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Zamfara polls: Outrage trails AGF Malami’s letter to INEC AGF clarifies statement as PDP, Agbakoba, Ozekhome, others kick Comply with Appeal Court ruling, APC tells INEC

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Outrage on Thursday followed the letter written by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Wednesday, to the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) requesting it to postpone the general election in Zamfara State.

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of Malami’s letter by some political parties, groups and individuals, that the AGF on Thursday through his media aide issued a clarification denying the earlier report.

Malami categorically denied reports that he requested the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone elections in Zamfara State.

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President Muhammadu Buhari (middle) flanked to his left by Governor Aminu Bello Masari and right by National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, with other chieftains of the party during the APC presidential campaign rally in Katsina… on Thursday.

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Outrage trails AGF Malami’s letter to INEC Continued from page 1

outlets stating that his office had purportedly requested the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the elections in Zamfara State.

“The office of the Attorney General of the Federation wishes to emphatically reiterate that this report is false and misleading, a statement by the Minister’s aide said.

The statement titled, “AGF letter to INEC dated February, 13, 2019: A clarification”, reads: “The attention of the Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to a recent publication by certain social media and conventional news outlets stating that this Office had purportedly requested the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the elections in Zamfara State. The Office of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation wishes to emphatically reiterate that this report is false and misleading.

“In our letter dated 13th February 2019 addressed to the INEC Chairman, the AGF in reacting to a petition from M.A Mahmud informing this Office of the subsisting Court of Appeal decision in CA/S/22/2019 which effectively upheld the APC primaries in Zamfara state, wrote to INEC informing them of this development and requested the Commission to comply by extending the time within which the political party may field its candidate in the Gubernatorial election”.

Malami pointed out that the constraining circumstances that led to the delay in fielding a candidate were caused by INEC’s refusal to comply with the Zamfara State High Court Judgment which upheld the said APC primaries.

He said INEC had relied on a Federal High Court Judgement which nullified the primaries, whereas the Court of Appeal decision in reference has now effectively overturned this decision and upheld the said APC primaries.

Buttressing his position, the AGF made reference to the provisions of sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral Act, 2010, which allows INEC the latitude and discretion to extend the time within which a political party may duly field a candidate for an election where unforeseen circumstances constrained such a party from doing so within the stipulated time frame.

“It is therefore our position that shutting a candidate out of the elections despite a subsisting Court of Appeal decision mandating otherwise would lead to a miscarriage of justice and certainly not in the interest of giving all parties in Zamfara State a level playing field. Our letter to INEC is therefore in line with the subsisting Court of Appeal decision as well as Sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral Act, 2010.

“It is at this point mandatory to reiterate that the issue for contention by the parties before the trial and appellate court were in no way and by no stretch of imagination extend to the presidential election which at any rate was not an issue contemplated for determination by the trial and appellate court.

“It is therefore obvious that what the insinuations in the social media and some conventional news outlets set out to achieve on the strength of this issue is to confuse the electorate and Nigerians at large and/or to portray the ruling government as insensitive to the electoral process”, he said.

He urged the public to note that his office would not in any way interfere with INEC’s mandate to conduct free and fair elections and is fully in support of ensuring that justice is done to all the parties in this circumstance.

Reacting, former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, on Thursday, chided the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, over the latter’s letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) asking for postponement of Zamfara State elections.

Agbakoba expressed shock at the AGF letter, stating that if there is need for postponement of elections in Zamfara State, it is the All Progressives Congress (APC) that should call for it.

The letter dated February 14, 2019 and addressed to the AGF titled: Request for Postponement of Zamfara State Elections, enjoined him to withdraw the letter forthwith.

The letter reads: “I am shocked by your letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the above subject. You are the Attorney General of the Federation and not the Attorney General of INEC. INEC is an independent institution and cannot take directives from the Federal Government.

“If there is need for the postponement of the Zamfara State elections as indicated in your letter, the proper person to request the postponement is the All Progressives Congress (APC). In any case, Sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral Act 2010 which your request is based on have nothing to do with postponement of elections.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has at various fora had undertaken that the Federal Government will not interfere with INEC. Your letter puts that commitment to question.

“It is my hope that this letter will be immediately withdrawn.”

Agbakoba also wrote INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, asking him to disregard Malami’s letter.

“INEC is an independent institution and should not take directives from the Attorney General of the Federation or the Federal Government.

“If there is need for the postponement of the Zamfara State elections, the proper person to request the postponement is the All the Progressive Congress (APC).

“In any case, Sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) which the Attorney General’s request is based on have nothing to do with postponement of elections.

“INEC should disregard the Attorney General’s letter,” Agbakoba added.

Also, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, berated the Attorney General of Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), over

his purported letter requesting INEC to postpone the National Assembly, governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections in Zamfara State.

Ozekhome in a chart with journalists on Thursday in Abuja, felt saddened that the AGF could take a decision to jeopardise the interest of over 70 other political parties in Zamfara State because his party, APC, has no candidate in the elections.

Ozekhome, however, asked INEC not to be intimidated but remain resolute in his stand to exclude APC’s candidate in Zamfara State on account that the party did not hold any primary election.

According to Ozekhome, who is counsel to a faction of APC in the ongoing court case, both Malami and Magaji want to obtain what they could not get from the front door, through the back door.

In a letter dated February 14, 2019, titled, “Re: 1. Suit No.: ZMS/GS/52/2018: Sanusi Liman Dan Alhaji and 37 ORS 2. Suit No.: FHC/ ABJ/ CS/1279/2018: APC V. INEC and 5 ORS 3. Appeal No.: CA/S/23/2019: Hon Aminu Sani Jaji V. Sanusi Liman Dan Alhaji and 81 ORS 4. Appeal No.: A/A/95/2019: Alhaji Lawal M. Liman V. APC. Brazen attempt to mislead INEC as regards the import of the ruling delivered by the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division on 13th February, 2019”, Ozekhome asked the AGF not to intimidate INEC into changing its stand in the Zamfara APC matter.

Ozekhome, who is counsel to Senator Kabiru Marafa and 181 others who were respondents in Appeal NO. CA/S/23/2019, which was heard on February 13, 2019, said the sole issue for determination was whether Jaji (Appellant) who had filed a notice of discontinuance, under Order 11 Rules 1 and 5 could legally withdraw and discontinue the appeal.

He said, if so, whether Sanusi Alhaji, Mukhtar Idris, Gov Abdulaziz Abubakar and 35 others could still sustain their motion filed on the 8th February, 2019, which had been solely predicated on the existence of Appeal No. CA/3/23/2019.

The said motion filed on behalf of the said respondents/ applicants by Mahmud Magaji was seeking, among other reliefs, an order of the Court of Appeal to grant order in the interim (before the determination of the substance of the main appeal), directing INEC to allow APC field candidates in the forthcoming elections in Zamfara State.

He told the AGF that the Court of Appeal held that the appeal, having been withdrawn, was accordingly dismissed and that the Court said, the motion filed by Yari, Sanusi Liman Alhaji, Mukhtar Shehu Idris and others could not be argued as it had been overtaken by events by the discontinuance and dismissal of the appeal on which it was hinged.

“Sir, you would see that there was total misrepresentation and suppression of material facts by the contents of a petition written by M. A. Magaji (SAN) and Co, falsely alleging that the Court of Appeal has upheld the appeal No. CA/S/23/2019.

Ozekhome, who described

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24 hours to D-Day: Buhari reaffirms commitment to credible polls Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has assured all Nigerians and the international community that his administration will do its very best to ensure that the 2019 elections commencing tomorrow, Saturday, February 16, take place in a secure and peaceful atmosphere.

President Buhari said, it was such free, fair and peaceful elections that made it possible for the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government to emerge, despite the fact that “we were contesting against a long-standing incumbent party.”

Buhari gave the assurance during his 21 minutes National Broadcast on Thursday, urging all citizens who are eligible voters to come out and queue to fulfill the important obligation they have to themselves, the leaders – “and to our common future.”

The President reaffirmed the commitment of the Federal Government to the conduct of free and fair elections in a safe and peaceful atmosphere, adding, “Just yesterday (Thursday), I signed the Peace Accord alongside 72 other presidential candidates.

“I want to assure all Nigerians, the diplomatic community and all foreign election observers of their safety and full protection.

Any comments or threats of intimidation from any source do not represent the position of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“As Government has a critical role in maintaining the democratic traditions, so do citizens. I therefore urge you all, as good Nigerians, to take a personal interest in promoting and maintaining peace in your respective neighbourhoods during the elections. This is certainly not a time to allow personal, religious, sectional or party interests to drive us to desperation,” he stated.

According to President Buhari, “the choice that now confronts us is whether we want to continue with real infrastructure development, which is the road to prosperity and jobs or return to the era of ‘stomach infrastructure’.

He pointed out that Agricultural Self-

Reliance and Food Security was also a choice the administration made in fulfilment of the citizens’ mandate for change.

Speaking further, President Buhari noted, “the damage that insecurity and corruption have done, over time, to our collective livelihood is incalculable. However, it is pleasing to note that our frontal attack on these twin evils is gaining momentum and bringing about visible progress.

“The recovery of the economy from recession is complete and Nigeria is back on the path of steady growth.

“The key to creating more jobs lies in accelerating this momentum of economic growth. Happily, we have succeeded in making the fundamental changes necessary for this acceleration, and we are now beginning to see the efforts bearing fruit”.

The Broadcast reads in part: “On Saturday, February 16, 2019, you will, once again, be called upon to choose the leaders who will pilot the affairs of our great nation for the next four years. This is a constitutional right which should be freely exercised by all eligible voters.

“At this point, I want to make a special appeal to our youth: Do not allow yourselves to be used to cause violence and destruction.

The people who want to incite you are those preparing the ground for discrediting the elections. Having lost the argument, they fear losing the elections.

“When you elected me in 2015, it was essentially in consequence of my promise of CHANGE. We committed ourselves to improving security across the country, putting the economy on a sound footing and tackling rampant corruption, which had in many ways become a serious drawback to national development.

“Our Government spent the last 3 years and 9 months striving faithfully to keep this promise, in spite of very serious revenue shortages caused mainly by a sharp drop in international oil prices and an unexpected rise in the vandalisation of oil installations, which, mercifully have now been curtailed.

“We nevertheless pressed on in our quest to diversify the economy, create jobs, reduce

commodity prices and generally improve the standard of living among our people.

“Our ease of doing business policies and programmes are already impacting medium, small and micro industries, as well as Manufacturing, Mining and Agriculture, among other key sectors.

“Our commitment to critical infrastructure – that is Roads, Rails, Bridges, Airports and Seaports – will create more jobs, improving the efficiency and competitiveness of our industries.

“Many of these projects are at different stages of completion, and those who use them regularly will attest to the fact that even while construction is ongoing, they are beginning to see reduced travel times. This will ultimately translate to reduced costs and greater convenience, making transportation, and business in particular, much easier.

“The economic recovery that we promised is well underway, as demonstrated by the recently released statistics. In 2018, the economy grew by 1.93%, with the Fourth Quarter growth being 2.38%, up from 1.81% in the Third Quarter.

“Remarkably, the strong economic performance was driven by the Non-Oil sector, which grew at 2% as at full year. Indeed, Non-Oil growth rose to 2.7% in the Fourth Quarter of 2018, up from 2.32% in the Third Quarter. These results further underscore our commitment to diversifying the economy away from the past dependence on Oil. “Other indicators confirm the economy’s steady recovery. Our monthly food import bill has declined from $664 million in January 2015 to $160 million as at October 2018. Inflation fell from 18.72% in January 2017 to 11.44% in December 2018. Our External Reserves have risen from $23 billion in October 2016 to $43.12 billion as at 7th February 2019.

“Now that the recession is well behind us, our next task is to redouble our efforts, accelerate the growth and use it to create even more jobs for our people.

“The Executive Orders, No. 5, and No. 7 issued by me, and the recently approved National Infrastructure Maintenance Policy

Saturday election: Call parties to meeting now, PDP urges INEC

Wants representatives of parties to supervise Electoral umpire’s work

Babatunde Opalana, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to summon a meeting of the political parties participating in the Presidential election immediately to appoint representatives drawn from the parties that will oversee their work.

It also called on the National Peace Committee to prevail on the Federal Government and various agencies involved in the presidential election tomorrow to go the right way of free and fair elections.

The National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, made the call on Thursday, in Abuja, during a press conference, expressing fear that a sick narrative has emerged, one of systemic and systematic rigging, manipulation of the true record of the voters register.

The party also asked INEC to clean up their voters register and retain for accreditation and voting during the elections only credible voter’s register, while it called on the various security agencies to remain unbiased, fair and transparent on any matter concerning this election and also for them to stop unwarranted harassment and intimidation of opposition.

These demands, according to Secondus, are based on discovery of certain infractions such as the Systemic Manipulation of the Voters Register and abuse of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).

“It is clear that INEC did not in fact do a cleanup of the register of voters before it published it. In previous INEC administrations this eventuality was mitigated by administrative arrangements wherein a voter did accreditation in the morning and voted in the afternoon - so if a voter wanted to vote twice, say at A and B, they would have to go to A and get accredited, then go to B and

also get accredited, and then go back to A to vote and the then go to B to vote - an onerous regimen that prevented cultivating. In the new continuous voting regime this administrative support measure has been disposed of specifically to facilitate multiple voting by a huge number of APC voters.

“The Voter’s register contains the data of dead voters. Permanent Voters Cards for dead voters were printed and distributed nationwide.

Fellow Citizens, Government data shows that the gross death rate in Nigeria is 12.5 per 1000 lives. We have evidence that over 1,050,051 dead voters will vote in this election. The decision that dead voters will cast ballots has been taken by INEC and the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, he said.

The chairman also alleged manipulation of security agencies, saying: “As we prepare for the general election on Saturday, multiple intelligence sources available to us in PDP, shows that All Progressives Congress, APC, in conjunction with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through their ICT situation room have concluded plans to manipulate the outcome of Saturday’s election in the followings ways.

“By deliberately corrupting the INEC voter’s register to induce voter’s suppression in PDP’s strong hold operations areas with the aim of disenfranchising at least four voters through corrupting of their four names on the voters register. The strategy is to create artificial problems wherein at least four registered voters can be disfranchised in PDP strong hold areas.

The target is to adequately limit the estimated members of PDP who would want to vote in their areas.

“There is deliberate ploy to disrupt Internet services and jam cell tower coverage ostensibly to prevent Nigerians from covering the elections via social media.

“There is also confirmed intelligence

showing that critical PDP players in this election are to be earmarked, arrested and quarantined to a particular location to give way for the elections to be rigged.

“The other intelligence available to the party also shows that some uniforms of para-military and military operatives particularly the Army and Police have been produced in large numbers for use by civilians during the voting period.

“To send faulty card reader machine to certain identified PDP strong holds and record a deliberate slow screening of voters to frustrate and discourage them.

“They have packaged large sums of foreign currency to induce voters and security and INEC operatives.

“We have all witnessed the extravagant amounts displayed in this campaign by APC in advertisements, billboards and the use of State media as an instrument of the party.

“We also have on good authority that all the electoral frauds via the ICT which the APC has mapped out are being coordinated by a highly placed government official (body bag) with the help of some foreigners inside an apartment in the government House and other locations in Kaduna state”.

The PDP chairman charged Nigerians to be at alert, to guard their votes to ensure their wish for a new government is realised.

“Stealing this election is stealing the future of the youth of Nigeria and stealing the future of this country. It will subvert the Promise of Nigeria.

“However, the hour has now come that we call upon you citizens to do your duty and protect your right to a decent future.

“If we allow the Government and INEC to continue on their way, we are guaranteed another false start, and tragically that means a Nigeria that does not work. A Nigeria that never leads. A Nigeria whose resources are wasted in perverted uses”, he said.

Buhari demonstrate our commitment to accelerated job creation and infrastructure development.

“We believe that Governments cannot simply proclaim jobs into existence. Job creation will only expand as a result of economic policies that enable the private sector to flourish, and this is the approach our Administration has taken.

“Executive Order No 5, which Promotes Nigerian Content in Contracts, as well as Science, Engineering and Technology, will preserve and prioritize job creation for our citizens.

“Executive Order 7, on the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme, seeks to mobilize private capital and capacity for infrastructure development.

“It responds to the demands of manufacturing and industrial complexes which wish to construct access roads without waiting for government, so long as they are allowed to recover the cost from taxes they would have paid to government.

“We expect that this approach will boost industrial expansion and rural development, consequently creating more jobs for our people.

“Similarly, our recently issued Maintenance Policy targets artisans, carpenters, welders, tailors, painters, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, landscapers and many more Ordinary Nigerians at the base of our economic pyramid who will get regular and large-scale opportunities to improve themselves.

“It is an economic solution that also brings the relevant artisans and professionals into long term sustainable employment to maintain our Schools, Court Rooms, Hospitals, Police Stations, Federal Secretariats and other Public Buildings.

“Human Capital Development has also been a key priority for this Administration, which has increased investments in health and education.

Innovative measures have been introduced to complement the traditional budgetary allocations to the relevant Ministries.

“For instance, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has invested US$21 million in three healthcare projects as a Public Private Partnership with three Federal medical institutions. These include two modern Medical Diagnostic Centres located at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano and the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia; as well as one outpatient Cancer Treatment Centre in Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos -which I commissioned on 9th February 2019.

“Of course, our radical commitment to developing Critical Infrastructure is the foundation upon which we will deliver an all embracing national prosperity and a shared commonwealth.

“There is no country that aspires to greatness without spending massively on its Critical Infrastructure. Rather than the discredited policy of ‘stomach infrastructure’, which could only benefit a few for a little while, we are focused on real infrastructural development for the growth of our economy and the long-term benefit of all Nigerians.

“When you voted for our message of CHANGE, you invited us to assume office and depart from that bad and most regrettable choice. We have responded by making a choice for real infrastructure of Roads in every State, Housing in 34 States, Power Stations across Nigeria, Rail from Lagos to Kano.

“Our Presidential Fertiliser Initiative has resulted in savings of US$150 million

in foreign exchange due to local sourcing of inputs at 16 Blending Plants. It has also conserved N60 billion in Subsidies as well as supported tens of thousands of farmers and agro-dealers nationwide.

“Our Anchor Borrowers’ Programme has substantially raised local rice yields from as low as two Metric Tonnes per hectare, to as high as eight Metric Tonnes per hectare.

“Through this programme, the Central Bank of Nigeria has cumulatively lent over N120 billion to over 720,000 smallholder farmers cultivating 12 commodities across the 36 States and Abuja. Targeted crops and livestock have included cattle, poultry, fish, cassava, soybeans, ground nut, ginger, sorghum, rice, wheat, cotton and maize.

“As a result, we have seen a remarkable rise in the production of key agricultural commodities. I am pleased to note that in major departmental stores and local markets, there has been a surge in the supply of high quality Nigerian agricultural produce.

“Behind each of these products, are thousands of industrious Nigerians working in factories and farms across the nation.

Our interventions have led to improved wealth and job creation for these Nigerians, particularly in our rural communities.

“Again, these outcomes have been a major departure from the previous focus on consuming imported food items, which literally exported our children’s jobs to food-exporting nations, whilst depleting our precious foreign exchange reserves. This, of course, caused a closure of our factories while keeping open other peoples’ factories.

“The choice made by this Administration to assist farmers directly and promote agriculture in every way possible has gone a long way to enhance our food security while enabling us to tackle poverty by feeding over nine million children daily under our Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. It also puts us clearly on the road to becoming a food secure and agriculture exporting nation. “Next to Agriculture, we are focusing on Manufacturing Sector. The Purchasing Managers Index, which is the measure of manufacturing activities in an economy has risen for 22 consecutive months as at January this year, indicating continuous growth and expansion in our manufacturing sector.

“I will conclude by going back to where I started: that our choices have had consequences about employment and cost of living.

“In making your choice this time, please ask yourself whether, and in what ways, others will do anything different to address the issues of Agriculture, Infrastructure, Security, Good Governance and Fighting Corruption.

“If they are only hoping to do what we are already doing successfully, we are clearly your preferred choice.

“Think carefully and choose wisely. This time, it is a choice about consolidating on growth for Jobs and Prosperity.

“February 16th is all about a choice. But it is more than a choice between APC and the opposition. It is a choice about you, it is a choice between going back or keeping the momentum of CHANGE. “The road to greater prosperity for Nigeria may be long, but what you can be assured of is a Leadership that is not prepared to sacrifice the future well-being of Nigerians for our own personal or material needs. You can be assured of my commitment to remain focused on working to improve the lives of all Nigerians.”

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Feb 16 poll: Don’t trust Atiku with your future, Tinubu tells Nigerians

Says Ex-VP does not mean well for them, will only enrich his privileged friends ’Buhari’s objective is to remake Nigeria into a great nation’

Patrick Okohue Former Lagos State governor and co-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called on all Nigerians, especially those of the South West region to rally support for the APC’s banner of progressive governance for the benefit of all people, as the nation goes to the poll from tomorrow.

Tinubu in a statement he personally signed urged the people not to be deceived by the campaign promises of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in tomorrow’s election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who he said had opportunity to turn the lives of Nigerians round while in office, but rather “misappropriated his eight previous years in high office.”

The National Leader of the APC urged Nigerians to be wary of Atiku and his promises, as voting for him will only mean talking massive steps backward in the development of the nation, while voting the APC candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, means a huge leap forward.

He said: “This election is more than a contest between two men, President Muhammadu Buhari and former VP Atiku Abubakar, for that one exalted chair. The election is nothing less than a historic encounter pitting one vision and version of our future against another.

“Since walking backwards has never appeared to me as an efficient or responsible way for a person to proceed, let alone for a nation to surmount the difficult obstacles that nations must overcome, I cannot find much good in the policies and programmes announced by the PDP. “Former VP Atiku misappropriated his eight previous years in high office. His occupancy of high office was best characterised by low deeds. Self-enrichment occurred at lightning speed, but social welfare moves slower than a dousing snail.”

Alleging that Atiku’s presidency will be characterised by cronyism among a clique of friends to the detriment of the larger majority, Tinubu said: “Just a few weeks ago, Atiku offered his vision of the economy when he said that enriching his friends would be an appropriate objective of any government he led.

“At best, patronage is a regrettable and necessary reality of politics that should be severely curtailed.

But Atiku goes in the opposite direction. He bypasses patronage to

brazenly elevate the much greater evil of cronyism from the shadows to make it the central plank of his national economic policy.”

Admitting his friendship with Atiku, he went on, “Look, I have made no attempts to hide my friendship with Atiku. We were friends before this election and hopefully we will be friends after February 16 when he goes into retirement. Despite our friendship, I must say the type of enrichment of friends he envisions does not recommend itself to me. It is unjust and impoverishes all but a handful of Nigerians. I want no part of such enrichment for my love of Nigeria and its people is far greater and deeper than my friendship with Atiku. For the good of Nigeria and even the good of Atiku himself, we do well to send him into retirement on Saturday.”

Alleging further that Atiku has a total disregard for the common man, Tinubu said he is not alone, as most of his key advisers have shown such disdain for the less privileged.

“Atiku is not alone in his disregard for the common man.

Such disregard is the true brand name of the PDP and its powerful, rich allies.

“Several weeks ago during a television interview, Atiku’s Chief Economic Advisor, Chike Obi intimated a strong preference to discontinue the social welfare payments the Buhari government established for the poorest of the nation’s poor. Obi’s rationale was that the nation could not afford to offer even this modest safety net.

“While in Obi’s eyes a nation possessed of the abundant material wealth of Nigeria could ill afford to give its poorest citizens enough naira merely to survive, Obi’s boss was reveling that he would further enrich already wealthy cronies.

“Obi was completely wrong that the nation does not have sufficient resources while his boss was utterly wrong in how he would use that abundance to fatten the wallets of his friends while leaving the pockets of the masses lean and empty.

“Perhaps, we should also send Obi into retirement along with his boss come February 16. Perhaps together they might manage to discover the place where they might learn compassion for the common man.

“Just this week, Atedo Peterside, a banker prominent in PDP circles, published a bewildering lament professing he could not understand why, even in his latest polls, President Buhari maintained a marked lead over Atiku.

“In essence, Peterside was

griping that the people are not wise enough to make up their own economic minds. They would be better off if they allowed him to substitute his judgment for theirs.

Peterside’s article was written with the desperate yet arrogant frenzy of those who fear their unjust economic privilege is swiftly unraveling. They fiercely clutch to their position, yet the castle they have built in the clouds is crumbling into dust then to vanish into vapor.

The clock now tolls midnight on their system economic elitism.”

While insisting that the freedom enjoyed by the wealthy is paid for by a heavy tax on the wages and work of the average person, the former Lagos governor said the PDP seeks an economy that provides the welfare of riches to the powerful while telling the average man that there is not enough money to go around to build an economy that will ensure he can take care of his basic needs.

“They seek an unfair, unjust and unequal Nigeria. Their definition of Nigeria is a nation run by the greedy, for the profit of the rich, at the command of the mighty.

“In this, the PDP is involved neck-deep in the greatest political swindle of this generation. Their real slogan should be “more for the rich, nothing for the rest!”

“Only then will they be telling the plain truth about themselves.

“Our objective must be no less than to remake Nigeria into a great nation. This is a lofty goal, but we should not be afraid of lofty aspirations. Only by reaching upward can we pull ourselves from where we are that we grow closer to what we should become.

“Unlike the PDP, we, the APC, are anchored to the proposition that every Nigerian is entitled to equal access and sufficient economic opportunity so that he may use his talents, skills and committed exertion to carve for himself and his loved ones the decent and good life every human being seeks.

“Yes, the rich and wealthy are entitled to the full enjoyment of the fruits of their exertions and enterprise. But so is the common man. The ordinary person is not to be shortchanged of the fair dividends of his honest sweat and diligent labour simply because he may be poor or because the powerful wealthy want more.

“We believe government can spur the economy toward full employment of labour and our national resources during those times the private sector is not strong enough to shoulder this responsibility alone.

“Government is the agent of

Tinubu the people to further reform our political economy such that the light of shared prosperity, social tolerance and collective purpose shall forever shine across our national landscape and never be extinguished,” Tinubu said.

He added that “because of the APC’s concerns for the struggles of the average person, we launched beneficial social welfare programs such as the school feeding program, Trader-Moni and N-Power.

“As such, we have made progress caring for our most needy and vulnerable through these and other innovative and unprecedented policies. These programmes are of the type all great nations do for their citizens.

“However, the APC is not satisfied by what has been accomplished. What has been done is but the opening phase of a more ambitious undertaking. We have just begun to fight poverty and reform this economy on the scale required.

“Though we have helped millions, several millions more need to end poverty’s stranglehold on their lives. We must expand the scope and reach of our social welfare programmes to encompass those other people who have been denied access to the productive economy through no fault of their own.

“Additionally, we must put idle hands to work to build a modern infrastructure that will energise agricultural output in rural areas and foster labour-intensive industrialisation in our growing cities,” he said and went on to list some of the areas the government has focused attention in the last almost four years to include power, infrastructure, industrialisation, agriculture, housing, and social security as a way of creating better life for the people

Jonathan to Nigerians: If you love Nigeria, come out and vote tomorrow Says high turnout of voters the best antidote to rigging Patrick Okohue, Lagos Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, has urged Nigerians to come out and vote en masse during tomorrow’s presidential election.

The former president made the appeal in his post on Facebook, calling on citizens to shun

violence and hate.

He noted high turnout of voters is the best antidote to rigging.

“My simple message to you is that if you love Nigeria, you must come out to vote.

“The best antidote to rigging of elections is a high voter turnout.

Remember, none of us is greater than all of us,” he wrote on Facebook.

He preached against voter apathy, adding that doing nothing is “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil”.

“As a wise man once said, ‘the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

“You are all good Nigerians.

I therefore urge you to come out and vote based on your

conscience and conviction.

“Now it is your turn to prove that nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen.

“Shun violence, shun hatred.

Come out this Saturday and vote peacefully for the Nigeria of your choice. Remember, we are all brothers and sisters born from the womb of one mother Nigeria,” he said.

‘Outrage trails Malami’s letter to INEC’ Continued from page 3 the position of Magaji as false, said the appeal was never upheld and briefs had not been filled at all.

“Rather, the appeal was voluntarily withdrawn and discontinued by the Appellant and was accordingly dismissed”, he added that dismissed with the appeal, was Magaji’s motion, asking the Appeal Court to temporarily validate the APC Zamfara primaries and allow his clients to contest the elections”.

Ozekhome however disclosed that there is still pending appeal against the said Zamfara High Court judgment by Senator Kabiru Marafa for stay of execution, which, ruling was slated for February 15.

He said the appeals emanating from the judgment of Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which was in favour of his clients (to the effect that that no valid primaries had been held such as to produce the defendants candidates) are still subsisting and pending.

According to the SAN, the provisions of Section 38 and 39 of the Electoral Act are no longer of any moment since the potential candidates for nomination have resorted to court to ventilate their grievances with respect to the nomination of candidates for the election, in compliance with Section 87 of the Electoral Act. He therefore called on the AGF to refuse to be misled by Magaji’s petition, which he said is clearly meant to circumvent the due process of the law as regards all matters between the parties pending at various Appellant courts in Abuja and Sokoto Court of Appeal divisions.

Meanwhile, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has slammed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), for acting unconstitutionally by directing the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone National Assembly and State governorship elections because of the legal debacle over fielding of candidates in the two elections by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State.

Secondus said Malami’s letter was politically motivated and a premeditated move by the APC to forcefully put the APC on the ballot in Zamfara against INEC proclamation that the APC cannot field candidates for those positions.

Addressing a national press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Secondus said the AGF’s letter is part of APC’s design to arm-twist INEC and judiciary to take illegal action in their favour. He added that what the AGF is seeking is not backed by law.

Malami, according to Secondus, is an interested party on this matter and has no moral right to advice INEC. He said “the inability of the APC to field candidates due to selfinflicted crisis when other parties did within the stipulated period for the election is not covered by section 38 & 39 of the electoral Act 2010 which the AGF is relying on his dubious advice”.

He, therefore, called on INEC to follow the dictates of the law and continue in its plan to achieve a credible election.

However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to add its

candidates in Zamfara State for the 2019 general election commencing from tomorrow, February 18, to comply with the judgement of the Sokoto Court of Appeal.

The court had on Wednesday, dismissed an appeal against the judgement of the High Court of Zamfara State ordering the commission to accept the list of candidates presented to it by the party.

Babatunde Ogala, National Legal Adviser of the party told journalists after a meeting between the Deputy National Chairman, South, Otumba Niyi Adebayo the Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari and his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi, that if INEC was right in obeying only the pronouncement of the Federal High Court in Abuja which made no order, there is a judgement of a superior court which the commission must obey.

He said: “We all know the tragedy of the Zamfara matter where despite having a positive order of court asking INEC to accept the list of our candidates from a properly held, conducted, supervised and observed primary

by INEC, it still said in its opinion that there was a conflicting order of court of coordinate jurisdiction which refused to accept our candidates.

“Let us assume, though not conceding that INEC was right in saying it had two conflicting orders of court of coordinate jurisdiction and choose to accept the one that made no order as against the one that had a positive order, now we have a judgement of a higher court which has now affirmed the decision of the Zamfara State High Court compelling INEC to accept our list of candidates and we are hopeful that INEC will comply with the order of court and have our candidates on the ballot.

“Let me emphasis that the court in Abuja did not make any order. The only order was from the High Court in Zamfara. Some people in their wisdom, appealed the decision of the High Court in Gusau. That is the matter that now went on appeal and the Court of Appeal in Sokoto has now dismissed the appeal and affirmed the decision of the Zamfara State High Court which upheld that the APC had a legitimate primary and that INEC should accept the list of our candidates”.

When asked if the party intends to meet with INEC on this new development, he said: “There is nothing like having to meet with INEC. What we owe who were a respondent in the matter is to forward a copy of the judgement of the Court of Appeal to INEC even though they are already aware, so that they will reflect the names of our already submitted candidates on the ballot for the elections”.

In his reaction, the Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said the people of the state were grateful to God for the judgement, pointing that INEC should follow the part of honour and obey the judgement of the Court of Appeal.

“I give thanks to God in whose infinite mercies, this judgement came up. If the judgement had been to the contrary, it would have been different. But the Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgement of the High Court. You know what that means. We are happy with the outcome and we are here to work with the party to convey the enrollment order to INEC and to ensure that they comply with the order”, he stated.

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Presidential poll: EU hails Buhari, Short News Atiku, others peace accord FRSC deploys 19,000 personnel Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) says the final peace accord signed by the presidential candidates ahead of the 2019 presidential election is a very strong message to Nigerians.

Maria Arena, Chief Observer, EU EOM, spoke with State House Correspondents, on Thursday, in Abuja, after she led the mission to a private meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinabjo.

She said that the participation of the two front runners at the peace accord was significant.

The duo of President Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) and Alhaji

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), alongside 70 other candidates signed the final peace accord on Wednesday.

According to Arena, EU EOM is in Nigeria to monitor the process before, during and after the Election Day, February 16.

“The different contact we had with public organisations here in Nigeria and also with the authority gave us information on the election process.

“We have a discussion today; first we say we have to congratulate Nigeria for signing the peace accord yesterday (Wednesday) because it is a very strong message to the population that all the political parties especially the two biggest presidential candidates took the commitment to have a peaceful process.

“We are here for this election and for Nigerians. It is important to have this strong message.

“We have also discussed different issues on our observations, because Nigerians need to have a transparency process.

“They need to trust the process; they need to be free to cast their votes during the election and this is just what we are going to observe as EU Observation Mission,’’ she said.

Buhari, had, during the signing of the peace accord, appealed to his fellow presidential candidates to commit to the ideals of peace so as to keep Nigerians safe.

He said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already assured that it had done everything possible to ensure free and fair elections.

Buhari to Clinton: We appreciate your support for our democratic growth Mathew Dadiya, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has appreciated former President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his continuous support for Nigeria and the growth of her democracy.

The President, who took a telephone

call from President Clinton on Wednesday night, described him as a friend of the country, while commending his constant support for the peace, stability and progress of Nigeria under a democratic dispensation.

Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, on Thursday, stated that Buhari also

assured him of his commitment to free, fair and credible elections in the weeks ahead.

President Clinton, who regretted his inability to visit the country to witness the signing of the final peace accord before the general elections, wished Nigeria well as her citizens go to the polls.

nationwide

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said it plans to deploy 19,000 personnel for election duty across the country during the Presidential and National Assembly election.

FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, disclosed this at a capacity building workshop organised in Abuja for corps personnel participating in election duties with the theme: “2019 elections: FRSC, roles and responsibilities.”

The corps marshal warned officers and men to guard against partisanship, stressing that nothing inimical should be done that could tarnish the image of the corps Oyeyemi said the training was aimed at developing the corps’ capacity to deliver better service during Saturday’s election.

He said the event was being held simultaneously in all FRSC commands nationwide to prepare the personnel on what was expected of them during the poll.

“All the personnel at the headquarters have been moved to the field commands already. We must cooperate with other agencies; the police is the lead agency, our personnel will be deployed on election days; we are working in tandem with police commissioners in the states to ensure credible election,” Oyeyemi said.

44 political parties sign peace accord in Borno

Forty-four political parties in Borno state on Thursday signed a peace accord to ensure peaceful conduct of the forthcoming elections in the state.

The accord was signed by representatives of the parties and their candidates under the supervision of the state command of the police.

State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, said the signing of the accord was critical towards ensuring orderliness and peaceful conduct of the elections, explaining that the accord would be binding on all candidates contesting the elections in the state.

He disclosed that the command had recorded cases of violence, thuggery and assaults during the parties’ primaries and electioneering campaigns, adding that petitions before the command were been investigated.

Chukwu noted that the command had provided a level playing field to political parties and their candidates in pre-election activities, stressing that same gesture would be extended to the parties and their candidates during the elections.

According to him, the command has deployed special detective units to entertain and investigate petitions on acts of violence during and after election, and called on political parties and their candidates to shun acts capable of disenfranchising the electorate, warning that defaulters would be sanctioned.

State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Yahaya Imam, said political parties occupy supreme position above their candidates, stressing that candidates must respect the pact signed by the parties.

U.S reiterates support for peaceful polls in Nigeria The U.S. Embassy has reiterated its support for peaceful polls in Nigeria as the general elections begin on Saturday.

The U.S. Consul General in Nigeria, John Bray, gave the assurance on Thursday in the embassy’s twitter account @USEmbassyAbuja monitored by our correspondent.

Bray, who tweeted in pidgin English said: “Saturday’s general elections inside Nigeria dey important to America and dem dey hope say di election go dey peaceful. I beg una election no be war o.’’-Consul General F. John Bray.

“My pipo una well done o. My name na John Bray. I be di oga for America matta for Lagos. Election dis year na February 16. Make we comot for house, go vote man o, woman o cari your PVC go vote for di person wey dey your mind.

“All pipo I beg una election no be war o. No follow anybodi fight because of vote, no sale your vote go chop rice o, una dey hia. “God go bless Nigeria and God go bless America set join.’’

EFCC Rallies Nigerians against Voter’s Inducement in Kaduna.

MASSOB, IPOB, other youth groups urge Ndigbo to vote Alphonsus Nweze, Awka About 10, 000 youths in Anambra state from different organizations, including the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) under the aegis of Anambra Youths Association (AYA), yesterday staged a rally in various parts of Onitsha, Anambra state to sensitise the populace on the need for them to go out and cast their votes for the candidates of their choice during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the country.

The youths who carried placards bearing inscriptions such as: “Elections must hold, nobody can stop the elections,” “ There must be election, come out and vote for

your credible candidate,” “Vote for people that will care for us,” “Nobody can stop you, we are all Nigerians,” among others, commenced the rally at the Obosi Park along Onitsha/Owerri Road in Onitsha and traversed other parts of the commercial city like the popular Upper Iweka, chanting songs in Igbo Language.

Addressing the participants shortly before the exercise which lasted for about three hours took off, Leader of the youth, Nnaemeka Onyemaechi (popularly called Timer), said the issue of sit-at-home, election boycott and referendum, as is being canvassed by some people should not arise as they would do more harm than good to Ndigbo.

Onyemaechi pointed out that sit-athome or election boycott cannot be the best

option for Ndigbo at this critical point of their historty, warming it would be AN opportunity for “wrong candidates to emerge right under our noses and we will live to regret our action in the near future.”

He therefore urged all Ndigbo sons and daughters to ignore any call for sit-at-home or election boycott and come out en masse to cast their votes on February 16 and March 2, to elect credible leaders who will pilot the affairs of the nation..

In a related development, Leader of Biafra Independence Movement (BIM), and founder of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has distanced himself and his members from any group calling for sit-at-home or boycott of the general elections.

Anambra fire: REC insists election will hold

Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra state, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, has assured that the general elections would hold, notwithstanding Tuesday’s fire that destroyed 4,695 Smart Card Readers in Awka.

Orji gave the assurance in Awka on Thursday during an interview. He said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state had taken delivery of Smart Card Readers from other states that would be enough for the conduct of the elections.

While expressing regret about the fire incident, Orji promised that nothing would alter the Presidential and National Assembly elections as well as the governorship and House of Assembly polls scheduled for Feb. 16 and March 2, respectively.

Meanwhile, reports indicate that a shortage of accreditation materials for journalists and observers had hit the accreditation process.

Journalists who besieged INEC office in Awka for collection of their materials expressed frustration over their inability to get the monitoring kits which they applied for more than a week ago.

Most media organisations got one kit each irrespective of the number of editorial staff enlisted to cover the elections across the state.

They expressed fears that they may have a rough time with overzealous security officials if they don’t get properly kitted for the coverage of the elections in the state.

INEC’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Nneka Eluogu, said she did not receive enough kits from the national headquarters, explaining that she was distributing available materials.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, February 15, 2019

Nigeria Decides: We must get it right

Raymond Oise-Oghaede

As we approach the zero hour to the 2019 Presidential Elections, I want to crave the indulgence of the electorates to use this medium once again to prick our conscience and put us on red alert towards ensuring that `WE GET IT RIGHT on Saturday 16th. I know that you must have been inundated with a lot of write ups and even some electioneering jargons; but, this one is a different ball game because it is not about a particular party/candidate or another; it is all about `us`. Yes, this write-up is all about us as a people and as a country. It is all about our now and the future that we are going to bestow to upcoming generations. Our nationalists sacrificed so much for the country to attain independence and for us to be united despite the tribal and religious, economic, and social differences. Today, a lot of things have gone wrong and I am so certain that wherever those `icons of our democracy` may be resting now; they will obviously not be happy with the situation of things in the country. It is very disheartening that despite the huge and unquantified sacrifices made to reclaim and sustain our democracy (from the military); our people are still not showing any signs of `deliberate attempt to making it better`. On daily basis some of our leaders and politicians are pushing the country to a state of anarchy as a result of their selfish and inordinate ambitions. Worst still, our elites that ought to decipher the impending and imminent dangers and do everything within their powers to advise against and avert it; are ironically the people that are `applauding same as great achievements`. By their actions and inactions, we have turned ourselves to laughing stocks in the comity of nations. Unfortunately, if things are allowed to continue unabated; it will not be impossible in the coming years if our doctorate degree holders and even professors are subjected to `series of test and screenings to verify their mental and logical reasonings before they are considered to teach in `primary or elementary schools abroad (and even in some African countries). If this is so, then the fate of millions of our first/masters degree holders can be better imagined.

As a result of the above, it is not surprising that in a nation of `millions of elites`; the citizenry and international communities are

still uncomfortable with the ways and manners that election processes are being handled in the country. Recent past elections have given credence to the fact that we are still ages behind. So sad is it that we are still finding it difficult to achieve the principle of one man, one vote. It is incomprehensible that despite all the noise about the making of 12th of June as the country`s Democracy Day; we are still not making any deliberate and meaningful efforts towards replicating its key indices of freeness, fairness and credibleness. By now international observers are supposed to be coming to `learn from us` how to conduct `free, fair and credible elections`; but, that is not yet the case. So, rather than doing everything possible to ensuring that `we get it right` and change their perceptions about our system; we are dragging our already battered image in the mud by our irrational and undesirable insinuations and statements of threats.

However, all hope is not lost because some of us have risen above board of being blinded by `personal and inordinate interests that have made most of our elites and activists to exchange their senses of reasoning, intellectual brilliance and acumen for childish stupidity.

We will not fold our hands and watch `these self serving elements to continue to hinder our collective progress by their `caged and crooked dispositions`. Thus, the perfect `TIME IS NOW ` for us to hold the bull by the horns and do the needful for our country.

Therefore, it is very important to let it sink into our heads and run in our veins that this country belongs to all of us. This country is not owned by the people in government or the ruling party or any other persons or parties for that matter. So, we should not just sit down and keep our fingers crossed while watching them to send us to early graves. The fact that some people are actively involved in politics than some of us does not mean that we should surrender ourselves and destinies to them to be manipulated for their selfish interests. In as much as it is their right to aspire to any political office; it is equally our rights to determine who should rule us. Thus, they can only decide to aspire; but, they should never be allowed to decide to lord it over us. It is unfortunate that majority of card carrying members of these

political parties are just members on paper.

Their membership is inconsequential because it is the `privileged few` that takes all decisions that affect their lives. Their `aspirations as free citizens of this country are tied to the apron strings of some super human leaders`; so where is the democracy that you professing?

Most of these floor members regularly attend meetings in anticipation of getting their share of `mobilization funds` during campaigns and elections. Some are given `food stuffs` worth less than N2,000 as their `dividends of democracy`; while some others are given token amount (that is not up to what their children are using on daily basis to buy data to download immoral audios and videos) to be used to sustain themselves for the next four years. Some will buy JAMB and WAEC forms for less than one thousand students and share household equipments that is worth less than 5% out of several millions of naira that are collected as Constituency and Security Votes while their `GULLIBLE FOLLOWERS AND SUPPORTERS` will be hailing `THEM` for their `BENEVOLENCE`. As the Yoruba adage says ``owo Abu ni won fin se Abu l`alejo`` which translates to ``it is Abu`s money that is used for entertaining him``. It is so disheartening that they are using a minuscle of what should have been used for our collective wellbeing to deceive and blind us while they expend the balance for `only God knows what`.

Furthermore, it is high time you come to realize that most of these politicians are out to satisfy themselves; and, that is the more reason why they find it difficult to relinquish power after they have tasted its `sweetness`. Do not be carried away by all the nonexistent qualities you bestowed on them; experience have proved that they are `the same`. No man or woman can claim that he/ she loves this country more than the country itself. Therefore, in any situation where the country`s Constitution is no longer respected; then, the fundamental human rights and well being of the citizenry cannot be guaranteed.

If this be the case; what then is the essence of democracy? It is so sad that in a country of well over 200 million people, we cannot conveniently and comfortably assemble just 1 (one) million elites that are capable of

leading us to the promise land; if not, what is all this senseless talk about `IT IS ONLY THIS MAN OR THAT MAN OR WOMAN THAT CAN DO IT` in this present day Nigeria? In fact, the `senselessness and madness` have attained another dangerous dimension with `some people` saying `it will be the turn of `THIS PERSON` or `THAT PERSON` in 2023`.

It is the highest level of foolhardiness and gullibility that such permutations are being envisaged in a country of abundant hard working and intelligent human resources.

This situation should be a source of concern to every responsible citizens of this country because it belongs to all of `us` and not some of them.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, and in order to emancipate ourselves from this mental and political slavery; this is the time that `WE MUST GET IT RIGHT`. We need to prove to the politicians and our leaders that we have decided to take our future and destinies in our hands. We must say ENOUGH OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE; ENOUGH OF RIGGING AND OTHER MALPRACTICES; ENOUGH OF INTIMIDATIONS; ENOUGH OF DEVILISH MANIPULATIONS OF THE PEOPLE; ENOUGH OF FEEDING OF THE PEOPLE WITH CRUMBS INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM SELF RELIANT ;ENOUGH OF TRIBAL AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATIONS; ENOUGH OF EXCUSES; ENOUGH OF INSECURITY; ENOUGH OF HUNGER AND POVERTY; ENOUGH OF DECIETS; ENOUGH OF ABUSE OF FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS; ENOUGH OF CLAMPDOWN ON RULE OF LAW; ENOUGH OF CONSTANT INTERRUPTION OF ACADEMIC CALENDERS; AND, ENOUGH OF THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY to mention but a few.

We are therefore calling on INEC and all security operatives to ensure that they discharge their duties professionally and without fear or favour. You must join hands with the citizenry to ensure that the principle of `one man, one vote` is strictly adhered.

To all International Observers and Monitoring Teams; please `say it as you see it` so that the people`s will must prevail. I wish you all the best and safe monitoring.

The essence of continuity in national development

Salisu Nainna

Development experts and scholars have always argued that national development or progress in all ramifications is normally incremental, that is, by continually taking it a step further from where the project stops in the era of a previous set of leadership.

The development project can be at the level of an institution or at the level of a whole nation, in which case such projects can have impact on the well-being of millions of potential beneficiaries.

And where projects are abandoned, or left uncompleted after investing huge amounts of scarce national resources, the citizens often feel betrayed, cheated and badly treated by their leaders.

Bitter feelings are stirred in Nigerians whenever they see some of the numerous abandoned projects in their country: roads, bridges, primary health care centres, school buildings, airports, railways, dams, and in a way, even the peace and security of the nation itself.

The projects were abandoned for various reasons. Bad planning and poor funding could be the reasons. Diversion of resources meant for one project into other areas of expenditure, which is called misappropriation, is another. There is fraud.

Other reasons are political immaturity, which is simply manifested by abandoning an important national project only because it was started by a previous administration.

In some cases projects are abandoned due to change in priorities, technical issues or simply because those abandoning the project will not be punished by the system.

With the advent of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, a new

vista and orientation toward national projects emerged: completing key, strategic or important national projects that have the potential to improve the well-being of Nigerians came into force.

Clear evidence of the new approach to national development, which incorporates the completion of key national projects regardless of the administration that started them, in addition to starting new ones, is visible everywhere in the country.

One of the many completed projects is the N6 billion inland port at Baro, Niger State. Its completion is a dream come true for Nigerians that navigate on River Niger. More inland ports in several towns along the Niger from Lokoja down to the Atlantic Ocean are about to be completed.

Nigerians knew that the airport terminals in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Kano, plus the Abuja Metro Light Railway, the AbujaKaduna standard gauge railway line were started by previous administrations, but sadly, abandoned. Today it is public knowledge that the airport terminals in Port Harcourt and Abuja have been completed and commissioned, while the construction of the one at the Aminu Kano International Airport is making steady progress. The Ajaokuta to Warri railway line has been completed after keeping it in limbo for more than 30 years by previous administrations.

The Lagos-Ibadan segment of the LagosKano line will soon start operations.

In the health sector, the Federal Ministry of Health was able to successfully complete, or revitalise and equip 4, 000 abandoned or neglected Primary Health Care Centres across the country. The aim of the exercise was to

avail Nigerians with health care services at their door steps. At least a Primary Health Care Centre will be renovated, equipped and its services restored in each electoral ward.

Through this effort, the Primary Health Care Centres initiated as part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) projects and earlier ones, would be completed.

In the critical area of the oil and gas sector, the administration has revived and promised to intensify the search for oil and gas in the frontier basins, namely the Anambra Basin, Chad Basin, Bida Basin, Gongola Basin, Sokoto Basin, Dahomey Basin and Benue Trough. This was highlighted recently during the ceremonial spud-in of the Kolmani RiverII well in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The core purpose of the exploration for crude petroleum in the frontier basins, according to the President, is to make new discoveries and increase the country’s reserves of 30 billion barrels. It may equally further confirm Nigeria as a gas province; generate more economic activities and contribute to our domestic energy sufficiency.

The exploration will conclude the search for hydrocarbon reserves outside the Niger Delta part of the country in a logical manner.

In terms of road infrastructure development, there is no need to relate the story of the numerous roads that were rehabilitated or reconstructed throughout the country, but the Lagos-Ibadan, AbujaKaduna-Zaria-Kano dual carriageway and the politically and economically sensitive Second Niger Bridge projects, deserve a mention. A Presidential Road Development

Fund has been set aside to ensure that these key projects do not fail due to lack of funding.

It is a verifiable fact that today there are at least two two-ongoing federal road projects in each state of the federation. And the latest move on road infrastructure by the Buhari administration is the signing of Executive Order 007, a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, aimed at closing the road infrastructure gap in the country.

In the first phase of the scheme, 19 road projects covering 794 kilometers in 11 states will be rebuilt by six private companies in Abia, Borno, Benue, Edo, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi, Lagos and Rivers.

Signing of the order was witnessed by six state Governors. President Buhari said at the ceremony that through the scheme, companies willing to build roads to their factories or farms would recover their construction costs by paying reduced taxes over a period of time.

Chairman of Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, promised that they will not fail in doing the road projects.

“It will make businesses run smoothly and also more profitably. It will reduce the cost of doing business in Nigeria,” he said.

Given his commitment to the development of this country, as opposed to self-aggrandisement, and his reversal of development inertia that led to hundreds of abandoned projects in the past, President Buhari has again proven his mettle so strongly. The nation can reward itself by returning him to continue in office to do more for our country.

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Editorial Commentary Buhari vs. Atiku: The Inconvenient Truth

Times Guest Columnist Azu Ishiekwene

If you walk by sight you cannot help approaching Saturday’s presidential election with a heavy heart. The candidates of the two major parties, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have been presented in the worst light possible.

One foreign newspaper said Nigerians have to choose between a former dictator and an alleged kleptocrat. One other foreign paper, “International Guardian”, was not so diplomatic. It said, “without a doubt, this race might boil down to a choice between Buhari, a timid, nepotic but stingy rightist who would sit down on the national wealth without a clue about how to invest, and a lavish an irresponsible spender called Atiku, who could share the national treasury with the wolves that currently surround his candidacy.”

The local news menu is not very different, only fouled up a bit more by the sour taste of partisanship.

But as I prepare to vote on Saturday, I choose to have my omelette sunny side up, and here’s why.

Whatever may be the shortcomings of Buhari and Atiku, their parties believe they are the best candidates they can produce at this time. Buhari was pressed into the race by APC kingmakers who not only regard him as the party’s best bet to retain the centre, but also as their own insurance to keep the spoils, get re-election or both.

Atiku’s candidacy, on the other hand, is a child of a convenient marriage between a few influential PDP old soldiers feed up with Buhari’s obtuseness and an extremely wealthy business class used to easy money and unhappy with Buhari’s old school economics.

Neither candidate is easy to warm up to. But that appears to be a modern-day problem with politics, the post-modern variety that produced the fantastically ineffectual Theresa May in the UK, the bombastic Donald Trump in the US, and the reprobate Rodrigo Roa Duterte in the Philippines.

On Saturday, we’ll have to choose from what we have or sit on our blistered backsides for another four years. Things are far from perfect but this time, more than ever before, public scrutiny has been reasonably robust in putting the candidates to the test.

For me, that’s part of the sunny side up. In the five national election cycles in 20 years, no set of candidates has been dragged across more public debating floors, questioned and inspected as closely as have candidates Buhari and Atiku, especially.

The two – and other distant runners – have been forced to appear at live debates or townhalls organized by different groups and when they failed to show up, their empty stands have been mocked as evidence of disdain, incompetence or both.

The candidates have been forced to reconnect with different parts of the country, however superficially, and in a few instances, compelled to confront, face-to-face, situations that they had been shielded from in their comfort bubble.

Smaller parties that were shut out of the debates have protested or gone to court for redress, insisting, quite rightly, on fairness and greater transparency.

The fact-checkers have been tracking the exaggerations and outright lies, holding candidates to higher standards and forcing voters to take notice. Twenty years ago, when candidate Olusegun Obasanjo of the PDP was requested to debate Olu Falae of the AD-APP, the latter turned up only to debate an empty stand.

Even if the organiser’s fantasy had been realised and the debate had taken place, the country had no single mobile telephone line at the time for the sort of community and instant engagement now possible.

Thanks to the ubiquity of technology also, we can joke about Buhari’s awkward moments during his Kadaria interview or wince at the audacity of the audience member who pulled out his phone and

aimed a devastatingly ugly reference from Obasanjo’s book at Atiku during a live interview.

Those who insist that the cup is half empty must also remind themselves of how the outliers may have set off a momentum that would change politics as it was. It’s not the first time that a host of smaller parties will seek to wrest power from the more established parties.

But I cannot remember any other time when over 90 parties, comprising mostly determined young people, from Omoyele Sowore to Tope Fasua and from Fela Durotoye to Oby Ezekwesili, Kingsley Moghalu and Datti Ahmed, would mount a sustained challenge to the status quo at great personal cost and with very limited resources.

The significant number of young people – 51 per cent – registered to vote in Saturday’s election is not only a reflection of the growing frustration with geriatric politics, it is a result of the rallying cry of the new crop of young politicians.

If they do not despair – and there’s no reason why they should – what they have started will impact our politics more in four years than have the last 20 years of alternating between indifference and moaning.

Donald Duke even challenged the nonsense that zoning in a party’s constitution is superior to a citizen’s constitutional right to contest. And he won.

Can the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), be trusted to do its job? I believe it can. No matter what you read on social media, INEC is not playing origami with the ballot; it appears far more prepared for the vote than it has been credited. Politicians know this, that’s why they have been inventing new ways to cheat or doing their best to discredit the commission.

From the time in 2015 when 80 election results were nullified by the courts we have moved to the point where only three court-ordered cancellations occurred out of 178 conducted as at February last year.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, has done more since then, regardless of the multiple social media executions he has suffered. Apart from prosecuting over 100 staff of the commission for various electoral offences, he has scrapped the “incident form”, which the commission’s field staff routinely used to fraudulently bypass the card reader.

But we can’t leave the job to INEC alone. Better voter awareness and more widespread use of technology will also help greater citizen vigilance.

We don’t need to approach the polling booth with a heavy heart. Apart from Buhari and Atiku, there are over 70 other candidates on the ballot, presenting one of the most delightfully confusing crises of choice for voters in recent times.

My prediction is unchanged. Don’t let the surfeit of scientific, non-scientific and pseudo-scientific forecasts from home and abroad compound your misery. In an article widely published in the first week of January, I predicted, among other things, that Atiku will lose and gave reasons: my reasons stand.

When all is said and done, when the namecalling, slander, and scaremongering are over, and the voter is alone in the booth, face-to-face with the ballot paper, it will all come down to this central question: which candidate, given what I know, can I trust to have my back for another four years?

Atiku will not lose on Saturday. He already lost in 2006 when he fell out spectacularly with Obasanjo and suffered a Humpty Dumpty’s fall. The sum of the ongoing feverish endorsements and lobbying, the extravagant claims of momentum and the fantasy electoral maps would be insufficient to stitch his candidacy together forever again. He’s done.

Atiku would lose marginally, not because voters are overdosed on Buhari love, but because when trust is at stake – man-to-man – Buhari is the lesser of two evils. This is the inconvenient truth.

OUR POSITION Feb 16 poll: Litmus test for INEC Nigerians will once again keep date with fate tomorrow, Saturday, February 16, 2019 in the ninth democratic journey after independence as the nation goes to the polls to elect a president.

The journey so far has been of mixed feelings as political intrigues played out as we approached the decisive date. This, of course, has brought our country in the global glare and the entire world anticipates how the most populous black nation on earth will fare after the election.

This is so because of various actions and inactions of political actors, parties, institutions of government involved in the electoral process and government itself, which has heated up the polity.

Of most importance among these is the institution saddled with the responsibility of conducting election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

INEC and perhaps its chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who is the current chairman of ECOWAS National Election Commissions (ECONEC), a regional assembly of Election Management bodies, has played leading roles in the conduct of elections in some African countries and even few elections outside the shore of Africa.

The 2019 general election, therefore, is a litmus test for INEC as the entire world wait to see how independent and impartial the Commission could be in the discharge of its duties.

Since the 2015 general election, INEC has conducted a total of 196 elections of various degrees - State governor, bye- elections into both national and state assemblies’ seats. Though, series of complaints trailed the conduct of most of the elections, with people and parties questioning the conduct of the electoral body and its officials, the spate of inconclusive elections became worrisome to Nigerians.

Still fresh in memories of some people is the role of INEC in governorship elections in Kogi, Ondo, Ekiti and lately, Osun states.

Some of the allegations made against INEC still hang in the air without satisfactory answer from INEC. This might have heightened the fear and more allegations against the Commission by politicians especially the opposition parties as election draw near.

It is on record that majority of the 91 political parties under the umbrella of Inter- Party Advisory Council (IPAC) had accused INEC for not consulting them as critical stakeholders in the final output of the Electoral Guidelines and Process for 2019 General Election and went ahead to pick holes in some of the processes therein.

The coalition of opposition parties, under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), and the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), also keyed into this demanding from INEC the reversal of certain procedures considered as faulty and susceptible to electoral fraud.

Top on the list is what they described as reintroduction of the use of incident form by INEC but to which the Commission found a way to dance around.

Another is the process of simultaneous accreditation and voting which these parties considered a big lacuna that can pave way for fixing, alteration and or cancellation of election results. They demanded that number of accredited voters should be ascertained and recorded before voting proper starts to guide against inflation of figures to which the simultaneous system is susceptible.

The PDP had repeatedly accused INEC of collaborating with the APC-led Federal Government to perfect rigging plans to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari.

The party raised many allegations which include recruitment of APC loyalists from the academics and ad- hoc staff to oversee the election. It went ahead to say that already prepared list of selected persons were handed over to INEC in the states by APC governors and other top government functionaries in states not controlled by the ruling party.

The PDP therefore demanded the publication of the list of officials and ad- hoc staff for verification by

stakeholders.

The leading opposition party among other things alleged that INEC had manipulated the smart card readers to be allocated to be PDP controlled states as to substitute biometric accreditation with manual verification to pave way for rigging.

Also, the Coalition of opposition parties asked INEC to make public the actual number of PVCs collected and the number uncollected out of the 84,004,084 total registered voters. INEC defence had been that collection of PVC was ongoing. But, since collection had stopped on Monday, the Commission should be able to avail the nation the required figure to come out of a boxed corner.

The chairman had repeatedly assured Nigerians and international community especially foreign observers the European Union, Commonwealth, African Union, ECOWAS , and different Independent bodies, Civil society organisations and the media of the readiness of INEC to conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable elections on February 16 and March 2, 2019.

Towards this end, Prof. Yakubu had severally at different meetings with stakeholders called for the neutrality of security agencies, peaceful conduct of politicians and political parties and their supporters and fair reportage of election process by the media, to ensure a successful election.

He had also assured all that the 2019 polls will be a great improvement on the conduct of the 2015 elections.

But, the chairman need to walk the talk by not do the bidding of the APC-controlled Federal Government. INEC should be above board and impartial in the conduct of the polls.

The Commission should try as much as possible to resist pressure from government functionaries or even opposition parties to compromise election results.

INEC needs to restrict itself to roles provided for it in the 1999 Constitution, the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) and other extant Electoral laws.

As Nigeria once again matches to another Electoral experience, time will tell if truly Prof. Yakubu and INEC are ready to conduct free, fair and credible elections.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, February 15, 2019

Secondus woos Adamawa electorate to vote Atiku Tunde Opalana, Abuja

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has charged the people of Adamawa state to stand solidly behind their son, the Presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, who the rest of the country have endorsed to be Nigeria’s next President.

Addressing a jubilant crowd of party supporters in Yola, Adamawa state on Thursday, Secondus declared that after going round the country, Nigerians have chosen a son from the state to be the next President, adding that “you must not disappoint him on Saturday.

“We have a Valentine gift for you; today is Valentine’s Day and our gift is that we brought the next President to you, your own son.”

According to a statement from his media office signed by Ike Abonyi, Secondus told the Adamawa people that the rest of the country is happy that the state was able to produce a versatile and competent leader like Atiku Abubakar whom he described as a gift to Nigeria.

He said that after the overwhelming support that Atiku has been able to get from other parts of the country, the people of Adamawa state cannot and should not allow their votes be wasted.

The national chairman said that the party chose their son as the flag bearer because they see him as a tested and competent leader who will rescue the country from the destruction of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Secondus said that an Atiku Presidency will be active and innovative and will not be a sleeping President who would source out his power to the cabals.

“With Atiku, there will be no cabal. He will be the commander -in chief and will be in charge of security and economic matters.

“Our security challenges, our economic problems and issue of unemployment are all getting worse because the President is not active but sleeping on duty,” he stated.

A visibly elated Atiku, who attended the rally with all his wives, told his people that he has gone round the 36 states and was well received by Nigerians.

“I have come home to vote, not to campaign because we are in it together that Buhari must go,” he declared.

The PDP presidential train that took off in Sokoto on December 3, 2018 made a final stop in Adamawa as the campaign ends in obedience to the requirements of the Electoral Act which demands that all campaigns should halt 24 hours to voting.

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Short News 200-level student bags 1year, hard labour over dating fraud Andrew Orolua, Abuja Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday, sentenced Festus Ojomola, an internet fraudster to one year imprisonment with hard labour for possessing fraudulent documents and engaging in dating scam.

Ojomola was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Lagos in May 2018 following intelligence reports the commission received on the activities of some persons alleged to be involved in love scam.

Subsequently, the accused was arraigned on February 13, 2019 on an amended two-count charge.

The first count reads: “That you, Festus Olaoluwa Ojomola (a.k.a Lizzy Miller), on or about the June 29, 2018, in Lagos had in your possession hang-out chats wherein you presented yourself as Lizzy Miller to David Waters, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state.”

The second count reads: “That you, Festus Olaoluwa Ojomola (a.k.a Lizzy Miller), on or about the June 29, 2018 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, had in your possession hang-out chats, wherein you represented yourself as Lizzy Miller to Joe Badess, a representation you knew to be false and committed an offence contrary to Section 318 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state.”

Ugwuanyi approves recruitment of additional 1,000 youths Moses Oyediran, Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu state has approved the recruitment of an additional 1, 000 youths for the Enugu Clean Team Project.

In a statement by the Coordinator of the establishment, Rev. Fr. Michael Amobi Ogbu the recruitment exercise will “increase the Clean Team to 2, 000 workforce”.

Rev. Fr. Ogbu added that “interested candidates with minimum qualification of Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE/WAEC) and within the age bracket of 18 to 35 are invited to submit two copies of their typewritten application letters with recent passport photographs to the office of the coordinator, Enugu Clean Team Project on or before February 28, 2019.

He stated that applicants should attach copies of their curriculum vitae, O’ level certificate(s), among other necessary documents, noting that applications are to be submitted in person and free of charge, stressing that “any demand for money before submission of application must be disregarded and reported.”

According to him, pregnant women and nursing mothers are not eligible to apply.

Niger APC chairman assures Buhari of victory Saka Bolaji, Minna

R-L: Otunba Dele Oye, Former President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) National Vice President, Dr. Ben Akabueze, Director General of Budget Office of the Federation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, ACCI President and Dr. Joe Abah, former Director General of the Bureau of Public Sector Reform at the 2019 Nigerian Budget Roundtable organised by the Policy Advocacy Centre (PAC) of the Chamber.in abuja.

Polls: Security agencies warn against acts capable of causing security breaches Say violators of restriction on movement will be punished

Andrew Orulua, Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Barely 24 hours to the 2019 general elections, security agencies have warned that they will not tolerate any act, likely to cause security breaches before, during and after the elections.

Speaking while addressing a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin warned that the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies will not hesitate to deal decisively with these acts irrespective of those involved.

General Olonisakin, who spoke after a security meeting with service chiefs, inspector general of police, director, Department of State Services (DSS), director general, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and chief of defence intelligence appealed to Nigerians to adhere to the restrictions on movement during the period of the elections.

He said that violators of the restriction on movement, no matter how highly placed, will be arrested and detained.

“However, this restriction doesn’t apply to those on election security duties, local and international observers/monitors and emergency and security services personnel on authorized duties only,” he added.

While advising members of the public to disregard the stay-at-home leaflets being circulated in some quarters, the chief of defence staff said that it is the handwork of some mischief makers who were out to scare eligible voters.

“The stay-at-home leaflets being circulated and similar on-line messages are part of the handiwork of mischief makers who are bent on scuttling the process and should be ignored. I want to assure the general public that the security services are prepared to support the police to ensure the safe conduct of the elections “It is important to reiterate that law

enforcement agencies will remain apolitical.

Besides, code of conduct for the armed forces for the 2019 general elections have been issued to the services and security personnel that will be deployed for election security duties. All other personnel who are not so deployed for election security duties have been directed to steer clear of the elections apart from exercising their rights to vote for candidates of their choice.

“The meeting we have just had involved the heads of these agencies to ensure we further harmonize our strategies to provide adequate security for the smooth conduct of the general elections.

“I wish to say that the armed forces as well as other security and intelligence agencies are also committed to a violence free elections and that all Nigerians eligible to vote are able to carry out their civic responsibility and vote for candidates of their choice without any fear of molestation by any person or group.

Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger state, Mohammed Jibrin Imam has declared that President Muhammadu Buhai would record more than 83 per cent of the votes in the state during Saturday’s Presidential election.

Imam, who addressed a news conference in Minna as part of activities to roundup the state wide campaign of the party, noted that from the feedback during the campaign APC members were assured of the unshaken support of the people for President Muhamadu Buhari and Governor Abubakar Sani Bello.

According to the chairman, the people appreciate the fact that APC government in the state and at the federal level met their aspiration of embarking on developmental programmes that have direct bearing on their lives.

The chairman stated that “governmental achievements go beyond gigantic buildings but providing the basic needs of the people like water, electricity and others which the APC government has exemplified by meeting the aspiration of the people.”

Niger PDP kicks over change of trial judge Saka Bolaji, Minna The Niger state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has opposed the change of the trial judge handling the corruption case against some of its top members, including its governorship candidate in next month’s election in state.

The party also expressed fears over the shifting in the date for continuation of the case.

Justice Aliyu Maiyaki of the state high court started hearing the case which bordered on alleged diversion of ecological funds for which former Governor of the state, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu was the first defendant and Nasko and the state PDP chairman, Tanko Beji are the second and third defendants.

Justice Maiyaki had at the last adjourned date fixed further hearing in the case for the March 4 but the case has now been assigned to Justice Mohammed Mohammad.

The PDP in a statement made available to newsmen in Minna, described “the latest development as a calculated attempt to pervert the course of justice.”

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You must keep public trust or quit, Buhari tells public officials Tom Okpe, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has warned public officials, particularly those elected and appointed into office, that they must keep public trust or leave.

The President gave the warning on Thursday at the palace of Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir, as he arrived to an epic reception in his hometown for the grand finale of the APC presidential campaign rally before the elections tomorrow, having visited all the states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“Those who betray the people’s trust, we will not spare them, they would be fished out and dealt with,” the President said.

President Buhari told the Emir and members of the

Emirate Council that the promises he made before his election in 2015 have been met, adding with certainty that all he needed was a second term and would not ask for more.

“There is hope in the future of this great country,” the President said, appealing to all Nigerians to ensure a peaceful conduct of the election.

The President highlighted his administration’s achievements in infrastructure development including improved power supply, as well as empowering artisans, craftsmen, tailors, barbers and battery chargers to increase output and better their own lives.

“The local production of rice and the increased agricultural production have helped the country to achieve food selfsufficiency,” he said.

The President thanked the people of his home state for the “unprecedented” turnout

of men and women from both rural and urban areas and the intensity of support shown by them.

The President said it was humbling to see a mammoth crowd line the streets of Katsina and fill the Karakanda Stadium to see and listen to him give a scorecard of his stewardship in the last three and half years.

In his remarks, Emir of Katsina noted that the massive support, enthusiastic following and the hero’s welcome received by the President was a clear testimony of the people’s approval for his leadership, personality and integrity.

He said no other major political figure in Nigeria was anywhere near the President in popular acceptance, adding that honesty can never be defeated.

The Emir pledged 100 percent Katsina support to the President’s re-election.

L-R: Wife of APC Deputy Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Mrs. Oluremi Hamzat; Her Husband, Dr. Kadir Obafemi Hamzat; Wife of APC Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu; Her Husband, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu; Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Oluranti Adebule; Director General, BOSICG, Mr. Tayo Ayinde and the State Chairman, All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Babatunde Balogun, during an interactive session with Corporate and Markets women on Empowering and promoting women, in Lagos.

Police nab 14 sacks containing thumb-printed ballots papers in Kano Yakubu Salisu, Kano Kano state police command on Thursday morning, impounded 14 sacks containing thumb-printed ballot papers in Sabon Gari area of the state.

The police said that preliminary investigation has shown that the ballots papers were specimens.

So far, two persons are being interrogated in connection to the arrest as the sacks are being kept at the command’s headquarters for further investigations.

The two suspects however, have since denied that the ballot papers with Jigawa

state designation were going to be used for voters’ enlightenment and not for any other purpose.

When contacted, INEC head of Voter Education and Public Enlightenment in Kano state HOD, Garba Lawal Muhammad said, the commission is yet to be briefed about the development.

According to him, the commission’s ballot papers are currently under security watch at the state’s branch of the CBN which cannot be accessed by unauthorized persons.

Garba assured that every sensitive materials needed for the elections are safe and would be distributed to election centres as scheduled under tight security.

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Short News Taraba APC rally: Buhari insists on security, economy, fight against corruption Okerafor Athanatius, Jalingo Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, Thursday, witnessed an unprecedented crowd of people who came from the three senatorial zones of the State to grace the APC Presidential and Gubernatorial campaign rally.

Speaking at the Rally held at the main bowl of the Jolly Nyame Stadium, the APC Presidential flag bearer for the February 16 elections, President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration’s fight against insecurity, corruption and improvement on the nation’s economy shall not be compromised.

President Buhari, who spoke in Hausa, described Taraba as an agrarian State with abundant natural resources, assuring to make fertilizer affordable for farmers at subsidized cost.

Mr. President, who pledged completing the Multi Million Naira Mambilla Hydro Power Station if re-elected for another four years, further opined that Mambilla Hydro Power Station will not only provide electricity for Taraba but the entire northeast region.

In his remarks, the National Chairman, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole promised to take over the government of Taraba from PDP whom he described as dead that will not resurrect.

While calling on the people of the State to vote massively for all APC Candidates, Oshiomhole said PMB remains the only sincere person among the Presidential Candidates.

Also speaking, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate for March 2 polls, Alh. Sani Abubakar Danladi requested for more security personnel in the State to ensure the safety of the people in the state.

Daily Times reports that the Rally was climaxed with handing over of Gubernatorial flag to the Candidate, Sani Danladi and reception of decampees from other Political parties.

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Daily Times Nigeria Friday, February 15, 2019

Saturday poll: Don’t throw Nigeria into anarchy, FG tells PDP Tom Okpe, Abuja Ahead of the Saturday Election, the Federal Government has warned the opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) not to throw the nation into anarchy and despiration to obtain power at all cost.

Speaking with journalists on Thursday in Ilorin Kwara State, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the ongoing attempt by the PDP to discredit the results of the yet-to-be held 2019 general election is an invitation to anarchy.

He said the latest manifestation of PDP’s avowed determination to discredit the results of the 2019 elections is the statement credited to the opposition party that it lacks confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the party’s decision to set up what it calls the Parallel Voting Tabulation (PVT) System. ‘’Consistently, the PDP has been attacking the two national institutions that are most pivotal to the elections - the INEC and the police. This is part of the party’s strategy to erode confidence in

the institutions, preparatory to faulting the outcome of the elections. ‘’We have also been calling national and international attention to this strategy by the PDP. We warned that the PDP will do everything to scuttle the polls failing which the opposition party will work to discredit the results. The persistent accusation of planned rigging of the polls, which is not evidence-based; the not-so-subtle threat of violence issued by the PDP at its press conference on Wednesday and the setting up of the PVT are all geared to achieve one objective: discredit the election results”, Alhaji Mohammed said.

He noted that while it is standard practice for political parties to have their own monitoring system during elections, what the PDP intends to achieve through the PVT is to set up a pseudo electoral commission that will announce its own concocted results and throw the nation into crisis.

The Minister however warned the PDP of very dire consequences, should it proceed to usurp the role of INEC saying; ‘’INEC is the only body statutorily imbued with the power to

collate and announce the results of national elections. The penalties for any individual or organization that usurps these functions are clearly spelt out. It is therefore necessary to remind the PDP not to sabotage the 2019 general elections on the altar of desperation”.

Alhaji Mohammed also said it is particularly instructive that the PDP’s threat was issued on the same day its presidential candidate joined the candidates of other political parties to sign the second peace accord. ‘’The threat of fire and brimstone issued by the PDP, for no reason at all is incongruent with the stated position of its presidential candidate that his ambition is not worth the life of any Nigerian.

Attacks on the institutions charged with organizing and securing the elections constitute a recipe for anarchy, while anarchy spares no one’s life!’’ he noted.

The Minister called on the security agencies to ensure that no one precipitates chaos before, during and after the elections urging Nigerians to come out in large numbers to peacefully exercise their franchise.

Short News FG closes land borders for election Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), has directed the closure of all Nigerian land borders with effect from Friday February 15, 2019 to Sunday February 17 for the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections.

This was contained in a statement by the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede and made available to newsmen on Friday.

According to the statement, there would be restriction of movements across the Nigerian borders during the election and on the days announced.

The statement further enjoined a member of the public to take note and ensure compliance.

Presidential Polls: Anambra Govt declares Friday work free day

Anambra State Government has declared Friday work free day to enable public and civil servants to participate in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Head of Service (HOS), Mr Harry Udu who announced the work free on Thursday in Awka urged workers in the state to show patriotism to government by ensuring they exercised their franchise peacefully.

Udu explained that the work free day would enable those travelling to their respective communities to do so in time adding that the government is expecting massive participation of all eligible voters during the elections.

While reaffirming the state’s commitment to workers’ welfare, he said that it is the top on the agenda of the Gov. Willie Obiano’s administration.

“It is a known fact that the state government has since late last year begun renovation and upgrade of the Anambra State Secretariat Complex.

“The government undertook complete maintenance of the structures, including servicing of appliances, paintings, refurbishing of furniture and improved landscaping.

“Others are construction of standard toilet facilities, parking lot to decongest roads and walkways within the secretariat,” Udu said in a statement.

The HOS noted that ongoing renovations were part of the efforts of Obiano to improve on workers’ welfare and ensure serenity at work environment.

According to him the government is working relentlessly to ensure regular power supply through dedicated lines to the secretariat complex and invariably improve productivity and efficiency.

INEC assures Bayelsa electorate of free, fair, credible elections Akam James, Yenagoa

L-R: SSA Regional Services Director, BHGE, Feyi Okungbowa; Founder/CEO, Ignite Within (Guest Speaker), Gladys Agwai; Chief Finance Officer, GE Africa, Welela Dawit, and Chief Communications Officer GE Africa, Patricia Obozuwa, at the Africa CEO Forum Women in Business Network meeting hosted by GE in Lagos on Tuesday.

Zamfara: AGF’s directive to INEC is unconstitutional, politically motivated says Secondus Tunde Opalana, Abuja The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has slammed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami for acting unconstitutionally by directing the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone National Assembly and State governorship elections because of the legal debacle over fielding of candidates in the two elections by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State.

Secondus said Malami’s letter was politically motivated and a premeditated move by the APC to forcefully put the APC on the ballot in Zamfara against INEC proclamation that the APC cannot field candidates for those positions.

Addressing a national press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Secondus said the AGF’s letter is part of APC’s design to arm-twist

INEC and judiciary to take illegal action in their favor. He added that what the AGF is seeking is not backed by law.

Malami, according to Secondus is an interested party in this matter and has no moral right to advice INEC. “The inability of the APC to field candidates due to selfinflicted crisis when other parties did within the stipulated period for the election is not covered by section 38 & 39 of the electoral Act 2010 which the AGF is relying on his dubious advice”.

He, therefore, called on INEC to follow the dictates of the law and continue in its plan to achieve a credible election.

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, had in a letter on Wednesday advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the National Assembly, governorship and state houses of Assembly elections following the decision of the Appeal Court that all parties return to the status quo in the Zamfara All Progressives

Congress (APC) primaries crisis.

The AGF, according to the letter acted upon a petition written by the firm of M.A. Mamood SAN and Co and went ahead to further advised INEC to comply with the instructions forthwith.

Also, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole had in a letter to INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakub on Wednesday informed INEC of the dismissal by the Court of Appeal, Sokoto Division on the 13th February, 2019 of the Appeal of the Appellants challenging the judgment of the Trial Court delivered on 25th January, 2019 Oshiomhole urged the Commission to give effect to the said judgment of the High Court of Justice, Zamfara State delivered on the 25th of January, 2019.

Giving an update on the situation of things ahead of Saturday’s election, the chairman said the promise of Nigeria has never been fully realized because of poor leadership and bad governance.

Barely 72hrs to the 2019 generation election in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has re-assured electorate that it was committed to conducting a free, fair, credible and all inclusive election in Bayelsa state.

The state Residence Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Monday Tom Udoh, gave the assurance at a one day stakeholder’s forum on the “Preparations for 2019 general elections”, on Tuesday in Yenagoa, the state capital.

Udoh, reiterated that every one man’s vote in the forthcoming election must count, noting that the International community, foreign observers all have their focus on the election and they have the mandate to deliver.

He further stated that the commission does not have any vote to give to politicians rather the people are the ones with the mandate to choose their leaders, adding that all the necessary materials for the election to go smoothly will be provided.

While educating the stakeholders on the importance of seeing elections as a game and not war, he noted that if any candidate of a particular party does not win elections today if can be his or her turn tomorrow, adding that INEC is under oath to conduct a transparent election.

“No election is a war, if you don’t win today, you might tomorrow. No election is worth dying for, don’t kill or run anybody down because of positions. Political parties come and go but the people will remain. Don’t use arms”

INEC engages 15,577 ad hoc staff for general election in Zamfara

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has engaged 15, 577 ad hoc staff for the conduct of the forthcoming general election in Zamfara.

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state Hajiya Asmau Maikudi disclosed this while briefing Election Observers on Thursday in Gusau.

Asmau said the ad-hoc staff were recruited from universities, federal agencies and National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) members among others.

She said they would serve as Returning Officers, Collection officers, Supervisory officers, Presiding officers among others.

“They have been well trained to make them conversant with election materials and procedures.

“Each of them has been provided with a hand book containing explanation on his duty responsibility during the election,” Asmau said.

She assured that the commission would conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable election in the state.

The meeting was attended by local and international observers who identified themselves with INEC to observe the general election in the state.

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Finance Minister tasks revenue growth C’ttee on implementation initiative Mathew Dadiya The Minister of Finance Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has implored the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative (SRGI) Steering Committee on implementation and results in delivery of the initiative.

Ahmed gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja during the inaugural meeting of the SRGI, where the committee was tasked on ensuring the objectives and target areas as responsibility was achieved to provide good governance and strategic direction for implementation.

The Daily Times recalls that the SRGI was launched in January 2019 and are built on three core thematic areas including; Achieve sustainability in revenue generation, Identify new and enhance the enforcement of existing revenue streams, Achieve cohesion in the revenue ecosystem (people and tools).

While the ToR of the Steering Committee includes;- To oversee the implementation of the SRGI; To receive and consider reports from portfolio holding agencies; To develop reporting template for portfolio agencies; To review from time to time the portfolio of agencies.

The ToR of the Steering Committee include; To oversee the implementation of the SRGI; To receive and consider reports from portfolio holding agencies; To develop reporting template for portfolio agencies; To review from time to time the portfolio of agencies; Report (Monthly to Economic Management Team, Quarterly to National Economic Council and the Federal Executive Council on the implementation status; Seek Presidential approval for specific initiatives and implementation; Give direction to agencies on the implementation of their portfolios; and any other matter that is helpful to the ToR. She said that the Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative (SRGI) Steering Committee which will provide overall governance and strategic direction for the implementation of the SRGI and has membership from all of the major revenue generating agencies.

“It is our plan that the Steering Committee will guide the implementation of the SRGI whilst driving the results delivery and ensuring that initiatives are prioritized and sequenced in a manner to deliver maximum revenue impacts in a more collaborative and integrated manner”, the minister said.

L-R: Country Representative, West Africa Region, US Trade & Development Agency, Josh Egba; Chief Economist, AfDB, Anthony Simpasa; Executive Director, Public Sector, FirstBank, Abdullahi Ibrahim and Managing Director, Foreign Investment Network, Michael Dragoyevich during the Energy Finance Forum sponsored by FirstBank at Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja, yesterday.

Business owner, partners want Zenith Bank sanctioned over customer’s right violation Mathew Dadiya, Abuja A Nigerian businessman and his foreign partners have accused one of the biggest banks in Nigeria, Zenith Bank of violating its rights calling on the Federal Government and the relevant law enforcement agencies to intervene by sanctioning the bank in accordance with the laws of the land.

The allegations were contained in a petition by the Managing Director of Owigs and Obigs Nigeria Limited, Mr. Emeka Okorie, addressed to the Central Bank of Nigeria dated January 30, 2019.

Owigs and Obigs Nigeria Limited, a solid mineral exporting company based in Lagos, had in 2014 secured contract to export solid minerals to China, Zenith bank, being their banker was fully involved in the whole transaction.

Mr Okorie said that in 2014, their company was issued two irrevocable confirmed letters of credit by the Industrial and Commercial bank of China (ICBC) for a contract to supply tin, columbite, and tantalite valued at $64,107,180 million.

According to him, having relied on Zenith Bank for a guide in international trade documentation as our firm being the first

exporter, was naïve.

However, he said that the confirmed letters of credit issued by ICBC with confirmation instruction “according to the approved draft copy by Zenith Bank, were received by the bank.”

“According to Zenith Bank, the two letters of credit were rejected and cancelled for two reasons of issuing unconfirmed letters of credit instead of the confirmed letter of credit approved by Zenith bank and secondly, non-transferring of the LC security fund by ICBC to Zenith bank account as the only condition precedent before Zenith bank could confirm the LC to the beneficiary (Owigs and Obigs) which was the applicable rules of UCP latest version they (Zenith bank) stated,” Okorie explained.

He added that Zenith bank assured the company that ICBC has agreed to abide by the new rules to transfer the fund to Zenith bank and that Owigs and Obigs should get their shipment ready as ICBC “reissued the LC accordingly but never advised….”

“We were informed by the Singapore broker, Eglone Group Asia PTE LTD that Zenith bank has terminated the contract without recourse to Owigs and Obigs, and went ahead to pay off from the company’s account the fund which

secured the performance guarantee as a default payment to ICBC for breach of contract.

“Because there was no debit notification or advise from Zenith bank, steps taken immediately to clarify the information were frustrated, as the bank stated that the transaction notification message platform linking the company’s account has been disconnected and cut off,” Okorie alleged.

He further alleged that zenith bank barred the company from accessing any information on the state of its account both domiciliary and naira account and declined to release the company’s statement of account till date without any reason.

“The management refused to communicate despite the persistent efforts to get answers from Zenith bank for unwarranted and unaccounted withdrawal from the company’s account, without notice or authorization, instead they responded with threat of fire and brimstone if the matter goes to the press but promised to settle based on dialogue which never came to be” “As pressure continued to mount from our firm Zenith bank on the 10th October 2016 sent a message of the account closure without notice after refusing and failing to release our statement of account since 2014 till date which was a

violation of depositors’ right, breach of trust and accountability by the bank” Meanwhile, the biggest bank in the world, Industrial and Commerce Bank of China (ICBC) and a leading business brokering conglomerate, Eglone Group Asia PTE have threatened to take Zenith Bank to International Court of Arbitration and to petition the Nigerian government through the Chinese government over alleged contract violation between Zenith bank and the Nigerian business entity, Owigs and Obigs Nig Ltd. Owigs and Obigs Nig Ltd had secured a contract to export to China through Eglone group with ICBC as the financier.

ICBC had earlier in July 30, 2014, officially communicated a litigation threat message against the defendant, Zenith Bank PLC via a swift message transmitted to the defendant, threatening to sue Zenith bank at the International Court of Arbitration, with a further threat to petition the federal government of Nigeria through its Embassy in China and also petition the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Responding to our inquiry, Head of Media, Zenith Bank, Mr. Marcel Eguabor, promised to get back to The Daily Times but was unable to do that as at the press time.

FG approves CIBN disciplinary tribunal rules Temitope Adebayo The Federal Government has approved the Rules governing the conduct of the disciplinary tribunal of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), the development which is widely believed to further strengthened members/customers’ confidence in the industry.

In a statement signed by the Head, Corporate

Communication & External Relations, CIBN, Nelson Olagundoye, said the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami consented to the Rules on behalf of the Federal Government.

The Institute stated that the Rules prescribes the proceedings to be observed by the Tribunal in the hearing and determination of complaints as well as recommending appropriate sanctions to be meted out to erring members of the Institute upon establishment of a prima

facie case by the Investigating Panel.

According to CIBN, the Tribunal which also looks into cases of ethical and professional misconducts by members of the Institute, has the following provisions: appointment of chairman and other members of the Disciplinary Tribunal; reference to the Disciplinary Tribunal; convening of the Tribunal; composition and proceedings of the Tribunal; parties to the proceedings before the Tribunal, service of processes,

mode of entering appearance, decision in the absence of a party and the application for rehearing; additional, substitution and removal of parties; restriction on abatement of processing; directions and case management; practice directions; failure to comply with rules, practice directions or tribunal directions; general powers of the Tribunal, lead compliant, petition or matter; consent Orders; amendment of processes before the Tribunal and withdrawal.

NSE records marginal growth of 0.12% The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday recorded marginal growth of 0.12 per cent.

Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.087 trillion rose by N15 billion or 0.12 per cent to close at N12.102 trillion.

The All-Share Index also improved by 39.77 points or 0.12 per cent to close at 32,453.69 against 32,413.92 achieved on Wednesday.

Unilever led the gainers’ table during the day with N3 to close at N47 per share.

Dangote Cement followed with a gain of N1 to close at N191, while PZ added

65k to close at N12.65 per share.

Lafarge Africa gained 40k to close at N13.40, while UACN garnered 30k to close at N9.60 per share.

On the other hand, Nigerian Breweries recorded the highest loss, dropping by N1 to close at N80 per share.

Union Bank of Nigeria trailed with loss

of 55k to close at N6.30, while Flour Mills lost 45k to close at N20.75 per share.

Dangote Flour shed 40k to close at N8.35, while Oando declined by 30k to close at N5.50 per share.

However, the volume of shares transacted dropped by 10 per cent, while the value dipped by 12.03 per cent.

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How BDCs automation will increase transactions margin, regulatory compliance The digitisation of Bureaux de Change (BDC) operations has taken off with the official launching of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) Live Run Automation Portal in Lagos. MOTOLANI OSENI, writes on the project, which ended decades of manual filling of regulatory reports by BDCs, however, with the backing of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

There is no doubt about the positive effects of this development, such as enhances the global competitiveness of operators and raises hope of higher transaction margin. ABCON insists that the full digitization of BDCs operations is a boost for the financial system and the economy ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) assessment for Nigeria this year.

For decades, Bureau De Change (BDC) operators were filling their weekly regulatory reports manually to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).

The operators also lacked the technology to test the genuineness of documents presented to them by foreign exchange end-users and this had severally led to sanction, loss of revenues and damaged the reputation of Nigerian BDCs in the eyes of international community.

But that changed on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, when the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) Live Run Automation Portal was unveiled to over 4,500 BDCs in Lagos.

The portal is the final phase of automating all BDCs’ operations and integrating them with the operations of CBN, NFIU and Nigeria InterBank Settlement System (NIBSS) for improved compliance with regulation and seamless operations.

ABCON President, Alhaji (Dr.) Aminu Gwadabe who unveiled the platform at the event attended by over 4,000 BDCs, regulatory agencies and players in the financial sector, described it as a game changer in the Nigeria BDC industry.

Gwadabe who spoke on the theme: Digitizing BDC Operations for Efficiency, Transparency and Regulatory Compliance, said the project will enhance BDCs compliance with set regulations, restore their lost glory and promote market integrity.

The platform, Gwadabe explained, allows BDCs send their reports online real-time, thereby removing the challenge of manual rendition of reports that have been confronting operators for decades.

The ABCON boss said: “The objective of this launching is firstly, to change the negative perception towards BDCs in Nigeria. We have a very negative perception from the public and regulators. This is due to the nature of our operations which has been manually-driven for decades. Today, we are by this ABCON Live Run Automation Portal project, automating BDCs operations nationwide. This will not only bring efficiency to our business but change the local and global perception of our operations for good”.

According to Gwadabe, even

platform on the NIBSS portal for verifications and validation of clients’ BVNs, which is a most vital requirement forex sale.

ABCON President, Aminu Gwadabe

foreign investors look at the perception of every country before deciding to do business with such a country. “So, this is our own way of improving the image of Nigeria in the eyes of the international community. Remember that this year will witness the visit of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to Nigeria for the assessment of the country. The FATF views BDCs as one of the weakest links in the Nigerian financial services value chain. So, because of that, we want to improve the entire perception of BDCs in Nigeria more importantly by putting tested IT infrastructure for our members to utilize,” he said.

He further explained that the automation integrates three of Nigeria’s regulatory agencies. First, it addresses the CBN, NIFU and the NIBSS platforms.

“We send our Suspicious Transactions Reports (STRs) daily utilization and purchases fillings to the CBN. To the NFIU, we conduct our Cash Transfer Report, STR. The NIBSS platform will capture Know Your Customers (KYC) validation and Bank Verification Number (BVN) validation of our clients. So, you can see, it is robust and all-encompassing in addressing anti-money laundering and terrorism financing. The antimoney laundering and terrorism financing are fast damaging the image of financial institutions, and BDCs are no exceptions. That is why we are putting this automation for

our members to be empowered to compete globally and comply with regulations with ease,” Gwadabe stated.

The ABCON boss said the world is going digital, and BDC operators under his leadership are committed to staying ahead of the competition by deploying time-tested technology to deliver effective services to forex end-users.

According to him, the portal will sustain transparent transactions in the BDC corridor, boost the morale of its members and ensure sustained operations.

On How the Portal Works Gwadabe explained that the project came with three layers and stages. First layer is on online real time registration of our members with a success rate of over 4,500 BDCs registered nationwide. This layer is to enable our members to conduct their membership registration from any of their locations without coming physically to ABCON Secretariat.

The second layer bothers on automation of ABCON’s operational process, bookkeeping, issuance of a receipt, preparation of accounts, balance sheets, ledgers and sales/purchase registers. The most important of this layer is the online real-time rendition of returns to regulatory agencies.

Another important feature of this layer is the BDCs onboarding and integration of the BVN

The IMTOs Challenge The ABCON boss said the group is still discussing with the CBN on making BDCs International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) direct agents after the regulator approved additional agents for the country.

“Partly, the complain of CBN is whether the BDCs have the right infrastructure in place. The IMTOs look at that criteria too.

They want to know if BDCs have internet, computers, scanners to capture their transactions. And all our members here today have put those structures in place. And there is about $24 billion that come into Nigeria annually from the Diaspora”.

Continuing, he said: “The CBN only captures six per cent of this Diaspora remittances and the rest goes under the counter without any tracing. And the BDCs with our number of 4,500, (only China that has 1,500 in the world), we are actually the best to utilize the inflow of IMTOs. They are about 60 now, and we are still pushing to the CBN, letting them know that we can do it and the full automation of BDCs’ operations launched today is another milestone and proof that we are ready to play that role in the interest of the economy,” he stated.

Gwadabe said that forex business is a live business that has a direct impact on the economy and livelihood of every family.

According to Gwadabe, the BDCs have unified the street rate and the official BDC rate. “We are talking of N358 to dollar official rate and even N360 to a dollar, which is the benchmark of the CBN. So, I congratulate our members and we are celebrating ourselves and that’s why we are coming with IT to ensure we record more successes”.

He said that with this development, the NFIU, EFCC and CBN supervision officials do not need to physically visit BDC offices to look at their books and ascertain the level of compliance adding that the technology driving the project is cloud-based. He said the scheme will enable the BDCs to save cost and make more money from their operations.

He explained that once a BDC operator violates set regulation due to non-compliance, it will adversely affect such operator and could even lead to outright withdrawal of operating licenses.

The CBN was represented at the event by Assistant Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Mrs. Adebola Ayedun; Samuel Oluyemi represented NIBSS Acting Managing Director, Niyi Ajao; and

NFIU was represented by Adangbe Williams while Tony Ewerem represented Travelex Nigeria .

Higher Transaction Margin for BDCs Gwadabe also called on the CBN to review the transaction margin for BDCs upwards to five per cent adding that the current one per cent that operators take is not sufficient and falls below global standards.

He said 10 per cent transaction margin is the common global practice. He said the automation of BDCs’ operations is a good step needed to get the regulators consider raising the transaction margin for Nigerian BDCs. Also speaking on the transaction margin, General Manager, Travelex Nigeria, Tony Enwereji, said that in other countries where the company operates, transaction margin is always around six per cent.

“Our lest margin globally is six per cent. But your patience perseverance will pay off one day.

I believe that once this automation is completed, your margin of transaction will go up because I believe that the leadership of ABCON is heading in the right direction,” he said.

He said that ABCON and Travelex have come a long way, thanking the BDCs for their support.

He praised the ABCON management led by Gwadabe for its foresight and ideas that have continued to lift BDC business in the country.

“Where you are taking ABCON is a good place. It is future full of possibilities of growth and expansion for BDCs. I urge all BDCs to be part of this automation which is a proactive move by the ABCON leadership to take BDC operation to the next level of growth, compliance with set regulations and profitability,” Enwereji said.

Assistant Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Mrs Adebola Ayedun who represented the CBN, said ABCON has taken a laudable step to support the economy adding that the apex bank is fully in support of the automation project.

NIBSS Representative, Samuel Oleyemi, said ABCON and NIBSS started the automation journey when everyone still doubted the possibility of making it happen. He said that BDC business is globally recognized and contributes immensely to financial system growth. “The financial system is incomplete without BDCs. We at NIBSS want you to continue to comply with set regulations. NIBSS will partner with ABCON to ensure that only 36.6 million people in Nigeria with BVN will buy dollar from BDCs”, Oleyemi said.

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Confusion over Zamfara APC’s participation in polls, as AGF allegedly seeks postponement INEC: We’ve not received any letter from AGF Stories by Patrick Okohue AS the nation go to the poll tomorrow to commence a process of electing its political leaders, the future of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has remained unclear as members of the party are still in the dark whether or not they will be part of the process.

While the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has purportedly written a letter demanded a shift in the polls following the decision of the Appeal Court that all parties should return to the status quo in the primaries of the Zamfara State chapter of the APC, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), whom the letter was supposedly written to has said that it had not received any letter

from the AGF. This is even as the APC in the state) has asked the INEC to immediately enlist its candidates in Zamfara State for the general election which begins on Saturday in compliance with the judgement of the Sokoto division of the Court of Appeal.

Now, INEC has stated that the purported letter from the AGF could be a fake document emanating from online media.

The AGF in the letter which was said to have been written to the INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and dated February 13, 2019, cited Sections 38 and 39 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2010 to support his argument.

Malami purportedly said that the postponement would enable the Zamfara State APC to field candidates for all the positions.

The AGF, according to the letter,

PDP accuses INEC of systemic manipulation of voters’ register The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it has uncovered an alleged plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to corrupt the voters’ register, even as the Coalition of United Political Parties has also alleged that agents of the Federal Government have concluded plans to clamp down on media houses and their reporters on election day.

The PDP also alleged that the hidden purpose for the unlawful activity was to enhance the electoral fortune of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), against the true expression of the will of the electorate through the ballot boxes.

The PDP National chairman, Prince Uche Secondus made the allegation while briefing newsmen in Abuja.

In his words, “It is clear that INEC did not, in fact, do a clean up of the register of voters before it published it. It is very easy to calculate that they could not have done so.

“If, as they claim, there are 84 million voters, each with 10 fingerprints – then clearly there are 840 million fingerprints. If they were to match all fingerprints against each other, then they would have to perform an enormous number of calculations – more than seven times 10 to the power of 11 matches.

“INEC cannot currently perform one million such matches per second, even if they were able to do one million matches per second, it would take them more

APC: INEC must obey Appeal Court’s judgement

than 810,000 days.

Meanwhile, a statement signed

by Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, CUPP 1st National Spokesperson, alleged that the plan was to jam and destroy broadcasting equipment of some TV and Radio stations.

According to CUPP, top on list of media houses targeted are ARISE TV, Africa Independent Television, Silverbird Television, Raypower FM and 15 other radio stations.

CUPP claimed that this was aimed at ensuring that the targeted media houses had no opportunity of informing Nigerians about the various irregularities being planned for the presidential and National Assembly elections in favour of candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress across the country.

“The plan is to jam and destroy transmitting equipment of these media organisations on election day.

“The strategy also include indiscriminate arrest and detention of reporters and cameramen of these stations while their working tools will be confiscated and destroyed,” CUPP alleged It called on all stakeholders, including Nigeria’s international friends, to note the alleged plot to subvert the will of the people on Saturday.

“We are watching them and we shall continue to expose their evil plans for the world to see and know,” it said.

Malami

reportedly acted upon a petition written by the firm of M.A. Mahmud (SAN) and Co and further advised INEC to comply with the instructions forthwith.

But the INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzezi, said that the commission had yet to receive the letter.

He said, “I said we have not received the letter, but when we get to the bridge, we will cross it. But for now, we have not received any such letter in INEC. It is on social media. How am I sure that it is not one of those social media gimmicks?

I can’t comment on something I have

not seen; I have made enquiries from the INEC chairman and he said there is nothing like such letter and he has not received any such letter.”

Meanwhile, the National Legal Adviser of the party, Babatunde Ogala told newsmen after a meeting between the Deputy National Chairman, South, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, the Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari and his Ekiti State counterpart, Kayode Fayemi that even if INEC was right in obeying only the pronouncement of the Federal High Court in Abuja which made no order, there is a judgement of a superior

court now which the commission must obey.

Ogala said “We all know the trajectory of the Zamfara matter where despite having a positive order of court asking INEC to accept the list of our candidates from a properly held, conducted, supervised and observed primary by INEC, it still said, in its opinion because there was a conflicting order of court of coordinate jurisdiction refused to accept our candidates.

“Let me emphasis that the court in Abuja did not make any order. The only order was from the High Court in Zamfara. Some people in their wisdom appealed the decision of the High Court in Gusau. That is the matter that now went on appeal and the Court of Appeal in Sokoto has now dismissed the appeal and affirmed the decision of the Zamfara State High Court which upheld that the APC had a legitimate primary and that INEC should accept the list of our candidates.”

Also speaking, Zamfara State governor, Abdulaziz Yari said the people of the state were grateful to God for the judgement, stressing that INEC should follow the part of honour and obey the judgement of the Court of Appeal.

Yari said “I give thanks to God in whose infinite mercies, this judgement came up. If the judgement had been to the contrary, it would have been different. But the Court dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgement of the High Court. You know what that means. We are happy with the outcome and we are here to work with the party to convey the enrollment order to INEC and to ensure that they comply with the order,” he said.

Buhari group slams PDP over PVTS, says it is ultimate rigging machine The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO), has described the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Parallel Voting Tabulation System (PVTS) as an evil device to undermine the system, rig the election, create credibility crisis and ultimately create chaos in the aftermath of the election.

BMO made the allegation while reacting to what the PDP described as its five strategies to checkmate rigging, which includes “a state of the art” Parallel Voting Tabulation System. The party also said it will reject the 2019 presidential election if the results collated by INEC do not tally with its PVTS. Reacting in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, BMO said that this new template by the PDP is borne out of the realisation that its sham campaign; a campaign lacking in strategy and execution, is not going anywhere. The group says

it believes that this strategy will also fail.

“We know that it is the usual template for PDP to create various scenarios in build-up to elections.

Sensing defeat, they begin to create imaginary, unsubstantiated and unscientific claims and stories. We urge them to be careful so they do not impose the conclusion of their mental gyration on Nigerians, especially when Nigerians have decided for President Muhammadu Buhari.

“We find it laughable that just a while ago, Osita Chidoka claimed they – the PDP – have mobilised 40 million people as PDP’s independent election monitors. Now if we may ask, how many voters are there that they need 40 million election monitors? Are they mobilising to rig the election, because we do not know anywhere in the world where election monitors are up to 40 million.

“Who could be more fitting as a rigger than the PDP who, for 16 years, hatched several flawed electoral process that even its former president admitted openly to.

“We know that it is deeply engraved in the culture of the PDP to be scammers, from the Maurice Iwu days to the employment scam of 2014, to this bogus claim that they have mobilised forty million election monitors. Such claims ought to be disregarded as Nigerians focus on the polls on Saturday.”

The Pro-Buhari group urged well-meaning Nigerians to come out and vote their conscience, to choose between a party headed by a man who – despite holding several public offices in the past – was never indicted in any corrupt case; and a man with huge integrity deficit, an internationally acclaimed thief chosen by a party that led Nigeria to the brink of destruction.

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TRUSTEES: 1 JIMOH OLAMILEKAN MONSURUDEEN- CHAIRMAN 2. AKINSOLA MUKTAR AKANBI- SECRETARY 3. BELO GANIYU. O 4. BABALOLA IFADARE ADISA 5. BALOGUN ORIYOMI OLASUNKANMI 6. UMAR BASHEER FEMI 7. ABDULRAMON SAIDI OLANIYI 8. OGUNSHOLA ADEDAYO OLUWASEUN 9. JULIUS SUNDAY VIWANU AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE THE USE OF YORUBA LANGUAGE IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH. WOMEN AND THE LESS PRIVILEDGE OF THE YORUBA CULTURAL BACKGROUND. 3. TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE USE OF TRADITIONAL HERBS AND GENERAL TRADOMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

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THE WONDERS OF THE CROSS HEALING MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

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

TRUSTEES: 1) OGUNTOYINBO JOHN AYOBAMI 2) OGUNTOYINBO FOLAKEMI GRACE 3)OGUNTOYINBO SEUN BOLANLE 4) OGUNTOYINBO OLUSOLA LERE 5 IDOWU ANIFAT GRACE

TRUSTEES: 1. OTALOR PATRICIA ONYEMA-PRESIDENT OR CHAIRPERSON 2. IDAHOSA EJIME LOVELYN : MEMBER 3. UWOTA IYARE DOMINIC: SECRETARY

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

IMO YORUBA ISENBAYE CULTURAL IINTITIATIVE

SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD

Classified

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED 2. GIVE SUPPORT AND AID TO DISPLACED PEOPLE. 3. GIVING HOPE TO THE NEEDY. 4. PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIP TO LESS PRIVILEGED 5. HEALTH AND SCHOOL SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE. 6. EMPOWERING THE LESS PRIVILEGED

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

TRUSTEES: 1. IKE JOHNPAUL UCHE- PRESIDENT 2. OKE RERELOLUWA REJOICE-- SECRETARY 3. ALAO OLUSEGUN OLUROTIMI 4. JACOBS GRACE ANUOLUWAPO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO ESTABLISH BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 3. TO EVANGELISE, ORGANISE CRUSADE AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMES.

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

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

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

THE TRUTH RESTORATION EVANGELICAL MINISTRY

AJUMONI CENTRAL MOSQUE URBAN RENEWAL OWORONSHOKI

URHOBO PEOPLES’S INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. ANIBABA OLUSEGUN ADEYEMI 2. ANIBABA JADESOLA YETUNDE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: TO PREACH THE WORDS OF JESUS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES HOPE RAISING FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ALHAJI SANUSI LUKMAN IYANDA 2. ALHAJI ADEGOKE MURAINA SHITTU 3. ALHAJI ADEDOTUN BASHIR KOLAWOLE 4. ALHAJI BADMUS MUTIU OLU 5. ALHAJI ADETAYO NOSIRU ADEBOLA 6. ALHAJI OSENI JAMIU GBADEBO 7. ALHAJI ANIMASHAUN OLALEKAN MUDASHIRU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO TEACH THE TENETS OF ISLAM. 2. TO ORGANISE ISLAMIC SEMINARS AMONG THE MUSLIMS 3. TO UPHOLD AND LIFT THE TENETS OF ISLAM.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

SIGNED: SECRETARY

PREVAILING PREVAILER’S INT’L MINISTRY

PRAYER HOUSE OF ALL NATION ANOINTED AND EXALTED MINISTRY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. UZOKA KELECHUKWU NICHOLAS (CHAIRMAN) 2. UZOKA UGONNA HENRY (SECRETARY) 3. UZOKA CHIAZOKAM THELMA-JULIET 4. UZOKA ROSEJULIET NGOZI 5. UZOKA UCHECHUKWU BEDEPRINCEWILL

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. UGBEBOR OLATOKUMBO BOLANLE 2. UGBEBOR LUCKY JAMES 3. OTESANYA SAMUEL OLADIMEJI 4. OSIME FIDELIA IKHAYERE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. PROMOTION AND ADVOCACY OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 2. EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTHS.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

PRAYER HOUSE OF ALL NATION ANOINTED AND EXALTED MINISTRY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. AHONSI MONDAY. -CHAIRMAN 2. MESHACK HARUNA 3. DANIEL ABIGAIL DAVID 4. LEBNEBISO BRIDGET. -SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND WIN SOULS ONTO THE LORD AND TO TEACH THE BIBLE IN ALL ITS PURITY POWER AND FULLNESS. 2. TO PROMOTE REVIVAL OF TEA CRUEL CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD AND TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST BY ALL SCRIPTURAL MEANS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY EIGHT DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: BARR MERCY OJENE

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROTECT, PROMOTE, ENHANCE, DEVELOP GOVERN, REGULATE, TRANSFORM AND REFORM ETC, THE SOCIO-ECONOMY, SOCIO-POLITICAL AND SOCIO-CULTURAL NORMS AND VALUES OF THE URHOBO NATION AND HER CITIZENS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

SIGNED: CHAIRMAN

TRUSTEES: 1. OKORO MUHAMMED LIEGELORD KESTON-CHAIRMAN 2. CHIEF FREEBORN AYOMA -SECRETARY 3. DOGENE FESTUS.

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

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED ORGANISATION HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER “PART C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT CAP C20 LFN, 2014.

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.

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

ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY EIGHT DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: OCHUMA EJIGA BENJAMIN ESQ. 07055529276

CHILDREN OF THE MIRROR FOUNDATION CAC/IT/NO: 117589 THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR CHANGE OF NAME CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

FORM: CHILDREN OF THE MIRROR FOUNDATION TO: MIRROR CHILDREN 360 FOUNDATION THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ONOMAKE EFE - REMOVED 2. EKIYOR-ZUA BOMA DANIELS - REMOVED 3. OBIETONBARA TAMUNOKURO IYO - RETAINED 4. CALLENDER ROSELYN - RETAINED THE NEW TRUSTEES: 1. THEOPHILUS WENDY ADELE DAIRE THE CONSTITUTION WILL BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THE NEW NAME ANY OBJECTION TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES: 1. AHONSI MONDAY. -CHAIRMAN 2. MESHACK HARUNA 3. DANIEL ABIGAIL DAVID 4. LEBNEBISO BRIDGET. -SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND WIN SOULS ONTO THE LORD AND TO TEACH THE BIBLE IN ALL ITS PURITY POWER AND FULLNESS. 2. TO PROMOTE REVIVAL OF TEA CRUEL CHRISTIAN CHURCH TO EVERY NATION IN THE WORLD AND TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST BY ALL SCRIPTURAL MEANS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY EIGHT DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: BARR KUBURAT OJUTOMORI

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLAWALE RASHEED 2. OLADELE ABDULAHI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO CREATE NEUTRAL AND CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GERMAN AND NIGERIAN CITIZENS ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN TWENTY EIGHT DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

Classified 18 THE COVENANT CHOSEN LIGHT FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. OKPOR TEMI JUDITH (CHAIRMAN) 2. FRANCESS IZEHIESE EHIMAMIEGHO (SECRETARY) 3. CYRIL ODIANOSE USIFOH 4. QUEEN EGBERANMWEN EHIMAMIEGHO 5. OGBEBOR ABIEYUWA 6. BENJAMIN EHI GODFREY 7. EWELE PATIENCE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO WORK SINCERELY FOR PEOPLE AND HUMANITY WITHOUT ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION 2. TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY 3.TO HELP ORPHANS /NEEDY CHILDREN HAVE QUALITY EDUCATION AND GOOD HEALTH TO EDUCATE AND PROTECT THE GIRL CHILD 4. TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER NGO WORKING TOWARDS SIMILAR GOALS.

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BLESSING OF CHRIST HEALING MIRACLE AND REVIVAL MINISTRY

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AGBAJELOLA BLESSING - CHAIRMAN 2. AGBAJELOLA BUKOLA AFUSA 3. AGBAJELOLA TOSIN EMMANUEL - SECRETARY 4. JOKOTOYE ELIZABETH F. AIM(S) AND OBJECTIVES: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

DAVIES SATAO FOUNDATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OLAOYE DADA DAVIES 2. DAVIES OLAOYE SANDRA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1.TO ASSIST THE LESS PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 2. TOUCHING THE LIVES OF THE NEEDY IN THE SOCIETY.

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

SIGNED BY: LOVETH .O. OSAGIEDE 07031097543

SIGNED: NGOZI GREGORY OKOH

SIGNED: SECRETARY

GENERATION FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE ORGANIZATION

ADVOCACY CENTRE FOR THE REINTEGRATION OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ADETOLA TAIWO OGUNSAMI- PRESIDENT 2. ANTHONY KPAKOL- SECRETARY 3. AFOLABI OLAYINKA FUNMILOLA 4. ADOGAME OMOKOGBO KENNETH 5. ADENIKE ADEKIITAN KEN ADOGAME 6 AJENIFUJA TOMSON AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROCLAIM AND PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST WORLDWIDE. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THIS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED 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. MAGOSE ABRAHAM EJU -RETAINED 2. JUDE CHIGBO -REMOVED 3. OKECHUKWU NWORAH -RETAINED NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED 1. MR. ODIKE YAHAYA MUSA 2. MRS. MOFE ABRAHAM EJU 3. PETER IGBI 4. MR. KUNAL CHANDRA 5. MR. LAWRENCE ZHIYA HULEJI 6. FRANCIS NDUBUISI UDUMA ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE 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: BARR. ARIYO 08060192877, 08187185901

SIGNED: SECRETARY

CHRIST AMBASSADOR CHURCH OF GOD

DOMINATORS CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY INTERNATIONAL

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990

TRUSTEES 1. ONUZURIKE GLADYS ANAYO 2. EVELYN A YEYE DADA 3. AGBASIMALO EUCHARIA IFEBUCHE

TRUSTEES: 1. OYESOLA KOLA KAYODE 2. OYESOLA JOHN YINKA 3. DUSU DANIEL CHUWANG 4. OYESOLA ANNA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE WORD OF GOD

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.

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: BARR. GEORGE NNAEMEKA NWODO

SIGNED: SHANU ADEDAYO BENJAMIN (08033355459)

ADESINA RAMOTA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SIKIRU RAMOTA ADENIKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADESINA RAMOTA ADENIKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AKANJI KABIRAT I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKANJI KABIRAT ABIOLA. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKANJI KABIRAT IYABO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GT BANK, FIRST BANK AND GENERAL PUBLIC TO TAKE NOTE.

GOODNEWS CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL MINISTRY THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR JOSHUA OLU AJIBOLA -PRESIDENT 2. LADY EVAG. DORCAS ANUOLUWAPO AJIBOLA 3. ODELABI OLUJIMI ABRAHAM 4. BABALOLA SOLADAYO OLUYEMISI 5. ARCH OKUNOWO OLAROTIMI ADEWALE 6. MRS ABIOYE GRACE ALABA - SECRETARY 7. DEACONESS ODUSOLE MUIBAT ADESOLA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. 2. TO PREACH SALVATION OF JESUS CHRIST. 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: BARR. ARIYO 08187185901.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. ODHE SUNDAY OROBOROGHENE - CHAIRMAN/FOUNDER 2. PASTOR ODHE JOSEPH OKEOGHENE - PRESIDENT. 3. DEACONESS (MRS.) ODHE EJIROGHENE JENNIFER - SECRETARY. 4. MR IYAMU FELIX OSAYANDE - MEMBER. 5. PASTOR MRS FOLORUNSO MARY ADEBOWALE - MEMBER 6. MRS. AGUAZE EVELYN - MEMBER. 7. MR. UKATO RAYMOND AKHAHOMEN - MEMBER. 8. ENGR. (MRS ) ARIT IGOGO - MEMBER. 9. MR. ODETOLA OLUMAYOWA ISHOLA - MEMBER

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. NWACHUKWU ADA DORIS 2. NWACHUKWU RITA MGBORIE 3. SAMUEL GABRIEL EGWU 4. NWACHUKWU JAMES OBI 5. AYODELE MOROCCO-CLARKE. 6. UYI FRANK OBAYAGBONA 7. MRS UZOAMAKA VICTOR ORIZU AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.

WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AND ALL RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO ADVOCATE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING 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

CALISTHENIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1. OJO, ADEBAYO OLUSEGUN – CHAIRMAN 2. YAYA, ADEMOLA ADEKUNLE – SECRETARY 3. ADEDEJI, JAMES OLUGBENGA 4. AJAYI, LASISI SALAWU 5. AMIOLA, BOLAJI MUTIAT AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ORGANISE CALISTHENICS COACHING AND TRAININGS FOR INSTRUCTORS OF CALISTHENICS GAMES 2. TO ORGANISE CALISTHENICS GAMES AND COMPETITIONS 3.

TO FACILITATE AND DESIGN CALISTHENICS COMPETITIONS AND PERFORMANCE DISPLAYS 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

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF LOSS OF OFFER OF THE TERMS OF GRANT/CONVEYANCE OF APPROVAL , ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION, URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING DEPT , BAC ZONAL PLANNING OFFICE , IN FAVOUR OF BLESSING MAIGADI ,ON 19TH FEBRUARY 2007 WITH RESPECT TO PLOT NO. A 348 OF ABOUT 1200 SQ. M IN MPAPE LAYOUT, BELONGING TO ADELEKE SURAJUDEEN AYOADE. THE SAID DOCUMENT WAS LOST WHILE ON TRANSIT WITHIN KUBWA ABUJA SOMETIME IN DECEMBER 2018 ALL EFFORT TO TRACE THE MISSING DOCUMENT HAS PROVED ABORTIVE. IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION OR CALL. 08039737808

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1) BARR MRS OLUWATOYIN ABEGUNDE 2)BARR (DR) BABALOLA ABEGUNDE 3) PASTOR GBENGA BAKARE 4) BARR TOBI ADELUSI 5)BARR (DR) OMOLADE ONIYINDE 6) MR OLATUNDE AYODELE 7) MR TOSIN OLANIYAN 8)MRS HELEN ONI 9)MRS OLAYINKA UGBAJA 10)BARR ABAYOMI OJO.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CONTRIBUTE TO CHARITY 2. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE MEMBERS

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. CREATING AWARENESS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE HEALTH HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT CONSUMPTION OF PRODUCTS WITH SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS.

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED SECRETARY

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YOU TO CHARITY FOUNDATION

2 AJET STREET MOLETE. IBADAN. THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C TRUSTEES 1. ADEBOYE ADEPOJU ALADE -- CHAIRMAN 2. OKONDO ROSELINE JUMOKE -- SECRETARY 3. OSIBODU OLUWATOSIN ALABA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1. TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO ORPHANED, INDIGENT AND OTHER LESS PRIVILEGED CHILDREN FOR THEIR SUBSISTENCE, SHELTER, EDUCATION AND MEDICAL CARE AND ESTABLISH SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN PROMOTING THESE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES. 2. COLLECTING FOOD DONATIONS AND GIVING SAME TO THE HOMELESS AND LESS PRIVILEGED. ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THE PURPOSE AND POWER CHURCH

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C THE TRUSTEES ARE: (1) ODULATE ABIMBOLA OLAYINKA (2)AKINWANDE OLAWUNMI LATIFAT (3)OSIYOYE SAMUEL GBENGA (4)AINA KEHINDE (5)ONJOKO ADEJOBI ADEBOLA OLUFUNMILOLA (6) AINA OLUYEMI OMOWUMI AIM AND OBJECTIVES TO PREACHTHE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

LIFE THROUGH A TUNNEL EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE TRUSTEES. 1. AKINTUNDE OLUWATOBILOLA ABAYOMI- CHAIRMAN. 2. OGUNBIYI BABAFEMI TOSIN. 3. ADETUTU ADEOLA- SECRETARY. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1.TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION, IMPROVE ILL-HEALTH CONDITIONS AND MEET THE FINANCIAL NEED OF THE LESS PRIVILEGE. 2. TO PROMOTE GROWTH AND SELF-WORTH OF THE YOUTH WITH A STRONG NOTION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CAN ALSO COMPETE WITH OTHERS IN THE WORLD AT LARGE. 3. TO PROMOTE PROMISING PROGRAMS TO ALLEVIATE YOUTH HARDSHIPS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE LESS- PRIVILEGE BY PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AIDS. 4. TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR THIRD PARTY COLLABORATION SERVICES ON LESS-PRIVILEGED YOUTH CARE RELATED EFFORTS. 5. TO RAISE FUNDS TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. 6. TO INSPIRE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESS PRIVILEGE BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE CITADELS OF LEARNING. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED : SECRETARY

ENUGU YOUTH AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED INITIATIVE HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. EYA CHUKWUKA GODWIN CHAIRMAN 2. NWOBODO NNAEMEKA SYLVANUS 3. ANI JAMES CHIAGOZIE SECRETARY AIMS & OBJECTIVES TO ENGAGE THE YOUTH IN WAY THAT THEY CAN SEE A PROMISING FUTURE IN AGRICULTURE AS WELL AS TO INFLUENCE THEM TO PURSUE CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

LINK-GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

IBROMUSA FOUNDATION

THE TRUSTEES ARE. 1.PROPHET ISAIAH .O.DIPEOLU 2.PASTOR TUNDE CLEMENT 3.PASTOR OLUWAFEMI SODUNKE 4.MR JULIUS.O.ADEYENI 5.MR OLAKUNLE .O.DADA.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO HELP THE POOR, THE LESS PRIVILEGE AND THE NEEDY GENERALLY THROUGH PROVISION OF TRAINING TO THE YOUTH,MEDICAL CARE TO THE AGED AND THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO DESERVINGLY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA 2. TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT IN POLICY MAKING THAT WILL BOOST HELP TO THE HELPLESS AND THE FORGOTTEN IN THE SOCIETY AT LARGE AS WELL AS GUARANTY EQUAL STANDARD OF LIVING FOR ALL.

AIMS: 1TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST .2.TO WIN SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 3 TO ORGANISE REVIVALS,CRUSADES ,TEACH,THE WORD OF GOD AND TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.4.TOEMPOWER SOULS FOR GOD’S PURPOSE ON EARTH AND NURTURE THEM TO FULFIL DIVINE DESTINIES.

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

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

SIGNED BY 1. MUSA IBRAHIM IBRO (THE CHAIRMAN) AND 2. AJAYI VICTOR (SECRETARY).

MASTER BUILDER GLOBAL CHURCH

SIGNED BY: M.O OLAMONA ESQ. SOLICITOR.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR ABRAHAM OKWUDILI AGU 2. PASTOR SARAH AMARACHUKWU AGU

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. FR. VICTOR OSITA EZE 2. MR. JUDE CHUKWUDI EZE 3. MR. GODWIN OBIORA EZE

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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

AIMS & OBJECTIVES RAISING CHRIST LIKE PEOPLE FOR KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: PASTOR ABRAHAM OKWUDILI AGU CHAIRMAN

HELP FOOD CARE FOUNDATION

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN 2. TO PROVIDE CLOTHING AND SHELTER FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN IN NIGERIA 3. TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE EDUCATION, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE YOUTH AND CHILDREN 4. TO RAISE FUND LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY TO ENSURE THAT THE SET TARGET GROUPS RECEIVE THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT

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

SIGNED :SECRETARY 08134024800

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE; • FOUNDATION BASED ORGANIZATION • ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION • TO EMPOWER THE NEEDY • TO EMPOWER AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SUPPORT TO THE LESS-PRIVILEGED IN THE SOCIETY • TO TAKE THEM OUT OF EXTREME POVERTY, DISEASES, AND CHILD LABOR • TO EMPOWER THE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR SOCIETIES, TO ENABLE THEM THRIVE AND SUCCEED IN LIFE • TO PROVIDE SOCIAL BENEFITS TO THE CHILDREN TO ECONOMICALLY EMPOWER THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF AFRICAN SOCIETIES THROUGH SPONSORSHIP AND TRAINING ON SKILLS ACQUISITION • TO GIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ORPHANAGE HOME • TO EMPOWER THE WIDOWS IN THE SOCIETY • TO PROMOTE AND FOSTER MUTUAL BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO REGISTRAR GENERAL CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION POT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:TO FOSTER UNITY AND CREATE EMPLOYMENT AMONG MEMBERS.

CHRISTAPOSTOLICWITNESSWORDEVANGELICALMINISTRY.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MUSA IBRAHIM IBRO, 2. AJAYI VICTOR 3. MUSA YUSUF

TRUSTEES (1) OTUNBA DEJO MOSHOOD OLAWOYIN (2) KAFFY IDOWU OLAWOYIN (3) OLAKUNLE TENIOLA

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OLUGBEMI FOLASHADE ADUKE 2. OLUWOLE OLUGBEMI MOSES 3. OLUGBEMI SAMSON OLUMIDE 4. OLUGBEMI ABIGAIL IMOLEAYO. 5. OLUGBEMI SAMUEL BABATUNDE 6. JOSEPH DEBORAH TEMITOPE

ANY OBJECTION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION. NDOLA SQUARE, ZONE 5, WUSE, ABUJA, WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKEKE CLETUS EMENIKE CHAIRMAN 2. OKEKE ADAKU ROSEMARY GENERAL SECRETARY 3. OKEKE UZOCHUKWU CHRISTOPHER MEMBER

DOMINION WEALTH EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

AIMS (1) TO PROVIDE HELP FOR LESS PRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND MEMBERS THROUGH FREE EDUCATION (2) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED THROUGH FREE MEDICAL CARE (3) TO WORK WITH RELEVANT AGANCIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO ARCHIEVE OBJECTIVES

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

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

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

TRUSTEES (1) UWADIEGWU CHINALU (2) OGBONNAYA JOHN (3) EKELEM TINA IFEYINWA

SIGNED SECRETARY

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.

SIGN: TRUSTEES

IKOTA PRIVATE SCHOOL OWNERS ASSOCIATION IKEMBA UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS SOCIAL CLUB THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 PART C

SIGNED SECRETARY

SIGNED SECRETARY

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

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ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), FCT ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED F.E.D ORDIA JP ORDIA & ASSOCIATES NO. 8 OLD ABA ROAD, RUMUOGBA, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE

GREAT HARVEST FARMERS ASSOCIATION

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CHAIRMAN SECRETARY MEMBER

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO GIVE SUPPORT FOR ORPHANS AND INDIGENT CHILDREN. 2. TO CARE FOR THE WELLBEING OF THE ORPHANS IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED. TRUSTEES

FREEDOM IN JESUS SHED BLOOD CHURCH THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED NAME HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IHEJIRLKA NGOZI MARGARET - CHAIRMAN 2. OBINNA IHEJIRIKA EVERISTUS - SECRETARY 3. JACKSON GREGORY PETER - TRUSTEE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO BRING SINNERS UNTO GENUINE REPENTANCE & SALVATION EXPERIENCE. 2.

TO GET BELIEVERS FULLY EQUIPPED TO SERVE GOD IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS ALL THE DAYS OF THEIR LIVES AND MAKE HEAVEN AT LAST 3. TO GET BACKSLIDERS RESTORED TO FAITH IN CHRIST FOR ACTIVE & ACCEPTABLE SERVICE UNTO GOD. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED IHEJIRIKA NGOZI MARGARET CHAIRMAN

CHRIST THE LIVING BREAD CHAPEL

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) ADIELA MOSES-PRESIDENT (2) JOSEPH RACHAE OLAYEMI- SECRETARY (3) ODUMOSU OLUYINKA TOYIN- FINANCIAL SECRETARY (4) YAKUBU ONAKO VICSON -PRO

TRUSTEES ARE 1,ADODO OMOZELE JOYCE - CHAIRMAN 2,SALAMI IGHODALO KEVIN- SECRETARY 3,IZEBHOKHAE ATA ENE- MEMBER

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO ASSIST MEMBERS IN THEIR FARMING ACTIVITIES. (2) FARMERS’ COMING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE FOOD FOR NIGERIA.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE 1, TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL NATIONS 2,TO CARRY OUT DISCIPLINESHIP OF ALL NATIONS 3,TO CARRY OUT MISSION ON CRUSADE AND EVANGELISM IN ALL NATIONS. 4, TO TRAIN AND LICENSE MINISTERS FOR THE WORK OF THE GOSPEL.

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

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS PUBLICATION 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- ADODO OMOZELE JOYCE CHAIRMAN

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AKINSUNLADE OLAMIPOSI

OKONKWO CHIZOBA

CORRECTION OF NAME/CHANGE OF NAME :

CHANGE OF NAME/DECLARATION OF AGE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENT MY

AS ANYALECHI CHIZOBA NKEMAKONAM

NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS EZE STEPHEN ARINZE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EZEH STEVE CHIDI. ALL DOCUMENTS/ CREDENTIALS BEARING THE NAMES ARE VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SAMUEL EMMANUEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SIMON EMMANUEL. CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 05/10/1996 . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE.

AND CHIZOBA BIBIAN ANAYALECHI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS

OKONKWO CHIZOBA NKEMAKON .

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MRS OLUYEMI TITILAYO

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CORRECTION OF NAME & DATE OF BIRTH

KELECHI-UDOKORO

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LEBI SUNDAY

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ADEBAYO RUKAYAT

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANIGBAMKPU UCHECHUKWU SYMPHROSE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KELECHI-UDOKORO UCHECHUKWU SYMPHROSE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME:

IN SOME OF MY DOCUMENT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS EGBAYELO ABIKE SUMONI INSTEAD OF EHINMORE ABIKE. ALL DOCUMENTS/CREDENTIALS BEARING THE NAMES ARE VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE.

EGUAGIE STANLEY OSAS CORRECTION OF NAME/ DATE OF BIRTH: THAT SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS EGUAGIE STANLEY OSAS AND YESUFU EGUA STANLEY INSTEAD OF YESUFU STANLEY EGUAGIE. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 13/03/1951 AND NOT 01/01/1955. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

OYINLOYE SIMEON

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MATILUKORO-OLANUGA

PAM MARTHA

SAIDU ADAMS. I

FORMERLY

ADDRESSED AS

KNOWN

AND

SAADU ADAMU

NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS

SAIDU ADAMS.

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MUDI RABIAT ADAWIYA

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOHN MARTHA JOHN NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PAM MARTHA JOHN . ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE.

GABRIEL RITA CHINONYE

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BELLO GANIYAT FUNMILAYO

AYUBA AGWOM

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED

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PUBLIC

AND

AUTHORITY

CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AWOJIDE MARGRET

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ADEOSUN IYABODE

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RABIU SHAKIRAT BIOTIN

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ADEBAYO ADEJUMOKE

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OWOSENI OMOWUMI

TAIWO OPEYEMI

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MRS MARYANN NDIDI

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UWAOHAEKWE OGOCHUKWU

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BABATUNDE OLUBUKUNOLA

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LAWAL FOLAKE

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MRS ADELERIN COMFORT

BASIL CYNTHIA MADUBUFO

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MRS CHINAZUM CHIMAZIE

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I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ESHIOLE MARY EMIKHE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEOBU MARY EMIKHE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC KINDLY TAKE NOTE.

MRS SALAMI LMOLEAYO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SHOLARIN LMOLEAYO ESTHER NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SALAMI LMOLEAYO ESTHER ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MOHAMMED SANI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MOHAMMED SANI NASIBULLAH. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MOHAMMED SANI BELLO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

RACHEAL KOFOWOROLA I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAYO RACHEAL KOFOWOROLA AND POPOOLA RACHEAL KOFOWOROLA, BOTH MY ACCOUNT DETAILS AND BVN. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAYODE RACHEAL KOFOWOROLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ELIJAH REMILEKUN

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKANDE RUKAYAT ABIODUN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBAYO RUKAYAT ABIODUN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DELE OLAMAGA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MATILUKOROOLANUGA FATAI OLADELE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KAREEM SHAKIRAT ABIODUN, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS RABIU SHAKIRAT BIOTIN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNSANYA OMOWUMI BOLANLE. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OWOSENI OMOWUMI BOLANLE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS CHUKWU COMFORT OGECHUKWU NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ADELERIN COMFORT OGECHUKWU ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELEWA REMILEKUN RACHAEL NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ELIJAH REMILEKUN RACHAEL ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

KINGSLEY PRISCILLA

MRS MARTINA UGWUANYI I FORMERLY KNOWN AS MISS MARTINA UGWUANYI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AS MRS MARTINA UGWUANYI IDOKO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

GODISON DAVID I , FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADABADJI DAVID NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GODISON DAVID. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS ADEBAJO ADEBUSAYO OLUWASOPE ON MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT INSTEAD OF ADEBAJO ADEBUSAYO SOPE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME

OLUAGU IJEOMA FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OZOR IJEOMA THERESA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLUAGU IJEOMA THERESA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MBAERI DORCAS CHIMCHETAM, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS CHIMEZIE DORCAS CHIMCHETAM. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KABUO PRISCILLA UDOCHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KINGSLEY PRISCILLA UDOCHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ENOMA UWAILA FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ENOMA WISDOM ILENIAHENA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ENOMA UWAILA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. BELLO TAIWO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS OLUWOEKO TAIWO OLURANTI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BELLO TAIWO OLURANTI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

ENI PEACE

.FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ENI PEACE CHIOMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ENI PEACE UAJUNEAIIC. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ANUSIEM OGECHI

. CHANGE/ADDITION OF NAME

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS CHUKWUKERE APPOLONIA MARY, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANUSIEM OGECHI MARY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNEJI UGOCHUKWU, THAT I WISH TO ADD JOY TO MY NAME. THAT I HENCEFORTH WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FRANCIS UGOCHUKWU JOY. THAT MY DATE OF BIRTH WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS 3RD OF MARCH, 1993 INSTEAD OF 13TH OF MARCH, 1993. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 13TH OF MARCH, 1993.

ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

MRS OLATUNJI DORIS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS AYETUOMA DORIS, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OLATUNJI DORIS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

THIS IS TO CONFIRM AND CERTIFY THAT ANI FIDELIA OGOMSINACHI AND ANI FAVOUR OGOMSINACHI REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS OMOTAYO OLUWAKEM

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AJISAFE OLUWAKEMI ENIOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OMOTAYO OLUWAKEMI ENIOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

.CONFIRMATION OF NAME

AGUDOSI CORDELIA FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EJINDU CORDELIA CHINYERE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AGUDOSI CORDELIA CHINYERE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

JOLAOYE REMILEKUN

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS LAWAL REBECCA KUBURAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOLAOYE REMILEKUN KUBURAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MIRACLE DANIEL

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS MIRACLE DANIEL OJIGWE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MIRACLE DANIEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

MRS SARAH ANUOLUWAPO

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS SARAH ANUOLUWAPO MURAINA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS SARAH ANUOLUWAPO OYETORO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

IMURON RISIQOT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS IMURON RISIKOT TAIYE AND SODIQ RISIKOT TAYE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IMURON RISIQOT TAYE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ROSELINE FUNKE

.FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GIWA ROSELINE FUNKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ROSELINE FUNKE ORIBABOR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. AYOOLA STEVEN

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS BABALOLA STEVEN OLUWATAYO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYOOLA STEVEN OLUWATAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CHIMEZIE DORCAS

LUBA ABIOLA

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADDRESSED AS OLAGUNJU ABIOLA TOIBAT, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LUBA ABIOLA TOIBAT. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE

OGUNJOBI AKINLOYE

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNJOBI EZEKIEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGUNJOBI AKINLOYE EZEKIEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ODEMO AJAYI OLUBUNMI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODEMO TEMITAYO ROTIMI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ODEMO AJAYI OLUBUNMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

Daily Times Nigeria Friday, February 15, 2019 IFEDOLA OLABISI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEDOLA OLABISI IFELAJA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IFEDOLA OLABISI AKINSE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLAMIDE AYOBAMI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAMIDE AYOBAMI SODE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAMIDE AYOBAMI OGUNGBE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLOYEDE CHIOMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ACHODOR CHIOMA LINDA AND ACHODOR CHIOMA FAVOUR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLOYEDE CHIOMA FAVOUR. ALL DOCUMENT BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES THAT ON MY INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, MY NAME APPEARS AS YISA AYINLA AJIBOYE, WHILE ON MY BANK DOCUMENTS, IT APPEARS AS YISA YUSUF AJIBOYE AND ON MY OTHER DOCUMENTS, IT APPEARS AS YISA AYINLA YUSUF AJIBOYE. THAT ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THESE NAMES ARE MINE AND REMAIN VALID. THAT HENCEFORTH, I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YISA AYINLA YUSUF AJIBOYE. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ARINZE GLADYS

EGOBOR GLADYS ON MY BANK ACCOUNT. THAT I AM THE SAME PERSON BEARING BOTH NAMES MENTIONED ABOVE. HENCEFORTH, I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARINZE GLADYS EGOBOR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC/ AUTHORITY CONCERNED TAKE NOTE.

JOSEPH BLESSING

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYOGU BLESSING, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSEPH BLESSING. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS CHIKWELU UDOKA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OZOMMADU UDOKA INDIANA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS CHIKWELU UDOKA INDIANA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

JOHNSON JULIET

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKORO LINDA ESIRI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOHNSON JULIET ESIRI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

JIBRIN YAHAYA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DANLADI YAHAYA ABUBAKAR, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JIBRIN YAHAYA ABUBAKAR. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MISS AGOYE JOKE

OGBOYE SIMBIAT

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALLI SIMBIAT DAMILOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGBOYE SIMBIAT DAMILOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OSAJUYIGBE RACHEAL

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSAJUYIGBE RACHEAL , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OSAJUYIGBE RACHEAL WURAOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME

ON MY DOCUMENT, MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS AGBAKANMI KUDIRATU ADETUTU INSTEAD OF ODEJOBI KUDIRATU ADETUTU. THAT MY CORRECT NAME IS ODEJOBI KUDIRATU ADETUTU. GENERAL PUPLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

MRS MARY ODUFOLAHAN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MARY TITILAYO IBIJOJU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MARY ODUFOLAHAN TITILAYO AKANDE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

OKEZIE GODWIN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKEZIE GODWIN WOLIAGBA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKEZIE GODWIN HOLYBOY. ALL DOCUMENT BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OJUKWU QUEEN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EKEGBO QUEEN FAVOUR MMASICHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OJUKWU QUEEN FAVOUR MMASICHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ARUKWE NWACHUKWU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS PETER OLUCHUKWU ARUKWE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARUKWE NWACHUKWU PETER. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS EMMA-OGBO LORITA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AKASIKE LORITA CHIKAODI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS EMMA-OGBO LORITA CHIKAODI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

OZOUGWU SABASTINE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNAMDI CHUKWUKA .S. NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OZOUGWU SABASTINE CHUKWUKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CORRECTION OF NAME.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AKINTOLA JOKE JULIET NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS AGOYE JOKE JULIET.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MY NAME WAS WRONGLY WRITTEN AS GODWIN PATIEVE MONDAY INSTEAD OF GODWIN PATIENCE. HENCE WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GODWIN PATIENCE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

HASSAN AKOREDE

GBEMISOLA SIMBIAT FORMERLY APATIRA SIMBIAT GBEMISOLA, NOW OMONIYI

I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LEKAN FARUK HASSAN.AND NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS HASSAN AKOREDE FARUK.ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

GBEMISOLA SIMBIAT. DATE OF BIRTH; 23 JULY, 1984. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

GREAT-OKENE FUNMI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARALA -OSULA FUNMI MONALISA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GREAT-OKENE FUNMI MONALISA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS.EMMANUEL AISHAH

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. ALAYA AISHAH TITILAYO , NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS.EMMANUEL AISHAH TITILAYO. ALL FORMER DOCUMENT REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT KABIRU ILIYASU ABDULAHI AND ABDULL KABIR ILIYASU REFER TO ONE AND SAME PERSON. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING THE ABOVE MENTIONED NAMES REMAIN MINE AND VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD TAKE NOTE.

ADEBANJO SAMUEL

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GBADEBO SABIU SAMUEL, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBANJO SAMUEL RAFIU. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

ON SOME OF MY DOCUMENTS, MY NAME APPEARS AS ADEBOYE TOBILOBA MOSES, WHILE ON MY OTHER DOCUMENT, MY NAME APPEARS AS ADEBOYE OLAMIDE MOSES. HENCEFORTH, I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEBOYE TOBILOBA MOSES. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

MRS AMADI NKECHINYERE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MADUAKO NKECHINYERE DORCAS, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AMADI NKECHINYERE DORCAS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. UNTH ITUKU OZALLA ENUGU AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS UGWU JULIET

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OMUTA JULIET EKPEREKA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS UGWU JULIET EKPEREKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ANI VIOLET

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OWO VIOLET ULOMA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANI VIOLET ULOMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADDITION OF NAME

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NKEMJIEME CYNTHIA

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OBIDIASO CYNTHIA NDIDIAMAKA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NKEMJIEME CYNTHIA. NDIDIAMAKA. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

UWAH LIVINUS

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UWAOMA LIVINUS EKWUTOSI, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UWAH LIVINUS EKWUTOSI. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS. TYCHUS OLUWATOSIN

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OGUNBIYI OLUWATOSIN GRACE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. TYCHUS OLUWATOSIN GRACE. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

YUSUF SODIQ

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YUSUF SODIQ ENIOLA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS YUSUF SODIQ ADEMOLA. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

IDRIS ABDULLAHI.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ISA ATIKU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IDRIS ABDULLAHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

GIWA DANJUMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DANJUMA A.G. JATAU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS GIWA DANJUMA ADAMU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS ODOH CHIDIMMA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS UKWEZE CHIDIMMA PERPETUA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS ODOH CHIDIMMA PERPETUA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

AMADI GODSTIME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMADI GODSTIME ONWE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMADI GODSTIME EDWARD. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADDITION OF NAME

THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGBU JULIANA, THAT I NOW WISH TO ADD LADI TO MY FORMER NAME THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OGBU JULIANA LADI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NKONADI CHUKWUDI, THAT I NOW WISH TO ADD PETER TO MY FORMER NAME THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NKONADI PETER CHUKWUMA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OLAWUYI JOSIAH IDOWU

CHANGE / ADDITION OF NAME

ON BVN, MY NAME WAS WRITTEN AS OLAWUYI ADESEYE JOSIAH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLAWUYI JOSIAH IDOWU. OLD DATE OF BIRTH 27TH AUGUST 1967 NEW DATE OF BIRTH 27TH AUGUST 1980. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

FORMERLY ADEGBOYEGA FATIMO. NOW ADEGBOYEGA FATIMA KOFOWOROLA . FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC NOTE.

Classified

KASARACHI AMADI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KASARACHI MARRYDIVINE EJIMOFOR NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS KASARACHI AMADI. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE. FAWOLE ENIOLA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OLADEPO ENIOLA REBECCA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS FAWOLE ENIOLA REBECCA. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

SALAKO HAZEEZAT

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ALANI HAZEEZAT OMODOLAPO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SALAKO HAZEEZAT OMODOLAPO. ALL DOCUMENT BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

MRS. ANITA OLOHIGBE

MISS EKEANYANWU CHINYERE

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OSUJI CHINYERE VERONICA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS EKEANYANWU CHINYERE VERONICA. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ARIKHAN SOPHIA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AYODELE SOPHIA OLUWAFUNMILAYO, NOW TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ARIKHAN SOPHIA OLUWAFUNMILAYO . ALL DOCUMENT BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

ADEKUNLE OLUWAFEMI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS SUNDAY RICHARD AGBAJE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEKUNLE OLUWAFEMI AFOWOWE. ALL DOCUMENT BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

TEMITOPE ADEJORO.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ANITA OLOHIGBE OHIOMOBA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. ANITA OLOHIGBE BUBA. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS DONALD BLAKE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS TEMITOPE ADEJORO. ALL DOCUMENTS BEARING MY FORMER NAME REMAIN VALID. AUTHORITY CONCERNED AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OMEJE FLORENCE

MRS MBA SOMTOCHUKWU

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMEJE FLORENCE IFECHUKWU, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OMEJE FLORENCE CHINYERE IFECHUKWU. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

OTUBO IFEANYI

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OTUBO IFEANYI JEREMIAH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OTUBO IFEANYI NICHOLAS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UGWU NNAEMEKA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWU NNAEMEKA JOSHUA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWU NNAEMEKA JOHN. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

NWITE NWABUEZE

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS LARRY NWABUEZE EWAH, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NWITE NWABUEZE EXCEL. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADDITION OF NAME

THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKEREKE GLORY, THAT I NOW WISH TO ADD CHIKA TO MY FORMER NAME THAT I NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS OKEREKE GLORY CHIKA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

ADDITION OF NAME

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ARUM SOMTOCHUKWU VICTORIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS MBA SOMTOCHUKWU VICTORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. NYSC AND GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS OGUINE COMFORT

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS ASOEGWU COMFORT CHIEMEZIE, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OGUINE COMFORT CHIEMEZIE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

UGWU OBIAMAKA

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS NNAMANI OBIAMAKA EUCHARIA, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGWU OBIAMAKA EMELDA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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CAFCC: Gbenga Ogunbote hails Rangers fighting spirit in away draw at Sfaxien

Enugu Rangers head coach Gbenga Ogunbote has praised his players for their fighting spirit after they rallied back to earn a share of the spoils in Wednesday’s CAF Confederation Cup Group B away clash against Tunisian side, CS Sfaxien.

Ala Marzougui gave Sfaxien the lead in the 71st minute when he nodded home Nour Zammouri’ cross.

But Rangers had no intention of letting their hosts enjoy their moment. A minute later, Sfaxien goalkeeper Ayman Dahmen spilled a free-kick and Sane tapped home the rebound for the equalizer, and cut shot

the joy of the ‘Black and White’.

In the 78th minute, Bobby Clement found himself in a one-on-one situation with Sfaxien goalkeeper Dahmen, but the latter stepped out of his safe zone to weather the storm as both sides shared the spoils.

“It was a good game; no one expected it to be easy. We were playing against a team that has won the CAF Confederation Cup before,” Ogunbote told reporters after the game.

“We thought it would be more difficult.

The winning mentality exists in our team.”

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that we cannot lose to CS Sfaxien. You say Rangers, you never say die. We managed to take back home one point and that’s a positive result.”

The draw keeps the Flying Antelopes at the top of the standings despite tied on four points with Sfaxien.

Their next game in the competition is an away fixture against another Tunisian opposition, Etoile Sportive du Sahel on February 24.

Burkinabe side Salitas and Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia settled for a barren draw in the other Group B clash in Ouagadougou.

Former FIFA supremo Sepp Blatter summoned in 2006 World Cup investigation

Sepp Blatter has been summoned to explain how Germany was awarded the 2006 World Cup as prosecutors in Switzerland investigate suspected corruption in the bidding process, the disgraced former FIFA supremo told AFP on Thursday.

Swiss authorities are targeting Franz Beckenbauer, former captain and coach of the German World Cup winning sides, who was president of the German 2006 bid, with a suspect 6.7 million euros ($7.5M) payment at the heart of the investigation.

“Via my lawyer, I got a call up on February 8 to a meeting with the Berne public prosecutor as a person of interest in the attributing of the 2006 World Cup to

Germany,” Blatter told AFP. Currently serving a six-year ban from football-related activity Blatter will meet the Berne prosecutor, who has been working on the case for two years, on March 28.

“It’s not the first time I’ve been called up in relation to this matter,” said Blatter, who will have turned 83 by the time of the meeting.

“The general secretary (of FIFA) at the time was Urs Linsi, and he maintains I gave him specific guidelines, which I contest,” said Blatter.

The scandal first came to light in October 2015, when news magazine Der Spiegel accused Germany of having used a secret slush fund to buy votes in support of its bid

to host the 2006 World Cup. The fund reportedly held 10 million Swiss francs, or 6.7 million euros according to the exchange rate at the time.

The money was allegedly provided by the late Robert Louis-Dreyfus, head of German sportswear giant Adidas, at the request of Beckenbauer, who headed the committee promoting Germany’s candidacy.

Beckenbauer, now 72, captained Germany to the 1974 World Cup and coached the side that won the trophy in Italy in 1990.

The cash-for-votes scandal has hung over German footfall since October 2015 when German magazine Der Spiegel revealed the secret fund.

Man United: Jose Mourinho, staff Daniel Akpeyi is a top class goalkeeper – Kaizer Chiefs coach paid £19.6m pay-off after sacking Manchester United paid Jose Mourinho and his staff £19.6m in compensation following his sacking in December.

United revealed the figures in their second quarter financial results.

Mourinho was sacked after a run of poor results, culminating in a 3-1 defeat by Liverpool that left them 11 points off fourth place in the Premier League.

Caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won 10 of his first 11 games before Tuesday’s 2-0 Champions League last-16 first-leg defeat

by Paris St-Germain.

Within the financial results, which were released to the New York Stock Exchange, it said: “Exceptional items for the quarter were £19.6m, relating to compensation to the former manager and certain members of the coaching staff for loss of office.”

Mourinho, 55, took over in May 2016 and led United to League Cup and Europa League titles. In January 2018 he signed a contract extension until 2020 with the option of an extra year.

United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward says Solskjaer’s appointment,

along with that of Sir Alex Ferguson’s former coach Mike Phelan as his assistant has “had a positive impact throughout the club”.

Woodward says he thinks United, who have reached the fifth round of the FA Cup and are now fourth in the Premier League, above Chelsea and Arsenal, will now have “a strong finish to the season”.

Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale faces possible 12-game La Liga ban over ‘provocative’ celebration at Atletico Madrid Gareth Bale could be banned for up to 12 games over his goal celebration in Real Madrid’s La Liga encounter against rivals Atletico Madrid.

The league’s organising body said the Wales forward faces a sanction for a “provocative gesture” made after scoring Real’s third goal and his 100th for the club in the 3-1 victory at the Wanda Metropolitano last week.

The incident will be referred to the Spanish soccer federation’s competition committee, who will then decide if Bale should be punished.

The statement said Bale “lifted his right arm

near his head in a clear sign of provocation towards the fans, then giving a gesture which could be seen as obscene and disdainful by folding his arm and striking it with his other hand”.

If the committee determines that Bale intentionally caused a hostile reaction among supporters, he will be banned for between four and 12 games, according to the federation’s statutes.

Bale could, however, be suspended for between one and three games if his celebration did not cause a hostile reaction but is deemed to have provoked supporters.

Kaizer Chiefs head coach Ernst Middendorp has heaped plaudits on Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi following his performance for the club in last weekend’s Soweto Derby against Orlando Pirates.

Akpeyi, 31, completed a oneand-a-half year move to the Amakhosi from fellow ABSA Premier League club, Chippa United during the winter transfer window.

He put up a solid showing in his debut for the club despite criticisms from some supporters over his signing.

Middendorp expressed his satisfaction at the stocky gloveman’s performance despite conceding an equalising goal in the final 10 minutes

and further outlined the club’s stance surrounding his role when Itumeleng Khune eventually returns in June.

The German also felt the decision to sign Akpeyi was justified in his Soweto Derby debut and believes Khune will have stiff competition next season.

“Chiefs’ management had a very clear profile – not to bring someone in that would be in competition for second or third-choice, we have enough in this department,” he told kick-off. com.

“It was a very clear understanding, already looking into next season, to have two top number-one keepers.”

“Judging from what we’ve seen from Daniel in this short

period and carrying such expectations in a derby with a massive crowd, to show the calmness and structure despite not being fully familiar with the team, he handled it very well.

“We definitely got confirmation that Kaizer Chiefs, from the management’s side, made the right decision to bring him in.”

Arsene Wenger rejected Real Madrid ‘more than once’ while at Arsenal

Arsene Wenger has revealed he rejected the opportunity to become Real Madrid manager “more than once” while in charge of Arsenal.

Wenger left Arsenal last May after 22 years at the club as manager, having won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups.

The 69-year-old is yet to return to the game, despite stating that he would be back in management in January.

But Wenger insists a desire to take over at the Santiago Bernabeu is not on his agenda.

“I have turned down Real Madrid more than once. I must

say now it’s over for me,” Wenger told beIN Sports.

“I feel if you ask any manager in the world, would you be interested in coaching Real Madrid? Everybody would say yes – it’s the biggest club in the world.”

When asked if loyalty to Arsenal stopped him from leaving for Madrid, Wenger added: “Yes, we live always to our values.

“It was in the middle of a process where we built the stadium, we had to pay it back, I guaranteed I would stay and I am quite happy with my decision.”

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Remi Fani-Kayode: The offspring of a lion must be bold and fearless He ‘smokes’; and quakes; and thunders, like fire and brimstone. His name is Femi Fani Kayode, the bold, fearless and vibrant son of Chief Fani-Kayode, Deputy Premier of the western region of Nigeria.

On 15th February 1964, Daily Times reported that the attendees of the annual convention of the NCNC slated for the coming week may be called upon to expel two of the party’s prominent members, TOS Benson and Chief Fani Kayode “For although an assurance was given to the party’s national president Chief Michael Okpara in Lagos last week that there was no plan by NCNC members in western region to form a new political party in corporation with the United Peoples Party, the personal bitterness created by accusations and counter accusations by the local party leaders in the region was not settled.

“NCNC leaders in the west going to the convention are in two camps. In one camp are Mr. Benson, 3rd national vice president of the party and Federal Minister of Information, Chief Fani Kayode, Deputy Premier of western Nigeria and parliamentary leader of the party in the west. The story went in to list other members of the party in the cam as well as those that were in the other camp which included Chief Olu Akinfosile, Chairman of the western working committee of the party and federal minister of communications among others on the other side of the divide.

“If they carry their political differences to the convention, they are likely to return in pieces. The convention may dissolve the western working committee and set up a caretaker committee,” it said.

Chief Victor Babaremilekun Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode was a leading politician, aristocrat and lawyer. He played major role in Nigeria’s legal history and was elected deputy premier of the western region in 1963. His son, Femi Fani Kayode, also a Lawyer, administrator, politician and public commentator is as controversial as his father.

He loves addressing social issues through essays, letters and public speak. He has served Nigeria in various capacities including Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to

President Olusegun Obasanjo and was later appointed Minister of Culture and Tourism before he became the Minister of Aviation from 7th November, 2006 to 29th May, 2007 still under Obasanjo.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Femi Fani Kayode at a time joined the All Progressives Congress but could

not stay with the party for long before moving back to the PDP in June, 2014. He was the Director General, Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation during the 2015 general election.

Also known as FFK by his admirers, he has been detained severally by the current administration , more for his

outspokenness than for the allegations of issues related to corruption as many say he is being persecuted for political reasons especially the role he played during the 2015 presidential election.

The 2015 campaigns saw the highest level of deployment of metallic insertions in political propaganda and media delivery.

Fani Kayode was on top of that game on the side of the PDP and its presidential candidate as his team recalled with graphic details of some of President Muhammadu Buhari’s past deeds that he would have preferred not be mentioned again, including his highhandedness as a military dictator. In him therefore, Chief Fani- Kayode lives on.

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