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Erosion of identity, culture, freedom loom Ladesope Ladelokun

ÏÏÏ His loud cry for help was too frightening to be

ignored. Just before help came his way, Adeola Adesanmi, 12, had had his body designed by a horsewhip.

His father, Moses, who is a welder and pastor, at his Berger neighbourhood in Lagos, had flogged him mercilessly. His sin? He spoke Yoruba.

In a broken voice, Adeola tells his story as he gasps for breath: “My younger brother caught me speaking Yoruba. I begged him not to tell daddy but he insisted he would tell him because he had told us to stop

speaking Yoruba.’’

Kunle Aderemi’s story is somewhat similar to Adeola’s. But lucky Kunle has never been horsewhipped or flogged for attempting to speak his local language.

With the tribal marks etched on the cheeks of his father, advertising his Oyo background, Kunle’s British accent is one that does not give a hint of his tribe.

But his disjointed Yoruba kills every hope of having a smooth conversation with him. He confesses he is a victim of uncomplimentary remarks for he is perContinued from page 4

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Dying Nigerian languages: Does erosion of identity, culture, freedom loom Continued from page 1 ceived as fake.

“I wish I could speak Yoruba fluently. I really feel uncomfortable when people think I’m fake.

I didn’t make myself this way. I want to tell jokes and proverbs in Yoruba,’’ he stated.

But Frank Nweze profits from his knowledge of the Hausa Language despite being very fluent in his native Igbo.

“I intend to learn as many languages as possible. Look, when I meet Hausa men, especially traders, I’m always favoured when I speak their language. I’ve discovered that I connect easily with people when I speak their language,’’ he said.

Languages, experts say, are an integral part of culture. Given what has been described as a deliberate attempt to kill Nigeria languages by concerned Nigerians, fears are rife in certain quarters that a great number of Nigerian languages may extinct if stakeholders don’t step up measures to save Nigerian languages from dying.

Investigations have shown that in the northern part of Nigeria, languages like Odut, Mawa, Kpati, Kubi,Holma, Gomo- Ningi, Auyokawa, Basa-Gumma and Ajawa have gone into extinction due to the preference of native speakers of the languages for Hausa and Fulfude.

Some observers, however, believe it is only a matter time that more languages will go into extinction in the Southern part of Nigeria due to preference for the major languages like Yoruba, Ibibio, Edo, Igbo, et al.

In a song dedicated to the late Afrobeat creator, Fela Kuti, and titled “Vernacular”, Nigerian musician, Lagbaja, took a swipe at those covertly or overtly killing Nigerian languages.

For the masked musician, nothing compares to the potency of expression in our local languages. Lagbaja drew attention to expressions like “On momi loju”, “ On yimu simi’’, “Eku ile” and other expressions in the Yoruba language that can’t be expressed in English, affirming the superiority of our local languages.

Worried by the threat posed to the existence Nigerian languages, the Lagos State government enacted the Yoruba preservation and preservation law recently.

The law makes Yoruba a compulsory subject for all primary and secondary schools in the state.

Also, candidates applying to higher institutions in the state must have a credit pass in Yoruba Language. Lagos State Commissioner for Information says the importance of language as a vehicle for development cannot be

overemphasised.

He said:“ This is a clear and conscious commitment to the position which Lagos State prides Yoruba language as the cultural vehicle for us to be able to articulate our position and it also shows that Lagos has further recognised the importance of Language as a vehicle for development.’’

Meanwhile, the Head of Department of General Studies at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and Public affairs commentator, Dr. Dele Omojuyigbe, has expressed worry over Nigeria’s dying languages.

According to Omojuyigbe, the secret of Soyinka and Achebe in their mastery of the English Language can be traced to their deep knowledge of their indigenous language.

“Every second language takes its bearing from one’s experience of the local language. It is worrisome that our local languages are dying. The custodians are leaving one- by-one and now, even the villages have deserted their mother tongue. They prefer English, and this is dangerous. Yorubaland hasn’t found a replacement for Fagunwa since he died in 1963. J. F. Odunjo is gone; Adebayo Faleti is gone and Akinwunmi Ishola too! Yoruba language is in trouble and Igbo language is even worse.

More English, less Igbo is the description of the Ibos who speak Igbo, and I wonder if they are better than Achebe in English. Hausa language looks best at present because northerners speak it undiluted. The loss of our local language is the erosion of our identity, culture and freedom.’’

On his revealing interface with Prof. Chinua Achebe, Omojuyigbe said he was shocked that the literary giant conversed with his secretary for almost an hour in undiluted Igbo.

“Professor Achebe was a giant I had yearned to know; but I was taken aback when I discovered that he was a man of few words.

He spoke tersely and got me confused whether he was not the same loquacious man of letters I had read expansively in his proverb-laced novels.

“Teachers are garrulous, no doubt, just like lawyers and clerics, but Prof. Achebe was different. I met him on few occasions and the last one was quite revealing. I met Prof. Achebe discussing with her (secretary) outside.

“The woman noticed my anxiety and signaled that I should wait. Since they were both standing, I stood also, but very close to them. They spoke for almost one hour and shockingly, I didn’t hear Prof. Achebe pronounce one English word all through. Their conversation was in full blast Igbo language. I moved closer to greet him after a long discussion and

I think he sensed my bewilderment.’’

He continued: “He looked at me interestingly and replied, “How are you?’’ That he was apparently effusive wasn’t really the surprise, but that he could speak untainted Igbo for so long was it!

He shocked me! Nobody would believe that he understood English!

My mind quickly raced to Prof.

Wole Soyinka who also speaks Yoruba fluently. He translated D.O. Fagunwa’s “Ogboju Ode Ninu Igbo Irunmole’’ into English: “The Forest of A Thousand Demons.”

“Recently, he translated “Igbo Olodumare’’, also written by Fagunwa.

“How he strangely handled Fanguwa’s convoluted Yoruba expressions and descriptions would beat anyone’s imagination. Therefore, I concluded that the secret of

Achebe and Soyinka in their mastery of the English language was traceable to their deep knowledge of their indigenous language.’’

Speaking on the propriety of enacting language preservation laws to save our languages, Mr. Olu Afuye, Educationist and Proprietor of Divine Model Schools, said it is far from being the solution.

Afuye said parents must play a very vital role in the campaign to save our languages.

“Children in nursery schools don’t speak their local languages.

They speak only English because that’s what their parents speak to them. If we must save our languages, it must start from the family. Enacting a law to make passing Yoruba a requirement to secure admission into schools as we see in Lagos is too extreme,”

he stated.

Meanwhile, reacting to the move by the Lagos State government to resuscitate dying Yoruba language through Yoruba preservation law, Omojuyigbe said: “It is ironical that Lagos is the state championing the resuscitation of the dying Yoruba language where Oyo, Ogun, and Osun states are.

Revisting the days of Aworerin, Atoka and Alawiye in Yoruba land may not be out of place. “Taiwo ati Kehinde’’ and “Ijapa ati Yannibo’’ stories can enact coded functions once again as done when Fagunwa gave them to us. It is common now, shamefully though, to find two tribesmen in an informal setting discussing in English. I don’t know who they are trying to impress. If we choose to investigate their true origin and paternity, I don’t think we are guilty.’’

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S’Court dismisses Nwosu appeal, affirms Gov. Ikpeazu’s election Andrew Orolua, Abuja.

ÏÏÏ The Supreme Court on Fri-

day dismissed the appeal by Sir Friday Nwosu challenging the election of Abia State Governor Victor Ikpeazu in the 2015 general election.

In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Amina Adamu - Augie, the apex court held that Nwosu’s appeal lacked merit.

She consequently dismissed it.

Justice Adamu- Augie awarded N1million cost to each of the four respondents to be paid by the appellant whose appeal was considered frivolous.

Nwosu had in the notice of appeal named Dr. Uche Ogah 1st respondent, PDP 2nd respondent,

Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu 3rd respondent and the Independent National Electoral Commission the 4th respondent in the primary election dispute.

Nwosu, Ogah and Ikpeazu as governorship aspirants contested the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship primary held on December 8, 2014 . Ikpeazu won the primary election but the two other contestants challenged his qualification at the Federal High Court on the grounds that the tax certificate he submitted to the electoral commission was forged.

The Federal High Court Abuja in a judgment on suit filed by Dr.Uche Ogah delivered by Justice Okon Abang on June 27th 2016 sacked the incumbent Gov-

ernor lkpeazu who won 2015 general election . The court declared Dr.Uche Ogah as winner of the 2015 elections while Justice Abang dismissed the suit filed Nwosu.

Dissatisfied with the decision, both Ikpeazu, PDP and Nwosu filed separate appeals challenging the decision of Federal High Court in Abuja. But the Court of Appeal in Abuja in its judgment, set aside the decision of Federal High Court Abuja and restored Ikpeazu as the elected governor and dismissed the appeal filed by Nwosu.

Dissatisfied, Nwosu and Ogah appealed the decision of the Court of Appeal while the appeal Continued from page 5

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EFCC wants Supreme Court to reverse Justice Nganjiwa’s acquittal Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has urged the Supreme Court to reverse the acquittal of Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court on corruption charges.

EFCC made the request in its appeal filed before the apex court on Friday.

Justice Nganjiwa was arraigned before the Lagos High Court on charges of corruption

and abuse of office.

But the judge had challenged his trial on the grounds that as a judicial officer, it was wrong for him to be taken before a regular court without the National Judicial Council (NJC) first determining the case against him.

Although he lost at the trial court, the Court of Appeal in Lagos in its judgment on December 13, 2017, upheld his argument.

But the EFCC is now challenging the Court of Appeal decision before the Supreme Court.

Lawyer to the EFCC, Mr Wahab Shittu, who filed the brief on behalf of the commission, is urging the apex court to “forcefully apply the law” even when the interest of a member of the judiciary was involved.

According to Shittu, the judgment of the Court of Appeal was not based on law.

He said: “Respectfully, the apex court owes a sacred duty and responsibility to forcefully apply the law even when as in this case, the interest of a member of the judiciary is involved.

“We are optimistic that the Supreme Court appreciates that the law operates on a scale of even balance without discrimination, without favour, not minding whose ox is gored because the Supreme Court is a court of law, a court of justice and a court of highest precedent in our judicial hierarchy.”

He is therefore asking the apex court to apply the law without discrimination or favour even when a judge is involved in the matter.

From left: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi, National Organising Secretary, Colonel Austin Akobundi (Rtd) and Ekiti state Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Isola Eleka during the submission of his nomination form at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata House, Abuja.... on Friday.

S’Court dismisses Nwosu appeal, affirms Gov. Ikpeazu’s election Continued from page 4 filed by Ogah had since been dismissed. But Nwosu appeal was pending until last Friday.

Nwosu had sought six reliefs; an order dismissing the 1st respondent’s suit on the grounds that it constitutes an abuse of court process, an order that the suit of 1st respondent i.e. Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/71/2016 is incompetent and the trial court lacked the jurisdiction to hear and determine the Suit as constituted and a declaration that the appellant was the rightful gubernatorial candidate of the 2nd respondent (PDP) in the 2015 general election by vir-

tue of the 8th December 2014 2nd respondent’s (PDP) gubernatorial primary election in Abia State.

The appellant also sought a declaration that he is the duly elected governor of Abia State by virtue of the governorship election held in Abia State in April, 2015, being the duly nominated gubernatorial candidate of the 2nd respondent (PDP), and an order that the appellant be sworn in as the Governor of Abia State by the Chief Judge of Abia State or any other relevant Chief Judge or any judicial officer empowered by law to do so, among others.

He also outlined 10 grounds of appeal and particulars of error

on which the Court of Appeal occasioned a miscarriage of justice.

According to him, “The learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law when they held that the 1st respondent’s suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/71/2016 before the trial court did not constitute an abuse of court process despite the records placed before them which showed that the 1st respondent’s suit was instituted after the 1st respondent has been sued as a defendant .

“That Ogah was served with the appellant’s suit No FHC/OW/ CS/191/2015 before he initiated similar suit with all the same parties, the same subject matter and

reliefs sought.

“That the learned Justices of the Court of Appeal erred in law when they held that the 1st respondent did not waive his right to be nominated as the governorship candidate based on the 8/12/2014 PDP governorship primaries in Abia State and thus failed to give effect to the written condemnation, repudiation and rejection of the PDP primaries which the 1st respondent effected in writing and on oath which were all records before the court, among others.”

But all the grounds upon which the appeal were based was dismissed by the apex court.

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FRSC to include NIN in drivers’ licence requirement ÏÏÏ The Federal Road Safety

Corps (FRSC) has said that it will include the national identification number (NIN) in the biometric data capturing process of getting a drivers’ licence.

Aliyu Aziz, The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC, Mr Aliyu Aziz, made a proposal on the subject to the FRSC on Friday during a visit to the corps headquarters.

According to a statement by the Corps public education officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, Aliyu advocated for the corps to make it mandatory for all applicants of the National Drivers Licence to produce their national identification number at the point of registration.

Speaking during the visit, the director general applauded the management of the Corps for its efforts in creating a central database for all applicants, saying that the system operated by the Corps is in consonance with what is obtainable in advanced countries like the United States.

According to him, the development will go a long way in exterminating duplication of responsibility and enhance security especially in the area of information sharing.

Responding, the Corps Marshal. mr Boboye Oyeyemi, congratulated NIMC for digitalizing the entire process of getting the national identity card and expressed appreciation over the request presented by the commission.

He said FRSC will ensure that henceforth, applicants of the NDL produce their NIN at registration points.

Oyeyemi stated that biometric capturing processes of the various agencies in the country need to be given a uniform standard so as to align with global best practices.

He also urged Aliyu to fast-track the integration of all agencies involved in biometric capturing so as to achieve a uniform standard for the entire nation.

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FG to review whistleblowing policy, recovers N7.8bn, $378m, £27,800 Mathew Dasiya, Abuja

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The Federal Government has said it will review the investigation framework of the whistleblowing policy to improve the effectiveness of the policy and put in place, required institutions and tools to strengthen the anti-graft war.

The whistleblower policy provides various channels through which anyone with information about a violation of government’s financial regulations, mismanagement of public funds and assets, fraud, and financial malpractice can anonymously report it.

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, stated this at the Evaluation Workshop on Whistleblower Policy and Assets Tracing Team, organized by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACA), on Friday in Abuja.

Adeosun, who was represented by the Chairman, Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), Dr Mohammed Dikwa, said that the workshop is aimed at initiating discussions to improve the implementation of the policy in accordance with global best practice.

According to the min-

ister, the objective of this team is to centralize the tracking, management and maintenance of all recovered non-cash assets in the custody of the federal government to ensure accountability and transparency.

Adeosun said, “The whistleblower policy has been well received and since its introduction in December 2016, we have received 8,373 enquirer and 1,231 tips. We have also carried out 791 investigations and completed 534 of those investigations.”

She further disclosed that the federal government has also recovered directly, as a result of tips received from whistleblowers, the sum of N7.8 billion, $378 million and £27,800 respectively.

“While we view the policy as being successful, there is still work to be done, members of the whistleblower team went on study tour to the United Kingdom between the 12th and 22nd of March to exchange ideas and learn from best practice.

“The team held highlevel meeting with various UK government agencies including the Serious Fraud Office, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Government Internal Audit Agency, National

Audit Office, Her Majesty Revenue and Customs, Financial Control Authority, the Department of Business, etc.

“The team also participated in a seminar organized by Public Concern At Work, a non-governmental organisation that acts as an advocate for whistleblowing by working with employees, organisations and governments. They also seek legislative changes where required to encourage whistleblowers.”

To support the overall vision of proper management of recovered assets, she said, an Inter-Agency Assets Tracing Team was constituted with representatives from the Office of the Attorney General

and all investigative agencies.

Adeosun said, the team has been tasked with tracing, verification and management of all recovered assets.

“This includes the disposal of assets , forfeiture to the federal government by the court. This would stem general loss of value including the depreciation of motor vehicles and loss of rental income from high value properties recovered.

“Following lessons learned from the Study Tour, we will begin to focus more on preventive measures, putting in place tight control measures, making it more difficult for a few people to take away assets that belong to

an entire country. In addition to this, the investigation framework of the whistleblower policy will be reviewed,” she added.

She assured that government would continue to work with all stakeholders to improve the effectiveness of the policy and put in place, required institutions and tools to achieve our objective.

Earlier in his welcome remarks, the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN), said that a lot of money has been recovered adding that the whistleblowing policy is not only about money recovery but includes disclosure of information on procurement,

assets recovery and other activities that take place in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.

Sagay said that the public seemed to be fixated on 5 percent but 5 percent is the maximum, saying “It could be as little as one percent.”

Sagay said, “Not every whistleblower can get 5 percent because it is the highest and is meant for lower recoveries. Assets recovery is ongoing, recovered assets should be sold and the money paid into interest yielding account so that the supposed looter, when established in court, that he or she didn’t loot, could be refunded without any hassle.”

Women in Takum, Taraba State stage a demonstration following the arrest of two members of the alleged state-sponsored militants arrested by the Nigerian Army with sophisticated weapons…on Friday

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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (middle), Senator Abdullahi Gumel (8th left), Leader of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan (9th left), National President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Ibrahim Khalil (11th left) and other national officers of the group during a visit to the President of the Senate in Abuja

Malabu: Court stops Adoke’s prosecution, says he acted on Jonathan directives Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÏÏÏ At last,

reprieve has come the way of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke (SAN), following his alleged involvement in the OPL 245 Malabu oil saga as the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday held that he acted on the lawful directives of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Adoke, who is believed to be on self exile, following the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 election, has been charged along with others before the Federal High Court on five-count charge of money laundering. The Federal government is yet to arraign them due to difficulties associated with Adoke’s absence.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that filed the charge, claimed that Nigeria lost over $1.8billion on Malabu oil scandal.

In a judgment delivered on Friday on the suit filed by Adoke, Justice Binta Murtala- Nyako held that Adoke merely acted in furtherance of the lawful directives/approvals of former President Jonathan in the exercise of his (President’s) executive powers as provided in the Constitution.

Justice Nyako said that Adoke, haven acted on lawful directives of the president, he could not be held personally liable for all he did in respect of the Malabu deals.

The judge resolved all the issues raised for determination in favour of the plaintiff and also dismissed the preliminary objection raised against the suit by the defendant (the EFCC).

Justice Nyako held that contrary to the defendant’s contention that the plaintiff exceeded the directive of the President

and in the process committed a crime, Exhibits 19 and 20, which remained uncontradicted and unchallenged, confirmed that the plaintiff actually remained within the confines of the lawful directives given to him by the President and is therefore protected by law.

Exhibits 19 and 20. Exhibit 19 is a letter written by the AGF to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the effect that the plaintiff (Adoke) has no case to answer in respect of the actions he took pursuant to the directives/approvals of the President in respect to the implementation of OPL 245 Resolution Agreement.

Exhibit 20 is a letter from the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources to the Chief of Staff to the President in response to the latter’s request for advice on the letter by the AGF to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC on OPL 245 Settlement Agreement implemented by the plaintiff, in which the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources agreed with the opinion of the AGF. Justice Nyako said by the provisions of sections 5(1), 147 148 and 150 of the Constitution (as amended), the executive powers of the federation were vested in the President and he could exercise either personally or through any of his appointed Ministers.

She said: “I have carefully studied the provisions of sections 5(1), 147 148 and 150 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).

“A community reading of sections 5(1), 147(1), 148(1) and 150 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) leaves you in no doubt that the executive powers of the federation, as vested in the President, are exercisable by him directly or through a Minister of the federa-

tion.”

On whether the plaintiff can be held personally liable for acts done in furtherance of the lawful directives/approvals of the President, the judge said no, once it could be established that he acted as an agent of a disclosed principal.

The judge also held that the evidence produced by the plaintiff showed that he acted as an agent of President Jonathan in the Malabu deal.

She repeatedly referred to Exhibits 11B (a presidential approval directing the plaintiff to implement the Block 254 Resolution Agreement) and 10B (the approval by the President that Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd to be paid about $1.8billion in settlement of the dispute).

The judge said, “I am therefore in agreement with the plaintiff ’s submission that he was merely carrying out the lawful directives of the President and that a principal and agent relationship is created where the President assigns a responsibility to a Minister appointed by him pursuant to sections 147 and 148 of the Constitution.

“It is my considered view that while the plaintiff is carrying out the lawful directives of the President pursuant to sections 5(1) and 148(1) of the Constitution as contained in Exhibits 10B and 11B, with respect to the implementation of OPL 245 Resolution Agreement, an agency relationship of a disclosed principal established.

“The plaintiff, as agent of a disclosed principal, therefore incurs no personal liability,” she added.

The judge faulted the argument by the AGF that the plaintiff failed to place before the court, the required evidence to entitle him to the declaration sought and that a higher burden of proof is required of the plaintiff before a

declarative reliefs could be granted.

She held that the plaintiff has sufficiently discharged the burden of proof as required under Section 132 of the Evidence Act for the court to grant the reliefs sought.

According to the judge, “Exhibits 19 and 20 attached to the pliantiff ’s further and better affidavit, which deals with the letter of the defendant to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC to the effect that, in the review of the OPL 245 Resolution Agreement it did not disclose a cause of action against the plaintiff.

“It is a fact that Exhibits 19 and 20 are not challenged by the defendant. Not having been challenged, the court is entitled to come to a reasonable conclusion that the plaintiff has discharged the burden required of him in accordance with Section 132 of the Evidence Act. “I am convinced that the provisions of sections 5(1), 145(1) , 148(1) and 150 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) are clear and unambiguous and should be given their literal and ordinary meanings.

“I therefore hold that the executive powers of federation, vested in the President by virtue of Section 5(1) of the Constitution can be exercised by him directly or through Ministers appointed by him.

“And that, by the combined effect of sections 5(1), 145(1), 148(1) and 150 of the Constitution, the plaintiff, who was appointed a Minister of the government of the federation by the then President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, can exercise the executive powers of the federation vested in the President, and as directed by the President.

“And that the plaintiff, while

serving as a Minister of the government of the federation, cannot be held personally liable for carrying out the lawful directives and or implementing the lawful instructions of the President.

“I therefore resolved all the issues formulated by the plaintiff in his favour, and accordingly make the following declarations: “That the involvement of the plaintiff in the negotiation leading to the implementation of the Settlement Agreement dated 30th day of November 2006 between Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd and the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the eventual execution of Block 245 Malabu Execution Agreement dated 29th of April 2011 between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd was in furtherance of the lawful directives and approvals of the President in the exercise of his executive powers “The involvement of the plaintiff in the negotiation and eventual execution of the Block 245 SNUD Resolution Agreement dated 29th of April 2011 between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Ltd and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd was in furtherance of the lawful directive and approval of the President in the exercise of his executive powers.

“The involvement of the plaintiff in the negotiation and eventual execution of Block 245 Resolution Agreement dated 29th day of April 2011 between Federal Government of Nigeria and Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Ltd and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company LtD was in furtherance of the lawful directive and approval of the President in the exercise of his executive powers.

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2019: Nigerians in UK support Buhari’s declaration

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos Nigerians living in the United Kingdom have expressed support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration to recontest the presidency in the 2019 elections.

The Diaspora Nigerians also condemned what they described as plans of corrupt politicians and the opposition to try and embarrass the president during his visit to the UK and categorically state that they do not represent the views of majority of Nigerians in the UK who are supporting the PMB administration to make Nigeria greater.

Chairman, Buhari Diaspora Support Organisation, Mr. Charles E. Sylvester, in a statement e-mailed to our correspondent, said that the President’s achievements in the last three years are enough to earn him a second term in

Sylvester, who is also the Co- ordinator, Association of Nigerian Entrepreneur, UK, said that having degraded the capacity of Boko Haram to operate freely, the release of the Dapchi girls and massive investment in agriculture, Buhari has demonstrated enough faith in the Nigerian project and so deserved continuity.

The statement said, “We welcome the good news president Buhari has decided to seek re- election in 2019.

Nigerians in the UK are excited that the president is visiting us. We support the president and the Vice make Nigeria greater. They have been doing a good work despite various challenges and obstacles.”

He listed the achievements as investments in agriculture through the Anchors Borrowers Programme to improve local produce,

improving fertilizer distribution and access across states through the presidential fertilizer initiative, reduction in rice imports as a result of government’s policies that have encouraged massive rice production across Nigeria.

According to him, in less than three years the country has achieved foreign exchange stability and increasing external reserves to $46 billion, which has surpassed the ERGPs target of $30.56 billion despite global low oil prices and production challenges.

“The introduction of the One Primary Health Centre per ward programme of the Federal Government. of the Treasury Single Account and increasing government revenue by over N3 trillion as well as entrenching transparency and accountability.

“The establishment of

MSMEs Clinics, a small Business support programme to support entrepreneurs and states.

“Reforms by the Federal Government to inspire startups to cut unemployment saw Nigeria rise 24 places on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, earning the country a place on the List of Top 10 Reformers in the world.

“Social Investment Programmes (SIP) through N-Power Volunteer Scheme creating jobs for over 200,000 (and still counting) unemployed graduates in all the 36 states and the FCT, Government Enterprise and Empowerment (GEEP) Scheme; commenced in November 2016 in collaboration with the Bank of Industry, where soft loans ranging from N10, 000 to N100, 000 have been given to over 189,000 market women

states, Home Grown School Feeding Programme, where almost three million schoolchildren have been fed, while tens of thousands of cooks have been engaged in their respective states, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme, under which about 25,000 less privileged Nigerians so far are now being funded with the monthly N5,000 stipends in 9 pilot States (Bauchi, Borno, Cross Rivers, Ekiti, Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Osun and are expected to be added in more states.

“The Nigeria Customs Service recorded its highest revenue collection, crossing

and Matriculations Board management* appointed by President Buhari in 2016, Government, a staggering distance from the N51 between 2010 and 2016.

We call on all Nigerians to unite and support the Buhari/Osinbajo government to continue with the god work of making Nigeria greater.

FG reverses suspension of DG National Women Development Centre

By Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Federal Government has reversed the purported suspension of the DirectorGeneral of National Centre for Women Development, Mrs. Mary Ikpere Eta by the Governing Board, which was inaugurated very recently.

To all intents and purposes, Government reiterated its earlier position that Boards of Agencies are to provide general policy guidelines and frameworks, and not to interfere with the day to day management of the Agencies.

Permanent Secretary, General Service in the

L-R: Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(left) in a handshake with Wakilin Katsina, Alhaji Mohammad Kabir Murnai who represented the Emir of Katsina at a forum in Lagos.

the One Trillion Naira (N1, 000,000,000, 000) mark;* the target for 2017 was 770 billion Naira (N770,573,730,490) and 2016 collection was just under 900 billion (N898,673,857,431.07).

the Government of the Federation, Mr. Olusegun Adekunle on Friday said that the Boards and Chief

appointed by Mr. President.

He reiterated the terms and conditions with clearly established rules and procedures for subjecting to disciplinary measures including suspension from this process has not been followed.

The government therefore, directed the reversal of the suspension of Mrs. Mary Ikpere Eta as the DirectorGeneral.

She was also directed to resume her duties immediately at the National Women Development Centre.

Government emphasized that it believed in due process, and would not tolerate any arbitrary action taken by any Board of any Federal Government Agency.

Offa bank robbery: Police nab 12 more suspects

By Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Salawudeen 20yrs who was

Twelve more suspects allegedly involved in the April 5th, tragedy

phone and sim cards.

Others are Adewale Popoola 22yrs also arrested

nabbed by the police.

A statement by Force Public

and sim, Adetoyese Muftau 23yrs, Aminu Ibrahim 18yrs, Richard Buba Terry 23yrs and

Moshood on Friday listed the suspect names as follows: Adegoke Shogo 29yrs, Kayode Opadokun 35yrs, Kazeem Abdulrasheed 36yrs, Azeez Abdullahi 27yrs, Alexander Reuben 39yrs,

pistol and Fourteen (14) rounds of live ammunitions were recovered from the three last suspects while handsets, Ipads and SIM cards belonging to victims of

the robbery were recovered from the others.

The statement also stated that the recovery followed an ongoing discreet investigation by high-powered Police Investigation Team, backed by the deployment of Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), Three units of Police Mobile Force (PMF) and AntiRobbery equipment to Kwara State.

They assured the public that its team will not only prevent all the perpetrators of fatal

robbery are brought to justice.

It recalled that the highpowered Police Investigation team working in synergy with the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department have arrested the nine suspected armed robbers who also were directly involved in the Kwara State.

Three suspects namely Azeez Salawudeen 20yrs, Adewale Popoola 22yrs and Adetoyese Muftau 23yrs

from whom Two (2) phones and SIM cards belonging to victims were recovered have also made confessional

court for armed robbery and cultism.

They have made confessional statements

various roles they played in the commission of the crime.

criminal roles they played in the recent bank robbery in

Fourteen (14) rounds of live ammunitions were recovered from Aminu Ibrahim 18yrs, Richard Buba Terry 23yrs connected

All the suspects during investigation confessed to the various criminal roles they played in the commission of the crime, however, investigation is being

They have previously been investigated and charged to

suspects still at large and bring them to justice, it added.

25yrs who are

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Group tackles Senate, Abaribe over comments against Buhari, demands apology Stories by Patrick Okohue

Democratic Party (PDP) member during Thursday’s Plenary, describing it as reprehensible, “his action amounting to an irresponsible brand of politics that the opposition has been exhibiting over

The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has condemned what it described as conspiratorial stance by some senators against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari with emphasis on abuse of immunity, which emboldens them to use incendiary remarks on times during t BMSG said this while reacting to remarks credited to Senator Eyinaya Abaribe who was quoted as saying that Nigerians have been indulging the President he referred to

The group calls on the Nigerian Senate leadership to always prevent its chamber from turning into a circus that allows use of profane and insulting language as lingua franca with the President of Nigeria Abaribe

as “incompetent” BMSG said it took exception to such remarks by Senator Abaribe, a Peoples

The group made this known in a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary, Austin Braimoh and Cassidy Madueke,

respectively, urging the leadership to call members to order on use of intemperate language to address the Presid It said, “Senator Abaribe’s Senate which engendered a rowdy session are not just shameful to the institution of the Nigerian Senate, but such President and even the Senate They however called on Senator Abaribe to tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians and to the President of Nigeria on the ill-conceived remarks credited to him and for him to know henceforth, that the Chamber of the Senate is not to be dese

Ebonyi will empower 13, 000 indigenes with N2.6bn in next 3 months - Gov Umahi The Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi has said that the state government would empower 13, 000

other stakeholders on the importance of the continuous

billion within the next three

N200, 000 each to start businesses of their choice as the amount could be increased to N400,000 with the support of the Bank of

Umahi made the disclosure during a meeting with political, social, religious and

The

governor

said

the

“Stakeholders are therefore, enjoined to compile the names of the various communities and training programmes will be organised for them for “Emphasis should be placed on women, youths and the vulnerable, as no other state has empowered its people more than the present Umahi urged the stakeholders to assist in re-orientating the youths to embrace self-sustaining ventures, instead of craving for political appointments “Politics will become unfashionable in the next 10 years as people will only sustain themselves with what they can do with their He noted that the state would target the registration improve on its statistics of “Massive participation in the voter registration exercise would enable us to negotiate our way to the top as we strive to record the highest number of registered voters “We should embark on house-to-house campaign to ensure massive registration, especially from those that are

Gov Umahi

to ensure the success of this exercise as they will become station rooms in the polling units, wards, councils and The governor said that workers could be exempted to register within the next two weeks, but those who absent from work and fail to register “The exercise should be devoid of political undertone as the Inter-Party Advisory organise political outreaches to ensure that everyone “Anybody who truncates the exercise will be physically dealt with and such person should be reported to security agencies and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) among

Politics 9 Edo leaders move against spoilers, back Oyegun In an apparent move to actualise the second term agenda of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Chief John OdigieOyegun, a group of political leaders under the aegis of Edo State Political Leaders Forum (EDPLF) on Thursday met in Auchi, Edo North Senatorial District, describing Oyegun as a man In a statement issued at the end of the meeting Oshione, the leaders urged APC members in other geo-political zones to think about the future of the ruling party and resist any arrangement “Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has been a He is one of those honest politicians in Africa,” At a meeting to shore up support and encouragement for Oyegun, the leaders resolved to work against other likely national “Oyegun is by far the most prominent option for those who want an inclusive, stable and strong party” They described the national chairman as a good leader, competent administrator and one

Reacting to the abuse and ridicule in the tenure elongation issue, the leaders hailed Oyegun’s harshest critics for acknowledging his impeccable honesty, competence and humble down to earth, clear sighted about issues facing the ruling party and instrumental in making They praised Oyegun for having the type of empathy and direction the country needs, bringing people around to his way by dint of example and argument and liberating Nigerians the chairmanship with every understanding of ruling party is now more united and expanded under Oyegun’s leadership” Set to mount a serious challenge to other national chairmanship aspirants in the zone, particularly Edo State, the leaders praised Oyegun for having the courage to speak out, “Oyegun is well known for his innovative ideas, He has a positive record as governor and cares about ethics” Odigie-Oyegun, a cerebral, competent manager and good example of leadership in Africa, is expected to win the chairmanship

overriding goal is to prepare the ruling party for victory in the country’s 2019 general election,”

Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ebonyi Chapter, urged the people to actively participate in the voter registration exercise because such had “It is the duty of the citizens to participate in exercises that will produce good leaders his numerous promises to his The stakeholders from various sectors of the state pledged their commitment to ensure the overall success of John Odigie-Oyegun

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2019: make a positive change in their lives – Taiwo Hon. Kolawolwe Taiwo, popularly known as HKT is the former Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, a House he served for four terms holding several positions including Majority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader among others. An experienced legislator by all means, he now aspires to continue his legislative duties in the House of Representatives to represent the people of Ajeromi Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State. In this interview with PATRICK OKOHUE he speaks on several national issues including why he desires to represent his people in Abuja.

*******Some people are even of the opinion that perhaps

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in a manner many say smacks When I learnt of that thing I

if those things are no more

Taiwo

the government not to look

orientation for them not to have

not listen to anything that I

“ more of investigation of some money that they are giving

It is unfortunate that APC came at the wrong time, when there is economic meltdown, but we have been able to stabilize things, if we were not able to do that you would be thinking that people will get tired of our party and would not want to touch us, but a party that went through economic meltdown and was able to survive will easily get re-election.

Two years ago, nobody even wanted to hear about APC and that was at a time we had not even spent more than a year in office, they thought we caused the problems, they didn’t know that the

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...Nigerians are still confident APC will make a positive change in their lives – Taiwo Continued from page 10

just because he is the President no, if this things was happening during Jonathan’s era, nobody will say Jonathan should come and talk, they will take him for granted.

The reason the people are clamouring that the President should talk is because there was a time the President went to Oyo State to discuss on the side of the Fulani. I am happy now that he has come out, no President in any nation will ever sanction anybody to go and kill innocent people and I know our President will never do that, but those mentality, some are level headed, but there are some that believe they own the world.

I remember when they were having problem in Oyo State, the Oyo State government applied their own restriction and they were able to curb those excesses, now governors have started coming up with one law or the other and they are talking about colony, I don’t know how far that can go, but I also know that farmers needs to be empowered to have their ranches, it is not easy to come by this land, you know before now when you go to the hinter land you can get cheap land, but now it is like everybody wants big money and even after paying for the whole thing to be able to hold the land is another thing.

I had that experience in Osun State, the youths came back after I bought the land to say no the money taken by the elders was too small you have to pay more, I had to go back to renegotiate, but how many people another group will come tomorrow and say no, what will you do? These are some of the problems that goes with farm, and everybody is saying go to the farm, but it is not easy going into farm, it is very capital intensive and very not Boko Haram, those people have their own mind set. There was a particular day I saw my Fulani wrestling with one of the cows, very serious war, the cow said no its not moving forward and the Fulani said you must, it was very serious. When you have people like that they can sometimes also behave like animals, but we need to give them

some orientation and tutorials, which is where this nomadic schools would have played a role, to at least prepare their to see that life is more than this their everyday activities. *******There is a crisis in the APC obviously, which is why the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu reconciliation but considering the brief and the issues Tinubu himself has with some members of the party leadership, where do you see the future of the party?

Well, even normal life cannot be divorced from crisis, because crisis is part of normal existence, not to even talk about politics, politics where two people will want one thing and you say there will never be crisis. The best thing is to manage it and try to resolve as much as possible, there is no way we will not have crisis when one thing is put before two or three or four and even in some cases you even have 100 people struggling to get one particular thing, there will be a lot of antics, there will be a lot of problems, acrimony and all that. So, I will not tell you that there is no crisis, crisis is even a continuous thing in politics, the reconciliation is for now, if we are able to reconcile ourselves now, to at least have majority say on issues, then we will postpone crisis to tomorrow, because there will be another one. So, it is normal and I feel for our leader, I don’t envy him, but I am not surprised. He came around as a private person contested for Senate and won, he came back after the NADECO era and said he wanted to become governor, he won, he was only governor for two terms, he has never occupied any electoral most of those that have occupied positions cannot even measure half of his weight. So, there is bound to be envy and jealousy and he is still striving, he said we want to take over power, we want to install the president, as if it s a joke, the president was installed and it is said that the more powerful you are the more enemies you have you are the more you will

that are happening, but I know Asiwaju, he is in a position to resolve these things. This is a man that has done so many things; if you look at him you will know he is not just an ordinary man. Let me give you one example, after his second term as governor, he was thinking of going to the Senate and in our party there was so much acrimony, GOS (Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon) wants to be governor and this want to be that, there was a lot of murmuring and he said GOS come and take my ticket and go, that is the kind of leader, that is reconciliation we are talking about, leadership by example.

I know he will reconcile the party, I know it is a question of give and take, it is not easy, some people he is human. I was part of the last convention of the party that we elected the executive, I was even in I know what transpired, we were waiting for them for like two days and nobody showed up, we didn’t know who was coming for the screening or not and this man stood his ground that this is the person I want, and when you install him he will now take him for granted, you know sometimes you feel frustrated. If he is not a very strong man that could even make him to be angry with the party, but our leader will not do that, he wants the party to work, I know him beyond that, that is why I am so come out with something positive.

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APC will not die, some people say APC does not have ideology, but I say ideology is about policy interest, it is not like culture, when we were in AD, when we were in ACN, AC, we talk of true federalism, we talk about devolution of power, we talk about state police, that is the ideology of our party, today we cannot say we do not believe in that ideology again, you build ideology with time, people will try to know with a particular idea and say these people this is how they are, they are prolife, they are pro-this and that, therefore nobody can tell me that we don’t have ideology, I will tell them, no, there are somethings that we are known for, even in APC that is rainbow coalition, we have been able to impress it on some of our leaders, there are some that doesn’t believe in it, but they have started talking about it. was talking about state police, you can see that it is spreading, and you can see that we can work together, though it is a rainbow coalition, but we are working on it, it will work, therefore I believe our party will pass the test of time. ********But are you worried about this third force and other such coalitions to get APC out of power the way APC got PDP out of power?

It is unfortunate that APC came at the wrong time, when there is economic meltdown, but we have been able to stabilize things, if we were not able to do that you would be thinking

There is no way we will not have crisis when one thing is put before two or three or four and even in some cases you even have 100 people struggling to get one particular thing, there will be a lot of antics, there will be a lot of problems, acrimony and all that. So, I will not tell you that there is no crisis, crisis is even a continuous thing in politics, the reconciliation is for now, if we are able to reconcile ourselves now, to at least have majority say on issues, then we will postpone crisis to tomorrow,

”

Tinubu that people will get tired of our party and would not want to touch us, but a party that went through economic meltdown and was able to survive will easily get re-election. Two years ago, nobody even wanted to hear about APC and that was at a time we had not even spent more thought we caused the problems, they didn’t know that the problem is over time and has been there and fortunately or unfortunately for us as a nation, God wanted us to see the mistakes we were making. *******I know that since 2019 there has not been any election that you were not part of, are you going to be part of 2019?

I pray so, I want to go to the National Assembly, I have been a state legislator and I have seen all that needs to be seen at the state level and I still feel that I to be part of our success story, of continuity, a positive continuity, because I know continuity will bring want to be part of it. *******What will be your mission to the National Assembly?

My mission will be to go there, be part of good lawmaking and helping in bringing out laws that will help our people the lives of our people. *******Will this be in the House of

Representatives?

Yes, at the lower chamber ******** The person there now though not from your party is quite popular among the grassroots, how do you intend to surmount that?

Who says, I am the most popular person among the grassroots. *******But you lost election….

Yes I lost election when I didn’t expect to, but I was the only one that won in my local government, in Ifelodun LCDA I was the only person that won, I won with 1700, but the our people caused my loss, because nobody believed that HKT can loss election. I was humbled and I give thanks to God that it happened. I recognise why I lost and since then I have not been resting on my oars, I have been working, I have been talking to our people, I have been very active and if you come to HKT meetings you will be shocked that this is the man that lost election. Even the present representative of the people in Abuja now is afraid that HKT is coming, because it is like tsunami coming to consume them and I look forward to it and pray to God that He will give the leadership of our party the courage to feature me at the election and pray that God will give me the grace to win again.

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Don bemoans youth unemployment, says its most traumatic societal ills Stories by Patrick Okohue A university don and Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Economics and Business Studies, Redeemers ‘ University, Ede, Osun State has said that youth unemployment in Nigeria remains the most traumatic societal ills facing the country.

He asserted that the only solution to this menace is for Nigerian government in collaboration with private organisations and universities to embark on entrepreneurship drive for social development and self employment.

Adeleke made the submission on Thursday at the 4th Inaugural Lecture series of the Redeemers’ Univeristy, Ede, Osun State, with the theme “Development By Choice And Prime In Performance: Entrepreneurship For Industrialisation” .

He emphasised the need for government and all stakeholders to prioritise change in orientation of Nigerians towards entrepreneurship.

“One of the major challenges confronting Nigeria society today is mass unemployment across age, sex and state boundaries. One viable option for reducing unemployment is for people to develop entrepreneurial mentality and self employment.

“Nigeria is better than Malaysia, and Indonesia in terms of inherent opportunities for growth and availability of human capital, those countries are presently ahead of us because they embraced entrepreneurship in their developmental agenda.

“Nigeria can develop without going through steel roling mill or Ajaokuta. Entrepreneurship encourages individuals to be creative and come up with progressive initiatives to build a virile nation.

“The process of attaining enviable indus-

Redeemers ‘ University, Ede, Osun State

trial and technological advancement has to be planned, premeditated and carefully assigned for implementation.

“There is need to revisit the National Education Policy of 6,3,3,4, especially, the aspect that emphasises apprenticeship and vocational skill acquisition training so as to meet the Nigerian labour market needs.

“As a way to enhance the promotion of Entrepreneurship, the Nigerian government should introduce and entrench a National Entrepreneurship Week (NEW) into National event strategies,

such as, lecture and other activities can be organized to support and increase the awareness for entrepreneurship development at all levels, region, state, community and organisation”, he said.

Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Depo Adeyemo, called on government to create conducive environment for entrepreneurship to boost economic development of Nigeria.

“Nigeria is not conducive enough for entrepreneurship, it is incumbent on the Federal Government to change the paradigm and create an environment that would be conducive.”

APGA wants Buhari to sack some ministers

2019: ADP faults Buhari’s decision to seek re-election

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently reshuffle his cabinet and remove some members.

It said some members of the Buhari’s cabinet do not share the same mindset with the President.

The National Chairman of the party, Dr. Victor Ike Oye, made this assertion while briefing newsmen in Abuja at the end of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.

He also opined that President Buhari had the constitutional right to seek re-election in 2019, stressing that those opposing his declaration were wrong.

Oye added that it was now left for Nigerian electorate to decide if they wanted him to continue or not.

“People ask us if it was good or bad, we say it is not for us to say it is good or bad; it is for the citizens who have the power of voting to decide and they would be right in their choices,” Oye said.

While calling on Buhari to immediately reshuffle his cabinet, the

The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Mr Yabagi Sani, has expressed surprise over President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to seek re-election in the 2019 election.

Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, Sani noted that Buhari’s declaration would surely lead to the defeat of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) at the poll.

“What is our headache if APC decides to field a liability or even chose not to field any candidate at all? But sincerely speaking, if the man truly has the interest of the nation at heart, he should not have succumbed to pressure to subject himself and the entire nation to another moment of fearful anxiety.

“Now that we know where the APC is heading, our duty is to mobilise Nigerians to more than ever before obtain PVCs and come out to vote out hardship, wanton killings and unemployment, which another four years of Buhari represents.

“We will double our efforts at ADP to provide a credible alternative

APGA chieftain said the President meant well for Nigeria, insisting that he had the capacity to resolve many of the challenges facing the country.

According to him, “It was Buhari’s appointees that do not share his mindset; hence the need to purge them.”

He also said Buhari’s approach to anti-corruption war was being implemented at the expense of other pressing national issues; hence the need to fine-tune it.

Oye

that will have the age, vitality, character and know-how to take Nigeria out of the woods.

“We have no doubts that Buhari’s declaration is the final revelation of the impending demise of APC,” he said.

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Admit your failure, stop blaming Gaddafi for Nigeria’s security challenges, PDP tells Buhari The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has told President Muhammadu Buhari to admit that he has failed in his promise to end insurgency in the country, instead of blaming late Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.

Kola Ologbodinya, spokesman of the party in a statement said “For Buhari to have ran to Archbishop Justin Welby to declare that the insurgents and marauders pillaging the people are fighters from late Muammah Gadaffi’s Libya, confirmed the position of Nigerians that President Buhari was incapable of handling the security challenges of our nation.”

PDP also recalled that “in November 2017, President Buhari had informed the Nigerian community in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire that Gadaffi’s fighters were responsible for the escalation of Boko Haram insurgency.

“This time, Mr President has revealed that the killer-herdsmen ravaging our nation and killing our people are from Libya.”

The opposition party wondered, “If the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government knew all these that the marauders and insurgents are invaders, why is he engaging them in dialogue, reportedly paying ransoms and even considering the amnesty option for them.”

The PDP further asked Nigerians to demand explanations from President Buhari on why his administration has been asking the victims of marauders’ attacks in various states, particularly, Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, among others, to learn to accommodate, if it knows that the attackers had links with Libya.

“Our take remains that President Buhari and his dysfunctional APC should simply admit that they have failed to safeguard the lives of our people as well as the territorial integrity of our nation.”

“We therefore urge Nigerians to continue to be at alert and support one another in this trying time, irrespective of ethnicity, creed or class, as we collectively work to salvage our nation from the misrule of the incompetent APC, come 2019,” the party said.

APGA members join APC in Abia About two hundred and fifty members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) from Urban ward 3 in Umuahia North Local Government of Abia State on Friday, dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Giving reason why they dumped APGA for APC, the leader of the APGA defectors, Mr. Divine Victor said they left their former party because of the leadership crisis in the Abia chapter of APGA. He disclosed that they were over two hundred and fifty members of APGA defecting to APC in the state, promising on behalf of other decampees to work for the success of the party in 2019.

According to him, “Abians are yearning for change. We are tired of PDP leadership in Abia State. People cannot feed themselves anymore because of the failure of PDP-led government to provide democracy dividends to the people.

“We believe APC has what it takes to enthrone the needed change in Abia. So, we are going to work hard to ensure APC wins 2019 governorship election in the state.

Receiving the defectors to APC fold, the Abia central zonal woman leader, Lolo Josephine Chukwu assured the APGA defectors of a level playing ground and advised them to work collectively, to enable the party win the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

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Abia: Challenging judicial impunity

Gov Okezie Ikpeazu

Ag. Chief Judge, Justice Onuoha Ogwe

By Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki

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When a suspect who is standing trial before a Magistrate court for conspiracy to kill a petitioner, is remanded in prison custody by the presiding Chief Magistrate; and when he is mysteriously set free same day by another Chief Magistrate who has no business in the substantive suit in a counter order issued in her office after the close of work, then the public and the justice institutions should really show concern.

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Ekiti 2018: PDP reads riot act to aspirants

By Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo.

AHEAD of July 14th governorship election in Ekiti State, the Leadership of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday read riot act to all the aspirants seeking for the party ticket to avail themselves with the guidelines for the Party’s

primary and Constitution or face severe sanctions.

The National Organising Secretary of the Party, Col Austin Akobundu (rtd) who spoke in Abuja on Friday while receiving the duly completed nomination forms from the duo of Senator Abiodun Olujimi, the Senator representing Ekiti West Senatorial District,

a onetime deputy governor in the State and Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka, who is the current Deputy Governor in the State insisted that the current leadership of the Party would adhere to the guidelines and the constitution to the letter.

According to him, “the rule of the game as encapsulated in the

constitution, we urge you, we urge your supporters and other members of the party to simply go by the rules so that whoever emerges as our party candidate at the primaries will carry everybody along.

While counselling the aspirants and their supporters on the need to play by the rules of the game and avoid a rancour-

free primary and general election, Akobundu promised that the party leadership would give all the aspirants equal opportunity towards realising their ambitions. mandate given to our new National Working every assignment of the party be transparently

carried out. There will be no impunity and there will be no imposition,” The duo who spoke with newsmen after the submission of their nominations declared that they were sure of picking the ticket of the Party at the Primaries slated for May 8th this and demanded for free, fair and transparent exercise.

Amusan makes history as first Nigerian to win 100m hurdles at Commonwealth Games

By Tom Garba, Yola Oluwatobiloba Amusan made history as the a sprint hurdles title at the Commonwealth Games.

Amusan achieved the feat on Friday at the Carrara stadium in Gold Coast, Australia.

The reigning American Collegiate 100m hurdles queen ran 12.68 seconds to win the race. gold medallist in track and

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (middle); Commissioner for Works & Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Akinsanya (right); his counterpart for Transportation, Mr. Ladi Lawason (left) during the Governor’s inspection of the ongoing construction of the Oshodi-International Airport Road... on Thursday

The 20-year-old is also the third Nigerian woman to make it to the podium after Modupe Oshikoya (bronze) in 1974 and Angela Atiede (bronze) in 2002.

Danielle Williams of Jamaica came second to claim the silver medal in 12.78 seconds.

Yanique Thompson, another Jamaican, won the bronze medal in 12.97 seconds.

Amusan’s triumph is Nigeria’s eighth gold medal of the Commonwealth Games.

I’m proud to be anointed by Fayose–Eleka The deputy governor of Ekiti State, Professor Kolapo Olusola Eleka has said that he was proud to be the anointed candidate of the state governor, Ayodele Fayose for the gubernatorial contest.

Eleka speaking after the submission of his nomination form on Friday said that he was in the race based on his personal conviction to

people by consolidating on the dividends of democracy provided by the Fayose administration and that he did not see anything wrong in being supported by the state governor who had personal right of supporting whoever he likes.

According to him, “to be anointed is not a new thing.

God himself anointed Jesus Christ for a purpose. Every one of us has a destiny to

through certain means and persons “Governor Fayose has the right to pick interest in someone and I don’t think that. I have been under his tutelage for over two years now, I have acquired a lot of experience from him. He is my leader, my mentor and my benefactor.”

On the allegation that

Fayose had been using both state and party apparatus to intimidate other aspirants and their supporters to con script support for him, Eleka said he was not aware that anybody was being intimidated for his sake.

He said that by virtue of his upbringing, belief and academic exposure, he would never subscribe to illegality and would not be party to a rancorous primary

but subject himself to a free, fair and transparent primary.

According to him, “If I don’t win the primaries, I will support whoever wins, all the aspirants have made commitment in the nomination form to play by the rule of the game and put the interest of the party above our personal interests”.

With his experience in government, he said that he would expand the economic

base of the agrarian and civil service state if he wins the governorship election on July 14, 2018.

He said the infrastructural development being put in place by the Fayose administration had already set the tone for industrialisation of the state, adding that this would boost industries and agriculture in the state.

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Who will save some Nigerians from intellectual laziness?

By Femi Adesina

Since President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Archbishop of Canterbury in London on Wednesday, and spoke on the likely impact of gunmen trained by former the killings by herdsmen in Nigeria, handle, ululating as if wailing was going out of fashion.

They twisted the meaning of Mr President’s words (yes, some people twist everything, even the words of God; 2 Peter:3, 15,16). They claimed he killings in Nigeria.

But let’s see the vacuousness and intellectual laziness in the twist they have given what President Buhari said, out of sheer malice and evil hearts. Sadly, even a Senator was involved in the sickening display of poisonous heart. That’s what you get when small minds get into high places.

Here’s what Mr President told Archbishop Justin Welby: “The problem is even older than us. It has always been there, but now made worse West African sub-region. These gunmen were trained and armed by Muammar the gunmen escaped with their arms. We Boko Haram. Herdsmen that we used to know carried only sticks and maybe a cutlass to clear the way, but these ones now carry sophisticated weapons. The problem is not religious, but sociological and economic. But we are working on solutions.”

“The problem is even older than us,” said President Buhari. If anybody is not challenged with simple understanding of English language, does this mean was born in 1942, and killed in October 2011, making him 69 years old at the time of his death. So, did he cause clashes between farmers and herdsmen, which the President said was older than mischievous minds can conceive such.

“It has always been there, but now made worse...” If you say something has been

of militia trained, armed and used by countries, including possibly Nigeria, after the Libyan strongman’s death. Are some people claiming ignorance of such development, despite it being global

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deep must be the ignorance of such people. Simple research will show them death.

The President then talked about the herdsmen we used to know, who carried just sticks, and at worst a cutlass, saying those armed with sophisticated weapons were unknown to this clime. Is that not If herdsmen have suddenly turned murderousinacountry,itcallsforallsortsof

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interrogation, including intellectual, as to what may have gone wrong. The causes could be multifarious. And solutions A President has sensitive security reports available to him. President Buhari gave another vista from which the herdsmen/farmers clashes could be and do critical interrogation, the wailers engaged in their pastime: they began to wail, including senators and people who should naturally be level headed and

But let’s see the vacuousness and intellectual laziness in the twist they have given what President Buhari said, out of sheer malice and evil hearts. Sadly, even a Senator was involved in the sickening display of poisonous heart. That’s what you get when small minds get into high places.

sorry.

“But we are working on solutions,” President Buhari told the cleric. They ignored that. It holds no meaning for them. They are interested in problems, not solutions. Problems serve their pernicious interests more. Pity!

That is what hatred does to the heart. It stunts the mind and poisons the soul. what President Buhari at that meeting called “irresponsible politics.” And as such people reform, and put on their thinking caps.

The tendency now is to twist and slant every word from President Buhari in the negative, all in a bid to demean, demarket, and demonize him, and make those who do it are to be pitied. Sensible Nigerians know what the President is doing for the country, and would queue end of it all, the detractors would be holding the short ends of the stick, and looking small, forlorn and disconsolate.

Adesina is the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity

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Federal Capital Territory

Hit and run driver kills FUTA student

L-R: Chief Director, Support Services Group, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mr. Peter Hena; Special Assistant on ICT, FIRS, MD Wale FAAN, Shonekan Engr.Saleh Dunoma, Mr Ali Tounsi-Secretary General/ACI, Nike Aboderine/Director Finance and Accounts and ACI Planning Mr. and Executive Chairman, FIRS, Dr. TundeMrs Fowler, during a meetingofwith Members, House ofother Representatives Committee Members on inspection of the venue for theinACI Conference beginning from the 14th-20th April 2018 at the Oriental Hotel-Lagos Committee on Finance at the National Assembly Abuja

Gov Obiano inaugurates youth empowerment, creative economy council

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Despite their perceived differences, Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, embraced each other at a public function where they met recently.

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2019: Quit Nigerian Army now, Buratai tells partisan soldiers It is my honour and privilege to welcome you all to Abuja for the COAS First Quarter Conference 2018.

Let me start by using this opportunity to thank you all for commiserating with me and the entire Buratai family on the demise of our beloved father, Alhaji Yusuf Buratai, who died on the February 9, 2018. I pray that Almighty Allah grant him eternal rest.

The COAS Quarterly Conference serve as a pedestal for the hierarchy of the NA to appraise and discuss

crimes perpetrated local militias, a n d must be

by ethnic and criminals miscreants dealt with decisively.

as well as other security tissues that are crucial to the stability of our country. This is with a view to fashioning the Federal Government’s defence and security policies towards ensuring peace and development of our nation.

In this era of political and social transformation, the NA remains steadfast in carrying out its constitutional roles as well as providing aid to civil authority. My vision for the NA which is “To Have a Professionally Responsive Nigerian Army in the Discharge of its Constitutional Roles” is geared towards ensuring a safer environment for development and socio-economic activities to thrive in the country. We must ensure that we conduct ourselves professionally and respond adequately to threats against our nation in accordance with our constitutional roles.

The NA would continue to chart progressive paths towards tackling the security challenges confronting

must restrain themselves from any act of political,

were retired is still fresh in our memories. the sustainability of our operations across the country particularly Op LAFIYA DOLE. I want to assure you that a robust and comprehensive procurement plan is

of the previous years. Furthermore, research and

rustling, kidnapping, pipeline vandalism, militant activities among other violent crimes.

Operation DEEP PUNCH II in the North East and Exercise AYEM AKPATUMA in the North Central have achieved tremendous successes leading to the arrest of key suspects as well as recovery of arms and ammunition in Benue, Kaduna, Kogi, Niger and Taraba States. The conduct of exercise AYEM AKPATUMA has been extended in Taraba State till 30 May 18 based on the prevailing security situation in the state. While

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Commanders would be held responsible for any lapses arising from their actions or inactions. I have directed the CTOP (A) to set up a high powered team to review all our operations especially where lapses have been observed in order to bring to book all those involved in such cases.

Very recently, concerns have been raised by individuals and groups alike about the actions carried out by some units and formations in the course of operations. This has led to very strong comments and criticisms against the Nigerian Army. Some of the strongest comments have come from key citizens in Taraba State. In this regard, I have set up a panel to investigate some of the allegations that have been made, particularly with regards to operations in Taraba State. The panel was tasked to ascertain the veracity of the statements made and the true situation of things in improve our relations with civilians and the citizenry at

Nigeria.

The need to review the conduct of NA operations across the country has become imperative in view of lapses recently observed among commanders. Some indecisiveness when faced with obvious challenges. change especially towards decision making and taking appropriate action in line with the Rules of Engagements.

In this regard, issues of murder, arson and other serious

partisan and be guided by the stipulated code of conduct and rules of engagement in the discharge of their duties particularly in the coming 2019 General Elections. Furthermore, NA personnel in any capacity who receives any form of inducement from politicians, public or private entities, knowingly or unknowingly will be severely punished. Both the giver and taker of such inducement will be investigated and appropriately sanctioned.

I have directed for a Special Standing Court Martial to be set up in preparation for the coming 2019 elections.

I must warn that any NA personnel found hobnobbing with politicians or being partisan will be investigated and sent to the Special Standing Court Martial. I must be sympathetic to a political, religious or ethnic group should voluntarily retire from the NA. Furthermore, all are reminded on the ban on any form of worship outside

must be given to ongoing NA operations in various parts of the country to ensure that security threats are dealt with decisively. Training must also be given due

innovation drive in the NA. The successes achieved by troops in the ongoing operations, particularly Op LAFIYA DOLE, has placed the NA on a good stead and the momentum must be sustained and consolidated. However, in conjunction with other services and security agencies, the NA must also deal decisively with other security challenges such

dealt with. You are all enjoined to continue to remind

Let me state emphatically here that the unity and integrity of Nigeria lies on the military and the NA in particular. Therefore, any act inimical to the unity and integrity of this country by personnel of the NA will be decisively dealt with. The NA must remain apolitical and professionally responsive in the discharge of its constitutional roles. GOCs and Field Commanders at all levels are, therefore, warned that anymore that runs foul of his professional ethics will be appropriately

implementation of the procurement plan is subject to budget releases. I, therefore, want to emphasize that personal clothing, protective gears, additional equipment/platforms, accommodation, welfare and other logistics provisions would be my top priority in the procurement plan this year.

In line with the Federal Government drive to boost local content and patronage, the NA is collaborating with indigenous companies in the local production of vehicles, weapon and equipment spares as well as combat material. The companies include Innoson Vehicle Motors, Proforce Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Machine Tools amongst others. This is aimed at boosting local production and enhancing our growing military industrial complex.

In the First Quarter of 2018, I directed the procurement and supply of weapons, UAVS, vehicles, tyres, protective gears and spares to the Theatre for enhanced operations. Commanders at all levels are therefore enjoined to ensure judicious use and periodic maintenance of the items under their command. I believe this can be achieved if commanders at all levels imbibe

Leadership remains a cardinal point in the command and administration of the NA at tactical, operational and strategic levels. This underscores the need for us to give leadership training the pride of place in our exercises and training. In this regard, I am pleased with the outcome of Lieutenant – Captain Promotion Examinations held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State which

and equivalent foreign courses for 2018/2019 as well Contd. on

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department in all NA training schools to enhance the

as the AWCN Courses 2/2018 have been released. It is gratifying to note that the AWCN programmes would be conducted at the newly constructed permanent site and harmonization of the course curriculum with other services war colleges is ongoing. This is with a view to having a harmonized course content, coordinated process.

international languages, wherever they may be deployed.

In the past, our relationship with civil society groups was often marred by petitions and allegations of human rights abuses and other violations. However, since the Army Headquarters and across formations, we have seen a sharp decline in the number of allegations against the

strategic level partnership and collaboration with some human rights violations against serving personnel. I as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Boston, USA and the United Services Institution of India. This is with a view to conducting international seminars, conferences and military and security agencies, the executive branch

the Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Studies to fashion out modalities for partnership. This is with a view to developing our capacity building and other leadership training programmes. It is hoped that on completion of the negotiations with Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), the NARC would begin to run some of HKS programmes based on needs assessment and

In recognition of the competence and capacity of the female soldier and also in line with global best practices, the NA is to establish Corps for women, which is aimed and soldiers that can be employed to support the NA in all its operational engagements and others commitments within and outside the country. The Corps will give the Nigerian Army an opportunity to reorganize the women contribution to the defence and security of our nation.

challenges in the Country, I directed the promulgation of the Establishment Order as well as the operationalization of 17 Bde Katsina. This became expedient due to the develop and further enhance their capacity.

The exigency of duty necessitated the regular posting country as well as outside the shores of Nigeria. This brings

3 major Nigeria languages will ensure that NA personnel

as provided in the NA ORBAT 2016. Let me reiterate that the Nigerian Army will continue to remain neutral in ensuring the safety of Nigerians wherever troops are deployed for operations within the country. It is also important to recognise NA personnel who have paid

Let me reiterate that the Nigerian Army will continue to remain neutral in ensuring the safety of Nigerians wherever troops are deployed for operations within the country.

It is also important to recognise NA personnel who have paid the supreme sacrifice during various operations. Their sacrifices have contributed immensely to the stability which the country currently enjoys. which the country currently enjoys.

At this juncture, I want to appreciate the media and the general public for their understanding and positive change of perception regarding the NA. I will also emphasize the need for enhanced and security challenges by conscious media reportage. The NA has always enjoyed the support of sister services and other security agencies in the discharge of its duties. The

our dear country Nigeria safe for all.

Finally, it is with a high sense of respect that I humbly express the NA’s profound gratitude of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammad Buhari GCFR, for his invaluable support to the NA. I once more pledge our total commitment to the defence of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Akeredolu joins other stakeholders on actualisation of RMNCAH+N in Nigeria

By Andrew Orolua, Abuja Wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Akeredolu joined other key players and stakeholders to deliberate on the need for private investors to partner with government RMNCAH+N in Nigeria.

The meeting was convened by the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, with the goal to sensitise the private sector about their potential roles in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) in Nigeria At the advocacy meeting which took place at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, Dr. Kamal Mohammed, Coordinator of Future Assured, in his overview noted that the main goal

of the programme was to the private sector in other to help in improving the health of women and children in Nigeria.

Prompted by the need to improve the current poor health outcome of women, children and other vulnerable groups, the wife of the president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari founded the Future Assured. The initiative has continued to advocate for the health and well-being of women and children through community mobilization and health promotion.

Mrs. Buhari who called on the private sector to invest in Life saving interventions in order to save 3,277 women which that die yearly stated that she targets to save 30,711 children in the next one year.

According to her,

the ugly trend where over 58,000 women die from pregnancy related complications like excessive bleeding after childbirth, hypertension in pregnancy, unsafe abortions, infections and obstructed labour must be reversed.

“My foundation Aisha Buhari Foundation, through the Future Assured to

contributing

to

the

end preventable material, newborn and child dealth through advocacy and the strengthening of accountability mechanism to enhance the peace and development of Nigeria.

The Private Sector Advocacy Meeting for Investment in RMNCAH+N witnessed the convergence of major stakeholders, international and national bodies as well as private investors joined

in deliberation by wives of state governors across Nigeria.

Key discussants include the Honourable Minister for Health, Prof.

Isaac Adewole, National Assembly Senate

were ministers, wives of the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, other wives of governors and

wives of security agencies as well as representatives of the private sector, who all made commitments to saving lives of women and children.

Osita Chidoka dumps UPP, returns to PDP

Sen. Olarenwaju Tejuoso, Director General, World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros A. Ghebreyesus, Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria led by Dr. Muntaga Umar Sadiq, Pharm Access Foundation Netherlands Country Director, Mrs. Njide Ndili, Vice President, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, Dr. Festus Osoba.

Earlier in his goodwill message, Dr. Paul Basinga from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Hon Osita Chidoka, the candidate of United Peoples Party, UPP in the recently concluded Anambra governorship election has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The former Aviation minister, was visited on Friday by members of PDP national leadership at his Constituency Obosi home.

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of the Foundation towards ensuring access to primary health care in Nigeria.

members of the party are on a reconciliation peace move in Anambra State.

At the residence of Hon Osita Chidoka were PDP Deputy National Chairman North, National Youth Leader, National Vice Chairman South East, Zonal Exco Members, State Chairmen and some Local Govt Executives from Anambra.

Osita Chidoka is expected to announce his 2019 senatorial aspiration under PDP. The Abuja team will also visit other PDP stakeholders in Anambra state.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (third right); Minister of Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (forth right); Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde (forth left); Special Assistants to the President, Office of the Minister of Information & Culture, Mr. Williams Adeleye (third left); Mr. Segun Adeyemi (second right); Director, Federal Ministry of Information & Culture, Mrs. Ronke Wole-Fasanya (right); Deputy Director, Ms. Dorothy Duruaku (secnd left); Assistant Director, Mr. Aliyu Abana (left); Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh (middle behind) and Commissioner for Works & Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Akinsanya (right behind) during the Minister’s courtesy visit to the Governor, at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja… on Thursday,

Melaye assassination attempt: Court issues bench warrant against accused person A Kogi High Court Friday issued a bench warrant against one Ade Obege, standing trial with four others over alleged Senator Dino Melaye in April 2017.

The presiding judge, Justice Fola Ajayi, who issued the bench warrant, following the failure of the accused to appear for his trial, also

ordered that summons be issued to his sureties.

When the case was called the second accused was conspicuously absent and no cogent reason was given for his absence.

Apart from the failure of Obege to appear for his trial, the case could also not progress because of the absence of the police prosecuting counsel, Lough Simon, in court.

Samuel Ikutanwa Esq, who held the brief of Simon, told the court that the prosecutor because of the sudden death of his father.

Ikutanwa said the development had already been communicated to the parties to the suit, adding that he was not availed the details of the case.

Counsel to Obege, Mr Ayo Jonathan, told the court that

his client was last seen on March 22, when he came to court for his trial.

According to Jonathan, the wife of the accused said she had not seen her husband since March 22, when he left Okene for Lokoja, adding that he wanted to conclude that Obege was missing.

Reacting to the submission of the counsel, Ikutanwa prayed the court to issue a bench warrant against the

accused since there was no cogent reason for him not being in court.

Justice Ajayi, in his ruling, ordered that a bench warrant be issued against Obege, while his sureties be summoned.

He adjourned the case to May 14 and 15 for hearing.

NAN recalls that the Administrator of Ijumu Local Government Council, Alhaji

including Obege , were arraigned before late Justice Aromeh Akogu by the Police over alleged involvement in Melaye in April 2017.

Unknown gunmen had allegedly invaded the lawmaker’s residence in Ayetoro-Gbede, Ijumu Local shots into the compound and destroyed properties but no

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Arrests 3 suspected traffickers

By Andrew Orolua, Abuja

FG tinkers with whistleblowers’ 5% commission policy

By Andrew Orolua, Abuja

as one percent commission

Women in Takum, Taraba State stage a demonstration following the arrest of two members of the alleged state-sponsored militants arrested by the Nigerian Army with sophisticated weapons…on Friday

Court strikes out EFCC’s forfeiture bid of $8.4m, N9.1bn linked to Patience Jonathan

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Court fixes May 3 on suit over Oyegun’s tenure elongation A federal high court May 3 to hear a suit by Adewale Hameed, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenging the purported tenure elongation of the national

deputy national chairman (north).

Others are Ibrahim Gubi, national secretary, Pius Akinyelure, vice-chairman (south-west) as the fourth APC

and

Electoral of the party led by John Odigie-Oyegun.

Listed as defendants are Odigie-Oyegun, Segun Oni, deputy national chairman (south) and Lawal Shaibu,

the

Commission

and seventh respectively.

defendants

called on Friday, Muniz

Gov Emmanuel’s aide resigns, joins APC An aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom state, Ibang Etang, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) after tendering his resignation.

Etang took the action few months after Chris Okorie, special assistant to the governor on dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for APC. Etang, a former chairman of Esit Eket local government, resigned on April 9, and formally registered with the APC at his Etebi ward 7 along with over 300 followers on April 10.

Addressing his supporters at a postdefection meeting on Friday, Etang said with their entry into APC, the party stood 70 percent chance of winning Esit Eket local government Area.

Etang, who was also a former President

the APC, told the court that set aside the service of the originating processes on them.

Banire said the order for substituted service on obtained fraudulently as the address stated on the order was wrong.

He said the address of the APC secretariat is 40, Blantyre street, and not 16, Blantyre Avenue that was stated in the order.

Banire said they had also

motion to set aside the order.

According to him, the

she

May 3 for hearing of the originating motion.

stopped from denying the address as the website was clearly APC website and an

Articles 13 and 17 of the

the

applicant’s

counsel,

court to grant four orders pending the hearing of the substantive suit.

An order granting leave

to prove same.

Fashanu said moreover, The applicant had on

from

address.

The applicant’s counsel,

that it was essential for

sought the leave of court to

set aside the service, so we do not waste time; another set of processes should be Street,” she held.

Consequently,

proof of service on oath that it was at the APC secretariat he served the processes.

correspondence

organisation in Eket Federal Constituency, said he left the PDP because of impunity.

“I blame the

(Akinyelure) that he had been served personally.

He also told the court

on the defendants.

“The website may

be

parte for substituted service of fraud, I see no reason to

APC. An order granting leave

summons, seeking the determination of the court the originating summons by leaving it with the front or appointed members was constitutional.

He wants the court to determine if the defendants had the constitutional right under section 223 of the 1999 constitution and

defendant.

Olatoregun had granted requested the applicant to put the other defendants on notice for the last two orders.

from the Esit Eket PDP on a situation where an individual takes Esit Eket as his personal property,” he said.

Etang had also served as special assistant to Godswill Akpabio, former governor of the state.

According to him, he has refused overtures from PDP leaders in the state in the last few days not to defect to APC. He said, “I vowed that my supporters and I have decided to move on and no going back.”

In his resignation he said he left because it was “necessary to depart now in line with the dictates of my conscience and highest level of sincerity”.

Seven chieftains of the PDP in the local government have so far defected to APC.

L-R Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Women Rights Activist, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin and National Secretary of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Comrade Yinka Folarin, during the Ogun Civil Society Conversation with the governor, organised by the CDHR in Abeokuta.

Nigerian shot dead in South Africa

the

umbrella

youth

community in South Africa has reported country.

ThankGod Okoro from Ogbaku in the Awgu local government area of Enugu state, is the latest in what has been described as recurring pre-meditated murders of young

allegedly shot in the head by a South African police have been killed in South Africa since February 2016.

Habib Miller, publicity Union in South Africa, who is based in Pretoria,

“The union is not happy with the latest murder of ThankGod Okoro on April 9 by a member of the South African Police Flying Squad at Hamburg,

Okoro

Johannesburg,” he said.

in

Friday.

He said

a

telephone

Okoro claimed that the Okoro

was

stab him during a stopand-search operation.”

He added that Joshua Ogade, acting president of Africa, Omoreige Ogboro, head of the union’s legal team, had visited the area where Okoro was killed to gather information on the incident.

“Our team has gone to the Florida Police Station to ensure that due process

killing,” he said.

“The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has been Mr Okoro.”

Miller said that the police in Florida state had commenced investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the killing of the

He pleaded with the South African authorities discourage wanton killing in the former apartheid enclave.

“Anyone suspected or found on the wrong side of the law should be arrested and tried at the appropriate court,” he said.

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the immediate release of their youths arrested by

By Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo.

they were told that the

placards

with

various

Most of our people are

the

Army

arrested

our

2019: Conduct yourselves in a matured manner, clergyman tells politicians

By Tom Garba, Yola

that the church was always

He also called for more

As political activities

Their utmost desire is to come

which has glued us will

Billy lauded the courage of

their

Billi also urged pastors

cohorts

to

cause

should be deceived that a

to be careful with desperate Billi who lauded federal

National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) rally to support Governor Ambode for second term at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja....

Child Abuse: Court remands man in prison for injuring his children

By Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The

Court

therefore

After the charges were read over to him the

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Number 28 Federal Capital Territory He was charged with

which must be his Pastor

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Justice Murtala-Nyako should do justice to IPOB same way she did to Boko Haram suspects

By Mazi Chika Edoziem

adjournment to prolong the illegal

The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) hereby wish to acknowledge Justice Binta MurtalaNyako for the uncommon courage she demonstrated days ago in dismissing terrorism charges against two Boko Haram suspects on grounds of lack of

the proof of evidence and list of witnesses disclosed to the court that the prosecution lacks any evidence and witnesses to even make out a prima facie case against Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the other accused IPOB

We consider this a landmark decision that not only binds her court in all similar cases but should also serve as an example to other courts before whom such prosecutorial misconduct continues unabated, especially with regards to IPOB members (Benjamin Madubugwu, David Nwawusi, Bright Chimezie Ishinwa & Chidiebere Onwudiwe) languishing in detention

ruled the same when she considered Moreover secession is not a crime known to Nigerian legal system so why is a learned judge like Binta Nyako entertaining a baseless charge not founded upon any law? rendered by Justice Nyako in the said Boko Haram cases, we expect that the honorable Justice will apply her decision acrosss the board and without any discrimination whatsoever by also dismissing the charges pending before before her court against our leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Benjamin Madubugwu, Bright Chimezie, David

More particularly, we expect the Honorable Justice before whom Charges have been pending against four of the above IPOB members, including our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, to do justice and likewise dismiss said Charges for the following reasons: Nnamdi Kanu, it is undisputed that he has been ready for trial since he was arrested and charged in 2015 but the prosecution has proved unready and several applications for amendment of the Charges which were all granted by becoming clear that trial must ensue and no further prosecutorial delay will be entertained, the Complainant use of lethal military force to extrajudicially murder Nnamdi Kanu in order to permanently deny him his day

issues with IPOB, she has the authority to invoke her powers to recommend Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako

(Reconciliation in civil and criminal

prosecution continues to demonstrate an abject lack of diligent prosecution through incessant applications for amendment of Charges, with the discharged

cross examination of the only witness presented by the prosecution that the defendants actually have no case to answer, especially with respect to the allegations of treasonable felony and the so-called concealment of an imported

in Uyo and awarded 5 Million Naira

the trial the prosecution asked for

Chimezie

Ishinwa

was

requested such lengthy adjournment charged together with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the story is the same and even worse as they have been denied bail and locked up in prison since 2015 while the

month against the other four defendants charged together with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, it emerged from the direct and

hence the culture of adjournment after

which provides that “In any proceedings in the Court, the Court may promote reconciliation among the parties thereto and encourage and facilitate the believe that this may have informed the decision of the court to grant such Justice Binta Nyako should not entertain any further requests for adjournment of by the prosecution team as a way of delaying justice from being served in demonstrated that the government is not willing to proceed with the case and lack the witnesses to testify for them, the only sensible left for Justice Binta Nyako is to dismiss the charges and free the detainees until the government is ready Nyako that while members of Boko Haram have taken lives of thousands of Nigerians and still doing so, no member of IPOB has taken the life of a

Boko Haram suspects is also good for Igbo Biafra activists that never bombed or killed anybody unlike Boko Haram

IPOB members

Mazi Chika Edoziem is the Head of Directorate of State (HDoS) Indigenous People of Biafra World Headquarters Langenfeld, Germany

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Features ‘What motivated me in building a drone’ the drone.

“I tried to use locally sourced materials to bring out schematic that which I could present at any learners’ conference.

“The data script, the blueprint, the architecture, the schematic of that design is taken down and it is patentable.

“Everything about aviation is not cheap. A plane is a plane whether small or big; the same principles it “The complexity of an aircraft country to say they want to develop one,’’ he said.

According to him, drone is the latest technology of the century and the strength of any country is determined by the sophistication of its drones.

“In the event of any world war again, soldiers are not going to war; It is drones that will go to war.

“The military power of a country right now is being determined by the amount and sophistication of their drones and foreign countries will not sell to us their best technology, so we have to develop,’’ he said.

Ambi said that the drone he built had been tested by NASRDA during the Science and Technology Exposition in Abuja recently.

He said it was unfortunate that the university system had not been providing necessary development in engineering as it ought to be to promote inventions.

“We solve big mathematics and get excellent marks; Nigerian universities have been producing

Shekarau Ambi standing beside his drone

Shekarau Ambi, 27, is a native of Kafanchan in Kaduna State.

He said that he had desired to be an aeronautical engineer but claimed that aeronautical engineering. school, I applied for so many scholarships and loans to study the course in the United States; and although I got the admission, funding became a problem.

“I had to choose the closest course to aeronautical engineering in a Nigerian university,’’ he said.

He said that he, however, went to Abubakar Tawafa Balewa University, Bauchi, to study Engineering Physics.

“I bought a Joint Admission Matriculation form and chose a course that does not focus on one engineering “I didn’t want to go for just Electrical Engineering and Mechanical

Engineering. I wanted a course that combines all; and that was Engineering Physics,’’ he said.

He said that he got the inspiration to embark on building an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) — drone — during his industrial training at College of Aviation, Zaria.

“UAV is an aircraft that operates without a human pilot on board; it can be autonomously based on pre-programmed automation systems.

“I did my industrial training between saw an aircraft for at a close range.

“I wondered why none of the engineering students in the institution has been unable to make a model of an aircraft even in an old institution such as College of Aviation, Zaria.

“I then decided to embark on the project, went on studying aircraft; desirous of

knowing and understanding how aircraft works and the mystery behind it.

“I went back to school after my industrial build an UAV (drone) as a project to complete my degree course,’’ he said.

He said that the drone project had earned him an award by the Nigerian Union of Journalists in collaboration with Abubakar Tawafa Balewa University, Bauchi in 2016.

“People came to look for the project document, some institutions came but Ambi, who did in national youth service programme with the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Abuja, between 2016 and 2017, said that the professional environment also assisted him to push further on the development of the UAV. He said that he did not get any support approach formed the platform for building

of university system without any commensurate change in the country’s development.

“For every developed country, they have to understand that it is beyond just the paper work, it depends on talents.

“Money is not the problem but it is the knowledge that is lacking. I studied engineering and I know what we were taught in school.

“The study of engineering in Nigeria is examination-centered; you just need to pass by any means whether by cramming or otherwise,’’ he observed.

Ambi said that his dream had been to see Nigeria that would develop technologies which could compete favourably among other developed nations.

Taiye Agbaje is of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

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Top things women invented!

Josephine Cochrane: The dishwasher Out of frustration, Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher. She’d been angry that hired domestic help continually broke and chipped her fine china.

Cochrane’s dishwasher used high water pressure aimed at a wire rack of dishes, she received a patent for it in 1886. During this era, most houses didn’t have the technology of a hot water system to run such a machine, but Cochrane persisted and sold her idea to hotels and restaurants.

Eventually dishwashers moved into households as more and more women entered the workplace.

Mary Phelps Jacob: The modern brassiere Jacobs was awarded a US patent in 1914 for a Brassiere that supported the breasts up from the shoulders and separated them into two individual shapes. People had experimented with making Brassieres before, but it was the idea of “separating the breasts,” that made her design unique. Prior to Brassieres (or bras) women’s undergarments were uncomfortable. Containing whalebones and steel rods, they virtually squeezed the wearer into “shape”. Jacobs’ design was in contrast, soft and light, conforming to the wearer’s anatomy. During WWI her bra design became popular when the U.S. government requested that women stop purchasing corsets in order to conserve metal. Although by this time Jacobs had sold the patent to Warner Brothers Corset Company.

Grace Hopper: BM-Harvard Mark 1 Admiral Dr. Grace Murray Hopper is known as the “mother of computers”! After WWII, Hopper was stationed at Harvard, where she worked on the development of the IBM-Harvard Mark 1, the first largescale computer in the U.S. Dr. Hopper also invented the compiler, which translates written language into computer code. She coined the term “bug” for a computer problem, and co-developed COBOL,

the first user-friendly business computer software program. As a woman inventor, she won numerous awards, including the National Medal of Technology in 1991.

By the time she passed away, Dr. Hopper had received honorary degrees from 30 universities.

Mary Anderson: The windshield wiper Can you imagine, in the early 1900s if it was raining or snowing, drivers had to stop every few blocks to wipe their windshields?!

Mary Anderson solved that. Although cars were rare at the time, Anderson took a notice to the situation and by 1903 she invented the wipers. It was the ingenious squeegee on a spindle attached to a handle inside the car. All the driver had to do to clear the windshield was pull down on a handle. People were initially leery of Anderson’s windshield wiper, thinking it would distract drivers, but 10 years after she patented the device, virtually every car used her invention. Also did you know, it was a woman inventor who first patented the automatic windshield wiper in 1917? It was Charlotte Bridgwood and her, “Storm Windshield Cleaner”.

Hedy Lamarr: Secret Communications System The patented “Secret Communications Systems” in 1941, manipulated radio frequencies with an unbreakable code to prevent classified messages from being intercepted by enemy. Lamarr was raised in Austria and married a millionaire, who was a Nazi sympathizer and arms dealer to Hitler during WWII. While married, she learned about advanced weaponry as she accompanied her husband to business meetings. She grew to despise the Nazis as well as her husband and eventually escaped to London and then to the U.S. The device she invented with Anthiel was meant to be used against the Nazis in WWII, but in actuality it came into use 20 years later.

Margaret Knight: The “queen” of paper bags Before the paper bag, the 1st version was shaped like an envelope, with no flat bottom. How were you supposed to fit your sandwich into that? Knight solved

this by creating a machine to cut, fold, and glue square bottoms to paper bags!

She gained a patent for it in 1871, but not without a lawsuit against a fellow who stole her idea. His defense was “a woman could never design such an innovative machine,” but she had the drawings to prove the invention was in fact hers and she won the case. Knight’s career with inventions started at age 12, when she developed a stop-motion device that immediately brought industrial machines to a halt if something was caught in them. Over the course of her lifetime, she was awarded over 26 patents.

Tabitha Babbitt: The circular saw In the early 1800s, two men were required to work a lumber saw by pulling and pushing, back and forth. But thanks to a woman, the process became much simpler.

In 1813, Tabitha Babbitt created the circular saw! Babbitt’s saw was circular so that the teeth would continue cutting, unlike the straight saws that only cut on the pull, and not the push motion. We also commonly use her other building innovations, like machine-cut nails instead of individually hand-crafted nails. As a Massachusetts Shaker community member, she helped create tool innovations for furniture making. It’s said that while she lived a simple Shaker life, Babbitt never applied for patents.

Stephanie Kwolek: Bullet proof vests Stephanie Kwolek invented Kevlar, a tough durable material now used to make bulletproof vests. For years she’d worked on the process at DuPont and in 1963, she got the polymers or rod-like molecules in fibers to line up in one direction. This made the material stronger than others, where molecules were arranged in bundles. In fact, the new material was as strong as steel! Kwolek’s technology also went on to be used for making suspension bridge cables, helmets, brake pads, skis, and camping gear.

Rachel Zimmerman: The Blissymbol printer What is the Blissymbol Printer? It’s a software program invented by a Canadian 12-year-old in the mid-1980s.

Zimmerman’s printer enables those with severe physical disabilities like cerebral palsy, to communicate. The user records their thoughts by touching symbols on a page or board through the use of a special touch pad, the printer then translates the symbols into a written language.

Zimmerman’s system started as a project for a school science fair, but ended up competing and winning a silver medal in a nationwide contest, as well as gaining her the YTV Television Youth Achievement Award.

Bette Nesmith Graham: Liquid Paper The inventor of “Liquid Paper” or as we may know it, “White-Out” was Betty Nesmith Graham. Graham got an idea she’d seen done by sign painters, which was to add another layer of paint to coverup mistakes. She used a kitchen blender to mix-up her first batch of substance to cover-up over mistakes made on paper at work. After much experimenting and then being fired for spending so much time distributing her product as a trial, she received a patent in 1958. Wow! Source: WOGST.COM

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Childlessness is enough torture on its own, says Professor Johnbull Popular television sitcom series, Professor Johnbull, powered by telecommunications giant, Globacom, this week chronicles the tortuous experiences of married women who are faced with fertility challenges, saying no one should show cruelty to such women as delayed childbearing is enough torture for them.

Entitled Childless Wives, the episode does a critique of the harrowing journey which such

women embark upon in their quest for children of their own.

The main act of the drama, Professor Johnbull, (Kanayo O. Kanayo), concludes by appealing to the public to show concern and marriages.

Executive Producer, Globacom, in a statement issued from its “Childless Wives” transcends the issue of infertility and will expose the reasons why ‘child-

harvesting’ centres, also known as baby factories, thrive. The roles of in-laws in marriages that are challenged by delayed childbearing. of heaping the blame for childlessness on women is also frowned at with the submission that no woman should be tortured emotionally or psychologically for her inability to bear children as infertility can also be a result of male sterility among other

causes.

Professor Johnbull subsequently sues for love, empathy and understanding from the society for such women, adding that fatherhood and motherhood go beyond being biological parents bearing their own children can adopt children and still love such children as their own. ” Doing this is a way of relieving the society of child delinquency as those who are otherwise deprived of parental love can live normal

lives with their adoptive parents,” the sitcom reasoned.

The educative and entertaining episode will be on air at 6.00 p.m. on Sunday on DSTV Africa Magic Family and GOTV Channel 2, with repeat broadcast on Thursday at 9.30 p.m. It will also be broadcast on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on StarTimes at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday as well as Anambra Broadcasting Service at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday.

Gov. Lalong declares intention to seek 2nd term

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, has made his intention known to his party that he will be contesting the 2019 gubernatorial election in the State.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communication,

Hon. Yakubu Dati and emailed to our correspondent on Friday.

The statement reads that, “Governor Simon Lalong today yielded to pressure to declare his intention to contest the 2019 Governorship election.

a standing ovation was made today at the APC Stakeholders

meeting held at Yelwa Club in Jos, Plateau State.

“The meeting chaired by the APC Chairman, Latep Dabang party leadership in the State, the Deputy Governor and members of the State Executive Council, Hon Speaker and members of the Plateau State House of Assembly

as well as members of the National Assembly.

“Speakers including Dame Pauline Tallen, former Deputy Governor, Arc Pam Dung Gyang, former Governorship aspirant, Mallam Samaila Makama, former Chairman, National Population Commission and several others paid glowing tributes to Governor

Lalong for successfully steering the APC away from crisis following an amicable solution.

“Earlier at the meeting, Hon Edward Pwajok moved a motion to compel the Governor to declare for contest and it was seconded unanimously”, the statement reads.

Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (forth right); his deputy, Titilaoye Tomori (forth left); Executive Secretary Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC), Dr. Hammid Bobboyi (third right); Secretary to the State Government of Osun, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti (second right); Chief of Staff to Governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola (left); Permanent Secretary Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Alhaji Fatai Kolawole (right); Chairman Osun Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Mr Felix Awofisayo, (third right); and Osun State Chairman of All Progressives Congress, Prince Adegboyega Famodun (second left); During a courtesy visit to the Governor by the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abuja at the Governor’s office

Boko Haram: ECWA declares 3 - day fasting, prayer for Leah Sharibu

By Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), has declared three days praying and fasting for the abducted Leah Sharibu who has refused to renounce her faith for Jesus Christ after being abducted by Boko Haram.

Recall that on February 19, 2018 at 5:30pm, about 110 school girls, aged 11–19 years old

were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, located in Bulabulin, Yunusari Local Government area of Yobe State, in the northeast part of Nigeria.

Consequently, on the release of the girls after an alleged negotiation between the abductors (Boko Haram), and the

the girls died with Leah Sharibu held back because of her faith in Christ.

However, in a communiqué issued at the end of the 65th ECWA General Church Council held in Jos, Friday, the outgoing President of ECWA, Rev. Jeremiah Gado, laud the dogged faith of Leah Sharibu and declare a 3-days fasting for her release.

Gado said, “the council particularly applauded Leah

Sharibu for her dogged faith in identifying with Jesus Christ at that the good Lord whom she has honoured is able to keep her safe from any harm and grant her freedom in due time.

“The Council praises Leah’s parents for instilling in their child the love of God and encourages them not to despair but keep trusting God for her miraculous deliverance from the hand of the

terrorists in no distance time.

“To this end, ECWA has declared a 3-days fasting and prayer for the release of Leah Sharibu and for improve security/ economic situation in Nigeria; the fasting and prayer will hold on April 27 to 29, 2018 and will be rounded up across all ECWA church services globally and we invite other Christians to join in this intercessory prayer, Gado said.

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Saraki seeks reform of the International Criminal Court President

of

Buhari who through the

the

Bukola Saraki has called on the new President Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji, to among others, embark on urgent reforms in the court in order to reassure discrimination.

Saraki who gave the charge when Justice EboeOsuji visited him at the urged the international jurist to use his tenure at the Court to restore The President of the Senate, according to a statement by his Special

Chuks Okocha, said: “You have come at a very challenging time because as you know there are that

have

different

this particular time and Nigeria will continue to play the role to stand firm to be able to be a kind of arbiter between different countries.

will be need to always do that which is right to give all countries a sense of belonging”.

He also assured Justice Eboe-Osuji of the National

that we do as much as we can to fight crimes against humanity.”

The President of the Senate lauded Justice Eboe-Osuji for the visit and pledged the support of the

you, is that here in the

success of the objectives and goals of the founding

as the President is well

will support you and ensure that you make your mark and be a shinning star among us and other countries.

important to have someone like you heading the place.

you will make a very successful tenure as the

look at reforms in order to give everybody a sense of belonging and fulfil the goals and objectives of

Let me also reiterate our country’s and National to support the vision of

Earlier, Justice EboeOsuji told the President of the Senate that his visit was to appreciate the support and encouragement from the government and people of Nigeria when he contested for the He said that he was particularly encouraged

by President Muhammadu

Malami, felicitated with him when he was elected President of the Court.

Justice Eboe-Osuji acknowledged that Nigeria is one of the

FCTA boosts MSMEs through effective training

By Idu Jude Abuja Capital

one Territory

organised a symposium for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises The event tagged “Business 360 Symposium” was geared towards impact assessment of regulatory bodies’ activities for the The organisers said, focused on Post Nationwide MSME Clinics, which was a follow up to the nationwide Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, Clinics held Last year.

The Managing

A view of the 40MVA, 132/33kv Mobile Power Transformer at the Ohiya Transmission Substation, Umuahia, Abia State commissioned by the Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,SAN.

Take agriculture as way of life not as business – Obaseki

By Titus Akhigbe, Benin

Edo state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called on all farmers in the state to see agriculture as a way of life not as business as usual.

The governor made 2018

additional

farming

Community in Ovia North East Local government The governor, represented by the state commissioner for resources, Hon Monday Osaigbovo, said the programme was done in collaboration with the federal government on boosting the income of

farmers through allocation of grants and technical support on sustainable basis.

governor, over 200 hectares have been given to 200 farmers in growing of rice, that means one farmer to 200 hectares of land to further increase rice production in the state and with the new seeding supply by the state government through agrotons per hectare instead of the two tons produced before now and every issues and challenges faced by the farmers have been taken care of now with the help of an optical when their product is coming out and there is somebody to buy the product from them.

The state SPC project,

importance of the programme as a way of arresting insecurity and providing employment for the unemployed. project is aimed at giving grants to farmers across Edo state.

The focus is on rice and cassava farming during the farming period sponsored by World Bank in collaboration with the federal government. is a paradigm shift in agricultural system of Edo state. There is a paradigm shift because it is no longer business as usual now there is a shift in taking

agriculture as a way of life, than taking agriculture as business that has been the focus of the state government.

The state government project as a special way preneur initiative with the assistance and partnership Limited who supply seeds that have over 98 percent germination rate.

Syngenta Nigeria Limited, Odum Emmanuel gave theassurance that there will be adequate production of rice in Edo state with the 200 hectares ceded for the growing of rice farm through the application of agronomy best practices.

the Rome Statute that established the court.

He said that the court has a global objective to end impunity, fight against genocide, war crimes and crimes of aggression.

Malam Muhammed Tukur, said the event was designed to serve as a platform to review the growth and development Capital Territory.

Tukur assured that regulatory and business support agencies would provide an insight into how MSMEs can current government policies to enhance the opportunities for growth.

He stressed that Service ground services position

Providers, to provide that would business

business in accordance with best practices.

“Business 360 provided an opportunity for the stakeholders to engage

another

and

is

challenges that hinder the smooth operations of This, he said was to improve on the ease of doing business in Nigeria in line with the federal government’s initiative, launched in 2017. with the responsibility of masterminding business opportunities for the administration and to ensure sustainability, has organised the symposium to help them small business owners access business opportunities and relevant information required for their growth and development.

“This year’s symposium was specially designed to the Business Regulatory enabling environment for Businesses to thrive to

improve

the

Ease

Nigeria”.

He said that through feedbacks mechanism, the business regulatory and development positioned to provide an understanding of frameworks with an insight into current government policies designed to support MSMEs. Earlier, a Senior Economist, SPM Professionals, Mr. Paul ease of doing business in Nigeria highlighted some indicators of business growth and development.

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Ex-PDTF boss joins Ekiti Guber race

By Tom Okpe, Abuja Former Executive Secretary Petroleum T e c h n o l o g y Development Funds (PTDF) Oluwole Oluleye, has joined the race to contest the next governorship election in Ekiti state, promising to use the state’s Agricultural potential

to improve the well-being of its people and the state.

He made this promise on Friday at the All Progressives Congress (APC) party secretariat in Abuja while speaking with newsmen after picking his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms to contest the forthcoming Ekiti

Promises agricultural revolution

governorship election.

Oluwole, who is also a former Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), said: “Ekiti is predominantly an agrarian state; we will utilize what is available in

the state to get our economy growing. This is basically why I am on the race; the level of poverty I see in the state in the mist of plenty is totally unacceptable. change the situation within

the shortest possible time; I will alleviate poverty through agriculture”, he said.

The aspirant said if elected Ekiti next governor, he would ensure good governance and standard in all aspects, maintaining that

Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,SAN(right) and Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu(right), during a courtesy visit to the Abia State Government House shortly before commissioning of 40MVA, 132/33kv Mobile Power Transformer and the 26th Meeting with Operators in the Power Sector hosted by the Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) at the Ohiya Transmission Substation, Umuahia, Abia State

his administration would ensure good standard for the younger generation coming to emulate and to build on.

He stressed that the state now needs the best hands to govern it, adding the he has the experience and exposure to take it to the desired level of development.

“Ekiti need the best hands now to pilot it to where it should be, we should not leave in the midst of poverty at all, with the experience I have, both local and international, I will take the state to where it is supposed to be”, he added.

Already, about 20 aspirants had so far picked the forms to contest the election, among which where: the state´s immediate past governor, Dr. Fayemi, Sen. Babafemi Ojodu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari and Victor Kolade.

Also in the race are; Opeyemi Bamidele, Dr. Yaya Kolade, the only female in the race so far among others.

Screening of aspirants would take place from April 23 to April 25, while the screening appeal would be from April 26 to April 27.

Ekiti Guber Poll: I can’t be intimidated

by Fayose - Senator Olujinmi

By Tunde Opalana, Abuja Despite alleged political intimidation going on in Ekiti State ahead of the July 14 governorship election, one of the aspirants, Senator Biodun Olujinm has said she would remain unperturbed and forge ahead with her mission of picking the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s ticket.

Few aspirants on the PDP platform including Prince Dayo Adeyeye and Olujinmi have accused the state governor, Ayodele Fayose of intimidating them and coercing their supporters.

Olujinmi, a former deputy governor of the state and one of the leading contenders for PDP ticket said she cannot be cowed by the antics of the state governor, to backtrack on her avowed mission of contesting on the platform of the party and be the next governor of the state.

The senator who was at the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the PDP in Abuja on Friday to submit her nomination form told journalists that she cannot be forced out of the party because of intimidation by Governor Fayose.

She said: “All aspirants are being intimidated but I can’t be intimidated at all. Many of our people have decamped because of

I’m proud to be Fayose’s godson – Deputy Gov what they are going through. The Governor was biased, the party in the state was biased “All other deputy governors aspiring for the position have left because of high handedness, because they are being harassed, because they are being intimidated.

I can’t leave the party because of anybody, I can’t go to any other party. The SDP is just a gimmick for the PDP to lose focus”, she said.

She said she did not have any issue with neither Fayose, whose term is about expiring, nor his deputy who he has anointed. She welcomed the deputy governor who is new in the party into the race but stressed that her experience in Ekiti politic as a former commissioner and deputy governor will see through the race.

“I know the terrain of Ekiti politics, I know where Ekiti people are coming from, I know where they are going. I know what they want and am ready to give it to them. I have done a lot for them in the past, I have been there for quite a number of them, I have impacted positively on the people of Ekiti. If there is a level playing ground, I know I will emerge as PDP candidate in the May 8, 2018 poll.”

She promised to use her links development to Ekiti if she was given the mandate to serve in the July election. She said she will put kickstart employment opportunity scheme, create avenue for jobs, empower the youth and let every segment of the state have sense of belonging.

Meanwhile, the deputy governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola (Eleka) has said that he is proud to be the anointed candidate of the state governor, Ayodele Fayose for the gubernatorial contest.

The deputy governor who was also in Abuja on Friday to return his governorship nomination form said though he is in the race based on his personal conviction to futhet consolidating on the dividends of democracy provided by the Fayose administration, he did not see anything wrong in being supported by the state governor who has personal right of supporting whoever he likes.

He said “to be anointed is not a new thing. God himself anointed Jesus Christ for a purpose. Everyone

going to be through certain means and persons.

“Governor Fayose has the right of to pick interest in someone and for that. I have been under his tutelage for over two years now, I have acquired a lot of experience from him. He is my leader, my mentor and my benefactor”.

Reacting to allegation that the Fayose uses both state and party apparatus to intimidate other aspirants and their supporters to conscript support for him, Kolapo said he was not aware that anybody was being intimidated for his sake.

He said by virtue of his upbringing, belief and academic exposure, he will never subscribe to illegality and will not be party to a rancorous primary but subject himself to a free, fair and transparent primary.

“If I don’t win the primary, I will support whoever win. All the aspirants have made commitment in the nomination form to play by the rule of the game and put the interest of the party above our personal interests”.

With his experience in

government, he said he expand the economic base of the agrarian and civil service state if he wins the governorship election on July 14, 2018.

He said the infrastructural development being put in place by the Fayose administration has already set the tone for industrialization of the state, adding that this will boost development of The National Organising Secretary of the party, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd) who received nomination forms from the two aspirants expressed delight in the State have in the PDP. “I am impressed by the excitement of the teeming supporters of the aspirants. This means that our party is strong and alive in Ekiti State.”.

While reminding aspirants and their supporters to play by the rule of the game and have a rancour free primary and general election, Akobundu promised that the party leadership will give all aspirants equal opportunity towards realising their ambitions.

“The mandate given to the NWC is that every assignment of the party is transparently carried out. There will be no impunity and there will be no imposition”, he said.

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Ekiti Guber: It’s an insult to call me Buhari’s candidate - Ojudu

By Tom Okpe, Abuja Ahead of the forth coming Ekiti state governorship election, an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant and President on Political Babafemi Ojodu, has denied speculations that he is being supported by President Muhammadu Buhari, party.

This is coming as the only female governorship aspirant of APC in the race, Dr. Mojisola YahayaKolade, ruled out possibility of being defeated by any of the male aspirants Oni, Kayode Fayemi, Babafemi Ojodu among others.

Addressing press conference Thursday in Abuja, shortly after he picked his nomination form, Ojodu described the insinuation as an insult

on his personality to be called Buhari’s candidate.

“Let me say this, I am not the President’s candidate.

I’m nobody’s candidate.

The president is a father to all of us. I have a history in this country.

I started the age of 27. I wrote age of 29. I was locked up 15 times between 1993 and 1998. I am a man of myself. I fought Babangida, I fought Abacha, I fought Obasanjo, I campaigned for democracy, I campaigned for good governance, I campaigned for human right and I

Only female aspirant rules out Oni, Fayemi, others

have to be President’s candidate. In fact, I am coming too late. I have enough knowledge and education to be President of this country.

Therefore, it is an insult to say somebody is carrying me; I don’t need anybody to carry me.

“President Buhari is our leader, he is our president and he is the leader of our party. If you know him very well, he’s a fair-

minded person. If his wife is from Ekiti and she’s in this race with me, President Buhari will still be fair to all of us. That’s the man I

to bridge the gap between the people of the state and the government and to improve the wellbeing of the people.

thought. If anybody comes to you to say, he is being backed or presented by the President, know that person is a bloody liar”, he said.

On her part, Dr Yaya-Kolade, said she was on the race

would decrease unemployment rate in the state by creating employment opportunities for its teaming youths.

“Quality education is necessary and a must to bring up youths in the state, our health

care is terrible and my administration.

If elected will bring up the health care standard in the state to make it par with that of Lagos state”. would get the party´s ticket at the primary slated for May 5, adding that she had the backing of the women of the state and the generality of the people.

“I was in prison for nine months; I wore one cloth for nine months. That cloth I wore is in the museum at the epic Centre of Ekiti state.

57, I am not a crippled, I am not a baby, I don’t need crutches, I don’t

2 Prisons officials escape death

By Titus Akhigbe, Benin A Toyota Hilux vehicle with two

Edo state Command on Thursday narrowly escaped death in Benin City.

The crash occurred collision with an oncoming vehicle along the busy Reservation Road in Benin City.

The vehicle (plate number withheld) according to eyewitnesses was trying to evade a direct collision with a Honda saloon car which reportedly changed lanes midway when it crashed into the gate of a private school.

Although the escorts sustained some minor injuries after which they

were treated in a private clinic indications are that the driver of the Honda vehicle became unconscious but was later resuscitated by passersby.

Responding to Comptroller of Prisons.

Mr. J.E. Usendah said that although there were some inmates in the vehicle none of them escaped or sustained any injuries.

He said, “the whole incident is regrettable”, adding that his state will not condone any act of indiscipline from any officer as the service as a well guided organization with ethics and regulations”.

“Our duty and commitment as a commitment as a service is to contribute our quota to ensuring security and peace in the society”.

L-R: Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Mr. Jonathan Juna; Representative of the Inspector-General of Police, DIG. Shuaibu Gambo and DIG Emmanuel Inyang, during a courtesy visit of course 40 participants to the Police Force headquarters in Abuja... on Tuesday.

Photo: Temitope Balogun.

Niger Polytechnic decries Insecurity

By Saka Bolaji, Minna

Worried by the general insecurity across the country, Niger state Polytechnic Zungeru has embarked on self-help of perimeter fencing of the Institution.

The Rector Polytechnic, Dr. Umar Egbako disclosed this while activities to mark the 12th combined convocation of the institution held at the conference hall of the Polytechnic Wushishi Local Government.

He lamented that most of the projects

particularly the half fence through the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) which according to him, amounted to 300 million naira yearly.

He maintained that Government had within the last four years expended about six point four billion naira for payment of salaries of “You see, Niger state Government has taught is one of our challenge

through the IGR. We generate 150 million per semester and we have two semesters this will give you 300 million,” he stated.

Responding on why the convocation break for about 12 years, the Rector emphasize that founding and lack of interest on the part of Government and authority Concern was the problem.

Egbako who said Niger state Polytechnic is one of the fast developing institutions in the Country, promised to ensure sustain ability of convocation and other

developmental projects, He maintained that the institution has Eight schools with twenty-two departments and over 100 On his part, former vice chancellor Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Prof. Ibrahim Kolo, guest that corruption has not only been responsible for large scale infrastructural the Polytechnics, but has brought about the dirge of the state of the art equipment and research facilities required in the institutions.

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Adeosun removes Zubair as Uduk becomes new Acting SEC DG Motolani Oseni The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday approved the reassignment of portfolios in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the appointment of Ms Mary Uduk as Acting Director-General of the Commission.

A statement issued by Oluyinka Akintunde, Special Adviser, Media & Communications to the Minister of Finance, said Uduk’s appointment was governed by the provisions of the Investments and Securities Act (ISA), 2007 and the conditions of service applicable to the Director-General of the Commission.

According to the statement, the Minister, in a letter dated 13th April, 2018, said Uduk’s appointment had become necessary to ensure effective regulation of the Capital Market.

She said her appointment would, subject to satisfactory performance, subsist until further notice.

The Minister also announced the redeployment of the former acting Director-General of the Commission, Dr. Abdul Zubair, to External Relations Department.

She further made the following reassignment of the undermentioned persons -Reginald C. Karawusa, as Acting Executive Commissioner, Legal and Enforcement; Isiyaku Tilde, Act-

ing Executive Commissioner, Operations and Henry Roland Adekunle, Acting Executive Commissioner, Corporate Services.

The new Acting DirectorGeneral joined the commission in 1986 as an assistant financial analyst. Her career as a regulator has spanned many functions and departments in the Commis-

sion, from corporate finance, administration, to providing structural, policy and due diligence for capital market transactions.

She has also been responsible for managing several landmark capital market projects, including the registration of Capital Market Operators, articulating rules for bonds and equities;

Mergers, acquisitions and Takeovers, and managing the banking and insurance industry consolidations between 2005-2007.

Uduk served as the pioneer Head of the Operations Division in the Lagos Zonal Office, and has headed the following Departments in the Commission: Internal Control, Investment Management, Financial Standards and Corporate Gov-

ernance and Securities, and Investment Services Department, among others.

Meanwhile, the Federal Ministry of Finance has requested for a formal explanation from the SEC of the recent communications between the Commission and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), which adversely impacted market confidence.

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside (3rd from left), President of the World Maritime University (WMU), Malmo, Sweden, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, Executive Director, Finance and Administration of NIMASA, Mr. Bashir Jamoh and others in a photograph after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between NIMASA and the WMU in Sweden.

Delta Airlines announces $676 m net profit

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand has again validated its leadership position with the efficiency and creativity of the Bank’s Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) as it presently accounts for 37 percent of bills payment services on ATMs in Nigeria’s banking industry.

Delta Airlines has reported financial results for the March quarter 2018 as adjusted pre-tax income for the March 2018 quarter was $676 million, a $104 million decrease from the March 2017 quar-

ter, as record revenues were offset by higher fuel prices and other increased costs including a $44 million impact from severe winter weather.

“The Delta people delivered a strong March quarter, and our record revenue was a direct result of the great service and operational reliability they provided for our customers. It’s an honor to recognize their hard work with $183 million toward our 2018 profit sharing,” said Ed Bastian, Delta’s chief executive officer. “We have confidence in our plan to grow earnings in 2018 through top-line growth, improving our cost trajectory, and

leveraging our international partnerships.”

Revenue Environment Delta’s adjusted operating revenue of $9.8 billion for the March quarter improved 8 percent, or $715 million versus the prior year.

This revenue result marks a March quarter record for the company, and was driven by improvements across Delta’s business, including a 23 percent increase in cargo revenue and a $78 million increase in total loyalty revenue. Delta’s Branded Fares initiative drove $421 million in premium up-sell revenue in the period, a 23 percent increase from

the prior year.

Total unit revenues excluding refinery sales (TRASM) increased 5.0 percent during the period, with foreign currency contributing just over 0.5 points of benefit. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth, with all geographic regions delivering positive results.

“We are seeing Delta’s best revenue momentum since 2014, with positive domestic unit revenues, improvements in all our international entities, strong demand for corporate travel and double-digit increases in our loyalty revenues,” said Glen Hauenstein, Delta’s pres-

ident. “With our solid pipeline of commercial initiatives, delivered with industry-leading Delta service, we expect to maintain this momentum and deliver total revenue growth of 4 to 6 percent for the full year.”

June 2018 Quarter Guidance For the June quarter, Delta expects solid top-line growth and an improving cost trajectory will mitigate the impact of higher fuel prices. The company will also benefit from a reduction in its book tax rate.

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Business News B2 Germany organization to employ 3 Bayelsans, train 215 in building projects Daily Times Nigeria Saturday , April 14, 2018

Akam James, Yenagoa

A Germany based organization, the African Tide Union (ATU), has offered automatic employments to the best three individuals in the forth-coming capacity building/ skills acquisition programme powered by the State government and Young Innovators of Nigeria (YIN) in Yenagoa , the Bayelsa State capital.

The organization has also concluded plans to empower another set of over two hundred Bayelsans through vocational training on the Self Sufficient Houses project with different modules as required by the European Union.

Speaking during the stakehold-

ers and participants formal programme declaration on Friday in Yenagoa, the President of the Nongovernmental Organisation(NGO), Dr. Rosalyn Dressman, she admonished the participants to always feel marginalized as Ijaw people so that they can always come out best, adding that the aim of the project will be achieved if they are fully involved.

Dressman, who decries the high level of unemployment in the country, advised that they have to give 100 percent concentrate in order to be employers of labour in the future.

In another development during a courtesy call and proper handling of the project plan to the state commissioner for labour, employment and productivity, Dressman noted

that the result of the various trainings will soon be seen as Bayelsa will be industrialized in the future.

“I want to see in the future a Bayelsa that is dependent on any state for anything, the various training and skill programmes will help bring out the best in us, we will train 200 persons and fifteen multipliers, these multipliers will return train more persons” According to the Commissioner for labour, employment and productivity, Hon. Chief Collins Cocodia, commended the Bayelsa state government for making available such golden opportunities for the youths in the state to tap knowledge, adding that he is also pleads to see that their development partners fulfill their

promises.

“As a commissioner, my joy knows no bound. What I learnt when I visited our partners to ascertain the level of their preparedness in Germany was that they have dual education system which is academics and skill driven. That shows that the world is a global village, you don’t interrupt your academics programme with skills. I pray that Bayelsa will be the first state to adopt that; we will ensure government response to do this project so that it won’t die a natural death, and also because of scares funds we will do the shortlisting ourselves” The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee and the coordinator business development and

operations of Young Innovators of Nigeria, Engr. Jeffery Udende, advised the people to disabuse their minds from the controversial shortlisted names of participant, adding that it was the system that did the shortlisting on first come first serve basic.

He admonished the participants to humble themselves and abide by the rule of engagements so that they can benefit more from their instructors, noting that a well reserved and calm mind benefit a lot in ICT. The participants are to be trained on Web development, Software development, Graphics, Hard/computer repairs, computer networking and Digital marketing with three weeks.

Delta Airlines announces $676m net profit CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

es for the March quarter increased $817 million, driven by higher fuel prices, investments in employee wages and profit sharing, and higher depreciation expense.

Adjusted fuel expense increased $317 million, or 20 percent relative to March quarter 2017, as the yearover-year increase in market fuel prices was tempered by the lapping of prior year hedge losses and improved fuel efficiency. Delta’s adjusted fuel price per gallon for the March quarter was $2.01, which includes $0.05 of benefit from the refinery.

CASM-Ex increased 3.9 percent for the March 2018 quarter compared to the prior year period driven by April 2017 wage increases and accelerated depreciation due to aircraft retirements. Unit costs were further pressured by approximately 1 point from the impact of severe weather and foreign exchange. Delta expects this period will mark the highest non-fuel expense growth for the year.

“We expect unit cost growth of 1 to 3 percent in the June quarter, as we lap prior year investments in our people and our business,” said Paul Jacobson, Delta’s chief financial officer. “As we move through depreciation pressure from our fleet retirements and gain benefits from our upgauging and One Delta initiatives later in the year, we are on track for our 0 to 2 percent full year unit cost target.”

Adjusted non-operating expense was flat year-on-year for the March quarter as a $62 million improvement in pension expense was offset by higher interest costs and the seasonality of joint venture partner earnings. The company expects 2018 full-year adjusted non-operating expense to be $200-250 million lower than 2017, due to pension expense savings.

Tax expense declined $117 million for the March quarter, primarily due to the reduction in Delta’s book tax rate from 34 percent to 23 percent.

Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Rochas Okorocha (right) in a warm hand shake with the Wife of Ondo State Governor and Founder, Breast Cancer Association Of Nigeria BRECAN, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu - Akeredolu, (left) accompanied with members of the body during her visit to Imo state to kicks off 2018 World Cancer Day in Owerri, Imo state.

Federal Character: Obaseki tasks commission on compliance, urges scrutiny of appointments, infrastructural distribution The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has urged the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to set up a compliance unit that will monitor the distribution of federal government appointments and infrastructural facilities across the country, in line with the principle of federal character.

Obaseki made the call on Thursday, at the commission’s seminar for South-South Zone, with the theme: The Spread of Socio-economic and Infrastructural Facilities – Need for Strategic Partnership with Stakeholders,” in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

According to the governor, “we must constantly project a national outlook in the appointments of

Nigerians into federal ministries and agencies and ensure that infrastructural facilities are evenly spread across the country. We must reinforce the principles of fairness, equity, justice, which form the tripod upon which the Federal Character Commission rests.

“To ensure harmony in our polity, I will suggest that the Federal Character Commission establish a compliance monitoring department that will scrutinise federal government appointments and the distribution of infrastructural projects across the country. The compliance monitoring department should raise the red flag when the provisions of the Federal Character are abused or flouted.”

Obaseki who was represented at the event by the Special Adviser on Special Duties, Yakubu Gowon, advised that “If appointments and infrastructures are skewed or tilted in favour of one part of the country or state, those from other parts of the country will feel short-changed and become agitated.”

He said “stories abound of how some people abuse the provisions of the Federal Character. We learnt that some people fraudulently change their states of origin and take over appointment slots reserved for other states. This is condemnable.”

On synergy, Obaseki told the commission “to strengthen synergy with the state governments and publicise its activities by advertising appoint-

ment slots regularly, so that the various state governments can utilise their respective slots. I recommend that similar strategy should be adopted in the allocation of infrastructural facilities.”

He said: “There is a raging debate about whether the Federal Character Commission has outlived its usefulness and therefore should be scrapped. Some argue that the principle of federal character negates meritocracy, industry and creativity. My position is that, everything in life is dynamic. The only institutions that die with time, are those that refuse to modify their ways to keep steps with changing times and trends.

Business News B2 Germany organization to employ 3 Bayelsans, train 215 in building projects Daily Times Nigeria Saturday , April 14, 2018

Akam James, Yenagoa

A Germany based organization, the African Tide Union (ATU), has offered automatic employments to the best three individuals in the forth-coming capacity building/ skills acquisition programme powered by the State government and Young Innovators of Nigeria (YIN) in Yenagoa , the Bayelsa State capital.

The organization has also concluded plans to empower another set of over two hundred Bayelsans through vocational training on the Self Sufficient Houses project with different modules as required by the European Union.

Speaking during the stakehold-

ers and participants formal programme declaration on Friday in Yenagoa, the President of the Nongovernmental Organisation(NGO), Dr. Rosalyn Dressman, she admonished the participants to always feel marginalized as Ijaw people so that they can always come out best, adding that the aim of the project will be achieved if they are fully involved.

Dressman, who decries the high level of unemployment in the country, advised that they have to give 100 percent concentrate in order to be employers of labour in the future.

In another development during a courtesy call and proper handling of the project plan to the state commissioner for labour, employment and productivity, Dressman noted

that the result of the various trainings will soon be seen as Bayelsa will be industrialized in the future.

“I want to see in the future a Bayelsa that is dependent on any state for anything, the various training and skill programmes will help bring out the best in us, we will train 200 persons and fifteen multipliers, these multipliers will return train more persons” According to the Commissioner for labour, employment and productivity, Hon. Chief Collins Cocodia, commended the Bayelsa state government for making available such golden opportunities for the youths in the state to tap knowledge, adding that he is also pleads to see that their development partners fulfill their

promises.

“As a commissioner, my joy knows no bound. What I learnt when I visited our partners to ascertain the level of their preparedness in Germany was that they have dual education system which is academics and skill driven. That shows that the world is a global village, you don’t interrupt your academics programme with skills. I pray that Bayelsa will be the first state to adopt that; we will ensure government response to do this project so that it won’t die a natural death, and also because of scares funds we will do the shortlisting ourselves” The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee and the coordinator business development and

operations of Young Innovators of Nigeria, Engr. Jeffery Udende, advised the people to disabuse their minds from the controversial shortlisted names of participant, adding that it was the system that did the shortlisting on first come first serve basic.

He admonished the participants to humble themselves and abide by the rule of engagements so that they can benefit more from their instructors, noting that a well reserved and calm mind benefit a lot in ICT. The participants are to be trained on Web development, Software development, Graphics, Hard/computer repairs, computer networking and Digital marketing with three weeks.

Delta Airlines announces $676m net profit CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

es for the March quarter increased $817 million, driven by higher fuel prices, investments in employee wages and profit sharing, and higher depreciation expense.

Adjusted fuel expense increased $317 million, or 20 percent relative to March quarter 2017, as the yearover-year increase in market fuel prices was tempered by the lapping of prior year hedge losses and improved fuel efficiency. Delta’s adjusted fuel price per gallon for the March quarter was $2.01, which includes $0.05 of benefit from the refinery.

CASM-Ex increased 3.9 percent for the March 2018 quarter compared to the prior year period driven by April 2017 wage increases and accelerated depreciation due to aircraft retirements. Unit costs were further pressured by approximately 1 point from the impact of severe weather and foreign exchange. Delta expects this period will mark the highest non-fuel expense growth for the year.

“We expect unit cost growth of 1 to 3 percent in the June quarter, as we lap prior year investments in our people and our business,” said Paul Jacobson, Delta’s chief financial officer. “As we move through depreciation pressure from our fleet retirements and gain benefits from our upgauging and One Delta initiatives later in the year, we are on track for our 0 to 2 percent full year unit cost target.”

Adjusted non-operating expense was flat year-on-year for the March quarter as a $62 million improvement in pension expense was offset by higher interest costs and the seasonality of joint venture partner earnings. The company expects 2018 full-year adjusted non-operating expense to be $200-250 million lower than 2017, due to pension expense savings.

Tax expense declined $117 million for the March quarter, primarily due to the reduction in Delta’s book tax rate from 34 percent to 23 percent.

Imo State Governor, His Excellency, Rochas Okorocha (right) in a warm hand shake with the Wife of Ondo State Governor and Founder, Breast Cancer Association Of Nigeria BRECAN, Chief Mrs Betty Anyanwu - Akeredolu, (left) accompanied with members of the body during her visit to Imo state to kicks off 2018 World Cancer Day in Owerri, Imo state.

Federal Character: Obaseki tasks commission on compliance, urges scrutiny of appointments, infrastructural distribution The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has urged the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to set up a compliance unit that will monitor the distribution of federal government appointments and infrastructural facilities across the country, in line with the principle of federal character.

Obaseki made the call on Thursday, at the commission’s seminar for South-South Zone, with the theme: The Spread of Socio-economic and Infrastructural Facilities – Need for Strategic Partnership with Stakeholders,” in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

According to the governor, “we must constantly project a national outlook in the appointments of

Nigerians into federal ministries and agencies and ensure that infrastructural facilities are evenly spread across the country. We must reinforce the principles of fairness, equity, justice, which form the tripod upon which the Federal Character Commission rests.

“To ensure harmony in our polity, I will suggest that the Federal Character Commission establish a compliance monitoring department that will scrutinise federal government appointments and the distribution of infrastructural projects across the country. The compliance monitoring department should raise the red flag when the provisions of the Federal Character are abused or flouted.”

Obaseki who was represented at the event by the Special Adviser on Special Duties, Yakubu Gowon, advised that “If appointments and infrastructures are skewed or tilted in favour of one part of the country or state, those from other parts of the country will feel short-changed and become agitated.”

He said “stories abound of how some people abuse the provisions of the Federal Character. We learnt that some people fraudulently change their states of origin and take over appointment slots reserved for other states. This is condemnable.”

On synergy, Obaseki told the commission “to strengthen synergy with the state governments and publicise its activities by advertising appoint-

ment slots regularly, so that the various state governments can utilise their respective slots. I recommend that similar strategy should be adopted in the allocation of infrastructural facilities.”

He said: “There is a raging debate about whether the Federal Character Commission has outlived its usefulness and therefore should be scrapped. Some argue that the principle of federal character negates meritocracy, industry and creativity. My position is that, everything in life is dynamic. The only institutions that die with time, are those that refuse to modify their ways to keep steps with changing times and trends.

Personal Finance B4

Daily Times Nigeria Saturday , April 14, 2018

Becoming successful entrepreneur in a challenging environment Motolani Oseni In every part of the world, entrepreneurship is known as the power house behind any successful nation, not because of any other reasons but for its contributions to economic development and employment creation.

However, becoming a success entrepreneur does not come easy but with hard work, commitment, perseverance and continual self-improvement, the sky is just the beginning of their success.

Indeed, every highly successful entrepreneur has a great story to tell. Often times, you’ll be amazed by what most of them have gone through before becoming famous entrepreneurs.

Meanwhile, financial stakeholders have identified distinctive challenges facing entrepreneurs in Nigeria and how to deal with them and become a better entrepreneur.

An expert in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector, Ibrahim Gondah, had described SMEs as the “engine of growth and catalyst for socioeconomic transformation of any country, especially in a developing country like Nigeria.

He added that they are a veritable vehicle for the achievement of national macroeconomic objectives in terms of employment generation at low investment cost and enhancement of apprenticeship training.

But running SMEs in Nigeria is a most difficult thing because of the harsh economic environment. It is as a result of the harsh economic environment that many entrepreneurs collapse or operating on the margins.

Also, Mba Okechuk-

wu Agwu and Cletus Izunwanne Emetin, both Entrepreneurs, argued that in spite of the difficult and harsh economic environment in Nigeria, there has been a phenomenal growth of micro and small scale enterprises due mainly to the people’s quest to be self-employed and not because it is easy to establish or manage.

They also said that the increasing demand for consumer products has created a large market for small and medium enterprises in the country.

L-R: CEO Central Securities Clearing System Limited (CSCS), Mr. Haruna Jalo-Waziri; Executive Director, Wholesale Bank, Nova Merchant Bank Limited, Mr. Anya Doruha, Head, Corporate Services, Nova Merchant Bank, Godwin Ojali, Chairman, Mr. Philip Oduoza, Chairman, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, Managing Director,l/CEO, Nova Bank, Mr. Chinedu Ikwudinma and COO/Executive Director of the Bank, Mr. Ayodeji Adigun, during the launch of Nova Merchant Bank, held at the Bank’s premises, Victoria Island in Lagos

Naturally, it is the responsibility of government to provide employment and security for the people, among other things.

However, since government cannot provide full employment for the people, what it does is to provide the enabling environment for nonstate actors to bridge the gap, and these include, Entrepreneurs, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), among others.

For instance, the Association of Small Business Operators of Nigeria (ASBON), through its President, Dr. Femi Egbeleye, disclosed to our correspondent on a telephone discussion that one of the major challenges of an entrepreneur in Nigeria is access to fund and the high interest rate charge on loan by the Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in Nigeria.

Elegbeleye noted that instead of small business owners creating more jobs by expanding their businesses through such loans, they rather close down shops when they were unable to pay back the

loans from the commercial banks.

The level of accessing both the N220 billion Central Bank of Nigeria intervention fund and the commercial banks Small Business and Entrepreneurs (SMEs) loans financing are extremely low.

As we speak, only four ASBON members out of over 10,000 members have been able to access the CBN MSMEs fund across the country.

The level of accessing this fund is extremely low.

According to recent statistics, in country of country of about 18 million Entrepreneurs and out of 18 million people, you can only figure out about 50 people that have access it, which is like nobody has accessed it. It is that low, very-very low.

His word: “I don’t see anything wrong if government can encourage Entrepreneurs by giving low interest rate that will help grow their businesses and by so doing, creating more jobs in the country and drastically reduced unemployment in the Nigeria.”

Others are of the

same opinion that a major challenge facing small and medium enterprises operators is lack of finance. Lack of capital, according to them, it has been identified as the most serious problems of establishing and run enterprises, saying that other problems can be solved with adequate capital.

However, many operators face this challenge and are often constrained to rely on personal and family funds to carry out their business.

They also do not have adequate capital to finance procurement of operational equipment and facilities. But with determinations and zeal to be successful have always been the factors responsible for their success.

It has become more imperative than ever, the need to provide good infrastructure by the government, so as to boost job opportunities and economic development, following the bad shape of the current nation’s economy.

The former Managing Director of the Bank of Industry (BoI), Evelyn Oputu, said recently in Lagos that some of the challenges that needed to be addressed immediately for the sub-sector to thrive included finding solutions to the high cost of doing business occasioned by poor infrastructure (power, roads, water), multiple taxation, high cost of legal documentation of credit facilities at both the states Lands Registries and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC); bureaucracy in obtaining title to land and State Governors’ consent to mortgage property; inadequate capacity building on the part of the SMEs in the areas of entrepreneurship, and skills acquisition, resulting in the perception of the sector as high risk and poor attitude to loan repayment by borrowers in the sector.

Many experts and stakeholders agree that there is need to stimulate, monitor and coordinate the development of the small and medium enterprises sector.

They also said that there is the need to initiate and articulate policy ideas for the growth and the development of the micro, small and medium enterprises.

They said that government should promote and facilitate development programs, instruments and support services to accelerate the development and modernisation of small and medium enterprises operations in the country.

The experts and stakeholders said there is the need to link small and medium enterprises to internal and external sources of finance, appropriate technology, technical skills as well as to large enterprises.

Entrepreneurs and or small business owners have been reported severally, complaining about the need for better and consistent policies by the three tiers of government, adding that there is the need to harmonise taxes so that small and medium enterprises operators in the country would not face the burden of multiple taxation.

Business FeatureFeature B6

Daily Times Nigeria Saturday, April 14, 2018

A new era for South Africa?

With an inherited cabinet and senior party posts held by loyalists to predecessor Jacob Zuma, Ramaphosa was urged to conciliate his opponents in the African National Congress (ANC), avoid direct confrontation and tread carefully on his economic reform agenda. Recalcitrant allies of the former president were said to lie in wait, eager to pounce on any sign of weakness.

There are signs that the cautious Ramaphosa may now be testing the limits of that compromise. In late February, the president launched a

For much of his first month at the helm of Africa’s second-largest economy, friend and foe alike warned President Cyril Ramaphosa to proceed with the caution of a blindfolded man in a minefield.

by dumping Zuma-era appointees and parachuting respected reformists Nhlanhla Nene and Pravin Gordhan into key economic roles. In March, the president moved decisively to suspend Tom Moyane, a Zuma ally and head of the South African Revenue Service, bluntly accusing him of While

Ramaphosa’s

early

pursue a reformist economic agenda appear to be underway, huge challenges clog the president’s in-tray. He must deliver on his promise to kickstart an economy that grew at just 1.3% last year – well below the 5% needed to tackle unemployment – while overhauling the country’s decrepit state-owned enterprises. political corruption at the highest levels of the state while preserving a fragile détente with surviving members of the Zuma regime. And with national elections looming in 2019, the ANC must move quickly to deliver on its promises of service delivery for millions of poor citizens. If that wasn’t enough, he must do all of this while deftly managing factional competition in the ANC between reformers and those hoping to pursue radical economic redistribution as the explosive issue of land expropriation returns to the fore.

For now, observers are eagerly waiting to see whether the president’s bold moves presage a radical, reformist presidency or the thwarted promise of what might have been.

“We’ve seen some nice

promotion of radical policies and agencies, the inauguration of Ramaphosa, a multi-millionaire known for his pro-business leanings, delighted investors and led to immediate changes in rhetoric and reality.

“The rhetoric from the incumbent is that South Africa the National Treasury and related departments were handed over to individuals perceived by local and international investors as being competent in their portfolios, and many didn’t have this cloud hanging over them regarding involvement in so-called state capture,” says Signal Risk director Ryan Cummings. in three years, which Ramaphosa looked to bolster with Nhlanhla and Pravin Gordhan’s installation as minister of public enterprises. troubled network of state-owned enterprises have won plaudits, including the introduction of a new board at Eskom. But reforming

South Africa and the indices are moving in the right direction,” says economist Dawie Roodt.

“While I still think there’s a bit of a honeymoon period left where he can do a couple of things, he’s very quickly running out of that

backdrop of increasing demands on the National Treasury is likely to be a challenge of an entirely

soon we will start asking, what have you done? Sometimes you need a political leader to be a bit ruthless and I haven’t seen much ruthlessness from the president yet.”

are going to cut back on the fat and

Economic optimism After Jacob Zuma’s sacking

“Trying to avert a downgrade That’s a question of managing

run and you’re not going to tolerate corruption, ”says Roodt.

Through his promotion of reformers and pro-business speeches, Ramaphosa has given early hints that he will seek to address such concerns. His appointment of Gwede Mantashe

as mining minister suggests he is keen to rebuild relations after predecessor Mosebenzi Zwane’s botched introduction of the Mining Charter sparked industry fury. Yet his precarious leadership victory, and the continuing power of radical factions within the ANC, means that he will have to walk a tightrope between the interests of business and his party.

“They need to understand that he’s going to have to implement some of these populist policies,” says analyst Ralph Mathekga.

“He’s not going to please corporates entirely, neither will he please the population entirely.

[But] the markets won’t keep him as president, it’s only the ANC he needs to worry about and appease so they don’t kick him out.”

The limits of compromise Few issues are likely to challenge investor optimism – or Ramaphosa’s crucial powers of compromise – so much as the looming issue of the expropriation of white-owned farmland. Over two decades after the end of apartheid, the majority of South Africa’s productive agricultural land remains in the hands of whites.

On 27 February, the ANC voted in favour of a motion by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) seeking to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation, a move that surprised those who had expected Ramaphosa to accelerate reform on a willing seller-willing buyer basis. While Ramaphosa has repeatedly insisted that any action will be constitutional – rubbishing predictions of a Zimbabwe-style land grab – the fact that it is being mulled ahead of the 2019 elections, where the radical EFF will look to capitalise, is a sign of the myriad pressures he faces.

“There’s a perception by the Ramaphosa administration that the issue of land reform needs to be addressed in South Africa, as the cornerstone of how apartheid black South Africans. The ANC’s continuation as an executive party and the dominant political organisation within South Africa will be contingent on introducing mechanisms of economic redress with land being the crux of it,” says Cummings.

While Ramaphosa’s own

would like to see a public reckoning for those implicated in corruption, Ramaphosa must avoid destroying fragile party unity. The move by prosecutors represents a dangerous moment for Ramaphosa, but it may ultimately draining away from the Zuma camp.

“The political winds have changed, it’s not that Ramaphosa is phoning [prosecutors] up and it’s just that people do their jobs because they think it’s a way to fall in favour with the current it’s dangerous territory because those whose political life is at risk

obscure, the launching of a

and may reignite the recalcitrant

feasibility of expropriation suggests he will be unable to halt a more radical land reform agenda, even if the business community would like him to. “I’d go as far as to say that if he blocked those policies he would be out, his power base is so precarious that I don’t think he can survive if he comes across as someone who is there to strategically frustrate ANC policy resolutions.” says Mathekga. “He’s inherited a party that’s moved in a radical direction and the best he can to is to manage the process of implementation to lessen the

careful not to be seen as the one driving these institutions,” says Mathekga.

As Ramaphosa considers the implications of the 2019 elections, the reaction of the investment community and the response of ANC allies and enemies, he will have to draw on his diverse experiences as political leader, union representative and millionaire investor in order to work towards the compromises that South Africans can live with.

On the economy, state capture and land reform, it will be neither a quick nor easy process to placate diverse constituencies.

“It won’t be an event but it will be a process where Ramaphosa will assert his authority over the ANC and we will see the faction opposed to him become more diluted as time goes on,” argues Cummings. As someone who has so successfully balanced those experiences in his rise to the top, he will be mindful that both compromise and forceful action have their place. And as in March,

While Ramaphosa’s management of land reform will strength within the ANC and his ability to emerge victorious in febrile party debates, the way he deals with those implicated in “state capture” could prove equally telling.

That national prosecutors would pursue corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, threatening predecessor and smooth over

the fence to avoid pleasing nobody.

colleagues. Although the public and even some ANC members

Source: africanbusinessmagazine.com

Daily Times Nigeria Saturday, April 14, 2018

How come? It bought insurance to protect it when markets go haywire. It was a far-fetched scenario at the time, but they eventually did, on 5 February. In early February, data showing high wage growth raised expectations that the American Federal Reserve would hike interest rates sooner than expected. Bond yields shot up consequently. Equity markets took a hit, as the cheap debt hitherto fuelling their rally

Business Feature B7

Is Africa prepared for a global financial crisis?

data for January came out at 2.1%, 20 basis points above the consensus estimate of 1.9%.

A week later, hawkish Fed market participants.

Prior to the release of the minutes, the Fed had led markets to believe there would probably be about three rate hikes in 2018. Afterwards, some economists began to suggest there could be as many as But such varying views, fears and sharp market reactions are evidence of what has been missing from the markets since global central banks starting money in the aftermath of the volatility.

Unprepared In tandem with the Fed, the Bank of England (BoE) is similarly on a tightening cycle.

And the European Central Bank has already signalled monetary contraction could come as early also started to reduce its asset purchases.

Does that mean the end of easy money, though? Not really. At 1.5%, US money is still relatively cheap. And even in the UK, where consumer already above the much sought after 2% target of other global central banks, the BoE rate is just 0.5%. Emerging markets (EMs), which have been huge

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) highlights why African markets might be at risk: “Many African countries have run down their reserves and/

price rally, [ample] FX reserve levels… alongside relatively low debt levels and high economic growth rates, helped [African] countries deploy countercyclical measures to

as such, don’t have as much

adds.

Some African countries have been taking precautions, though. For instance, Kenya sought and secured a twoyear $1.5bn standby credit facility from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March 2016. It has not had cause to use it, even though the prolonged presidential elections last year could have triggered a need to do so.

However, there were revelations in February that

easing (QE), need to start preparing for a post-QE world, interest rates start to rise in advanced economies, as they already have, there is going to be an increasing opportunity cost to allocating capital to EMs. continue to make the carrytrade too tempting to ignore, but the party will not last forever.

At some point, there will be a sharp market correction, as yields rise in response to tighter global monetary policy. When that time comes, emerging and frontier markets, particularly African ones, not damaging shocks.

Andrew Alli, president and chief executive of Lagos-based

income and currency specialist at Ecobank, the pan-African bank, corroborates his view: “Reserve levels across most countries have declined account pressures increased reserve drawdowns across most oil exporters whose economies went into recession… SubSaharan African [SSA] economies at the present appear lightly equipped to deal

been available to the Kenyan authorities since June 2017. to Reuters on why it stopped

case. “In the run-up to the helped by [the] commodity

programme has not been discontinued but access was lost in mid-June because a review

said Jan Mikkelsen, the IMF representative for Kenya.

For such arrangements boosting utility transparency is required. Market participants might not consider such arrangements to be entirely iron-clad in the future.

Narrow leg room As commodity prices have been rising, can squandered foreign exchange reserves be restored before any potential crisis?

Okunrinboye gives a comprehensive explanation: have rebounded, they remain at discounts to levels seen during continue to be the case. “capital pressures lurk on the horizon, as a search for yield [which] drove heightened

money in the event of another to fuel exchange rate pressures.

And, following an expansion in debt levels by African room appears narrow relative forced many of these economies into hawkish positions with the event of sudden currency of SSA economies are now entering into structural reform programmes with the IMF, the overall sense is that they seem lightly prepared for another Even so, it is not entirely improbable that they could come out again largely unscathed. According to AFC’s general lack of exposure to reason why.

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Why female artistes are rich than their male counterparts The controversial issue will continue to rage on about who is richer between Nigeria female artistes and their male counterparts, even as the dust on who commands more respect between these two is yet to die down. AJIBADE ALABI takes a look into this issue and came up with his own submission. Of course opinion is bound to be differ.

Without doubt Nigerian entertainment sector is one industry that could make one attain that opulence status in a twinkle of an eye A story of a family was told where the man insisted all his daughters must go into entertainment irrespective of the ambition or the dream the children have for themselves. “Did you know how much Funke Akindele aka Jenifa, Omotola Jalade Ekehinde, Genevieve Nnaji, Tiwa Savage, Omowunmi are making in entertainment? Tell me how many bankers, teachers or engineers can stand with them toe to toe

And it will also interest readers that the personalities that attend the premier of these actresses are business men who are secret admirer of these gorgeous actress and will perhaps

have yarn on his wife when she insisted to allow the children have their choice of career, since the man is not putting the same pressure he was putting on his daughters on their male counterparts

did I will like to be corrected if I am out of fact. Sunny Ade has never played in any movie premier for any actresses or actors; I am not talking about appearing in a movie or to play in a movie scene.

No! But Lizzy Anjorin was able to break that jinx.

satisfy them so they could be telling their follies musician will also be happy to be associated with some of them Let not go far. Months back Lizzy Anjorin drag king of world beat Sunny Ade to her premier, in a Anjorin

the poor woman got from her husband Now matter arises, who earns much between Nigeria male and female artistes?

Without doubt Nigeria actresses like Nigeria female artistes is awash with heavenly beauties and sexy goddesses who are exploiting their divine beauties and natural talents to the full in an industry that thrives more on physical attributes than on talent. But the same cannot be said of their male counterparts even though some of them still have

the shiny black smooth skin. Think about the slim waist, the rounded behind that sways majestically in response to the stepping of the long, slim legs. And for that matter think about the jumping breasts that should put ideas in the mind of a clergyman And it would not be out of place if one states here terms of pay packet than their male counterparts For instance apart from the few male actors like Kunle Afolayan who attracts more sponsors for how many actors does that? Virtually no. why the actresses made their money from the premier the actors sometimes depend on marketer

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Why female artistes are rich than their male counterparts How much she raked home is a discussion for another day. And you start to wonder how many Nigeria actors could afford Sunny Ade bills to perform in his premier if at all they want to do

passing through the eye of a needle, but can also be controversial, since Nollywood, as it sexy actresses, who can hold their own against anybody in any beauty pageant, but behind that their beauty which they used to their advantage that it is their beauty and talent that has brought them so far Apart from the fact that they dazzle in movies they appear in, they also give joy and satisfaction to the lovers of movies the way they convincingly get into the character they play.

And for themselves, they have made names and perhaps, fortune which has opened many doors for them in the corridors of power as well as business circles.

But not can be said about their male counterparts. They also dazzled, act and make many homes happy but they are not as rich as their female When The Daily Times put a call through to one of Nigeria actors, Bolaji Amusan aka Baba Latin female actresses are richer than us. The only thing is they make noise of their achievement especially with the help of you paparazzi. But know how much investment Odunlade Adekola or Femi Adebayo have? But because nobody is reporting it�.

The debate continues.

And talking about Nigerian female musicians they have gone places. They are almost as rich and as wealthy as their male counterparts.

In actual fact, they are making waves just like any other musician across the globe, including the very popular female musicians in

Afolayan

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Hollywood.

In times past, the Nigerian music arena was taken over by American musicians. However, Nigerian musicians have stepped up and they have snapped counterparts.

In those long gone days, main forms songs heard on Nigerian streets were songs of Tony Braxton, Maria Carey, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and the likes. However, the game has changed now and the scene is now taken over by musicians like Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Omawumi, Chidima, Seyi Shay and the likes.

Aside growing popular over the years, these female Nigerian musicians have also grown somewhat rich. Maybe they are not as rich as their American counterparts, but they are getting there

in music she had been involved in a number of international shows. She is brand ambassador to Oil and Maggi. Her current net worth is $4.85 richest female musicians in Nigeria. Yemi Alade is another female artiste that could be mentioned as a success, just like Omawumi who began her music career in 2007. This was after she got voted as 1st runners up in the Idol West Africa Competition.

Her music career got a big boost from her very she had also released a number of other songs.

She is ambassador to a number of companies and organizations, like Malta Guinness, Mortein, Adekunle Gold

$3 million.

Chidinma, Sheyi Shay, Asa, Waje, Cynthia

Funke Akindele

Morgan, and Tope Alabi are some of the richest female artistes we have in Nigeria. The same cannot be said of their male counterparts even though it can be argued.

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Wale Tinubu wows

K1 on 10 days medical trip to Canada After demise of daughter Wasilat, King of Fuji Music, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Marshall is right now in Canada on a 10-days medical trip. visit back to Canada after he lost his daughter Wasilat few months ago. The medical trip was long overdue after a corrective surgery he K1 will in few days be ready to be in full force for further musical entertainment for his fans. K1, who just released a one

in Nigeria precisely in 10

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Adeleye Fabusuro unveiled!

Wale Tinubu

Wale Jubril Tinubu, CEO and Group Managing Director, Oando Oil, comes across a perfectionist per excellence. He goes the extra miles to achieve any project he sets his mind on.

He knows how to continuously register his brand not only in the minds also prospective customers, generally.

This came to the fore on Tuesday, March 3, 2018 when he opened a

Mbadiwe Avenue Victoria Island, Lagos.

The eye-popping building, which worth $172million. With approximately 27,000 square metres of lettable space, it can be accessed from the Five Cowries Creek via a jetty. It also offers a swanky rooftop entertainment deck, which will be an excellent venue for hosting social events and corporate get-togethers. Besides, it has a marquee, a bar and an ample lounge, which offers a gorgeous view of the city and the creek in an utterly relaxing environment.

The iconic building, which is LEED ties that guarantee optimal comfort, health and safety for all its occupants,

was commissioned by the Minister for State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu , who described the structure as the “biggest and most beautiful in Lagos.�

Notable personalities who graced the commissioning include United Bank of Africa Chairman, Tony Elumele; Former governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo; Herbert Wigwe, Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank; Bola Adesola, Oba of Lagos, Oba Ridwan Akiolu and Oil mogul, Tunde Folawiyo, among several others.

In the past years, the Lagos Stateborn oil mogul plies his trade in such a way that makes many of his competitors green with envy. Indeed, he enjoys uncommon grace so much so that he now sits atop a multi-billion Naira conglomerate with various subsidiaries in oil and gas and properties, among other business ventures.

Like the proverbial cat with nine lives, Tinubu has proven to be one businessman with outstanding survival instincts. evance nay staying power should provoke a careful study by aspiring entrepreneurs or even established clement business Environment.

Fabusuro

To the elite and socialites, the name Adeleye Fabusoro, the CEO of Rare Edge Media, a corporate service brand that provides range of services and focused on broadcast and media, is not new but the manner in which this handsome dude who studied theatre Arts from University of Ibadan now goes about rebranding the Nigeria movie industry is what is making many people shake and tremble.

The well-known socialite whose few years ago celebrated their 100 episode of one of their drama series (Awon Aladun de).

Fabusuro lofty dreams remains to establish himself as one of the best around. And with his coolness and calmness he is a delight to monitor as he remains one of the biggest dude in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital where he is base.

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Ojudu, Obasa, Elumelu, for honours Is Zahra Buhari Indimi pregnant? Mamora, at 2nd Timeline Awareness lecture If what rumour mongers are spreading about Zahra Buhari Indimi is is anything to consider, then we can authoritatively inform you that, the pretty lady on nine month course.

Zahra according to information was spotted few days ago with her baby bump at her uncle Hamza the younger brother of Nisha Buhari. She was said to have tried to conceal her growing baby bump at

Zahra

the fruit of the womb was so obvious that everyone could see. Recall that Zahra and Ahmed Indimi tie the knot in december 2016.

Engineer Adedeji Doherty’s take

Tony Elumelu

All is set for the 2nd edition of Timeline Awareness Initiative Lecture even as the organizers have also decided to honor some distinguished prominent Nigerians who have in the past and of recent contributed hugely to the development of country as well as outstanding in their chosen career.

The 2nd Timeline Awareness Initiative/ Award Presentation which holds on Thursday April 19th at the Lagos Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja have been strategically put together to have an impact on the role Journalists and other individuals should play ahead, during and after the next general election with cautious use of the social media which plays a big role in dissemination of accurate and correct information to the public.

This urge to further sensitise the public at the organizers TimelineNG, your soar-away Online News portal and Timeline Awareness

Initiative [TAI], the educative platform co-owned by the medium to strictly pick a seasoned Journalist and Politician Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters to speak on the topic: News Reporting In The Age Of New Media, A Focus On 2019 General Elections.

The Event which will be Chaired by Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, promises to attract many prominent Nigerians including Special Guest, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Mudashiru Obasa, who is poised to receive award of Excellence for his leadership role as the helmsman of the State Assembly to Commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the lecture series. Chairman Heirs Holding/UBA Board of Directors Tony Elumelu MFR, CON, will also be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award along with Chairman and Guest Speaker of the day among many other dignitaries.

Esther Esabod Aboderin @57

Adedeji Dohert Engineer Adedeji Doherty is one of the movers and shakers of Peoples Democratic Party in Nigeria. Aside being a former Lagos State governorship aspirant, he is a successful Nigerian Industrialist, Entrepreneur, and Politician.

Ever since his party lose the federal seat to the opposition party, All Progressive Congress one critic. Recently, he expressed his view on the $1Billion military hardware procurement saying“$1Billion for Military Hardware? Fellow

Nigerians please, this is not about APC or PDP! This is very insulting! When the nation is just people are dying by the minute, infants are suffering from malnutrition, constant electricity is a mirage, our people are dying in the North from and President Buhari is ready to spend N360 billion on military hardware! It is insulting our intelligence! What ever happened to all the hardware bought by Jonathan?”

All road leads to Dublin Island in United Kingdom as one of the social media commentators, Esther Esabod Aboderin is set to celebrate her 57th birthday amidst fanfare.

The event we scooped will hold on 14th of April 2018. According to information, Saheed Osupa will be on the bandstand to thrill the guest with his scintillating voice. In case doing her facebook video chat for popular until she did a video where she spoke about a Controversial Nigerian blogger and Pharmacist, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo, and her father. It was the video that shot Esabod her to limelight.

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Julius Agwu to testify at RCCG’s Kings Court Ace comedian, cum actor Julius Agwu, who miraculously survived a near-death experience, would on Sunday, April 15, share his testimony at 9Ja Entertainment Industry service, holding at The Redeem Christian Church of

BBNaija: BamBam, Teddy-A make legendary return home

Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos.

According to the team of organisers led by comedian Edo Charles, the reason for picking as he had encountered in different ways the Shedding more light on forthcoming event, Edo noted that the major aim is to bring Entertainers together to praise, worship and pray to the giver and keeper of talent.

“We need to be grateful to Almighty God, who gave us these wonderful talents we use to entertain fans.

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ers. So far, we have had two editions and it was a grand success.

This year, all entertainers are invited. There would be talk shows to be anchored by Seun Okinbaloye of Channels TV Then, in between the talk shows, there will be performances.

To crown it all, the host pastor, Ben Akabueze, prays for the

entertainment people.

Then, after the service, we will all proceed to the top floor of the church to have lunch with the pastors,” he revealed.

Other artistes to honour the event are MI, Nosa, Obiwon, Sunny Neji, Teju baby face, Gandoki, Jude Orhorha, Koffi, Igos, KSB and many more.

Toke Makinwa is Sidi in the Lion and the Jewel

Former Big Brother Naija housemates, BamBam and Teddy A visited the Nigerian Breweries Headquarters on Thursday 4th April 2018.

After their shocking eviction from the BBNaija house, the housemates who have progressed from being strategic partners to romantic partners were evicted a day apart after being up for eviction alongside Cee C, and Nina.

The two received an exclusive reception where they also shared their experiences in the house especially the

which is sponsored by Legend Extra stout.

Speaking on how she was able to maintain calm and stability in the house, the soft spoken Bambam said “I was raised by a calm mother in a serene environment where there were no noise, incessant quarrel of any sorts, my mum is a dove. When I got to the University and saw something different, the calmness in me made a way because I am not used to such dramatic and lousy life.”

Speaking on what fans should expect from the BamTeddy relationship, Teddy A said fans should

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gratitude to Legend Extra Stout for coming through every saturday night in the Big Brother Naija house as he jokingly asked for a one year supply of the real stout.

The duo concluded the interview by saying they are ready to leverage the fame they have gotten from BBNaija to go fully into their individual careers and they are ready for opportunities available to them. They were later taken on a tour of the building to meet with the staff of Nigerian Breweries where they cials including the Corporate Affairs Adviser Mr Kufre Ekanem.

Jeff Akoh releases visuals for Halima, featuring Khaligraph Jones

Toke

OAP Toke Makinwa is fast becoming more regular on screen having made few cameo appearances in movies; moving ahead, Toke has starred in a stage play titled The Lion And The Jewel where she played the role of Sidi,

the village girl. Toke brightened up the stage recently in Abuja when she rocked a popular traditional hair style while performing on stage.

The Lion and the Jewel tells the story of three main characters

– Baroka, Lakunle and Sidi. Baroka, the lion, (the Western-educated village guy) over the right to marry Sidi (the village slay Queen).

with a lot of comic re-

Talented Temple singer and vocalist, Jeff Akoh, has released the video for his hot track, Halima featuring Kenyan hip-hop sensation, Khaligraph Jones.

The video was shot in the stunning Kenyan capisic video director, Enos Olik.

Presented by Temple Music, the Halima video is the second music video off bum. The music sensation rose to prominence after winning the eighth season of Project Fame West Af-

Halima

rica which was held in late 2015.

Halima now airs on major music channels

and is released online and for digital downloads on local and international platforms.

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Reignite the lost spark in your relationship

talk to each other.

infatuated by each other:

to woo each other and surprise each other, at least in little ways

yourself. How would you care for your appearance if