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Active voice call subscribers hit 162.52m in Q2 Lagos tops with highest number of subscribers Bayelsa, Ebonyi emerge least number of subcribers

Ladesope Ladelokun The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that active voice calls subscribers stood at 162.52 million in the second quarter of 2018, as against 149.31 million

recorded in the previous quarter.

The NBS stated this in its “Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information (Q2 2018)’’ report made available in Abuja.

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L - R: Country Director, Boeing West Africa, Mr. Lawrence Tolliver; US Consul General, Mr. John Bray; Chairman, Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema; MD/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo; Executive Director, Lagos & South West, Fidelity Bank, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, and Director, Boeing, Mr. John Fonvielle, during the agreement signing ceremony for the purchase of new 10 Boeing 737 Max B aircraft by Air Peace at the US Consulate in Lagos…on Thursday.

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g 12 Unlawful detention: Court orders DSS to pay N10.5m damages to journalist Abiri Gov Sani Bello visits 100 flood-ravaged communities in Niger State g 5 Dogara’s supporters want him to dump APC, present him PDP nomination forms g

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According to the NBS, the figure recorded in the period under review represents a 0.09per cent increase in subscribers’ base.

The bureau said that 103.51 million subscribers were active on internet in the second quarter as against 100.92 million in the first quarter which represented 2.57 per cent growth in subscribers’ base.

The bureau also

disclosed that Lagos State had the highest number of subscribers in terms of active voice per State in second quarter, closely followed by Ogun and Kano states respectively.

The report said Bayelsa and Ebonyi states had the least number of subscribers in the period under review.

“Similarly, Lagos State has the highest number of subscribers in terms of active internet per state in second quarter and closely followed by Ogun

and FCT respectively.

“Bayelsa and Ebonyi states have the least number of subscribers in the period under review, the NBS stated.

According to the bureau, MTN network provider has the highest share of voice subscription, followed

by GLO, AIRTEL, EMTS and others respectively.

It said similarly, MTN had the highest share of internet subscription, followed by GLO, AIRTEL, EMTS and others.

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L-R: Executive Director, Micro Enterprise, Bank of Industry (BoI), Mrs. Toyin Adeniji; Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Moses Adeyemo and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, during the inauguration of TraderMoni at New Gbagi Market in Ibadan... on Thursday.

Buhari removes Seiyefa, appoints Bichi as new DSS DG Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi as new Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS).

Bichi replaces Matthew Seiyefa, who has been in acting capacity, following the removal of the former DSS DG, Lawal Daura.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, said that Bichi’s appointment takes effect from today.

He added that the appointee is a core Secret Service operative.

According to the Presidency, the new

DG attended Danbatta Secondary School, the Kano State College of Advanced Studies and the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he graduated with a degree in Political Science.

He began his career in the security division of the Cabinet Office in Kano, from where he joined the defunct Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO), the precursor of the present DSS. Bichi has undergone training in intelligence processing analysis, agent handling recruitment and intelligence processing in the UK, as well as strategic training at the National Defence College.

The new DSS boss comes to the job with skills in intelligence gathering, research analysis, conflict management, general

investigation, risk and vulnerability operations, counter intelligence and protective operation and human resources management.

In the course of his career, Bichi has worked as the State Director of Security in Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto and Abia states.

He was at various times the Director, National Assembly Liaison, (National War College), Director at National Headquarters in the Directorate of Security Enforcement, Directorate of Operations, Directorate of Intelligence, Directorate of Inspection and Directorate of Administration and Finance.

He also served as Director at State Service Academy and is married with children.

Osun guber poll: Court orders WAEC to produce Adeleke’s certificate Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Justice O. A Musa of Abuja High Court in Bwari on Thursday issued a five-day ultimatum to the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to produce the results recorded by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, in the May/June 1981 examinations conducted by the council.

The judge, who was ruling on a motion ex-parte, dated 3rd September with Motion Number FCT/HC/ BW/CV/122/2018, specifically ordered the examination body to produce in court the ledger containing results of Ademola and his mates with whom he sat for the examinations.

The motion was filed by the duo of Mr. Wahab Adekunle Raheem, and Mr. Adam Omosallewa Habeeb.

The development, according to the judge, was with the view to determine whether or not the governorship candidate of the PDP in the September 22 governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke participated in the examination.

He also ordered that WAEC should swear to an affidavit either denying or confirming that Adeleke, an incumbent senator representing Osun West Senatorial District in the Senate, sat for the Council’s May/June 1981 examinations conducted by the Council at Ede Muslim High School in Ede, Osun State.

The court ordered that WAEC should file the ledger and the verifying affidavits within five days of being served

with the enrolled order.

Adeleke, who is the candidate of the PDP in the governorship poll slated to hold on September 22, has been accused of forging his WAEC certificate.

The Court however ordered the Director General of WAEC or any other designated officer of the council to depose to an affidavit confirming or denying that Adeleke, with candidate number 19645/149, sat for the examination, and serve the court also within five working days.

Justice Musa also directed Senator Adeleke to appear and show cause why the court should not disqualify him from contesting the Osun State governorship election slated for September 22.

The plaintiffs also named

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L-R: APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole; Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and former Kano State Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau during the submission of Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms by Ganduje in Abuja...on Thursday Photo: Temitope Balogun

L-R: College Registrar, Prof Owoidoho Udofia; College President, Prof. Opubo da Lilly-Tariah; College Vice-President, Prof Musa Borodo and College Treasurer, Prof. Stanley Anyanwu at the 2018 pre-convocation press briefing of the college in Lagos...on Thursday.

L-R: Media Consultant, Lisa Olu Akerele; Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudasiru Obasa; Lagos State House of Assembly Land Committee Chairman, Hon. Bayo Oshinowo and a businessman, Prince Albert Adedeji during Oshinowo’s declaration to contest for Lagos East Senatorial District seat in Lagos...on Thursday.

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2019 presidency: Atiku raises the alarm over threat to life Tunde Opalana, Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged threats to his life and those of his family members regarding his decision to contest the 2019 Presidential election.

Atiku, who is one of the aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), revealed this in a petition he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari. The petition was dated September 7, 2018.

The petition, titled “Petition over Criminal Intimidation and Threat to My Life, that of members of My Family, and Cyber Stalking Using Mobile Phone Number 08148228704,” was also copied to the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.

In the petition, Atiku requested more police protection for his family and himself from President Buhari, adding that his wife and daughters have received separate text messages from a mobile line stating that unless he backs out of the race, they would be raped and killed.

The former Vice President said the author of the threat text

message said his family was being watched closely.

He therefore called on Buhari to order an urgent investigation into the matter, pointing out that it could lead to serious breaches and may constitute real danger to national security.

The former vice president said: “I present my highest compliments to the President and Commander -in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and have the honour to request your Excellency kind review/ investigation and urgent consideration of extra protection for my family and I against some criminal intimidation and threat to my life, that of my family, and the cyber stalking against my family and I, using telephone mobile number +2348148228704.”

Atiku also claimed in the petition that the author of the text message threatened that if he doesn’t withdraw from the contest, “we will kill, rape your wife and daughters”, whom they identified as Mariam who worked at CBN and Fatima, the former commissioner in Adamawa State.

According to Atiku, the author of the threat message also said: “We will blow your plane off the sky and we will poison you and

your family. You are going to see what we will do with your family.

We know where and where your children travel to.”

The petition further revealed that the author of the message threatened that they will blow up all his property and those of his wife, adding “we control the aviation towers in Nigeria and South Africa. We are in government and Buhari will win again. Your party members will never select you and if they do, we will assassinate (sic) you. We will kill you by blowing up your plane.”

In the separate text messages to the wife and daughter, the author, according to Atiku, asked them to ask him to back down from the contest or they will be harmed.

The former vice president however said, “ From the foregoing, Mr. President can see that if adequate and urgent steps are not taken to identify and dealing with these threats, it could lead to serious breaches and may constitute real danger to national security.

“Considering that this threats border on the right of my family and I to life as well as my freedom to aspire for and contest for the Presidency in Nigeria, I urge you to commence urgent investigation

Atiku with a view to identifying the person (s) behind the threat, expose and prosecute the culprit (s) in accordance with the laws.

“I request that you ensure the continued protection of my rights to life, that of my family, my property and my rights and freedoms to associate and aspire to any political office as guaranteed under the 1999 Nigerian constitution (as amended),” he added.

But in a reaction to the alarm raised by Atiku, the Acting National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC),

Mr Yekini Nabena, advised the former Vice President and the PDP presidential aspirant to look inward.

He said, “We will advice the former Vice President to look inward. The APC has nothing to do with the PDP primary election or the scheming within the opposition political parties on who they field as presidential candidates for 2019 election.

“Let them face their contest and refrain from heightening the political tempo by raising the alarm over imaginary threats to life”.

Gov Sani Bello visits 100 flood-ravaged Court orders WAEC to produce communities in Niger State Adeleke’s certificate Niger Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has said that over 100 communities in Mokwa, Lavun, Edati, Katcha, Agaie and Lapai Local Government Areas of the state have been sacked and submerged by flood from the tributaries of Rivers Niger and Kaduna.

He revealed this in Muye, Lapai Local Government Area shortly after conducting an aerial view of affected communities.

Governor Sani-Bello said the situation has gone beyond the capacity of the state and called for federal government intervention.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Jibrin Ndace, quoted Sani-Bello as saying that, “What I saw today is very devastating, on a rough estimate more than a 100 communities have been submerged in water and it doesn’t appear that water is receding.That we have not seen the end of it, is very disturbing.

The situation is definitely getting out of hand and it is beyond what the state can do”.

He stated that the state government on its own part would ensure the provision of the relief materials and the relocation of the victims from the area.

“This flood starts all the way from Kede, towards Muregi and

to down to Muye along the river bank. So definitely at this point we will have to seek for the support of the federal Government and that is exactly what we are going to do.

“The first step taken by the state government was to send some relief materials to the affected communities because I strongly believe they will lack food at this time and the final step and probably the lasting solution is to relocate them at some point but now we have to take care of their immediate needs with regards to food and drugs.”

The Governor had earlier directed release of N60million for provision of relief materials.

According to the governor, “The situation is a tough one because we have experienced this before, we have tried to convince the communities to move out of water ways but some how it has been extremely difficult. They see these places as their ancestral homes but we have to continue to communicate with them on the dangers they put themselves into. The lasting solution will be to relocate them. What we will do for now is to provide maximum support to them.”

Gov Sani-Bello who flew round the affected area in Police Helicopter, was accompanied by

his Deputy, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmed Ketso, Chief of Staff, Hon Mikhail Almin Bmitosahi, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructural Development, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe, Commissioner for Environment, Alhaji Jibrin Amin, Special Adviser, Special Duties, Alhaji Umar Alkali(Sardauna) and Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, Alhaji Ibrahim Inga.

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Continued from page 3 the PDP and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as codefendants to the suit.

The application is seeking, among other prayers, an interim injunction against the senator’s candidacy in the imminent governorship race.

The Daily Times recalls that lawyer to the plaintiffs, B.J Komolafe had on September 11, moved the ex parte application.

Ruling shortly after listening to the lawyer, the judge granted other prayers but refused the applicants’ prayer for restraining order.

The judge refused to grant an order restraining the INEC from recognising or giving effect to Adeleke’s nomination as PDP’s governorship candidate in the forthcoming poll slated to hold on September 22.

The judge also refused to grant another prayer by the applicants requesting an order directing or mandating Adeleke to show cause on why the court should not disqualify him from contesting the Osun State governorship election.

While refusing the two prayers numbered IV and V, Justice Musa ordered that in their place, the PDP and INEC must “show cause within five days from the day of service of the originating summons” why they should not be stopped from recognising Adeleke’s candidacy.

“That orders IV and V are hereby refused in its place, the defendants are to show cause within five days from the day of service of the originating summons,” the judge ruled.

The judge however made an order “compelling WAEC of 21, Hussey Street, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, through its Director-General or any other designated officer of the council to depose to an affidavit confirming or denying that the 1st defendant in this suit named Adeleke Ademola Candidate No. 19645/149 sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in May/June 1981 conducted by the Council at Ede Muslim High School at P.O Box 6 Yidi Road, Ede, Osun State and to file same before this honourable court within five days working days of being served with the order.”

It also ruled, “That an order is hereby directing and compelling the West African Examination Council of 21, Hussey Street, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, through its Director-General or any other designated officer of the council to produce the Ledger containing the results of all candidates who sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in May/June 1981 conducted by the Council at Ede Muslim High School at P.O Box 6 Yidi Road, Ede, Osun State and to file same before this honourable court within five days of working days of being served with the order.”

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Dogara’s supporters want him to dump APC, present him PDP nomination forms Speaker asks for time to consult We’re not surprised about Dogara’s defection – APC

Henry Omunu and Tom Okpe, Abuja

Supporters of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, presented him with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nomination forms to contest the 2019 general election for the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal constituency of Bauchi State.

The supporters, who made the presentation of the PDP Expression of Interest and Nomination forms at his residence in Abuja, advised the speaker to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP. Dogara, however, asked for more time to consult with stakeholders before reaching a decision on whether to defect from the APC to the opposition PDP. Speculation have been rife that the speaker has defected from the ruling APC to the PDP after his constituents on Tuesday, asked him to seek re-election in 2019.

A statement by his media adviser, Turaki Hassan, on Thursday, said that about 1000 people thronged Digara’s residence, saying they decided to present the PDP forms to him because of the level of injustice meted on them by the APC. Mohammed Aminu Tukur, Alhaji Adamu Jambil and Mrs. Amina Saleh, who led the delegation and spoke on behalf of the constituents, said their new political platform will be wherever the speaker decides to go.

Tukur while presenting the PDP nomination forms to Dogara, said that the APC is now plagued by injustice and dictatorship, contrary to their expectations that under President Muhammadu Buhari, the party will be fair to all.

“The day Buhari joined partisan politics in 2002, I was the only person from Bauchi that travelled and I have been with him since then.

“Mr. Speaker, I swear to almighty God that if He spared my life, I and our people will vote for you and we urge you to heed to our cries and accept this form. We pray that God returns you to your seat. APC is not a religion as it is neither Islam nor Christianity,” Aminu Tukur said.

Alhaji Adamu Jambil, who is a former deputy chairman of Tafawa Balewa Local Government, said that “the people have sent us to you with these forms. Bauchi State today is retrogressing. They have not constructed 30 kilometres of roads but they are busy lying that they have done 500 kilometres.

“Our people have sent us to tell you that they will not allow

anybody to humiliate you. They love you and will not allow APC to embarrass you and turn around to beg you to remain in their party.

“They said we should tell you that as their son, they are not giving you any option but directing you to accept these forms and leave the APC. They said time has gone so they will not give you any option and if you refuse to listen to them, they will desert you.

“But we know you are an obedient child and you will listen to your parents. Whether you like it or not, you must leave the APC. This is the message from our people to you. We have seen all the good works you are doing and they have sent us to tell you that they will not allow you to rest.”

Another constituent, Mrs. Amina Saleh, from Dass Local Government, said women in the constituency have sent her to inform the speaker that they will be with him: come rain, come shine.

She said: “You told us to join the APC and we did. We worked for the party but they have betrayed us and that is why we said instead of building another house, it is better we return to our former home where we are more welcome.

“They are already celebrating that we are here to present these forms to you. Please our leader, we appeal to you to accept it and wipe away our tears”.

A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Ahmed Yerima, said that the APC has failed to honour its commitments to hold direct primaries which contradicts its earlier promise of using it to resolve internal discontentment.

“APC had drifted faraway from its original concept of internal democracy, rather, it has now been strangulated. On a longterm, these disenchantments will lead to a disintegration of any political institution that allows imposition, money and incumbency to hijack it,” he added.

Responding, Dogara told the mammoth crowd that “I have listened to you and I want to say that I am not a novice in politics.

So even if they do not regard us, they should know that we are in full control of our five senses.

We know what looks like justice and what is not justice. We also know if you want to humiliate or honour us.

“We built the APC in Bauchi and with time left the PDP and entered the APC. I was the first and only lawmaker from Bauchi State that left the PDP then and we knew why we left. We also know what we promised the people of Bauchi State then.

“But I must thank you all. This is not the first time we would

face these kind of threats and betrayal. Our only fault is that we have chosen not to side with injustice or wrong.

“We always voice out when we see that we are beginning to derail from our election promises to the people and that is why some people said they will retire us from politics and have even started celebrating that they have buried us politically. But throughout all this, I remained unperturbed because I knew that we had our people with us.”

He also recalled how their supporters were denied forms during the last APC congress, despite making payments on time, adding that the new leadership of the party failed to live up to its assurance that all states that had issues with their congresses would be allowed to hold direct primaries, thereby depriving them of any hope that their supporters would have the opportunity to vote for their choice.

Dogara further said: “Truly, I have decided that I will not seek election again. They said they will give me ticket in APC but that I must go and beg for it. I said I do not need the ticket.

In politics, I have never gone to anybody’s house to beg for ticket.

“My ticket is my people. I have assured them that even if I run under zero party, my people will vote for me. So long as it is Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa, even if we run under zero party; we will win by God’s grace.

“We have thrived well in many political battles in the past and this one too, we shall overcome it. Nobody can threaten us or tell us that we cannot contest election in a political party we spent our resources to establish, only God can stop us.

“I had heard your voices and the voice of the people is the voice of God. We are in politics to serve and not to be served. As I said, if it were for myself, I will quit because truly I am tired and even thought of stepping aside.

But we must run election so long as our people say so.

“I have seen the forms you brought. I don’t know how you got it but I must thank you for this sacrifice. Left for me; I will appeal that you give me sometime to go and consult further.

“I have a lot of supporters in the APC but I have not told any of them what I intend to do or where I will go because I was not given the opportunity but I will assure you that wherever you want me to go or whatever you want me to do I will obey you because you have been with me.

This is leadership.

“Even when they were talking about reconciliation in APC, we told them that even if I will be given free ticket in APC, so

long as they do not do justice to Senator Sulieman Nazif, Senator Isa Hamma Misau, Ahmed Yerima, Aminu Tukur, Maryam Bagel and others, I will not accept it. I even said that if they will do justice to these people I will be satisfied.

“You have now given us another opportunity to correct the greatest mistake we did in politics, which was to bring this present government in Bauchi State. This is one of the reasons we must run for election and do away with this plague, chase these termites from Bauchi State.

“I will not disobey you but before I fill these forms, I will have to inform all my supporters in the APC about the decision taken by my constituents since all politics is local.”

Meanwhile, the APC has noted that the defection of Dogara did not come to them as a surprise but a matter of time judging by his anti-party activities in the National Assembly with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

The party also described Dogara as a paper weight who does not have political clout in his home town.

In a press statement on Thursday by the party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, while reacting to the development, quoted President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent comment on defection, saying that the issue aptly sums Dogara’s reported defection: “The weakest people whose senses of expectation do not align with our vision have exited our party”.

The APC spokesman said: “Dogara’s reported defection has not come to us as a surprise.

It was only a matter of time judging by Dogara’s anti-party antics in the National Assembly where in connivance with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, he exploited all available avenues to sabotage and undermine the APC-led executive.

“Dogara’s anti-party activities which enabled one of the opposition party’s sole victory in Bogoro Local Government Area (Dogara’s council), during the recent Bauchi South Senatorial bye-election won by the APC is another pointer, among several others.

“Indeed, all politics is local.

As a party, we empathise with Dogara on his confusion and despair over his bleak political future given the fact that he is not on ground and a political paperweight in his home, Bauchi State. In his emergence as Speaker, Dogara was merely used by his political master to achieve their selfish political ends at the time. They have since moved on to pursue their individual political aspirations and left Dogara in the cold.

“We would advise Dogara

Dogara against his ill-advised decision to re-contest his House of Representatives seat under the opposition party he is linked with because a crushing and humiliating defeat surely awaits him.

“As a party, we remain united and committed to our

Progressives ideologies. We urge party faithful to consolidate on our strengths and collectively go into the 2019 general election as a united and strong political fighting force to sustain the Change Agenda we are implementing for the benefit of Nigerians”.

Court stops Insurance Commission from implementing Capital Policy Peter Fowoyo

Twenty four hours into the implementation of proposed minimum solvency capital policy, a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday ordered the National Insurance Commission (NIC) to stop the implementation pending the expiration of a 30 days pre action notice.

The implementation of the proposed minimum solvency capital policy was scheduled to take effect from September 14.

But Justice Muslim Hassan on Thursday gave the order in a suit brought by some shareholders of insurance companies in Nigeria, challenging the new minimum solvency capital policy proposed by the NIC. At the hearing, lawyer to the applicant Bert Chucks Igwilo , SAN, told the court that henhad filed and served the NIC a preaction notice on September 6.

He further said that the applicants had before the court, an originating summons exparte, restraining the NIC from enforcing the proposed policy pending the expiration of the pre-action notice.

Igwilo stated that the originating summons ex-parte was supported by an affidavit sworn by an applicant who was a shareholder in Aiico Insurance Plc and Cornerstone Insurance Plc. He added that attached to the ex-parte application was the originating summons, the applicants intended to file at the expiration of the pre-action notice.

He said, “My Lord, I humbly apply that the defendant be stopped from implementing the policy pending when we file and serve our processes else it would be too late.”

Justice Hassan gave the order and adjourned further hearing to October 8.

The NIC had on August 27, passed a circular with no.

NAICOM/DAPCIR/14/2018, dividing the categories of business for insurance companies provided for by the insurance act into tiers.

The NIC had prescribed a tier-based minimum solvency capital for insurers on the basis of their respective risks profiles and their risks management systems.

The applicants who filed the action were; Mr Sunday Nwosu, Mr Adeniyi Adebisi, Mr Moses Oke, CAC Okpara, Mrs Ayodele Kudaisi, Mr Kenneth Nwosu, Mr Issac Obarinde and Mr Okechukwu Nwaguru.

They alleged that the proposed policy, passed in the circular, would affect the business and corporate existence of insurance companies and force them to sell their shares at an undervalue.

In addition, they claimed that the policy was aimed at forcing licensed insurance businesses to increase their paid up share capitals by 100% or face losing their investments.

They also alleged that the proposed policy in the circular was inconsistent with the provisions of Section 25 of the National Investment Promotion Commission Act, 2003.

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Gov Dickson at war with Deputy, Sylva over Assembly candidates Akam James, Yenagoa There is palpable tension between the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson and his deputy, Rear Admiral John Jonah over the choice of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for the State Assembly seats ahead of the primaries of the party in the State.

Governor Dickson is also locked in the supremacy battle for the seat of Brass Constituency 2 with the former Governor and State Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva.

It was learnt yesterday that the cold war between the State Governor and his deputy was triggered by the decision to return the incumbent House of Assembly member, Hon. Ben Ololo against the Deputy’s choice of Iberebo Ayebainaemi popularly known as Expeller.

Already, the choice of the lberebo under the political group known as Otita force set up by the Deputy Governor’s brother, has met a brick wall with his non-clearance by the PDP. The deputy governor’s choice was among the three State Assembly aspirants screened out by the PDP.

Political observer believes that the screening out of Deputy Governor’s candidate in his home constituency could be a set up to charge him with alleged anti-party activity if his candidate dumps PDP for APC. In Brass Constituency 2, the choice of the incumbent, Hon. Alfred Belemote Watson is causing controversies among his constituent which include the Former Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

Hon. Belemote Watson, who is the only elected member of APGA to the State Assembly, last Saturday defied pressure from the APC and joined the PDP. It was gathered that the Governor’s camp led by Hon. Austin Adigio are working to stop his election due to alleged selfish reasons and possibly causing the PDP defeat ahead of the election.

Austin Adigio, according to sources, is mounting pressure on the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson to drop the choice of Hon. Belemote Watson, Hon. Helen Bob and Mrs Maria Ebikake for Assembly and Federal House of Representative because for his ambition to grab the party ticket ahead of a contest with the APC Federal House of Representative candidate, Hon. Isreal SunnyGoli.

It was gathered that Hon. Belemote Watson, despite his defection to the ruling party in the State, hold the aces in the forth coming State Assembly election. It was also gathered that the Gov. Dickson alleged consent to hand the ticket to Odioma community in Brass may pave way for the APC who is targeting handing the Party ticket to Ewoama area for convenience and rotation.

Odioma community, which is ward 5 in the Brass constituency 2, already have four aspirants jostling for the ticket including Evans Baribote, Esau Andrew.

A source within that PDP, who pleaded anonymity, said though the position of the Governor is still silent and not final on the two constituencies, the Party expects that the right choice will be made with a known winning candidate from Brass including Hon. Alfred Belemote Watson.

But an aide to Hon. Belemote Watson, who spoke with newsmen on the development, said though the claim of political hose trading is necessary at this time of politics, “my boss has made a decision to work with Governor Seriake Dickson and the PDP, he is committed and remain a party man despite attempts by some elements to deny him a second term.”

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Short News APC constitution accommodates direct, indirect primaries - Ogun Reps aspirant Tunde Opalana, Abuja An aspirant for the Ijebu Central Federal Constituency, Ogun State in the 2019 House of Representatives election, Otunba Badejo Adewale Abayomi (OBAA) has said that the fuss over direct and indirect primaries by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) should not be allowed to tear the party apart because the APC constitution accommodates both election processes.

Otunba Badejo said both processes are applicable to all state chapters of the party but the adaptability of any of either direct or indirect primaries depends on the situation on ground in each state.

He gave kudos to the leadership of the APC for giving members opportunity of making choices that will reduce selection difficulties with the aim of picking most credible candidates capable of winning elections for the party in 2019.

SGF tasks Fayemi on prompt payment of salaries, addressing illegal mining Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, has advised Ekiti Governor-Elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to ensure prompt payment of staff salaries and address illegal mining in the state.

Mustapha gave the advice while speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with Fayemi on Thursday in Abuja.

The SGF urged Fayemi to utilise his wealth of experience as the former Minister of Mines and Steel Development and lay a solid foundation for legal mining activities.

He expressed confidence in the governor–elect, stating that Ekiti State would have a new lease of life under Fayemi’s leadership.

“Ekiti is predominantly a civil servant state of highly enlightened and educated community; one of the areas the people of Ekiti had a rough deal was the payment of salaries to civil servants.

APC Rivers: I disagree with Amaechi on indirect primaries –Magnus Abe Tom Okpe, Abuja

Kwara state governorship aspirant, Prince Shaibu Yaman, Director of Strategic Business, Buhari Capaign Organisation, Muhammad Kudu Muhammad and Personal Assistant to the aspirant, Abdullahi Taofeeq Adewale, when the aspirant address APC pressmen in Abuja... on Thursday Photo: Temitope Balogun

Unpaid salaries: Ekiti LG workers declare strike, oppose Fayose’s fresh recruitment Gbenga Sodeinde Ado Ekiti Ekiti workers under the aupice of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees in Ekiti has declared an indefinite strike against Governor Ayodele Fayose, beginning from Friday, for alleged negligence of workers welfare and unpaid salary arrears.

The workers are aggrieved that despite their goodwill to the administration, the state government had failed to honour an agreement signed recently at the Joint Account Allocation Committee of September 4.

The umbrella body of local government workers in Ekiti also warned the state government against fresh recruitment exercise when it had yet to clear various arrears owed serving workers.

Rising from an emergency meeting held on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the union directed

all workers to embark on strike from Friday until all contentious issues including social security, payment to Federal Inland Revenue Service and the amount for Net distributable were addressed.

It warned that it would not hesitate to deal with any member who disobeyed the directive.

In a communiqué signed by the state’s President, Olubunmi Ajimoko, and the Secretary, Suleiman Alero, NULGE expressed concerns that while scores of people were daily retiring from both the local government and teaching services, salaries had remained static with pensions increasing drastically monthly.

The communiqué read, “Against the background of this government neglecting our earlier advice on the timeliness of fresh recruitment into the services of both the local government and the teaching sector, we again wish ti stress that additional burden

should not be put on JAAC until our various arrears are cleared. The case of those termed “Hurriedly employed” in 2003 should serve as a lesson to all who remember history.

“In view of the insensitivity of this present administration, even at the point of winding up, when we feel that corrections of past errors should be made, it has become painfully obvious that no concrete agreement can be respected by this administration. “The union is therefore calling all its members in the 16 local governments, the related commission, Boards and Departments to proceed on an indefinite strike action from Friday.

“We humbly wish to stress that this position will only be reviewed when we see a physical evidence of the political will to alleviate our members predicament.”

It will be recalled that the union had earlier shelved a proposed strike in August after a meeting with representatives of the state government.

The Senator representing River South- East Constituency in the red chamber, Magnus Abe has said his political disagreement with former governor of the State and incumbent Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi is not a serious one, but won’t agree with him on the indirect mode of primaries he has chosen.

Abe, who addressed newsmen at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Thursday, noted that he is not withdrawing his decision and that of the party leadership to adopt direct primaries in selecting candidates to fly the party’s flag in the 2019 general elections.

NDLEA burns 110,542 tonnes of cannabis in Ondo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State on Thursday destroyed drugs weighing 110,542 tonnes.

Speaking during the exercise in Akure, the Chief Executive of NDLEA, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha, said drug trafficking and abuse were not abating.

Mustapha, represented by his Chief of Staff, Femi Oloruntoba, said the magnitude of drugs coming out of the farmlands “ was not a thing of joy.’’

“Ondo State remains one of the six states in the country where cannabis is cultivated in large quantities.

“As a result of cannabis plantations, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find virgin forests.

“The agency has invested a lot of resources to seize this magnitude of drugs. I commend the commander, officers and men of this command for a job well done.

“This quantity of drugs, weighing 110,542 tonnes, is frightening and demands more reflections,” he said.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, September 14, 2018

Delta, 2019 and matters arising

Pat Utomi

Over the past two years, I have consulted with leaders and the rank and file of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, the national leadership of our party, as well as other Deltans across the political divide; and even began a Delta Arise Series to bring some focus on the issues of the day and the way forward for Delta State.

The feedback from these efforts and the huge support I received has encouraged me to embark on this journey to rescue Delta State from state capture that has impoverished the majority of our people and made the State a huge joke.

If you have a conscience and you watch a people live a fate worse than death, then your spirit must verge on being broken. Being a witness to crushing poverty lived by people across a small pond from oil production platforms, and being a witness and also a recipient of complaints from various quarters that family members continue to die untimely due to accidents triggered by the hardly motorable state of Delta roads, leaves me with a feeling of despondence. However, I stand today to say that all hope is not lost.

The infrastructure challenges in Delta State dehumanises our people, such that there is a plague of insecurity as Warri, like all other towns in the State, falls into a pale of darkness after 7p.m., yet it comes with gas flares that brutally teases the citizens about the possibilities of how light can scatter darkness. In addition, our environment has become so deplorable as to seem like a dust bin.

As I travel across the State, my pain at the misery index has been heightened. It is easy to say philosophically that I am diminished by the death of any human being and the misery of our people. In Delta State, my conscience kills me some more with the death from avoidable causes, of every man, woman or child, due partly to poor healthcare in the State. Sadly, such diminishing of the dignity of man is commonplace in our State, and this may be what propelled various groups and individuals to urge me to join the race in order to restore hope to our people.

Why is Delta State the domain of poverty in spite of such incredible endowments, human and material resources? How does a state go from being the shining light of the Western Region, to one that poverty rules and desperation is etched unto the faces of citizens?

In the old Western Region, which led Nigeria in innovation and people-oriented policies, the more admired entrepreneurs and civil servants were from the Midwest, out of which today’s Delta State is derived.

Our State has since then lost its way, and it has no excuse being the home of many poor

people. Delta has lost its glory and its dignity, and it is now literally on its knees begging to be rescued from the rot of many years, which is the result of poor governance, leadership failure and the incompetence of successive PDP administrations that turned their backs on our people.

Delta State receives very huge allocations from the federation account, yet extreme poverty exists in the State. Little of these fiscal transfers from the federation account that enter the State circulate in the State. Studies show that the monies enter state coffers and bolt out. If the velocity of the money is such that it touches a few more people even briefly, prosperity will visit many presently poor and it will consolidate with the thriving few.

What is more, Delta State is already hugely indebted, thus mortgaging its future generations. And the State acts as though it is unaware of our level of indebtedness. Worse still, the State’s infrastructure is evidently in shambles.

The State has also become barren of corporate life. Most companies have moved away from Delta. Shell Petroleum, which used to be a live-wire, left Warri and most other places in the State where it used to operate. Pan Ocean moved to Benin and many manufacturers have since closed shop.

Furthermore, the education sector faces numerous challenges resulting, in the average, on poor educational outcomes, especially in WAEC examinations. We have also lost our top position in sports and youth development.

This continuing decay must stop. Nothing stops Delta from becoming a network of Industrial Parks linked by world-class physical and social infrastructure.

With our current population growth rates, not creating job opportunities for our youth could mean that we would reap a whirlwind of anarchy. God forbid. But prayer is not enough. We must work as we pray. We must all take action now to free our State from bondage.

We are being given a new opportunity by our democratic process to have a new management that can transform Delta and bring happy days back to all; rich and poor, male and female, urban and rural; young and old. We must seize this opportunity.

We all will be judged surely. We will be judged by our children. We will be judged by history. And ultimately, we will be judged by God. Anybody who remembers judgment and is not moved to do something positive about our situation in Delta State should probably never have been born.

This is why I have submitted my Expression of Interest and Nomination

forms to formally enter the race for the governorship of Delta State. This course of action became imperative because Delta State must be rescued.

I have since taken up that challenge.

And I took this step because many people of goodwill urged that I have a duty to do the needful for what they think is a legacy that should be fuller and more fulfilling.

These selfless patriots include professionals, businessmen, traditional leaders, chiefs, students, traders, market women, taxi drivers, workers, artisans and our traditional politicians from all the three senatorial districts of the State; and an attempt to list them will take forever. Among these are two illustrious sons of Delta State who are no longer with us: Sir Olisemeka Akamukali and Pastor P.Z. Aginighan, in whose memory I also dedicate this race.

I am motivated to join this race in order to rescue Delta State from the rot it has been experiencing; not for personal interests nor for the interest of a few but for the interest all Deltans. I will be governor for all.

Our party must create a level playing field for all who are seeking the governorship ticket of our great party. It must allow party members to make informed decisions during the primaries by organising debates for aspirants to illuminate the public on issues of the day, and the solutions they proffer to the huge problems facing our dear state.

It is also my view that the press, the fourth realm, supports this process by asking critical questions. I am therefore calling for not less than five debates on television, in townhalls in the three senatorial districts, campuses and markets, among the APC gubernatorial aspirants in the Delta State to articulate their visions and policies to turn Delta State around; and specifically to spell out their agenda in these areas: (a) State Economy (b) Infrastructure (c) Education (d) Healthcare (e) Youth and Women Empowerment I want to indicate that when elected, our administration will provide free quality education to citizens of the State. We will also ensure accessible quality health to our people. Pregnant women will have access to improved quality of ante- and postnatal healthcare services in order to reduce maternal and infant mortality.

I am committed to promoting and instituting good governance, fighting against corruption and I will run an inclusive government. Our youth are not the leaders of tomorrow, but of today, and they are our future. They will be appointed to play key roles in our administration. Creating job

opportunities for our youth will be a priority of our administration. Our civil servants, local government employees, teachers and pensioners deserve that their wages and emoluments be paid in due time so that they can live fuller lives, and not one of misery.

We must end the era of self-serving leaders and bring about undiluted focus on purpose being the essence of public life, and not power, as it has been the case. Our people must be the reason for public service, and they must be at the heart of governance in Delta State. As has been evident in the journey of my life, my joining this race is about service to the people of Delta State. I choose to be the “People’s Servant”.

When elected, my growth and development plans will focus on: • Ending poverty • Infrastructure development, and • Empowering our communities.

We shall work hard to unite and build our party towards better inclusiveness, mutual trust and a cohesiveness that endures to serve a greater purpose and that benefits all in common; not one being defined by excessive partisanship.

It is time to restore hope and dignity back to our people; and as we look to a better future with new and brighter possibilities, I commit to providing the required leadership that will inspire all Deltans to be the best they can be, and in a manner that will enable each and everyone to pursue their legitimate individual and group interests and achieve their set goals, with peace of mind and security assured. This is my new deal to all Deltans for a new Delta.

I am here only to assure you that hope is on the way, and the future that we wish for now beckons. I have the much-needed experience in government, business, social enterprise, NGOs and academia, and the evidence of having served as a leadership and development consultant to several governments within and outside Nigeria.

I will be bringing all of these to serve Delta state as governor and will begin to deliver from Day One in office. What is left is for all of us, Deltans and residents alike, to work collectively towards that new future with zeal and determination, and to bring about a change of the present PDP administration in the State to one with sincerity of purpose, a commitment to the common good of our people and a government that will always put our people first. The time for that change starts now.

Delta must rise up again! Let us arise and push to redeem Delta State for ourselves, our children and for generations unborn.

May God bless Delta State, and may God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!!

Need to fix private sector

Uddin Ifeanyi

The dominance of political considerations in our national life over the last couple of months has nudged perennial worries over the economy’s outlook backstage.

Which, when you think about it, isn’t as bad as it sounds. Not only have we struggled (and continue to labour) as a people to make good on the economy. Six decades after the fanfare of being granted flag independence by the British, we are still undecided which growth\ development objectives are consistent with our resource endowment, and what we must do to bring this endowment up to scratch (or put simply, what the optimal routes to growth are). Beyond these hurdles, even at the height of discussions about the economy, i.e. during the softer parts of the political cycle, the national penchant is to approach this clutch of problems from the public sector’s vantage.

True, the public sector executes mandates that take funding out of our collective heirloom in the expectation of spending these resources in ways that then push consumption possibilities higher; thus, (hopefully) creating relationships of accountability and public oversight between governments (and the institutions around which their activities are organised) on the one hand, and citizens on the other. After a fashion, this binary reading of the matter creates a different order of difficulties. To understand this order of difference, one needs only recall

that the four-yearly political performance review sessions (general elections) invite a deeper appreciation of what government has done and is doing to ameliorate or improve general welfare conditions across the economy.

At this intersection, it then matters that at some points in these conversations, we have looked to private sector supply responses as probable solution to the economy’s woes.

The private sector is advertised in parts of the ensuing narratives as possessed of more efficient resource conversation processes. By extension, this logic includes the argument that with the right regulatory environment in place (i.e. a competitive one across sectors of the economy), private sector operators have a huge incentive to invest (their often-considerable resources) in research and development that drive innovations. This, in turn, reduces their costs and/or generates new products and services; thus, driving increases in domestic productive capacity.

The problem with this ideal is that anyone familiar with the private sector in Nigeria cannot but notice how so like the bigger economy it is. It is a very corrupt place. Which, truth to tell, is not a Nigerian failing. For the whole point of a robust public sector is the ability to enforce standards for products and services safety on private sector operators in the interest of the consumer. But the problem is not

just that, shorn of proper regulatory oversight, our private sector captains cut corners in order to boost quarterly earning reports. Nor is it that perpetrators are never outed or punished.

Nearly always, it is that the respective regulator is in hock to the industry in question.

“Regulatory capture” does not quite capture the causal relationships involved here. For in certain sectors of the economy, anecdotal evidence suggest that it is more a case of a debauched regulator imposing impossible requirements on operatives in the industry as part of an elaborate process of rent extraction.

Does this qualify as “industry capture”? It really does not matter, for the net outcome is invariably the same: Shoddy deployment and consumption of scarce national resources.

Still, by far the bigger problem with our private sector operatives is their mimesis of another attribute of the public bureaucracy.

A bureaucracy may need the institutional arrangements that a tenure-based worker reward structure supports. Nonetheless, it is doubtful that the private sector responses that are advertised as solutions to the stasis afflicting the Nigerian economy can thrive on the gerontocracy that this nearly always results in.

Yet, across key private sector enterprises in the country, “old men” hold sway. One instrument by which this cohort continue to support its tenure (and its resistance to change)

is the familiar canard that our local universities do not always equip fresh graduates for the kind of work that they are expected to carry out in the private sector. Nearly always, these companies then set up their own training academies, where these kids are re-acculturated.

All of which would have been fine, if we did not have evidence across the country of successful tech conurbations run largely by young graduates of the same Nigerian institutions. And in the new technology-driven economy, what talent is to be prized more than that on which these young entrepreneurs thrive? Counter-intuitively, our private sector is then run by elderly Nigerians who cannot write a line of code, nor recognise such lines if these were shoved in their faces. Inevitably, these “captains of industry” then have their companies make a hash of their online product/ service offerings. Still, they remain to be persuaded that our youth are qualified for the work that they (our C-suite staff) do!

Should we worry about the training that this class of Neanderthals then purport to give to our children in those workplaces?

Should we be concerned that it is likely to crimp innovation across the economy? Yes. Without any doubt. But, from here to fixing this problem is an eternity perhaps as long as it has taken us to address the other problems of the economy.

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Editorial Commentary Clapping for Ngige with one hand

Times Guest Columnist Azu Ishiekwene

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, is wondering why we’re not clapping for the government of President Muhammadu Buhari first thing every morning and, perhaps, last thing at night before going to bed.

In case we have forgotten, Ngige reminded us, we were sinking in the mire of falling oil prices and had almost been brought to our knees by deadly Boko Haram attacks before salvation came.

“I want you to take something away,” he said, “and that thing is that any other person handling the situation – economy and security – it would have been worse.

“We came in and oil nosedived to $37 a barrel with a production of 600,000 per day, a drop from 2.2million bpd, and yet we managed the economy out of recession.”

Ngige refused to listen to suggestions that the economy was still not doing well, and that security remained a major issue, insisting that the government had done “wonderfully well.”

The man has a job to do and he won’t even let facts get in the way of his assignment. In the threeway contest involving him, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo, and former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu Orji, for the control of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in the South East, common sense is obviously the first casualty.

I’m tired of Ngige and co telling us how we have to make an altar of thanksgiving for Buhari, without whom we might now have been paying for the air we breathe. They can praise Buhari till Sunday morning, but it’s important to understand that Buhari did not do Nigeria a favour by running for the Presidency.

There were two main candidates on the ballot – Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party and Buhari of the APC. Jonathan’s PDP had not only run the country badly for the most part of 16 years, it seemed that was the only way they knew how.

Buhari was elected because it was widely believed that the man – and his party – had the capacity to deliver the change in vision and direction that the country badly needed. At the time, he was the better of the two main candidates and I would say that 20 times over, if it was down to him and Jonathan.

That we got Buhari a wife three years ago, does not however, mean that we have accepted to perform his conjugal duties. He has to do his job – which he’s definitely not doing, or worse, cannot do. And we’re not obliged to continue clapping for him even when it is clear that he’s headed down a wrong path.

If managing low oil price was all we needed in a president, we would have voted General Sani Abacha, even in his grave. Oil price was $15.5 per barrel when Abacha seized power and didn’t go beyond $20 before he died; yet he set up the Petroleum Trust Fund and invested heavily in infrastructure, especially housing.

In fact, at the time of his death in 1998, oil price had dropped to $12 per barrel, yet Abacha grew the foreign reserve from $1.6billion in November 1993 to $7.7billion in June 1998.

Ngige thinks Buhari deserves continuous clap offering not only because he came in when oil price was low, but also because, according to him, “production had dropped to 600,000 barrels per day.” That is wrong.

The subject of just how much crude oil Nigeria produces is a matter for another day, especially since the country neither has its own metering system nor dependable records of Production Sharing Contracts.

For the umpteenth time, Femi Falana (SAN) recently highlighted how the country loses billions of dollars to discrepancies in records between what is claimed at the port of departure and the records at destination, estimated at over $60billion between

2005 and 2010 at the Philadelphia US port alone.

But even in its present shambolic form, Ngige’s estimate of the output is nothing near the figure given by the junior minister in the Petroleum Ministry, Ibe Kachikwu, who said in May 2016, that, “crude oil output had dropped from 2.2mpd to 1.4m bpd within one year.” Official production figure in May 2015 when Buhari came to office was 1.4m bpd.

So, where did Ngige get his 600,000bpd from?

As for security, we don’t need him to tell us that the deadly attacks by Boko Haram have abated – or that Buhari has recovered parts of the country where the flag of the deadly sect was once flown.

But Ngige does not need to stand on a bench to see that Boko Haram, though retarded, has been replaced by other deadly franchises of violence and insecurity that have claimed thousands of lives this year alone and on Buhari’s watch. What difference does it make to the thousands of bereaved families, whether victims were killed by armed robbers, herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers – or Boko Haram?

As for the wizardry of bringing us out of recession – partly hastened and compounded by the government’s poor preparation in the first place – Ngige should save his accolade.

It may be hard for Ngige to see from the gravy train, but things aren’t looking up on the other side of town. He should ask medical doctors like himself, who have not been so lucky.

According to the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Lagos State chapter, Olumuyiwa Odusote, more than 40,000 of the 75,000 registered Nigerian doctors are practising abroad, “while 70 per cent of them are thinking of taking jobs outside.”

They’re not clapping; they’re voting with their feet.

As for the rice and sorghum wonders that Ngige also listed as reasons why we should be clapping non-stop for Buhari, I’ll join one hand with his to clap, because Nigeria actually displaced India, moving up from third to second place in sorghum production in the last two years.

And rice? Since the Thai ambassador refuted the claim of Nigeria’s agriculture minister, Audu Ogbeh, that Thai’s rice mills have collapsed as a result of massive local production in Nigeria, Ogbeh has been quiet. By the time you remove the chaff of politics and weevils of smuggling from the grain that is actually produced in the country, the picture may not be as rosy it sounds.

And just in case Ngige was on extended summer holiday in Okija shrine, the cost of any kind of fuel needed to prepare the rice and basic ingredients for sauce or soup, has gone up so dramatically that rice is actually delicacy. More and more Nigerian homes have slipped into poverty, their disposable income diminished by inflation.

As Ngige may have noticed in Ekiti, where he could not distinguish between Fayemi and Fayose, it’s a measure of the sign of the times that voters accept between N2,000 and N4,000 to “sell” their votes, in the electoral invention called, “see and buy.” They want to clap; but apparently, not on empty stomachs.

But all hope is not lost. If applause is the ultimate symbol of approval, Ngige can at least do some housekeeping by speaking up for 860 Nigerian workers in ExxonMobil, the so-called “SPY Police”, whose rights have been brazenly trampled upon in spite of the ruling of the Supreme Court in their favour.

The last word on this matter was that Ngige was helping ExxonMobil throw the workers under the bus, to silence them forever.

Just talking straight and insisting that the parties do what is right by the law might earn him some applause, which could rebound to his master in Aso Rock.

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Bianca Ojukwu and right to contest

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he recent attack by leadership of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) against Iyom Bianca Ojukwu, widow of late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu , should condemned by all and sundry.

This is even as the claim that the children of the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu have resolved not to support the senatorial ambition of the Biafra warlord’s widow, Bianca, has finally opened the floodgates of reactions from both sides.

While the paternal family of Bianca, the late Chief C.C Onoh family, mocked the children of the Ikemba Nnewi, stating that they would meet at Bianca’s Inauguration, a group, friends of Bianca bought the Expression of Interest and Nomination forms of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for her.

Bianca Ojukwu as a legimate wife of former Igbo warlord, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, has the right to contest the seat for Anambra East senatorial district because her husband did not divorce her before he died.

The statement issued from Abakaliki, by Leader of MASSOB, Comrade Uchenna Madu, quoted him as saying that the group had disassociated itself from the falsehood credited to MASSOB that it has declared support for the senatorial ambition of Iyom Bianca Ojukwu.

The statement reads in part: “MASSOB as the foremost Biafra self determination movement can never allow our name, integrity and public trust dragged into disgraceful mud of Nigeria politics”.

We are of the opinion that her senatorial ambition whose primary objectives is not for Biafra actualisation and restoration but for gender reasons and right as citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

MASSOB, as a body whose primary aim and objectives is for restoring

Biafra Independence should not involve itself in the activities of campaign against Bianca’s ambition and should allow the will of God and the people to prevail.

On the issue of origin, it should not come up now, because originally from Ngwo, Enugu State, Bianca was married to an Anambra man, Ojukwu.

By virtue of sacred institution of marriage, she is qualified and should be allowed to contest to represent the good of Anambra South senatorial zone of the state in 2019.

We are of the opinion that the right to contest for any elective post in Nigeria is constitutionally guaranteed in the law of the land.

Bianca’s right in this regard is anchored in the 1999 Constitution and this right cannot be encumbered by any group or associates. We urge those promoting contrary view to sheathe their swords as we are in a democratic dispensation anchored on the rule of law.

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School feeding: Uwais refutes N50 Short News Youths urged to per meal cost claim in Kaduna Joseph Inokotong, Abuja The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) has described as misleading, claims that the Federal Government was providing N50 per meal for pupils’ feeding in public primary schools in Kaduna State.

Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Office of the Vice President, Mrs. Maryam Uwais (MFR), in a statement said it was spurious to assert that the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme had made provision for the N15 as profit on each meal.

She said the profit expected to accrue to the cooks from feeding pupils in classes 1-3 in primary schools derived from the bulk provision for an aggregate number of children assigned to each cook, which figures range from between 70 to 150 pupils per cook.

According Mrs. Uwais, “When the Kaduna State Government commenced funding the school feeding programme in January 2016, the engaged cooks were paid N50 per meal for each of the pupils assigned to them.

“After, the Federal Government through the NSIO took over the funding of Kaduna State School Feeding Programme in August 2017, the cost of feeding per child was increased to N70

per meal.

“Consequently, for Monday to Thursday of each school week, N62.50 is paid directly into each cook’s bank account, considering the amount of N30 which is paid directly to the Kaduna State Poultry Association for the supply of eggs to all of the cooks as part of the menu selected for Wednesdays.

“For Fridays of every week, however, N70 is paid directly to the account of the supplier of biscuits and juice,’’ the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments (NSIO), Mrs Uwais, said in a statement in Kaduna.

Uwais added that it was also pertinent to state that under the programme’s framework, standards and costing models had been developed for each menu, based on the nutrient targets for each child’s age group.

“After the state selects the content of its menu based on the food items that are accessible and affordable in each jurisdiction.

“And guided by the basic nutritional requirements prescribed by the Federal Government’s team, coordinated efforts are then made to directly link all the cooks to farmers, thereby availing them of the benefits of farm gate prices.

“In other words, concerted and deliberate efforts are made to connect the cooks to the agricultural value chain, to enable them source

for fresh and organic food produce from farmers at affordable rates and not necessarily from the open market.

“This strategy has had a multiplier effect of stimulating productivity and providing a regular and sustainable income for the farmers,’’ the statement quoted Uwais as saying.

According to her, the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme is currently offering free meals to over 9.3 million public school children in 26 states across Nigeria.

The states include Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Ogun, Benue, Niger, Plateau, Kaduna, Jigawa, Kano, Sokoto, Katsina, Zamfara, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Adamawa and Jigawa.

The remaining states are expected to engage with the programme within the year, as they are at various stages of compliance.

“As we proceed to engage more states on the programme, we request for public diligence and feedback from the states where feeding has commenced, to pre-empt, address and resolve any unsavoury incidents that have potential of harming our children.

“We appeal to members of the public to call our hotlines – 08088899918, 08084000444 for this purpose, to enable us continually improve on the programme,’’ Uwais added.

maintain virtues of life Moses Oyediran, Enugu Young men and women have been admonished to keep away from those vices that are in conflict with their spiritual lives and their closeness to God. Pastor Don Odunze Jnr made the call during the 12th anniversary of Pleasant Gathering; an interdenominational youth group held in Enugu.

Speaking on the topic: “Handling Besetting Sins”; Odunze told the youths to remember that at every point, place, time or whatever they are doing; there is a cloud of witnesses watching.

In order to avoid the pitfalls of sin, pastor Odunze advised them to adopt seven approaches. They include the ability to recognize that sin is poison, to destroy those things that trigger such awkward behaviours, etc.

Jega, business mogul submits Reps form Haruna Aliyu, Birnin Kebbi

A business tycoon and philanthropist, Alhaji Mansur Musa Jega has submitted his nomination form to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives, to represent Jega, Alieru and Gwandu federal constituency of Birnin Kebbi.

He was received by the officials of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), state secretariat, a platform he intends to use in vying for the position.

The House of Representatives hopeful told the state chairman, Arch Bala Sani Kangiwa that his visit to the party office was to declare his intention to contest the post of a member House of Representatives comprising Jega, Alieru and Gwandu federal constituencies.

According to him, he was moved by the poor representation that his people are currently experiencing, which includes youths neglect, decaying infrastructure and lack of attention to the constituents after polls.

He added that youths neglect is a like a time bomb that if not properly addressed can explode to affect the whole society.

Ugwuanyi charges aides on policy sensitisation, peace, reconciliation Moses Oyediran, Enugu

. L-R: Lagos State Chairman, African Democratic Congress, (ADC) Chief Tunde Daramola; National Chairman, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu; National Publicity Secretary, Mrs. Yemi Kolapo and Lagos State Deputy chairman, Mr. Godfrey Lemchi, during the official inauguration of the party secretariat in Lagos...on Thursday.

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Buhari’s sole candidacy: APC‘ll lose in 2019, says PDP Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as the sole presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has put the party on the verge of losing the 2019 general elections.

The PDP in a statement Thursday by its spokesperson, Kola Olognodiyan, said the ruling party is in jeopardy as the choice of Buhari has denied it a chance of fielding a good candidate for the election.

It alleged that Buhari’s desperation for power and fear to contest an elective presidential primary was responsible for his connivance

with a few of the APC leaders to place s N45 m premium on the party’s presidential nomination fee to deny credible aspirants chance of contesting.

“Had President Buhari shed his desperation for power and allowed for internal democracy within the APC, particularly when it became clear that Nigerians across board have become averse to his re-election, due to his incompetence and insensitivity to the plight of the citizens, there would have been little hope for the APC. “In muzzling contest in APC and gleefully emerging a sole candidate, President Buhari has merely won a pyrrhic victory; a General without a troop, with no capacity to face a general election, as the army of stakeholders and the masses that supported him in 2015 have since

left him because of his unfulfilled promises and many failures in governance.

“Now that Mr. President has confirmed by his body language that he had no chance in a party he leads, how then can he stand a chance in the general elections where millions of Nigerians, who are suffering untold hardship because of his misrule are only waiting to deal him a blow with their votes?”, said the PDP. According to the party, Buhari’s incompetence has been responsible for the abysmally low purchasing power of Nigerians, winding up of industries with attendant mass job losses, low foreign direct investments, erosion of confidence of international partners in doing business with Nigerians and lack of economic blueprint by the administration.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has charged his Executive Assistants (EAs) in all the electoral wards of the state to assume responsibilities and work assiduously towards sensitizing and enlightening the rural dwellers on the numerous programmes, policies and vision of his administration.

The governor also asked them to be an instrument of peace and reconciliation in their respective wards to ensure continuous delivery of democracy dividends to the people of the state.

Gov. Ugwuanyi, who spoke during an interactive meeting with the elated Executive Assistants, emphasized the importance his government attaches to them as his representatives at the grassroots, stressing that the position is sensitive and vital to the success of its rural development agenda.

Ekiti indigenes protest against Fayose’s sale of Oba’s market Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti Ekiti indigenes under the auspices of Ado Ewi Indigenes Rights Protection Forum and Ado Ekiti Youth Coalition, on Thursday protested against Governor Ayodele Fayose for selling the Oba’s Market in the town to traders, rather than allowing the local government to rent it out to users.

The protesters, who took their agitations to Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe , said the indigenes were not comfortable seeing Governor Fayose selling off their heritage without due consultation with the leaders of the community.

The market, located in front of Ewi’s market and formerly being controlled by Ado Local Government, was demolished in 2016 by Fayose and rebuilt into an ultra modern structure at the cost of about N3 billion.

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Court strikes out suit to stop Saraki’s Short News Ghanaians bid farewell to removal as Senate President Andrew Orolua, Abuja The Federal High Court Abuja Division has struck out a suit filed by associates of Dr. Bukola Saraki to stop any move to reconvene the Senate for the purpose of removing Dr. Saraki as the President of the Senate of the federal republic.

Vacation judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba terminated further hearing on the suit filed by two former All Progressive Congress (APC), Senators, Rafiu Adebayo and Isa Misau, following an application by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, (SAN) to strike it out for none diligent prosecution.

At the resumed hearing of the case marked FHC/ABJ/CS/843/2018, no lawyer appeared on behalf of the plaintiffs.

Consequently, the AGF who was represented by Mr. T. D. Agbe,

urged the court to strike out the case for want of diligent prosecution.

The AGF further prayed the court to award a cost of N10million against the plaintiffs who he accused of filing a frivolous suit.

He noted that the plaintiffs who were previously represented by a consortium of Senior Advocates of Nigeria led by Mr. Mahmud Magaji and Emeka Etiaba, were aware that the matter was slated for hearing.

“We apply for a substantial cost to be awarded against the plaintiffs to teach them a lesson. This court is not a play ground, it is a place for serious business”, the AGF submitted.

Counsel to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kola Oluwole and that of the Department of State Service, Mr. Shimana Azeh, adopted the position of the AGF and requested that the case should be struck out.

In a short ruling, Justice Dimgba acceded to request of the Defendants and struck out the case for want of diligent prosecution.

Senators Adebayo and Misau who are representing Kwara South and Bauchi Central, senatorial districts respectively, had alleged that some chieftains of their former party, APC, led by its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and the AGF, had perfected plans to use security agencies to force Saraki to vacate his position as the Senate President.

They applied for an order of interlocutory injunction stopping any impeachment proceeding against Saraki, pending the determination of legal issues they posed before the court.

The AGF had earlier challenged the jurisdiction of the high court to entertain the suit, even as he described the two lawmakers who recently defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as “mischief makers”.

The AGF maintained that the plaintiffs failed to show how Saraki’s removal would affect their personal rights.

former UN chief, Kofi Annan Adebisi Oyindamola, Agency report

About 6000 mourners on Thursday gathered to pay their last respect to the former UN-Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in state funeral attended by African leaders and international statesmen, who hailed his record as an advocate for humanity and global peace Annan, a Ghanaian national and Noble laureate, died in a Swiss hospital last month at the age of 80.

His body was flown to Accra on Monday for burial in his homeland, where he is seen as a national hero.

Thousands of mourners packed the auditorium for Thursday’s official service – the climax of a multi-day funeral ceremony, which has seen his coffin, draped in the Ghanaian national colours, displayed for public viewing.

FG recruits 500,000 graduates under N-power programme – Osinbajo The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday said 500,000 graduates had so far been recruited under the Federal Government’s N-power programme.

Osinbajo disclosed this at a conference tagged: “Harnessing Demographic Dividend (DD) for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Role of Religious Leaders’’, organised by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Abuja.

He noted that the present administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari had introduced various intervention programmes to empower women and youths in order reduce unemployment and poverty.

The vice president added that about 400,000 Nigerians were currently benefitting from the Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme of the present government.

Osinbajo also said that no fewer than 9.2 million children were being fed daily under the federal government’s school feeding programme.

Kwara 2019: Aspirant disassociates self from Saraki, PDP Tom Okpe, Abuja A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, Lukman Mustapha, has disassociated himself from the Senate President Bukola Saraki and his new party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

He also said that he has never held any position or gotten contract under “the current hegemony in the state”, assuring that if given the governorship ticket of APC in Kwara, his government will turn the state to a ‘Dubai’ in Nigeria.

L-R: Executive Secretary, Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Uja Tor and the Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, Dr. Speaking with journalists at the APC national Emmanuel Ekuwem, at the on going conference of pilgrimage laders and managers of Nigeria in Uyo. secretariat after he returned his nomination forms, the aspirant said the downward standard of living of people in the state is responsible for his governorship ambition noting that, in terms of water, health and infrastructural development, despite the revenue the state generates, there is no indication of development in Kwara state

Wike faults EFCC over invitation of state officials Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has faulted the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to allegedly declare four officials of the State Government wanted.

The governor further stated that the Rivers State Government would fight the EFCC alleged acts of impunity within the ambit of the constitution, saying that the State Government would not be cowed.

A statement by the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Mr. Simeon

Nwakaudu, also quoted Wike as saying that the action of the EFCC was aimed at arm twisting the court and embarrassing the Rivers State Government.

The governor noted that the Rivers State Government and the EFCC appeared on Tuesday (September 11, 2018) before the Federal High Court on the matter, which was adjourned for ruling by the court.

He said : “We cannot be cowed by the antics of the EFCC. The Rivers State Government remains resolute that it will fight the illegal actions of the EFCC within the ambit of the law.

“The EFCC can go ahead to declare the Rivers State Governor wanted, but

it must realise that nobody in the state will be intimidated by their display of impunity and disrespect for the rule of law.

“They cannot distract us by their political gimmicks and acts of illegality.

We are focused on the rule of law and we shall fight this reign of impunity within the ambits of the constitution.”

The Rivers State Governor declared that every institution of government including the EFCC must work within the law.

He added that the Rivers State Government would continue to work diligently for the people of the state, irrespective of the actions of the EFCC.

Delta govt plans to mitigate flood effects

Delta Government says it has mapped out safe grounds to mitigate the effects of flood on its citizens living in the riverine communities of the state.

The Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Ernest Ogwezzy, said this at a forum to sensitize the people of the state on the flood alert by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency on Thursday in Asaba.

The forum was organised by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with Delta State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

He said that the safe grounds would be used as internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camps should the communities be hit by flood.

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency on Sept. 8 warned of more flooding in some states in the north and some southern coastal cities.

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Short News Unlawful detention: Court orders DSS to pay N10m to journalist Abiri ‘Plateau loses 300 women Andrew Orolua, Abuja to crisis in 4 months’ The Federal High Court, Abuja Division on Thursday awarded Jones Abiri the sum of N10m of general and aggravated damages for unlawful detention and additional sum of N500,000 as cost of his litigation.

Abiri, a journalist who was detained unlawfully by the Department of State Service (DSS) on 21st July 2016 was released last month from the custody.

Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, gave the award against the Department of State Service while delivering judgment in a fundamental human rights suit brought against the government agency by Abiri. He held that Abiri’s detention was illegal and a breach of his fundamental rights.

The Bayelsa State based Journalist and Publisher of Weekly Source

Paper, who was arrested and detained since July 2016, was released following mounting pressures from rights group and the media.

After he was released, Abiri, through his lawyer, Chief Femi Falana (SAN), filed a fundamental rights suit before the Federal High Court, Abuja demanding for N200 million compensation for the alleged abuse of his rights.

Defendants in the suit including the DG DSS and DSS had argued that the journalist was arrested in the interest of national security. The judge agreed with the DSS that it has the right to arrest suspects, however, he stated that such arrests must be within the confine of the law.

This is also, in my view, a further illustration of the realistic nature of the Rule of Law, and that the Rule of Law is not impervious and unconscious of the enormous challenges that face security agencies in their difficult but

noble task of securing society with the rise of terrorism and other criminal elements.

The judge said the respondent failed to explore and exploit the window offered by the Terrorism Prevention Act. “By detaining the Applicant for a period way over that prescribed by law, and also not taking advantage of the Terrorism Prevention Act, it will appear that the Respondent has orbited outside the circumference of the Law.” He said “it is the duty of the Court to pronounce it as such and to offer appropriate remedies the respondent appears to have turned itself into the jury and the executor, an act which this Court is empowered to neutralise by finding in favour of the applicant.

It is for the reasons contained in the body of this judgement that I resolve the sole issue in favour of the Applicant, he held.

Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos The Berom ethnic nationality of Plateau state said it has lost nearly 300 women and children between June and September 2018 in BarkinLadi and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau, calling on the International community for urgent intervention before they are wipe out.

In a joint statement signed by the General Secretary of the Berom Educational and Cultural Organization (BECO), Da Davou Choji, President of Berom Women Development Association (BEWDA), Ngo Florence Jambol and President of Berom Youth Moulders Association, (BYM) Choji Chuwang, on Thursday in Jos decried the continuous killings of their people by killer herdsmen.

“The Berom Nation has lost confidence in the ability of government to defend the rights of its citizens in the communities under attack by Fulani herdsmen,” said the statement.

2019 Guber: ‘Incumbent aspirants must come out with achievements’ Tom Okpe, Abuja A Governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Bauchi State, Dr. Muhammadu Ali Pate has averred that incumbent Governors seeking re-election must come out with their achievements.

According to Dr. Pate who was at the party national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday to submit his nomination and expression of interest forms, the Nigeria constitution does not guarantee 8 years to any governor but, can have it through their achievements.

The former Minister of State for Health also threw his support on the direct primaries being canvassed by the National Leadership of the party.

UN official proffers solution to land dispute in Nigeria Tom Okpe, Abuja CEO/Project Director, Creative Youth Community Development Initiative (CYCDI), Foluke Michael; CYCDI student ambassadors, Akinlabi Bolu; Ogunkoya Yolulope; and Head, Retail Sales, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Ltd, Obinna Lewis-Asonye; during a financial literacy session organized by Stanbic IBTC at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state ...on Thursday.

Enugu community seeks end to indiscriminate arrests over monarch’s murder Moses Oyediran, Enugu The crisis ridden Ogbozinne – Akpugo community, Nkanu West council, Enugu state yesterday appealed to the Inspector general of Police for cessation of all arrests pending the determination of the panel of Inquiry’s report set up by the state government on the crisis in the area.

In the petition they copied the State Commissioner of Police and Chairman of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Civil Disturbances in Ogbozinne Community, they also asked for the unsealing of the bank accounts of members of the community blocked by the police in the wake of the crisis that erupted on June 11, this year, over the murder of its traditional ruler, Igwe Stephen Nwatu.

The petition signed by Chief Samuel Okenwa, alleged

indiscriminate arrests of innocent persons of the community in place of a suspect at large, stressing that the development would impede the work of the panel as “our people may have to stay away for fear of being arrested by the police”.

He stated that last Wednesday, September 5, a team of policemen from federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) had stormed the Lekki-Lagos residence of Uchenna Nwodo and failing to see him, “arrested 15 years old Chinedu Nwodo and a cook in his house, Frank.

They ransacked the house and mounted gadgets and instructed the family to keep their doors open”.

He added that “three under aged persons were arrested and detained

by Federal SARS in conjunction with the police in Enugu state at Adeniji – Adele, Lagos and two person are still being detained for over one month without trial. All these are happening

with impunity to the establishment of a panel of Inquiry set up by the state government. In addition, bank accounts of all the members of the community are sealed excerpt those people loyal to the late Igwe”.

Meanwhile, one of the members of the community, whose legs were shattered during the face-off that claimed the life of the traditional ruler, Elder Jesse Okenwa has asked the Police to arrest and prosecute the driver of the late Monarch’s vehicle and the occupants of the car.

It could be recalled that the death of Igwe Nwatu on June 11 had sparked off crisis in the community with burning of house and rampant arrests by the police that led many into fleeing the community.

The Police in a statement by its Public Relations Office in Enugur, Ebere Amaraizu yesterday said that four persons allegedly involved in the murder of the Monarch had been arraigned in court.

A Taraba state Governorship aspirant, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is also a United Nations Official, Surveyor Aliyu Umar has proffered solutions to end the incessant land disputes in the country.

He said this can be achieved through a committee comprising local tribal, religious and community leaders put together at all tiers of government.

Umar, a professional Surveyor at the state, national and currently a UN official, said if such committee is organised in all the communities across the country, ensuring that members sit and dialogue constantly, the issue of land dispute would be a thing of the past.

Addressing a news conference at the APC national secretariat after he returned his governorship nomination forms, Umar assured that if given the opportunity to be Governor of the State, he will work hard to unite the people.

FG urged to recruit lawyers in police to boost crime investigation Isaac Job, Uyo The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Godwin Abraham has appealed to Federal Government to employ more lawyers into Nigeria Police to strengthen crime investigation as a base for prosecution of criminals across all the states in Nigeria.

Justice Abraham made the recommendation in his keynote address at a 3 day seminar which ended yesterday in Uyo on the theme: “Diligent Prosecution of Criminal Cases” organized by Nigeria Police in Conjunction with Akwa Ibom Sexual Assault Referral Centre, the Judiciary, Ministry of Justice and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with resource persons drawn from these areas.

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AfDB launches tool to assess countries resilience, fragility Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

L-R: Head, Business Development, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Ltd (SIPML), Mrs. Nike Bajomo; Deputy Director, Pension, Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Mr. Edem Archibong; Comptroller, Pension and Salary, Nigeria Custom Service, Mrs. Gyet Huwama; and Executive Director, Investments, SIPML, Mr. Oladele Sotubo; at the 2018 Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers pre-retirement seminar in Abuja.

Minimum wage: Confusion as FG accuses labour of blackmail NECA proposes N25, 000 ‎Joy Obakeye The drama surrounding the minimum wage review may have just started as the Federal Government has accused the organised labour of blackmail, following the 14-day ultimatum issued on Wednesday in Lagos.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who disclosed this, said that President Muhammadu will be briefed on the findings, but Government

‘Governors yet to decide on amount’

cannot give a figure, until the governors give a response.

Ngige also stated that although, the ultimatum is irrelevant, but revealed that the issue would have a head-way within the window issued by labour.

“We are still within the timeline and time frame we gave ourselves. We have worked assiduously to ensure the job is completed. The only aspect not achieved is the fixing of the amount; other aspects have been completed and done. The organised labour finds it easy to say

this is our figure. Labour had earlier submitted N56, 000 and later increased it to N65, 000. Of course, they have the right to do so”.

He said the Federal Government especially cannot give its own figure yet, because it has to hear and negotiate with the state governors, adding, “the Federal Government recognizing that said to the committee that the state governments has to give us a figure.

“We have written to the state governors and we are following it up.

Emefiele emerges West Africa Monetary Zone Chairman Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has been elected as chairman of the West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) at the ongoing sub-regional meeting in Nigeria.

Emefiele, in his acceptance speech, averred that “a lot of work needs to be done, especially in respect of the attainment of ECOWAS single currency by 2020.”

He further noted that everything that is required to be done would be actualised towards the achievements of the objectives of the regional organisation.

While reiterating Nigeria’s unflinching commitment towards the single currency project in the sub-region, the CBN Governor urged member countries to work towards achieving the convergence criteria.

The Daily Times recalls that as part of the fast-track approach to integration,

the Heads of State of five countries in West Africa, decided in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2000 to establish a second monetary zone to be known as the West African Monetary Zone.

These countries, namely The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone, signed the ‘Accra Declaration’ which defined the objectives of the Zone as well as, an action plan and institutional arrangements to ensure the speedy implementation of their decision.

However, in February 2010, Liberia acceded to the WAMZ Agreement and became a member of the WAMZ. It is envisaged that this Zone will be merged with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) to form a single monetary zone in West Africa.

At the second summit of Heads of State and Government of the Zone held in Bamako, Mali, in December 15, 2000 a number of important documents relating to the institutional, administrative and

legal framework for establishing the Zone was adopted by the five countries which includea: The Agreement of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ); the Statute of the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI); the Statute of the West African Central Bank (WACB); and the Provisions on the Stabilization and Cooperation Fund (SCF); Liberia, which was on observer status for about a decade, acceded fully to the WAMZ in February 2010.

The initial date for the launch of the single currency was January 1, 2003 but this was postponed to July 1, 2005 due to Member States’ inability to comply with all the four primary criteria simultaneously and on sustainable basis. The Zone witnessed two further postponements of the launch dates in 2005 and on December 1, 2009.

The new date for the launch of the single currency is year 2020 after the zone fails the achieve the fifth targeted dates of January 1, 2015.

The Governors Forum said they have to do more job on what their members submitted.”

He however debunked the claims made by the organized labour of plans by the Federal Government to stall the negotiation process, but assured that a positive agreement would be reached.

“It is not true that the Federal Government is trying to stall the process. Within the next two weeks, we will be able to consult all the Federal Government team, the governors and all other partners.

“The ultimatum is uncalled for, it is not necessary. On our findings, by tomorrow (Today), I and the chairman of the Committee, Ama Pepple will brief Mr. President on the negotiation.”

Ngige expressed his displeasure that labour is contravening the ILO convention by resolving to subtle blackmail.

“Subtle blackmail and attempt to blackmail which is not allowed by different ILO Conventions and Nigeria Labour law won’t be accepted. No attempt should be made to intimidate or blackmail. We are still in work in progress.”

The organized labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), the Trade Union Congress, (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC), on Wednesday issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to return to negotiable table or face industrial action.

However, Ngige revealed that the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has cut down its proposal to N25, 000 from its earlier N42, 000 presented to the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage, as the new national minimum wage.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has created and refined a new tool to diagnose fragility in countries, taking into account their capacities and pressures they may be under.

The new tool is called Country Resilience and Fragility Assessment (CRFA), offers a completely new method of assessing resilience and fragility using seven key criteria: political inclusiveness, safety and security, justice, the economy, social cohesion, the regional contagion effect, and climate change.

“The creation of the CRFA represents a significant advance in the assessment of fragility, which is a reality that it is not always easy to pin down or discern. By introducing, for the first time, the concepts of ‘capacities’ and ‘pressures’, this new tool brings much more rigour and effectiveness to the assessment of resilience and fragility, especially since it takes greater account of the national context,” explained Sibry Tapsoba, Director of the Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS).

Before its approval by the Bank Board on 11 September, the CRFA, was subjected to a range of checks for reliability and effectiveness, conducted under the supervision of the Transition States Coordination Office, with support from the Bank’s statistics and resource mobilization departments.

In addition to assessing resilience and fragility, the new tool should also be useful for advocacy and communication and improving and strengthening dialogue between the Bank and its regional members. It should also help to anticipate crises, thanks to an early warning system.

“What we have here is an assessment tool of unquestionable rigour. It is easy to use, it is reliable and it is accessible to all. It brings an undeniable added value to existing techniques for the assessment of resilience and fragility,” said Riadh Ben Messaoud, from the Bank’s Resource Mobilization department.

The creation of a new fragility and resilience assessment tool is an important contribution to research efforts for greater effectiveness in the Bank’s work.

The CRFA provides better insight into every dimension of fragility, including the less obvious, making it possible to offer the most appropriate responses in terms of building a country’s capacity and resilience.

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TraderMoni extends to Oyo as Osinbajo promises beneficiaries more fund Motolani Oseni No fewer than 27,000 petty traders and artisans benefited from the collateral-free loan, TraderMoni, on Thursday when in Oyo State, even as the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) told beneficiaries of the scheme in Gbagi Market, Ibadan that more money would be committed to the scheme as soon as they began to pay back the loan.

The Vice President was in the market to assess how the loan was being executed and to ensure that all registered traders got the money.

The collateral-free loan, which was dispensed through the Bank of Industry, is part of the Federal Government National Social Investment Programme under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programm meant to reinforce the FG’s commitment to bridge the credit gap and empower Nigerians

at the grassroots. It targets 30,000 petty traders and artisans in Oyo State, with each of the beneficiaries entitled to N10,000.

Prof Osinbajo said, “The policy of the Federal Government is to support businesses through the scheme, not just big business but particularly small, medium-sized businesses and micro businesses. I came personally to the market to ensure that those who are meant to collect the money are getting it.

I want to know how the scheme is going on in Gbagi Market.”

The VP said that the FG recognised the genuine contribution of petty traders to aid the nation’s economy, stressing that the loan was a progressive one which would not only help traders to expand their businesses but also change their standard of living.

He said that more of such loan would be made available as soon as beneficiaries began the pay back. According to the

scheme, beneficiaries have six months to repay the loan with flexible options of N85 daily or N430 weekly.

The Executive Director, Bank of Industry, Toyin Adeniji, said everyone that registered for the loan would get the money.

“For now, we have 27,000 beneficiaries but the target is 30,000 in the state.

Beneficiaries who pay back as scheduled will have the opportunity to graduate to the next level of the loan. They can graduate to N15,000, N20,000 or even N50,000 levels and beyond. We implore them to use the money for the purpose it is intended,” she said.

One of the beneficiaries, Oladunni Aderinto, who sells okro in the market, thanked the FG for the loan while calling on other beneficiaries to pay back as scheduled. Another beneficiary, Adegbite Toyin said traders needed such loan to boost their trade and cater for their immediate financial needs.

Bayelsa govt. bemoans non-payment of N1.6bn flood intervention funds Ladesope Ladeloku Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd), has expressed displeasure over the nonpayment of its share of the N1.6 billion approved by the Federal Government for states ravaged by flood disaster.

Rear Admiral John Jonah stated when a delegation of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), led by Barr. Umar Mohammed paid him a courtesy visit in Government House, Yenagoa.

He said Bayelsa is yet to receive its share of the fund, which was approved during one of the National Economic Council meetings in Abuja after the 2012 flood incident that affected most states in the country.

According to him, if Bayelsa state had access to the fund, it would have assisted the state government in putting certain measures in place to mitigate the effects

of the perennial flood.

The Deputy Governor also advocated the need to decentralize flood intervention efforts to the local government headquarters as well as construct structures to accommodate displaced persons, rather than build official quarters in an emergency situation, which he noted, was one of the recommendations of the state government’s committee on flood management.

The Deputy Governor, who bemoaned the 2012 flood, recalled the collaborative efforts of the state government, NEMA and military agencies and expressed the hope that the level of this year’s flood would not be as ravaging as that of the 2012.

Rear Admiral John Jonah also stressed the need for the team to come up with a report that reflects the situation, particularly about the twin problems of flooding and erosion that have been devastating the state over the years.

TCN generates tranches of power, transmits Fidelity Bank, COHEB Nig bring 30,936MW in 11 days Motolani Oseni The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Thursday said it generated daily power in tranches of 3,101mw, 2,987.93mw, 2,982.69mw, 3,204.8mw and 2,915.9mw, while transmitted 30,936 megawatts (MW) within 11 days in September, 2018.

The daily statistics of TCN’s operations by Nigerian Electricity System Operator, a section of the TCN, indicated that other tranches of generated power are: 2,944.4mw, 3,050mw, 2,943.5mw, 2,943.1mw, 3,017.2mw, and 3,570.6 respectively, all transmitted to 11 distribution companies (Discos).

While TCN transmitted 99, 781.9mw in August, its national peak demand forecast stood at 19,100.00mw, with

n installed capacity of 11,165.40mw and that 7,139.60mw was the available capacity.

It added that the current transmission capacity stood at 7, 000 mw with network operational capacity of 5,500.00mw.

According to TCN, the peak generation ever attained in the country is 5, 222.3mw, while the maximum energy ever attained stands at 109, 372.01mw.

However, an expert in the Nigeria’s power sector, Mr Simon Oderinde, has charged Discos to be effective in every responsibility bestowed on them for the power sector to thrive.

Oderinde, the Managing Partner, Pacific Solar Technologies Ltd, said that the power sector value chain was financed by bill settlement from consumers while the Discos interfaced with the consumers.

For efficiency in the sector, he

listed metering, tariff and decayed infrastructure as three issues that must be addressed by stakeholders in the sector.

On metering, he said consumers must be adequately metered to reduce apathy.

“Compelling cases for cost-reflective tariff has been made by many and there is just no point debating this.

“The sector requires huge investment and without clear and unambiguous means of recovering the investment, appropriate investment would continue to suffer,” Oderinde added.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) recently said 58 per cent registered electricity consumers in the country paid tariff via the estimated billing methodology.

NERC made the disclosure in a 2018 first-quarter report published on its website.

succour to Ogoja refugee camp In line with Fidelity Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility objective which seeks to lend a helping hand to the less privileged in the society, the Bank is continuously touching lives and impacting positively on communities, Pan-Nigeria, with its Fidelity Helping Hands Project (FHHP), an initiative that enables the staff to carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) interventions.

Just last week, it was the turn of refugees at Ogoja refugee camp in Cross River State to benefit from the Bank’s corporate philanthropy initiative. Staff of Fidelity Bank, University of Calabar (UNICAL) branch brought smile to the faces of internally displaced persons and refugees at the camp by donating relief materials and building a children’s playground.

To achieve this, they partnered Community Humanitarian Emergency Backing Nigeria (COHEB Nig), a non-governmental humanitarian organisation created to respond to diverse humanitarian crises and provide charitable humanitarian services.

Speaking at the presentation ceremony and commissioning of the playground, country director, COHEB Nig, Ugochi Ossai commended the laudable effort of Fidelity Bank.

She noted that the Bank is an exceptional organisation which has subsequently made it a duty to positively impact communities where they do business and urged other Corporate and non-governmental organisations to emulate the pacesetting initiative of Fidelity Bank.

NSE: Bearish sentiments persist, as investors trade 173.55m shares Motolani Oseni Trading activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Thursday closed bearish for the seventh consecutive trade, as a total of 173.55 million shares valued at N3.71 billion were traded in 3,082 deals.

These were against the 246.91 million shares worth N6.930 billion traded in 3,912 deals on Wednesday, representing 29.711 per cent decrease in volume.

The closing figure showed that the market capitalisation depreciated by N99 billion or 0.84 per cent to close at N11.690 trillion from N11.789 trillion recorded on Wednesday.

Similarly, the All-Share Index, which opened at 32,292.79, lost 270.56 basis points to close at 32,022.23.

However, the equities market year-to-date loss worsened to 16.3 per cent.

For instance, Nestle led the losers’ chart for the day with a loss of N81 to close at N1, 398 per share.

CCNN followed, depreciating

by 2.75 to close at 25.10, while ConOil dropped N2.40 to close at N21.90 per share.

Lafarge Wapco also dipped by N2.30 to close at N20.70, while Forte Oil shed N1.40 to close at N17.50 per share.

Conversely, GTBank topped the gainers’ table with 35k to close at N32.95, while UBA and Nigerian Breweries gained 10k each to close at N7.15 and N84.10 per share respectively.

Unity Bank followed with gain of 7k to close at 85k, while Sky Bank gained 6k to close at 67k per share.

GTBank was the toast of investors, trading 28.19 million shares worth N640.13 million transacted by investors in 188 deals.

Zenith Bank sold 25.86 million shares valued at N37.36 million exchanged by investors in 275 deals.

Zenith Bank came second, trading 25.86 million shares valued at N37.36 million exchanged by investors in 275 deals, while Sky Bank trailed, trading 18.87 million shares worth 291.46 million in 120 deals.

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Why oil prices are heading higher Oil markets are set to become much tighter in the next couple of months, and more and more analysts are now expecting a major oil price rally in November as a direct result of sanctions on Iran.

MATHEW DADIYA writes on the report from OilPrice Intelligence researchers.

Hurricane Florence is barreling towards the east coast, aiming at North and South Carolina.

The EIA has a mapping tool that allows for adding layers to see various pieces of energy infrastructure that may be affected by the storm.

At the time of this writing, Hurricane Florence was a Category 4 storm, and it is possible it could strengthen to a Category 5 before it makes landfall.

The storm could be devastating, but from an oil market perspective, there is little in the storm’s path that would reverberate more broadly – no major oil refineries, no upstream production. As a result, there shouldn’t be any supply-side issues, other than localised fuel problems at the retail end during the storm.

If anything, the storm could cut into demand as millions of people put everything on hold.

Market Movers ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) agreed to the sale of natural gas from the Prudhoe Bay and Point Thomson fields in Alaska’s North Slope to an entity owned by the state of Alaska, which would fuel an LNG export terminal. The estimated $43-billion Alaska LNG project would consist of an 800-mile pipeline from the North Slope to a liquefaction and export terminal on Kenai Peninsula at the southern end of the state.

Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) said that it would consider building new oil sands projects in the future, beating back the ongoing market assumption that greenfield oil sands investments are a thing of the past.

“The Canadian oil sands are one of the biggest and best oil reserves in the world,” CEO Steve Williams said at the opening of the company’s $17-billion Fort Hills project. “We will open mines,” he added, However, Suncor said that new major oil sands investments would likely be contingent on the completion of an export pipeline, a problem that has plagued Alberta for years.

Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) slashed its net debt target for 2018 to $69 billion, down from $89 billion in 2017. PBR also said that it expects $15 billion in free cash flow this year, up from $13.9 billion last year.

Oil futures rose on Wednesday, with Brent reaching $80 a barrel, after a larger-thanexpected drop in U.S. crude inventories and as U.S. sanctions on Iran added to concerns over global oil supply.

On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, oil prices were quiet at the start of the week, but rose more than 1 percent in early trading on Tuesday on concerns about outages in Iran and turmoil in Libya and Iraq, although that bullish sentiment was offset by ongoing concerns about emerging markets. Still, after the recent price correction, there is room on the upside.

“The path of least resistance for oil prices, given the supply fundamentals, remains up,” Harry Tchilinguirian, oil strategist at BNP Paribas, told Reuters Global Oil Forum.

President Trump’s administration wants to loosen limits on methane emissions. The EPA is reportedly set to release a proposal on Wednesday that would make it easier for oil and gas companies to meet rules on methane emissions.

The proposed rule would extend the time that companies are required to assess and repair infrastructure in remote locations. For instance, drillers would have a year to conduct an inspection rather than six months, and 60 days to make repairs instead of 30.

In a related move, the Interior Department is expected to release its final rule (it was proposed earlier this year) to loosen restrictions on flaring.

Powder River Basin sees more attention.

Long known for its coal production, Wyoming’s Powder River Basin is starting to receive more attention from the oil and gas industry as the Permian becomes crowded and expensive. The Powder River Basin produces less than 200,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d), but as Bloomberg Opinion points out, a growing number of shale companies are highlighting their assets in the region. Land prices can be a tenth of what they are in West Texas, so the spillover from the Permian is underway. The Powder River Basin has seen a fourfold increase in the rig count, a sign that drilling activity is on the upswing.

California signs 100 percent clean energy bill.

California took a bold step by passing legislation requiring 100 percent clean electricity by 2045, with the interim goal of 60 percent by 2030 (up from a previous target of 50 percent). Separately, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that effectively bans offshore oil drilling on California’s coast. Because any drilling (were it to occur) would likely lie in federal waters beyond the reach of California, the legislation bans the construction of associated pipelines, piers, wharves or other infrastructure that would support drilling. “Today, California’s message to the Trump administration is simple: Not here, not now,” Brown said in a statement.

“We will not let the federal government pillage public lands and destroy our treasured coast.”

Peak oil demand in five years?

A new report from Carbon Tracker predicts that the world will hit peak oil demand by 2023, much faster than most forecasts. Separately, a report from Norwegian risk-management company DNV GL comes to a similar conclusion.

“The transition is undeniable,” said DNV CEO Remi Eriksen.

Pushback on oil export terminal near Corpus Christi Trafigura is hoping to build a major crude oil export terminal near Corpus Christi, which would dramatically expand U.S. crude oil export capacity. However, the port of Corpus Christi, which would lose out if Trafigura succeeds, is trying to delay the project. Right now, the port of Corpus Christi cannot handle very large crude carriers (VLCCs), and Trafigura’s project would allow for VLCCs. Short-term backwardation strengthens The premium for Brent oil futures in November compared to December rose to 45 cents per barrel in recent days, flipping from a 20-cent-per-barrel discount a month ago. The backwardation suggests oil traders are betting on short-term supply shortages as U.S. sanctions on Iran take effect in November.

Secretary Perry meeting with Saudi oil

minister U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry met with Saudi oil minister Khalid al Falih in Washington DC on Monday. The two discussed “the potential for U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear engagement and new technologies such as Small Modular Reactors, the state of world oil markets and the status of joint efforts to share technologies to develop clean fossil fuels,” according to a DOE statement.

Plains All American found guilty in pipeline spill Plains All American (NYSE: PAA) was found guilty last week on a felony count connected to the 2015 oil spill from ruptured pipeline in California that fouled the coastline. Criminal prosecutions on pollution cases are rare, requiring a higher burden of proof than a civil case. “The general impact will be to increase scrutiny of new pipelines not just in California, but throughout the U.S. where we have seen increasingly lengthy and polarizing permit battles,” Sandy Fielden, director of oil and products research at Morningstar, an investment research firm, told the Houston Chronicle. The conviction could increase project delays and energize pipeline opponents.

South Korea zeros out oil imports from Iran South Korea decided to comply with U.S. demands to cut oil imports from Iran to zero, becoming the first to do so out of the top three buyers. South Korea bought 194,000 bpd from Iran in July.

Oil and gas industry spending heavily to defeat Colorado ballot initiative Colorado voters will decide in November whether or not to place stricter setback rules on oil and gas drilling. The initiative would increase setback distances from the current 500 feet up to 2,500 feet. Grassroots activists argue the longer setbacks will increase safety while the industry argues the rules will effectively ban drilling in the state. Pro-industry groups have are spending millions to defeat the measure, according to S&P Global Platts.

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Lagos Assembly member, Osinowo, declares interest to replace Ashafa in Senate Stories by Patrick Okohue The battle for the seat of the Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly yesterday rose a notch higher with the official entering of the member representing Kosofe Constituency 1 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo, popularly called Peperito into the race, when he declared his interest in the race in an elaborate ceremony at the CMD Event Center, Shangisha.

Osinowo who is regarded as a power brocker in the Assembly and also in the entire Lagos East Senatorial District and the eye of the leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the Assembly, is actually the defacto king in the House of Assembly even though he only hold the position as chairman House Committee on Lands.

His declaration for the seat which was seen more as an endorsement party, as all

Osinowo

Ashafa

five members of the House of Representatives in Lagos East District, all local government and local council development area chairmen and their deputies in the district and all relevant political and traditional

stakeholders in the district all openly endorsed his ambition, has further compounded the woes of the incumbent senator representing the district Senator Bareeu Gbenga Ashafa, who is also in the race for his third term.

Atiku tackles Buhari, APC over stance on Economist Magazine’s report Former Vice President and one of the frontline presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has berated the President Muhammadu Buhari led government and the All Progressives Congress (APC)for what he called their desperation in denouncing the projections of The Economist Magazine that he said exposed the incumbent Nigerian government for the failure that it is.

Atiku in a release by his media office said, “We find it amusing that an All Progressives Congress and a Buhari campaign that once celebrated The Economist Magazine’s Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in 2015 when they declared that Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress were projected to win the 2015 elections, have today denounced the same Economist Intelligence Unit of The Economist magazine for projecting victory for the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections.

“This is symptomatic of the double standards of the Buhari regime and its APC vehicle. Nigerians are used to them treating suspected corruption by opposition members as proven cases while waving away confirmed cases of corruption, even reaching all the way to the Presidential Villa, with a wave of the hand.

“And now, they have extended their duplicity to The Economist Magazine which is the world’s premier economics focused publication.

“How can the APC and the Buhari administration tell Nigerians to ‘disregard these expert analysis and

prophesied for what they are and dismiss them accordingly?’

“Do they want Nigerians to disregard the fact that under the woefully clueless Buhari administration, Nigeria overtook India as the world headquarters for extreme poverty, even though India has eight times our population?

“Do they want Nigerians to disregard the fact that a parastatal under the Buhari government, the National Bureau of Statistics, published last December that 7.9 million Nigerians lost their jobs in the 21 months period under review?

“Do they want Nigerians to disregard the fact that Transparency International has declared that Nigeria is more corrupt today than it was under the PDP and has moved 12 places backward in the Corruption Perception Index, from 136 in 2014 to 148 this year?

“Do they want Nigerians to disregard the fact that the Global Terrorism Index revealed that Nigeria is more terrorised and insecure today than she was in 2014 going from fourth most terrorised nation to being the third most terrorised nation in the latest rankings?

“Do they want Nigerians to disregard the fact that the value of the Naira has collapsed, going from N199 to $1 in 2015 under the PDP to N365 to $1 today and being named by Bloomberg as the fourth worst performing currency in the world under Buhari?

“Even if the Buhari administration claims that The Economist made a mistake, did HSBC, the world’s largest bank, make a mistake in adjudging the continuation of the Buhari government beyond 2019 as an economic disaster for

Atiku

Nigeria in the making?

“That these two economic giants independently arrived at the same conclusion is damning.

“The truth is that Nigerians do not even need The Economist Magazine’s Economist Intelligence Unit to tell them that this administration has failed and that it will be voted out.

“Nigerians who now pay twice the amount that they paid for fuel under the PDP even as the government pays double the subsidy that the last PDP administration paid, know that they have to vote out this disaster of a government before it brings the nation down.

“Nigerians are not prepared to surrender their ancestral lands to be used as cattle colonies just because they want to avoid death.

Two other prominent political leaders in the district, Chief Lanre Rasaq and former Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Chief Segun Abiru had earlier declared their intention to also seek the position.

At the event for his declaration, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly also joined others in adopting Osinowo as the “anointed candidate” for the Senatorial district.

Oshinowo, in his address at the carnival like event, expressed confidence in receiving the ticket after the party’s primary, saying he had received the backing of the leadership of the party to seek for the position.

He said, “Permit me to say it with every sense of humility that with my sixteen years in the Lagos State House of Assembly, I have acquired enough legislative experience to propel me for greater achievement in the Red Chamber (Senate).

“I have also been actively involved in the political activities of Lagos East Senatorial District for over two decades, and I know

where the shoe pinches,” he said.

Earlier, the Deputy Chairman of APC in the District, Ashipa Kaoli Okusanya urged all the aspirants to cooperate with party leaders to ensure a successful conduct of the primaries.

“We want to appeal to all aspirants to eschew bitterness during and after the primary so that we will all support whoever emerges as a winner.

“We should go to the poll proper as one united family and win the 2019 elections for our party, not only in Lagos, but throughout the country.”

Similarly, another leader of the party in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area and twotime Commissioner under the administration of Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola, Dr.Tola Kasali said the party will ensure that the primary will be conducted in a very transparent manner that no candidate will cry foul.

“APC is a party entrenched in undiluted democratic norm.

We don’t have any preferred candidate every aspirants will be treated equally,” he said.

Aisha Buhari named Transparency African Woman of the Year Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has been named African Woman of the year by Transparency Africa Award, organised by African chronicle magazine.

The Media house also named the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, the current chairman of African Union (AU) as African president of the year.

Publisher and Editor –in-chief of African chronicle, Timothy Okojie – Ave, said they arrived at both choices after a rigorous screening through an opinion poll, which was conducted through dedicated telephone lines, emails and social media.

Mrs. Buhari, Okojie – Ave said defeated her Ghanaian counterpart, Rebecca Akufo-Addo to the second position.

According to the organisers of the event, “The man or woman of the year award is our highly coveted honour. The award is only conferred after a thorough evaluation of each candidate’s service to humanity, guaranteeing that the recipient is worthy of such illumination.”

Explaining the process of nomination, Okojie – Ave said readers were asked to send SMS for their choice from 1st of September 2017 to 1st of September 2018. “At the end of the e-voting , the Nigerian First Lady came tops as well as President Paul Kagame topping the African President of the year.”

Mrs. Buhari’s pet project which focuses on physically challenged and the girl child, according to the

organisers, got her the ticket for her passion for the less privileged in the society, “her zeal to see that women are empowered from the grassroots to the top accounted for the massive votes she garnered from voters who participated in the e-voting.”

“As we call her African Florence Nightingale, she has shaped the cause of women development in Africa and put a smile on the faces of women in general without making noise about it,” the media house said.

Also speaking on President Paul Kagame, the organisers said “Kagame is one African president that has deepened democracy, defends democratic norms of good governance, best practice, rule of law, equity, fairness and justice and his affirmative action on women participation in politics with over 70 percent of women in government.

Rwanda is today the best country in the ease of doing business index in Africa.”

Winners in other categories include, Prof. T.B Joshua, CP. Edgal Imohimi, Gov. Ben Ayade, Elder Famous Enearu, Babtunde Wilkey, Jim Ovia, Ebere C. Obiano, Hakeem Ali, Hadiza Balla Usman, Julie Donli Okah, Taiwo Afolabi, Segun Agbaje, Cocacola, BUA, GLO, UPS, UBA, etc.

The award will be presented to the winners on October 26, 2018 at Lagos Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos while Liberia’s President George Weah will be a special guest of honour.

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THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PROF. OLUSEGUN OGUNJIMI - CHAIRMAN 2. PRINCE AKEEM SAMUEL SODIPO -TRUSTEE 3. PRINCESS ADENIKE ADEDOYIN SODIPO -TRUSTEE 4. PRINCESS ADETOKE TAIWO -TRUSTEE 5. PRINCESS OLAJUMOKE TAIWO - SECRETARY 6. PRINCE OLUSEGUN ADEDEJI GBADEBO - TRUSTEE 7. BARR. TITILOLA A. BOLANLE - TRUSTEE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELLBEING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IN NEED, ESPECIALLY THE DEPRIVED, THE ABUSED, THE DESTITUTES AND THE HOMELESS. 2. TO CREATE AWARENESS AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE EXISTENCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN NEED. 3. TO ENSURE THAT NO NIGERIAN CHILD IS LEFT HOMELESS, UNPROTECTED, IN DANGER OR EXPLOITED. 4. PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF RACE, RELIGION OR ETHNICITY. 5. TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHARITY AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR CHILDREN. ANY OBJECTION TO THE ABOVE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PROF. OLUSEGUN OGUNJIMI TEL:08023033216, EMAIL:ECOJURIS77@GMAIL.COM

TRUSTEE 1. DR ANTHONY ALI MSHELIA 2. ENGR AYOBAMI ISRAEL ALADE 3. DR GBEMISOLA ALL WELL BROWN 4. ARCH ADEMOLA LAWRENCE 5. DR ADEGOKE ABIODUN SAMUEL 6. BARR KINGSLEY CHIJINDU IHEDORO 7. DR ENEIMI ALL WELL BROWN 8. MRS FOLAKEMI OMOLARA ALADE 9. ADELEYE PETER.

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

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART’ C’ OF THE COMPANY AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990 .

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

ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PASTOR BENEJU BRIGHT

THE REASON FOR THE REMOVAL OF SOME TRUSTEES ABOVE IS AS A RESULT OF THEIR LONG ABSENCE FROM CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND INACTIVE PERFORMANCE.

AIMS: 1. TO CREATE AWARENESS ON MEDICAL ISSUES AS WELL AS PREVENT LIFESTYLES THAT COULD BE IMPEDIMENT TO HEALTH LIVING .

2. TO COUNSEL AND ORGANIZE EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS.

MOTORCYCLE SPARE PARTS DEALERS ASSOCIATION JESSE TOWN

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD 2. TO EVANGELIZE, ESTABLISH CHRISTAIN BELIEVERS IN FAITH.

OLD TRUSTEES: 1. MR. BROWN ALAUKWU 2. MR. RICHARD CHIDI 3. VIOLET ENYEREMADU 4. MR. FREDRICK ANAMOUA BADDOO 5. MR. NATHANIEL INYENE 6. DR. EZEKIEL HANDINAWANGU GUIT

THE NEW TRUSTEES ARE: 1. DR. EZEKIEL HANDINAWANGU GUIT 2. MR. NATHANIEL INYENE 3. MR. THOMPSON NSINGO 4. MR. VINIEL T. ZHOU 5. MR. CHUKWUKERE PETER C. 6. DEBORAH EMA DAVID

CALVARY REDEMPTION CHRISTAIN MINISTRY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR BENEJU BRIGHT 2. PASTOR OYEMA JAMES 3. SISTER BENEJU OMENA HOPE

THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) ABDUL-BAAQ MUHAMMED MUSILIUDEEN -CHAIRMAN (2) ALEEM YAHQUB -TREASURER (3) MUSAKALIMULAH ABDULHADI-SECRETARY

TRUSTEES ARE 1,ENATERI MARSHAL OROYOVWEN - CHAIRMAN 2,ONWUAMAEZE UCHENNA FRANO- VICE CHAIRMAN 3,MACAULAY ADJARHO- SECRETARY 4,GHAGHARA ARUOTURE DIFFER-FINANCIAL SECRETARY 5,ERUTE JOSEPH-AUDITOR 6,EMAGU IGOR FRANCIS-PATRON 7,EDEMIVWAYE EDWARD -TREASURER 8,AMEYE MONDAY -ORGANISER 9,AKPODIYO OGAGA -SPEAKER 10,UNUAVWORHUO CHAPION E-ASST.FINANCIAL SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1,TO FOSTER UNITY PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT AMONG MEMBERS OF THE UNION 2,TO GIVE ASSISTANT TO MEMBERS IN TIME OF NEED. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA,ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED- CHAIRMAN

FREE SPACE

Classified 18 YOUTHS AGAINST DIABETES INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. DIYA OLOLADE OLUWADAMILOLA. - CHAIRMAN 2. ENUKU OGHALE. - SECRETARY 3. NWABUGHOGU ERIC CHIKE 4. SANI ABDULLAHI AMOTO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE YOUTHS ON THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES 2. TO COLLABORATE AND CREATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ASSIST PEOPLE LIVING WITH DIABETES 3. TO FOSTER INNOVATION GEARED TOWARDS THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES

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GOD’S ARENA OF LIBERTY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

TRUSTEES: 1. SUNDAY ENU OBI - (PRESIDENT) 2. KATE ENU OBI. 3. BEATRICE PETER NDIFON - (SECRETARY) 4. OKOI ETIM IWARA. 5. KISONG BISONG OBI. AIM AND OBJECTIVE TO CARRY ON CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES.

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

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

SIGNED BARR. RICHARD KHANOBA.

SIGNED SECRETARY

AFRICAN MENTORSHIP INITIATIVE

APOTI ERI NI OLORUN CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM CHURCH INTERNATIONAL

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

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

TRUSTEES: 1. AGBEZIN ANTHONY TAIWO 2.AGBEZIN ANTHONY KOLAWOLE. 3.ALFRED MARTINS IDOWU.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO MENTOR, ASSIST AND TRAIN YOUTHS IN THEIR DESIRED ENDEAVOUR. 2. TRANSFER TRAINED YOUTHS INTO SOCIETY TO POSITIVELY IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY. 3. PREPARE WOMEN AND YOUTHS FOR LEADERSHIP ROLES.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD 2. TO WIN SOULS AND MAKE DISCIPLESHIP OF MEN. 3. TO RENDER HUMANITARIAN SERVICES IN THE HOUSE OF GOD

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED TRUSTEES

AFRICAN CENTRE FOR MEDIA DEVELOPMENT

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) KAYODE AREMU - PRESIDENT 2) VICTOR IROELE - SECRETARY 3) FIDELIS MBAH MEMBER 4) CHINYERE OPIA ,, 5) GBENGA JAMES ,, 6) IBRAHIM SHEHU ADAMU ,, THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROVIDE A NETWORKING PLATFORM FOR MEDIA PRACTITIONERS IN NIGERIA AND AFRICA. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: JOAN GREG ESQ. (SOLICITOR

ASSOCIATION OF ALLIED INTERNATIONAL BEER & BEVERAGE DRIVERS/ ONITSHA BRANCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES: 1. SUNDAY NWOKOCHA -CHAIRMAN 2. COSMOS ENUKA OKWUDILI -SECRETARY 3. IFEACHOR CHIDOZIE STANLEY 4. NWABUEZE CHIGOZIE 5. ODUNZE NNAEMEKA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

TRUSTEES: 1. REV. DR ANTHONY NZEMEKE. - CHAIRMAN 2. PASTOR (MRS) BRIDGET EGO NZEMEKE 3. PASTOR JONATHAN IKOGHO 4. BARR. (MRS) RUKEVWE CHRISTIANA UKUAME. - SECRETARY 5. DEACON JOHNSON UFUOMA PETER ULTOBOR 6. DEACONESS SUSANA OGHENEKEVWE 7. SIS. MARY OGONOYOVWE OTOMUDIA JULIUS. 8. BRO. EDAFE OGHENEOVO 9. BRO. GOSPEL CHIDINMA NZEMEKE 10. BRO. UDOKA FAVOUR NZEMEKE AIM AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CHIEF NWANKWO TOCHUKWU JOSHUA 2. MRS. UCHE NNEKA NWANKWO 3. AKUABATA ADAORA NNWANKWO - MEMBER

PRESIDENT SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SUPPORT AND SUBSCRIBE TO ANY FOOTBALL CLUB, CHARITABLE OR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SOCIETY OR CLUBS WHICH MAY BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MEMBERS. 2. TO PROMOTE OR CONCUR IN THE PROMOTION OF FOOTBALL CLUBS IN NIGERIA OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD AND TO SUBSCRIBE OR GUARANTEE MONEY FOR ANY SPORTS COMPETITIONS OR GAME EXHIBITIONS. 3. TO UNDERTAKE THE SALES AND SERVICES OF SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, MAITAMA ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. BARR. CHIOMA UGWU DIVINE CHAMBERS 83 LIMCA ROAD, NKPOR, ANAMBRA STATE.

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION IS SEEKING FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990, PART “C”.

SIGNED: C.J. AMELE

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

HEART RIVER FOOTBALL CLUB

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

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

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

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED CLUB HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMMISSION AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1, 1990.

THE LET CEREBRAL PALSY KIDS LEARN FOUNDATION

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO CREATE A PLATFORM FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOCIETY.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE THE VIRTUES OF LOVE AMONGST MEMBERS. 2. TO FOSTER UNITY AMONGST MEMBERS. 3. TO CARTER FOR THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS

SIGNED BARR OLUBUKOLA SAMIRAH FASHINA.

DEEP SMILE EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

TRUSTEES 1. ODEH ELIZABETH 2. UMOIDEM IBOHOG 3. EKE IKEDIEZE 4. NWANKE PATIENCE 5. UKO SAMUEL BASSEY

NAMES OF THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EGEDE CHIJIOKE --- CHAIRMAN. 2. EZE EJIKE ---- VICE CHAIRMAN. 3. NWORIE FRIDAY ------- SECRETARY. 4. OGE SOLOMON ----- PROVOST. 5. EKELE NWOGBOLOKO ----- TREASURER. 6. EDE WISDOM ------- FIN. SEC.

SIGNED TRUSTEES

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. CHUKWUDI ADIUKWU ESQ. – CHAIRMAN 2. SIR STANLEY AMUCHIE 3. MR. MICHAEL OSILAMA OTU 4. DR. IKE ADIUKWU 5. ENGR. ROBERT ROBINSON

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION IS SEEKING FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990, PART “C”.

YOUNG GOLDEN BROTHERS SOCIAL CLUB THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AJA YI MOSES OLUBUNMI - CHAIRMAN 2. AJAYI OLUWATOBILOBA ISEOLUWA - SECRETARY 3. ODIGBOH ONYENMA RHODA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1) CHANGING PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT THE INTELLECTUAL CAPABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY THROUGH PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT PROGRAMMES. 2) HELPING PARENTS LOCATE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONALS AND SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR CHILD’S NEEDS AND SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS USING A ROBUST REFERRAL SYSTEM ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B. 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY-EIGHT (28) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BAR. L. SUBERU. (SOLICITOR)

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLOJE AYOWALE PETER 2. OLOJE ABOSEDE OLUWANIKEMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EMPOWER THE ASPIRING & GROWING ENTREPRENEURS 2. TO CATER FOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STUDENTS ON WEALTH CREATION AND SUSTAINABILITY. 3. TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

RURAL HEALTH RESCUE INITIATIVE CAC/IT/NO. 90904 THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 OLD TRUSTEES 1. MR. OLUSOLA OBAFUNMI RETAINED 2. AGABI INYAKA REMOVED NEW TRUSTEES 1. OBAFUNMI AMBLEST DOLAPO

APPOINTED

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.JOHN EGWU ………………………………………… CHAIRMAN 2.MERCY EGWU ………………………………………. VICE CHAIRMAN 3.OCHE OBANDE PETER…………………………… SECRECTARY 4.AARON IDANKPO EGWU………………………….MEMBER 5.OGANYI OLOCHE OMADACHI…………………. MEMBER 6.APEH HARRISON IWODI………………………….. MEMBER 7.OMORUYI OSAMWONYI TOM…………………..MEMBER

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SNR. PASTOR VICTOR OKOKON EKPO 2. VERY REV. VICTOR EYO EFFIOM 3. PASTOR EKEMINI EFFIONG OKON 4. REV ISAIAH ETIM EKAEBA 5. PASTOR GIDEON OKON UDO 6. PASTOR EDET POLYCARP EFFIONG 7. REV. CELESTINE BASSEY AKPAN 8. PASTOR OKON BASSEY DUKE 9. REV. IKAKKE ISAIAH UDO 10. EVANGELIST EFFIONG BASSEY ASUQUO

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1.TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH EVERY AVAILABLE MEANS TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. 2.TO BUILD A SOLID VALUE SYSTEM AMONGST YOUNG NIGERIANS.

AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. TO UNITE GOSPEL MINISTERS & CHURCHES FOR PRAYERS, OFFERING HELP TO THE LESS PRIVILAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. 2. TO ORGANIZE INTERDENOMINATIONAL RALLY, RELIGIOUS CRUSADES/SOLEMN ASSEMBLY FOR THE SPIRITUAL WELFARE & TO FOSTER UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY

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

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

SIGNED: SECRECTARY

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, September 14, 2018

Damasak attack: Troops kill many Boko Haram, recover weapons

The Nigerian Army has said that trrops of 145 battalion in Damasak have killed many Boko Haram terrorists who attacked them and recovered cache of weapons.

In a statement on the update of the Damasak attack, the director Army Public Relations Brig Gen Texas Chukwu said seven terrorists were Killed and seven soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries.

He noted that the wounded soldiers have been evacuated to the military medical facility for attention.

Recall that the Boko Haram terrorists had at about 6pm Wednesday evening attacked 145 Battalion location at DAMASAK. In the fierce battle that ensued between the troops and Boko Haram terrorists, Seven members of the terrorists group were neutralised during the encounter

while others flee into the nearby bush.

“The Nigerian Army wishes to state that, 145 Battalion deployed in Operation LAFIYA DOLE at DAMASAK, Mobar Local Government Area of Borno State on 12 September 2018, inflicted many casualties on the Boko Haram Terrorists and their weapons as well as vehicles were captured and some where destroyed during the encounter,” According to the statement, two

vehicles, one anti aircraft gun, four AK 47 rifles, seven magazines, two hand grenades, one bayonet,47 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, and 174 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition were recovered He noted that efforts are on by the troops to get other fleeing members of the group, adding “unfortunately, seven soldiers sustained injuries during the attack”

Gov Dickson at war with Deputy, Sylva over Assembly candidates Akam James, Yenagoa There is palpable tension between the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson and his deputy, Rear Admiral John Jonah over the choice of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidates for the State Assembly seats ahead of the primaries of the party in the State.

Governor Dickson is also locked in the supremacy battle for the seat of Brass Constituency 2 with the former Governor and State Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva.

It was learnt yesterday that the cold war between the State Governor and his deputy was triggered by the decision to return the incumbent House of Assembly member, Hon. Ben Ololo against the Deputy’s choice of Iberebo Ayebainaemi popularly known as Expeller.

ACHIEBO DURUAKU

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MRS EYA PATIENCE

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Already, the choice of the lberebo under the political group known as Otita force set up by the Deputy Governor’s brother, has met a brick wall with his non-clearance by the PDP. The deputy governor’s choice was among the three State Assembly aspirants screened out by the PDP. Political observer believes that the screening out of Deputy Governor’s candidate in his home constituency could be a set up to charge him with alleged anti-party activity if his candidate dumps PDP for APC. In Brass Constituency 2, the choice of the incumbent, Hon. Alfred Belemote Watson is causing controversies among his constituent which include the Former Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

Hon. Belemote Watson, who is the only elected member of APGA ADEMOLA CHUKWUDI

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OSEMWEGIE, ADUWARE

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ONOH STELLA

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CORRECTION OF NAME IN THE COMMUNITY ACCOUNT

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to the State Assembly, last Saturday defied pressure from the APC and joined the PDP. It was gathered that the Governor’s camp led by Hon. Austin Adigio are working to stop his election due to alleged selfish reasons and possibly causing the PDP defeat ahead of the election.

Austin Adigio, according to sources, is mounting pressure on the State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson to drop the choice of Hon. Belemote Watson, Hon. Helen Bob and Mrs Maria Ebikake for Assembly and Federal House of Representative because for his ambition to grab the party ticket ahead of a contest with the APC Federal House of Representative candidate, Hon. Isreal Sunny-Goli.

It was gathered that Hon. Belemote Watson, despite his defection to the ruling party in the State, hold the aces in the forth OLATOKUN MODINAT

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MRS EMEM CHUKA

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LOSS OF DOCUMENT This is to inform the general public of loss of ORIGINAL DEED OF IRREVOCABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY. The Land situated at Plot 593B Independence Layout, Enugu, Registered as No 30/30/1361 at the Land Registry Enugu, belonging to CHIEF GABRIEL CHUKWUMA. All effort of trace the said document has proved abortive. If found please contact the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development.

coming State Assembly election.

It was also gathered that the Gov. Dickson alleged consent to hand the ticket to Odioma community in Brass may pave way for the APC who is targeting handing the Party ticket to Ewoama area for convenience and rotation.

Odioma community, which is ward 5 in the Brass constituency 2, already have four aspirants jostling for the ticket including Evans Baribote, Esau Andrew.

A source within that PDP, who pleaded anonymity, said though the position of the Governor is still silent and not final on the two constituencies, the Party expects that the right choice will be made with a known winning candidate from Brass including Hon. Alfred Belemote Watson.

But an aide to Hon. Belemote Watson, who spoke with newsmen on the development, said though the claim of political hose trading is necessary at this time of politics, “my boss has made a decision to work with Governor Seriake Dickson and the PDP, he is committed and remain a party man despite attempts by some elements to deny him a second term.”

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12 new cult groups emerge in A’Ibom – AG Isaac Job, Uyo Following proscription of over 23 cult groups by Governor Udom Emmanuel through Anti-Cultism law enacted by the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly four months ago, 12 new cult groups have emerged from different parts of the State as a tactics to outsmart the law that proscribed the old cult groups.

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Barrister Uwemedimo Nwoko disclosed this at a 3day seminar for investigation Police Officer at the State Police Command Ikot Akpan, Abia.

Addressing participants at the closing session of the seminar on the theme: “Diligent prosecution of criminal cases, “Nwoko told the Police Officers that another group of Cultists with different names from the ones earlier outlawed by the State have emerged and operate from different council areas of the State as they recruit and initiate new member’s daily.

Although the Attorney General did not mention the names of the cult group but said his office was compiling their names and will wait to know more of them before taking legal steps to arrest the situation.

“The Police would need enough time to investigate these new cult groups and knew their operation before the their clampdown.”

He encouraged the police to utilize all the knowledge acquired during the 3 days seminar to relying investigation machinery of the state.

In a chat with correspondents, Barrister Nwoko said out of 113 Cult related cases in the State, the Police have secured 49 convictions while the rest are pending in court.

He charged the police to use all the lectures in the seminar to sharpen their skills in crime investigation so that they have excellent prosecution in court.

Nwoko further appealed to investigation Police Officers to backup their case files with the passport photographs of suspect for identifications in Court.

OGONNA CHIJIOKE

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EZEMONYE OLUCHI

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MRS VICTORIA CHIOMA

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MRS IWUOHA JENNIFER

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MRS ADELOWO HELEN I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Awe Helen Yemisi. Now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Adelowo Helen Yemisi.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS VICTORIA CHIOMA EZEOBA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS VICTORIA CHIOMA MBAMARA. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OKPALA JENNIFER NDIDIAMAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IWUOHA JENNIFER NDIDIAMAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

This is to inform the general public of loss of ORIGINAL LAND DOCUMENTS. belonging to HON. NNAEMEKA DONATUS NNAMANI. That I am the Bonafide owner of the said Plot 15 Independence Avenue Pocket Layout Enugu which was allocated to me by Enugu State Housing development Corporation with a deed of sub lease registered at Ministry of Lands, Enugu,. All effort of trace the said document has proved abortive. If found please contact the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development.

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FOREIGN TIMES

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, September 14, 2018

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France admits torture during Algeria’s war of independence

Turkey deploys reinforcements to Syrian border Turkey continued to deploy troops and heavy weaponry to its southwestern border with Syria in anticipation of a major offensive by the Syrian government and its allies on opposition-held territory.

A Turkish military convoy arrived at a Turkish outpost near the town of Morek, in Syria’s northern Hama province, early on Thursday.

Al Jazeera also observed the arrival of a military plane that unloaded dozens of Turkish soldiers at the civilian airport in Hatay province, about 50km from the Turkish-Syrian border. It was not immediately clear whether the troops were heading across the border.

Turkey already hosts threeand-a-half million Syrian refugees and is fearful of another major influx if Syrian forces - backed

by Russian airpower and allied militias - attack the last remaining stronghold of opposition fighters in Idlib province.

According to Metin Gurcan, a Turkish security expert, the border reinforcement was a defensive measure.

“If you look at the types of those weapons systems, I would say they are all for defensive purposes.

So I don’t think Turkey has offensive intention and capability to militarily intervene in the Idlib

conundrum,” he told Al Jazeera.

“This is sort of the preventive, defensive military buildup to manage the anticipated refugee flow because of this push of Russia-backed Syrian forces from the south.”

Nearly 40,000 people have already fled Idlib after SyrianRussian air strikes intensified over the last two weeks. The UN estimates, in a worst-case scenerio, about 900,000 civilians could flee Idlib if a full-scale ground offensive begins.

Turkish officials have repeatedly warned Russia and the Syrian government against attacking Idlib, saying it would lead to another massive wave of refugees heading towards Turkey.

Over the past week, Turkey has deployed reinforcements and expanded defensive structures at about a dozen observation points across opposition-held territories in Idlib, western Aleppo, and northern Hama provinces.

The outposts were established after a de-escalation agreement was reached between Turkey, Russia and Iran in July 2017.

Areas in Deraa and Homes provinces and the suburb of Eastern Ghouta were also part of the de-escalation deal, but over the past few months they have been captured by Syrian government

forces backed by the Russian air force and pro-Iranian militias.

On September 7, a ceasefire proposed by Turkey was rejected

by Russia and Iran during a summit among the three countries in Tehran.

A confrontation between Turkish forces and those backing the Syrian government are “highly unlikely” if the offensive on Idlib goes forward, said Gurkan.

Russia continues to control Syria’s airspace, he noted, and Turkey is unlikely to initiate any military action there without Russian approval.

“I don’t expect a large-scale ground offensive [by Syrian forces]. It is going to a gradual, incremental siege warfare that could last maybe nine to 10 months,” said Gurkan.

He added Turkey was unlikely to withdraw its observation points manned by its troops if heavy fighting begins.

“These are Russia-endorsed observation posts, the prime objective of which is to prevent the expansion of pro-Iranian Shia militias from Aleppo to Idlib,” he said.

According to Gurkan, Russia also wants to limit Iranian influence in Syria and prevent it from spreading into Idlib province.

France acknowledged for the first time it was responsible for systematic torture during the Algerian war of independence in the mid-1950s.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that Maurice Audin, a communist pro-independence activist who disappeared in 1957, “died under torture stemming from the system instigated while Algeria was part of France”.

Macron, who paid a visit to Audin’s widow on Thursday, was also set to announce “the opening of archives on the subject of disappeared civilians and soldiers, both French and Algerian”.

During the 1954-62 war, which claimed some 1.5 million Algerian lives, French forces cracked down on independence fighters in the colony ruled by Paris for 130 years.

Macron told Audin’s widow: “The only thing I am doing is to acknowledge the truth.”

Josette Audin told reporters at her apartment in the east Paris suburb of Bagnolet: “I never thought this day would come.”

Starting with former President Jacques Chirac in 2003, French leaders have at various points denounced the suffering that the occupation of Algeria caused the indigenous population, before walking back or tempering their statements.

But none until Macron, however, acknowledged France’s responsibility in the torture of Algerian detainees.

During the war, the French government censored newspapers, books, and films that claimed it had used torture. After the war, atrocities committed by its troops remained a taboo subject in French society.

Rim-Sarah Alouane, an international human rights jurist and a PhD candidate in public law at Toulouse University, told Al Jazeera that justice was finally being served.

“I think this very welcoming decision by President Macron was the natural next step to take in this very heavy history. It had to be done for the sake of both countries,” Alouane said.

“A lot of mysteries around the disappearances of people who fought during the Algerian war of independence remain, mysteries that have affected thousands and thousands of families.”

Alouane said while the declaration

does not amount to an apology, it’s an important step given that colonisation is still a taboo subject in France.

Historian Sylvie Thenault said the French state’s acknowledgement that Audin’s death resulted from a “system” pointed to a broader recognition of wrongdoing.

“Through recognition of the state’s responsibilities in the disappearance of Maurice Audin, have the state’s responsibilities in all disappearances in Algiers in 1957 not been recognised?” she wrote in The Conversation, a news website.

Macron, the first president born after the conflict, sparked controversy on the campaign trail last year by declaring that France’s colonisation of Algeria was a “crime against humanity”.

He later walked back the comments calling for “neither denial nor repentance” over France’s colonial history.

Reporting from Paris, Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler said Thursday’s announcement had deep symbolic meaning and would bring closure for Audin’s widow 60 years later - and may help others with the opening of the archives.

“It’s a very significant statement indeed. It closes a chapter for her, and it perhaps opens one for others because relatives of people who died at the time will be able to find out what happened to their loved ones,” she said.

An assistant professor at the University of Algiers, Audin was 25 when he was arrested at his home likely by French soldiers - accused of harbouring communist independence fighters.

The father-of-three was tortured repeatedly in a villa in the Algiers neighbourhood of El Biar. Josette Audin was told 10 days later her husband had escaped while being transferred between jails.

This remained the official version of events until 2014, when Macron’s predecessor, Francois Hollande, acknowledged Audin died in detention.

A 2014 book by journalist Jean-Charles Deniau claimed the mathematician was killed by a French army officer on the orders of General Jacques Massu.

That order was confirmed by another general, Paul Aussaresses, who died in 2013 after admitting he tortured and killed dozens of prisoners.

Mangkhut: Thousands evacuate as storm bears down on Philippines A super typhoon roared towards the Philippines on Thursday prompting thousands to evacuate in advance of its heavy rains and fierce winds set to strike at the weekend before moving on to China.

Typhoon Mangkhut, which has already blasted through the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam, is speeding across the Pacific Ocean with winds that can gust as high as 255 kilometres per hour.

Authorities said some 10 million people in the Philippines are in

the storm’s path, not including millions more in heavily populated coastal China.

The Philippine weather bureau warned the storm surge brought about by strong winds could be as high as six metres - the equivalent to a two-storey building endangering many coastal towns and lives.

It said Mangkhut, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ompong, will be the strongest typhoon so far this year.

Thousands began evacuating seaside areas of the northern tip

of the main Philippine island of Luzon, where the storm is expected to make landfall early Saturday.

In some areas, local authorities will carry out forced evacuations.

“We are really frightened. They say it is so strong,” said Delaila Pasion who had fled her home.

“We were too scared to remain.”

Flooding, landslides, and wind damage from the super typhoon were top concerns as authorities prepared equipment and personnel for rescue and relief operations.

Maurice Audin, an Algerian communist party member, went missing after being arrested on June 11, 1957

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Nissan signs tennis star Naomi Osaka as brand ambassador

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) said on Thursday it had signed U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its next brand ambassador.

Nissan wants to tap the tennis star’s youth, drive and Japanese roots to appeal to younger customers.

Osaka, 20, shot to international fame on Saturday when she defeated 36-year-old American Serena Williams at Flushing Meadows to become the first Japanese player to claim a Grand Slam singles crown.

“Growing up, my dad drove a Nissan, so being able to be a brand ambassador now, it feels like I’ve come full circle,” Osaka said at a contract signing event at Nissan’s headquarters in Yokohama.

Nissan said the passionate video-game player and Beyonce fan would appear in global promotions and advertising as part

of its three-year contract.

That contract will be something of a branding departure for a company whose popular GT-R sports car appeals mainly to men aged 40 and older.

Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and Haitian-born father and raised mainly in the United States, Osaka has won hearts on and off the tennis court.

She has done so much for her ferocious serve as her down-to-earth humility.

Asked how she felt being a high-profile, bi-racial athlete in a largely ethnically homogenous country, Osaka said the question “really throws me off.”

“It’s just who I am … I don’t think I’m a mix of three whatever, I just think I am me,” she said.

Nissan joins a growing number of companies which have enlisted Osaka for endorsement.

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They include Adidas AG (ADSGn.DE), Yonex Co (7906.T), Nissin Foods Co (1475.

HK), Wowow Inc (4839.T) and Citizen Watch Co (7762.T).

Osaka is the latest sports figure to lend her star power to Nissan, after Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt served as the automaker’s “global director of excitement” to promote the GT-R from 2012 to 2016.

Last year, it signed Australian actress Margot Robbie, who has been promoting its electric vehicles.

Having Osaka as a face of the company, Nissan can appeal to younger drivers as it aims to expand sales of its Leaf all-battery electric car, and promote its automated and connected-driving technologies.

But Osaka said her tastes veered towards Nissan’s sports cars. “For me, it’s the GT-R … Because it’s fast,” she said.

Coach: We’ll work on our lapses against Ghana Starlets Assistant Coach of the Golden Eaglets, Nduka Ugbade, says the team will work on their lapses ahead of the final clash against Ghana’s Starlets at the ongoing 2019 U-17 AFCON qualifiers.

Ugbade told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ibadan by telephone from the Niamey, Niger, venue of the ongoing WAFU Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

“For the finals, it must surely be better than our three previous games. If we are going to win very well.

“The next thing now is to start to correct most of the things that we saw that was wrong in the games.

“If the players will listen more and carry out the instructions

given to them, beating Ghana in the finals will come good,” he said.

On his rating of the performance of the players so far, Ugbade said “my rating of the players’ performances would depend on how they carry out the instructions given.

“Out of a 100 per cent, I would only give them 40 per cent,” he said.

The Golden Eaglets lost 3-2 to Burkina Faso in their opening game and beat Cote d’Ivoire by 5-1 in their second game.

In their third match against Niger Republic they won 2-1 to book their slot in the finals.

The Golden Eaglets are optimistic of making a return to the global stage by qualifying for Tanzania 2019.

I want to be world champion Liberia’s George Weah now ‘oldest player’ to play in national team – NYG gold medalist Prestige Archibong, a 10-year-old Scrabble Gold Medalist for Team Akwa Ibom at the ongoing 4th National Youth Games, says his desire is to be world champion in the sport.

“One day I know I will become a world champion in scrabble, God will do it for me to achieve my dream,” Achibong told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Ilorin.

NAN reports that Prestige Archibong clinched the gold medal having won seven out of the eight matches played on a spread of +831.

The gold medalist said that he prepared very well for the tournament with the help of his coach.

According to him, I love reading scrabble words for leisure so that he could beat his opponents on the board while playing.

A female gold medalist, also in scrabble for Team Akwa Ibom,

Emem Bassey, said that she love to be a female world champion in the future.

Bassey thanked her sisters and friends whom she said were always playing with her to learn more about the game.

She said that her target of coming into the games was to win gold.

According to her, I am delighted to have won the sport’s highest honour at the 4th Youth Games.

Mosopefoluwa John of Team Lagos clinched the silver medal winning six out of eight matches on a spread of +1086.

Adedeji Aka of FCT settled for bronze after winning six out of eight games on a spread of +786.

In the female singles category, Akwa Ibom’s Bassey clinched gold having won seven out of eight matches on a spread of +1403.

Plateau’s Blessing Ola won the silver medal after winning six out of eight matches on a spread of +485.

Liberia President George Weah, 51, has become the oldest international on record after playing against Nigeria on Tuesday, according to a leading group of football statisticians.

Liberia arranged the Monrovia friendly to retire their number 14 shirt, worn by Weah at his playing peak.

“Weah became the oldest player, male or female, to play in the national team of a Fifa member,” said Neil Morrison from the RSSSF group.

The striker beats the previous oldest player on record – Greece captain Yorghos Koudas, who was 48 when he played his last game in 1995.

“There are various caveats associated with this statement,” added Morrison. “(Namely) that (Weah’s) date of birth is correct and the fact that we don’t have complete information of all players and all their dates of birth over the years.”

Fifa made similar comments when asked if Weah, World Footballer of the Year in 1995, had made history.

“We cannot confirm this since our historical records do not include every international friendly that has taken place,” a Fifa spokesperson told BBC Sport.

Football’s world governing body added that the oldest player to have played in a Fifa competition is Dutchman Roel Liefden, a beach footballer who was 46 when he played against Argentina in 2013.

The lack of accurate of documentation means international footballers older than Weah may have played

but the former AC Milan and PSG star becomes the oldest on record.

Now lying third on that list is former Liberia coach James Debbah, a 48-year-old who regularly played alongside Weah during the Lone Star’s golden era at the turn of the century and who also turned out in Tuesday’s 2-1 home defeat.

Both men represented Liberia at the 1996 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, the only times the West African country has contested the continent’s greatest football showpiece.

Liberia has never qualified for a World Cup but fell just a point short of reaching the 2002 finals with Weah and Debbah to the fore.

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989 athletes register for Coal City marathon No fewer than 989 long distance athletes have registered for the forthcoming Enugu City Half-Marathon, tagged “Coal City International Marathon’’.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Coal City International Marathon will be the first-ever international half-marathon to be held in the entire South-East Zone of the country.

NAN reports that the marathon, which has the hash tag: #DARETORUN, will hold on November 24 within Enugu metropolis.

The Enugu State Commissioner for Sports, Joseph Udedi, told NAN in Enugu on Thursday that among the 989 long distance athletes, 416 are professional long distance athletes.

Udedi said: “A total of 389 local professional long distance runners have registered, while 17 international long distance athletes have registered as well.

“The international long distance athletes are from Kenya and Ethiopia respectively.”

According to him, the ministry has opened an office for the marathon at the ground floor of the state’s Secretariat Complex in GRA, Enugu, to handle inquiries and other businesses pertaining the marathon.

Udedi also said that further inquiries could be done through the following telephone numbers: 08034004354, 08035537369 and 08156139125.

He said: “Also, the marathon’s dedicated websites of www. coalcitymarathon.com can be used for online registration and making inquiry as well.”

He noted that the Local Organising Committee had also placed restriction on the number of participants.

He said that only 3,000 athletes from across the country and beyond would be allowed to register to

participate in the competition.

The commissioner added that the LOC had put in place prize money for the winners in the male and female categories of the event.

Udedi said: “For each of the categories, the winner gets 3,500 dollars, first runner-up 3,000 dollars and second runner-up 2,500 dollars respectively.

“There will also be prize money for the first six winners in each category as well as other consolation prizes.”

The commissioner said the event would spur home-based athletes to aspire to be like known international marathoners.

He said: “The Coal City Marathon will surely put Enugu State on the world map of athletics in the area of excellence, development and talent discovery.

“The marathon period will be used to showcase the great culture and tourism prospects of Enugu State to the world.”

FIBA World Cup: D’Tigress will do well in Spain – NBBF

A member of the Nigeria Basketball Federation Board, Col. Sam Ahmedu, on Thursday said that Nigeria could make the second round and beyond in the FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.

Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, D’Tigress is scheduled to play in Group B with teams from Australia, Argentina and Turkey when the competition dunks off in September 22.

Ahmedu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the team was capable of progressing into the knockout stages and also go all the way to win going by the quality of the players.

“I think we have a formidable team, it is true no African country has yet to get past the group stage but that was in the past and we cannot continue to leave in the past.

“The array of players we have are just phenomenon, they play in top leagues in Europe and other parts of the world and can’t be intimidated anymore.

“We have seen in their preparations that they are working hard ahead of the competition which is the mother of events in the year and a place for them to compete with the best.

“They know also what it

takes because they meet with these players in their various leagues they play in so there is no cause for alarm,’’ Ahmedu told NAN. Similarly, Franca Ukwoji, an exinternational backed the team to do well in Spain going by the quality of its.

“I think we have great girls that can make us proud, I have seen them train and also watched their friendly match against the Raptors of Lagos.

“They are a hardworking team but should not play any individual or selfish basketball but stick together like a team.

“Teamwork is very important, for any team to be successful they just have to play for each other and gel together.

“It will be a great thing if Nigeria get past the group stage with the arrays of talents that abound in the team,’’ Ukwoji said.

In the same vein, Sarah Imovbioh, who plays in the forward position, told NAN that the team was unfazed with the challenges coming from other teams in the group.

“We have a very good team; we work very hard and are confident of going far because this is our goal.

“We want to do this for ourselves and our country because we know that our basketball has truly come of age, we are no more pushovers.

“This is why we prepare so hard and very determined to shine in Spain,’’ Imovbioh said.

Nigeria is ranked 34 in the world and will work their socks off to overcome Australia, Argentina ranked number four and 15 respectively.

NAN reports that in 2014, the US won the World Cup, while Nigeria placed 13th.

Unai Emery: Mesut Ozil can rekindle Arsenal after retiring from German football Arsenal manager Unai Emery is hoping a break from international football can help Mesut Ozil recover his best form at club level for the Gunners.

Ozil, capped 92 times, walked away from the Germany set-up in the wake of their disastrous World Cup campaign, complaining of facing racism and being made a scapegoat for the team’s failure.

Yet, despite being handed a hugely lucrative new contract until 2021 in January, he has also struggled to make an impact since Emery took over at Arsenal in June.

Ozil, though, has had a rare chance to train for a full two weeks over the international break ahead of Saturday’s trip to Newcastle.

“The players have the habits to

play in the international break, in important matches, defending their identity and when one player stops doing that, I think it is also good for them to focus only on their team,” said Emery on Thursday.

“For Mesut, it is important, for me also, (to have) this focus every day with us.”

Ozil was substituted by Emery in Arsenal’s second game of the season away to Chelsea and left out due to illness a week later for the Spaniard’s first win in charge at home to West Ham. However, he returned for a 3-2 win away to Cardiff before the international break and is expected to keep his place for the trip to St James’ Park.

NYG: Team Lagos sweeps gymnastics, weightlifting gold Team Lagos have a haul of medals in Gymnastics and Weightlifting events at the ongoing National Youth Games, taking place at the University of Ilorin in Ilorin, Kwara State.

A sensational young gymnast from Lagos Abimbola Disu was cynosure of all eyes as she won three gold and silver medals on Tuesday in the Gymnastics events of the 4th National Youth Games, while Zainab Quadri won 3 gold in 48kg of the Weightlifting event.

In the Girls Apparatus Final (Vault), Abimbola, 14, a student of Brended College, Ebute-metta, won gold medal with 10.30 points.

She went ahead to win another gold medal in Floor Girls event with with 12.65 points, and also a gold medal as best all- around girl with 40.35 points.

In the Team Event for Girls, Team Lagos won a gold medal with 96.20 points leaving Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Plateau State with one silver and a bronze medal at 82.65 and 75.60 points respectively.

In the Team Event for Boys, Team Lagos claimed silver medal with 43.80 points, while Team Plateau won the gold medal of that event, Team Oyo settled for bronze medal with 41.70 points.

Overall Team Lagos won 4 gold medals, 2 silver and 1 bronze medals. Team Edo was second with 4 gold, while Team Plateau placed third with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals.

Meanwhile, Zainab Disu was outstanding in jack, clean and jack events of 48kg category of the weightlifting event of the NYG 2018 on Wednesday.

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