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Court disgraces Sen. Obiora, refuses to stop Daily Times publication Ï Frees Anosikes, says police’s preliminary objection lacks merit Ï Berates magistrates’ court for refusing bail when police raised no objection

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APC South-East leaders meet Buhari, endorse him for 2019 7 Strike: Aviation B6 union gives FAAN 7-day ultimatum Taraba begins implementation of Anti-open Grazing Law on Jan 24 7

President Muhammadu Buhari (middle), with leaders from the South-East All Progressives Congress (APC) during their endorsement of Buhari for a second term in Abuja. ..on Monday.

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Court disgraces Sen. Obiora, refuses to stop The Daily Times publication Continued from page 1 Court in Jabi on Monday put a stop to embattled Senator Ikechukwu Obiora’s onslaught against the The Daily Times newspaper. Consequently, Justice Aliyu Yusuf granted bail to the Chairman of the Folio Media Group (FMG), publisher of The Daily Times of Nigeria, Mr. Fidelis Anosike and the Group Managing Director, Mr. Noel Anosike. Justice Yusuf had granted bail to the Anosikes after listening to their lawyer, Mr Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN) and the prosecuting Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Henry Njoku, who appeared for the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The Daily Times recalls that a magistrate’ court in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja, had last Tuesday, January 16, 2018, remanded the Anosikes in prison custody, following a charge filed by the police on the prompting of Senator Obiora, who is contesting ownership of The Daily Times of Nigeria since 2010 after he allegedly raised a document claiming ownership of the heritage newspaper. Ruling on the bail applications of the Anosikes, Justice Yusuf ordered them to provide two sureties that are resident in verifiable addresses in

Abuja, saying that the sureties must own landed property. The judge further directed the sureties to surrender their certificates of occupancy of their landed property to the Registrar of the court for custody. In his 30 minutes ruling, the judge reviewed the submissions, affidavit and exhibits of the applicants and the arguments of Ogunwumiju (SAN) as well as Njoku’s submissions and his preliminary objection. But judge held that the preliminary objection by the police lacked merit and consequently dismissed the objection. Regarding the bail applications, the judge held that he was “satisfied that the applicants (the Anosikes) are not going to jump bail.” He added that once court is satisfied that an accused whose alleged offences are bailable, the court will use its discretion to grant bail because it is a constitutional right. Berating the magistrate for toying with the liberty of citizens, Justice Yusuf said, “It was the duty of the magistrate to grant the two applicants bail more so when the prosecutor did not object and left it to the court discretion. The judge further held that, “ Once the court en-

sures that all requirements for bail are met, it should be granted as bail cannot be used as an act of rascality to punish an accused person. I urge magistrates to use bail to ensure that accused persons attend their trials. Dismissing police’s preliminary objection, Justice Yusuf held that the objection which raised issues of jurisdiction, irregular papers filed in court, lawyer’s seal and argument that the Anosikes will continue to

publish The Daily Times Newspapers are hereby “refused and dismissed.” According to the judge, the preliminary objection is unnecessary. Earlier, while moving the application for bail, Ogunwumiju (SAN), had urged the court to set aside the remand order and admit the Anosikes to bail on liberal terms on the grounds that the alleged offences are bailable. The senior advocate further argued that the matter

(ownership of The Daily Times of Nigeria) “is purely a civil case” pending at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal. Ogunwumiju also argued that the alleged forgery charge against the Anosikes was illegal because eight years ago when this matter came up, the office of Attorney General of Federation (AGF) had advised “that ownership of The Daily Times is a civil matter”. In his reply, the pros-

ecuting Njoku had urged the court to dismiss the Anosikes’ application for being incompetent. He further claimed that the Anosikes have committed offence by publishing The Daily Times Newspapers, arguing that there is possibility that if the Anosikes are released on bail, they will continue to repeat the offence. Meanwhile, the Magistrate Court in Mpape had last Tuesday adjourned the matter to February 14.

Representative of Lagos State Governor/Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello (second right); Chairman, IgbogboBayeku Local Council Development Area, Hon. Olusesan Dairo (right); Oba Adegboruwa of Igbogbo Kingdom, Oba Semiu Kasali (middle); representative of Inspector General of Police, D.I.G Foluso Adebanjo (second left) and Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edgal Imohimi (left) during the commissioning of 63 Squadron Base of the Nigeria Police Mobile Force at Igbogbo, Ikorodu, on... Monday

Salary arrears: Trouble looms in debtor states as NUT directs members to begin strike

Ï Debtor states include Abia, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Kwara, Taraba Ganiyu Obaaro

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ble looms in some states across the country, as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), that seemed to have run out of patience with the state governors, may soon order their members to embark on industrial action. The grouse of the union is the flagrant non-compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s order and pleas to states to pay salaries before last Christmas, despite receiving Paris Club Refund and money from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). Nearly one month after the expiration of the Presidential order, many states did not only defaulted in payment, several others have yet to make any concrete arrangement to pay their workers, who had

been reeling under serious economic weight, including recession overhang, inflation, health challenge, among other crises. Worried by this, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) did not only vow to vote out and governor who failed to pay salaries and arrears, but threatened to make such states ungovernable for them. President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, apart from warning the debtor- states to pay, had said they would mobilise workers in such states to demonstrate against the government. He made true his threat when he embarked on street demonstration in Kaduna, which had made move to sack over 22, 000 teachers in the state over what Governor Nasir el-Rufai said was their incompetence. Therefore, going by the

current threat by NUT, all may soon not be well in the debtor- states, including, Kogi, Ekiti, Ondo, Benue, Bayelsa, Taraba, Kwara, among others. It may be worse in Benue State under Governor Samuel Ortom, who is still being bereaved over the brutal killing of over 70 people of the state by Fulani herdsmen. So far, The Daily Times gathered that only a few states like Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Cross River, Rivers, Sokoto, Kano, etc, may be spared the union’s rod. Some of the states however say they had been trying their best, within available resources to pay salary arrears of their workers including the teachers. For example, Governor Yaya Bello of Kogi State said he had paid some workers four months salaries, adding that those who had cases were those not paid.

Only recently, the governor announced the sacking of 1, 777 workers on the state’s employ, whom he accused of certificate forgeries and other miscellaneous offences. But the many workers in the state accused the governor of witch-haunt, adding that not all workers were paid. They contend, rightly or wrongly, that some workers, who were owed over 20 months arrears were paid just for months, while no date has been fixed for the payment of the remaining arrears, just as workers were either falling sick or dying in droves. The situation is getting better in Osun State, as Governor Rauf Aregbesola has paid December salaries in full to civil servants, unlike the previous system of half payment. Bayelsa State, despite, being an oil producing state and enjoying deriva-

tion status, is still battling to pay backlog of salaries. Governor Seriake Dickson has been appealing to civil servants in his sttae to be patient with him, as the Paris Club refund in his kitty would be judiciously used to pay them and meet other critical state’s needs like education,roads, etc, Indeed, NUT has restated its position that the teachers in 10 states that are still owing salary arrears should not resume work until all arrears were paid. Dr. Mike Ike-Ene, General-Secretary of the union, spoke on the directive in an interview on Monday in Abuja. Ike-Ene said that 10 out of 36 states still owed teachers several months of salary arrears in spite of the Paris Club Refund given to states by President Muhammadu Buhari. He listed the states to include Abia, Adamawa, Bayel-

sa, Benue, Delta, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Kwara and Taraba, describing them as chronic debtors as far as teachers’ salaries are concerned. According to him, Abia owes primary school teachers four months and secondary school teachers one month; Adamawa- two months to primary school teachers and one month to secondary school teachers. “Others are Bayelsa seven and half months to primary school teachers and four and half months to secondary school teachers; Benue owes 12 months to primary school teachers and seven months to secondary school teachers. “Ekiti owes eight months to primary school teachers and five months to secondary school teachers; Kogi owes three months to primary school teachers and three months to secondary school teachers.

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Broadband Penetration: Telecoms firms to spend N17.4bn to lay fiber network Continued from page 1 charges stipulated by the NCC is N145 for laying fiber network per meter in every part of the country, but noted that state governments cannot be compelled to comply with the approved charges. Danbatta added that 38,000km had been cov-

ered so far, leaving a deficit of 82,000 km. He, however, made an appeal to the Federal Government to ensure state governments adhere to the resolution of National Economic Council on Right of Way charges. He said, “The Right of Way issue is something that refuses to go away

despite the existence of a document guiding what should be charged. Presently, nobody is complying with the provision of that document. “We cannot compel the state governments to charge N145 per meter for fiber. The Federal Government can, however, meet with governors and ex-

tract commitment from them to ensure that NEC’s provision is strictly adhered to.’’ On the need to leverage the digital transformation taking place the world over, Danbatta called for more capacity building in the area of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) (left), during his visit to the ongoing construction of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters in Abuja...on Monday.

We’ll end herdsmen attacks soon, Buhari assures Nigerians Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to bring an end to the incessant attacks by herdsmen across the nation as security forces have been deployed to the affected areas in all the federation. Buhari gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja, while receiving the Board of Directors of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group at the State House. The a Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, also quoted Buhari as saying that the government was deeply concerned saying that the unfortunate incident of attacks had resulted in loss of lives and properties, and had already brought sorrow and hardship on many Nigerians. Buhari also maintained that his administration remains resolute and focused on delivering on the threepronged promises of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians, halting the pillage of the economy by corrupt public officials, and creating employment opportunities for the youths. He further said that the initial economic challenge posed by recession was already dwindling, with the economy smarting out and posting better results on falling inflation rates, higher foreign reserve and better ranking on ease of doing business. He said, “If you look critically into the 2018 budget, we have already taken into account key issues of more stable electricity, construction of roads and rails, and the airport concession’’. He also gave an assurance that the government

APC South East leaders meet Buhari, endorse him for 2019

Mathew Dadiya,

Ï I’ll give my best to all Nigerians - President

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that the APC leaders came to intimate the President of the decision reached at a meeting of the party chiefs on December 31, 2017 and endorsed the President for a second term. Onu said, “We have come today to reaffirm that and to assure Mr. President that the party is working very hard to win future elections.” The minister said Buhari was happy especially considering the calibre of members of the delegation. He said, “He was very happy because you can see

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the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the South East have met with President Muhamamdu Buhari and endorsed him for a second term in 2019. The party chieftains, who met behind closed doors with the President on Monday at the Presidential Villa Abuja, were led to the meeting by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. Briefing State House correspondents on the purpose of the meeting, Onu said

the calibre of people in this delegation, a very highpowered delegation. “We have former leaders of the National Assembly at the highest level, Senate President, Speaker, House of Representatives, former heads of government at the state level, one governor or represented by the deputy governor because the governor is out of the country, all the ministers from the South East, serving members in the National Assembly both in the Senate and House of Representatives, former members of the Na-

tional Assembly and very important members in the party. “We have our National Vice Chairman in the South East, members of the National Working Committee and National Executive Committee all present. “So, the President was very happy that such a delegation thought it fit to come and visit him.” Addressing the APC South-East leaders, President Buhari pledged to give his best to all Nigerians, guided by a clear conscience in making de-

cisions for the progress of the country, thanking them for their patriotism, sacrifices and support for the peace and stability of the country. Buhari also commended the South East leaders for acknowledging the laudable and consistent efforts of his administration to restore Nigeria to the position of eminence. He said, ‘‘I am very pleased for your patriotism and consistency in supporting our administration. You are always going around explaining things even at the risk of abuse. ‘‘I want you to know that

will work more to accelerate and increase momentum in agriculture, power, gas, manufacturing and processing, while commending the Chinese government for its support in improving infrastructure in Nigeria. “We send our gratitude to the Chinese for all their support to Nigeria. Since Independence, no country has helped our country on infrastructural development like the Chinese. In some projects, the Chinese help us with 85 per cent payment, and soft loans that span 20 years. No country has done that for us,’’ the President added. Speaking further, the President said that the government would continue to strengthen its relationship with the NESG, especially in integrating its recommendations into policies that will improve the livelihood of all Nigerians. The Chairman of the NESG Board of Directors, Kyari Abba Bukar, commended the federal government for the “pragmatic approach’’ in engaging with citizens of Niger Delta region which had translated into steady rise in oil production. He said, “Your Excellency, we salute your courage in providing support to the states that have had fiscal challenges. We recognise that without the intervention of the Presidency, many state governments would have been unable to pay salaries last year.” Bukar said the outlook on the economy remained upwardly positive, projecting a 3.5 per cent GDP growth, urging the President to pay more attention on the herdsmen attacks, which could reverse the gains recorded in the agricultural sector.

I have not forgotten the efforts and sacrifices you have made in the successes I have achieved in my position and I appreciate what you are doing for the stability of our country and the future of our children and our grandchildren. ‘‘I assure you that whatever I try to do, I will do it with a clear conscience and I’ll do the best I can do for all Nigerians. In an address on behalf of South East leaders, Hon. Emma Eneukwu, National Vice Chairman, South East APC, thanked the PresiContinued on page 7

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APC South East leaders meet Buhari, endorse him for 2019

dent for the several projects receiving attention of the Federal Government in the South East including , 2nd Niger Bridge, Enugu-Port Harcourt Road as well as the Enugu-Onitsha –Owerri Road , among others. Reaffirming the unanimous decision of the party in the zone on December 31, 2017 endorsing the President for a second term in office, Eneukwu said: ‘‘It is our conviction that four years is not enough for you to complete this worthy journey hence the need for another four years to enable you make Nigeria truly great.’’ He added: ‘‘We implore Mr President, as a just and fair-minded leader, to make history by supporting the zoning of the office of the President in our great party to the South East at the end of your second tenure in office as President in 2023.’’ I’ll give my best to all Nigerians - Buhari Addressing the APC South-East leaders, President Buhari pledged to give his best to all Nigerians, guided by a clear conscience in making decisions for the progress of the country, thanking them for their patriotism, sacrifices and support for the peace and stability of the country. Buhari also commended

the South East leaders for acknowledging the laudable and consistent efforts of his administration to restore Nigeria to the position of eminence. He said, ‘‘I am very pleased for your patriotism and consistency in supporting our administration. You are always going around explaining things even at the risk of abuse. ‘‘I want you to know that I have not forgotten the efforts and sacrifices you have made in the successes I have achieved in my position and I appreciate what you are doing for the stability of our country and the future of our children and our grandchildren. ‘‘I assure you that whatever I try to do, I will do it with a clear conscience and I’ll do the best I can do for all Nigerians. In an address on behalf of South East leaders, Hon. Emma Eneukwu, National Vice Chairman, South East APC, thanked the President for the several projects receiving attention of the Federal Government in the South East including , 2nd Niger Bridge, Enugu-Port Harcourt Road as well as the Enugu-Onitsha –Owerri Road , among others. Reaffirming the unanimous decision of the party in the zone on December 31, 2017 endorsing the President for a second term in office, Eneukwu said: ‘‘It is our conviction that four

Taraba begins implementation of Anti-open Grazing Law on Jan 24 Samiat Oduwole

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ernment has said that it will begin implementation of its anti-open grazing law on January 24 phases with an enlightenment campaign, saying that it will ensure training of both the law enforcers and the herdsmen. The Deputy Governor of the state, Haruna Manu, disclosed this on Monday during a media briefing shortly after a closed-door meeting with traditional rulers in the state. Manu said there would be aggressive awareness campaigns across the state before the implementation of the law as from January 24. He added that tradition-

al rulers in the state had accepted ranching as best option to feed and take care of animals, noting, however, that implementation of the new law would be in phases. The deputy governor said, “ Our anti open grazing law which is slated to take off on January 24 will be implemented gradually. He said, “The Taraba State Government would establish pilot ranches in the three zones of the state and carry out aggressive awareness campaigns in the state, local government and ward levels.” He urged the people of the state not to politicise the law, saying that it was meant to enhance peaceful coexistence between herdsmen and farmers

years is not enough for you to complete this worthy journey hence the need for another four years to

enable you make Nigeria truly great.’’ He added: ‘‘We implore Mr President, as a just and

fair-minded leader, to make history by supporting the zoning of the office of the President in our great par-

ty to the South East at the end of your second tenure in office as President in 2023.’’

Osinbajo leads Nigeria’s delegation to World Economic Forum in Davos Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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President Yemi Osinbajo is to lead the Nigerian delegation to Davos, Switzerland for the 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting taking place from Tuesday to Friday. Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, in a statement on Monday, said that Osinbajo left the country earlier in the day for Monrovia, where he had witnessed the inauguration

of Mr. George Weah as the new Liberian President before he proceeded to Davos. The theme of this year’s edition of the WEF is “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”, with emphasis on finding ways to reaffirm international cooperation on shared interests on matters such as the global economy, international security and the environment. Akande disclosed that while in Davos, the VicePresident will hold a number of bilateral meetings with representatives of other countries, interna-

tional business interests and development partners. He said there would also be a special forum specifically for Nigeria, which involves engagement and interaction with Development Finance Institutions and Global Institutional Investors in support of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan of the present administration. “The Vice President will also participate in other meetings and events at the WEF billed to be attended by several heads of governments from around the

world,” he stated. “The Nigerian delegation at the World Economic Forum will include the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okey Enelamah, and the Special Adviser on Economic Matters to the President, Dr. Adeyemi Dipeolu. “From Davos, the Vice President will depart for the United Kingdom by the weekend where he will deliver the keynote address at the Warwick Africa Summit, which will focus on exploring the potential of the continent’s overall development.”

L-R: Chief Executive Officer, National Eco Capital, Dr. Eugene Itua; Gender and Development Advocate, Ms. Blessing Itua; Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Taiwo Akerele; and Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Julie Olatunji, during the courtesy visit by Ms. Itua to the governor at the Government House, Benin City, on Monday

How 3 students died in Queens College in 2017 - Senate Olufemi Samuel, Abuja

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on Monday listened with rapt attention, as stakeholders of Queens College Lagos, gave chilling account of how power tussle between the authorities of the school and the old Girls Association led to the death of three students of the school in 2017. This took place during a Public Hearing conducted by the Joint Committee on Education (Basic and

Secondary), and Health on poor living condition in Queens College Lagos, leading to the death of three students in February, 2017. The Senate had ordered the Public Hearing after adopting a motion which detailed the root causes of near collapse of sanitary condition at Queens College, occasioned by poor health facilities, dilapidated school facilities, overcrowding of the school as well as lack of rapid response to health challenges by the authorities of the school.

The Senate had earlier been told that over population and poor sanitary conduction in the school had led to the death of 3 students of the school at different dates, as the affected students include, Vivial Osuinyi, February 14, 2017, Bitha Itula February, 22, 2017 and Praise Sodipo, March 30, 2017. In his remarks during the Public Hearing, a former principal of Queens College, Dr Mrs Lami Amodu who served between August 2015 and February, 2017 re-

counted to the Joint Committee that the students died not because of collapse of sanitary condition of the school, but because of negligence by the authorities caused by politicization of issues in the school. Dr Amodu told the Public Hearing that the Old Girls Association of the school, who she said had constituted itself into an authority, should hold the blame for the decay in the school and the muzzling of the school authorities towards better performance.

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FG’s cattle colony proposal provocative, repugnant –Falae ‘Tosin Ajuwon, Akure

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Olu Falae, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping silence over the unwholesome activities of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen in the country, Falae said the continuous silence of President Buhari over the killings and destructions being perpetrated by the Fulani herdsmen on local farms was sad and uncalled for. He stated that the President who is the Commander-InChief of the Armed Forces in the country ought to have put an effective measure in place to tackle the unwholesome activities of the killer herdsmen

terrorizing the country. Chief Falae spoke on Monday while condemning the destruction made on his farm located at Ilado Community in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo by some suspected Fulani herdsmen. The Afenifere Chieftain noted that he had been at the receiving end in the hands of the Fulani herdsmen who had once kidnapped him at his farm for a ransom before killing one of his guards. “I have expected him (Buhari) for over two years to take an initiative and make a national broadcast to his people in Nigeria assuring us that he will handle the matter by announcing effective measures that could control the capacity of the herdsmen and assure that both the herdsmen and us can live to-

gether in peace without one side damaging the other. I am disappointed I have not heard this from him.” “If I were President I would have taken the initiative because this is not a problem that cannot be solved many nations have gone through this, this mode of cattle rearing is universal but in the last hundred years most nations have solved the problem by adopting ranching. “Government at all levels; especially the federal government should be a government for all of us regardless of how many votes we cast at the election time, we are all entitled to the protection of the federal government. “Ranching is cattle farming and a legitimate and very profitable business run by private business men but they

are trying to make my crops to feed their cattle to subsidize their own business because they are forcing me by invading my farm in the night to supply free food to their cattle and when they sell the cattle they don’t give me part of the money. “This is a system that cannot survive and I expected the government to have stopped it, we are not saying cattle rearing should be stopped but the cattle rearers should be assisted to set up or do their business without hurting anybody. Hurting farmers is not acceptable. “At first they will come in the night to fetch water and we were tolerant because they did not touch or destroy anything but we did not allow them to stay here but later it took a different turn all over

Nigeria. “They will come in the night, eat out maize and I’ve reported to the police over ten times. Element of the same people kidnapped me, when people said they were Fulani herdsmen, they said how could you say they are Fulanis but everybody knows a Fulani man in Nigeria “Every year they set fire to my farm and do you know why, there are two elements to their actions, first is economic, they burn this farm because the grass is already dry and cows don’t like that. So they burn the grass and in two weeks time fresh grass will grow and their cattle will have fresh grass to eat. In other word they are already treating my farm as if it was their colony.” Condemning the recent attack, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, urged government at all levels to take steps in curbing the activities of the herdsmen, saying “if they don’t take step to prevent it, it means that government supports what they are doing, they are not offended by what they are doing.” On the issue of proposed cattle colony, Falae said: “The proposal that colony should be established and rangers will accompany cattle moving from one colony to another is a very provocative and repugnant proposal”. According to him, the word colony is a repugnant po-

litical word because it means one group of people dominating another. “I will try to contain myself because I am provoked. You know Nigeria was a colony; through the efforts of our leaders, we were able to get the British to leave and we are free. “A colony is a territory that is a dependent territory; more or less owned by another nation. Thank God, since 1960 we are no longer a colony. “In Nigeria; to mention the word colony has political connotation not economic. A colony is a political entity which someone said he wants to create in the territory of another; that is a provocation; that is terrible thing for anybody to contemplate. I am sure it was a mistake; I hope my friend Audu Ogbeh will withdraw that obnoxious policy. “Looking at the proposal itself, assuming other terms has been used; it is unsound and makes no sense. The question I want to ask is that why must the cattle travel from their ranch to another colony. The ranch across the world is self contained, because there’s water there, there’s processing facilities and you don’t have to match your cattle from one colony to another colony. “There’s no justification for this, except you want to perpetuate Fulani herdsmen burning around our territory, we want to know the reason.

N3.2b fraud: How six cheques totaling N436m were issued –Witness Peter Fowoyo

ÏÏÏA prosecution witness, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, during the inspection visit to the ongoing construction of Nelson Mandela Freedom Park Phase 2 in Osogbo, Osun State...on Monday.

EFCC’s new head office ’ll be adequately powered –Fashola ÏÏÏMinister

of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has expressed satisfaction at the quality of infrastructure and progress of work at the Head Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, saying that the agency deserves nothing but the best. He also gave assurance at ensuring adequate power supply to the facility. “So far so good, the structural work and level of finish currently in place is satisfactory, and considering the important role the EFCC plays in the fighting economic and financial crimes, as well as being an institution ensuring law

and order, the agency deserves the best,” he said. Fashola made the assertion during a visit to inspect the level of construction work at the site of the permanent head office of the EFCC in Abuja, on Monday, January 22, 2018. He came on the visit in the company of the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Suleiman Hassan. The entourage from the ministry, accompanied by Ibrahim Magu, the acting EFCC Chairman, and management staff of the agency, visited the various facilities at the site, including the Northern and Western Wings of the building, Forensic building, Clinic, Detention and Security fa-

cilities, and the Power Generating Unit. They were led round the facilities at the site by Ibrahim Murtala, an Architect and Consultant with Julius Berger, the Construction Company handling the building of the new head office. According to Fashola, there was a need for “appropriate investment” by government to adequately empower institutions tasked with fighting corruption in the country, in order to afford them the enabling environment “to raise the bar”. “President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to strengthen the anti-graft agency in the fight against

corruption,” he said. “The number of convictions secured by the EFCC speaks for itself as to the achievements of the agency.” Stressing the importance of ensuring adequate electricity supply for the facilities, Fashola noted that “because of the sophistication in terms of the equipment, there will be need for alternative source of power”, adding that, “more importantly, the visit is also to see how we can plan to power the infrastructure and connect them to the grid”. The construction work, which according to Murtala was 89 per cent completed, is expected to be ready before the second quarter of the year.

Mr Yakubu Braimoh, on Monday told a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos how six different cheques totaling N436 million were issued in favour of New Republic Newspapers. It was at the resumed trial of former Abia State Governor, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu were Braimoh was the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s witness. Kalu, Udeh Jones and Slok Nigeria Limited were arraigned on October 31, 2016 by the anti graft agency, before Justice Mohammed Idris on a 34 - count charge of N3.2 billion fraud. When the matter came up yesterday, Braimoh, an Internal Control Officer with Guaranty Trust Bank, GTBank, when the alleged fraud took place, made the revelation while being led in evidence-in chief by counsel to EFCC, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, SAN. The Prosecution had earlier tendered several documents through the witness which were all admitted in evidence. The witness while giving

evidence, said that sometimes in 2007, the EFCC, wrote the bank requesting for documents relating to the accounts of Slok Nigeria Limited a company owned by Kalu. Braimoh added that GTBank forwarded all necessary documents relating to the company to the commission, these he said includes, account opening packages and other instruments. He confirmed that in the course of the investigation by the anti-graft agency, several correspondences took place between the commission and the bank; he also admitted making statement to EFCC. The witness while being led in -evidence Mr Rotimi Jacobs,SAN, identifies six of the instruments which are drafts issued in favour of New Republic Newspapers. Although, the Prosecution did not lead evidence as to what the money was meant for. Earlier, two of the defence counsel, Chief Solomon Akume, SAN for Udeh Jones and Mr C.C Nwofo for Slok Nigeria Limited opposed the admissibility of the documents but were overruled by Justice Mohammed Idris.

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Junaid Muhammed to Buhari: You have completed one term, go home and rest The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has already held its elective National Convention, but not without little hitches, what is the level of reconciliation ahead of 2019 election? A Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to listen to those advising him to run for the 2019 election. Muhammed said Nigerians are now isolated under the present government and the circumstance will be additionally intensified if Buhari proceeds past 2019. Addressing newsmen in Abuja at the weekend, he faulted governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who received President Buhari as the sole competitor of the gathering for the 2019 presidential decision. He said, “Most importantly, I don’t know who the general population is asking him to challenge race in 2019. Be that as it may, I knew, he gave a meeting to a national daily paper and said he would challenge and serve for just a single term. “There are a significant number of individuals who know the paper and the date of the paper. I accept in the event that he is capable and good he should be bound by what he embraced to do. “Most Nigerians will state he isn’t the main government official who made a guarantee, yet broke it. I don’t trust, it is noteworthy for some individual to make a guarantee and walk on that guarantee, basically in light of the fact that it is his own accommodation or his companions or priests instructed him to do as such. “Second issue needs to do with execution. In a vote based system, for there to be an honest, good government, you should win a free, reasonable and tenable election. Regardless of whether you don’t stop by method of popular government, there is the thing that you bring in political terms, ‘execution authenticity. “Presently, if we somehow happened to be genuine, we would say give this man a

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chance to stand and we influence him to lose the race. Yet, the dread we have is that by winning the race, by demanding that he should challenge, he should likewise win. That implies fixing. “He will additionally partition the nation and in the event that he prevails with regards to winning the race, there might be brutality throughout the decision, or after on the grounds that, unmistakably, larger part of Nigerians don’t put stock in his fitness, don’t put stock in his trustworthiness or anything any longer. He has completed one term, let him go home and rest and deal with himself. That is my recommendation. “By the guarantees made by the

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APC government and the lousy cast of characters brought into government, they have fizzled and flopped pitiably. To start with, they guaranteed to take the Boko Haram and thrash it. Everyone you converse with will reveal to you that Boko Haram is alive. It has not been crushed disregarding the untruths radiating from the administration and a portion of the Generals. “Besides, they guaranteed to battle debasement. Not just have they induced and supported it, it is presently at the largest amount at the administration. This is the reason we are not making any considerable gouge in the battle against debasement.”

Herdsmen attacks, deliberate attempt to undermine nation’s security -OPC The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), has condemned the recent attack on Chief Olu Falae’ s farm by suspected herdsmen. In a Statement issued by the publicity secretary of the Aare Gani Adams led OPC, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, it stated that “Sunday’s attack on the Afenifere leader’s farm was wicked, rude and shocking. The attack was a deliberate attempt by the suspected herdsmen to undermine the security of the country” With the recent attack, the OPC said it is a strong signal that Nigerians, particularly farmers are not safe in their farms. And this is not too good for the Federal Government’s drive and policy on diversification and promotion of Agriculture as a major alternative for oil. “The attack also came at a time when Nigerians are still mourning the gruesome murder of 73 people in Benue State and several others in other states. “The current attack and several others, in recent times, have put to question the

failures of the Federal Government at curtailing the present security challenges in the country. “As a group that is poised to protect the interest of the Yorubas wherever they live in the country, we believe strongly that it is the duty of every responsible government to protect the lives and property of the citizenry, however, we urge the Federal Government to sit up and nip the unwholesome activities of these herdsmen in the bud. “The herdsmen are not ghosts. They are Nigerians like us and they must be stopped now before it degenerates into further attack and counter attacks. “The Federal Government must find lasting solution to the continuous attacks and wanton killings in the country. It is a strong signal that our security apparatus have failed in the discharge of their responsibilities,” the OPC said. The suspected herdsmen on Sunday stormed the farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF),

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Chief Olu Falae, at Ilado near Akure, the Ondo State capital, setting it on fire and destroying about five hectares of oil palm plantation worth several millions of Naira.

‘Only 12 states have passed Not Too Young to Run Bill’ Over a month after the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ali Ahmad, gave assurance that the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ bill will be passed by the various state Houses of Assembly before December 25, 2017, a civil rights group said only 12 states have done so. The bill, which is part of the process by the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, seeks to reduce the minimum age for political offices in Nigeria. In a press statement signed by its media officer, Moshood Isah, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement, YIAGA, on Monday gave the progress report on the bill. The 12 states that have passed the bill are Kwara, Edo, Kastina, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Benue and Yobe. Others are Borno, Adamawa, Delta, Enugu, and Gombe. Mr. Isah said the age reduction Bill seeks to reduce the age of running for President to 35 and Governor or Senators to 30. “It is a change from the initial 40 and 35 years limit respectively, which was mandated by the Constitution. The Bill would also pave the way for 25year olds to legislate in the National and state Assemblies across the country,” Mr Isah said. The Bill needs to be passed by at least 24 state Houses of Assembly, after which the President has to assent to it before it becomes law. The convener of the ‘Not Too Young To Run’ constitutional review meeting in December 2017 , Samson Itodo, had said that said the bill is among the 15 sent to state Houses of Assembly by the National Assembly. Mr Itodo said it enjoys wide support from Nigerian youth as it seeks to promote inclusion by reducing the age for running for political offices in Nigeria. “We cannot say a country will develop without including the youths in the political affairs. It is important to engage youth in the political business of the country. So we call on state Houses of Assembly to vote yes to ‘Not Too Young To Run’ that will give young people the opportunity to contribute to national development,” Mr. Itodo had said. According to him, for young people, it is a question of whether our political parties will uphold the principles of democracy, transparency and accountability by ensuring that delegates are not substituted 24 hours before primaries and that young people are given opportunities to buy party nomination forms. The House of Representatives and the Senate passed the bill in July 2017.

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Senator dumps PDP, cites problems with state governor

Stories by Patrick Okohue

The Campaign Director of Gov. Ibrahim Dankwambo in the 2015 governorship election in Gombe State, Sen. Saidu Umar-Kumo, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Umar-Kumo said at a news conference in Gombe on Monday, that he is no longer a member of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the senator, a former National Secretary of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), said he had not decided yet which party to join. “I want to inform the general public especially members of the PDP in Gombe State, North East and Nigeria at large that as from today I am no more with the PDP, I withdraw my membership from the party. “I will formally write to my local government office of the party, the state and the national headquarters of my decision. “Before then, let the general public know that I have withdrawn my membership from the PDP, I am no more with the PDP from today. “I hope my leaving PDP will create opportunity for others who think maybe my presence in PDP in Gombe in particular is that I am not doing well to them,” he said. Umar-Kumo said that he had no problem with the party at the state and national level, but with the state governor. “What I discovered is that the governor of the state doesn’t need me in PDP. They do everything humanly possible to get me out of PDP through him, especially he and

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his subjects. “Those who think I am a stumbling block to certain things in the PDP in Gombe State let me give them the chance.” According to him, he is not yer ready to declare for any other party, “I am not declaring for any political party now, I want to take my time to study the political arena, I want to study the other political

parties existing to see which I will join,” he said. Reacting to the development, Umar Suleiman, the state Commissioner of Information denied that Umar-Kumo was pushed out of PDP by the governor. “As far as we are concerned nobody pushed him out of the party, maybe he has his own mission behind his withdrawal,” he said.

Plateau Assembly seeks empowerment programme for IDPs The Plateau State House of Assembly Committee on Labour and Security has urged the state’s Peace Building Agency to develop empowerment programmes for

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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. Chairman of the committee, Mr Daniel Dem, made the call on Monday in Jos when the management of the agency

appeared before it to defend its 2018 budget proposal. According to Dem, most of the IDPs will want to go back to their original places of abode “once there is a means of sustenance. “A lot of the displaced persons want to return to their original homes, but they don’t have the wherewithal to do so. “They lack the financial muscle to rebuild their burnt houses, buy their farming implements and even rekindle their former businesses. “Many of the young ones among them have dropped out of school because they lacked money and no form of sponsorship coming from anywhere,” he said. He said that their problem were beyond mere donations of food and clothing. “They want empowerment. They want economic support which will help them move on. “So, as an agency saddled with

the responsibility of ensuring peace in the state, I think you should give this a serious attention,” he said. Responding, Director General of the agency, Mr Joseph Lengman, said that the agency, in its strategic plan, had captured the issue of the displaced persons, and assured that they would be well catered for. Lengman added that the agency had gone into partnership with some international organisations on ways to support and empower the IDPs in the state. “Peace building will not be complete when the IDPs are not catered for, because if they are neglected, there is high tendency of some of them going back to fuel crisis. “So, in our five-year conflict strategic plan, the issue

of empowerment of the displaced is well captured,”

Aare Ona Kakanfo installation: Adeboye salutes Adams The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has congratulated Aare Gani Adams on his installation as the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. The revered man of God stated this in a letter to Aare Adams, who is also the National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and the Oodua Progressive Union (OPU). Pastor Adeboye, however, regretted his inability to attend the installation on January 13, 2018 at Durbar Stadium in Oyo town, Oyo State. He said it was as a result of his work of evangelism both within and outside Nigeria. The letter, dated January 17, 2018, reads: “Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father. We greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. “We congratulate you on your installation as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. “We regret our inability to attend. Constraints include scheduled annual commitments year in year out at home and abroad. “Be assured of our continuous love and prayers.” Aare Adams was installed on January 13, 2018 by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland.

We have good plans for our council in 2018, says LG chair The chairman of Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, Hon. Onilude Olusegun Adeniran has assured residents of the council that they will enjoy the full benefits of democratic rule in 2018 and beyond, as the council leadership was poised to work hard towards meeting the needs of the people. Giving the assurances at the weekend, during an event to give account of stewardship and also brief the press about activities of the government since inception, held at the VIP Chalet, Topo, Badagry, the chairman gave a low down of the activities of government since coming to power, assuring that they were poised to do more in the New Year going forward. While telling the audience which comprised political leaders, traditional rulers and council leadership in the local government, including journalists from various media houses about their achievements and future plans, Adeniran admitted that his administration in the local government took off on a slow pace because, “we had to first set up a total re-engineering agenda upon which to build the developmental process of Badagry Local Government of our dream.”

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Hate speech as beginning of the end

week before the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari from his 103 days medical vacation, the then Acting President Yemi Osinbajo had sent a draft bill to National Assembly which, when passed into law, will criminalise or outlaw hate speeches in the mediaprint, broadcast or social media. This was in reaction to an alarming attack on people on the basis of their tribes, religion and gender. He had remembered that Rwanda’s genocide started from vulgar vituperation against one another on the basis of the aforementioned natural attributes. He even equated hate speech with terrorism. But how did we get here? We arrived at this port because of politics of hatred, antagonism and bitterness that have become the stock– in–trade of Nigeria’s politics. These had reached a crescendo towards 2015 general elections. Issues and parties’ manifestoes were relegated to the background while tribal and religious matters were kicked to the front burner. Certain sections of the country would not bear sight of power being retained in a certain part of the country, while certain parts of the country would not accept power being taken from where it then resided. And so the foot soldiers of both camps went into the trenches and there they have been, ever since. There is a Yoruba adage that a King is not abused in his presence. But today, our Kings are being abused right in their presence, calling to question our age-long cultural values and orientation. I remember the then spokesman of APC who incidentally is the spokesman of this government, threatening to form a parallel government if APC failed to win 2015 election. There were threat and counter threats from both sides of the divides. But as the then President Goodluck Jonathan promptly conceded defeat even before the last count of the 2015 Presidential election results and congratulated General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB)

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Ogun State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (middle); Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga (3rd right); German Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Bernhard Schlagheck (3rd left); Member, Foreign Trade and Investment Services Africa, Dr. Cliff Ogbede (2nd right); Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa (2nd left), Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru (right ) and Commissioner for Educatuon, Science and Technology, Mrs. Modupe Mujota (left), during a courtesy visit by the ambassador on Governor in his office...on Monday.

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as he then was. It was like cold water had been poured on a raging fire or so we thought. Shortly after President Buhari mounted the saddle, he embarked on foreign tours in his effort to market Nigeria of his dream. It was in one of such trips that he was quoted to have said that those who gave him 5% votes should not expect to be favoured in equal measure with those who gave him 97%, whatever that would sum up. That assertion must be admitted to have given rise to this round of tirade exchanges in conventional and social media. To mark the beginning of the end of hate speeches, there is no need of law or enactment from the National Assembly. There is no need to unleash the police or military on the citizens. What is required and urgently too, is the soothing words of our President to the ‘5%’ voters who have felt alienated and ostracised by no less a person than the President. No President / Prime Minister in this country or any other country for that matter, ever won election squarely and evenly, Balewa did not, ditto Shagari, Obasanjo, Yar’Adua and Jonathan. But once an election is won, the winner becomes a President of all and the father of the whole country. He becomes the President of those who voted and those that did not vote for him. That is the way to unite Nigerians. The Acting President who has reverted to his post as Vice President must prevail on his boss to be more conciliatory and sensitive in his approach to issues of National importance. He must be manifestly seen to live to his inaugural statement of “I belong to everybody, I belong to nobody”. He must not take governmental criticisms to mean “hate speech”, for most of the positive adjustments this government has done so far could be attributed to those criticisms than praises. Nnamdi Kanu, militants in the Niger Delta, Arewa Youth etc could be reined in through kind words and egalitarian assurances by the President.

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Ibikunle Amosun: An enigma @ 60

Rotimi Durojaiye

estiny has gladly clothed him in gold raiment. Senator Ibikunle Oyelaja Oluwatoyin Amosun is a man to whom arguably, providence belongs. Bulky of weight, giant of height, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, 60, wields such much an intimidating background that can arrest the man with a heart of stone. He is an enigma, a human dynamo. He is a man propelled by his childhood background to strive to reach the top mountain. For him, life becomes a challenge, revenge against fate for being unkind to him. On January 25, 1958, a young man was born under the Zodiac sign of Aquarius at the Totoro Health Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State of Nigeria. But he did not have the grace of coming to this world until he spent 35 months (three years and eight months) in his mother’s womb. A normal pregnancy and delivery takes nine months. Out of 18 children, he is his father’s fifth child. His father, a railway worker, and aristocrat of the Yoruba Egba clan, was a practical polygamist with six wives. But Amosun had the chance of growing up fully as a child under parental tutelage of his parents, Alhaji Abdulazeez Oyedemi Alade Sanusi and Alhaja Rafatu Mojisola Alake Sanusi. He lost his father in 1997, while the mother died two years after. His grandfather was Sanusi, while Sanusi’s father was Amosun. The Governor’s father decided that all his female children shall bear Sanusi while the male children would bear Amosun so that his forefather’s name will not be forgotten. Because of the circumstances of his birth, his father called him Durorike (Wait And Enjoy Kindness) It was also foretold by his late father that one of his children would be famous worldwide. At the elementary school, too, he enjoyed the sympathy of teachers, mates and elder brother, Alhaji Abidoye

Amosun (Alhaji Agba), who saw him as a child of destiny. After school hours, the young Amosun would assist his mother, a petty trader, in hawking Ojojo (a pastry product from water yam), on the streets of Abeokuta. His nickname, among his school mates then, was Toyin Olojojo, (Toyin that hawks Ojojo). The rest, as they say, is history. Amosun is funny, sweet, and amiable. He had managed to work his way out of poverty through hard work and symbolised the aspirations of many downtrodden Nigerians. SIA, as he is fondly called by his political associates, stepped into the political space with the singular aim of giving back to humanity what he has been endowed with by God. He believes that the provision of amenities and social development cannot be left to government alone. He instituted a scholarship scheme in 1986, several years before venturing into politics, which he later institutionalized by setting up the Senator Ibikunle Amosun Scholarship Foundation (SIASF) on July 7, 2005. He has awarded scholarships to over 2,000 students of Ogun State origin, in various institutions of higher learning. One thing about the Ogun State Governor is that once he has conviction about something he stays the course, doggedly, uncompromisingly. Which is why some people consider him stubborn, some say inflexibly. He is a very practical man, impatient with the tricky protocol of the civil society. Amosun likes results. He wants things done very well and very fast. Sometimes, the Ogun State helmsman can be short-tempered. Amosun is a man whose word is his bond. Once he says yes, he means yes and that settles the matter. He is a man of integrity whose words and conduct always agree. He is a highly gifted man, a visionary leader, an excellent administrator and a God-fearing man. There is no doubt that Amosun has the drive, the initiative and the vision to leave Ogun State better than he met

it. Very modest, articulate and principled, he is a silent performer who has warmed himself to the hearts of the people with his populist programmes as well as his well designed policy of developing an industrial and commercial economy that will provide wealth and abundant opportunities for his people. You may like Amosun. You may not like him. You may approve of his policies. You may not approve of them. But give it to him: he has guts, he has courage. The decisions he has taken in the last six and half years bear testimony to this. You cannot possibly ignore him. Amosun is an ordinary man who has an extra-ordinary determination to serve, who has his faults, who makes mistakes. Amosun had a herculean task; getting a mandate to govern a state that had suffered some setback over time, a state where standards had been thrown to the dogs, a place where the state’s account, even by the admission of his predecessors, was in the red. Indeed, what Amosun inherited when he assumed office was enough to make a lazy mind throw up his hands in frustration and surrender to fate. There was a sure lack of development, to which Amosun pledged to minister, but there was no money to either address these challenges or fulfil some basic necessities. More than six years down the lane, he has silenced his critics. He has astonished sceptics. The man has perhaps surprised himself. His political friends and foes seem to agree however on one thing that Amosun has remarkably and visibly changed the status of Ogun State for the better. Nobody for now really knows what his magic formula is. What is however well known, at least in the language of the local folks, is that things are simply getting better. For most people in Ogun State, the momentum and tempo of development have surpassed their wildest imagination. Road network in Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Sagamu, Imeko-Afon,

Aiyetoro and hinterlands have never been so good. The sheer size, spread and speed of economic activity is generating a compelling, not just for indigenes in Nigeria and abroad but also for new businesses. He has initiated creative strategies to raise good money to fund gigantic projects and meet the needs of the state’s burgeoning population. He is beating a retreat from resting on the rickety base of oil economy. Buoyed by his private sector background, he quickly set in motion necessary machinery to remove the bureaucratic bottlenecks associated with government officials and create an atmosphere conducive for investment. Modesty comes easily to Amosun. A man whose guiding philosophy in life is patience, his approach to issues is unobtrusive. It has helped him to charm his way in and out of complex and complicated situations but it has also given others a wrong signal about the man and his character. Amosun does not crave to be liked; rather, he craves to be understood as an honest, decent man with honest intentions and who cannot hurt a fly. He is gifted with the ability to remember faces and names and he puts it to good effect. But no man can win them all. Amosun just cannot. There are those who would clamour to have him as a neighbour and there are those who would wish he lived on the other side of the bridge. Uneasy lies the head. Two things have always served Amosun well in life. The first is patience and the other is courage. He has brought both to bear on his administration of Ogun State. He set out not only to rule Ogun State but to change it in a positive, fundamental sense. He allows nothing to dissuade or distract him from that chosen course. He has found nothing sacred or untouchable. Durojaiye is Amosun’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy

Local governments, states and the minimum wage

I Nosa Eweka

am all for increasing the minimum wage, it’s long overdue. President Muhammadu Buhari finally set up a committee a few weeks ago consisting of some Ministers, some State Governors of both parties and labor organizations. The committee has to come to a consensus on a new national minimum wage, I am shocked that our Local Governments don’t have Representatives in this committee, shocked. I am also not thrilled that this is being done a few months before the 2019 general elections, this minimum wage review is going to be politicized, there is no doubt about it. This review was supposed to have been done in 2015, its three years late. The minimum wage is supposed to be reviewed every five years by law, the last time it was reviewed and increased was in 2010. Our President’s have to always abide by the rule of law and constitution, refusal to abide by the law or constitution is an impeachable offense. Sometime last year, the National Assembly suggested N30,000 per month as the new minimum wage, I think it’s a great place to start negotiations but as much as I want the minimum wage increased I am extremely worried. Right now there are alot of Local Government Councils and State Governments that can’t even afford the current minimum wage

of N18,000, some still owe salaries and most collected bailouts and loans from the Federal Government to pay salaries. How are these Local Government Councils and State Governments going to be able to afford the new minimum wage when they can’t even pay the current minimum wage of N18,000? Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) are demanding a new national minimum wage of N56,000 while the United Labor Congress of Nigeria (ULC) wants N90,000 as the new minimum wage. This minimum wage review process is going to be an exercise in futility if we don’t restructure our current system. We are operating an archaic and outdated model of generating and distributing revenue. I really don’t understand why our Local Government Councils and State Governors are not lobbying the National Assembly and their State Houses of Assembly to revert land and mineral rights to the Local Governments. I am all for autonomous Local Governments and mineral rights reverting to them except oil for now because it’s the country’s main source of revenue. Land rights and minerals rights reverting to Local Governments gives every Local Government municipality the ability to grow their respective economy, create new jobs, increase their

revenues exponentially and raise workers wages. This will also enable each Local Government effectively carry out all of its functions as stated in schedule 4 of our constitution I.E economic development, the provision and maintenance of primary, adult and vocational schools, the development of agriculture, the provision and maintenance of health services, the establishment and maintenance of markets, motor parks and public conveniences, the construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains, gardens and parks among others. Our Local Governments should only pay royalties on revenue generated within their municipality to their respective States and the Federal Government. Land and mineral rights reverting to Local Governments will also not place such a preponderance of power and blame of underdevelopment, poor wages and poor standard of living on the Federal Government. Local Government Councils and State Governments continue to fail when it comes to growing their respective economies, they fail to pay workers and pensioners, fail to create thousands of new jobs annually, fail to increase their internally generated revenue (IGR) exponentially, fail to increase workers wages and they continue to fail to improve the

lives and living conditions of the people they serve because of the current system we operate. If we increase the federal minimum wage but refuse to revert land and mineral rights to Local Governments to make them more viable, we are going to have bigger problems than we do right now. The Federal Government cannot increase the minimum wage when Local Government and State revenues have dwindled, are at a standstill or have not increased exponentially. Our Local Governments and States should be run like businesses. I also believe individual State Houses of Assembly should be able to debate increasing the minimum wage in their States, they should be able to discuss every two to four years if they can afford to pay their workers more than the national minimum wage but this can only be possible if Local Governments and States start earning a lot more revenue. We must devolve powers to Local Governments, we have to make our Local Governments more viable, land and mineral rights reverting to Local Government municipalities should be the starting point. Eweka is an entrepreneur and a member of the Benin Royal Family, he can be reached at nosaeweka@yahoo.com or via Twitter @nosaeweka.

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Salary arrears: Trouble looms in debtor states as NUT directs members to begin strike

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round of trouble looms in some states across the country, as the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), that seemed to have run out of patience with the state governors, may soon order their members to embark on industrial action. The grouse of the union is the flagrant non-compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s order and pleas to states to pay salaries before last Christmas, despite receiving Paris Club Refund and money from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC). Nearly one month after the expiration of the Presidential order, many states did not only defaulted in

payment, several others have yet to make any concrete arrangement to pay their workers, who had been reeling under serious economic weight, including recession overhang, inflation, health challenge, among other crises. Worried by this, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) did not only vow to vote out and governor who failed to pay salaries and arrears, but threatened to make such states ungovernable for them. President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, apart from warning the debtor- states to pay, had said they would mobilise workers in such states to demonstrate against the government. He made true his threat when he embarked on street demonstration in Kaduna, which

had made move to sack over 22, 000 teachers in the state over what Governor Nasir el-Rufai said was their incompetence. Therefore, going by the current threat by NUT, all may soon not be well in the debtor- states, including, Kogi, Ekiti, Ondo, Benue, Bayelsa, Taraba, Kwara, among others. It may be worse in Benue State under Governor Samuel Ortom, who is still being bereaved over the brutal killing of over 70 people of the state by Fulani herdsmen. So far, The Daily Times gathered that only a few states like Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Cross River, Rivers, Sokoto, Kano, etc, may be spared the union’s rod. Some of the states however say they had been trying their best, within available resources to pay salary ar-

rears of their workers including the teachers. For example, Governor Yaya Bello of Kogi State said he had paid some workers four months salaries, adding that those who had cases were those not paid. Only recently, the governor announced the sacking of 1, 777 workers on the state’s employ, whom he accused of certificate forgeries and other miscellaneous offences. But the many workers in the state accused the governor of witch-haunt, adding that not all workers were paid. They contend, rightly or wrongly, that some workers, who were owed over 20 months arrears were paid just for months, while no date has been fixed for the payment of the remaining arrears, just as workers were either falling sick or

dying in droves. The situation is getting better in Osun State, as Governor Rauf Aregbesola has paid December salaries in full to civil servants, unlike the previous system of half payment. Bayelsa State, despite, being an oil producing state and enjoying derivation status, is still battling to pay backlog of salaries. Governor Seriake Dickson has been appealing to civil servants in his sttae to be patient with him, as the Paris Club refund in his kitty would be judiciously used to pay them and meet other critical state’s needs like education,roads, etc, Indeed, NUT has restated its position that the teachers in 10 states that still owe salary arrears should not resume work until all arrears were paid. Dr. Mike Ike-Ene, Gener-

al-Secretary of the union, spoke on the directive in an interview on Monday in Abuja. Ike-Ene said that 10 out of 36 states still owed teachers several months of salary arrears in spite of the Paris Club Refund given to states by President Muhammadu Buhari. He listed the states to include Abia, Adamawa, Bayelsa, Benue, Delta, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Kwara and Taraba, describing them as chronic debtors as far as teachers’ salaries are concerned. According to him, Abia owes primary school teachers four months and secondary school teachers one month; Adamawa- two months to primary school teachers and one month to secondary school teachers.

Illegal arms: How accused have been smuggling arms since 2012 -DSS Peter Fowoyo

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Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday heard how one of the importers of 661 pump action guns, illegally imported into the country, last year January, have been smuggling guns into the country, for the past 12 years. Mr. Wale Odu, Head of Investigation, Department of State Security (DSS), stated this while giving evidence in the trial of five accused persons charged before Justice Ayotunde Faji, for unlawful importation of 661 pump action guns into the country, by Nigeria Customs Services (NCS). The Nigeria Customs Service had on June 14, 2017, arraigned two Customs Officers, Muhmud Hassan and Salisu Abdulahi Danjuma, alongside Oscar Orkafor, Donatus Ezebunwa Achinulo and Matthew Okoye, before Justice Ayotunde Faji’s court, on charge bordering on illegal importation of fire arms, conspiracy, forgery and altering of documents, offering of graft to government officials and importation of prohibited goods. The offences according to the prosecutor, Mr. Julius Ajakaiye, are contrary to and punishable under sections 3(6),1(14) (a)(I) 1(2) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap. M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. And section 98(1) (b) of the Criminal Code Act. At the resumed trial of the accused persons Monday, Odu,

being led-in- evidence by the prosecutor, Mr. Julius Ajaikaye, revealed before the court, his interaction with each of the accused persons during investigation. He said: “In February, 2017, the DSS took over the case of illegal importation of firearms from the Nigeria Customs Services, while taking over the case, the two defendants, Hassan Mahmud and Okafor Oscar, also known as Okafor Osita, were handed over to DSS for investigation of illegal importation of 661 pump action rifles. “Also a 140 40” container containing the rifles and steel doors. Also, a truck with number BDG 265 SD, used in carrying the container, along with the pump action rifles. I and my team, which includes: Saheed Adetunji, Fola Oni, Bolaji Adeyemo, and others. “I interacted with the second defendant, Hassan Mahmud, who told me that he is a sole director of Hassan Trade Nigeria Limited, which is the consignee and importer of the illegally imported 661 pump action rifles. “In respect of the container, he and Oscar had several meeting at Southern Sun Hotel, Kingsway Road, Ikoyi, where he agreed to collect N4 million for the clearance of the container. And that in one of the meeting, Oscar told him that the container is carrying pump action rifles, which was the reason for charging him N4 million.”

A burnt section of the farm belonging to Chief Olu Falae, the former secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) at Ilado in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state that was destroyed by the Fulani herdsmen on Sunday evening, Photo: ‘TOSIN AJUWON

Patience Jonathan decries demolition of Abuja property Andrew Orolua Abuja

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Patience Jonathan on Monday lamented before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja, over the demolition of some Abuja properties linked to her Foundation. The demolition took place despite a suit in respect of the properties pending before a Federal High Court to presided by Justice John Tsoho. Yesterday’s sitting was meant for the hearing of a preliminary objection filed by counsel to Mrs Jonathan, Chief

Mike Ozekhome, SAN, challenging jurisdiction of the court to entertain an exparte motion brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The EFCC’s motion was aimed at seeking temporary forfeiture of the Abuja properties belonging to Mrs Jonathan, situated at plot No. 1758, Cadastral Zone, B06 Mabushi and plot No.1350, Cadastral Zone, A00 Central Business District, Abuja. But before moving his preliminary objection, Ozekhome informed the court that the buildings, which were the subject matter of the litiga-

tion, had been demolished. Ozekhome who was visibly dismayed by the act, told the court that the properties were demolished by the Federal Government, whose agent, the EFCC had come to court seeking an interim forfeiture of the property. “My Lord, we are in a democracy, not dictatorship, gerontocracy, absolutism, oligarchy, despotism, fascism or anarchy. We are operating a democracy, which was defined in 1873 by Abraham Lincoln. “Demolition of the properties which are a subject matter of a suit before the court is the

highest level of lawlessness and disregard to the rule of law. “It is an act of intimidation on the judiciary. “In view of the development, we are filing an affidavit evidence to show photographs, video CDs and newspaper reports that covered the demolition. “The respondent has removed the rug from the feet of this court and that should not be entertained. “You cannot destroy properties already a subject matter of a suit before a court whether done directly or indirectly by government or EFCC.

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Buhari sympathises with Kano Fish Market fire victims

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

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Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sympathy with traders at Yan Kifi Market, Kano, who suffered heavy losses following a fire incident. Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said he was deeply touched by the disaster, noting that the reported loss of a large number of shops and containers “is economically destabilizing for the victims.” According to him, “This fire disaster is an incalculable setback for the vic-

tims who have lost what they laboured for,” adding that he felt their pains with the greatest sense of empathy. “Regardless of our social status, we are connected by our common humanity, and therefore, as a leader, I fully understand what this unfortunate fire incident meant for the lives of the victims and their families,” he said. The President also sympathised with the entire people of Kano State over the fire disaster, and prayed to Almighty Allah to turn their losses into greater blessings.

The now demolished cinema which used to serve as Buhari Youths Organization headquarters, and the PDP secretariat located at Wulari near the UTC in Maiduguri, which is still standing.

Ekiti NULGE wants LG autonomy bill passed

FG establishes inter-ministerial C’ttee on data harmonisation

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Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

Gbenga Sodeinde, Ado Ekiti

Local Government Employees in Ekiti state has expressed deep concern over the delay in the passage of the local government autonomy bill by states House of Assembly in the country. This development the union described is an attestation to the fact that the present leadership in the country did not truly love people at the grassroots as professed. In a statement in Ado Ekiti President of the union comrade Bunmi Ajimoko explained local government autonomy remains a veritable means to address the various social and economic challenges facing the society owing to its closeness to the people. According to him, if government grants autonomy to local governments the issue of insecurity and ethnic crisis would become a thing of the past as the grassroots remained the first line of defence in any society. The NULGE president ap-

pealed to the thirty four houses of assembly to join Benue and cross Rivers in giving legal backing to the demands of the grassroots constituencies through the support for Local Government Autonomy Bill. He stressed the need for the assemblies to hold public hearings in order to confirm the dispositions of Nigerians to the proposed autonomy. The labour leader argued that the agitation was not actually about the unions operating at the local government level but essentially about overall grassroots development. On the controversy trailing the issue of devolution, NULGE boss said that every political system in the world was tilting towards making the grassroots stronger and supported the idea of devolving powers to states and local governments. He claimed that the centre was too powerful, both in resources and administration and it was finding it extremely difficult to effectively reach out to majority of Nigerians who reside at the grassroots.

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The Federal Government has established an InterMinisterial Committee on harmonisation of data collection and evaluation for the country. The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who confirmed this on Monday in Abuja, said the Committee would be chaired by the Statistician General of the Federation and Director General of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Yemi Kale. The Minister disclosed that the interministerial commit-

tee would serve as the clearing house and focal authority for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government for data collection, authentication and publication. She also noted that the Committee would ensure national standards for data collection, evaluation and publication as well as regularly provide guidance to all MDAs and other stakeholders engage in data collection, analysis and publication for policy formulation, implementation and monitoring. “The establishment of the Inter-Ministerial Committee has become imperative to de-

velop the production of national statistics and avoid data production duplication,” the Minister stated. The inter-ministerial committee is also expected to submit half-yearly reports to the Minister of Finance for necessary briefing of Mr. President. Members of the Committee include: the Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Idris Ahmed; Director General of the Debt Management Office, Ms. Patience Oniha; Director General of Budget Office of the Federation, Mr. Ben Akabueze, and representatives of the Federal Ministries of Finance, Budget and

National Planning, Health, Agriculture and Rural Development, Labour and Productivity, Education, Communication Technology. Other members of the Committee are: representatives of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Central Bank of Nigeria, Department of Petroleum Resources, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigerian Customs Service, National Population Commission, Nigerian Police, and Nigerian Governors Forum.

N400m ONSA Scam: Metuh’s ill health stalls trial ÏÏÏThe

trial of embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, slated for continuation Monday, January 22, was stalled as he was not in court on account of ill-health, according to his lawyer. Metuh is standing trial alongside his company, Destra Investment Limited, on a 7-count charge of fraud to the tune of N400

million preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja. When the case was called, Sylvanus Tahir, counsel to the EFCC, told the court that the case was for continuation of defence saying, “We are ready to proceed my Lord, but I observe that the de-

fendants are not in court”. Metuh’s counsel, Onyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN, however, responded by telling the court that his client had a relapse in his health situation. “Metuh is currently at the Nnamdi Azikwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, following a relapse in his health situation. We received a letter to that effect which was also filed in court”, he said

While craving the court’s indulgence for adjournment, Ikpeazu said, “I did not anticipate this. I must say honestly that I am in a very unusual position. This, being an issue of health we are applying for an adjournment at least till tomorrow so that we can have a clearer situation from the chief consultant as to when the defendant can be in court”. Tochukwu Onwubufor,

SAN, representing the second defendant aligned himself with the submission of Ikpeazu, stressing that health related issues are beyond human control. He further urged the court to “use its discretion and human sympathy to grant the application”. Tahir, in response told the court that “the prosecution was given a copy of the letter that emanat-

ed from Nnamdi Azikwe Teaching Hospital concerning the ill health of the 1st defendant just before your Lordship came into the open court”. He however said, “If the request is to adjourn till tomorrow, we reluctantly concede”. Consequently, the matter was adjourned to January 23, 2018 for continuation of defence.

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Lead revolution in agriculture, Ogbe charges research institutes Tom Okpe, Abuja

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L-R: All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain in Enugu, Chief Baywood Ibe; APC Chairman in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye; APC new entrant, Ms. Ginika Paul; APC Southeast Zonal Women Leader, Mrs. Sally Chinebu; Southeast Vice Chairman, Chief Emma Eneukwu and APC Enugu State Women Leader, Mrs. Oby Nwafor, during APC’s rally at Amoli community, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday.

Ex- AG Otunla absence stalls arraignment on N2bn fraud charge Andrew Orolua, Abuja

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ic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arraign former accountant-General of the Federation, Jonah Otunla, and eight others on money laundering charges before the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday failed as the first defendant was absent in court. The defendants, Jonah Otunla, Otunba Ade Adelakun, Gold Reef Industries Limited, Lambster Nigeria Limited, G.C Electronic Limited, Sinmilak Nigeria Limited, Wehsac Farms Limited, Shepherded Field Global Resources Limited and Stellavera Development Company Limited were to be arraigned for diverting N2bn from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). When the matter was called, on Monday, the second defendant, Otunba Ade Adeleke, was in court, however, counsel to Otunla, Ahmed Raji (SAN), told the court that the first defendant was on a medical trip to the United States and as such could not attend proceedings. Trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba consequently adjourned till February 27 for

arraignment. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the five counts filed before the court, on October 11, 2017, accused Otunla and the other defendants of transferring the sum of N2bn from ONSA account with the Central Bank of Nigeria between June and August 2013. The commission alleged that the defendants withdrew the money from ONSA account purported for the supply of security equipment. The anti-corruption agency also alleged that the fund formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful activity of the then NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.). The charges signed by EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Sylvanus Tahir stated that the sum of N2bn was transferred from ONSA account and disbursed into the accounts of several other companies, including one bank account that Otunba Adelakun is a signatory. The EFCC also stated in the charges that a former Director, Special Duties in ONSA, and a signatory to the accounts of Helpline Organisation, Col. Bello Fadile (rtd), who is at large, was also benefited from the proceeds of the alleged

crime. Some of the offences were said to be contrary to section 15(2) and 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15 (3) and (4) of the some Act. The charges read in part, “That you Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla, being the former Accountant General of the Federation and a Director and signatory to Ecobank account of Wehsac Farms Ltd, Otunba Ade Adelakun being the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and a signatory to the accounts of Gold Reef Industries Limited - Fidelity Bank, Lambster Nigeria Limited - Zenith Bank, G.C. Electronics Limited - GTB and Sinmilak Nigeria Limited - Fidelity Bank, Col. Bello Fadile (now at large, being the former Director, Special Duties in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and also a Director and signatory to the accounts of Helpline Organisation - Diamond Bank and Justice and Peace Consultants - GTB, sometime between June and August 2013 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this honourable court conspired to commit an illegal act, to wit: money laundering of the sum of N2,000,000,000:00

(two billion naira) transferred from the account of the National Security Adviser with the Central Bank of Nigeria to the accounts of Gold Reef Industries Limited with Fidelity Bank account No: 4010112969, Lambster Nigeria Limited with Zenith Bank Plc account No: 1011813502, G.C. Electronic Limited with GTB Plc account No: 0024330333 and Sinmilak Nigeria Limited with Fidelity Bank Plc account No: 4010160616 purporting to be for supply at security equipment and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as amended in 2012 and punishable under section 15 (3) and (4) of the some Act. “That you, Jonah Ogunniyi Otunla being the former Accountant General of the Federation and a Director and signatory to the Ecobank account of WEHSAC FARMS LTD, Otunba Ade Adelakun, being the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer and signatory to the accounts of Goldreef Industries Limited - Fidelity Bank, Lambster Nigeria Limited - Zenith Bank, G.C. Electronics Limited GTB and Sinmilak Nigeria Limited - Fidelity Bank, Col. Bello Fadile (now at large) being

Ogun, German agency partner on vocational skills training ÏÏÏTowards

encouraging the youth to play active role in the socio-economic development of the nation, the Ogun State Government, in partnership with a German agency, Foreign Trade and Investment Services Africa (FTAISA), has launched a vocational skills training for 500 youths. Governor Ibikunle Amosun, at the flag-off of the

Ogun State/FTAISA Skills Training and Entrepreneurship Development Program, held at the Technology Incubation centre, Onijanganjangan, Abeokuta, yesterday, said this is a demonstration of the commitment of his government, towards the development of vocational and technical education. Amosun, who stated that the training will cover Auto-

motive, Engineering, Building Services, Construction, Business Studies, Digital Technology, Beauty and Hair Dressing, Hospitality and Catering, Land and Animals, Travels and Tourism as well as Healthcare amongst others, enjoined the youths to take advantage of the training. He assured that youth empowerment, through voca-

tional skills, would be given priority by the state, to address the huge deficit in skills and entrepreneurship in the the country. In his speech, the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Bernhard Schlagheck, said the essence of the initiative was to improve the prospects of youths becoming employers of labour, through solid vocational and technical skills.

Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbe has charged Research Institutes in the country to lead in the Agricultural Development Program of the present administration. Chief Ogbe stated this in Zaria while on a 2 day working visit at the weekend to the three Research Institutes at Ahmadu Bello University, charging them to develop programs aimed at diversifying Nigeria’s economy to attain food security, and raise agriculture to become the mainstay of Nigerian economy. The three inspected Institutes are the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), and the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS). The Minister lamented the rate of poverty in the land especially on growing unemployment saying: “I am traumatized by poverty in the land especially on the issue of growing youth unemployment. The sad development is brought about by long neglect of agriculture and adoption of wrong economic policies that favored massive importation at the expense of local production and industrialization. I believe that no matter how bad the situation is, it can still be fixed with strong determination and adoption of relevant science and technology”. Chief Ogbeh commended the Institutes for the giant strides they have made in developing varieties of improved seedlings for maize, rice, sorghum, groundnut, cotton, cow-pea and livestock mentioning the foray into artificial insemination for cattle as well as local fabrication of simple agriculture implements like planters, shredders, harrowers tractors, oil-press, threshers and rice-mill. The Minister, who frowned at the politicization of every issue in Nigeria, called on the elites for a change of attitudes buttressing that;” What is needed is collective action to honestly address our problems as a nation. “The Federal Government is committed to solving the festering farmers/herders crisis by working with will-

ing State Governments to establish safe havens where the pastoralists will have access to guaranteed clean water, health facilities, and nutritious pasture for their animals. He said that once this is done, and there is security to guard against rustlers, there will be an end to open grazing that is the root cause of conflicts between farmers and herders “We have to end this fight between farmers and the herdsmen. We have got enough land and scientific knowledge to solve the problem except there is too much politics and too little governance. Everything is politicized and there is too much suspicion; even with religion, everybody is suspicious that you are about to play one trick or the other. “We have well over 145 million hectares of land untouched yet we have no land to give for gracing for cattle build up. Why should one set of people be in the bush, working around day and night because they are keeping herds and trying to give us meat when we can give them better life; secure the farmers, secure the herdsmen from rustlers and give everybody good attention. I tell you, we can do it. Let us work towards the national happiness that we all desire. When we do it, we will expose your expertise to the rest of West Africa”, he said. He challenged the scientists to deploy products of their research and technology to help solve the farmers/herders crisis adding that; “from what I have seen on the field, there is no doubt that Nigeria has what it takes to solve the problem and become a reference point to other countries experiencing same challenge in the West Africa subregion”. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Ibrahim Garba in his earlier remarks commended the Minister for spending 2 days to obtain firsthand knowledge about the Institutes. He lamented the lack of appreciation of research work in the country saying that there are piles of research work by Professors all over the place, drawing attention of the Minister to the problem of outdated equipment’s, pleading for improved funding of the Institutes.

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I formerly known as ALEXONI KAZEEM OLALANI wish to be known and addressed as ALEX-ONI JOHN OLALANI. THAT MY CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH IS 24/03/1984. All former documents remain valid General public please take note.

OLUSANYA VICTORIA ADIAHA I formerly known and addressed as AKPAN VICTORIA ADIAHA, now wish to be known and addressed as OLUSANYA VICTORIA ADIAHA. General public should please take note.

I formerly known as PRECIOUS UWEM JOHN wish to be known and addressed as IKEYINA DAMSEL-PRECIOUS IFEOMA. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

ADDITION OF MIDDLE NAME TO MY NAME

That I, CHIMEZIE ONYEDIKACHUKWU HAPPINESS THAT I WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHIMEZIE ONYEDIKACHUKWU,WISH TO ADD MY MIDDLE NAME ‘’HAPPINESS’’ wish to be known and addressed as CHIMEZIE ONYEDIKACHUKWU HAPPINESS

LADY LIZZY/ ELIZABETH UCHE EBELE

Formerly known as Lady Lizzy/ Elizabeth Uche Chinye wish to be known and addressed as Lady Lizzy/ Elizabeth Uche Ebele. All former documents remain valid General public please take note.

BIBLE PATTERN FOR ALL SAINTS MINISTRY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. Rev Udemezue Leonard Chukwukendu 2. Mrs Udemezue Perculia Ndidiamaka 3. Otibe Emmanuel Chinonye 4. Praise Okoye 5. Ukwu Uchenna Emmanuel 6. Okenwa Kingsley Chibuzo. Aim And Objectives: 1. 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, P.M.B 198, GARKI ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION Signed: Trustees

I formerly known and addressed as OLAYIWOLA DAMILOLA IKUDINAKIN now I wish to be known and addressed as OLAYIWOLA DAMILOLA AKINNOLA.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note

I formerly known and addressed as SANUSI AYISAT ATINUKE now I wish to be known and addressed as OYETAYO AYISAT ATINUKE.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note

I formerly known and addressed as ODEMUYIWA ABIOLA OLAJUMOKE now I wish to be known and addressed as MRS OWODUNNI ABIOLA OLAJUMOKE (NEE ODEMUYIWA). All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

OLAYIWOLA DAMILOLA AKINNOLA

OGUNGBADE TOHEEB IREMITIDE

I formerly known and addressed as ODEMUYIWA SADE VICTORIA now I wish to be known and addressed as ADEMOLA SADE VICTORIA (NEE ODEMUYIWA) .All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

In some my documents my name was wrongly written as EMMANUEL ALHAMMED instead of EMMANUEL ALHAMDU THANKGOD. I was born on 26/12/1989 not 03/11/1986.All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as BRYAN OSHOKE AUGUSTINE now wish to add IYANUOLUWA to my name henceforth I wish to be known and correct my name as OSHOKE-AUGUSTINE BRYAN IYANUOLUWA. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

ORIOLA ABOSEDE DORCAS I formerly known and addressed as Taiwo Abosede Dorcas, now wish to be known and adddressed as ORIOLA ABOSEDE DORCAS. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as UMAR MODU TELA now I wish to be known and addressed as LAWAN ABDULLAHI USMAN. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

PROSPER AGBETOGN AHOULOU

CONFIRMATION OF NAME In some of my documents my name appears as ABDULRAHEEM KUDIRAT FUNKE While in some other ones it appears as SHOGBOYINBO KUDIRAT FUNKE. The names refer to the same person. All documents bearing all the names remain valid. General public to please take note. CORRECTION OF NAME

I formerly known and addressed as PROSPER AHOULOU CRUZ now I wish to be known and addressed as PROSPER AGBETOGN AHOULOU. I was born on 12/11/1980 All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

In some my documents including my pay slip my name was wrongly written as OKORO ANNE NKIRUKA instead of OKORO ANNA NKIRUKA. All former documents remain valid. General public to please take note.

UBABA VICTOR PEACE I formerly known and addressed as BASSEY EFFIONG PEACE, now wish to be known and addressed as UBABA VICTOR PEACE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I formerly known and addressed as ABU HAJARATU, now wish to be known and addressed as ABUBAKAR HAJARATU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

ANGELA OSENACHI NDU

MR. FRED EBBEY

I formerly known as ANGELA OSENACHI IWULE wish to be known and addressed as ANGELA OSENACHI NDU. All former documents remain valid, general public please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MR. EBBEY JUNIOR OROGODO, now wish to be known and addressed as MR. FRED EBBEY. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OGUNBOTE ABIODUN OBAFEMI ENIOLA I formerly known as OGUNBOTE OBAFEMI ENIOLA ABIODUN wish to be known and addressed as OGUNBOTE ABIODUN OBAFEMI ENIOLA. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME/ CORRECTED DATE OF BIRTH That I ADEYEMI TAIWO YEMI SUWUBAT is the same person bearing these names TAIWO YEMI ADEYEMI and ADEYEMI TAIWO SUWUBAT wish to be known and addressed as ADEYEMI TAIWO YEMI SUWUBAT and corrected date of birth is 10th June, 1976. All Documents /Credentials bearing these names remain valid, general public please take note.

ABUBAKAR HAJARATU

MRS ADEBOYE HABIBAT OLUWATOYIN I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Miss Seriki Abibat Toyin Seriki, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS Mrs Adeboye Habibat Oluwatoyin. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

JOHN PHILIPS I formerly known as JOHN PHILIPS BLESSING wish to be known and addressed as JOHN PHILIPS. All former documents remain valid, General public please take note.

LOSS OF DOCUMENTS

I, EBOIGBE GODSTIME wish to inform the general public of the loss of original shipping documents with BL number LOS700126600, for shipment done with PIL Shipping line. The documents were lost in transit. All effort to trace the said documents proved abortive. The general public and authority concern should please take note. If found please contact Godstime on 09099349216 or PIL Shipping line.

Change of Names 22 OMENOKE CHIDERA FREDERICK

I, formerly known and addressed as OMENOKE CHIDERA FREDERICK ANTHONY, now wish to be known and addressed as OMENOKE CHIDERA FREDERICK. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note. MRS OZOMA ANGELA UKAMAKA

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AGU ANGELA UKAMAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OZOMA ANGELA UKAMAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. OFORBUIKE CECILIA CHIJIOGE

I, formerly known and addressed as OFOR CECILIA CHIJIOGE,now wish to be known and addressed as OFORBUIKE CECILIA CHIJIOGE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note

MRS ANI BRIDGET AMECHI I, formerly known and addressed as MISS NNAJI BRIDGET AMECHI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ANI BRIDGET AMECHI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. ANIMBA KENNETH UDOKA

I, formerly known and addressed as ANIMBA KENNETH, now wish to be known and addressed as ANIMBA KENNETH UDOKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. ELUKE KOSISOCHUKWU LUCY I formerly known and addressed as ILOAMA KOSISOCHUKWU LUCY now wish to be known and addressed as ELUKE KOSISOCHUKWU LUCY. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS CHUKWUJEKWU NNEKA GRACE I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ENEMUO NNEKA GRACE, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHUKWUJEKWU NNEKA GRACE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. MRS EZE-CHIMAOBI NGOZI JULIET

I, formerly known and addressed as UGWU NGOZI JULIET, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EZECHIMAOBI NGOZI JULIET. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note MRS EZE JOSEPHINE EGO I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EKPELUCHI JOSEPHINE NWAKAEGO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS EZE JOSEPHINE EGO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. MRS UGWU RITA CHIAMAKA

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS UDEHWAFOR RITA CHIAMAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UGWU RITA CHIAMAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. MRS ANUKWUOCHA CHINASA REBECCA

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ONUOHA CHINASA REBECCA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ANUKWUOCHA CHINASA REBECCA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS CHRISTIANA CHINASA OZOEMENA

MRS OLISA NANCY UCHECHUKWU

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ABAGHA NANCY UCHECHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS OLISA NANCY UCHECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

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OGAZIE JOSEPH OBINNA I, formerly known and addressed as OGAZIE OBINNA-ALIRI,now wish to be known and addressed as OGAZIE JOSEPH OBINNA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS IGWE GLADYS OBIANUJU

OSONDU CHUKWUEBUKA GODFREY

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OKOYE GLADYS OBIANUJU, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS IGWE GLADYS OBIANUJU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OSONDUOKORO CHUKWUEBUKA CHIDIEBERE, now wish to be known and addressed as OSONDU CHUKWUEBUKA GODFREY. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

CHIDEBE MARIA

MRS ANAH HENRIETTA IJEOMA

RUBEN EUCHARIA CHINASA

EZEH PRISCILLA CHINONYE

I, formerly known and addressed as EAUCHARIA RUBEN and RUBBEN EUCHERIA CHINASA, now wish to be known and addressed as RUBEN EUCHARIA CHINASA. My correct date of birth 27/08/1973. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as UZOR PRISCILLA CHINONYE, now wish to be known and addressed as EZEH PRISCILLA CHINONYE.All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

ANIELO CHRISTIANA IWHINE I, formerly known and addressed as OMURU CHRISTIANA IWHINE, now wish to be known and addressed as ANIELO CHRISTIANA IWHINE. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. MRS MADUKA PAMELA OGO

I, formerly known and addressed as CHIDEBE MARY, now wish to be known and addressed as CHIDEBE MARIA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS UGWU HENRIETTA IJEOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ANAH HENRIETTA IJEOMA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS OKONKWO PAMELA OGO, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS MADUKA PAMELA OGO. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS ANN EBELE DENNIS I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANN EBELE ROBINSON, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ANN EBELE DENNIS. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

AKWU DAVID I, formerly known and addressed as AKWU SUNNY UKACHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as AKWU DAVID. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OBINNA ZILA ANAKOR, now wish to be known and addressed as OBINNA MAXIMUS ANAKOR. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

AMADI AUGUSTUS OKECHUKWU

ONWUKA CHISOM LINDA

I, formerly known and addressed as AMADI FRANKLIN OKECHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as AMADI AUGUSTUS OKECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as OKOYE CHISOM LINDA,now wish to be known and addressed as ONWUKA CHISOM LINDA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

MRS VICTORIA KALU UKA

MRS UTAZI MAGRETH CHINASA

OBINNA MAXIMUS ANAKOR

MRS ENEJE CYNTHIA CHIDIMMA I, formerly known and addressed as MISS ANI CYNTHIA CHIDIMMA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ENEJE CYNTHIA CHIDIMMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note

EZE BLESSING NGOZI

I formerly known and addressed as MISS CHRISTIANA CHINASA NGWU now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHRISTIANA CHINASA OZOEMENA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AMA UDE VICTORIA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS VICTORIA KALU UKA. All former documents remain valid. Abia State University, NYSC, Banks and General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS AJAOGWU MAGRETH CHINASA now wish to be known and addressed as MRS UTAZI MAGRETH CHINASA. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as JOHN BLESSING NWABUGO, now wish to be known and addressed as EZE BLESSING NGOZI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS ANOZIE ONYINYE GIFT

EMEKAM WINIFRED CHIOMA

EGBE FLORENCE OGOCHUKWU

I formerly known and addressed as MISS EZENMA CHUKWUNEKE JULIET now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHIMA CHUKWUNEKE JULIET. All former documents remain valid. NYSC and General public should please take note.

JACINTA CHIOMA OKOYE I formerly known and addressed as NWAIGWE STELLA CHIOMA, now wish to be known and addressed as JACINTA CHIOMA OKOYE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

I formerly known and addressed as MISS EZEONYI ONYINYE GIFT AZUKA now wish to be known as MRS ANOZIE ONYINYE GIFT all former documents remain valid. General public take note

I formerly known and addressed as IBEMESI WINIFRED CHIOMA now wish to be known and addressed as EMEKAM WINIFRED CHIOMA, All former documents remain valid banks and general public take note.

IBENEME MIRIAM ONYINYE

EGUANUKU LARRY

MRS. AKWARANDU IFEANYI CHINWENDU I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ONUOHA BELINDA CHINWENDU, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. AKWARANDU IFEANYI CHINWENDU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MRS CHIMA CHUKWUNEKE JULIET

I formerly known and addressed as IBENEME IBENEME MIIM ONYINYE now wish to be known and addressed as IBENEME MIRIAM ONYINYE, All former documents remain valid, banks and general public take note. MRS. OKPARA CHIZOBA MAUREEN

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. OKONKWO CHIZOBA MAUREEN, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. OKPARA CHIZOBA MAUREEN. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. MRS. MISHAEL KELECHI OBIANUJU I formerly known and addressed as MISS.EZEKOKA KELECHI JERMAINE,now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. MISHAEL KELECHI OBIANUJU. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, OBIASESA EZEKIEL, now wish to be known and addressed as, EGUANUKU LARRY. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

MRS. FATIMA ABDULLAHI TALBOT

I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. FATIMA ABDULLAHI GARBA, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. FATIMA ABDULLAHI TALBOT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

MRS. ISA SHAKIRAT IYABO

I formerly known and addressed as Olanihun Shakirat Iyabo.now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs. Isa Shakirat Iyabo. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

MRS. ABEL ELIZABETH TITILOPE I, formerly known and addressed as, MISS. ADEGBITE ELIZABETH TITILOPE, now wish to be known and addressed as, MRS. ABEL ELIZABETH TITILOPE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. AJAYI EMMANUEL TAIWO I formerly known and addressed as ADESHINA EMMANUEL TAIWO, now wish to be known and addressed as AJAYI EMMANUEL TAIWO . All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

that OKAFOR ONYEKACHI FRANK and OKAFOR ONYEKACHI FRANCIS refers to be same and one person but now wish to be known and addressed as OKAFOR ONYEKACHI FRANK. All former documents remain valid, general public take note. MRS TITILAYO ADENIYI ALEBIOSU

I formerly known and addressed as OHAJIAKA FLORENCE OGOCHUKWU now wish to be known and addressed as EGBE FLORENCE OGOCHUKWU, All former documents remain valid, Banks and general public take note.

WISDOM BENNETT

I, formerly known and addressed as, EMMANUEL BENNETH, now wish to be known and addressed as, WISDOM BENNETT. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. CHUKWUEMEKA NDU

NNAMANI KINGSLEY NNAMCHI

I, formerly known and addressed as NNAMANI KINGSLEY OBIORA, now wish to be known and addressed as NNAMANI KINGSLEY NNAMCHI. All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note. MRS NNAJI ONYINYE CHIBUIKE I, formerly known and addressed as MISS EZEH ONYINYE JUDITH and MRS NNAJI ONYINYE CHIBUIKE JUDITH, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS NNAJI ONYINYE CHIBUIKE. All former documents remain valid. Banks and General public should please take note.

MRS CHIKELU REBECCA CHIKAODILI I, formerly known and addressed as MISS IZUEKE REBECCA CHIKAODILI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS CHIKELU REBECCA CHIKAODILI All former documents remain valid. General public should please take note.

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

ORJI PRINCE UCHE

I, formerly known and addressed as ORJI KINGSLEY UCHENNA, now wish to be known and addressed as ORJI PRINCE UCHE. All former documents remain valid. BANKS and General public should please take note. ITODO EVELYN NKECHI I formerly known and addressed as AKOR-EZE EVELYN NKECHI now wish to be known and addressed as ITODO EVELYN NKECHI, All former documents remain valid banks and general public take note.

IWE CHUKWUMA I, formerly known and addressed as, IWE JONATHAN, now wish to be known and addressed as, IWE CHUKWUMA. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note. COLUMBUS AUGUSTINA NKEIRU

I, formerly known and addressed as Miss Oladele Titilayo Kemi, now wish to be known as Mrs Titilayo Adeniyi Alebiosu. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, EMEKA MARK OSUAGWU, now wish to be known and addressed as, CHUKWUEMEKA NDU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

ADEBOWALE ISMAHEEL AJANI

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

name Ekong Ndifreke Samuel and Queensly Uwem Isaiah belong to one and the same person. Now I wish to be known as Queensly Uwem Isaiah. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

I, RUTH BELEMA EREMIE, and RUTH ROBINSON EREMIE, refer to one and same person but, now wish to be known and addressed as, RUTH ROBINSON EREMIE. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known and addressed as AJANI ISMAHEEL.now wish to be known and addressed as ADEBOWALE ISMAHEEL AJANI. All former document remain valid. General public should please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as, EKEZIE AUGUSTINA NKEIRU, now wish to be known and addressed as, COLUMBUS AUGUSTINA NKEIRU. All former documents remain valid. General public should take note.

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CHUKWUEMEKA GIFTY BECKY UDOKAMMA

Formerly known and addressed as NOBEI GIFT BECKY, now wish to be known and addressed as CHUKWUEMEKA GIFTY BECKY UDOKAMMA. That my date of birth was wrongly written as 20th of May,1985 instead of 20th of May, 1988. That my correct date of birth is 20th of May, 1988. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AJUFO PAT AMAKA Formerly known and addressed as ADIGWE PATIENCE NNEAMAKA, now wish to be known and addressed as AJUFO PAT AMAKA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. EZENWAFOR CHIOMA JENNIFER

EJIKEME EKPERECHUKWU CYNTHIA Formerly known and addressed as EJIKEME CYNTHIA GERTHRUDE, now wish to be known and addressed as EJIKEME EKPERECHUKWU CYNTHIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OKEKE CHIJIOKE Formerly known and addressed as CHIJIOKE OBICHUKWU, now wish to be known and addressed as OKEKE CHIJIOKE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. MRS ADEYEMO SEKINAT OLATANWA

Formerly known and addressed as OKEKE CHIOMA JENNIFER, now wish to be known and addressed as EZENWAFOR CHIOMA JENNIFER. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MISS ANIFOWOSHE SEKINAT OLATANWA, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS ADEYEMO SEKINAT OLATANWA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

MRS MUKAILA SHAKIRAT OLABISI

MISS OPOOSUN JULIANA OMOWUNMI

Formerly known and addressed as MISS SHOKUNBI SHAKIRAT OLABISI, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS MUKAILA SHAKIRAT OLABISI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MRS OMONIYI JULIANA OMOWUNMI, now wish to be known and addressed as MISS OPOOSUN JULIANA OMOWUNMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

UNIQUE DIASPORA STARS CLUB OF NIGERIA THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) NNALUE JOHNSON 2) UCHENNA ONYEAKA 3) OKEY JOSEPH 4) TAGBO MIKE IGBANUGO 5) CHUKWUEMEKA EGWUATU 6) ONU EKWE DAVID 7) IVEKWU NWAOJI VINCENT 8) IFEDIORAH IFEANYI CYRIL 9) PAUL UYAEMES

OGOKE NGOZI ROSEMARY

Formerly known and addressed as CHINKATA NGOZI ROSEMARY, now wish to be known and addressed as OGOKE NGOZI ROSEMARY . All former documents remain valid. General public take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME KWABENA is the same person as KOFI ADUSAH. All documents bearing these names remain valid and should be treated as one person. General public take note

Change of Names 23 MABINUORI MOSUNMOLA OLUWAKEMI

FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMUDA QUDARI OLADAPO, NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS AMUDA KEHINDE QUADRI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC TAKE NOTE.

OBOITE OLUWATOYIN OMOLOLA Formerly known and addressed as ALEGBE OLUWATOYIN OMOLOLA, now wish to be known and addressed as OBOITE OLUWATOYIN OMOLOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

OCHE THERESA ENE

CORRECTION OF NAME

Formerly known and addressed as OGWUCHE THERESA ENE, now wish to be known and addressed as OCHE THERESA ENE. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

This is to inform the general public that my name was wrongly written IKUESAM OLUWAFUNKE AYO instead of IKUESAN FUNKE AYODELE. That my correct name is IKUESAN FUNKE AYODELE. That my date of birth was wrongly written as 3rd of January, 1982 instead of 13th of January, 1982. That my correct date of birth 13th January, 1982. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

MRS COLE OLUWAYEMISI MORIAM Formerly known and addressed as HASSAN OLUWAYEMISI MORIAM, now wish to be known and addressed as MRS COLE OLUWAYEMISI MORIAM. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as MR ANYANWU MIKE DONALD, now wish to be known and addressed as NJOKU MACDONALD EGWU. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AMOO PATRICIA Formerly known and addressed as EBUNYANGA PATRICIA, now wish to be known and addressed as AMOO PATRICIA. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

EJUEYITCHIE SHEGBEMI CHARLES is the same person as EJUEYITCHIE S CHARLES. All documents bearing these names remain valid and should be treated as one person. General public take note

MRS.NDUAGUIBE CHINENYE CLEMENT FLORENCE I, formerly known and addressed as MISS.AGOMUO CHINENYE FLORENCE, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. NDUAGUIBE CHINENYE CLEMENT FLORENCE. All Former documents remain valid. EMBASSIES, BANKS and General public take note.

ENO UBONG EDEM FRANKLIN I, formerly known and addressed as ENO EFE EMEFIK now wish to be known and addressed as ENO UBONG EDEM FRANKLIN. All former documents remain valid. General public take note

I, formerly known and addressed as Ganiu Kafayat Adunni now wish to be known and addressed as Bello kafayat Adunni. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

NJOKU MACDONALD EGWU

COLLINS CORLEONE’S FOUNDATION FOR THE NEEDY THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) Asogwa Collins 2) Onuigbo Nnamdi AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) To Provide help to the Widows, Orphans, Physically Challenged and the Less Privileged

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

OBI ODUM FAMILY UNION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1) MR FRANCIS NNADI - CHAIRMAN , 2) MR JUSTIN OKECHUKW - SECRETARY 3) SIR TONY UBASI NNADI 4) SIR CORNELIUS CHUKWULOZIE COLLINS NWOSU 5) ENGR. CHRISTIAN NNADI

AMUDA KEHINDE QUADRI Formerly known and addressed as AMUDA KEHINDE OLAKOJO, now wish to be known and addressed as AMUDA KEHINDE QUADRI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

Formerly known and addressed as LAMIDI MOSUNMOLA OLUWAKEMI, now wish to be known and addressed as MABINUORI MOSUNMOLA OLUWAKEMI. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

AIM AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE CLUB

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AMUDA KEHINDE QUADRI

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BELLO KAFAYAT ADUNNI

BAMIGBADE OMOLARA MOTUNRAYO

I, formerly known and addressed as Omolara Obiremi now wish to be known and addressed as Bamigbade Omolara Motunrayo. All former documents remain valid. General public take note. ODUNLAMI JULIANAH ADEJOKE

NWOKE ANGELA I formerly known and addressed as KALU ANGELA now wish to be known called and addressed as NWOKE ANGELA. All former documents remain valid . General public take note.

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I formerly known and addressed as EMEKA BEN ILONA now wish to be known called and addressed as EMEKA BEN EMMANUEL. All former documents remain valid. General public take note.

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EZIOKWU CARE FOUNDATION

ILASAN JAKANDE ESTATE COMPENSATED LANDLORD ASSOCIATION

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. NWOLISA FERDINAND CHUKWUNONSO 2. OKAFOR AMAKA VICTORIA

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. ARIWAYO TUNDE THOMAS, 2. AIYEKARE SAMUEL 3. AZUBIKE CHIDI 4. ELDER KAKA TAIWO 5. MOTORO BOLAJI ENIOLA 6. IKHARIA PETER 7. MR PAULINE NWAMARA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1) TO ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE FAMILY 2) TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PERFORM HUMANITATARIAN WORKS 2. TO CARRY ON COMMUNITY SERVICES 3. TO ASSIST THE ORPHANS AND LESS PRIVILEGED ONES IN THE SOCIETY. 4. TO CONDUCT FREE SKILL ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

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THE PAMELA IWEZE KINGDOM CHILDREN FOUNDATION THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. IWEZE PAMELA NKECHI - CHAIRMAN, 2. IWEZE CYRIL CHUKWUDI 3. UYE ESTHER UCHE - SECRETARY, 4. ADEMUKOLU ADESHEGUN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FOCUS ON CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY ABUSED CHILDREN, DISPLACED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN THE SOCIETY. 2. TO STRIVE TO OVERCOME BARRIERS THAT PREVENT CHILDREN FROM FULFILLING THEIR POTENTIALS, THROUGH COUNSELING AND WELFARE SERVICES

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THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. MRS OSHINIWE ANTHONIA , 2. OLATUNBOSUN ISRAEL 3. OLADELE DAMILOLA

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:1. To provide shelters and boarding facilities for the homeless and under privileged persons. 2. To alleviate hunger by promoting agricultural development amongst the under privileged thus, providing them with a means of livelihood towards

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MRS. UWALE NELLY ODUDU

CONFIRMATION OF NAME

NJERIBE KASEY EZE is the

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PST. AMBROSE OLUSOYA 2. MRS AUGUSTINA ABDULBARI 3. MR OJO GODWIN 4. PST. (MRS) BRIDGET OLUSANYA 5. PST KING JABILA OBJECTIVES: 1. TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST . 2. TO REACH OUT TO THE SICK, BROKENHEARTED, DOWNTRODDEN AND AFFLICTED IN LIFE. 3. TO HELP MANKIND REALIZE, ACTUALIZE AND MAINTAIN THEIR POTENTIALS IN CHRIST.

CONFIRMATION OF NAME MADUABUABUCHI BARTHOLOMEW EMEASOBA

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INCORPORATED TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY OF BENIN DEMONSTRATION SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS OF 2002 ASSOCIATION THIS IS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED FOUNDATION HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, 1990. THE TRUSTEES ARE ONYEBUEKE CHUDI ADEYEMI---------------------------TRUSTEE/CHAIRMAN ANAO OSEIKHUEME ABDULKADIR. -------------------------TRUSTEE/FINANCIAL SECRETARY ADAMASI EMMANUEL AMANOR--------------------------------TRUSTEE/SECRETARY THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE FRIENDSHIP AND THE SPIRIT OF FELLOWSHIP AMONG MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION. 2. TO FOSTER AND STRENGTHEN THE LOYALTY OF ITS MEMBERS TO THE SCHOOL AND CO-OPERATE WITH ALL OTHER UDOSA GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD 3. TO INITIATE AND SUPPORT WORTHWHILE, PROGRESSIVE AND VIABLE PROJECTS BENEFICIAL TO OUR ALMA MATER (UDSS) AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS TO DO SAME. 4. TO CREATE A FORUM FOR HONORING MEMBERS WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THEIR FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR, CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF UDSS AND THE ASSOCIATION. 5. TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE PROGRESS OF MEMBERS. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION PLOT 420, TIGRIS CRESCENT, OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET, MAITAMA, ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS PUBLICATION. SIGNED: GLORY AKOSA (MISS) – 0806-2930724 AGLOWB & PHANIE CONSULTS 067 BASHORUN ESTATE, OLIVE GARDENS CLOSE, MAJEK FIRST GATE LEKKI-EPE EXPRESSWAY LAGOS.

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CHRISTIAN FAITH ZOE MANIFESTATION CHURCH THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED BODY HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART ‘C’ OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTER ACT 1990. TRUSTEES ARE: 1.MATHIAS FAITH AKUBO 2. MATHIAS LYDIIA ELEOJO 3.DAVID CHEKO AKOH 4.MUSA JONATHAN UREGI 5.AMURAWAIYE YEMISI OBJECTIVES: 1. TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION BY EVANGELIZING THE UNSAVED 2. PROVIDE SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR KINGDOM LIVING 3. TO RAISE AGENT OF CHANGE 4.TO PROVIDE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR WIDOWS,ORPHANS AND THE LESS PRIVILEGE 5. PREPARING BELIEVERS FOR CHRIST’S 2ND COMING ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR GENERAL,CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 420 TIGRIS CRESCENT,OFF AGUYI IRONSI STREET,MAITAMA,ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED: SECRETARY

HEAVENLY DOMINION CITIZEN BIBLE CHURCH

FATHER REMIGIUS ORJIUKWU FOUNDATION

SIGNED: MAGNUS GLORY UGOCHUKWU (PRESIDENT)

SIGNED: OMEGA REIGNS CHAMBERS 3RD FLOOR STANDARD PLAZA. AMINU KANO CRESCENT WUSE 2 ABUJA FCT.

GLOBAL RESCUE INITIATIVE AND EMPOWERMENT FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

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

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. REV. FR. REMIGIUS ORJIUKWU - CHAIRMAN 2. MRS. NKEIRUKA GEORGEANA OKOLIE - SECRETARY 3. BARR. IFEANYI UNAEZE - MEMBER AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO EMBARK ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROJECTS. 2. YOUTH AND CHILDREN EMPOWERMENT. 3. JOB CREATION AND SKILL ACQUISITION. 4. ASSISTING THE LESS PRIVILEGED.

TRUSTEES 1 ELAIHO OMO GODFREY - PRESIDENT 2 LYARE LNNOCENT GEORGE. - VICE PRESIDENT 3 ELAIHO JEFFREY EGHOSA. - FINANCIAL SECRETAY 4 AKAGBOSU CHRISTOPHER BADAMACI - GEN SEC 5 OMORODION PATRICK ALAWALE - MEDIA PUBLICITY 6 ELAIHO OSAODIN - WELFARE OFFICER 7 ADEMOLA WASIU -

IS-HAAQ ABDUR-RAHEEM YUSUF

JOSHUA OLUFEMI ADEBAYO

I IS’HAQ YUSUF ABDURRAHEEM, ABDURRAHEEM IS’HAQ AND IS’HAQ ABDUWAHMAN ABDULWAHEEM IS THE SAME PERSON NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS IS-HAAQ ABDUR-RAHEEM YUSUF, ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID. GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSHUA OLUFEMI IBRAHIM NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS JOSHUA OLUFEMI ADEBAYO, ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE NOTE

GRACE ARMY BIBLE CHURCH INT’L.

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

ADEOYE DYNASTY FOUNDATION

SIGNED: SECRETARY

MRS OLAJOLO ANU ELIZABETH I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS OLOWOOKERE ANU ELIZABETH NOW KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS OLAJOLO ANU ELIZABETH. FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, AUTHORITIES CONCERN AND GENERAL PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

THIS IS TO NOTIFY THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE ABOVE NAMED, HAS APPLIED TO THE CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT 1990. TRUSTEES : 1. CHRISTIAN TEMITOPE ADEOYE. 2. ABIMBOLA OLUWASEYI ADEOYE. 3. OLAYIDE ADUKE. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: 1. TO ASSIST THE BEGGERS BY TAKING THEM OFF THE STREET. 2. TO SET UP A FEEDING SHELTER WHERE BEGGERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD AND OTHER AIDS. 3. TO SET UP A REHABILITATION FRAME-WORK THAT WILL HELP THE BEGGERS TO USE THEIR TALENTS, GIFT AND GET THEM ENGAGED. ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION

MRS AYINDE ANUOLUWAPO I FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS MAKANJUOLA ANUOLUWAPO FLORENCE NOW WISH TO BE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MRS AYINDE ANUOLUWAPO FLORENCE. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAIN VALID, GENERAL PUBLIC AND AUTHORITY CONCERN PLEASE NOTE.

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 COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990 .

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

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH TO LOST SOULS

I, FORMERLY KNOWN AND ADDRESSED AS MISS DOYIN EUNICE DAVID, NOW WISH TO BE CALLED AND ADDRESSED AS MRS DOYIN EUNICE DAVID-KELECHI. ALL FORMER DOCUMENTS REMAINS VALID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ALL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED SHOULD PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

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 COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT OF 1990 . THE TRUSTEES ARE; 1. MAGNUS GLORY UGOCHUKWU - PRESIDENT 2. YEBOAH BENJAMIN - MEMBER 3.MAGDALENE UGOCHUKWU - MEMBER 4. NWANKPA CHUKWUMA LAZARUS - SECRETARY 5. MANNIE ELVIS AKELE - MEMBER AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1.TO PREACH THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

HOPE AND SALVATION MINISTRY FOR ALL NATIONS

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. JOSHUA ISHAYA 2. HASSAN HARUNA BDLIYA 3. PAUL INUWA ADAMU 4. BULUS BADU WARA JACOB 5. TOMA DUWARA

MRS DOYIN EUNICE DAVID-KELECHI

THE TRUSTEES ARE: 1. TUNDE KESIYE DICKSON - CHAIRMAN 2. GODSPOWER UNITED LAZARUS - SECRETARY AIM AND OBJECTIVE: 1. TO PROPAGATE THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

SIGNED: TUNDE KESIYE DICKSON (CHAIRMAN)

FACE TO FACE WITH JESUS HEIRS MINISTRY

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ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REGISTRATION SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL, CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION MAITAMA ABUJA WITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION SIGNED :SECRETARY

IPOKIA LICENCE PRODUCE BUYERS ASSOCIATION

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE ABOVE NAMED HAS APPLIED TO CORPORATE AFFAIRS COMMISSION, ABUJA FOR REGISTRATION UNDER PART “C” OF THE COMPANIES AND ALLIED MATTERS ACT, NO. 1 OF 1990. TRUSTEES: 1) CHAIRMAN : FALOLA WASIU ADELEKE 2) VICE CHAIRMAN : TANLOJU JOSEPH SESINU 3) GEN SEC: AKINLADE HAHYA ALAMU 4) FINAL SEC: ADESHINA KAYODE EBENEZER 5) P. R. O.: MUFTAU JELILI AYINLA 6) AUDITOR: BELLO ABAYOMI 7) TREASURE: TELLA HARUNA ADESHOLA AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO CATER FOR WELFARE OF MEMBER 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 ABUJAWITHIN 28 DAYS OF THIS PUBLICATION.

SIGNED SECRETARY

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AIM AND OBJECTIVE: TO EMPOWER THE WOMAN AND YOUTH

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Court adjourns ex-gov, Aliyu’s N2bn fraud trial to Feb. 20 Andrew Orolua, Abuja

ÏÏÏJustice

Yalim S. Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Minna, Niger State, has adjourned the trial of former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu to February 20, 2018 for continuation. Aliyu, fondly called ‘the Chief Servant’ during his days as governor, is being prosecuted with his Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an eight-count charge of abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N2billion. The money, which was said to be part of ecological funds released by the Federal Government to the State in 2014, was allegedly diverted by the former governor for political purposes. A statement signed by the Acting Head, Media & Publicity SaADELAKUN ENITAN REBECCA

min Amaddin, said the offence was contrary to Section 18 (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act. The matter, which was slated for Monday for commencement of trial, was stalled by the defence counsels who claimed that they could not understand the statement made by PW1, Saidu Nma-Aba Idris, before the EFCC. Addressing the court, Nasko’s counsel, Mamman Mike Osuman (SAN), said that he could not “decipher the statement of the PW1”, a position which Aliyu’s counsel, Olajide Ayodele (SAN), also aligned himself with. Osuman said: “My lord, this gentleman’s purported statement before the EFCC is contained on a page within the ambit of proof of evidence. “We are not able to

decipher this statement. We can’t read it; we can’t understand it and a criminal matter is not supposed to be an ambush”. He prayed the court to compel the prosecution to oblige them with a comprehensive copy. Responding, counsel to the EFCC, Ben S. Ikani, vehemently opposed the submissions of the two learned silks. He argued that, “the PW1 is the primary evidence as required by law, and his statement was served on the defence, six months ago”. According to him, “what the law always look for is primary evidence. And who is the primary evidence here! It is the witness himself, of course”. He went further: “For goodness sake my Lord, six months after the proof of evidence has been served on the defendants, they did not say anything!

“They ought to have put across to the prosecution the question of whether the statement is readable or not before now. None of them complained, and they waited till this time when prosecution is ready to open its case and the court is ready to go on!” Ikani said, he had a readable copy in his file and urged the court to disregard the submissions of the defence. After listening to both sides, Justice Bogoro, while adjourning the case, ordered the prosecution to make and serve on the defence, copies of all the statements of the PW1, so that trial can progress.

NWAEDOZIE CHRISTIAN CHUKWUDI

MS AYOOLA OLUWATOSIN

UKPE SHAKIRAT ADEJOKE

MRS. OLUWAFUNMILOLA KEZIA SEUN-OGUNDIJO I, formerly known and addressed as MISS IYABODE EPEFUNMILOLA OLAGUNDOYE now wish to be known and addressed as MRS. OLUWAFUNMILOLA KEZIA SEUN-OGUNDIJO. All former documents bearing my name remain valid. General public and Authorities concerned please take note.

Xenophobia: Nigeria Consulate in South Africa confirms arrest of culprits Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Nigeria Consulate in South Africa has said that the South Africans responsible for the violent attack on Nigerians in Durban and other areas have been apprehended and arraigned in South African Court on Monday January 22. In a statement signed by the consulate and sent to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, the consulate said Consular officers from the Nigerian Consulate-General in Johannesburg and the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria were in Durban to witness the court proceeding. With the latest development, Dabiri-Erewa appealed to Nigerians living in the affected areas to remain calm and await the outcome of the judicial proceedings. A statement issued in Abuja by her media aide, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the SSA condemned in strong terms the latest death of Mr Ebuka Okori, 27, a Nigerian national, from

Anambra state in the hands of two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) on Friday January 19. According to the Consulate General of Nigeria in South Africa, the late Okori was killed in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa on Friday. “We condemn in strong terms the barbaric acts and call on the South African authorities to intervene and put an end to this ugly trend. “We also call on Nigerians to continue to be law abiding, as we work towards obtaining justice for the family of the deceased.’’ the statement added. In a related development, the Consulate said that investigation is on to unravel the cause of the death of another Nigerian in Rustenburg, North West Province, South Africa on January 20. Dabiri-Erewa reiterated her appeal to all Nigerians in South Africa to remain calm and shun any act capable of tarnishing the image of the country by being a good ambassador of wherever they are.

MRS. ADEBAYO OLUWATOSIN Formerly: MISS. MUSTAPHA OLUWATOSIN HANNAH, Now: MRS. ADEBAYO OLUWATOSIN HANNAH. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

USMAN SHAKIRAT OLADUNNI Formerly SALAMI SHAKIRAT OLADUNNI now USMAN SHAKIRAT OLADUNNI. All former document remains valid. General public should take note.

OGBEWI OZOR AGNES

ANIMASAHUN KUDIRAT I formerly known and addressed as SANNI AMOKE KUDIRAT, now wish to be known and addressed as ANIMASAHUN KUDIRAT. all former documents remain valid, general public should please take note.

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Formerly Sanni Shakirat Adejoke now Ukpe Shakirat Adejoke. Due to marriage. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

Formerly Mary Okoro now Ogbewi Ozor Agnes. Former document remains valid. General public should take note

OLADEINDE OSETOHAMWEN MERCY

MRS AINA FLORENCE BUKOLA

Former MISS UNUABONAH OSETOHAMWEN MERCY now wishes to be known and addressed as MRS. OLADEINDE OSETOHAMWEN MERCY. All former documents remain valid. General public, please take note.

I, formerly known and addressed as MISS AWOPONLE FLORENCE BUKOLA, Now wish to be known and addressed as MRS AINA FLORENCE BUKOLA. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

Formerly known and addressed as SAMUEL OKEOWO REBECCA ENITAN now wish to be known and addressed as ADELAKUN ENITAN REBECCA. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

I formerly known as Ndidi Christian Chuwudi wishes to be address as Nwaedozie Christian Chukwudi. Every other document bearing the above name remains valid. General public please take note.

Formerly Mrs Okunade Oluwatosin now Ms Ayoola Oluwatosin. Former document remains valid. General public should take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME I formerly known and addressed as HODONU LEWIS, now wish to be known and addressed as HODONU COSSI GERAUD LEWIS, all former documents remains valid, general public take note.

SALAKO OMOTAYO DAVID Formerly known and addressed as AJASA KAYODE DAVID, now wish to be known and addressed as SALAKO OMOTAYO DAVID. All former documents remains valid. General public should take note.

That on my Stanbic Pension Document, my name was wrongly written as NWAGBARA DECENT instead of NWAGBARA OGUZIE LYTE. That my correct names are NWAGBARA OGUZIE LYTE. General public and Authorities Concerned should please take note.

AYOTUNDE ABIMBOLA OLUWATOSIN

MRS THERESA EFFIONG OKON i formerly known and addressed as Miss Theresa Ifeanyinwa Okolo. now wish to be known and addressed as Mrs Theresa

has applied to the Corporate Affairs Commission under part “C’ of the company and allied matters Act 1990.

bearing my former name remain valid University of calabar, FCMB, UBA, WEMA Bank, NYSC, WAEC/NECO and the general public take note.

TRUSTEES ARE 1. EZEH EMEKA IGNATIUS - General Overseer 2 WAIDE MUSA - Secretary 3. EZEH LAWRENCIA NGOZI - Treasurer

TRUSTEES ARE: 1. PASTOR OLAWUMI GBADEBO ADENRELE 2. PASTOR (MRS) OLAWUMI MARYAM ABOSEDE 3. PASTOR KUSHIMO OLAITAN OLORUNFUNMI 4. PASTOR FASHANU FELIX ADENIYI 5. DR OGUNSOLA ELIJAH AYOWOLE

Formerly Sowunmi Abimbola Oluwatosin now Ayotunde Abimbola Oluwatosin. Former document remains valid. General public should take note. CONFIRMATION OF NAME OMOTOLANI AINA, OMOTOLANI AINA and ENIOLA LOLADE OMOTOLANI ADULOJU refer as one and the same person. Henceforth wish to be known and addressed as ENIOLA LOLADE OMOTOLANI ADULOJU. Any documents bearing all the above mentioned names remain mine and valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

GODWIN-ENEBECHI VINCENT IKECHUKWU I, formerly known and addressed as VINCENT IKECHUKWU VINCENT, Now wish to be known and addressed as GODWIN-ENEBECHI VINCENT IKECHUKWU. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

CORRECTION OF NAME

THE LORD’S BLESSED SOLUTION REVIVAL MINISTRY

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1. To preach the word of God to all nation 2. To win souls for the kingdom of God 3. To train people who will be genuine committed to do Gods will 4. To do work of evangelistical work of the kingdom

JONATHAN VORGABI I, formerly known and addressed as GEOFFREY DANLADI, Now wish to be known and addressed as JONATHAN VORGABI born on 22nd of august 1992. All former documents remain valid. General public/authorities concerned should take note.

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Money laundering: EFCC arraign ex-minister Ochekpe, 2 others over N450m Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on Monday at the Federal High Court sitting in Jos, arraigned the former minister of Water Resources Mrs Sarah Ochekpe and the former acting Chairman Plateau State chapter, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Raymond Dabo and Plateau State campaign coordinator of the 2015 Goodluck Jonathan, Evangelist LeoSunday Jatau over alleged laundering of N450 million in 2015. EFCC sued the three accused persons on 2-count charge bothering on money laundering and conspiracy. The Prosecuting counsel, A. Y. Manchata alleged that in 2015 the sum of N450 million was trans-

ferred from a new generation bank from the office of the former minister of Petroleum Resources, Alison Diezeni-Madueke to the account of one of the defendants, which later was alleged to have been withdrawn and laundered. After arguments by both the counsels of the parties, the counsel to the defendants, Sunday Odey said that all the three accused persons filed for the bail application and requested the court to grant his clients bail based on self recognition. Consequently, the prosecuting counsel, A.Y Manchata did not object to the request for the court to grant the bail. The Presiding judge, Justice Musa Kurya granted the defendants bail following their formal application before adjourning the case to 13th and 14th February, 2018 for hearing.

Arabambi emerges Ogun LP state chairman Abiodun Taiwo, Abeokuta

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Ogun State chapter of Labour Party on Monday elected new executives into various offices to manage the affairs of the Party in the state. At the Congress, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi emerged as the new Chairman while Akinyemi Jackson was elected as the State Secretary through affirmation exercise The congress had in attendance, operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS), the Police and representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to monitor the exercise. Delegates from the twenty local government councils in the state were in attendance. The election which was directed by the National legal adviser of the Party, Akingbade Oyelekan, took the form of voice vote by members unanimously elected twenty four new officers. After taking the oath of office, the newly elected chairman, Comrade Abayomi Arabambi pledged that he would reposition the party to

challenge the ruling All Progressives Party, APC, at the next year’s general election. He said the Party would be repositioned to the extent that it would be the next option for the people of the state at the 2019 election to rule the state. Arabambi however, promised members to be transparent in his dealings, saying , gone were the days of Labour Party being a ‘one man show’. The chairman said, “This is a new dawn for our Party in our quest to win elections in this state. I will be transparent and follow the party constitution in my engagements. “The era of this party being a ‘one man show is over and I pledge to work assiduously, to ensure victory for the party at the next year’s general elections.”. Asked about the steps he would take at bringing back aggrieved members, Arabambi said, “We have to embark on serious reconciliation. The party is moribund and we need to bring everyone on board. Comrade Sunday Oginni, the immediate past Secretary of the party was conspicuously absent at the Congress.

Area Comptroller of Nigerian Customs Service, Seme Command, Mohammed Aliyu (right ), displays some jerry cans of petrol seized from smugglers at the Owode area of Badagry in Lagos State on Monday.

APGA chairman advises Buhari on equitable governance Idu Jude Abuja

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Muhamadu Buhari once again has been challenged over all inclusive government in the country by the leadership of All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA, just as the party has also warned that the level of insecurity in the country needed to be attended to. This call was made Monday in Abuja, during a media parley organized by the National Chairman of the party Chief Dr. victor Oye. Chief Oye, said that this has become necessary as every Nigerian looks on to Mr. President to take the bull by the horn in ensuring that Nigerians enjoy the dividend of democracy and to enshrine good and equitable governance. According to the APGA National Chairman, no country, can survive without good security measure

Commends INEC on Anambra poll to safeguard lives of the citizens. “With what is going on in Benue state, we cannot but say that the country is not having good time. But I also know that Mr. President is a man of good will and knows what to do at the right time. We in APGA keep praying for him the entire Nigeria to succeed. We urge him to remain steadfast in all he is doing and not to be deterred by the evil detractors”. While commenting on the recently concluded Anambra state Governorship election and the senatorial election which APGA emerged victorious in both elections, Dr. Oye, commended the Independent Electoral Commission, on its effort to introduce new innovation which is EC 60, which is the system which INEC collates votes cast from the polling units and also

declare it at the point as against the movement to the central which sometimes results in ballot high jacking in transit. He stated that Professor Yakub Mamoud if continued this way should be able to write his name in gold as the 2019 election is around the corner. “We in APGA are telling the INEC Chairman not to be distracted by the people who seek the downfall of Nigeria every political dispensation. Because what we saw happened during the last two elections in Anambra state. This has got to show that the INEC chairman is capable to leading the country to another successful national election”. Meanwhile, the leadership of the party has said that part of its 2019 programme, is to retake Imo State, while he described

Governor of Imo state Anayo Rochas Okorocha a confused leader who has been tele guided by god of confusion. He revealed that Imo state has lost developmental focus since the Governor left the party that brought him down to the Eastern part of the country and made him a governor. His words, Okorocha, is being led at the moment by the god of confusion and we all has witnessed the absence of development across the State and this is because he is now operating with another manifesto different from our own. On the recent victory of the senatorial seat in Anambra state, he prayed that Victor Umeh, who was a former party chairman and a reputable politician, will exhibit a sterling performance as a ranking senator; the party is of the belief that he is going to perform beyond expectation.

Catholic Bishop fault killing of people by herdsmen Kingsley Chukwuka, Jos

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President of Catholic Bishops in Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has said that herdsmen have killed people in their hundreds without any single arrest and punishment meted out to them. Kaigama stated this Monday in Jos the Plateau State capital when he granted interview to newsmen on the state of the Nation at the close of a Thanksgiving Service held at St Monica’s Par-

ish to mark the beginning of the 2018 legal year. The Bishops President said there was rising cases of killings as life is no longer valued in Nigeria. “The rate of crime is on the increase at every level, local, state and federal levels. “We are crying out that something has to be done; If something is being done it is not very effective. “There is need to organise better strategies; for God’s sake we have different security agencies, the Military,

the Police, the State Security Services and the Civil Defence. “If they synergize crime can be fought to a standstill in Nigeria: the rate of criminal activities is quite disturbing. “The government don’t seem concerned about the sanctity and dignity of life and people just take laws into their hands and kill others at will and nobody is saying anything,” he said. The cleric said that he is particularly worried because even the kidnapping cases, nothing seems to hap-

pen after the victim is released or killed. Kaigama stated that the leaders should occupying leadership positions to protect the people. “They are now in power people are killed in hundreds and they seem helpless and drawing up excuses here and there but we did not elect our leaders to give us excuses. “We elected them to perform, give us food, give infrastructure, give us security and make Nigerians happy and be bonded in love and unity,” he added.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom. ..... John Locke

NJC not equipped to conduct criminal trials- Adesokan How do you think the mounting concerns over unending trial of politically exposed persons (PEPs) in the country could be addressed? I know that efforts are being made and have been made to address the issue, particularly with the promulgation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015. What has been happening Before was that people will raise objections to a charge or to the admissibility of a document and then filed an interlocutory appeal seeking for a stay of the criminal proceedings as it were. Even if the trial court did not grant stay, they will apply for it up till the Supreme Court and while those applications were pending, the lower court cannot proceed with the matter. That is what was principally responsible for the delay in the trial of high profile cases. However, with the relevant provisions of the ACJA which prohibits any stay of proceedings in criminal trials, the delay tactics usually adopted by accused persons are no longer available. The ACJA was promulgated in 2015 and the provisions which forbids courts from granting any stay of proceedings in criminal trials has to be tested in court before people could accept the reality. I was also one of those who felt it has to take a constitutional amendment for the provisions to scale through. But the Supreme Court had since make a final pronouncement on the matter by saying that the provisions is not unconstitutional and that it is valid. This decision only came some months ago. Therefore, this particular ACJA provisions would only be effective from the time a decision was taken on it by the Supreme Court. I also happened to know that the President of the Court of Appeal, upon the recommendation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is now treating high profile cases as fast

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Adesokan

Mr. Wale Adesokan (SAN), is a senior lawyer. In this interview with PETER FOWOYO, he speaks on Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA)2015, the fight against corruption and sundry other issues. track matters. Besides, special panels are also being constituted so that criminal appeals are now expeditiously heard. I can assure you that within the next one and half years, most of these cases will be decided one way or the other. Do you agree with the assertion that criminal cases will be hastily concluded when the burden of proof is shifted to the defence? It would take judicial revolution for that to happen. This is because our jurisprudence is based on presumption of innocence. In which case, the prosecution has to prove that the alleged offence was committed. Why should we now ask an accused person to come and prove

his innocence? I can’t see the logic behind such move. It’s quite ridiculous. We can look at other things like the length of time to file papers and conduct trials as well as the procedure to follow and so on. But certainly not shifting the burden of proof from prosecution to the defence. Besides, it will not also aid in quick dispensation of justice because there may be no time limit within which an accused person is expected to prove his or her innocence. So, it serves no purpose. To what extent can you say the inadequacies in our criminal justice system is affecting the graft war? There is nothing that man has made that is perfect. Only God Al-

mighty is perfect. So, no matter what anybody says or does and no matter any set of laws that are enacted, there would always be room for improvement especially when it has to do with implementing the laws. No doubt, there are inadequacies in our criminal justice system, but then, the fight against corruption does not start and end with criminal prosecutions. Crime prevention and detection are also necessary parts of criminal justice system and serious attention must be accorded to them. The more people find it difficult to commit crimes or engage in fraudulent activities, the higher the chances of winning the graft war. It is not the punishment that would deter people from committing crime, but the near certainty of being found out or caught. Even if a crime attracts death sentence and someone knows he is not likely to be caught, he will not think twice before committing the crime. But if the reverse is the case, there will a reduction in crime rate in the society. So, we must be serious about crime prevention and detection. Unless those two areas are looked at, we will continue to play the catch-up game. One thing that we have not done that needed to be done is the installation of CCTV cameras in major cities across the country. That is a major plank upon which law and order is based in most developed countries. By the time a CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

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criminal is shown a CCTV footage of a crime he allegedly committed, he will have no option than to own up. If we don’t install the CCTVs in major cities, then, we have not started. What impact has the graft war of Buhari’s administration made on the nation’s polity? The graft war is now arguably being prosecuted at a level we have not known in this country before. Obasanjo originated it and he was going to continue but along the line, it was politicized. During Jonathan’s era, it was virtually zero. But, this present government has increased the tempo. Though, some people are accusing the government of being partisan, but by and large, this government has done far better than others before it in the fight against corruption. The recent judgement of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal barring anti-graft and law enforcement agencies from investigating and prosecuting sitting judges is seen by many as undermining the constitutionally guaranteed powers of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to prosecute criminal cases. What is your take on this? I personally have my reservations about that judgement. But I know that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is studying the judgement and is about to issue a statement on it. The Appellate Court Justices have tried to explain why the National Judicial Council (NJC) must be involved. But I personally think this kind of arrangement will slow down the fight against corruption. It might have great implications on the graft war in the legal profession. A lot of time would have been wasted before the NJC takes a decision on the cases brought before it. The NJC is not equipped to conduct criminal trials, it only looks at professional misconducts among judges. Besides, the standard of proof which the NJC is looking at differs from the one being looked at in the court of law. I would like to be convinced about the judgement. In actual fact, I am waiting for the pronouncement of the Supreme Court on the matter.

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The claims that the judgement is in conflict with Section 174 of the Constitution which empowers the AGF to prosecute cases is just one out of numerous criticisms of the verdict. To what extent will the Federal Government’s plan to create courtrooms inside prisons help in their decongestion? I don’t think there is anything wrong with that. We already have courtrooms inside prisons. Magistrate courts are there in the prisons. But I think we need a reform of the administration of criminal justice to address some of these issues. It is not about location of courts.

If we appoint more judges and build more courts, it would help. Citing courtrooms inside prisons will not necessarily help in their decongestion. But if we have an increase in the number of judges and courts, there would be some decongestion. What is your assessment of Buhari’s administration in the last two and half years, particularly in touching the lives of Nigerians? I am a bit disappointed. I expected much more than I am seeing at the moment. The government has been too slow. Are you aware that there has been no National Merit Award since the inception of this

“It might have great implications on the graft war in the legal profession. A lot of time would have been wasted before the NJC takes a decision on the cases brought before it. The NJC is not equipped to conduct criminal trials, it only looks at professional misconducts among judges”

administration? So many boards of agencies have not been constituted. This is a government that was supposed to hit the ground running. This was a man that has been trying to be president since 2003. I think he should have a plan for the country in 2003 which he should have improved upon in 2007, finetuned it in 2011 and which I also expected him to have worked on in 2015. As far as I am concern, someone who has been trying all these while to be president ought not to have spent six months to put up a cabinet. So, I am disappointed in that regard. I am also disappointed in the slow pace of taking decisions generally. It takes the president too long a period to take decisions. Now that another election is coming, what can we point to concretely that has been done? Of course, you have to give it to Buhari, he is not corrupt and he sincerely want to fight corruption. Though he is not a saint, but to the best of my knowledge, I don’t think he is corrupt. He actually meant well for Nigeria, but somehow the system he had set up is not efficient enough. So, what do you expect in 2018? I expect him to rejig his cabinet, be more proactive and take decisions quicker and faster. We don’t have time to waste. His age is supposed to come with experience as he had seen it before. The younger people working with him should also use their energy. On a positive note, I think this government has actually tried in the area of agriculture. Rice is everywhere now. But, I had expected a much better performance. He has not done enough but far too little. I think in 2018, the president should be able to govern well and also prepare for elections. In assessing the president the way I did, I also took into cognizance of the fact that he was sick for sometime. But despite that he ought to have done more. Even though this government inherited a lot of problems, but much more is expected from it in terms of performance. President Buhari had a mindset of fighting corruption but to a large extent his subordinates are not helping him to achieve that purpose.

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Liberia: Weah sworn in as President in first peaceful transition of power in 74yrs Bonny Amadi with agency report

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‘TheHistory was made on Monday in Liberia, as ex footballer, George Weah took oath as Liberia’s president in Monrovia, product of third election since the country’s devastating conflict 14 years ago. Weah’s electoral victory and swearing in marks the first peaceful transition of power in the country since 1944. In the first round of voting for a new president in October, the results were closer between the top two candidates: Weah earned 38.4 percent of the vote, compared with 28.8 percent for Boakai. “I think people are just tired of the status quo,” said Pailey. “They’re tired of President Sirleaf, they’re tired of Joseph Boakai.” Elected president in 2005, Sirleaf was the first woman to be named head of state in an African country. She served two, six-year terms, the limit under the Liberian constitution. The former AC Milan and Monaco forward took the oath from the Chief Justice at a packed Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex. The event was attended by about a dozen African leaders. According to agency report, wearing an allwhite attire, Weah put his

Liberian President Opong George Weah and Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor right hand up with his left placed on a bible held by his wife Clar Marie Weah. Weah was sworn in with his Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor, ex-wife of former Liberian president Charles Taylor who has been incarcerated for war crimes. Weah finally won the presidency after three straight attempts. HE lost to candidate Sirleaf in 2006 when he stood as a candidate. He won the main vote and lost the run-off. In 2011, he partnered a former U.N.-executive, Winston Turnbull, but in the capacity of a vicepresidential aspirant, that ticket was unsuccessful as Sirleaf won a second term. George Manneh Weah

will become its president – the first African footballer to achieve that feat while Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Africa’s first democratically female president will leave office after over a decade in charge. Weah won presidential elections last year to emerge the successor to Sirleaf beating then vice president Joseph Boakai twice in a space of three months. In the first round of voting in October 2017, Weah came top but failed to garner the necessary votes. He went into a runoff with Boakai in December and emerged winner with over 60% of votes cast. This will be Liberia’s first democratic handover of executive power in decades.

Ethiopia protesters shun security to protest over deaths in Amhara

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effort by the country’s security operatives to stall protest in Asmara, hundreds of Ethiopians have sustained protest over the death of their fellow citizens killed by police bullets last weekend. Meanwhile, tension continue to mount in the country, arising from deaths reported in Ethiopia’s Amhara region after security forces shot and killed a number of protesters on Saturday. The casualty figure, which ranges between five and over a dozen, is said to be rising according to local news sources. Federal security forces reportedly opened fire on young people who were partaking in a religious ceremony, the Epiphany. According to agency report, hundreds of people have taken to the streets a day after the incident to protest against the security action that led to the deaths.

town as part of a religious event changed their songs to anti-government chants and songs leading to the clash and subsequent deaths. Protests are reportedly erupted second day, today, in Woldiya, Amhara, #Ethiopia. Security forces killed a number of citizens to crackdown peaceful protests of people who were returning from celebration of Cana in Galilee (‘qana ze gelila’) yesterday.

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DR Congo boils as police arrest 10 anti-Kabila priests plus 200 others

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has continued to soar in Democratic Republic of Congo as the country’s police on Monday arrested 10 priests that alleged to be anti the country’s president following a peaceful tmarch. A committee of the powerful Catholic Church had called for nationwide protests to force Kabila to respect the terms of a December 31, 2016; mediation that mandates Kabila to step down at the end of his tenure – last year. Elections could not hold for lack of security, funds and an incomplete voters roll, there is pressure on Kabila to organize the polls this year but it is not known if he will announce his candidature, contrary to the current law which bars him from contesting. According to agency report, police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have in their custody ten priests and over 200 protesters who defied a protest ban over the weekend to demand that Presi-

dent Kabila steps down. What was dubbed a peace march turned violent as police fired live bullets and tear gas to disperse the church organized protest. Reports indicate that six people died in the ensuing chaos. “We have registered the case of 10 priests who have been arrested, including Father Dieudonne Mukinayi of Saint Christophe Parish in Binza Ozone. He is detained in a residence

of a government official alongside eight parishioners,” Georges Kapiamba of a local NGO Congolese Association for Justice told the UN-sponsored Radio Okapi. “According to information we have, they were or continue to be mistreated. Their clothes have been torn. Two nuns are missing, 257 demonstrators have been arrested and are being held in various cells in Kinshasa,” Kapiamba added.

DR Congo protest

Tokyo holds evacuation drill, simulates N. Korea missile attack ÏÏÏIn

order not to be caught unawares by North Korea in its nuclear weapons threat, Japan on Monday held an evacuation drill in readiness for possible missile attack. Agency report said on Monday that hundreds of people in Japan’s capital Monday participated in an evacuation drill meant to simulate the scenario of an incoming North Korean ballistic

Ethiopia’s protest

The Reporter news portal in Ethiopia says it had reports that gunshots were still being heard in the town of Woldiya. Addis Gazetta, a local news partal was reported to have shared a photo that showed people on the streets of Woldiya where the incident took place. It is located about 510 km away from the capital, Addis Ababa. The young people who were singing and dancing as they marched through the

North Korea missile

missile. According to the report, a voice over a loudspeaker at an amusement park told the participants, “We have information that a missile launch has occurred. Please evacuate calmly inside a building or underground.” Media reports say that people calmly walked to shelters. Similar drills were held around the country last year, but the drill in the amusement park was the

first to be held in the capital. North Korea has its neighbors on edge with its missile and nuclear testing. The isolated country has flown missiles over Japan and into the sea near Japan, as part of its missile testing program. Residents in earthquake-prone Japan are used to drills for natural disasters. Some residents, however, objected

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Ohanaeze kicks against FG’s 10-man committee on herdsmen, farmers’ clash Charles Onyekwere, Abakaliki

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Igbo socio – Cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has criticized the ten-man committee set up by the federal government on the Fulani herdsmenFarmers’clash as wrong and panacea to a deadly ailment.

President General of the organization, Chief Nnia Nwodo in a statement Monday, said that the committee headed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo would not bring solution to the festering ugly development. Nwodo who wondered how the Federal Government could set up a committee to reconcile

“murderers with the murdered” said it was an indication that government was not serious with finding lasting solutions to the problem. Chief Nwodo stated that pronouncements by the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) were evidence that they were

culpable for the carnage across the country and wondered why they were not arrested and prosecuted instead of setting up a committee. Ohanaeze which stopped short of pronouncing the federal government of taking sides in the killings by herdsmen said that it had expected that invad-

ers who violated the law enacted by a State in the country to face prosecution instead of the “condescending and patronizing stance of the Federal government” It stated that the Federal government in refusing to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of the heinous crimes in the country were suggestive

of its complicity and bias on the matter. Ohanaeze further said that the setting up of the committee was a violation of the law courts where such cases of murder should rightly be decided instead of turning them into mere communal clashes which further encourages the Fulani

FG to build IPP at FUNAI, 8 other universities Moses Oyediran, Enugu

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President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (right) conducting on-the-spot inspection of two federal projects in Kwara Central, namely, the construction of the Afon/Aboto Road to Oyo State boundary at Asa LGA, and Ganmo/Offa Garage Road at the weekend in Ilorin.

2019: Adesanya- Davies seeks review of elections guidelines Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin

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2019 general elections gather momentum, a People’s Democratic Party(PDP) presidential aspirant, Prof Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies, has called for a review of the elections’ guidelines . Speaking with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara state Monday, the professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, said that it was ideal and reasonable that sections asking civil servants to resign their appointments before contesting in presidential and National Assembly elections be reviewed. Section 3(e) of the current guidelines reads: A person

shall not be qualified to contest the Presidential and National Assembly elections if: *(e) being a person employed in the public or civil service of the Federal or of a state or of a local government area council, he has not resigned, withdrawn, or retired from such employment thirty days before the date of the election;* Adesanya-Davies, who said that the condition in the Section would have to be re-visited, upgraded and fully incorporated, added that that would allow civil servants to join any political parties of their interest. “It is a highly commendable development as the Civil Servant strata can now fully participate in their own governance rather than sit-down-look and complain.

Political positions should not be reserved nor be the privilege of retired and private sector employees alone. A government employee should be able to return to his/her office if and when contest for a position is unsuccessful. It need not ever be a do-or-die-affair ever!” she said. While referring to a 2002 Supreme Court decision in Abuja, titled: “Civil Servants Can Join Political Parties”, the female presidential aspirant said that, “the Supreme Court has given a landmark judgment as it ruled that civil servants can be members of political parties of their choice as provided for by the 1999 Constitution. The Electoral Act 2001, barred civil servants from holding membership of political parties.

The Supreme Court gave the ruling as part of its clarification of the November 8, 2002 judgment in which it nullified most of the guidelines issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on registration of new political associations”. She, however, commended some sections of the guidelines, particularly the section which makes sale of nomination forms open and free for women aspirants at all levels. This, she said has boosted women interest in the race. “Finally, again, thanks to Nigeria that says the ladies could pick nomination forms free at every level, as Nigeria is confident that the current challenges in the country can only be tackled by the women.”

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to build Independent Power Plant (IPP) at Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI), Ebonyi State and eight other selected universities as part of its policy to connect all federal universities to the national power grid. This was made known recently when a team from the Rural Electricity Agency (REA), Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing visited the University to take-over the project sites for its eventual commencement. Giving an insight on the project, the leader of the REA team, Mr. Saheed Oseni-Wahab noted that the idea was initiated in 2016 by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to take all federal universities to the national power grid, adding that FUNAI is among the nine Universities selected for the first phase of the project. “FUNAI is one of the nine universities that are benefiting from this power project in the first phase”, he said. Other beneficiary institutions are Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Efuru, University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Federal University of Agriculture, Markudi, Bayero University, Kano, Usa-

man Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, and Abubakar Tafa Belewa University, Gubi Campus, Bauchi. He further stressed that that the power project would not only lead to the construction of a solar farm but also an independent power plant and a training center in the University. Welcoming the team to the University, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba thanked the Federal Government for choosing the institution as one of the first beneficiaries of the power project, charging the contractor to start work immediately and more importantly to ensure quality work. “Let us have action immediately. It is our dream to switch-off all generators “Our University is young and growing. Our interest is that you carry out a quality work”, the Vice Chancellor stated. Responding on behalf of the contacting firm, SWL Nigeria Limited, Mr. Heaven Upadhyay, noted that the power plant when completed would be a hybrid system, with the capacity to work with or without the power grid. He further stated that through the project a solar farm would be constructed in the University to generate one megawatt of renewable energy, adding that it would enable the institution overcome power problem confronting most organizations in Nigeria.

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BACATMA supports 16,000 PLW HIV in Bauchi Samuel Luka, Bauchi

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Bauchi State Agency for the control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis/ Leprosy and Malaria, (BACATMA) has disclosed that it has provided treatment, care and support to 16,000 People Living With (PLW)Hiv/Aids in the state from the year 20152017. In a press statement on the scorecard of the agency, signed by the secretary of the agency, Dr Mansur Mustapha Dada and made available to newsmen in Bauchi, it stated that the agency has supplied opportunistic infection drugs, condoms, safeguard equipment, medical consumable to 23 comprehensive sites, 196 HIV community Treatment HCT sites and Prevention from Mother To Child Treatment sites. Under Malaria Response, it said 10 million Ant malarial drugs were distributed to 532 health facilities across the state and 500,000 Long Lasting

Treated Mosquito nets were distributed to women within the reproductive age group and children under the age of five. “The agency has expanded the installation of State of the Art worker for quick diagnosis of Tuberculosis Gene-X-pert Machine from three to twelve machines in 10 local governments. Also, it established a Drug Resistant TB treatment centre at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital Bauchi with additional follow-up centres” part of the statement read. The statement further said that some of its plan for 2018 include a house to house distribution of 4 million long lasting mosquito treated nets, expansion of HIV prevention of mother to child treatment sites from 170 to 407 with delivery of quality services, intensification of TB case notification and expansion of GeneX-PERT machines to all the 20 LGAs of the state amongst others.

Igala project rejects cattle colonies in Kogi Idris Ahmed, Lokoja

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group ‘The Igala Project’ has expressed its total opposition to the proposed establishment of cattle colonies in any part of Igala land in Kogi state. In a petition to President Buhari on Thursday the group said that the decision to establish cattle colonies is not only an affront on the people, but also capable of causing a breakdown of law and order. The petition signed by the chairman Atai Babs and Secretary General Musa Haruna respectively stated that the group was rejecting the proposal in view of the mayhem being perpetrated by the Fulani herdsmen on daily basis in the area. “We wish to state that our vehement opposition to this move is predicated on the fact that it will eventually lead to breakdown of law and order with killings and wanton destruction of property, as our people, who are largely farmers, are not prepared to host Fulani herdsmen or cattle colony masters in our land.’’ The group stated fur-

ther that “Our position is further reinforced by the multiple acts of war and mayhem being unleashed daily, on our innocent farmers and hapless lawabiding citizens, in their villages, homes and farm lands, by rampaging Fulani herdsmen. Outlining the records of violent clashes between the herdsmen and local farmers from 2015 to 2017, the group said that between June 2015 and December 2017, Igala land has witnessed several incidences of killings as a result of herdsmen violence in several areas including Ebeje where 8 people were killed and farms set ablaze, Agbada/ Agojeju where 19 people were slaughtered, Edede – 2 persons were killed, 6 people killed in Oganenigu, 3 people killed in Ojapata, 5 people killed in Ojuwo Anawo. All these happened in Dekina Local Government Area. “The story is not different in Ofu local government area at Ojuwo Omachi and Akpagidigbo where the incessant at-

tacks of herdsmen have claimed the lives of over 20 persons.

L-R: President of Retail Council of Nigeria (RCN), Asiwaju Solomon Kayode Onafowokan; representative of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Deacon Victor Durodola; Director General, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera and Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, during the inauguration of the Board of Trustee and Governing Council members of RCN in Lagos… recently.

Security , joker of our achievements - Gov Dickson Chris Eze, Yenagoa

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of the sixth anniversary of the Henry Seriake Dickson led Restoration Government in Bayelsa coming up on February 14, 2018, the Governor has said that investment in security stands out as the land mark achievement of his administration. The Governor who spoke on Monday while declaring open the Inter Ministerial/Agency Media briefing to herald the sixth anniversary celebration in Yenagoa stressed that the essence of any political contest is to get

power to provide service to the citizenry. Represented at the occasion by the deputy governor, Retired Rear Admiral John Jonah, Dickson said, “The end point of what you call security today is human security. The idea is to ensure that every human being is secured. When the individual is secured, the community is secured. “The best social service you can provide for human beings is that of security. So we started by ensuring a very robust security management system. Our security command system is second to none in this country.

A lot of investment was put into it and the governor was driving the system directly. “So we are happy we are here today to be part of this history, the history of a new Bayelsa. We have said that when we leave, Bayelsa will never be the same again. “And like I have always said, we are building towards a critical mass. When you attain that critical mass in the relevant departments, any person that succeeds wouldn’t need much effort to put in moving us forward. The foundation is being laid and we are happy for it”.

Presenting the score card of his ministry in the last six years, Mr.Lawrence Ewrhujakpor, commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, provided insight into why the five star hotel in the state known as Tower Hotel has remained uncompleted several years after it was started. He said, “The Tower Hotel was without a plan because there was no Manager in mind when the hotel was being built. Now we have gone very far with it and we only discovered from the books we studied that there is no Manager to take up the hotel upon completion.

Court awards N100m damages against Trinity Plantation for trespass Titus Akhigbe,Benin

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High Court sitting in Fugar has awarded the sum of N100 million to the families of Idinrio, Idumuboh and Uzebu clans in Okaigben - Ewohimi in Esan South East local government area of Edo State as general damages against Trinity Plantation Ltd, Chief Chinye Okwuoma and others over trespass on their family farm lands. However, the court exempted the 7th and 13th defendants in the suit, Chief Anthony Aisewomion and Ministry of Lands, Survey and Housing, Edo State from payment of the damages.

The claimants in the suit No : HUB/12/2011are Prof Joseph Okogun, Elder Samuel Eboigbe, Elder Felix Odigie, Saturday Okogun, Philip Odigie, Stanley Odigie, Andrew Eronse, Godwin Ighodalo, Osariemen Ighodalo and Monday Edoze. The defendants in the case are: Trinity Plantations Ltd, Chief Chinye Okwuoma, Pa Albert Odigie, Pa Omodiagbe Ehiosun, Pa Okonoboh Iden, Pa Asuelimen Abhukhegbe, Chief Anthony Aisewomion, Chief Eriaremhen Idagun, Richard Akhator, Monday Itepu, Julius Osoh, Chief Matthew Ukpebor and Ministry of Lands, Survey and Housing, Edo State.

In his judgment, Presiding Judge, Justice J. Aigbuloko Oyakhirome, also held that “the claimants are entitled to the customary right of occupancy over all that piece or parcel of land having boundaries with the neighbouring communities farmland of Idumujunor and Idumuji - Ugboko in Aniocha North local government area of Delta State, Ewatto and Idumu - Agho clan in Okaigben - Ewohimi in Esan South East local government area of Edo State. The court held that the defendants wrongly, forcefully and without authority invaded the farmland of the claimants.

Furthermore, the court said that it has considered the impunity of the 1st and 2nd defendants, their invasion of the claimants’ farmland, bulldozing same before seeking the consent of the wrong people for consent, hiding the real nature of agreement, preventing people from going near their farmland with armed guards. The court also decreed perpetual injunction restraining the defendants whether by themselves, agents, servants, nominees, representatives from further acts of trespass into claimants’ land and awarded the sum of N50, 000 against the defendants, saved the 7th and 13th defendants.

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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says its leadership will build more depots across the Country. NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru who disclosed this Monday in Abuja while inaugurating the board of one of its downstream Companies, NNPC Retail limited, said the addition to the corporation’s existing 23 depots nationwide would ease products

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NNPC to build more depots, expand market share supply and distribution in the country. Dr. Baru who charged the members of the board to expand the company’s market share from 13 to 30 per cent said building more depots by the corporation was more feasible than acquiring dormant ones. He lauded NNPC Retail for

its strong intervention to wet the market at a time when other downstream players were playing underhand games to create artificial scarcity. The GMD tasked the board to aggressively see to the expansion of the NNPC Retail beyond the shores of Nigeria, adding: “By mid-2019, you should be

having plans to go into the subregion, this board should propel NNPC Retail into a new height’’. On diversification and backward integration, the GMD directed the company to venture into lubricants production, marine and industrial services to boost its revenue profile as it was an line with our quest as an

R-L: Senior Vice President, Creative Associates International USA, Mr. Earl Gast; Head, Corporate Communications, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Jude Nwauzor; Senior Associate, Creative Associates International USA, Mrs. Susan Ayari; Technical Manager, Creative Associates International USA, Mr. Jake Thomsen; Head, General Support Services, AMCON, Mr. Usman Abubakar and Project Director, USAID-Nigeria Education Crisis Response Project, Mr. Ayo Oladini at the Close-out-Ceremony of the programme in Maiduguri, BornoState...recently.

integrated oil company. Responding, Chairman of the board and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gas and Power, Engr. Saidu Mohammed, said as an NNPC-owned company, the watch word for NNPC Retail should be “efficiency and profitability, especially in a downstream system like ours that is highly competitive”. He pledged the commitment of the board and management of the company to the attainment of the goals of the corporation. Managing Director of the Company, Mr. Yemi Adetunji, expressed delight that the GMD had reinforced the vision of the company to expand beyond the shores of Nigeria, adding that the targets were achievable especially with the support of the board and management of the company. Other members of the board include: Engineer Henry Ikem Obih, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Downstream, as alternate Chairman; COO, Refineries, Engr. Anibo Kragha; GGM, Shipping, Hajia Aisha Ahmadu Katagun; Mr. Yemi Adetunji and some other top Management Staff. Mrs. Obioma Agbambo, Company Secretary and Legal Adviser, NNPC Retail, will serve as Secretary to the board.

AMCON’s IDP’s donations wins USAID-ECR award

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Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) during the week received yet

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another award in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital from USAIDNigeria Education Crisis Response Project. The event was theClose-Out-Ceremony of the programme jointly organized by the ministries of education in Adamaawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe and Yobe States in collaboration with USAID-Nigeria Education Crisis Response Project at the government house, Maiduguri. A citation read on behalf of the organisers at the event, which was chaired by the Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Usman Mam-

man Durkwa stated that AMCON was selected for the award in recognition of its contribution to the educational development and wellbeing of out-of-school internally displaced and host community children in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States under the auspices of the USAID-funded Nigeria Education Crisis Response project 2014 – 2018. The deputy governor, who stood in for the Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima at the event thanked AMCON and other individuals and organisations that received awards at the close-out-ceremony for coming

to the aid of the governments and people in the affected states in the northeast, especially Borno State, where he disclosed that he incidentally flagged-off the programme when the American agency kick started the project. Recall that AMCON last year showed support to some affected children and families that were traumatized and distabilised by the mindless insurgence in the northeast, where violent attacks by extremists forced more than 2.2 million people to flee their homes including over one million children who are presently out of school.

AMCON donated scholastic materials to mainstreamed learners and parents caregivers; starter packs for small scale businesses as well as food items such as rice, beans, semovita, groundnut oil, cooking utensils and salt, among others to the families of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the northeast. Between the months of November and December, the donated items were duly distributed to the beneficiaries by a team from USAID-Nigeria Education Crisis Response (USAID-ECR) led by its Project Director, Mr.Ayo Oladini.

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PIGB: NEITI hails NASS Idu Jude Abuja

L-R: Director, NASCON Allied Industries PLc, Halima Dangote; Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Oscar Onyema; Chairperson, NASCON Allied Industries PLc, Mrs ‘Yemisi Ayeni; Managing Director, NASCON Allied Industries PLc, Paul Farrer; and Executive Director, Commercial, NASCON Allied Industries PLc, Fatima Dangote, during the Closing Gong Ceremony at the Trading Floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, January, 22, 2018.

AuGF tasks ICAN on standards

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The Auditor General for the Federation on Friday tasked the management of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) on the need to uphold the high standards the Institute is known for. Ayine stated this when the ICAN management team led by the President, Mr Isma’ila Muhammadu Zakari paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja. He said that ICAN has contributed immensely to the Nigerian economy and beyond over the years through the training of professional accountants. The institute is known for it high standards, he said. Ayine stated that a lot of ini-

tiatives by way of reforms are underway adding that their target as Supreme Audit Institution in Nigeria (SAI, Nigeria) is to be among the best 10 in the world. The Auditor General, who described the visit as a moral booster not only to the management and staff of his office, but to the 120 members “of our great and reputable institute who are serving in OAuGF. He said all iniatives would be vigorously pursued while seeking for support from the Institute to enable the Audit House to see through these reforms. He said national auditor should be able to adopt and change the whole process being used to meet global best practices. The Auditor General said that the five years development plan (2017-2021) was still opened for

changed and feedback from experts especially ICAN. He said capacity building is key and the initiative started last year to upgrade the skill of over 1700 staff of OAGF, of which over 400 have already been trained. According to Ayine, the aim is to transform from the current manual to electronic to enable delivery of service. He said that the OAuGF was opened for advice as a supreme auditor in the country to enable it discharge its responsibility and chart new path in the country. He said that collaboration is taking place between the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation and local auditors at the local level to allow for accountability and efficiency. “We will welcome assistance,

collaboration and support from ICAN, he said. In his earlier remarks, the ICAN President, Alh Muhammadu Zakari said that ICAN is committed to building capacity of their members to ensure they excel in their work. Zakari said, in line with global trend, the institute has included new course modules such as Information Communication Technology (ICT), Forensic Investigation and Fraud Dictation to enhance members capacity to be at par with the global standard. He commended the Auditor General for the good work he has been doing since assumption of office. The ICAN boss assured the Office of the Auditor General of ICAN’s unflinching support and collaboration.

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has welcomed with excitement, the bold step by both chambers of the National Assembly to pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The decision of the Senate and the House of Representatives to consider the Billas priority resulting in its eventual passage is bold, courageous and progressive. This is given the challenges the bill has passed through in its legislative journey for over ten years. NEITI as an agency set up to enthrone transparency and accountability in the management of extractive industries in Nigeria has legitimate interest in the PIGB. NEITI’s interest is in view of the urgency and strategic importance of a new law to replace the existing archaic legislations that have aided huge revenue losses, impeded transparency, accountability and investment opportunities in the nation’s oil and gas industry. NEITI recalls that as an anticorruption agency in the sector, it boldly alerted the nation last year through a special Policy Brief “The urgency of a new petroleum sector law” that the current stagnation of investment opportunities in the Petroleum Industry was as a result of the absence of a new law for the sector. This has led to huge revenue losses to the tune of over $200billion. In that publication which was widely circulated, NEITI argued that the “revenue losses were as a result of investments withheld or diverted by investors to other (more predictable) jurisdictions.

OMO, NTB auction buoyed bond NASCON plans new investments to market rates boost returns, efficiency …As FGN auctions N120bn T-bill Wednesday

Bonny Amadi The OMO and NTB auction conducted by the Apex Bank during the week buoyed the rates of bond market yields on all benchmark bonds which increased in the past week with the change on the 5yr benchmark bond being the highest. Meanwhile, events that may shape developments this week are tied round the Monetary Policy Committee meeting that is scheduled to hold Monday and Tuesday may not hold due to the lack of quorum for the meeting to take place. The Debt Management Office (DMO) also is conducting a Bond auction on Wednesday the 24th of January 2018, offering N55bil-

lion worth of the 5-year bond and N65billion worth of the 10-year bond. There will be c.N64billion OMO maturity on Thursday the 25th of January 2018. The National Bureau of Statistics will be releasing the Daily Energy Generated and Sent out Report for Q4 2017 later in the week. NGN closed at N305-306 levels through the week following CBN’s intervention sales of a total of $210m to the various segments of the FX market in the outgone week. Investor sentiment in the equities market remained fairly bullish in the outgone week as NSEASI jumped +5.11% week-on-week (w/w) to close at 45,092.83pts, taking year-to-date gains to +17.91%.

NASCON Allied Industries Plc, a subsidiary of Dangote Industries Limited, has said that it is investing in backward integration projects as a strategy to diversify and add more value to both its shareholders and the Nigerian economy. Chairman, Board of Directors of NASCON, Mrs. Yemisi Ayeni stated this yesterday at the sounding of the closing gong on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Addressing stockbrokers on the trading floor of the Exchange, she said that adhering to best corporate governance has yielded the desired results as the company performed strongly despite the harsh operating en-

vironment, delivering good returns to all stakeholders. She said “We are committed to best corporate governance requirements as all our board members have passed the fiduciary test.” She told the stockbrokers that NASCON Allied Industries is the company to watch out for in the future in terms of performance as it is breaking new grounds while embarking on projects that will enable it to remain a reference point in the food industry. While appreciating the gesture of the NSE management in inviting NASCON to sound the closing gong, Ayeni stated that the food processing company will continue to partner the ex-

change in its drive to ensure that best practices are adopted by listed companies. She commended the management of the exchange for the progress recorded in promoting corporate governance which has resulted positively with many companies coming for listing. She added that NASCON is proud to partner with an entity that is progressive and ICT driven. It would be recalled that Executive Director, Commercial, Fatima Aliko Dangote recently assured the shareholders of good returns on their investments, noting that the company is doing so much to enhance their stakes on a consistent basis.

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Stories By Motolani Oseni The Nigerian currency, on Monday strenthened against the US Dollar to close at 305.65 compared to 305.70 exchanged on Friday and Thursday last week, even as finance experts have projected further gains for the Naira in 2018, findings by The Daily Times has revealed. The local currency, in the other hand dropped against the dollar and pound sterling at the parallel market, closing at N365 per dollar compared to N364 sold during the weekend, while pound settled at 500 weaker than a already depreciated rate of 495. Although, the Euro was seen at a better rate of N443 against N440 exchanged during the same period. At the Investors and Exporters (I&E) FX window, the Naira, opened at a higher rate of 360.20 per Dollar on Monday, compared to 360.18 recorded on Friday, however, traded high at 361.50 before eventually closed at a depreciated rate of 360.67 against 360.10 sold on Friday, 360.70 decalared

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Naira strenthens at official market as experts project further gains ÏDrops against dollar, pound at parallel market on Thursday and N360.56 traded on Wednesday, data obtained from the FMDQ OTC has showed. Projecting outlook for the naira in 2018, the President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, told our correspondent that the local currency may settles at about N300 to the dollar in 2018. Although, the basis for his projeection sorrounded around the anticipated robust external reserves during the year, as well as significant reduction of the nation’s food import and diversification of the Africa’s largest economy exports. The ABCON boss, however, expected that the CBN buffer and increasing investors and exporters’

confidence in the NAFEX window would further boost the Naira.. He therefore, urged the apex bank to put mechanism in place , in order to heckmate any danger that might arise from political spending to reduce hot money in circulation. Also, the African Development Bank Group, (AfDB) stated in its recent oulook for naira, expects a stronger naira in 2018, just as it applauded the measures taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure price stability. On his part, Director Research and Advocacy, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr. Vincent Nwani, said: “Our outlook for the naira for 2018 is mixed. The performance of the naira would largely depend on the

prices of crude oil and the quantity of crude oil we produce.” He noted that if the government continues to pacify the Niger-Delta boys that would help stabilize the naira. We believe the exchange rate will continue to be stable between N360 and N400 per dollar band. But we still have continued with the multiplicity of exchange rates in the country. Today, we have about 14 exchange rates.” The country’s foreign reserves which dwindled to $26.7 billion in June 2016, has appreciated to above $40.5 billion on Friday , buoyed by increase in oil prices. “I foresee improve of the naira this year on the back of the fact that foreign reserves has almost reached $40 billion. I expect the authority to slow down the ag-

gression with which it grows the foreign reserves when it gets to $45 billion, so that it can inject more forex into the market in order to bring down exchange rate. I see it stabilizing around $/N320-N330. This is if oil prices remain above $50 per barrel,” stated Moses OJo, analyst, Panafrican Capitals Plc. Nigeria was the world’s second largest rice importer and spent $1 billion monthly in 2014 to import the staple food, but has reversed and declined drastically by over 80 per cent. And President Muhammadu Buhari in his New Year speech promised that Nigeria would stop importation of the commodity this year. The reduction in the country’s import bill has also help strengthen the local currency.

NDIC quality examination reports contribute to safety of Nigerian banking system-Sterling Bank Sterling Bank has praised the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) for the quality of their bank examination reports which have contributed to the safety and soundness of the Nigerian banking system. The Management of the bank expressed the opinion during a courtesy call and formal introduction of its new Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman to the Corporation recently in Abuja. The Sterling Bank team which was led by the outgoing MD/CEO of the Bank, Mr. Yemi Adeola was received by the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the NDIC Alh. Umaru Ibrahim along with the two (2) Executive Directors, Prince Aghatise Erediawa and Mrs. Lola Abiola-Edewor. The outgoing MD/CEO informed the NDIC Management that the selection procedure for the selection of the new CEO of the bank was a rigorous process handled by the reputable consulting firm KPMG. While expressing the hope that the courtesy call would further strengthen the excellent relationship between the Bank and the Corporation, the Management of the bank also seized the opportunity to brief the Corporation on the future outlook of the Bank which includes the planned expansion of its Non-Interest Banking (NIB) window. He informed the NDIC Management of the plan by Sterling Bank to apply for a license for a stand-alone NIB as soon as possible adding that the decision was informed by the feasibility studies conducted by the bank, judging from the potential Market and financial resources of customers expected to embrace NIB.

FRC inaugurates technical committee, sets for fresh corporate gorvanance code Following the suspension of the issued national code of corporate governance in October 2016, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria has inagurated technical committee to review the national code and now sets to release fresh one. The Chairman, FRC’s Governing board, Mr. Adedotun Sulaiman, made this disclosure at the inauguration of the technical committee for review of the national code of corporate governance, held recently in Lagos. While speaking with newsmen, he said that the approach that

would be adopted by the current board of the FRC would be significantly different from that used by the previous board. According to him, the new FRC board used the past several months to develop a new strategic direction and plan for the Council, which identified strategic priorities for the Council in the short term to include review and reissuance of the national code of corporate governance, conducting a post-implementation review of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption in the country

and introducing “IFRS-Lite” for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector.” It is however, worthy of note that the technical committee for the review of the new national code of corporate governance comprised of experts and experienced Nigerians, including professionals, academics and practitioners who had the requisite competence to: The FRC Chairman, pointed out that the inagurated committee will produce an exposure draft of the code ready for release within the first quarter of this

year. He noted that the absence of a national code of corporate governance provided the vacuum, which industry regulators have sought to fill by introducing various sectoral codes within their respective spheres of regulatory purview. He added: “The inauguration of the technical review committee, the process had commenced for reintroducing a new national code of corporate governance, which will harmonise and streamline the various sectoral codes.”

Capital Market B4 NSE rally shows investors disconnect from real economy …Study Bonny Amadi A recent study has shown that te rally recorded by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2017 and still prevailing, demonstrates investors disconnection from Nigeria’s real economy. Titled “NSE record rally illustrates investor disconnect from real economy” the report noted that the main NSE index has surged 12 percent this year in dollar terms, the most among 96 major bourses according to Bloomberg, It added 1.76 trillion in the first two weeks of the year, pushing it to 15.37 trillion, the highest level since 2008. Such surge, the report maintains reflects major drift from the real sector of the economy which naturally drives economic growth. The largest company on the exchange, Dangote Cement has climbed to a record high. FirstRand Asset Management believes the advance will probably be sustained thanks to rising prices for oil, Nigeria’s main export, and as investors look to increase their holdings of what remain among the cheapest stocks in Africa. According to the report, New York-based Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF attracted record weekly net inflows last week, helping to increase the exchange-traded fund market capitalization to almost $90 million, double the level in May last year. It added that even as after the gains, Nigerian valuations are the least expensive among major African equity indexes, stocks trade at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 10.1, while South Africa’s are at 14 and the MSCI Emerging Market Index is at 13, suggesting further upside for growth.

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TransCorp, Diamond Bank, FCMB boost week’s turnover by 34.93% …As NSE ASI sustains up beat Bonny Amadi Returns on investments and positive market sentiments drove shares of Transcorp, Diamond Bank and FCMB to emerge highly trade stocks for the week ended Friday JANUARY 19T 2018. Trading in the top three Equities, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria , Diamond Bank and FCMB Group measured by volume accounted for 1.751 billion shares worth N5.023 billion in 6,131 deals, contributing 34.93 per cent and 10.96 per cent to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively

Meanwhile, a total turnover of 5.011 billion shares worth N45.816 billion in 44,569 deals were traded last week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 5.021 billion shares valued at N68.974 billion that exchanged hands in the preceding week in 41,542 deals. The Financial Services Industry measured by volume) led the activity chart with 3.672 billion shares valued at N29.946 billion traded in 28,608 deals; thus contributing 73.29% and 65.36% to the total equity turnover volume and value respectively. The Conglomerates Industry followed with 864.180 million

shares worth N2.440 billion in 2,561 deals. The third place was occupied by Consumer Goods Industry with a turnover of 210.994 million shares worth N7.731billion in 7,336 deals. Also traded during the week were a total of 1.947 million units of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) valued at N105.567 million executed in 15 deals, compared with a total of 777,535 units valued at N7.689 million that was transacted last week in 15 deals. The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 5.11 per cent to

close the week at 45,092.83 and N16.154trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher during the week with the exception of the NSE Consumer Goods Index that depreciated by 1.31% while the NSE ASeM Index closed flat Forty (40) equities appreciated in price during the week, lower than sixty-six (66) of the previous week. Thirty-two(32) equities depreciated in price, higher than seven (7) equities of the previous week, while one hundred (100) equities remained unchanged higher than ninetynine (99) equities recorded in the preceding week.

New Exchange rule to liberate Union Bank named fastest growing retail investors/companies bank in 2017 Bonny Amadi The new pricing methodology rule to be introduced by the Nigerian stock Exchange (NSE0 has been described as a new rule step to a long way liberation process of investors and companies tied up by the per value pricing cap of 50 kobo. According to the report by Analysts Company, the new rule to be adopted soon, pints that more than two-thirds of quoted Nigerian companies will come under the pricing band of one kobo. The NSE, the report noted, is set for the implementation of new pricing rules that will remove the current stop-gap that has supported stocks at their nominal value and allow shares of quoted companies to trade for as low as one kobo. The NSE will begin the implementation of its amendments to the pricing methodology and

par value rules on 29 January. Under the new pricing rules, share prices shall be allowed to trade as low as a floor price of one kobo. The new rules effectively remove the rule which places minimum allowable price to trade for any stock at its nominal value, irrespective of the market forces. A classification guideline for the implementation of the new pricing methodology indicated that about 67 percent of quoted companies - including such companies as Africa Prudential, BOC Gases, Custodian And Allied, Eterna, Fidson Healthcare, Interlinked Technologies, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company and Nigeria-German Chemicals, will come under the immediate pricing band of one kobo, 27 percent will come under a band of 5.0 kobo while the remaining 6 percent will come under a band of 10 kobo.

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Union Bank, one of Nigeria’s longest serving banking institutions, has been named ‘The Fastest Growing Retail Bank, Nigeria’ in the 2017 edition of the International Finance Magazine (IFM) Awards. The award was presented at the IFM Award ceremony which took place this January in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The IFM Award is a leading international award that celebrates excellence within the international finance industry. According to a statement released by IFM, the awards shine the spotlight on organizations and individuals who make contributions that raise the bar in the financial industry. Award recipients are selected using a combination of reader nominations and expert analysis which ensures a fair process that is not influenced by reputation

or newsworthiness but rather by findings from meticulous research and analysis. Commenting on the award, Carlos Wanderley, Head Retail Banking at Union Bank said: “We are proud to receive this award which is a recognition of our commitment and efforts to build a truly customer-centric bank. We place strong emphasis on innovation, quality customer service and continuous process improvement which has resulted in steady,organic growth across the Bank. We will continue to partner with our customers to support their personal and business ambitions and ensure we provide them with customer-driven solutions and exceptional, fit-for-purpose banking services always.” Union Bank is considered a trusted financial partner for Nigerians with over 100 years heritage of reliable banking services in the country. Following

an extensive transformation programme which started in 2014 and involved the upgrade of its processes, platforms, technology and facilities, Union Bank’s active customer base grew by over 40 percent in the last two years. The number of customers on its online and mobile banking platforms also doubled within this period. The Bank’s recently upgraded digital banking platforms - UnionMobile and UnionOnline and newly introduced USSD code *826# have also received very positive response from customers and the general public. Union Bank’s innovative savings products such as UnionKorrect, Union Goal and UnionFuture have reintroduced the saving culture to Nigerians across the country, helping them achieve their set goals while they stand a chance to win attractive prizes which has endeared the bank to its customers.

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Daily Times Nigeria Monday, January 23, 2018

How CBN, BDCs tackle speculations, other sharp practices in FX market Since April 2017, each BDCs have started getting allocation of $40,000 on a weekly basis, how has this impacted on the foreign exchage market? That in fact is phenomenal, because it has even defeated the pundit that predicted that dollar would be N1000 to a dollar before the end of 2017. That intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the BDC window as greatly impacted and influenced so many things. Such as; the exchange rate stability, removal of spike, hoarding, speculation and growth in the Nigerian economy. In fact, is one of the factors that helped the country from exiting recessHow has stability in the forex market helped Nigeria’s economy exited Its worst recession in 2017? First and formost , it has helped in meeting critical sector demand for foreign exchange. If you renembered the situation in the country last year January, parents were crying on how to source dollar for thier children abroad. While children who came for holidays cannot go back because there was no accessibility to the forex for them to go back. Secondly, companies were shutting down because they cannot get dollars and a lot of them were forced to go to neighbouring countries to operate. Thirdly, the spike was also high, but currently no longer have scenarios such that the naira is 400 to a dollar today, tomorrow us 430 and moved to 480 next tomorrow. And you know, spikes, affect planning, hence, it had helped in ensuring that there is perfect planning for both the government, regulator and the manufacturers to ensure that the economy is on the path of growth. And now, I think the manufacturers are even prefeering stable interest rate to show you how positive impacts that has done to the economy. And on our own sector, BDC, it is not even the CBN’S foreign reserves that we are accessing but the diaspora remittance and then that has also helped inflow of diaspora remittance and would also seen that impact on Investors & Exporters FX window as soon as it was opened, We realised almost over eight billion dollars, which has boosted zero confidence unlike when investors don’t even want to come. And you know, $8 billion is almost N7.3 trillion our estimated budget. However, if only one window can supply our entire budget, that is to say there is a consderable impacts in the market and also in spuring growth. During the same period that I&E FX window was established in 2017, specifically, on April 10, over 3,000 BDCs Directors met in Lagos to discuss how to strenghten Naira, as at end of the year, how has ABCON under your leadership helped in fighting against speculation , so as to strenghten the Nigerian currency over the dollar and other major foreign currencies? As an association, if you remembered in our last interface

President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, in this interview with MOTOLANI OSENI, speaks on disparities in the foreign exchange market, why rate convergence is required, in order to have a healthy competition that would achieve a stronger naira. He also called for the deepening of the BDC’s scope of operations by allowing them to involve in the SMEs FX window, among many other topical and Nigeria’s economy issues. Excerpts…

President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe. with the Business Editors in Lagos, wherby we came out to sensitized our members and launched a single exchage rate for the market, that the Naira should not be more than N400 to a dollar and this was one of the first thing we did as an association to checkmate the spike and the weaknesses of the naira . Also, as stakeholder in the market, we have helped the Central Bank of Nigeria in ensuring that people have readily forex accessibility, like you said our number is about 3,500. None of the banks even have up to 1000 outlets in the entire country. But as an association and stakeholders , we are boasting of over 3500 Bureaux De Change in all the nooks and crannies of the country. In Lagos alone, we have about 1700 BDCs. So, we are all over the place ensuring liquidity. Right now, the market is even shoked up, because the parallel market rate is below the rate we are buying from the central bank. We are currently buying at 358 to the dollar for working customers that come, some even 355 but we are going to the CBN window at 360 to a dollar. So,its even becoming impossible for people to go to CBN window and come out and sale to make margin because of the parallel market rate is even far below the selling rate of the central bank of Nigeria to the

Bureaux De Change sub sector. Why do you think the CBN should merged the BDCs and commercial bank rates? The CBN should marge the commercial bank and the BDCs rate because they are selling to commercial banks at 358, and sell to us at 360 while we can buy from the parallel market at 358. But what we are saying is that they should merge the two rares. If they can do lower is better but they said, when you want equity you should go with clean hands. So, we are not asking for what is not practicable, because already there is window of 358 that goes to the bank, what we are asking is give us the same rate because we have the same market, we have the same buyer and doing the same product. What they are selling is personal travel allowance and business travel allowance which is the same thing we are selling. And they even have a dipper product lines than the BDCS because they do letter of credit, they do bills for collectionm among others. While we are only limited to about four lines. In fact, what we a even writing to the CBN now is to deepen our product lines, diversify our product lines. For instance, if your child get admission to study abroad and the school fees is $25,000 and may be the tuition is $15,000, both the banks and

the BDCs can only sell the tuition while such customers will have to patronize the parallel market operators for the upkeep of that child. I think the CBN can give the BDCs to ensure that people that need upkeep of thier children the BDC and do thier transactions legally instead of patronising the parallel markets. On Thursday, January 4, only 580 Bureaux De Change accessed the CBN bidding out of about 1700 in Lagos, just because the margin has completely been eroded. Also, because there are no many product lines. And more reason why BDCs are patronising the parallel market because it is cheaper and not at a lost. For instance, who you do CBN window at 360 will you sell it at 360 again or the 358 that the parallel market is doing? What is the update on your recommendation that the BDCs be involved in the SMEs forex window, requesting for transactions between $5,000 &$10,000? The SMEs forex window is another product line that the BDCs should be involved, because if you want to buy Laptop, ipad for businesses, phones and television, and other $5000 to $10,000 transactions like that should be allowed to be carried out by the BDCs, with customers providing thier invoices. I actually, don’t know why the SMEs window was given to the banks? Because that is what is applicable in other countries like UAE. And now, the association has even position the BDCs. We just launched our logo and we are going to implement it on this 2018. Great ever bureux de change will have thier on logo, which will serve as some of the identifiers for you to know that you are dealing with a genuine bureux de change. But in terms productivity and competitiveness, we are automated and already on the space with our consultant which has enabled bureux de change to now transact online and almost 2500 BDCs have already registered on that our online platform. It would also, enable the BDCs to send thier returns from the comfort of thier office not using the old way if doing that. And even the CBN, from the comfort of thier office plan go into that platform to check and get information about BDCs such as,office address, directors, and thier transactions. Even across the world, people can easily look at it. We are currently waiting for the CBN approval because on our part we have perfected everything through our cosultant and only waiting g for them because they said each bureaux de change will be

given a token, which will be ysed by BDCs to be transmtting information and people too can use it to get information about you. So, that is what we are waiting for and as soon as that is ready, we are good to go. In 2017, ABCON on several occasions warned its members against speculation and other forex malpractices, we would like to know how many of ur members found guilty for unethical practices and what were the sanctions against them? We have even introduced what is called “Utilisation documents “ to our members which the central bank supported. Every week each BDCS would bring physical documents to us and to the CBN on how you have utilised the amount of money that has been given to you and still operational. So, through that, we are able to checkmate utilisation and also if there is diversion and that has really compelled our people and discouraging them to be involved in either speculation, hoarding or any illegal activities in the market. But you know, we are all human beings, hence, I cannot say such activities of illegalities are not taken place but from the part of our members but because there are different markets; you have licensed Bureaux De Change and the parallel market operators. And also, have the banks in the market but from our own part as an association and as a self regulatory organisation, we have been talking to our members because we have a WhatsApp platform off all the 3500 members whereby on a daily basis we sensitize them and update them about the dangers of such activities. Sometimes, if you look at those parpetrators, they may be the owners of a Bureaux De Change but they don’t even parpetrate that fraud using the name of their bureux de change. But they use it on thier own personal name, and once you are caught not using a BDC it will be very difficult for us to say it is a Bureaux De Change that parpetrated such fraud, but the association is guiding its members while showing them the implications of yhay. And anyone that is found guilty of any especially on the utilisation documents, by not giving genuine or correct information, such person name will be sent to the CBN that it should not be allowed to be. We did that in 2017 to stopped so many BDCs that thier documents were found doubtful I nature. So, that is what we have been doing to ensure that there is sanity in the market, and at the same time about the automation that we just launched which to ensure that all our members activities busineses can be seen.

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Strike: Aviation union gives FAAN 7-day ultimatum ... accuses FAAN of disrespecting law Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Aviation union, under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP), has given the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),, a 7-day ultimatum to meet up its demands bordering on the welfare of the workers or face an industrial strike action. In a letter, dated 18th December, 2017, addressed to the Managing Director/ CEO of FAAN, ANAP had demanded that FAAN’s management releases the reviewed staff conditions of service/salary structure; and to commence the promotion exercise by management, but not by consultants, effective from January, 2018. One month after the correspondence, ANAP says they did not receive acknowledgement or any invitation to address the issues raised in the December letter. As a reminder, the aviation union in another letter dated, 18th January, 2018 , signed by ANAP Secretary General, Comrade Abdul Rasaq Saidu, stated: “it is very unfair to note that since over one month of submitting our 14-day ultimatum, we have neither received management acknowledgement nor invited to a meeting to discuss issues at stake”. According to ANAP, FAAN’s management’s lack of respect to labour

Chief Executive Officer, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Captain Jari Williams (left); Acting Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr. Chidi Iwuzah, an engineer, and Head of Terminal Operations, MMA2, Mr. Bolaji Salu, during a monitoring tour of the terminal by ICRC officials yesterday. integrity does not encourage a healthy industrial relations best practices and peaceful co-existence other than an act of provocation and therefore, is unacceptable to ANAP”. ANAP, in the statement copied to the Director Human Resources & Admin in FAAN’s headquarters added: “having waited to hear from management before and after the expiration of the initial 14-day ultimatum over a month and to no avail, the national secretariat of ANAP, duly

mandated, have no alternative other than to serve management an additional 7-day ultimatum from the date of this letter; but failure which a spontaneous industrial strike action shall commence without further notice. Enough is enough now that we have been pushed to the wall. Please accept our”. In the first letter of 18th December, 2017, ANAP had lamented that the staff conditions of service/salary structure were reviewed long time ago and sent to

the Ministry of Aviation for approval. According to the professional union, the ministry had few months ago, and without their approval, sent it back to the management for reasons they said ANAP cannot understand till moment. “And whereas, and for staying too long with management to release the conditions of service, the ANAP-FAAN branch officers met with the DHR &Admin who pleaded to be given two weeks to study

the document and shall get back to the union,”, the group stated. The union added, “The two weeks promised by DHR & Admin has now taken months without calling our union on this issue and as mature and peace loving trade union leaders, we again wrote to the DHR &Admin requesting for a meeting, but up till the date of this letter, we have neither received acknowledgement nor being invited to a meeting with DHR & Admin and this is very un-

fortunate.” In addition, ANAP noted that the pronouncement and determination of the federal government to concession out the four major international airports in the country has brought apprehension and agitation of FAAN staff nationwide. It therefore, vowed that they cannot fold their hands, close their mouths to allow the act of impunity on the part of the DHR &Admin to persist unabated having waited for too long.

CBN boosts FOREX market with $210m Trust Rankings: Facebook users to rank

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has boosted the inter-bank Foreign Exchange (FOREX) Market with the sum of $210 million to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the market. Figures obtained from the Bank on Monday showed that the CBN offered $100 million to authorized dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment got the sum of $55 million, according, January 22, 2018.

The figures also indicated that customers needing foreign exchange for invisibles such as tuition fees, medical payments and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA), among others, were also allocated the sum of $55 million. Mr. Isaac Okorafor, the Bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department (CCD), reiterated the Bank’s determination to continue to intervene in the interbank foreign exchange market, in line with its pledge to sustain liquidity in the market and maintain stability. According to Okorafor, the CBN will continue to

manage the forex with a view to reducing the country’s import bills and minimize depletion of foreign reserves. The Daily Times recalls that in the past week, the CBN intervened in the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) to the tune of $210 million, to cater for requests in the airlines, agricultural, petroleum products and raw materials and machinery sectors. Meanwhile, the naira continued its stability in the FOREX market, exchanging at an average of N361/$1 in the parallel market on Monday.

news organizations by credibility

Ladesope Ladelokun with Agency report

Following harsh criticism for allowing disinformation to spread on its social network and for favouring liberal outlets over conservative ones, Facebook has announced it will rank news organizations by credibility based on user feedback diminish its role as an arbiter of the news people see. In a blog post accompanying the announcement, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote Facebook is not “comfortable” deciding which news sources are

the most trustworthy in a “world with so much division.” “We decided that having the community determine which sources are broadly trusted would be most objective,” he wrote. The new trust rankings will emerge from surveys the company is conducting. “Broadly trusted” outlets that are affirmed by a significant cross-section of users may see a boost in readership, while less known organizations or start-ups receiving poor ratings could see their web traffic decline significantly on the social network. The company’s changes include an

effort to boost the content of local news outlets, which have suffered sizable subscription and readership declines as news consumption migrated online. The changes follow another major News Feed redesign, announced last week, in which Facebook said users would begin to see less content from news organizations and brands in favour of “meaningful” posts from friends and family. Currently, 5 percent of Facebook posts are generated by news organizations; that number is expected to drop to 4 percent after the redesign, Zuckerberg said.

Labour B7

Daily Times Nigeria Tuesday, January 23, 2018

FUPRE Act: NUPENG urges FG, NASS on speedy establishment of institute Stories by Godwin Nyebe Following the outcry and campaign for the National Assembly to speed up the passage of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, (FUPRE) Acts; a stronger call has been made by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) to the Federal Government and the National Assembly to make adequate provisions for the Federal University in the 2018 budget. The call was made by the Chairman of NUPENG, FUPRE Branch, Owhofaraye Victor, after its congress meeting in Effurun, Delta State, praised the National Assembly for passing the Bill and commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the bill establishing the university into law. He said,“Nigeria operates on a monoproduct economy but experts have been campaigning that the country must ad-

vance innovative research to improve local contents and human capital in the oil and gas industry. “In spite of the huge investment in trying to refurbish and setup new refineries and efforts to reform the oil sector through the unbundling of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) for greater flexibility that led to the splitting of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth has not shown significant improvement.” He, therefore, said the solution to the challenge was the proper implementation of the FUPRE Act that grants it the core mandate to train skilled indigenous manpower, as well as develop other capacities for the oil and gas industry. This, he argued, will ensure that the country’s national and approved modular refineries are functional and well maintained to boost the economy and

Lagos residents to benefit from LSETF free vocational training Lagos residents within the age bracket of 18 and 35 are to benefit from industry relevant skills training, which would improve their chances of gaining employment. According to the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund. The six to eight weeks free skills’ acquisition training has commenced and is in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme. The LSETF training is part of its Employability Support Project, which aims at improving the standard offerings of Lagos youths who will benefit from the programme. In a statement, the Executive Secretary, LSETF, Akintunde Oyebode, explained that ‘the project was aimed at addressing the unemployment challenges in the state, while also equipping active youths with relevant skills to enable them to contribute to the socioeconomic development of their communities’. “The Employability Support Project addresses key sectors of the economy that require highly skilled workforce to spur innovation, creativity and business growth”. “LSETF has engaged several vocational train-

stop the perennial fuel scarcity. Speaking further, he noted that Local Content Bill in the oil and gas sector, which was targeted at catering to a greater synergy between the nation’s economy and foreign investors, which tries enhance the provision of on-demand workforce to ensure productivity of her upstream sector, has also shown no significant improvement. To that extent, over 70 per cent of the work value in the oil and gas sector, is still done abroad and executed through expatriates such that even at home, the management and senior capacity in the upstream sector is still allocated to expatriates. This situation, he noted renders the Local Content Act, void, obsolete and of no effect. The union posited that human resource development, manpowercapacity building, crosscutting and cutting researches should form the major

plank of the reforms in the oil and gas sector if the country desired to make meaningful progress and achieve positive growth. “We can also all agree that this culminated in the establishment of FUPRE, which the Federal Government has positioned to train middle-and top-level manpower for the sector. “The institution is prepared to achieve the set goals and vision at all level. But its realisation requires a corresponding funding that will motivate and drive the institution towards the creation of newer, safer and sustainable solutions. “This will in turn help the country to resolve most of the challenges and pending problems in the oil and gas sector with a view to reversing the current status so that Nigeria can refine its crude oil in the country, as well as export the resource to generate more funds,” it added.

NUP raises the alarm over exclusion of more than 25,000 pensioners from FG’s payroll The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has raised an alarm over the exclusion of more than 25,000 pensioners from the Federal Government’s payroll of retirees. Lagos Chapter Chairman of NUP, Joseph Dele, said that the affected pensioners were not included in the list of over 300,000 pensioners paid under Defined Benefits Scheme and Contributory Pension Scheme. The NUP urged the Federal government to mandate the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD)

to conduct verification exercise for the affected pensioners to enable them get gratuities for their long years of service. He described allegations that officials of the union were involved in pension fund scam as an excuse not to pay NUP members excluded from the payroll system. “The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, alleged that the pension fraud was perpetrated by public officials with the active connivance of NUP, Association of Federal Public Service Retirees, among

others. “NUP did not collude with anyone to list 16,238 ghost pensioners to siphon N839 million to fictitious pensioners monthly. “Over 25,000 and not 16,238 members were still excluded on the payroll. “They are not fictitious pensioners as claimed by the AGF and as we speak they are not on federal government payroll,” he said. Dele explained that only one percent of monthly pensioners’ fund was remitted to the NUP secretariat for maintenance and other ad-hoc services.

Magaji Sani wins NATA presidency in polls Ambode ing centres across the state to facilitate the free skills training courses in manufacturing, entertainment, garment making, hospitality, healthcare and construction”. Oyebode called on business owners and corporate organisations in the state to take advantage of the scheme to improve their workforce and ac-

celerate the growth of their enterprises. “Registration for the second batch of candidates continues online and interested applicants can also pick up a registration form at the nearest LSETF liaison office in any of the local government secretariats in Lagos State,” the statement added

The Nigeria Automobile Technicians Association (NATA) has confirmed the emergence of Comrade Engr. Magaji Sani from Kano State as the new national President of NATA for the next four years. The election, which was held at Zafik hotel, AuchiBenin road, Benin City, had 232 Delegates from 32 States of the Federation; gather to elect the new National Principal Officers.

It was the 6th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of the Auto Technicians, which was keenly but peacefully contested for all the 18 positions, except for the National President, and National Treasurer, which was overwhelmingly won by popular support. The election was adjudged peaceful, free and fair by some observers who came from the civil society and trade unions in the informal sector.

The immediate past election which was held in 2013, had Comrade (late) Michael Omonayin emerge as National President but was challenged by a faction. Following Omonayin’s demise and expiration of his term, the NEC and CWC of NATA held and fixed the quadrennial delegates conference which Comrade Engr. Magaji Sani from Kano State emerged as the new national President of NATA.

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Iyabo Ojo: My love for good perfumes L2

Celebrity Focus L2

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Enter the world of Iyabo Ojo Known to be one of the most popular actresses in English movie sector before she eventually traced her roots back to her Yoruba origin, Iyabo Ojo is a popular actress in Yoruba segment who started with Keppy Ekpoyong when she was introduced to the veteran actor by Bimbo Akintola in 1997, and she made her debut in 1998 with a sub lead role in “Satanic” and ever since, this petite mother of two, a graduate of Estate Management from Lagos State Polytechnic has not looked back. In this chat with MUTIAT ALLI, she shares with us her top fashion items.

Best ride Range, X6 for cars

Favourite shoe designs Aldo, Fioni, Zanotti, Fendi, Robanne, Giuseppe amongst others

Best Make-up Black up make up

Favourite bag designs Gucci, Fendi, Hermes, Prada, Channel bags, Micheal Kor, Favourite Wrist watch Recent book read

Best perfume I love designer perfumes and I have used over 100 of it; some of my best collections includes Blue waters, All Jlo collections, Red door, Versace, Paco

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Favourite TV programme E! News and entertainment programmes Best Local food Pounded yam and Egusi soup Best drink Any good exotic wine and water

Best underwear design Victoria secret Favourite quote “I thank God for my life”

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Mutiat Alli

Spice your look with Tulip Wrap From the runways to the owambe parties, the revolutionised Iro and Buba is always a delightful sight. The traditional Iro and Buba is no longer regarded as a style reserved for the older folks. It is currently a trendy red carpet look in Nigeria. Young ladies rock this style in silk, chiffon and velvet materials. The way the Iro and Buba is worn has been modernised. No longer is it wound around the waist in a boring style. Iro is now worn as a tulip style wrap, tied in front or at the back.

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Hold both ends of the Iro (wrapper) in each hand. Move the ends to opposing sides such that they are made to overlap each other. Do a twist from one end to the other. Repeat the twist and then, tie in a knot at the back. Tuck in loose ends.

So, rock your Iro and Buba and be the trendiest chic on the block! Have fun tweaking your buba into fabulous styles â&#x20AC;&#x201C; V-neck, round neck, short sleeves, sleevelessâ&#x20AC;Ś the list is endless!

Rock your high heels elegantly When it comes to looking stylish, nothing beats a gorgeous pair of high heels. Heels make your legs look longer, your body look slimmer, and your Unfortunately, for many women, they also make your feet hurt something propensity for pointy toes, spindly heels, and narrow silhouettes for your aching post-heel feet. You should get rid of any shoes that cause any discomfort, the strategies to help you make your high heels work for you, not against you. Below are tips on wearing your high heels comfortably (or at least more comfort). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Buy the right size of shoe. Stick to round toes. Tailor your width Cushion up. Most importantly, you must know the

anything with an ankle strap as it will make your ankles look wider and draw attention. Go for a pump or sling back instead. This will draw attention away from your ankles and make your legs look longer. If your legs are short, avoid t-strap shoes because they shorten your legs and can make your feet look wider than normal. Similarly, ankle strap shoes toed shoes or nude high heels - they make your legs look long and lean. If you want your legs to look longer, pointy-toed shoes will give you the illusion of extra height. A warning, though: pointy-toed shoes may be uncomfortable if you have wide feet, special occasions only! No point in being If you have wide feet, round-toed shoes have a cute vintage look, and can be the most comfortable option for those of us with wider feet. As a bonus, they can make your feet look smaller too.

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Mutiat Alli

What to wear to the gym: Fashion to motivate your workout A gym can be a bit of a meat market, so it of-

HINTS and functional look that

ally not for aerobics classes, and cross trainers

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Album review:

Simisola ‘Simi preaches originality and firmness in new album’ easily go. name, Simi has proven she is no stranger in the Nigerian music industry. She won the heart of her music lovers through her joint lover who brings back the memories she never had intentions of reminiscing. The returnee lover comes back calling to take her Simi released her latest studio album titled “Simisola” on 8th back, but she remains adamant asking questions “why did you come back?” In a voice full of sadness & disappointment. includes remind me, Joromi (which is currently trending on TV While in “original baby”, simi preaches originality using lyrics stations), Aimasiko, complete me, gone for good, original baby, Omo contentment. question and tiff). Weeks before the release of this highly anticipated album, and move on with her life. In the song her lover starts by using the single, Joromi was released to salivate the appetite of her pseudonyms such as panel beater to save her concubines music lovers. The only guest artist in the album is Adekunle Gold, the pickup “Take me back” is the only collabo track in the album featuring singer who tendered his vocals on the track “take me back”. The Adekunle Gold. Here they settled a relationship misunderstanding, the persona apologise to her lover who she address as Kunle Oscar, Seyikeyz, Sess and Vtek, instruments from Fiokee, using lyrics like “take me back”, “Shakara is over” assuring him Alaba, Dami and Ayo, while mixing and mastering credits goes to simi and Vtek. The album also strays from love and touches the Yoruba Simi focuses on love in some tracks in the album. She values and virtues by the track “Aimasiko” a sample work of the played the role of wooing a man in the Joromi video where she eventually got his attention. to have faith and also believe in God, adding that everything in about a woman who is helplessly in love using strong lyrics like pleasure is the highest good thing in Lagos life. Anyone who faith without believe”, to convey how deep the love thing can resides in Lagos will be familiar with the custom and culture of

Mutiat Alli

Movie review

Warcraft: Two worlds, one home; a war for peace and survival The movie Warcraft, tells us about a peaceful realm of the city of Azeroth which stands on the of invaders. Looking to escape from his dying world. The Orc warriors are giants from another world, world. The main act Durotan is a man of integrity and a leader of a tribe who only wants his tribe to live peacefully wherever they went. His wife was pregnant when they decided to migrate to another world where she bore a male child.

this army of giants. Uniting to protect Azeroth from these hulking invaders are King Llane, the mighty warrior Anduin Lothar (Travis Fimmel) and the powerful wizard Medivh. also tells us to believe in ourselves and not let grief

to open a portal to the human realm of Azeroth. was left by the river bank while the mother saved organizes the Orc clans into a conquering army called the Horde. The use of black magic which claims the life of humans as a fuel to make it stronger is used to build a portal which transports them from their world to the other. As the portal opens, The Orc Army faces destruction while the other faces Extinction. In this War for survival, we are shown the will power of the

Evil where his father left off. Metzen, directed by Duncan Jones, produced by Fimmel, Paula Patton,

Men’s World L6

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Folarin Leonard

Best ways to match your shirts and ties When it comes to putting together a shirt and tie combination, some gents seem to be born with an uncanny ability to just put together great ensembles of colors, patterns and texture. Many other men however often fall into one of two camps: 1) the “I will wear the same exact combinations and hope no one notices” camp and 2) the “I will point

Patterned shirt combinations

predominantly blue) would pair nicely with a brown (or any other base color) tie with bold blue stripes. Here are some visual examples of patterned tie with patterned shirt combinations: Here you see an example of using a dotted pattern on the tie and complementing it with a gingham pattern in the shirt. The differing pattern type and

around 5 times to see what the day has in store for me” camp. These poor chaps are intimidated by the mere thought of having to think about their wardrobe, relegating their choices into a safe play of recurring solids or the plausible deniability of random selection. Looking for a shortcut to great combinations? The concepts below will help you understand how to put together your own shirt and tie combinations

gingham shirt ties in nicely with the navy in the tie. tive shirt and tie

check shirt. The smaller grid pattern of the shirt works well in creating a more muted canvas for the louder stripes of the tie the shirt. (Use Pic 6)

to have a better game plan. And you sir, are reading this because you are a student of the game. So in this article, I am going to provide you with a few to picking out some winning shirt and tie combina-

Lastly, here you see a plaid tie with a striped shirt. The shirt

Solid-on-Solid

veteran in no time. Combination 1: Solid-on-Solid low-risk combo: the solid tie and solid shirt combo. For the nitely ways to do it better. Here are two ways to approach solid on solid matching: Use contrasting color combinations. No surprise here – a foundation shirt like a solid white or a solid light blue or pink, you can pretty much wear any color solid tie you like. color. Use analogous color combinations. This is a very classy, sleek look that many overlook. Wearing a solid light blue shirt? Try it with a solid dark blue tie. Pink shirt? Go

that symbolizes a certain level of sartorial sophistication. Like all aspects of style, gaining an eye for color is simply Experiment with online color matching tools like color hues and analogous colors for your tie or shirt color. And one thing to avoid? Wearing a color combination where the color in your respec-

plaid pattern of the tie. The fact that the lines of the shirt go vertically while the plaid lines move diagonally also add to the visual balance and prevent your co-workers from seeking out optical illusions in your shirts.

combo are too close – e.g., avoid wearing a light solid shirt with a light solid tie. Furthermore, never wear a tie that is the some teen vampire movie. Why color with just one crayon Combination 2: Solid-on-Pattern / Pattern-on-Solid Going with a solid-on-pattern requires a bit more thought swimming in the kiddy pool. In fact, a solid tie on a patterned shirt is one of the easiest ways to work patterns into match the color of your solid tie to the color family of one or more of the colors in your shirt pattern. In the above image, the dark blue in our Solid Blue Tie works perfectly with the blue checks in the shirt. The reverse, a patterned tie on a solid shirt operates on the same principle. Just match one or more of the colors within the pattern of the tie to the color family of the solid shirt. Wax on, wax off and go practice these basic combinations! Combination 3: Pattern-on-Pattern Solid-on-Pattern / Pattern-on-Solid

looking like this. Step one to avoiding a disaster like this? amples of patterned ties with patterned shirts that actually tips to make successful pattern-on-pattern combos as easy as the alphabets. Vary pattern type. Avoid having the same pattern appear in both your shirt and your tie. If your shirt has polka dots,

Vary pattern size/scale. In general, the patterns on your tie should be larger and bolder than the patterns on your shirt. For example, a thick, wide-striped tie would work with a thin-striped shirt, but not a thick, wide-striped shirt. A big check would mix well with a smaller check. Having patterns of the same size (and/or type) can result in an overly busy look. Match a detail in the tie with the dominant color of the shirt. Determine the dominant color in your shirt and look for a tie with some of that color within the pattern. For Solid-on-Solid

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Teen L7

Tips for parents in building good relationship with teens Mutiat Alli

There are several reasons why a good relationship is important in keeping teens safe and healthy. If we the parent is close to our

There are many ways to improve the relationship between us and our teens; Keep in Touch even when everything is going smoothly. We can let our teens know ing in touch regularly with our teens is one of the most important things we can do as parents. Teens feel their parents care about

Spend Time Together.

drive to the store together. Your teen will notice if you make time. Keep Promises. keep them if at all possible. When we are unable to keep our promBe Real With Our Teens. need to talk with our teens about it. We need to tell them that we truly concerned about their well-being. We also need to be courteword. This is an important part of gaining trust and respect. If we and helping out in small ways go a long way to show how much we

The most important qualities of a good relationship are;

Be Thoughtful. marked with a gift or special activity. We just have to let our teens

Recognize Special Efforts.

kind to someone. Tell Them We Care. take the time to tell them? We need to tell our teens how much we

Director: Foluke Daramola Salako Be Supportive. Year of release: January 2017 they still need ourtime: support. We need to listen to them sympathetiRunning 3hrs. cally. The movie cobweb is aSometimes true life story of a in young Avoid Hurtful Teasing. we tease a wayboy that Sam puts Nwachukwu) theteasing desireour to be a musician in future a(Uti person down. Wewho canhas avoid children this way espebut his father Akiga ( Funsho Adeolu) was not in support of cially in front of others. It really hurts. did not want him to end up (uneducated) like him. He never Use Humor and Lighten Up. and be willing to poke fun at ourselves at times. Joking around en-

courages a positive relationship. We must accept

their efforts and strengths. with their parents. Parenting teenagers has rewards and challenges. As our kids recognize these strengths and let our teens know it. Involve Our Teens parents we must help our kids set boundaries and live with rules. aries and rules are.

them as we did when they were small children. They still need us to ment and happiness through our relationships with them.

Relationship L8

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The good ones are gone: A bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s search for companion When we were growing up, my grandpa while looking at his wife would smile and then would ask us to pray for a good life partner. We were too young to understand but we loved the smiles they shared. Nearly two decades later, we are living to understand had even fasted for his suggestion then. Especially now that we seem to be in trouble even understanding what long term happiness is in a relationship. In this age, people are used, things are loved, egos are treasured and happiness is rare. Living life as a partial or full Lagos bachelor with little enhancements (like a small crib and a car) has a way of showing people life from different angles. For one, your clique is improved and your lifestyle is merely overrated. For sure, the girls are fresher and the boys are doper. As long as you are living it up and

one cares about how happy you are after all. With all these about the city, the lives on this deceitful lane two facts that the old man told us. Firstly, we all hope for the best but we are constrained to choose only from the available especially in skirts adventures than what they were being offered at home. Good ones were gone from the According to what the old man explained, there are time parents shamelessly started to depend on three type of humans in mating (the good ones, the daughters for monthly survival. In fact, the good normal ones and the abnormal ones). Let me explain were gone from the period when feelings and that a bit. relationships became monetized. The good ones are those type my grandpa took time to smile about. They treat their relationship like better. For the singles, Normal is like pleading with to heaven. They nurtured it. Like our grannies, the nature to be at least fair with you after having the way they managed their relationships and marriages make us believe storybooks happy ending tales. to be involved but deep inside you, craving to be, struggles internally and maintain happy faces to the rest of the world. Normal is like the middle point of everything. Warri no win, warri no lose, kpatakpata na draw kind of tear more pieces of you apart. This is normal. relationship people. Normal to the married is seeking to, at least to be permit me to leave it this way for simplicity because I lack the exact English word in exchange of what he said. Second and most importantly, the city lane has opened my eyes to the fact that the good ones (both boys and girls) are gone and even normals are a big

dirty) were the new normal now before she talked herself to anger. She concluded by pointing that perhaps clothes should be given to animals since they will wear it better than humans. Good is rare and normal is scarce. When a friend did well to have almost clocked two years contrary to her believe it will only survive for a year or less. Her point to me, made marriage seem like a JAMB score which is only useful in one year and thus invalid in the next admission year. Is this the norm now and should it be? neighbour with so many funny acts. They claimed their relationship was complex. In their good times, they display all kinds of sexual profanity on the street and in their bad times, they were busy violently getting blood out of each other. Again, they will always say their love life is bad ass complex. Perhaps the bad ass complexity can be explained in how a married woman will come home super drunk in week days, not minding the fact that the children should be prepared for school early the next morning. Maybe bad ass complexity explains why the husband never had class in the type of skirts he pursued. Whatever the case, this

treatment and security. Good are rare, so we are having everybody wishing to settle for normal. In the absence of good, we only pray for normal these days and those normal too are fast becoming an endangered specie. Our liberties that were supposed to open good ones are almost gone and normals are greatly doors to self-enlightenment and discoveries are desired. becoming windows to our own doom. We openly bad times than good times and when they do, the area was turned into a war zone with words and understanding of his sayings, I want to relate his and boys we heard in stories can be restored after prediction or fear to our present state and even future and this is the stage most of us are, ranging from problems. to which they are supposed to be raised and relationships to marriages. maintained. We must accept the fact that if truly the good for excuses to not be committed) will tell you that the Talking about how we crave for even normal these ones are almost gone and the normal ones will good ones you seek have been too rare for a while days; the other day, I mistakenly left the TV on one soon be threatened, we collectively caused it. We now that these days people fast and pray for the of these Nigerian music channels for an aunt and replaced human disciplines with other things, the left to attend to some things. When I got back, she If we are truthful to our generation, then we know duties and now we are paying for it. The Reviewer the good ones were gone from when the gentlemen at least tell their children to be normal and or at is not giving marriage counselling but thinks we could no longer win ladies with acts of gentleness least wear normal clothes. When I told her that treated wrongly. Good ones were gone the moment wait for me to tell her the bum shorts (or pants folks made it work then but I sure do know that it good girls could no longer keep their men because was based on family structure that were laid as on the waist (plus tattoos that were too dark and foundation for day to day operation.