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FG partners Leadership Folio to boost nation’s image

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day, took a bold step to shore up Nigeria’s image with the signing of a memorandum of understanding with a consortium, Leadership Folio for the production of first ever Grand Book in Nigeria. The Grand Book, which will serve as a collection of Nigeria’s archival heritage, is a compendium of inspiring cultural trea-

sures depicting the rich cultural history. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who led his team of officials to sign the MoU with the chairman of Leadership Folio group, Mr. Fidelis Anosike, described the event as a “giant stride in the annals of

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PDP crisis:

Police bar Makarfi faction from meeting at ICC

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The International Conference Centre ( ICC), Abuja, scheduled venue for the Stakeholders meeting of the Senator Ahmed Ma-

karfi-led national caretaker committee (NCC), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was yesterday sealed off by policemen, thus preventing the meeting from taking place there. The leaders of the party,

Sheriff visits Jonathan at Abuja home

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Justice Ademola plans to spend N54m on Lagos property - witness Andrew Orolua, Abuja

Residents of Igbodu/Isiwo farmers from Epe area of Lagos protesting the kidnap of some of their farmers by unknown gunmen at the State Assembly… on Monday.

Adegboruwa withdraws own case against Magu’s confirmation Ibe Uwaleke ÏÏÏThe court case filed against the confirmation of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, was on Monday withdrawn at the Federal High Court. In the case, Adegboruwa had sought to stop the Senate from proceeding with the confirmation of Magu as EFCC chairman based upon his alleged corrupt practices and lavish lifestyle. At the resumed hearing yesterday before Justice Olatoregun, Mr. Tayo Oyetibo, (SAN), appeared for Adegboruwa, while Mr. Wahab Shitu led Rotimi Oyedepo for the respondents. Oyetibo informed the court that upon being instructed to handle the case, he went through the file and decided to persuade Adegboruwa to drop the

case, in order to encourage Magu in the anti-corruption campaign. He stated further that there is need to give Magu the opportunity to continue the anti-corruption campaign of the present administration and since this case may affect Magu’s confirmation as such, it was better to discontinue it. Confirming the position of Oyetibo, Adegboruwa himself told the court that he was well persuaded by his counsel, that in his second coming, Mr. Magu will do a good job, to be more rule of law-friendly and to be holistic in his approach to the anti-corruption drive of the administration. Responding, Mr. Shittu stated the respondents are not opposed to the withdrawal of the case and they were very happy on the position that Mr. Adegboruwa has taken, which would surely boost the anti-corruption war of the Buhari/Osinbajo administration. He

said the govt needs the input and support of lawyers and activists like Mr. Adegboruwa, to bring their wealth of experience to bear on the fight again corruption. The judge consequently struck out the case. While speaking with journalists after the proceedings, Mr. Adegboruwa stated that he was not intimidated by anyone to withdraw the case but he was genuinely persuaded, given recent mind boggling revelations of alleged corrupt practices, to support the fight against corruption. Adegboruwa stated further that his challenge is the manner in which the anti-corruption war is being prosecuted, which would appear to be selective and at times, against due process of law. Adegboruwa maintained that his decision to withdraw the case does not amount to an endorsement of the Buhari/Osinbajo regime but he has only picked a positive aspect of the regime’s policies for his conditional support.

The sixteen prosecution witness (PW16) Babatunde Adepoju in the ongoing joint trial of Justice Ademola; his wife, Olabowale; and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi (SAN), on Monday told the court how Justice Ademola planned to spend the money recovered from his official residence by operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) in October last year. The prosecution had earlier in the course of the trial tendered the sums of N54m; $171,779; 4,400; £80 and R1,010 (Indian rupees) on October 7, 2016 said to be recovered from the house of the Judge of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court. Other items tendered through the prosecution witness included, two Avar Magnum Pump Action gun, bearing the names of Justice Ademola and another judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Ahmed Mohammed. The guns were accompanied with original copies and photocopies of the

Senate urges professional bodies on sustainable development Chris Emetoh, Abuja ÏÏÏThe President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has urged professional bodies in the country to channel their competencies to the sustainable development of the country. He made the call while declaring open a public hearing organized by the Senate Committee on Es-

Apprehension heightens over power tussle at UniAbuja Tom Okpe, Abuja

ÏÏÏThere are growing apprehensions at the University of Abuja that the former Registrar, Mallam M.B. Modibbo, may have been tipped as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the University of Abuja Governing Council. Modibbo, who was registrar for 8 years was directed by the Federal Ministry of Education to vacate and handover office of Registrar on June 30, 2014 after 35 years in public service.

The former Council had extended Mallam Modibbo’s tenure until he “attains the retirement age of 60 years or 35 years in service (whichever comes first).” Mallam Modibbo however said he must return to head the University community. He had insisted on being registrar after the expiration of his tenure and attempted to become Director of Administration contrary to provisions of University laws. Consequently, the Federal Min-

istry of Education in a letter dated 29th June, 2014, signed by Mrs. H.U. Abdullahi, Director, Tertiary Education, for the Honorable Minister directed “Mr. M.B. Modibbo to vacate the position of Registrar with effect from 30th June, 2014 and proceed on his accumulated leaves.” Accordingly, Mallam Modibbo, who was visibly unhappy with the directive from the Federal Ministry of Education bowed out only to scheme for a comeback as Council Chairman. According

to the statement from the Ministry, reports from the University had been “worrisome” particularly “the case of Mr. Modibbo, whose tenure as Registrar has been generating a lot of furor within and outside the University Community.” The Ministry had also directed the appointment of “the most senior Deputy Registrar to oversee the affairs of the Registry while the post of a new Registrar is advertised without further delay”. This directive further

licenses bearing Justices Ademola and Mohmammed’s names. Babatunde Adepoju, an investigator with the DSS, who investigated Justice Ademola revealed in his evidence-in-chief yesterday that during interrogation at the DSS headquarters, Abuja on October 9, 2016, the judge admitted ownership of the N54m recovered at his apartment, explaining that the money was earmarked for construction works at one of his properties at No. 55 Oduduwa Crescent, Ikeja G.R.A, Lagos. The said the money, according to the witness, was for onward delivery to a construction firm, Dadks Concepts, which Justice Ademola claimed was carrying out the major reconstruction works. In addition, the witness disclosed that Justice Ademola also explained that the $171,799 recovered at his residence were accumulated estacodes, family, and withdrawals from his personal account as upkeep money meant for two of his children in the United Kingdom.

generated controversy as the former Registrar attempted not to handover the office of Registrar to the most senior Deputy Registrar at the time. Analysts see the fight by Mallam Modibbo to become Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, as a revenge mission to crush his perceived enemies and plunge the University into further crisis. One of those interviewed who gave his name as Idris Mohammed spoke to Daily Times on the issue saying.

tablishment and Public Service in Abuja. The hearing was on three Bills: Chartered Institute of Entrepreneurs Bills 2016, National Institute for Legislative Studies Act 2010 and Institute for Chartered Biochemists and Molecular Biologists. Saraki, who was represented by Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha said that the Senate had devoted considerable amount of time in considering Bills that would fast track economic recovery and ensure stability of goods and services. ``That is why professional bodies are challenged to channel their competencies toward the development of the economy. ``The Public Procurement Act which was passed by the Senate is aimed at putting Made-In-Nigeria goods in the fore front of procurement process in our Ministries, Departments and Agencies.’’ He said the Public Procurement Act would provide room for the establishment of local industries and entrepreneurs would be encouraged to produce on a large scale.

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PDP crisis: Police bar Makarfi faction from meeting at ICC Continued from page 1 Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, in Asokoro district of the nation’s capital. The meeting, notwithstanding the initial hiccup, was attended by four serving governors, some former governors, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who led members of the National Assembly caucus of the party to the meeting, former Ministers, members of the Board of Trustees (BoT), key stakeholders and members of the other organs of the party. The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital had on Friday accorded recognition to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman of the PDP. The Police, in sealing off the initial venue of the meeting at the (ICC) though did not give any reason for their action, Daily Times gathered that the decision was based on the outcome of the Court of Appeal’s judgment last Friday. The NCC of the PDP, however pointedly put the blame for the sealing off of the venue on the doorstep of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. The Makarfi-led faction, in a statement shortly after the seal off said, “Senator Ali Modu Sheriff in collaboration with the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government has barricaded the International Conference Center (ICC), venue of the scheduled stakeholders meeting of the entire organs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“This is a very sad development in our democratic history where there is no longer free association and movement of citizens of this country. “Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and his APC collaborators cannot stop the will of the people. Nigerians can now confirm that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is a mole in PDP to destroy the only strong opposition in the country. “All invited members of the party for the scheduled stakeholders meeting are hereby directed to proceed to the Ekiti State Government Lodge on T. Y. Danjuma Street, Asokoro, Abuja by same time, 2:00pm,” it said. The meeting in Asokoro could however not commence until af-

Abuja

ÏÏÏ The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday admitted in evidence multiple bank account opening documents belonging to the companies owned by the former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala H.Nyako,his son Senator Abdulazeez Nyako and seven others who are facing 37 count charges over N40 billion fraud. Other defendants are Zulkifikk Abba, Abubakar Aliyu, Blue Opal limited, Sebore Farms and Extension limited, Pagoda Ventures limited, Tower Assets Management Limited and Crust Energy Limited. A prosecution witness, Ugwu Remidius, testifying on the ongoing trial told the court that the multiple accounts were opened by the defendant’s companies while Nyako was the governor of Adamawa state. Led in evidence by Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN),the witness, a com-

repugnant attempt by Sen. Ali Modu Sherriff and other undemocratic forces to undermine and take over the Peoples Democratic Party, the National Convention of the party held at Port Harcourt on the 21st day of May, 2016 dissolved the then National Working Committee and the National Executive Committee and replaced the National Working Committee with a 7-member National Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi as Chairman and Sen. Ben Obi as Secretary with a mandate to run the party and organise an elective National Convention as soon as practicable; “The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt in FHC/PH/

CS/524/2016 PDP & ORS. Vs. Sherriff & ORS in its judgment endorsed the decisions of the 21st May, 2016 National Convention, holding that the Convention did not violate any extant Order of the Courts or any provisions of the party’s or country’s Constitution. “On the 17th February, 2017, the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt in a split decision in CA/PH/349/2016 SHERRIF & ORS. VS. PDP & ORS. nullified the decision of the National Convention of 21st May, 2016 and reinstated the Sherriff-led National Working Committee; “While the party holds the judiContinued on page 5

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N40bn fraud: Court admits Nyako’s 30 bank accounts’ opening documents Andrew Orolua,

ter 3pm due to the development. The meeting led to heavy traffic congestion along TY Danjuma way, Asokoro, where it eventually held. The meeting, among others, resolved to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal at the Supreme Court as well as ask for stay of execution of the Appeal Court’s judgment. The well attended meeting made it clear that a court cannot determine who the leaders of the PDP should be, stressing that it is the members that would determine who their leaders are. The meeting, in a communiqué issue later and read by former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana, said, “Following the

pliant manager in Zenith Bank, Maitama branch,stated that he sent the company;s bank account opening documents, certificate of identification, and accounts statements of over 30 accounts to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) upon a request from the agency. The defence counsel did not object to the tendering of the voluminous documents. Trial Judge, Justice Okon Abang, after reviewing the bank accounts’ documents admitted them as exhibits and adjourned to continue trial today. It would be recalled that the EFCC had on August 7, 2015 first arraigned the retired governor alongside his son, Abdulaziz Nyako, as well as five firms before the late Justice Evoh Chukwu in June last year. Among the charges the accused persons were alleged to have converted the sum of N29 billion which were proceeds of theft of funds belonging to the Adamawa State Government to personal use.

Sheriff visits Jonathan at Abuja home Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja

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Nigeria’s immediate past President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan yesterday played host to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, who was recently declared the authentic National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and tactically recognised him as chairman of the party. Jonathan kept referring to Sheriff as “my chairman”, “my chairman” when he received him (Sheriff) on a courtesy visit. Sheriff has been meeting with and calling members of the PDP since the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday accorded him recognition as National Chairman of the crisis ridden party, as part of reconciliatory moves with aggrieved members. Speaking with newsmen shortly after a closed door meeting with Sheriff, Jonathan, who recognised the former Borno State governor

as the Chairman of the party, said the PDP is not factionalised. According to the former President, “We are solving our problems. There are bound to be differences in politics. It is the way we resolve these differences that makes us human beings and that is what makes us leaders. “We are not fictionalised. We are one. I have met with Sheriff. And I have met with others. I will meet with others, so that we will be able to do what is expected of us as a political party,” he said. Also speaking, Sheriff said he

will not join issue with anybody, adding “if I go down to their level, it means we are the same.” The former Borno State governor added that he was consulting with leaders of the party, and would address the nation after his consultation. He said: “We only have one PDP and only one Chairman. We are putting things together to ensure that the party is united. We don’t want to have a divided house. We only have one PDP, we don’t have anything like caretaker committee.”

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Govs, NASS members and others shun APC budget meeting

PDP crisis: Police bar Makarfi faction from meeting at ICC

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Abuja

ÏÏÏ The meeting of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) which was well publicised to hold in Abuja on Yesterday with members of the National Assembly and the National Working Committee (NWC) could not hold as only two governors were present while other members were absent, including legislators and some NWC members expected at the meeting. The meeting slated for 10am at the Musa Yar’adua center was forced to reschedule due to the absence of expected members which saw early comers like the deputy governor of Plateau State, Sonni Tyoden and the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello who left after waiting for close to an hour at 11Am, visibly angry. A source close to the PGF told Daily Times that most of the stakeholders shunned the meeting due to a leadership crisis at the highest level of the party and within the APC governor’s forum. The meeting was supposed to see the 24 governors, members of the National Assembly and Federal Government representative’s brain storm over the budget which is geared toward bringing the country out of the current economic woods. Chairman of the forum and governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha who arrived an hour behind schedule at about 11:20am to meet a scantily populated venue with few members of the House of Representatives

Gov. Okorocha led by Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and Minister for National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma and their aides while gave reasons for the postponement of the meeting. According to him, “We wanted the Acting President to be here in person, this program coincide with other programs because there are lots of questions that might come up that require national answers and most of the legislators; the Senate President and Speaker are also engaged in other national activities. “Only last Friday, most governors left back to their states to come back on Monday, but it was not convenient. The dispatched messages could not get to them, some had come and some did not get the message, so we agreed we should shift it to next week,” he said. When asked about the main issue expected to be deliberated upon at the meeting, Rochas said: “the budgetary system capital projects in the face of this economic recession we have, we try to rob minds together with the legislative arm even with our own state legislature to see

how we can come up with a proper budgetary system that all can key in because most of the time, the Federal Government makes their budget, states and local governments make theirs; it is at variance with each other, but if we can unite and have a common understanding about the budgetary system it will help for faster development.” Also speaking, Majority Leader, House of Representative Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila said “meetings are postponed everyday because of several issues, political, social and other reasons; it is a normal thing. “What is worth doing is worth doing well. There are people we wanted to be present but for one reason or the other, they could not be here, but the meeting will hold at a more opportune and convenient time,” he added. On the achievement of the meeting, he said, “One of the most important thing that is being considered right now is the budget and we wanted to make sure as the budget of the party in government which is APC, reflects the wishes and aspirations of the people.”

FG partners Folio Leadership to boost Nigeria’s image Continued from page 12 to be able to present a book that can represent the image of the country, taking into consideration our treasure trove of nostalgic pictures and bring perspectives to understanding the dynamics of the Nigerians nation.” He added that “What you see today is a one year concept involving the legal adviser to capture a literary artwork that will be able to showcase what

everyone will be happy with.” He also assured that the team “will do everything to make this a legacy project for the ministry to give you more benefits for the money you have been spending in rebuilding Nigeria and we are here to support you all the way.” Those present at the signing of the MoU include top officials of the ministry, including the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba,

the Legal Adviser, Mary B. Baiyekusi, Andy Omeke, Director Production, Publication and Documentation, Dr. M. Kayode, Director Finance and Administration (Culture), Grace Gekpe, Director Entertainment and Creative Services and Director, General Services, Mr. Adebola Kayode. Others include, Mr. Mike Okpere, Group Managing Director of the Leadership Folio Limited.

ciary in the highest regard, the decision of the aforementioned Court of Appeal was greeted with consternation not only amongst leaders and members of the party in Nigeria but also true lovers of democracy in Nigeria and the world over,” the party said. The Communiqué added that the meeting attended by critical stakeholders of the party, including the Board of Trustees, Governor’s forum, National Assembly members, former PDP Ministers forum, National Vice Chairmen, State Chapters represented by the Conference of State Party Chairmen, Leadership of State Assembly Caucuses and other major stakeholders examined and reviewed the state of the party following the judgment of the Court of Appeal. Adding, “Now, the stakeholders and leaders of the party firmly and unequivocally resolve as follows: “That the Peoples Democratic Party is united, strong, resolute, steadfast and solid under the leadership of the National Caretaker Committee in view of the fact that the Court of Appeal is not the final court on the matter. All members, leaders and organs of the party, including but not limited to the Board of Trustees, the Governor’s forum, the National Assembly Caucus, PDP former Ministers forum, National Vice Chairmen, State Chapters represented by the Conference of State Party Chairmen, Leadership of State Assembly Caucuses and teeming members nationwide, stand resolute that authority to lead the PDP, and indeed any party, solely and exclusively derives from the consent of members at plenary. “PDP members freely and clearly expressed themselves on the 21st May, 2016 at the Port Harcourt National Convention and we stand by the decision given that the National Convention is the highest decisionmaking organ of the party. “That we fully endorse the prompt and proactive decision of the National Caretaker Committee to lodge an appeal to the Supreme Court of Nigeria against the decision of the Court of Appeal as well as filing an application for In-

junction Pending Appeal all of which was done in the morning of Monday 20th February, 2017. “Our abiding faith in the capacity of the judiciary to protect Nigeria’s democracy and political aspirations of the Nigerian people, particularly at the level of the Supreme Court, proven repeatedly over time, is aided by the profound, fearless, irrepressible, comprehensive and insightful minority decision of T. N. Orji-Abadua, J. C. A. in CA/PH/349/2016 SHERRIF & ORS. VS. PDP & ORS., whom we salute for doing the judiciary proud in spite of the predatory interferences of anti-democratic forces and State actors.” The party members also passed a vote of confidence on the Makarfi led NCC and its ability to continue to lead

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly known as ONUCHE EMMANUEL JOHN, now wish to be known and addressed as ONUCHE SAMSON JOHN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

the party, “That having duly filed both an appeal to the Supreme Court and an application for Injunction Pending Appeal in the morning of Monday the 20th February, 2017, we pass a resounding and unqualified vote of confidence in the leadership of the Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party and pledge our unalloyed support to it as it pilots the affairs of the party in this critical transitional period of the party’s life. “To this end, we are not at all deceived by the supposed olive branch being offered by Sen. Ali Modu Sherriff, knowing that the only thing that can come from traitors of his ilk is nothing but a poisoned chalice and a Greek gift.

CHANGE OF NAME I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ABOWONDA BEATRICE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. ABBAN BEATRICE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

LOSS OF DOCUMENT

I, JIDEOFOR ILOABACHIE the second son of the LATE MR ANOSIKE PAUL CHIDEBE ILOBACHIE who owns the property at NO 84 Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos formerly plot 136 Herbert Macaulay Street, Alaka, Surulere,registered as MO 6140 at the Lagos State Land Registry Office, Alausa, Ikeja and by virtue of my said position, I am conversant with the facts herein deposed to. The LATE MR ANOSIKE PAUL CHIDEBE ILOBACHIE before his death passed on the title documents of the above mentioned property to me for safe keeping on behalf of my other siblings who are also beneficiaries of the said property by virtue of his last will and testament. I misplaced the document in transit in Lagos in September, 2016 and all effort to locate it proved abortive. The said property has not been sold or mortgaged. General public to please take note.

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Ghanaian, seven others arrested for vandalising LASG operational vehicles Joy Anyim

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A Ghanaian and seven others responsible for the vandalisation of the operational vehicles of the Lagos State Task Force along Idi-Oro, Mushin area of Lagos have been arrested. The incident which took place on Monday 20th December 2017, at about 11 am while men of the force were carrying out their duty in the area was immediately reported to the Chairman of the Task Force SP Olayinka Egbeyemi who immediately ordered his men to fish out those responsible for the act as well as arrested them. The order paid off as the alleged criminals which included the Ghanaian Femi Adebayo 34, were arrested almost immediately. The arrested suspects were identified as Ahmed Gafar 31, Onuoha Cajetehan 35, Lateef Hamsat

40, Bello Olasukanmi 40, Yusuf Kazim 27, Olalekan Alleluyah 24 and Obina Emgba 39. According to the SP Egbeyemi who spoke further on the issue, the miscreants were volatile by attacking the enforcement team of the Agency while trying to enforce the Lagos State Road Traffic Law of 2012 around Akala and Idi-Oro area of Mushin. He said: ‘’My men were even attacked with dangerous weapons such as broken-bottles, cutlases, stones and Iron-rod. It is very wrong to disrupt any government representative from enforcing the law.” The chairman confirmed that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Mr. Fatai Owoseni after being briefed about the incident directed that the arrested miscreants be immediately charged to court for prosecution.

Nigeria can end extremism, boko haram insurgency says zamba Edokpolor Osayande

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A consultant and resource person at the Leadership Center Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, Dr. Abayomi Zamba has said that religious extremism and all forms of violence could be eradicated from Nigeria if the right policies are put in place by government. ‘’Although Boko haram and all forms of violence in the North East has been degraded, but the issue of insurgency has to be addressed.” He made this known in a conference held by a non- governmental organisation, Ufok Dialouge Foundation in collaboration with United Nation Women and other partners at Alausa, Lagos. He maintained that government should undertake other decharacterization process that would ensure a lot of support, encouragement and counsel that could well mobilize the persons affected by violence back into the society. “I know it would take a long time to make government programmes and activitives become reality”. “But people are worried as we need a government institutions and committee to ensure monitoring those who have drop their arms are integrated and welcome back to the society.” Zamba noted that victims of violence and insurgency should be giving peace education and attached to human right organisations, tendering their issue’s profile that would properly integrate them into the system while government programmes should be geared towards developing the fight against countering extremism in the country. However, the military operation

became necessary to confront the violent Boko haram while persons who religush their weapons are taking care of at the internal displaced persons camp by government and cooperate organisations. Also speaking on youth believing that the Nigeria government has failed its people. Zamba said that, the government should be seen with some good agenders, as one cannot expect scarifice from the youth if the government cannot provide the common needs of the masses which include social amenities and electricity.

Members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee faction loyal to Senator Ahmed Markafi at the NEC meeting in Ekiti State Government Lodge, Abuja… on Monday.

FG inaugurates committee on return of FUA to FMARD Tom Okpe, Abuja

ÏÏÏAs part of the processes to formally return the three Federal Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria to their true state and position, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Federal Government has inaugurated a 10-member working group to work on the reintegration process. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh in inaugurating the working group on behalf of the Federal Government in his office in Abuja on Monday said the conciliation of the Universities of Agriculture (UAs) in the

ministry which he described as commendable was part of the change agenda to achieve optimal institutional structure required to deliver on the promise of the present administration for a better performing agricultural sector. Chief Ogbeh reaffirmed that the conciliation of the Universities in the Ministry would help to effectively re-position them as centers of excellence for the rapid development of the nation’s agriculture sector and promised that the government was determined to offer the UAs all the necessary support required for their transformation from the current state of stupor into a healthier realm of

I’m impressed with Ugwuanyi’s achievements in Enugu, says Balarabe Musa Moses Oyediran, Enugu

ÏÏÏThe National Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), Alhaji Balarabe Musa has applauded the development strides of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, especially in the area of massive roads construction and other critical infrastructure, saying that he is impressed with his achievements. The elder statesman made the commendation when he led a delegation of the members of the organization, which comprised mostly its new executives in the state, to the Government House, Enugu on a courtesy visit to the governor. Alhaji Musa said that his experiences in the state in terms of “the wonderful things that are happening in Enugu State” are part of what the CNPP will

tell Nigerians about Gov. Ugwuanyi. “I was very surprised about what I saw in Enugu State. I saw good road network in Nsukka and other parts of the state. I was very much impressed because all these were achieved in less than 2 years. I am sure that at the end of eight years, we will see more wonders of your administration”, the CNPP National Chairman said. In his response, Gov. Ugwuanyi thanked the elder statesman for his kind words, describing him as “a man of uncommon integrity and impeccable principles, whose exemplary life is worthy of emulation by all Nigerians”. The governor noted that the CNPP plays an essential role in the political and socioeconomic development of the country, adding its role in shap-

ing national discourse as well as offering reasonable advice to the government in power has helped in the development and implementation of sound policies and programmes for the benefit of the citizens. “As Governor and servant of the people of Enugu State, I have always believed in the principle of constructive engagement and collaboration among all political groups and interests to ensure the attainment of the common goals and aspirations of the people. “Indeed, immediately upon assumption of office, I declared my readiness to cooperate and partner with all political stakeholders and organizations in the state towards the fulfillment of our promises to build a peaceful and more prosperous Enugu State.

self discovery and self actualization. Ogbe said, “Accordingly, there is desperate need to train and develop a new generation of farmers, young educated enthusiastic, passionate and ambitious to feed the nation in the coming years. “Henceforth, students not interested in becoming farmers should be made to seek admission elsewhere. Each undergraduate must own a farm on campus and 60% of his cumulative score should be based on practical farming. A system should be put in place to ensure that each student is able to support himself/herself or his/her profitable engagement in agricultural enterprise”. The Minister said the working group which is charged with the initial task of making the necessary transition arrangement and that of production of a roadmap for the full integration of the Universities of Agriculture with the ministry as well as producing a frame work for the effective monitoring and coordination of these universities has the Terms of Reference. “We shall review the updated report of the universities submitted to the Ministry to determine the remedial actions that may be required immediately to stabilize and refocus them; receive memoranda from the public and other key stakeholders, especially in the agricultural and education sectors to facilitate and enrich its work; facilitate the development of a draft road map for the reintegration of the three universities of agriculture into the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development with clear activities, timelines and deliverables.

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Adamawa APC: Hussaini Har a youth to watch Tom Garba, Yola

As 2017 is steadily stepping up, so also is political activities taking shape at both the national and states arms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), most especially in Adamawa State. As Congresses of the party are scheduled to take place in the near future, hopes and expectations of party members are that better people with proven integrity holds the affairs of the party system at various levels in the states and at the federal. Alhaji Hussaini Ahmadu Har is one person among many other party loyalists whose support for the present administration of President Muhammadu Bubari has given him the label of “a diehard APC Man” in Adamawa State. Considering his background as a grassroots party mobiliser, records have it that he is one talented young man, who is proficient in setting up good agenda for young people any where he goes ,always busy in working out something for the young

ones. He is known to be a Youths activist, a crusaders of youths liberation and good Mobiliser for young adults. He started his political career as a Councilor representing Makama “A” of Yola South Local Government Council were his politically prowess made him to brilliantly perform beyond expectation, becoming the Majority Leader and a voice to reckon with at the local council. He later served as the Chief Of Staff to Yola South Local Government Chairman, liaison officer on legislative matters of Yola South LGA, with proven integrity and hard work he became a backbone to the then local government chairman. It will be political wisdom if the Adamawa State APC structure will have Hussaini Har as a worthy partner that will help in mobilising the youths for the party in the state. This young man is highly endowed with abilities and potentials that is capable of pulling youths from the width and breadth of the state. The record is still counting in fa-

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vor of this intelligent young man to champion the cause of Nyako Youth Congress, in support of former Governor Murtala Nyako, who they massively support to return for the

second term as the executive governor of Adamawa State. He is the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youths forum Adamawa State chap-

ter, an office that exposed him to travel far and near, met different personalities in support of the then ruling party (PDP). He served as a director Mobilization Ribadu awareness Network (RAN). Seeing his strides in galvanising support for Nyako administration, Har was appointed Special Assistant to Gov. Murtala Nyako on Youths Mobilisation, other offices he held with prevailing achievements are Secretary SAs alliance in Adamawa State. When the wind of change blew against PDP, Har became one of the few young people that brought about the existence of the All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State. He is presently holding the position of the state chairman, APC National coordinator for peace and mobilisation (NACOPEM). He is also the current chairman board of trustees, Yola Social Media group as is known as a social media propagandist, he doubles as the Director Mobilisation, Bindow Economy and Social Transformation agenda (BEST).

Cleric assures Appeal Court verdict has ended impunity in PDP –Senator Akaagerger Nigeria will get out One-time Senator representing Benue North East, Senator Joseph Akaagerger, has hailed the recent judgement of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt, declaring the national convention that produced the Ahmed Makarfiled Care-taker Committee illegal and affirming Ali Modu Sheriff as the authentic national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akaagerger, a PDP chieftain who has been a member of Sheriff’s faction from Benue State, in an interview, described the judgement as a victory for democracy, which in his words, has brought an end to impunity in the PDP and defined the popular will of members of the party. He said: “It is the beginning and end to impunity. It is the beginning and end of lack of internal democracy where some people want to hijack the PDP for their personal interests as against the overall interest of the entire members of the party for the good of the party. Now that the party is going back to the people, it will be indeed Peoples Democratic Party – power to the people.” Advising Sheriff to immediately commence the process of reconciliation to rebuild and reposition the PDP for greater performance as the leading opposition party in the country, the former military admin-

istrator of Katsina State added: “He (Sheriff) should reconcile all the members and groups in the party. As it has been said, there is no victor and no vanquished. It is a victory for democracy and it is a victory for every faction. It is a victory that defines the popular will of the people in the party and determines the end of impunity and imposition of candidates. Consequently, he should see his affirmation as the chairman of PDP as an opportunity to rebuild the party on a strong platform of trans-

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parency and honesty and not run the party as a personal enterprise which has been what has suffocated the party and made it comatose.” The former lawmaker said the refusal of the Makarfi faction to accept the ruling of the appellate court and its decision to proceed to the Supreme Court to appeal was nothing to worry about, saying “That is the beauty of democracy and it is their constitutional right to appeal, even up to the West African Court of Appeal, I mean, the ECOWAS Court if they like. The constitution of the party is very clear. It is only the national convention that can produce a leadership. That is what our party’s constitution says. And that is exactly what the Appeal Court based its judgement on - the provisions of the party’s constitution.” Sheriff had appealed the earlier judgment of July 4, 2016 by Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, which upheld the outcome of the May 21, 2016 Port Harcourt convention from where Makarfi emerged as Caretaker Committee Chairman. In a split judgment (of two to one from a panel of three judges), the Court of Appeal pronounced as illegal, null and void the formation of the Caretaker Committee by the Port Harcourt convention of the PDP.

of recession soon Patrick Okohue Nigeria’s current economic crisis has been described as a temporary issue that would soon fade away. The problem, according to Reverend Henry Okechukwu of Burning Flame of Fire Revival Solution Ministries, Olodi, Apapa, Lagos, was caused by lack of direction, noting that it is only God that can change the fortune of the country for the better. Speaking against the backdrop of the high inflationary trend and high cost of living in the country, Okechukwu emphasised that there was famine in the land in the days of Isaac, yet God made a way for him on the long run. Okechukwu, who would soon be ordained as a Reverend with his wife, Prophetess Chikodi Okechukwu, added that corruption is the bane of the country. He stressed that what hap-

pened in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah is happening now, but that if we tell God that we are sorry, He would restore the country. “God made us to understand that He would restore unto us the years that the cankerworms, caterpillars and locust have taken from us. I believe that Nigeria would be better after the famine period because the presence of God is with us. “The major problem of Nigeria is sin. If we can persevere, God will give us the necessary change. God said in Ezra 2 that He would restore the people after 70 weeks, and He restored them,” he said. The man of God stated further that God would restore Nigeria if we are ready to recognise Him as God, making reference to the bible, which he said made it clear that God punished some people, when they refused to recognise Him.

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Buhari’s gov’t has shown seriousness in changing Niger Delta story -Bassey Pastor Bassey James, a renowned criminologist, security expert and clergy, is the National President, Southern Youths Development Forum. A man passionate about Nigeria and the development of the Niger Delta region, James is happy with recent efforts by the Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo to change the Niger Delta narrative, especially with the recent peace shuttle that Osinbajo has made to several states of the region. He believes that if the government continues in that direction the people of the region will soon start singing a new song. He also speaks on other issues in this interview with PATRICK OKOHUE. President Muhamadu Buhari recently extended his vacation in the United Kingdom to allow him attend to some medical issue, but will you say his absence has been felt much or that the Acting President has filled the vacuum well? There is no vacuum, but first I want to thank God for the life of the President and the grace of God upon him. As a pastor and a Christian leader, we are praying for him and I know that God’s mercy and protection is upon him. We spend time to pray for him and we wish him more grace and more strength to live, he has to live because he is a gift to Nigeria. The second coming of Buhari has opened the eyes of Nigerians, and people are beginning to even appreciate him the more. So, Nigerians that believe in unity, that believe in togetherness, that believe in a purpose driven administration are praying that God should give him more grace. We have seen some elements of genuineness in the President; we have seen element of cohesion and building of national unity which is very paramount at this point in time in the history of our great country. So, for us in the Southern Youths Development Forum, we are praying and all our members are praying for the President and for the success of the government. This is because the strength a president carry is the people and the support, the encouragement, the prayers of the people, no matter the political party, it is very important. We spend too much time talking politics, but now politics is over, now we have a president and Nigerians have seen that this President is serious, African leaders have seen that this President is serious, world leaders have seen that this President is serious, so, for us from this part of the world, we are ready to work with him and to encourage him to do more. I want to thank God for the Vice President, the President did a wonderful thing by transmitting a letter to the National Assembly for the Vice President to take charge of the government, this is the right thing to do and that has even endeared him to the heart of many Nigerians. The Vice President so far has not disappointed Nigerians, especially some of us from the South South part of the country. The he has transverse all nock and crannies of the South South, meeting with stakeholders and leaders of the South South on the issues of stability in that region. We must commend him, but I also want to appeal that they shouldn’t play politics with the meetings and the fora, so that people should be able to come in and air their views, because we want development in the South South, we want peace, we want stability, we want massive infrastructural devel-

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opment in that region and this is a very good thing that has happened in Nigeria and we would continue to support the government and pray for the success of this administration. Nigeria is in recession, but this government has said they are working to reverse that as soon as possible, but with their approach to governance and the promises made, do you see Nigeria coming out of recession as

quickly as they said Nigeria will come out of it? From the Way things are going I think by the grace of God Nigeria in the next few months will have a very wonderful outing in the economy, you can see that everybody is talking. The presidency is talking, the National Assembly is talking and governors are meeting, everybody that matters in this country is praying for the success of Nigeria, so I believe and

The Vice President so far has not disappointed Nigerians, especially some of us from the South South part of the country. The he has transverse all nock and crannies of the South South, meeting with stakeholders and leaders of the South South on the issues of stability in that region. We must commend him, but I also want to appeal that they shouldn’t play politics with the meetings and the fora, so that people should be able to come in and air their views

pray that we will come out of this recession. Recession is caused by so many factors, it’s not just about the Nigerian economy alone, there are a lot of indices, both local and foreign . the realignment of political forces, natural happenings around the world are also contributory factors to the issue of recession and I believe that the government is tackling that very well, but they need the support of every Nigerian. This is a time for Nigerians to come together regardless of political parties, regardless of religion and ethnicity, to team up with the President, to team up with the government to see the success of the administration and to see that Nigeria comes out of this recession. However, I want to say again, emphasis should be put on agriculture, we should not talk about agriculture line with the political order, we should play our politics and leave agriculture for those who understand the business of agriculture. I have said this every time, if you put enough energy in the agricultural sector and remove politics from it, we would get out of recession in a matter of months, because all over the world agriculture is a major employer of labour. Look at the Benin Ore road, the forest has been there for the past years nothing is going on there, so much forest in the South South, in the North, in the East lying there without any measure of utilization. So, we advise the government to come out with a very strong economic policy. I have been recommending this, let us have a process where we have a centralized agricultural mechanism. Government can take over a village, build agricultural farm settlement. Farm settlement is a simple way to come out of recession. Take local government by local government. Even what the government is doing now on the issue of N5000 stipend to the very poor is a very good idea, but there should be no politics, let us look for how we can do it village by village. Let us take for instance 500 villages and then we see how we can impart on those villages, and then move to another 500 villages, even if it is hundred for each geo political zones, you will see how those changes will come. Then government should relax most of their policies, whatever policies that kill the initiative of young business people and encourage people to come out and do business, and I think if this is put in place, it will go a very long way to cement a very strong relationship, not just for Nigerians, but it will give us a headway to see development and work for the development of our great country. The Acting President was recently in the Niger Delta to hold meetings and discussions with critical stakeholders in the region, as President CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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of Southern Youths Development Forum, are you satisfied with what is going on? I am satisfied with the arrangement, I am satisfied with the procedure, but I say it again, they should not play politics. The issue of people playing drums, shouting in the meeting shouldn’t be. I have said it over and again, every stakeholder must be invited, it is not something about the governors, it is about the stakeholders, bring in the stakeholders, past ministers, serving ministers, local government chairmen, youth groups. Now, as I am talking to you, the youth groups are not represented. We have been shouting and we have talked about this over and over, the governors are not just the major stakeholders, the ministers are not the only stakeholders, there are other people that should contribute their quota, for instance the Southern Youths Development Forum, I have been at the forefront of fighting for the peace, trying to see how we can entrench peace and bring development to our people. We have gone round to talk to our people, our group should be invited, other Niger Delta groups should be invited and after that there should be a regional meeting, it is good that they are going about it state by state, but it is also good for the President to talk to the youths. Put aside those in government and fall back to other groups, like youth groups, women groups and elders, not political elders and see how you can talk with them, because these are the people, because it is the youth groups that will take the message to their counter parts, then the women will play a major role and the religious leaders also should be engaged in talking to the youths. But, so far so good, I must commend the Vice President for the bold step, if he continue with this I think that he would have been able to resolve some of the issues, I pray God gives him the grace to achieve that, these are man made issues. He said it in Gbaramatu Kingdom that the Niger Delta deserves special funding, I think that was a very commendable statement from the Vice President. I think I have been one of the very strong voices from the Niger Delta that supported the Buhari government in terms of his developmental programmes and projects for the Niger Delta. We encourage other people to do same and pray for the Vice President, but again we must remove politics from all meetings. What happened in Rivers State for me was not needful, I watched what went on in the last two days and I was so disappointed, we must be able to put our house in order and not bring politics to the lives of our people. Niger Delta does not belong to anybody, we are major stakeholders in Niger Delta, you don’t need to be in government to be a Niger Delta person, it shouldn’t be a government affair, it can even come from the private sector. There is need for them to bring in business men from Niger Delta, youths from Niger Delta, not just about the government people.

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The government doesn’t own the people, we own the government. The Southern Youths Development Forum is planning a programme that will bring all stakeholders in the Niger Delta and Nigeria together to speak about peace, how far have you gone with the programme? We are progressing, we are talking to people across board, to our people in the churches, everywhere, we are reaching out to everybody, we are talking because we have discovered that the only way Niger Delta can grow is peace and in the absence of peace you have anarchy and now that everybody is talking about peace, the whole world is talking about peace, we want to take advantage of what is going on in the world, what the President and the Vice President are doing to also reach out to our people. So, the Southern Youths Development Forum is organising what we call the first national impact youth forum, its first of its kind. The idea for the conference is to reach out to our brothers in the North, in the South, East and West, to tell them that we are still one Nigeria and that united we stand and divided we fall, to tell our brothers that the strength of Nigeria is in the hands of the people and that we can collectively change the destiny of this country and add value and

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colour to the development of Nigeria. So, we are talking and we believe by the grace of God that the programme will take off in March/April. We will hold the programme in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital for the South South, for the North in Kaduna, for the South West in Lagos and the South East in Enugu. It is going to be one of the best things that will happen to this country, because we have lived very happily with our brothers in the North, in the East and West. The founding fathers of Nigeria saw the beauty of unity, they saw the beauty of togetherness, no wonder they worked together to fight for the independence of this country and at that time there was no issue of North, South, East and West, everybody was speaking the language of unity, Nigeria was the major issue, they put Nigeria on the table and discussed Nigeria and they were able to fight and gain independence and the younger generation of Nigeria must follow the footsteps of Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Herbert Macaulay, Anthony Enahoro and other great leaders who fought for the independence of this great country. We are ready to partner with anybody, with the Federal Government, with state governments to see how we can bring

The idea for the conference is to reach out to our brothers in the North, in the South, East and West, to tell them that we are still one Nigeria and that united we stand and divided we fall, to tell our brothers that the strength of Nigeria is in the hands of the people and that we can collectively change the destiny of this country and add value and colour to the development of Nigeria

development to our country. The issue is not about North, East, South or West, it is about a few individuals who are always trying to see how they can take advantage of the population or of some issues to cause disaffection, but by the grace of God we are preaching the message of love and we will succeed. Does that have any relationship with the magazine that you are planning? Yes, the magazine is part of it, but in a different way, because we have discovered also that from 1960 when Nigeria gained independence, Nigerian parliament has never had a magazine that report the activities to the people and giving the feed back to the parliamentarians. The vacuum has been there and we did a research for years and discovered that the people don’t have any means of reaching out to the members of the parliament. You know the executive arm, the judiciary and the parliamentarians are all important and we want to see how we can blend the three and take the governance to the streets, to the villages, to the communities and also take the deficiencies, the issues to the parliamentarians and pass it to the executives and the judiciary. So, it is going to stand between the people and the leaders, with the people telling the leaders what they want and the leaders telling the people what they have done. I think this is the first of its kind in Nigeria and by research we have also discovered that this is going to be the first of its kind in West Africa, because the vacuum is so much. Most of the parliamentarians don’t go home to brief their constituents, so the magazine will bridge that gap. We should also be able to report the projects each parliamentarian has done vis-viz the monies budgeted for development and what he has to show to the people, that way we will be able to assess the performance of the parliamentarians, the executives and also give them the feedback.

News 12 CBN releases new FX policy to boost liquidity in banks Motolani Oseni

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culties encountered by Nigerians in obtaining funds for foreign exchange transactions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it will commence additional foreign exchange (FX) funding to commercial banks to meet customers’ business travel and personal, Medical, and School fees’ demands. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, in a statement said, such retail transactions are expected to be settled at a rate not exceeding 20 per cent above the interbank market rate. He explained that CBN would meet the needs of parents, guardians and sponsors who are seeking to make payments of school and educational fees for their children and wards. “Such payments must be made by commercial banks directly to the institution specified by the customer. The CBN would ensure that this process is as smooth as possible and that as many customers as possible get the foreign exchange they genuinely demand. This would also apply to customers seeking to make payments, or purchase foreign exchange, for medical bills and paid directly to hospitals. The supply of FX to retail end-users (PTA, BTA, School fees, medical bills, etc) would be sustained by the CBN,” he explained.

5 injured as protesters beat Osun government workers Sodiq Adekunle, Osogbo

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sustained injuries during a wild protest in Abere over demolition of some private buildings located opposite the State Secretariat. The protest saw youths from Ede trooping out to protest what they alleged as “undue” demolition of the buildings. They subsequently descended on the government workers and beat them up. The affected buildings had been marked for demolition by the state Ministry of Environment for the construction of a mega petrol station but the owners kicked against the move. The community insisted that the past administration of Olagunsoye Oyinlola had spared those houses and an agreement was signed to that effect. They expressed surprise that government could suddenly wake up to start the demolition of the existing structures in the area again. The protesting youths made bonfire directly opposite the main gate of the state secretariat and caused traffic jam which lasted for hours before the violence was calmed down by security operatives.

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Nigeria’s historical documentation.” The minister, while recalling the events that culminated into the MoU signing, said he never had an iota of doubt about the credibility and capabilities of the Leadership Folio team to do a perfect job on the production of the Grand Book from the first day he set his eyes on the dummy. “When in the early stage of my tenure the company came with a proposal to produce the Grand Book, after looking critically at the dummy, I was not in doubt about the capabilities of the Lead-

ership Folio team to produce this great historical document,” he said. He assured that he will do whatever it will take to protect public interest as he works with the team and the ministry officials to reduce bureaucratic bottlenecks, adding that the project was already captured in the 2017 budget. “We have already made provisions for the project in the 2017 budget. But I also want to assure that we must work hard to find strong support for the marketing drive.” “ I was convinced that the team can pull this Grand Book through because when you look at the

quality of information and photographs contained as being presented in this edition, you know that we have very very rare pictures that only The Daily Times could have captured.” Buoyed by the quality of work contained in the Grand Book, the Minister directed officials of the National Archives to quickly develop a working relationship with The Daily Times on the issue. The minister, while displaying the coffee size of the Grand Book, noted that “Every page in this Grand Book is a great delight and this is why I believe that there can be no better gift.” The minister also promised

to ensure that the Grand Book not only becomes the official gift of the ministry, but also of the presidency and other arms of government and the ministries, departments and agencies of government. Chairman of Leadership Folio team, Mr. Anosike, in his remarks, noted that the project was conceived about five years ago, after producing the Nigeria @50 Book that captured the nation’s 50 years of existence. The idea is to be able to use the Grand Book as a relish to promote the image of Nigeria. According to him: “You need Continued on page 5

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Absence of Metuh’s lawyer stalls motion to produce Dasuki in court Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÏÏÏ Absence of Onyeachi Ikpeazu (SAN) in a federal high court in Abuja on Monday stalled the hearing of two applications filed by Olisa Metuh, who is seeking an order to produce former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in court to testify and for the release of his International passport. The applicant and his company, Destra Investment Limited, are facing trial over N400m they received from the office of the National Security Adviser. Metuh, last month, applied to the court for an order to compel the Department of State Security Service (DSS), who is holding Dasuki in its custody to produce him to testify over the alleged fraud. Metuh, who has called six witnesses in his defence, stated that the Dasuki’s testimony is essential

to his defence as it was alleged that the sum he received from the NSA’s office were allegedly stolen fund without him rendering any service. The former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has also approached the court to release his international passport to enable him travel abroad for medical treatment. When the matter came up yesterday, the second defendant counsel, Tochukwu Onwugbufor (SAN), told the court that the applicant counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu (SAN), had written to the court for an adjournment because he was having a matter at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where he is counsel for Ademola and as such, would not be available to take the applications. Onwugbufor said although the Federal High Court and the FCT High Court have coordinate juris-

diction, nonetheless, he prayed the court to grant an adjournment as the matter before the FCT High Court has been granted an accelerated hearing. The counsel in the alternative urged the court to stand down the applications to enable Ikpeazu be available to move them. In his brief ruling, the trial judge, Justice Okon Abang, ruled that a similar letter written by Emeka Etiaba (SAN), one of the defence counsels, was irrelevant as Ikpeazu has written on same issue. Justice Abang therefore stood down the matter in the overall interest of justice, not withstanding that the defendants have exhausted their adjournments. When the matter resumed at about 2pm, Onwugbufor said he went to the FCT High Court to inform Ikpeazu about the court order but Ikpeazu told him that a prosecution witness, Babatunde

Adepoju, had tendered a multiple documents. And one of the defence counsels had already objected to the admissibility of the documents and that it was his turn to also raise an objection. Onwugbuefor stated that Ikpeazu has respect for the court and has therefore asked him to apologise on his behalf over his absence, adding that his action was not deliberate. He therefore asked for an adjournment. Responding, prosecution counsel, Sylvanus Tahir, said he had thought that Onwugbufor would have held the brief of the applicant counsel. He however, left the matter to the discretion of the court. In his ruling, Justice Abang adjourned the matter in view of the passionate plea of Onwugbufor to February 22 for the hearing of both applications.

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Editorial Rising drug abuse among Nigerians

t is no more news that there is increasing consumption of dangerous drugs in Nigeria, especially among the youths. Many social commentators have attributed this development to reasons ranging from the dire economic situation in the country and the influence of the internet that predisposes this segment of the population to emulate their peers in other societies. Definitely, we are not only alarmed at this development but also call on the authorities to urgently tackle this social malaise before it gets out of hand. There is no denying the dangers posed by substance abuse on the youths and future of the country. According to United Nations report, the value of illegal drugs traded around the world is put at more than $322billion yearly. Definitely, drug abuse and trafficking is a problem and major deterrent to humanity and the well being of the youth in particular, even as it poses greater problems to the socio-economic and political stability of any nation. To underline the problem, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has described substance abuse and the illicit trafficking of drugs as an evil in any society. Incidentally, substance abuse often includes problems with impulse control and impulsive behaviour. Furthermore, there are cases in which criminal or antisocial behaviour occurs when the person is under the influence of a drug. Statistics reveal that there are more than 120 million users of hard drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and other synthetic drugs. There is no denying the fact that drug abuse and the illicit trafficking of substances is a worldwide malaise that has far-reaching consequences because of its direct and indirect relations to crime, corruption and international terrorism. The strong nexus between the traffickers, the terrorist organisations and the money launderers, has allowed this monster to become a magnet for luring people to engage in crimes

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Goodluck Jonathan

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

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

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Liqour vendors in Niger without licenses risk arrest Saka Bolaji, Minna

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Stop workers’ screening exercise now, Kogites urge Gov. Bello . Decry insecurity in the state

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indigenes under the aegis of Ujache-Igala Association have criticized the State Governor, Yahaya Bello over what they described as his inability to effectively run the state in the collective interest of Kogi people as well as the governor’s mismanagement of state resources and the introduction of unfriendly policies including ongoing screening exercise in the state’s civil service which has resulted to 30,000 workers on the sack list. Addressing a press con-

ference in Abuja, the association’s chairman, Chief Goodman Akwu, also lamented the rising insecurity in Kogi, noting that crime rate and criminality has assumed an alarming rate under the watch of Governor Bello, adding that the governor who received the much highly criticized award by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotum Idris recently seem to have lost control of the situation and has possibly ran out of ideas on what next to do. The Chairman who said that the Ujache-Igala as a group is sensitive to issues

and developments affecting the state, said it has watched in the last one year myriads of kidnappings, armed robberies, burning of private media institutions and other sundry crimes across the state under Bello’s administration and regretted that Kogi state which was known for its crime free nature has now receded into a hot spot for all sorts of vices with criminals taking advantage of its complicated topographical terrain coupled with insensitivity of government of the day. “The effort of governor Yahaya Bello in his capac-

ity as the Chief Security Officer in tackling insecurity in the state has been misdirected in the context of not marshaling the contour of security architecture before rushing to purchase over 200 utility vehicles for security agencies last year, a situation that has not metamorphosed into an infinitesimal positive effect. The subsequent propaganda and the cosmetic show-offs was what got him an award recently by the Inspector General of Police as the most security conscious governor in Nigeria,” Akwu revealed.

Emohua CTC chairman appeals to residents fleeing cult wars to return Amaka Agbu, Port Harcourt

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The Caretaker Committee Chairman, CTC, of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Mrs. Gloria Omereji, has appealed to residents of Egbede community in the area who fled their homes for fear of being attacked by cultists to return. Mrs. Omereji who stated in Emohua on Monday that normalcy has returned to Egbeda community, assured that military personnel in Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, have been stationed in some notable flashpoints in the community following the intervention of the local government authority. The council boss, however, warned that her administration would not tolerate any attempt by anyone or groups of persons

to breach the law and provoke a state of insecurity in the local government. “I have spoken with the Divisional Police Office, DPO, as well as the Brigade Commander of the 6th Division of the Nigerian Army, in Rivers State, to assist in quelling the situation. As of now, Police and military personnel are combing the bushes in search of the cultists that have been unleashing mayhem in the community. “Some of them have been arrested. I am currently in the community. The Police and the military are patrolling the community. Everywhere is calm. There is no problem. I have been going round appealing to the residents who fled to neighbouring communities to return to their homes. No harm will come to them as security men are on ground to nip any secu-

rity breach in the bud,” the CTC chairman stated. The military was deployed to Egbede community to halt the raging war between two rival cult groups, The Icelanders and The Greenlanders which has been raging for upwards of three weeks. Meanwhile about ten people have been reported killed as a result of the bloody clash between the cult groups. Sources close to the community disclosed that some of the victims were beheaded. Following the activities of the cult groups, many residents of Egbeda community fled the agrarian-based community for fear of being cut in the crossfire between the two rival cult gangs. The supremacy battle between thetwocultgroupswhichbegan in the last week of January reportedly escalated in February.

The Rivers State Government, in a related development, has appealed to communities who were still amassing arms and ammunition, including other tools of war as a bulwark against community wars to desist from the practice because it portends danger for the larger society. Responding to criticisms on the amnesty granted cultists and others engaged in various criminal activities in the state, the Special Adviser to the governor on the Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Chinda, stated that the programme was stalled in some areas in the state because of the traditional practice of some communities to allegedly stockpile arms and ammunition for use of their youths during communal wars.

chairman of Niger State Liqour Licensing Board, Barrister Yahaya Halidu has warned all liqour vendors operating in the state to obtain their licenses before the end of February as anybody caught selling liqour without a license will be arrested and arraigned before the court of law. Halladu said the board will no longer tolerate the arbitrary sales of alcohol in the nooks and crannies of the state since their is a law in place to regulate the sales of the product in the state. He made this known after inspecting some of the demolished structures used for the sales of liqour in Minna, a place he stressed has become a meeting point for hoodlums . According to him, “ The board will no longer spare any liqour vendor in all the twenty five local government area,

those illegal business will no longer be tolerated”. “Every vendor must obtain a license and must be within 8 kliometre radius from the state, that is what the law says and we are going to implement the law to the letter”. Already he said the board has clamped down on both the major and minor distributors because according to him the state cannot be a dumping ground for sale, distribution and manufacture of locally brewed alcohol and sales of larger beer as those engaging in the business must obtain license and ply their trade outside the metropolis. He maintained that various hideouts used by liqour vendors have been detected and that a joint enforcement team of the police, the Nigeria security and Civil Defence Corps and the state Hisbah group would be fully mobilized for the task.

KOK flays get-rich-quick syndrome in Glo’s Professor Johnbull ÎÎÎThe lead character of

Globacom-sponsored TV drama series, Professor Johnbull, this week flayed the get rich quick syndrome which is prevalent in the country in Episode 2, Season 3 of the popular sitcom. Titled Make Money Miss (MMM), the episode which airs on Tuesday will focus on the dire consequences of staking money in phony money doubling activities popularly known as Ponzi schemes. The episode exposes the folly of investing blindly in online money doubling networks, as well as the consequent pains and losses it brings to such investors who lose large sums of money when such fraudulent transactions go awry. Said the producers, “Make Money Miss is projected to caution people to be wary of the many online money networks dotting the Nigerian landscape and to be circumspect in determining how they invest their hardearned monies so as not to fall victim to scams or lose their life savings, especially at this hard time”. They added that “We believe that arts mirror the society and serve the major purpose of being the ba-

rometer to gauge the moral standing of the society. This is exactly what Professor Johnbull has been doing since it came to the Nigerian airwaves and we are more than encouraged by the feedback from the viewing public”. Make Money Miss trumps up posers such as: Do victims of Ponzi schemes exhibit gullible or mere greed? What activities culminate in blind risks? Do real online money network platforms exist? The episode stars are Professor Johnbull (Kanayo O. Kanayo), the erudite academic as well as other regulars of the sitcom including Flash (Stephen Odimgbe), Elizabeth (Queen Nwokoye), Caro (Mercy Johnson Okojie), Olaniyi starred by Yomi Fash-Lanso, Samson (Ogus Baba), Jumoke (Bidemi Kosoko), Ufoma (Bimbo Akintola), Mai Doya (Funky Mallam) and Abadnego (Martins Nebo). Professor Johnbull will be on air on NTA Network, NTA International on DSTV Channel 251 and NTA on StarTimes at 8.30p.m. while repeat broadcasts air on Friday on the same channels at the same time.

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Lagos hands over 100 homes to scheme allottees Benjamin Omoike

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Lagos state government on Monday handed over keys to the first batch of 100 RentTo-Own allottees, signalling ownership of various apartments in all the five estates already available for the Rent-To-Own programme.

The state Commissioner for Housing, Gbolahan Lawal, while handing over keys to the beneficiaries in Alausa, Ikeja, reiterated that under the policy, all prospective home owners needed to do was to make a five per cent commitment fee, take possession and pay the remaining balance toward

the ownership of the property over a period of 10 years. “Today, it gives me great joy and a sense of fulfilment to inform you that the first batch of 100 Rent-To-Own allottees are to receive the keys to their various apartments in all the five estates already available for the Rent-To-

Own programme. “The first set of available estates presently being allocated are Sir Michael Otedola Estate Odoragunshin, Epe; Oba Adeboruwa Estate, Igbogbo, Ikorodu; Choice City Agbowa; Hon. Olaitan Mustapha and Alhaja Adetoun Mustapha, Ojokoro. The delivery of 100 hous-

ing units per month will be a continuous exercise,” he said. He concluded by saying the rent to be paid by beneficiaries will be determined by the prevailing rent in each of the locations, while the mode of payment will be direct debit by the employer/ banker to ensure ease of

collection. Some of the allottees include William Nse-Obong from Akwa-Ibom, who got a three-bedroom flat at Abraham Olaitan Estate, Akanbi Olatunde was allotted an apartment at Sir Mike Otedola Estate in Epe. Other beneficiaries are Obayomi Amos, Bridget Otuene and Idowu

OPSH intercepts baby factory in Jos Chijioke Kingsley, Jos

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(OPSH), the Special Task force deployed to restore law and order in Plateau and Bauchi state, said at the weekend that it has intercepted a baby factory syndicate in Plateau. Speaking to newsmen, the Commander of the task force, Major General Rogers Nicholas, said that the group “specialises in producing babies and distributing them to other states in the country.” The group was reportedly intercepted after intelligence report by the OPSH troops. Gen Nicholas also said that “the group comprised eight men and three women operating in Jos. “During the interrogation, one of the suspects said the group has a network spread across the country and they usually entice unsuspecting young ladies with mouthwatering offers and in other cases drug them with substances that lead to forced labour. “As investigations continue into the activities of the syndicate, it is important for security outfits to extend its network across the states especially places where the babies are being sold, so as to apprehend those involved in the horrible crime.” The OPSH boss also appealed to citizens of the state to always report suspicious persons to security operatives at all times.

Debris of shanties at Ibafo demolished by Ogun State Government… on Monday. Photo: BOLAJI OLASUNKANMI.

Sokoto releases N2.2b for payment of gratuity to LG workers

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Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has released the sum of N1.2 billion for the payment of accumulated gratuity from the year 2010 for staff of local government councils of the state. In addition, outstanding allowances, amounting to over N662 million, due

to elected representatives for council chairmen and their councilors in the 23 local government areas have also been released, while the sum of N346.7 million has been released as severance gratuities to former council officials. A statement by the Sokoto State Commissioner for Local Government

and Community Development, Alhaji Mannir Dan’Iya, said all approved funds have been released and payments are being effected accordingly. “If you may recall, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal had earlier directed the Auditor-General for Local Governments to compute entitlements

of former workers at the local government level. Now that the work has been done, payment is starting immediately. “All former workers with genuine claims will be paid. The total money released for the accumulated gratuity for staff of local governments from the year 2010 is N1,213,125,208.22,” he

added. The commissioner said former LG council executives are getting 50 percent of their severance entitlements, amounting to N346,747,891. While commending the beneficiaries for their patience, Dan’Iya said government will continue to make such payments as funds become available.

FCT administration laments non-payment of utility bills Idu Jude, Abuja

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by the failure of residents of the Federal Capital Territory to pay their utility bills, the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) has begun a sensitization exercise to remind people to pay up their rates at when due, just as offenders of such laws are liable to face sanctions as obtained in the extant law of the FCT environment.

Recall that senior directors of the AEPB lost their jobs owing to non-implementation of the environmental laws of the FCT. First leg of the enlightenment tour took place at Gwarimpa district in life camp where officials of AEPB held a meeting with the people in the area at the weekend. Speaking during the occasion, the director of the AEPB, Mrs. Omolola, Onanipekun,

said the agency had decided to adopt the monthly payment of bills as a result of a popular demand by the people. She however said that this method is subject to a review when the need arises. According to her, contractors in charge of waste evacuation have been urged to redouble their efforts in visiting residential premises to empty their waste bins in time. She said that the approved

date for the contractor in charge of life camp for evacuating wastes are Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays. Mrs. Olanipekun, appealed to the FCT residents to cooperate with the cleaners by placing their waste bins at places where they can easily be picked up. Responding to questions by stakeholders, the director said that it is an offense for one to rear birds or maintain a fish

pond in a residential places, the offensive odour from a fish pond or poultry farms she said is hazardous to human health. In his remark, an expert in charge of Japan/Nigeria International Corporation Agency (JIGA), Mr. Hisashi Yamguchi, said that plans has reached advanced stage to recycle wastes generated by residents of the FCT.

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Enterprise Ireland visitors assured of NITDA’s support for technology transfer

NIRA plans to host local version of HTTPS

How tech, innovation boost digital economies – Ojobo Stories by Tony Nwakaegho Technological innovation is the bedrock of digital economies, powered by the science of growth; hence they stand the test of time, according to Mr. Tony Ojobo, director Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Ojobo, made this remark at the recent general meeting of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Abuja branch, stressing that technology sets the pace for human civilisation; boosts development and creates wealth for those who adopt it; while investments in technology and innovations is the reason why the top four most capitalized companies in the world which include Microsoft, apple, Google and Facebook are where they are. He explained graphically in his presentation that in Nigeria, telephone subscription stood at 154.5 million as at December 2016, while teledensity is now 110.38 percent, Internet Subscription stands at 92 million as at December 2016, while Broadband Penetration is 21 percent as estimated by ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission. According to him, Broadband target by 2018 as estimated in the National Broadband Plan is 30 percent; Africa has an internet penetration of 28.7 percent

Tony Ojobo, director Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

of 3.7billion global internet users; while Nigeria is at about 48 percent penetration and about 92 million internet users; Facebook users stand at 16 million while Facebook is now worth over $348 billion thereby overtaking Exxon Mobil as the 4th most Capitalized Company in the world. He also revealed that Digital technology is promoting astonishing interaction among citizens and between citizens and the State, adding that there has been a forecast that by 2020, 20.8 billion devices will be connected and collating data. He cited the recent Lagos State Government launch of a portal to

MainOne, Signal Alliance partner to provide Microsoft O365

Internet Solutions, Accuris unveil pan-African WiFi network

MainOne and Signal Alliance have unveiled a service partnership to provide Microsoft O365 to corporate subscribers in Nigeria with the best professional in-country installation and support for their support subscription. This is coming after the expansion of MainOne’s enterprise offerings with cloudbased Microsoft business solutions last year. Signal Alliance, currently, is Microsoft leading Office 365 enterprise partner in Nigeria with over 50 percent account under their management and support. Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud service solution that includes Microsoft Office and other services, such as email and collaboration, from Microsoft’s cloud server. It provides desktop functionalities and is available by subscription. Microsoft Office 365 provides a comprehensive set of software tools and services that facilitate office documentation, communication and management tasks. No upfront installation or integration is required, other than an Internet connection and supporting Web browser. The Office 365 suite of applications includes several different online services, including Office Professional Plus, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Skype Online and a lighter version of Office Suite, presented as Office Web Apps.

Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Funke Opeke

Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Funke Opeke while speaking at the joint product launch, noted that the product provides productivity tools for businesses and gives them the enablement to scale. “As a preferred Microsoft Cloud Solutions Partner (CSP), MainOne is committed to driving sales for Microsoft Office 365, Azure and other complementary products in Nigeria, by assisting enterprises to integrate core solutions and helping them bring cloud offerings quickly to market at a lower cost. Our partnership with Signal Alliance, another leading Microsoft partner could not have come at a better time.

enhance interaction between it and the citizens, adding that politicians are also deploying social media to reach their constituents. The events at Tahrir Square in Egypt ‘the Arab Spring’ readily comes to bear, he said via the application of digital technology to expansion of democracy, while the Nigerian elections of 2015 also provides an insight as to what technology can do. Ojobo highlighted that the Referendum in the UK to decide the country’s fate in the European Union (EU) and the just concluded American Presidential elections were all shaped by the use of social media networks enabled by the Internet. He stressed how digital economy and opportunities for business and economic growth come about, adding that the internet has accounted for over 10 percent GDP over a period of 15 years in the G8 countries (China, Brazil, India, Sweden and South Korea) according to Mckinsey global institute. “Practically all brands Coca-Cola, Toyota, Cadbury, Exxon Mobil, Adidas, Amazon, Jumia, Konga retail stores are online. Human brands too…presidents, politicians, footballers, other sport icons etc. Jumia, Konga etc. conduct online sales in millions.

Banks, Fintech collaboration would drive financial inclusion – Fanawopo As financial technology (FinTech) gradually seeps into the growth strategies of traditional banks, experts have expressed concern that the two components would need to work together in order to drive financial inclusion in the sector. The basis for this concern is stemmed from the global best practices where Fintech, the term coined for financial services technology, has become an extremely fast-growing industry worldwide. Its growth has enabled banks in Europe and the US to innovate and develop products to suit customers’ lifestyles. According to the MD/CEO of eMaginations, and organizer of Ennovators Breakfast Series [EBS], Sola Fanawopo, Nigeria is not an exception in the FinTech upsurge. He said the global investment in FinTech is reported to have reached as high as $80 billion between 2010 and 2016. “For some time after the global and local financial crisis, traditional banks have laid emphasis on regaining customers’ trust. I am happy that banks have realised the potential of FinTech and are now slowly joining the startups in the race. That is why it is heartening to know that a Nigerian call itself FinTech bank,” he said.

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Enterprise Ireland visitors assured of NITDA’s support for technology transfer

NIRA plans to host local version of HTTPS

Stories by Tony Nwakaegho

President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Mr. Sunday Folayan has said that his organisation is working hard on the possibility of hosting a local version of HTTPS to boost the country’s internet security and adoption. Folayan made this remark during a media parley in Lagos recently; adding that Nigeria’s web hosting and domain name system (DNS) industry has been tipped to witness massive growth in the year 2017. “NiRA is working on hosting a local version of HTTPS in Nigeria to boost the country’s internet presence and distinct operations. We look forward to a time it will become obligatory for businesses operating on .ng to adopt only HTTPS”, Folayan said while addressing Journalists in Lagos recently. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, and hypermedia information systems. It is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web (www). HTTP is the set of rules for transferring files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the World Wide Web. As soon as a Web user opens their Web browser, the user is indirectly making use of HTTP. Dr Chris Nwannenna, former president, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) urged the apps developer community and website hosting companies to harp on HTTPs, adding that global IT trends entail that the security protocol is much required for safety. Nwannenna explained that irrespective of pricing differences, it has always been a better option to be secured online while surfing any internet, stressing those e-commerce platforms or online retailers must prioritise HTTPS to ensure visitors to the sites are protected.

Representatives of Irish Universities and Institutes of Technology, who came under the aegis of Enterprise Ireland at the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Headquarters, Abuja has been assured of the Agency’s commitment to support technology transfer, capacity building and domestication of foreign IT companies in Nigeria. Dr Isa Pantami, director general of NITDA gave this assurance during a meeting with the representatives of Irish Universities and Institutes of Technology, adding that NITDA offers scholarship programme to Nigerian youths in areas of IT or any related IT courses to study in foreign countries to acquire IT knowledge. He noted that NITDA supports collaboration with reputable Institutions that would provide affordable and quality education to Nigerians and solicited for more collaboration between Nigerian IT companies, and their Irish counterpart. “Nigeria’s population provides a market full of opportunities for IT companies willing to domesticate and operate fully in Nigeria”, he said. Earlier, Mrs Gerald Gavin,

L – R: Dr Isa Pantami, director general of National Information Technology of Limerick Institute of Technology disclosed that the main aim of their visit was to pave way for more collaboration between Nigeria and Ireland, to boost the IT sector of both nations. Ireland is a leading country in terms of education, she said, with a long history of educating Nigerians in many professions, a global leader in ICT and the second software exporter in the world, nine out of 10 global ICT companies have a base in Ireland. On his part, Mr Eddie Scully stated that education in Ireland is relatively cheap compared

to other European Nations, adding that there is a synergy with the Industries and other businesses in Ireland that allows for practical experience while studying. Our education system and laws, he added have been reviewed to allow International students after completion of studies to work and live lawfully in Ireland for a maximum period of 2 years. Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets.

Internet Solutions, Accuris unveil pan-African WiFi network Internet Solutions (IS), panAfrican telecommunications service provider and Dublinbased Accuris Networks Limited has partnered to unveil an Africa-wide WiFi network to global carriers, multinational companies and local ISPs. The companies explained in a statement that IS’ various independent WiFi networks are now consolidated using the Accuris WiFi server to enable “a carrier-grade, homogenous network accessible anywhere with single sign-on”. “This creates a pan-African WiFi fabric for ‘Internet of Things’ applications demanding a consistent, low-cost, IP access network,” the companies add. Kervin Pillay, Chief Technology Officer at Internet Solutions, said WiFi continues to be the most viable and costeffective connectivity solutions to meet Africa’s increasing bandwidth demands. “Like individual consumers, our business users expect alwaysavailable connectivity that is fast, affordable and seamless. In other words, connectivity

Kervin Pillay, Chief Technology Officer at Internet Solutions

in Africa that is as reliable as connectivity wherever else their customers are located. Installing the Accuris WiFi Server is part of an ongoing process of upgrading our infrastructure, services and technology to deliver on this promise,” Pillay said. According to IS, Mobile

Network Operators (MNOs) can use this network to access WiFi offload services to address capacity demands of their smartphone users, while inbound roamers can resell WiFi to subscribers who require high quality broadband while traveling.

At the same time ISPs have the opportunity to use managed Captive Portal and Landing Page services for private WiFI networks, which, according to Internet Solutions is a relatively common offering in South Africa, but less so elsewhere in Africa. Pillay added that “the decision to partner with Accuris Networks for this project was an easy one, given the company’s history and expertise as a trusted provider of cloud-based security, identity, and access management for carrier Wi-Fi networks.” “Internet Solutions is a provider of choice, delivering IP connectivity to one of the world’s fastest growing markets. “Accuris is pleased to provide Internet Solutions a powerful yet cost-effective carrier-grade platform to meet the demands of a growing subscriber base,” said Jeff Brown, Chief Executive Officer at Accuris. Network industry experts have highlighted recent changes to Africa’s WiFi landscape and that these are helping to facilitate smart city deployments.

Sunday Folayan, president, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA)

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ALHAJA ADISA ADIJAT AJOKE

ADEWALE TAIWO KAFILAT

Formerly known and addressed as ALHAJA YAYA ADIJAT AJOKE, now wish to be known and addressed as ALHAJA ADISA ADIJAT AJOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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ANISILE FATAI Formerly known and addressed as AJAO FATAI ANISILE, now wish to be known and addressed as ANISILE FATAI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME My name was wrongly written as BASIRAT ADEWALE AYINKE instead of BASIRAT ADEWALE ADUKE. My correct date of birth is 9 June 1988. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OKON ANNE IQUO

AMAH MARY EMMANUEL

ONAOLAPO MISTURA ASHABI

ADDITION OF NAME

OTUBU ABOLORE TAIBAT

AKPAN UDEME MATHEW

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MRS. LIOYO EBIERE

FATIMA HALIMA EJIOGU

MISS RUTH MENOBAINE OGHENEJODE

MRS. WILLIAMS ABISOLA LILY

OLORUNFUNMI MAYOWA BLESSING

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BISONG JANET TOYIN

MARGARET MOPELOLA OLAOSHUN

MRS.OLUWAKEMI AISHA ODEOGBOLA

UMARU SAIDU

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MRS ALFONSI TINA

BAMIDELE OMOTOLA MUINAT

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OYEWUSI BUNMI ELIZABETH

OGUEJIOFOR ESTHER OGECHI

MRS. CHIKA EDWIN ONWUDIWE

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JOHNSON SANDRA GRACE

CORRECTION OF NAME

MRS. FAUSAT KOLETOWO

That my name was wrongly writing as JUMMAI HARUNA, my correct name is ANNE BATURE. Access Bank and Embassy and general public should please take note.

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OYELAKUN DAMI OYEFUNKE

MRS. OKAFOR-MBAH JOY

AGUNSOYE OLUWAKEMISOLA

AZUMAH AKWAUGO ABIGAIL

JOANA UKAIGWE

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I, formerly known and addressed as OKOYOVWI JOY, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OKAFOR-MBAH JOY. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

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OGBONNAYA CALISTA OBIAGERI

ALABERE WAHAAB ORIYOMI

ODUKOYA CHRISTIANA OLUWATOYIN

INEGBENOSE CHINENYE ANGEL

MBANEFO IFEYINWA JOY

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Formerly known and addressed as ABDULAZEEZ BUNMI ELIZABETH, now wish to be known and addressed as OYEWUSI BUNMI ELIZABETH. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ODUGBEMI JOHN SEGUN I, formerly known and addressed as LAWAL JOHN MUSILIU, now wish to be known and addressed as ODUGBEMI JOHN SEGUN. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

NNEKA ANGELA ONELE I, formerly known and addressed as ANGELA IGWE NNEKA, now wish to be known and addressed as NNEKA ANGELA ONELE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. EDET SAMUEL ASUQUO I, formerly known and addressed as SAMUEL ASUQUO, now wish to be known and addressed as EDET SAMUEL ASUQUO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OGBONNAYA CALISTA, I wish to add OBIAGERI to my names, now wish to be known and addressed as OGBONNAYA CALISTA OBIAGERI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as ALABERE WAHAB ANAFI, now wish to be known and addressed as ALABERE WAHAAB ORIYOMI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, Formerly known and addressed as Miss Temitope Dosumu now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Temitope Olubukola Odusanya. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

PAULA UNWANYI OSASOJE OGAR

Formerly known and addressed as JOHNSON SANDRA, now wish to be known and addressed as JOHNSON SANDRA GRACE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. MAXWELL CHIMEZIE NWABIAZIE

Formerly known and addressed as ALFRED OLUWATOYIN CHRISTIANA, now wish to be known and addressed as ODUKOYA CHRISTIANA OLUWATOYIN. all former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Mariam Ajiboshin now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Mariam Adewunmi Lawal. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

IDRIS ADEOYE Formerly known and addressed as DISU ADEOYE, now wish to be known and addressed as IDRIS ADEOYE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as BISONG JANET FUNMILAYO, now wish to be known and addressed as BISONG JANET TOYIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. OBOZE EHIABHI JOHN

I, formerly known and addressed as AGHUGHU EHIABHI JOHN, Now wish to be known and addressed as OBOZE EHIABHI JOHN. All former documents remain valid general public should take note.

MRS. FAIBO OLAYINKA OLATERU

ADELABU OLUWASEUN MERCY

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I, formerly known and addressed as ADEMOLA OLUWASEUN MERCY, Now wish to be known and addressed as ADELABU OLUWASEUN MERCY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CHUKWUKERE ONYINYECHUKWU STELLA

MRS. UZOIGWE OLUCHI BLESSING

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22 Public Notice STRONG WOMEN CODE CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION

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RIVERIA ESTATE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ANYICHIE CONSTANCE UZOMA - PRESIDENT 2. EDEH CHIDINMA - SECRETARY 3. PIPI EZINNE DORIS - FINANCIAL TREASURER 4. SOLARIN OLUWATOBILOBA AYOMIPOSI 5. ORIMOLOYE OLUWATOSIN

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ISIAKA MOHAMMED TOYIN - PRESIDENT 2. AYEYEMITAN ALLEN OMOSULE 3. AYANO KEHINDE JACOB - SECRETARY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EMPOWER WOMEN THROUGH THE ORGANISATION. 2. TO ASSIST WITH THE WELFARE OF WOMEN IN THE ORGANISATION. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO SEEK THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ESTATE. 2. TO SEEK THE WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE ESTATE. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To empower vulnerable people in the society (like orphans, widows, children, youths, people with disabilities) by organising poverty alleviation programmes such as vocational skills acquisition programmes e.t.c 2. To engage in health promotional skills. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Michael Omotayo Adesanya - Chairman 2. Festus Olalekan Ogunjobi - Secretary 3. Mubasiru Adebayo Adesanya 4. Hafsat Abiola - Costello 5. Engineer Oladele Amoda 6. Dr Bola Aromiwura 7. Prince Segun Adewale AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. To enhance easy access of the public to information that will expose them to several busines opportunities. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES.

CITY MISSION ILORIN

POWERBASE WORSHIP AND MIRACLE CENTRE

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

SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND HEALTH ADVOCACY INITIATIVE THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Oluwarotimi Akinrinade Adewole - Chairman 2. Ajakaye Abosede Dorcas - Secretary 3. Olatunji Daniel Oyeyemi 4. Oluwafolakemi Temitayo Idowu 5. Onyinyechukwu Chizube Mbeledogu 6. Olushola Aramide Oyeyemi

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND ADVOCACY ORGANISATION

Trustess 1. Amosun Tunde Joshua 3. Ogunseye christiana yinka 5. Oyelade adebowale adesoji 6. Mrs. Temilade Oladipo

2. Adewale Ransome Adeoluwa 4. Oyelade olakunbi Diekola

TRUSTEES 1. ELOKA, SYLVESTER UDUKA-FOUNDER. 2.ELOKA, CHINYEAKA GERALDINE 3.IGNATIUS, UCHENNA AMOSE 4 EZEA, AMBROSE 5.ENETE, OBIORA STANLEY 6. ALI, NNAMDI HENRY 7.OZOKOLI, AMAKA ANGELA

Aims: 1. To preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all Nations.

AIMS. 1. TO PREACH AND PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO ALL NATION

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki, Abuja within Twenty-Eight (28) days from the date of this publication.

Signed Secretary

SIGNED. BARR. NDUBUISI OZOKOLI 08033155124.

PALACE OF THE LORD GOD OF ISREAL GOSPEL CHURCH

SABHA NATHANI FOUNDATION

WATER INITIATIVES NIGERIA

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

NAMES OF TRUSTEES 1. ADE-AYO ADELEKE MATHEW 2. ADEAYO ISSAC ADEJARE 3. IJADELE AJAYI JOHNSON 4. OSASONA SAMUEL AYOOLA 5. ADELEKE FUNKE AIMS AND OBJ 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR_GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIR COMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT , OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET , MAITAMA , ABUJA WTHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

Names of Trustee 1. Sanusi Ibrahim Adekunle 2. Bashiru Kolapo Sulaimon Aims and Objectives 1. To help the less priviledge 2. To empower widows, orphans and Indigent muslims. 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 WTHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

Old Trustees 1. Rasid Alade Abdulai- Removed 2. Jimoh Ismaila Adetunji- Retained 3. Dr Adesoji Odewande - Removed

New Trustees 1. Jimoh Ismaila Adetunji - Appointed 2. Makinde Hakeem Olatunji - Appointed 3. Dr Mutiu Adesina Adeleye -Appointed 4. Mariam Abiola Jimoh - Appointed Aims and Objectives 1. To ensure health safety 2. To achieve national water Security 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 WTHIN 28DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. Signed: Trustees

Signed: Trustees

CRISTALCARE HEALTH ORGANIZATION

BECAUSE I CARE OUTREACH

4. Makinde Hakeem Olatunji - Retained

GOD LOVE FIRE & MIRACLES EVANGELICAL CHURCH

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

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 No. 1 of 1990.

Trustees 1. DR ABIODUN BASIRAT OLUWASOLA. 2. DR ADEOLA TAJUDEEN SODIMU.

THE TRUSTEES ARE 1. Tega Tafri. - President 2. Ese Tafri, 3. Rachael Eguvabore 4. Esther Joseph

AIMS. 1. To make good health affordable by all. 2. To target a disease free community.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1.Reaching out to the less privilege in society in providing food and other basic needs. 2. Printing Gospel tracts 3. Hospital outreach

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Pastor Adumati Olugbenga Rufus - General Overseer 2. Alabi Ismaila Sola - Secretary 3. Anifowose Muritala Adewale 4. Babayemi Abefe Ademola 5. Oluwatoyin Ademati Safurat

YES AND AMEN PRAYER 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 No. 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Adio Samson Omotayo 2. Ogundiran Joseph Ogunwole 3. Adio Deborah Folake AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Any objection to the above registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Agunyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198 Garki, Abuja within 28days of the publication. Signed Secretary

Any objection to the above registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Agunyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198 Garki, Abuja within 28days of the publication. Signed Secretary

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: To propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ. Any objection to the above registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Agunyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198 Garki, Abuja within 28days of the publication. Signed: Secretary

VIRTUOUS MASTERMINDING PRAYER MINISTRY

MUSLIM STAFF FORUM FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ZARIA

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Centre has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004. NAME OF TRUSTEES 1. NUHU RAMALAN JIBRIL -CHAIRMAN 2. DR. DUKULY OMAR ABDULLAHI - TRUSTEE 3. GARBA ABUBAKAR DAHIRU - TRUSTEE 4. MUHAMMAD SAMINU ABUBAKAR - TRUSTEE 5. MUHAMMAD ABUBAKAR SHITTU - TRUSTEE 6. TIJJANI HASHIM - TRUSTEE 7. YAHUZA SALMANU -SECRETARY

The Trustees Are: 1. Mrs. Idowu Itseoritsesan Comfort 2. Mrs. Bamidele Titilayo Adeogun 3. Mrs. Titilola Morgan 4. Mrs. Stella Nwosisi Ogorchuckwu 5. Mrs. Adeyemi Mercy Olufunke Aims and Objectives 1. Organising prayer meetings and retreats for women 2. Preaching of Gospel of the Lord Jesus. 3. To liberate women and their families from satanic strongholds and bondage 4. To encourage the depressed and the oppressed 5. To reach out to orphans, widows, the homeless, and the needy. 6. To discourage women that are about to go astray from their marriages. 7. To give helping hands to jobless women by training and empowering them in vocational skills making them useful to their families and the society. Any objection to the above registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Agunyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198 Garki, Abuja within 28days of the publication. Adejola Olalekan & Co. Chartered Accountants (08023159951)

AIMS & OBJECTIVES 1. TO CATER FOR THE INTEREST OF MUSLIMS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE COLLEGE 2. TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE ISLAMIC EDUCATION 3. TO ENLARGE IN DA’AWAH ACTIVITIES IN IPS VARIOUS RAMIFICATIONS. 4. TO PROMOTE AND EHANCE MUTUAL COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG MUSLIMS AND WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES 5. TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ISLAMIC GOALS 6. TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFORT OF THE COLLEGE IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS FOR WHICH IT WAS ESTABLISHED Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 Days from the date of this publication. SIGNED: SECRETARY

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Public Notice 23

REAL WOMEN VOICES FOR EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

AFRICAN VOICELESS MOUTHPIECE FOUNDATION

The General Public is hereby notified that the above named Centre has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2004. THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. APPOLONIA UKPERE ---- CHAIRPERSON 2. IBIWOYE ROSELINE ------ SECRETARY 3. SUSAN SEIDU --------- MEMBER

AIM AND OBJECTIVE:1. To help the under privileged and abused children, the victimized women in marriages Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the RegistrarGeneral, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B 198, Garki, Abuja within 28 Days from the date of this publication.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE:1. to create an enabling environment for development through skill development and economic empowerment for the less Privileged children, youths and women for alleviating poverty.

SIGNED:KEHINDE ALAKOSO ESQ 08023166764

CHRISTIAN YOUTH LEADERS ASSEMBLY The general public is hereby inform that the above named Assembly has applied to Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under Part ‘C’ of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, Degree No. 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Katung, Jonas Kazahbai - Chairman 2. Jerome, Imeime Patrick -Secretary 3. King Omodu 4. Bitrus Maiwaazi Dauda 5. Trinity Moses Ogar 6. Ajiboye Ebenezer Akinola 7. Francis kpeke-Johnson 8. Leonard kawas 9. Unyime Ezekiel Ekanem 10. Ezanyaeche Oluchi - Treasurer AIMS/OBJECTIVES: 1. Empowering youth to maximise their potential. Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420 Tiqgris Crescent,Off Aguiyi ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, within 28 days of this Publication. Signed: Katung, Jonas Kazahbai Chairman.

JESUS RESSURATION POWER MINISTRY

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ENGR. EUGENE AKHAMIOKHOR IGHABOR 2. AGHEDO CELESTINA OLERE 3. DR. UMARU ALKA 4. MATTHIAS ALIU

(CHAIRMAN) (SECRETARY) (MEMBER) (MEMBER)

Any objection to the above registration should be forwarded to the Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Agunyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198 Garki, Abuja within 28days of the publication. Signed: ENGR. EUGENE AKHAMIOKHOR IGHABOR 07069006905

LOSS OF ORIGINAL TITLE DOCUMENTS This is to inform the general public that the CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY (C of O) in FORM A, issued under the Land Tenure (Local Government Control of Settlement) Regulation’s 1977, by the Makurdi Local Government Authority on 13th September, 1978, belonging to and in favour of, FRANCIS OPARA MADAGWU, over property at plot No. 553, and otherwise known as No. 89 Benue Crescent, Wadata Ward, Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria, is missing. The said Original Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) was discovered to be missing on or about the 15th day of August, 2016 at Elelenwo, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. All efforts made to recover same document proved abortive hence this publication. Please, if found contact the nearest police station or call 08034517287. Signed: Francis-Anthony Ezenwa Managwu Esq. Of No. 286A Aba Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State of Nigeria. VALLEY OF BERACAH COVENANT MISSION

LOSS OF DOCUMENTS

We the surviving grand children of Georgina Caroline Martins from the body of Annette Oniyide: Mr. Femi Phillips Bisi Ajose (Mrs) Oluwatoyin Machado (Mrs) hereby notified the general public that the original title documents of No. 18/20, King Street, Lagos has been missing since the death of our mother Annette Oniyide on 15th February, 1995. Anybody who finds it should please return to Mrs. Bisi Ajose at No. 2, Prince Adeyemi Way, Ikotun, Lagos State. Signed Mrs. Oluwatoyin Machado UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT BUSINESS SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

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, Degree No. 1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE : 1. ADELEYE SUNDAY ADEBOLA (CHAIRMAN). 2. EHIO VICTOR (SECRETARY). 3. IKEAGWU SARAH (MEMBER). AIMS/OBJECTIVES : 1. To promote peace and unity amongst members. 2. To engage in humanity/developmental projects. Any objections to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420 Tigris Crescent off Aguiyi Ironsi street Maitama Abuja within 28days of this publication. SIGNED ; CHAIRMAN.

AKIN ADEBISI FOUNDATION

This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act 1990.

This is to inform the General Public that the above named FOUNDATION has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act, 1990

THE TRUSTEES ARE:(1) PASTOR SAMUEL ADENIYI KOLAWOLE -GENERAL OVERSEER (2) MRS FUNKE OMOWUMI KOLAWOLE - SECRETARY (3) MR. EBIRIM IFEANYI SAMUEL -TREASURER (4) ALADEKOMO BUKOLA E. - FINANCIAL SECRETARY

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OBALUM Agatha Nonye - General Overseer 2. Amah Ifeanyi Boniface -Secretary 3. IGBO Anthonia Akudo -Treasurer 4. AYANGBO Omenakiti Peter - Elder 5. Onuorah Ejike Livinus -Deacon.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. ADEBISI AKINLOYE OLULEKAN 2. ADERIBIGBE ADETUNJI 3. OLOYEDE WASIU 4. MERCY AYOBAMI ADEBISI

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1.TO RAISE FUTURE LEADERS AND MINISTERS OF GOSPEL 2.TO ADD VALUE AND MEANING TO THE LIVES OF PEOPLE 3.TO RAISE MEN OF FAITH, LOVE AND HOLINESS THROUGH THE POWER OF RESSURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD (2) To deliver people from the captivity of the kingdom of darkness. (3) To propagate the kingdom of the everlasting Covenant keeping God (4)To set the captives free from various snares of the devil.

THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:1. To encourage and promote reading as a developmental tools for all Nigerians. 2. To help less privileged.

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

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

Signed By: SECRETARY

SIGNED BY : SECRETARY

OKARUFE PROGRESSIVE ASSOCIATION

CHARIS BELIEVER’S PROPHETIC MINISTRY

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 Company and Allied Matters Act 1990.

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. OWOEYE TEMITOPE EMMANUEL. 2. SALAMI SAIBU ADEWALE. 3. OLOYE SHOLA PETER.

THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. EFFIONG GIDEON SUNDAY. 2. MERCY ESSIEN. 3. ASANAM VICTOR BASSEY. 4. IFEOMA PRECIOUS AGBAKWUO.

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To promote mutual understanding, love, peace and unity among indigenes of Okarufe around the world

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in all parts of the world.

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

SIGNED BY: SECRETARY

GAMECHANGERS READERSHIP PROMOTION NETWORK This is to inform the general public that the above named Organization has Applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission Abuja for registration under part C of the companies and allied matters act of 1990. THE TRUSTEES: 1. JOHNPAUL IHEMEZIE 2 SAMUEL OKONKWO 3. OBINNA UDEH 4. LAWRENCE ORJI 5. CORNELIUS NDUBUISI 6. CHIDOZIE OJOBOR 7. RAPHEAL ABHADEMERE 8. SOLOMON NNADOZIE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To encourage and promote readership through various projects and partnerships. 2. To establish reading clubs in schools and neighbourhoods. 3. To organize lectures, workshops and seminars on readership development. 4. To advocate for the building, maintenance and upgrade of public and private libraries. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporation Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off AguiyiIronsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. Signed: CHAIRMAN

FAMILY CHANGE OF SURNAME

We formerly known and addressed as FALODUN TAIWO SOLOMON FALODUN CALEB IDOWU FALODUN OLAMILEKAN ALABA FALODUN OLUNASEYI MAKAN JUOLA now wish to be known and addressed as KAYODE TAIWO SOLOMON KAYODE CALEB IDOWU KAYODE OLAMILEKAN ALABA KAYODE OLUWASEYI MAKA JUOLA All former documents remain valid. Concerned Authorities and General public should please take note.

GOD’S FIRE LIBERATION CENTRE This is to inform the General Public that the above named MINISTRY has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for Registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. APOSTLE GODSPOWER VICTOR THANKGOD. 2. REJOYCE FAVOUR THANKGOD. 3. ALAOHUO ADINDU PETER. 4. IBENYE STEPHEN OSITA. 5. JOHN GOODLUCK OBIANKE. 6. UWAECHUE CHUKWUDI DONPEDRO. 7. IGWE DAMIAN IHEANACHO. 8. ANIEKAN ARCHIBONG NYA. 9. MBAKWE CHARLES. 10. PASTOR CLEMENT COSMOS KENNY. THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE IS:To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ Any objection to the registration should be forwarded to Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Plot 420, Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication SIGNED BY : SECRETARY

THE LEVITICAL CENTRE This is to inform the General Public that the above named has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission, for Registration under Part C of the Company and Allied Matters Act 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE:1. AGHRAGHRA NATHANIEL - Chairman. 2. AKINYOMI MICHAEL T GOD - Vice-chairman 3. AGHRAGHRA STEPHANIE - Secretary 4. AKHIGBE BENARD 5. AKINBULI EBENEZER 6. AGHRAGHRA PHILIP 7. REUBEN KALU THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE:(1) TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO THE WHOLE WORLD (2) To deliver people from the captivity of the kingdom of darkness. (3) To propagate the kingdom of the everlasting Covenant keeping God (4)To set the captives free from various snares of the devil. Any objection to the Registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission Plot 420 Tigris Crescent, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja within 28 days of this publication. SIGNED BY: CHAIRMAN

24 Public Notice PSALM 35 CHURCH OF GOD This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990. Trustees Are: 1. Rev prophet Adedayo Atiku 2. Prophetess Happy Atiku. 3. Rev. Roseline uwa Attah.

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SWEET FELLOWSHIP OF GOD MISSION LNTERNATIONAL

This is to inform the general public that the above named has applied for Registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matter Act 1990. Trustee are: 1. Boro Adogbeji julius 2 Obagbodi Mercy Yovwe

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.

Aims and Objective: 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ in all the nations of the world 2. To win souls for Christ through preaching and converting sinners and teaching them the true word of God. 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: TRUSTEES

Aim and Objective 1. To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ.

SHARE AND CARE AT RUFF & TUMBLE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS ADENIKE MORENIKE OGUNLESI - PRESIDENT 2. JOHNBOSCO ADEGBOLA OGUNLESI - VICE PRESIDENT 3. BALOGUN MIRIAM CHRISTIANA - GENERAL SECRETARY 4. OKUBOYEJO ADEYINKA - FINANCIAL SEC/TREASURER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EDUCATE CHILDREN ON THE VALUES OF SHARING, CARING AND GIVING. 2. TO FOSTER AMBITION AND SEIF CONFIDENCE, TEACH SOCIAL SKILLS AND INSTILL A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY IN CHILDREN. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: Olayiwola Faboro & Co. 11b Adesina Street Ikeja. ASSOCIATION OF GOAT BUTCHERS AND MEAT SELLERS OGUN

THE TRUMPET OF PEACE PRAYER MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL THE TRUMPET OF PEACE PRAYER MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL 2, Ogo Oluwa Street, Olokode Alagbado Lagos. THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Taiwo Abiodun Emmanuel - CHAIRMAN 2. Ishola Oladapo Olajiire - Secretary 3. Taiwo Folake Adebimpe 4. Opeibi Ibikunle Olakunle 5. Fadare Johnson Olanrewaju Aims And Objectives: 1. To worship Almighty God 2. To win soul for our lord Jesus Christ 3. To preach the gospel of our lord and savior Jesus christ. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED BY SECRETARY

THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA, FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Ajayi Festus Adeolu - President 2. Olaawo Bolanle Olatunde Olusegun - Secretary 3. Olorode Idayat Adekunbi Iyabo Matemi 4. Anyanso Helen Okoron. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FOSTER UNITY, PEACE AND PROGRESS AMONG MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRSCOMMISSION, PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUIYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: TRUSTEES

WELLS OF TRUTH MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL

The general public is hereby informed that the above-named has applied for registration under Part C of the Companies and Allied Mattes Decree No1 of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. GODWIN CHRISTIAN OBI 2 JIBUNOH NKEMDILIM CHIBUZOR 3 AGBONIYUKOME JOSEPH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1 To raise an army of soldiers for the body of Christ 2. Raising a generation that stands for truth and fear of God Any objections to the registration should reach the RegistrarGeneral , Corporate Affairs commission, Area 11, Garki-Abuja, within twenty-eight (28) days of this publication. SIGNED:SOLICITOR TEL 08189502539

EXTRA FIRE MINISTRY

LEADERS LINKS EMPOWERMENT& DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

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, DEGREE NO. 1 OF 1990.

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. BELLO ISUMAILA ASAMU-PRESIDENT 2. DUROJAIYE ADISA ADEDIRAN -GENERAL SECRETARY 3.AJADI KAYODE- TREASURER 4. OGBONLAWE DAVID ADEBOLA- FINANCIALSECRETARY 5. OLADAPO TIRIMISIYU GBOLAGADE -P.R.O..,

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1.ELIJAH SUNDAY ELIJAH. 2. NDUOGU PAUL. 3. ONUORAH FAVOUR WILIFRED.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO FOSTER PEACE, UNITY AND LOVE AMONGST MEMBERS

THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON NIGERIA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO PROMOTE UNITY AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL .

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: SECRETARY

Signed Secretary

This is to inform the general public that the above named Ministry has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission for registration under part C of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts of 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Rev. Sunday onyeagulu- President 2. Pastor Emmanuel Egwuenu 3. Okonkwo Uchechukwu Gabriel 4. Okeke Ogochukwu Blessing - Secretary 5. Prince Achionye Onyenankeya 6. Mrs. Grace obijiaka uche - Treasurer 7. Mrs Ezekiel Uchechukwu Chidiogo AIMS: To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar general Corporate Affairs Commission plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. Signed: Trustees

ASEJIRE PROGRESSIVE UNION

GRACE IN ABUNDANCE GOSPEL INTERNATIONAL MISSION.

FANCY MINING & STONE DECOR ASSOCIATION

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

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 Acts 1990.

The Trustees are: 1. PASTOR (DR) ADESINA ADEGOKE - Chairman 2. MR. OLUFEMI ADEGOKE - Secretary 3. LADY EVANGELIST ADEDAYO OLUSOLA - Treasurer 4. MR. ISIAKA ADEYEMO - Financial Secretary 5. ALFA WASIU ADEYEMO - Publicity Secretary

The Trustees are: 1. PASTOR AMOO MATTHEW OLADOSU 2. PASTOR (MRS) AMOO ALICE OLUDAYO. 3. PASTOR AJIBOLA TITUS ADEGBOYEGA 4. LADY (EVANG) OGUNESAN OLUBUNMI IYABO 5. EVANG. AMOO TIMOTHY OLUWASEUN 6. ELDER OLADEJO SAMSON ABIOLA 7. ELDER OLASUPO DAVIES

The Trustees are: 1. WAIDI AGBOMEJI 2. AMOS OMOTOSO 3. SHEU MOHAMMED 4. AGBOMEJI ADEWALE ADESINA 5. GBOLAHAN ADEOLU

AIMS: To foster unity and peace 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.

AIMS: 1. To preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. To plant churches worldwide. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Registrar - General, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed: Trustees.

Signed: Trustees

WOMEN ACCORDING TO GOD’S DESIGN MINISTRY

ALMUBINK INTL PRAYER SOCIETY

AIMS: 1. To promote peace and unity among members. 2. To protect the interest of members. Any objection (s) to the registration should be forwarded to the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, P.M.B. 198, Garki Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication. Signed: Trustees.

LIFE ANCHOR FAITH FOUNDATION.

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

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

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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE 1. Abimbola Olabisi Abiona (Mrs) 2. Olayemi Veronica Oni (Ms.) 3. Oluwatoyin Mary Awofeso (Mrs.)

TRUSTEES : (1) KAREEM, RUFAI OLADIMEJI - FOUNDER AND CHIEF MISSIONER. (2) AKINDELE GANIYU AKINOLA - NATIONAL PRESIDENT. (3) OLASUNMADE, RUQOYAT ABOLO - AMEERAT GENERAL. (4) YEKINI, YINUSA KOLAWOLE - GENERAL SECRETARY. (5) SHOKUNBI, OLAIYA SODIQ - HEAD OF MISSIONERS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE 1.KUTI OLUGBENGA JUSTUS. 2.ADEYEMI OLAYIWOLA. 3.AKINTOLO OLANREWAJU. 4.KUTI GABRIEL TOLUWANI. 5.NWAMADI ANTHONY AYINBUOFU. 6.OWOEYE TUNDE.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.To bring restoration and reconciliation to broken relationships and marriages. 2. To bring women and their families in alignment with destiny and purpose in accordance with God’s Word and His Design. 3. To do all things that may be incidental to the attainment of the above aims and objectives. Any Objection(s) to this registration should be no 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.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : (1) TO PROMOTE THE TEACHINGS OF THE HOLY PROPHET MOHAMMED (SAW) AND HIS JUMAH. (2) TO PROMULGATE THE CORE OF ISLAMIC CULTURES AND VALUES. Any objection to this registration should be forwarded to the Corporate Affairs Commission, plot 420, Tigris Crescent, off Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja within 28 days from the date of this publication.

Signed: TRUSTEES.

SIGNED : BARRISTER KINGSLEY EDIALE. 08023279496. 08065538310.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES. 1.To provide shelter and food to orphans 2.Educate the less privileged children. 3.Preaching the word of God to the people 4. To provide first aid medical assistance to the people of the community. 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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The court must stand firm to ensure that both the weak and mighty are equal before the and anybody who is accused of committing an offence must be prepared to face his trial.

Aka’ahs, JSC. in Ikechukwu v.FRN & 2 Ors (2015) 2-3 S.C. 44. EDITOR: Ibe Uwaleke, 08033151041, ibeuwaleke 2012@yahoo.com

Poor funding bane of judiciary –Agbakoba INTERVIEW Dr. Olisa Agbakoba is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, a former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, Bencher and a member of the National Judicial Council (NJC). He is also a well-known human rights activist and development lawyer, as well as a great author of several works in business module for the development of the judiciary and the legal profession. In this interview he granted exclusively to The Daily Times, he shows great concern over the fate of Justice Samuel Walter Nkanu Onnoghen if he is not made the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria by February 10, 2017. He also expresses worries over the poor funding of the judiciary and inadequate emoluments for judges which, to him, could be linked to the corruption that is reported in the judiciary. There are other sundry issues he discusses in this edition. IBE UWALEKE was in his office for the piece. Excerpts: Let us look at 2016 in retrospect which was a turning point for the judiciary as it exposed the rot going on in the sector. How did you react to the news when some judges and senior lawyers were arrested by security operatives on allegation of corruption? I felt very sad, terribly sad, especially as the judicially in common parlance, is seen as the last hope of the common man. When the story broke, I called present and past presidents of NBA to find out what actually transpired. In as much as we are yet to confirm whether the judges did what they are being charged, we were more concerned about the method adopted by DSS to arrest the judges. But we must distinguish corruption in the judiciary and corruption among some judges in the judiciary. Corruption among some judges does not mean corruption of the entire officers of the judiciary. Yes, we have some of our judges allegedly corrupt. On whether money was found or not found in the judges’ houses is no issue, it is only at the court that such evidence can be proved. I do not defend the fact that some judicial officers are found wanting in corruption matters. At the end of the day, I will pray that all the allegations against the judges become unfounded. This may be a phantom wish, but think of it, what actually happened has already dented the image of the judiciary. My concept of who is a judge should be one who is above board, well disciplined and respected in the society. This is the concept that I am praying hard to be restored to the status of a judge. How do you rank the year in question when judiciary was ridiculed? I will not say that the year 2016 was a good year for the judiciary not only with all the probes of these judges but for poor performance of the sector. Poor performance I

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I sent a proposal to the NBA as far back as when O.C.J. Okocha was the president, asking the body to declare a state of emergency in the judiciary because I saw like a weather-man sees, a storm ahead. I repeated the same call when Joseph Daudu was president of NBA. When I became the president of NBA, I also presented the same issue to the CJN then, Justice A. Belgore (rtd.) Unfortunately, Belgore’s tenure was short to fully implement all the recommendations we presented to him. I also made the case to Justice Alooma Muktar (rtd) when she was the Chief Justice of Nigeria, that we need to develop a judicial funding policy that will stop slashing of the budget of the judiciary by the Budget Office and the Ministry of Finance after the judiciary had prepared its budget. When this practice continued, I urged the NJC to go to court, it refused. I proceeded to the court to stop the ugly practice and I won. mean, is that cases in court still last so long from high court to the Supreme court that people are loosing faith in the ability of the judiciary to deliver justice to the people who seek help from it. The confidence reposed in the judiciary by the public, from what I gathered from my colleagues, is seriously dented in delivering legal or judicial solutions. Our courts have become overwhelmed with outdated procedures. As a former president of NBA, a Bencher, SAN and a member of National judicial Council (NJC), what did you do to douse the tension created by the stories over the judges’ corruption saga? My senior colleagues and I met at different fora and places to fashion out solutions to the saga. Indeed, we saw this thing coming because long before now, we have identified the problems facing the judiciary. One of them is inadequate funding of the judiciary. When my father was the Chief Judge of the old East Central State (ECS), he was the highest paid civil servant. In England, for you to be a judge it means you will be paid 500,000 pound sterling a year whether serving or retired. In Nigeria, the Chief Justice of Nigeria

earns a paltry sum of N3 million a year. I sent a proposal to the NBA as far back as when O.C.J. Okocha was the president, asking the body to declare a state of emergency in the judiciary because I saw like a weather-man sees, a storm ahead. I repeated the same call when Joseph Daudu was president of NBA. When I became the president of NBA, I also presented the same issue to the CJN then, Justice A. Belgore (rtd.) Unfortunately, Belgore’s tenure was short to fully implement all the recommendations we presented to him. I also made the case to Justice Alooma Muktar (rtd) when she was the Chief Justice of Nigeria, that we need to de-

velop a judicial funding policy that will stop slashing of the budget of the judiciary by the Budget Office and the Ministry of Finance after the judiciary had prepared its budget. When this practice continued, I urged the NJC to go to court, it refused. I proceeded to the court to stop the ugly practice and I won. So I have written a letter to NJC to enforce the judgment of the court in favour of the judiciary. How can the office of the National Security Adviser receive in the budget over N93billion a year and the entire judiciary gets only N60billion every year. I am not in any way justifying corruption among some judges, but the poor funding of the judiciary

Legal JOKE The lawyer’s son wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps, so he went to law school and graduated with honors. Then he went home to join his father’s firm. At the end of his first day at work, he rushed into his father’s office and said, “Father, father! In one day I broke the Smith case that you’ve been working on for so long!” His father yelled, “You idiot! We’ve been living on the funding of that case for ten years!”

is a major problem of the sector. Do you know that as we speak, there are judges without courtrooms and a judge may have over 100 cases pending before him in a day but because he writes in long hand he can hardly treat up to 10 cases a day including the rulings and judgments he writes and vets almost on daily basis. NJC has failed to articulate all these problems and push for proper funding of the judiciary. In Nigeria, a judge can barely go to the court from his house. There are judges in this country who can’t afford the luxury of having a generating set at their homes and therefore operate without electricity light at their homes. In places like Kawaranamoda, a high court judge lives and operates in a mud house. Justice Nikki Tobi died a miserable death in Garki, Abuja, a former Supreme Court Justice. He had a stroke and those concerned were writing memo from here to there on how to help out, and the man died. If he was a minister, he would have been flown abroad for immediate medical attention. He wouldn’t have died. The old English judicial system which is called ‘’Judicature Act’’ which Nigeria inherited from England is still what dominates our court system up to today. Even the system has been abandoned in England for quite a long time now. The wig and gown we wear here like idiots have been thrown away by the Supreme Court of England long ago. Even the court there has abolished the idea of judges sitting on high benches. Judges there now sit with lawyers and their clients on the same desk so as to hear them clearly and discuss their cases. The business module of our courts in Nigeria today is so archaic. I, for one, has done more to try to introduce new court rules that will help the courts upgrade their procedures. It must be general for it to have impact. But we are not seeing it happen. How do you assess the performance of the NBA in the past year, including the election it conducted to elect its new executives? I want to refuse to make comments on my successors so that I don’t turn to be judgmental. What I will say is that the introduction of the electronic voting for the NBA election was a good idea. Whether it worked out as efficiently as it should I cannot say. But I am aware there are a lot of complaints after the election. I voted from Malta. During my own election it was around 3am they declared the result. Conceptually, electronic voting introduced by Mr. Austin Alegeh is good. How it played out in practice is now subject to litigation which I cannot make comments. Are there some areas you think the judiciary fared well in the year under review? You know people think that the Police is useless when they don’t have issues. But the day one enters into trouble, he will know that the Police is useful and is a friend. With all CONTINUED ON PAGE 27

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Illegal withdrawal: Former DPR director seeks N1.2m damages against UBA Illegal withdrawal: Former DPR director seeks N1.2m damages against UBA A retired deputy director in the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Engineer Adebayo Babalola has narrated to a Lagos High Court, Ikeja how illegal withdrawal was allegedly carried out on his domiciliary account with United Bank of Africa. Babalola said USD780.92 was illegally and unauthorized withdrawal from his United Bank of Africa (UBA) account no 3000543098 While giving his testimony before Justice Beatrice Oke-Lawal, the witness said he is a customer of the bank and he has different kinds of account with the defendant (UBA). Led in evidence by the claimant counsel, Mr Ikechukwu Ikeji, the witness stated that on 24th of April, 2014, he received a call at 3:59am from The officer of the bank (defendant) with phone number 012808427 requesting to know if he was in the United State of America, that there are activities going on in his account via his dual currency Visa Card. The witness said he was on his bed in Lagos, and his card was in his physical possession at that time. “I immediately requested that the officer to disable the card forthwith since I was not making any transaction.” The claimant therefore tendered before the court, a letter by the defendant dated April 17, and response to the defendant dated April 27, 2015 and it was admitted as exhibit.

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Fraud: Architect charged for alleged forgery, false representation Stories by Titilope Joseph

Chief Magistrate Alexander Komolafe of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday granted an accused, Akinola Akinpelu, N250,000 bail. The accused, who resides at 44 Olaniran Street., Ayobo, Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, is arraigned on a three-count charge of fraud, forgery and false representation. According to the prosecutor, Sgt. Joseph Ajebe, the accused committed the offences between Dec. 2014 and Feb. 2016 at No. 10, Alhaji Wosilat Street., Oluwaga Road, Baruwa, Ipaja, Lagos. The accused was said to have fraudulently obtained N393,000 from one Mr Alabi Abiodun, the complainant, for the purpose of surveying two acres of land for him at Ota Road in Ogun State. The prosecutor also alleged that the complainant later discovered that the survey plan was forged when he presented it at the office of Surveyor General Land and Registry in Abeokuta, Ogun. He said that the accused, who allegedly falsely presented himself as L.A

Animashaun, a licenced surveyor of L.A Animashaun Surcon Property, forged the survey plan and used Animashaun’s seal without his consent. The accused, however, pleaded not

guilty to the charges. The offences contravened Sections 312, 363, and 378 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Magistrate Komolafe, however,

granted the accused bail with two sureties each in like sum. Komolafe added that the sureties must be civil servants on grade level 12 with the Lagos State Government.

Interactive meeting of judicial editors with the president of the Common Wealth Lawyers Association, Mrs. Boma Ozobia at her office in Lekki, Lagos.... last week.

Nine cult members arraigned over attempted murder Titilope Joseph Nine (9) men have been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court over alleged conspiracy and unlawful intention to kill one Akinwumi Oladipupo. The defendants are: Abdulramon Momoh 29, Ademola Kolade 21 , Toheed Soyemi 21, Ahmed Aji-

boshin 23 and Rasaq Etiko 32. Others are Balogun Olasunkanmi 32, Samson Raji 31, Babalola Hassan 19 and Rilwan Animashaun 18. They were charged before Magistrate B.O Osunsanmi by the police on a six count charge of conspiracy and attempted murder . The suspects were said to have committed the offence on January

24, 2017 at about 12:30 along Lawani Street by Old Market, Itire, Lagos. According to the state prosecutor, Inspector Simon Imhonwa, the suspects did belong to an unlawful society known as the Supreme Eiye Confraternity and they were armed with machetes, broken bottles and other dangerous weapon, while they attacked the victim, Akinwumi Oladipupo

with unlawfully intention to kill him. Imhonma further informed the court that the suspects were also unlawfully in possession of two live cartridges, one army camouflage jacket and one army camouflage jungle hat, one police Layard, one flash drive and fifty (50) wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.

ommend judges found guilty by the NJC to prosecuting agencies for proper action. But NJC has failed to recommend judges it has found guilty to the appropriate prosecuting agencies to be properly charged to court. It is my wish that the NJC is rejigged to make it independent to be able to have a voice of its own and stand its ground on any issue it has decided on. So, the NJC is in need of radical reforms. I still cannot see the reason why the CJN virtually appoints every member of the Council. To make things worse, during sessions for the disciplining of judges, the Council will ask all lawyer-members to excuse it for those sessions. Perhaps its thinking is that lawyers cannot discipline judges or give their own suggestions on the issue. What would you expect the judiciary to be doing differently in 2017 so that it does not fall into the same trap it fell in 2016? Judiciary needs proper funding to get out of the woods. The President is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. But when he presents the budget he presents the budget of the Federal Government. He does not present the budget of Lagos State or any other state for that matter. Therefore, the Consti-

tution says that the NJC should prepare the budget of the judiciary and submit to the National Assembly for appropriation, the same way the President prepares and presents to the National Assembly the budget of the Federal Government. The Constitution does not say that NJC should prepare its budget estimate and submit to the Budget Office of the Executive which exercises power to slash it to what it deems fit as it has been doing over years. The National Assembly’s budget is not prepared and presented by the President, so why should the President prepare and present the budget of the Judiciary. The President can only send the budgets of institutions under the executive including the Police, the Military etc. It is my suggestion that NJC should determine the business module that will be suitable to the judiciary. There is no reason why a high court judge should earn less than N5million a year. That is why I am advocating for proper funding of the judiciary for our judges to earn enough that will discourage them from engaging in corrupt practices. My own take is that judges should be well paid to stop them from distraction or inducement.

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the sad comments about judges, but when you have your problem the judges are the ones you run to. Inspite of the flaws of the judiciary or the Police they still remain viable institutions. No matter how useful the judiciary is, it still requires great reforms. By the way, I am heading a committee for legal and judicial reforms system. It is not rocket science to have an efficient and functional judiciary, but the will has to be there. The issue of election cases is the most challenging issue for judges. A politician can do anything to win his case if he looses an election or do anything to remain in power even if he looses the election. So the average politician will go all out to influence judges with money to get power or remain in power. It will interest you to know that most of the corruption cases arose from election matters. So, a way has to be found to insulate judges from election cases. Do you see the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, being confirmed as the substantive CJN before the expiration of his three months’ acting tenure on February 10, 2017?

I am disappointed that he has not been confirmed up till now. Ounce the NJC receives the advice of the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) that submits three names for consideration, NJC applies the rule, which I don’t agree with, the seniority rule. Immediately they take the most senior among the three, the name goes. The next day he or she is announced. It does not waste time ounce the name is forwarded to the President, he equally will transmit same name to the Senate for confirmation. I think something is wrong with Onnoghen’s confirmation process. I don’t know what it is, but something is wrong somewhere. There is no reason the Presidency can give why Onnoghen’s name has not been submitted to the Senate for confirmation. All I can say is that the process for the confirmation of Justice Onnoghen has a ‘’k’’ leg. But why it has a ‘’k’’ leg I don’t know. I would want the President to tell Nigerians why he has not submitted Onnoghen’s name to the Senate for confirmation because this is unusual. From the beginning of the Supreme Court, it has not happened before. The role of the President and the governor in the appointment of the CJN

or the CJ of a state is statutory when the NJC has made the recommendation of a candidate for such office. The way the Constitution is interpreted in this issue, the President or the governor cannot decline in this respect. When the governor of Abia State refused to accept the recommendation of NJC candidate, NJC equally refused to recognise his candidate until the government bowed down to NJC’s choice. When Amaechi did the same thing in Rivers State, NJC refused to accept his nomination and that led into a stalemate for six months until a new governor entered to accept NJC’s candidate. Therefore, NJC’s nomination is final. The only person who can tell Nigerians what is playing out in Onnoghen’s case is President Buhari. If he has a good reason for refusing to send Onnoghen’s name to the Senate, let him tell the people. Do you think the NJC as presently constituted is exercising enough disciplinary measures on judges? I don’t think the Council is exercising enough disciplinary control on judges. But it can do better. Though the Council does not exercise prosecutorial powers, it can rec-

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This is to inform the general public of the loss of Original Building Certificate of Occupancy C of Obelonging to Prof. Felix Nweke, Plot 152, was Registered as 32/32/1142 at land registry Enugu. If found contact the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development, Enugu.

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THAT THE CONSTITUTION BE AMENDED.

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Rangers get cash boost after Champions League progress

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igeria champions Rangers have received a cash boost after they advanced to the first round of this year’s CAF Champions League at the

expense of Algeria’s JS Saoura. Officials announced that instead of a proposed $190 per player as travel allowance to Algeria, each player will now

be paid $730, while officials and coaches will be paid $1,000 each. The players will also each receive N50,000 as match bonus for the Champions League tie.

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Rangers will next month tackle Zamalek of Egypt in the first round after the Champions League after they edged past JS Saoura on away goals’ rule on Sun-

day. They drew 1-1 with JSS a week ago in Algeria, before both teams played out a scoreless draw in the return leg in Enugu on Sunday.

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key Emordi has announced his resignation as head coach of Nigeria Professional Football League side, Abia Warriors. Emordi walked away with just two months in charge following the team’s 1-0 home defeat to El Kanemi Warriors on Sunday. In his resignation letter, the former Enyimba handler attributed his decision to the club’s poor run that has seen them lose four of their last seven games in the Nigeria topflight. ‘’Following series of poor results recorded recently by the club, I wish to resign my appointment as the Technical Adviser of Abia Warriors FC, thereby leading to the termination of the contract I entered with the club forthwith,’’ wrote Emordi. “I sincerely appreciate the opportunity given to me to serve the club. I wish the club the best in the remaining league matches.” Emordi becomes the third coach to quit his post this season after Katsina United’s Bala Nikyu and Remo Stars’ Nduka Ugbade. Meanwhile, club chairman Emeka Inyama has acknowledged Emordi’s resignation, approving the Abdullahi Biffo as replacement with Patrick Nwaogu as his new assistant with immediate effect. Biffo will lead Abia Warriors to Uyo where they will face Akwa United in Uyo in a Week 10 clash on Sunday. Abia Warriors are eight on the log with11 points from eight games.

Emordi resigns as Abia Warriors coach Gregg Berhalter and Abuchi Obinwa (right).

CCL: Pons congratulates Rivers Utd

NFF partners Calabar-based football academy A Edem Edem, Calabar

he Technical Director of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Elder Bitrus Bewarang has said that the Federation has concluded plans to partner with management of PARS Football Academy, Calabar in the promotion of grassroots soccer in the country. Bewarang disclosed this during the opening ceremony/launching of First International Standard PARS Football Academy in Calabar and he explained that the federation will never allow the academy`s footballers to be taken abroad on slavery. The technical director however, commended the management for putting up modern sports facilities, and enjoined them to aggressively seek for sponsors to be able to remain in business just as NFF will give them necessary support to succeed. “For this singular initiative to have invested in such area of human capital potential and for

not thinking like most Nigerians, who prefer to put their monies in ventures that they can reap quick rewards, NFF weight is solidly behind the academy.

Bewarang

S Real Bamako head coach, Pascal Pons has congratulated Rivers United after his side fell 0-4 to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) club in Sunday’s CAF Champions League (CCF) clash. Bernard Ovoke and Esosa Igbinoba claimed braces as the ‘Pride of Rivers’ produced a devastating attacking master class at a packed Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Port Harcourt. Pons was sorry to see his side come out second best in the second leg, preliminary round clash but was quick to praise the victors who will now face Sudanese club, Al-Merrikh in the first round. “Though everyone knows why we lost, I wish Rivers United the best and I hope they go far in this competition,” he said at a packed pressconference shortly after the contest. Pressed further on his rather cryptic reactions on his side’s defeat, Pons refused to be more forthcoming, insisting he would not want to be punished by Africa’s football-governing body, CAF. “If everyone in the Stadium will be honest, we all know what happened. “I had issues with the fourth goal but I will not want to be punished so I will rather not talk about it. “My tactics in the second half were not flawed. We did not lose the game because our tactics were bad because they were not. “I cannot offer words of advice to Rivers United’s technical manager, Stanley Eguma because his side beat my team and as such, he should be the one advising me. “Eguma is competent enough so I believe he will know what to do with his team. “I do not have an answer to questions on my future as coach of this football club because I am not the Chairman of the board,” he said.

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Dalung assures on Federation elections Pillar of Sports, Ejidike hails Dikko ANDREW EKEJIUBA The Sun Best Man of the Year award bestowed on the Chairman, League Management Company, Alhaji Shehu Dikko has been described as the best thing to happen to a visionary and charismatic sports administrator like him. The Nigeria Pillar of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu Ejidike made the remarks in a congratulatory statement made available to the press. Ejidike noted that Alhaji Shehu Dikko has impacted positive innovations and changed the face of the once moribund Nigerian Professional league. “Today, Nigerian league is rebranded like a product. The League Management Company has gone to the stock exchange market thereby providing market window for our league. Clubs can now be quoted in the money market. Surely and steadily Nigerian league is leaping higher; all these under the administrative acumen of Shehu Dikko. He actually merits the award. I heartily congratulate him,” Ejidike said. He urged Dikko to see the award as a call to do more in the sports sector. Meanwhile, Ejidike has cautioned the leadership of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) to thread the part of peace on the issue of Mitchell Obi’ s endorsement .

he Minister of Youth and Sports Barrister Solomon Dalung has assured all sports’ stakeholders that a level playing ground will be put in place for the forth coming sports federations election. Barrister Dalung gave the assurance while defending the 2017 Budget Proposal held at the National Assembly on Monday in Abuja. He said that a summit of federation presidents will soon be held to drive the sector and redirect energy toward grassroots sports. “The ministry will be neutral in the forthcoming federations’ election and there will be no federal government nominees. We insist that those with the interest of driving sports without total dependence on government’s funds should go and contest. “We want to build strong and robust federations and reinvigorate them for better performance. That informed

our basis for taking steps to reorganize the federations so that they can be more effective. We admit that we’ve had challenges with the federations over funding. “Unless discipline is restored in the Federations including prudence and effective management of resources, we will continue to have problems. Government alone is unable to fund sports so we need them to augment whatever they’ll receive from the ministry by raising sponsorship and partnerships with the private sector. If there is no credibility in the federations then the private sector will not invest. That is one of the problems of the federations’ administration,” he said. Dalung also stated the need to restore confidence in the forthcoming elections starting with an all inclusive election. We will ensure that there will be a free democratic election for leaders of the federations and that all stakeholders are given a level playing field in March.

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Ikpeazu calls for increased campaign against sickle cell

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Wives of southern govs empower AT 3 over 100 women NCWS wants equal right, not 35% affirmation ÏÏÏ The 35 percent affirmation

Chairperson, Southern Governors’ Wives Forum (SGWF) and wife of Imo State Governor, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha (5th from right); host, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu (6th from right); and wives of other state governors in attendance during their quarterly meeting in Umuahia recently.

Task of nation building is a collective responsibility, says Ikpeazu

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Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members has been reminded of the need to continue to exhibit high standard of discipline, enthusiasm and commitment to the task of nation building. The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, handed down this advice recently to the 2016 Batch “B” Stream II corps members at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Umunna in Bende Local Government Area of the occasion of their passing out parade, reiterating that “the task of nation building is a collective responsibility”. Ikpeazu urged them to brace up with the challenges ahead and be determined to

contribute their quota with utmost sincerity in order to leave behind enduring and lasting legacies in the state. The governor, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Youth Development, Barrister Haggler Okorie, pleaded with the corps employers not to reject the corps members sent to them, rather “opportunities should be created to make them comfortable and gainfully utilised to the advantage of the government and the good people of Abia State”. He also encouraged the corps members to be “veritable tools for social, economic and political development to join hands with the present administration in the campaign for good leadership, peace, security and

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political stability” of the country. Earlier in her welcome address, the State Coordinator, NYSC Abia State, Mrs. Ifon Francesca, expressed her patience over the series of promises made by the state governor on the dilapidated pavilion, female hostel “C” block and 100 KVA generator, stating, “the news that the generator will be delivered within few days of this orientation was received with great excitement, but this has not been so”. “I am humbly appealing for the timely fulfillment of these promises and more urgently the delivery of the generator, possibly before next orientation coming up very soon to save us from the serious challenges we faced during this orientation due to light issues,” she pleaded. While thanking the state governor for his love for the scheme in the state, Ifon informed the governor, say-

ing “Sir, in your pragmatic nature, we look forward to the commencement of rehabilitation work as promised at the dilapidated Female Hostel “C” block”. However, at the end of her address, she announced that information at her disposal said the state government has paid for the generating set and this was confirmed by the representative of the Governor and the state Commissioner for Youth Development, Barrister Haggler Okorie, that just that morning, the state government had paid money into the account of Mikano, the suppliers of MIkano Soundproof generating set for the supply of the set. He assured that by the end of February, the rehabilitation of the dilapidated Female Hostel “C” block will begin”, disclosing also that the contractor for that purpose has submitted the cost to the state government.

on women by the 1995 Beijing Women Conference is no longer ideal, hence the need for equality right for women in the contemporary times, says the Abia State Chapter the National Council of Women Society (NCWS). The Abia State Commissioner for Transport, Barrister Nnenna Obewu Onwuka, stated this in Umuahia shortly after a meeting of the NCWS, pointing out that the earlier affirmation on women won’t hold ground any more. She added that equal rights should extend to womenfolk in view of performance and quality representation in all sphere of leadership. The Commissioner said: “I don’t believe in 35 percent affirmation on women any longer. What is important most is quality representations and productivity”. She however appreciated the State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, for standing tall above other Governors in terms of women appointments in the cabinet and other exhausted positions in his administration and charged women to rise above board and bring to bear the desired given talents bestowed on them by God. Also speaking, the Chairman Electoral Committee of Abia NCWS, Chief Mrs. Glory Uruakpa, observed that the affirmation on women during Beijing Conference of 1995 is fizzling out considering the positions women occupy globally and called on Government in the state to continue to encourage women in the state by giving more than 35 percent positions to women in its cabinet. Chief Mrs. Uruakpa used the opportunity explain that their gathering was to plan for the NCWS State Council election expected to hold in the state soon. According to her, NCWS was faring well in the state under their patron and wife of the Governor, Deaconess NkeCONTINUED ON PAGE AT 2

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Sexual ‘runs’ illicit and will ruin your career, VC warns students ÏÏÏ The Vice Chancellor, Michael

Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Umuahia (MOUAU), Prof. Francis Otunta, says most students in the university are culpable of sexual trade tagged “runs” indulged in either for pecuniary interest or practiced to hoodwink lecturers into award of undeserved marks. The VC made this statement on the occasion of the schools 24th matriculation recently, describing the act as “illicit”, warning that “a certificate obtained under false pretenses has a repercussion” as the person would not be able to defend its value when the need arises. Prof. Otunta reminded the students that the university is a community of decency and moral decorum which “should not be a society of rascals or a hub for acts of prostitution”, hence the need to dress modestly. Warning the students, Prof. Otunta said: “A rape of the rudiments in your academic progress

would jeopardise your status in the society in the long run. For instead of honors, it is dishonor” and advised them to shun cultism as the school has no space, no place and no tolerance for cultists and cultism. He informed that the management of the school is employing all known techniques to ensure it becomes a world-class university, stating that his joy was “provoked on the reminiscence of the challenges faced during the school admission process. He highlighted the challenges to include “the unfortunate incidence of the closure of some departments as a result of Federal Government’s policy that universities of agriculture should not run non-agricultural programmes, which are alien to the original mandate establishing the university and a struggle to ensure that the National Universities Commission (NUC) shores up its admission quota for the university to accommodate more teeming admission seekers”.

Ikpeazu calls for increased campaign against sickle cell

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Ikpeazu, has emphasised the need for increased campaign against sickle cell anaemia to break the scourge of the disease in the country. Ikpeazu made the call in Umuahia on Friday when he was inaugurating Vicar Hope Foundation, the brain child of his wife, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, targeted at uplifting the indigent people in the society. He commended the foundation for its numerous programmes, especially its programme on sickle cell, and encouraged Nigerians to undergo genotype test before marriage. According to him, this initiative would provide an avenue for aggres-

sive campaign against sickle cell and educating people to avoid the pains of having children with the condition. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious, inherited condition affecting the blood and various organs in the body. It affects the red blood cells, causing episodes of sickling, which produce episodes of pain and other symptoms. He said that the state government would make it mandatory for students in Abia to know their genotypes and reflect it on their identity cards. Ikpeazu promised to support the foundation with a vehicle fully equipped with genotype testing equipment. The governor said that it was necessary for the privileged members of the society to give hope to the poor and helpless people by giving them all

the necessary support. Mr. Chris Igwe, Chairman of the occasion commended the foundation for its programmes which were targeted at the indigent in Abia State. Igwe said that the establishment of the organisation was an innovative way of complimenting the state government’s efforts at transforming Abia State. In her address, Mrs. Ikpeazu, appealed to stakeholders and philanthropists to support the organisation’s programmes. Ikpeazu said that the foundation would undertake programmes such as skills acquisition and empowerment, free housing scheme, sensitisation on the disease, among others as part of the initiatives to improve people’s standard of living.

Be focused, Mrs. Ikpeazu tells Adventist students ÏÏÏ The wife of

the Governor of Abia State, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu, has called on members of Adventist Students fellowship to be focused and avoid all forms of distractions in order to succeed in a world filled with challenges and distractions. Mrs. Ikpeazu made this call at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Umuahia recenttly during the music concert/ fund raising for land acquisition by the Adventist Students fellowship. Mrs. Ikpeazu commended their efforts, pointing out that music draws down God’s love and blessing and promised to always support them. Dr. (Mrs.) Edith Nwosu in her message titled “Let them make me a sanctuary,” described sanctuary as a place of refuge and dwelling for God and revealed how God wants to be ac-

tively involved in our daily affairs as his children. Dr. Nwosu commended the students and expressed the fact that building a sanctuary for God is an act of partnering with him in saving souls. The Chairman of the programme, Elder Justice Anyim, thanked God for gathering his people to build a sanctuary for him and used the opportunity to thank the wife of the Governor for honouring their invitation, praying that God will also honour her. Speaking earlier, President of the Adventist Students fellowship, Mr. Bright Akwarandu, thanked all who came to identify with them and called on the school management and all public spirited individuals to assist in realising the project.

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chi Ikpeazu, pointing out that the Council was growing from strength to strength and that part of their deliberation was to acquaint members with information and activities concerning the election as well as other state matters bordering NCWS both at Local Government and State levels. The meeting which comprises Chairmen and Secretaries of 17 Local Governments in the state, according to Chief Mrs. Uruakpa, was also meant to educate women on what was expected of them to do in their individual homes, create awareness on how to manage

families in the present day economic recession as well as to help the less privileged and indigent ones among them. Also speaking after the event, the immediate former Transition Committee Chairman, Umunneochi Local Government Area, Hon. Ijeoma Okorie, commended Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu and his wife, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu, for been supportive of NCWS in the state, stating that Mrs. Ikpeazu deserves the commendation of members of NCWS for single handedly encouraging the affairs of the Council financially and assured her of NCWS unflinching support in the state.

Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu (middle); Leader of the delegation from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Land East Hub Manager, Mr. Sam Ezugworie (5th left) among other top government officials and delegation from Owaza Community in Ukwa west LGA after their meeting at Govt. House, Umuahia...recently

Rigorous verification process is telling on our health –Abia pensioners ÏÏÏ Retired civil servants in Abia

State have described the process of verification of state pensioners as “cumbersome, unfriendly, rigorous, stressful and harmful” to their health. The pensioners, some of whom are between the ages of 70 and 90, expressed the concern on Friday when they spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia, the state capital. NAN reports that the verification began last Monday. They said that going through the process on daily basis had subjected them to exhaustion and other inconveniences with telling effect on their health. Mr. Christopher Onyemachi, 77, who said that the exercise was not properly organised, said that it should have been organised in batches to avoid the large crowd and the attendant stress. According to him, the bank handling the exercise should have drawn up a schedule so that people who retired during a specific length of time cand be verified in batches. “They are using the verification to

make us suffer. “Why do they treat old men so unkindly? Is there no better way of doing the verification to save us the trouble we are passing through,” he asked. An octogenarian pensioner, Mr. Thomas Nwosu, also described his Friday experience during the exercise as the worst since the exercise began. Nwosu, who said that the process was slow, further said that he though he submitted his form on Monday; he could not get his the serial number for his verification until Friday. He expressed concern over the long queue that characterised the exercise adding he was not sure when it would get to his turn. Also speaking, another pensioner, who identified himself simply as David, said that some of the retirees came from Port Harcourt, Owerri and Enugu for the exercise with the last money they had. He said that many of them hoped that they would be paid at the venue of the exercise. “Some of them had to beg for money to even buy sachet water and groundnut to keep life going at the

venue of the exrcise,” David said. David said that some retirees who had no transport fare to go back to their various destinations resorted to begging for assistance to accomplish the journey. He further said that some retirees, earning as law as N1, 000 pension monthly and could not cope with the rigours of the exercise stopped coming. Mrs. Ngozi Ukandu, 54, and another pensioner, who identified herself simply as Mrs. Kalu, 57, said that pensioners were being ill-treated. Ukandu said that it was sheer wickedness to treat men and women, who spent their productive ages in the service of the state a ‘’callous manner.’’ She wondered why pensioners in their 70s and above should be made to suffer. The Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners(NUP), Chief Chukwuma Udensi, earlier in an interview with NAN, estimated the gratuities of retired state and local government civil servants in the state at over N22 billion.

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Ikpeazu calls for harmonisation of entertainment industry

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Abia State PDP Chairman, Sir Johnson Onuigbo (right) with Dr. Rheufe Kharse displaying the award plaque bestowed on him by South Africa based African Emerging Leadership Research and Development Organisation (AELDO) in Umuahia...recently

Wives of southern govs empower over 100 women

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the governors of South West, South-South and South East of Nigeria, on Thursday, empowered over 100 Abians under the aegis of Southern Governors’ Wives Forum (SGWF), while urging women in the zone not to be “myopic and petty-minded” in their affairs with the society. The Chairperson of the group and wife of the Imo State Governor, Nneoma Nkechinyere Rochas Okorocha, handed down this advice to women in the zone during their empowerment programme held in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, stating that the woman is important in the society and is the key to the family and should therefore avoid those tendencies that are likely to jeopardise her role in the family which includes gossiping. She called on them to take the series of lectures they heard from the wives of the governors serious and think about, as well as implement them. Earlier in her address during a courtesy call on the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, , Nneoma Okorocha had expressed the awareness of the group about the governor’s mission to elevate the quality of life of Abians, through women, children and youths, as well as having turned the industrial searchlight of the state, making the “madein-Aba product” to be “a beautiful song everyone is singing”. She disclosed that prior to 2016, it was that of the Northern states that existed, stating that later in that year, the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari, encouraged the formation of that of the Southern states, stating that the forum supports the programmes of the wife

of the president “in addition to complimenting the giant strides of our husbands, the southern governors”. “As wives, we are sensitive to realise the reasons why God, in his infinite wisdom, made us worthy and dependable help mates to our husbands and we are poised to effectively contribute our own quota in order to lessen the huge responsibility leadership thrusts on you and your brother Governors”, highlighting the Forum’s target to include but not limited to “promotion of girl child and eradication of child labour, women empowerment, health issues and construction of the forum’s secretariat’. In her welcome address, the wife of the Abia State Governor and the host of the forum, Deaconess Nkechi Ikpeazu said the gathering was for the purpose of empowering Abia women, pointing out that the women were meticulously selected in such a way to ensure they are capable of using the empowerment items to eke out a living for themselves. “It is my expectation that over the time, the set of women we have empowered today will become selfsustaining. When it will be the turn of Abia State to host the Southern Governors Wives Forum next time, we hope we will be able to showcase some success stories”, she said Earlier in their brief lectures to the women, the wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi urged Nigerians to stop obnoxious widowhood practices and called for support for one another by women, while the wife of the Ogun State Governor, OlufunsoAmosun urged for the education of womanhood to enable them be stable. In her brief lecture, the wife of the Delta Governor, Edith Okowa urged women to avoid pull her

down syndrome, pointing out that no progress would be made where there is backbiting and gossiping, as the wife of the Akwa Ibom Governor, Martha Udom Emmanuel called for the training of the girl child in moral values, especially on how to love and obey God. According to her, mothers should be close to their girl children and always pray for them, stating that if not, the children would be forces to find solace elsewhere and therefore fall into the wrong hand. In her brief remarks, the wife of the Cross River state governor, Dr. Mrs. Linda Ayade called for early detection and treatment of cancer by women, stating, “Early detection of cancer is the key to survival”, while the wif3 of the Ebonyi state Governor, Rachael Umahi advised woman to have God as the foundation of the household and womanhood. Only 11 members of the forum were at the occasion and they were the wives of the governors of Abia, (host), Imo, (Chairperson), Ogun (Secretary), Ebonyi, Cross River, Ogun, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Lagos, Enugu and Osun. Those absent were Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Ondo and Rivers. The occasion was proceeded with the handing over of different empowerment items to over 100 Abia women. The items included estimated 30 hair salon equipment with dries and other accessories, 10 local oven and bakery accessories, 20 industrial grinding machines and accessories, 10 cooking utensils that include other cooking accessories and aluminum pots, hand kitchen grinders for light grinding businesses and its accessories and 22 sewing machines with their fashion design accessories.

Ikpeazu, has stressed the need to establish a hall of fame in the entertainment industry in the state and to harmonise the industry. In a well-attended meeting with all stakeholders in the entertainment industry in Umuahia recently, Governor Ikpeazu said this move will move to promote young and upcoming artistes in the state as a way of making the state vibrant and revenue viable. Ikpeazu, who was represented by his Special Assistant on Entertainment Matters, Uchenna Ebochuo, noted that the state is the hub of entertainment in the country and has lots of materials and potentials, hence the need for a data base of who is who in the industry and its harmonisation. The Governor said his administration has provided the enabling environment for stakeholders in the industries, including artistes and entertainers to operate in the state, expressing his desire that every group in the industry would provide government with its problems and prospects so that the state would continue to exist as the hub of entertainment in the country. According to him, a lot is going on in the industry in the country, while in the state, duties or sphere of operations of groups are duplicated, stating that the harmonisation would eliminate all forms of rivalry in the industry in the state as well offer the opportunity for more youths to be employed, thus moving them away from vices. Responding, the stakeholders in the industry, including Frankfine Ebere Ikoro (Frankfine Nwaonyeig-

bo), Sunny Ogale, Stanley Mba, Agbaeze Ogba, Chike Okonkwo, Tina Nwachukwu and other stakeholders lamented that film acting and production started in Abia State and precisely in Aba, regretting that while the industry is booming in other states like Enugu, Lagos, Delta, it is at the lowest ebb in the state, hence the need for all to put their differences aside and come together to move the industry forward and to recover the state’s lost position and glory in the industry. Also speaking, the Senior Special Assistant to the State Governor on Arts, Culture and Tourism, Kingsley Ogbonna, otherwise called Dauda, said that money is not the problem with the entertainment industry in the state, but slight or disregard arising from disunity, stating that the state has the people that matter in the industry but has been overtaken by other areas like Enugu and Asaba. Abia State, he said, is now peaceful and parades an array of entertainers, stating, “We are not doing well. We have to do something. We must show the world what we have and they will look for us”. He pleaded with the entertainers to forget factionalising the industry in the state and come together to move forward, stating, “It is Abia first before money”. The group of entertainers includes Actors Guild of Nigeria, Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria, Association of Movie Producers, Actors, Movie Directors, Script Writers, Face of Abia, Dancers Guild, Association of Cinematographers, Modelers, and Comedians, as well as other stakeholders in the entertaining industry in the state.

Orji expresses happiness over repair of Umuahia/Ikot Ekpene road ÏÏÏ

The Senator representing Abia Central in the Senate, Chief Theodore Orji, has expressed his happiness as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has given the nod for immediate commencement of palliative work on the Umuahia - Ikot Ekpene road while total reconstruction would start next year. The palliative works on the road was flagged off recently by the senator representing Abia Central Senator, Chief Theodore Orji and the representative of Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Sam Onuigbo. Speaking at the flagging off ceremony held at Okwe Ukwu community in Ikwuano Local Government Area, Senator Orji commended the Federal Government for realising the importance of this particular road to the economy of not only the states it serves but also the national economy. Sen. Orji, who said that the road has always been in very bad shape due to the heavy vehicles that plies

on it on daily basis, urged the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and the contractor it engaged for the palliative work “to do a very good job” as any shoddy job on the road would not go down well with the people who have been enduring so much pains and loss of man hours just to travel from Abia State to Akwa Ibom State through this route. The Abia Central senator added that he joined forces with the representative of Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Sam Onuigbo, to draw the attention of the Federal Government to the sufferings of road users that travel on the road. Speaking on the occasion, Hon. Onuigbo assured that the palliative work was just the beginning of the journey to fixing the road permanently, adding “despite the dire economic situation in the country, which has stalled the execution of capital projects, we have been determined that our people deserve some respite.

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Buhari is the best that Nigeria has had as President –Prince Apugo

Prince Benjamin B. APUGO, the Opara Ukwu Ibeku of Ibeku land is a stakeholder in All Progressives Congress (APC). Also known as the Ochiagha (war commander) of Ibeku land, he alongside Ibeku people recently received their new President General in his country home of Nkata Ibeku. In this interview with SUNDAY NWAKANMA, the APC chieftain calls on Abians to join the APC, which he said will provide the state with convenient allies that will help give choice appointments to Ndigbo as well as help develop the state, among others. Excerpts:

You advised Abians to join APC. Of what benefit will it be for the people? It is proper for people to be intelligent on the condition of Abians in politics. We have been in PDP for 17 years from the time of Orji Uzor kalu to now Okezie Ikpeazu, all of PDP. PDP will not go again and this is the last of it in Abia State. I know what I am saying. If you do not join the APC, then who is your neighbour? Your neighbour is APC. Those who are our strong allies are the Hausas, particularly for us from this area. I served at Garki in Umuahia as a cattle rearer and many of us did. Yes, it is our occupation and we are in good terms with the Hausas. When they came to kill Ibeku people, it was the Hausas that saved us. The Saduana of Sokoto brought the army and the

police to save us. So we have strong alliance with them. Today, tell anybody that told you that the APC will be removed, that the person is sleeping. All of us were formerly in PDP and we all know how it went, but in APC, we go with the truth. This is where we will reap the benefit. If there is no job, we will get the job, if there is no road, we will get roads. If we do not have schools, they will build schools for us and many other things. People continue to shout, “Buhari, Buhari”; Buhari is the best that Nigeria has had as President. So let all pray for him to be alive because he has not come to squander money and he has not done so. He has not collected any salaries since he came into office as the President and so many other things I know which I will not disclose. Then after seeing such a person, you can now say that the God that created such a person is wonderful. But in Abia State, it was just a blow of air and before you know it, T. A. Orji has started carting away everything. All the roads in the South east are bad. What then do we expect from Buhari? I am telling you that all the roads will be repaired, including Bende road. I heard T. A. Orji stating that he attracted the repair of Umudike-Ikot Ekpene road. I attracted the repairs of that road. I asked them to build that road as well as Bende road and two of them have been contracted out and they will be repaired. The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is from Umuahia. What efforts have you

People continue to shout, “Buhari, Buhari”; Buhari is the best that Nigeria has had as President. So let all pray for him to be alive because he has not come to squander money and he has not done so.

Apugo made to ensure that President Buhari as your friend release him from detention? Is it only Nnamdi Kanu that is feeling the pains? It also pains all of us. What I will tell them is that anybody who has access to Nnamdi Kanu should tell him that we have fought the Biafra war. We took it that Nigeria did not win Biafra and Biafra did not win Nigeria. This is where we stand; there is no victor and no vanquished. Sometimes, one person will behave as if he was bought over. It pains us. Nobody should buy you to destroy the name of your father land. What is it? We have fought the war before. Is there any weapon we have today that will be greater than the ones

HIV, Cancer cure berths in MOUAU, as inventor seeks FG’s intervention Stories by Sunday Nwakanma Umuahia

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Unless the Federal Government comes to his aid, the invention of a drug that cures HIV/AIDS by a Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOUAU don, Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, will be shelved and service to humanity killed. In addition, the chances for the elimination of the of the scourge would be missed, unless the drug which has passed several American and other foreign countries’ approval, as well as having proved its efficacy in the country, would be missed by humanity. Doctors all over the world, starting from the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia to Abuja and as far as Jamaica have been availing

themselves of the services of Prof. Ezeibe to heal their patients, and consequently have proved off-record the efficacy of the drug. An Abuja-based Doctor is also on record to have completely cured a cancer patient and completely reversed the patient’s cancerous health to normal. Having been guests to many international medical enquiries and having been certified by American Journal of Medicine as potentially the real thing, the drug as explained by the inventor, would provide no hiding place or in medical parlance, “sanctuary” for HIV/ AIDS in the human system. It would be recalled that HIV, like other viruses, is so small (about 110 nanometers) that it passes physiological barriers and so gets to the tissues/organs where most mol-

ecules of medicines cannot reach, that is the sanctuaries. Prof. Ezeibe explained that when infected patients are properly managed, the lymphocytes go to those organs/tissues to clear the infections but HIV destroys the immune system cells (CD4-lymphocytes). Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of MOUAU, Prof. Francis Otunta said the university is proud of him, stating that the founder is a researcher in veterinary medicine. He described it as great feat for him to have discovered human disease cure. According to him, the university is aware of the efficacy of his drugs, stating that doctors across the country and beyond have confirmed that and are happy that their patients are now sure of the cure.

we had before the war? Why do we say things that will bring more trouble? We have been pleading at home and even behind that they should release him. So, you mean that he should forget about the issue of Biafra? I have said it before. It is not today that we should start talking about Biafra. Let us leave the issue of Biafra for now. Let us go to our allies for them to work for us and give our sons job. If we give them heat, will they agree to give us positions? Hausa/Fulani herdsmen have been killing our people. As a friend of the Hausas, what

efforts have you made to stop this? The APC is not a Hausa party. As a chieftain of APC, I will not condone the killing of my people, Ndigbo. It has been explained that some of the herdsmen are from Mali, some from Niger, Senegal or Chad. What we tell security agencies now is that when they are coming with their cattle, those of them with arms should be disarmed. We are talking about security and not that they should not bring in their cattle as if they do not bring in their cattle today, the hunger from cattle meat will come upon us. Is it possible that an Igbo man will be president of Nigeria? Is an Igbo man not human being? What has been our problem and is still our problem is that when an Igbo man plans anything, it is his fellow Igbo man that will sabotage him.

Sanitation: ASEPA chief seeks cooperation of Aba residents ÏÏÏ

For Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia State and its environs to be cleaner, the Deputy General Manager of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), Chief Rowland Nwakanma, has called for all hands to be on deck. Chief Nwakanma made the call at Aba while receiving a meritorious award from the management and staff of ASEPA Aba zone for his hard work and commitment to duties. He said, Aba, apart from Umuahia remains the window through which outsiders see the state, adding that there was need to improve on the sanitation of the city. The ASEPA Aba boss thanked the organisers of the event for

the honour and assured that it will spur him to greater achievements and dedicated the award to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu for giving him the platform to perform. Conferring the award on Chief Nwakanma on behalf of the staff of the agency earlier, Prince Ndu Nwanke said the award was to encourage the ASEPA Deputy General Manager to render more service to the people, disclosing that they were happy with Chief Nwakanma for his efforts in keeping Aba clean and extolled him for carrying the workers along in his scheme of things. Prince Nwanke assured him of the continued support of the staff and management of the agency to enable him excel.

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PWC survey predicts disruption in financial services sector Simon Ugwu

Nigerian retail banking and payments sectors will be the most disrupted by a group of new companies building financial technology (FinTech) solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC Nigeria’s FinTech Survey 2017 report has predicted. According to PwC, the report is the result of insights gathered through the survey of over 50 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and industry leaders across vari-

ous segments of Nigeria’s Financial Services industry with additional insights and proprietary data obtained from DeNovo, PwC’s Strategy& platform focused on FinTech innovation. Reacting to this development, Johnson Chukwu, Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, said technological innovations are redesigning operations in the banking industry as one can engage in banking transaction in the comfort of his bedroom through the Informa-

tion Technology platform, adding that one can make transfer without going to the bank thereby making the Funds Transfer manager redundant. The Cowry boss further stated that one can make withdrawals through the Automated Teller Machines thereby making the teller redundant, so also one can order for goods and make payments online without going to the bank thereby redesigning banking operation. Speaking in the same vein, Dr.

Samuel Nzekwe, former president, Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN), said the FinTech will impact negatively on the Financial services sector because the economy is currently performing below expectation. According to him “if other sectors of the economy are vibrant the impact of FinFech will be minimal on Nigeria’s banking sector. Other sectors of the economy should be boosted CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

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The management of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday seized a vessel MT JAZI loaded with 1. 5 million of contami-

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nated petroleum product while discharging at Nakem Jetty, Kirikiri, Lagos. Director DPR, Mordecai Ladan, Director, told the media in Lagos that the vessel was intercepted on Feb 11 while discharging at Nakam jetty. Ladan, who was represented by Wole Akinmosoye, Zonal Operations Controllers, Lagos of DPR said that after much investigations by DPR, it was discovered that the vessel did not have DPR authorization to deliver product at the depot.

According to the director, we proceeded immediately to halt the discharge and confiscated the tanks at Nakem depot, sequel to which we discovered that the facility was stocking a total of 1.5 million litres of petroleum product suspected to be discharged by the4 vessel. ``The vessel is still under the custody of the Nigerian Navy for more investigation. We wish to reiterate that DPR has no record of any product importation by Nakem. ``We also have no record of

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any throughput arrangement of the facility with a third party, for product storage at the time,’’ he said. Ladan said that the agency subsequently drew samples from the tanks at the facility for laboratory analyses, adding that it was confirmed that the product is actually off specification. He said that the product, having failed all the basic parameters, especially in regards to lour, flashpoint and specific CONTINUED ON PAGE B2

Nuru appointed FCMB GMD, as Balogun becomes GCEO FCMB Group Plc on Monday announced the reorganisation of its leadership at the Group level, as well as its flagship company First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB Limited). Effective March 20th, 2017, Ladi Balogun, having served as Group Managing Director of the commercial banking arm, FCMB Limited for 10 years, will be stepping down in this capacity. He will assume the role of Group Chief Executive of the holding company, FCMB Group Plc.. The holding company comprises FCMB Limited, FCMB Capital Markets, CSL Stockbrokers and CSL Trustees. Under Ladi Balogun’s leadership, FCMB Limited has undergone a successful transformation from a merchant bank to a top 10 commercial bank in Nigeria across key metrics. During this period the bank has emerged as a leader in consumer finance, agricultural banking and electronic banking. The bank’s franchise has grown to 4 million customers, 220 branches and a successful banking subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Mr Balogun will be succeeded as Managing Director of FCMB Limited by Adam Nuru, who is currently the Executive Director in charge of Business Development for the bank. He previously served as Regional Director, in charge of Abuja and Northern Nigeria, where he was responsible for growing the bank’s Northern franchise to become the largest and most profitable region of the bank. Adam Nuru has 28 years of banking experience, with 7 years spent with FCMB. He is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied Business Administration, and has attended management programmes at leading international educational institutions.

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Fitch reinforces Stanbic IBTC’s resilient fundamentals Bonny Amadi Fitch Ratings, the global leader in credit ratings and research, has re-affirmed the national ratings of Stanbic IBTC Bank (SIBTC) and its holding company, Stanbic IBTC Holdings (SIBTCH) Plc, AAA. The rating was endorsed irrespective of the challenged operating environment which the organisation is exposed to in Nigeria, market volatility coupled with prevailing recession in Africa’s largest economy. The two institutions, according to the ratings release, have the ability to meet their financial commitments as they fall due. The national rating provides a relative measure of credit worthiness for rated institutions in Nigeria and the AAA national rating is assigned to an institution with the lowest relative risk. In arriving at the rating for Stanbic IBTC, Fitch took account of the strong parental support from Standard Bank Group, to which Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc belongs, as the group provides support in such areas as staff training, provision of information technology upgrades and best practice processes as well as strong corporate governance practices. “SIBTC’s and SIBTCH’s National Ratings are based on the probability of support from their parent, Standard Bank Group Limited (SBG). SBG has a majority 53.2% stake in SIBTCH, which owns 100% of SIBTC. Fitch believes SBG’s support would extend equally to both the bank and the holding company,” the report said. Stanbic IBTC was given a similar rating in 2016 after a thorough examination of its credit process and financial results. The institution’s diversified loan portfolio was reviewed, with its impact on various sectors of the economy taken into account.

Governor David Umahi(middle) flanked by his Kebbi and Jigawa states counterparts, Abubakar Bagudu and Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar at a Project Monitoring Committee/China-Africa Manufacturing Company meeting at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture office in Abuja recently.

NPA committed to concluding 25 year Master Plan The Managing Director NPA, Ms Hadiza Usman, said this at a two-day retreat organised by the House Committee on Ports, Harbour and Waterways, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and its agencies. According to her, this (Port Master Plan) is expected to provide us with a clear overview of the entire port system, which is vital for guided port development. “The Nigerian Ports Authority fully grasps the fact that our business is international and, therefore, requires that we constantly keep abreast with global developments and cutting edge technology in shipping developments. “Thus in building capacity of our work force, exposure to the international scene is vital, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes Usman as saying. On passage of pending relevant bills (Ports and Harbours Bill, National Transport Commission Bill, etc), the managing director expressed delight that members of

of the House Committee agreed that there was an urgent need to pass the bills. She said that the bills would replace the existing obsolete laws, which were not supportive of the current developmental goals. “We are also excited about the efforts to reform and develop other related areas such as Inland waterways and ports, railway and road network, as these will

NPA MD, Hadiza Bala Usman

enhance inter-modalism, which is very key to the success of the port sector, ’’ NAN quotes her as saying. Usman said NPA was in the process of reviewing the various port concession agreements, some of which had expired. “We are trying the best we can to improve our budget performance within the ambit of the Procurement Act. “We are also engaged in various service improvement initiatives such as automation, which has reduced revenue leakages among others and provided us the platform to link to the National Single Window for trade facilitation by reducing impediments. “This forum is coming at a most auspicious time, a time when the President Mohammadu Buhariled Federal Government is exploring ways of diversifying and improving the Nigerian economy. I must say that this is a very welcome innovation. “This is the first time this kind of forum is being organised by the House Committee. “I am particularly happy be-

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so that the Nigerian economy will be thriving. But we have to move with the pace of IT in the world not minding the impact such as job loss.” FinTechs are redrawing the competitive Financial Services landscape and blurring the lines that define players in the sector. Their offerings range from competing financial services such as alternative lending, to additive

solutions atop existing banking services, to enabling technologies for the banks themselves. Capitalizing on the latest mobile, cloud and digital technologies, Nigeria is increasingly becoming home to many FinTech firms who are trying to shake up and be accretive to the banking value chain. Findings fr om the survey by PwC also revealed that Nigerian Financial Services players see

changing customer needs as the top impact FinTechs have on their business, with up to 60% of respondents indicating that up to 40% of financial services business will be at risk of standalone FinTechs by 2020. Commenting on the survey report, Dr. Andrew S. Nevin Ph.D., Advisory Partner and Chief Economist, PwC Nigeria noted: “FinTechs are empowering customers by providing services

that are delivered via technology applications on customer’s mobile devices. This allows consumers conveniently initiate and complete transactions, connect to third party entities and access information without restrictions. All over the world, the increasing momentum of FinTechs and their success is challenging financial services players to devise a spectrum of strategic responses.

cause it will foster exchange of ideas and collaboration and I hope it will become an annual event as the gains from it cannot be over-emphasized,” Usman said. In a message to the retreat, the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, said that transportation under maritime had witnessed tremendous growth over the years.

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gravity. The DPR boss said that the product being dumped at Nakem does not meet the standard specifications of any white product. He said that the depot has been sealed by the agency since Feb. 12 and the vessel MT JAZI was under Nigerian Navy custody, adding that the product would eventually be evacuated for quarantine by the appropriate government agency. ``We wish to use this medium to reiterates our position on zero tolerance to illegal activities in the depots across the nation and unloading of off-spec product in the facilities. ``As we have always stressed, depots operators should reminded that the agency will not tolerate landing of products of untraceable source at the depots, Ladan said.

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Why Fitch downgraded four Nigerian banks Fitch Ratings , one of the big three rating agencies in the world, has rated Zenith and Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) highest in Nigeria despite downgrading the rating of the financial institutions and two others from “stable” to “negative.” The other affected banks are First Bank of Nigeria and Diamond bank. The National Ratings of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc (SIBTC), as well as its bank holding company, Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc (SIBTCH) are also affirmed. However, Business Times notes that Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) outlooks on Zenith and GTB (both at B+) have been revised to Negative following a recent similar action on Nigeria’s (B+) Outlook. Also, revised to Negative, are Diamond and FBN/FBNH and the revision reflects their weaker financial profiles. The downgrading was on the Long-and Short-Term National Ratings of FBN/ FBNH and Diamond to ‘BB+ (nga)’ and ‘B (nga)’ respectively to reflect heightened vulnerability of capital due to downside asset quality risks. Although, the IDRs of all the banks (except SIBTC/ SIBTCH) are driven by Fitch’s assessment of their standalone creditworthiness as captured in their Viability Ratings (VRs). The IDRs are all in the ‘B’ range, indicating highly speculative fundamental credit quality, and factor in the banks’ weakened credit profiles due to challenging

macro-economic conditions and market volatility. But the operating environment continues to be affected by the oil price shock, slow GDP growth, continuing pressure on the naira, scarcity of hard currency in the FX interbank market and policy uncertainty. The VRs continue to be pressured by tight foreign currency liquidity, asset quality deterioration and limited capital buffers. The sector remains largely profitable, but operating profits in 2016 were inflated by foreign currency revaluation gains (due to the sharp depreciation of the naira in June 2016). Similarly, foreign currency-adjusted ‘normalised’ operating profit, although still healthy, is vulnerable to rising loan impairment charges (LICs). As a consequence, the banks VRs remain in the highly speculative ‘b’ range. Business Times, however observes that Fitch is monitoring the banks’ ability to meet maturing external obligations given current difficult market conditions and limited supply of foreign currency from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The new foreign-exchange regime has provided limited respite in accessing foreign currency in the interbank market. FX forward contracts provided by the CBN since June 2016 have helped the banks access foreign currency to reduce a large backlog of overdue trade finance obligations.

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Banks given 14 days to reverse wrong electronic fund transfer Stories by Motolani Oseni

CBN Gov. Godwin Emefiele

All companies and Financial Institutions licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to carry on the business of facilitating Electronic Funds Transfer (ETF) services, have been directed by the apex bank to

reverse within 14 days, any transaction where a customer transfers money to a wrong account number. This directive was contained in a draft guidelines signed by the Director , Banking and Payment System Department of CBN, Dipo Fatokun to all Deposit Money Banks, other Financial Institutions and Payment Service Providers, on instant (inter-bank) electronic funds transfer services in Nigeria. The apex bank stated that the aim of the guidelines was to ensure high standards of conduct and management throughout the banking system in exercise of the powers conferred on the it by Section 28 (1) (b) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 1991 (as amended).

It read in part “where a Sending Entity sends a transaction with a wrong account number to a Receiving Entity and requests the reversal within 14 days of the transaction, the Receiving Entity shall immediately oblige without recourse to the customer (beneficiary) of the Receiving Entity provided funds are available. “An automatic indemnity shall be inferred against the Sending Entity making the reversal request. Where funds are not available, the Receiving Entity shall immediately formally notify its customer that the account was wrongly credited with feedback to the Sending Entity. The customer shall be notified that the consequence

of not funding the account within 24 hours includes watch-listing in the financial system, BVN system, Credit Bureau and reporting to law enforcement agencies.” While calling for further input from stakeholders, the apex bank said that the Receiving Entity shall reverse the transaction as soon as funds are either partially or fully available. Where the (beneficiary) owner of the wrong account is known to the complainant, the Sending bank shall encourage the complainant to contact the beneficiary for an amicable settlement. It further clarified that the Sending Entity, having received a reasonable entitlement from customer shall notify the Receiving Entity.

L-R: Grama Narasimhan, Executive Director, Retail Banking, Sterling Bank Plc; Omolara Akinfolarin, Head MSME Banking, Sterling Bank Plc; Moses Agosu, BM Ikoyi Branch, Sterling Bank Plc and Mark George, Principal Consultant, OMG Consulting at the Sterling Bank MSME Academy workshop held recently in Lagos.

Naira drops further to close 520/$1 at parallel market The Nigerian currency, Naira dropped a total of three points on Monday from 517 it traded over the weekend to close at a new record low of 520 per US Dollar at the parallel market. This is even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released a new foreign exchange action with immediate effect. Some industry experts have linked the new development to the recent directive by the National Economic Council (NEC) for immediate review of the forex policy, so as to stem the widening gap be-

tween the inter-bank foreign exchange and parallel market rates At the official interbank forex market, the naira appreciated slightly from 305.50 to close at 305.25. But depreciated to N635 against the Pound sterling from N630 and crashed against Euro to trade at N545 from N540. Earlier, we had reported that in an effort to address persistence scarcity of foreign exchange in the Nigerian Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), that the central bank has concluded all plans to release about $1 million

to meet the demands for payment of school fees, travel allowances and medical expenses. Consequently, forex traders and analysts have said dollar liquidity remained a major challenge in the market amid surging demand pressure on the greenback by parents paying schools fees of their children studying overseas as well as travelers. This latest move by the apex bank is believed to be an antidote to incessant scarcity of forex in the commercial banks. Nigeria’s central bank plans

to sell $1 million weekly to each of the country’s 21 commercial lenders at a rate of 375 naira to clear a backlog of demand and try to narrow the premium between the official and black market rates, traders said on Monday. Traders said commercial lenders have compiled a list of bids from customers awaiting dollars. The central bank has been selling dollars at 305 naira to clear a backlog of demand from manufacturing, agriculture and

airline companies, hoping also to help drag Nigeria out of its worst recession in 25 years, triggered by low oil prices. However, traders said commercial lenders have compiled a list of bids from customers awaiting dollars. The central bank has been selling dollars at 305 naira to clear a backlog of demand from manufacturing, agriculture and airline companies, hoping also to help drag Nigeria out of its worst recession in 25 years, triggered by low oil prices.

Capital Market B4 Stories by Afolabi Adesola Equities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed 0.34 percent higher on Monday, irrespective of a 77 percent decline recorded in the day’s turnover. Investors in 2,160 deals traded a total of N110 million shares worth N985.7 million, compared to a total of 480 million shares worth N1.978 billion traded in 2,713 deals last Friday. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index therefore closed at 25,249.49 basis points, compared to previous sessions 25,164.91 basis

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Equities market adds 0.34% as investors move N110m shares

points when the ASI grew by 0.44 percent, while its Year-to-Date (YTD) returns currently stands at -6.05 percent. Market capitalization also grew by N29.3 billion to close at N8.738 trillion compared to a previous appreciation of N37.9 billion to close at N8.709 trillion. The price movement chart showed that PZ Nigeria led the day’s 10 advancing stocks by

9.04 percent to close at N14.60, Diamond Bank was next with a growth of 4.88 percent to close at 86 kobo and Nascon Allied Industries added 4.55 percent to close at N7.35. Nigerian Breweries and Caverton came fourth and fifth on the gainers list with an appreciation of 4.18 and 3.33 percent to close at N119.81 and 93 kobo per share respectively. On the other hand, Forte Oil

led 19 stocks that declined on Monday with a loss of 5.02 percent to close at N56.24, followed by UACN, which shed 4.95 percent to close at N13.64, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company dropped 4.67 percent to close at N2.45, Honeywell Flourmills fell 4.55 percent to close at N1.05, while Initiates depreciated 4.49 percent to close at 85 kobo. United Capital emerged the

day’s most traded equity with an exchange of 16.7 million shares worth N63.4 million. It was trailed by Zenith Bank that accounted for 16.1 million shares valued at N241.1 million. Fidelity Bank recorded the sale of 11.4 million shares worth N9.3 million; Standard Trust exchanged 10.1 million shares valued at N5 million while International Breweries traded 7.3 million shares worth N113.8 million.

Computer Warehouse appoints Non-Executive Directors

L-R: Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson; Acting Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BOI) Mr. Waheed Olagunju and Commissioner for Trade, Industry and Investment Bayelsa State, Mr. Kemela Okara, during the signing of MoU between Bayelsa State Government and BOI in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State… on Monday.

UPDC share price plunges on low earnings warning The shares of UACN Property Development Company Plc (UPDC) has fallen by 10 percent from its 7 day high price of N15.10, following the company’s announcement on low earnings expected for the 2016 financial year. UPDC had written to investors through the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday the 16th February, stating that the company is expected to report low earnings for the 2016 financial year. The company explained that after it had carried

out a preliminary review, of the company’s Management Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 2016 , it expects to report materially lower earnings, mainly as a result of the recognition of losses on certain projects and impairment of investments in one joint venture project occasioned by significant increase in finance costs. “The results were further worsened by foreign exchange losses and the negative performance of our hotel asset.” the company said UPDC also noted that

further details of the financial performance will be disclosed in the audited financial statements, but assured investors that despite the continued lull in the real estate sector occasioned by the headwinds of the macro-economic environment, the fundamentals of the business remain strong. “We are restructuring and repositioning the company to better deal with the challenges of the times and explore emerging opportunities” the company said In the first nine months

of 2016, UACN Property Development Company Plc (UPDC) reported a revenue of N3.2 billion, down 28 percent from N4.1 billion in September 2015. Gross profit stood at N904.5 million, up 8 percent from N841.1 million in September 2015 as Other operating income fell to N217.1 from previous year’s N493.4 million. The company however recorded a Profit Before Tax of N133 million for the nine month period ended 30th September 2016, as against a loss of N109.8 million.

SEC lifts suspension on Northbridge Investments …Warns on another Ponzi schemer

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lifted the Suspension Of Northbridge Investment & Trust Limited The SEC said the suspension placed on the firm together with its Directors and Sponsored Individuals was lifted on Thursday February 16, 2017. Meanwhile, a separate circular issued, The SEC noted that it had re-

ceived complaints Against Tine God Networks Limited an Illegal Operator According to the circular “The attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (“SEC”) has been drawn to the activities of an Illegal Operator (Tine God Networks Limited). “The Company claimed to be an Investment Company that engages in Business Development in Commer-

cial sectors of the economy and also issues bonds to raise funds for its investment activities. “The Commission hereby notifies the investing public that the operation of this Company has no tangible business model; hence it is a PONZI SCHEME where returns are paid from other people’s invested sum. Also, its operation is not registered by the Commission.

Following the resignation of Mr Ravi Sharma from the board of Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG), the company has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Olusegun Oso as a NonExecutive Director of the company. The company also announced that Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere has retired from the board of Directors of the company after attaining the retirement age for Directors. Mr. Oso who replaces Mr. Sharma is a Non- Executive Director repre-

senting the Abraaj Group, a leading private equity investor in global growth markets. He is described in his profile made available by CWG as a seasoned professional with experience spanning various field including healthcare deliver, investment banking and private equity. Prior to joining Abraaj in 2010 Mr. Oso was cohead of investment Banking at Afrinvest West Africa where he advised on M&A and Capital raising transactions in financial services, telecommunications and Manufacturing.

Guinness rejects N175.7m debts claims by Pharma Deko

Afolabi Adesola

Guinness Nigeria has said its solicitors have filed a robust defence against Pharma Deko’s claims in court. Pharma Deko which alleges that Guinness Nigeria is contractually indebted to Pharma Deko in the sum of N175, 699, 317.99 representing an arbitral award made against the company and in favour of Pharma Deko Plc, also suggests that Guinness Nigeria is unable to pay this debt.

Guinness Nigeria in a statement released to financial journalist has however denied being indebted to Pharma Deko in the stated amount or any amount at all. According to the statement, Guinness Nigeria, said it confirms that it has responded to a court process at the instance of Pharma Deko and that the amount claimed by Pharma Deko in the court process is an insignificant amount when compared with the revenue, cashflow and bal-

Summary of activities on NSE ASI

25,249.49

DEALS

2,160.00

VOLUME

110,016,793.00

VALUE CAP

985,667,367.87 8,738,370,947,609.24

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D aily M ark e t Ro u n d U p Price (N) 14.60 0.86 7.35 119.81 0.93 1.99 0.82 0.80 4.74 61.10

Price Ch g % 9.0 % 4.9 % 4.6 % 4.2 % 3.3 % 2.6 % 2.5 % 1.3 % 0.4 % 0.2 %

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D e m u t u aliz a tio n is w he n a m u t u al com p a ny o w n e d by its Blu e Chip users/m e m b ers co nverts in t o a com p a ny o w n e d by sh are h old ers. In ef f ect, t h e users/m e m b ers exch a n g e t h eir Th e sh ares o f a larg e co m p a ny w hich is k n o w n f or excelle n t rig h ts o f use f or sh ares in t h e d e m u t u aliz e d com p a ny m a n a g e m e n t a n d a stro n g fin a ncial struct ure; a g e n eric o n e f or

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curre n t ch alle n g es f ace d by Nig eria ns in accessin g foreig n curre ncy f or t o b e im ple m e n t e d im m e dia t ely. In o ur vie w , w e b elieve t h e successf ul im ple m e n t a tio n o f t his pla n co uld p o t e n tially e ase so m e o f t h e curre n t

Labour B6

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Award increases competitiveness among FG workers - Ngige

Stories by Joy Ekeke

Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister, of Labour and Employment has disclosed that the National Productivity Order of Merit Award has served as an incentive to spur workers in the civil service to better deliver on their tasks. Speaking at a news conference on the Observance of the 16th National Productivity Day and Conferment of National Productivity Order of Merit Award on Thursday in Abuja, Ngige pledged that the Federal Government will ensure full implementation of the National Policy on Productivity. The National Productivity Day would be celebrated on February 21, 2017. Ngige said that the Na-

tional Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM), Award, was an award to honour excellence and dignity, conferred on the most productive individuals and organisations in Nigeria. He noted that since the inception of the programme, 303 individuals and 73 organisations have benefited from the award. The minister said that the observance of the NPD and conferment of the NPOM was one positive step by government to stimulate the psyche of Nigerians towards redirecting their efforts to growth and development of the economy. “At both the individual and organisational levels, the NPOM is a thoughtful incentive scheme designed to positively affect produc-

tivity. “The award has indeed been creating the desired awareness and competitive spirit among government officials at the Federal, state and Local government levels and the private sector. “As more organisation and individuals are recognised and rewarded for higher productivity through the NPOM award, the foundation for productivity consciousness and improvement is being laid and consolidated in Nigeria, ‘’he said. “It is pertinent to state that development of the National Policy on Productivity has created conditions for rapid and sustained productivity growth in all sectors as it provide a systematic and comprehensive roadmap.

“Let me pledge the government’s commitment to ensure the full implementation of the policy. “As you are aware, this government’s commitment to change cannot be over- emphasised as it will improve the standard of living of Nigerians. “The government is conscious of the critical place of productivity in the realisation of the ‘Change Agenda.’ “As no nation can be selfreliant and competitive in the national market without productivity improvement in all sectors of the economy, ‘’he said. The minister said that a key point of the policy document was the declaration of a day to be celebrated as the National Productivity Day (NPD) in Abuja and

NGIGE simultaneously in all states of the Federation. Ngige, however, said that as part of the activities to mark the National Produc-

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tivity Day, there would be a lecture aptly titled, “Productivity for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Employment.”

Bus conductors to be issued uniform kits from March – Association The National President of Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, has disclosed that bus conductors in Lagos State will receive and start wearing uniforms, name tags and badges from March 1st, 2017. This is according to the national president of bus conductors association of Nigeria, Israel Adeshola, who says

the Lagos state government approved the development on Monday, 13th February 2017. “It would become mandatory for bus conductors in Lagos state to wear uniforms, name tags, and badges from March 1st, 2017. The new policy would see over three thousand bonafide members of the association use badges and wear uniforms.

Adeshola explained that the introduction of uniforms, name tags and badges had become necessary to enforce decorum and ensure the safety of duly registered members and members of the public. He further said that any conductor involved in a crime can easily be identified and apprehended with the vital information on the badge.

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Nigeria needs SME clusters to accelerate industrial revolution – Expert The President, Association of Small Business Owners of Nigeria (ASBON), Dr Femi Egbesola, has said that creating Small and Medium Scale (SME) clusters were critical to the attainment of Nigeria’s industrial revolution. He noted that accelerating industrialisation requires focusing on job creation and entrepreneurship development, as this could boost inclusive and sustainable industrial development across the

country. According to him, SME networking through cluster development would assist them to overcome the challenges of the economy by fostering their collective efficiency apart from helping the government and the banks to monitor loan repayment and regulatory compliance. Given the substantial opportunities for SMEs in areas such as manufacturing, services and agriculture and their potential for reducing poverty, he said

it was critical for governments to come up with effective strategies and practical investment programmes to facilitate further SME cluster development. Egbesola stressed the need to create an enabling environment for business, which activates industrial growth, triggers local economic development and increases income and job opportunities. He said ASBON was working with Ogun State government to take over management of Yewa mar-

ket. The partnership, according to him, is expected to provide some tax reliefs for SMEs and encourage more Nigerians to embrace entrepreneurship by taking spaces at the market. Egbesola said the association is in the forefront of promoting madein–Nigeria products. According to him, Made in Nigeria’ projects enhance manufacturing. Other than opening avenues for job creation and skill enhancement,

he believes it aims at enhancing the quality standards of Nigerian made products, minimising the impact on the environment, and making Nigeria a desirable destination for capital and technological investment – factors that will go a long way in boosting exports. He reiterated the plan of the association to establish a micro finance bank to help entrepreneurs grow their ventures. The overall entrepreneurial ecosystem, the

ASBON boss, maintained, needs to be nurtured to encourage greater growth ambition among SMEs. This could be supported through the establishment of public-private partnerships delivering high-quality SME business support. He said there was need to support SMEs to innovate and transform as a means of building a sustainable business, and these should include a healthy dose of incentives and financialassistance programmes to help them along.

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Don’t disrupt oil production - Bayelsa govt. warns communities The Bayelsa state government has warned oil communities in the state to stop standing in the way of oil firms. In a statement by the special adviser to the governor on Oil and Gas, Felix Ayah, the government kicked against the continuous closures of operations of multinational oil companies by pained members of communities. According to Ayah, disrupting oil production was an invitation to anarchy. He said the disruptions were capable of tarnishing the reputation of the state government and sending wrong signals to international investors. According to the Special Adviser, disrupting oil production is counterproductive and may lead to a total breakdown of law and order. He noted that the state government heavily relies on oil revenue that accrues monthly to finance its development projects and that any disruption of oil production negatively affects the economic fortunes of the state. He advised the people of the state to always toe the path of peace by channeling their grievances to the appropriate government quarters for attention, stressing that government remained alive to its responsibilities. Ayah called on multinationals to live up to their social responsibilities to host communities, stressing that no meaningful development could thrive in an atmosphere of rancour and acrimony.

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NNPC records N197b loss in 2016 OpeOluwani Akintayo The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said that it recorded N197.49 billion total loss at the end of the 2016 financial year. In the corporation’s Financial and Operational report for 2016, the corporation earned N1.726 trillion but recorded an expenditure of N1.923 trillion. It said that it recorded a loss of N17.01 billion in December 2016 as against the N18.72 billion recorded in November of

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria has said it has set up a committee to ensure that electricity meters imported or assembled in Nigeria meet the standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission and the International Organisation for Standardisation. This was revealed by the Director-General, SON, Mr. Osita Aboloma, disclosed this in Lagos during the meeting of the technical committee on electrical metering standards. Aboloma, who was represented at the meeting by the Head, Ports and Borders Operations, SON, Albert Wilberforce, said the meeting was to make sure that electricity meters met the needs and aspirations of Nigerian consumers and electricity service providers. “We have had issues where people always complain about arbitrary charges that are being given to them by the service providers. Some complain that what they are being charged

the same year. “This represents a decrease of N1.71bn in trading deficit as against November 2016. The marginal decrease is due to improved PPMC (Pipelines and Product Marketing Company) coastal sales following the completion of reconciliation with other marketers,” the Corporation said. “Other factors that affected the overall NNPC’s performance include the force majeure declared by SPDC (Shell Petroleum Development Company) as a result of the vandalised 48-inch Forcados export

line after the restoration on October 17, 2016, among others.” Explaining further, the NNPC disclosed that it had been operating in challenging situations, which limited its aspiration to profitability, noting that this was one major reason why it recorded a trading deficit of N17.01bn in December 2016. Meanwhile, in November 2016, the corporation said crude oil production inched up to 1.92 million barrels per day, which represented 7.77 percent increase relative to October’s production, but the figures dropped

by 12.04 per cent, when placed against the November 2015’s performance. “The month’s performance is attributed to the Federal Government’s overtures to Niger Delta militants towards providing a lasting peace to the crisis,” the report said. “However, some of the major drag to our performance includes the subsisting force majeure at the Forcados and Brass terminals, and shutdown of two NCTL flow stations following pipeline leakages.”

SON sets up Committee on standard for electricity meters

Aboloma does not make sense to them, given that it is not commensurate with the service rendered.

“So, we want to adopt the internationally accepted standards in line with what obtains

in the international community to meet the desires and aspirations of the Nigerian consumers as well as the manufacturers. SON is an unbiased umpire meant to protect the interest of all stakeholders in the sector,”he said. The Group Head, Electrical and Electronics Department of SON, Mr. Richard Adewumi, said the committee, made up of consumers, service providers and experts in the electrical sector, would deliberate on the IEC document and look at areas that could be adapted to suit the Nigerian environment. He added that China had invented standards that were different from the IEC but noted that the operators in that country would be informed that any meter that did not meet the IEC standards would not be accepted in Nigeria.

NERC should be allowed to fix tariff independently - BPE The Director General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, has said the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) should be allowed to fix tariffs in line with the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) without any interference. Speaking recently, Akpotaire said government could interfere only to take up some percentage of the tariff if it is considered too high, instead of total cancellation of tariff. He further explained that the loss levels at the point of privatisation of the power sector, especially the Aggregate Technical, Commercial and Collection (ATC &C) loss of Nigeria was about 50 percent.

He cautioned against the blame-game in the power sector and appealed to the executive and the legislative arms of the government as well as other stakeholders to unite to find solutions to the sector’s challenges. This, according to him, clarified why the federal government is being asked to subsidise the Nigeria Electric Supply Industry (NESI). He said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gave a loan of N213 billion to the privatised power companies because of the “Multi-Year Tariff Order 2 (2012) that was put in place when investors took over on November 1, 2013, had assumed AT & C loss level of 25 percent. “The agreements signed with the in-

vestors gave NERC and the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) one year to determine the true AT & C loss levels which was subsequently found to be about 50 per cent on the average. “Based on the new ATC & C loss levels, a new tariff was issued by NERC with effect from February 2015 but the shortfall that accumulated because of the wrongly assumed ATC & C of 25 per cent from November 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014 amounted to N213 billion. According to him: “Consumers were liable to pay the N213 billion immediately but the CBN intervention by way of a loan to the DISCOs, enabled NERC to spread the recovery of the money from the consumers over a ten year period.”

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Intrigues, clamour trail proposed relocation of NIGCOMSAT, NITDA, Galaxy Backbone

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Tony Nwakaegho There has been hoopla in the air around the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry following the intrigues and the clamour as to which ministry that two agencies, NIGCOMSAT, NITDA and Galaxy Backbone should be domiciled. It is on this premise that Tony Nwakaegho took a cursory examination at the intrigues playing around in the technology ecosystem with respect to the aforesaid agencies. Pundits have continued to chronicle articles and comments which are tilted to curry favour of either the Ministry of Communications or the Ministry of Science and Technology respectively. Abinitio, NITDA and Galaxy Backbone were domiciled in the Ministry of Communications and Technology, while the present government created Ministry of Science and Technology. Due to this prevailing circumstance some Federal Government officials in both ministries have been engaged in in-fighting over moves to relocate the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) and Galaxy Backbone back to ministry of science and technology where they previous belonged before former President Goodluck Jonathan created ministry of communications and took them there. The Minister of Science and Technology Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has said in different fora that the Federal Government wants the three agencies under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications to be returned to the Science Ministry because they

have more to do with science and technology than with communications. Dr Onu while fielding question after a World Press Conference in Abuja recently, said the global best practice is for agencies such as NIGCOMSAT (that deals in satellite technology), NITDA (that deals in technology, software development and innovation) and Galaxy (which handles IT backbone for the government) to be domiciled in science and technology ministry. He said the three agencies have no business being in communications ministry because they are more in unity with agencies in science. “The reason why it is important that you have unity is that if you take Information Technology (IT), you have Nano Technology, you have Artificial Intelligence, you have Biotechnology, and now we are talking about renewable energy, you have New Materials technology etc .There is so many aspects of technology that they are linked together. For instance you cannot talk of Information Technology without talking about technology because our mobile phones are phones without wires and there is no way you can have those phones without the satellite,” he said. As a fall out of these intrigues, the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) have come in defense of any move to relocate the two agencies to Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has advised the Federal Government against moving core Information and Communication Technology (ICT) agencies, adding that if implemented, the Min-

istry of Communications will be left with only the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). The NCS fears that the relocation will set back Nigeria’s development over 15 years. Professor Sola Aderounmu, the NCS president, in a statement on the Society’s website, described ICT as central to the creation of the emerging global knowledgebased economy “and it is a pivotal instrument in accelerating growth, promoting sustainable development and eradicating poverty in developing countries such as ours.” He reaffirmed that ICT provides economic opportunities to both urban and rural populations, hence the NCS, the umbrella body of all Information Technology Professionals, Stakeholders, and Interest groups in Nigeria with over 20,000 members, in 2011 worked with the Federal Government to establish the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, disagrees with the Federal Government on the recent moves. “The Nigeria Computer Society also agreed with the Federal Government in 2011 to retain the three agencies – NIGCOMSAT, NITDA, and Galaxy Backbone under the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology for sustained development and actualization of ICT objectives towards diversifying Nigerian economy as communicated by the SGF (Secretary to the Government of the Federation) upon creation of the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology in 2011. “The missions of Nigerian Communications Commission, National Information Technol-

ogy Development Agency, Galaxy Backbone and Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd., are related and the focus is more on Information and Communication Technology. “Presently, National Information Technology Development Agency formulates policies and develops Information Technology initiatives, while, NIGCOMSAT and Galaxy Backbone are providers of Information and Communication Technology infrastructure and services to Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies; NigComSat is a satellite operator and not a space agency. “As of today, there are 17 agencies/parastatals under the Ministry of Science and Technology, while, there are 5 agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications,” the NCS president pointed out. Prof. Aderounmu revealed that all over the world, Ministries of Information and Communication Technology were created to foster the development of an information society and stimulate the growth of a strong, competitive, vibrant, export-oriented ICT sector. “Examples of such countries are Egypt, Singapore, India, United State of America, United Kingdom just to mention few. The Information and Communication Technology sector is a converged sector for Communications and Information Technology, thus the need to have a converged supervision of the agencies operating in this sector,” he said. According to him “it would be counterproductive to separate operators NIGCOMSAT and Galaxy Backbone Ltd) from their regulators (NCC and NITDA) in the supervisory/regulatory framework.

This is also contrary to best practices the world over.” The statement also highlighted the need to streamline government expenditure adding that the fight against corruption cannot be realized if the regulator of the communications sector is placed under the supervision of a different Ministry. He emphasized that the mandates of both Ministries as described on their websites,http:// www.scienceandtech.gov.ng/ for the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, andhttp://commtech.gov. ng/ for the Ministry of Communications, respectively differ. In continuation of NCS advocacy against the proposed relocation of the two agencies, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) has also call for rechristening of ministry of communications, stressing that present parent ministryFederal Ministry of Communications which houses three key agencies should be renamed Federal Ministry of Communication Technology to capture the entire ICT sector. The concept of relocating the three agencies, the Society lamented, will set the nation more than 15 years behind its development plans. President Muhammadu Buhari, appointed Barrister Adebayo Shittu as the minister of Communications and not Minister of Communications Technology. Since then the Ministry seemed to have focused on Communication with little emphasis on technology; which NCS advised the Federal Government to amend the laws governing the agencies and Ministry accordingly.

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Flaunting your marriage, relationship on facebook is wrong -Expert

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Flaunting your marriage, relationship on facebook is wrong -Expert Phyllis Makolo Eze is an experienced marriage counsellor and the initiator of Happy Married Life (HML), a marriage counselling platform which is with those in Europe where you live?

What is HML all about?

What prepared you for such marriage task? First of all, I am a Christian and they are many lessons to learn from the book of life and that is the Bible. Beyond that, I came

At what age do you think is the best time for a lady to get married? What do you think is the major cause of problems in marriages in Nigeria today? What should men look out before they say I do?

too. When you started, who were your target audience?

Do you think the churches are doing enough in terms of interventions in marriages?

What can you say about couple displaying their love on the social media like Facebook?

Do you think marriages in Nigeria have the same issues

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at 2017

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The 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 12, 2017. It kicked off with gorgeous dresses and faces on the red carpet. cluding three major ones. Beyonce also had an amazing performance despite her status. Regardless of the awesome performances, we carpet, their dresses were so detailed, and got people talking all through the night. The show stoppers at the GRAMMYS;

red carpet. Go celine.

Queen Bee looked radiant in a Peter Dundas red sequined gown with a plunging neckline and $12-million worth of diastill looked all shades of cute, she won the night no doubt by

Badgalriri always killing it in all appearances, orange sparkly crop top; on the bottom, a crazy diamond jewelry. You nailed it girl.

Katy has always been a show stopper and its expected she rocks the red carpet well. She had

J.lo is incredibly still cute, with her amazing suit. Grammys red carpet in one of her most feminine gowns to date. She rocked a Ralph & Russo gown which is extremely current as it just made its runway debut two weeks ago.

Celine rocked in a green metallic dress by Zuhair Murad, and it is so amaz-

ries and shoes. They killed the show and they de-

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Anioma Queen advocates massive youth employment in Delta State Most Beautiful Girl in Anioma and the reigning Miss Umu Anioma 2017 Beauty Queen, Sandra Nkemakonam Obi has called for massive job creation for the teeming youths in Delta State, particularly in the Anioma region of the oil-rich State.

Advising upcoming beauty queens, Miss Obi urged them to believe in themselves and avoid distractions that come in form of wrong perceptions and impressions on beauty queens in the country. “There are always controversies surrounding beauty pageants but am getting used to it. This

Day visit to Mother Divine Grace Orphanage in Okpanam, Oshimili North of Delta State. Miss Obi said that with Adequate youth employment to the graduates who pass out every year, vices such as stealing, Kidnapping and prostitution will be reduced to the barest minimum. Expressing disappointing on the attitude of the youths on Anioma culture and traditions, the beauty queen appealed to the youths to always promote Anioma cultural heritage by wearing her attires and use of their language, stressing that, that is the only way to keep our identity intact. Miss Umu Anioma advised the Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to do more to build-up and support Anioma Nation. She said “The Umu Anioma Foundation is a non government organisation for the promotion of Anioma ideals. We are having an Anioma

being Miss DSPG where I also won as second runner up. It is not about sleeping with people ; it is about what you have in yourself. We are born with our destinies and different attributes”. The Mass Communication undergraduate narrated that she was initially discouraged to contest for the Miss Umu Anioma Beauty Pageant because of the fear of losing the crown but later summoned courage to venture into the competition. “Before I went for the Miss Umu Anioma Pageant, I was feeling like “can I win”. In fact, I was scared that I may Lose again like it happened in Miss DSPG but my aunty encouraged me to give it a trial as I have gained experience in the past attempts. Due to her encouragement, I felt

Anioma gatherings such as the pageant and Anioma Foundation World Convention, for that matter. This is not good at all. Apart from the government, we have well placed individuals that could help assist in the aspirations of our youths but they are not doing so. I want to use this opportunity to appeal to them to rise up to the challenge of listening to the yearnings of the youths and to also identify with the Umu Anioma Foundation, particularly, the annual beauty pageant”.

have to sleep with anybody to win the beauty crown”, the Anioma queen said. On the challenges, the beauty queen who said that she is striving to impact positively on the society, especially the less privileged added “I have this belief that I have to do something that I would be remembered for. I like to be remembered for a lot of good things. With God by my side, I know I will do something memorable for my people before my tenure expires. However, sponsorships and funding are important because without funding, my projects will not go the way I planned it”. Emphasising on the importance of education, Miss Obi advised Anioma Youths to try all they could do to get good education. She however, appealed to those who may not further their education to engage themselves in trades that can give them good livelihood, adding that such engagements are the only way to create a peaceful and progressive society. Recently, Miss Obi, from Okpanam in Delta State visited the Mother of Divine Grace Orphanage in Okpanam, Oshimili North of Delta State. She also made out

Miss Obi flanked by children and coordinators of Mother Divine Grace Orphanage in Okpanam, Oshimili North, Delta State when the queen visited recently.

Miss Umu Anioma, Sandra Nkemakonam Obi

time to pay a short visits to both the palaces of The Ugo-Ani of Okpanam, HRM Michael Mbanefo Ogbolu; also she visited Her Royal Highness, the Omu of Okpanam, Dr. Martha Dunkwu. On hand to receive the Anioma Beauty Queen at the orphanage were the coordinaStella-Maris, Sis. Agatha and other staff of the orphanage. The queen who presented the children of the orphanage with gifts items pointed out that she started from her hometown so as to get the Other places she intends to extend her courtesy visits are the palace of the Obi of Ubulu Unor, Obi Kikachukwu Henry Afamefuna (JP), the Local Government Councils amongst other important places in Anioma region of Delta State.