities are the company’s sponsorship of the Advertising practitioners council of Nigeria (APCON) prizes to the best student in media management and the best student in integrated marketing communication. The prices are to encourage scholarship and academic excellence in the advertising profession.

He said his entrepreneur mentoring is meant to offer creative sustaining means of employment to the youths. He however, offered an automatic employment to the best graduating students.

In his reaction, the head of

department expressed appreciation to the management of Whetherheads advertising group limited led by its chairman Dr. Christopher Kolade for the establishment of the endowment fund at the department and seeks for more collaboration in the areas of generating employment for students.

Wetherheads Advertising Group Limited has a great history as one of the leading marketing and communication networks in Nigeria for two decades.

Their reputation and leadership position was built by providing strategic brand management and innovative three sixty degree communications solutions to major clients across various categories in both private and public sectors of the economy.

Their Key Competences include: Outdoor Advertising, LED Installation and Management, Signage and Branding, Media Buying, Brand Awareness and Activation, Digital Marketing and Idea Conceptualization.

Stating their mission, Iderawumi said; Wetherheads is a truly integrated agency with solid experience in all areas of brand development. We possess the strategic intelligence and talents to provide big-picture thinking while offering strategy, breakthrough creative and branding with result-driven media exploitation to connect with consumers on an emotional level

so as to find the right voice for your products, and build solid brand equity. Our mission is to drive exponential growth for our clients by leveraging on our understanding of consumer behavior, while using this to convert consumers into loyal customers.

We achieve this by developing brands through our analytical 4-D process that results in consistent and integrated brand experiences while providing long term positioning and growth for our clients to maximize ROI and become category leaders in the midst of competition.

Other companies that have shown such in recent times in Nigeria are companies like the Nigerian Breweries, whose Youth Empowerment and Talent Development is one of the areas in which they have been very active, sponsoring several competitions and programmes.

Their investments in this regard are driven by their recognition that talented young people need platforms and opportunities to showcase their talents while being encouraged and rewarded.

Some of the Youth Empowerment and Talent Development Programmes which they sponsor include: Creative Writer’s Workshop which began in 2009 in partnership with Farafina.

The programme has maintained a workshop format since inception, and it has grown bigger each year, training well over 100

budding writers, some of whom has gone on to be published. It has also attracted patronage from many internationally acclaimed creative writers such as Chimamanda Adichie, who facilitates the workshop along with Egbosa Imasuen, a one-time participant and author.

National Arts Competition: Organised by the African Artists Foundation in collaboration with Nigerian Breweries, the competition which is its 7th year affords budding artists the opportunity for exposure and experience.

Each edition is driven by pertinent themes in line with current social issues. The competition has showcased emerging talents in such diverse mediums as painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, installation and video art. The 2013 winner, Sesu Tiley-Gyado, as part of her prize visited Art Dubai where she had the opportunity to meet other artists from all over the world in an incredibly vibrant and stimulating setting. She is currently working on an Art Exhibition to showcase African Contemporary Art in London.

Another area that Nigerian Plc has made a giant stride in the area corporate social responsibility is National Reading Competition: Designed for SSS1-3 students in secondary schools across the country, the competition is designed to empower Nigerian Youth and channel their energies to more productive ventures.

It is also intended to promote a qualitative and sustainable culture of reading among the youth who need to be guided to understand the value of education and knowledge. One of the winners of the competition, Miss Mildred Chisom Okpala who is currently an undergraduate student of Economics and Computer Science of the prestigious Harvard University has this to say about the competition “I don’t think my acceptance to Harvard would have been possible without the Maltina National Reading Competition. As part of supplementary materials for my application, I submitted newspaper pages on which I was featured for my victory at the two editions of the MNRC. I think it caught their fancy because the admissions officer who interviewed me mentioned something about it”. Mildred got admitted to Harvard University with a $62,050 (N9.5million) scholarship a year. She is currently in her third year.

The Dangote Group has also touched the lives of Nigerians and is from all indications committed to complementing the government’s initiatives in making the economy private sector-driven. Nigeria is a land of abundant opportunities and the Dangote Group is today a testimony of successful and rewarding private entrepreneurship.

Interview B8

Daily Times Nigeria Monday, March 13, 2017

Why we demand for transport bank in Nigeria –RTEAN President Chief Musa Shehu Isiwele is currently the national president, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN). In this interview with ABBA-EKU ONYEKA, the RTEAN President, among other issues, calls for the establishment of a transport bank in Nigeria. Excerpts:

Alhaji Shehu Musa

Can you speak on ongoing recession as it affects the transporters?

The recession affects everybody, the transporters inclusive. Recently the dollar that had gone up has started to come down and I thank God for that. The sudden rise of the dollar contributed in no small measure to the high cost of goods and services and motor spare parts and transport services inclusive.

The action the government has started to take to address the situation is yielding result gradually, because the dollar is coming down gradually. So let us continue to pray to Allah for solution.

To come out of the economic doldrums, what do you think should be done?

You know that we import more and export little. While I advise the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to do everything within its reach to strengthen the naira, we should diversify

into farming and into businesses that would encourage self-reliance.

We have Nigerians who are very rich, and have the Naira, but due to the instability of the dollar, nobody wants to take risk to buy the currency.

Let the CBN be up and doing to strengthen the naira.

What would be your advice to Acting President Osinbajo for the economy to move to the expected level?

Before giving him advice, I should give him kudos on the way he has been handling the problems in the Niger Delta.

Handling of the Niger Delta as he is doing should be done

with carefulness. I commend him on the way he has been going about it by trying to unite the country. But, I want to call his attention to the transport industry, because this area needs urgent intervention.

He shouldn’t neglect this area, because it is very important in the economy. We carry passengers and goods more than our counterparts in the sea, rail and air. It is only few people that can afford air transport in this country.

I have been calling for the return of the toll gates on the high ways and the government had been keeping deaf ears to that. If the toll gate system is reintroduced, it will help us in this country, because the revenue from it will go a long way to contribute to the economy.

I am also calling for the opening of a transport bank by the government to enable us get loan at an affordable rate. If Transport bank is opened, it will help the economy, due to the importance of road transport in the economy. With transport bank, we the transporters shall no more be going to the commercial banks, because at the commercial banks, they will be demanding for all sorts of collaterals before it would be given to you.

If Transport bank is opened, it will help the economy, due to the importance of road transport in the economy. With transport bank, we the transporters shall no more be going to the commercial banks, because at the commercial banks, they will be demanding for all sorts of collaterals before it would be given to you.

As a genuine transporter recognised at the trade union level under the Federal Ministry of Labour, you are entitled to a loan from the transport bank if opened.

Can you expatiate on the intervention for the transporters?

Intervention has all the time been given out without putting some of us in the transport sector into consideration. Even state governments are receiving intervention to pay salaries.

If we are given about N10 billion intervention, we shall bring in vehicles to enhance transportation which of course will go a long way to boost the economy. I am not saying that the money should be given to the transporters directly.

The money should be given to us through the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity that knows the genuine trade unions and those genuine ones should get the loan from them. I want you to know that if the intervention is given to the transporters, it will go a long way to address the economy.

If the intervention is given, how are we sure that some of the people at the helm of affairs won’t hijack it?

No! Far from that. There will be monitoring in the system. The ministry will set up a monitoring committee that will supervise it. The committee members will be appointed from different authorities, to not only ensure that the loan is used for its purpose, but to ensure that the loan is not hijacked. So this is very important to the development of the country’s economy.

Could you shed more light on the latest developments at RTEAN? Well, we have been moving on. Recently, we acquired a land in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to build our national secretariat. In-sha Allah, we shall celebrate 40 years in the Secretariat here in Abuja.

Recently, we shared Toyota corolla to our state offices in the all over the federation. So we thank the Almighty Allah and we pray for better tomorrows.

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Skales

My coming album will make a major mark in the industry

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Skipper Eye-Q rolls out plans to improve eye care in Nigeria Angela Onwuzoo

Performance at the event.

L-R: Jitendra Sachdeva; Dr. Ajay Sharma and Alhaji Aliko Dangote

Former Presidential Candidate of NRC, Alhaji Bashir Tofa (l); Prof. Ben Ayade (2nd r); Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganguje (2nd l) and others.

Managing Director, Access Bank, Herbert Wigwe (l) and Alhaji Aliko Dangote.

Another performance.

Photos: OLAWALE ROTIMI

Interview L4

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Monday, March 13, 2017

I struggled through education all my life-Skales What is new about the brand A lot, the year has open up favourably for me, better achievements and more importantly road to my album. Although the album is ready; little work is been carried on it and I am super excited towards that too. I so that fans out there can feel the real Skales via his kind of music.

Music has paid off for you be sustained for another 10 years, given the fact that most artistes these The good thing about making for me. I am really passionate about my craft – I quitting or retiring from what I love doing the most; music. you rate your success in the industry now and you have pushed terms of success I have come a long way; from traveling around the world touring, to having very busy schedule; making money and signing huge endorsement

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For ForRaoul RaoulJohn JohnNjeng-Njeng, Njeng-Njeng,better betterknown knownas as

productive. But as long as you push yourself further and not be overly complacent your craft you will always remain relevant, hence making hits effortlessly.

How did you come about your Most songs I do not take seriously are often accepted by the public.

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manager, Osagie, had approved it also. But at my 22nd birthday party, liked it. I told them it was done by an artiste; I wanted to know their sincere views about the song. That female friend and I started joking, singing “baby cool temper, baby no playing at the background. After releasing the song, many people reached out to me for a remix. But everyone knows that Burna Boy is my favourite artiste in Nigeria. I called and sent him the beat to create his part. But he did something else and insisted it should be left like that. He took it to another level that blew my mind and I did not care as well. He took it to the streets.

People do not know that I came from a very humble background. My mother was a teacher, her salary was very poor. Basically, I struggled through education all my life. It got to a point I had to look for money to pay my school fees. My bursar, who is late now, was also helpful at a time because she felt I was intelligent and had a great future ahead of me. It is painful I never got the chance to say thank you. I am the only child and my mother is supportive of my music.

She wanted me to go to school and get a degree. I did get two degrees; of Jos, while I obtained another degree in business administration at without a father; has it in any way

First of all I will like to say that statement is really not true because only artiste that get too comfortable with what they have achieved so far

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hated the song so bad. I appreciate DJ Kenturkey, who said if I do not drop the song, I was a fool. I planned

There was a time I used to envy my friends, who had great and supportive fathers. I have cried many times. But my mother did a great job in ensuring that I had everything I needed. Even when people try to strange to me because I do not know is one of my biggest inspirations in life. She taught me that I should always provide and be there for my family when I grow up.