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FG appeals to ASUU to shelve strike

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Federal Government has urged the Academic Staff

Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike in the universities in the interest of the nation.

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`ƆƒƆ ƋƆƗë Buhari may return before August ending Mathew Dadiya and Francesca Iwambe, Abuja

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the literary infighting between the hyenas, the jackals and weak animals over the absence of the lion king from the kingdom, strong indications have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari may return to Nigeria Continued on page 5

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Revealed: Buhari may return before August ending Continued from page 1 before August ending.

The Daily Times further gathered that the President will also join other Muslim faithful in celebrating the forthcoming Sallah in Nigeria.

One of the presidential aides also confided in our correspondents that necessary arrangement are being put in place to facilitate the imminent return of the President to the country.

The aide, who spoke in confidence because of the sensitive nature of the matter, also stated that the president’s doctors are taking necessary action in ensuring his fitness for the task ahead.

The source also disclosed that the wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, played a positive role in ensuring that her husband received the much needed support to ensure his return to the country.

He said, “ Baring any unforeseen circumstances, President Buhari will return to Nigeria on or before August ending. I can also tell you that the President, Insha Allah, will celebrate the forthcoming Sallah with Muslim faithful in Nigeria on September 2. “ Don’t forget that when the presidential media team visited President Buhari in London on Saturday, he told the members

of the team that he was ready to resume work in Nigeria.

“He also stated that he was only waiting for his doctors’ advice before coming to Nigeria.

“I can confirm to you that the President is okay and ready to resume his work. He is conscious of his role and I can tell you that he is passionate about the task of moving the country forward.

“I also wish to state that the President’s wife has been doing a wonderful job in ensuring that her husband is getting necessary attention and support in London.

“I know that some people are not happy about her involvement. But for God’s sake, she is the wife of the President and she is committed to her husband’s welfare.

“You know the role of a wife in the family is a serious matter, not to talk of President’s wife. Apart from being a wife, she is also playing the role of a mother and ensuring that the right things are being done.

“For those who have been wishing or holding contrary views against the health status of President Buhari, I have certain words for them - the President is okay and will soon be back into the country.

“I can further inform

you that when the President returns to Nigeria, certain actions are bound to happen. Just wait and see.”

When asked to mention some of the impending actions of the President, the aide declined to give details.

He added that certain power mongers in the corridors of power were not happy about the President’s return as they preferred the status quo to

remain.

He however stated that the power mongers had missed the point as he insisted that Buhari would soon be in Nigeria to continue his job with the acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

The Daily Times recalls that earlier in June, Mrs Aisha Buhari while responding to a Facebook post by Senator Shehu Sani, gave a hint on the president’s recovery and

imminent return, when she posted that, “The hyenas and the jackals will soon be ejected from the kingdom.”

Sani had earlier posted a message in which he made a veiled reference to alleged intrigues and power play in government circle in President Buhari’s absence; saying that : “Prayer for the absent Lion King has waned; until he’s back then they will fall over each other

to be on the front row of the palace temple. Now the hyenas and the jackals are scheming and talking to each other in whispers; still doubting whether the Lion King will be back or not…

“It is the wish of the Hyenas and the Jackals that the Lion King never wakes up or come back so that they can be kings. It is the prayers of the weak Continued on page 7

L-R: National Commissioner, Independent National Electoral Commission, Mr. Mohammed Mustapha; National Commissioner, Election and Party Monitoring Committee, Prof. Antonia Simbine and representative of UNDP, Dr. Kehinde Bolaji, during the capacity building workshop for National Officers Political Parties in Abuja... on Tuesday.

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Charly Boy, others escape death as Wuse market protest turns violent

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broke out at Wuse Market on Tuesday, one of the popular markets at the centre of the nation’s capital, as the a group, #OurMumudondo, protesting the long absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from the country on medical vacation in the United Kingdom, led by Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, clashed with another group in support of President Buhari.

The #OurMumudondo group which took its protest to Wuse market with the intention to sensitise the traders on their stance on Mr. President’s long absence in office, met with a stiff opposition from the Wuse market security and pro-Buhari supporters who immediately attacked the Charly Boy-led group.

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According to Mrs. Janet Michael, a shop owner in Wuse market, while speaking with our reporter, the ‘Our Mumu don do’ group left its original point of gathering at the Unity Fountain having been faced with stiff opposition, disruption of activities and police brutality and decided to move its protest to Wuse market but had its move punctuated as they clashed with pro-Buhari group, adding that the clash nearly claimed lives.

Mrs. Janet said: “When the Charly Boy and his group came, they were welcomed by all the traders with a wide jubilation and the people were happy to see them campaign for the well-being of the people but the jubilation was shortlived as the Wuse Market security refused them entrance with physical con-

frontation between Chaly Boy and one Mr. Musa of Wuse market security”.

It was gathered that the confrontation between the security and Charly Boy-led group continued until the emergence of pro-Buhari supporters who appeared from the blues to disrupt and attack the Charly Boy group which made the whole place chaotic with traders and early morning buyers scampering for their lives.

Mrs. Janet further revealed that the situation saw a physical brawl between the two groups which also was targeted at the leader of the anti-Buhari group, Charly Boy, who was whisked away following the vicious attack which would have translated into unfortunate incident if not for the quick intervention of the police who shot sporadi-

cally into the air to disperse the crowd.

“Let me tell you, when this thing started, the police were looking at them and the whole thing would have been brought under control.”

One Innocent Oguche, an apprentice, while speaking with The Daily Times also narrated thus: “This whole thing began at 10.30 am in the morning when Charly Boy group approached the main gate of Wuse market and their coming was received by wide jubilation by the traders. He then demanded entrance but was denied entrance by the security and that brought squabble between the security and the group.

“But the quarrel escalated to a brawl as the chief security officer, known as Mr. Musa, landed a heavy slap on Charly Boy. The situation resulted in physical scuffle.

The arrival of pro-Buhari group, who emerged with sticks and other missiles to confront the anti-Buhari group, made things worse.

“The situation, however, got out of hand with the Igbo traders attacking the seemingly Hausa proBuhari group and this resulted to fatal injuries on both sides as missiles of all kinds flew from one end to the other”.

Speaking shortly after the pandemonium, one of the leaders of anti-Buhari protesters, Deji Adeyanju, stated that President Buhari has better toe the way of integrity to either resign or comeback to resume duty as Nigerians are tired of the government’s antics.

Meanwhile, the popular Wuse market has come under lock and key with heavy security surveillance bringing economic activities to abrupt halt and leaving

innocent traders with no option of when the market will be reopened for commercial activities.

When The Daily Times sort the reaction of FCT Police Public Relation Officer, Mr. Mamza, he said the prompt intervention by police operatives averted a major clash between two opposing sides at Wuse market.

This was however contained in a statement made available to The Daily Times by the FCT Police Public Relation Officer, Mr. Mamza Anjuguri.

The statement reads: “The Police have brought the situation under control.

To forestall further breakdown of law and order, the market management has ordered the closure of the market while a large contingent of policemen have been deployed to the market to provide security till further notice.”

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FG appeals to ASUU to shelve strike Continued from page 1 Recall that the national leadership of ASUU on Monday ordered members of the union to proceed on an indefinite strike over welfare demands and Federal Government’s indifference to negotiated agreements.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, who made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Press in the Ministry, Samuel Olowookere, said there was an ongoing renegotiation of the 2009

agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU by the Babalakin Committee which the Federal Government set up on Monday, February 13, 2017, and which is already addressing the issues raised

by ASUU. According to the statement, though the Federal Government did not wish to apportion blame, “it is important to note that ASUU did not follow due process in the declaration of the industrial action as it did not give the Federal Government, the mandatory 15 days’ notice as contained in

the Section 41 of Trade Disputes Act, Cap T8, 2004. In fact, it was on Monday 14th August, 2017 that the Office of the Minister received a letter dated 13th August, 2017 from ASUU, that is, one full day after it commenced the strike.”

It further noted that the letter was to inform the Federal Government that ASUU has started strike and not a declaration of intention to go on strike as contained in the Trade Dispute Act, 2004.

The Minister further said that since the case was being conciliated, it was

against the spirit of Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for ASUU to embark on strike as enunciated in the ILO Convention.

“The Federal Government therefore wishes to appeal to ASUU to consider students who are currently writing degree and promotion examinations, call off the strike and return to the negotiation table, adding that “the Ministry of Labour and Employment will ensure that a time frame will be tied to negotiation this time around.”

Sen. Ngige added that

Outgoing Managing Director of Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, Malam Idi Mukhtar (right), handing over to his successor, Mr. Adewale Ladenegen in Kaduna… on Tuesday.

Nigerian electricity firms to disconnect Niger, Benin over $115m debt Simon Ugwu

ÏÏÏ Nigeria’s West African neighbours, Benin and Niger Republic, may face total electricity blackout, following a threat by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Company Plc and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to disconnect them from its supply sources any time from now.

Nigeria has, over the years, been the major providers of electricity to the poor West African countries, following an agreement it had reached with them.

To underscore this,

NBET and the TCN have jointly written to the power firms of the Republics of Benin and Niger, demanding the payment of an outstanding $115.91m (about N35.4bn at the official exchange rate of N305 to a dollar for electricity supplied to both countries from Nigeria.

Already, a terse memo from the Nigerian electricity agencies has been sent to NIGELEC of the Republic of Niger and Community Electric du Benin (CEB) of the Republic of Benin, demanding that they pay up their debts or risk being cut off from electricity supply.

Besides, representatives of NBET had informed participants at the recent power sector meeting that a report on international customer payments for electricity had been submitted to the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.

According to the memo, the outstanding amounts owed by CEB, $101.46m; and NIGELEC, $14.45m was referenced in the minutes of the recent 17th power sector meeting.

The memo added that, NBET and the TCN were planning to attend a meeting at CEB’s headquarters in Lome, Togo, to finalise and execute the power

sale agreement currently being negotiated and to prevail on CEB to immediately effect the outstanding payment at the meeting.

Daily Times gathered that NBET and the TCN had agreed on a new sharing formula on the outstanding amounts from CEB and NIGELEC.” Meanwhile, NBET and the TCN are planning to attend a meeting at CEB’s headquarters in Lome, Togo, to finalise and execute the power sale agreement currently being negotiated and to prevail on CEB to immediately effect the outstanding payment at the meeting.

“Babalakin Committee was ever ready to continue the negotiation, indeed, has all the necessary ingredients for fruitful social dialogue as well as adequate powers to negotiate and make recommendations to the federal government.”

Meanwhile, a mild drama occurred on Tuesday shortly after Senator Oluremi Tinubu who was the guest lecturer at the 12th UNILAG Annual Research Conference and Fair held at the Jelili Omotola Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka delivered her speech and left the hall, as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) led by the chairman of UNILAG chapter, Comrade Adelaja Odukoya, chanting aluta songs, gained access into the hall to send people out.

This development followed the union’s congress held simultaneously across all public universities in the nation where it was decided that all universities should fully join the strike.

The members forcefully gained entrance into the hall where research and fair conference was holding and declare it closed, saying there is indefinite strike in which all universities must comply with.

The security at the gate on hearing their aluta songs quickly locked the gate to stop them from coming into the hall but unfortunately, they forcefully gained entrance and told people in the hall to leave and go home, insisting that ASUU has declared nation-

wide indefinite strike.

Addressing people in the hall, Comrade Odukoya said the lecturers and other staff of the institution have no business in participating in the conference, knowing well that the union at the national level had declared indefinite strike.

“We also care about the education of Nigerian youths but our union has declared strike in which we have to comply with.

Federal Government since 2009 refused to implement our agreement. University of Lagos is trying to put things together but we have to join the strike.

“Therefore, by the power conferred on me as ASUU chairman of UNILAG chapter, I declare the conference closed”, he said.

The conference is expected to end on Thursday 17th of August 2017.

Earlier, the students had lecture in the morning before the conference started.

Reacting to this, the ASUU chairman of the institution said the strike began 12 noon on Tuesday immediately after the universities chapters of the union had their congress.

It would be recalled that the lecturers, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), announced their decision on Monday morning at a press conference in Abuja, to declare an indefinite strike as a result of government refusal to implement 2009 agreement signed by the federal government.

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animals that the Lion King comes back to save the kingdom from the Hyenas, the wolves and other predators.”

Mrs. Buhari took a cue and alluded to some elements around her ailing husband as “the hyenas” and “the jackals,” and expressed hope that they would soon be sent out of “his Kingdom.

Mrs Buhari further replied that, “God has answered the prayers of the weaker animals. The hyenas and the jackals will soon be sent out of the kingdom. We strongly believe in the prayers and support of the weaker animals.”

In an earlier interview

with the BBC last October, Aisha had also accused an unnamed cabal of hijacking the APC government led by her husband.

Concerned by some appointments made by her husband, she warned that she may not support his re-election in 2019 if the president failed to shake up his cabinet.

She had said, “As a person, I have my right to say how I feel about something. If it continues like this, me, I am not going to be part of any movement again, because I need to work with the people that we started the journey with collectively so that we can achieve what we want to achieve, so that he would leave a legacy.”

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FG creates Whistleblower Office, receives 5000 tips in 8-month Mathew Dadoya, Abuja

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The federal government on Tuesday announced that it has established the Whistleblower Unit to coordinate and ensure the success of the policy by “doing the right thing.”

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this on Tuesday at the opening of a seminar organized by the Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) in Abuja.

Adeosun said that Nigerians should not see the Whistleblowing policy as an act of treachery, but a patriotic act aimed at contributing to the building of a better nation for future Nigerians.

She disclosed that the total communication re-

ceived through the various reporting channels since the inception of the policy has reached more than 5, 000 by July 2017.

The minister noted that most information providers under the whistleblower policy were not motivated by financial gain, but by patriotic convictions.

According to Adeosun, “out of the 365 actionable tips we have received, over half of them have come from public servants touching on issues such as contract inflation, ghost workers, illegal recruitment, misappropriation of funds, illegal sale of Government assets, diversion of revenues, and violation of TSA regulations, amongst others.

Adeosun said: “In reviewing the information we receive, we have noticed that certain type of tips are re-

curring, for example; 39% (144) of the actionable tips relate to misappropriation and diversion of funds/ revenue, 16% (60) relate to ghost workers, illegal recruitments and embezzlement of funds meant for personnel emolument, 15% (56) relate to violation of TSA regulation, 13% (49) relate to contract inflation/ violation of the procurement act and failure to carry out projects for which funds have been released and 9% (34) relate to nonremittance of pension & NHIS deductions. Others include concealed bail-out funds and embezzlement of funds from donor agencies.

The minister assured that since the inception of the policy in December 2016, the Federal Government has “worked hard in ensuring that we have the right systems, processes

Anambra Govn’ship election: Obiano clenches APGA ticket John Ndu Awka

ÏÏÏ Anambra state gover-

nor, Chief Willie Obiano, has emerged the flag bearer of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), for the November 18 governorship election in the state.

The primary election which was conducted under the leadership of the national chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Oye, took place on Tuesday at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women Developments Centre, Awka.

Governor Obiano, who was the sole candidate, was unanimously elected by the total number 1070 out of the 1092 accredited delegates from across the 326 wards in the 21 local government areas of the state, as well as other statutory delegates drawn from members of the National Working Com-

mittee (NWC) and National Executive Council (NEC) among others.

Accreditation and screening of delegates for the primary election were earlier conducted at Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, before proceeding to the Women Development Center.

In his acceptance speech, Chief Obiano noted it was another historic day in the development of the party as he would work assiduously to continue living up to the trust and confidence bestowed on him.

Governor Obiano said his emergence would attract more developments, create strong economic environment that would enhance productivity and promote local made goods.

He promised to invest more on education and offer various scholarships

to hard working students in line with provision of adequate facilities and infrastructural developments that would promote sustainable education.

The governor maintained that his administration would continue promoting capital inflows, prompt payment of salaries and allowances to workers in the state, in addition to their promotion.

He restated his resolve to sustain the security in the state, which according to him had attracted influx of investors for job creation and strengthen wealth development.

Highlight of the event was declaration of Governor Obiano as APGA flag bearer by the Chairman of the Panel, Dr. Sani Shinkafi with a total number of 1070 valid votes, out of 1092 of total number of vote cast.

and protection in place for public servants to raise their concerns about possible violations or misconduct. This is something we are keen on achieving.”

“If as a civil servant, you have information about a possible misconduct or violation that has occurred, is on-going, or is about to occur, we implore you to come forward and report it. You can submit your information anonymously and confidentially through the online portal, by email or by phone and if you disclose your identity, it will be fully protected,” the Minister emphasised.

She stated further: “The protection of public sector

whistleblowers from retaliation for reporting in good faith is therefore, integral to our effort to combat corruption, safeguard integrity, and enhance accountability. These are not just words, as you must have heard, the Senate recently passed the Whistleblower Protection Bill which gives a whistleblower, protection under the laws of Nigeria.

This is a great step in the right direction in our fight against corruption and I must thank the legislature for supporting the executive.”

Mrs. Adeosun disclosed that where whistleblowers suffered harassment, intimidation or victimization

for sharing their concerns, the policy has made provisions for restitution of any loss suffered.

Earlier in his remarks, the Director-General of the Bureau, Dr. Joe Abah, said that the agency organized the seminar to provide the needed platform to educate public servants on what the policy is about, and the roles public servants were expected to play to ensure its successful implementation.

He noted the Whistleblower policy was in accord with the tenets of reforming the public service and urged public servants to expose corruption where it exists.

House of Reps to sanction DBI for violating FG’s TSA policy

…uncovers over N1.2 billion “ in hidden” account Tony Nwakaegho, Lagos with Agency Report

ÏÏÏ The House of

Representatives Committee on Telecommunications has vowed to sanction the Director General of the Digital Bridge Institute [DBI], Dr Ikechukwu Adinde for violating the federal government’s policy on the Treasury Single Account [TSA] and disbursing over N1.2 billion for capital projects and procurement.

While questioning Adinde during its oversight function visit to DBI, the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Telecommunications told Adinde that not paying DBI funds into the TSA implied that “you’re running foul of financial regulation,” as ”every government agency remits their funds into the TSA”.

Adinde responded that

the practice at DBI has been the maintenance of only one operational account with a commercial bank, adding that, “The practice I met here, we operate only one account with a commercial bank and I and the Director of Finance are signatories to the account.”

Speaking on behalf of the Committee, its chairman, Hon Saheed AkinadeFijabi said the Committee discovered the financial discrepancy when its members paid an oversight visit to the headquarters of the learning centre in Abuja.

The House of Representatives further declared that: “You have been here since 2015, and the regulation started around 2015/2106. In 2017, you are still paying into a commercial bank, which is contrary to the laid down rules and regulations”.

The Committee accused the Management of DBI of violating the TSA policy of the federal government and for other alleged financial discrepancies.

Honourable AkinadeFijabi berated the DBI for flaunting the government’s financial regulation and said the committee would invite Adinde for further questioning.

The lawmakers questioned the Management of DBI over the disbursements of over N1.2bn it recorded for capital projects and procurement in the 2016 budget.

Specifically, the Committee asked Adinde to clarify the official relationship between the DBI and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and also requested for a comprehensive audit of DBI’s account in the last five years.

Aside requesting the DBI director to provide the nominal roll and list of trainees who have enrolled in the DBI in the past, the Committee said the era of “running DBI like a private business outfit was Honourable AkinadeFijabi said the team was not out to witch-hunt the Management of the DBI but was only performing its constitutional role as lawmakers.

However, Adinde explained that the DBI had not executed any capital expenditure or procurement on its own but had rather relied on the NCC to execute such projects.

According to Adinde, the Management of the DBI is not in a position to answer questions on capital projects or procurement as the NCC owns DBI. The Committee therefore said Adinde would be invited to the National Assembly to provide an overview of DBI’s internationally generated revenue [IGR] for the past five years, details of audited account for the same period, and DBI’s nominal roll among other details.

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LG Autonomy: Delta council workers hail National Assembly Nosa Akenzua, Asaba

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workers in Delta State have commended the move by the National Assembly to ensure the third tier of government, is given its autonomy to operate as an independent entity, as against the current system.

Lauding the Senate over the apparent doggedness to pass the bill on local government autonomy, moved by Senator Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi), the

treasurer, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Fresh Davis, said it would be historic for the 8th National Assembly, if it achieved the feat. It could be recalled that the original report on the alteration bill as presented by Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, last month, there were 32 items, but Melaye moved for the addition of the 33rd item, which is the proposal to abrogate SIECs, when the report was under consideration.

Mr. Fresh, however listed expected benefits of the local government autonomy to include financial freedom, prompt payment of workers’ salaries initiation of development-oriented projects and employment opportunities, among others.

He said, “This is a clear testimony that the National Assembly is ready for business to better the people at the grassroots. I really commend people like Dino Melaye, Senate president Bukola Saraki

and others who are strongly advocating for local government autonomy.

“I enjoined my colleagues in the local government to rise up and commend the National Assembly for this job.

If the bill is passed and signed into law, all forms of pains we are going through as council workers will become history.”

Another Council Worker, Mr. Austin Kaizar, in Bomadi Local Government Area, said the move by the National Assembly was in the right direc-

Impeachments: No cause for alarm, Edo APC chair assures

Kogi Gov declares state of emergency on environment Atolagbe Tawakakitu

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Kogi state government has declared a state of emergency on the environment in order to give priority to environmental issues prevalent in many communities of the state. This plan of action was triggered by the occurrence of another flood at Okudigbo and Odochala communities in Ibaji local government area of the state which left properties worth millions of naira destroyed and thousands of people displaced.

The state deputy governor, Mr. Simon Achuba, disclosed this plan when he hosted a courtesy visit from officials of Ecological Fund Office (ECO) who came to the state to access the extent of damage the flood had caused. He also added that the state government has decided to set aside the last Saturday of every month as environmental sanitation day in order to mobilize the citizens to engage in the cleaning of their environment.

“We are very grateful to the federal government for taking up these issues and giving us the needed support the state deserves.

We are also very lucky to have someone in charge of the ministry of environment who is effective and proactive in carrying out her duties,” he said.

The commissioner for Environment and Natural resources, Rosemary Osikoya made it known that the ministry had earlier presented its ecological reports on 19 local governments to the team. She complained that apart from the increase in traffic resulting from the distance from Kogi to Abuja, a river in Orokere-Amuro has also changed its natural course, using the federal road as its flowing path and flooding the communities along its its new route. She also noted that the state government organised a workshop on afforestation and climate change last week and the workshop was well attended by many stakeholders.

“We are very excited that the state governor is paying adequate attention to those special environmental issues, which have drawn the attention of the ecological office,” she said.

tion, which would also create job opportunities for many at the grassroots level, if it became a reality. He said: “As a council worker, I think Local Government autonomy is for the grassroots. If local government truly gets autonomy, it will fast-tracked development at the grassroots.

“There will be job opportunities for young graduates and council workers’ salaries will be paid as at when due because state interference is no longer there”.

Titus Akhigbe, Benin

Guest speaker, Pastor Kwang Bo Rhee (middle); Members of National Youth Service Corps and other participants, during the awareness programme at the youth camp in Ikorodu, Lagos… on Tuesday.

Police ask court to compel Evans’ lawyer to pay N.3m Peter Fowoyo

ÏÏÏFor alleged wrongful service, the police on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to compel Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, to pay a punitive cost of N300,000.

Evans, through Ogungbeje, had filed a N300million fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) alleging wrongful detention.

Also sued are the Police, its Lagos state Commissioner, and the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) as second, third and fourth respondents respectively.

The suit was stalled before Justice Abdulaziz Anka at the last hearing last July 20, following Ogungbeje’s failure to comply with a July 13 order to pay the police N20,000 as costs.

However, at the commencement of proceedings yesterday, Ogungbeje informed Justice Anka that the costs were paid on August 10.

He said he had complied with the court’s order to serve the respondents and that the matter was ripe for hearing.

But counsel to the police commissioner and SARS, Emmanuel Eze, opposed him.

Eze, who explained the absence of counsel to the IGP and NPF, argued that Ogungbeje failed to serve them in Abuja as directed by the judge.

He said: “It is not true that the matter is ripe for hearing. This is a fundamental rights enforcement suit brought by the applicant.

“He has not got the leave of court for the matter to be heard during vacation. That is the condition precedent to hearing any matter during vacation.”

Relying on Section 215 of the Constitution and Order 5 Rule 8 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules 2009, Eze argued further that the COP Lagos State and the IGP were distinct personalities.

Ogungbeje, he stated, had only served the COP at Alagbon in Lagos but yet to serve the IGP in Abuja.

He said: “Our submission is that he has not taken steps to clothe this court with jurisdiction to hear this case.”

Eze added: “...Since Ogungbeje has refused to do the right thing, we are asking the court for costs of

N300,000.”

But countering him, Ogungbeje maintained that the IGP and NPF were served on June 29 at the addresses contained on the originating motion and the proof of service was in the court’s file.

“Secondly, he said, “Order 5 Rule 2 of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules has made it clear that service on the respondents’ agents will amount to personal service on respondents,” he said.

He argued that since Eze announced appearance for only the third and fourth respondents, he had no locusto speak for the IGP and The Police. “He had no mouth to speak for the first and second respondents when there is proof of service.

“Lastly, this proceeding is sui generis (unique). As we speak, the applicant (Evans) is still in detention.”

He urged the court to discountenance Eze’s application for N300,000 costs. Justice Anka adjourned till today for ruling. In his fundamental rights enforcement suit, Evans, through Ogungbeje, is seeking a court order directing the police to charge him to court immediately or release him on bail.

ÏÏÏThe Chairman of the Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Anslem Ojezua, on Tuesday said there was no cause to be alarmed over the impeachment and subsequent elections that produced a new speaker and deputy speaker in the state House of Assembly on Monday, August 14, 2017.

Mr. Ojezua, who gave the assurance on Tuesday at the Government House, Benin City, after a peace meeting called by the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, assured that the party was still in consultation with members of the state House of Assembly to ensure that the new speaker’s election conforms to the party’s power sharing arrangement.

The party chairman explained that though members of parliament have the right to choose who they believe will lead them well, he however stressed that the process must conform to the political framework of the state.

“We sought to find out if there were fundamental issues that led to the impeachment between yesterday and today; but we have found out that there are none, but personal differences among members of the house. Everybody has accepted that a change of leadership has occurred, but it is not over yet. Talks are ongoing to address the issues,” Ojezua said.

He added that leadership change was not new in the legislature as the National Assembly has witnessed similar changes.

Some members (16) of the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday impeached the former speaker, Dr. Justin Okonoboh, and elected Mr. Kabiru Adjoto as the new Speaker, while Mr Victor Edoror emerged as new deputy speaker, replacing Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie.

Mr Kabiru Adjoto representing Akoko Edo Constituency 1, is the fourth Speaker to be elected in the Edo Assembly from 2015 till date.

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2015 campaign funds: Chime still our suspect -EFCC

Moses Oyediran, Enugu

ÏÏÏThe Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said former governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state and secretary of the 2015 PDP campaign in Enugu state, Miss Rita Mbah are still suspects in the disbursement of the N450m PDP campaign fund.

Chime had while decamping to the All Progressive Congress, APC, said he has no case with

Lalong, Jang feud: Court insist Lalong presents white paper over Jang Kingsley Chukwuka,

Jos

ÏÏÏPlateau High Court has struck out former governor Jonah Jang’s suit that seek to stop Governor Simon Lalong from releasing a White Paper on the reports of a Commission of inquiry. Lalong had, in August 2016, inaugurated a commission of inquiry headed by Justice Stephen Adah, to dig into the activities of Jang’s administration from May 29, 2007 to May 29, 2015.

The commission had, in December 2016, completed its assignment and submitted reports to Lalong, who promised to release and implement a white paper on it.

But Jang, who is now a Senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District, filed a suit seeking an injunction to restrain Lalong from releasing the white paper.

But Justice Pius Damulak, the State Chief Judge (CJ) and Presiding Judge of High Court in his ruling yesterday dismissed the suit for lack of merit and being ``speculative.’’

The Judge had said that Jang acted in hast since he did not know the content of the commission’s report to have seeked for injunction stopping the release of the white paper. ``I so find all the 13 prayers put up by the Plaintiff, none is substantial and so I rule in favour of the defendants. ``The state government by the Act establishing the Judicial Commission of Inquiry, the state government has the power to set up the commission to investigate activities of its predecessor.

41 Nigerians deported from six European countries Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo

ÏÏÏNo less than 41 Nigerians have been deported from six countries in Europe barely two months after a set of 34 Nigerians were repatriated for immigration related offences.

The six European countries are Austria, Germany, Hungry, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark according to a Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) source.

The deportees composed of 35 males and six females.

A Boeing 767-300series, Privilege Air with the registration number ECLZO from Austria returned the illegal immigrants through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

The aircraft that brought the deportees touched down at the airport at exactly 12:05pm.

The immigration source told our correspondent that Jubilation as Alahun unlike in the past when the country’s citizens were returned to the country for immigration, criminal and other related offences, the latest deportees were returned only for overstaying in the European countries.

The source said that the deportees were picked from different cities in the six European countries.

Besides, it was gathered that the security officials that followed the deportees from the European countries handed them over to officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) who later processed them and allowed them to depart the airport.

It was gathered that Aviation Security (AVSEC) ofOgun State Head of Service, Mr. Abayomi Sobande (2nd right); Ogun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Adedayo Adeneye (2nd left); Resource persons, Mr. Olusesan Ekisola (left) and Dr. Tunde Adegbola (right), at a training workshop on Script ficials of the Federal AirWriting and Production Techniques in the Digital Age, organised by Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State council, Ministry of ports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) was also on ground Information and Strategy chapel, in Abeokuta, Ogun State... on Tuesday.

EFCC. However, the South East Zonal Head of Operations, Mr. Johnson Babalola while briefing journalists on Tuesday on the activities of the commission in Enugu said Chime is still a suspect of the commission.

He revealed that EFCC has recovered N60m of the fund from PDP in Enugu state”Don’t listen to what politicians tells you. Chime and Rita Mbah are still our suspects and under investigation of the EFCC.

“We are doing our job professionally irrespective of whatever political party anyone of them join. “Crime has no expiry date, those money remaining will be recovered”, he said.

Babalola while responding to PDP illegal campaign fund recovered by the commission in South East states said EFCC is recovering money on regular basis.

“We have recovered N300m from Ebonyi state, N82.5m from Abia state and N60m from

Enugu state respectively.

“We have not recovered all monies yet but we are doing that on monthly basis.

“States where we are having problems are Anambra and Imo but PDP in those states will be taken to court when courts resumes in September”, he said.

Babalola added that the commission is also investigating abandoned road projects and Independent Power Projects in the zone with the aim of prosecuting

defaulting contractors.

“South East has the most deplorable road network in the country, projects running into billions of naira abandoned are under investigation by the commission, and any contractor found wanting of abandonment would be charged to court.

“We are fighting lots of war, there are people who do not want us to succeed they are those claiming that the commission is doing media trial because they don’t want people to know how much they have stolen”, he said.

Unilorin VC advocates attitudinal changes in Africa Kehinde Akinpelu,

Ilorin

ÏÏÏThe Vice-chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, has said that materialism and corruption are two basic attitudinal problems contributing to underdevelopment in Africa.

Speaking at the annual international conference of the Social Studies Association of Nigeria (SOSAN) themed; Tackling problems of materialism and corruption in Africa continent, in Ilorin on Tuesday, the vice chancellor said

that the problems had eaten deep into fabrics of the nation.

Professor Ambali, who said that the problems had become a culture among indigenes of the continent, added that no stone should be left unturned on the need for change of individual mindset in tackling the problems.

Represented by the deputy vice chancellor, Academics, Professor Sidikat Ijaya, the vice chancellor said that the problems also affected both the high and the low in the Africa continent, adding that it had brought about disenchant-

ment among the populace.

“It’s not an overstatement to say that Nigerians are not happy with the present socioeconomic situation of the country and things have to change. No one is happy with the growing poverty level in the land, even among institutions.

“So, the conference should suggest ways out to bring about changes for the continent.

And for Nigeria to sustain its leadership status in the continent, every individual should change their mindset. Many Nigerians think it is when they are rich at the expense

of others that will be seen to have arrived. Unfortunately, this brings about crimes particularly among youth in form of kidnapping and all sorts.

“People have failed to realise that the more materials they acquire for their family members, the more the headache on how to manage the property, instead of bringing their family up in unity and love.

Unfortunately, places where wisdom is expected, eg, religious places, preach materialism. Our traditional leaders and intellectuals should come together and help solve the issue,” he said.

In his lead paper, titled, reflection on African and western world practices and

responses to materialism, Dr. Olutoye Odeleye of the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, said that the misconception of materialism as a way of life is rapidly gaining ground in Africa.

Dr. Odeleye, who lamented that the misconception had promoted bribery and corruption in many sectors, said that it had destroyed many lives, societal, moral uprightness and educational standard.

The paper argued that socio civic proactive response is capable of tackling materialism and corruption in Africa, if the school, teachers teaching the subject, government and entire society are faithful to the task.

News 10 FEC approves policy guidelines for science and technology -Onu Ben Nwachukwu, Abuja

ÏÏÏThe Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved new and revolutionary policy guidelines for the design and execution of programmes, projects and contracts with science, engineering and technology components.

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu who made this disclosure on Tuesday while inaugurating the First Science and Technology Innovation Sensitization Forum and Open House Holding in Abuja said, “This is the first of its kind in our dear country.”

He noted that its implementation will strengthen and deepen the role of science, technology and innovation in the future development goals of Nigeria, adding that it will help create a new nation that guarantees that Nigerians will be prosperous and happy and Nigeria will be strong, wealthy and respected by other nations.

Onu noted further that the forum is aimed at enlightening core directorate staff of the ministry as well as the Chief Executive Officers of its Agencies on the novel programmes which the ministry has initiated to deepen the depth of Science and Technology and Innovation of Nigeria’s development process.

He said, “It is important that as those charged with the responsibility of developing and implementing policies by the ministry, you are acquainted with the philosophy and strategies of the various policies we have initiated to enable you, individually and collectively, become effective channels through which such new policies can be disseminated and also implemented.”

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Northern youths warn Kanu against inflammatory remarks Samuel Luka, Bauchi

ÏÏÏAn umbrella body of the Northern youths, North East Unity Forum (NEUF) has warned Nnamdi Kanu and his cohorts against inflammatory statements against Northerners and their leaders, expressing their support to the agitation of Patriotic Coalition of Northern groups.

The Chairman of the Forum Comrade Alkassim Nuhu Abdulkadir stated this yesterday while addressing press conference at late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Tomb Bauchi.

The Forum reaffirmed its

unflinching support for the patriotic coalition of Northern groups and advice Nnamdi Kanu and his rowdy crowd to desist from making further inflammatory statements against Northerners.

south eastern part of this country led by Nnamdi Kanu had for quite long disturbed the peace of the nation with the greater concentration on northerners whom they call baboons in zoo and other derogatory names which we are not ready to tolerate any longer”. The youth fumes.

The Forum’s Chairman said, “That is why we feel duty bound to break the silence on

the unhealthy development introduced in to the country by some self seeking unpatriotic elements who preach hates, incitement and violence in the name of agitation for an independent Biafaran nation”.

He stated that the Northeast Unity Forum confronted Dr Usman Bugaje hostility towards the Patriotic Coalition, Abdulkadir said “more pronounced in its hostility to the patriotic Northern Coalition is the contraption fronted by certain Usman Bugaje, which persisted in muscling the coalition in to partisanship in favour of presidential aspiration of a north east politician with an open preference for

Amnesty Programme: 25 beneficiaries graduate from Ogbebor leadership, skills acquisition academy Titus Akhigbe, Benin

L-R: Former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Nasir Isa; President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi and Vice President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, at a press conference on the state of the nation in Abuja… on Monday.

Benue closes down 2,424 illegal schools Patrick Akaa, Makurdi

ÏÏÏBenue State Government has closed down no fewer than 2,424 illegal schools in a bid to arrest the falling standard of education.

The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, while speaking to newsmen ordered that primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions within the state that are yet to be approved by the ministry should no longer be operational pending when they get approval.

Prof. Ityavyar disclosed that the mandate of the ministry is to deliver qualitative and functional education to Benue citizens adding that in the discharge of its duties, it has encountered a number of challenges one of which is the proliferation of illegal schools.

His words: “In pursuing our mandate of ensuring that our

the Igbo at the expense of Northern interest”.

Nuhu Abdulkadir stressed that the Forum see Dr Usman Bugaje moves through the lens to cowardly sabotage and wishes to advice him to shed the cloak of intrigue and come in to the open to test his popularity against the overwhelming interest of Majority northerners.

He therefore urged Northerners to disregard the anti North schemes of Dr Bugaje and his conspirators and support the peaceful pursuit of a united and prosperous Nigeria as championed by the coalition of Patriotic Northern groups.

people have access to qualitative education, we are confronted with the menace of the existence of many schools without the ministry’s approval.”

He added that illegal schools refer to schools that have not been duly certified by the Ministry of Education or have not obtained operational approval for their es-

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tablishment.

“Illegal schools in our context refer to schools that are yet to obtain phases two (2) and three (3) approvals as in the case of primary and secondary schools, and those without approval of either the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) or National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) in the case of tertiary institutions.”

Prof. Ityavyar decried the negative effects of illegal schools such as poor performance of students in both internal and external examinations, high cases of examination malpractice in schools, production of half-baked graduates, and decay in moral values and norms in the society.

“The decision to embark on the massive closure of illegal schools is a deliberate step towards improving the standard and quality of education in the state.”

“I wish to point out that this initiative is not intended to witchhunt anyone but to purge the education sector of illegalities and reposition it to attain the nation’s

approved standards.”

It would be recalled that in the past such exercises have been embarked upon with little or no success due to vested interests.

To this end, the Honourable Commissioner said that it is no longer going to be business-as-usual.

His words: “No school found wanting will be spared as no individual regardless of how highlyplaced is above the law. The closure must be enforced and both the state Executive Council and the state House of Assembly have endorsed it.”

He then advised parents of wards of the affected schools to transfer their children to the nearest public school or other approved private schools from the start of the 2017/2018 academic session adding that an enforcement committee comprising of the police, the Department of State Security (DSS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, traditional rulers, opinion leaders and other stakeholders have been inaugurated to ensure strict compliance.

ÏÏÏTwenty five beneficiaries of the presidential amnesty programme yesterday graduated from the Ogbebor Leadership and Skills Acquisition Academy. The training programme is part of efforts to empower ex-agitators from the Niger Delta region.

Drawn from Rivers, Bayelsa and Delta States, the trainees were taken on rubber technology, products manufacturing techniques and other sociological and communication skills and the programme lasted for six months.

President and Chairman Board of Directors of the academy Col. Paul Ogbebor (rtd) said was most rewarding to the trainees adding that the on the job training of the youths in rubber technology would qualify them for the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) Modular Trade Certificate on rubber technology.

He commended the federal government’s agriculture initiative which is targeted at reviving erstwhile abandoned rubber plantations and businesses which are currently yielding Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and India annually about $50billion and 1.5 million jobs created in the affected countries.

Said he “it is axiomatic that rubber cultivation if sufficiently revived, could generate for Nigeria the coverage at 5 million direct and indirect jobs and earn the country 60 billion us dollars income every year.

“The Federal Government knows the value of rubber and it is part of the reason he sent this youth to come and learn the skills involved in tapping it. She also knows the foreign exchange value hence the need to get involved for export such that it can contribute more to federal purse.

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Politics How do you feel about the hate speeches coming from both the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum and Biafran agitators, which have been heating up the polity?

I am a man of God. I don’t know the difference between a white man and a black man. We are Nigerians. I love Nigeria anywhere and anytime. You see, it is suffering that is causing all these problems. There is suffering and the problem is how to get out of the suffering. As for those clamouring for Biafra, they believe that once they come together, their problems will be solved. But the truth is that, in coming together, they will still lack many things and within the state, there will be problems. I think it is suffering and again, it is the absence of God in Nigeria. The people in politics are servants but we have turned them into lords and masters; now we worship them. They are to represent us and feed us back and we are to say whether we want them or not.

To me, I think I saw some people on TV calling themselves elders of the nation.

Let them come. Nobody should fight or agitate for a state or country, we are Nigerians and let us stay in Nigeria as one.

I will rather advise that we should give the regions their responsibility, let them derive benefits from their natural gifts of God, to operate and develop. How do you explain this? Oil in the South-South and then North doesn’t have oil, but they are the ones enjoying it, while the people who have oil are not. Let’s go back to what it was before. Develop the regions and allow the people to develop their natural resources. It will bring competition and Nigeria will be developed.

As an octogenarian, what are your anticipations for the Nigerian society, especially for the younger generation?

I was born in Lagos 80 years ago and I enjoyed Nigeria because our parents cared a lot, looked after us and trained us properly and gave us education and then, moral education. We were brought up to love people and enjoy humanity.

And then I want to thank God for my Life. Nigeria was great, powerful and beautiful in those days. There was no discrimination; we didn’t know the difference between Muslims and Christians. By the time I went to London and came back in 1968, in fact there were churches all over the whole place; we had all things, food ready. With time, due to bad leadership, we are forced to where we are now. To me, I don’t want to say I have achieved anything, but I want to thank God for my achievement and I am calling it the faithfulness of God. I want to thank God for directing me, guiding me and making me relevant to my generation. What I want Nigerians to know is that, if we think of Nigeria first, it will be better for this country. We should not think of what we will take away from Nigeria, think of what to give to Nigeria.

Let us think of what to give this country and let us think of how to be relevant.

Christianity in particular is individualistic and it is personalised. My advice is

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s Strife, hate speeches products of bad leadership -Macaulay Prof Olakunle Macaulay is the National President, Association of Christian Theologians (ACT). In this interview with IBE UWALEKE, he discusses the reasons for the insecurity in Nigeria cause of strife and hate speeches, including agitations by some youth groups among other national issues. Excerpts.

Nobody should fight or agitate for a state or country, we are Nigerians and let us stay in Nigeria as one. I will rather advise that we should give the regions their responsibility, let them derive benefits from their natural gifts of God, to operate and develop. How do you explain this? Oil in the South-South and then North doesn’t have oil, but they are the ones enjoying it, while the people who have oil are not. Let’s go back to what it was before. Develop the regions and allow the people to develop their natural resources

PROF. MACAULAY

that whatever you want to do now and be relevant to your nation or generations, give it to this nation. Let people really know that you are really helping.

I don’t believe in wealth, I believe in comfort and peace. I told my children and they have that too. What you need is living a good life and it is living according to the will of God, not living flamboyantly. I live to serve people and if you do that, you will enjoy this life. People say I am difficult and it is because I believe in what I am doing. If I believe in something, I go for it.

Now, it seems there is a prevailing atmosphere of insecurity. Boko Haram has returned; we have ritual killers, kidnappers and all sorts of crimes. What do you think is wrong with Nigeria as a nation?

You see, people have talked a lot about many things that are wrong in Nigeria and with Nigerians. I will tell you; we talk about leadership, which leadership?

Are you talking about traditional, political or religious leadership? I am talking about religious leadership. When

you are good in the spirit, your outward behaviour will always be perfect, but when you are bad inside, you can’t produce anything, only bad things. I think what is happening today bothers on the morality of the country. You talk about secularity; Nigeria is secular, which is a type of deceit. The Muslims are not talking about secularity; they are using their Quran to build their nation. Look at all the Muslim states in Nigeria toady. They use Quran and they use even the tax payers’ money to build their mosques.

While we in the South here are deceiving ourselves. Go to many places in the North, government builds mosques, and government sponsor Islamic education and build clerics. They practise what the Quran says. Here, we are talking about secularity. To me, I keep on saying it, and ’am saying it right now. I blame our religious leaders for the moral decadence of this country. When you teach your children well, the Bible says they will not depart from the way. I was born into a good home, a Christian home and I was brought up in that form. I know how to respect people; if you are one year older than me, I know how to respect you,

but where is that culture today? Even in the church, where is the Sunday school?

Where is the teaching culture? These days, they go to church to dance, clap hands and collect money. What is happening today, to me, is the collapse in the morals of the nation. The government is building more prisons, pumping money into building equipment for the military; rather than to spend this money on training people, on developing the moral of the nation, the reverse is the case. If I don’t know how to carry gun, I won’t own one; if I know killing is not good, I will not kill. These are the things we need to bring to life again.

What is your impression of the recent tragedy in a Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State, where worshippers were shot dead in what was believed to be a war between two drug barons?

The fact is that the church we have today is not the church Jesus had in mind when he talked about building the church. The church we have today is not the church built by Jesus Christ or God; things have changed from the first century church to the present church.

The church is not expected to be full of sinners, the church is meant for people who have repented, bad people who have been living in certain ways of life and CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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Anti-Party activities: Banire shuns APC disciplinary committee Benjamin Omoike National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Muiz Banire, on Monday failed to appear before the Disciplinary Committee set up by the party in Ward C of Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State to hear allegations of antiparty activities and misappropriation of campaign materials and logistics leveled against him.

The Committee had allegedly summoned Banire to appear before its sitting by 10am on Monday at Bishop Aggey Memorial School, Ilasamaja, Mushin to defend allegations contained in a petition written against him by two members of the party in the area, Mr Olukayode Tunde Tolu and Mr Ayodeji Adebayo.

As early as 7am, members of the party in the area started trooping to the venue of the sitting, while the members of the Panel waited till about 11:20am before commencing the business of the day.

In his introductory remarks, Chairman of the Committee, Mr Bolaji Abass, who first introduced other members who included Mr Laide Badru (Secretary), Mr Wunmi Bewaji (General Counsel) and Mrs Muinat Mustapha, said the function of the Committee was simply to examine the allegations against Banire by concerned members of the party, just as he assured that the Committee would be fair in arriving at its decision which would then be submitted to the Ward Executive of the party for onward delivery to the Local Government and then State Executive of APC. The Secretary of the Committee (Badru) then called the petitioners and respondent (Banire), but while the petitioners were at the proceedings, Banire was conspicuously absent.

Badru later displayed copies of advertorials in two national dailies and evidence of receipt of courier letter inviting Banire for the sitting.

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now consider it necessary to change their lives. Today, the Christian leaders are not looking for righteous people; they are looking for people who can support their ministry by fame, money and integrity. In the human thinking, integrity is when you have money and can make noise; so I will not be surprised if this incident is considered or said to be caused by somebody who donated money to the church. It is happening all over the whole place. The church today glorifies rich men and women and forgets the poor. For me, the Christian leaders must come and sit down and start thinking. Is this the church of God? Is this the purpose of the church? Where is the church of God heading to? Jesus said, ‘I will go and come back.’ What will he meet when he comes back? Have we prepared for the coming of the lord Jesus Christ? People will go with Jesus Christ and these are the people that will change from bad to good, people that will be filled with the Holy Spirit, people who will transform the whole world. But we can hardly get them in Nigeria, in particular.

The proliferation of churches has

… Panel, another wasteful exercise-Banire

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In his testimony before the Committee, Olukayode said Banire had committed grievous atrocities against the party and had carried out series of acts of indiscipline, which must not go unpunished.

Also Adebayo said it was such acts of indiscipline exhibited by Banire that caused the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) electoral defeat.

According to him, “Party discipline and party loyalty made APC what it is today.

Whatever the decision of the party is, it is binding on all members and if a member goes against the party, there must be sanction.”

In the petition, the petitioners are asking that Banire be suspended from the party and debarred from holding any party office

as well as contesting office on the platform of the party for a period of ten years.

They alleged that aside the fact that Banire had been continuously absent from ward meetings for more than two years contrary to Article 9 (2) (iii) of the party’s Constitution, he has also been engaging in unrestrained media campaigns against the party, its organs, leaders and functionaries, a development deliberately calculated to embarrass the party and bring it into disrepute contrary to Article 9 (2) (I) of the Constitution.

The petition reads in part: “That the member (Banire) has openly been encouraging and inciting Court actions against the party, its organs and functionaries when internal dispute resolution mecha-

nisms have not been explored or exhausted contrary to Article 21 (A) (ii) of the Constitution.

“The member (Banire) has been conducting himself in such a way and manner as to constitute a distraction to the good policies and programmes of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari contrary to Article 21 (A) (ii) of the Constitution.

“That the member (Banire), collected campaign “materials and logistics” – for the 2015 general elections and the recent local government elections without deploying, disbursing or applying same for the benefit of the party. He has failed to pay, as at when due or howsoever, party dues and levies,” they alleged among many other allegations.

“That the member (Banire) has been conducting himself and continues to conduct himself in such a way and manner as could jeopardize, endanger or damage the electoral fortunes of the party and the party brand contrary to Article 21 (A) (ii) of the Constitution.”

However, responding when contacted by an online media, Banire described those who issued the summons as “liars” and that invitation was “another wasteful exercise.”

He said, “Go and find out from the ward executive or the local government executive. It is the same set of miscreants masquerading as party members,” said Mr. Banire, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

“For your information, the ward exco is led by Bunmi Church whilst the Local Government is led by Aremo Kufisile.

“Firstly, they (Mr. Olaide and co) are not APC members. Secondly, assuming without conceding that they are, they lack the capacity to even invite me legally. Thus, I cannot dignify such miscreants with my presence,” he said.

“Remember that the National have even nailed the issue. It’s a dead issue. They should go to court if they are displeased.”

‘Strife, hate speeches products of bad leadership’ also come with some quacks that are not trained, but who brought themselves up as pastors. What has the Association of Christian Theologians been able to do to check these characters?

When you talk about regulating, the Nigerian government is not doing anything. Until you commit an atrocity, the police will not do anything. They will see everything happening but will turn their faces. Churches today-the leadership in particular-are full of wrong, untrained, evil people. They find their ways to the leadership today to make money, to deceive people. The government knows this. People know this and they are not doing anything. Some have converted the church to a sort of hospital where they are illegally taking delivery for expectant mothers; they are killing people every time, and nobody is doing anything about it. A church is not supposed to be a clinic, but some churches have clinics where young girls of 15 to 16 go there to deliver babies and if they die there, nobody takes action. The Minister of Health should do something about

this. There are some clinics, maternity centres that are not registered, floated by churches. All these things are not good for the image of the country.

Do you have uniform theological doctrines guiding the pastoral work in Nigeria?

Theology is not preaching, it is teaching. Teaching is quite different from preaching. If you want to put this on the church, they will refuse; they will say they are not teachers but preachers.

Then, with teaching, you must have specific knowledge. You must attain specific height, specific academic height and this is how we can standardise the teaching profession. But when it comes to the church, it will be very difficult; because in teaching, you cannot say God called you because, to be a teacher, you must be trained. There must be methodology, mechanism and professionalism. What I am saying is that, even if you want to become a church leader, you must go through assistantship or apprenticeship.

You must be under somebody, if you look at the Bible itself, Elisha was under Eli-

jah, Joshua was under Moses. All these people, even though they do not have formal training, have informal training and they became perfect. Today, we see people go to church; they fight and then they come to build their church.

Kindly appraise the relationship between theological institutions, especially the universities, and the National University Commission.

We have a problem, the problem has been there. I have been talking about it for a long time. I will want Nigerians and the whole world to know that if the Nigerian government embraces God today, that government will have the right to control religion. But a nation that talks about secularity, which is an exclusion of faith, does not have the right to control faith and what it takes. So, NUC is a commission of the secular government.

Religious or faith-based education cannot be controlled by NUC, simple. I will encourage producers of theological education to submit to any commission that respects and embraces God.

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he federal government has begun efforts to reestablish the national carrier,some 13 years after it liquidated the former national carrier, Nigeria Airways. The former national carrier was liquidated following its mismanagement, government control and undue interference in its affairs, resulting in huge debts and depletion of its fleet. This time around, the government has appointed transaction advisers for the establishment of the national carrier, a facility maintenance company and an aircraft leasing company. The transaction advisers have also swung into action.

When he was briefed on the state of the aviation industry on assumption of office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari rightly observed that the nation’s airports were the windows through which people saw the country and that peoplecoming into the country were likely to come through the airports. Thus, if the nation cannot secure and maintain its aviation infrastructure, it will reflect very badly on the country. In other words, the state of a country’s national carrier also impacts on the image of the country in people’s minds.

With well over 170 million people, Nigeria has the largest population in the country. In other words, the state of a country’s national carrier also impacts on the image of the country in people’s minds. Nigeria has the largest population andthe largest economy in Africa.

It is also one of the most endowed with resources by nature. Unfortunately, in spite of these resources, the country does not have any national carrier that can effectively compete with major carriers across the world in operating international destinations. These, among others are plausible reasonsthat make it imperative for Nigeria to have a robust and well managed national carrier

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Also, the establishment of a national carrier will provide the necessary platform for a strong and well developed aviation sector in the country. In particular, the need for a strong aviation sector in the country is why the government is establishing Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility and an aviation leasing company in tandem with the establishment of a national carrier. MRO servicesare very costly but few in Africa and most airlines in Africa take their airplanes overseas for mandatory checks and maintenance.

Consequently, the MROfacility will attract local airlines and other airlines from across Africa for patronage, while the establishment of an aviation leasing company will solve the problem of inadequate access to capital and the high cost of funds in the country.

However, in re-establishing the national carrier, the government must ensure thatit is free from government control and interference as these were the seeds of the mismanagement and neglect that led to the failure and eventual death of theformer national carrier. Also, granting that in Nigeria, whatever belongs to the government belongs to no one, and that government does not have a history of successful management of any enterprise, the ownership of the new national carrier mustbe well distributed with the government having not more than 10 percent of itsshares and the rest shares sold to private individuals across the country.

Going forward, such a PPP arrangement in the ownership and management ofthe proposed new national carrier will free it from government control and undue interference. Above all, the airline must have a competent technical partner who will bring expertise, knowledge and fund into the airline and make it a successful enterprise.

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STATEMENTS BY THOSE WHO MATTER

Goodluck Jonathan

Matthew Ashimolowo

Julius Nyerere

“Nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian”.

“If you must make a difference in life, then change your mind set”.

“Independence cannot be real if a nation depends upon gifts.”

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Two sides of unfinished business of life

A Livinus Ukah

s creations of the human kind, there are times where whatsoever you wished for in life just seems to happen accordingly but, also, there are periods in a man’s life that there is bound to be challenges – especially in the financial, marital and business aspects of life.

In our beautiful nation Nigeria, many believe that if there is no money in the pocket, there is no meaning to life. So many today do not believe in the power of the cross; to them, it is eternal damnation and the cross has not made any impact in their lives, while others believe that the cross has gone a long way to stabilise situations in their life and they say “Thank You, Lord, for everything”. Then there also are

Osinbajo many others that keep asking the question “Why me?”, “Why all the challenges I am passing through?”

It all depends on what each human believes in.

Chronicles “A black man was axed to death because he was dating a white girl in Liverpool. Perhaps, this is

a merciless kind of love”. When an action like this happens in the society today I ask myself what is the world turning to. What is the reason behind this action? Does it mean that a black man cannot date or marry a white woman? Racism should not be part of our society today. Times have come whereby humans will have to overlook certain issues like racism. We have heard of many odd stories that happened in this 21st century and many will say it’s the end of the world. Many believe that if Cain didn’t slaughter his brother Abel in the Garden of Eden because of his envy and jealousy maybe the world would have been a better place which is free from murderous tendencies.

‘Proper exploration of self can help to locate the cause of why man does not grow up to attain the purpose for which God sent him

into the world.’ Many do not look themselves in the mirror to know the reason behind their backwardness. They seem to take everything as it seems not minding the way it will help their lives. So many suffer stigma that happened in the past and have refused to let go and others are not confident enough to try new things in their lives believing that they won’t be able to succeed. Exploration is the key to be able to know about yourself and be able to move forward. A man should be able to ask certain questions in his life like what makes you feel unfulfilled? Where are the hindrances coming from? If you are able to answer these questions then you build yourself for self-actualisation.

Livinus Ukah is the parish priest of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Aboru, Lagos

President Trump to overwhelm North Korea with fire, fury?

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he US President a multi- billionaire now the US strong man has threatened to overwhelm North Korea’s KIM to be prepared to face ‘THE FIRE AND FURY’ of America’s fighting machine.

Anti North Korea sentiments had come a long way with successive US presidents who had under Bill Clinton, George Bush Jnr and Barack Obama always looked in the direction of diplomacy to resolve the stubborn Kim’s regime in North Korea and its unending nuclear programmes.

But when the new Sheriff in the White House Donald Trump came on board, the rhetorics had changed from the diplomatic style to pure threats of out right military option, the like of which the world had never known.

Could Trump be merely trumping around a highly volatile Korean Peninsular quagmire.?

People grounded in the war tactics and former war victims like Senator Caine of the Republican party disabused the minds of watchers of the global peace that a serious President who is ready to act does not speak in the manner President Trump has done.

Many Americans feel that way without considering the collateral damage to its allies like Japan and South Korea, he is also emboldening the Kim, fat and robust young President, who looking more like a David throwing the challenge to the Almighty US and its awesome war chest and arsenal.

The uninamous UN sanctions against North Korea is worth One

Trump (left) and Kim billion dollars, that will affect his coal exports and seafood trade with the outside world.

For a country that had often suffered from lack of basic facilities for its people over the years, the new sanctions would create more problems for North Koreans.

The propaganda machinery of President Kim is all he has to convince the people that the nuclear programme cannot stop because of the erratic behaviour of the bully in the White House.

Surprisingly, great powers like China with a grouse against the US over South China Sea and with Russia over fresh sanctions against Putin, Russia also went along with US at the UN to follow President Trump’s drums of war beat against a tiny country like

North Korea.

From the look of things, the Big Powers are so scared of having a direct conflict against themselves because of the feeling of the imminent mutually self- assured destruction when nuclear bombs are traded in the air against eachothers’ country.

If Trump means business and war ready, let him take on China over the South China Sea and Russia over the annexation of CRIMEA some years ago.

When the chips are down and the come comes to become, courtesy of Chief Kingsley MBADIWE of the first Republic in Nigeria, the true World powers could find to their dismay that there is more to being a world power than mere rhetorics.

The US President, TRUMP must think twice if he believes in saving the world from eminent collapse and conflagration.

Trump should seek domestic approval rating after just seven months in power at the White House than trying to empty all the international ballistic missiles in his Camp.

If the promised fire and fury explode, not only North Koreans would be wiped out but most of his allies in Japan and South Korea and the US mainland would suffer great misery and loss of lives. Trump owes the world peace at all times. Or else the US policeman status would not only be dymistified but he would be disgraced by the fatish buffoon in North Korea.

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Agric varsities as stimuli for economic diversification, food and nutrition security

Guest Columnist AUDU OGBEH

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Somewhere down the road, government thought that perhaps we should intensify agricultural education. In 1992, three universities, namely: Umudike, Abeokuta and Makurdi were converted to universities of agriculture, all signed by President Babangida in 1992 November.

Unfortunately, the universities migrated from the ministry of agriculture to the ministry of education. And, some who have been there long enough would agree that concentration of agricultural education started declining.

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ndoubtedly, the future we have always been waiting for has arrived; but this is causing us some degree of concern as, suddenly, we find out that we are not ready to feed ourselves properly. For too long, we’ve depended on import of food – rice, sugar, meat, milk, honey, chocolate, milk, name it – all the way down to items we consume, which are not necessarily food, such as tooth pick.

Ship loads have continued to invade our ports for the last forty years. As long as oil and gas were flowing and selling, we felt quite comfortable. And then, suddenly, the music stops. We realised that we are not ready to continue to spend $22 billion a year importing food. It is easier to analyse our situation by saying that all of it was caused by corruption alone in government.

Of course, corruption has been a major issue. But a great deal of it has been caused by a certain degree of –if you permit the word – foolishness. We were advised by brilliant economists that the solution to our problems is importation, under the guise of free trade.

Nobody ever asked about fair trade.

We were advised to devalue our currencies in 1986, in the name of Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), which began in April 1986. Every week, for 31 years, we devalued our currency happily, under the so-called auctions, and every week, for 30 years, the naira lost value. We never stopped to ask: how long will this last? So, from one dollar fifty cents – when I was in the university in Zaria – the naira had to hit 520 before we raised an alarm as a country.

Looking back, you ask: what happened to us? How could we allow this to go on in our country?

The Indians, Malaysia, Brazil and China rejected the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). How is it that these are the same economies that these same Western Europeans who forced this doctrine on us are now praising for their economic growth? How is it that we have lost jobs, we are unable to feed ourselves, our currency is going down, unemployment is rising, anger is growing, including Boko Haram and such other disasters?

There were economists who said to us that there was no alternative to SAP. Some of us, not being educated enough in economic theory thought that the answer then was to cut down on imports and increase local production.

Rice alone cost us $5million a day at the height of rice importation.

We even had a task force for the importation, not the production of rice! And ship loads came from Vietnam. Even India produced

University of Agriculture, Makurdi enough to feed herself and export to Nigeria.

Somewhere down the road, government thought that perhaps we should intensify agricultural education. In 1992, three universities, namely: Umudike, Abeokuta and Makurdi were converted to universities of agriculture, all signed by President Babangida in 1992 November. Unfortunately, the universities migrated from the ministry of agriculture to the ministry of education.

And, some who have been there long enough would agree that concentration of agricultural education started declining.

I am told that, today, their faculties of administration and education, and areas not directly connected with agriculture are responsible for 75 per cent of admissions. I am also told that this happens because the universities are desperately looking for funds to run their affairs. But now, we are in distress as a country. We are in recession. And, in trying to solve the problem, we have put together what we call the Economic Growth and Recovery Plan (EGRP), which has imposed a new philosophy of diversification, economic integration, food security, job creation and a reduction of importation, amongst others.

It has imposed on us the responsibility of waste curtailment, optimisation of opportunities and a commitment to provide innovative services of our unique values to the Nigerian people, for the satisfaction of our multi-faceted expectations. At the centre of it all is agriculture. The essence therefore is getting it right with the agricultural sector, through the infusion of new policy initiative and dynamism to produce some change and more solid results.

We agree, however, that as strategic as agriculture is, in this country, still very much in infancy, given that it is still essentially a smallholderdominated enterprise. The constraints are many and all-encompassing. For instance, seed research and seed quality are hopelessly low.

Agronomic practices are poor. Yields are very low. Post-harvest losses are heavy. Mechanisation is abysmally low and tractorisation is either scanty or almost non-existent in many parts of this country.

There are states in Nigeria with not one working tractor today. And, if we are asking Nigerians to return to agriculture, I am not sure we are inviting them to go back to the good old hoe and cutlass. Amazingly, the only

instrument of agricultural production manufactured here is the hoe.

The cutlass is actually imported from China. It is therefore expected of us to change gear, to create jobs, to welcome younger people into agriculture because the current generation of farmers is, on the average, about 62 years. Their capacity for manual labour is definitely dwindling.

If it continues this way in the next ten years: who will feed us? Most of the young people are no longer interested in agriculture. They don’t like the drudgery. When the old ones are gone, who will feed the younger ones?

Our population is galloping towards 450 million by the year 2050. That will make Nigeria the third most populated country on earth, after China and India.

How much rice are we producing?

How much yam, cassava, and soybeans, chicken and fish are we going to eat? If we can’t feed that population, where will we find peace? And if there is anarchy, where will Nigerian refugees run to? The truth is, we face serious threats. But the other truth is that we can avoid the threats and the dangers.

So, what do we do? We are turning to the academics and the institutions equipped to get us out of this trouble.

The three universities of agriculture won’t be enough. There are other countries in the world, which have had to take refuge in institutions like these to solve these problems, and have succeeded in doing so. We are conscious of the fears of teachers and students already enrolled in the agriculture universities. There is no need to panic.

We have been instructed by government not to cancel any programme currently being run. The programmes will continue and be slowly phased out. As institutions of agricultural education and research, huge revenues can be earned from agricultural research, seed and seedling development, extension work, soil mapping, and even production of food on campus. Some of the agricultural universities have huge parcels of lands covering tens of thousands of hectares.

These institutions, really, are what the Americans call land grant institutions. I enjoin these universities to put these pieces of land to use. Some have plantations and are producing certain things. They should raise more plantations. Scale them up over time and earn more incomes. These can be the food baskets of their re-

spective host communities. The universities of Ife and Ibadan actually once sold milk to people in the communities. I was in ABU, Zaria. We bought meat from the meat lab.

The new agenda therefore enjoins these agricultural universities to be more innovative and enterprising.

In this new dispensation, every undergraduate must own a farm, from 200 level to graduation. We are not interested in theoreticians. We are looking for farmers: educated young men and women, who will leave the university to pursue a career in agriculture. Their examinations should dwell 60 per cent on the success on the farm and 40 per cent on academic work.

We will not forbid the teaching of elective subjects like accounting, business administration and so on.

The farmer truly needs to understand how to manage a business and some degree of accounting capacity to keep records. But the main courses must not wander off: agriculture, agricultural economics, animal husbandry, veterinary sciences, fisheries, etc. We need to get back to land.

Admissions into those universities of agriculture may dwindle because of the new policy. It may take a while before the young folks see reasons to apply for agriculture in those universities. This is nothing to worry about. They will come when they see that some undergraduates are actually getting rich from their one-hectare farms. We are training young men who should have started earning a living even before graduating. There is no reason why we cannot produce eggs and chickens, goats and cattle, and bake bread and set up meat labs.

Farmers are in desperate need of seeds and extension services. One farmer has just told me he bought maize seed for his farm, this year alone, for N1.7 million. If all of the universities of agriculture were to develop seed faculties, and train breeders, and market seeds, I don’t see any one of them that won’t earn up to N5 billion per annum from seeds. Farmers don’t have seeds. The little we have at our seed research council here is sold across West Africa. So, they have a big role to play.

We will find the resources for them to achieve this. Seed, seed, seed… We need them. The universities of agriculture can produce them and there are farmers ready to buy them.

Ogbeh is the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

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TETFund tasks institutions on infractions in staff-related interventions

Augustine Okezie Abuja

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has challenged the 203 public tertiary institutions under its mandate to address infractions in their content-based interventions committed by some benefiting academic and non-academic staff.

Executive Secretary the Fund, Dr. Abdulahi Bichi Baffa, who stated this while addressing participants at a one-day awareness workshop at FCT College of Education, Zuba, further decried the widespread violations of its guidelines by

some staff of public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education after accessing their funds.

Baffa said TETfund has come to realise that some scholars under its academic staff development programme failed to undertake postgraduate academic studies in designated institutions abroad after collecting monies for the same purpose.

He said: “Our realisation is that in most of these content-based interventions, you find problems of scholars given money to go to study abroad or even at home, refusing to go, collecting the money and

staying at home’’.

“Staff given money to attend conferences, refusing to go, money coming for teaching practice, unions coming to flock the office of the provost or the bursar, insisting that this is welfare it must be shared without doing the supervision”.

According to him, there are lots of infringements arising from lack of information about the guidelines and regulations governing the operations of these interventions and utilisation of accompanied allocations.

Baffa also condemned what he called “the tyranny of TETfund desk officers” over their failure

to properly communicate with beneficiaries of various interventions but choose to compromise the process.

“We feel it is only appropriate, rather than hearing from the same people like the provost, desk officers, librarian, director of academic planning, director of project, you always hear from them; in many institutions, these people are not being believed.

“There is what we now call in TETfund the tyranny of desk officers. TETfund desk officers in many institutions are responsible for the lack of information in many institutions. Communication will

Lagos to unveil 300 new coding centres in September

SWAN counsels students on sexual harassment in campus

Tony Nwakaegho

Esther Taiwo

The Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN) has taken another step in its campaign against sexual harassment on campus by collaborating with Pastor Bimbo Odukoya Foundation to hold a day seminar with the students of Lagos State University (LASU) at the Main Auditorium of the University in Ojo, Lagos recently.

Speaking on the theme: Sexual Harassment on Campus: Who is Harassing Who?, one of the speakers, Taiwo Akinlami, a solicitor of the Supreme Court, said sexual harassment does not exist in isolation as he attributed cause to low level of intellectuality of students.

His words: ‘There are other issues that lead to sexual harassment, when the level of intellectuality is poor then sexual harassment is the order of the day. A properly educated mind will not accept an act of tyranny because to accept is an act of intellectual selfdispossession”.

The guest speaker said the university environment has lost its dignity, adding that sexual harassment thrives because of oppression from the inside of the oppressed as a result of ignorance which leads to fear and silence.

He thus counseled any student being abused to speak out, saying such is not being abused by anyone but his/her own habit. He added that no lecturer or student is justified for rape because of what the victim is wearing but there is dignity in womanhood.

“It is no more a fashionable thing to be lawless, you are addressed by the way you dress. The society has the responsibility to punish crime.

A society is ordered according to its civilization.

come; they will throw it into their drawer.

“They will not notify even the head of the institution, although it is addressed to the head of the institution; they only call a few of their friends, some will only deal with staff to compromise the process,” he said.

The TETfund boss further noted that the awareness workshop was part of the fund’s new policy to bridge the information gap between the 202 beneficiary public institutions and TETfund operational guidelines and regulations.

L-R: Senator Tinubu; Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Rahamon Bello; incoming Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye and Deputy Vice -Chancellor, Academics & Research, Prof.

Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, at the University of Lagos 12th Annual Research Conference and Fair held at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos ...on Tuesday...PHOTO- Taiwo Okanlawon .

Acquire fundamental skills, FUNAAB DVC urges students Esther Taiwo

To boost the chances of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) students scaling through post-graduation job placements, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Oluyemisi Eromosele, has urged them to acquire fundamental skills and experiences that are relevant to their courses of study during their internship programmes.

Professor Eromosele, who is the Chairperson, Committee on Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), stated that SIWES was part of the approved Benchmark Minimum

Academic Standards (BMAS) for approved undergraduate degree programmes in Nigerian universities, aimed at developing participants’ occupational competence as well as prepare them for postgraduation real-work situation.

Represented by the Director, SIWES, Professor Grace Sokoya, the DVC (Academic) disclosed this at the orientation programme held for non-agricultural students, who are billed to proceed on Industrial Training (IT) programme for the 2016/2017 Academic session.

She said that part of the mandates of the scheme was to provide the students with an opportunity to apply acquired theoretical knowledge in real-

work situations, thereby bridging the gap between knowledge and practice, noting that the training would expose the students to work methods and techniques of handling diverse equipment and machinery.

According to her, the orientation programme was organised by the Directorate of SIWES which was established to serve as the link between the University; the National Universities Commission (NUC); the SIWES Division of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF); industries; and the trainees; to further build the students’ capacities and enable them to cope with challenges that might likely confront them in their various training locations.

The Lagos State Government is planning to unveil 300 new coding centres in September 2017 following the successful outing in the first phase.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, gave the approval for the pilot phase of the project which has trained 5,464 students of primary and secondary schools across the state.

Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, stated in a recent statement that 65 schools including government and private schools took part in the pilot phase.

The Special Adviser said: “The training has delivered to the students critical life skills including basic computing, computational thinking and use of basic computer programming tools like Scratch and python over a period of eight weeks and the feedbacks have been inspiring.

“Of the 65 schools in the pilot, 23 are government schools of which seven of them are girls’ only schools while two others are boys only.” According to him, the experience and knowledge garnered from the pilot phase has helped the Ministry to assess and fine-tune the framework and implementation model of the project in view of future roll out.

“This pilot phase has helped us test our assumptions and implementation plan, we have observed what worked and what didn’t and would put them into consideration for future roll out beginning with the next batch slated for September, 2017,” he added.

The government has however concluded plans to roll out the project in all the State-owned public libraries to ensure access to CodeLagos classes for more Lagosians especially those out of the conventional schools system.

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Strike: Ezekwesili urges ASUU, FG Proprietor admonishes to return to negotiating table outgoing students on

Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has appealed to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government to return to the negotiating table.

Ezekwesili made the appeal while speaking with newsmen in Enugu on Tuesday.

She noted that no matter the disagreement; dialogue and negotiation were the best way to go, in the overall interest of the students and the nation.

The former minister said that urgent agreement by both parties would help to protect the current academic calendar.

“Concerning the strike, what is urgent now is for the Federal Government and ASUU to return to the negotiating table.

“And for both parties to work on the basis of analysis on how the problem can be solved and both parties build a sense of solving the problem.

“I know that this negotiation will definitely lead to an understanding that will produce a better outcome. This is important, than not negotiating at all,’’ Ezekwesili said.

ASUU on Monday, August 14 officially announced the commencement of its nationwide industrial actions at a news conference held in Abuja.

The ASUU is striking over Federal Government’s nonimplementation of 2009 agreement with the union.

L-R: Project Manager, Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria, Mr. Okoronkwo Sunday; Junior Associate, Scaling-Up Nutrition Business Network, Nigeria, Miss Ibiso Ivy King-Harry; Chairman of occasion, Board of Trustee member, Media Centre Against Child Malnutrition (MeCAM)/Past President Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Prof. Babatunde Oguntona; National Coordinator, MeCAM, Mr. Remmy Nweke and Board member MeCAM, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba, during the one day Nutrition symposium on Malnutrition,Child Development and the Media in Lagos...on Tuesday.

FG to upgrade education curriculum to ensure economic growth –Minister Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, has restated Federal Government’s determination to upgrade the education curriculum as part of efforts to achieve the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

Abubakar said this in Abuja on Tuesday at the 13th Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) conference, organised by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) with the theme; “Actualising SIWES Mandate: Benefits to the Nation and Challenges’’. Represented by Mr. Ochapa Ogenyi, the Director, Research and Statistic in the ministry, Abubakar said the scheme was one of the Federal Government’s cardinal programmes meant to instill skills in undergraduates. “The scheme is meant to empower our undergraduates in universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education with the requisite knowledge in their various disciplines which at the end of the day will guarantee employability and standards.

“The government is determined to bring about economic recovery and growth by upgrading the educational curriculum through articu-

lated process of developing young men and women in their fields of endeavours,’’ Abubakar said.

She noted that although, the expectations of government had not been fully realised due to the myriad of challenges, ITF had so far nurtured the programme effectively on behalf of the Federal Government.

The minister of state advised participants at the conference to come up with a communiqué that would guide the government to come up with concrete policies that would ensure the achievement of the objective of the scheme. Mr. Joseph Ari, the Director-General of the fund, said the challenges posed in the implementation of the scheme had affected the intentions it was meant to achieve.

Ari said some of the issues contained in the 2011 communiqué had been addressed by ITF. He said the issues addressed included the engagement of stakeholders to sentise the public on the relevance of the scheme to national growth and development and the epayment of SIWES allowances.

According to him, the fund also orgainsed stakeholders meeting to resolve some of the thorny issues

associated with SIWES. Ari, however, said that not much had been achieved with regards to funding of the scheme.

He said the conference was expected to address funding challenges and resolve the issue of geometric increase in the number of courses and students involved in the scheme.

Ari also said that the scheme had succeeded in establishing a closer collaboration between institutions and industries, a factor which he said was essential for preparing young people for the labour market.

In a paper presentation, Dr. Mas’udu Kazaure, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education said the scheme was a skill based training programme that exposes students of approved higher institutions to real life work situation. Kazaure said the scheme was meant to enable students understand and acquire basic technical, professional and ethical skills required in the industrial setting of academic discipline. He said that industrial experiences occupied a highly significant place in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) curriculum.

success tips Esther Taiwo

The Managing Proprietor of Victory Group of Schools, Chief Francis Ipoola Olaniyan, has counseled the outgoing students on ways to be successful during the Valedictory Graduation ceremony held at Victory Hall, Ikeja recently.

He listed major points that could make them excel during their future educational career in life.

The major points for success, he said are: “You have to be focused and determined in order to excel in life, set your mind for achievements, work hard, be persevering and always aim at the best in whatever course you embark upon. Again, you must put your efforts under the control of Almighty God, the only one who can crown your efforts with success”.

The Proprietor stressed

further that they should be prayerful and worship God always and to commit their efforts in the hands of God for resounding success.

He also charged them to be honest and transparent always, adding that the dishonest people abound in our country because they are not honest at all, although it is extremely difficult to be honest.

Olaniyan, however, expressed gratitude to parents and wards for supporting the outgoing students morally and financially during this hard time of economic crunch in the country.

He also gave Kudos to both academic and non-academic staff for their efforts. Prizes were given to the best students in every subject and some distinguished ex-students also bagged achievers’ awards.

Tinubu calls for state of emergency on education The senator, representing Lagos Central senatorial district, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday, called for declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector of the country.

Tinubu, the wife of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, made the call while speaking with newsmen in Lagos. She spoke on the side line of the opening of the 12th Annual Research Conference and Fair organised by the University of Lagos.

The senator was reacting to the indefinite strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide.

The lecturers are protesting the non-implementation of both the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the 2009 agreement it entered into with the Federal Government.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had on Monday declared an indefinite strike over Federal Government failure to keep to the 2009 agreement. According to Tinubu, for a country to excel, its education must be built on a firm foundation. “We have to declare a state of emergency on education in this country.

“This is what we have been

Tinubu

going through, even during the budget process.

“There are lots of shortfalls in our universities.

“Even when I visit universities, when I look at their laboratories and a lot of other teaching materials, they are nothing to be cheerful about,’’ she said.

She recalled that during her school days, she was not from a rich family, “but I went through school and was proud to go through school’’.

She urged the Federal Government to look into the agitation of the union seriously and proffer a workable solution.

“I also want to plead with ASUU to show understanding with the government, and consider the young people.”

Tinubu noted that when a country is filled with more than half of the population, not being properly educated, “it becomes detrimental to the growth of the nation.

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Lassa fever: Agege council chairman sensitizes public, tasks on personal hygiene Esther Taiwo

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order to forestall further occurrence of deaths caused by LASSA fever, Chairman AGEGE Local government, Ganiyu Egunjobi has taken a campaign throughout the local government commencing from the three main markets in the area against infection of Lassa fever.

Addressing market men and women on Tuesday at the Agege main market, the chairman reminded them that two persons were recently confirmed dead from Lassa fever at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, even as a resident doctor has been infected with the disease.

He explained to them that Lassa fever, also known as Lassa hemorrhagic fever (LHF), is a type of viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. “The disease is usually spread to people via contact with the urine or feces of an infected

multimammate rat. There is no vaccine yet for the treatment”, he said.

The council boss explained further to them that the only prevention is to maintain personal hygiene adding that market places are usually too dirty and it is a safe haven for rodents to inhabit.

“We are here today to help you kill all the rats in this market through proper fumigation exercise but the onus lies on you to maintain a clean environment by ensuring personal hygiene”, he said.

Egunjobi also told them that charity begins at home which means they must also make sure that their home environment is clean adding that the local government under his administration will build a school close to the market as he encouraged them to pay their dues and taxes so as to assist government to deliver its campaign promises to them.

The council boss was in company of the council manager, Mrs Mayowa Kuforiji who also appealed to the public to cooperate with governments in area of personal hygiene saying the campaign against Lassa fever has been ongoing since the outbreak which has claimed two lives in the state.

“We have been using public address system, calling on our people to ensure their environment is clean not only to prevent Lassa fever but other diseases caused by uncleanliness”, she said.

In her response, the Iyaloja general of Agege main market, Mrs. Taibat Tijani said the campaign is a welcome idea as it will go a long way to ensure safety of lives as she promised to take it beyond the market by sensitizing people in the area on how to maintain personal hygiene both at home and in their places of work.

Apapa council boss launches Corps against Environmental pollution Patrick Okohue

ÏÏÏ The Executive Chair-

man of Apapa Local Government, Hon. Adele Elijah Owolabi, has urge residents and those transacting business within his domain to take seriously the proper disposal of refuse, just as he flags-off KACHAM corps.

Explaining that this was in view of the filthy environment and the attendant negative effect on commerce, the council boss said while kick starting the new initiative, Keep Apapa Clean and Healthy, A Must (KACHAM) Corps, was to forestall indiscriminate dumping of refuse evident within Apapa.

Adele cited the fact that the drive for the initiative was borne out of the huge economic loss that dirt and filth riddled environment may bring Apapa blessed by two seaports situated there.

While calling for the cooperation of the peoples of the community with government, Adele said he established the KACHAM CORPS to enforce the cleanliness culture, along with 25 units of “Branded Waste Bins” to be placed in dif-

ferent strategic points, as well as the “Cleaner Apapa Squad” (CAS).

He noted that KACHAM will embark on 24/7 surveillance all around the area to ensure compliance, stating that the corps will operate both day and night shift to ensure the cleanliness of the environment, owing to the busy nightlife in Apapa.

Adding that all through the team will embark on rigorous sensitisation campaign to educate people about the need for compliance as defaulters may likely face the consequence by September.

“This is one of my eleven cardinal points for the environment, once environment is clean it can give room for business activities to thrive and my feasibility study revealed that Apapa is a peculiar place, there are businesses that thrive in the night time, tankers and haulages that come into Apapa at night and the indomie sellers who sell till 2am in the night.

“We now say that we have to address the situation, the governor gave us standing order after we were swornin to clean Apapa axis and since 31st of July we have

embarked on that, but immediately we clean, the next morning the dirts are back on the road.

“I spoke with the maintenance department to fabricate the branded waste bin and our sweepers will be moving day and night to clean the area. The people should dispose their trash in the waste bins,” Adele said.

Hon. Mojisola Lawal Miranda member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Apapa 1 constituency said, “We need a clean environment so that we can be free from sicknesses, diseases and epidemics, moreover this time that we have LASSA fever resurgence in town, it very important that we clean our environment and not only that, we clean and cart away, which I think should be our major preoccupation, we shouldn’t let the government remind us of the importance of cleanliness in our environment.

Hon. Ayodeji Joseph, Member House of Representatives, representing Apapa Federal Constituency commended the initiative, counseling people to maximise the opportunity.

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DISCIPLES OF YAWEH SYNAGOGUE INTERNATIONAL The general public is hereby notified that the above named non-governmental organization has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja, for registration as an incorporated trustee under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap. C-20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1). ELDER JOSEPH EKE - PRESIDENT 2) SIS ALICE OBIAGERI OBINNA AWA SECRETARY 3). ELDER OBINNA AWA 4). REV COMFORT OBINNA AWA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES i). To take the gospel of salvation of our Lord Jesus to all parts of the world and to bring souls into the body of Christ ii). To deliver people from darkness and the bondage of sin, sickness, poverty and every satanic oppression and manipulation iii). To promote religious harmony iv). The promoting of holiness as a way of Christian living v). The quest for salvation as the key to happiness in daily life Any objection to this registration should be addressed to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

SIGNED PRESIDENT

RETIRED CUSTOMS OFFICERS FREIGHT FORWARDERS 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. MR.OJIBA EJOH MALACHY 2. MR. CHRIS OSUNKWO 3. MR. DANASABE ABUBAKAR 4. MR. IHEME HONWELL NDUKWE 5. MRS HENRIETTA EDOSOMWAN 6. PRINCE OBIORA MGBAKOR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

CHETA ALA ETCHE FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1. OMOAKA ONYINYECHI 2. NWAOBILOR MORGAN 3. NWAOBILOR NKEIRUKA 4. NWAFOR ALFRED UZOMA

CHAIRMAN SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO CATER FOR THE WELFARE OF INDIGENES 2. TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR INDIGENT INDIGENES OF THE COMMUNITY ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ORAIFITE IMPROVEMENT UNION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR CHANGE OF TRUSTEES AND APPLICATION FOR CERTIFY TRUE COPY (CTC) OF CERTIFICATE TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 OLD TRUSTEES: 1. SIR. EMEKA OFFOR -RETAINED 2.

3. MR. CYPRIAN NWACHUKWU -RETAINED 4.

5. CHIEF OBIORA OBAA -RETAINED 6.

7. PRINCE IKE OKONKWO -RETAINED 8.

9. DR. J.A.P OKOLO -REMOVED 10.

SIR EUGENE ANYABA -RETAINED SIR SUNDAY IGBOANUZUE -RETAINED CHIEF SUNDAY ENEKWUIZU -RETAINED IGWE DR. DAN UDOJI -RETAINED ENGR. AGAM ENICHEBE -REMOVED

NEW TRUSTEES APPOINTED 1. DR. GODSON C.S. OKEKE 2. HON. TOCHUKWU ANAZODO CTC OF CERTIFICATE THEREFORE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR THE CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE (CTC) NO CAC/IT/NO 660 WHICH GOT LOST IN TRANSIT IN ABUJA ON 20/1/17 AND WAS DULLY REPORTED TO POLICE STATION. ALL EFFORT TO GET IT BACK HAS PROVED ABORTIVE. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGES AND APPLICATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

SIGNED: BARR UCHE IZUOGU

SIGNED: SECRETARY

WHITE LEAF CENTRE FOR KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOPMENT

SICKLE CELL AND YOUNG STROKE SURVIVORS INTERNATIONAL 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)OMEIKE MICHAEL ODIA-CHAIRMAN. 2)BENEDICTA ANALO. 3)DR DIEPIRIYE CALEB. 4)DR STEPHANIE NWACHUKWU. 5) OBI AMBER OGHENERO- SECRETARY. 6) ESE OBUKOHWO. 7)OMOROJIE RAYMOND EMEKE. 8) AIDOLOJE BLESSING OMOYEMEN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF MEMBERS AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT FOR BETTERMENT OF OUR SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED” SECRETARY

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) CAROL CHINWE NWOSU (2)DANIEL CHIDIEBERE NWOSU (3)DR OSUJI UGOEZE CHUKWUDI THEOPHILUS (4) ONYIUKE NGOZI VERONICA (5)OKEKE MARIUS CHUKA. (6) DR OKEKE CHUKE STEPHEN (7) OTONA - MOHAMMED CHARITY IMISOMI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH SICKLE CELL AND PROMOTE FREE MEDICAL TREATMENT.

Public Notice 21 THE TIGER EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT NO. 1 OF 1990 TRUSTEES 1. UKO UCHENNA 2. OKOYE SYLVESTER TOCHUKWU 3. NWEKE STEPHEN OSITA 4. EGWUAKA OGECHUKWU LOUIS 5. AKUKWU UGOCHUKWU 6. MICHAEL MMEYENNE JUDE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO EMPOWER THE YOUTHS AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY. 2. TO CREATE A SOCIETY THAT WILL BE FREE FROM POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: BARR. CHIGBO OBIAKOR ONONIBA CHAMBERS, PLOT 576 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, CENTRAL AREA ABUJA 09054795964

ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERMANENT SECRETARIES BAYELSA STATE 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)DANIEL COLLINS EBI-CHAIRMAN. 2)JOHN DOUPAMONIPRE EGBE-SECRETARY. 3)PHILOMINA ALADEI. 4)MRS VICTORIA ABBAH TEKENAH. 5)DOMO-SPIFF EBIGBERI AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO ASSIST, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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1.

PROF. JAMES AGENA, 2. PRINCE NWAEZE ONU, 3. SUNDAY CHUKWU, 4. AMB. DR. MIKE ONYEDIKACHI OKORO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS IN EBONYI STATE

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRARGENERAL. CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET. PMB 198, MATIAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28TH DAYS FROMTHE 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 28TH DAYS FROMTHE DATE OF PUBLICATION.

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SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE PROPHETIC CITY OF FAITH MINISTRY This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied to the corporate affairs commission (cac), abuja for registration under part ‘c’ of companies and allied matters act, 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1.Apostle Ima Ufot Unah --------General Overseer 2.Okokon Ufot Unah ------------Secretary 3.Ekemini Ubong Uyoatah----------Treasurer 4.Nyakenseme Sunday Ufot -----------Financial Secretary 5.Pastor Eddy Nyah Essien --------------Adviser AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.The Church is organized and shall be operated exclusively for religious, charitable, educational and medical services.

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: BY- APOSTLE IMA UFOT UNAH GENERAL OVERSEER OKOKON UFOT UNAH SECRETARY

GENESIS THE FEAR OF GOD CHURCH

DIVINEA MERCY LIBERATION MINISTRY

This is to inform the General Public that the above named ORGANISATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution Under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES ÷ 1. EVANGELIST CAROLINE TELMA NWOGU - PRESIDENT 2. PASTOR ISRAEL CHIJIOKE ACHERU - SECRETARY 3. ELDER JOSEPH IGAH - MEMBER 4. BRO. LASTING NWOGU - MEMBER THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach the word of God to all nations.

2. To win souls for Christ through evangelism Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 565, Ndola Square, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

TRUSTEES 1. SWACHET ADAMA - CHAIRMAN 2. EMMANUEL HABAKKUK BWAKASHAK- SECRETARY 3. JONATHAN SUNDAY AKUNS 4. GLADYS YANI MAGAJI 5 . LYNDA HENNANG BARAU 6. ADELINE NANKWAT FOMPUM 7. PHILEMON BULUS DAMUL 8 .EGBE PRINCEWILL OMABITE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS 2. TO HELP THE LESS PRIVILEGE Any objection to the application should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja – FCT, within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: SECRETARY

ST TIMOTHY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution Under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. MR ONYEDUM IKECHUKWU TIMOTHY- PRESIDENT 2. MRS ONYEDUM NKECHI NONYE - SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO HELP AND ASSIST ORPHANS AND WIDOWS BY STRENGTHENING AND ENCOURAGING THEM .

2. TO EDUCATE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DIABETES DUE TO THEIR MEDICAL HISTORY ON EARLY PREVENTION .

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

SIGNED : GT LOCUS CONSULT

22 Public Notice LIMITLESS COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL MISSION IN NIGERIA

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution Under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. MR ANAZODO NWACHUKWU ECHELUNACHUKWU - PRESIDENT 2. DR OJO ODION EMMANUEL- VICE PRESIDENT 3. CHIEF UZOMA - EZIEFULE AUGUSTINA AMUCHI- SECRETARY 4. MRS HANNAH NNENNA BROWN 5. SIR ONYEDUM IKECHUKWU TIMOTHY 6. SIR NWACHUKWU MADUKA ARIRIGUZO- P.R.O AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO OFFER HELP TO AFRICAN MEN AND WOMEN SUFFERING FROM DEBILITATING ILLNESS SUCH AS LEPROSY 2. TO HELP DISABLED CHILDREN IN NIGERIA Any objection to the application should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja – FCT, within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: GT LOCUS CONSULT .

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The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution Under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution Under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution Under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

TRUSTEES 1. CHIEF EUGENE OKEKE 2. CHIEF EZEWUSIE OKEKE 3. MR HYGINUS CHINWITE OZORUDEH 4. MR SUNDAY ONYEMAECHI NNAEMEZIE

TRUSTEES

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL CO- EXISTENCE AMONG PEOPLE 2. TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST IN THE AMICABLE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DIALOGUE AND CONSULTATION. 3. TO PROMOTE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF JUSTICE FOR ALL. Any objection to the application should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja – FCT, within 28 days of this publication.

1. PASTOR ( MRS) CHAPLAIN ABOLANLE D’ ALMEIDA 2. MR OLUGBEMI OREOLUWATOMI 3. ADEWALE OLARIBIGBE KEJI 4. DADA OLATUNDE AJASA 5. EFFIONG PAULINUS EDET 6. AJAYI EBENEZER FEYISOPE 7. PASTOR TAIWO ABIOLA JOHNSON 8. D’ ALMEIDA OLUWASEYI SAMUEL 9 JIMOH KAZEEM 10 . EVANGELIST GLADYS NKEONYE NWAKA ( MRS)

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PREACH THE UNDILUTED WORD OF GOD Any objection to the application should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja – FCT, within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: UZOWULU UGO & CO .08033393213

SIGNED : OZO - ENEMIMO KENNEDY ESQ.

THE RENAISSANCE EMPIRE CHRISTIAN CENTRE

D209 RECREATION CLUB CAC/IT/NO.45395.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. FOR THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF THE YOUTH & SOCIETY AT LARGE 2. TO ERADICATE POVERTY IN THE SOCIETY 3. TO ASSIST THE INDIGENT IN THE SOCIETY ACQUIRE SKILLS THAT WILL IN TURN IMPROVE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING Any objection to the application should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja – FCT, within 28 days of this publication.

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

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mr. John Timbuak 2. Engr. Isaac David Balami 3. Mrs. Yemisi Bola Salawu 4. Rev. Manasseh Ayuba Dogon

OLD TRUSTEES 1 Godson Uti -Removed, 3. Reuben Ovuorie - Retained 5. Alaba Osiname - Retained

THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Babatunde Terab - Retained 2. Dr. Mustapha Abba Tijjani - Removed

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

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

EBUKA OKAFOR FOUNDATION CAC/IT/NO: 85161

This is to notify the general public that the above named, has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change Of Trustees under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. OKAFOR EBUKA ZEPHAINIAH- REMOVED 2. AGBASI FRANCISCA UBAKANWA - REMOVED 3. NNAMANI DIDACUS NNABUIKE - REMOVED THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Chief Dr. Alexander Chika Okafor 2. Brig. Gen. Nath Okeji 3. Rev. John Okafor 4. Chief Chibuzo Ziggy Azike THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME Any objection to this Application should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication

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

THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Shettima Abba Kura Imam 2. Baba Mala Sheriff 3. Abubakar Yerima Askira 4. Hadiza Mustapha Haruna 5. Fatima Shehu Imam THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME Any objection to this Application should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication

SIGNED: SECRETARY

SIGNED : SECRETARY

NEW TRUSTEES 1.Segun Abiru - appointed 3. Segun Wahab- appointed

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE LOSS OF ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY NO . NC 16605 ON TPO 483D IN RESPECT OF PLOT NO 20 NEW ROAD KURMIN MASHI KADUNA BELONGING TO OCEANGATE PROPERTIES LIMITED OF NO 5 MUHAMMADU BUHARI WAY KADUNA , WHICH THE COMPANY BOUGHT FROM ALH AHMED ABDULKADIR M/ FASHI IN 2011. THE SAID DOCUMENT GOT LOST ON 10th NOVEMBER , 2016 ALONG KANO ROAD KADUNA , ALL EFFORTS MADE TO TRACE SAME PROVED ABORTIVE, CONCERN AUTHORITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC TO TAKE NOTE .

2.Tunji Oguntokun -appointed 4. Yemi Oladokun - appointed

NATH-EDITH FOUNDATION

THE LAST TRUMPET BIBLE CHURCH CAC/IT/NO: 40880

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

This is to notify the general public that the above named, has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Change Of Trustees under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Mrs. Chinekwu Victoria Egwim 2. Mr. Joseph Nwankwo Egwim 3. Mr. Nnamdi Ifeanyichukwu Egwim

THE OLD TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Pastor Uzor Victor - Retained 2. Deaconess Blessing Uzor - Retained 3. Deacon James Jeremiah - Removed 4. Deacon Michael Onyekachi Dialaeme - Removed

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. To assist the less privileged in the society

THE NEWLY APPOINTED TRUSTEES IS: 1. Afam Christian Uzor

Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: UCHE EBEH

SIGNED: SECRETARY

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

2. Rotimi Bisiriyu - Removed, 4. Seni Ajala - Retained

BARTHOLOMEW FOUNDATION

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES REMAIN THE SAME Any objection to this Application should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral of Corporate Affairs Commission Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: SECRETARY

THE INTEGRITY FRIENDS FOR TRUTH AND PEACE INITIATIVE CAC/IT/NO: 83794

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

The general public is hereby notified that the above named Initiative has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Removal and Addition of Trustees and Amendment of Constitution under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Cap C20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1.Bartholomew Kamuche.

2. Emmanuel Kamuche.

3. Eugene Ikechukwu Eze

The Old Trustees are: 1.WECHIE LIVINGSTONE 2.KEN HENSHAW 3.ENEFAA TELEMA GEORGEWILL 4.MINIKWU SAMUEL 5.UYI MESHACH SYLVANUS The New Trustee is: 1.INNOCENT OKOCHA

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE : 1.Providing Quality Education For Underprivileged Children.

2. Promotion Of Health Amongst The Elderly People.

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

RETAINED -

REMOVED REMOVED RETAINED REMOVED

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APPOINTED

AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION The following is the Article being amended: Articles 9 S. (2) (3) Any objection to the application should be forwarded to the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja – FCT, within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: C.C. NWADIKE & CO. 08130242085

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 16, 2017

WAKKA PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN ADAMAWA, LAGOS CHAPTER THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. SAMUEL JOHN DENNIS - CHAIRMAN 2. HAMMAN ZINAS MANNASAH - VICE CHAIRMAN 3. JAUROGAH KEFAS ESTHON - GENERAL PATRON 4. ANDANIKUS MICAH - SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE UNITY AND PROGRESS AMONG MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLES REBIRTH

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. PA. OLUMODIMU EMMANUEL AKINWUMI GABRIEL 2. MAZI EMMANUEL ELOCHUKWU AGU 3. MRS ANYADIKE NJIDEKA UGOCHI 4. DR. GABRIEL OLUWAROTIMI 5. ABRAHAM OLOBO PAUL ESQ 6. MS HABIBA USMAN 7. HARUNA BANGHI YOLA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO ORGANISE PROGRAMMES, WORKSHOPS,DIALOGUE, CONFERENCES, DEBATES, SEMINARS, INTERNSHIP, TOWN HALL MEETINGS, ROAD SHOWS AND ADVOCACIES TOWARDS PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT AND CITIZENS ENGAGEMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ENHANCING ACCOUNTABLE LEADERSHIP, NATION BUILDING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. 2. TO MENTOR YOUTHS AND YOUNG LEADERS, THEREBY INCULCATING INTO THEM VALUES OF CITIZENSHIP, NATIONHOOD, PATRIOTIC CONSCIOUSNESS , EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS EQUIP THEM FOR FUTURE LIFE CHALLENGES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

AKINMEGHA TAIWO OPEYEMI 2.

OLADELE OLAMIDE BLESSING AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO INSPIRE, SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE YOUNG ONES IN ORDER TO SECURE A GREAT FUTURE FOR THEM.

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

TRUSTEES: 1. DR. EMEKA OSUJI - CHAIRMAN. 2. CHINANU OSUJI - SECRETARY. 3. UDENZE GODFREY MBANUGO. AIM AND OBJECTIVE 1. TO PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TO PROVIDE EMPOWERMENT, SKILL ACQUISITION, CAPACITY BUILDING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SINGED : BARR. PATRICK ABANG 08039680750

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ONI JOY BUKOLA - PRESIDENT 2. ODUTOLA FREDERICK BABATUNDE - VICE PRESIDENT 3. ODUTOLA KOFOWOROLA ELIZABETH - SECRETARY 4. ELUGBAJU ABIODUN SOLOMON - TREASURER 5. ODUNSI JAMIU LATEEF - VICE TREASURER 6. MAMOWORA FUNKE FEYISOLA - MEMBER 7. TAIWO DADA - MEMBER AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED SECRETARY

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.

AKINMEGHA TAIWO OPEYEMI 2.

OLADELE OLAMIDE BLESSING

Public Notice 23 BUILD UP WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. MRS OLUFUNMI AGBAJE ROSEMARY- FOUNDER 2. MRS. OWOADE COMFORT FOLAKE - SECRETARY 3. MRS. BABALOLA ADEFUNKE TAIBAT - TREASURER 4. MRS. OLUWATOYIN MOJISOLA CHRISTIANA - P.R.O 5. MRS. FAITH OMOLOLA JULIANAH IBITOYE 6. PASTOR MRS. FOLARIN TEMIEPRE MARTHA 7. MISS. AGBAJE BUKOLA GLORIA AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO UNITE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE INTEREST OF ALL WOMEN FARMERS IN NIGERIA, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS “NIGERIA” SO THAT WOMEN FARMING CAN SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRO-ALLIED INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA. 2. TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF WOMEN FARMERS GROUPS COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATION AMONG ITS MEMBERS FOR FARM PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING VENTURES. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AMBASSADOR DR. MICHAEL OLADEJI -- CHAIRMAN 2. MRS FUNKE TEMILOLA OLADEJI 3. MR. SAMUEL ADENIJI 4. MRS MARY ADEYEMO 5. MR OLUWAKUNMI OLADEJI -- SECRETARY AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. STRENGTHEN, EXPAND AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE COUNTRY 2. ORIENTATE, EDUCATE, TRAIN AND EMPOWER THE YOUTH FOR A BETTER, FULFILLED MORAL LIFE. 3. TO PROMOTE THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE THROUGH ACTIVE ENCOURAGEMENT FOR RESEARCH. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

OKUN ILADO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MR LAWAL AKEEM OMOGBOLAHAN 3. ALHAJI YUSUF MUTAFIU ADEDAYO 5. MR MURAINO OLABODE RASHIDI

2. MR OSENI HAMEED 4. MR SALAMI FALILU 6. MR BANKOLE OLUGBENGA

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO INSPIRE, SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THE YOUNG ONES IN ORDER TO SECURE A GREAT FUTURE FOR THEM.

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.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. 2. TO MAINTAIN UNITY, UNDERSTANDING, COOPERATION, TOLERANCE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 3. TO CARRY OUT ANY ACTIVITIES THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ASSOCIATION AND THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.

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

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

SIGNED: SECRETARY BARR. OLAOLU MICHAEL ADENIYI

SIGNED: SECRETARY BARR. OLAOLU MICHAEL ADENIYI

FIMO-ORE FOUNDATION

FUTURE HOPE FRIENDS CLUB

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.Brenda Olufunsho-Samuel 2.Olujinmi Komolafe 3. Adebayo kayode 4. Engr. Oluwaseun Abolurin THE MAJOR AIM & OBJECTIVE: 1. TO RAISE GODLY TEENAGERS TO BECOMING GOOD LEADERS TO ENHANCE A PEACEFUL, HEALTHY AND GROWING SOCIETY AT LARGE 2. To equip the Young Adults to realize their full potential and capabilities in order to excel to greater heights in their contribution to the community.

3. To give support to orphans and vulnerable children in our community Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this publication SIGNED: BRENDA OLUFUNSHO-SAMUEL

NDEORU YOUTHS ASSEMBLY (NYA)

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

TRUSTEES ARE 1. ANI INNOCENT---CHAIRMAN 2. CHIDI EZEJIOFOR---SECRETARY 3. EDEH OBINNA 4. CHIDI CHUKWU 5. PAUL NNAMANI AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND INTEREST OF MEMBERS ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED OFFICERS OF FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPS

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Association has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

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

TRUSTEES ARE : 1. Promise Amarachi Igwe Esq. 3.

Mr. Osita Ndubuisi Wilson 5.

Mr. Lucky Okoronkwo 7.

Mr. Odiozor Chukwuma Bede

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.ENGR ADE OLAYEMI AGORO - CHAIRMAN 2.DANJUMA A.GARBA 3.BENJAMIN A. SANNI 4.MARY WAKAWA 5.HARRISON CHINEDU PEPPLE 6.ELOKA O. ANYAOKU 7.SYLVESTER TUMA DALOK

2.

4.

6.

8.

Comr. Victor Maduabuchi Victor Mr. Chigozia Odinaka Mr. Ikenna Abiaziam Mr. Ifeanyi Elias

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES (1) To ensure that peace is sustained in all the component communities and Obiakpu Autonomous Community in extension.

(2) To create a formidable youth body that will ensure the protection of our youths from undue intimidation, humiliation and victimization.

(3) To ensure that every youth has equal opportunity and freedom in the pursuit of collective and individual goals.

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

Signed: PROMISE AMARACHI IGWE ESQ.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO COME UP WITH POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES THAT WILL ENHANCE WELFARE OF RETIRED STAFF OF FRSC 2. TO PROVIDE A FORUM THAT WILL AVAIL MEMBERS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN VOCATIONS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL TO MEMBERS AND 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: SECRETARY

SIGNED BUKOLA ASIYANBI ESQ

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.GRACE AMINA AGADA 2.OGWU JAMES ONOJA 3.ENEMONA ABRAHAM AGADA 4.FOSTER UGBEDEOJO AGADA 5.QUEEN LADI ONOJA THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.TO PROVIDE SUCCOR TO WINDOWS AND ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN 2.TO EMPOWER THE LESS PRIVLAGE WOMEN AND GIRLS 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: SECRETARY ENEMONA ABRAHAM 08033060394

DAHUNSIMIDE EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED BODY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION (CAC), ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART C OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1 OF 1990 NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1.

TAYO OGUNDIRAN 2.

ADENIKE ABIMBOLA OGUNDIRAN 3.

OPEOLUWA ADEBUNMI DANYIWO AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYIIRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

24 Public Notice EKUNDAYO-KOLEADE LINDA BARAKAT I formerly known and address as Ekundayo Linda Basirat, now wish to be known and address as Ekundayo-Koleade Linda Barakat. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

IKEBULUWA DANIEL MADUBUEZE I, formerly known and addressed as, ENOCK DANIEL, now wish to be known and addressed as, IKEBULUWA DANIEL MADUBUEZE. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

MRS. ADEDEJI SEWANU DEBORAH(NEE IDOWU) I, formerly known and addressed as MISS. IDOWU SEWANU DEBORAH now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ADEDEJI SEWANU DEBORAH(NEE IDOWU).

All former documents remain valid.

General public take note.

AGATHA OGECHI ASIEGBUNAM I, formerly known and addressed as, OKAFOR OGECHUKWU AGATHA, now wish to be known and addressed as, AGATHA OGECHI ASIEGBUNAM. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME I, CHUKWU PATRICIA JERRY, and JERRY CHUKU PATRICIA, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, CHUKWU PATRICIA JERRY. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

MRS. ADEGOKE BUNMI ADIJAT

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS. ADESHINA BUNMI ADIJAT now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ADEGOKE BUNMI ADIJAT. All former documents remain valid.

Banks and general public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAMES

CORRECTION OF NAME

That my names are EDET EFFIONG UMANAH as appears in all my Police documents and EZEKIEL EFFIONG UMANAH as appears in my Bank BVN at First Bank Plc, Oron branch and my Voter’s Card registration. That I am the one bearing all the names mentioned above. That I now wish to be known and addressed as EDET EFFIONG UMANAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

That my name was wrongly written on my document as EHIKIOYA ISIBHAKHOME FORTUNE instead of EHIKIOYA ISIBHAKHOME FAVOUR. That my correct name is EHIKIOYA ISIBHAKHOME FAVOUR. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

MOSES ASUQUO JAMES I, formerly known and addressed as OKOKON JOHN, now wish to be known, called and addressed as MOSES ASUQUO JAMES. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME This is to confirm that the name EUCHARIA IJEOMA OSUJI and EUCHARIA IJEOMA OGBONNA refers to one and same person. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

MRS. IMAOBONG EFFIONG IGANI-TIMOTHY

MRS. ANIETIE JULIET UDOBIOROH

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANIETIE JULIET MFON-EKON, now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS. ANIETIE JULIET UDOBIOROH. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

MRS. OSUNWA CHIDINMA

ESUMEI PRINCE. I, formerly known and addressed as, ESUMEI PRINCE NDIDI, now wise to be known and addressed as, ESUMEI PRINCE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CHARLES CHRISTIAN CHIBUNNA I, formerly known and addressed as, CHARLES CHRISTIAN, now wish to be known and addressed as, CHARLES CHRISTIAN CHIBUNNA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

AJISOPE FUNMILAYO ESTHER. I, formerly known and addressed as TAIWO ESTHER FUNMILAYO now wish to be known and addressed as AJISOPE FUNMILAYO ESTHER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHINYERE OKEREKE OBGONNE. I, formerly known and addressed as STELLA OBASI, now wish to be known, called and addressed as CHINYERE OKEREKE OBGONNE. All former documents remain valid.

General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

PHILOMENA NNOSHIRI I, formerly known and addressed as PHILOMENA OPARA, now wish to be known and addressed as PHILOMENA NNOSHIRI. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

MRS. NSOFOR CHIOMA MIRIAMA NZERIBE

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHIDINMA NWADE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OSUNWA CHIDINMA. All former documents remain valid. FRSC and general public please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NZERIBE CHIOMA MIRIAMA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. NSOFOR CHIOMA MIRIAMA NZERIBE. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

AMIOHU VICTORIA

MARYAM ISHAQ

EFFIONG IGANI-TIMOTHY: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS. IMAOBONG EFFIONG HENRY NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS. IMAOBONG EFFIONG IGANI-TIMOTHY. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

AMIOHU VICTORIA” I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EYAFE VICTORIA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMIOHU VICTORIA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

EME AMAKA PRECIOUS

MRS AYEJUYO OMOTOLA OPEYEMI

AMAKA PRECIOUS: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AKPULA AMAKA PRECIOUS NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS EME AMAKA PRECIOUS. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

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OMOTOLA OPEYEMI: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS BANWO OMOTOLA OPEYEMI NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AYEJUYO OMOTOLA OPEYEMI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

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

TRUSTEES: 1. UGWU CHINAGOLU MILLICENT 2. NNAEMEKA EZEANI. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. HELPING THE POOR AND THE LESS PRIVILEGED. 2. PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER FOR THE NEEDY. 3. BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IN THE SOCIETY. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, PLOT 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: SECRETARY

MRS. ORIAKU EGO NWAOKOBIA. I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ORIAKU EGO ONYEAGBA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. ORIAKU EGO NWAOKOBIA. All former documents remain valid.

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ADDITION OF NAME I, EJUKWU VICTOR EBERE, wish to add, EBERE, to my name which was formerly, EJUKWU VICTOR, in my BVN details. I now wish to be known and addressed as, EJUKWU VICTOR EBERE. My correct date of birth is, 15th July, 1975, not 14th July, 1975.

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TOWOBOLA OLORUNFEMI MOSES I, formerly known and addressed as TOWOBOLA KUNLE FUNMBI now wish to be known and addressed as TOWOBOLA OLORUNFEMI MOSES. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MEDAIYESE OLALEKAN TITUS. I, formerly known and addressed as FATILE OLALEKAN GEORGE now wish to be known and addressed as MEDAIYESE OLALEKAN TITUS. And my date of Birth is 14th of July, 1970. All former documents remain valid.

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

I, formerly known and addressed as ARIGBEDE AYOOLA MOSES, now wish to be known, called and addressed as ARIGBEDE AYOOLA BORODE. That my correct date of birth is 22nd day of November, 1968. All former documents remain valid. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

CHIDIEBERE SAMUEL CHUKWUDI I, formerly known and addressed as ANEMEJE SAMUEL CHUKWUDI, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIDIEBERE SAMUEL CHUKWUDI. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

CECILIA SUNDAY. I, formerly known and addressed as CECILIA NWABUASO, now wish to be known and addressed as CECILIA SUNDAY. All former documents remain valid.

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ADEYEYE OLUWAREMILEKUN FOLUKE

ONUOHA NKIRU BENITA

UGBECHIE ANWULI

NKIRU BENITA: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS OBIWURU NKIRU BENITA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESS AS ONUOHA NKIRU BENITA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE

UGBECHIE ANWULI: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ANYANWU ANWULI NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS UGBECHIE ANWULI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

SUNDAY ADEBISI

xx OLUYEMI MODUPE (MRS) AKINTOLA

I, formerly known as MISS,AKINWUMI PATIENCE BOLUWATIFE, now wish to be called MRS,OLADIPUPO PATIENCE BOLUWATIFE. All relevant former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

Formerly known and addressed as AVWUNUDJE SUNDAY now wish to be known and addressed as AVWUNUDJE WILFRED SUNDAY. All former documents remain valid.

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ARIGBEDE AYOOLA BORODE

OLUWAREMILEKUN FOLUKE: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEOYE OLUWARANTI FOLUKE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS ADEYEYE OLUWAREMILEKUN FOLUKE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

MRS,OLADIPUPO PATIENCE xx BOLUWATIFE

AVWUNUDJE WILFRED SUNDAY

MUSA MUSA KAMBA

MARYAM ISHAQ: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MAIRO IBRAHIM NOW I WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MARYAM ISHAQ. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE

I formerly known called and addressed as RUFUS SUNDAY ADEBISI, now wish to be known called and addressed as SUNDAY ADEBISI. All former documents remain valid.

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OKERE DANIEL NJOKU I, formerly known and addressed as, DANIEL NJOKU, now wish to be known and addressed as, OKERE DANIEL NJOKU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known called and addressed as ORETADE OLUYEMI MODUPE (MISS), now wish to be known called and addressed as AKINTOLA OLUYEMI MODUPE (MRS). All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME That I am the same person bearing OBETO RACHEAL BLESSING and THADDIUS RACHEAL AGNONAM now wish to be known and addressed as THADDIUS RACHEAL AGNONAM. All relevant former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note

MRS. CHRISTIANA ADAEZE EMEKALAM I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHRISTIANA CHINANU ONYE-NDIMELE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. CHRISTIANA ADAEZE EMEKALAM. All former documents remain valid.

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ESIAKA CLARA CHINASA I, formerly known and addressed as OHAZULIKE CLARA CHINASA, now wish to be known and addressed as ESIAKA CLARA CHINASA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MISS ADAMS-SUBERU AHUOIZA AISHA I formerly known called and addressed as MISS SUBERU AISHA AHUOIZA, now wish to be known called and addressed as MISS ADAMS-SUBERU AHUOIZA AISHA. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

BOLANLE ENO NKANA I formerly known called and addressed as OMOBOLANLE ENO-BELLO TIJANI, now wish to be known called and addressed as BOLANLE ENO NKANA. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

JULFA NIMMYEL I, formerly known and addressed as JATBUT NIMMYEL, Now wish to be known and addressed as JULFA NIMMYEL. All former documents remain valid.

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MUSTAPHA AMINAT OMOWUNMI I, formerly known and addressed as OLADIPUPO AMINAT IYABO, Now wish to be known and addressed as MUSTAPHA AMINAT OMOWUNMI. All former documents remain valid.

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ADA OWUNWENE I, formerly known and addressed as, ADA QUEEN AMADI, now wish to be known and addressed as, ADA OWUNWENE. My correct date of birth is, 1st October, 1994, not 10th October, 1994. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

SALAM MUDA OLAWALE

I, formerly known and addressed as Salami Mudasheeru Olawale now wish to be known and addressed as Salam Muda Olawale. All former documents remain valid.

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SHOLAJA RUKAYAT GBEMISOLA I, formerly known and addressed as AMOO RUKAYAT GBEMISOLA now wish to be known and addressed as SHOLAJA RUKAYAT GBEMISOLA. All former documents remain valid.

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AYOOLA OLUWADAMILOLA KAREEM

I, formerly known and addressed as AYOOLA OLUWADAMILOLA JINADU, now wish to be known, called and addressed as AYOOLA OLUWADAMILOLA KAREEM. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. EMMANUEL IJEOMA HEPHZIBAH I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EMMANUEL IJEOMA FAITH, now wish to be known and aaddressed as MRS. EMMANUEL IJEOMA HEPHZIBAH. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS OMOLAYO CHRISTIANA

CHRISTIANADAMILOLA DAMILOLA: I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MESARAWON DAMILOLA CHRISTIANA NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OMOLAYO CHRISTIANA DAMILOLA. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

SHITTU OLUSOLA ARIKE (MRS).

I formerly known called and addressed as ORELUSI OLUSOLA ARIKE (MISS), now wish to be known called and addressed as SHITTU OLUSOLA ARIKE (MRS). All former documents remain valid.

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MRS. ADEOLA ADETUTU OTABOR

I formerly known called and addressed as MISS. ADEOLA ADETUTU OLA, now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. ADEOLA ADETUTU OTABOR. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

OLADOYINBO FUNMILAYO DEBBIE

I, formerly known as LAWAL FUNMILAYO DEBBIE, now wish to be called OLADOYINBO FUNMILAYO DEBBIE. All relevant former documents remain valid.

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BABALOLA OLUFUNKE ANUOLUWAPO

I formerly known called and addressed as SODIYA OLUFUNKE ANUOLUWAPO, now wish to be known called and addressed as BABALOLA OLUFUNKE ANUOLUWAPO. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

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EBHOERAMHEYE TONY

x NWAOGU ONYEKACHI TOMGSON

Formerly known and addressed as RAPHEAL TONY ALEX, now wish to be known and addressed as EBHOERAMHEYE TONY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as NWAOGU CHINONSO STANLEY, now wish to be known and addressed as NWAOGU ONYEKACHI TOMGSON. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MR AZZEZ MOJEED AKINLABI Formerly known and addressed as AZEEZ MOJEED, now wish to be known and addressed as MR AZZEZ MOJEED AKINLABI. All former documents remain valid.

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CONFIRMATION OF NAME

UKPONG AKANINYI

ALAWODE QASIM ABIODUN

25 Public Notice

OGUNJOBI DEBORAH OMAMUYOVWI

Formerly known and addressed as UVIANENE DEBORAH OMAMUYOVWI, now wish to be known and addressed as OGUNJOBI DEBORAH OMAMUYOVWI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

This is to confirm and certify that DANIEL FLORENCE KOKO is same person bearing FLORENCE KOKO ST. MATHEW DANIEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ENYINNAH MICHAEL AKANINYI, now wish to be known and addressed as UKPONG AKANINYI. All former documents remain valid.

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Formerly known and addressed as QOSIM SOLIU and QOZEEM SOLIU ABIODUN, now wish to be known and addressed as ALAWODE QASIM ABIODUN. All former documents remain valid.

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This is to confirm and certify that HELEN UCHE MOEMEKE is same person bearing HELEN UCHE EZEOZUE. That I now wish to be known and addressed as HELEN UCHE MOEMEKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

IYANDA ABIMBOLA KUDIRAT

ONIKOYI ADEBAYO JOSEPH Formerly known and addressed as ONIKOYI ADEBAYO YUSUF, now wish to be known and addressed as ONIKOYI ADEBAYO JOSEPH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

aEBENEZER-ABIOLA REBECCA YETUNDE Formerly known and addressed as OJEDELE REBECCA YETUNDE, now wish to be known and addressed as EBENEZER-ABIOLA REBECCA YETUNDE. All former documents remain valid.

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ANIGILAJE FALILAT TITILAYO Formerly known and addressed as WASIU FALILAT TITILAYO, now wish to be known and addressed as ANIGILAJE FALILAT TITILAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

GARUBA AJARAT OMOWUNMI Formerly known and addressed as MRS. ODE GARUBA, now wish to be known and addressed as GARUBA AJARAT OMOWUNMI. All former documents remain valid.

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This is to confirm and certify that DANIEL IBIJOKE ANTHONIA is same person bearing DANIEL IBIJOKE ANTHONIA ST. MATHEW DANIEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as OWOLABI AYOKA KUDIRAT, now wish to be known and addressed as IYANDA ABIMBOLA KUDIRAT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

SHITTU BUKOLA CATHERINE

SHITTU BUKOLA CATHERINE

Formerly known and addressed as DAVIDSON BUKOLA CATHERINE, now wish to be known and addressed as SHITTU BUKOLA CATHERINE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

RANSOMEKUTI ENITAN ALFRED

Formerly known and addressed MISS.APELOKO BUKOLA ADETOUN, now wish to be known and addressed as SHITTU BUKOLA CATHERINE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

x KAYODE JOSEPH OKOTETE

I, formerly known and addressed as KAYODE JOSEPH CHARLES OKOTETE now to be known and addressed as KAYODE JOSEPH OKOTETE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss ADEAGBO ADERONKE TAWAKALT now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs OKOTETE ADERONKE TAWAKALT. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ALUMA CHIDIEBERE ANDREW

MISS MODUPEOLUWA SARAH OGUNDARE

NOSIERE ANTHONIA SUNDAY

Formerly known and addressed as MRS MODUPEOLUWA SARAH FAMIDE, now wish to be known and addressed as MISS MODUPEOLUWA SARAH OGUNDARE. All former documents remain valid.

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ADEBAYO MOSHOOD

MRS. ADENLE, MUHEEBAH OLUWADOLAPO

I, registered at birth as WILLIAMS, Oluwadolapo Muyibat, and known as Miss WILLIAMS, Oluwadolapo Muheebah after maturity now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. ADENLE, Muheebah Oluwadolapo.

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ISIAKA AKEEM ADIO

Formerly known and addressed as NOSIERE PATIENCE SUNDAY, now wish to be known and addressed as NOSIERE ANTHONIA SUNDAY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as HAKEEM ADIO ISIAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as ISIAKA AKEEM ADIO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ARCHIBONG GODSWILL CHIBUZOR

MRS OLUWAFEMI TCHOTCHO ADEBAYO

This is to state that I was known and addressed as ADEBAYO MOSHOOD OLAWALE.That I now wish to remove OLAWALE from my name. That I now wish to be known called and addressed as ADEBAYO MOSHOOD. All former documents remain valid.

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ADDITION OF NAME Formerly known and addressed as ARCHIBONG GODSWILL, now I wish to add CHIBUZOR to my name.

Henceforth, I wish to be known and addressed as ARCHIBONG GODSWILL CHIBUZOR. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS OLUWAFEMI TCHOTCHO AYAYI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OLUWAFEMI TCHOTCHO ADEBAYO. All former documents remain valid.

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aOLAWEPO TEMITOPE VICTORIA Formerly known and addressed as OLAWEPO TEMITOPE AYOBOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as OLAWEPO TEMITOPE VICTORIA. All former documents remain valid.

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SUBAIR SADIAT TEMIDIRE I formerly known and addressed as OKOYE-CHINE ESTHER TEMIDIRE now wish to be known called and addressed as SUBAIR SADIAT TEMIDIRE. All former documents remain valid.

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This is to state that I was known and addressed as EYEOWA ADEKUNLE .That I now wish to add OLUWADAMILOLA to my name. That I now wish to be known called and addressed as EYEOWA ADEKUNLE OLUWADAMILOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

FEYISARA OLAYEMI ARIYO I , formerly Sinota Sanni Ariyo now wish to be known and addressed as Feyisara Olayemi Ariyo. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

FATIMAH IYABO TIJANI

I formerly known as Fatimah Iyabo Yusuf,now wish to be known and addressed as Fatimah Iyabo Tijani. All former documents remains valid. General public please take note

EYEOWA ADEKUNLE OLUWADAMILOLA

OKEKE EZINNE JUDITH AKUNNA

I formerly known and addressed as OKEKE EZINNE AKUNNA now wish to be known called and addressed as OKEKE EZINNE JUDITH AKUNNA. All former documents remain valid.

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AYODELE OLUKEMI OPEMIPO

AYODELE JESULAYOMI OLUWAGBENGA

I formerly known and addressed as FAGBOYO OLUKEMI OPEMIPO now wish to be known called and addressed as AYODELE OLUKEMI OPEMIPO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as FAGBOYO ABAYOMI OLUWAGBENGA now wish to be known called and addressed as AYODELE JESULAYOMI OLUWAGBENGA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AJIBOLA OLAYINKA MARGARET

SALAMI KABIRU OWOYEMI I formerly known called and addressed as SALAMI KABIRU ALOWONLE, now wish to be known called and addressed as SALAMI KABIRU OWOYEMI. All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known called and addressed as AJIBOLA ADIGUNOLAYINKA, now wish to be known called and addressed as AJIBOLA OLAYINKA MARGARET. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

MRS IFEYINWA NGOZIKA UWAOMA

Formerly known and addressed as MISS IFEYINWA NGOZIKA EZEONU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IFEYINWA NGOZIKA UWAOMA. All former documents remain valid.

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OKORO EDITH Formerly known and addressed as OKORORO EDITH, now wish to be known and addressed as OKORO EDITH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

QUADRI YUSUF KOREDE

OLAMIDE FRANCISCA NIHINLOLA

Formerly known and addressed as RASAQ KOREDE QUADRI, now wish to be known and addressed as QUADRI YUSUF KOREDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

a MRS UGWU ESTHER JAMES

Formerly known and addressed as AKINDIPE FRANCISCA NIHINLOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as OLAMIDE FRANCISCA NIHINLOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as JAMES ESTHER, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UGWU ESTHER JAMES. All former documents remain valid.

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TITILOPE OLUBUNMI AJAO I, formerly known as Titilope Olubunmi Awobajo, now wish to be known and addressed as Titilope Olubunmi Ajao. All former documents remain valid.

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IDEHEN OLUWABUNMI REBECCA Formerly known and addressed as IDEHEN OLUWABUNMI OLUMIDE, now wish to be known and addressed as IDEHEN OLUWABUNMI REBECCA. That my date of birth is 17/03/1983. All former documents remain valid.

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COVENANT BENEFICIARIES OF JESUS THE CHRIST CHURCH MRS OKOTETE ADERONKE TAWAKALT

Formerly known and addressed as OLUROTIMI ENITAN ALFRED AND ALFRED ROTIMI ENITAN, now wish to be known and addressed as RANSOMEKUTI ENITAN ALFRED. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as ALUMA CHIEBERE MARY, now wish to be known and addressed as ALUMA CHIDIEBERE ANDREW. All former documents remain valid.

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CORRECTION OF NAME/ DECLARATION OF AGE

This is to notify the public that my name was wrongly written on my BVN as AHULA FELIX SIMONinstead of AHULA SIMON. That my date of birth 14/01/1990. All former documents remain valid.

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EBOLE ROSELINE

I formerly known and addressed as IKHUORIA ROSELINE now wish to be known called and addressed as EBOLE ROSELINE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. a EKPEN TIMOTHY OSAS I formerly known and addressed as EDWIN TIMOTHY OSAS now wish to be known called and addressed as EKPEN TIMOTHY OSAS. All former documents remain valid.

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I formerly known called and addressed as ABARI SEKINAT OLARONKE, now wish to be known called and addressed as ABDULKAREEM SEKINAT OLARONKE. All former documents remain valid.

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The general public is hereby inform that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Decree No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. Martha Kalanne Hart 2. Warialabo C. T. Oruene Fombo Hart 3. Enyinnaya Okezie AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ; 1. To Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and feed the body and soul of Parishioners.

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 ; Enesiya Oruombo Esq.

DIVINE VALENTINE’S AND GEORGINA FOUNDATION The general public is hereby notified that the above named Foundation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja for incorporation under “Part C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

The Trustees are: 1. Evang. Titus Jideofor Ezenwuba - Chairman 2. Rev. Fr. Vincent Chukwuma Onwukwe 3. Mr. Fredrick Ikechukwu Ezeuduji - Secretary 4. Mrs. Prisca Mediya Nwokolo 5. Barr Mrs. Celestina Ogochukwu Ifeonu Aims and Objectives 1. To train the less privileged children of the society in school through scholarship programs.

2. To give free medical treatment to the neglected aged people in the society.

3. To feed the hungry both spiritually and physically through encouraging good morals and provision of food stuff.

4. To stand for justice for the poor and the needy in our society who are being neglected and oppressed.

Any objection to this incorporation should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

Signed: Tina Ifeonu Esq. 08035687314 2000 SET OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION OF SACRED HEART SEMINARY PORT HARCOURT

The general public is hereby inform that the above named has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘’C’’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Decree No. 1 of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. Elekwuwa Godson Chinemerem - Chairman.

2. Ibhawoh Omenhimen Chris - Vice Chairman.

3. Edris Obinna Amaefula - Secretary. 4. Theophilus Tochi Nwosu - Treasurer.

5. Uka Sopueuchi Anthony - P.R.O 1. 6. Nwogu Thankgod Peter - P.R.O AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ; 1. To support members of the association.

2. To support the Alma Mata.

3. To support the less privilege.

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 ; Elekwuwa Godson Chinemerem (Chairman).

Public Notice 26 RE-ARRANGEMENT OF NAMES My names were wrongly arranged on INEC VOTER’S Card as TIJANI IBIRONKE FATIMA instead of IBIRONKE FATIMA TIJANI. All former documents remain valid. General public and authorities concerned please take note.

AGUOCHA MARYANNE IFEANYI

EZE EMENIKE RICHARD I formerly known and addressed Eze Nwachukwu Richard, now wish to be known and addressed as Eze Emenike Richard. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

MRS PRNAPATI-OKWUDIRI PEACE NKECHINEREMU

I formerly known and addressed as Chiazor Maryanne Ifeanyi,Now wish to be known and addressed as AGUOCHA MARYANNE IFEANYI General public should please take note

I Formerly known and addressed as MISS OKWUDIRI PEACE NKECHINEREMU now wish to be known, called and addressed as MRS PRNAPATI-OKWUDIRI PEACE NKECHINEREMU All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. Banks, Immigrations, Relevant Authorities and the General public Please take note.

SALAMI MUNIRUDEEN ALAO

IKEH CALLISTER IFEOMA

I formerly known and addressed as OPALEYE MUNIRUDEEN ALAO now wish to be known and addressed as SALAMI MUNIRUDEEN ALAO .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CHUKWUONYE STELLA NKECHI I formerly known and addressed as NWAELIM STELLA NKECHI now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWUONYE STELLA NKECHI .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as NWOYE KALLISTER IFEOMA now wish to be known and addressed as IKEH CALLISTER IFEOMA .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MRS AKHERE OMOWUNMI OLUWAYEMISI

I formerly known and addressed as MISS OGUNYEMI OMOWUNMI OLUWAYEMISI now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AKHERE OMOWUNMI OLUWAYEMISI .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

NWAEGWU EMMANUEL OLUCHUKWU

JULIUS JOHN OCHUKO

I, formerly known and addressed as NWAEGWU EMMANUEL ABOI, now wish to be known and addressed as NWAEGWU EMMANUEL OLUCHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OROGHORO JOHN OSUKO, now wish to be known and addressed as JULIUS JOHN OCHUKO. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OTTUN KEHINDE SARAH

OGADJE ABOTU KENNETH

I, formerly known and addressed as OGUNLAJA KEHINDE SARAH, now wish to be known and addressed as OTTUN KEHINDE SARAH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as IKEABEGO KENNETH OSSAI now wish to be known and addressed as OGADJE ABOTU KENNETH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS NWOKOCHA NWANNEKA CALISTA

JOSEPH EBUBECHUKWU CHIBUZO .O.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ASOGWA JANE CALISTA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NWOKOCHA NWANNEKA CALISTA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as JOSEPH CHIBUZO JOHN, now wish to be known and addressed as JOSEPH EBUBECHUKWU CHIBUZO .O. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

OBASI OGBUU SAMUEL

MRS OKORO CHUKWUDI NGOZI CYNTHIA

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MRS HOPE NNENNA AGU

MRS IGBOZULIKE VERONICA NKIRUKA

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS HOPE NNENNA OKARA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS HOPE NNENNA AGU, All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANEKE VERONICA NKIRUKA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IGBOZULIKE VERONICA NKIRUKA, All former documents remain valid. Banks and the general public should please take note.

CHUKWU CHINENYE SHALOM

AYINDE POPOOLA KAREEM

I Formerly known and addressed as OKEKE CHINENYE SHALOM now wish to be known, called and addressed as CHUKWU CHINENYE SHALOM All documents and certificates bearing my former names remain valid. Banks, Immigrations, Relevant Authorities and the General public Please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as POPOOLA AYINDE ADENIYI now wish to be known and addressed as AYINDE POPOOLA KAREEM .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

UBAH EUCHARIA CHIOMA

KOLAWOLE MARY IDOWU

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ONI HIQMAT ALAKE

I formerly known and addressed as AFOLABI IDOWU MARY now wish to be known and addressed as KOLAWOLE MARY IDOWU. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

AKINDELE JENROLA DASOLA

MRS SARUMI OLUWATOYIN MARGARET

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LAOYE OLUWAPEMISIN JOSEPH

Formerly known and addressed as OBEFE MERCY EVA CHINEDUM now wish to be known and addressed as OGADJE MERCY CHINEDUM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MISS EGWUONWU CHIDINMA CHARITY

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CHUKWUGA DAVID OGBONNA

OKOLO ONYEBUCHI MARTHA

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I, formerly known and addressed as OKOLO ONYEBUCHI MIRACLE, now wish to be known and addressed as OKOLO ONYEBUCHI MARTHA. All former documents remain valid. General Public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS MADU OLUCHI CHRISTABEL, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IGWE OLUCHI CHRISTABEL. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS ONYEJIFE JULIET NNENNA

ANIKE ADA FLORIENCE

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MRS CHUKWUNONSO-IBENEGBU OLUCHI NELLY

I, formerly known and addressed as ADA MBA FLORINCE, now wish to be known and addressed as ANIKE ADA FLORIENCE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EJIMOFOR OLUCHI NELLY, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHUKWUNONSO-IBENEGBU OLUCHI NELLY. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS NGOZI STELLA ATAYO-ABASI PIUS

ABUBAKAR AFUSAT BOLA

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ZARMA BA AJI

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I, formerly known and addressed as POPOOLA TITILOLA ABOSEDE and AREOYE TITILOLA ABOSEDE, now wish to be known and addressed as FAKOYA AREOYE TITILOLA ABOSEDE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OBUGO CHUKWUNEDUM KINGSLEY

OGADJE MERCY CHINEDUM

AYODELE .T. IFEOLUWA

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FAKOYA AREOYE TITILOLA ABOSEDE

SEGUN TAIWO I, formerly known and addressed as SEGUN TAIWO, now wish to be known and addressed as NJOKU IFEOMA. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS CHINYEREMAKA PIMSIRI

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS KHAMAM PIMSIRI NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS CHINYEREMAKA PIMSIRI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. BANKS AND GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OLAMIDE OYEDOTUN MOYOSORE

I, formerly known and addressed as OJELABI OYEDOTUN MOYOSORE, now wish to be known and addressed as OLAMIDE OYEDOTUN MOYOSORE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS MBAH NGOZI CYNTHIA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OKORO CHUKWUDI NGOZI CYNTHIA. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as AFUSAT BOLANLE SODIQ, now wish to be known and addressed as ABUBAKAR AFUSAT BOLA. My correct date of birth 18th July 1968. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as IYABO FAUSAT AKINTUNDE now wish to be known and addressed as IYABO FAUSAT ADEPOJU. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as AKANMU JENROLA, now wish to be known and addressed as AKINDELE JENROLA DASOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS ENEH JULIET ODINKEMMA

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IYABO FAUSAT ADEPOJU

I formerly known and addressed as ALAKE IQMOT OBEY now wish to be known and addressed as ONI HIQMAT ALAKE .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

MRS IGWE OLUCHI CHRISTABEL

I, formerly known and addressed as OBASI OGBUU, OBASI SAMUEL OGBUU GEORGE and OBASI SAMUEL GEORGE, now wish to be known and addressed as OBASI OGBUU SAMUEL. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

ANAYO JOSEPH OKEHIE I, formerly known and addressed as ANAYO HENRY OKEHIE, now wish to be known and addressed as ANAYO JOSEPH OKEHIE, All former documents remain valid. The general public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as LAOYE OLUWAPEMISIN INIOLUWA, now wish to be known and addressed as LAOYE OLUWAPEMISIN JOSEPH. All former documents remain valid.

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MRS AGU CHINWENDU DORIS

ANIBIJUWON AYOMIDE GIDEON

I, formerly known and addressed as AYOMIDE GIDEO JUWON, now wish to be known and addressed as ANIBIJUWON AYOMIDE GIDEON. All former documents remain valid.

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NWATU CECILIA UKAMAKA

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

I, formerly known and addressed as NWATU CECILIA AMAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as NWATU CECILIA UKAMAKA. My correct date of birth 17th July 1988. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

ANEKE GODWIN CHIBUIKE I, formerly known and addressed as ANEKE GODWIN CHIKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ANEKE GODWIN CHIBUIKE. My correct date of birth is 02/08/1959. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS ANEKE LILIAN IFEOMA

NWEZE GILBERT OKAFOR

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MRS CHINYERE JULIET ACHU

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS UDE JULIET ODINKEMMA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ENEH JULIET ODINKEMMA. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as NWEZE GILLY OKAFOR, now wish to be known and addressed as NWEZE GILBERT OKAFOR. All former documents remain valid.

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I, formerly known and addressed as MISS CHINYERE JULIET ALUM, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHINYERE JULIET ACHU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

EZIKE NKIRU JUDITH

EZEAKOR NNAEMEKA STEPHEN

MRS OGBUAGU JOY OGOCHUKWU

I, formerly known and addressed as MBANISI NKIRU JUDITH, now wish to be known and addressed as EZIKE NKIRU JUDITH. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OGUANYA NNAEMEKA, now wish to be known and addressed as EZEAKOR NNAEMEKA STEPHEN. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NWAOBUM JOY OGOCHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OGBUAGU JOY OGOCHUKWU. All former documents remain valid.

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ADDITION OF NAME

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

That I was formerly known and addressed as MRS EMEKA-CHIGBO SCHOLASTICA wish to add my middle name NCHEKWUBE to my National Identity Card. I therefore wish to be known and addressed as MRS EMEKACHIGBO SCHOLASTICA NCHEKWUBE. All former documents remain valid.

Banks and General public should please take note.

This is to inform the general public that the irrevocable power of attorney which was registered as 75/75/360 belonging to Mr. Edmund Uzoma .N. property situated at Uper Road Okigwe Imo State got lost. If found contact the ministry of Lands.

LOSS OF DOCUMENTS This is to inform the general public that Building C of O Reg. as 85/85/744 Deed of Assign. 47/47/1079 Building of C of O reg. 89/89/961 Power of Attorney 14/14/1128 Deed of assignment 26/26/1130, 8/8/809, 6/6/1035 belonging to AMAZU Properties Ltd, Plot C/35, C/34 and 476 Independence Layout Enugu . If found please return to Ministry of Land Enugu.

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UMUNNARO PROGRESSIVES UNION

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE .

1. Stanley Adiele (Chairman) 2. Chidi Ndukwu (Vice Chairman) 3. Kelechi Adiele (Secretary) 4. Christopher Oparaocha (Financial Secretary) AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE 1. To encourage the pursuit of tertiary education by indigenes of Umunnaro Ogbor Uvuru, Aboh- Mbaise, Imo State through provision of scholarships, educational materials and other incentives.

2. To support modern skills acquisition by indigenes of Umunnaro Ogbor Uvuru, AbohMbaise, Imo State.

3. To provide financial support to business men from Umunnaro Ogbor Uvuru, Aboh Mbaise, Imo State.

4. To carry out developmental projects in Umunnaro Ogbor Uvuru Community, in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.

Any Objection(s) to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, PMB 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed by: TRUSTEES

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HOLY SPIRIT PREPARED WORSHIPERS ASSEMBLY

PATHWAY OF GOD’S LIGHT MISSION

THE General Public Is Hereby Notified That The Above Named 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 Has Applied to Corporate Affairs Commission For Registration Under Part “C” Of The Companies And Allied Matters Act 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.REV JOHN ISEKHUA EDORE 2 . PST. LIBERTY JOHN ARELE 3 .DNS TINA OGIEVA 4 .PST FELIX O OBARO 5 EVG. KATE EDEME .

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1Bishop Dr Israel Odezi Ewawa President/Founder 2 Osemede Patience Obehi secretary 3 Evang Samuel Odezi Uwomaterie 4 Evang Lazzarus Owomazino Orozino Aims And Objectives: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ

Aims and Objectives : 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ Any Objection to the Registration should be Forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off AGUIYI Ironsi Street, MAITAMA, ABUJA Within 28 DAYS of This Publication.

SIGNED: TRUSTEES

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

GOD’S FAVOUR MINISTRY INT’L BENIN CHURCH

TIPPING TRAILERS DRIVERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION

FRESH FISH AND BUSH MEAT TRADERS ASSOCIATION

Address No 1 2nd blessed Lane off blessed road Egba town Benin city off Edo state.

Address of the Association No 10 Akure Road Oluku junction Benin city Edo state

THE General Public Is Hereby Notified That The Above Named 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 Has Applied to Corporate Affairs Commission For Registration Under Part “C” Of The Companies And Allied Matters Act 1990.

This is to inform the general public that the above named Association has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration Under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. AGBONYINNMA CHRISTY EKI -GENERAL OVERSEER 2. OVIASUYI IMARIABE FLORENCE -SECRETARY 3. ELVIS ENOMA 4. OVENSERI FAITH 5. ONIGHO NUEL

THE TRUSTEES : 1. UHUNAMURE BRIGHT CHAIRMAN 2. OMORUYI OSAGIE UNITY - SECRETARY 3. ARIFEDE SOLOMON PRIYE 4. EGA LUCKY Aims And Objectives: 1. To support the welfare of its member.

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

KARIMU WILLIAMS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OTUNBA ISOLA ADEBANJO 2 . ENG. RAYMOND ORAEGBU 3. ENG. ANTHONY IROEGBU 4. DR. OLUFEMI DANIEL THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To provide for the welfare of all residents in karimu kotun and williams Euba streets in Oyadiran Estate Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 daysfrom the date of this publication SIGNED BY: SOLICITOR- OTUNBA ISOLA ADEBANJO plot 111 OYADIRAN ESTATE SABO- YABA

DAUGHTERS OF THE KING SHELTER FOUNDATION

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Chairman Secretary Member

AIMS & OBJECTIVE For the welfare of its members

Aims And Objectives: 1. To preach the gospel of lord Jesus christ

This is to inform the General Public that the above named ASSOCIATION has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. NNAJI FIDELIS 2. UDEH OGOCHUKWU 3. OKEY COLLINS

MAINFOLD GRACE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY

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 NNAJI FIDELIS Chairman

BORN FREE GLOBAL MINISTRY

The General public is hereby notified that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the corporate affairs commission for registration under part “C” of the companies and allied matters act 1990.

This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, 1990.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. PASTOR ADEGBOLA OLAOLUWA VICTOR 2. MISS AISHAT DAHIRU 3. MRS BALOGUN AYODELE 4. MRS SUSAN EREME 5. BARRISTER SYLVESTER EFFONG

THE TRUSTEE ARE:1. Pastor OSUNG PHILIP 2. Pastor OSUNG IDORENYIN PHILIP 3. Pastor JERRY OKON.

6. PASTOR BUTTLER EBUWEREWU 7. MRS OMOBOLA VICTORIA ADENIYI 8. WALE ABODERIN 9. MR DADA ABIMBOLA

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To raise a spirit - filled and word based people that will offer a true quality worship unto God in manifold Grace and through Apostolic Revival 2.To promote and proper, love , unity and peace through caring , sharing , giving and visitation , fellowship soul- winning evangelism and mission outreach.

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 the publication

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To Preach The Gospel Of Jesus Christ to the Whole World Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication Signed by: SECRETARY

SIGNED BY : SECRETARY

SHALOM COVENANT CHAPEL

POLITEUMA KINGDOM CHAPEL

The General Public is hereby notified that the above-named organization has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004.

The general public is hereby notified that the above named foundation has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for Registration Under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts,1990.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. Mrs. YEMISI AKINDOLIE 2. BUSOLA OLAMUYIWA 3. OLUWATOSIN IBRAHIM

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1 KING MARK CANON 2 MARK KING LYDIA ENYIOMA 3 EKEOMA NGOZI 4 BRIGHT SAMUEL OMORODION

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.PASTOR KALU, GODWIN CHECHE 2.KALU BLESSING OMEREBERE

4.

5.

6.

TEMIOLUWA ADEWALE PELUMI ODUTOLA ABIOLA RAIMS

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To provide shelter/housing to the under privileged in society , especially women.

2. To encourage creativity and skills acquisition among the youths, women and under privileged.

3. To promote health,education,mental growth and eradicate poverty among the under privileged,youths and women in the society.

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

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: A. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST WORLDWIDE. 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 Registration-General Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days of this publication.

SIGNED: Secretary

Signed: Pastor Kalu Godwin C.

Signed:Peach & Bonds LP (Solicitors)

PUBLIC NOTICE I, EZEIRU OKAFOR wish to state that LATE EZEIRU CHINEDU is my younger brother that on 03/04/2016 he traveled from Abuja to Lagos on his way he was attacked by assailants/cultists but he managed to escape from them.However to our surprise,on 04/04/2016 he was found dead and his corpse was found in Gwagwalada Area of the federal capital territory, Abuja. General public to please take note.

MRS BLESSING LAREYI DAMEH

OLABISI OLUMIDE ADELANA

I Formerly known as Lareyi Idris Ahmed, that am thesame person bearing Blessing Lareyi Idris, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS blessing LAREYI DAMEH. All former documents remain valid. general public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, OLABISI OLUMIDE JAJI now wish to be known and addressed as, OLABISI OLUMIDE ADELANA. All former documents remain valid.

General public should take note.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Ïj ƍƏƆ ƅ Ɛ Ɔ 1 ƍƆƋ Ƈ RƑƏ G ƏƗ CƆ Ƒ Əƈ Ɛê

EZENDO ABIOLA MOTUNRAYO I formerly known and addressed as SHOYEMI ABIOLA MOTUNRAYO. Now wish to be known as EZENDO ABIOLA MOTUNRAYO. All former documents remain valid. General public and authorities concerned should take note.

MRS.CHRISTY AGBONGHAE (NEE EKHATOR)

I formerly known called and addressed as CHRISTY EKHATOR. Now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS.CHRISTY AGBONGHAE (NEE EKHATOR).general public and authority concern please take note.

MRS IGBA ESTHER I formerly known called and addressed as MISS NGBAKA ESTHER. Now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS IGBA ESTHER Former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

OLUMUYIWA OLUSEGUN JAMODU

I, formerly known and addressed as, MUYIWA JAMODU and OLUMUYIWA JAMODU now wish to be known and addressed as, OLUMUYIWA OLUSEGUN JAMODU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

MRS. AGBAI EVANGELINE OGHUANSUAN xxxxI formerly known called and addressed as MISS UANIKHEHI EVANGELINE OGHUANSUAN. Now wish to be known called and addressed as MRS. AGBAI EVANGELINE OGHUANSUAN. Former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

MRS. SHITTU ALIMAT IRETI I formerly known and addressed as MISS. ANIMASHAUN ALIMAT IRETI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. SHITTU ALIMAT IRETI. All former documents remain valid.

General public please take note.

CHIKODI UCHECHUKWU EKENG

I Formerly known and addressed as Chikodi Uchechukwu Uzuana Now wishes to be known and addressed as Chikodi Uchechukwu Ekeng All former documents remain valid general public should please take note CORRECTION OF NAME/CHANGING OF SURNAME

I formerly known and addressed as MARIAM FUNMILOLA AKEEM, now wish to be known and addressed as AWEDA MARIAM FUNMILOLA. The former name was wrongly written in my bank account as FUNMILOLA MORIAM AKEEM instead of my correct name as MARIAM FUNMILOLA AKEEM. Henceforth wish to be known and addressed as AWEDA MARIAM FUNMILOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public please take note.

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With God, our destiny is secured – Prophet Oyebanji ÎÎÎ

We bless Almighty God for this country and pray for peace, joy and progress. We are in the last days of the manifestation of God’s power. If the good people of this country allow divine guidance in our daily pursuits, the glory of this country will be restored.

When you miss God’s leading, you run into crises. We should not lean on our own human understanding, because as human beings, we have no access to the future. Only Jehovah knows the end from the beginning. In all human endeavours, we should acknowledge that Almighty God is the only one who knows the future.

Chief of Air Staff, Nigerian Air Force, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (5th right); Director, Plans, Programs and Analyses for the US Air Forces Africa, The Israelites did not thirst when God led them through Brigadier General Dieter Bareihs (4th right) and other senior officers at the 2017 Africa Partnership flight in Lagos… on Monday. the desert, He made water flow for them from the rock, he spilt the rock and water gushed out, the Israelites knew no

Senate will fast-track passage of bills on hate speech, jungle justice –Saraki Olufemi Samuel, Abuja

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Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said due to the rising tensions in the polity, the passage of Bills to mitigate against hate speech and jungle justice will comprise a major part of the Senate’s social impact agenda when it resumes in September.

The Senate had earlier outlined agenda on legislative business for the next 22 months, harping on necessity for passage of Bills to enhance the growth of the national economy within the period.

In a statement signed by his

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki stated that the Senate is ready to give the hate speech bill accelerated consideration when it is presented by the Executive.

“At this point in time, when people are heating up the political and social space with their utterances, the hate speech bill will help to mitigate against verbal attacks or expressions against individuals or groups on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and even gender.

“This will help to send a clear message with accompanying punitive measures to those negative elements

in our society that are fond of distasteful comments that hurt, offend and provoke retaliation,” the President of the Senate said.

Saraki also stated that the Anti-Jungle Justice Bill (SB. 109) sponsored by Senator Dino Melaye, (APC-Kogi), will also help to curtail, protect and prohibit Nigerians across the country from meting out extra-judicial justice to perceived offenders without recourse to statutory legal channels.

“There have been many cases of extrajudicial executions across the nation. We all remember the “Aluu four”

incident, and several other notorious cases of phone and food thieves being set ablaze.

We cannot have a situation where people feel that they can take the law into their hands,” Saraki said, “Therefore, we must put in place careful stopgaps and penal measures to protect the sanctity of our communities.”

The Senate President also stated that the Committee on Judiciary and the Rules and Business Committees of the Senate would work to ensure that Anti-Jungle Justice Bill is quickly passed and sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence.

Alleged N206m fraud: Court freeze firm, woman’s account Peter Fowoyo

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A firm, Vermilion Studio Products Ltd being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday had its N206 million frozen by a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos over alleged fraud.

The EFCC said it reasonably suspected the sum to be part of a fraudulent transaction and proceeds of crime by two respondents, the firm and a

Court reserves ruling on $27.2m, N3bn Delta fund Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÎÎÎAn Abuja High Court on Tuesday reserved ruling on the application brought by the MRS. EKWEBELEM CHIDINMA JOY

I formerly known as EZEKIEL NGEREM CHIDINMA JOY wish to be known and addressed as MRS. EKWEBELEM CHIDINMA JOY . All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

ADEWUNMI TAJUDEEN ALADE

Delta State Government that seeks to vacate an ex-parte order that frozen $27.2m and N3bn share it got from Paris Club refund.

MRS ILIAZ-DADA MUINAT ABEBI

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A consulting firm, Mauritz Walton Nig had two weeks ago obtained the order freezing the bank account where the sum was lodged over an alleged indebtedness.

At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Justice Yusuf Halilu of FCT High Court, said he would communicate date of ruling to the parties after listening to the submissions of the counsel of both parties in

the suit.

Moving the application Alex Izinyon (SAN), counsel to the Delta State Government urged the court to vacate the interim order that frozen the Delta state government account on the ground that the order was made based on ‘concealment of facts’.

Izinyon also prayed the court to dismiss the plaintiff’s suit on the ground that the

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lack when God led them through the desert. They have plenty of peace, food, dignity and protection; even they were blessed with sound health when God led them.

If Nigeria as a nation also allows God to lead us, our country shall enjoy peace, plenty food, there would be no inter-ethnic war, there would be no strange sicknesses like Ebola, Lassa Fever etc.

When God guides and leads, he goes before his people, when God guides and goes with an individual or nation, he will remove all barriers against the man, he will have a breakthrough, the man or the country will become unstoppable and unshakeable. (Gen. 41).

Joseph was sold, suffered and jailed because he did not commit adultery with his boss’ wife because he allowed God to guide and lead him; he later became the Prime Minister of Egypt.

respondent / plaintiff had misled the court in issuing the interim order.

The counsel posited that the court lacks territorial jurisdiction to entertain the case on a matter that happened in Delta state.

Izinyon stated that the plaintiff by failing to tell the court that the contract entered into in 2014 had been terminated as the time the plaintiff wanted payment in 2016.

“He (plaintiff) didn’t show the court a document that terminated the contract on 10 March 2016. That document was not presented to the court but he shown only the letter of engagement without showing disengagement.”

“One of the terms of agreement was that the work will be concluded in three months.

The engagement letter was issued in 2014. But the contract was terminated in 2016 and plaintiff was told a new hand had been hired.

woman, Akintola Olubunmi Vera.

Vacation Judge, Justice Abdulaziz Anka, authorised the agency to confiscate the sum pending the determination of its investigation and possible prosecution of the case.

Justice Anka made the interim order following an ex parte application of August 10, 2017 by the commission’s lawyer, George Chia-Yakua.

Chia-Yakua told the judge that the sum was domiciled in two First Bank accounts numbered 3100844602 belonging to Vermilion Studio Products and 3011147218 belonging to Vera.

According to a supporting affidavit by an EFCC investigating officer, Paul Ugema, the agency commenced investigation of the matter following a petition it received.

The petition alleged that the respondents diverted over N206m property of Mooncrest Enterprises Nig Ltd. “It was discovered that the respondents were making suspicious funds transfer into the accounts subject of investigation.

“I know as a fact that the money found in the accounts of the respondents are reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime,” Ugema said.

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Tears, blood in Kenya as more including baby girl dies Bonny Amadi with agency reports

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and blood continues to flow in Kenya following the country’s recently concluded general elections which saw the reelection of the president Uhuru Kenyatta.

Among other victims, a sixmonth-old girl died in Kenya, her doctor told Reuters on Tuesday, after her parents said she was teargassed and clubbed by police in a security crackdown following last week’s disputed elections.

Samantha Pendo had been asleep in her mother’s arms when police forced their way

into their home and beat her and her parents as they searched for protesters, her parents said.

Police have said they are investigating the incident in the western city of Kisumu.

According to the mother police lobbed tear gas cannisters into their home at 2am on Saturday during house-to-house raids following the post-election protests. “One of the guy beat me and the other one came with that stick on them, hit the baby.

Then I left the baby off of my hand because she did not cry, I did not feel any movement with the baby. I said screaming, she was dead,” said Lenzer Achieng mother to the infant.

The infant’s story emerged on

Saturday morning as police denied claims of using excessive force to quell protests.

“At the time of admission the child was critically ill and had already lapsed into coma. So we did what we are supposed to do and we admitted the baby into ICU where she remains quite sick, quite, still critical. The medical team is doing its best in terms of turning this baby around, but she remains quite critical,” said Aga Khan Hospital’s medical director, Dr Sam Oula.

Meanwhile, the Kenya National Human Rights Commission had claimed that 24 people had been killed in the chaos in Nairobi and Kisumu.

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Mali’s UN base machine gun attack records 7 deaths ÏÏÏOfficials

have reported death of seven people, including five Malian security guards, a gendarme and civilian in Monday’s gunmen men attack on United Nations peacekeeping base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu.

“An attack has been launched against one of our camps in Timbuktu (by) unknown men with machine guns,” Radhia Achouri, a spokeswoman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission, said earlier by telephone, adding that it had deployed a rapid response force with helicopters to the scene.

Mali’s army spokesman Selon Diaran Kone said the incident was now over, as the

assailants had been repelled and four of them killed.

In another incident on Monday, armed men opened fire on U.N. peacekeepers and Malian troops in Douentza, in central Mali. A U.N. spokesman in New York, Farhan Haq, said a peacekeeper was killed during the clash, without giving further details.

Islamist militants frequently target the U.N. peacekeeping mission, and more than 100 peacekeepers have been killed, making it the most deadly U.N. mission to date.

Militants killed three United Nations peacekeepers in a attack outside their base in Kidal in northern Mali in June.

Rescue workers recover 270 bodies from Sierra Leone mudslide

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Leone’s landslide has continued to record high fatality as about 400 people have been reported killed, even as epidemic has worsened.

This was coming as president Ernest Bai Koroma urged residents of Regent and other flooded areas around Freetown to evacuate immediately so that military personnel and other rescue workers could continue to search for survivors that might be buried underneath debris.

Rescue centers have been set up around the capital to regis-

ter and assist victims, he said in a television address on Monday evening.

Agency report said that rescue workers have recovered 270 bodies so far from a mudslide in the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown and the search for more casualties continues.

Dozens of houses were covered in mud when a mountainside collapsed in the town of Regent on Monday morning, one of the deadliest natural disasters in Africa in recent years.

Grace Mugabe risks trial in Africa flowing alleged assault ÏÏÏThe Zimbabwean first lady

Grace Mugabe has returned to her home country from South Africa, following allegations of

Mugabe’s boys and their mother

assault on a South African lady found in company of her sons in a posh hotel in Johannesburg.

“Yes, she is back in the coun-

try. We don’t know where this issue of assault charges is coming from,” said a senior Zimbabwean government official, who de-

clined to be named because they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Mugabe’s sons, Robert Peter Mugabe Jr and Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe are wellknown for throwing parties and living in luxury apartments.

Hours ahead of her return, the South African police said they were negotiating for her to hand herself over.

Grace Mugabe is considered a possible successor to her 93-year-old husband, who has ruled Zimbabwe since the country gained independence from colonial British rule in 1980.

The 52-year-old wife of President Robert Mugabe is accused of beating 20-year-old Gabriella Engels Sunday with an extension cord as she visited Mugabe’s sons in the hotel. Photos posted on social media show Engels, a professional model, with a bloody gash on her forehead. It was not immediately clear what precipitated the alleged assault.

The allegation against the first lady threatened to trigger a diplomatic row between South

Africa and Zimbabwe, neighboring countries with a strong political and economic relationship.

Agency reports revealed Mugabe did not appear in court after police minister Fikile Mbalula initially had said Mugabe had “cooperated and handed herself over” to police on Tuesday. Mbalula added Mugabe “will be charged.”A senior police source later said, “The negotiations for her to hand herself in are still going on. We are at a point where we cannot effect an arrest yet.”The 20-year-old victim of the alleged assault, Gabriella Engels, posted a picture of her injuries on Twitter on Monday evening saying she was beat up with her two friends in the hotel room after one of Mugabe’s sons ran away and the other was taken out of the room.

“Rob jnr was put out of the hotel room and Bellermine ran away. My two friends and I were beat up in a room with 10+ men leaving her to do it,” she tweeted with references to Mrs Mugabe’s bodyguards.

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rganizers have announced that teams taking part in this year’s AITEO Cup competition will share the proceeds from the turnstiles, after the host Football Association

AITEO Cup: Participating teams to share gate takings must have deducted twenty percent (20%) of the takings for organization and logistics.

Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, deputy chairman of the Organizing Committee, Mallam Shehu Dikko told Extra Time that this regulation will be in place right from to-

day’s Round of 64 matches, and will also obtain for the Round of 32 and Round of 16 matches.

“Once the amount of gate –takings is known, the State Football Association will deduct 20% of the sum, and the remaining will be equally split by the home team and

the away team.

“This will apply to the Round of 64, Round of 32 and Round of 16 matches. In case of deadlock, matches in the Round of 16 will be replayed at the home–ground of the Team B. If there is replay, the same sharing formula will obtain

at the home–ground of Team B. “For the quarter finals and semi finals, there will be no sharing as the fixtures are on homeand-away basis. Each team will take what comes to it from its home–ground.”

Nigeria’s Future Eagles battle Morocco in Rabat Andrew Ekejiuba

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he U15 National Team of Nigeria, known as Future Eagles, will today and Thursday play two international friendly matches against their Moroccan counterparts in Rabat, Morocco.

Both teams will slug it out at the National Football Centre, Rabat starting from 4pm today, and again clash at the same venue on Thursday from mid-day.

The U15 squad and their officials arrived in Rabat on Sunday, and have had three training sessions at the National Football Centre ahead of the friendly games.

Before flying to Morocco, the team visited the corporate headquarters of

Zenith International Bank, NFF’s major sponsor on youth football, where they met with the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Peter Amangbo and members of his Management team.

The players were selected from the pool that emerged from the inaugural edition of the NFF/Zenith Bank Future Eagles Championship held in IjebuOde, Lagos and Abuja in the last quarter of 2016.

NFF 1st Vice President and Chairman of the NFF Youth Development Committee, Barrister Seyi Akinwunmi, who is head of delegation in Morocco, told Extra Time that he is delighted with the composure and discipline of the players.

“I have been with the boys for a

couple of days and I am happy with their general attitude. I can see discipline, dedication and humility, and I can also see ambition.

“These matches are just friendly sessions but I believe the boys will gain tremendously from the experience,” he said.

Prior to the trip to Morocco, Coach Jolomi Atune ran the rule over some of the promising talents in the country at a get-together in Abuja for one week.

The Future Eagles drew 2-2 and 1-1 with Sunshine Academy Kaduna and Pepsi Academy respectively before traveling to North Africa.

Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) and Taiwo Awoniyi (Liverpool) had represented this age group before they were elevated to the Golden Eaglets.

BRIEFS NFF appoints CP Baba as security advisor The Nigeria U15 players, Future Eagles, at a training session in Rabat.

Adetunji undergoes successful surgery A

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bia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia striker, Sunday Adetunji has undergone a successful surgery on his fractured left arm at the Federal medical Centre, Umuahia.

The former Shooting Stars of Ibadan hitman had fractured his forearm after he scored his second goal in Abia Warriors’ 4-2 away victory over Lobi Stars in Makurdi. He was initially rushed to the emergency unit of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi where he received treatment before he was transferred to Umuahia.

At the Federal Medical Centre,

Umuahia a team of doctors operated on the forearm and successfully joined both ends of the broken bones.

“It was an open reduction internal fixation surgery to join both ends of the broken bones and hold them in place and I’m very happy it was very successful”, Dr Enyinnaya Anozie, head, Abia Warriors medical unit who was part of the team of doctors that carried out the surgery said.

Dr Anozie revealed that the player was in a stable condition and could even return to action earlier than expected.

Ibrahim, Okon talk tough ahead NWFL Super 4 Ben Nwachukwu with Agency Report

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asarawa Amazons captain and centre back, Mariam Ibrahim and Rivers Angels head coach, Edwin Okon are bullish ahead of the upcoming Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) annual Super Four championship.

The Lafia landladies are runners-up in the eight-team Nigeria Women Premier League (NWPL) Group B behind leaders, Delta Queens while the Garden City side finished second behind Bayelsa Queens in Group A for the clash of the titans at the season’s prime tournament – NWFL Super Four.

Ibrahim said her side have their eyes fixed at the top-flight coveted trophy right from the commencement of the out-gone regular season.

“We thanked God for making it to the Super Four as our target has always been to clinch the league top prize for the second time.

“Individually and collectively we are working very hard to ensure our lofty dream to be crowned champions becomes a reality.

“We see the NWFL Super Four as strictly business not a jamboree or sightseeing as we are determined to crown our effort with the title.

“Of course, we have no reason to be

afraid or scared of the other challengers, Delta Queens, Bayelsa Queens and title holders, Rivers Angels.

“We somehow understand that we are the side others would give everything to avoid in the Super Four and not the other way round.

“We do not unnecessarily brag rather we allow our performance on the field of play to speak for us. None of the other teams is a threat to us to lifting the coveted trophy as I strongly believe this is our year to mount the podium.

“Our prayer is for the four teams to be given level playing ground to showcase their football potentials and skills,” said the Lafia side strongwoman.

The Nigeria Football Federation has appointed Commissioner of Police Garba Umar Baba as senior security advisor. CP Garba Baba is currently the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State. Commissioner of Police Baba is presently the Chairman of the Nigeria Police Football Association. He also served in ad-hoc capacity as Chairman of NFF Security Committee on the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa and as Chief Detail of Team Nigeria to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He was also much involved with security arrangements for the Queens Baton Relay and the 2006 Commonwealth Games, as well as being a member of the Nigerian contingent to the World Police Games in Scotland.

Sharapova bags US Open wildcard

Maria Sharapova is set to play in her first Grand Slam since her 15-month drugs ban after being given a wildcard for the US Open main draw. Former world number one Sharapova returned to action in April but was denied a wildcard for the French Open.

The 30-year-old Russian, a five-time major winner, was given one for Wimbledon qualifying but withdrew with an injury. The US Open will take place at Flushing Meadows from August 28 to September 10.

Plateau Utd’s Golbe gets CHAN call-up

Elisha Golbe has been handed a call up to the Nigeria B team ahead of the return fixture of their African Nations Championship qualifier encounter against Benin on Saturday. After the CHAN Eagles’ 1-0 loss to the Squirrels in Cotonou, Orji Kalu received a second booking for confronting the referees. Thus, the Enugu Rangers star will be unavailable for the return fixture in Kano at the weekend and the Peace Boys’ skipper has been invited in his place as Salisu Yusuf’s men seek to turnaround first leg’s one-goal deficit to secure a place in Kenya 2018.

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NIGERIAN PLAYERS ABROAD with Andrew Ekejiuba

Mikel back in action for Tianjin Teda

Stories by Andrew Ekejiuba with Agency Reports

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ohn Obi Mikel has put his injury woes behind him by making a successful return to first team action for Chinese club Tianjin Teda.

The Super Eagles midfielder played the full 90 minutes of Tianjin’s 2-0 loss at home to Hebei CFFC on Monday afternoon. It was the 30-year-old’s first match for his club since scoring in a 2-0 win over Chongqing Dangdai Lifan back in early April. With Nigeria manager Gernot Rohr set to reveal his squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon, Mikel’s return could see him named in the German’s selection.

Tianjin will also be relieved to have the West African back in the action, having slipped into the Chinese Super League’s relegation zone.

Charlton Athletic in hot chase for ‘terrific’Akinde

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orino are on the verge of signing Roma’s Nigerian striker Umar Sadiq on loan, with a view to signing him permanently.

According to respected Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, the 20-year-old will head to Torino on a season-long loan, with the club having the option to buy him outright in 2018 for a fee of €6m.

However, Roma have inserted a buyback clause in the contract, allowing them to reclaim the Nigerian for €8m.

Sadiq is expected to undergo a medical, before completing the switch to Toro. The Nigerian U-23 international has also represented Spezia and Bologna in his senior club career.

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igerian striker Jonathan Afolabi bagged a brace for Southampton in their 4-0 rout of Reading in the opening round of the Premier League Division Two on Monday night at St Mary’s Stadium.

The Republic of Ireland youth-teamer made it 2-0 in the 25th minute, before Nigerian defender Gabriel Osho, who skippered the Royals U23s, netted an own goal to increase the lead for the Saints.

On the hour mark, Afolabi wrapped up the scoring when he slammed home from

another delivery by Tyreke Johnson.

“We are all buzzing after that result,” Afolabi told reporters.

“It was a great performance from everyone. We put in a shift right from the beginning tonight and got the reward for it.

“Personally, I was really pleased to also get two goals. It was a good way to boost my confidence and start the season.”

The 17-year-old Afolabi was on the books of St. Josephs Boys before he penned a scholarship deal with Southampton in July 2016.

Blues confirm jersey numbers for Nigerian wonderkids

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remier League champions Chelsea have published on their official webpage the revised squad numbers for their Development squad in last night’s Checkatrade Trophy clash with Plymouth Argyle.

England U20 World Cup-winning central defender Fikayo Tomori has retained the

jersey number he wore in last weekend’s clash against Burnley in the Premier League.

The former Chelsea Academy Player of the Year will suit up with the number 31 kit.

Versatile midfielder Tariq Uwakwe, otherwise known as the new Mikel Obi, will wear the number 68 shirt.

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Paulinho gives away car as exit gift

The Brazil international Paulinho has left Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande to head back to Europe, with his generosity hailed upon his departure.

Paulinho is making a €40 million move to Barcelona, but has left a lasting impression in China with Guangzhou Evergrande.

He will certainly be missed by Guangzhou, with his generosity – which included gifting his Mercedes-Benz car to his driver upon his departure – being hailed by senior staff member Liang Ke.

Afolabi

Afolabi’s brace downs Reading

harlton Athletic are interested in signing Barnet frontman John Akinde in the summer transfer window.

According to reports, Addicks boss Karl Robinson is in the market for a striker following the departure of Tony Watt, who joined Belgium club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

The 28-year-old Akinde is widely regarded as Nigeria’s best striker not playing in the English Premier League, with 80 league goals to his name from 134 appearances in the last three years.

Charlton Athletic face competition from Queens Park Rangers for the signature of the Nigerian.

He previously wore the jerseys of Bristol City, Wycombe Wanderers, Bristol Rovers, Dagenham & Redbridge and Crawley Town among others.

Zidane angered by Ronaldo ban

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane expressed his anger on Tuesday at a fivegame ban handed to Cristiano Ronaldo for pushing a referee after being sent-off against Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. Madrid hold a 3-1 first leg lead going into the second leg against their fierce rivals today, but will have to do without Ronaldo. The World Player of the Year was controversially shown a second yellow card for diving on Sunday and handed an extra four-game ban for a light push on referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea after being shown the 10th red card of his career.

FIFA responds to Sierra Leone football rift

Fifa has responded to the deepening rift in Sierra Leonean football by telling the Sports Ministry to “abstain from taking decisions” related to the timing of the Sierra Leone FA’s (SLFA) next ordinary congress.

A congress should have taken place last month but was postponed indefinitely by FIFA on the grounds of carrying out integrity checks on current and potential SLFA members. Last week, the Ministry gave the SLFA until 14 August to hold a congress to pave the way for elections, after the mandate of the current SLFA administration led by Isha Johansen - came to an end on August 3.

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Infotech: Youths laud FCT minister, AT4 UNESCO for empowerment opportunity

AEPB urges FCT residents to engage in proper waste management AT3 FCTA decries low rate of exclusive breast feeding ÏÏÏFederal

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (middle) flanked by Grand Khadis of the FCT Sharia Court of Appeal as well as other Directors of the FCTA during a courtesy visit at the Minister’s office in Abuja…on Tuesday.

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Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has pledged unflinching support to the cause of journalists in Nigeria as they struggle to perform their legitimate functions, just as he urged public office holders to embrace humility in their official and private lives.

He also described journalists as stakeholders in government establishments as their contributions are key to policy formulation.

Bello made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while inauguration the newly elected officials of the FCT Press Corps.

The Minister said it was a privilege to become a leader as out of many, and that it would be by the grace of God for one to be singled out as a leader.

He praised the leadership and

members of the FCT Press Corps for their vibrancy and the credibility of their reportage.

Oath of office and swearing in was administered on the new executive members by the Acting Solicitor General of the FCT, Barrister Yusuf Wodi.

In his acceptance speech, Ikharo Attah, Chairman of the FCT Press Corps, was full of gratitude to his colleagues for choosing him as first among equals to lead.

He pledged his colleagues’ readiness to uphold the tenets of journalism practice, upholding the principles of fairness, objectivity, and balance in their reportage.

For easy flow of information in the FCT Administration, the chairman advised management to allow Information Officers, for strategic reasons, to attend management meetings, even if they are not up to the ranks of attending meetings so that when journalists meet them,

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they speak creditably on behalf of management.

Attah emphasised the ‘Guard Dog’ theory of journalism which is key to developmental journalism as well as urged the Information officers to be open to newsmen as ‘the public has the right to know’.

In attendance, apart from the Minister was Executive Secretary, FCDA and Directors, Deputy Directors, Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)

and Assistant Directors.

The newly inaugurated officers were Ikharo Attah, Chairman; Alhaji Umar Suleiman Akko, Vice Chairman; Mitaire K. Ikpen, Secretary; Stanley Onyekwere, Assistant Secretary.

Others were Agnes Remi – Johnson, Treasurer; Mr. Austine Elemue, Welfare Officer/ Publicity Secretary; Oyewale Akintonde, Financial Secretary and Festus Ejiroghene Fifen as Internal Auditor.

Disaster mgt: FEMA seeks more collaboration with stakeholders ÏÏÏDirector

General, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Alhaji Abbas Idriss, has called for more collaboration among stakeholders in the critical sub-sector for effective response to disaster management in the territory.

Alhaji Idriss made the call when men and officers of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) paid him a courtesy visit at FEMA headquarters recently.

Idriss emphasised the importance of collaboration among emergency subsector managers and stakeholders in achieving one goal which is “to save lives”.

He further emphasised that the gear should shift from emergency rescue to disaster prevention and mitigation as, according to him, “disaster management is all about collaboration because FEMA canCONTINUED ON PAGE AT 2

Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has described as worrisome the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Nigeria, saying it was as low as 25 per cent as of 2014.

Briefing journalists last week during the flag-off of this year’s World Breastfeeding Week in Abuja, Acting Secretary, FCTA Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS), Mrs. Alice Odey-Achu, stated that the figure was unacceptable, especially when compared to Ghana which has an enviable exclusive breastfeeding rate of 63 per cent.

Odey-Achu noted that the Administration had made efforts to scale up breastfeeding rate in FCT communities and Nigeria at large, through the designation of 10 FCT General Hospitals as baby-friendly as far back as 1994.

Represented by the General Manager, FCT Hospitals Management Board, Dr. Aminu Mai, the Acting Secretary added that presently, there were 204 breastfeeding counselors and coaches in FCT facilities as well as 487 infants and young child feeding support groups across the communities.

In his opening remarks, the Acting Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Board (FCT-PHCB), Dr. Matthew Ashikeni, called on residents to always support mothers to initiate breastfeeding as soon as the child was born.

Ashikeni, who noted that Nigeria was a breastfeeding nation, added that the intelligent quotient of children who enjoy exclusive breastfeeding was higher than those without it.

This year’s celebration with the theme: ‘Sustaining Breastfeeding Together,’ feature baby show conducted in Idu community of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Dafara and Ushafa communities in Kuje and Bwari Area Councils respectively, among other highlights.

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NAFDAC raises the alarm on consumption of unregulated bread ÏÏÏNational Agency for Food Ad-

ministration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the red flag against consumption of certain unregulated bread, called in street parlance as ‘maishayi bread’.

The agency warned members of the public who resort to consuming such bread that they are digging their own graves.

According to NAFDAC, such bread is baked with bromate and causes cancer and kidney failure.

The agency handed down the warning at a workshop it held in conjunction with Federal Capital Territory (FCT) branch of Association of Master Bakers and Caterers (AMBCN), in Kubwa recently.

Similar workshop, more like a road show, had earlier held in Wuse Zone 7 and Gwagwalada. The Acting Director General, NAFDAC, Dr. Yetunde Oluremi Oni, who was represented by Mrs. Felicitas Anyanwu, lambasted persons who endanger their lives by consuming ‘maishayi bread’, saying most of those who produce such bread do so without a label.

She spoke during the workshop’s question and answer session after the agency was quizzed by Mr. Abdul Ahmed of Pizza Bakery, Kubwa, who sought to know what NAFDAC was doing about ‘maishayi bread’ which he said was being hugely patronised by many people, hence running established bakery owners out

of business.

But Mrs. Oni responded, saying: ‘’That bread is not registered, they carry no label. Those who consume them do so at their health risk. We do only regulated products. If you run a bakery, produce without a label, whoever buys that product does so at their own great risk, including contracting cancer, kidney diseases and so on. ‘’Shutting down those types of places is the work of Area Council health workers. NAFDAC regulates only regulated products. You can also take up the ‘maishayi’ issue with your union (AMBCN) or Consumer Protection Council (CPC). It’s not NAFDAC’s mandate. We only regulate branded products. The law setting up NAFDAC does not empower us to arrest unbranded products.’’

Reacting almost immediately, AMBCN chapter chairman, Mr. Ishaq Abdulrahim, said the union has not been resting on its oars but has embarked on sensitisation drive through direct contacts, the media and other platforms to conscientise residents on dangers of patronising such unwholesome product.

According to him, such efforts were ongoing till effective results were achieved. Lectures were given to the audience by NAFDAC officials on sundry issues such as product registration, standard operational procedures and others.

Stakeholders laud FCTA over business-friendly environment

Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

ÏÏÏ It was a cascade of

commendations as participants at the ongoing 6th Gwagwalada Trade Fair took time to laud Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for creating a good environment for their businesses to thrive.

For instance, Events Manager of Temporal Global Affairs, Mr. Simon Alo, said the purpose of trade fairs was to move markets closer to consumers from the direct source.

Alo, who is coordinator of the Gwagwalada Trade Fair, remarked that the one month fair would enable customers have access to products as originally produced from companies---and at cheap rate too.

A participant at the fair, Mr. Ifeanyi Chibueze, who is Managing Director, Blessed Udy Ventures, told The Abuja Times that he is happier this year compared to last

year. According to Chibueze, he has sold more than he initially envisaged.

On his part, General Manager, Owodelola Ventures, Alhaja Fatima Ali, who came from Lagos, expressed satisfaction with her sales volume, saying she had sold enough of her kitchen utensils even as she pleaded for additional days for the fair.

Alhaji Aminu from Kano State, who deals in textiles materials, commended the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, for making this year’s trade fair a huge success, adding that he was impressed with the patronage this year.

Another participant, Bello Abdulhamid from Kaduna State, who specialises in Romanian jewelry and eye glasses, lauded Gwagwalada Area Council Chairman, Hon. Adamu Mustapha Obama, for contributing to the success of the fair.

On sales, he stated that patronage was rising but asked for additional days for some workers to be paid salaries, which could translate to greater sales.

Also speaking, a native doctor, who trades on ‘wonderful’ powder and perfumes, Alhaji Yusuf Dan-Plateau, thanked the FCT Minister and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for encouraging local products, saying the policy has yielded positive dividends.

Dan-Plateau called on the Minister to assist in the same manner next year so that Nigerians can have products direct from source at lower price.

Dr. Nasiru Dan Baba, who came from Niger Republic, commended the Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Obama, and described him as ‘’a man of the people that knows how to do the right thing at the right time.’’

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not do it alone.”

He enjoined stakeholders to acquaint themselves with modern ways of managing disaster in view of emerging disasters from flooding and terrorist activities even as he stressed the importance of information sharing among stakeholders.

He revealed FEMA’s plans to integrate divers and swimmers into rescue operations for flood incidents.

According to him, “the divers will be trained and handed over to Local Emergency Committees in different Area Councils to work with, to respond promptly whenever flood occurs.”

Alhaji Idriss equally revealed plans to establish hazard map for FCT to enable FEMA identify hazard areas in different locations and also guide the agency appropriately on approach of rescue, thereby reducing response time.

The FEMA boss urged residents and subsector managers to always use the three- digit toll free emergency number -112- for quick response to disasters around them, noting that they can call the number even when there is no airtime on their phones.

According to Alhaji Idriss, the importance of the 112 emergency

number is to reduce response time from five minutes. He urged FCT residents and various stakeholders to embrace the emergency code 112 which he stated is a major achievement in disaster management.

Responding, the FCT Commandant, NSCDC, Commandant Patrick E. Ukpan, expressed satisfaction with the warm reception accorded him and his team.

He stated that their visit to FEMA was to familiarise the corps with the agency’s activities and look into areas of further collaboration.

The commandant stated that the corps is saddled with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and also monitors activities of private guards and recommends them for registration.

He therefore urged residents to always consult the corps to provide them with a list and profile of registered private guard companies to avoid recruitment of guards with criminal background. The commandant also noted that the corps also manages critical infrastructure and national assets such as electrical installations, dams, buildings, and pipelines, among others, noting that his men are deployed to various infrastructure that are prone to vandalism for 24-hour surveillance.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (middle) with the re-elected Exco of the FCTA Press Corps, shortly after their swearing-in in Abuja…on Tuesday.

Encomiums as FCT-DHE bids farewell to two retired Directors

ÏÏÏIt was an occasion for convivial-

ity and back-slapping for work well done when the Federal Capital Territory Department of Higher Education (DHE) bid farewell to two of its former Directors, Chief Habakkuk Danjuma Jimiko and Dr. (Mrs.) Catherine C. Ezeilo.

The duo was the department’s pioneer and second directors respectively. Two other former staff members were sent forth at the event- Mr. Abubakar Ododa and Mr. Ibrahim Babawo.

An obviously excited Acting Director of the department, Mr. Joshua Joseph Garba, who spoke on the occasion, thanked the two former directors for their immense contributions to the growth and existence of the department.

He said: “It is with delight that mention be made of the pioneer di-

rector, Chief Habakkuk Danjuma Jimiko who weathered through the fierce storm at the formative stage against the pessimists who never supported the establishment of the department.

Along with only five staff, he formed the solid basement upon which subsequent attainments were made.”

Garba acknowledged with gratitude that one of his achievements was the partnership with the National Commission for Colleges of Education.

To Dr. Ezeilo, he said: “We celebrate you today for your brief but very immense impact on the psyche of our staff. Within the space of six months, you brought the department from obscurity to limelight, improved greatly the working environment by borrowing and plowing

in your personal resources.”

He revealed that it was during her tenure that she facilitated the visits to National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Ministry of Education, Kaduna, and Federal Ministry of Education, Abuja. Also to visit the proposed site of Abuja University of Technology, Abaji (AUTA) to get things working towards its smooth take-off.

He also acknowledged the presence of Ododa as a’’ pioneer staff of the department ‘’of which the history of DHE cannot be complete without mentioning him.

Responding, the former directors thanked the management and staff of DHE for the honour given them and wished all the management and staff success in their careers.

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AEPB urges FCT residents to engage in proper waste management

ÏÏÏThe Abuja Environmental Pro-

tection Board (AEPB) has advised Federal Capital Territory (FCT) residents to use waste bins and avoid throwing waste in drainage channels.

Head of Department of Solid Waste Management, AEPB, Mr. Omogiade Omoruyi, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday.

Omoruyi said that the adoption of proper waste management techniques would ensure a clean environment that would safeguard the people’s well-being, particularly during the rainy season.

He noted that rainy season could be a challenging period for city management and public health officials because of the speedy putrefaction of organic waste and possibilities of flooding.

He advised the residents to procure and use waste bins with fitted covers to protect the stored garbage from the rains, while reducing its pace of putrefaction and emission of offensive odour.

Omoruyi said that as the rains had now started, the residents ought to cooperate with AEPB in keeping their surroundings clean.

“The major issue here is that some residents don’t have waste bins that have covers to shield their outstanding garbage from the weather element of rain.

“Some residents don’t have waste bins and they don’t even bother to know the importance of having waste bins at homes.

“Whenever it rains, there is the tendency for the waste to absorb the rainwater, this makes the waste heavier and it decomposes faster and smells more; that’s why residents should have waste bins and ensure that the bins are always covered.

“Residents should make it as a point of duty to ensure that their waste bins are properly covered and protected.

“They should also desist from throwing trash from vehicles. When we throw out trash from our cars, it affects the environment and when rains fall, the water pushes all the bottles, pure water sachets into the drains.

“We all know that the blockage of drainage channels by debris is the commonest cause of urban flooding,’’ he said.

Omoruyi advised the residents to always separate organic waste from other kinds of waste, saying that the adoption of such waste sorting techniques would enable waste collection contractors to remove the waste to appropriate dumpsites.

He also said that the board was working toward the completion of waste transfer stations in the FCT. He said that a waste transfer station was a building or a processing site where waste was deposited for recycling purposes.

Health care: WACS to train 15 FCT resident doctors

Stories by Idu Jude, Abuja

ÏÏÏThe

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is ready to churn out medical doctors to handle special cases as it has gained the accreditation of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) to train a total of 15 resident doctors at a time for both its membership and Fellowship programmes.

The accreditation was given to February 2017 following an assessment visit by a team of experts from WACS secretariat.

General Manager, FCT Hospitals Management Board (HMB), Dr. Aminu Mohammed Mai, disclosed this in his office during an interview with The Abuja Times.

He said revealed that similar visit was made by another WACS team to the Departments of Surgery of Aso-

koro District Hospital, Maitama District Hospital and Wuse General Hospital between June 21 -23, 2017, for the purpose of accrediting them to train resident doctors in General Surgery.

Dr. Mai added that the visit brings to four the number of specialties in FCTA hospitals accredited for postgraduate residency training in Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology and General Surgery.

The General Manager said the imperative to address the specialist medical consultant manpower needs of FCTA hospitals spurred the Board to initiate these accreditation processes of its hospitals.

He said the accreditation processes have resulted in tremendous improvement in the quality of care in the hospitals and brought recognition to FCTA health facilities as being at

par with other health institutions in Nigeria and abroad.

Dr. Mai added that the hospitals now train and produce their own “home-grown specialist consultants who provide the needed specialist care in our facilities.’’

Hitherto, the FCTA Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) had problems retaining consultants who are offered appointments but declined such offers for various reasons including high cost of living in FCT and perceived poor conditions of service.

The General Manager added that there has been a reduction in the huge costs of training medical specialists outside of FCTA health facilities both home and abroad, thereby freeing such funds for use on other needs including infrastructure and equipment upgrade in the facilities.

Pedestrian bridges, a facelift to FCT roads, say Agwaniru, Akinteye

ÏÏÏPedestrian

bridges being provided across the FCT metropolis have been described as major facelift to the beautiful road networks and as a safeguard to the lives of residents.

This was the consensus in separate interviews by The Abuja Times with the FCT Director, Transportation Department, Engr. Anthony Agwaniru, and Assistant Director (Logistics & Design Unit), Engr. Joseph Akinteye, recently.

Engr. Agwaniru noted that “the present FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has shown and indeed demonstrated uncommon commitment to the incorporation of pedestrian bridge infrastructure into the FCT’s overall Transport Master Plan.”

The Director, who has worked under a sizeable number of past FCT Ministers, specifically highlighted that there appeared to be what he called “extra-ordinary results-yielding synergy” between the Minister and department in the coordination and facilitation of general pedestrian bridge-works in the territory,” pointing out that “this is really inspiring to the workforce of the Transportation Department and has contributed immensely to the successful execution of most of our projects.”

Apparently substantiating Engr.

Agwaniru’s claims, Engr. Akinteye, stated that “the FCT Administration is currently sponsoring two ongoing pedestrian bridge projects at Gudu

and Setraco junctions.”

Akinteye also disclosed that through result-oriented enabling environment and effective partnership, the FCTA equally succeeded in facilitating the execution of six pedestrian bridges across various parts of the territory under the “sponsorship of World Bank through the Road Sector Development Team.”

He said: “The counterpart role the FCTA played here was that it sponsored the design and supervision of the projects variously located at Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by Banex, NICON, Wuye and Area One/ Federal Secretariat junctions.”

In a related development, Engr.

Agwaniru has sent a wake-up call to residents of the territory to make effective use of pedestrian bridges as a way of “safeguarding against avoidable accidents on our highways”, pointing out that in spite of FCTA’s verifiable efforts at providing quality pedestrian infrastructure, “there is a discerning apathy among road-users in using them” as most people have severally been caught in the art of risky road-crossing even in the wake of reckless driving on our thoroughfare.

Engr. Akinteye, on his part, called on the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to enforce relevant laws and applicable punitive measures against those who have made themselves ‘’perpetual violators of pedestrian bridge-related regulations.

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (2nd left); FCTA Permanent Secretary, Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye (right); Senator representing FCT in the National Assembly, Senator Phillip Aduda (2nd right); and former Governor of Yobe State, Sen. Bukar Abbah Ibrahim, during the hearing by the Senate Committee on FCT on the Bill for the Political and Administrative Structure of FCT Area Councils in Abuja...recently.

Beware of low blood pressure, Medic counsels FCT residents ÏÏÏA

Medical practitioner in the Federal Capital Territory, Dr. Oscar Udofia, has alerted the public on the danger of suffering low blood pressure, another dreaded disease, which has been poorly reported and recognised by the general public.

He said: “A lot has been said and is still being said about High blood pressure (hypertension), how deadly it is. Relatively, little is said about the opposite, Low blood pressure (hypertension), which could also be as fatal.

Low blood pressure is blood pressure that is low enough that the flow of blood to the organs of the body is inadequate and symptoms and/or signs of low blood flow develop. On its own, Low blood pressure, without symptoms or signs, usually is nothing to worry about”.

Dr. Udofia, while explaining in medical terms, however, said that when symptoms like dizziness, light headache and fainting occur, especially when individuals go from the lying or sitting position to the standing position, there is cause for concern.

“Low blood pressure that causes an inadequate flow of blood to the body’s organs can cause strokes, heart attacks, and kidney failure. It’s most

severe form is shock,” he said.

Dr. Udofia, a Senior Consultant on Family Medicine, said low blood pressure is desirable as long as it is not low enough to cause symptoms and damage to organs in the body.

“On its own, Hypertension or low blood pressure is nothing to be alarmed over. It is when blood pressure is below the level to support life or for organs to function normally that it becomes a problem. A pregnant woman may seem alright one minute and collapse the next. One cause of such is hypertension. The best thing here is to keep the woman flat on her back and not try to sit her up,” he said.

He explained that some women experience low blood pressure during pregnancy which is why pregnant women are always advised to eat well to cater for the unborn child as well as themselves.

According to Dr. Udofia, the commonest causes of low blood pressure are reduced volume of blood, other fluids, diseases and medication. Loss of blood could be from bleeding after delivery, bleeding from peptic ulcer, ectopic pregnancy and rupture of any body organ. Loss of other body fluids could be as a result of stooling and vomiting.

Diseases and medications could also release toxic to the body which could cause damage and invariably deplete blood volume in the body.

“When blood pressure is not sufficient to deliver enough blood to the organs of the body, the organs do not work properly and can be temporarily or permanently damaged. For example, if there is reduced flow of blood to the brain, brain cells do not receive enough oxygen and nutrients, and a person can feel lightheaded, dizzy, or even faint,” Udofia said.

On the other hand, Dr. Udofia said people who have lower blood pressures have a lower risk of stroke, kidney disease, and heart disease as against people with high blood pressure.

“If your blood pressure is within the normal range of 90/60 to 140/90, the tendency of stroke, kidney or heart disease is reduced. For some people, normal blood pressure may be above 140/90 while for some pregnant women, 80/40 is normal. Even though their blood pressures do not fall within the normal range, these people still function normally. For example, 140/90 is low for somebody whose blood pressure is usually higher”, he said.

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Reps orders AMAC to commence Infotech programme: Youths laud FCT minister, UNESCO for empowerment opportunity collection of tenement rate

ÏÏÏThe House of

Representatives committee on FCT has once again ordered the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) to proceed in collection of tenement rate within its jurisdiction, having considered it legitimate.

Recall that the issue of who has right for the collection of tenement rate within the Abuja Municipal Area Council between the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) and AMAC has been in the eye of the media for the past one year, a gesture which the present administration of the FCTA has sanctioned.

Delivering a speech on behalf of the AMAC chairman, Salamatu Jubrin, supervisory councilor Account and Finance, AMAC, stated that once again the National Assembly after a long time, has ordered for the resumption of the collection of tenement rate by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

Salamatu Jubrin said: “You would recall that about ten (10) months ago, the National Assembly through the House of Representatives Committee on FCT directed the Federal Capital Territory Administration to suspend the collection of tenement rates in the territory by the Area Councils as a result of the growing controversies the issue of tenement rates collection generated.

“Consequently, the Area Councils were asked to make necessary submissions to the National Assembly with a view to studying and harmonising every grey area as well as proffering lasting solutions to the impasse.

“This temporary halt though did not go down well with us here at Abuja Municipal Area Council as our constitutional mandate was brought to dispute. We how-

ever subserviated to the authority and allowed due process to take its course”.

According to Salamatu Jubrin, “AMAC is delighted delight therefore, to announce to you through this medium, that after meticulous deliberations on the matter at the lower Chamber of the National Assembly, by the fair-minded legislators, the suspension placed on the collection of tenement rates in the Council has been lifted”.

She further revealed that the in a letter dated 1st August, 2017 and addressed to the Council, conveying approval for the collection of tenement rates within the Federal Capital Territory by Area Councils, that the issue had already been addressed by the House under the provision of section 13 of the Federal Capital Territory Act. CAP 128, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

She stressed that the Abuja Municipal Area Council considers this historic approval a victory not only for AMAC but also for the good people of the Council whom this present administration pledged to uplift their standard of living through the provisions of basic infrastructure with monies from internally generated revenues.

Accordingly, it is also regarded a plus to the nation’s Legislative system and a growth of the democracy.

“This eminent decision is a clear demonstration of promotion of the rule of law and interest of the masses by the National Assembly.

She said: “We remain grateful to God Almighty that this lingered contention over collection of tenement rate by the Council has finally been laid to rest and stamped under the power of our revered Constitution.

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ÏÏÏParticipants

in an 8-month “Youth Mobile” Information Technology training programme have unanimously lauded the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, for the opportunity afforded them to upgrade their skills and acquire capacity to own businesses.

The ongoing capacity development programme which involves 400 youths and women selected from the six Area Councils is being organised by the UNESCO in partnership with the FCT Administration. Beneficiaries are expected to acquire various competences on ICT, especially mobile telephony apps.

One of the participants, Jalila Shuaibu, a graduate of Civil Engineering of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, said the training has opened a new world of opportunities for her.

Ms Shuaibu disclosed that she was already writing her business plan to set up an enterprise that would leverage the skills acquired in managing operating systems, building Local Area Networks (LAN) and handling computer assembly among others.

Another beneficiary, Ms Quincy Emem, expressed joy that she can now build websites using HTML, CSS and java script. Emem believes she is on course to creating jobs for herself and for other young people.

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, while flagging off the programme last month, had noted that the Administration was doing this because it believes that when it gets the youth ready for the 21 century, it gets the city ready for the future.

His words: “The programme which is being powered with the support of Cisco and Microsoft is designed to help participants acquire capacity in the design of mobile apps, networking as well as converting what they have learnt into private businesses.

Those who have businesses already would be taught how to deploy mobile technology and IT networking into their businesses.”

Speaking to newsmen, Dayo Akindolani of McAnderson Consulting, the facilitators of the training, revealed that the first set of participants numbering 400 have been grouped into four batches of hundred. Each batch, Mr. Akindolani explained, will undergo a two-month training which started in July to end in August, paving way for the next set.

The first batch of 100, who were already into the middle of the exercise, he revealed, have shown impressive performance in the way they have responded to the training.

The facilitator expressed hope that the future of the city is brighter as these learners would impact the job market positively with cutting edge skills.

The course is taking place in the FCT’s modern IT laboratory which has been equipped with over 100 cutting edge computers.

It would also be recalled that FCT entered into the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge this year. The initiative was aimed at leveraging technology solutions to improve efficiency of cities. In it, the FCT aimed to tackle top strategic challenges with the assistance of IBM’s expertise and technology. FCT hopes that participation would enable its officials pick up vital lessons towards leveraging Smart City competences for effective public policies.

In the same vein, there is an ongoing 21-day workshop for ICT-based instruction delivery for the Nigeria/ Korea Model School in Abuja as well as 150 other teachers selected from various schools across the FCT.

Beauty, body enhancers to attract opposite sex, say FCT residents ÏÏÏSome residents of Federal Cap-

ital Territory (FCT) have reacted differently to the use of beauty or body enhancers supposedly to attract the opposite sex.

A correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who spoke with a cross section of FCT residents, reports that many of the respondents agree that trend is common with the womenfolk.

Beauty enhancers are the use of physical attachments, surgery or pills to improve or enhance the shape of the body purportedly to be more attractive.

Many young women, especially in their desires to look like their curvaceous favourite stars like U. S. Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj and Jennifer Lopez, among others go for such body enhancers.

Some of the body enhancers are breast implants; Botox – used temporarily to lessen the appearance of facial wrinkles, liposuction, surgeries and excessive make-up.

Some of those using enhancements claim that it helps to build their self-esteem and to keep their partners from cheating.

A relationship coach, Miss Dam-

mie Layemi said, “Women use beauty enhancements to meet up with certain demands of the modern world.’’

“It does not reduce the fact that a man will cheat if he wants to as a good number of men are truly insatiable.

“The rate at which women accept their natural bodies in the world today is devastatingly low which has increased the use of beauty enhancements.

“This can be on any part of their bodies including lips, buttocks, hips, facial structure or a complete makeover with use of heavy makeup.

“Lots of these women want to look like celebrities or the imaginary pictures they see on television and the internet, not knowing the price these people have paid for fame.”

Miss Arome Ochinama, a graphic designer said that women these days go to the extreme to look beauty through enhancements of the body.

“Most times the women forget that the practice is on the only face value and may hardly stop a man from cheating.’’

Participants in the ongoing Youth Mobile IT Training in class and work groups. The training was organised

by UNESCO in partnership with the FCT Administration in Abuja.

Abuja residents complain over menace of rising scavenging ÏÏÏSome residents of the Federal

Capital Territory (FCT) have complained about the unwholesome activities of scavengers in the territory and urged the FCT Administration (FCTA) to take steps check the menace.

A cross section of the residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday said the activities of the scavengers constituted health and security risks.

Mr. Joshua Adeoye, a public servant, said there was need for definite laws that would help to reduce the indiscriminate activities of the scavengers.

He said the environmental impact of scavenging in the federal capital territory was inimical to the health of people.

“Although these scavengers help in waste disposal, they need to be checked because we have heard that some of them dump the waste into drains and open fields,’’ he said.

Adeoye said the FCTA should create a formal recycling site to enable the scavengers to dispose their waste effectively.

Mrs. Eunice Aboki, a nurse, said the health status of scavengers raised a great concern to public health because they were potential pathways for transmission of communicable diseases.

“Waste scavengers are constantly in touch with the wider public during the course of their daily jobs.

“The health status of scavengers could be a public health concern, as they could speed up transmission of communicable diseases,’’ she

said.

On her part, Mrs. Ijeoma Osita said the practice had enormous security challenges, adding that most of the scavengers stole valuables in the neigbourhoods.

“We want government to put them in check. They should not be allowed to walk freely to search people’s waste bins; it’s dangerous,’’ she said.

She also urged the administration to create jobs for the unemployed youths, adding that the rise in the practice was largely hinged on unemployment.

Mr. Alphonsus Chidozie, agreed with Osita and spotlighted the security risk of the practice, adding that scavengers had the propensity to steal from unsuspecting residents.

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Belema pipeline attack: Shell paid FG, NDDC $31bn between 2002 and 2016 Idu Jude, Abuja

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it remitted $29.8 billion to the federation account; and $1.2b to Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2002 and 2016.

This recent revelation by the company runs contrary to the issue leading to an attack to Gas installation in Belelma River State by angry youths who de-

manded compensation from the company on oil exploration, General Manager, External Relations, SPDC,Mr. Igo Weli said this on Monday, while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on the prevailing circumstances, and to enlighten the public on the happenings.

The GM, while reacting to the shutdown of SPDC flow station and gas plant in Belema community by angry youths who accused the company of neglecting their community,added

that it was wrong to have done so.

He stated that the seizure of the company’s facilities by the youths of the community would not only send wrong signals to the international community, but was capable of discouraging further investment in the Niger Delta.

He said contrary to people’s expectations, the company doesn’t have the resources “to solve world hunger,” although it has added value to Nigeria’s

growth “in several ways.”

“People are having high expectations from SPDC; they forget the company is not the government and do not have the resources to solve world hunger,” he said.

According to him, “SPDC has made several efforts to sensitise the people on how our business is run so that their expectations can be realistic and align with realities of how we run

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Ganiyu Obaaro An analysis of seat capacity for travel to the top ten international airports in Africa, produced by ForwardKeys, reveals that Lagos is seeing substantial declines in both domestic and international capacity, mainly because Arik Air is cutting per cent of its seats for the rest of 2017.

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According to a statement by an international aviation research firm, AViaDev, “During the coming five months, August – December 2017, there will be 16 per cent fewer airline seats on domestic routes and nine per cent fewer and on international routes to and from Lagos.”

Commenting on this data, Jon Howell, Managing Director of AviaDev, Africa’s leading airline route development conference, said: “One of the major reasons for falling arrivals by air to Nigeria, is the fact that many airlines could not repatriate funds after the currency crisis in 2016.

As a result, Iberia and United Airlines have ceased operations to Nigeria, whilst Emirates and the other foreign carriers have scaled back services.

The Nigerian airlines have suf-

fered too and so this void has been filled by the ever-opportunistic Ethiopian Airlines, who began serving their fifth Nigerian destination, Kaduna on 1st August 2017 and are now the largest carrier in the Nigerian market.”

Most of the other airports in Africa’s top ten are seeing a healthy growth in capacity, which is more international than it is domestic. However, the most notable exception to this trend is Nairobi, which is seeing a 22 per cent boost in domestic capacity.

The statement said, “These findings are part of a wider report on travel to Africa, produced by ForwardKeys, which predicts future travel patterns by analysing 17 million booking transactions a day. It shows double digit growth in flight arrivals for the first half

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

of this year and little indication that the pace of growth will slow down soon. The wider report will make encouraging reading for airlines, governments and hoteliers planning to discuss possible new aviation routes at AviaDev in Kigali in October.

“The report reveals that in the first seven months of the year, 1st Jan – 31st July 2017, total international flight arrivals grew by 14.0 per cent over the same period in 2016. Most significantly, growth was stronger for travel to and from the continent than within the continent. Arrivals from Europe, which make up 46 per cent of the market, were up 13.2per cent. From the Americas, arrivals were up 17.6 per cent; from the Middle East, they were up 14.0 per cent and from Asia Pacific, they were up 18.4per cent.

FirstBank elevates over 3000 workers, others Afolabi Adesola First Bank of Nigeria Limited has promoted over 3000 of its workforce in its recent promotion exercise targeted at rewarding staff for strong performance in driving the bank’s business.

The bank, which continuously develops its workers and invests in its talent pool, said this year’s promotions was particularly targeted at lower and middle management cadres in recognition of their pivotal role in customer service delivery; and the bank’s transformational programme.

The bank in recognition of the hard work and contributions of staff, thus rolled out unprecedented promotions across board, moving up over 3000 members of staff in spite of the difficult economic down turn and challenging operating environment.

The performance review is an annual exercise in the bank tailored to recognize and reward members of staff who have excelled as well as disengage members of staff who performed poorly in the last financial year.

According to Adesola Adeduntan, MD/CEO, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, “With the 2017 promotions, the bank has delivered on its commitment to always reward staff performance and build a motivated workforce.

Our priority as an institution is to empower and build the capacity of our people as they are our best assets. Our people are also our surest path to achieving our strategic goals and accelerating business performance across all key business indices.”

The management of the first generation bank says it “remains committed to building an institution that will always put its stakeholders - employees, customers, investors, communities, institutions and businesses – at the heart of the business.”

Recently, the bank unveiled new employment models - FirstBank Management Associate Programme (FMAP), as well as the Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) - as part of efforts to build the next set of leadership. With the new model, workers can now benefit from accelerated career progression, whilst also building leadership capabilities at an early stage of their career.

Business News B2 Belema pipeline attack: Shell paid FG, NDDC $31bn between 2002 and 2016 Continued from page b1 our business.“The business we do add value in several ways through contributions to the Federation Account and the NDDC.” He said, “Between 2012 and 2016, SPDC JV contributed $29.8b to the Federation Account, which flows down to the state governments, local governments and to the communities.”

He said that the company had also set aside three percent of its annual budget to NDDC as its contribution to the development of the Niger Delta.

He, however, described closure of the company’s facility as worrisome, especially as the company and its partners had spent millions of naira on human and infrastructure programmes in the communities.

“If the youths isolate our corporate social responsibility and put all the burden of infrastructure needs on SPDC, then the expectation would not balance,” he said.

He said,“In 2016 alone, our contribution to NDDC was 106.8m dollars; people need to define their expectation; ask themselves if their expectation is realistic; and if SPDC is the government.People should express their grievances in a way that follows due process to avoid sending the wrong signal to potential investors about how businesses are treated in our society.”

Weli , however said that though the company had set aside N7b for the development of the Niger Delta, the funds are yet to be spent due to restiveness and litigation affecting the implementation of its social investment drive in the communities.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Lagos raises N85bn bond to fund development projects Joy Ekeke Lagos State has raised N85.14 billion ($271 million) in seven and 10-year bonds to fund infrastructure and environmental projects, its Commissioner for Finance, Akinyemi Ashade has said.

According to Ashade, the bond consists of N46.37 billion seven-year debt at a 16.75 per cent rate and N38.77 billion via a 10-year paper with 17.25 per cent interest.

The issue is the third tranche of a N500 billion debt programme approved by the state House of Assembly last year and was sold through book building,

Ashade said.

The state sold N60 billion worth of five-year bonds last year, the first tranche of the debt programme planned to be issued over the next two to five years.

“We value the reputation we have earned as the most responsible issuer in the Nigerian capital markets and thank everyone who has worked with us to deliver a successful outcome,” Ashade said.

Lagos is home to the commercial hub of Africa’s biggest economy, a sprawling city of more than 21 million people which badly needs infrastructure upgrades.

Stock brokers said the state

Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, Board of Directors, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (middle) with the graduate level policy students from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government during a courtesy visit to the bank... recently.

Kano, BOI partner on agric production

Yakubu Salisu, Kano

The Kano State Commissioner Ministry of Commerce Honorable Rabiu Bako has disclosed that the state government, through the ministry in conjunction with the Commercial Bank of Industry have agreed to boost activities of small scale business in the state with a new round of loan disbursement.

Bako made this known on

paid higher interest than the inflation rate on the bond in a bid to lure investors into buying the debt.

The country’s annual inflation was 16.1 per cent in June, while data for July is being expected from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) till Aug. 28.

The federal Government paid 16.25 per cent on its 10-year bond last month.

Most states in the country depend on their share of federal oil revenues but Lagos has diligently pursued its Interneally Generated Revenue (IGR) and complemented it with the debt market to fund its developmental projects.

Tuesday, during a joint meeting between the ministry and a delegation of the bank at which modalities for the new phase of the exercise were drawn.

According to him, the state government had so far disbursed about 400 million Naira soft loan to traders in the state to boost commercial activities, which the state has always been known for.

He said, “The administration of Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje is committed to empowering small

scale businesses in the state and in order to make things easier for our people, the state government has asked that the interest rate charged by the bank be reduced from 5% to 1.5% so that beneficiaries can pay back with ease.”

According to him, interested persons should apply as more windows would be given opportunity benefit from the project.

In his part, leader of the delegation Alhaji Ibrahim Bisallah stated that the bank has set up

a debt recovery committee to recover funds disbursed during the first round of the exercise, which some persons have failed to pay back.

He called on the people of the state to make good use of the opportunity created by the state government under Ganduje, as the bank is always ready to work with the government to encourage small scale businesses, by providing funds to those in need to boost commercial activities in the state.

Interfact Beverages donates patrol vans to boost Anambra security John Ndu, Awka A reputable company and makers of Hero and Grand malt drinks, Interfact Beverages ltd has donated six Patrol Vehicles to the Nigerian Police and Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

Five Patrol Vans were for Anambra and Delta State Police Command, while one Van was for Anambra State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

Receiving for the Police, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris restated the force commitment towards improving its performance on security of lives and property in the country.

The Inspector-General of Police, who was represented by Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Umar, said the vehicles would boost prompt response towards intervening in any security situation.

He stressed that his Command had unveiled various strategies in fighting crime, to ensure peaceful atmosphere in the state.

While commended Interfact Beverages ltd. for the gesture, Mr Idris warned all the hoodlums to flee, as his Command would always make the state uncomfortable for them to operate.

According to him, “this gesture to the police has shown that the company had the security of every member of the community at heart and we shall live up to expectations.”

He however promised to make judicious use of the vehicles in line with specifications to sustain already existing peace in the state.

Presenting the Vehicles at the Company’s premises, Onitsha, the Legal and Corporate Affairs Director of Interfact Beverages ltd. Mr Otunba Micheal Daramola, said the donation was part of the social corporate responsibility of the company to the society.

“It is our way of affecting the lives of the people around us knowing that security is very important to the development of the state and the country.

Daramola disclosed that the company had empowered 50 youths with seed money under its Kick Start programme and had also sunk boreholes in different communities in the country.

He said the vehicle donated to FRSC was to help curb reckless driving on the road.

Also speaking, Interfact President, West Africa, Mr. Andrez Duplessis disclosed that 12 vehicles have so far been donated to security agencies since it started operation in Onitsha four years ago.

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Heritage Bank, RIMAN, others urge on modern risk practices Heritage Bank Plc, Risk Managers Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) and Financial Derivatives Company Limited have called on corporate organizations to adopt systemic and cultural changes to embed risk management into their organisations in a bid to manage uncertainties that may arise at any given time.

At the 17th Annual Conference organized by RIMAN in partnership with Heritage Bank Plc were eminent personalities, which included His Royal Highness, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu and his council of chiefs and Professor Segun Ajibola, President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), among others.

CEO of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Mr. Bismarck Rewane in his keynote address, said that risk advantage is the ability to systematically manage the uncertainty inherent in any given strategic position in order to generate an attractive return with less risk.

He said the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) risk advantage framework could be used to establish competitive strength in an age of uncertainty and that the components of the framework are expansive, anticipation, discipline and resilience.

He said that regular scenario planning helped to establish expansive anticipation and also hold managers accountable for factoring risk and uncertainty into their planning.

Rewane, whose keynote address was titled: ‘Risk Management for Economic Development and Revenue Diversification’, also enjoined them to take into account risks taken when reviewing the results achieved because

linking risk to human resources and corporate governance builds resilience.

He also examined risk from a multidimensional perspective but mainly from a policy maker perspective noted that the business cycle is a natural economic phenomenon of boom to slowdown to bust.

Quoting Matthew Bishop, Rewane defined risk as the chance or probability that things not turning out as expected, adding that risk taking lies in the heart of capitalism and is responsible for a large part of economic growth.

Other definitions of risk he proffered are: profit is the reward for risk taking; risk management is the process of bearing the risk of tolerance and minimizing the risk one does not want and risk is also hedging, diversification and buying insurance.

He remarked that economies were vulnerable to both exogenous and domestic shocks s as they go through business cycles, noting that in the last 100 years, there have been no less than 14 recessions, one depression in 1929 and at least two times when economic, financial and market crisis happened.

Rewane noted that a stress test of the Nigerian banking industry presently would measure exposure to oil and gas (N1.62 trillion), telecoms (N673 billion) and power (N306 billion) which showed the industry non-performing loans were on the rise and thereby necessitating additional capital raising.

In his address, President of RIMAN, Mr. Jude Monye welcomed delegates and participants to the conference with the theme: The Role of Risk Managers in Economic Development and Revenue Diversification.

B3 Money Market

Naira gains at I&E FX window, drops at parallel, official markets Stories by Motolani Oseni The Nigerian currency, naira, on Tuesday, extended its gaining streak at the Investors &Exporters FX window, but reverse was the case at the official and unofficial foreign exchange markets, as both dropped points, findings

by The Daily Times has revealed.

The naira, at the close of yesterday trading activities, strengthened by 0.03 per cent to close at 362.38 to the dollar, against N362.50 traded on Monday; and N364.78 exchanged on Friday, but opened for trading at 363.25 compared to the previous day N365.68.

Although, the volume

traded at I&E FX window declined to $117.36 million from an improved turnover of $142.88m sold on the first trading day of the week, data obtained from the FMDQ OTC has revealed.

The local currency at the parallel market, however, dropped further to close at 369 per dollar against 368 exchanged on Monday, losing a total three points from a depreciated rate of N366 sold in the corresponding week.

It however, appreciated by two points to record new rate against the pound at 475 compared to 477 sold on Monday, but remained unchanged at to the euro at e the unofficial segment of the forex market.

The naira, which had been shedding points slightly at the official forex market in the recent time continued on Tuesday to close at 305.65 against 305.60 declared on Monday and Friday.

At the official interbank market on Tuesday, the local currency exchanged at 366.05 per dollar the same rate it traded on Monday and 471.28 to the pound against 475.02 sold the preceding day, while steadied at 429.88 as against 431.71 exchanged on Tuesday.

Speaking to our correspondent over the closure of market activities, President, Association of Bureux de Change Operators in Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said: “At bureux de change

segment of the foreighn exchange market, we bought at N360 to the dollar and sold at 362 as the close of operation.”

Although, he had earlier disclosed that the newly introduced Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) rate fixing for foreign investors and exporters window will make naira sovereign and stronger in the market.

Gwadabe noted that the newly market derivatives will enhance a transparent, accountable and secured naira determination.

He added that the new policy would enable the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to generate huge inflows running to billions of dollars to defend the local currency.

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CBN injects $364m into Inter-Bank Forex market

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday, intervened in the InterBank Foreign Exchange Market to the tune of $364million in a bid to sustain liquidity in the market.

A breakdown of the forex intervention indicates that

the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) received the largest allocation of $264,192,252.95m.

The CBN also offered the sum of $100m to authorised dealers in the wholesale window.

Confirming the figures yesterday, sources at the bank said the CBN also received requests from authorized forex

dealers on behalf of their customers, for which results will be released.

According to the sources, the apex bank remained committed to achieving a convergence of rates at the interbank and Bureau-de-Change segments of the market.

The Daily Times recalled that the CBN, last week, intervened in the wholesale, Small

and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and invisibles windows to the tune of $195m.

Meanwhile, the CBN, in a bid to improve foreign exchange availability in the Nigerian Forex Market and ameliorate challenges encountered by critical stakeholders, said payment for port charges to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other agencies by

oil marketing companies can now be accommodated by the bank using Form ‘A’.

A circular endorsed by the Director, Trade and Exchange Department, Wuritka Dauda Gotring, directed authorized delears to accept the request for the payments of port charges from oil marketing companies and forward same to the CBN Forex window.

Capital Market B4 `ƆƒƈƒƆ 9^R ƌ ƏƊƆƐè Ɛ ƊƆ ƋƗƆƏ ƑƏ Ɔ SEC, NSE Bonny Amadi Stakeholders of the Nigerian capital market have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC0 and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to reflect the growth recorded in the equities market with revival of the Initial Public Offer (IPO) market.

The stakeholders, who spoke to Daily Times Nigeria, said that growth in the market should reflect other segments of the market and market confidence, which usually reflects on the vibrancy of the primary segment of the market.

Mr. Okezie Boniface, founder, Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria (PSAN), said the equities market has sustained depressed IPO market over the years and need to be revitalized for effective growth of the market.

He told Daily Times that Nigerian investors were caught unawares in the market depression and nationalization of listed companies; and many still dread the market.

“What happened in the market in the past in the banking sector , made local retail investors to be afraid of the market” Okezie said” SEC and the NSE need to fashion a way to see that local investor confidence is restored to drive the primary market and that of the IPO.

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NSE: Market value drops to N12.9tr as investors take profit Afolabi Adesola Nigerian equities market, closed Tuesday on a negative note, as investors delved deeper into the profittaking trend, which commenced at the beginning of the week.

The price movement chart, which showed market closed with just 11 gainers to 35 losers, revealed most transactions closed the day at lower prices.

The market capitalization fell

by N294.5billion in the course of the day’s trading activities, to close at N12.786trillion, as against its opening value of N13.081trn.

The All- Share Index (ASI),

similarly dropped from its opening value of 37,950.96 points to close at 37,096.60 points, representing a decline of 854.36 points or 2.25 per cent, depressing the year-to-date return to 38.96 per cent.

All sectoral indices closed in the red. The NSE Industrial Goods Index declined by 4.15 per cent. The NSE Banking Index dropped by 1.25 per cent, while the NSE Consumer goods depreciated by 1.02 per cent. The NSE Insurance Index and NSE Oil & Gas Index depreciated by 0.39 respectively.

Morison Industries led the decliners with a loss of 8.16 per cent to close at 90 kobo. PZ

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Meanwhile, in line with its tradition and a trend deployed by GTBank has once again most first tier banks, the board reassured its sharehold- of the bank has indicated that ers of its commitment to return a dividend per share of 30 kobo value for their trust and market will be paid to shareholders on confidence with its second quar- the register of the bank as at ter (Q2) 2017 result, which mar- the close of business on August ket stakeholders have ranked as 23, 2017; and August 17, 2017, for holders of the bank’s Global Deremarkable.

The group’s result released pository Receipts (GDR).

The dividend will be paid on by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday, showed no- September 5, 2017, while holdtable growth in both the group’s ers of the bank’s GDR listed on and bank’s key performance in- the London Stock Exchange will dices for the period ended 30th receive their dividend payment subsequently June, 2017.

The bank also noted that its Register of ShareSummary of activities on NSE holders will be closed on August 24, ASI 37,096.60 2017, while the Register of GDR holdDEALS 5,285.00 ers will be closed on August 18, 2017, to VOLUME 391,625,421.00 enable its Registrars to prepare for the VALUE 5,436,356,889.78 payment of interim CAP 12,786,186,982,538.43 dividend.

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4,113 deals on Monday.

The shares were valued at N5.4bn against previous day’s value of N4.22bn.

Banking stocks dominated the activities chart with Access Bank the most active stock, following the sale of 179.3mn shares valued at N1.87bn. Zenith Bank followed with a turnover of 40.1mn shares worth N937.3bn while UBA placed third with 24.9mn shares valued at N233.6mn.

FBN Holdings and Guaranty were fourth and fifth on the activity chart with the sale of 22.1mn shares and 11.9mn shares worth N133.8mn and N461.6m, respectively.

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and Stanbic declined by 5 per cent each to close at N25.65 and N38.95. Nascon Allied Industries dropped by 4.96 per cent to close at N11.69; and CCNN dipped 4.96 per cent to close at N10.15.

On the positive, Glaxosmithkline and Berger Paints led the advancers with a gain of 5 per cent each to close at N21 and N7.14 respectively. Goldbrew rose by 4.71 per cent to close at 89 kobo. Conoil added 3.99 per cent to close at N33.89 and Learn Africa gained 3.80 per cent to close at 82 kobo.

Total value of shares sold by investors in 5,285 deals stood at 391.6mn units, up 24 per cent from 316.12mn shares traded in

declared 25 kobo interim dividend, following release of its Q2 result.

Meanwhile, the result showed that the group’s gross earnings peaked at N214, 097,579b, while in the corresponding period 2016, group’s gross earnings closed at N209, 872,662b.

Profit before tax for the group in Q2, closed at N101, 100,510b, against N85, 688,338b PAT recorded by the group in 2015 Q2.

In the first half of 2017, GTBank paid higher take as Income tax expense rose to N17,421,102b) , against N13,920,717b paid by the group in 2016.

Profit for the group grew by about 20 per cent to N83, 679,408b, from N71, 767,621b posted in the second quarter period of 2016.

The group’s basic earnings per share closed higher 296 kobo, against 254 kobo in the same period of 2016. Diluted earnings per share also closed higher at 296 kobo, from 254kobo in the Q2 period of 2016.

Analysts sustain out-performance rating on Zenith Bank’s Q2

Bonny Amadi

The second quarter 2017 unaudited result of Zenith Bank Plc has continued to generate positive reactions from the capital market, as cross section of analysts sustain out-performance rating on the first tier bank.

The bank, which, as at the close of business last Monday, recorded large volume transaction on its shares justified investor’s commitment to taking profit both from price growth and corporate action, as the bank is currently trading cum dividend.

Following the release of Zenith bank’s second quarter result, the board of directors proposed 25 kobo interim dividend. The proposal, Daily Times gathered, is driving more activities on the bank’s equities. While some investors are selling to take price profit on price growth, others have sustaining mopping up the bank’s shares to reap from the 25 kobo interim dividend.

A recent report by FBNQuest, among major investment analysts, sustained out-performance rating

on the bank, following its strong Q2 results which showed positive surprise due to strong y/y growth in non-interest income, which more than offset a subdued performance in funding income and negative surprises in loan loss provisions and operating expenses.

“Nevertheless, we have raised our 2017E and 2018E EPS forecasts by an average of 17 per cent to reflect the positive surprise in noninterest income and a stronger H2 outlook for the same” the report said.

According to analysts report, hence Zenith Bank shares have gained 59 per cent ytd. Higher than ASI which has recorded 41 per cent growth, its new price target of N29.1 implies additional upside potential of 24 per cent. “As such, we retain our Outperform rating on the shares” noted FBNQuest.

Zenith bank’s Q2 result rated to have outperformed analysts forecast, showed that a significant y/y growth in fx trading income driven by marked-to-market gains on swaps was the key driver behind the bank’s solid growth in noninterest income.

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Maritime B6 Stories by Babajide Okeowo An expert in the maritime sector has said that the ineffectiveness of the Cabotage Law was due to the failure of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA to fully implement the provision of the enabling law guiding it.

The agency recently unveiled a new compliance strategy for implementation of the 14-year old largely Cabotage Law. However, a stakeholder has taken it with a pinch of salt saying it won’t make any major difference in achieving the objectives of the law.

According to a maritime lawyer, Emeka Akabogu,

Daily Times Nigeria Wednesday, August 16, 2017

NIMASA: Expert accuses agency of failure to implement Cabotage policy who made the observation, the effectiveness the Cabotage Law will depend on the political will of NIMASA to implement the law to the letter.

He said, “The challenge is simple. It is simply enforcement. When a ship comes into Nigeria waterways operating within cabotage defined area; and it is not a Nigerian ship, it is granted a waiver to operate yet, it does not fall under the category of ships which should be granted waivers. It is

granted a waiver simply because, from an enforcement point of view, the enforcers have been compromised. So, as far as that is happening, you will find that cabotage will not work.

“NIMASA has the enforcement officers and the executive powers on which to grant waivers.

The reason cabotage has not worked is because NIMASA has been unwilling to enforce the latter of the law simply because they either have been compro-

mised or have been lacking the political will to enforce the law.”

Akabogu said it would only be effective if NIMASA deploys all the resources in its capacity, adding, “What they have come up with simply is that they will no longer grant waivers relating to certain categories of officers. Now, for those categories of officers, yes, it makes sense that there is no point having foreigners for second officers, but I really don’t see any significant impact

ber of officers; it should have covered none granting of waivers to certain types of ships particularly tanker vessels involve in operating along the coast.

If they had insisted and said they would no longer grant any waivers for now to such tanker vessels, that would have had an impact. “ But as far as they keep granting waivers to tanker vessels, all these other ones, their impact would just be minimal and more of noise as opposed to real impact.

that would have given that ordinarily most of the time, those categories of officers are indigenous.

For the companies which are coming into the country, say temporarily, and working for a very short period of time, how that will apply we need to see.”

He said, “I think that the more significant area of focus should be relating to granting of waivers to ships itself. If NIMASA is serious, the new compliance strategy should not have been limited to a num-

NPA partners women professional groups on manpower development

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman (right) receiving a plague of recognition from the President, Women in Maritime Africa (WIMA), Jean Chiazor Anishere (left), when they paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director in Lagos.....recently

Agency solicits ANLCA’s support over revenue In a bid at resolving the ongoing impasse on the collection of the controversial Practitioner Operating Fee, POF, at the nation’s seaports, airports and border posts by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN), the registrar of the agency, Mike Jukwe has solicited the support of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA).

Jukwe was reported to have visited the National Executive Council meeting (NECOM) of the association in Port Harcourt to solicit for the cooperation of the association in the collection of the POF

The collection of the POF has been a subject of litigation with ANLCA recently accusing Jukwe and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, of flouting a court order, which issued an order stopping collection of the controversial POF. ANLCA has said that the fee would increase the cost of doing business at the port, which is a clear contravention on the ease of doing business initiative of the Federal Government and that its collection amounts to violation of an order of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, which had directed that status quo be maintained pending

determination of a case instituted by the association.

CRFFN is expected to rake in as much as N10 billion annually from the imposition of N1, 000 on every imported twenty-foot container; and N2, 000 on every forty-foot container.

CRFFN will also collect N1, 000 per truck load of general cargo, N500 per imported car and N1, 000 on other types of imported vehicles.

However, ANLCA’s opposition has stalled collection of the fee. The association’s officials however reportedly gave Jukwe conditions under which they will back the POF collection.

The major condition, according to a source, is the constitution of the CRFFN’s Governing Council.

ANLCA is not the only association in the maritime sector challenging the collection of the POF, the President of the National Council of Managing Directors of Customs Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA); Lucky Amiwero has also challenged the legality of the CRFFN to collect POF in the absence of a governing council.

However, as the flexing of muscles persists, observers say it is left to be seen who would blink first.

The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Usman has reiterated the commitment of the agency towards developmental programmes and goals initiated by credible women organisations across all spheres of national endeavour, especially in the area of manpower development.

Hadiza said this when she received the visiting Executive Members of Women in Maritime Nigeria, who visited the management of the Authority in Marina, Lagos.

She informed the stakeholders that the current management has over time collaborated with groups and captains of industries meaningfully on developmental programmes to better the economy.

She said the organization was willing to further sustain these in other to ensure the progress of the nation.

In her remarks, The President of the visiting Association, Jean Chiazor Anishere stated that the group, which is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) was at the NPA to solicit the co-operation, especially for their project in the rural areas aimed at encouraging women in these vital areas who are into fishing busi-

ness.

The African Union [AU] she said, has a policy tagged: ‘’Blue Economy,’’ which recognizes the role of the ‘’Aqua Culture” through which women would be empowered for greater selfsustenance and relief to the economy. This, she said, is an encouragement for them to achieve in their set target – women empowerment.

Also, the NPA’s helmsman has charged women who are gain fully employed to imbibe the culture of commitment, dedication and most importantly, be focused and be effective on their agenda particularly in a male-dominated environment like Nigeria.

She made this call while receiving the top echelon of the Women in Journalism, led by its president ,Ifeyinwa Omowale, who paid courtesy visit to the NPA headquarters in Marina, Lagos.

The group eulogized the management of the NPA; and stressed that their contribution to the sector is most appreciated by the stakeholders.

Usman also solicited the support of stakeholders in respect of empowerment, which she said, is a necessary ingredient for national development.

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of transport

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NiMet, telcos partner on meteorological services Stories by Tony Nwakaegho

In a move to boost its revenue generation drive, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) said it is partnering with telecommunications companies to provide meteorological services to about 50 million Nigerians through mobile phones.

Director-General of NiMet, Prof. Sani Mashi, who made this known recently in Abuja, said that the move was also part of NiMet’s efforts to enable many Nigerians in local communities’ access weather information on their mobile cell phones.

“What we have been emphasizing is that weather affects every sector of the Nigerian economy.

“And, because weather affects every sector of the economy, we must be in a position to make weather information available to those that will require them in different sectors.

“One of the quickest ways we feel we can do that is through the mobile cell phones. Most Nigerians have access to cell phones; we can use the cell phones to

reach out to them.

“So, we have been thinking along that line in order to extend the meteorological services to everybody.

“For us to be able to do that there are a lot of partnerships that we need to enter into with other stakeholders.

“Those that are in telecommunication industry; those that are in the computing industry and those that are in the information industry also need to be brought in,” director-general of NiMet added.

The initiative, he said would help NiMet to be able to issue out data to reach a higher number at the lowest level as well as increase the agency’s revenue.

He underscored that the data generated by NiMet was not for sale, but that the mobile cell phone idea was a cost recovery measure to be able to sustain production of data.

“What we did (is that) we wrote a letter to Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) that controls the issue of spectrum and they have already allocated a spectrum to us.

“The second thing that we need to do is to get a vendor that can help us to use that spectrum so that we can sell our services.

That is where the mobile service providers are coming in.

“We are already at the stage of discussion with the various mobile service providers, to work out a mechanism by which we can market and they recover cost,’’ he pointed out.

The DG revealed that NiMet was currently providing meteorological services to Sierra Leone for free because of the fact that the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) regarded Nigeria as the leader within the West Africa region, as well as providing forecast services to Liberia and the Gambia in line with ECOWAS protocol.

“We are making use of our resources to generate data so that we can provide the forecast to them.

“So we provide to Sierra Leone, Liberia and we are in the process of trying to see how we can extend meteorological services to the Gambia,’’ Mashi said.

The Angola Cables has commenced its link between South Africa and South America with the launch of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) in Sangano, Angola.

Agency report indicated that SACS is the first direct link between Africa and South America. SACS is a sub-sea cable with 40 Tera bytes per second (tbps) of capacity that will extend more than 6,500 km to Fortaleza, Brazil which began on the Angolan coast in the municipality of Quissama, being constructed by NEC Corporation.

The launch event was witnessed by José Carvalho da Rocha, the Angolan Minister of Telecommunications and Technologies, local and international

business leaders, as well as the shareholders and guests of Angola Cables.

The installation of SACS has been tipped as a strategic project for Angola to advance the region’s digital economy and to improve global communications.

The chief executive officer, Angola Cables, António Nunes, said that data centres and Internet Exchange Points benefit immensely, just as it offers a paradigm shift in Africa’s telecommunications sector.

“For Angolans, the time to access content available in America – the largest centre for the production and aggregation of digital content and services – will improve fivefold,” he added.

According to Nunes, it takes

approximately 300 milliseconds to connect between Angola and Brazil, adding that with SACS, the latency – the time lag between a data packet being sent and received – is expected to be reduced to approximately 60 milliseconds.

“Angola is becoming one of the telecommunications hubs in sub-Saharan Africa,” Nunes said, adding that “Current cable systems, such as WACS, together with the SACS and Monet cables systems – complemented by local data centers – will improve connectivity, but also economically benefit Angola and the surrounding regions as tech companies requiring high connectivity establish and grow their operations in Africa.”

Angola unveils SACS to link Africa, South America

.José Carvalho da Rocha, the Angolan Minister of Telecommunications and Technologies.

Prof. Sani Mashi, director-general of NiMet

Smart cities must be innovative, sustainable – DG NITDA The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has said that smart cities must thrive to be innovative and sustainable.

Pantami said this at the just ended Smart Cities summit in Abuja during a session on ‘Smart Technologies and Infrastructure: Communications Technologies, Platforms and IOT Aplications for Smart Cities.”

“We should be innovative about it and ensure implementations are sustainable,” he declared.

He affirmed that the commitment to the development of Smart Cities in Nigeria, will encourage the rapid advances in Internet of Things (IoTs) technologies, platforms, tools and other related technologies, inclusive of mobile and cloud technologies, capable of developing the technological landscape of nation and making lives liveable for the people.

The focus, he said, should be on short and long terms plans for building green field cities as well as rebuilding or retrofitting existing cities to be smart, future ready and sustainable.

“We need to be conscious of climate change. There is need to build a sustainable business model, our own architecture for smart initiatives and ensure the right infrastructure are available,” he added.

Pantami pointed out that infrastructure such as broadband, 5G, electricity, smart devices and agents, smart urban spaces, web-based applications, mobile technologies and e-services as

well as open government data issues are crucial to achieving sustainable smart cities.

“You may recall that The Nigeria Smart City Initiative (NSCI) was created and established in February 2016 by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to reflect the agency’s then vision of championing e-governance in Nigeria,” he said, stressing that NITDA did this with the aim of providing the enabling environment and capacity for local governments and private enterprises to improve the quality of city environment and lives of the people.

NSCI, he said, has some key principles and strategies: Public Private Partnership (PPP) driven and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, which encouraged tools and solutions to be designed with scalability in mind with a view to enable replicability and measurability.

“The programme is also tied to the agency’s collaborations with the National Information Agency (NIA) of South Korea and the World e-Government Organization of cities and local government (WeGO),” Pantami said.

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Aviation B8 NCAA recently sanctioned First Nation Airways over non compliance. Does it mean that the Airline’s response was poor.?

First of all, we have the regulations which are meant to protect the citizens; the operators and everybody in terms of safety, the aviation security and also the comfort of passengers. The sanctions are not meant to be punitive in the real sense of it; they are supposed to be corrective. And when you have rules, you must enforce those rules because what keeps us together binding us is the regulations and it is the standard.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) set standard and recommended practices and in order to belong to that international body. Y ou have to be able to enforce your regulations. So it is not about harsh economic conditions and it is not about being punitive, it is about correction. It is for people to take corrective action; and we cannot be seen to be making regulations that we cannot enforce. Regulations must be enforceable and reasonable.

What we did was to go through the full process. Initially when you contravene any of our safety regulations, we inform you, we give you time to respond which was what we did to that organizations (First Nation). They did respond, but we believe the response was not good enough. In line with the provision of our regulations, they were sanctioned. They appealed and in line also with the provision of regulations, we set up an appeal panel made of reputable industry lawyers and some airline representatives with NCAA being purely as ob-

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Why First Nation Airways was sanctioned – NCAA boss Capt Usman Muhtar, is the Director General of the country’s regulatory agency Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). In this interview with a select aviation journalists, Muhtar speaks on the recent sanction of First Nation Airways, operations of domestic airlines, among others national issues. CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO, was there. Excerpts servers for the sake of fairness.

The appeal panel did the needful and confirmed what the civil aviation authority said; and as I said; and I will repeat again. The aim of sanction was not punitive, it was to correct it.

In what way is NCAA supporting local airlines to grow?

There is only one government.

The Ministry makes policy and flowing from that policy, the CAA makes regulations in line with the Civil Aviation Act of 2006. So we work hand in hand and government has responsibility to all the citizens of Nigeria whether you are operators or even the users of the services provided by the operators. So, the government has to strike a balance whenever decisions like that have been taken. Now it would be unfair to say that the government has not been helping the local carriers.

We operate not in isolation but in line with the bilateral air services agreement (BASA) between countries and in some cases multilateral services agreement between various countries. Now in the bilateral or multilateral, airlines are designated to operate routes that are assigned to be fair and also to improve on competition and

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also better services and better pricing. Now Nigerian airlines who have qualified have been designated and it is up to them to operate. We try as much as possible to help them to be able

to operate.

The clause always inserted into those approvals is that whether it is a foreign carrier that is allowed to come into Nigeria or it is a Nigerian carrier

Arik Air migrates to Hitit’s full crane solutions’ suite

Arik Air, one of Africa’s leading carriers, has completed the migration of passenger service solution to Hitit’s Crane Solution Suite. The airline becomes the eighth African airline to sign to the Crane Solution Suite.

Hitit CS actively supports airlines‘ operations in Nigeria, Tanzania, Tunisia and Namibia having prioritized Africa as an

area of strategic focus. In 2016, Hitit’s reservation systems processed more than 55.5 million passenger bookings worldwide.

Sequel to the successful migration, Arik Air will enjoy access to the premium suite of Hitit Crane Solution of innovative products covering passenger reservation, departure control, website, operations planning, customer care

and revenue accounting. As of June the migration to Crane solutions has been completed successfully and Arik Air has started to use Crane solutions.

Hitit CS has a clear strategic focus on Africa. Since 2015, the airline and travel IT solution provider from Turkey, had convinced eight African airlines as new customers to benefit from its innovative IT solutions.

Hitit CS has been renowned for its close partnership with its customers. Arik Air, the latest new customer for Hitit CS, is West Africa’s leading airline operating domestic and regional flights.

Arik Air CEO, Roy Ilegbodu, said: “We want to maintain our market leadership and give our customers a pleasant flying experience. The migration to Hitit’s IT solutions is a key step for growth and excellent service delivery.

Hitit CEO, Gokman, said: “Hitit is a customer oriented company. Creating turn-key solutions and meeting all of our partner airlines requirements are in Hitit’s fundemental features. So, our customers do not simply acquire crane solutions.

We strongly believe working hand in hand with our partners is the key success and that we will continue to grow together.

“Arik Air is the new addition to our user community who decided to use Crane solutions for all of their operations.”

that is allowed to go out, it must certify both the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations and also the regulations of the country where that airline has been designated to. So, I think it is unfair. Almost all the requests that came for those who are qualified have been given express approval for them to operate those routes and it is for them to now come and start the services in order to reap the benefits of those designations.

How have you been handling issues of complaints both from the airlines and passengers?

We can only come to the aid of airline operators if there is a complaint; and all the complaints that we have, the few that we receive, we are attending to them. Sometimes, the operators go directly. When they have problem instead of referring it to us for us to wade in, they try to take it up themselves; and it is only when they have real difficulty that they go out and talk.

The main thing is that before they even commence operations, they should let us know and anytime they have problem, they should complain to us. What kind of problems you have? Then, we will wade in and ensure that...because the essence of the bilateral agreement is to facilitate air travels between two countries. We go out of the way to ensure that the right things are done in line with the provision of BASAs. Anytime any of our operators feels that he is not being treated fairly, he should come to us.

Aircraft lessor, BOC Aviation, orders 10 B737 MAX 10 worth $1.25bn Aircraft lessor, BOC Aviation, has ordered 10 Boeing 737 MAX 10s in a deal worth USD$1.25 billion at current list prices.

The order, first announced at the Paris Air Show in June, according to airwisenews, established BOC as a launch customer of the largest member of the 737 MAX family of single-aisle jets.

BOC Aviation chief executive, Robert Martin said the aircraft “offers airlines greater capacity combined with excellent operating costs and fuel efficiency.”

The Singapore-based lessor has ordered a total of 84 737 MAX aircraft, out of a fleet of 493 owned, managed and ordered jets.

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Nigeria fashion is highly represented by ideas and cultures, by

which elegantly represent Nigerian clothing and fashion. This is a peek at some works and achievements of 8 female fashion designers in Nigeria. Their works equally portray elegance; in no particular order, FOLARIN LEONARD AND ADEOLA ADEKOYA enter into the world of this super star in their own profession.

Lisa Folawiyo wear and accessories collection designer. She revolutionised name and brand, having showrooms in Nigeria as well as New York. She has won and been nominated for so many awards alongside top designers, She won the Africa Fashion Award in Wear Daily named her one of eight emerging talents. In 2015 she was featured in the prestigious BOF500, which is a list of fashion brands that are shaping the international fashion scene Folake Folarin-Coker She created her fashion brand, “Tiffany Amber” in 1998 and has since become an iconic label to be reckoned with in the Nigerian fashion industry. She has staged several fashion shows in Africa, Europe and the United States. In 2008, she made

for ten years and launched her own brand in 2008, in the past.

Sagoe has won the “Africa Designs” and the MNET/ Anglo Gold African designs 2000 awards for which she was nominated by Andre Leon Tally, US Vogue editor.

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Toyin Lawani Toyin Lawani business mogul, fashion designer, Creative director and a fashion stylist from Ekiti state.She started by giving fashion advice and styling her friends for events. She has since of the most sought after stylists in the Nigerian Fashion Industry.

She has worked on several Fashion shows within and outside the country.Toyin Lawani has made headlines all over the world as

was one of the three main judges on the season II of the same show and was the stylist for the Love like a Movie show in 2016 her designs and styling skills have graced editorials for major Toluwaloju Olowofoyeku Created the Toju Foyeh brand in 2012, her presence did not go unnoticed due to boldness, sophistication and elegance in her designs. Dramatic, bold and ambitious with the use of lace, silk, chiffon and enduring damask. The collection offers classic yet

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cuts for the ideal cocktail dress, or evening gowns that look and of the “Designer of the Year” award at the African fashion week in Johannesburg in 2009 and was also awarded “Fashion Brand 2013, she received an Enterprise Award at the 2013 Women, Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Symposium and made the

well-tailored one of a kind fashion for the modern jet setting fashionista. Having run the business for some time, the young entrepreneur launched her debut collection in Lagos, Nigeria at the Arise Fashion Week in December 2011 and has since then become a style phenomenon in the fashion industry back home

summer collections at DOII Designs launch.

Deola Sagoe Deola Sagoe is an haute couture fashion designer from Ondo State. She began designing in 1989 and has since gained recognition for her glamourous, bold and colorful designs.She

it also boasts of a clientele of A-list celebrities and participated in several shows like the Arise Fashion Week, Music Meets Runway and more.

Olakunbi Tomori Olakunbi Tomorilaunched her brand April by Kunbi in April 2010. She specialises in custom-made and ready to wearApril

By Kunbi aims to be a one stop source and a lifestyle brand for everything from wedding gowns, bridesmaid dresses, evening and cocktail dresses to casual/active wear, sleepwear, footwear, accessories and lingerie.

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Wana Sambo Clothing showed support for people living with HIV/AIDS at the Project Red Fashion Show tagged “Fashion Top 12 Finalists at MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week in Lagos, Nigeria.

Lanre Dasilva Ajayi Lanre Da Silva Ajayi created her brand in 2005 with iconic a house hold name in the Nigerian fashion industry. The brand has been showcased locally and internationally in the Thisday Africa Rising Festival, London, ARISE Africa Fashion Festival, South Africa and the New York Couture Fashion Week, LDA has been featured in various African and international

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Spice up your look with baseball cap Baseball cap became popular during the early 1940s. hat and the modern baseball cap was born.

Baseball caps are made of many types of material and shaped in various styles for different purposes. This is a type of soft cap with a rounded crown and a stiff peak projecting in front.

The front of the cap typically contains designs or logos of sports teams (namely baseball teams, or names of relevant companies, when used as a commercial marketing technique). Some people go to the extent of customizing their name in the front of the cap and sometimes at the back. The back of the cap may plastic, Velcro, or elastic adjuster so that it can be quickly The baseball cap is a part of the traditional baseball uniform worn by players, with the brim pointing forward to shield the eyes from the sun. The cap is often seen in everyday casual wear. It has become what everybody wears.

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Recurrent Fashion trends for men Fashionmeans different things to different people. It is something susceptible to change over time. It is never constant but it can be revived. This fashion edition emphasise on the determinants of fashion. Most people become fashionistas to express their love for art and colours, most people take it up to stay in trend, while others express their mood and perception to life by just dressing up, saying who you are without having to speak.

You must have noticed that men, rich and sometimes prefer to dress simple but expensive while some love to dress over the top. These days, people mostly choose to dress corporately with a nice shoe that sometimes colour block while some go for the casual joggers or shorts paired with a shirt that has a variety of colours or patters. Colour Blocking is a trend which started in 2013 and is now adjusted to stand out, giving a unique sense. To colour Block and look simple, A pair of Red Shirt and a Jean trouser or a white chinos, accompanied with a Brown Foot wear. That way, you have made use of Secondary and primary colours in one outing. there are consequences if seen by the military men.

with the green in the jungle, the weed on the ground and basically designed to blend in the environment. A pair of timberland footwear will perfectly complement a camo shots or trouser.

There is currently a trend of turning accessories

networks have individuals posing with their phones, especially an iPhone, a common but expensive brand popular for its sleek look. You see some strike poses showing off the back of the phone as it complements Wristwatches are also essential for men. It is one of the must-haves. The brand of your watch matters as a person with keen interest in fashion. Hublot, a popular and classic but expensive wristwatch goes on virtually anything from corporate wears down to casual and

wristwatch when he turned Fourty Years in 2015.